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Yi Zhishu looked up at the large map in front of him with a cigarette in his hand, and the map hanging on the wall was a patchwork map of Yungui and Liangguang and four provinces, and after the arms deal in Ili was finalized, he turned his attention to the encirclement and suppression of the Taiping army.

The Taiping army took the initiative to evacuate from Changsha, and the troops were divided into two routes, one led by Hong Xiuquan into Guizhou, and the other led by Yang Xiuqing into Guangxi.

For the Taiping army that entered Guangxi, Yi Zhi's plan was to drive away, and the disaster was led to the west, and it was not tight to be pursued by Yan Yangtian, but it was not far away, not close, and Tang Zaosheng, who was stationed at the junction of Guangxi and Guangzhou, was also completely in a posture of not seeking merit but seeking no fault, firmly stationed on several important roads, and ignored the Taiping army in Guangxi.

After Yang Xiuqing's department and Shi Dakai's department converged, they did not dare to advance to Guangdong, but turned all the way west, through Liuzhou all the way to the west, should be to Nanning Mansion, Yan Yangtian led the troops behind, all the way effortlessly recovered the city, the two sides were full of tacit understanding.

Guizhou is a different scene, Yin Youcai, Seng Lingqin led the troops to enter the territory of Guizhou Taiping army to encircle, intercept, chase and fight, Hong Xiuquan led more than 200,000 Taiping troops in the endless pursuit of a large shrinkage, a few months later, the strength of more than half of the army, only more than 130,000 people remained.

However, the Guizhou Green Battalion was completely useless, and the Guizhou Governor Jiang Feiyuan gathered more than 60,000 people from the Guizhou Green Battalion and local regiments to garrison the far city of Qiandong Town, and in the face of more than 100,000 Taiping troops passing around the city, they didn't even have the courage to go out of the city, and watched the Taiping army bypass the town and advance to Guiyang.

The first thing the monk Greenqin who followed when he entered the city was to correct the governor of Guizhou, Jiang Feiyuan, on the spot, and then chased after Yin Youcai to prevent the Taiping army from taking advantage of the situation to occupy Guiyang.

Looking at the map, Yi Zhizu sighed lightly, he didn't care if Guiyang could hold it, even if the Taiping Army captured Guiyang, it would be impossible to hold it, what he was worried about was logistics supplies, whether it was the Marine Corps or the Eight Banners New Army, they were all pure firearms troops, and they all relied heavily on logistics supplies, once the supply line was too long, it would be a big trouble!

Now this situation has fallen into the mode of rogue again, the Taiping army plundered all the way in front, and the pursuing soldiers could not even keep up with the supply of grain and grass, and finally could only watch the Taiping army go away, once the Taiping army had a chance to breathe, the difficulty of encirclement and suppression would increase exponentially.

The Taiping army can't hold a foothold in Guizhou, in what direction will it flee? Go south to Guangxi and meet Yang Xiuqing Shi Dakai? Westward into Yunnan? Or go north to Sichuan? Yi Zhishu stood in front of the map for a long time, and did not move.

"The big shopkeeper." Cao Gensheng came in and saluted and reported: "Qinzhou called, after the Taiping army arrived in Nanning Mansion, the troops were divided into two routes, one led by Shi Dakai to the northwest and went to Baise Hall, with a strength of about 100,000. One route was led by Yang Xiuqing to continue westward, with a force of about 150,000. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Groba calls, the Battle of Omar in the Crimea is over, the victory of the Anglo-French forces has opened the way to Sevasporol. In this battle, both sides invested a total of more than 80,000 troops, with 2,000 British casualties, 1,500 French casualties, and 5,000 Russian casualties. ”

The casualties were not large, the battle of more than 80,000 troops, the casualties were less than 10,000, but about 10%, Yi Zhishu did not care about this, the important thing in this battle was to open the road to Sevaspor.

Sevasporol is the best and largest port on the Black Sea, and the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

However, he soon turned his mind to the Taiping Army, Baise Hall is located at the junction of Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, has always been an important military town and commercial town in the southwest, and it is also a major transportation artery in the southwest, there are three post roads connecting Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and Youjiang Town, one of the two towns of Guangxi Green Camp, is stationed in Baise.

Shi Dakai led 100,000 troops to Baise, obviously to enter Yunnan or Guizhou to join Hong Xiuquan, Hong Xiuquan did not know this situation? If he knew, Hong Xiuquan would have led his troops into Yunnan via Anshun.

After pondering for a long time, he spoke: "The original telegram conveyed to the general Mianyu, and strictly ordered Yin Youcai and Seng Lingqin to be careful of Shida's opening department, and strictly prevent the Taiping army from entering Sichuan through Bijie, if the Taiping army enters Yunnan through Anshun, it must not be pursued too tightly." ”

Cao Gensheng, who was waiting, wrote it down, and he continued: "The telegram ordered Yan Yang Tianbu to still drive away, and try to avoid fighting with Yang Xiuqing's department." ”

"In addition, the telegram ordered Tang Zaosheng to lead the main force of two brigades to advance to Baise, capture and garrison Baise."

