Chapter 527: Blocking the River to Robbery (Part 2)
As the end of the year is getting closer, everyone is looking forward to it. The Qing army is looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements soon. The Taiping Army is now an opponent that Xiang Rong is looking up to. There are more than 100,000 or at least 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers who can fight. Compared with the 20,000 people under his command, he is out of an absolute disadvantage in terms of combat power and number!
The Taiping Army was also waiting for the day when the army was completed. This time, the Taiping Army was doing a rather outrageous job in the three towns of Wuhan. The people had no food to eat, and a large number of refugees were forced to join the Taiping Army because of food.
The expansion of the Taiping Army this time is different from the past. It is almost three times the expansion of personnel, and it is quite difficult to select troops and consolidate troops.
The Taiping Army was reorganizing the army, but Yang Meng felt that his opportunity had come. The expansion of the army in Wuchang was a bit hasty for the Taiping Army. The hasty expansion will inevitably lead to countless loopholes in the army. Yang Meng was just to rob money and killing people was not in his plan. He was afraid that a big battle would inevitably be inevitable. He knew the power of the Flying Jianglong. Two Flying Jianglongs, hundreds of twenty-four-pound mortars, and several volleys, and more than ten thousand were killed or injured.
Once Fanjianglong is trapped, Yang Meng will not give up Fanjianglong easily. The Taiping Army fought to the death to seize property, and Yang Meng wanted to protect Fanjianglong and fight to the death. In addition, Yu Biao, who was hiding in Tianxingzhou, could destroy the Taiping Army's rear army in one go.
Hundreds of mortars and five thousand new troops caused by the killing and damage. The force-robbery was not under much pressure for Yang Meng, but the losses that the Taiping Army had to bear were extremely huge.
"Yayue, please ask the people below to prepare two fleets of about a mile long, filled with sand and stones. Then we can circle the Taiping Army's treasure ships and prepare more smoke-producing things. We can also retreat safely.
Let’s prepare the clothes of the Taiping Army. This time we will have a clever job to find someone with a body shape and face similar to Shi Xianggong. This time we will pretend to be Shi Xianggong and take advantage of the Taiping Army’s holy database."
On the first day of the first lunar month, the Taiping Army chose a good day and began to leave the three towns of Wuhan and go east along the river. Hong Xiuquan boarded the Minghuang dragon boat and set off first, and the subsequent fleet was winding. The two sides of the Taiwan Strait were the Taiping Army's land army, looking at the protective measures. The Taiping Army did a pretty good job, but in Yang Meng's eyes, these were all loopholes.
The Taiping Army's water and land army was not very fast. It took Yang Meng only more than two hours to catch up with the back team. The banner of the Wing King Shi Dakai lit up, and with a person who looked like Shi Dakai, there was a Taiping Army general who knew the Wing King on the shore and saluted the Wing King fleet across the river.
The counterfeit goods waved on the ship, and the army on the shore continued to move forward. The news of the arrival of the Wing King was spread by word of mouth. It was constantly promoted in the fleet. In a short while, Yang Meng's fleet had a relatively open crossing of the river.
At this time, Shi Dakai was following the King of Heaven to defend the King of Heaven!
"San Master, the Holy Library of the Taiping Army is located in front of you!"
"Well! Stop them and let them dock in Tianxingzhou, and say that we have been ordered by the King of Heaven and secretly handled the task."
The fake Shi Dakai had already entered the cabin and had the care of the Taiping Army soldiers on the shore. Of course, no one dared to come and check the authenticity of the Wing King. With the support of the shadow, Yang Meng was very familiar with the internal affairs of the Taiping Army. Although the people who were escorting the treasure ship were all middle-level members of the Taiping Army, they did not know each other under the Wing King.
With the order of the Wing King, the fleet where the Taiping Army Holy Ku was located slowly approached Tianxingzhou. It was a bit difficult for the loose fleet to dock with Tianxingzhou, but with a fleet full of sand and stones connected to the front line, it was no problem to dock with Tianxingzhou.
"Download the power ship, let the Taiping Army, who is guarding the treasure ship, go on the sand ship, tell them that this is the raw material for making local medicines, and you must not take it lightly."
