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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 51: Defend the Danger and Guard the Pi

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    At this time, the night sky was dim, and the cold moon seemed even more icy in the cool autumn wind. Xiao Yungui tightened his cloak tightly, feeling that the weather was getting colder day by day.  Just when he walked out of the house, Xiao Yungui called the rescue officer Yao Yuan to the side and gave some instructions, asking him to take a few reliable brothers who had recently joined in Changsha to follow Hong Xuanjiao tomorrow. She could go wherever she wished.

    Yao Yuan is a smart man. When he saw King Xi looking sad, it must be that Queen Xi didn¡¯t look good on him.  It is a secret among the old brothers in Guangxi that the King of the West is afraid of being imprisoned, and everyone knows it tacitly. When he was still in the Golden Fields, in order to strengthen his husband, the King of the West even did not hesitate to use the hands of his heavenly father and brother to teach the Queen of the West a lesson.  Everyone knows everything.

    After giving the instructions, Xiao Yungui coughed lightly and said, seeing the arrogance on Yao Yuan's face, "The Queen of the West has just arrived in Changsha. You are not familiar with life here. That's why I asked you to take the local brothers from Changsha with you."  As a guide, following the lead is a huge plus and minus."

    Yao Yuan hurriedly bowed seriously and said: "I understand, I will definitely handle this matter well."

    Xiao Yungui hummed and then said: "You were originally working under Brother Nan Wang, and I also appreciate your wrestling skills. If you work hard, I will naturally not treat you poorly, but you must also keep your mouth shut.  You have to know what to say and what not to say. You guys should follow closely tomorrow, there are still remnants of the demon in the city, and I want you to protect the Queen of the West every step of the way, do you understand?"

    Yao Yuan hurriedly agreed, and Xiao Yungui nodded with satisfaction and said: "I will patrol the camp tonight and will not come back. Later I will ask Lin Qirong to bring some personal swordsmen to guard this place. If you encounter trouble tomorrow, you can ask  Lin Qirong for help." After saying this, Xiao Yungui walked out of the governor's office, Yao Yuan sighed slightly and said with a secret smile: "This King of the West really loves the Queen of the West."

    Xiao Yungui left the governor's office, passed through another village, and came to Gongyuan Street. This Gongyuan Street was originally the most prosperous street in Changsha. It was paved with granite all the way, with rows of shops and merchants from all over the world. But it was already getting late.  , many shops have been closed, the streets are deserted, few people are passing by, and there are several groups of Taiping Army patrols passing by.

    The end of Gongyuan Street is Zhengdong Street, and beyond Zhengdong Street is Xiaowu Gate. There were originally nine gates in Changsha City. Two gates were blocked in the early Qing Dynasty. Now there are only seven gates left. Counting from the North Ring Road, they are on the north side.  Xiangchun Gate; Xiaowu Gate and Liuyang Gate in the east; Zodiac Gate in the south; Facing the Xiangjiang River in the west, the city has the most gates, with three gates in total, namely the Daximen, Xiaoximen and Caochangmen.

    In the morning, after Li Kaifang led his troops to pursue and return to the army, he garrisoned the Xiaowumen area. Xiao Yungui led dozens of brand-name swordsmen through Zhengdong Street and arrived outside the military camp at Xiaowumen.  When the Taiping soldier guarding the camp gate saw the arrival of the Western King, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and ordered his subordinates to fly to report that Li Kaifang had gone.

    After receiving the report, Li Kaifang was a little puzzled. Didn¡¯t the King of the West just leave his military camp not long ago?  Why did you come back again?  Immediately he stood up in a hurry to greet him.

    Arriving at the camp to pick up the King of the West, Li Kaifang led Xiao Yungui to his residence. This place was a barracks converted from a southern grocery store at the end of Zhengdong Street. This place was not occupied by the Taiping Army. The Shaanxi soldiers of the Qing Army arrived.  After Changsha, the garrison designated by Luo Bingzhang for the Shaanxi soldiers was here, and it was only extended after the Taiping army entered the city.

    After sitting down in the house, Xiao Yungui's old wounds appeared again and new ones appeared. The mahogany chairs in the house were hard and not comfortable to sit on.  Upon seeing this, Li Kaifang immediately took two balls of soft cushions and put them on him, and Xiao Yungui could barely sit still.

    Taking the tea served by Li Kaifang personally, Xiao Yungui could see that Li Kaifang really respected and cared about him. He saw that the quilt on Li Kaifang's gums had not been unfolded, but there were still several maps unfolded on the table beside him. He smiled slightly and said: "Come here.  Before you came here, I thought you had already fallen asleep. One day after the battle, Brother Li was still busy. It is really a blessing for my kingdom to have such a good general as my assistant."

    When Li Kaifang heard the praise from King Xi, he looked slightly happy and said: "We are lucky to be able to work under His Highness King Xi." He paused and continued: "Since the uprising, I have been following King Xi to serve in the former army.  After the incident, the King of the West led his army to destroy the city and strongholds one after another, and he also cherished his subordinates. Everyone respects the King of the West very much. It was only after I returned to the city that I heard that the King of the West blamed himself and Zeng Shuiyuan with his staff. I admire the King of the West very much."

