"There is no way, our siege plan has to change again."

After reading the emergency information sent by the Wu army in Shanghai, Wu Chaoyue looked helpless and said to the accomplices present with regret: "We can't fight slowly anymore. We must speed up our actions and take down Jiangning City as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Changmao really seeks Britain and France to intervene in the decisive battle between us and them, the variables of this battle will increase. It is not impossible for us to waste our previous efforts."

"King of Zhennan, can Changmao really seek to mediate foreigners?" Dai Wenjie was very suspicious of the diplomatic efforts of the Taiping Army and said: "Not to mention that we have a better relationship with foreigners and have formal diplomatic relations that comply with international public law. Even if the foreigners can betray us for their interests, what price can Changmao give to make foreigners moved?"

"Don't underestimate the chips in Changmao's hands, nor underestimate the shamelessness of foreigners." Wu Chaoyue shook his head and said, "Most of the wealthy land on the southeast coast is still in Changmao's hands. Over the years, Changmao has also saved a considerable amount of savings. If foreigners focus on these things, it is definitely not impossible for foreigners to buy them."

"And," Wu Chaoyue added: "For national interests, there is no more favorable thing to let other countries fall into civil war and make themselves judges decide the outcome. The British and French cannot understand this. As long as one country comes forward to intervene in our civil war, it will be innumerable for us. Even if we ignore their interference and insist on killing Changmao, it may trigger diplomatic disputes and be detrimental to our post-war reconstruction and development."

The reason why Wu Chaoyue was able to come to this conclusion was of course because he knew the diplomatic experience and lessons of China in later generations, and he did not want to or would not want to make enemies with Britain and France, the two hegemons in the world today, when China's industrial foundation was still very weak. Although Dai Wenjie and others were not time travelers like Wu Chaoyue, they also did not want to turn against each other in conflict with these invincible enemies because they had witnessed the huge advantages of Western powers in military technology and industrial strength, and they were also unwilling to turn against each other with these invincible enemies. So they nodded and said: "This is something we must not be guarded against. Now our best way is to quickly break through Jiangning City, kill big hair like Li Xiucheng and Hong Xiuquan, and not give foreigners the chance to intervene."

Wu Chaoyue didn't say anything more. First, he asked his staff to write a reply to Mr. Wu, Zhou Tenghu and others, asking them to contact him, the cheap father Wu Xiaoping, who was in Hong Kong, and asked him to win over the new British governor Luo Binchen at any cost, and continue his relatively friendly relationship with the British official. He also asked Mr. Wu to come forward and do his best to obstruct the Taiping Army envoys from asking Britain and France to mediate. Then Wu Chaoyue sat next to the sand table of the map, recalling the Taiping Army military information collected in the past few days, while planning and thinking about the way to take down Nanjing as soon as possible.

The calculation result was that Wu Chaoyue found that his army was actually sure to break the city quickly. As long as two of the three continental divisions were used to concentrate their efforts to attack a position on the Nanjing city wall, with the comprehensive advantages of the Wu army's weapons, equipment and soldiers, and the powerful Dana explosives, there was a great hope that the city would be broken directly was to pay more casualties. Unfortunately, if Wu Chaoyue used this tactic to attack the city, the Wu army would not have the extra strength to prevent the Taiping Army from abandoning the city and breaking through. Once Li Xiucheng protected Hong Xiuquan and escaped to the rear of Suzhou and Hangzhou, the time to completely eliminate the Taiping Army would definitely become far away. The Taiping Army would also have plenty of time to strive to pull the Western powers into the water, which would further increase the difficulty of the Wu army's unification.

In view of this situation, the most ideal solution for Wu Chaoyue is to ensure that the Taiping Army breaks through the road, and use some troops to invade Nanjing City, gradually eliminate the enemies in the city, so that the Taiping Army cannot be forced to break through in the city, and then use the siege troops to exterminate the enemy who is trying to seize the road and escape in the field. In this regard, as long as you can find a way to quickly break through the Taiping Army's city wall defense line and open up a stable and reliable road to enter the city, then with the advantages of the Wu army in terms of weapons, equipment and soldiers, there is not only hope, but also certainty to achieve this goal.

"I still have to find a way to steal and cheat and cheat and win."

