After returning to Zhenjiang Daying, the news from Tong Qiangsheng's inquiry also arrived, and Xiao Yungui corroborated Tong Qiangsheng's news and the information provided by Rong Lu and found that the two were indeed very consistent. After more than 20,000 soldiers and horses arrived at the Jiangbei camp, they immediately took over dozens of camps in the west of the Jiangbei camp, such as Tuqiao, Hongqiao, Pu Shuyuan, etc., and it was the night when the Shengbao soldiers and Qi Shanbing changed their guards, and at the same time, Qi Shan's order to take over the wind for Shengbao, and on the birthday of Lei Yixuan, the Qing military camp held a banquet, and even the ordinary soldiers were rewarded with wine and meat brought by Shengbao.

Since the establishment of the camp in Jiangbei, the Qing army has taken the offensive, and the Guazhou Taiping army has taken the defensive, and Qi Shan, Chen Jinshou, Lei Yiyun and others have built a long wall in order to prevent the Guazhou Taiping Army from advancing northward, from the new city of Yizheng in the west to the Shijia Bridge by the canal in the east. Later, in order to attack Guazhou, in the south of the long wall, it extended from Balipu to the east and west sides, and built an earthen wall, which stretched for more than 40 miles. After the earthen wall was built, the Jiangbei camp was also moved forward to Balipu, and more than 20 camps and forts were built along the earthen wall.

The Qing army has nearly 20,000 troops, the Taiping army in Guazhou has only more than 5,000 troops, and Zhenjiang is only more than 10,000 people stationed, so the Qing army has maintained pressure on Guazhou, and has sent troops to attack the Taiping army in Guazhou several times. In the words of Chen Jinshou, the thieves guarded the back of the river, relying on the deep trenches and strong bases, and the soldiers took turns to resist the officers and soldiers.

Several months of defensive so that the Qing army began to paralyze carelessness, many times the Jiangbei camp is actually idle, up to the generals, down to the soldiers and even opened the bazaar to the camp, now the victory to protect the soldiers, the Qing army strength is more than 40,000 people, the Qing army is even more fearless. When the victorious soldiers and the old battalion soldiers changed guards, the generals of the Qing army held a feast that night, and the negligence of the Jiangbei battalion had reached the lowest point.

After listening to the news of Tong Qiangsheng, Luo Xuan was the first to get up and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, it is the right time to enter the army tonight, the first time I heard that the head of the demon army has arrived, my subordinates are worried that the strength of Guazhou is weak, and they have sent men and horses to board the boat overnight to prepare to cross the river to the north, and now the time is good, and it is possible to cross the river with 8,000 Zhenjiang soldiers." Together with Wu Ruxiao, Xie Jinzhang, Qin Xizhang and other Guazhou soldiers, they attacked the Shengbao garrison in the west at dawn, and raised 3,000 troops each on the middle and east roads as a feint. When the new recruits of the demon head first arrived, the two armies were still changing guards, and the demons were negligent in taking precautions. It will definitely be able to break the camp of the Qing Demon on the West Road in one fell swoop, and the Qing Demon on the West Road will be broken. The demons on the middle and east roads will definitely frustrate the formation. Our soldiers from the west can march forward for a long time, and the soldiers from the middle and east routes can also change their feints to strong attacks, so that the nail thorn in the Jiangbei camp can be pulled out in one fell swoop! ”

Xu Yao and the other generals got up one after another, and Tang Zhengcai, the general of the water division, also got up and said: "Yes, after breaking through the Jiangbei camp, my water camp can also go straight to the Grand Canal." Threatening Yangzhou, the Qing demon will inevitably suffer a heavy setback. ”

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er glanced at each other, Hong Yun'er smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "You can fight, you can give the order." ”

At that moment, Xiao Yungui no longer hesitated. Immediately ordered the Zhenjiang soldiers to cross the river overnight, and launched a surprise attack on the Jiangbei camp at dawn! As a successful general, the most important thing is to know how to be good at seizing the opportunity, no matter what Lu Sixuan thinks, the Taiping army must fight this battle, otherwise after the victory and protection soldiers gain a firm foothold in the Jiangbei camp, not to mention that tens of thousands of Qing troops will continue to exert pressure on Guazhou, and in the future, if you want to break the Jiangbei camp, you will have to pay several times or even more costs, so Xiao Yungui made up his mind to attack north.

