On February 1, 1850 AD, Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, rode his horse to the bank of the Yellow River. Looking at it, there was still snowy south of the Yellow River. There were very few people on the vast plains, and the villages that caught your eye were also completely abandoned. Only a small team of cavalry ran back and forth on the plains, and they were all Taiping horses adapted from the Nian Army.

"My army's whereabouts must be kept completely confidential. This is the responsibility of your horse army. We must completely block the battlefield around us!" Yang Xiuqing loudly ordered Zhang Lexing, the King of Yu beside him.

Under the Yellow River embankment, the main force of the army was moving forward like several long dragons walking side by side, with a magnificent momentum and blood boiling. In addition, the news that Zhu Jishi had personally led about 25,600 guards to set out for Jinan from Guide, Yang Xiuqing almost couldn't help but whistle to the sky.

According to the information obtained, Yang Xiuqing knew that the army led by Zhu Jishi had only 80,000 to 90,000 soldiers. Although they were divided, Zhu Jishi had at least 40,000 people in his own way. If all of them were to Jinan for assistance, Yang Xiuqing's troops could form a 5-1 advantage in military force. Now, Zhu Jishi only brought more than 25,000 people to move, which means that if Yang Xiuqing's troops could find Zhu Jishi's decisive battle, it would be an 8-1 advantage in military force! Moreover, Yang Xiuqing now has another option, which is to go south directly to attack Guide Mansion, first destroying more than 10,000 people left by Zhu Jishi in Guide Mansion, and then joining Wei Changhui from Kaifeng to attack the Western Army of the Ming army that had advanced to the Xuchang area. As long as these two units were defeated, Zhu Jishi's northern expedition would be defeated!

This battle has a great chance of winning!

According to the information, this army to aid Jinan was carrying Zhu Jishi's Chidi regiment dragon flag, and the marching route was relatively south. He walked from Shanxian and Jinxiang County to Rencheng County, and seemed to be preparing to return from Qufu to the north. In Yang Xiuqing's view, this marching route far away from the Yellow River just proved that Zhu Jishi was in the army - he went to Jinan to personally preside over the battle with the Taiping Army!

"Transfer the order, the army speeds up its movements, and all of them must be crossed within 2 hours (actually, it is walking across the ice) of the Yellow River!"

Even though he felt that he had a great chance of winning, Yang Xiuqing still had a hint of worry. The army he led was too large, and it was almost impossible to hide his traces for a long time. Once the whereabouts of the army were exposed, Zhu Jishi and Guide's Ming army might both leave quickly. Their number was small and their mobility was far higher than Yang Xiuqing's 200,000 army.

"Your Highness of the Eastern King, it is better to have the general lead the cavalry first, so as to entangle Zhu Yao's head." King Yu Zhang Lexing suggested.

"It's good. But it's not about entangling Zhu Yao, but surrounding Guide Mansion!" Yang Xiuqing said with a brow, "Zhu Yao is alive, Guide Mansion is dead. It is said that Zhu Yao also has an elite cavalry around him. Once your horse team gets close, he will find out. It's better to encircle Guide Mansion. In addition, leave another horse army to protect the entire army."

Guidefu City is about 300 miles south of Fan County. Infantry can arrive in 5 days, and the change of horses will last at most 3 days. Yang Xiuqing estimated that the 20,000 people led by Zhu Jishi should have arrived in Jinan by then, and there will definitely be no time to return to the aid. The other troops of the Western Route Army should be near Xuchang, more than 300 miles away from Guidefu City. If they want to support Guide, then they will come to a siege to attack the aid and defeat the two groups of soldiers at the same time.

"The last general will take the order." Zhang Lexing immediately bowed his hand and rode his horse down the bank to mobilize the cavalry from his headquarters to go south.

When Yang Xiuqing's army was preparing to cross the Yellow River, Lin Zexu and Miao Peilin, who were far away in Jinan, Shandong, were convening an army discussion to discuss the war and defense matters.

Another Taiping Army, which was carrying the Yang Xiuqing King's Banner, did not cross the Yellow River, but set up a company camp on the north bank of the Yellow River. Although it had been built for more than ten miles. It seemed to be quite powerful, but it was still timid when it did not cross the river for several days.

