After all the generals retreated, Li Xiucheng stretched out on the handsome chair full of tiredness, and sighed at Li Shixian, who was waiting in the tent."
Shixian, tell me, how to fight this battle, Zhang Zongyu is now running out of bullets, if we work harder, I'm afraid we are already standing in Huzhou City at this time.Why don't there be any useful rice buckets in this group" Liu Xiucheng scolded unwillingly, but it was a pity that there was no fierce general available under his account."
Big brother, don't worry, Zhang Zongyu is also a grasshopper after the autumn now, and he can't jump for a few days.He is now out of ammunition, and there are no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, not even our fingers.If we fight the sword, even if we all step on it, we will also be able to level the Qingzi army.Today was just a sudden blow from him, and the brethren could not react to it, so that he took advantage of the loophole.As long as we send a foreign spear team to attack first tomorrow, Zhang Zongyu's cavalry will not come out, as long as he dares to come out, we will immediately surround him in the gun array to ensure that he will not return.When the foreign spear team reached a hundred meters of the city wall and suppressed the Qing army with firepower, the cavalry had no room to maneuver, and we were firmly blocked in the city.At this time, we will send a large team of men and horses to attack the city, and we will definitely win the victory and take Huzhou City in one fell swoop. ”Li Shixian carefully recalled today's battle situation and suggested a safe way with Li Xiucheng."
Good idea, just follow this strategy, you go down and arrange it for the generals, and this king will also see how long this Zhang Zongyu can last."
Li Xiucheng was like biting a huge piece of fat at this time, but because of his bad teeth, he was torn three times and twice in pain, and he was reluctant to let go.He could only try again, he had been delayed for two days in Huzhou City, which had greatly exceeded his expectations.The battle situation is always changing rapidly, not to mention that on the opposite side of Taihu Lake is the lair of the sharp Qing Army, and it is impossible for Qiao Zhiqing to turn a blind eye to him.Li Xiucheng's heart suddenly had a faint worry, but he didn't know what it was, he was not at this time to fight with Qiao Zhiqing.After Zhang Zongyu returned to the city, he immediately had the ammunition inventory counted, and the situation was even worse than he expected.Because the East City Gate was blocked by his cavalry, it did not consume too much ammunition today, but in order to extinguish Li Xiucheng's artillery array, the artillery regiment adopted an intensive bombardment method and used up the last 200 rounds of ammunition.The situation of the other three was extremely bad, no one had only a few dozen rounds of ammunition left, and the artillery on the city wall did not have a single shell left.Fortunately, the twelve machine guns of the machine gun wing still have more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and some is always better than nothing."
Why is there no news from the big handsome" Zhang Zongyu walked around the tent anxiously, his face was tired, the camouflage uniform on his body had been stained with blood everywhere, and he had a knife wound on his arm, so he was slightly bandaged and made up.Only Luo Sanyuan was waiting on the side in the tent, and he was also upset.This situation suddenly reminded him of the helplessness he felt when he and Zhang Zongyu were surrounded by the Qing army in Zhenjiang City, but at this time, because of Qiao Zhiqing's big backer, it was even more restless, and sometimes hope was more torturous than despair."
Division Commander, we are now too dependent on the marshal, right, at the beginning in Zhenjiang City, you and I ate chaff and drank thin, and in the end, we still relied on our own strength to find a way when we were in a desperate situation, but now when we encounter difficulties, we will pin on the rescue of the marshal, Division Commander, we should sit down and calm down."
Luo Sanyuan thought of this, and suddenly relaxed.I've crawled on the pile of dead people several times, and the current difficulty is nothing.Zhang Zongyu was stunned for a moment, looked at Luo Sanyuan in surprise, weighed it carefully for a while, and suddenly smiled a little nervously and bitterly."
That's right, I figured out a question when you said that, did you say that Dashuai was taking this opportunity to sharpen us" Zhang Zongyu stared at Luo Sanyuan meaningfully and sat down on the chair."
It is very likely that Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and Ke all have the soldiers and horses of the three divisions of our Qing Army, but the commander did not use one, but let us independently resist Li Xiucheng's 300,000 men and horses here, but told us that Li Xiucheng would definitely withdraw the army in three days, presumably to sharpen our minds.In the past, we were only good at attacking but not good at defense, and this is a great learning opportunity, and the commander will definitely not let go of this opportunity.The subordinates concluded that things would definitely turn around tomorrow, as long as we held on to it for another day. ”Luo Sanyuan also analyzed it with some enlightenment."
This can only be done, Huang Wenjin can fight a city street battle, and our new first division will definitely be able to, so let Li Xiucheng also taste the taste of urban siege."
Zhang Zongyu was finally freed from the chaotic emotions, his mind was empty, and his impetuous mood calmed down instantly, and he no longer turned to other people's gifts."
On your own, on your own."
Zhang Zongyu kept shouting to himself in his heart.Today's battle report of the Suzhou Mansion was brought into the study by Yan Yuting in the middle of the night, Qiao Zhiqing carefully checked the details on it, and praised Zhang Zongyu for his surprise attack with cavalry.This is the first time that Zhang Zongyu has figured out how to change tactics alone, and he doesn't know how much he has improved compared to before, and it seems that he has slowly begun to learn to think independently in battle."
Marshal Qiao, you have driven this little general under your command crazy, and you can personally cross the horse and charge into battle to kill."
