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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 124: Plan to Retain Guests

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    The warm winter sun shone down in the afternoon. It was supposed to be a warm sun, but Xiao Fengchun only felt a chill rushing from his back to the back of his head.  Looking at the red craze rolling in from all directions, Xiao Fengchun shouted at the top of his lungs: "Set up the formation! Occupy the town and defend it! Send someone to report to the military gate immediately!"

    Seeing thousands of Taiping soldiers wrapped in red scarves swarming in, the Qing troops in Liaotian Town suddenly became restless. Many people heard Xiao Fengchun's roar, but what dangerous place could be defended in the small town?  ?  This Qing army did not originally plan to stay in Liaotian Town for too long. They just had lunch in the town and then continued on their way. They did not even think about digging trenches and holding on.  .

    At this time, the Xiangrong Qing Army and the Taiping Army had been at war for a long time. Although they were considered capable soldiers, they relied on shotguns and firearms to attack in a circle, or to occupy strategic positions and press forward step by step.  Law.  But at this moment, the Taiping army had the advantage in numbers, and the swarm of troops caught the Qing army off guard. The Qing army had no danger to rely on. After the first round of volleys of gunfire was released after the hastily formed formation, the Taiping army had already rushed into the Qing army camp with shouts.

    A melee quickly spread, and the entire Liaotian town was filled with Qing and Taiping troops fighting.

    When Li Yiwen led his swordsmen into the town, he saw that the Qing army had begun to retreat steadily. The only street in the town was covered with the corpses of soldiers from both sides. Qing soldiers hiding in the dark corners of the street fired cold shots from time to time.  , Li Yiwen's sword player was very nervous.

    Li Yiwen saw more than two hundred Qing troops fighting and walking under an archway in the town. They formed a well-organized formation. He pointed over there and said with a smile: "Send the order to each soldier commander and order the flag to hit the center of the town and crowd it out."  The enemy army, the Qingyao in the town was defeated!"

    Li Yiwen's command flag was raised, and all the Taiping troops in the forward army rushed towards the archway in the middle of the town. Li Yiwen also rushed forward with his card swordsmen.  Just as he got closer, a Qing soldier on the ground struggled to raise his shotgun and was about to bombard the Taiping army in front of him. Li Yiwen threw the long sword in his hand and hit the Qing soldier in the chest. The man screamed and fell to the ground dead.

    Because there were many new troops, they often charged forward without thinking about the rear, left or right. Li Yiwen shouted loudly: "Don't forget what I taught you in daily life. Form a formation to fight, use long troops to defend, and short troops to defend."  , don¡¯t just rely on a close attack to kill!¡± He shouted several times, and the swordsman beside him loudly passed down the order. As expected, the Taiping army behind them woke up and began to form a small team to fight.

    The Qing army was already frightened. Seeing that the Taiping army had been fighting for a long time, they became more and more energetic and organized. When Xiao Fengchun was hit by an arrow shot by the Taiping army and fell to the ground dead, the remaining hundreds of Qing soldiers could only say:  The situation was over, and everyone knelt down to beg for mercy.

    Seeing that the Qing army in the town had been cleared, Li Yiwen ordered all the troops to take custody of the prisoners, and then sent several teams to search houses in the town to prevent Qing troops from hiding. He then sent people to take over the Qing army's baggage convoy, and finally ordered his own  Xiao Fengchun, the swordsman general, took his head to the outside of the town to report his merits to the King of the West.

    In the battle of Liaotian Town, more than 1,500 people from Li Yiwen's Ministry defeated more than 1,000 Qing troops from Xiao Fengchun's troops within two hours. It could be said that it was clean and tidy, but dozens of Qing troops still escaped and went to  Run towards Yangzhen.

    When Xiao Yungui saw Xiao Fengchun's head, he no longer felt as disgusted as before, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart. He ordered Li Yiwen to clear out the remaining Qing troops in the town and bring the Qing army's baggage with him.  After catching up, the Taiping army behind them did not enter Liaotian Town at all, and then rushed forward, and then pursued the Qing army.

