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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 64: Departure from Liuyang

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    By the West Lake Bridge, Deng Yi and others were all happy after hearing the news from the army. Xiao Yungui glanced sideways at a few people but ignored them. He pulled Li Yiwen aside and asked in a low voice: "Hong  Has the Queen of the West ever returned to the city?"

    Li Yiwen replied: "The Queen of the West entered the city half an hour earlier."

    Xiao Yungui felt a little relieved. Fortunately, this little girl had returned to the city. He rubbed his nose and stared at Li Yiwen, looking up and down, thinking to himself that this person turned out to be the loyal king Li Xiucheng. He really had the air of a general.

    Li Yiwen felt uncomfortable being looked at by him. He lowered his head and looked at his clothes. There seemed to be nothing wrong with him. He clasped his fists and said, "King of the West, Qingyao Wang Jialin and Taqibu are gathering troops in Liuyang County to the east. What should we do?"  response?"

    Xiao Yungui just woke up, turned around and called Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang to come forward and asked: "The Qingyao has arrived in Liuyang County, what should we do?"

    Li Kaifang clasped her fists and said: "Qing Yao Wang Jialin is a fierce and fierce person. Previously, he stationed troops outside Anren. When we followed the King of the West to march north to Changsha, he had two thousand soldiers and horses but he did not dare to come to invite a fight. My younger brother did not dare to attack this time even if he wanted to.  Changsha is just following us from a distance."

    Lin Fengxiang said: "Wang Yaotou has fought many fierce battles with us in Guangxi. This time the Qing Yao has poisoned the people again. Our Taiping Saint Soldiers won a great victory yesterday and their morale is high. Now the enemy has been traced. We can fight and defeat them first.  The enemy is so fierce that even if they cannot completely annihilate the Qingyao, they will still be able to make the Qingyao retreat into the city and not dare to leave the city to cause trouble."

    Xiao Yungui said nothing, looked at Li Yiwen and said, "Brother Li, what do you think?"

    Hearing Xiao Yungui calling his brother, Li Yiwen was greatly honored and said hurriedly: "My subordinates also thought that they could use their troops to fight a battle, so that the Liuyang Qingyao would not dare to approach Changsha too closely." Yesterday, he failed to get a fight, and he felt in his heart  Somewhat unwilling, naturally he also insisted on fighting again.

    Seeing that the vote was 2 to 1, Xiao Yungui thought about it secretly and said, "Okay, let's do this. Brother Lin just returned to the army this morning, so he doesn't have to go into battle. He can lead the other brothers back to the city first and make arrangements to leave the city."  It¡¯s about setting up defenses. Two brothers, Kaifang and Yiwen, entered the city, ordered up their own troops and horses, and followed me to march eastward to attack the enemy!"

    The three generals Li Kaifang, Lin Fengxiang and Li Yiwen looked at each other after hearing this. Li Kaifang hesitated and said: "Your Highness the King of the West, Yiwen and I have only a thousand soldiers and horses together, and the Qingyao has no less than 3,500 people.  Aren¡¯t we a little short of troops?¡±

    Xiao Yungui said with a faint smile: "Qing Yao is busy causing harm to the people, so they must be scattered everywhere. Taqibu is a newly defeated army. Seeing my flag coming, Qing Yao will definitely disperse in one fell swoop. We don't have to work too hard for soldiers."  , just bring more flags, and besides, the clear demons can¡¯t bear to fight in the wild, so if I bring a thousand soldiers, I¡¯m going to look down on the clear demons.¡±

    Li Kaifang and the other three generals nodded secretly when they heard this. This was not Xiao Yungui's bragging or pride. At this time, the Qing Army's Eight Banners Green Camp soldiers were rotten and rotten. They only dared to use firearms and bows from a distance when going into battle.

    When Wu Lantai, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, selected the troops to garrison the Eight Banners and reinforce them on the front lines of Guangxi to annihilate the Taiping Army, he once reported: "Many of the Eight Banners garrisoned are no longer accustomed to swords and spears, and their bows and arrows are perfect"  Bird guns" The Eight Banners in the garrison are like this, and the Eight Banners in the capital are nothing more than this.

    When Wu Lantai led one of the two thousand Guizhou soldiers of the original Qin Dingsan, the Eight Banners garrison soldiers he led "were given the shotguns carried by the slaves for training The Guizhou soldiers were mixed with swords and spears." In the battle of Yong'an,  The Eight Banners soldiers and hundreds of Weining soldiers guarded the artillery positions. They were chased by seven Taiping soldiers armed with spears and daggers. More than ten artillery positions were abandoned, large and small, and they threw themselves into the rapids, preferring to drown rather than fight hand-to-hand.

    Among the Qing troops in Guangxi, the Xiang Rong Chu army is definitely the most powerful force in the Green Camp.  But he also claimed that "a short sword and a blunt spear cannot be used as a needle by a bandit or rattan brand." In battles, "the thieves will use guns and cannons indiscriminately before the bandits get close. When the gun is hot, it can't be fired again. The thieves will attack me with rattan brand hobs.  The front row is uncertain and has no choice but to retreat." Therefore, when Xiang Rong fights, he usually arranges multiple layers of formations and pays attention to looping and bombardment. Therefore, he usually does not suffer much losses and is even called a famous general.

    The reason is that the Taiping Army has a very strong self-confidence as a backing at this time. They despise life and death, regard death as home, and despise the enemy. They are full of self-confidence, which is in sharp contrast to the declining morale of the Qing army, so only seven Taiping Army soldiers  Dare to rush and kill the artillery positions guarded by more than a hundred Qing troops.

