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"General Lei, you are really cautious!" Wei Changrong joked. As soon as he said this, all the generals laughed, and the whole General Staff Department was filled with a happy atmosphere.
Lei Hu was not angry, nor did he fly into a rage out of humiliation. He just said helplessly in a loud voice, "I didn't expect Qing Yao to be so cunning and shameless in advance. This is really an eye-opener! "
"If you weren't so cautious, I'm afraid it wouldn't be like this." Ruan Xihao couldn't help but say. If Lei Hu wasn't so cautious and saw the Qing Army retreating to the south, he would immediately give up attacking Tiayaopu and pursue the retreating Qing Army with all his strength. In any case, he would have gained something.
"You can't say that!" Vézé immediately objected. "We can't expect the Qing Army to always be like this. Even if the Qing Army is always like this, we have many opponents. Everyone has seen the world map. Our China only occupies a small part of the world. In the future, we will conquer the four seas and the nine provinces. There are many foreign countries to defeat. Many foreigners are actually quite good at fighting. "
The people in the General Staff Department had just believed that the earth was round. No one had ever seen a train or a ship. Naturally, they couldn't think of how to carry out an expedition to a territory thousands of miles away. No matter how prestigious Vézé's words sounded to the people in the industrial countries, in the agricultural countries, everyone regarded it as a kind of encouragement rather than a fact.
But the fact that Lei Hu had lost the opportunity to fight stimulated everyone's enthusiasm to find a reason. Therefore, Vézé's attempt to end Lei Hu's story didn't have much effect.
Ke Gongyu also chimed in. "We haven't had much contact with Jiangbei Camp. I don't know if they are all like this!"
Lei Hu also didn't want his little mistake to be repeatedly mentioned. He replied angrily, "Jiangbei Camp's Qing Yao's base is still in Jiangbei. Even if they run, where can they go? Run to the Yangtze River? "
Seeing that Lei Hu was really angry, the generals knew that they couldn't joke around anymore. More than a year ago, Lei Hu had suffered a great loss in Changsha City. At that time, seeing Lei Hu's red eyes and yelling for revenge, no general dared to make fun of Lei Hu at that time. This time, everyone couldn't help but laugh because the process of the battle was too inexplicable. The Qing Army's escape plan was extremely ingenious, making full use of all available conditions.
The troops had just arrived near Yangzhou to fight. Out of caution, Lei Hu adopted a very conservative response when the situation changed. All these circumstances were intertwined by a freak combination of factors. When Lei Hu attacked the tile shop, the local regiment commander had been resisting. By the time Lei Hu was done with the group training, the Qing Army had already disappeared without a trace.
If that was all, no one would think it was so funny. After the troops finished with the regiment training, occupied the tile shop, and helped the local people put out the fire, they found that whether it was the Taiping army or the regiment training, they were most wary of the Qing Army. They didn't expect to be played by the Qing Army. This resulted in the Taiping army and the regiment training fighting to the death.
The Taiping army's fighting strength was strong, but the regiment training's fighting level was very low, so there were no casualties in the battle. Under the Qing Army's clever plan, the regiment training had no time to greet the Taiping army and talk about conditions. They were forced to fight with the Taiping army. After all, the regiment training couldn't believe the Taiping army. For the purpose of protecting their homeland, the regiment training resisted very tenaciously. In other words, they didn't want to defeat the Taiping army at all. They just fired randomly, causing the more cautious Lei Hu to be somewhat confused. In the end, the regiment training couldn't take it anymore after hundreds of his men were killed and injured by Lei Hu's artillery. That was why the whole army fled. Even so, they stalled Lei Hu for almost an hour. The Qing Army took advantage of this time to completely distance themselves from the Taiping army and escape.
"The next time we fight, we should focus on annihilation. I don't want to fight alone anymore. Let's go again, we'll go with two armies! We'll completely surround Changlei! "Lei Hu said in annoyance.
"Attacking this kind of Changlei is all about breaking through at one point and flanking from both sides. We don't have that many people, we don't have that many soldiers to completely surround them, "Chief of Staff Ruan Xihao said.
Wei Changrong quickly spoke up for Lei Hu. "The purpose of this battle was to seize land. Once we take down Tile Shop, we'll be at Yangzhou City. This is a victory! This is a victory! "
This was indeed a victory. No matter how frustrating the process was, the result was very good. Vézé laughed. "General Lei took down Tile Shop and participated in the firefighting process to ensure the discipline of the troops. He also solved all kinds of misunderstandings with the local people. I think it was a good fight. If there's anything lacking, it would be that we don't know enough about the relationship between the Qing Army and the local people. That's why there's a deviation in our judgment. So this time, we'll enter Yangzhou first. We don't have to be so anxious about the battle later! "
With Vézé's words, the discussion on this matter temporarily stopped. After the Qing Army left Tile Shop, the north gate of Yangzhou was finally opened. Vézé's fleet sailed along the canal to Yangzhou City. No more Qing Army obstructions along the way.
After Vézé's flagship docked outside Yangzhou City, he had just disembarked when he saw a group of unfamiliar Taiping army generals already waiting for Vézé at the docks. Seeing Vézé, a man in his thirties among the generals guarding Yangzhou City stepped forward and saluted Vézé. "Prince Of Qi, subordinate Ceng Lichang pays his respects!"
