Chapter 337: Carefully Planned
Early the next morning, Huang Xu took Dongfang Bufu and other four people, pretending to be merchants from other places, and mixed into the city of Xuzhou, they wandered around the city for a morning, and successfully figured out the deployment of the Qing army's troops, determined the place where the grain and grass were gathered, and the weapons were stored in a heavy place, and so on, and then, Huang Xu ordered Dongfang Bufu and other four people to stay in the city to continue to understand the situation, and he hurried out of the city after explaining everything clearly.
After leaving the city, Huang Xu directly joined Tian Xiaoer and others and rushed back to the Taiping Army's garrison camp.
Speaking of the source of the use of the special operations detachment to raid the city gate of Xuzhou, it has to be attributed to Zhao Xiaofeng's words of outwitting, because of the outwitting theory, this is why the special operations detachment raided the city gate later.
At the beginning, Zhao Xiaofeng mentioned this plan, and Huang Xu also felt that it was a good move, so he agreed without thinking about it at the time.
In fact, if this plan can be implemented smoothly, it is the best policy, and the reason why Huang Xu and the others are so successful is not because this plan is not good, but because, in the process of implementing this plan, the special operations team was a little bit unlucky, which eventually led to failure, that is, people are not counted as heaven.
In the process of capturing the city gate, there were two unexpected situations that they did not expect in advance, first, they did not estimate that the Qing army actually fought to the death to this point, which was very different from the previous Qing army, and second, because the Qing army held a banquet, Seng Lingqin deployed an additional 30,000 mobile force to strengthen the defense of the city gate.
The existence of these two accidents is also the main reason for the failure of this mission.
According to Zhao Xiaofeng's initial deployment, the Taiping army will set off in two ways, raiding the city of Xuzhou guarded by the Qing army, one side of the special operations team led by Huang Xu to fight against the enemy, they will be the vanguard, the first to break into the city, responsible for opening the city gate, to welcome the main force of the Taiping army into the city, the other way is led by Yang Yiqing, Duan Yihu, Fu Zhongxin, etc.
However, with the failure of the special operations detachment's plan to raid the city gate, Zhao Xiaofeng's carefully planned plan to attack the city fell through, and Huang Xu and the others could only retreat first. Find another way to break the city.
In the city of Xuzhou, the temporary residence of Prince Gong.
Prince Gong sat on the Taishi chair and was very comfortable sipping the good tea of the filial piety of the prefect of Xuzhou.
"Lord Wang, the monk and the prince are out asking to see you." Prince Gong's personal escort came in to report.
"Nope." Prince Gong didn't raise his head, and two words came out of his mouth.
"But, my lord... The monk said that he had an urgent matter to discuss with the prince, and it was a matter of life and death." The personal guard repeated in a whisper.
"What this king said, didn't you hear it, are you a person from this king, or a person from Monk Greenqin, a guy who eats inside and out......" When Prince Gong heard it, he was on fire, and it was a stinking scold when he was caught.
The guard was submissive, and pleaded with all his might.
"Alright, get out of here. You tell the monk Lingqin that this king is sick and it is inconvenient to see guests, so let him go back first." Prince Gong finished scolding, maybe he had scolded enough, and at the end, he yelled at the guard again.
"Lao Gong, why bother with this little brother, it's none of his business, he's just responsible for passing on a word." At some point, Monk Lingqin was already standing at the door, and he was smiling as he watched Prince Gong teach the personal guard.
"Monk Lingqin, why did you get here, no, how did you get in?" Prince Gong suddenly saw Monk Greenqin and couldn't help but shout.
Monk Greenqin waved his hand and asked Prince Gong's guard to retreat first.
When Prince Gong saw Monk Greenqin like this, he was even more angry: "Monk Greenqin, that's my person, or yours, why are you like being in your own home, do you still have a little shame?"
Monk Lingqin didn't speak, and there was no expression on his face, just quietly listened to what Prince Gong said. After Prince Gong finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Old Gong, are you cool?"
"Cool you big-headed ghost." Prince Gong didn't plan to leave it at that.
"Lao Gong, Xuzhou City has been attacked by the Taiping army." Monk Lingqin also ignored Prince Gong's still exposed attitude, and just took care of himself.