    Xiao Yungui waved his hand and smiled. Li Kaifang was clever and tactful. He would flatter him whenever he got the chance. But looking at his current expression, he really admired the courage of the King of the West to scold him. At that moment  He smiled and scolded: "You are a person who can talk." Then he calmed down and said slowly: "I treat everyone equally. If you have merit, you will naturally be rewarded. If you have delinquency, you will naturally be punished. In this battle at Wujialing, you and Lin  My brother is the first to contribute, and I have already ordered someone to prepare the report of the victory sent to the Chenzhou brigade. I will ask the king of heaven to appoint you as the seventh inspection point on the left in front of the palace, and brother Lin as the eighth inspection point on the right in front of the palace. This Wujialing great victory will be added  Thanks to the victory in Changsha, I think the King of Heaven will approve it."

    Li Kaifang was surprised and happy when he heard this.Now he only has the rank of chief officer. Above the chief officer, there are two levels of general and commander before he reaches the checkpoint position. In the battle of Wujialing, Xiao Yungui did not take the first credit and asked the king to promote himself and Lin Fengxiang to the third level. It is really true.  You have good protection, so I stood up and thanked you immediately.

    Xiao Yungui raised his hand to stop and asked: "It's so late, what are you busy with?"

    Li Kaifang replied: "My younger brother is looking at the latest map of Changsha presented by the army."

    Xiao Yungui hummed, but he remembered from Xiao Chaogui's memory that when marching and using troops, you need to know your enemy and yourself, you also need to understand the enemy's geography, study the terrain's dangers, and calculate the distance of the road.  The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has always collected maps and books every time it conquered a city, recruited scholars to draw and draw maps, and examined the distance of the roads.  When the army is about to march, it is necessary to issue a journey list, draw all the roads on paper, and distribute them to various halls to show the direction and sequence, all in accordance with the instructions.  In recent days, there are magistrates in each army who are responsible for this matter. The maps, county annals, and atlases in the city have been collected by the Taiping Army, and the literate people have compiled and presented them to the generals of each army for illustration.

    Xiao Yungui also had a copy, but before he had time to take a closer look, he couldn't help but blush slightly after hearing what Li Kaifang said. He was just a subordinate who could stay up late at night to read the map, but he was the leader of an army. After returning home, he only wanted to steal jade.  Stealing fragrance really made Xiao Yungui feel ashamed.

    "Brother Li is really serious, can you tell?" Xiao Yungui coughed lightly, took out his tobacco bag, lit it, and took two deep puffs.

    Li Kaifang took a map and put it on the table next to Xiao Yungui and said: "My younger brother has been looking at it for a long time, and I just feel that it is not the best idea for our army to be trapped in the city. Earlier, we suffered from a lack of troops and horses, but now the King of the West has raised a lot of food and pay."  "More, there has been a lot of troop expansion these days, and I think we should go out of the city to defend ourselves, just like we did in Yong'an, guarding danger but not Pi."

    Xiao Yungui exclaimed, and after being reminded by Li Kaifang, he remembered that the Battle of Yong'an was the Taiping Army's first battle to defend a city. Faced with the superior strength of the Qing army, the Taiping Army creatively adopted the strategy of "defending danger but not guarding Pi".  "The deployment concentrated the main forces in difficult terrain, coordinated maneuvers with each other, and defended the line with points, which overcame the weakness of insufficient troops and changed the shortcomings of one-sided reliance on trenches. The Taiping Army successfully defended with inferior forces for half a year.  The advantages of this deployment are fully realized.

    Although the Taiping Army had begun to award officials at all levels when they were in Yong'an, and even developed to the point where all veterans had official positions, in fact, the entire army was centralized, orders were unified, orders and prohibitions were implemented, and reactions and responses could be maintained quickly.  During the Battle of Yong'an, the Qing army made partial breakthroughs many times, but was often blocked by the Taiping Army who quickly mobilized for reinforcements.

    During the defense deployment, the Taiping Army was good at building fortifications. Not only did the forts have complete fortifications, but they were also able to flexibly configure tunnels, ditches, mines and other defense facilities to form a comprehensive defense system;  At this time, it was possible to quickly launch a field battle, with the front team resisting and the rear team building forts to compensate, thus shattering the Qing's dream of a quick victory.

    Thinking of this, Xiao Yungui nodded heavily and said: "Brother Li, you are right, we will stay on the safe side rather than on the ridge. You go on."

    Seeing that Xiao Yungui had adopted his own strategy, Li Kaifang's face was full of excitement. She cleared her throat and continued: "The battle at Wujialing in the morning is an example. If we can guard the key areas outside the city, we can occupy Wujialing and Kaifu Temple in the north.  Relying on the Liuyang River, build forts and defenses at Ma'andui, Gaohedui, Gaoling Temple and other places to the east. There is a barrier to the Xiangjiang River to the west. Three multiple cannons can guard the river. To the south, defend Miaofeng, Cai Gongfen and Jinpenling.  Wait, so that all sides can be defended according to danger."

    Xiao Yungui followed Li Kaifang's instructions on the map and checked them one by one. Then he took two puffs of smoke and said, "Okay, just do what you said, Brother Li. When Brother Lin returns to the city tomorrow, we will go from south to north."  Go and see every dangerous place in person, select and assign generals to go out to build forts and defend the danger!"

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