    In contrast, the Qing army's military morale and discipline were lax. The saying that the imperial court had no shortage of hungry soldiers was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Without food and pay, the Qing army usually could not last more than two days.  What is even more corrupt is the military discipline of the Qing army. During the Battle of Guilin, the Qing army claimed that reinforcements from ten provinces were arriving one after another. Wang Jinxiu, Kailong'a, Qin Dingsan, Yu Wanqing and others led ten thousand people, who had previously "returned to their hometowns due to illness."  Jiang Zhongyuan and Liu Changyou also led thousands of Chu Yong troops back to the front line. The Qing army reached 20,000 in Guilin.  The troops from Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan under the jurisdiction of Xiangrong and Liu Changqing guarded the city. Wang Jinxiu, Song'an, Yu Wanqing and Li Mengqun were stationed at the north gate. Zhang Jingxiu and Dongyong were stationed at Feiluan Bridge. Chaoyong was stationed at the west gate. Qin Dingsan and Chang Lu were stationed at the west gate.  At the east gate, Xu Xiangguang was stationed at Nanliutang, Jiang Zhongyuan and Liu ???you was stationed in Cormorant State.  The Qing army's military discipline was broken and they looted everywhere. They set up a market in the camp and publicly auctioned the looted property.  The local officials in Guilin were very angry with the officers and soldiers who were looting everywhere. They felt that the officers and soldiers were ravaging the place more than Changmao. They even ordered the civilians to kill the Qing troops who broke into the houses to defend themselves, "ordering the civilians to kill themselves."  But now, these Qiu Ba uncles have brought the trend of robbery and plunder to the land of Xiangchu.

    Therefore, when Xiao Yungui said that he would attack Wang Jialin's Qing army with more than a thousand soldiers, he was not bragging. At that moment, Xiao Yungui asked Er Li to return to the city and lead his troops to meet him at Liuyang Gate in the east. The three generals then bowed to accept the order and went their separate ways.  .

    Just as Lin Fengxiang turned around and called for everyone to escort Deng Yi and others to leave, Xiao Yungui suddenly said: "Brother Lin, wait a minute, please leave these three people behind. I want to take them to the battlefield to see what real fighting is!"

    Lin Fengxiang was slightly stunned and said: "The King of the West"

    Xiao Yungui looked at Deng Yi and others and said coldly: "A few Confucian scholars are arrogantly raising matters of life and death, so I will let them see the power of our Taiping Army!" Lin Fengxiang said no more, bowed and took the order and turned around.

    At this time, Zuo Zongtang caught up out of breath. Xiao Yungui smiled secretly in his heart and said: "Mr. Zuo, the officers and soldiers you were looking forward to are back again. I am about to lead the army and plan to take the three of them."  Went to the battlefield to watch the fighting, sir, would you be interested in going together?"

    Zuo Zongtang was stunned when he heard this, and secretly cursed Xiao Yungui for being shameless. If he appeared in the long-haired army well-dressed and was recognized, then his crime of being a thief would really be confirmed. He gasped for breath.  He said angrily: "Zuo Zuo is not free"

    Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "Mr. Zuo, you don't have to refuse in a hurry. I guess you are afraid of being recognized by the officers and soldiers, so why not wrap your head with a towel, so that you can hide it from others."  Before Zuo Zongtang could speak at this point, Xiao Yungui looked at Deng Yi and the others coldly and said, "It's okay if you don't go. If I am defeated, I might kill these three people on the battlefield."

    Zuo Zongtang¡¯s expression changed drastically, and he said bitterly: ¡°You are forcing people to go to Liangshan!¡±

    Xiao Yungui touched his nose and smiled: "That's not necessary, Mr. Zuo, don't you want to see how my king uses his troops?"

    Zuo Zongtang's heart moved. He really wanted to see how Xiao Yungui used his troops. Previously, Xiao Yungui calmly defeated the Qing army in the north and south at the same time in one day. Just one day later, he was about to go out again.  The team fought, and he really wanted to see it, but his face was still angry, but he said: "Okay, Zuo will just see how the King of the West was defeated."

    Xiao Yungui didn't feel dissatisfied with Zuo Zongtang's curse. He laughed loudly and waved his hand, commanding his subordinates to take Deng Yi and the others to Liuyang Gate in the east.

    Not long after everyone arrived at Liuyang Gate, more than a thousand troops of the Taiping Army came out of the city. The Fengtian Demon Killing Banner and the Western King's banner were the first, followed by the two Sima soldiers who arrived at the front army. There were many banners. The flags were divided into five colors. Among them, the Yellow Silk White Border Banner of the Western King  Mostly.

    Zuo Zongtang looked at the formation, stroking his beard and frowning: "King Xi, why do you use so many flags?"

    Xiao Yungui smiled slightly and said: "Qing Yao Wang Jialin's tribe has more than 3,500 people. I only send out a thousand troops to attack him. Naturally, I have to put up more flags to bluff."

    Zuo Zongtang secretly thought that was the case. Xiao Yungui pointed to his banner and said: "This is the banner of my Western King's troops. It is yellow silk with white edges. In the future, when you see my banner, you will know that my troops have arrived."  Zuo Zongtang said oh, without comment.

    Xiao Yungui ordered people to prepare horses for Zuo Zongtang. Zuo Zongtang was not polite, got on the horse, wrapped his head in a scarf, and followed Xiao Yungui. Deng Yi and the other three had to walk, but were killed by Xiao Yungui's sword player.  As they marched forward, all the troops waved flags and shouted as they looked towards Liuyang.

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