"What! Does it matter? What's the situation?" Hearing that Xuzhou City had been attacked, Prince Gong had forgotten everything and hurriedly asked about the situation
Seng Lingqin had already expected that as long as he mentioned that there was something wrong in Xuzhou City, Prince Gong would not be able to ignore it, and it turned out that it was true. He knew Prince Gong too well.
"Last night, a small group of extremely well-trained Taiping troops attacked Xuzhou City." Monk Greenqin's face was solemn and authentic.
"A small force of the Taipings? You're kidding me?" When Prince Gong heard this, he was angry again.
A small group of Taiping troops is also going to bother him, can't you just do it yourself, after hearing this, Prince Gong can't be annoyed.
"How can I be in that mood, it is precisely because of the small stock that I have a headache." Monk Greenqin patted his head and said a little painfully.
Prince Gong saw that Monk Greenqin was very serious, and Zhilu Dao should not be a trivial matter, if it was just a trivial matter, Monk Greenqin would not come here to discuss with him, it must be a major matter that even he can't solve by himself.
"Tell me, try to be as clear as possible." Prince Gong's face calmed down and said lightly.
So, Seng Lingqin told Prince Gong about the attack on Xuzhou City by the special operations detachment led by Huang Xu.
After listening carefully, Prince Gong frowned and remained silent for a long time.
"Lao Gong, what a terrible group of people this is, if I hadn't listened to your words and deployed another 30,000 mobile troops, maybe, Xuzhou City has changed hands now." Speaking of this, Monk Lingqin still had palpitations.
"Is it really that scary?" Prince Gong was still a little unconvinced.
"It's true, and it is precisely because of this incident that I believe that it is not difficult to understand why there is such a figure as Zeng Guofan, and he is still leading the extremely powerful Hunan army, but he always suffers defeat at the hands of the Taiping army, and it is not difficult to understand when we look at the opponents we are facing." It was only at this time that Monk Grinqin said a fair word for Zeng Guofan.
"Old monk, you can say such things, I'm really happy for you, this person, you have to be a little tolerant, otherwise. How to make a big deal. Prince Gong listened to the words of the monk Greenqin, and couldn't help nodding again and again, feeling very relieved in his heart.
"Lao Gong, it's really not easy to get your praise." Monk Greenqin sighed and said.
Monk Greenqin could hear it. Until now, Prince Gong still feels sorry for the affairs of the Hunan army and the affairs of Zeng Guofan.
"Okay, off topic, continue with the small Taiping army." Prince Gong is most concerned about the situation of the special operations detachment now.
"I just know so much, a little more. I don't know, but the key question now is, what are we going to do if this small Taiping army comes again?" Monk Grinqin seems to be a bit of a six-god master.
"Old monk, in your own opinion, what will we do to defend it?" Prince Gong thought for a moment and said.
"I'm also helpless, so I'm going to talk to you?" Monk Greenqin said with a bitter face.
"It's a little difficult, let me think about it, think about it." After Prince Gong finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
Seeing this, Monk Lingqin immediately shut up and sat quietly waiting for Prince Gong to figure out a way.
As the minutes ticked by, Prince Gong finally opened his eyes that made Monk Greenqin want to pierce them.
"Lao Gong, how is it, is there a way?" Monk Greenqin licked his lips and said in a stiff tone.
He was nervous, very nervous.
"There is a way, but I don't know if it is feasible." Prince Gong pondered.
"Don't sell it, say it and see it together." When Monk Greenqin heard that he had an idea, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to know what kind of good idea this idea was.
"Old monk, this idea is a bit risky, I don't know if it will succeed or not." Prince Gong was hesitant.
"Lao Gong, don't you go around the bend anymore, say, what's the way?" Monk Grinqin is really in a hurry.
"Okay." Prince Gong fixed his mind and said.
So, Prince Gong told the monk Gelinqin about his subject.
When Monk Greenqin heard this, he was stunned.
As Prince Gong said, this is a risky idea, which can be summed up in one sentence, that is, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent. (To be continued.) If you like this work. You are welcome to come to the starting point (biquge.info) to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation ......)