Firefox quickly passed on Li Xiucheng's latest movements to Qiao Zhiqing's desk, and Yan Yuting looked at Qiao Zhiqing with wide eyes with intelligence, her face full of incredible admiration."
Brother Qiao, are you the god of war in the sky, tell me quickly, how did you know that Li Hongzhang was going to let Li Xiucheng go" "This is not strange, if the officials of the Qing Dynasty were all twisted into a rope, the Taiping Army would have been wiped out long ago.We are now a nail in Li Hongzhang's eyes, his Huai Army has been trained, and we no longer need us to shelter him from the wind and rain, from his attitude towards the Shanghai Little Knife Society this time, I have already thought that Master Li is going to exclude dissidents. ”Qiao Zhi explained lightly, looking at the information in his hand, he was still a lot surprised by Li Xiucheng's actions, he poured out of the nest this time, and Li Shixian in Hangzhou also had a move to converge with him, the small Huzhou City was naturally not his destination, what was he going to do" This old thing, don't we still use his banner, how can he say that he will turn his face. ”Yan Yuting complained coquettishly, and paced her little feet angrily."
It's not his fault, Li Hongzhang and I are just the masters, he can't let go of the tattered Qing Dynasty in his heart, but my Qiao Zhiqing's master is the people of the world.Even if he doesn't turn his face now, we will have to meet sooner or later, but that's fine, everyone knows that the next time we meet, there will be nothing to hide. ”Qiao Zhiqing sighed, looked back at the topographic map of Jiangnan and kept thinking about it, and suddenly shouted, "I know where Li Xiucheng is going, but this loyal king still can't let go of the glory on his face." ”"Where is he going" Yan Yuting was taken aback by Qiao Zhiqing, her eyes widened, and she stared at the map curiously."
Here."
Qiao Zhiqing pointed his finger at Nanjing City, patted the map and said excitedly, "If he wants to save the siege of Huzhou, he doesn't need Li Shixian to come over, so much of a big move, his goal is only Nanjing City." ”"Impossible, how is this possible, Nanjing City is now besieged by the Hunan Army, the Eight Banners Army and our Qingzi Army, Li Xiucheng will not be stupid enough to jump into the encirclement by himself" Yan Yuting hurriedly retorted and shook her cerebellum to melon seeds."
You don't understand, the more high-ranking people are, the more they value reputation, and people often say that "return home".People who have made a fortune outside always have to return to their hometown to show off to the people who ridiculed them at the beginning, he was squeezed out by Hong Renji back then, and now it is time to go back to Nanjing City to prove himself. ”Qiao Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, now that Huang Wenjin's power in Huzhou City has not been eradicated, if Li Xiucheng is pressed by large soldiers at this time, I am afraid that no matter how well-equipped the Qing Zi Army is, it will also suffer from indigestion.Li Xiucheng saw the future of the Taiping Army clearly, and all he did at this time was to hope that the broken ship would sink slowly, and before that, he would return to Nanjing City for one last time."
Then do you want to withdraw the new division to Suzhou," Yan Yuting raised her eyebrows with some concern."
No, as long as Zhang Zongyu can hold on to the city for three days, Li Xiucheng will definitely give up Huzhou and go straight to Nanjing after three days."
Qiao Zhiqing confidently made another prediction, although Yan Yuting was a little puzzled, but looking at his categorical appearance, he couldn't help but believe it, he had never made a mistake in judgment.After the news of Li Xiucheng's army coming to help spread among the Taiping army in the north of Huzhou, morale was immediately high.All the soldiers in the army for a time are a hundred times more energetic to do a good defense, just waiting for the moment of victory, to cut all the Qingzi army alive to comfort the soul of the sacrifice of the brothers in the sky, more than 30,000 people in this city are all old brothers from Jiangxi, a handsome tent has been crawling and rolling for many years, but now there are more than 10,000 people left."
Little cubs, King Zhong has led an army of 300,000 to rescue us, and if you hold on for another three days, the Qingzi army will be defeated.Huang Wenjin finally walked out of the tent, his face that had been dull for many days was shining again for a while, and he inspected the various defensive positions, and when he saw his brothers, he raised his arms and shouted."
Victory, victory, victory."
The soldiers of the Taiping Army also cheered, and for a time the crowd was high and unstoppable.Zhang Zongyu sat in the camp tent with the urgent order sent by Qiao Zhiqing and finally realized that Qiao Dashuai's vision was to look at the overall situation, and he would never have thought that Li Xiucheng would be able to break through from Li Hongzhang's encirclement, and depending on the situation, he was menacing, and he had no intention of hurting his muscles and bones at all.The field artillery sent by the marshal was fortunately useless, otherwise it would have been impossible to deal with it for a while.But the siege of Huzhou City by these 300,000 men and horses is simply an easy matter, how the marshal said in the letter that Li Xiucheng will definitely evacuate in three days, this is incredible.All the generals looked at Zhang Zongyu's uncertain expression from the guest seats in the military tent, and whispered secretly, secretly guessing what Qiao Zhiqing said in the letter."
Division commander, is Marshal Qiao asking us to withdraw from the army" Luo Sanyuan nervously clenched his fists and asked, he and Zhang Zongyu had the closest relationship, and the other two brigade commanders were also happy to let him come forward."
