Speaking of which, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Jinling, they wanted to imitate Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and continuously sent generals to launch attacks in three directions: east, west and north. Intending to imitate the Ming Dynasty's steps to conquer the world, he quickly swept across the world.
It's a pity that although the generals of the Taiping Army are not weak, they are far inferior to the founding Dukes of the Six Kingdoms and the Twenty-four Generals of Huaixi under the command of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
The generals in the Eastern Expedition did not have the abilities of Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai.
Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang of the Northern Expedition were indeed brave and good at fighting, but no one would compare them with Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan.
The king of Zhongshan, Xu Da, was also ranked at the forefront in terms of his ability to command troops.
Behind him was Zhu Yuanzhang's full support, sufficient food, grass and reserve troops, so Xu Da had no worries during the Northern Expedition.
Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang were in a more miserable situation. They led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses northward, lacking food and clothing, and their retreat was unstable.
When the troops are sharp, they can defeat powerful enemies repeatedly. Once they are frustrated, they will be defeated quickly.
"The home base of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is also in Jinling. In the world of China, most of the forces that came to the south of the Yangtze River are centered around Jinling. With Yang Xiuqing's ability, he is definitely no match for the Ming Dynasty, Liu Yu, Sun Quan and others!"
While Wang Jing was talking to the other party, thoughts were spinning in his mind.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Yu are both the top wise kings in history, and they probably won't come so soon.
Sun Quan relied on his fame in the illusory world to improve his abilities a lot.
The monarchs of several major forces do not appear, but the appearance of a few famous generals under these forces can make Yang Xiuqing miserable... The major dynasties are not the late Qing Dynasty in history.
At this time, Mai Tiezhang and Fan Yin handed the prisoners over to their subordinates and came here.
"Lord, our army defeated the former Qin army in this battle and captured more than 3,000 people. We also obtained the food, grass and equipment from the former Qin camp. There are also 500 horses in the camp..."
Mai Tiezhang reported with excitement.
He noticed Li Kaifang and others, but didn't pay much attention to them. The faces of the Taiping Army members looked bloody and embarrassed, and the Taiping Army members were exhausted after being besieged for several days.
Even if the other party knew about the capture of the East Lake Army, would they still dare to fall out with the East Lake Army for these trophies?
"Mai Qianhu, this is Li Kaifang of the Taiping Army, General Li. General Li also made a lot of efforts to kill Liang Yun this time!"
Wang Jing smiled, pointed at the iron rod and gave Li Kaifang a brief introduction.
After knowing the name of Mai Tiezhang.
Li Kaifang was not shocked because he did not know Mai Tiezhang's name at all.
Well, he was born in poverty, read very little, and had never heard of a name mentioned in history books.
"Lord, in addition to the more than 3,000 people who were captured and surrendered, at least thousands of the former Qin army fled. If these people escape back to Sihong, the main force of the former Qin army will definitely send troops to retaliate. We must be prepared!"
Mai Tiezhang casually said a few words to Li Kaifang, and then changed the topic back.
Hearing this, Li Kaifang's expression became solemn.
Mai Tiezhang is right.
What they defeated this time was only a partial division of the former Qin army. The main force of the former Qin army was still stationed in the direction of Sihong. General Liang Cheng still had at least 20,000 troops under his command.
His brother Liang Yun was defeated and killed, so the older brother would definitely send troops to retaliate.
Li Kaifang noticed that after rushing and fighting, while Wang Jing's soldiers were in high spirits, most of their physical strength had been exhausted, and they were just holding on without rest.
The remaining troops of the Taiping Army were even more exhausted than the East Lake Army.
In this case, Liang Cheng would not be a match for both parties if they join forces.
Wang Jing's eyes moved slightly after hearing this, then turned to Li Kaifang and said: "I heard that General Li's Taiping Army followed the Eastern King and moved thousands of miles from the south to fight, repeatedly defeating powerful enemies, and finally invaded Jinling and achieved great success. They are best at fighting hard, but I didn't know that Li Does the general still have the strength to fight now?"
