If anyone among the Taiping Army generals is the most similar to Shi Dakai, then this person is undoubtedly Tan Shaoguang, who is now named Jiantianyi. He is as loyal and brave as a brave man, as brave as a war, as love for soldiers as a son, as selfless as a man, and as many virtues as even more than Shi Dakai.

This time, he joined forces with Huang Zilong and Lu Shunde to siege Shanghai. In order not to give the Wu army the chance to defeat the three Taiping troops, Tan Shaoguang, who first came to the Songjiang battlefield to reinforce Lu Shunde, voluntarily gave up his favorable position to lean on Wusongjiang and built the main camp on a new bridge far away from Wusongjiang. It not only formed a horn with Lu Shunde, provided protection for friendly forces, but also withstand the land front of the Shanghai Wu army, which was actually quite a loss.

When he took turns to attack the Wu army's outer stronghold, Tan Shaoguang never considered what it meant to preserve his strength. The tough battle was much stronger than Huang Zilong and the force he put in far more than Huang Zilong's troops. When his subordinates complained that friendly troops were not working, Tan Shaoguang usually laughed it off and never took it to heart. But what Tan Shaoguang never expected was...

"Jian Tianyi, Jiaotian is really unreasonable. Today's strong attack is even worse than yesterday's feint. It's just that dozens of people were sent outside the demon soldiers' camp to shoot a few rounds of guns and ran away. It has never rushed through the demon soldiers' trenches once, and it retreated less than Shen Shiban. At that time, our brothers in charge of feint attack were still fighting with the demon soldiers in Xinzhuang."

After hearing the complaints of the generals, although Tan Shaoguang still asked his subordinates to put unity as the overall situation, he was really angry in his heart. Those responsible for the main attack were withdrawing troops earlier than those who were feinted. It is rare for him to work but not work hard to do this. So Tan Shaoguang rarely had such an idea in his heart and said, "Do you want to talk to Huang Huazi? For nothing else, there is no joke about fighting Shanghai."

It was also coincidental that at this moment, Huang Zilong suddenly sent someone to invite Tan Shaoguang to the camp for a banquet, and directly stated that he wanted to discuss with Tan Shaoguang about the major event of attacking Shanghai. Tan Shaoguang, who was planning to have a good talk with Huang Zilong on this aspect, was very happy when he heard this, and immediately arranged the night defense mission, and then brought a team of personal soldiers to Huang Zilong's camp for a banquet.

It was only after entering Huang Zilong Camp that Tan Shaoguang discovered that Lu Shunde was also in Huang Zilong Camp. While he was happy to be able to get a party, Tan Shaoguang asked with some concern: "Prime Minister Lu, have the defense in Pudong arranged? Don't give the demon soldiers a chance to attack."

"Thank you for your concern and the arrangements were made." Lu Shunde's smile was obviously a little reluctant, and he said, "If you have any urgent matters, the floating bridge will light cigarettes during the day and set fires at night, and notify me to go back immediately."

"That's good." In fact, Tan Shaoguang, who is younger than Lu Shunde and Huang Zilong, nodded with satisfaction and instructed: "Prime Minister Lu must be careful. Although the demon soldiers are mainly concentrated on the west bank of the Huangpu River, the battlefield on the east bank is also important. We must prevent the sudden attack of your army hanging alone on the east bank of the Huangpu River, and catch you off guard."

Lu Shunde smiled reluctantly, but Huang Zilong was already greeting Tan Shaoguang and Lu Shunde to the table. Tan Shaoguang agreed and sat openly opposite Lu Shunde. Huang Zilong sat down in the middle and asked someone to deliver a very good table of wine and food. The three of them raised their glasses and drank together, wishing them a great victory in this Shanghai battle and successfully winning Shanghai, which gathered the essence of the entire Jiangnan wealth.

After three rounds of wine, he gradually got to the point. Huang Zilong, who was the initiator of this party, asked Tan Shaoguang about the strategy of defeating the enemy with a smile. Tan Shaoguang was not polite and said directly: "It is not easy to defeat Shanghai demon soldiers, but it is not difficult. As long as we work together, take advantage of the shortage of Shanghai demon soldiers' fast-fire guns and bullets and demon fire small cannons, and also take advantage of the almost endless advantages of our subsequent army, and be determined to fight against Shanghai demon soldiers. Then in time, Shanghai will definitely earn it for our heavenly kingdom."

