The second accident
Changzhou, Shanghai's third day after the plan was decided.
"General, there is news in Wuhu." Yu Xin appeared silently next to Yang Yi again. Yang Yi was not used to Yu Xin and the others' way of appearing, but he quickly adapted. Yang Yi didn't really believe in light skills and internal skills before, but since he came into contact with Yu Xin and the others, Yang Yi believed it because based on Yang Yi's intuition, he never discovered how they appeared by his side. Yang Yi's intuition was trained on the line of life and death thousands of times.
"Tell me. Mr. Yu." Yang Yi did not look up, but focused on the map on the table.
"The Wuhu defenders have more than 3,500 people, equipped with ten cannons in front and carried more than 500 guns. The rest are guys like swords, guns, sticks, etc.." Yu Xin twitched his lips and continued to answer with expressions. Yu Xin and Zhao Benchu opposed Yang Yi's name as gentleman, but Yang Yi insisted on calling them like this, so they had to accept it.
"Do you guys, we are ours, how many are there in Wuhu?" Yang Yi continued to look down at the map and asked while looking down at the same time.
"Not many, only a dozen, but they are all good players." Yu Xin answered in his usual tone and expression.
"Really? I understand, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yu." Yang Yi raised his head and habitually saluted Yu Xin.
"Then I'll go down." Yu Xin said as he was about to disappear, but seemed to remember something again, and turned around and said, "If you need it, our people can get rid of those artillery before the troops launch an attack."
Yang Yi smiled and nodded, "Is that so good? Thank you very much."
Yu Xin's facial expression changed a little in an instant, but it quickly returned to normal.
"They are the dead soldiers of the Shen family. When they sold their lives to the Shen family for the price, they decided to pay the money from the Shen family at any time. If you want to treat them as slaves, they can accept it." This is what Shen Qingshuang said to Yang Yi when Yang Yi left:
Yang Yi was very disgusted with Shen Qingshuang saying this. He didn't remember how he answered Shen Qingshuang at the beginning. He only remembered that his tone was very bad at that time. "Have you always treated them as slaves?" Yang Yi seemed to answer this way.
In order to ensure the concealment of this operation, Yang Yi transferred the troops to Changzhou several times in advance. In the afternoon, it was only two hours before the scheduled time for the troops to depart.
"Report. Nie Shicheng is here to report." Nie Shicheng's voice came from the door.
"Come in, Gongting." Yang Yi smiled and handed Nie Shicheng a glass of water to the salute.
"Sir, the troops are all gathered in place, and I'll wait for your order." Nie Shicheng finished drinking the water in the cup in one breath.
"Pongting, don't worry, come and have a look." Yang Yi called Nie Shicheng to the front of the map.
"Look, Changzhou is more than 400 miles away from Wuhu. It takes two days to march normally, but the time on the road has been delayed for a long time. I am afraid that the thief will find out our intentions. Do you have any ideas?"
"Sir, then I'll just say it. After receiving your order, I was so happy. The last time I was in Taizhou, I had to fight the three-year war. Hehe." Nie Shicheng saw Yang Yi laughing at him, scratching his head embarrassedly. Then he continued:
"In my opinion, this battle has to be fought secretly. Look, Gaochun is only more than 100 miles away from Wuhu and only more than 200 miles away from Changzhou. I took the cavalry regiment to set off lightly. I set out today to start at dark. I can arrive at Gaochun before dawn, and then take a day off in Gaochun. Tomorrow night, it is exactly the second half of the night, which is the best time to attack." Nie Shicheng seemed to have planned it.
"I think it's very good. I think you've been thinking about it for a long time. Do you want to fight?" Yang Yi smiled and looked at Nie Shicheng.
"Haha, sir, you'll be sure as soon as you guess." Nie Shicheng smiled embarrassedly.
"If I send you with the cavalry regiment, are you sure to take Wuhu?" Yang Yi looked at Nie Shicheng seriously.