"Our army has been surrounded for several days, and our troops are trapped and exhausted...but facing the enemy, we still have the strength to fight hard!"
Li Kaifang's eyes flashed, as if she thought of something.
"Does the general want to take the initiative?"
Wang Jing laughed and said: "Yes, instead of waiting for Liang Cheng to lead 20,000 troops to encircle and suppress us, we should take the initiative and block Liang Cheng in Sihong!"
As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.
Mai Tiezhang and Mu Hong had just followed Wang Jing to defeat the army and had full confidence in Wang Jing.
Mai Tiezhang immediately smiled and said: "My lord, he has a good plan. Liang Cheng is known as a famous general. Knowing that our army is exhausted after winning with a small number of enemies, he would never have thought that we would dare to take the initiative to attack Sihong!"
He geared up and said: "My lord must take me with you for this attack. I am willing to be the first to attack Sihong City!"
"What did General Li say? Do you dare to gamble with me?"
Wang Jing ignored him, his eyes still fell on Li Kaifang.
Li Kaifang's face changed continuously. He looked at the faces of the lieutenants around him and saw that the eyes of the Taiping lieutenants began to light up after hearing this plan.
Obviously, they were all moved.
In the past few days, the brothers of the Taiping Army have been continuously surrounded and slaughtered by the former Qin army, relying on their large numbers. Only two or three thousand of the Taiping Army of nearly ten thousand people were killed, and more than half of them died.
Li Kaifang and several lieutenants also thought about surrendering, but Liang Yun refused to accept hard and soft. He wanted to eliminate all unstable factors in the territory and would not accept it at all.
The Taiping Army and the former Qin Army had already forged a bloody feud.
As soon as they heard about the Qin army's surprise attack, several deputy generals of the Taiping Army became excited.
What's more, what Wang Jing and Mai Tiezhang said makes sense.
They teamed up to raid Sihong. Liang Cheng never expected that the enemy, who was obviously exhausted, would have the courage to raid the city guarded by 20,000 soldiers.
The only problem is that it is too risky for hundreds of people to attack 20,000 people. If the siege fails, they may be wiped out.
Wang Jing’s method is really dangerous!
However, if you want to achieve great things, how can you achieve it without taking risks? When Liang Cheng sent out troops, an army of 20,000 people came crushing over him. Even if both sides fought for their lives, they might not have a chance.
"good!"
Li Kaifang gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "I still have more than 300 elite soldiers under my command who can go into battle, and there are also some elite soldiers of the White Lotus Army who have joined me, a total of about 400 people!"
"I will fight with the general today!"
Wang Jing suddenly smiled.
"Don't worry, General Li. I have made a plan in my mind. Let's rest for half a day. Fan Yin... you select two hundred elites, take some prisoners and set off first. Wait for my order outside Sihong City!"
When everyone is talking.
Fan Yin quietly came nearby and said, "My subordinates take orders!"
Li Kaifang's mind was spinning. The first thing he thought of was to pretend to defeat the army and gain the city. But, isn't this strategy a bit too simple?
"General Li, can your elites know how to ride a horse? This raid on Sihong must be fought quickly. If you don't know how to ride, it will be impossible!"
Wang Jing said.
"My brothers can all ride horses! They are just not very proficient in riding skills."
Li Kaifang immediately regained consciousness and said in a deep voice.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you can ride a horse!"
Wang Dingding nodded and asked Mai Tiezhang to send someone to bring the more than 500 captured war horses.
Only when he saw these war horses did he think of taking the initiative to attack Sihong.
If there was no long-distance assault capability provided by the war horses, and he could only rely on infantry to walk over, with this time, Liang Cheng would have gathered his soldiers and horses to kill him!
Cavalrymen win by surprise.
If the cavalry does not have the ability to move long distances, how can it win by surprise?
