Chapter 435

Anqing, as the west gate of Nanjing, Lu Xiangsheng left 20000 troops here to guard against Zuo Liangyu. Who would have thought that Zuo Liangyu's army passed around the city directly from the south bank.

Zuo Liangyu dared to bypass anqing because he was supported by gentry officials in the south of the Yangtze River. He was not worried about retreat and supply. In addition, the navy in the south of the Yangtze River did not stop the left army's fleet, so he took Lu Xiangsheng by surprise.

But Qin Huan didn't dare to go around directly. In fact, he bypassed Jiujiang and killed anqing directly. He was a little adventurous. It was only because Jiujiang didn't leave many soldiers and horses. Li Dingguo also hit Nanchang, so he dared to bypass Jiujiang from the north bank.

If Zuo Liangyu still depends on Jiujiang Nanchang, he can only conquer Jiujiang first, then go to Anqing, and finally kill him to Nanjing.

Anqing is just a mansion. It's nothing in many mansion cities in nanzhili, but it's much taller than ordinary mansion cities in the north. With 20000 garrison troops, it's really a hard bone to bite.

In order to March quickly, Qin Huan only brought hundreds of 500 Jin Fran machine guns, which were carried by mules and horses. When the army arrived in the west of Anqing City, they assembled cannons and cut wood to build siege equipment.

Although Lu Xiangsheng has been wrangling with Zuo Liangyu in Nanjing these days, the Chinese army has already begun to dispatch troops when it just moved eastward.

By this time, 80000 Tianxiong troops had reached Luzhou city more than 100 miles northeast of Anqing.

Lu Xiangsheng arrived by boat at almost the same time, several times higher than Zuo Liangyu.

In the big account.

The 16 generals promoted by Lu Xiangsheng stood left and right. When Lu Xiangsheng came in, they all knelt on one knee and hugged boxing together.

"See the supervisor!"

"Well! Get up! "

"Let's talk about the situation and strength of the thief army first."

After sitting down, Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand, and the look on his face was invisible.

The generals do not know whether they are full of confidence and Zhizhu is in control, or whether they are afraid to fight.

One of the generals at the top of the left column lined up to fight and said, "back to the supervisor, the strength of the thief army is about 50000, including about 5000 firearm soldiers. They arrived in Anqing two days ago. Yesterday, the artillery rumbled outside Anqing city. I think the thief army has begun to attack the city."

"Is there still no sign of the pirate Navy?"

"Back to the governor, at least there are no bandit warships in the section from Anqing to Jiujiang."

"What about Nanchang?" Lu Xiangsheng nodded and asked again.

"Back to the commander, according to the report of the spies, the situation in Nanchang is not good. The thief leader Li Dingguo surrounded Nanchang five days ago. According to the strength of the city, it is estimated that he can hold on for another three days at most."

Lu Xiangsheng's face sank, got up, came to the side, hung in front of the map on the shelf, looked at it with his back, and all the generals and officials gathered around.

"Supervisor, it seems that Nanchang city can't be saved. It's hateful that Zuo Liangyu left only a few thousand soldiers and horses in such an important city as Nanchang." A general pointed to the map and said angrily.

"Is it possible for Li Dingguo to recruit?" Lu Xiangsheng did not answer him, but asked without a head.

"Supervisor, the people sent by the end general have tried, but they were directly cut off by Li Dingguo. They didn't even see each other."

"Forget it! It is said that the Qin thief also came from the thief army of the eighth king in his early years. I think they must have a lot of relationship. "

Lu Xiangsheng frowned and waved his hand. If he could surrender Li Dingguo, it would be wonderful. But if the other party pretended to surrender, it would be a disaster, so he gave up.

"Commander, our army is fully prepared. When will we rush to Anqing?" All the generals looked at Lu Xiangsheng.

After all, they have no idea how to fight this war. The achievements of the Chinese army and the cunning of the Qin thieves have already cast a shadow in their hearts.

"Don't rush to help anqing first. If the 20000 troops of the governor can't hold on to the city for ten days and a half months, there will be no need to fight this war."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand. He knew that even if he had 80000 troops, he would lose more and win less. Therefore, he wanted to use Anqing city to frustrate the other party's spirit.

"Supervisor, there will be a suggestion at the end." A young general thought for a moment and said.

"Oh, but it doesn't hurt."

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes brightened. He has been devoted to the cultivation of these generals, hoping that they will become the mainstay of Daming in the future.

"Commander, it's obvious that the bandit army is making a long-distance attack. At this time, Jiujiang City is still in the hands of the imperial court, and our navy's strength should be far stronger than that of the other party, otherwise the other party's navy can't avoid it. Therefore, at the end, it will be suggested that the army be divided into two in Shucheng, one will go south to Tongcheng to rush to rescue Anqing, and the other will quietly bypass the buried hill and then go south to look at the river, Cut off the retreat of the thief army. "

"The governor has just considered the plan you said, but the premise is that Jiujiang can't be lost again. Zuo Liangyu hasn't left yet. Whether he can arrive in Jiujiang before Li Dingguo's army or two."

Lu Xiangsheng said helplessly.

"Commander, when the other troops and horses arrive at Wangjiang, they will send another one to help Jiujiang. In this way, even if Zuo Liangyu delays again, he should be able to arrive before Jiujiang City is broken."

The general thought for a while, but added reluctantly.

"Well, it's really feasible, but have you ever thought that once this happens, our 100000 troops will belong to five cities, 40000 in Tongcheng, 20000 in Anqing, 10000 in buried hills, 20000 in Wangjiang and 10000 in Jiujiang, and the victory or defeat of this war should be entirely in the hands of the left army."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded first, then his tone changed and explained patiently.

As soon as they looked at the map, they were all silent. They obviously knew that this strategy was unreliable. Let alone put the victory or defeat on Zuo Liangyu's disorderly minister and thief, that is, the army is divided into five cities, which is also a big taboo of strategists.

"Supervisor, it's the last general who doesn't think well. The risk of dividing troops and bypassing is really too great." Some of the participants who put forward this proposal blushed.

"It's really not advisable to divide troops, but if we don't divide troops, our 80000 troops will directly bypass Wangjiang, and then divide 20000, 10000 to help Jiujiang and 10000 to stay in the buried hill?"

Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the map and looked embarrassed.

Everyone was shocked and didn't react for a long time.

"This... Commander, what if all our 80000 troops bypass Anqing and kill them to Nanjing?"

"Then the governor will kill him to Wuchang!" Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath and pointed to Wuchang on the map.

Seeing that all the generals were frightened, he withdrew his hand, touched his beard and smiled: "of course, with the thief's consistent caution in using troops, he would never kill Nanjing, not to mention Zuo Liangyu's more than 100000 troops?"

"The supervisor is wise, so that our army can be invincible!"

They suddenly understood that the commander wanted to give the eastern battlefield to the left army. In this way, the left army would have to fight without fighting, otherwise it would have to be forced to Nanjing by the thief army, and their 80000 army could hang behind.