"It should be no problem, as long as there are too many Wuhu defenders." Nie Shicheng hesitated for a moment, but he quickly answered with certainty.
"Wuhu defenders 3,500, the cavalry regiment set out with light equipment, and the mortar company cannot take them. Are you still sure?" Yang Yi continued to ask
"No problem, I guarantee to complete the task." Nie Shicheng thrust his chest and answered firmly.
"Okay, let you go." Yang Yi's answer expressed his affirmation of Nie Shicheng's combat plan.
"Remember, Gongting, I will lead the infantry regiment to set off at the same time as you tonight. I will stop at Jintan. I will lead the troops to march continuously tomorrow morning and the morning after tomorrow. It depends on your performance. I believe you can fight this battle well." Yang Yi patted Nie Shicheng on the shoulder.
"Thank you for your trust. Shicheng is desperate to complete the task. I will prepare the troops now." Nie Shicheng saluted and was about to leave.
"Wait, don't worry, I have something to say." Yang Yi called out Nie Shicheng.
"Mr. Yu, Mr. Zhao, are you here? I have something to discuss with you." Every time Yang Yi called out like this, Yu Xin and Zhao Benchu would appear quietly, and this time it was the same.
"General, what are you asking?" Yu Xin and Zhao Benchu appeared at the door at the same time.
"I notify our people in Wuhu that if guns fire outside the city in the second middle of tomorrow, they will destroy the artillery in Wuhu city. It would be best if the city gate can be opened." Yang Yi said to the two in a negotiated tone:
Yu Xin and Zhao Benchu looked at each other and replied at the same time: "No problem."
Yang Yi thought about it and said, "By the way, you may have to trouble Mr. Yu and Gongting to make it easier to contact each other on the way. Is it OK?" Yang Yi looked at Yu Xin with a pleading look.
"Yes, sir. No problem." Yu Xin was as expressionless as ever.
After a quick marching overnight, the cavalry regiment arrived at Gaochun County before dawn. The Gaochun County Magistrate who received the notice in advance immediately sent out a yamen runner to block the four gates. Gaochun County was only allowed to enter and not leave today. Nie Shicheng, who had arranged the troops to rest, was about to go to sleep for a while, but saw the county Magistrate hurriedly running to find him.
"Mr. Nie, it's not good, I'm going to fight." It turned out that a Taiping Army team rushed to Gaochun County Rope to kill him. The number of people is still unclear.
Nie Shicheng was so angry that the news was leaked. Could it be that the news was leaked? Could it be that there were experts in the Taiping Army that we would do this? Just when Nie Shicheng was making random guesses, another yamen runner came and brought news that there were only more than a thousand thieves outside the city. Nie Shicheng was relieved. It seemed like a coincidence, but Nie Shicheng was very worried again. This Taiping Army would not fight? Fight if the news was too big, it would alarm the Taiping Army, so he would not come out to fight. With the more than 300 old, weak, sick and disabled officers and soldiers in the city and dozens of yamen runners, they were no match for the Taiping Army outside. After thinking about it, Nie Shicheng decided to fight, and he had to fight all the Taiping Army outside in one place, so as not to leak the news and ruin the big things.
In fact, the emergence of this Taiping Army is a coincidence. They are a grain collection team from Xuancheng, Anhui. Since Chen Yucheng went north to meet with the Northern Expedition Army, he has opened warehouses and released grain along the way, bribed the people's hearts and recruited soldiers. After meeting with the Northern Expedition Army, the difficulties of eating were exposed. Along the way, Chen Yucheng was just spending his time distributing the food to the hungry refugees. The army did not leave much food, and originally hoped to capture Luzhou to replenish the food.
It was so wise, who knew that the gentry and officers and soldiers in Luzhou had done a great job. They burned all the food in a big fire. Chen Yucheng's army had only enough food for one month. It was just spring and it was still early to harvest season. Chen Yucheng had to ask for food from Nanjing. Hong Xiuquan always valued Chen Yucheng. After learning the news, he immediately sent people to buy food in Wuhu, Xuancheng and other grain-producing lands in Anhui, and prepared to go far to Chen Yucheng. This army was a grain collection team sent by the Taiping Army.