After a round of thought, Wu Chaoyue found that he had returned to the starting point. If he could come up with a way to quickly break through the Taiping Army's city wall defense line, then everything would be easy to say, but if he couldn't do this, then everything would be empty talk. Fortunately, this aspect has always been Wu Chaoyue's strengths. Although Wu Chaoyue couldn't think of the specific method of sneak attack, Wu Chaoyue did not concentrate the main force of the defenders on the battlefield in the North City, which was deployed by Li Xiucheng, Wu Chaoyue quickly discovered the opportunity. After a moment of calculation, Wu Chaoyue asked Dai Wenjie: "Mr. Wenjie, if you were Li Xiucheng, the banner you saw suddenly appeared in the Xiaguan area, what would you think?"

"What would I think?" After putting myself in the shoes of Li Xiucheng, Dai Wenjie replied: "I will immediately become suspicious when I return to King Zhennan. Although the battlefield in Xiaguan is also very important, it is still not as important as Jubaomen. Moreover, General Qianwei is already in charge of Xiaguan. You are the one in the Jubaomen. You are the one in the Jubaomen who are personally led by King Zhennan. You have no reason to leave Jubaomen and go to Xiaguan to establish a large camp in the middle army. It is completely unreasonable, so I will definitely become suspicious."

"Then you will doubt what I am going to do?" Wu Chaoyue asked.

"This..." The problem is a bit difficult. Dai Wenjie spent a lot of time thinking before answering: "Zhennan King, if the student is Li Xiucheng, I would suspect that you want to continue to attack the east and west, tempt me to transfer the main force to the North City, and create opportunities for you to attack Jiangning Nancheng. But considering that Zhennan King has always liked to win by surprise, I would also suspect that you are going to be a real person. When I really arrived at Xiaguan, I suddenly attacked Jiangning Beicheng."

"Then how will you deal with it?" Wu Chaoyue asked again.

"Respond to change with constant change." Dai Wenjie answered this question quickly and replied: "Unless you, King Zhennan, adjust the army garrison on a large scale, I will definitely choose to adapt to change with constant change. Because King Zhennan, you just moved to Xiaguan to preside over the battle situation and did not pose a substantial threat to the Jiangning city walls in the Xiaguan area. It is not only unnecessary to adjust the army in the city, but also prone to making mistakes and revealing flaws."

Wu Chaoyue nodded slowly. After thinking about it for a while, Wu Chaoyue made up his mind and slapped the table and said, "Relocate my Central Army tent and go to Xiaguan!"

"King Zhennan, do you really want to go to Xiaguan?" Dai Wenjie was stunned and asked hurriedly: "For no reason, King Zhennan, why did you suddenly decide to go to Xiaguan? What should I do here at Jubaomen?"

"Of course, it made Li Xiucheng completely confused and dared not adjust the army's defense casually, and created opportunities for us to attack Xiaguan Sanmen or Shence Gate." Wu Chaoyue replied: "As for Jubao Gate, there should be no major accidents when it comes to adapting to changes without making any adjustments, and only defending but not attacking."

"King of Zhennan, you decided to attack Xiaguan Sanmen or Shence Gate? Is there any reason?" Dai Wenjie asked again.

"The reason is just two words, military strength." Wu Chaoyue replied: "I moved to the Central Army tent and planned to take four battalions over. The number of troops is not large, so it should not arouse Changmao's alert. But in fact, after I brought the four battalions over, plus the eight thousand troops that Qian Wei had brought before, as well as the mobile troops of about 8,000 Cao Yanzhong and the Shence Gate garrison of 3,000 people. On the four gate battlefield in the northwest of Jiangning City, there are more than 23,000 troops to be used. Even if two thousand troops stationed outside each gate to block Changmao's escape route, we still have more than 15,000 mobile troops to be put into the battlefield. Then, as long as we find a way to break through Changmao's city wall defense line, so many troops are enough to determine the outcome of the civil war situation in the city."

Speaking of this, Wu Chaoyue paused and then added: "Also, Xiaguan is adjacent to the Yangtze River. If necessary, we can also urgently draw the navy to help the battle, which will further ensure our strength advantage on the local battlefield."

Dai Wenjie applauded Miao and praised: "The trick of King Zhennan does not arouse too much suspicion from Changmao, and silently gathers a large number of troops on the Xiaguan battlefield to listen to it. As long as Changmao does not mobilize the main force to the northwest corner of Jiangning City in advance, we will have a high possibility of killing Changmao off guard."

