When he saw Lin Qirong, Xiao Yungui already had a sense of déjà vu, and when he reported his name, Xiao Yungui remembered that Lin Qirong was personally promoted by Xiao Chaogui to be a swordsman, and it turned out that this person had always been in his army.

In fact, Xiao Yungui didn't know that after the death of Xiao Chaogui in history, many strong generals under the command of the West King were under the command of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, and became Yang Xiuqing's descendant generals. His tenacity earned him the respect of both friend and foe.

But this time it will not be Yang Xiuqing who will make him stand out, of course Xiao Yungui will not let go of this rare talent, he immediately promoted Lin Qirong to the position of captain and transferred to his own personal guard team to show his importance to him.

In the first battle of Shimapu, the Taiping army won a great victory, the chief soldier of Xi'an Town, Shaanxi Province, and the deputy general Yin Peili were killed, more than 1,000 Qing troops were killed, more than 900 people were captured, more than 200 shotguns, more than 10 guns, 12 bronze cannons, more than 40 barrels of red medicine, and countless weapons, grains, and grasses.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Xiao Yungui led the army to escort the captives to Jinpenling to meet with the Taiping New Army, and won both battles in a day and night, and the generals were cheering after the two armies met.

Xiao Yungui didn't have time to celebrate, and immediately summoned a group of generals to discuss the military in Zhu Han's big tent, and after clearing the Qing army on the southern periphery of Changsha City, Changsha City has been exposed to the blade of the Taiping Army, and he can attack Changsha City at any time, but how to deploy it needs to be carefully discussed, and it is a matter of his Xiao Yungui's life, so he must not be sloppy.

The generals sat down on both sides of Qifen, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Zeng Shuiyuan, Ji Wenyuan, Zhu Xineng, Lin Qirong, Li Zuoche, Tang Erniu, Tong Qiangsheng, He Bin, Zhou Zhaoyao, and looked down one by one, and found that there were still a lot of fierce generals under him, and Xiao Yungui felt a lot more at ease.

Li Zuoche got up and reported in detail about the battle in Jinpenling, and said: "The two Sima Li Yiwen generals in front of the army beheaded Zhu Han, and made great contributions......

Xiao Yungui sighed and said, "This Li Yiwen's name is so familiar." Only then did he remember that he had seen this person in Liling that day, and thought that since this person could kill the enemy general, he would still be rewarded, so he immediately asked Li Zuoche to call Li Yiwen into the account.

After Li Yiwen arrived, Xiao Yungui comforted him, and like Lin Qirong, he was promoted to the rank of pawn, and he was generally transferred to his personal guard to show that he treated all his brothers equally. But Xiao Yungui didn't expect that his decision today would lay the foundation for him to become another good general in the future.

After arranging Li Yiwen's reward, Xiao Yungui looked at the generals with a calm face, and saw that everyone in the generals was still immersed in the joy of the big victory, only Zeng Shuiyuan smiled and seemed to be a little reluctant, what kind of idea did this kid play, Xiao Yungui couldn't guess it for a while, so he had to give up for the time being. After glancing around at the generals, he looked at Lin Fengxiang and asked, "Brother Xian, now that the guns and red medicine needed for the siege are all available, how should we use the troops in the future?" ”

Lin Fengxiang's face turned red, he stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, that night in the Chaling Mansion, there were many offences among my subordinates, please punish Your Highness." ”

Xiao Yungui waved his hand and smiled: "I'm asking you how to use soldiers, what do you do to punish you?" ”

Lin Fengxiang waved his arms and said loudly: "Naturally, it is to wave the army to the north and directly attack the south of Changsha City, Brother Tong has already found out, the Qing Demon is not well prepared, there are no soldiers and horses stationed in the Miao Peak in the south of the city, my holy soldiers can enter and occupy the Miao Peak, attack the two stone bridges on the moat in the south of the city, occupy the strong houses outside the city, storm the south gate of Changsha City, defeat the Qing Demon in one fell swoop, and occupy Changsha!" ”…,

As soon as this remark came out, the generals echoed it, and it seemed that the capture of many guns and red medicine greatly increased the confidence of these Taiping generals, and the weak performance of the Qing army made them feel that it was natural for Changsha to be decided in the first battle, and they completely forgot that the number of Qing troops in Changsha was more than that of the Taiping army.

Xiao Yungui frowned and was silent, his brows were deep, pretending to be deep, but in fact, he was very bottomless in his heart. Jinpenling, Shimapu two battles he relied on the historical planning he knew, after a slight change, a rout battle was changed to a war of annihilation, the same let the Taiping army get the attack on Changsha guns and red medicine and other baggage, but the next attack on Changsha is not smooth, Changsha City is not as easy to fight as the Taiping generals imagined, although the Qing army commander Bao Qibao who defended Changsha is incompetent, but the Qing army under his command will be in a continuous attack for several days in the Taiping army, the king of the West Xiao Chaogui also died in the artillery, the Taiping army's offensive was interrupted.

Xiao Yungui didn't want to risk his life in it, and besieged the superior forces with weak troops to defend the fortified city, which was a really difficult battle. If it was dragged by the siege of Changsha, and then the Qing army from all directions rushed to relieve the siege, then his own partial division would fall into a complete passivity, looking at the map spread out on the table, he was silent for a long time.

