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Vézé did not return to the General Staff Headquarters directly after watching his subordinates throw the tied up Qing Army General Dexing onto a ship bound for Nanjing. At this time, the General Staff Headquarters was frantically making military plans. Vézé was afraid that if he went back, he would disrupt everyone's plan. Therefore, he decided to patrol the city to see what Yangzhou City looked like in this era.
It was a time of war, and with the unusual "asceticism" of Hong Xiuquan and Heavenly King Hong, he could not stroll around Qinhuai River. Due to the extreme coercion of men and women, meeting their wives in the middle and lower ranks of the Taiping army would be regarded as "adultery," not to mention other acts. Then all that was left in Yangzhou was the scenery on the streets.
Vézé was happy at first, but he was the Prince Of Qi after all. With a group of guards around him, Vézé attracted a lot of Yangzhou citizens to watch him after a while. Vézé felt that he was disturbing the people and felt embarrassed. Secondly, he was embarrassed to be watched by so many citizens. Vézé had no choice but to go to his "Prince Of Qi Residence" in Yangzhou City.
This was a residence in the south of the city, right next to the General Staff Headquarters. As soon as he returned to the door, he saw Wei Changrong waiting for Vézé. "Fourth Uncle, everyone has made some preliminary plans, and they are waiting for you to stamp your seal!"
Stamping a seal was a big deal. Handing over the seal meant that Vézé had given up his power. Even if Vézé urged the General Staff Headquarters to make their own battle plans and eagerly hoped that the General Staff Headquarters could improve their strategic vision, it did not mean that Vézé would hand over his power. The final authority to stamp the seal was still in the hands of Vézé. Without Vézé's seal, all orders within the scope of the General Staff Headquarters could not be issued.
"Okay! I will go and have a look, "replied Vézé.
"Fourth Uncle! Wait! " Wei Changrong hurriedly stopped Vézé, who was about to take action immediately. "Uncle, what are your plans this time?"
Vézé was a little unhappy. He replied, "As long as your proposal isn't too outrageous, I'll agree. I won't approve anything that will make everyone suffer losses. "
Wei Changrong noticed that Vézé seemed to have misunderstood him, so he quickly explained, "I know you're testing us, Fourth Uncle, but why don't you ask everyone to come up with their own plans and let us pick the best one …"
"Are you going to fight over whose plan will pass in the future?" Vézé sneered.
"This …" Wei Changrong was speechless by Vézé's answer. He paused for a while before he thought of a new topic. "Fourth Uncle, you can't just toss aside all the battle plans in the future, right?"
Vézé finally decided to tell Wei Changrong the truth. "Changrong, it's hard for me to say what will happen in the future. We are getting closer and closer to Tianjing City, and I'm afraid that the things I can decide on will become fewer and fewer. So you guys have to support me. When I can't directly command you, you guys have to be able to take charge. "
Wei Changrong was stunned. "Fourth Uncle, who would dare to take away your authority?"
After hearing Wei Changrong's question, Vézé found it difficult to answer. He wasn't sure what would happen, so Vézé could only give a perfunctory reply. "I'm just guessing, I hope I'm wrong. By the way, what's the result of your discussion? Tell me first. "
In the plan, Vézé's troops would carry out a diversionary attack on Jiangbei Camp. At the same time, he would mobilize Zhang Yingchen's troops, who were on standby in Chuzhou, to advance eastward and go straight to the west of the Qing Army's Jiangbei Camp. Vézé and Zhang Yingchen's troops would encircle Jiangbei Camp and eventually defeat Jiangbei Camp with a powerful attack.
After seeing this plan, Vézé was furious. This so-called discussion result was one of the several general ideas put forward by Hong Ze when discussing the overall strategy, and it was a very conservative and general one.
However, even though Vézé was very angry, he still wanted to wait and see. The first half of this action plan was actually good. Even if it was rough and conservative, if the purpose was to annihilate the Qing Army, the second half could not be said to be bad. But if they really wanted to encircle and annihilate the Qing Army, the best way was to block the ferry in Jiangbei. When the Qing Army saw that the Taiping army had blocked the river bank, they were blocked in Jiangbei and had no way to escape. This group of people had no choice but to fight desperately. And what the Taiping army needed most was the Qing Army to take the initiative to fight desperately.