"It depends on whether we can suddenly break through the Jiangning city wall." Wu Chaoyue sighed, but still didn't think of any good way to break the city suddenly, but Wu Chaoyue had no extra choice. He could only wave his hand and said, "Take my central army tent first, how to break the city specifically, and let me talk about it when I arrive at Xiaguan. I am more familiar with the situation there. If you take action there, you will be more important than on other battlefields."

Wu Chaoyue did not relocate his Central Army Command to Xiaguan on the same day. The reason was that the relocation command was involved in many things and needed time to prepare. Second, Feng Sanbao suddenly sent someone to report that it was Feng Sanbao's 40th birthday two days later. Although Feng Sanbao himself did not want to worry about such a small matter, the dog-headed military advisor Ding Baozhen offered a plan to lure the enemy and was preparing to use Feng Sanbao's corps to recruit a large number of local people to dig trenches in the siege. Many Taiping Army must have lurked among the people. They deliberately made major events and acted and feasted, lured the Taiping Army out of the city on Feng Sanbao's birthday, and set up an ambush to attack the Taiping Army's out-of-town soldiers and tried to weaken the enemy in the field. Feng Sanbao thought it was a solution after repeated thought, so he began to arrange a plan to lure the enemy, while secretly reporting the matter to Wu Chaoyue.

Wu Chaoyue admired Ding Baozhen's plan to lure the enemy. In order not to arouse Li Xiucheng's alert, Wu Chaoyue temporarily postponed his plan to transfer the command center and fully cooperated with Feng Sanbao's plan to lure the enemy. The reason for the postponement is also very simple. If Wu Chaoyue moved the Central Army Command and went to the northwest of Nanjing City in person, Feng Sanbao suddenly celebrated his birthday in Xiaolingwei, in the east of Nanjing City. Li Xiucheng would definitely suspect that this was the Wu army's plan to lure the enemy.

Ding Baozhen, a famous official and famous foodie in the late Qing Dynasty, did not disappoint Wu Chaoyue. After receiving the news that Feng Sanbao, a local bun in Xiezhuang, celebrated his 40th birthday with great fanfare, Li Xiucheng was indeed deceived. While mocking Feng Sanbao's nouveau riche, he arranged two elite soldiers to ambush the Chaoyang Gate and Hongwu Gate. He took advantage of the opportunity of the Wu army's Feng Sanbao Corps to celebrate their thrilling celebrating. He suddenly left the city with the opportunity of the Wu army's Feng Sanbao Corps to sneak attack Xiaoling Guards, trying to take advantage of the opportunity of the Wu army's relaxed defense and teach the Feng Sanbao Corps, the weakest in the Wu army.

Feng Sanbao's Corps was indeed the weakest among the three continental war corps of the Wu army, but no matter how weak it was, it was difficult for Feng Sanbao's Corps to ambush the Taiping Army without heavy weapons without any preparation. After a fierce battle, the two Taiping Army who ventured out of the city to attack were both defeated. The Taiping Army general Lian Yekun, who led his army to attack from Chaoyang Gate, died in battle. More than 6,000 people from his troops fled back to the city. The Haizong Division of the Taiping Army who attacked from Hongwu Gate also suffered a great loss. The soldiers were killed in battle, captured and fled by more than 3,000 people. Two generals of the Tianan level were killed, and countless armour were lost. Even more than 400 precious mules, horses and donkeys were seized by the Wu army.

After the news of the army leaving the city was sent to Li Xiucheng, Li Xiucheng's face was of course too ugly and ugly. He felt guilty of his mistake in his judgment and decision-making, and he was extremely sorry that he had lost so many elite reserve teams at once, seriously weakening his mobility. However, the matter was not over, just the next morning, news came from outside the city, saying that the Wu army was relocating to the Central Army Command, and Wu Chaoyue personally led about 2,000 Wu soldiers to move north through Jiangdong Gate. Li Xiucheng did not dare to be negligent when he heard the news. He hurriedly climbed the city and went to the city wall to observe the enemy situation.

It was too far apart and there were no valuable situations in the telescope. Therefore, the only thing Li Xiucheng could confirm after observing on the city wall was that Wu Chaoyue's Wu-like banner was indeed strode north. But it was precisely because of this that Li Xiucheng felt even more like a two-meter-old King Kong was in a state of inconsistency. He broke his head and couldn't understand why Wu Chaoyue suddenly moved to the command center and left the Jubao Gate for no reason.

