Zhou Shixiang got up and walked to the map, his right index finger fell on the territory of Hunan on the border with Guangxi, and said to the generals in an unquestionable tone: "This time King Qin, this handsome man does not intend to enter Yunnan, nor Guizhou, but into Hunan!" ”

Into Hunan ?!

The generals were stunned by Zhou Shixiang's decision, except for a few people, the rest did not know about entering Hunan, so they all looked at the map in confusion, and everyone had a question in their minds: How did King Qin go to Hunan?

Qingfeng Bo Li Guangbo reacted and blurted out: "The holy car is in Yunnan, and the marshal called me to wait for King Qin to enter Yunnan, why did he go north to Hunan?" ”

Li Guangbo actually wants to ask more, you Xiucai said in Guangdong that you would take us to Yunnan Qinwang, everyone believed you and responded to you, now that Guangxi has been taken, you don't immediately take us to Yunnan to rescue the driver, but go to irrelevant Hunan, what do you think? Do you really want to be the king of Qin? Could it be that even the governor and Governor Zhang really said that you Xiucai didn't have the heart of King Qin at all, and just wanted to use this name to win people's hearts and accept us? Otherwise, why make such a decision!

"How to enter Hunan as a king? Please also show Xingping! Haibei Dao Zhou Tengfeng also asked politely.

The generals of the Ninth Town, such as Zhangping Bo and Zhou Jintang, were also dissatisfied with Zhou Shixiang's decision not to enter Yunnan but to enter Hunan instead, and even Su Rile, Eduo, Qi Hao, Yu Shizhong and others were also puzzled and confused by this deployment. Tie Yi, Suna and the others were unhappy with the attitude of the generals of the ninth town, but the marshal didn't say anything, and they couldn't blame anything.

"Who said that Xiang is not the king of Qin?"

Zhao Sihai glanced at Zhou Shixiang, took a step forward, and said to the generals in a deep voice: "The grain and grass of the Qing army into Yunnan are all transferred from Guiyang, and the grain and grass in Guiyang are transferred from Hunan. Speaking of this, he paused, and said: "You must all know that this time the Qing army entered Yunnan in a big way, and the required grain, grass, and vast land could not be supplied at all, thanks to the Qing court's allocation of southeast rice, so if the Qing army knew that our army entered Hunan, in order to ensure that the grain route was not lost, Doni would definitely draw troops to return to the north, so as to naturally reduce the pressure on Yunnan." What is the difference between this strategy and entering the King of Yunnan Qin, can't it also contain a large number of Qing troops? ”

Zhou Tengfeng, Li Guangbo and others were speechless for a while, Zhao Sihai was right, the Qing court supplied the southwest Qing army with all the grain from the southeast, and the southeast grain was transported through Hunan to Guiyang, and then from Guiyang to Yunnan, if the Taiping army suddenly went north to attack Hunan, it would inevitably cut off the grain route of the Qing army. In order to keep the grain route intact, Doni would definitely send a large army north to attack the Taiping army, which was no different from the Taiping army directly entering Yunnan, and the fundamental purpose of both was to contain the Qing army and reduce the pressure on the Jin king. As long as this goal can be achieved, no one can say that Zhou Shixiang did not work hard to the king.

Weiyuan Marquis Guo Dengdi raised a question, he said: "Since the grain route of the Qing army is to Guiyang through Hunan, why doesn't the marshal directly attack Guiyang, but go north to fight Hunan?" ”

"Yes, if you want to cut off his grain route, why don't you go directly to Guizhou to fight Guiyang, and go around Hunan to do something?" Li Guangbo also thought of this and couldn't help shouting.

