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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 396: Sudden Change of Plan

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    The newly formed Third Army received the general order to assemble and prepare in the afternoon of the same day, and various ministries began to gather their troops. Personnel on vacation and visiting relatives also rushed back after receiving the general order. The entire Martial Arts School and the Third Army's station conducted military operations at the same time.  Control and martial law.  The military and administrative departments and government offices in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places were busy, and various grains, ammunition, and materials began to be transported to Wenzhou through various channels.

    After several months of governance, Wenzhou has restored order. The military occupation of the West Palace here has won the support of the people, and even many wealthy gentry have begun to support the occupiers.  Compared with the Qing army, which only drank the flesh and blood of wealthy gentry, the Taiping army's approach in Wenzhou was much better. At least they were not forced to donate money and food, and their property was well protected.

    However, the local tyrants and evil gentry who had close contacts with the Qing army and even held regiment training against the Taiping Army were not treated so well. These people were completely eliminated mentally and physically by the Taiping Army, and their property and land were also confiscated.

    More than ten public trials were held in Wenzhou, and the most heinous Qing officials, regimental training leaders, and local tyrants and evil gentry were guillotined one after another.  The common people clapped their hands and applauded, and the enlightened gentry cheered. Fortunately, they were not crazy-minded and followed the Qing army and the Taiping army against them.  It was in this way that the West Palace told the local tyrants and evil gentry in other places what would happen if they went against the Taiping Army.

    After eliminating several local group training forces, Wenzhou, Taizhou and other places became as stable rear areas as Ningbo County, and Wenzhou County was established in time.  As the frontier counties of the Taiping Army's war against Fujian, Wenzhou and Taizhou gathered most of the materials in Sufu Province. These materials were prepared for the front. This time the newly formed Third Army went south was no exception. Wenzhou still became the first  It is a material reserve city for the three armed forces.

    Before the Third Army in Shanghai set out, Wenzhou had already begun to receive supplies belonging to the Third Army.  From the newly purchased Western artillery pieces in Ningbo County to the individual cotton bullet bags produced in Huzhou, the war brought large sums of money to the gentry and common people doing business in various places.

    Wenzhou is no exception. The local handicraft workshops and drug dealers have been visited by the Taiping Army's quartermasters. Several larger blacksmith workshops in Wenzhou have become designated merchants specializing in making cold weapons needed by the Taiping Army. Wenzhou's drug dealers  The medicinal materials in hand were all collected by the Taiping Army.  Even many people in Wenzhou City who had no way of living found work as porters and military and civilian servants in the Taiping Army. The pay was also very good, and the monthly wages were enough to support a family of five.

    It has to be said that since the Taiping Army had a staff department and a logistics department, it has indeed relieved a lot of the burden on the generals.  The Qing army could not resist the large-scale hot weapon combat method in the West Palace.  But now there is a problem. Thermal weapon warfare is indeed sharp, but it also relies heavily on logistical supply requirements. The Quanzhou Campaign stalled because it could not keep up with the supply of materials and ammunition.

    Although Li Kaifang once said angrily because of the inability to keep up with supplies due to typhoons and rainy days, "The men of the First Army could capture Quanzhou even with only bows, arrows, swords and guns!"  This was true, but when the King of the West learned about it, he cursed Li Kaifang in the letters they exchanged.  Said he wasn't mature enough.  The new troops of the Taiping Army are all elite soldiers fed with money. It is obviously extremely uneconomical to use these elite soldiers to fight the Manchus in hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons. Even if they win, the Taiping Army will inevitably not suffer heavy casualties.

    The current Qing army is no longer the decadent and cowardly green camp soldiers in the early days of the Taiping Army. The war has made both sides change and mature.  The Qing army's hand-to-hand combat capabilities began to improve. Although the Taiping soldiers of the newly formed First Army were also good at hand-to-hand combat, and the small unit bayonet array of the three-three system was definitely a nightmare for the Qing army, this time they were going to attack the city wall of Quanzhou.  .  The condescending Qing army could inflict casualties on the Taiping Army in many ways.  The soldiers Li Kaifang now leads are no longer the mud-legged soldiers who were randomly recruited in the past. They are all soldiers who have been systematically trained. Naturally, they cannot be wasted in vain. They are the biggest bargaining chip for the Taiping Army to challenge the great powers after the war. This war has not yet happened.  When it comes to desperate times, reducing attrition is also a task.

    After Li Kaifang figured it out, he ignored the curse of "Li Kaifang is a coward" provoked by the people in Quanzhou City, and resolutely stood outside the city, waiting for support.  The staff of the Taiping Army Staff Headquarters and Logistics Department were struggling with supplies. Fujian was very mountainous, and the roads at this time were very bad. Coupled with rain and typhoons, a large amount of supplies were backlogged in Wenzhou, Taizhou and other places.  Even Fuzhou has a backlog of supplies.

    As problems arise, the staff of the staff begin to pay attention to the impact of climate and road conditions on logistics supplies. A new meteorological subject is also opened in the martial arts school. Meteorological conditions and battlefield traffic conditions can allow the staff to formulate more accurate plans.  and a detailed logistical supply plan, instead of being helpless when encountering unexpected problems like now.  War makes the army grow, and it also drives the advancement of other technologies. The army in the West Palace is constantly improving.?The compromise started to really grow.

