Chapter 590 War is like chess (1)
The war is like chess. Mr. Shi did a good job in the early stage, and his game of chess is not just Zeng Disheng's Xiangyong. When Ying Geely arrives in Tianjin, Mr. Shi is afraid that Mr. Shi's mind is also changing, and his next goal is himself.
It is still early to deal with it. All Yang Meng has to do is to protect the coach. Zeng Disheng, the coach of Bao Xiangyong, believes that after a big defeat, this person's idea should have changed, right?
"Zhiqing, where is Yu Biao now?"
"Master, Yu Biao is in Sichuan for the selection of soldiers!"
"I asked him to lead two hundred Yazi to watch the battle in Zeng Disheng's camp and compile a book for me. His tone was lowered, and he said that Yang Laosan wanted to learn skills from Master Zeng. I guess he would not care about the team of two hundred people.
Tell Yu Biao not to fight to the death with the long-haired thief. After saving Zeng Disheng, he ran away immediately. This time, Mr. Shi is afraid he will be playing hard!"
Master Zeng went to rescue the chaotic army, and Ya Zi didn't have the ability to lead Yu Biao and became Zeng Disheng's bodyguard.
In dealing with a big game of Shi Xianggong in Jiujiang, Yang Meng's response was only to protect the coach, and to protect Zeng Di. As long as Zeng Di is immortal, Yang Meng can also pull him up again.
Zeng Disheng is a key figure. Yang Meng doesn't want to take risks in him. Zeng Disheng can be defeated, but death is absolutely not allowed by Yang Meng. The power barge and the Yazi are all means for Yang Meng to protect him. What if Zeng Disheng is dead, where will Yang Meng find another one? Among scholars, what about a hundred responses?
Many things need to be changed with his Yang Meng's change. This change is probably because Zeng Disheng is not yet alive! Yang Meng doesn't want to take risks!
Also not wanting to take risks, Shi Dakai, who is in Anqing. It was a mistake to retreat when he met Brother Yang San to retreat. Now it seems that without the three towns of Wuhan, it is impossible to occupy the two lakes.
After Shi Xiangzhen and Wei Jun came back, Shi Dakai also asked about the war in Yuezhou in detail. There were many things that were not understandable. These things that were not understandable were all attributed to Brother Yang San.
When Yuezhou was lost, the three towns in Wuhan were unstable. Yang Sange is now the enemy of the kingdom of heaven. It is wrong to retreat, but when the initiative was lost, two more people appeared in Hunan, Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang. These two people are now the most powerful. After strangling Zeng Guofan, Shi Xianggong would also use troops to fight against the three towns in Wuhan.
Zeng Guofan had more than 20,000 troops, and Yang Sange of the Three Towns of Wuhan was less than 20,000 troops. According to Wei Jun, Yang Sange's troops were much more brave than Zeng Guofanxiang. He first took Zeng Guofan and then beat Yang Sange. This time, the Sir Shi made up his mind.
The Taiping Army also has intelligence personnel, and the Taiping Army's intelligence personnel can be more integrated into the people. Although it is less than Yang San Ge's follower in Yunnan, Shi Xianggong also learned a little about his military strength and strength in the three towns of Wuhan, and he has no chance of winning.
If you want to go to the two lakes, you must take the three towns of Wuhan. Retreat is not a solution. If you don’t attack Yang Sange, the two lakes cannot reach the command of the Kingdom of Heaven. It is time for each to be the master.
The war between the two lakes was not good, and the King of Dong was also angry, beheading Shi Fengkui, Huang Zaixing, and punishing Shi Xiangzhen, Wei Jun, Lin Shaozhang and others. In order to explore the two lakes again, Shi Dakai also spent a lot of time on this period.
Jiangxi and Anhui are fighting well, but there are no strong enemies. Today, the heavenly soldiers in the two lakes have three strong enemies. Yang Laosan, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and Zuo Zongtang are still in the process of training and have no combat power in the short term. Within two or three months, if you defeat Zeng Guofan first and then Yang Sange, it is Shi Xianggong's chess game.
The Northern Expedition was a mess. Lin Ji and Li and the other two were trapped in Jinghai, and even the news was cut off by the Qing demon. The army that helped Lin Ji and Li and the other three stopped moving forward in Shandong. Although the Northern Expedition was a mess, it was much stronger than the Western Expedition. At least there was no large-scale loss of troops and generals.