    There were not many Qing troops in Xiangyang Town, and Xiang Rong only left more than 500 men to support Xiao Fengchun. When the Qing army's cavalry fled to Xiangyang Town and brought the news that the rear troops had been exhausted and Xiao's guerrillas had died in battle, Qian Zong, the Qing army commander in Xiangyang Town,  With his liver and gallbladder broken, he did not dare to intercept the Taiping Army here. He immediately ordered the Qing army to leave the town and walk north to catch up with the brigade.

    When Xiao Yungui, Zuo Zongtang, Li Kaifang and other generals led their troops to Xiangyang Town, there was no Qing soldier in the town, and Xiangyang Town had fallen into the hands of the Taiping Army.  Zuo Zongtang immediately said: "King of the West, you can quickly send your army forward to occupy the key areas of Siye Mountain, Niuwan Ridge, and Pingtou Ridge. Xiang Rong will definitely send heavy troops to counterattack if he knows that the way back is blocked!"

    Xiao Yungui also knew the principle of advancing troops like fire to seize the upper hand. He immediately ordered Li Kaifang to lead the troops and horses to continue moving forward and seize Siye Mountain, Niuwan Ridge, Pingtou Ridge and other places.

    Siye Mountain, Niuwan Ridge, and Pingtou Ridge are only a few miles away from Xiangyang Town. Not long after, Li Kaifang led the Taiping Army to arrive. After occupying the three low mountains, Li Kaifang ordered the troops to start repairing the forts and digging.  Trench, lay out defense.

    Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang waited in Xiangyang Town until Li Yiwen arrived with his troops. Li Yiwen seized eight 500-jin mountain-splitting cannons, two 800-jin iron cannons, and a lot of red medicine and grain and grass from the Qing army in Liaotian Town.  The army's more than two hundred pack horses became the spoils of war for the Taiping Army.

    Xiao Yungui was overjoyed and immediately ordered Li Yiwen to bring artillery to the front to support LiKaifang.  They went south this time with light equipment and basically no artillery. Unexpectedly, they could capture so many artillery pieces, which made Xiao Yungui thank God. It seemed that his luck had really come.

    Most of the Taiping troops had not eaten since they had eaten some food in the morning. Although they were all hungry and had to march for dozens of miles and fought hard, they all won the battle and their morale was high.  Many Taiping soldiers took out a handful of black beans from their bags and ate them, then shouted chants and got back to work, building forts and digging trenches at no slow pace.

    When Li Yiwen appeared with artillery and a large amount of red powder on the front lines of Siye Mountain, Niuwan Ridge, and Pingtou Ridge, the Taiping soldiers burst into cheers. When they saw the artillery to help, they all knew the hope of victory.  A bit bigger.

    The Siye Mountain, Niuwan Ridge, and Pingtou Ridge line is bounded by Laishui to the east and Xiangjiang River to the west. The width from east to west is only six miles. At dusk, the Taiping Army relied on three small mountains to build a hastily defensive line.  Xiang Rong's retreat route was completely cut off, and the pontoon ferry at Dukou Village in Chashu Town to the east was also controlled by the Taiping Army. The only roads left to Xiang Rong were Dongyang Town Ferry, Dongzhou Island, and Quanxi Town Ferry on Lei Shui to the east.

    When Xiang Rong knew that the Taiping Army had appeared in the south, he had already led his troops to the other side of the ferry in Dongyang Town. Seeing that the Taiping Army was already stationed on the other side, Xiang Rong did not dare to rush into the army and ordered the troops to camp on the spot to investigate the enemy's situation.

    Just after the camp was formed, General Qian of the Qing Army in Xiangyang Town brought the news of Xiao Fengchun's defeat and death. Xiang Rong was shocked and vaguely realized that something was wrong.  Xiang Rong felt something was wrong when he saw the Taiping Army guarding the ferry in Dongyang Town. Logically speaking, the Taiping Army should still be besieging Hengzhou at this moment. Why would they divide their troops to guard this place?  Could it be that attacking Hengzhou was just a false move?