"The evil demon took the wrong medicine, and he was stupid. Why did he suddenly remember to transfer to the Central Military Camp?" Li Shuxiang, a decent staff officer, also didn't understand Wu Chaoyue's intention and said in confusion: "The front line on Jubaomen is already long, and we have relatively the most opportunities to break through in this direction. The evil demon's army arrangement clearly means that he wants to trap us to death. Why does he still have to leave this position and go to the direction of Xiaguan in the north?"

Li Xiucheng thought hard, and after a while, he said very much: "The banner of surpassing the little demon is to leave Jubao Gate and go north, but is he himself with his banner?"

"King Zhong Qiansui, do you suspect that the little demon is just taking the banner to go north. He himself did not leave and is still outside the Jubao Gate?" Li Shuxiang understood what Li Xiucheng meant.

"He can definitely do such a thing with surpassing the little demon as a person!" Li Xiucheng answered decisively and said: "After all, the city wall on Jubao Gate is the longest. If you want to win by surprise, Jubao Gate is the best choice."

Li Shuxiang nodded, and also suspected that Wu Chaoyue was still attacking the world. On the surface, he left the Jubao Gate, but in fact he was still hiding outside the Jubao Gate to sneak into his dog. Then, Li Shuxiang also considered another layer and said: "King Zhong Qiansui, it is best to be more careful about the Jubao Gate. Our mobile troops in Nancheng were severely damaged by the demon soldiers last night, and the morale of the army was frustrated, and the reserve force was also weakened. If the Super Little Demon really came to attack Nancheng again, we would easily suffer losses."

Li Xiucheng nodded, quickly made up his mind and said, "Don't make any adjustments, to respond to all changes inconvenience, first understand the intention of surpassing the small demon camp. Also, from this side of Nancheng, double patrols and secret sentries will be added!"

In this way, he was guessed by Dai Wenjie, the chief of staff of Wu army who was not very good at military affairs. Because he was afraid of Wu Chaoyue's deceitfulness and tricks, he was unable to judge the reasons and purpose of Wu Chaoyue's sudden relocation of the command center. Li Xiucheng indeed chose to respond to changes in all changes and did not dare to easily mobilize the defenders to adjust their defenses. However, the Wu army quietly completed the northward movement of the center of gravity without much action, and secretly chose the main battlefield in the area of ​​Xiaguan Sanmen and Shence Gate where Wu Chaoyue personally guarded.

But there were also things that surprised Wu Chaoyue. When Wu Chaoyue brought two thousand central troops to Xiaguan, before the Wu army soldiers established a new central military camp, Wu army spy chief Zhang Dejian hurried to Wu Chaoyue and replied: "Report to the King of Zhennan, the surrendered general Wu Jianying of Changmao contacted us, saying that he had successfully returned to his old army. Please send troops to his defense zone as agreed, help him gain Li Xiucheng's trust, and regain control of the old army."

"Where is his defense zone?" Wu Chaoyue asked casually.

"Report to the King of Zhennan, at Shence Gate."

"Shence Gate?!"

Zhang Dejian's answer made Wu Chaoyue exclaim in surprise, and there was a sense of intimacy rising. Unfortunately, Zhang Dejian could not understand Wu Chaoyue's mood, and just continued to say: "Li Xiucheng's confidant Ji Qingyuan is responsible for the general of the five sects of Dinghuai, Yifeng, Zhong Fu, Jinchuan and Shence. Wu Jianying's old subordinates were assigned to Shence Gate to obey the orders. The army was divided into two by Ji Qingyuan and handed over to Wu Jianying's two former subordinates Liu Yulin and Fang Youcai, who were directly under the command of Yu Jiqingyuan. Wu Jianying is currently serving in Fang Youcai's army, helping Fang Youcai to appease his soldiers and handle some military chores. Although he could not directly command the troops, some people continued to listen to him."

"It's really Shen Ce Sect, it's really fate."

Wu Chaoyue smiled again, quite surprised at the indissoluble bond between him and the Shence Sect. However, after careful calculation, Wu Chaoyue found that the Shence Sect might not be his chance, and it might also delay his plan to break the city. Because the first point is that Wu Chaoyue cannot judge the authenticity of Wu Jianying's intention to surrender, and he is worried that if Wu Jianying commits surrender, once he makes a fuss on him, he will immediately expose his siege lord battlefield. Secondly, even if Wu Jianying really surrenders, Wu Chaoyue sends troops to attack and deliberately gives him a chance to make meritorious contributions, and may expose his real main attack target, making Li Xiucheng notice that the Wu army can gather heavy troops to launch an attack at any time...8)
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