Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 29 Wang An: No one knows Xunzhou better than me!

Li Yi nodded gratefully to Chen Chengrong, and then instructed Ye Zhisheng to prepare food for Chen Yucheng and Chen Chengrong.

The uncle and nephew set out from Jintian Village and rode at full speed all the way to Shiyan Village. They did not rest along the way and were already hungry and tired.

With Li Yi's emotional intelligence, he would naturally not fail to take care of her.

Under Li Yi's order, Wang An and others who were originally busy with their work were called together.

They sat around a round table in the study of Li's mansion and began to discuss matters.

Li Yi spoke directly.

"Guizhou General Zhou Fengqi led his troops to invade Jintian. The situation in Jintian is tense. Mr. Feng sent Brother Chen to urge our army to return to support as soon as possible."

"Logically speaking, since it is Mr. Feng who has given the order, we should obey and carry it out."

When Li Yi said this, everyone looked at him with a changed look.

It seems that no one can figure out what Li Yi is up to!

Chen Chengrong became even more anxious and stood up from his seat and said.

"Brother Li..."

But he was stopped by Li Yi who waved his hand before he could finish his words, and then said.

"Brother Chen, don't be impatient. Just listen to me."

After comforting Chen Chengrong, Li Yi continued.

"In my opinion, given the current situation in Jintian, not only are our sect's elite gathered here, but we also have the leader and Mr. Feng and other wise men in charge."

"The invasion of the Qing monsters poses a limited threat to Jintian!"

"Even if we go back to Jintian right now, it will only be icing on the cake for the battle situation, and it won't play a decisive role at all."

"So, my idea is that we can take advantage of the fact that the Guizhou General Zhou Fengqi is leading his troops to attack Jintian, and Xunzhou City is short of troops."

"Go straight to the thieves' lair and capture Xunzhou."

"When the time comes, if Xunzhou is in danger, Zhou Fengqi will definitely give up attacking Jintian and return to support Xunzhou."

"By then, it will be a situation of besieging Wei to save Zhao, and the predicament of Jintian will be resolved!"

"What do you think?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Obviously, they hadn't thought of this at all before Li Yi spoke.

After hearing Jintian's call for help, their first reaction was to return to Jintian's aid and fight Qingyao head-on.

But Li Yi’s idea is completely different.

He was so bold that he actually wanted to attack Xunzhou directly!

Even Chen Chengrong was a little dumbfounded.

No, isn’t Li Yi so wild?

When everyone was terrified about the invasion of the imperial army, he had actually reached the point of taking the initiative to attack the provincial capital city.

Isn't this a bit too bold?
But when you think about it carefully, Li Yi's suggestion does seem to be feasible!

When Wang An heard this, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

After a moment, he spoke up to support Li Yi.

"Although the brigade commander's idea is a bit risky, it is indeed feasible."

"As far as I know, the city defense force in Xunzhou Prefecture is mainly composed of the Green Camp of Xunzhou Association and the Guizhou soldiers led by Guizhou General Zhou Fengqi."

"Now, the Xunzhou Association has been almost completely wiped out in Shanren Village, and our sect has destroyed their organization."

"And the Guizhou soldiers also left Xunzhou and headed straight for Jintian."

"Although Xunzhou City is not undefended now, it is almost the same and very empty."

"If we operate properly, it is not impossible for us to take advantage of the opportunity and capture Xunzhou City."

Wang An’s words are still very convincing.

Before joining the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was a captain of the Xunzhou Association.

No one knows Xunzhou better than him!
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel moved.

If he returns to help Jintian, there is a high probability that he will just play a supporting role!
However, attacking Xunzhou directly would be a great success in this battle and play a decisive role!

More importantly, attacking Xunzhou can avoid the strong and attack the weak, avoiding a battle with the main force of the Qing demons. The two choices are in front of us, and it is actually very easy to decide.

Even Chen Chengrong was somewhat tempted.

If he brought Li Yi and others back to help Jintian, Feng Yunshan would at most give him a mediocre evaluation, and he would not even have any credit in this battle.

But if he and Li Yi went to capture Xunzhou together, that would be a different story.

Even if Li Yi deserves the lion's share of the credit, as a military supervisor sent by Feng Yunshan, his resume will look much better and it will be easier for him to get promoted in the future.

But he still couldn't help asking Li Yidao.

"Brother Li, taking Xunzhou sounds like a good idea."

"If it succeeds, everything will be fine, but what if it fails?"

"What should I do?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi looked at Chen Chengrong deeply, knowing that he was unwilling to bear the consequences.

So he opened his mouth and took the responsibility.

"If I fail, I will bear all the consequences. I will go and apologize to Mr. Feng."

In Li Yi's view, the attack on Xunzhou was something he strongly advocated.

It was successful, and he gained the most as the commander of an army.

If he fails, the responsibility should naturally be his.

Upon hearing this, Chen Chengrong immediately clasped his fists.

"In that case, everything will be arranged by Brother Li."

Li Yi nodded and said.

"Okay, now that we have decided on a plan, let's discuss how to implement it."

Li Liang spoke somewhat rashly after hearing this.

"General, isn't Xunzhou's defense weak? We can just lead our troops and attack directly."

"When the time comes, once the army surrounds Xunzhou City, I don't believe that everyone in Xunzhou will not surrender."

Li Yi heard this and shook his head.

"That's too reckless. If you really do what you said, without any plan or precautions, you're just taking a gamble."

"Remember this: nine out of ten gambling losses, not gambling is the best way to win."

Wang An stood up and said.

"General, if we want to attack Xunzhou, I have a suggestion."

"A few years ago, the Xunjiang River flooded and a section of the northern city wall of Xunzhou collapsed. When the government later organized people to repair it, due to insufficient manpower and money, they only repaired the outer city but not the inner city."

"The brigade commander should also know this!"

"If we can launch a surprise attack from the north of the city, as long as we can break through the outer city, then we may be able to go straight into the inner city."

Xunzhou City is divided into inner and outer areas, and important places such as government offices and treasuries are all in the inner city.

To put it simply, siege a city means fighting for the control of these important places. Once these important places are in hand, the city will naturally change hands.

Li Yi fell into deep thought after hearing this and nodded.

"Uncle Wang is right."

"If we can select a few people and have them wear the Green Camp's military uniforms to trick the north gate of Xunzhou open, we might even be able to save the effort of storming the city walls, enter Xunzhou at the lowest cost, and then go straight into the inner city."

"By then, Xunzhou will be ours!"

Upon hearing this, everyone spoke up to express their agreement.

Just at this moment, Ye Zhisheng knocked on the door outside the study.

"Reporting to the kind commander, the silver winter melon has been melted and cast. A total of 984 small silver cakes weighing one tael each have been recast. Please take a look at them in person."

A silver winter melon weighs one thousand taels, but after being melted, only more than nine hundred silver cakes weighing one tael can be recast instead of one thousand.

This is because the silver winter melon contains certain impurities and there will inevitably be fire consumption during the recasting process.

This is normal!

(End of this chapter)