Since the beginning of spring, the Taiping Army has won consecutive battles. The Qing army in this area basically hid in the city when they saw the Taiping Army. Therefore, after collecting grain in Xuancheng opposite the Shuiyang River yesterday, this grain collection team ran across the river, intending to collect more grain. Besides, Gaochun is still an enemy war zone for the Taiping Army. If you come here and take a walk, you may be able to get some benefits for your private person.
After the team came, they collected food everywhere and also did some activities of eating big farmers. When they first arrived, they were cautious, afraid that the Qing army in the county would come out, but after a day of revolving around, they became much more courageous. Yesterday, they accidentally got another local cannon and decided to come to the front of the county town to be majestic.
After a few times, the earth cannons made several holes in the city wall of Gaochun County. In a while, a white flag stretched out from the city wall, which seemed to indicate surrender.
Riding on the donkey stolen from Wang Laowu, the landlord of Wang Village, last night, Zhang Bajin was very comfortable. He originally planned to fire a few cannons at the county town to scare the Qing army so that he could collect food outside with peace of mind. The local cannon had only fired five times, and the idiot who was driving the cannon actually set off too many fires, collapsed the cannon, and injured several brothers. Zhang Bajin was upset here, but who knew that the Qing army would hang a white flag on the other side of the city wall without any attack.
This is a good thing that the pie fell from the sky. The first time I led the team out to work, I accidentally built a county town, which was a great contribution. Thinking of the sexy wife of the rich man last night, the rich man's little wife who was at his fingertips after Lenovo entered the city, and thinking about their white breasts and butts, Zhang Bajin was extremely excited and decided to live in this Gaochun County tonight. No, I will live in the county town now until.
"Brothers, we're entering the city." Zhang Bajin suddenly found that his voice was also very loud, and his voice was loud. He urged the donkey under his butt, and Zhang Bajin brought the temporary Taiping army to the city.
When he arrived at the city gate, Zhang Bajin felt something was wrong. The city gate was so quiet that there was no one. I don’t know which white underwear was taken off from a woman and was hung on the city tower as a white flag. The city was also very quiet, and there was no panic at all. Zhang Bajin was wondering.
"Hula, Hula, Hula, Hula." A row of people suddenly stood up on the city wall, and rows of black muzzles pointed at them.
"Oh, my god, brothers, run away!!" She was still a little angry. Zhang Bajin shouted and turned the donkey's head to run. But before he could run a few steps, Zhang Bajin never dared to run again. It turned out that a unit had come around behind them. The soldiers were all riding tall horses. Looking back at the dense muzzles on the city wall, then looking at the team riding in front, and by the little donkey under his butt, Zhang Bajin slowly slid down from the donkey, and his legs became weak and he knelt down.
In fact, this so-called Taiping Army unit was actually temporarily pieced together. Zhang Bajin, the main member of the leader of the Taiping Army, had only been in the Taiping Army for a few months. More than 900 of the 1,000 people were temporarily brought in porters. These honest farmers had never seen such a situation. When they came, there were many people. Now, when they saw more people from the other side, they even knelt down and knelt down. Everyone was like this, and they were all honestly thrown away the guys in their hands, as if they had never held a guy in their hands. They all had no courage to run. Of course, there were also more than a dozen or twenty bold ones who ran away, but soon the cavalry caught up, their hands were raised and their heads moved.
Nie Shicheng was extremely unhappy. He was fighting before he could even play, but his opponents were disarmed. If there weren't a few escapees who let him cut a few times, Nie Shicheng would have been so depressed.
Riding a horse and carrying the sabre that was still dripping blood, Nie Shicheng slowly appeared in front of these Taiping troops, looked around and shouted
"Who is your head?"
"It's him!!!." One thousand five, six hundred hands pointed at Zhang Bajin together. (There are many hands that use them.)