In the conference hall of the Shandong Governor's Office in Jinan City, Lin Zexu, who had a Ming Dynasty-style official robe, sat sickly behind the case and looked at Miao Peilin: "Yu San, let's test it out?"

Miao Peilin smiled and said, "But it depends on Mu Weng's instructions."

Lin Zexu said: "Then I will be the master of the rain, and the three of them will be able to follow the orders."

"I am here." Miao Peilin and Zeng Guofan looked at each other and stood up. They now both had the name of a governor, but Lin Zexu was "retired from illness" and only awarded the title of Duke of Minhou County. However, they were able to command Miao and Zeng and two of them to support Taiwan.

"You two of you each ordered 30,000 troops to challenge the Taiping Army Camp. If they dare not fight, then they will probably be empty soldiers all the way." Old man Lin stroked his beard and thought for a while, and then said, "If it is a empty soldier, where is Yang Xiuqing's real soldier?"

Miao Peilin said: "Maybe on the North Road? The North Road Army has only 26,000 soldiers. If Yang Xiuqing gathers ten times of the troops, he is still expected to defeat them."

"Maybe it's the West Road?" Lin Zexu smiled, "The Emperor is coming to us, and he only brought a military entourage. We'd better send someone to pick him up." He looked at his son, "Jingfeng, you can also order 30,000 troops. If the Eastern King on the north bank of the Yellow River does not dare to fight, then you can pick him up."

Almost at the same time, Luo Zenan, Henan, held the city wall with his hands and looked at the snow-covered plain outside the city. Two infantry divisions of the Sixth Army had already driven out of the city, digging trenches outside the city, building fortifications, and preparing for defense. There were four huge spherical objects placed on the flat ground next to the moat, and several foreigners were fiddling with something around.

He whispered to Ren Yijiang, the commander of the Sixth Army beside him: "Yichen, have we dispersed our troops too much?"

Ren Yijiang nodded: "It's indeed very dispersed. The Third Army went to Xuchang, and the Guards and Cavalry went to Jinan again... Yang Xiuqing wanted to be no more than the Yellow River, so he was probably going to be prepared to defend Beijing like Daoguang?"

"Can you defend Guide Mansion when he is coming? Our supplies, food and grass are all in Guide. If we lose them, this battle will not be able to be fought."

Ren Yijiang smiled and said, "How come you can't hold on? Now you are afraid that they won't come. As long as they come, we will not be afraid that we can't win... It's not a question of whether we can hold on, but whether we can leave Yang Xiuqing behind."

"By the way, what are those four round things?" Luo Zenan asked curiously, pointing at the four large round balls.

"Are those four?" Ren Yijiang smiled mysteriously, "That is the magic weapon against God Yang. As soon as it is sacrificed, God Yang will not work."

"Troubleshooting... God Yang's magic weapon!? Why are there foreigners?" Luo Zenan was stunned and stunned.

"This is a foreign magic weapon, of course it has to be operated by foreigners." Ren Yijiang said with a smile.

In the brigade of the Jinyi Guards led by Zhu Jishi, there were four identical "magic weapons", but they were not round and rolling, but folded and installed on several four-wheeled carriages.

"Are you just a few hot air balloons?" Jerom Pier was quite disdainful. "This thing is useless, and it is also troublesome to use for reconnaissance. If you accidentally blow the wind away."

"Can it be used to scare people, Pier, did Ali Pasha use this to scare the Ottoman army?" Zhu Jishi rode on an Arab horse given to him by Maria Clementina, and asked Old Pier with a smile. This old man worked as an adviser in the Pasha Mohamed Ali army in Egypt in the early years, helping the Egyptians train new army.

Old Pier smiled and said, "My Emperor. Do you think the Turks are unsavory fools? Turkey is half a European country after all, and there are Prussian military advisers in the Turkish army."

At that time, the Turkish Army hired Prussian military advisers, named Helmut Karl Bernhardt and Von Moltch, who was the Moltch who shone in the later French-Prussian War. However, in the Middle East, he was a defeated general under the French military advisers of Ali Pasha. He was not confused at that time with the gold medal left by the emperor.

Zhu Jishi waved his hand and said, "Our enemies are all fools with no knowledge." He pointed to his head, "Old Pier, the reason why they can defeat the Qing Dynasty is because here. They believe that Yang Xiuqing is a god and believe that they have God's blessing. If they are defeated here, they are no different from the Eight Banners soldiers, and they may be slightly worse."

