According to the battle report sent by Jiang Kai, the First Division of the Longxiang Legion will soon walk out of the 100,000 mountains. Therefore, the specific date of departure is set on November 4th, which is five days later.

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Why did Ouyang Shuo make such a decision?

Time has to go back to late last night, and the moment Ouyang Shuo received the battle report.

Ouyang Shuo was naturally happy to learn that the two legions met in advance and successfully wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom South Army. After this battle, the situation in the southwest was basically irreversible.

As for why we don’t send troops directly to capture Tianjing City, we have to return to artillery matters.

In history, Hong Xiuquan was unwilling to retreat because he was defending the city of Tianjing and was eventually defeated. After living for a lifetime, Ouyang Shuo would not believe that Hong Xiuquan would still be so stubborn.

Therefore, once the army advances, Hong Xiuquan is likely to abandon the city and flee. In this way, the artillery technical manual will naturally disappear with it.

And this is something that Ouyang Shuo cannot accept in any case.

Therefore, the only way is to stabilize Hong Xiuquan.

The two armies were slightly renovated and then slowly advanced to Tianjing, which gave Hong Xiuquan hope. In this way, Hong Xiuquan could order the Western Expedition Army led by Shi Dakai and other generals to return to the army to serve the king and guard the city of Tianjing.

There is naturally no way to start with the abandonment of the city.

In this way, it can be regarded as a disguised relief for Lingxi City.

In addition, another factor is Yang Xiuqing.

Although Ouyang Shuo has already buried chess pieces by Yang Xiuqing, to play a role, at least it must wait until Yang Xiuqing arrives in Tianjing before he can act.

Therefore, no matter what, neither army can advance lightly.

Bai Qi and Han Xin were just military generals after all, and they were not very clear about these secret plans, so they were confused about Ouyang Shuo's military orders.

For the sake of artillery, Ouyang Shuo had made good efforts.
Chapter completed!