When Zhang Bajin saw Nie Shicheng's face showing murderous aura, he rode a horse slowly approaching him. At that time, he bravely rushed to Nie Shicheng's horse's legs and knelt down.
"Sir, I am an honest good citizen. These are all Taiping Army, they are forced by thieves. Please spare your life." As he said that, he began to accuse the Taiping Army of crimes with tears in his eyes. When the Taiping Army entered Xuancheng, he also used this trick to sneak into the Taiping Army.
"Sir, I have a deep hatred with the Taiping Army. They killed my whole family (actually, all the people in this guy's family have died long ago, he is the only one.) I sneaked in and took revenge."
You can't say that Nie Shicheng is really a little overwhelmed by Zhang Bajin's fuss. Don't look at Nie Shicheng killing people without blinking when he is fighting, but he is really soft-hearted when he sees others crying.
"I'll take them all back to the prison and take a look. This is a damn thing." Nie Shicheng said and pointed at Zhang Bajin and said, "Take him back to the county government and I want to interrogate him."
Gaochun County Government was temporarily requisitioned as Nie Shicheng's command center. In the lobby, Nie Shicheng began to interrogate Zhang Bajin.
"What's the name?"
"Zhang Bajin, sir."
"What are you doing here?"
"Collection of food, sir."
"Collection of food? You are so naughty, I will chop you up immediately." Nie Shicheng touched the blood-stained saber on the table.
"I dare not lie to you, sir, I am collecting food."
"How many people have you come?"
"Didn't you see it all? You're all here." Zhang Bajin said as he secretly glanced at Nie Shicheng and found that Nie Shicheng had a fierce expression on his face, which was incomplete even when he was scared.
"Where will I send this grain when I collect it?"
"Wuhu."
"Wuhu?" Nie Shicheng stood up after hearing this.
"How many thieves are there in Wuhu?" Nie Shicheng just asked casually, hoping that this guy could answer.
"I can't figure it out, but today there will be more than 100 ships to Wuhu to load and transport grain. There are more than 500 thieves escorted."
Nie Shicheng was shocked when he heard this.
"You bastard, I'll cut you down now." Nie Shicheng picked up the saber again.
"It's true. The previous dynasty sent fifty ships of grain from Shuiyang Town to Wuhu. I invited the escort to drink. I listened to him." Zhang Bajin knelt and crawled in front of Nie Shicheng.
"Sir, what I said is true. Give me your life, don't kill me."
"By this guy." After saying that, Nie Shicheng ignored Zhang Bajin's begging for mercy, suppressed his joy, and returned to the backyard of the county government. He began to think that this thief seemed to be really short of food, and he also cut off the food by hitting Wuhu. Hong Xiuquan was not anxious to jump? This booked plan is easier to achieve.
Nie Shicheng, who wanted to do everything, asked Yu Xin to send someone to Yang Yi. He immediately arranged a team to hurry up and rest. He wanted to attack Wuhu and cut off the Taiping Army's food route.
At this time, Yang Yi and the Infantry Regiment were in Jintan, and something that caused Yang Yi to be troubled.
After Yang Yi arrived at the Golden Temple, he was about to wash and rest when he found that the personal soldier who brought him the wash water was not the same as the original one. After a closer look, he found that the personal soldier was slim and did not look like a man. He held the candle and looked carefully and found that it was Erya.
"Why are you here? Who asked you to come with me?" Yang Yi was anxious at the time.
"Sisters asked me to come, saying that you came out alone and didn't have anyone to serve them." Erya said aggrievedly.
"Nonsense, we are going to fight and go back to the dead. If anyone helps you get in, I will punish him." Yang Yi ran away.
"General, this is what the wife means. I'm sorry, I didn't ask for your opinion in advance." Zhao Benchu appeared in a ghostly manner.
When Yang Yiyi saw that it was Zhao Benchu, he knew what was going on. He respected Zhao Benchu and the others very much, so he had to say, "Woman, confused, confused."
Chapter completed!