Lin Da'an walked into the study quickly, and after the salute, he reported aloud: "The great treasurer, the Taiping army took the opportunity of the torrential rain to break through the whole army, and the Qing army chased after the tail and defeated the Taiping ......army in Longliao Ridge. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yi Zhicontent, Bao Shichen was first overjoyed and then shocked by what he said, the total Taiping army was no more than 10,000 people, and Longliaoling was defeated, how many people could be left? After taking the information and taking a closer look, the two secretly breathed a sigh of relief, in the battle of Longliao Ridge, all 3,000 people of the Taiping Army led by Xiao Chaogui were annihilated, and only dozens of soldiers desperately protected Xiao Chaogui from Ascension.

lit a cigarette, Yi Zhizhi said: "The elite of the Taiping Army is in the front army, and most of the rear army are relatives, which can be said to be a burden, the rear army was annihilated, and the Taiping army can advance lightly. ”

Bao Shichen nodded approvingly, and said: "Most of the Taiping army joined the army, and the rear army was annihilated, and the family wore filial piety, and the morale was available!" ”

"Yang Xiuqing is a character who refuses to suffer." Yi Zhisuff pondered and said: "After suffering such a big loss as soon as it broke through, the Taiping Army will definitely be eager to win back a game." As he spoke, he looked at Lin Da'an and ordered: "Since the Taiping army has broken through, you must pay close attention to its movements and report it at any time." ”

"My subordinates understand." After Lin Da'an finished speaking, he saluted and retired.

After Lin Da'an left, Bao Shichen said slowly: "The Taiping army has been delayed in Yong'an for half a year, and the losses are also very great, since it has broken through, it must be eager to expand, the foundation of the Taiping army is in Guangxi, and if it is expanded, I am afraid that it will not leave Guangxi in the short term." ”

Yi Zhixiang didn't expect the Taiping Army to be so embarrassed in Yong'an, and he actually stayed in Guangxi for so long, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "That's not necessarily, although Guangxi is easy to expand the army, but the green battalions of several provinces are chasing and blocking in Guangxi, and the Taiping Army may not be able to stay in Guangxi for a long time, or rather, the Taiping Army has missed the best opportunity to develop in Guangxi, and only by jumping out of Guangxi can there be a chance to grow!" ”

"Hunan?" Bao Shichen said with a solemn expression.

"The party is rampant, the first is to promote the west, and then to Hunan." Yi Zhi said confidently: "The two provinces are adjacent to each other, and the best place for the Taiping army to leave Guangxi is Hunan, and only by going to Hunan can we continue to expand our troops." ”

Yi Zhishu dared to be so sure because he knew very well that the Taiping army had attacked Changsha, but in the end it failed to fight, and Xiao Chaogui died in Changsha.

Guangxi, Yong'an.

Yang Xiuqing is indeed a character who can't afford to lose, in order to avenge the revenge of Longliao Ridge, he turned to use the Longliao Ridge Datong Valley to set up an ambush, ambush the Ulantai Department that was in pursuit, and fought a beautiful turnaround battle in one fell swoop, in half a day, annihilated two or three thousand Qing troops, this battle annihilated not many enemies, but there were many senior generals killed in the battle, and four people were killed in the general army, of which the chief military officer of the five towns was Changshou and Changrui was still full.

In the first battle of Datong Mountain, the Taiping army completely got rid of the pursuit of the Qing army, and began to wander aimlessly in the hinterland of Guangxi, expanding the number of men and horses, in order to prevent being bitten by the Qing army, frequently changing the direction of attack, most of the Qing army could not judge the movement of the Taiping army, and passively chased behind, tired of running for their lives, and miserable.

At this time, the minister of the Imperial Mission, Cezana, felt that the troops were seriously insufficient, and on the one hand, he had to send a large number of troops and horses to encircle and intercept the Taiping army, and on the other hand, he had to increase the number of troops and fortify the cities that might be attacked.

After several rounds, the Taiping army explored the provincial capital of Guangxi - Guilin, the defense was empty, only more than 1,000 defenders were stationed, and the artillery defending the city was also transported to Yong'an before it was transported back, Yang Xiuqing immediately made a decision, and shook a shot in Zhaoping and Pingle, and then passed through Niujiao Yao Mountain from the small road, out of the Maling of Lipu, through the Gaotian of Yangshuo, the six ponds of Lingui, and the soldiers pointed directly at Guilin.

Guilin is the provincial capital of Guangxi, once captured by the Taiping army, not only the minister of the Qin Mission, Cezanne A, can not get out of the relationship, a number of generals who participated in the war did not have a good deal, seeing this situation, one by one are in a great hurry, leading the troops to gallop to help, Xiang Rong led more than 1,000 troops to arrive first, into Guilin.

Guilin is a provincial capital, the defense is not Yong'an District a state city can be comparable, Xiang Rong entered the city, and then supervised the city guards to practice emergency fortification, the two sides fought in Guilin, but still can only look at the city and sigh.