At the beginning of the Western Expedition, Lai Hanying spent three months in Moji, Nanchang, and then the general was replaced and the situation in Anhui and Jiangxi was better.
But the battle between the two lakes was quite failed! First, Yang Laosan from Huangzhou, then Zuo Zongtang from Yuezhou, and finally Zeng Guofan from Changsha appeared. The situation between the two lakes was broken by Yang Laosan.
After thinking about this, Dong Wang Yang Xiuqing was also full of anger. He wanted to defeat the King of Heaven with a great situation, but now the war between the two places is not good, so he can only postpone it.
This Yang Laosan is a nemesis of the heavenly soldiers. Since Guangxi, it has been no good for encountering this Yang Laosan! If it weren’t for Yang Laosan’s killing of the three old brothers Luo Qinhu, how could there be no generals available?
Luo, Qin and Hu were the three men, Qin Rigang was a reckless man, but also a powerful general. The remaining Luo Dagang was good at fighting in the water, and Hu Yihuang was a martial scholar with strategy. The losses of these three men were undoubtedly a huge loss to the Kingdom of Heaven.
The new generation of generals, Yang Fuqing, Yang Yiqing, Shi Xiangzhen and Wei Jun, are the best, but they are still much worse than Luo Qinhu and the other two.
Although the remaining young people are available, they are not relatives of the Six Kings of the First Rebellion, so they are inevitably worried about using them. There is no general or general, which makes people helpless!
Although Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King of the Taiping Army, was not very focused, he was still somewhat capable of selecting talents. He was constantly recruiting talents. Although he was not the same as the King of Heaven, King of North, and King of Wings, Yang Xiuqing was also very safeguarded in the circle of the Six Kings of the First Rebellion. After all, this is the foundation of the Kingdom of Heaven.
The King of Heaven is getting more and more nonsense. You said you are just playing with women in the Heavenly Kingdom Mansion. Why are you making a book burn? Do you think you are Qin Shihuang? The foreign brothers he brought were not something. Although they were sold to the Heavenly Kingdom, the conditions raised by those foreign brothers were unacceptable to Yang Xiuqing.
Although he didn't know a lot of big words, Yang Xiuqing still knew how to learn. When he had nothing to do, he asked some scholars to read some books on governing the country for himself. However, Hong Xiuquan was not likable. Yang Xiuqing had just learned a lot of available things, but the King of Heaven wanted to burn some good Confucian books.
Although he persuaded him and the King of Heaven also took some of them, Hong Xiuquan brought the so-called foreign brothers to watch the grand occasion of the Kingdom of Heaven. The foreign brothers in England were good. They sold some foreign guns, but Yang Xiuqing could not accept it.
Although they are illiterate and do not understand the great principles, Yang Xiuqing knew that they are doing family affairs now, and foreign brothers are outsiders. When they welcome and send off, the merchants are also happy, but foreign brothers who are involved in their own family affairs are not good people.
Although he didn't understand Yinggeli's requirements very well, Yang Xiuqing still felt that these foreign brothers were not kind-hearted, and were politicians or leaders. Yang Xiuqing could barely make up for it. He rejected Yinggeli's conditions. Even if he was a qualified person, he would be a traitor! No matter how good your guise is, it would be a sin!
Fortunately, Hong Xiuquan is enjoying himself. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know what the situation is like?
Faced with the chaos of the Northern Expedition and the Two Lakes, Yang Xiuqing had no intention of playing Hong Xiuquan. It is a serious matter to conquer a large enough territory now. The wing king Shi Dakai wrote a letter to withdraw from the Two Lakes and start a war with Zeng Guofan and Yang Laosan. Yang Xiuqing also reluctantly supported it.
Although the Wing King did this to hurt his Eastern King's face, it is still remarkable in terms of strategy. What Yang Xiuqing is now considering is whether he needs to help Shi Da open a batch of muskets.
As a natural strategist, Yang Xiuqing has a flexible mind. Yang Laosan, Zeng Guofan, and Zuo Zongtang are all enemies of the kingdom of heaven. This is especially true for Yang Laosan. If he does not kill Yang Laosan, Yang Xiuqing's heart is also a little shadow. Yang Laosan is the only one who makes Yang Xiuqing helpless.
