After listening to Zhou You's explanation and narration, Hong Xuanjiao, Su Sanniang and Luo Dayou looked at each other with excitement and sincere conviction!

"I finally understand why you were able to gather so many people around you in a short period of time. No wonder they are willing to follow you!" Su Sanniang said with emotion.

She, Su Sanniang, also came from a poor background, so she naturally knew what land meant to the people. It was the lifeblood! The strategy of traveling around to divide the land touched the roots of the landlord class, but it was supported by the poor people!

Compared with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that fooled the people with religious ideas, some of Zhouyou's ideas based on land distribution are undoubtedly more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

In fact, there is one more thing Zhou You didn't mention. The reason why he developed in a remote mountainous area was based on the principle of keeping a low profile. At the beginning when his strength was not strong, he only focused on development.

In addition, having the Taiping Army attract the attention of the Qing army outside can also buy him time to develop and grow rapidly.

After the Taiping Army swept through and destroyed the Qing army, they then traveled around to carry out the second revolution and develop Guangxi, a relatively remote place in the country, into its own base.

With Guangxi as the foundation, and then following the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to take advantage, with the Taiping Army restraining the main force of the Qing army, it would be difficult to develop slowly even if you travel around.

By the time the Qing army and Taiping army reacted, Zhou You had really grown up and established a solid territory of his own. By then, the men and horses under his command would be even more difficult to deal with than the Taiping army.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the entanglement between the Red Scarf Army and the main force of the Yuan soldiers, and the confrontation and consumption of each other. In Jinling, he "gathered up food and slowly became king", and finally gathered the strength to clean up the country and conquer the world in one fell swoop.

The development policies and strategies set by Zhou You are undoubtedly wiser and far-sighted than those of the top brass of the Taiping Army.

A temporary victory or defeat is nothing, and capturing a large town is of no decisive significance. The key is who can endure and have the last laugh.

While Zhou You continued to develop in a low-key manner in the mountainous area, expanding his territory and influence, and accumulating troops and strength, the Taiping Army established in Yong'an was not in a hurry to leave and tried to develop based on Yong'an.

And how could the Qing army sit back and watch them occupy Yong'an? Naturally, Seshan'a quickly mobilized the main force of the Qing army to surround and kill Yong'an.

However, Seshan'a also knew very well that since the Taiping Army had occupied Yong'an and was defending the city, it would be even more difficult to deal with it.

If the main force of the Qing army attacked the city directly, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and the cost of recapturing Yong'an would be too high. If they lost men and horses and could not break it in a short time, Seshan'a would also be held accountable.

It happened that the Qing army captured Zhou Xineng, a Taiping army commander who came to join Yong'an. Cézanne Asui's clever words convinced him to shake his faith and help the Qing army recapture Yong'an as an internal agent.

After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom conquered Yong'an, it gained momentum and was naturally in a hurry to recruit troops. Zhou Xineng was responsible for recruiting troops. This time, Cézanne Ajang brought some elite Qing army sergeants from the Taiping Army who had pretended to be recruited to sneak into Yong'an City in order to cooperate with the inside and outside.

But how can Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing be easy-going people? They soon saw Zhou Xineng's anomaly, so they used a trick to lure the Qing army to attack the city, and then set up an ambush outside the city. They broke through the Qing army camp in one fell swoop and killed

The Qing army was defeated.

But soon, Seshan'a mobilized the main force of the Qing army to besiege Yong'an City. This time, Seshan'a learned his lesson and adopted the strategy of siege but not attack. The siege lasted for several months, trying to

The Taiping army ran out of ammunition and food, and finally collapsed without any attack.

Although the Taiping Army trapped in Yong'an did not fight any battles with the Qing army and did not suffer any major losses, it was also difficult to continue to grow and develop.

Instead, he traveled around. In just over half a year, dozens or hundreds of villages around the Guiping Mountain area were developed. They pretended to be bandits and looted some wealthy and evil gentry with a bad reputation, and quietly divided their fields and grains among the people.

