On April 11, 1860, Li Xiucheng and his people conquered Jianping, and immediately summoned Yang Fuqing, Li Shixian, Liu Guanfang, Huang Wenjin, Lai Wenhong, Gu Longxian and others to attack the Jiangnan camp.

Li Xiuchengdao: In February this year, Hechun Demon Er captured Jiuhuanzhou and cut off the Yangtze River waterway; The day before yesterday, Zhang Guoliang Demon Er set up camp outside the Ande Gate, and the West Road Changwei was connected in parallel.

Liu Guanfang said: Tianjing is in danger! Our soldiers are strong and strong, and they are all sent by His Royal Highness the Loyal King.

Li Xiucheng said: I will, the troops are divided into three ways to besiege the Jiangnan camp. His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King and the main general of the right army, Liu Guanfang, attacked the south of the Jiang camp; I attacked Liyang with Shixian, feigned into Changzhou, reconciled the demon division of troops, and then returned to Jurong and attacked the east of the Jiang camp; The king of England is besieging Quanjiao in the north of the river, and he will soon cross south and attack the west of the Jiangying.

Yang Fuqing Road: Quanjiao is connected to Hezhou and Hanshan in the south, and Liuhe and Tianchang are connected to the east; It is really an important place in the north of the river. The soldiers are fast, and our troops will attack Gaochun tomorrow, start the war, deter and demons, and support the British king.

Li Xiucheng said: In the battle of Honglin Bridge, the Fuwang brothers have disabled Zhou Tian by the demon, and Zhang Fu is a scholar who does not dare to act rashly; I left Li Yuanji's department to monitor Zhou and Zhang Eryou. Step by step, we divided into a joint attack and a spring camp, and as soon as the king arrived, he carried out a general attack. The war is raging, and the demon cares about one and loses the other, how can he not be defeated!

On April 12, Yang Fuqing and Liu Guanfang joined forces to conquer Dongba and Gaochun in one fell swoop; Li Shixian attacked Liyang in the west, and he was defeated in two days.

Gaochun chokes the south of the Jiang camp, Liyang is the gateway of Su Chang, both are lost, and the spring is terrifying, Zhang Guoliang said: Li Xiucheng is the leader of the thief's rebellion, and his whereabouts, that is, the thief's counterattack, I think that the thief's tendency is to focus on Jing all the way, and Su Chang is the focus of our defense; Only Wang Youling and Zhou Tianfu were stationed in Changzhou, with less than 3,000 soldiers, and they must be rescued immediately.

Zhang Guoliang said: In the past two months, thieves have attacked Jing County, Ningguo, Taiping, Jixi, Guangde, Hangzhou, etc., all of which have been abandoned as they are occupied; Today's thief's attack on Liyang is also abandoned. However, Yang Thief is in Dongba and Gaochun, but he is attacking and defending with all his might; Quanjiao to Jinling, Liyang to Jinling, are all a hundred miles away, Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng can arrive in two days; At any time, you can use each other's horns with Yang thieves. The last general thinks that the place where the thieves rebel and attack is my camp in the south of the Yangtze River.

Hechun Dao: For four years, thieves have not attacked the land of Wujiang camp. But if the thief captures Changzhou and strangles my southern Jiangsu, we will collapse without a fight. I have to defend Changzhou, rely on the salary of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and compete with it, and I am full of strength. Around Jinling, it took us four years, relying on Jiangying, dredging a hundred miles of Changhao, enough to resist more than a month. Moreover, Changzhou and Jinling, more than 200 miles; If the battle in Jinling breaks out, the army of Changcheng will arrive in three days.

Zhang Guoliang said: In this case, quickly send reinforcements to the Zhejiang army, return to Changzhou, Changzhou is protected, and immediately return to the camp in the south of the Yangtze River to fight a decisive battle with the counter.

Hechun Dao: I immediately ordered Zhang Yuliang, Liu Jisan, and Ma Dezhao to return to Chang as soon as possible; The deputy generals Xiang Kui and Ma Zhanqi galloped to Zhenjiang to protect the Daying to Suchang Waterway; Zhou Tianfu's department, quickly to Jintan, to make up for the lack of horses; Consult He Guiqing again, transfer Xiao Zhiyin's department to Danyang, and consolidate the land route between Daying and Suchang.

Zhang Guoliang said: The attack direction of the thief, first Changzhou, then Jiangying, the main and secondary are clear; The soldiers of our battalion must also be replenished.