Yang Meng's men entered Tianxingzhou with a large amount of clothes. More than an hour later, another group of Taiping soldiers boarded the treasure ship, nailed the iron hook, and connected nearly a thousand treasure ships with cables. It was already afternoon.
Yang Meng's fleet was mooring against Tianxingzhou and did not block the waterway. The small boats quickly blocked the waterways on both sides of Tianxingzhou.
After Yang Meng finished his errands, he transferred the power ship to the back of the fleet. A series of medium-sized river ships carrying loads were pulled out of the temporary dock by cables. Looking at the fleet that was running contrary to the brigade, the Taiping Army on the land was also a little puzzled.
"Hold the smoke-producing things to the tail end of the fleet, and make several smoke-producing ships in the river."
Things went very smoothly. If the Taiping Army had not expanded its troops in the three towns of Wuhan, if hundreds of thousands of people had not joined the Taiping Army, it would be only a thought. With the chaotic organization of the Taiping Army, Yang Meng easily seized the ships containing their holy warehouse.
Although he followed Hong Yang's team and took a batch of treasure ships, more than 70% of the Taiping Army's wealth was still in Yang Meng's hands.
It is easy to cheat the ship, but it is a bit troublesome to leave safely. It is understandable to stop the ship and sort it out, but when you pull the ship back, you are still pulling the treasure ship, it will be exposed as soon as you move.
Not to mention Shi Dakai, even Yang Xiuqing's people will be suspected. The Wing King is only five thousand years old, and there are also the Northern King 6 thousand years old, the Eastern King 9 thousand years old, and the Heavenly King!
"ignition!"
Just as the army following the fleet wanted to step up the ships in the river to investigate, Yang Meng gave the order, dozens of large and small ships were lit, fire, medicine, pepper, pepper, sulfur, and raw smoke materials made of wet grass instantly created a rolling smoke on the surface of the river. The smoke was not only thick but also choking.
The area covered by thick smoke was getting bigger and bigger, and the Taiping Army families on the ship and the refugees they were carrying were also quickly messing up in the choking smoke. There were too many ships on the river, and as long as they were hand and feet, they could go ashore by stepping on the ship.
The Taiping Army on the shore was about to board the ship, and the families and refugees on the ship were about to get off the ship. Chaos spread rapidly in the fleet like a plague.
In the midst of chaos and noise, Yang Meng took the fleet away from Tianxingzhou and stopped in thick smoke. After a while, thick smoke could cover the river surface within two or three miles, and it was even more chaotic at that time.
The chaos behind was soon transmitted to Hong Xiuquan's dragon boat through the fast horse.
"The King of Heaven, the big thing is not good. The King of Wings robbed the treasure ship and wanted to rebel against the army!"
"Nonsense! The Wing King is right next to me, so why would he rebel from the army?"
After hearing the news from his subordinates, Hong Xiuquan was also very angry. Now the Wing King is his right-hand man, fighting Yuezhou and Wuchang. They are all commanded by the Wing King Shi Dakai, and he also has to use the Wing King's ability to fight Jinling!
Eighty-mostly someone couldn't see it, and wanted to frame the Wing King Shi Dakai. Since Wuchang, the Wing King Shi Dakai has been following him. He wants to rob the treasure ship. It's ridiculous to rebel from the Taiping Army!
"Wait! You said someone robbed the treasure ship?"
Just now, Hong Xiuquan was just concerned about the rebellion of the Wing King. When he thought of the treasure ship, he became nervous. The property seized in Guangxi and the property seized in Daozhou, Hunan were all deceived by Yang Laosan.
Yiyang's harvest was even better, so he was directly snatched by that guy. Now that he passed the three towns of Yuezhou and Wuhan, the Taiping Army's pockets were bulging again. Who would have thought that something went wrong with the treasure ship?
"Yes! The Wing King robbed the treasure ship!"
"Bastard! The Wing King Wu Qiansui is by my side, saying! He was stolen from several treasure ships."
The man below kept saying that the Wing King Shi Da had robbed the treasure ship, and Hong Xiuquan was also angry. Shi Dakai and his vanguard troops were always by his side. The Wing King's treasure ship was purely nonsense.