Yan Yuting covered her mouth and laughed, as long as Qiao Zhiqing was happy, she would be happy inexplicably."
Zong Yu didn't disappoint me, we don't have much time left to revolt, so we can only use this method to force him to grow up as soon as possible and take charge of himself."
Qiao Zhiqing smiled, raised his head and asked, "How is the situation on Huang Wenzhong's side, have all the troops arrived in Yixing?"
"Oh, I was about to tell you, after Huang Wenzhong's navy landed in the north of Yixing today, all the Taiping strongholds along the line have been swept away.Now the road to the north is completely controlled by Huang Wenzhong.The brigade was stationed twenty miles north of Yiyang City, and could launch a full-scale attack on Yiyang at any time.If nothing else, Li Xiucheng will get the news tomorrow afternoon. ”Yan Yuting said and took out the military newspaper from her small handbag and handed it to Qiao Zhiqing."
That's very good, I hope that stinky boy Zhang Zongyu won't be too impetuous in his heart, and he can survive the last battle tomorrow."
Qiao Zhiqing took the battle report and took a closer look, and breathed a sigh of relief.However, there was a detail in the military newspaper that attracted Qiao Zhiqing's attention, that is, the Hunan troops stationed in the Ma'anshan and Wuhu areas suddenly advanced more than 100 kilometers eastward today, and stationed in Lishui County and Gaochun County, which border Anhui and Jiangsu, respectively, with an unknown number of troops."
Is there any news from Li Hongzhang's side?"
Qiao Zhiqing suddenly put down the military newspaper and stared at the curious Yan Yuting and asked."
There's no action, it's just that the Huai troops stationed in Taicang, Kunshan, and Qingpu have been frequently mobilized in the past few days, and some grain, grass, soldiers and horses have been replenished, and the rest is nothing special."
Yan Yuting thought about it carefully, filtered the information of the past few days in her mind, and replied casually."
It's not good, the Xiang army and the Huai army are not good at coming this time."
Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly spread out the map and marked several county seats, and an encirclement around southern Jiangsu was gradually taking shape."
Are you saying that Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are going to do something to us, how is this possible, if you let the court know, then you won't take off their black yarn hats."
Yan Yuting's forehead wrinkled slightly, and she looked at Qiao Zhiqing worriedly."
No, for the time being, I won't do it in the open, but I will definitely make a move in the dark, first forcing us to fight back, and then listing the charges to exterminate us.Judging from the current defensive trend, it must have been our attack on Yixing, which stimulated the nerves of Zeng Guofan's old fox, thinking that we were preparing to go north to compete with him for the credit of Nanjing City. ”Qiao Zhiqing stared at the topographic map for a long time, and finally understood the reason for the transfer of the Hunan army.But I just don't know whether the Huai army's actions were instructed by Zeng Guofan or Li Hongzhang's personal actions."
Isn't Zeng Guofan your quasi-father-in-law, why don't you say good things to him, maybe he won't be embarrassed by us."
Yan Yuting couldn't read the map, and she didn't know what Qiao Zhiqing was talking about pointing to the map, but she understood the last sentence, probably because his little lover's father thought he had robbed other people's territory in the past.Suddenly feeling funny, he covered his mouth and laughed out, and teased Qiao Zhiqing.Qiao Zhiqing raised the corners of his mouth and glared at her fiercely, put down the official document in his hand, hugged her delicate body and pressed it on the couch, and squeaked her slender waist.Yan Yuting flipped indiscriminately, almost laughing out of breath, and finally couldn't help but beg for mercy again and again, tears were tossed out of her eyes.Even the cheongsam was pulled to her waist, revealing her sexy and charming legs.Between the legs is the mysterious garden tightly wrapped in the obscene pants, rising high like a small steamed bun, but the gurgling water has wet the obscene pants at this time, and the delicate and slippery piece is even more horny.Qiao Zhiqing let go of her with a wicked smile, looking at Yan Yuting's shy and seductive little appearance, he finally couldn't help but step forward and hand her lips up, sucked greedily at Yan Yuting's fragrant lips, stretched her hands into her obscene clothes, and smirked the two jumping white rabbits on her chest and kneaded them, and it was another night of entanglement.After dawn, the Taiping army launched another attack on Huzhou City in accordance with Li Shixian's suggestion yesterday, but this time they concentrated all the foreign spear teams at the east gate, and there were more than 5,000 people, and they rushed towards the city gate in a frenzied roar."
Li Xiucheng has revealed all his family background, he is going to fight with us."
Zhang Zongyu stood on the city wall with a telescope and looked coldly at the military situation in front of him, chuckled and teased Li Xiucheng, after a night of reflection, Zhang Zongyu's mentality has completely calmed down, standing on the city wall today, there is no panic in the slightest, and all that wanders in his mind is to deal with the enemy."
Yes, with yesterday's battle, and today's cavalry, I'm afraid it won't have much effect on the Taiping army.We still tried to delay as much time as possible, leading the troops to withdraw people and conducting street battles in the city according to the strong terrain.The Taiping army is numerous, and the military discipline is not strict, and after entering the city, it will definitely wander around, and we will just break them down. ”Luo Sanyuan calmly suggested behind him, yesterday he had asked the left brigade to strengthen and repair the fortifications in the city again, this time it was the Taiping army that attacked the city, and he didn't want to completely occupy Huzhou City in half a month
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