After pondering for a while, he said again: "The telegram ordered Huang Dianyuan of Lianzhou Mansion to ......." ”

Guangxi, Nanning, Xinning.

More than 100,000 Taiping troops descended, Xinning officials, gentlemen, businessmen and people fled when they heard the news, Yang Xiuqing led his troops into the city and unceremoniously occupied the state office, and then ordered the army to repair for three days and raise grain and grass on the spot.

The small state government and the Dongwangfu of Tianjing naturally cannot speak on the same day, however, Yang Xiuqing, who is used to fighting, is not picky, this time and that, from the Jintian incident to the present, ups and downs, what situation he has not experienced, he does not regret falling out with Hong Xiuquan, however, Shi Dakai did not listen to dissuasion, and had to divide his troops to Yungui to meet Hong Xiuquan, which made him a little sad.

Although there are 150,000 people who follow him, the real elite is less than 40,000, and in the face of the tens of thousands of strange new troops who follow behind unhurriedly, he is very helpless.

Since the Jintian uprising, there have been countless battles of all sizes, and he has never been so cowardly, even in the face of the Eight Banners New Army, he is also at ease, but when he meets the Yuanqi New Army, he feels that he is full of pockets, like being driven out of the ducks, the Yuanqi New Army has been driven from Hunan to the Guangxi border, and there is no chance to fight an ambush happily.

"Your Highness, there is a show talent who asks to see him, saying that he is an old acquaintance of His Highness, surnamed Huang." A guard came in to report.

Scholar? Still old-fashioned? Yang Xiuqing hesitated for a moment before saying, "Bring it in." ”

Soon, Huang Dianyuan, who was dressed in a long robe, was brought in, and when he saw that it was him, Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "What kind of wind blew Mr. Huang here." ”

Huang Dianyuan bowed his hand and said with a smile: "After a few years, His Royal Highness the East King has become a famous ...... the world." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Yang Xiuqing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Huang, don't be cold, come on, please take a seat." ”

Seeing his attitude, Huang Dianyuan put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "King Xie Dong will sit down." Saying that, Shi Shiran sat down.

"Come, prepare wine." After Yang Xiuqing gave an order, he smiled and said, "Mr. Huang deceived us back then, so hard. ”

Huang Dianyuan smiled calmly: "Back then, Yuan Qi was indeed selfish and used the Taiping Army to divert the attention of the imperial court, but it also fulfilled the prestige of the Taiping Army. ”

Seeing that he said so directly, Yang Xiuqing also said straightforwardly: "Mr. Huang came this time, but persuaded him to surrender?" ”

"The shopkeeper of Yi Da said that he didn't want Yuan Qi and the Taiping Army to kill each other, lose both, and let Western countries see jokes." Huang Dianyuan said with a twist, "However, the big shopkeeper also said that His Royal Highness the Eastern King is not a person who is willing to live under the people, and he has extraordinary military talents, so he should not be buried." ”

What do you mean? Yang Xiuqing paused slightly, reacted instantly, and said in a deep voice: "Yi Zhizhi wants to borrow a knife to kill people?" ”

"To be exact, it's to make the East King useful." Huang Dianyuan said in a relaxed tone: "The big shopkeeper said that the Taiping Army is Yuan Qi's enemy at home, and Yuan Qi's friend when it is abroad!" ”

It sounds good, isn't it just that he wants to borrow the sword of the Taiping Army to kill the vassal states of the Qing Dynasty! Yang Xiuqing finally understood the reason why Yuanqi Xinjun only chased and didn't fight along the way, it turned out to be this abacus!

He didn't feel bitter in his heart, he was content that this was really too deceitful, and it was just a matter of using the Taiping Army to fight for the development and growth of Yuanqi, and now he was actually using the Taiping Army to fight the vassal states of Nanyang! What did you think of the Taiping Army? When a gunman?

However, he was a little short of breath, the so-called situation is stronger than people, in this current situation, the Taiping Army has no power to fight back at all, and does not want to be exterminated, so he is obedient, besides, although this road is difficult, it is stronger than Yuan Qi being sent to a remote island in the South Seas to spend his life!