Guilin was in an emergency, the Qing army from all walks of life reinforcements continued to gather to Guilin, and the Taiping army did not retreat, but fought a beautiful encounter at the General Bridge outside the South Gate, and the first battle killed the Ulantai who led hundreds of people to Guilin in the front team.

The Taiping army seemed to be deliberately using Guilin to practice, familiar with the offensive and defensive battles of the city, attacking by land and water, manufacturing Lu buses to attack the city, digging tunnels to bury gunpowder under the city wall to blow up the city, and means to enter and exit, but they could not capture Guilin.

After besieging Guilin for more than a month, the Qing army continued to receive reinforcements, and the Taiping army had no choice but to withdraw the siege and go north, and march to Quanzhou by land and water.

Guangzhou, Lei Garden, Changle Book House.

After reading the information, Bao Shichen sincerely admired: "The big treasurer calculates, the Taiping army is going north, and it is really going to Hunan." ”

Yi Zhizhi looked at the large simple map hanging on the wall, looking for Quanzhou, looking for Lingyidu, Lingyidu, the battle of Lingyidu, the achievement of Jiang Zhongyuan's prestige, but also the nightmare of the Taiping army, in history, this battle, the Taiping army ships were destroyed, all the baggage was lost, the casualties were heavy, and the casualties were all the elite who turned to Guangxi.

It is precisely because of this battle that the Taiping Army lost the opportunity to quickly attack Changsha, and finally failed to gain a foothold in Hunan, so there was the later Hunan Army, which led to the final destruction in the hands of the Hunan Army.

Bao Shichen got up and walked to the map, glanced at it a few times, and said: "From Quanzhou down the Hunan River, three or five days to Changsha, the Taiping army has besieged Guilin, it will inevitably not let go of Changsha, once Changsha is captured, the Hunan Hui Party will inevitably respond, Hunan is only afraid that it will follow in the footsteps of Guangxi." ”

"The geographical location of Hunan is far better than that of Guangxi." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "To the east, water and land go together, you can enter Jiangxi, down the Yangtze River, you can enter the two rivers of Hubei, to the west, you can enter Sichuan, and to the north you can enter Hubei, Henan, and northwest, and then enter Shaanxi." Once the Taiping army established itself in Hunan, it would be a great danger to the henchmen. ”

Bao Shichen said tentatively: "What does the big shopkeeper mean is to help the Taiping Army gain a foothold in Hunan?" ”

Yi Zhisuff didn't answer, but said: "The world can't be without Hunan for a day, if the Taiping army establishes a foothold in Hunan, the imperial court will definitely have no time to take care of us, and it will definitely go all out to encircle and suppress the Taiping army." ”

Guangxi, Guilin, Quanzhou.

Quanzhou is the water and land passage of Guangxi and Hunan provinces, however, the mountain road is rugged, the road is difficult, most of them take the waterway, I heard that the Taiping army is coming to Quanzhou by land and water, the city of Quanzhou is in a panic, and the rich gentry and businessmen have gone out of the city to avoid the war.

The western suburbs of Quanzhou City, on the shore of Xiangshui, Xiangshan Temple.

Xiangshan Temple is known as 'the first Zen forest in southern Chu' incense is extremely prosperous, covers an extensive area, the majestic hall, the Tibetan scripture pavilion, the nunnery, the pavilion, the tower and so on sixty or seventy places, all over the Xiangshan Mountain, stretches for several miles, directly to the shore of the Xiangshui River.

In a pavilion on the shore of Xiangshui, Yin Youcai, who was dressed in a long shirt, looked at the upper reaches of Xiangshui with a cigar in his mouth, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Taiping Army fleet, he was a native of Hunan, and was trafficked to Guangzhou in his early years to enter the Yuanqi Yixue, and was the backbone of the first batch of Yuanqi regimental training.

This time, he was ordered to come to Quanzhou in order to meet several leaders of the Taiping Army, accompanied by a platoon of guards and a liaison person of the Heaven and Earth Society.

"Here, their fleet is coming." A guard pointed upstream and reminded softly.

Yin Youcai opened his eyes and glanced at it a few times, and then said unhurriedly: "Send someone to contact." ”

Not long after, the vanguard of the Taiping Army, Tiandi Hui Luo Xuan, personally took a small boat to the shore and quickly boarded the pavilion, originally he thought it was Huang Dianyuan, but unexpectedly, a group of people in the pavilion did not know anyone, he was very vigilant, and his pace slowed down.

Yin Youcai smiled and arched his hand: "I have heard the name of Brother Luo for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet it." ”

"Your Excellency?" Luo Xuan hesitated.