Even so, Vézé held back and did not say anything. After entering the General Staff Headquarters, he just drew a cross on the second half of the content with a brush, and then gave the first half of the comments and stamped it with his seal.
When the generals saw Vézé's approach, they suddenly understood. The General Staff Headquarters immediately held a military meeting, and the content of the discussion became how Vézé's troops could directly attack the Qing Army's Jiangbei Camp at this stage.
On the third day, Zhang Yingchen finally received the long-awaited order to march. Since Zhang Yingchen was thrown by Vézé to be a marshal and later promoted to a marshal, he worked hard every day. He trained the troops, formed the General Staff Headquarters, and reorganized the logistics. He tried to do one link at a time. Originally, there was Vézé at the top, and Ke Gongyu at the bottom. Zhang Yingchen was completely suspended in the air. Zhang Yingchen's knowledge was not bad, but he lacked the ability to do it himself.
After being thrown into this ordinary army, Zhang Yingchen knew that if he did not do well, his future would be hopeless. Under the worry, he learned to tuck his tail between his legs. People who could tuck their tails between their legs were more reliable when it came to doing things. The effect of the army's training was so-so. Many places were not done well, but at the same time, many places were done well.
As for the march to Jiangbei Camp, Zhang Yingchen had long been prepared. When he received the order, he was discussing the march route with the army's General Staff Headquarters.
"Has Lin Fengxiang suffered a big loss in the Kingdom?" Zhang Yingchen asked with some doubts. Vézé had done a lot of training on siege warfare, and now Zhang Yingchen's troops had quite sufficient theoretical experience in fighting for cities. One of the cities they had to pass through to the east was the Kingdom. No matter how you looked at it, there was nothing remarkable about this city.
The city walls were not high, the city was not big, and there were no shocking and dangerous terrain outside the city. The reconnaissance troops reported that as far as they could see, the ground around the city wall was quite flat. But it was said that this place did make Lin Fengxiang suffer a big loss.
Immediately, a staff officer replied: "Marshal, it doesn't seem that Lin Fengxiang suffered a loss here. It was Li Kaifang Prime Minister Li who suffered a loss here. The Kingdom's garrison was very treacherous. They first drove away the people outside the city, and then hid gunpowder in the stove. When the Taiping army was extremely hungry, they entered the houses to cook and immediately caused a fire. Qing Yao took advantage of the situation and killed the army of Li Kaifang Prime Minister. "
"Huh? That works? "Zhang Yingchen was stunned. This kind of small trick was useless against Vézé's troops. They were not even allowed to drink a bowl of water, let alone enter the houses of their fellow countrymen. Every day, they had to sing the song 'Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention', which repeatedly emphasized that they were not allowed to enter private houses. After listening to Li Kaifang's failure, they found that this song, which originally emphasized military discipline, also contained many points related to war.
"When our army advances eastward, should we ask Prime Minister Yoshibuwon to send an army to help us defend the Kingdom?" The staff officer suggested. Yoshibuwon had two armies under his command, both of which were organized according to Vézé's army, and each had 5,000 soldiers. Now that the Qing Army had lost its strength in central Anhui, 5,000 soldiers were more than enough to defend Chuzhou. Yoshibuwon could also send another 5,000 soldiers to help defend the Kingdom.
Advancing eastward from Chuzhou to Yangzhou, there were two important cities: the Kingdom near Chuzhou, and Yizheng near Yangzhou. Let Yoshibuwon's 5,000 soldiers defend the Kingdom, and Zhang Yingchen's 10,000 soldiers defend Yizheng after capturing Yizheng. The Jiangbei Camp was miserable, and they were completely under the attack of the Taiping army. Yizheng was still in control of the ferry, so if the Qing Army of the Jiangbei Camp wanted to escape to the south of the Yangtze River, they had to pass through Yizheng. At that time, Zhang Yingchen could also wait for the exhausted and fight easily.
Zhang Yingchen finally agreed to this battle plan, and immediately invited Yoshibuwon to discuss the matter of help. Although Yoshibuwon was the Prime Minister, and Zhang Yingchen was just a General, Yoshibuwon knew very well that he had no reason to order Zhang Yingchen. Besides, he could make contributions without fighting. Yoshibuwon readily agreed to Zhang Yingchen's request.
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