"Prime Minister Ceng, please rise!" Vézé hurriedly stepped forward to help Ceng Lichang up. Ceng Lichang was a Xia official and Deputy Prime Minister. He was a well-known figure in the Taiping army. He was originally Lin Fengxiang's subordinate. After Lin Fengxiang broke out of the Qing army's encirclement of Yangzhou and launched a northern expedition, Ceng Lichang led his troops to defend Yangzhou to the death for more than a year. His meritorious service was indeed extraordinary. At least Vézé admired this person.
"Prince Of Qi, where is Prince Of Qi going to station?" Ceng Lichang asked.
"My army is here to break through the Jiangbei Barracks. The closer it is to Qing Yao, the better." Vézé replied.
Ceng Lichang did not stand on ceremony. He immediately replied happily, "If so, Prince Of Qi, please station in the south of the city. Qing Yao has a camp outside the city."
"Okay!" Vézé did not stand on ceremony. He came to Yangzhou to fight a war. Naturally, it would be much easier to cooperate with a guy like Ceng Lichang.
Ceng Lichang immediately led the way in front of Vézé and the others into the city. It was Vézé's first time in Yangzhou. Regarding this important city, Vézé's deepest impression was Yangzhou's Ten Days, followed by Yangzhou's Thin Horse. Then there was Xin Qiji's "Forever Meet Happiness? Reminiscence of the Beigu Pavilion in Jingkou ", which wrote," 43 years, I still remember in the distance, the beacon fire on the road to Yangzhou. " Even further behind was Jiang Kui's "Slow Yangzhou? Famous Capital of Huaizuo", which was extremely sad, "Since Hu Ma went to look at the river, the trees and ponds were wasted.
In short, when talking about Yangzhou, most people felt a sense of failure and sadness. The rest were the stories of Yangzhou's romantic women.
After Vézé personally led the army south to Yangzhou, he finally understood why Yangzhou was always so sad. As long as they broke through the Huaihe River, from Huaiyin to Yangzhou would be a flat plain. In addition to the flat land, there were canals and lakes, and a large number of civilian boats that could be collected. Marching on such a waterway, even a guy like Vézé could withstand the seasickness of the inland rivers.
Along the way, there were plains, and it was very easy to collect provisions. Unfortunately, Yangzhou was the last big city from the canal to the Yangtze River. When the political power in the south was relatively strong, without exception, they adopted the strategy of defending the Yangtze River and defending the Huaihe River. And once the political power in the south declined to the point where they could not defend the Huaihe River, in order to resist the invasion from the north and defend the last stronghold on the north bank of the Yangtze River, they had to make a last effort in Yangzhou. The fate of Yangzhou becoming a battlefield was irreversible.
Vézé looked left and right at the roadside of Yangzhou, and saw that the houses were all very beautiful. The Taiping army guarded the city for more than a year, but the people of Yangzhou didn't look too hungry. This not only proved that Ceng Lichang was good at fighting, but the environmental foundation of Yangzhou that was rich in food could not be ignored.
Not only was it a big city, it was also an important place, and it was also an extremely rich place. Vézé finally understood, Yangzhou was the last strategic place where the south resisted stubbornly in the north of the river, so it was not strange that there were sad poems to commemorate the war.
"Fortunately, I am the liberator, and not the invader." Vézé couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The city of Yangzhou in 1854 was quite charming, even though Vézé could not hesitate to carry out a comprehensive "transformation" of this city in order to build industry, but this also made Vézé admire the style of this famous city in the north of the river.
In terms of the style of Jiangnan, Yangzhou was more northern than Suzhou and Hangzhou, but the charm that settled in the city, although not completely exposed to the outside, seeped into every detail of Yangzhou. This kind of slightly provocative and delicate feeling of femininity made Vézé very happy.
But Vézé came here to fight, not to reminisce. Instead of going to the Yangzhou Prime Minister's mansion to rest with the Taiping army, Vézé directly led his troops to the south wall of Yangzhou. With his single-lens eye, he could faintly see the Qing Army's camp. The burned houses outside the city proved that there had been many fierce battles here.
There were no signs of the Qing Army attacking the city, and it was also unknown whether the Jiangbei Barracks had received the news brought by the sly Qing Army that retreated from Wa Yao Pu, and what kind of strategy they would adopt.
After a brief inspection of the situation outside the city, Vézé said to Ceng Lichang: "Prime Minister Ceng, your brothers in the south of the city withdraw first, leave the south to us."
"Yes sir!" Ceng Lichang immediately replied. Ceng Lichang also knew a little about Vézé. Even if there were no rumors of him being brave and good at fighting, the fact that Vézé could fight from Huai An to Yangzhou was enough to prove Vézé's ability. And the most capable people were often best at commanding others. Ceng Lichang was very worried that Vézé would take over the entire command of Yangzhou, and then order Ceng Lichang's troops to go out of the city to fight the Qing Army. When Vézé took over the southern defense, Ceng Lichang's heart completely fell into his stomach. It seemed that Vézé was really ready to attack the Jiangbei Barracks of the Qing Army himself.
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