On the first seven days of the villagers killed in Huzhong Village, the new 1st Division of the Qing Army officially launched an attack on Huzhou.On the same day, as if there had been a tacit understanding, Li Hongzhang's Huai army attacked Jiaxing on the same day, and Zuo Zongtang's Zhejiang army launched an attack on Hangzhou.As if the sky was destined, this day is the Winter Solstice Festival.This year's winter solstice festival does not seem to be as cold as in previous years, the soldiers of the new first division ate a hot dumpling on the warship, and the strong men who came here from the north do not seem to be able to accept the custom of eating rice balls in the south of the Yangtze River.Huang Wenjin has not been comfortable in the past few days, since Qiao Zhiqing publicly declared war, Huzhou City is panicked, except for the more than 20,000 old brothers brought out from Jiangxi, there are no complaints, and other recruits who have just been recruited in Zhejiang are detached from top to bottom, and there are constantly rumors of plotting rebellion and rebellion.Huang Wenjin knew that the situation was critical, and hurriedly asked Li Xiucheng in Hangzhou for support, but after the news came that the Huai army and the Zhejiang army were sent at the same time.Huang Wenjin knew in his heart that the Taiping Army was still finished after all.But he is not a person who easily accepts his fate, even if he dies in the hands of Qiao Zhiqing, he will desperately cut off one of his fingers.In fact, Huang Wenjin's suspicions about his subordinates were soon confirmed.In the face of the powerful artillery fire of the Qing Army, the fortress fort deployed by Huang Wenjin on the shore of Taihu Lake collapsed in an instant.The new 1st Division landed smoothly without firing a single shot, and the Taiping troops stationed in the fortress had no intention of escaping, and all of them took the initiative to find the Qingzi army to surrender with their weapons.Because Qiao Zhiqing said that all the Taiping troops who surrendered to the Qing army would give land to those who wanted land, and those who asked for money would give money.These Liu Xiucheng's newly recruited soldiers in Zhejiang had been waiting for a long time, just waiting for the Qingzi army to come over.Suzhou City's vigorous "fight local tyrants, divide the land" they have not heard of, after all, Huzhou is only separated from Suzhou by Taihu Lake, since the Taiping Army and the Qing Army have given land, then the rebellion is meaningless.The battle seemed to be going unusually well, and the defenders on the outskirts of Huzhou City only had one or two strongholds to put up a fierce resistance, but they were quickly easily pulled out by the new 1st Division.It took only two days for the new 1st Division to complete the cleaning of the outlying strongholds.Zhang Zongyu was not in a hurry to attack the city of Huzhou, but set up camp outside the city, with Luo Sanyuan's left brigade as the main attack force deployed at the east city gate, and the remaining three city gates sent the right brigade and the middle brigade to deploy.Huang Wenjin's name naturally knew that the war went so smoothly that it was indeed beyond Zhang Zongyu's expectations, and he knew that a bloody battle had just begun.The military information was quickly transmitted back to the Suzhou Mansion, and Qiao Zhiqing took the battle report of the past two days, constantly sketching on the map, and was silent."
Brother Qiao, don't you say how powerful Huang Wenjin is on weekdays, how can he become a soft egg when he encounters the Qing Zijun" Yan Yuting has been full of color these two days, since living with Qiao Zhiqing, although Qiao Zhiqing has always adhered to the bottom line, but being able to sleep in Qiao Zhiqing's arms every day, and holding it warmly is enough to make Yan Yuting refreshed."
You don't understand, judging from the current defense, Huang Wenjin is going to fight with me."
Qiao Zhiqing is not as optimistic as Yan Yuting, and carefully analyzes and studies every move of Huang Wenjin.Huang Wenjin concentrated the main forces in Huzhou City, and all the bridges on the rivers outside the city were also blown up, and the situation in the city Firefox also brought a little news, Huang Wenjin built the city layer by layer like a fortress, and it was not so easy for the Qing army to take Huzhou City this time."
Desperately, then why did he hide in the city like a shrunken turtle," Yan Yuting looked incredulous."
Huzhou City has been a military fortress since ancient times, it is the west gate of Zhejiang, the north gate of Nanjing, and the city wall is high and thick.Close to the ordinary artillery can not be exploded, unless you break through the city gate, but the city gate is an urn city, and once you enter, it is a turtle in the urn.Passing through the city gate is the first line of defense, and the real power is still the street fighting in the city, our foreign guns can only rely on intensive shooting to deter, and the power of ordinary bows and arrows in the lanes of the city is no different.This turtle retracts its head into its shell to bite it while you're looking. ”Qiao Zhiqing explained to Yan Yuting while picking up a pen and paper and writing a letter and handed it to Yan Yuting."
You send someone to hand this over to Zhang Zongyu immediately, let him act with reference to the above opinions, and remember not to be reckless.""
Got it.By the way, Brother Qiao, Xu Shou and they have news, but I said it, you must not be excited. ”Yan Yuting took the letter, suddenly remembered Xu Shou's matter, and after thinking about it, she still told Qiao Zhiqing."
Oh, tell me quickly, is there something wrong, are people alive or dead now" Qiao Zhiqing's face was nervous, these people are all talents who are difficult to change, if there is an accident, Qiao Zhiqing really can't forgive himself."