The art of war is to use the opponent's mistakes to achieve the goal of defeating the enemy, even if the opponent has fewer troops, but if the opponent's mistakes are very serious, you can win more with less. Throughout the history of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wars, there are examples of less victories, all of which are powerful enemies who make mistakes and are seized by the weaker side to achieve victory, the battle of Guandu during the Three Kingdoms, after Xu Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, the Wuchao fire led to the defeat of Yuan Shao, the battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's serial ship was burned, and the mistake of Liu Bei's company in the battle of Yiling, isn't it all their own serious mistakes? At present, judging from all kinds of intelligence, the Qing army in Jiangbei Camp has also made a very serious mistake, so there is no need to wait for a long time at this time?

That night, Luo Outline, Xu Yao, Tang Zhengcai and others led 8,000 Zhenjiang soldiers to cross the river and arrive at Guazhou, Xiao Yungui did not cross the river to the north to command, in comparison, Zhenjiang and Guazhou generals are more familiar with the terrain and the enemy opposite, so there is no need for the West King to command the battle, Xiao Yungui is very clear, if he changes his own command, maybe he will delay the fighter, so Xiao Yungui handed over the command to Luo Outline, and he and Hong Yuner led 3,000 troops with the generals who stayed in Zhenjiang as backup.

At dawn the next day, news came back that Luo Xuan had led the Taiping army to launch a fierce attack on the Tuqiao Qing army camp west of the Jiangbei camp. At this time, the Shengbao soldiers had just taken over the camp, and they were not familiar with the layout of the camp, and even many watchtowers had not yet been garrisoned by the Qing army, and the emperor of Shengbaodai rewarded the three armies that night, and there was a banquet in the camp, many generals were even asleep, and many soldiers had not yet gotten up, and the Taiping army broke into the Qing army camp by taking advantage of the darkness before dawn. Half an hour later, the Qing army's self-proclaimed impregnable Tuqiao camp collapsed, the Qing army was defeated, and the defeated soldiers retreated to the Qing army camp in Hongqiao, Pushuyuan and other places.

Luo Xuan and other overseers took advantage of the victory and rushed into the Hongqiao and Pushuyuan camps after the defeated soldiers of the Qing army, and broke more than ten Qing army camps such as Hongqiao and Pushuwan. Seeing the Taiping army coming violently, the Qing soldiers were invincible, scrambling to flee for their lives, most of them were scattered, the artillery and flag tents were abandoned, and Shengbao, Tuoming'a, Dexing'a, etc. fled to the Sanxia River.

The ships of the Taiping Army Water Camp between Guazhou and Zhenjiang are constantly coming and going, and the carrier pigeons of Bai Zetang on both sides of the strait are constantly exchanging news, and the latest battle situation in front of the front is constantly returning to the table of King Xi of Zhenjiang, when he saw the defeat of the Qing army, the sky was over, Xiao Yungui smiled and ordered Luo Outline and others to continue to attack tomorrow, so as to completely break the Jiangbei camp in a battle.

After receiving the general order of the king of the west, Luo Xuan ordered all the troops to eat and rest for one night, and ordered the soldiers and horses of the middle road led by Wu Ruxiao, Xie Jinzhang, and Qin Xizhang to give up the feint attack and contain it tomorrow morning, and change to a strong attack.

