Chapter 566
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When Vézé proposed the first five-year plan to be implemented in 1869, the members of the Politburo were confused and had no idea what was going on.
"Why do we have to implement the five-year plan in 1869 instead of this year or next year? I just want to discuss with everyone why we need to implement the five-year plan!" Vézé's attitude was calm and his tone was firm. Seeing this familiar attitude, many members faintly felt a little annoyed. Before Vézé gave a deep ideological education, he would always have this expression.
Vézé was the party chairman. When he spoke, everyone had to listen. Regardless of whether they understood what Wei Ze said or not, no one understood the final system construction. Everyone just followed Wei Ze's arrangements. Some members of the Politburo even gloomily thought that it would be great if they were on the frontline like Lei Hu. At least they wouldn't be dragged here to listen to the boss's long speech.
Lei Hu, who was envied by the members of the Politburo, was not so relaxed at the moment. The battle of Huoyang was not smooth from the beginning. The encirclement was well built, and it took more than a dozen cannons to collapse one wall. The resistance of the encirclement was extremely fierce. After the first few encirclements were taken down, the entire encirclement suffered casualties.
The Liberation Army originally estimated that they could take down Huoyang in five to six days at most. If the situation continued as it was, it would take at least half a month to take down Huoyang. For this operation, all four armies were under Lei Hu's command. He called the four army commanders for a meeting. Everyone decided to take down Hao Province first, surround Huoyang, and then take action step by step. Lei Hu was also quite surprised. He had seen all kinds of big cities and fought with both foreign and domestic enemies. He never expected that the first battle he felt was this large scale of local armed forces.
Faced with this new problem, Lei Hu was very unhappy. Even the discovery of Jiang Zhongyuan's body in a well did not make Lei Hu feel better. The coroner's report stated that Jiang Zhongyuan was shot several times. Seeing that he could not make it, he found a well near the city gate and drowned himself. The death of the leader of the Huai army meant that the name of the Huai army could also be abolished in the Manchu Qing system.
On the first of August, the army took down Hao Province and began the local purge of Huoyang. At this moment, a guest that Lei Hu could never have imagined had arrived. Li Hongzhang had sent an envoy to seek "peace talks".
This was the first time under the Manchurian Qing regime that a high-ranking official chose to surrender before the battle had even begun. These past few years, those incompetent local officials basically did not surrender. The Taiping army regarded the Manchu Qing as Qing. As the Manchu Qing chief, the only road was death. The Recovery Army had once accepted a surrender in Wuzhou, but that group of local powers colluded with the Manchurian Qing to rebel. This made the Recovery Army completely lose interest in the Manchurian Qing. The city could be used to establish power. No one wanted to repeat.
Li Hongzhang had taken Luoyang and was made a third-rank duke. Logically, such a new noble should have tried hard to resist. Unexpectedly, before the Liberation Army could reach Luoyang, Li Hongzhang was ready to abandon his old master and seek refuge with his new master.
"This is good news," Lei Hu said, rubbing his temples. At least Li Hongzhang did not participate in the war and held Luoyang. The Liberation Army was not too worried about Luoyang being taken by the Taiping army again. Even if Li Hongzhang was lying, it was just a matter of fighting a few more battles. Lei Hu did not believe Li Hongzhang at all.
Lei Hu threw the matter aside. He picked up his pen and signed the order to attack Huoyang. At this time, he was thinking about the Nian Army. The Liberation Army had talked to the Nian Army. If the Nian Army was obedient, they would be allowed to live in Huoyang. What was the Nian Army doing now?
At this time, the Nian Army in Chenzhou realized how true the old saying, "In the dog days of summer, the tiles don't dry." It often rained in the dog days to the north of Henan. Chenzhou was crisscrossed with rivers and canals. A few days of heavy rain had caused the local water network to explode. The small ditch that could be crossed by a horse in one leap was now two or three meters wide. The muddy water was not deep, and the soil on the shore was soft. When the horses stepped on it, it collapsed.
Lai Wenguang's face was pale. The experience he had accumulated from years of fighting with the Xiang Army had become the reason why the Nian Army was in a desperate situation. This seemed like a ridiculous trick. The Xiang Army changed their marching routine. It was as if the unshakable daily marching of 30 kilometers had become a desperate pursuit. Just this little trick changed everything.
Behind the Nian Army was a dense water network. To the east was the Sengrinchen cavalry. To the west was the Nian Army's position, which was less than 10 kilometers away from the Xiang Army.
What should they do? This very real problem was right in front of them.
Zhang Zongyu said with a pale face, "The only thing we can do now is to fight with the Xiang Army! We can't cross the river in one day. As soon as we retreat, the Xiang Army will attack us. At that time, our morale will be unstable and we will only think about leaving. How will the rear fight? Instead of that, we might as well attack. As long as we kill Demon Leader Zeng, the whole of Henan will be ours! "
"Yes, fight with the Xiang Army! I don't believe we can't beat the Xiang Army! "Ren Zhu said.
Lai Wenguang frowned and thought for a while. Then he said loudly, "Of course we will fight. But we will not fight the Xiang Army. We will fight Sengrinchen's Mongolian Eight Banners!"
Everyone was surprised. Cavalry had a great advantage over infantry. They didn't expect Lai Wenguang to choose the Mongolian Eight Banners as the main target.
Lai Wenguang explained to the simple map, "Whether it is the east or the west, as long as we can destroy the Qing Yao, we will be able to do our best. The Xiang army seems to have about thirty to forty thousand men. The Mongolian army is very resourceful. Lai Wenguang was the best in the Nian Army when it came to deciding the general direction. Although this strategic choice was dangerous, it was the best choice. Although no one said anything, the look on their faces showed that they all agreed.
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