Seeing that he was silent, the rising momentum gradually dimmed, Lin Fengxiang also slowly walked back to his seat and sat down, Xiao Yungui did not speak, and the tent was quiet for a while.

After a long while, Xiao Yungui spoke: "What are the chances of winning by storming Changsha?" If it can't be attacked for a long time, what should the Qing army around Changsha do if they come to relieve the siege? ”

Li Kaifang's face changed slightly, and he said slowly: "What His Highness said is extremely true, after all, the Qing demons in the city are twice as large as ours, and once the siege of the city is not smooth, they will fall into a disadvantageous place." ”

Zeng Shuiyuan said angrily at this time: "But the military order of the King of Heaven is to let me wait to attack Changsha, is it possible that when I get to Changsha City, I won't fight?" The King of the West will be slightly unparalleled, the charge is the first, naturally there should be a way, how can His Royal Highness the King of the West be afraid? ”

Xiao Yungui had an urge to give him two punches, he said this as if he was afraid, he scolded Zeng Shuiyuan shamelessly in his heart, he didn't feel his face hot, didn't he just hesitate because he was afraid of being hit by a cannon and dying?

Lin Fengxiang shook his head and said: "Brother Zeng's words are inappropriate, we are biased outside, and it is better to plan every step we take, not because we are afraid of the demons." ”

Zeng Shuiyuan snorted and said: "The order of the Heavenly King is to attack Changsha, and his subordinates are just reminding His Highness, are they all under the city, just wandering outside the city but not attacking?" ”

Xiao Yungui suddenly felt that his eyes lit up when he heard this, Zeng Shuiyuan's words reminded him, why not wander around the city? He still has a place where Zuihou can take advantage of it, that is, the reinforcements of Changsha from all walks of life did not come together, but in batches, and the number of Qing troops in each batch was not too much, more than 2,000 people, less than 8 or 900 people, isn't this a God-given opportunity to besiege the city and send reinforcements?

But he was only happy for a while, and then he was soon disappointed, because he did not know the route and time of the Qing army's reinforcement of Changsha, he only remembered that the first to reinforce Changsha was Deng Shaoliang, a fierce general of the Qing army and deputy general of the Chuxiong Association.

Xiao Yungui's face was happy and worried, his face was cloudy and uncertain, so that Zeng Shuiyuan was also startled, he was only afraid that his words would annoy Xiao Yungui, this West King was a person with a narrow belly, it really annoyed him, and when he came to a heavenly brother, he would not be able to eat and walk around, and he looked at Xiao Yungui with anxiety in his heart, so he didn't dare to say much.

After pondering for a long time, Xiao Yungui gritted his teeth and made a decision, since he knew that there was no good fruit to eat in the storming of Changsha, he could not make such a mistake again, he made up his mind at the moment, suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice: "We want to fight Changsha City, but we must not storm it!" Everybody, come here, let's deploy ...... like this"...,

The generals got up one after another and gathered around the table, Xiao Yungui pointed to Changsha City and said slowly: "The Qing Demon in the city doesn't know how many soldiers I have, I plan to divide the troops into three roads, one brigade of 500 men and horses on each road, with more flags and gongs and drums, respectively occupy the east of the city, the south of the city, and the north of the city. The Qing Demon in the city must be frightened, so he will send people out of the city to ask for help, and we will take the remaining 2,500 men and horses to ambush the Qing Demon reinforcements! ”

As soon as these words came out, among the generals, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Zeng Shuiyuan and other generals were dumbfounded, only thinking that Xiao Yungui's plan was too wildly, Lin Fengxiang said in a daze: "Your Highness, is this plan too much...... What's that, you need to know the essence of the ambush is to know where the enemy has been, choose the location to ambush, the timing, the location must take the lead, once the Qing demon reinforcements arrive, there must be soldiers and horses in all directions, how many soldiers and horses will come, when they can arrive, which way to go, where they can have ambushes are the key, a little poor, the ambush will not work, it is too dangerous. ”

Zeng Shuiyuan smiled slightly: "His Royal Highness the King of the West has come up with a lot of clever schemes, and there must be a reason for such an arrangement." ”

Li Kaifang shook his head slightly and said: "Your Highness, we have few soldiers, if the Qing Demon in the city is prominent, it will be extremely difficult to leave only five hundred people on each side to guard the palace." It is good to ambush the Qing Demon, but there is still a waterway of the Xiangjiang River to go through Changsha, we have no water army, if the Qing Demon takes the waterway to help Changsha, we will not be able to stop it, please think twice. ”

Xiao Yungui was stunned, it seems that marching and fighting is really not as simple as he imagined, although the siege and reinforcement tactics are the common tactics of war used by Taizu in later generations, but there are many factors to implement, and the first one is that the disparity in strength cannot be too large, and it is impossible for the Taiping army of more than 4,000 people to surround Changsha and ambush troops on all sides to intercept the Qing army.

He was so depressed that he sat down and was silent, was there only one way to go?

Li Yiwen, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly said in a low voice: "Your Highness is unwilling to attack, then we can earn the city, don't we capture a lot of Qing demons, you can send someone to pretend to be a Qing demon to rush into Changsha City, and it is not difficult to break through Changsha under the combination of inside and outside." ”