The method of the wing king Shi Dakai is available. For example, there are still a lot of money in the capital today. If there is another batch of foreign guns and cannons, after Shi Dakai tries to settle Zeng Guofan, he will support him and let him take over Yang Laosan and kill these two major problems, it will be time for him to take advantage of the smooth war in Jiangnan to force the king of heaven, and there will be no big problem.
With the permission of the Eastern King, Shi Dakai began to make arrangements. Zeng Tianyang died in Chenglingji in battle. It was an accident and an opportunity. Taking advantage of this defeat, Shi Dakai began to capture the pace in Hunan.
After retreating to Tianjia Town step by step, Shi Dakai reserved some people in Tianjia Town. The main function of these people is to explore Xiangyong's combat power.
Not to mention, Xiang Yong is really an opponent of the heavenly soldiers. Not only is he brave in combat, but Xiang Yong's navy is also stronger than the water camp of the heavenly kingdom. The warships used by Zeng Guofan's navy are all serious warships and artillery are also available.
However, most of the navy of the Taiping Army were transformed by civilian ships. Not only were the thickness of the ship plates insufficient, but the artillery on the ship could not confront Xiangyong's navy.
In the battle of Tianjia Town, Xianggong Shi also showed some skills. The iron chain crossed the river and the water discharge along the river did not have much effect on the Xiangyong Navy. The power of the artillery between the two sides was quite different. If you wanted to deal with Zeng Guofan, the territory of Tianjia Town was too small, and Hukou behind Jiujiang was a best place.
After choosing the position, Shi Dakai moved from Anqing to Jiujiang. With the Yi Wang in charge, the morale of the Taiping Army also increased a little, but Shi Dakai's orders increased the morale of the Qing Demon.
The army was ordered to defend but not attack, and to speed up the production of water war equipment such as rockets, spray drums, fireballs, etc. The army deployed defenses along the Jiujiang Hukou area, and probed horses out everywhere to monitor Zeng Guofan and Xiang Yong's position.
Although Shi Dakai's chess game is good, the chess pieces are not good. Xiang Yong's navy is sharp and Lu Zheng is brave. It is not so easy to defeat Xiang Yong in one battle. Shi Dakai is used to fighting skillfully and fighting with Xiang Yong is a solution, but Xiang Yong is strong and it is difficult to ensure that the heavenly soldiers will not collapse when they fight against him.
Hunan was defeated in the entire line. First, it was far away in Anqing and could not be dispatched in time. If there were generals and commanders, they would be defeated by Zeng Guofan. Second, Hunan was brave and powerful. Most of the novices of the heavenly soldiers were not good at fighting, so they would not have the advantage of fighting on the battlefield.
He fought with Zeng Guofan in Jiujiang and other places, honed the combat power of the heavenly soldiers, sucked away the spirit of Xiangyong, and defeated Zeng Guofan. After that, he would be Yang San Ge, who was in charge of the three towns of Wuhan. If he couldn't win, Shi Xianggong had another game of chess.
Jiujiang's chess game has generally become famous, and then he chooses the generals. Shi Xiangzhen, Wei Jun and others are not good at it. After suffering a series of defeats, their minds are inevitably confused and these people cannot use it.
When Lin Qirong Town, he chose to town Jiujiang, Chen Yucheng Town Meijiazhou, and he was in Hukou. In the overall situation, these three places are mutually supportive. In order to prevent Xiang Yong from attacking a city by death, Shi Dakai took advantage of his military strength to set up many cities in Jiujiang, Hukou, Meijiazhou, and the three places.
He naturally knew the truth about this.
When fighting Xiangyong, the most important thing is not to fight, but to defend! Only by defending can you fight. Only by defending can you fight ruthlessly! No matter how powerful Xiangyong is, it will not take long to form an army, and there will be flaws to find. As long as Xiangyong’s weakness is found, Shi Dakai can destroy this great enemy of the heavenly soldiers in the Jiujiang area.
The situation has come, the generals have, and the defense is even more flawless, but Hukou still has a weakness. The vast Poyang Lake behind it is too vast for tens of thousands of troops. Xiangyong's navy is sharp, and the water camp under his command is probably not an opponent of Xiangyong's navy.
Saving the water camp is also one of Shi Dakai's tasks. Mu Drainage City is the only way to guard against the Xiangyong Navy. Although I don't know what the result is, there is no other way for Shi Dakai to use it except this method.
The two water cities were built on both sides of the Poyang Lake mouth. At this point, Shi Xianggong's layout was almost complete, and the rest was to see the results of the battle.
Chapter completed!