The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 213 Unfavorable situation, plan to withdraw troops
Half a month passed slowly, Gao Qi took Yue Fei as his general, and led [-] soldiers from Changsha to the south to completely wipe out the remnants of the Taiping Army in all counties.

In the end, Yue Fei lived up to expectations, led the army within half a month, and pulled out the armed forces of the Taiping Army all the way.

Later, the soldiers came to Chen County, the city of Guiyang County, and surrounded Chen County.

Immediately, the connection between Chen County and Jiaozhou was cut off.

For a while, the situation in the Taiping Army suddenly became tense.

However, although Shi Dakai has now received the news that Chen County has been encircled.

But there is nothing you can do!

Because, Shi Dakai's troops are now ambushed by the Yanmen Army, and they have suffered heavy casualties.

Although Chen Youliang led the army to block Zhou Yu's troops, a gap in the encirclement finally appeared in the Yanmen Army.

But the elite led by Shi Dakai also lost one-third of the ambushes.

Moreover, the most important thing is that now Shi Dakai has led his troops to join Chen Youliang.

Together in Yuzhang County, they resisted Gao Qi's victorious army who led the army after him.

Even if he got the news, the journey was so far away.

Shi Dakai wouldn't have put on his wings and flew to Guiyang.

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He only said that after Yue Fei ordered the generals to sweep away the rest of the Taiping forces in Guiyang.

In this way, all connections between the Taiping Army in the city and Lingnan in Jiaozhou were severed.

During the three-day siege of the city, Yue Fei obeyed the advice of Fang Xuanling, who joined the army, and forged a reinforcement from the Taiping Army to blow up the city gate and seize Guiyang City in one fell swoop.

Therefore, starting from the breakthrough of Chen County, Yue Fei completely pacified all counties and counties in Jingzhou.

It was also nearly three months since the Yanmen Army went south to suppress the rebellion, and finally pacified the entire Jingzhou.

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Yangzhou Taiping Army Camp, Tianwang Tent

It is only said that Hong Xiuquan, the leader above, finished viewing the urgent information sent back from the direction of Jingzhou.

I couldn't help but tremble in my heart for a moment!

It turned out that this urgent information was written in handwriting by Shi Da and Chen Youliang after he joined the army.

The manuscript details how Shi Dakai led his army from Jiaozhou to Jingzhou, and then took advantage of the chaos in southern Jingzhou to seize the prefectures and counties mainly including Guiyang, Hengshan, and Changsha.

Later, Shi Dakai truthfully told how he fell into the strategy of the Sui army, causing heavy casualties to the entire army.

Immediately after that, all the counties and counties in Jingzhou that were supposed to be captured all fell into the hands of the Sui army.

For a while, every word of the report written by Shi Dakai was heart-wrenching.

Immediately, Hong Xiuquan took the lead and said: "Everyone, now the latest battle report has come from Wing King Shi Dakai."

"He suffered from the tactics of the Sui army in the Jingnan area, which caused a great loss to his own army."

"Now we have joined Chen Youliang, who has wiped out the counties in the west of Yangzhou."

"However, because of Shi Dakai's retreat, the counties and counties in southern Jing, which were originally recovered by our kingdom, were recaptured by the Sui army."

After thinking for a while, Hong Xiuquan explained the contents of the battle report to the generals under his command.

Hearing this, all Taiping generals in the tent couldn't help but gasp.

This is really because the geographical location of the Jingnan area is too important to the Taiping Army.

It should be noted that Jiaozhou is located in the southernmost part of the country, if it does not occupy several counties in Jingnan area in time.

As long as the Sui army focuses on stationing troops in Guiyang County, which is adjacent to Jiaozhou.

I'm afraid, as long as it works properly, the Sui army doesn't need to work hard to conquer.

Then the Taiping Army can be trapped in the poor and remote place of Jiaozhou forever.