Zhao Sihai explained: "Line Guoan has led the army back, and the Qing army in Guizhou has long been prepared, if they really want to fight Guiyang, this road is a tough battle, not to mention whether we can fight under the city of Guiyang, just say that the delay time along the way, I am afraid that the King of Jin will not be able to withstand it for a long time." So we don't need to fight this kind of stupid battle, on the contrary, Hunan is different, most of the main force of the Qing army stationed in Hunan was taken to Yunnan by Hong Chengchou, and the rest are some second- and third-rate battalions. Moreover, the road to Hunan is much easier than the road to Guizhou. ”

Zhao Sihai spoke, and Zhao Ziqiang smiled there: "The words of the Zhao Military Department are reasonable, those Qing soldiers in Hunan who are not in the stream, I can defeat the fifth town." Hearing this, Suna couldn't help but glance at him, his eyes obviously unconvinced. Tie Yi smiled silently, and secretly said Zhao Ziqiang didn't understand just now, Dashuai is going to let you feint to attack Guizhou to lure the country to settle down, how can he still take your five towns to Hunan. Those miscellaneous soldiers in Hunan won't bother you in the fifth town, and my second town can wipe them out with a raised hand.

Zhou Tengfeng and Li Guangbo listened to Zhao Ziqiang's bold words about attacking the Qing army in Hunan, and they were both happy and unhappy in their hearts. Happily, such a strong soldier and horse are their allies, and unhappy is that the Ninth Town does not have the strength to dare to beat Hunan.

Although they were worried about the safety of Yunnan's holy driver, Zhou, Li and others also knew that what Zhao Sihai said was true, and from the point of view of difficulty, it would definitely be easier to fight Hunan than Guizhou, and the effect that the two could receive was equally great, and the impact on the situation in Yunnan was also average, so they had no reason to oppose anything. Moreover, this strategy was formulated by Zhou Shixiang himself, and it was useless for them to oppose it, after all, they were only a town of soldiers and horses together. If you really don't agree to fight Hunan, Zhou Shixiang can clean them up with a flip. And to be honest, don't look at them shouting fiercely, but if you really want to gnaw on the hard bone of Guizhou all the way, even if Zhou Shixiang treats them equally, and does not treat them as cannon fodder, they don't have that strength.

After calculating the gains and losses of going to Hunan in his heart, Guo Dengdi, Marquis of Weiyuan, asked Zhou Shixiang: "But the marshal wants to go north to attack Quanzhou and Yongzhou, and then enter Changsha and take Hunan?" ”

"No, Ben Shuai's appetite is not that big."

Zhou Shixiang shook his head, pointed to the junction of Hunan and Guizhou on the map, and said to the generals: "I intend to go far away to take Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, which are the main roads from Hunan to Guizhou. Not only that, but Ben Shuai also had to completely block these two main roads in and out of Guizhou, so that the Qing army of Yunnan and Guizhou could not go north to Hunan. The same is true of Guangxi, relying on Liuzhou and Guilin, locking the Guizhou-Guizhou border, so that if the Qing army wants to go out of Yungui, they can only take Sichuan to Hanzhong, and they can only be trapped in Yungui in the short term. ”

"The marshal wants to trap the Qing army in Yungui?!"

All the generals were taken aback by Zhou Shixiang's deployment, this idea is really bold, can we do it?

"Liuzhou wants to lure the country to settle down, and the marshal only takes a few soldiers north to Hunan, how can he seal the border between Hunan and Guizhou?"

Guo Dengdi didn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army, Zhou Shixiang personally led the troops north to take Hunan, there is absolutely no problem, the problem is that the Qing army in Hunan is not to worry, but the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in Yungui will watch your Taiping Army block their way north? If the Qing army really wants to return north, can only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in these towns stop them?

"Our soldiers and horses are limited, and it is naturally difficult for our Taiping army to block the border of Hunan and Guizhou at the same time, but you should not forget that there is still a soldier and horse of my Ming Dynasty here, if we can take them to Hunan, then naturally we don't have to worry about the problem of insufficient troops."

Zhou Shixiang's fingers suddenly moved to the Shizhouwei area above the Yongshun Military and Civilian Propaganda Division in the north of Yuanzhou.

Guo Deng was stunned for the first time, and immediately blurted out: "Thirteen families in Kuidong?!" (To be continued.) )