Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Chapter 41: Concealing the sky and crossing the sea (2)

"It's not that they don't think it's interesting, but that they don't have so many people coming to conduct the exercise. This is a blindfold. We were all played by Cheng Dayou. There was no movement around Panlong Town. You can't see a single soldier, and the scale of the exercise is getting smaller and smaller, what does that mean?" Liang Chongxin sighed lightly and shook his head, "This guy really has some acting talent, and he can do such a trick under our noses , I think either Huanggang or Jiujiang is in danger.”

The brawny man sitting next to Liang Chongxin was Xiong Daoyuan, and he seemed to understand what the general meant: "Master Liang, what do you mean, Cheng Dayou might give up attacking our Tianshui and change his target to attack Huanggang or Jiujiang? "

After waving his hand to signal a group of scouts and intelligence personnel to go down and continue to strengthen surveillance, Liang Chongxin said: "It's not possible, but certain. I can be sure that there are not many Taiping troops stationed at the border with Tianshui now. Cheng Dayou The guy gave us a trick to hide from the sky, quietly took away the main force, and went to create a false impression for us, as if he was still setting up a posture in Panlong Town to practice, but in fact he had already made another idea."

"My lord, do you mean that Cheng Dayou secretly transferred the troops with a transport vehicle?" Xiong Daoyuan also gradually understood Liang Chongxin's meaning, "But how could such a large-scale transfer not be discovered?"

"Hmph, this guy Cheng Dayou must have other auxiliary methods. I was just saying that although the Taiping Army is a rebel army, it has never interfered with the circulation of trade routes, and the tax rates it collects are mostly the same as those of the empire. How could it be A sudden increase? There is also a curfew. It turns out that this guy wants to use this method to reduce the possibility of passing business travelers to expose him. The transport vehicles are all made of high compartments, and the soldiers are loaded at night, and they can be pulled to the river in one night. In the area to the east, everyone's attention is on Panlong Town, and our scouts only pay attention to the west and north. How can we put much energy on their way back? The spies and scouts on the side of the empire It is estimated that the targets are the same as ours, and they are all staring at Panlong's Taiping Army stupidly, who knows that there is no more than an empty camp, and even if it is not an empty camp, there are probably not many people left. "Liang Chongxin stood up, walked to the window, looked out into the distance with his hands behind his back, and said after a while: "Now it depends on whether the imperial troops in Huanggang and Jiujiang are vigilant enough. Common sense plays the cards, this time the method of day and night is adopted, I am worried that the other side may not have noticed this. But even if they find out now, it may be too late. If Cheng Dayou gathers more than 100,000 troops in his hands Attacking any of these two prefectures, I think the imperial army will be hard to resist, especially Jiujiang, the north is full of flat rivers, which is conducive to Cheng Dayou's unexpected surprise attack!"

"Then do we need to remind the empire or send troops to help them?" Xiong Daoyuan asked inappropriately.

Glancing at the other party lightly, Liang Chongxin said with a smile: "Daoyuan, the reminder is not worth much anymore, I guess Cheng Dayou has already appeared on the land of Huanggang or Jiujiang at this moment, I will remind you at this time." His Highness the Third Highness will only make him suspicious in vain, suspecting that we and the Taiping Army have joined forces to stage an empty city plan. As for sending troops, where to send troops, and where to send troops? Hejian or Jincheng? In addition to the Taiping Army on the border, He There are still at least 50,000 troops in the middle, and the attack on Hejian may also attract the Taiping Army from Nazhong or Longquan and Heishan in the north. We will not be able to achieve the desired results. Jincheng? The third highness will not think that we are trying to help him, but You will think that we want to take advantage of the fire to seize the territory again, and Master Li will not agree to it. Seeing what Master Li means, at least for now we still need to maintain a good-neighborly and friendly relationship with His Highness the Third Highness."

Sighing with some regret, Xiong Daoyuan smacked his lips and said, "Isn't that the end of the war? The bald **** under my command have been screaming in the camp all day, wanting to fight. They came here faster than any other time, they just wanted to win a battle, but they didn't expect the Taiping Army's idiots to come again. Isn't this just for us to have fun? Or, Boss Liang, let's take the initiative Go out and show the Taiping Army a little bit of color, and teach the Taiping Army who are hiding in Panlong Town a lesson, the night is not in vain, let's make this trip in vain."

Somewhat ironic, Liang Chongxin shook his head: "Daoyuan, you are also a senior general in our Northwest Army after all, why do you still look like the gang captains and battalion captains under you? Now you are fighting everywhere, as a soldier, you Are you afraid that there will be no battle? My lord's goal has already been determined, and you know it well, will the enemy obediently hand over what we want? Hehe, at that time, even if you don't want to fight, you won't be able to."

