According to the general statement among the prisoners, there were at least 10,000 officials who had originally besieged Jingmen City; Zhou Huaian was also worried that Liu Jurong, who had escaped, would regroup and become a new obstacle and resistance for the Taiping Army after the round.

This made the remaining water steamers, which were obviously overused, risk disintegration and loss at any time, dragged the pursuers and rushed north to seize the initiative. How could they all surrender after taking the village overnight?

However, after seeing these surrendered officials with their own eyes, Zhou Huaian was basically relieved. Obviously, the army under Shandong Jiedushi Liu Jurong was not able to be transformed out in vain. Especially the soldiers and armored weapons lost in the guide two years ago were not so easy to make up for.

Therefore, when his main army attacked Jingzhou City, the besieged troops entering the city were gradually transferred and replaced by him, the real old, weak, sick and disabled people.

Therefore, in the temporary prisoner camps against the wall, almost all kinds of pale and thin people, holding the dry food and skinny soup provided by the Taiping Army, making a sound in their hands and mouths;

Even there was a conspicuous mix of gray-haired old man and a hairless boy with a dry body with little flesh. It was obvious that while Liu Jurong was maintaining the army, he also brought all the male laborers who could be recruited under his command to participate in the attack.

However, in comparison, Jingmen City, which has changed hands twice, is not much better; in the end, the only one who can stand out to greet the large army was less than a thousand injured.

The person responsible for leading the team was only a regiment lieutenant in the original Third Battalion. As for other personnel who were higher or equal to him, they were basically either dead or injured or disappeared on the battlefield; and he was the only one who could still jump around.

Zhou Huaian summoned this lucky warrior and found out that his name was Du Hong, who was a Yuezhou person who defected to the rebel army by local land groups.

Later, after the Taiping Army headed north, it was merged with the scattered subordinates of the rebel army. After being dispersed and reunited, it became a team leader in the supplementary battalion because of its active performance. Then it accumulated qualifications on the front line and was promoted to the brigade commander and deputy lieutenant.

He is considered a very representative figure under the Taiping Army.

Then, the Taiping Army, who continued to work hard, had no defensive power to break through the sea and land, or the extremely empty cities of Changlin, Lexiang, Yiqing, Shudao, Nanzhang, etc.;

After spending a small price, he won the only water and land rush with hundreds of officers and soldiers to hold on and resist. After Zhelin garrison, Xiangyang, the only natural thing in Xiangzhou Prefecture and Shannan Road, was completely opened to the armed forces of the Taiping Army.

Just standing on the stable-driving boat and seeing the Xiangyang City in the sky, which was faintly presented by the surging river, Zhou Huaian immediately remembered literary works such as "The Postscript of Huang Rong Xiangyang" and "The Female Heroes in the Military Camp".

Well, put aside these unconcealed thoughts. Based on the homework done in advance, this city first originated in Beijinshi, the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, it was repaired and added by Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhu Xu, the governor of Liangzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and others who have developed the current atmosphere and pattern.

Although it is not the "iron-matched Xiangyang" that was created in the late Southern Song Dynasty. However, the current pattern of a total of nine miles in circumference and eight water and land is also a rare big city in Jingchu and Jianghan, and the place of the majestic city. Bai Juyi once wrote a poem "Three Poems of Message": Xiangyang Jiuli Guolou is a Lianyunshu.

On the east and south of the city are the Han River that flows from north to south and turns east, and several tributaries that meet the city; while the large suburbs on the north and east are covered by Zigai Mountain, Lumen Mountain, Wanshan Mountain, Xianshan Mountain and other mountains.

As for the floating bridge of Hanjinshi on the river, it is connected to Fancheng Town on the other side of the Han River; thus forming the advantage of the north and south being opposite to each other and the sound and sound communication is shared.

At least compared to the several big cities that the Taiping Army had attacked and flew past; such as Songping (Daluo) City, Annan Jiaozhou, which was surrounded by rivers and three rivers on the back lake, or the Dantu City of Jiangdong Runzhou, which was surrounded by dikes and surrounded by two mountains, they were all unyielding and even more victorious.

It can be said that under such terrain, it is not impossible to siege, but it has to pay a great price with the cooperation of waterways; and if you want to siege the city, the room for a large-scale deployment of troops or attacking troops and equipment is quite limited.

Therefore, here he was successively appointed as the General Administration of the Sui Dynasty, the Governor's Office in the early Tang Dynasty, the Minister of State for Xingtai, the Pacification Envoy, the Interview and Disposal Ambassador of the Middle Tang Dynasty, the Shandong Jiedushi, the Observation Envoy, the Transport Envoy, and the Salt and Iron Inspection Envoy.

It is usually claimed that there are 47,780 households and 252,000 households. However, after Liu Jurong's Shandong camp was destroyed, he did not know that there would be a few remaining garrison forces left in this city.

Because Liu Jurong, the head commander of the official army, was smart and capable in local offices and had a fierce means; he also had a very strict control over the city, and even adopted a strict attitude of rather than being ruthless.

Therefore, although there were external armed forces of the Taiping Army who had harassed the city from time to time before, there has been little progress in inquiry into information and other intelligence work in Xiangyang City.