What he was more concerned about was how many treasure ships were robbed. Although he brought some food, grass and gold and silver behind his fleet, the Taiping Army's holy warehouse was among the more than a thousand treasure ships.
"All of them were robbed!"
"Bastard! Who robbed me?"
"The King of Heaven, I'm afraid it's Yang Laosan from Kunming!"
Shi Dakai, who had been guarding Hong Xiuquan's side, smiled bitterly and claimed Yang Meng's name. Only Brother Yang was able to do this, and Brother Yang was very familiar with him, so he found someone to pretend to be himself and robbed the treasure ship. It couldn't be easier.
"Ah...it's this guy again, hurry up! Send someone to grab it back!"
The anger hit his heart. Hong Xiuquan rolled his eyes a few times and still stood up. The harvest of Yiyang was robbed, which made him feel distressed for several days. This time the treasure ship far exceeded the wealth of Yiyang. The harvest of Yiyang alone was enough to compensate for the loss of the property of Yiyang.
The thousand treasure ships in the back team not only have the wealth of Yuezhou, but also the wealth of the three towns in Wuhan, ten times the harvest of Yiyang! How could Hong Xiuquan bear such a huge loss?
"The King of Heaven! We should attack Jinling. As for the treasure ship, just let the people from the back team grab it back!"
Shi Dakai remembered what Brother Yang said. This time, Brother Yang was going to fight again. He must not face Brother Yang. That person is cruel!
"Well! Let's go first, leave the rest to Xiuqing and Changhui."
Thinking of the losses caused to the Taiping Army by Yang Laosan under Yuezhou City, Hong Xiuquan also made a big fuss in his heart. Shi Dakai said this well, and it was better to fight Jinling.
When Yang Xiuqing, who was in the central army, heard that Yang Laosan was coming again, the man directly handed over the pursuit of the treasure ship to Wei Changhui, and took his men to chase the heels of the king and went up.
The King of Heaven suppressed the burden, and the King of East suppressed the burden again, but Wei Changhui was not a fool. He stopped his fleet and commanded some soldiers from the water camp to counterattack the rear team. However, there were too many ships in the river. Although it was afternoon now, the thick smoke on the Tianxingzhou River could be seen clearly for more than ten miles.
The thick smoke made the entire fleet mess up, and there was no place for the water camp to turn around on the river. The helpless King of Northern could only order the army on the land to pursue Yang Laosan.
But the chaos was not only on the river surface, but many families and refugees who fled to the shore also dispersed the army that protected the fleet. The scene of more than 100,000 people fleeing was not something that tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers could stop.
The chaos continued until the evening, when Yang Meng had already arrived near Wuchang.
Wuchang is not an empty city now. There is a team of elite Taiping Army with more than a thousand people being cut off from the rear of Wuchang. This information has reached Yang Meng's hands. He knew that it was time to make contributions.
"Yu Biao, you send someone to protect the treasure ship back to Junshan. You are going to Yuezhou, summon the young and strong, and take out 200,000 taels of silver from the treasure ship. When you go to Yuezhou, you will recruit tens or 20,000 strong men at the price of five taels of silver per person a day. The speed must be fast. Let's fight Wuchang overnight.
After the fleet arrives at Junshan, place the treasure ship properly and leave two thousand people to guard the rest, and leave five hundred people to guard Yuezhou. You will bring Minzhuang and you must come back tomorrow morning."
Yang Meng's arrangement made Yu Biao frown. After losing more than a thousand treasure ships, the Taiping Army would definitely not give up. He attacked Wuchang overnight, for fear of easily falling into the siege of the Taiping Army.
"San Master, I'll fight Wuchang! Go back and organize your troops!"
"Idiot, do you think it's really a fight? Do you know how to do a show? We just have to act like a fight against Wuchang. The Taiping Army's severance team will inevitably retreat to Wuchang. This group of people have no guns or cannons, and Wuchang and others cannot defend it. When tomorrow morning, the people you recruit will come, and the Taiping Army's pursuit troops should come.
By that time...hehe...go!"
He ran too fast and had no chance to fight with the Taiping Army. Yang Meng was worried that he would not have any credit! Unexpectedly, the Taiping Army left a small tail in Wuchang, which is the best credit!
Chapter completed!