Hechun Road: The way of the game, the general is alive, and the broken is injured. I and Su Chang, water and land accessibility, mutual assistance at any time; The thief immediately attacked my Jiangnan camp with all his might, and I relied on a hundred miles of Changhao, victory or impossibility, but never defeat.

In the north of the Yangtze River, Chen Yucheng besieged Quanjiao for half a month, but he was in a hurry. In the south of the Yangtze River, Li Xiucheng was anxious, and said that Li Shixian said: Chen Yucheng will not cross the river for a long time, so what can he do in vain?

Li Shixian said: Chen Yucheng is the king in front, and he will not listen to the tune; Chen Bu crossed to the south, not to be extravagant.

Li Xiucheng said: If you want to fight hard and win ten thousand battles, you must first unite ten thousand hearts and make one heart. Whether the siege of Tianjing is solved or not, Chen Yucheng crosses to the south is very important! I immediately told the king of heaven, and then urged Chen to go south. Brother and Yang and Liu Dajun, attack from the north to the east, and do not delay.

On April 16, 1860, Yang Fuqing and Liu Guanfang marched north from Gaochun and attacked Lishui. On the same day, Li Shixian attacked Yixing in the east, but did not relent; The next day, he attacked the Golden Altar again, but he did not get it. Seeing this, Li Xiucheng ordered Li Shixian to temporarily leave Yixing and Jintan and attack Changzhou.

Yang Fuqing and Liu Guanfang besieged Lishui, Zheng Kuishi was defeated, and asked for help and Chun. and spring arrows force Changzhou, unable to take care of both. Zheng Kuishi was helpless, resisted for two days, and abandoned the city. Yang Fuqing and Liu Guanfang kept going, and then conquered Moling Pass.

On April 23, Yucheng led his troops to cross from Xiliang Mountain, approaching the west of the camp in the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Xiucheng was overjoyed, ordered Li Shixian, quickly gave up Jintan and Changzhou, and attacked Jurong; Xiucheng led the main force and attacked Chunhua.

Liang Kexun, the general of Jurong, neither ascended the city to defend the palace, nor camped outside the city; Seeing that the Taiping army was approaching, he let the city go.

Jurong fell, and Chun woke up like a dream, and urgently sent the deputy general Zhang Weibang to lead 3,000 troops out of Chunhua Town to meet Li Xiucheng.

Zhang Guoliang said: Chunhua is my last barrier, Zhang Weibang is not brave, it is difficult to reach Li Xiucheng. The last general led a group and flew to Chunhua to meet Li Yi.

He Chun sighed: Yang Fuqing is based on Moling Pass, Li Shixian occupies Jurong, Li Xiucheng attacks Chunhua, Chen Yucheng crosses to the south, and enters the West Road Changwei, and the four thieves rebel, all of whom come to my camp. regret not listening to my brother, resulting in today's difficulties!

Zhang Guoliang said: The thieves occupy Jurong and attack Chunhua, and the armies of Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Danyang, and Jintan are all furnishings. It is not too late to make amends, and the foreign aid departments should be quickly returned to protect the camp; Counselor Wen, He Guiqing, Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, Zhang Fu, etc., divided troops to assist. We resist one after another, and we are sluggish and rebellious; As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they fought to the death with the rebels.

Hechun Dao: The thief's counterattack is dripping, and the reinforcements in Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, and southern Anhui are all isolated by the thief's rebellion. Brother Zhang went to Chunhua here, and brought more fierce generals and elite soldiers, if he could annihilate Li Xiucheng's bandits; The battle situation in the south of the Yangtze River suddenly became clear.

and Zhang Yan, it was reported that Zhang Weibang was defeated by Li Xiucheng and had been defeated; Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian, the two rebels joined forces and attacked Chunhua.

Zhang Guoliang did not dare to slack off, personally supervised 5,000 elite soldiers, galloped to, and fought a bloody battle, but he was also defeated.

Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian defeated Zhang Guoliang and occupied Chunhua Town. Subsequently, the two Li quietly divided the troops, Li Xiucheng advanced from Yaohuamen to the Purple Mountain, and Li Shixian attacked Yanziji, hoping to block the road to the north of the spring. Yang and Liu Yifen in the middle road, Yang Fuqing entered Yuhuatai, and Liu Guanfang and Chen Kunshu entered Gaoqiaomen. On the west road, Chen Yucheng led an army of 30,000 and entered Banqiao and Shanqiao on the 29th. The next day, Yucheng set up camp outside Fengtai Gate and Ande Gate, echoing Yang Fuqing and Liu Guanfang.