The militia has rapidly grown the strength of its men and horses, and has truly won the support of the local poor people.

Even Zhou You's men were deliberately divided into many small teams, disguised as bandits, and went to Guiping and surrounding areas to deal with local evil gentry, attract officers and soldiers out of the city to investigate, and then eliminate them, weakening the government's control over the villages and towns below.

He also quickly controlled those villages, promoted land distribution, and promoted the strategy of traveling around to benefit the people.

For a time, "banditry" became rampant in the Guiping area, and the evil gentry and large households suffered greatly. The grain rent could no longer be collected, but the people's lives actually got better. The main force of the Qing army, which was busy besieging Yong'an, could not take care of it.

When it comes to suppressing bandits, the officers, soldiers and regiment drills in each county are unable to suppress the bandits.

At the same time, Hong Xiuquan and others, who had been besieged by the Qing army for half a year, finally realized that Yong'an was not a permanent place to live. This remote town could not be the founding city of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after all. Once the Qing government mobilized its army, Yong'an would

It cannot be defended.

Therefore, after discussing with Yang Xiuqing, Hong Xiuquan decided to break out and go north. Next, compared to attacking Guilin, Hong Xiuquan preferred to attack Changsha.

Although Guilin is the provincial capital of Guangxi, it is still on the safe side. But if you attack Changsha and get out of the two lakes, you can directly peek into the Central Plains. This Changsha is an important town on the two lakes! Once it is conquered, it will surely shock the world.

Hong Xiuquan, who had determined the strategy for breaking out, after quickly evacuating Yong'an, sent someone to inform Zhou You. It was obvious that he wanted to ask Zhou You to lead troops to go north with the Taiping Army.

After learning that the Taiping Army had escaped, Sechan'a naturally quickly mobilized his troops to pursue him, hoping to catch up and annihilate the Taiping Army. Therefore, the Taiping Army's road to breakout was destined to be difficult. Moreover, the Taiping Army still had many soldiers with them.

The old, weak, women and children also slowed down the march.

After a series of hard battles, more than two thousand old and weak people who followed the Taiping Army were overtaken and brutally slaughtered by the Qing army during the breakout. The Taiping Army, which was inspired to fight to the death, launched a desperate battle with the Qing army that was encircling them.

In this battle, the Taiping Army fought with their backs against the wall. With their fearless determination and courage, the Qing army realized the power that the people who were forced into a desperate situation could unleash. Not only did they achieve a great victory, but they also killed the Qing army in one battle.

The four commander-in-chief of the army actually achieved another decisive victory since the capture of Yong'an.

This battle allowed the Taiping Army to successfully escape and move north, and determined the strategy of attacking Guilin first. First, they would test whether they could capture Guilin. Even if they could not, it would still serve the purpose of mobilizing the Qing army, while the Taiping Army continued to move north.

Make Changsha the next important attack target.

Zhou You, who quietly led the army to the north, soon received news that the Taiping Army had suffered a setback at the foot of Guilin City. He stopped advancing more than a hundred miles away from Guilin. He couldn't help but feel helpless: "I know it's a hard rock, but I still insist on it."

Go and touch it, why bother?"

"Ayou, what should we do next? Lead the troops to join Big Brother and the others?" Hong Xuanjiao, who came with Zhou You because she was worried about Hong Xiuquan, couldn't help but ask.

"No, we didn't bring many people this time. Even if we join the King of Heaven, we won't be of much help." Zhou You shook his head and said, "They hit a wall in Guilin. They have learned a lesson. The next step is

We will no longer attack the big and strong cities easily. We have to get busy. First, develop our strength to the entire Guangxi and build it well. In this way, even if the King of Heaven and the others are defeated, they will have a way out in the future. Moreover, with this

With a firm rear area, we can boldly expand outward and even attack some big cities." If you like the film and television Zhutian Sign-in, please collect it: (https://www.bajiewx.com) The Film and Television Zhutian Sign-in Novel Network is updated at the fastest speed
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