When he said this, Tan Shaoguang's eyes were open and he kept looking at Huang Zilong, who was obviously not working hard on the battlefield today. He knew that Huang Zilong had been looking at Tan Shaoguang. Not only did he feel no guilt in his expression, but he was full of strange suspicion. After carefully looking at Tan Shaoguang for a moment, Huang Zilong actually asked, "Jian Tianyi, is that enough?"

"Of course this is enough." Tan Shaoguang was a little confused and said, "Isn't the strategy we three agreed on in advance to fight a war of attrition with the demon soldiers?"

Huang Zilong stopped saying a word and looked at Tan Shaoguang more carefully while still wanting to speak. As a result, when Tan Shaoguang became more confused, Lu Shunde next to him suddenly said, "Jian Tianyi, is there any other way? Can you take Shanghai faster?"

"What else can I do?" Tan Shaoguang asked back in confusion.

"Jian Tianyi, we are asking you this question." Lu Shunde's face was filled with a strange smile.

Tan Shaoguang finally felt something was wrong. After looking at Huang Zilong and Lu Shunde, who were also strange in expression, Tan Shaoguang couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Jiao Tianwei, Prime Minister Lu, do you have anything to say?"

After exchanging a glance with each other, Huang Zilong waved his hand and asked his personal soldiers to present the English letter, saying with a smile: "Jian Tianyi, how do you explain this letter?"

After looking at the cover of the envelope for no reason, Tan Shaoguang was surprised and blurted out: "The letter from the foreigner? Where did it come from?"

After carefully observing Tan Shaoguang's expression and reaction, Huang Zilong then briefly explained the origin of the letter to Tan Shaoguang. The result was that, when he was secretly worried about the slow progress of conquering Shanghai, Tan Shaoguang's first reaction was extremely happy and asked: "What is the letter said?"

"I only care about the content of the letter, and it turns out that I have long been in contact with foreigners."

Huang Zilong first came to this conclusion, then waved his hand and called the translation of the general in his army to him, asking him to translate the contents of the letter in front of Tan Shaoguang. The result was very natural. Before the translation had finished translating the letter, Tan Shaoguang had already opened his mouth wide. When he finished listening to the contents of the letter, Tan Shaoguang snatched the letter and roared: "Nonsense! When did I have any agreement with this foreigner? When would I plan to take over Shanghai alone?"

"Jian Tianyi, then how do you explain this letter?" Huang Zilong asked coldly.

Tan Shaoguang was stunned, then quickly woke up and immediately shouted: "Fake it! Of course it is fake! This letter is a disagreement plan for demon soldiers. The purpose is to provoke discord between our heavenly army and make us suspicious of each other and not work together, and then they can get things done!"

"Jian Tianyi, how do you prove that this letter is fake? Is it the evil soldier's plan to dissuade him?" Lu Shunde asked coldly.

"I……."

Tan Shaoguang was completely stunned and said angrily for a while: "I can't prove it! I don't need to prove it either! Who is Tan Shaoguang, others don't know, you don't know yet? You can eat alone and kill people and grab territory. How can you do these things that are worse than animals? "

The reason why Lu Shunde and Huang Zilong did not turn against Tan Shaoguang directly was because they knew very well that Tan Shaoguang's character was not very good and unlikely to do anything to eat alone to grab territory. However, Shanghai, which gathered most of the wealth in Jiangnan, was placed in front of him, Huang Zilong and Lu Shunde also did not dare to believe Tan Shaoguang's defense easily, so neither of them spoke, just watched Tan Shaoguang waiting for the follow-up.

"Don't you believe me?"

Tan Shaoguang vaguely understood the meaning of the two comrades. After being unable to argue, Tan Shaoguang simply asked directly: "Then what do you think you should believe that I did not collude with foreigners and prepared to eat alone? Isn't it that I will leave you alone?"

After exchanging a glance with each other, Huang Zilong and Lu Shunde said in unison: "Please send troops to capture Sijing, Xinzhuang and Qibao three demon soldiers camps, and open up our road to the city of Shanghai."
Chapter completed!