After adjusting his mentality, he said slowly: "Yuan Qi wants to pacify Annan? ”

"Not Annan." Huang Dianyuan said with a smile: "Annan is in Yuanqi's bag, and he doesn't dare to have His Royal Highness King Laodong." ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiuqing looked bitter, "Yuan Qi has such a big appetite that even Siam wants to swallow it in one bite." ”

Huang Dianyuan said slowly: "Siam, Phnom Penh, Laos, Myanmar, Southeast Asian countries, His Royal Highness the King of the East can show his strength. ”

Yang Xiuqing was completely speechless, Yi Zhi's appetite was far greater than he imagined, and he groaned slightly, before he smiled bitterly and said: "This king can only use 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses, is Yi Da's shopkeeper too underestimating Southeast Asian countries." ”

"It's okay, Yuan Qi will vigorously support His Royal Highness the East King in the future." Huang Dianyuan said unhurriedly: "As long as the East King enters the territory of Annam, Yuan Qi will provide the East King with a batch of arms, in addition to the Mini gun, there are also land artillery, and provide artillery instructors for the East King." ”

And artillery? Yang Xiuqing was secretly happy, but said coldly: "This king doesn't want to use the lives of more than 100,000 brothers to make a wedding dress for Yuan Qi. ”

Huang Dianyuan smiled and said, "If the East King is willing to give up the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he can completely integrate into Yuan Qi." ”

After being silent for a long time, Yang Xiuqing asked, "What about the Taiping Army that entered Guizhou?" What is Yuanqi's plan? ”

"Why should the king of the east ask knowingly." Huang Dianyuan said in a deep voice: "If the Heavenly King is obsessed and tries to occupy Yungui, it will inevitably be completely wiped out. ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but sigh secretly, although he turned against Hong Xiuquan, he still didn't want the two or three hundred thousand Taiping troops who entered Yungui to be completely wiped out, if they could enter the Southeast Asian countries together, they could echo each other, and after thinking for a while, he said: "This king wants to send a messenger into Yungui to lobby the king." ”

"Absolutely." Huang Dianyuan agreed without thinking about it, he knew very well that Yi Zhizu would definitely send someone to contact Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, to persuade Hong Xiuquan, after all, it was still a bit difficult to disrupt Southeast Asia by relying only on Yang Xiuqing's soldiers and horses, and the most important thing was that time waited for no one!

Guizhou, Guiyang Mansion, Baxiangli.

Looking at the huge pillar of smoke in the northwest, Seng Lingqin and Yin Youcai were in a heavy mood, and there was no need to report it, both of them knew that Guiyang, the provincial capital of Guizhou, was broken! This is the city set on fire after the Taiping army ransacked!

Looking at the billowing smoke that went straight into the sky, Yin Youcai was full of helplessness, all the way from Hunan to Guizhou, he was completely aware of the power and ruthlessness of the Taiping army, the Taiping army after the break was fought to the death, although the casualties caused to them were not large, but it was a great delay in their pursuit speed, and the Taiping army's 50,000 forwards were not slow, as long as the city was broken, they were mercilessly looted and burned, and did not leave them a little supplies, if it was not for the town far from being breached, they had already cut off supplies.

A horse galloped forward, and when he arrived, the rider rolled off his horse and shouted, "Report ——。 Guiyang has fallen, and the bandit striker has fled to Anshun,"

Listening to the Taiping army advancing towards Anshun, Yin Youcai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that the Taiping army entered Sichuan through Bijie, although Bijie was an important military town, heavily guarded, and there was also the Sichuan Green Battalion galloping to help, but he did not dare to hold out the slightest hope for the local Green Camp at all.

Monk Lingqin had already ordered in a deep voice: "Order all units to advance at full speed, interspersed with Qingzhen, and be sure to intercept their rear!" "Guiyang has fallen, if there is no decent victory, he really can't explain to the imperial court.

"Report ——。" Another horse galloped over, "The general is in a hurry, and Grandpa Yi is in a hurry." ”

After receiving the telegram sent by Mianyu, Seng Lingqin quickly glanced at it, handed it to Yin Youcai, took out a box of cigarettes with a gloomy face and lit one, and when he saw Yin Youcai, he put down the telegram, and he said, "What did Yi Guocheng say?" Why did the Taiping army go to Anshun and enter Yunnan, and not chase too hard? ”

Yin Youcai handed him the telegram of Yi Zhizhi and said, "The Taiping army has entered Yunnan, contacted Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, to preserve the strength of the Taiping army." ”

Preserving the strength of the Taiping Army? Monk Lingqin's eyes widened, "What does Yi Guocheng mean?" ”

"Let's drive the tiger and devour the wolf." Yin Youcai said slowly: "The Taiping army enters Yunnan, as long as we hold the two roads of Zhaotong and Anshun, the Taiping army will be in a desperate situation, and the only way to survive is to enter the Burmese ......." ”

Yi Zhi's idea of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, the monk Greenqin naturally knew it, and groaned slightly, before he said: "To drive the tiger and devour the wolf, this king does not object, but we have to warn the Taiping army that they can no longer loot and burn the city, especially the provincial capital and the big mansion city, otherwise, we will not send an explanation to the imperial court." ”

Yin Youcai nodded and said, "Don't worry, this is natural." ”