"Brother Rong can't get away with something, so he specially commissioned him to run down and lie down in the whole state." Yin Youcai waved his hand as he spoke, and the guards behind him retreated, and then he stretched out his hand and said, "Please also invite Brother Luo to come in and talk about it." ”

Hearing him say Huang Dianyuan's words, Luo Xuancai put his mind at ease and walked into the pavilion slowly, Yin Youcai was not polite, and said straightforwardly: "Can you send someone to invite Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, and Feng Yunshan, the king of the south?" ”

Luo Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "What is it that you can't tell me?" ”

"It's about the overall strategic situation of the Taiping Army, if Brother Luo can call the shots, it doesn't hurt to tell Brother Luo." Yin Youcai said slowly: "Since the Jintian Incident, the Taiping Army has spent more than a year in Guangxi, and it should have never had a clear goal and a strategic policy to manage the overall situation. Is it to occupy Hunan, or is it passing through Hunan, and what should be occupied? If so, what is the ultimate goal? You can't be like a headless fly, stumbling around ....... ”

Luo Xuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Brother is from the Nanyang Tiandi Society?" ”

"Brother Luo is suspicious of my identity?" Yin Youcai smiled and said, "I can enter the Taiping Army camp alone." ”

Seeing him so frank, Luo Xuan was a little embarrassed, after all, the other party had already pointed out that he was entrusted by Huang Dianyuan to come, and when he smiled, "I don't know what to call it?" ”

"Under the surname Yin."

"It turned out to be Brother Yin." Luo Xuan said: "We are the front army, the king of the east is in the middle army, and the king of the south is in the rear army, so we want to introduce Brother Yin, I am afraid that we will have to wait for a day or two." ”

"It doesn't matter." Yin Youcai said with a smile: "I've been waiting in the whole state for half a month, and I don't care about waiting for another day or two." ”

Been waiting for half a month across the state? Luo outlined and said, "Brother Yin had long expected that we would come to Quanzhou?" ”

Yin Youcai said: "Your army is besieging Guilin, and it is impossible to meet Guangxi again, only to wave the army north into Hunan, and Quanzhou is the only way for Guilin to enter Hunan, which is not difficult to guess." ”

Seeing that he was talking extraordinary, and Qiyu was not comparable to ordinary people, Luo Xuan immediately nodded and said, "I will inform the East King and the South King as soon as possible, and ask Brother Yin to wait here for two days." ”

The next day, the East King Yang Xiuqing's ship arrived at Xiangshan Temple, for Huang Dianyuan, Yang Xiuqing can be said to be impressed, after the Jintian Incident, the first to point out their nest in Jintian is Huang Dianyuan, he now faintly regrets, if he listened to Huang Dianyuan, flexible and mobile initiative, will not be so passive, moreover, Nanyang Tiandi will provide excellent performance of the musket, played a huge role in several wars, he also wants to be able to get another batch of funding.

Yin Youcai was carefully searched up and down before boarding the ship, and Yang Xiuqing, who saw him, sat in the cabin, and he stepped forward with a calm expression and said: "Yin Zhicheng in the lower Nanyang, I have seen His Royal Highness the King of the East." ”

Yang Xiuqing didn't take the East King's shelf, and immediately stretched out his hand and said: "Brother Huang and I hit it off at first sight, since we are people sent by Brother Huang, we don't need to be polite, sit." ”

"His Royal Highness King Xie Dong." Yin Youcai sat down calmly and said directly: "I dare to ask, your army is going north, but you want to attack Changsha?" ”

The strategy of the Taiping Army after breaking through from Yong'an was to fight Guangxi, wave its army to the north, build a foundation and create a small paradise. But there is no specific strategic goal, hearing this, Yang Xiuqing frowned, and said: "Brother Yin, if you have any high opinions, you might as well talk about it first." ”

"From the whole state along the Xiangshui straight down, three or five days can reach Changsha, now Changsha is demolishing and repairing the city wall, less than half of the work, the city is empty and unprepared. If your army can attack suddenly, it will be at your fingertips. Yin Youcai said slowly: "I just don't know if your army has any plans to occupy Changsha and control Hunan?" ”

Changsha is demolishing the city wall to guard against emptiness? Yang Xiuqing's heart moved when she heard this, and said, "Is the news true?" ”

Yin Youcai said with a smile: "Aren't the elites of the Hunan Green Battalion chasing after your army? As for whether Changsha is demolishing and repairing the city wall, the arrival of the army can be seen at a glance. ”

With a slight groan, Yang Xiuqing asked slowly: "What does it mean to occupy Changsha and control Hunan?" ”

"The lake is ripe, and the world is full." Yin Youcai said: "Hunan is a famous land of fish and rice, and in the past two years, because of the floods, the Heaven and Earth Society, the Qinglian Sect in Hunan is also very powerful, if your army can capture the provincial capital Changsha, all prefectures and counties will inevitably respond, and your army will control Hunan, it is as easy as a hand."

Moreover, the foundation of your army is in Guangxi, once you control Hunan and connect Hunan and Guangxi together, your army will really have the capital to compete with the imperial court. In his opinion, your army must first establish a solid base area to avoid becoming a rogue bandit.

Guangxi was originally the best base for your army, but your army missed the best opportunity in Guangxi, and stayed in Yongan for half a year, not only did not grow, but was seriously weakened in strength, which is really a sigh of relief. ”

Yang Xiuqing said noncommittally: "We are followed by forty or fifty thousand Qing demons, let's attack Changsha, and the Qing demons will inevitably be reinforced." ”

Hearing this, Yin Youcai smiled, "Ambushing the pursuers is the East King's forte, and Lingyidu is an excellent ambush location,"