Therefore, upon hearing of the fall of several counties in Jingnan, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan had such a big reaction.

After a long time, the first general under the ranks slowly stood out, cupped his hands and said, "Heavenly King, since the Jingnan region has been occupied by the Sui army."

"Then our Taiping Heavenly Army should try our best to break through Yuhang, and then continue to lead the army to the south in order to capture Jinling, the center of gravity of Yangzhou."

"As long as this move is realized, our Taiping Heavenly Army will dominate Yangzhou, dominate the south of the Yangtze River, and divide the world with the violent Sui Dynasty."

Just to say, the person speaking is Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King who is second only to the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan in the Taiping Army.

Hearing Yang Xiuqing's suggestion, Hong Xiuquan thought about it for a while, then nodded inadvertently, expressing his approval of the suggestion.

"The king of heaven must not do it!"

Suddenly, in an instant, another general also stood up and opposed.

"Feng Yunshan, what do you mean by that, why not?"

Hearing this, Hong Xiu showed a full expression of displeasure, and asked in a deep voice.

This will be Feng Yunshan, the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Speaking of Feng Yunshan, many people may not know it.

In fact, Feng Yunshan and Hong Xiuquan were old neighbors, and the distance between the two families was only a few miles.

When Hong Xiuquan founded the God Worship Church, Feng Yunshan almost fully supported and helped him.

Finally, after the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Feng Yunshan was named the leading deputy military adviser, in charge of the political power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The status is only under the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan, it can be said that he is under one person and above ten thousand people, and his real power is overwhelming.

If Feng Yunshan hadn't died too early, how could the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing be under the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
If Feng Yunshan did not die early, I am afraid that the Tianjing Incident, which affected the progress of the Taiping Army, would be very likely to be stopped by Feng Yunshan.

I am afraid that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which ruled half of the south of the Yangtze River and fought against the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, will not perish because of this.

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Just to say, Feng Yunshan took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Heavenly King, now our main Taiping army is in Yuhang territory, and we have repeatedly failed to conquer the defense line of the accompanying army."

"Nowadays, our army's Jingnan area has been captured by the Sui army. This is equivalent to our army losing the bridgehead from Jiaozhou north to Jingxiang."

"Furthermore, the Sui army occupying several counties in Jingnan can definitely station troops in Guiyang County and threaten the Lingnan area behind our army at any time."

"Furthermore, our army has hundreds of thousands of such huge soldiers, but it confronts the Sui army here every day, and it has never been able to move forward."

"Our army's logistical supply pressure is increasing day by day!"

"Therefore, I request the king of heaven to order the entire line to withdraw to Jiaozhou, reclaim wasteland, vigorously cultivate crops, and develop production."

"Recuperate for a few years, and when the soldiers and food are sufficient, they will burst out with a thunderous force, and they will be able to capture Jiangnan in one fell swoop."

For a while, Feng Yunshan persuaded him bitterly, and in the end he couldn't help but kneel down and beg.

When the troops were originally dispatched, Feng Yunshan had proposed to send troops from Jingzhou in a large scale and go northward together with Xiao Liang's army.

First seize the counties of Jingxiang, and then seize the land of Shu, which is rich in money and food.

In the end, they went down the river, and the army was heading straight for the middle and lower reaches of the south of the Yangtze River. They would definitely occupy the south of the Yangtze River and cross the river with the Sui court to fight against the court!
However, the proposal of this plan was denied by Eastern King Yang Xiuqing.

Yang Xiuqing thought that the success of capturing Jingxiang and other places was too slow, maybe after the Sui army reacted, the two armies would have a protracted battle.

Therefore, it was suggested that Hong Xiuquan march directly from the south of Yangzhou, approaching Jinling, the metropolis of Danyang County.

Position the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom here, so as to command the world and promote the authority of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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In the blink of an eye, two proposals are put forward, how will the king of heaven Hong Xiuquan choose?
(End of this chapter)