Liang Chongxin has already vaguely felt the thinking of his boss. The boss seems not very interested in fighting head-on with the Taiping Army, and even seems to deliberately let the Taiping Army go. When the fish slipped through the net, it was as if the boss deliberately opened the net. Liang Chongxin dared to say that he was absolutely sure that he could wipe it out, but the boss seemed to have other far-reaching ideas, but some topics were more sensitive. explain in words.

Xiong Daoyuan scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled: "Boss Liang, to tell you the truth, the brothers have been looking forward to this war for a long time. They usually train, but no matter how much they train, they can't match the real war training troops." Ah, what's more, there are allowances for war, which is not a small amount of income for the brothers below."

Liang Chongxin sighed slightly, "But there are sacrifices in war, Dao Yuan, have you ever thought about which battle does not involve bloodshed and sacrifice?"

"Brother Liang, you are right, but if you are afraid of death, don't come to serve as a soldier, but there are not so many soldiers in the world? When our troops need to be replenished, don't those who ask to join our reserves still go after them? Don't they know that people will die in war? There are so many people among the common people who joined the Taiping Rebellion Army, let alone our Northwest Army. Although the lives of our fellow clansmen have greatly improved under Lord Li's rule, but There are still many people living in the mountains, and their lives are difficult. To put it a bit harshly, our clansmen do not know anything except brute force, gathering herbs and hunting in the mountains. It's a kind of extravagant hope." Xiong Daoyuan's expression darkened, and he sighed.

Liang Chongxin was speechless, and what the other party said was indeed reasonable. This Northwest is not comparable to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River, but even in his hometown, there are as many peasants who go bankrupt every year due to poverty, women become prostitutes, and people who throw themselves into wells and jump into rivers to hang themselves. All of them, not to mention this bitter cold place in the northwest? This is an intractable social problem.

At the same time that Liang Chongxin received the urgent report that the Taiping Army might shift its target and invade southward, Wufeng also received information that the Maqihans were invading the Wenning and Baling prefectures on a large scale. Wufeng had to face the drastic changes in the situation in the Central Plains.

Wufeng stared blankly at the large map on the screen wall, marking the clearly contrasted strengths of all parties on the map one by one.

The Taiping Sect in the north has already controlled most of Beiyuan and Heshuo, and two prefectures in Yanyun County have also fallen into the hands of the Taiping Sect. It seems to be very prosperous, but Wufeng is not too worried about this , the Taiping Sect people seem to be powerful now, but their strategic position is extremely unfavorable. There is resistance from the empire in the south, Situtai in the east, and their own threats in the west. The three-foot military power, especially Kaman, has planned for a long time to form a strategic alliance with Taiping Jiaoren and support Taiping Jiaoren from all aspects. Before the situation in the empire was settled, these two families must have strongly supported the Taiping Sect. Once the situation stabilized, these two vicious tigers would slowly show their fangs. The smell of leading wolves into the house is not so pleasant.

However, there are many smart people among Taiping Sect members, like You Daofang and Bo Jinchen, of course they would not fail to consider these~IndoMTL.com~ Annexing Heshuo and going south to Five Lakes are probably all for the purpose of expanding the strategic depth for the future It’s just that they underestimated the power of the aristocratic forces in the southern empire. As rebels, they may easily get the support of the lower-level people in the northern places, and even many middle- and upper-level people will support them, but The situation in the south is very different. The power of the land aristocracy is much stronger, while the business class will only focus on who can meet their interests and who can protect their interests. It is quite difficult to gain a foothold in the south, not to mention I have myself and Lin Lang's family at the side to restrain me.

Situ Jun's performance was a bit too bad. He even threw Tianshui to himself without even the courage to fight. This kind of person is in charge of the overall situation of the five lakes. I am afraid that this guy Cheng Dayou will not let go easily. I can only hope that the imperial army will not be too disappointing. If it also behaves like this in Huanggang and Jiujiang, then there is really It may have allowed the Taiping Army to gain a foothold in the northern part of Wuhu County.

Wufeng felt a little conflicted at this time. He knew that maybe after the Taiping Army went south to occupy it, maybe it would be more beneficial for him to enter the Central Plains. If you can really defeat the Taiping Army, it will be much easier to do things in Wuhu. But now that the Machi Khans have invaded the southern part of the Five Lakes, the situation has undergone some subtle changes. If the Taiping Army is allowed to sweep the Five Lakes area, it may also reduce the resistance of the Machi Khans to attack a lot, which is quite dangerous.

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