For a long time, Jiangling has only had some private and secretly indirect information that can be provided by the second and third-hand inferences to infer and judge the verge. Despite this, Zhou Huaian, who was in a great victory, still had corresponding interest and confidence, and used the tens of thousands of tigers under his command to weigh and calculate the length.

"Tell me the order,"

Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian said silently.

"Subordinate is..."

The left and right suddenly stood up and responded with harmony.

"Let Wang Chongba's navy block the river surface, cooperate with the fifth battalion soldiers of the Fourth Army under Wu Xingchen, the left formation, and then use the team of the original formation and the fire-sucking soldiers as support and strengthening."

"The camera took down Fancheng Town in Anyang County, and thus cut off Xiangyang's connection and assistance north of the Han River..."

"Abide by the military orders..."

Wu Xingchen, the Left Formation General, who was wearing a sling and looked increasingly thin, instantly exchanged glances with the other people, and immediately showed joy and bowed his head.

After all, these days, the old subordinates of the old camp of Thief Feng have been following the crowd, and most of them have performed well, and there is basically no outstanding place or opportunity.

Therefore, seeing that the Taiping Army was becoming more and more powerful and talented, the old rebels who came from the Nobunaire Camp could not help but feel a sense of urgency and crisis.

Although this leader has always been very concerned about old feelings and treats those old brothers who have worked hard with them. Even if they retire from injury and are unable to do things, they will give them a place to live in food and drink, and it is no problem to ensure that they can spend the rest of their lives without worries.

But the problem is that Wu Xingchen and the others are still young, and there are still plenty of time to make a difference; letting him hand over the military affairs, retain his military status and wait for the rear, and Jianling's leisurely and comfortable position is far from what he wished.

Therefore, he not only must do his true nature conscientiously, and show his firm attitude of leading the army and distinguish it from those who have been new to follow suit; he also must try every opportunity to seize every opportunity to achieve success to demonstrate and reflect the value and uses of these old brothers.

At least we must maintain our current position and not be given more choices for later generations to take over or even replace them. You must know that in the increasingly complex system of the Taiping Army, there are obviously factions of various origins and relationships.

They worked together under the common banner, goals and propositions of "Taiping Tianmu System", "Sacred Library System", "Taiping Yaolue", etc.; they also maintained a situation of competition and checks and balances under the subtle differences in their respective demands and specific positions.

At the beginning, in addition to the brothers of the Nufeng Old Envoy who first followed the family, there were also the Annan rural faction led by Qu Chengyu, Zhang Biao, Qiu Huan and Fan Chuo; and the Wuling children formed by the soldiers gathered in Lingnan; among them, there was a nuance between Chao Xun's old school and the new school in Cantonese.

In addition, there is also Zhong Yi, and Zhao Yingong represents the so-called liberation faction that abandons darkness and turns to light; as more and more officials and soldiers surrender, captured, and transformed, grew stronger. Among them, they were naturally divided into the Long March garrison soldiers of the Gu family, and the local five-man government were two major groups. They each had a close relationship with the Annan local faction.

Later, as the Huang Wang army advanced northward, the Taiping Army left Guizhou and conquered the city and occupied Hunan, and successively collected and reorganized many former subordinates of the rebel army. In particular, Wang Chongyin, Cao Shixiong, Zhu Cun, Zhang Juyan and other rebel army old soldiers and generals handed over their troops to join in, which made the competitive situation they faced more complicated.

Therefore, even though Wu Xingchen is still one of the six chief clerks appointed by the leader, he is also the crane with the strongest sense of crisis among them.

After all, Chai Ping, the highest-ranking chief clerk, supported that person's natural kindness when he was in a downturn. As long as he did not make big mistakes, he was one of his well-deserved deputys;

Although Lao Guan and Cheng Dayi who stayed in the ridge had the lowest background and had no outstanding features, they were the first ones to follow the old man in front of the saddle and behind the horse when he first joined the Rebel Army.

Su Wuming, who belonged to the back formation, secretly surrendered to this person early, and followed his orders in everything. He was a candidate who could use it easily and would not change easily.

Another archer named Lu Fang, who was born in the Sound Captain, was a familiar friend who had worked very well in his early years, and was basically content with the status quo and did not fight for anything. It is estimated that when he arrived, he would retire to the rear and accompany the head king Pan.

Just like the last Liu Liumao was much better than him, because he was not only from the head of Wang General's personal army, but also the only horse general in the early rebel army. No matter how many candidates were added in, he could not match his qualifications and prestige.

So after thinking about it, it seemed that he was the only one who showed kindness and attitude at the last time, and was no longer the indispensable one. If he could no longer work hard and have some opportunities to show off.

In addition, because he secretly found out about something, he made up his mind.

As we all know, the chief officers who have now completed the eight military orders are only part of each person, and no direct appointment is implemented on anyone. And only a few people have been implemented in the appointment of local garrison and defense officials.

With the assistance of Huang Wang’s Eastern Expedition, the great cause of the Northern Expedition was basically settled; coupled with the re-pacification of Hunan and Jingnan, it was imperative to reward merits and appoint corresponding duties.

Although he firmly believed that the great cause of the Rebel Army would be successful, and that the theories and propositions of the Taiping Army would inevitably change the world, it did not hinder the desire and longing to take a step forward for himself.
Chapter completed!