Chapter 515 The magic of the Tianchao land system

Towards south! Towards south!

In this biting night, every road from Fan County, Henan Province was filled with brigades of Taiping Army, shouting and neighing horses, which was very lively. On the vast plain on the south bank of the Yellow River, more than 100,000 troops were gathering together with baggage artillery and marching desperately, desperately trying to arrive at Guide Mansion City within the time set by Yang Xiuqing. According to the detailed work and horse exploration, the deployment of the Ming army's Western Route Army seemed to have obvious omissions, and the limited force was divided into three parts. There were hundreds of miles away from each other. Whether the Ming army was intentional or real negligent, it gave Yang Xiuqing an excellent opportunity to attack. The military commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom seized this opportunity keenly and supervised his 200,000 main force to launch a raid on Guide Mansion!

Yang Xiuqing's main force is now divided into two fronts and backs to advance towards Guide. The road ahead is the four Taiping cavalry troops commanded by King Yu Zhang Lexing, with nearly 50,000 horses. They are willing to work hard and advance day and night to Guide Mansion. Their mission is to surround Guide Mansion City. Control the passages on all sides of Guide Mansion City to prevent the Ming army from escaping.

The rear team was the main force led by Yang Xiuqing, including the three armies in the middle and right of the east hall, the four armies in the front and back of the right of the foreign guns, the four armies in the middle and the horse army. More than 150,000 people, carrying a large number of baggage and artillery, ran forward in a mighty manner.

Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, rode on a Mongolian horse and advanced with his central army under the escort of the guards of the Kuyingying. His Highness, who had the power to "fax imperial edict on behalf of the Heavenly Father", played a trick of possessing the Heavenly Father's possession during dinner, and declared through the Heavenly Father's mouth that he would win this battle, and the pig demon would die! However, he could still clearly feel that the morale of the Three Armys of the East Palace under his command could not be raised at all! The spirit of one million people who were determined to win before the Battle of Huaxian County was gone. Whether it was the old brothers from Guangxi or the new brothers who joined the Central Plains, they were all a little depressed.

For the old Hakka brothers in the Kingdom of Heaven, Zhu Jishi and Zhu Angel are not unfamiliar with the name of Zhu Angel. They all know that when the Taiping Army started, they received great help from Zhu Angel, and Zhu Angel was also the son-in-law of the Heavenly Father, the son-in-law of the Heavenly King, and the sister-in-law of the East King, and they were all family! And until now, only the East King issued an order to attack Zhu Jishi in the name of the Heavenly Father, and the Heavenly King had never spoken. This war between Zhu Jishi and Yang Xiuqing had a little bit of a "family dispute". You just need to solve this kind of thing by yourself. What is the purpose of killing people below?

And the reasons why these old brothers are even more injustice in the distribution of interests!

Except for a noble prince, prince, general and minister who have received beautiful houses and gold, silver and treasures, what did the brothers who have lived and died in the lower world get? Eat enough to have enough food? Have meat for three meals?

Now it is no longer before the Jintian Uprising. A group of poor men who are suffering and unsightly can satisfy themselves if they have enough food. Now the old brothers in the Kingdom of Heaven have opened their eyes and seen the market, so their requirements for material wealth are getting higher and higher. The system and productivity of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot satisfy them, so they can only rely on religion to confuse them repeatedly. It is not surprising that everyone's enthusiasm is getting lower and lower.

However, not all troops are morale to the enemy. At most, the four can only be considered strong, composed of victims from the Yellow River Farms. Yang Xiuqing used the transportation soldiers and reserve troops to maintain a relatively strong morale!

Shandong and Henan accents of grassroots officers came from the marching column of the Fourth Army behind Yang Xiuqing.

"We are going to kill the pig demon and protect the Kingdom of Heaven! The Kingdom of Heaven gives us food and farming, so that we can have food and clothing. It is our grandparents! Now the Pig Demon Head wants to kill our grandparents! Everyone should work harder, and you must arrive at Guide Mansion tomorrow at noon. You can't let the Pig Demon Head run away!"

"Yes, you can't run away from the pig demon head!"

"Get to Guide Mansion and capture the pig demon head alive!"

"Destroy the pig demon and protect the kingdom of heaven!"

"Protect the Kingdom of Heaven and protect the home..."

