Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 50: Too Beautiful Resume

Guangdong is much richer than Guangxi, but because of this, the Qing army in Guangdong is even more rotten, with more double-gun soldiers and worse combat effectiveness.

Guangxi and Hunan are relatively poor, so in comparison, their combat effectiveness is still quite good.

After hearing what Li Yi said, Feng Yunshan felt relieved.

He nodded slightly.

"I hope so!"

"Everyone, go back and get ready. The army will set out eastwards early tomorrow morning. Don't miss the time."

Upon hearing this, several people clasped their fists and said yes.

……

At dawn the next day, the Taiping Army near Jintian Village began to cook.

After breakfast and packing up, the Taiping Army broke camp from Jintian and prepared to march eastward.

Li Yi was riding on horseback. Seeing the army leaving the camp, he quickly spurred his horse to catch up.

On the road beside him, Li Yi's Taiping Army wore uniform yellow vests and red turbans. They marched in step with their legs raised and arms swung forward in neat formation.

Although the entire team was not united as one, they were neat, solemn and well-organized.

The yellow vest here is the uniform military uniform that Li Yi received. Although it is simple, it is quite recognizable.

Judging from its appearance alone, this army has the demeanor of an elite force.

Feng Yunshan looked at the formation of Li Yi's troops and said in amazement.

"Li Yi, it seems that I was right to promise you to use Western methods to train soldiers."

"From the time you led your troops to Jintian, it has only been a month or so? And you have trained your troops to this state!"

"This team is marching in such an orderly manner!"

Li Yi smiled when he heard this and said a little embarrassedly.

"Sir, you are overly complimentary."

"It just looks good! I can't tell its true quality."

Li Yi is not being modest, but telling the truth.

Because he really didn't think that the troops under his command were that elite.

The reason why they marched well in formation was that for more than a month, Li Yi had them focus on practicing marching in formation.

The more you practice, the more results you will see.

As for training items such as loading muskets, firing in line, and bayonet charges, most of them were just preliminary exposure and could not be considered proficient.

Therefore, Li Yi had no idea about the combat effectiveness of the troops.

I’m afraid that they may perform well on the training ground, but will perform poorly on the battlefield.

Hearing this, Feng Yunshan smiled and shook his head.

"You are good at everything, but you are too modest."

At this moment, a fast horse came galloping from the distance.

Meng De'en, a popular figure among Hong Xiuquan, rode his horse all the way to Feng Yunshan and Li Yi, and then spoke.

"Reporting to the military advisor, the Heavenly King has issued an order to order the troops of the Right Assistant Military Advisor Xiao Chaogui to be the vanguard of the army and prepare for a breakout battle."

"Also, we will select elite troops from various units to serve under the command of the military advisor, and coordinate the war efforts. There must be no mistakes."

Feng Yunshan couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and then asked.

"Excuse me, Commander Meng, which part of my rear army will Xiao Chaogui be drawing from?"

Although it was Hong Xiuquan who gave the order to transfer the elite troops from various departments to serve under Xiao Chaogui, it was definitely Xiao Chaogui himself who had the final say on which part to transfer.

Upon hearing this, Meng De'en spoke.

"To reply to the military advisor, it is the rear four armies."

Feng Yunshan couldn't help but frown when he heard this.

He now has a total of five armies under his command.

Among them, the latter army was led by his confidant Zeng Guanlan, who was a believer Feng Yunshan had met when he was preaching in the Zijing Mountain area. They had shared hardships many times and he was an absolute confidant.

The last two armies were under the command of Luo Dagang, who was also converted to Buddhism by Feng Yunshan.

The commander of the rear three armies was Zeng Tianyang, Zeng Guanlan's uncle, with whom he had an equally close relationship. The rear four armies were Li Yi's troops, needless to say.

The commander-in-chief of the latter five armies was Chen Chengrong, who was once Feng Yunshan's personal guard.

Generally speaking, they are all Feng Yunshan’s trusted confidants.

Among them, Luo Dagang's rear second army had the most experience in fighting the Qing court and the strongest combat effectiveness.

Because Luo Dagang's troops had once broken through the Qing army's layers of blockades and fought all the way from Guangdong to Guangxi, they were elite troops who had truly experienced the flames of war and fought with the Qing army more than once.

The fighting capacity is definitely not bad!
But when it comes to resumes, Li Yi's troops have the most impressive resumes.

Because Li Yi's battle achievements, whether it was conquering Xunzhou twice, capturing Xunzhou's deputy general Li Dianyuan alive, or setting up an ambush to kill Guizhou's general Zhou Fengqi, were all real.

If we remove the water in the battle record and only look at the resume, not to mention Feng Yunshan, even if we look at the entire Taiping Army, Li Yi's troops have the best record.

And now that Xiao Chaogui is asking to transfer the Rear Fourth Army, Feng Yunshan will naturally feel a little unhappy.

But considering the overall situation, Feng Yunshan finally nodded and agreed.

"Okay, then I will order Li Yi to lead the rear four armies to report to the front!"

"It won't delay anything important!"

Upon hearing this, Meng De'en clasped his fists and rode away on his horse.

Feng Yunshan turned his head and looked at Li Yi.

On other issues, such as striving for benefits and sharing credit, he can speak for Li Yi.

He is also happy to support Li Yi, his confidant.

But on this issue, Feng Yunshan couldn't speak for Li Yi.

Otherwise, if you don't want your direct lineage to fight, I don't want my direct lineage to fight, and he doesn't want his direct lineage to fight, then in the end there's no way to fight this war.

Li Yi did not hesitate and immediately clasped his fists.

"I will finally understand!"

"Then lead your troops to report to the commander-in-chief."

Hearing this, Feng Yunshan patted Li Yi on the shoulder.

"Work hard. This breakout was a success. I will ask the Heavenly King for credit on your behalf."

Li Yi nodded vigorously.

……

Xunzhou!

A knight with a flag on his back rode his horse through the city gate and galloped into the city.

Then he followed the street and ran all the way to the imperial commissioner's office.

"Urgent report! Urgent report!"

"Urgent news from Dahuangjiangkou! I request to see the Imperial Envoy!"

The messenger knight came to the outside of the imperial envoy's headquarters and shouted loudly.

Soon, he was brought into the headquarters by two guards and met the imperial commissioner Li Xingyuan.

"Your Excellency, the long-haired bandits suddenly advanced eastward and caught our army off guard. The Dahuang River estuary is in danger!"

The messenger knelt down in front of Li Xingyuan and spoke directly.

Upon hearing this, Li Xingyuan couldn't sit still anymore.

He stood up from his seat and asked.

"Are you serious? What's going on?"

The messenger heard this and said with a serious face.

"In reply to the Imperial Envoy, early this morning, the long-haired bandits suddenly advanced eastward from Jintian."

"By the time our army commander reacted, the vanguard of the long-haired bandits had already reached the mouth of Dahuang River and launched an attack on our troops."

"My troops were caught off guard and were taken advantage of by the bandits, resulting in heavy losses."

"I hope the Imperial Envoy can send troops to help us as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!"

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