Don't worry, they're alive and well.You tossed that big movement in the concession that day, and the Huai army blocked all the gates out of Shanghai.It happened that Xu Shou and they took a cargo ship to the north, and when the Huai army asked, Xu Shou couldn't say why, so he was regarded by the Huai army as a thief of the knife club and detained in the prison of the county government.Lin Shirong and Liang Kuan were afraid that you would blame them, and wanted to rescue them by themselves and then report to you, but the defense of the county government has always been very tight, and there is a guard of the Huai Army on the side, Lin Shirong and Liang Kuan have no chance at all, and they see that it is getting longer and longer, so they show up and get in touch with the fire fox in Shanghai. ”Yan Yuting looked at him anxiously, and hurriedly explained to him, laughing secretly in her heart, she didn't know what Xu Shou was capable of, so that Qiao Zhiqing was so worried."
This Liang Kuan and Lin Shirong are really bad things, the matter has been delayed for so long before it was reported, and they must be punished for brushing the dishes when they come back."
Qiao Zhiqing smiled bitterly and scolded, finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and after Yan Yuting retreated, he ordered the soldiers outside the door to call Huang Feihong over.Huang Feihong has been worrying about these pro-soldiers under his command every day these days, asking around for their news, and as soon as he heard Qiao Zhiqing call him, he knew that there must be a news notification, and hurriedly ran into the study."
Dashuai, is it Liang Kuan and Shirong that they have news" Huang Feihong asked anxiously as soon as he entered the door, his martial arts had become more and more mature, although there was hot sweat on his forehead, but his breath was still as stable as ever."
These two stinky boys are hiding in Shanghai, and they don't dare to come back to see me if they mess up."
Qiao Zhiqing chuckled, didn't look up at Huang Feihong, and still took advantage of his face to review the official document."
Please atone for the sins, it is all an unfavorable arrangement for the subordinates, could it be that something happened to Xu Shou and them" Huang Feihong's face was nervous, the fire wolf has been treated with the best treatment since its establishment, using the latest weapons, and has been cultivated by Qiao Zhiqing as a baby.If this is heard by the soldiers in the other battalions, they will not be scared out of their big teeth."
No, it's just that they were arrested and put in prison by Huai Jun, so you have to immediately lead the fire wolves to set off and rescue them to Suzhou before Li Hongzhang discovers their identities."
Qiao Zhiqing finally raised his head, gave an order, and handed over a written list and contact location to Huang Feihong and added, "This is the contact location and personnel of Firefox in Shanghai, after you get there, they will assist you in your actions, remember to tell those two stinky boys, it's not terrible to make mistakes, their Qiao Dashuai is not a tyrant." ”Huang Feihong took the letter and nodded repeatedly, and said secretly in his heart, "You usually always have a straight face, who knows what you think, let alone Liang Kuan and Shirong, even if I saw you and laughed and got angry, I didn't panic." ”After Huang Feihong retired, he selected a fire wolf with the best performance in the wing to participate in the operation, and borrowed a medium-sized steam cargo ship from the navy to fly the flag of the British merchant ship.The four major families of Nanyang are all branches in Suzhou, and Huang Feihong borrowed their names to disguise himself as a caravan selling rice from the Zheng family in Siam.Two machine guns were placed in the front and rear of the cargo ship, carrying 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and each fire wolf was equipped with two barge guns with 100 rounds of ammunition.The combat strength of more than 30 people is enough to catch up with a battalion of the Huai Army.Outside Huzhou City, Zhang Zongyu was in the camp tent and the three brigade commanders were discussing the plan against the enemy.The right brigade commander Luo Changfeng originally held the position of regiment commander in the left division, and he was an old figure in the Qingzi army, with a strong temper and courage.He was very dissatisfied with Zhang Zongyu's deployment in Huzhou, and felt that this Maotou division commander who came from the Twist Army was too cautious, pointing to the map and drawing up and down, and constantly persuading him to launch an attack as soon as possible.Tan Guanglin, the commander of the Central Brigade, is also the old man of the Qingzi Army, but his personality is completely opposite to Luo Changfeng, just nodding his head on the side, but not saying a word.His main task was to protect the safety of the new 1st Division, and he was not very worried about the offensive side.Luo Sanyuan had always been Zhang Zongyu's adviser before, and now he let him stand alone, but he did not lose Zhang Zongyu's face.In this cleaning of the strongholds outside the city, the Left Brigade made great efforts and gnawed several hard bones.He also experienced any oil splashing, stone smashing, and arrow rain, and finally successfully completed the task, after all, it was the first time to command a modern corps to fight, and it was completely different from the previous combat program of the Twisted Army.The Twist Army is mainly based on movement warfare, using the mobility of cavalry to carry out interspersed raids.After disrupting the opponent's position, divide and encircle and annihilate.If you can beat it, you can fight, and if you can't beat it, you can run.Now he has changed his tactics, relying on the spear formation to take the initiative to attack, and after encountering a counterattack, he completely relies on willpower to support it.If the gun array is chaotic, it will also lose the deterrent power of foreign guns.Regarding Zhang Zongyu's deployment, Luo Sanyuan has the same opinion as him, Huang Wenjin is famous after all, and Huzhou City will never be taken down so easily.So he chose to stand on Zhang Zongyu's side, not because of feelings, but reason asked him to do so.Zhang Zongyu looked at the map coldly, listened to the opinions of the three brigade commanders tepidly, and kept making calculations and deployments in his heart.Luo Changfeng has a sentence that is right, "What kind of defense is not powerful, you will only know when you fight." ”: