The Wu army did not lie about the size of the troops that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army returned to the Nanjing battlefield. In order to defeat Wu Chaoyue, an evil butcher with both hands stained with blood from Taiping Army soldiers, to protect the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's capital, Nanjing City, and to protect the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's southern Jiangsu and the rear of Zhejiang, Li Xiucheng, who knew the importance of this battle, mobilized almost all his troops to use, and divided into three groups to fight back to Nanjing from three directions.

At the same time, with the return of Li Xiucheng's main force, Wu Ruxiao, Ye Yunlai, Zeng Lichang and other troops were able to withdraw from their troops and personally lead their troops to Nanjing. Yang Fuqing, a brother of the Yang Xiuqing clan who had been indirectly replacing the Wu army in Yangzhou, also chose to surrender under the threat of Li Xiucheng's heavy troops, divided the troops into two, and rushed south to reinforce Nanjing. Yang Fuqing, led by Yang Fuqing, went north to threaten Yang Yuanqing's troops who were alone in southern Shandong and refused to surrender to Hong Xiuquan's troops.

The mobile power of the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom flocked to the Nanjing battlefield together. On the official road, the various flags of the Taiping Army were densely packed like forests and floating like seas. The front team had entered Zhenjiang, while the back team was still in Taihu Lake. On the canal, the ships transporting food and grass were densely packed like ants, covering the river surface, floating boats, sails were like clouds, and the momentum was so great that they chased the majestic military appearance of the Taiping Army when it swept the Yangtze River and conquered Nanjing.

In this regard, Hong Xiuquan, who has always been as stable as Mount Tai, was of course dancing and ecstatic. He wished that the main force of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army could all grow wings and fly out of Nanjing immediately, killing all the Wu soldiers who were shamelessly entrenched in Dasheng Pass and Yuhuatai without leaving any one! On the contrary, given that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army was too powerful and the Feng Sanbao Corps was mostly due to the number of Wu troops in the southwest, dog-headed military advisors such as Li Hezhang and Ding Baozhen had to suggest that Feng Sanbao block the news to avoid shaking the morale of the army and damaging morale.

The blockade was useless, and the fire could not be kept in the paper. I don’t know if it was a problem within the Wu army or the Taiping army deliberately spread the news. The news that Li Xiucheng personally led 600,000 Taiping Army back to the Nanjing battlefield was soon spread in the Wu army Feng Sanbao’s regiment. As a result, the elite battalions of the Wu army directly under Feng Sanbao were fine, and they were not affected much. Xu Lai’s troops, who were already invincible on the water, were not afraid of anyway, and they could run away at any time.

However, the Wu army in Yunnan, Guizhou, who was born in the bandit suppression, were completely different. There were many people who were terrified in private. There were many people who were terrified. As long as the situation was wrong, there were even more people who fled. The morale of the army was greatly affected. There were even many intermediate generals who secretly found Zhao Dechang. Wu Zifa and Ding Baozhen and others inquired about the news and asked if the number of enemies was really 600,000, and when will the Wu army's support arrive? People were panic and were timid before the battle.

This also directly affected Feng Sanbao's choice of battlefield. In the face of the overly powerful Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army, establishing a camp on the battlefield of Dasheng Pass was undoubtedly the best choice for the Wu army, Feng Sanbao's troops boarded the ship and retreated easily, and the food supply was also protected by navy. However, considering the morale and fighting spirit of the Wu army in the southwest, no one needed to remind him that Feng Sanbao, who had been on the battlefield for many years, knew that it was actually more dangerous to set up a camp in Dasheng Pass. He understood that once the war was unfavorable, the defeated Wu army would be likely to rush to the dock and rush to the dock to grab the ship and escape. At that time, the army was chaotic and uncontrollable, and it would be like a lamb to be slaughtered in front of the large and powerful Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army!

After being put to death, he was born! At least Feng Sanbao, who had read a few days ago, had heard this sentence in the local Bao in Xie Village. After becoming famous for his beautiful daughter's nepotism, Feng Sanbao, who refused to let his son-in-law bear the infatuation of being a nepotist, worked hard to learn military affairs. He had heard this sentence many times and learned the essence of the meaning of this sentence, so no one else had to make suggestions. Feng Sanbao himself understood that only by choosing the battlefield on Yuhuatai can he force out all the potential of his army and fight the Taiping Army to the end without a way out. However...

"Uncle, you have to think clearly." Li Hezhang reminded: "The main force of Changmao in Jiangsu and Zhejiang can be killed and reborn. However, after the Yuhuatai is surrounded by Changmao, we have to make any mistakes, but there is no place to retreat."

"And we cannot get the artillery cover of the navy's artillery and supplies for food and ammunition." Ding Baozhen also reminded: "Yuhuatai is located in the inland. Although there is a Qinhuai River next to it that can transport food, grass and military supplies, the Sanfan River and Xiaguan are still in Changmao's hands. Our navy sampan may not be sure to break through Changmao's blockade and send food and ammunition to Yuhuatai. Once the grain aid is cut off, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"What you mean is that you can only give up Yuhuatai and retreat to Dasheng Pass?" Feng Sanbao asked back, and said worriedly: "It is more convenient to supply food, grass and ammunition here, but the terrain here is not as good as Yuhuatai, and there is no high ground to guard. The city of Guan is pitifully small. The three directions of east and south are all open. Long hair can easily spread its troops and give full play to their strength advantages. It will only be more difficult for us to defend."

Li Hezhang and Ding Baozhen both closed their mouths and refused to speak. They only hated God in their hearts that they refused to be beautiful and did not give Dasheng Pass the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack like Yuhuatai. After a while, Feng Sanbao suddenly asked: "How much food and grass are there in the army? Not counting the navy, how much time can we support with our military food and grass?"

"Uncle, do you still want to go to Yuhuatai?" Li Hezhang asked carefully.

"I went deep into Jiangning alone. It was because I was greedy for me and made a breakthrough and disrupted the overall strategic plan of King Zhennan." Feng Sanbao replied a little confused and said, "If you want to atone for your sins, the only way is to make up for your mistakes with merits. I don't want to embarrass the King Zhennan and my daughter, nor do I want others to laugh at me as a mud and I can't stand it on the wall."

After understanding Feng Sanbao's implicit meaning, Li Hezhang replied: "If you don't count the navy, our food and grass can last for about fifty days. If you are determined, before Changmao encircles the Yuhuatai, we should be able to urgently transport a batch of grain and ammunition from Wuhu to replenish supplies."

"Then go and do it quickly." Feng Sanbao ordered: "Contact Cao Yanzhong immediately and ask him to give us as much food, grass and ammunition as possible, so as to try to stockpile me on the Yuhuatai on the Yuhuatai before the main force of Changmao in Jiangsu and Zhejiang arrived in Jiangning."

Seeing that Feng Sanbao had made up his mind, Li Hezhang and Ding Baozhen, who were also in a hurry to make achievements, no longer objected. Ding Baozhen comforted Feng Sanbao and said, "The military wise army is wise. Although establishing the Yuhuatai is a dangerous move, the King of Zhennan must agree with us. Because only when we lay nails on the Yuhuatai, Changmao will he take care of our nails at all costs. We are waiting for our work and defend instead of attacking. We can severely damage Changmao in defensive battles, drag the Changmao of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to make the teacher exhausted, and create better combat opportunities for our rear army."

"We must also guard Yuhuatai first." Feng Sanbao's smile was a little bitter, and he said, "I remember you told me that Niushou Mountain is in Yuhuatai in the opera. The camp left by Yue Fei and Yue Wumu when they fought against the Jin soldiers in Niushou Mountain was restored into a camp by Changmao. My Central Army camp is standing on Niushou Mountain!"

In this way, in the case of Dashengguan, in order not to embarrass his daughter and son-in-law and not to let everyone laugh at him for being unable to stand up to the wall, Feng Sanbao still resolutely chose to put him to death and live. After Feng Sanbao sent the Clippers to contact Cao Yanzhong, who was currently resting in Wuhu, although Cao Yanzhong was extremely worried about Feng Sanbao's decision, he did not object or stop it. He just loaded the food, grass, ammunition that could be lent to Feng Sanbao at the first time, and arranged for Wang Fu to lead the Wu army navy to protect the baggage fleet to advance east overnight, racing against time to send the food, grass, and military supplies to Feng Sanbao, so that Feng Sanbao could hold on for a long time in Yuhuatai.

Of course, the transportation of grain by water is much faster than the land advancement. Just one day later, the grain supplies lent to Feng Sanbao's army to Dasheng Pass were sent to Dasheng Pass. Feng Sanbao immediately commanded the army to unload the ship and load the vehicle. Farewell to Wang Fu and Xu Lai, who was about to return to Wuhu to get food, gave up the Dasheng Pass camp and dock, and personally led the Dasheng Pass garrison to Yuhuatai to station. Before leaving, Wang Fu and Xu Lai and other Wu army naval generals repeatedly told Feng Sanbao to take care of him. Feng Sanbao carefully handed over a sealed letter to Xu Lai and said, "If I can't come back, please pass it on to my daughter for me."

While receiving the letter, Xu Lai, who had been fighting side by side with Feng Sanbao for many days, shed tears. However, Feng Sanbao turned around and left, never looked back at the navy fleet of his own army...

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The reason why Feng Sanbao's army gave up Dasheng Pass and moved to Yuhuatai was naturally beyond the expectations of the Taiping Army. When the news was sent to Li Xiucheng who had already led his army to cross Liyang, Li Xiucheng couldn't believe it was true at one time. He asked the Nanjing messenger repeatedly: "All demon soldiers were moved to Yuhuatai? Didn't they leave an army at Dasheng Pass?"

"Returning to King Zhong Qiansui, the demon soldiers really did not leave any soldiers at Dasheng Pass. They all arrived at Yuhuatai, and the demon soldiers' fleet also retreated to Wuhu."

After hearing the Nanjing messenger's answer, Li Xiucheng was a little dazed, and after a while, this sentence suddenly appeared, saying: "This battle is difficult to fight. If we want to annihilate and drive away Feng Sanbao, we have to pay at least three times the price, or even more!"

"Your Highness Zhongwang doesn't have to worry." Li Shuxiang comforted the think tank, and pointed out incisively: "The demon soldiers gave up the Dasheng Pass and only guarded Yuhuatai. Although it was a ruthless chess that would kill him in one step, Yuhuatai was far away from the river bank, and the supply of demon soldiers was difficult. We just had to surround Yuhuatai and set up more water grids and iron ropes to block the Qinhuai River. Then we don't need to send troops to attack. As long as we wait until the demon soldiers are exhausted and are forced to break through, we can turn the enemy on our behalf, wait for the effort to wipe out the demon soldiers in Yuhuatai."

"The solution is good, but will the King of Heaven agree?" Li Xiucheng smiled bitterly and said, "Also, will the Super Little Demon watch his father-in-law be surrounded by Yuhuatai and ignore it? We will not hurt our morale if we only surround and don't fight. When the Yuhuatai demon soldiers dragged us down, the Super Little Demon's reinforcements suddenly arrived. The Yuhuatai demon soldiers joined forces with each other to counterattack. How sure are we to block the front and back attacks?"

"As long as we can convince the king to agree that we will only surround and not fight, we may not be sure to block the reinforcements of the demon soldiers." Li Shuxiang said in a deep voice: "Demon soldiers are most afraid of fighting tough battles. As long as we seize the time to repair more fortifications, build more camps and cooperate with trenches to protect the periphery, there is hope of blocking the reinforcements of the demon soldiers and trapping the demon soldiers in Yuhuatai alive."

After saying that, Li Shuxiang added another sentence and said, "And even if we can't stop the reinforcements of the demon soldiers, we can rely on the advantages of camp fortifications and the intention of the demon soldiers to rescue Yuhuatai to severely inflict damage to the demon soldiers in the field and win the opportunity to fight the decisive battle."

Thinking that Li Shuxiang's words were reasonable, Li Xiucheng was naturally very moved. After a little calculation, Li Xiucheng nodded and said, "Okay, when we arrive in Tianjing, we will strive to make the King of Heaven agree to let us only surround and not fight. Of course, it is best if we fail. You can make other plans."

Having made up this idea, more than two days later, the main force of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army led by Li Xiucheng himself successfully arrived outside Nanjing City, and temporarily established a camp in the Tushan area outside Nanjing, and did not rush to approach Yuhuatai; the front team led by Li Mingcheng and Hong Chunyuan and other generals temporarily set a camp in Yinzi Mountain to protect the road traffic safety between Tushan and Nanjing City, and kept in mind Li Xiucheng's orders and did not rush to approach Yuhuatai to fight the Wu army. On the contrary, Ye Yunlai and Wu Ruxiao, who had been severely injured in the Taiping Army's civil war, obeyed Hong Xiuquan's imperial edict, and directly established a camp outside Jubao Gate to confront the Wu army head-on with Yuhuatai.