    Compared with the untimely supply of materials, Li Kaifang is more worried about the fatigue of the soldiers.  Since the beginning of the year, the First Army has been fighting continuously for more than five months, from Ningbo to Quanzhou.  Li Tingyu implemented a strategy of self-protection in rural areas in Fujian. Many villages and towns had local regiments to train soldiers and horses. After several major annihilation battles, the main tasks of the First Army's more than 20,000 soldiers and horses and more than 50,000 rural soldiers were still  Clear away local regiment training forces and ensure the safety of logistics supply lines.  In this way, most of the energy of the officers and soldiers of the First Army was spent in constant fighting and pursuit. The local regiment training who was familiar with the local terrain was still very cunning. The clearing operation of the First Army consumed a lot of energy.  After the very intense Battle of Fuzhou and reaching the outskirts of Quanzhou, Li Kaifang found that the soldiers were gritting their teeth and persisting.

    Li Kaifang once saw cavalrymen who tied themselves to their horses in order to hurry, saw sentries who kept cutting cuts on their arms to prevent themselves from falling asleep, and even saw artillerymen who were exhausted from exhaustion. In fact, even Li Kaifang himself  During the Battle of Fuzhou, he had not slept for three days, and he also felt a little exhausted.  Fortunately, the latest order from King Xi arrived in time. The Third Army was ready to enter Fujian, and the soldiers of the First Army could go to Fuzhou to rest for a month.

    More than ten days later, Li Kaifang's First Army received material supplies, but did not wait for the Third Army. Even the general order changed. The King of the West ordered the First Army to return to Fuzhou to rest and recuperate immediately after receiving more material supplies, and gave up the plan to attack Quanzhou.  .

    At first Li Kaifang was very puzzled, but then he opened and read the secret letter sent to him by the King of the West, which only wrote a few words: "Tianjing's second attack on Nanchang was victorious. The King of the East took advantage of the victory and ordered the Queen of the West to bring her young son to the capital as a hostage.  He also ordered me to go to Beijing to report on my duties. This trip will be dangerous, and I have already taken control of it. At this time, the soldiers and horses of the East Palace were assembled outside Huzhou County, and soldiers and horses were also mobilized in Zhenjiang and other places. The third army will not enter Fujian for the time being, and will transfer to Fujian.  While aiding Huzhou County, we faced a confrontation with Dongdian soldiers and horses, so we temporarily abandoned Quanzhou."

    After reading the letter, Li Kaifang already understood why the King of the West suddenly abandoned Quanzhou. Most of Fujian now belongs to the West Palace. The only area in Fujian under the control of the Qing army was south of Quanzhou. After capturing Fujian, the King of the West originally planned to move into  Guangdong, together with the Tiandihui rebels, captured Guangdong, then connected Zhu Hongying, He Goujian and other troops to plot Guangxi, then established the base area of ??the Hunan Army in Hunan, and then moved into Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.  Li Kaifang believed that as long as no major accidents occurred, it was entirely possible for the West Palace Taiping Army to completely take over the entire South China within two years, but now they were held back by their own people.

    Li Kaifang is now firmly tied to the warship of the West Palace. He will not pay attention to the orders of the East Palace and Tianjing. Like all the generals leading troops in the West Palace, he only recognizes the orders of the Western King.  At the same time, he was also one of the confidants of King Xi. Li Kaifang knew that one day the big tree of King Xi would arrive, and he would definitely be killed by his own people, so the West Palace must not fall down.

    As the power of the West Palace grows, the conflicts between the West Palace and Tianjing and the East Palace become more and more serious. It is not enough that the biological father and adoptive father of the Western King, as well as the eldest son and his family are all hostages in Tianjing.  The Hedong Palace actually wanted to take the Queen of the West and her newly born second son back to Tianjing. This was obviously because they did not trust the King of the West, and what was even more deceptive was that they wanted the King of the West to return to the capital to report on his duties.

    This report is not like last time. Tianjing is now sending troops everywhere. The North Palace is in Anhui, the Wing Palace is in Hubei, and the East Palace occupies a large territory in northern Hunan and Jiangxi. Several princes now want food and soldiers.  Soldiers, maybe after the East King captured Nanchang, he realized that he and several princes could deal with the West King, so he decided to attack the West Palace in advance. After all, the Sufu Province in the West Palace was too close to Tianjing.

    When the King of the West returned to Beijing for the first time, the King of Heaven and the King of the East did not touch the King of the West. The big reason was that the King of the East was not sure of victory at that time. Now with the expansion of the territory, the strength of Tianjing has increased, and Yang Xiuqing began to have the confidence to do so.  He was sure of victory, so the second time he called the King of the West back to the capital, it was definitely to deal with the King of the West.

    Li Kaifang frowned and thought for a long time. Since the East Palace wants to take action, it must unite with Bei Wang, Yi Wang and others. Bei Wang is also a weak figure. In order to maintain his power, he can even kill his own brother. He will definitely be very  I am happy to see the King of the West lose power.  But King Yi is a benevolent and righteous person. Could it be that he also agrees to get rid of King Xi?  There is also the attitude of the Heavenly King. Although the Heavenly King does not do much in governing, he is definitely a symbol of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his words are still very weighty. Why doesn't the Heavenly King come out to object to the arrangement of the East Palace?  Could it be that the Heavenly King has reached a tacit agreement with the East King?

    After much deliberation, Li Kaifang always felt that there was something foggy in front of his eyes, preventing him from seeing the true face of the matter. However, Li Kaifang always felt that things were not that simple.

    Li Kaifang just walked back and forth in the camp, and finally burst out laughing, secretly cursing himself for being stupid. From the fight between the East Palace and the West Palace, the biggest beneficiary was actually not the East King, nor the West King, but the Heavenly King!  (To be continued, please search PiaotianLiterature and novels are better and updated faster!
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