Why do you want to retreat" Zhang Zongyu glared at him, and after putting down the letter, he raised his head with a stern expression."
Isn't it rumored outside, that the reinforcements of the Taiping Army have arrived, there are more than 500,000 soldiers and horses, don't we withdraw to Suzhou City immediately" Luo Sanyuan looked at Zhang Zongyu's cold gaze, blushed unconsciously, and stammered and asked again."
Bullshit, if Li Xiucheng had 500,000 people, he would still be beaten all over the ground by Li Hongzhang.They all gave me orders to go down, and whoever wants to spread rumors and cause trouble in the army will be dealt with immediately by military law once discovered.This time, we will desperately hold on to Huzhou City for three days, and after three days, Li Xiucheng will definitely let the city go. ”Zhang Zongyu gave the order with a stern expression, and all the generals were nervous in their hearts, and after clasping their fists and singing yes, they all withdrew with a serious face.On the seventh day of the new 1st Division's siege of the city, Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian's army finally met in Shuanglin Town, with flags flying and drums bursting, and its momentum stretched for dozens of kilometers."
Big brother, Nanjing City is a dead place, do we really want to go there" In Li Xiucheng's military tent, Li Shixian had just met many old brothers, and after calming down his excited looks, he and Li Xiucheng had a secret conversation alone in the military tent.Li Xiucheng raised his head a little indifferently, sat up upright, and said calmly, "Don't panic, virtuous brother, the art of war is cloudy, and you will be born after death."
The city of Nanjing may seem like a risky move, but only there can we reassert the prestige of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and mobilize all our resources to contend with the imperial court.If even the capital is lost, then we will definitely lose, but if we can keep Nanjing, there may still be a glimmer of hope. ”"The Hunan Army and the Qing Army have formed a trend of encircling Nanjing City in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Eighth Banner Army is heavily fortified in the north of the Yangtze River, so it is not easy to relieve the siege of Nanjing" Li Shixian frowned and sighed."
Brother Xian is wrong, now that King Chen Yucheng occupies Anqing Mansion, as long as we increase our troops in Nanjing City, we can once again cooperate with Chen Yucheng to break the Jiangnan camp of the old thief of Zeng Guofan, and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River can be all in my hands, and once Nanjing City guards the gate, within two years, we can return to the south and revive the majesty of the year."
Li Xiucheng confidently stepped down from the handsome position and patted Li Shixian's shoulder, as if he saw the invincible glory years again.Li Shixian nodded, he had believed in this omnipotent cousin since he was a child, and naturally he was what he said."
Big brother, what should we do in Huzhou, do we still want to keep this city" Li Shixian breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of Huzhou's affairs and unconsciously condensed his brows, the long-term pressure has made this young man prematurely aged, and his brows are full of wrinkles."
I have received reliable information that the attack on Huzhou this time is only the army force that Qiao Zhiqing has collected in Zhenjiang Mansion, but there are more than 10,000 people, where will it be our opponent, if I expected, tomorrow's army will be overwhelming, and Huzhou City will be leveled within one day."
Li Xiucheng swore full of confidence, and said happily and unconsciously waved his palm, as if the country was in his hand and pointed at will.However, before Li Shixian could get happy, Li Xiucheng hurriedly added, "Huzhou City is close to Suzhou, since we have completely withdrawn our forces from southern Jiangsu, it is better to be no more entangled with the Qing army, we must preserve our forces and try to go north."
After so many years, I finally understood a truth, the British king's decision was right, we insisted on pacifying southern Jiangsu was a great mistake, besieged Shanghai three times, exhausted the vitality, this time we must not make this mistake again, we must first solve the gateway to the upper reaches of Nanjing. ”"The eldest brother has finally figured it out, and the younger brother wishes the eldest brother what he wants."
Li Shixian was also full of relief when he heard this, he was friendly with the British king, once Anqing was besieged, and the British king sent troops for help three times and twice, but Li Xiucheng insisted on taking Shanghai, and the result was that today's situation was made, but seeing Li Xiucheng's remorse, it can be regarded as a remedy.After the two brothers discussed the details of the siege of Huzhou City tomorrow in the tent, the army marched overnight and marched towards Huzhou City.If King Chen Yucheng knew what Li Xiucheng was thinking at this time, he would definitely cry and hug him and drink a sip of wine.But at this time, he didn't have such leisure, and Anqing City couldn't hold it.Chen Yucheng had no reinforcements outside, no food and salary inside, and was alone in the lonely city of Anqing, and after holding on for half a year, it was already the end of the crossbow.Just now, the Hunan army had just recovered all the military points of Anqing City.After the work of the Anqing Ordnance Institute was suspended, Chen Yucheng quickly used up the ammunition inside, and the dead and wounded of his soldiers were now only more than 10,000 cavalry of Lai Wenguang.After thinking twice, Chen Yucheng took the initiative to withdraw from Anqing City with this last bit of strength and retreated towards Nanjing.If the telegraph had been invented at this time, Li Xiucheng might have changed his original intention after learning the news, but at this time, the people on both sides seemed to have a destiny to converge towards the final destination
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