Because he could not leave the main army at will, Li Xiucheng could only settle the army while asking his confidant Li Shuxiang to enter the city to meet Hong Xiuquan, understand Hong Xiuquan's attitude towards the Wu army in Yuhuatai, and strive to persuade Hong Xiuquan to accept the correct strategy of siege and not attacking. Unfortunately, when Li Shuxiang entered the Heavenly King's Mansion and met Hong Xiuquan, what greeted Li Shuxiang was not Hong Xiuquan's comfort and praise for the main force of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army, but Hong Xiuquan roared at the head, "What are you King Zhong doing for? Why did you set up a camp to rest when you arrived at Tushan? Why didn't you go to Yuhuatai to attack the demon soldiers immediately?"

"Long live the Heavenly King, our army is tired from afar, the soldiers need rest, and the food and grass also need protection and escort, so King Zhong Qiansui decided to set up a camp in Tushan for the time being." Knowing Hong Xiuquan's bearish temper, Li Shuxiang quickly explained and said, "Long live the Heavenly King, King Zhong Qiansui will soon lead the troops north, move to the city of Tianjing, and fight to the death with the demon soldiers in Yuhuatai."

Li Shuxiang's explanation only barely satisfied Hong Xiuquan. After nodding, Hong Xiuquan shouted again: "Go back and tell Li Xiucheng that he will be limited to seven days, so I will take back Yuhuatai for me! Of course, it is best to kill all the demon soldiers on Yuhuatai. If you can't kill them all, you must also drive them all to two hundred miles away from Tianjing City!"

"Regaining the Yuhuatai within seven days?" Li Shuxiang was stunned on the spot.

"What? Do you think it's short or long?" Hong Xiu showed displeasure all over.

"This..." Li Shuxiang was extremely embarrassed and hesitated for a moment before he said tactfully: "Long live the Heavenly King, King Zhong Qiansui has been in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for a long time and has not returned to Beijing for many years. He knows nothing about the enemy's situation on the battlefield in Tianjin. He really cannot guarantee when he will be able to regain Yuhuatai. I hope the Heavenly King will be kind and allow King Zhong Qiansui to lead his troops to Yuhuatai. After carefully understanding the situation of the demon soldiers, he will give the Heavenly King Long Live to reconcile when he can regain Yuhuatai and annihilate the demon soldiers on the stage."

Hong Xiuquan was still extremely dissatisfied with Li Shuxiang's answer. Fortunately, Meng Shiyong, who had been deposed from the title of praise for the young prince, flattered him with the flattery methods he learned from his father and begged Hong Xiuquan to give Li Xiucheng more time. Hong Xiuquan then reluctantly took back the imperial edict to take back Yuhuatai within a specified period, but he still shouted: "Go back and tell Li Xiucheng that it is okay to give him more time, but I must hurry up, the faster the better. I must kill all the demon soldiers outside the city of Tianjing before they get reinforcements!"

In view of the urgent military situation, Hong Xiuquan also issued a special order not to allow Li Shuxiang to stay overnight in Nanjing. After issuing an edict to reward Li Xiucheng with some gold, silver, jewelry and a few beauties, he forced Li Shuxiang to quickly bring the jewelry beauty back to Li Xiucheng's camp. Li Shuxiang had no choice but to return to Tushan in shame to apologize to Li Xiucheng, saying that he could not even mention the tactical strategy of only surrounding but not fighting before Hong Xiu was fully qualified.

Fortunately, Li Xiucheng knows Hong Xiuquan better than Li Shuxiang, so Li Xiucheng did not blame Li Shuxiang for his poor work, and comforted him: "It's not your fault. Long live the king of heaven. If you insist on being too arrogant in person, not only will there be a danger of a head falling to the ground, but maybe it may also be possible to completely anger Long live the king of heaven and make him issue a more harsh and harsh imperial edict."

"Xie Zhong Qiansui." Li Shuxiang quickly thanked him and asked carefully: "Zhong Qiansui, what should we do next?"

"Let's talk about it first." Li Xiucheng said casually: "Long live the heart of King An Tian, ​​and also touch the bottom of the demon soldiers. If you have the chance, you can also try to directly retake Yuhuatai and pull out the nail that the demon soldiers were stabbed outside the city of Tianjing."

Let’s talk about a few battles first. Li Xiucheng knew very well what his light words meant. However, Li Xiucheng, who had long been used to seeing corpses and blood, never expected that it was because of his words and decision that a huge weakness of the Taiping Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was about to expose a huge weakness of the Wu army in the southwest...
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