    At this time, he heard that most of the Taiping Army appeared in the south, and Xiang Rong felt a chill on his back. Perhaps these long-haired thieves attacking Hengzhou were a trap, to lure him to rescue them, so that they could intercept and kill him on the way. At this moment, he  I haven¡¯t thought that Hengzhou has been lost.

    After careful consideration, Xiang Rong first ordered spies to go out to inquire about the movements and strength of the Taiping Army in the south, and then sent people north, intending to detour to Dongzhou Island to inquire about the situation in Hengzhou.  After arranging the military affairs, Xiang Rongyin's face gradually became stern. He had already made up his mind that as soon as Hengzhou fell, he would immediately rush to Quanxi Town in the east, cross the Lei River eastward, and jump out of danger first.

    In the courtyard of a large family in Xiangyang Town, Zuo Zongtang was sitting on the Taishi chair with his eyes closed and meditating like an old monk in meditation.  This family heard about the Qing army's invasion and knew that there would be war, so they fled back to the countryside with their whole family. The large house was first occupied by the Qing army, and then by Xiao Yungui as his temporary residence.

    Xiao Yungui was smoking his dry pipe and murmuring in his heart. If Xiang Rong, an old fox, ran away with all his strength, the more than 3,500 people left in his hands would not be able to keep him. Xiang Rong still had at least seven people in his hands.  Thousands of Qing troops, but he suffered more than 400 casualties in Liaotian Town, and the number of available troops was less than 4,000. Even if he could catch up with Xiang Rong and attack halfway, he would at most defeat Xiang Rong's rear troops.  , If you can't annihilate him, how can you induce Xiang Rongnan to come down and attack the strongholds set up by the Taiping Army?

    At this time, Zuo Zongtang suddenly coughed and waved his hand to disperse the smoke in the room. Xiao Yungui laughed and said, "I'm sorry, sir, the smoke is choking you."

    Zuo Zongtang frowned and said: "King Xi, what if Xiang Rong tries his best to flee eastward? The guests we invited are leaving, so we have to make plans to keep them, otherwise all the hard work will be in vain."

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "I am also worried about this. Now that the situation is so good, it would be uneconomical to turn a war of annihilation into a defeat. Xiang Rong is cunning and suspicious by nature, and will run away at the slightest sign of trouble. He wants to plot against him.  It¡¯s really not easy.¡±

    At this moment, the swordsman outside the hall came in and reported: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, more than a hundred captured Qingyao have been escorted. How should they be dealt with?"

    To be honest, Xiao Yungui had the biggest headache in dealing with the prisoners of war. He was currently marching and fighting, and it was impossible to slowly transform them. If they were released incorrectly, it would be ominous to kill them. For a while, he really didn't know how to deal with them.

    Suddenly, Xiao Yungui had an idea and said with a smile: "Sir, I have thought of a way. Maybe I can trick that old man Xiangrong. I don't know if it can be done."

    Zuo Zongtang snorted and asked, "What's the plan?"

    Xiao Yungui smiled evilly and said, "Jiang Qian stole the book!"

    Zuo Zongtang, who is such a person, pondered for a moment and said: "Do you want to use these Qing army prisoners to defraud Xiang Rong for you?"

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, we are just using these clear demons to trick Xiang Rong on our behalf!" He told Zuo Zongtang the plan in a low voice.

    After listening to this, Zuo Zongtang burst out laughing and said, "You, King of the West, are indeed very cunning. I'm afraid Xiang Rong will fall into your trap this time."

    &nbspXiao Yungui smiled and said, "Sir, you don't have to give in too much."

    The two of them laughed evilly, which made the swordsman in the hall bewildered for a while, like a two-foot-tall King Kong who was confused.
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