The defeat during the day has made the remaining Qing army units in the Jiangbei camp frightened, and the camp on the middle and east roads was also threatened by the Taiping army, and the Taiping army outside the camp fired artillery and gathered troops from time to time, and several camps were also attacked by the Taiping army. It was Chen Jinshou, who was guarding the camps on the east and middle roads, using this as an excuse to stand still, and watched the victory and protection of the west road defeat and loss, and did not send a single soldier to the rescue.

After hearing that Shengbao's troops were defeated, and Shengbao, Dexing'a, Tuoming'a and other generals fled to the Sancha River, Chen Jinshou was very happy, so Shengbao would not order him to attack Guazhou again. Sure enough, Shengbao then sent an order, ordering Chen Jinshou to hold the camp on the middle and east roads, and after Shengbao collected the defeated troops, he sent troops and horses to meet the Shengbao Department.

Chen Jinshou was overjoyed, remembering Rong Lu's previous and his own plan, Rong Lu once said that the victory and protection of the new arrival, the soldiers and horses are the new arrival of the green battalion soldiers and horses in several provinces in Jiangbei, do not practice the battle for a long time, and are not familiar with the geographical advantages here, will be taken advantage of the rebellion, the military gate can sit firmly in the middle of the military camp, let go of the west road camp, the rebellion can conquer the habitual war, will launch an offensive, so you can sit and watch the victory and protect the defeat of the army.

At this time, what Rong Lu said came true, and Chen Jinshou began to fight with a twelve-point spirit to guard the camp on the middle and east roads, and convened the generals to discuss countermeasures. After the generals gathered, they all reported the news they had heard, Chen Jinshou expected that the thousands of Taiping troops outside the east and middle roads were only feints, and the focus of the next Taiping army offensive should be in the west, it is reported that the banner of the old long-haired general Luo Gang in Zhenjiang is in the west, and according to the defeated generals, the number of Taiping troops on the west road is estimated to be tens of thousands, and the thieves are all brave. Therefore, Chen Jinshou and the generals agreed to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the camp on the east road to strengthen the defense on the west side of the camp on the middle road.

After the discussion, the generals went down to prepare, but Chen Jinshou found that when the entire military discussion was held, Rong Lu didn't say a word, and he couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, but he thought that Rong Lu was guarding the camp on the east road, and he might not like to transfer troops to the Chinese army.

Before dawn the next day, since the battle with Long Hair, the Qing army also found that the Taiping Army seemed to like to use this point in time as an opportunity to launch an attack.

Xie Jinzhang and Qin Xizhang of the Taiping Army on the East Road launched a surprise attack on the East Daying East Road at dawn the next day, and broke more than 120 enemy camps. Rong Lu, the Qing general of the East Road, and others retreated to Yangzhou on the grounds that the number of troops was small.

Chen Jinshou was taken aback, and then the middle camp was raided by Wu Ruxiao's Ministry of the Taiping Army, and Xie Jinzhang and Qin Xizhang in the east also immediately launched envoys. The camp of the Qing army in the middle did not hold for long, and it was defeated and lost in half a day, and in the chaos of the army, Chen Jinshou escorted the seriously ill Qi Shan and retreated to the area of Qinjialou and Jiang Wangmiao under the escort of more than 1,000 people in the Qing army.

After Luo Xuan and other generals joined forces, they fought Shengbao on the Sancha River, but poor Shengbao finally gathered thousands of defeated soldiers, and did not wait for Chen Jinshou's reinforcements, but waited for the onslaught of the victorious division of the Taiping army. After the two armies fought for an hour, Shengbao, Tuoming'a, and Dexing'a fled to Shaobo Town, northeast of Yangzhou, with only a few dozen horsemen.

On the third day, Luo Xuan and other generals led the Taiping army to take advantage of the victory to attack Yangzhou City, and the alarm in Yangzhou City was constantly issued, and there was no one to command the defeated soldiers in the city, and everyone wanted to continue to flee north. At this point, the Jiangbei camp, which had been operating for several months and had consumed countless amounts of money and food, was destroyed by the Taiping army in one fell swoop, and tens of thousands of Qing troops were scattered. (To be continued......)