The response sounds of the accent of northern Shandong and eastern Henan sounded in the queue. The people who made these sounds were all victims of the Yellow River Flood. Their homes were flooded by Senggelinqin's water. If the Kingdom of Heaven had not taken them in and distributed them to the good fields and soil around Beijing, they might even have rotten bones. Although they did not cultivate the land allocated by the Kingdom of Heaven because of the existence of the "surplus grain collection system", they still got a good harvest last fall - a good harvest for their families and individuals. They really left enough food.

Dividing the land and having enough food to eat is probably the most realistic dream of Chinese farmers in thousands of years. Now that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has helped them realize their dreams, they are naturally the most firm supporters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement.

Therefore, when the Eastern King ordered the recruitment of standing troops in the Eighth Army's military farming army, all the young and strong subordinates of the Eighth Army signed up enthusiastically, and the 100,000 strong soldiers were assembled almost within a few days. Of course, the reason for this high efficiency was also related to the system of "Eighth Army's military farming army" that was both military and civilian. 2 million people were organized into 8 armies, 40 divisions, 200 brigades, 1,000 "soldiers" and 5,000 troops based on family units, which were directly controlled by Yang Xiuqing's East Hall War Department (there are six divisions in the East Hall). These 8 armies maintained a semi-finite standing army of about 100,000 people on weekdays. As long as the Eastern King gave the order, they could be dispatched at any time, and then the second, third mobilization, and the second, and the third hundred thousand army were summoned!

"This is all the credit of the "Celestial Dynasty Field System"!" Yang Xiuqing, who was riding on the horse, whispered to himself, "It's a pity that the "Celestial Dynasty Field System" was only made around Beijing, otherwise why worry about not defeating Zhu Jishi?"

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The news that the Taiping Army brigade was heading south and was coming to Guide Mansion! It was sent by several "horse-backed gentry" wearing coarse cloth clothes and beards. The east of Henan is not Jiangnan, and there are very few gentry who have passed down the poetry and rituals. There are a lot of bully landlords who like to dance swords and sticks. Don't think that only farmers facing the loess and backs will resist the court. The landlords in Henan and Huaibei will still resist food, don't pay tribute to the grain (cave tax). They are also built with various cult bandits from time to time to cause harm to the side. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are half gentry and half bandits!

However, at present, these "bandit gentry" are standing on Zhu Ming's side against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, because they have been fighting with the local armed forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for more than a year, and have all fought with the deep hatred of the Blood Sea.

"Master, the long-haired horse team has arrived. There are probably tens of thousands of people in the sky, less than 100 miles away from Guide Mansion..."

"They are all under the banner of King Yu. They should be Zhang Laole's Nian bandits. These Nian bandits are the most hateful. Our Guide Mansion will suffer again!"

Two "bandit gentry" lay on the court and reported all the information they found to Ren Yijiang and Luo Zenan. When talking about the bandits, they kept gritting their teeth, obviously they hated the extreme.

Luo Zenan still looked the same way, shaking the paper fan with a solid expression on his chest, waved his hand to let the two "bandit gentry" go down to receive the reward. Then he said to Ren Yijiang with a little concern: "It's so fast! Yichen, it seems that the fortifications outside the city are too late to complete..."

Ren Yijiang smiled and said, "The fortifications are almost the same. The cannons are on the city wall, and barbed wire mesh on the periphery, wooden stakes and trenches are enough. They can be completed before noon tomorrow. This is how Ning Jin fights." He paused and said, "And the people coming here are all horse teams. They are just vanguards and can't attack the city. It's good that Yang Xiuqing's brigade can arrive the day after tomorrow. It's enough for us to deploy defenses. In fact, we don't have to deploy defenses and go out of the city to fight in the field. We won't suffer too much."

He took a map and spread it on the public case, knocked it on Xuchang and Jining Mansions and said, "Now it depends on whether the emperor and the Third Army can trap the Taiping Army before Yang Xiuqing run away... There is no suspense to win this battle. Even our 6th Army alone can win! The question now is whether Yang Xiuqing can be solved in the Battle of Guide! This is a comparison of foot strength. The fast horse that reported the message has been sent out. Tomorrow morning, we should be able to go to Xuchang and Jining. The journey back to the aid is more than 300 miles, at least 3 days! We will see us acting like this in these 3 days."
Chapter completed!