After paying a sum of silver, Xiao Yungui unyieldingly moved the command center that attacked Shanghai to the church and church school districts. At the same time, he sent someone to inform Hong Yuner, Yao Yuan and others from the camp in the rear, and set up the camp to meet. The church school also cleared a clearing in front of their square and vacated some of the school buildings as a place to treat wounded soldiers. Xiao Yungui's silver was worth spending, and even the people and places were rented.

Xiao Yungui was also worried at first that the soldiers of the Taiping Army would have conflicts with foreigners, but later he found that the soldiers of the Taiping Army were very kind to these foreign brothers, and the foreign devils also sympathized with these religious believers from other countries, and the two sides did not have any conflicts or troubles. However, the habits between China and the West always existed. Xiao Yungui believed that conflicts caused by differences in cultural traditions would always occur, but he was not afraid of such conflicts. Because China had to contact the world, this kind of cultural conflict was inevitable. Xiao Yungui would not isolate China and the United States because of fear of such conflicts like the Qing Dynasty. This practice was not only beneficial to the cultural exchanges between China and the West. Xiao Yungui was confident that he could resolve the problems caused by these cultural conflicts, but his confidence seemed a bit too much, which laid hidden dangers for the conflict that broke out later...

But at least now, the beginning of the cooperation between the two parties is pretty good. Xiao Yungui even occupied a comfortable single room in the church. The verdant bamboo arhat bed is soft velvet cushioned, and the Victorian lion claw sofa and oak furniture cabinet are both imported from Europe, making Xiao Yungui feel like he has returned to modern times.

Xiao Yungui, who was leaning on the sofa and enjoying a pure South American cigar, had given up his old dry tobacco pipe. A box of large cigars was purchased from Liszt's personal belongings, and finally he could change tobacco.

At this time, the personal guards outside the door reported: "Your Highness of the Western King, Miss Zhou Xiuying and Miss Zhou came with a few people, saying that she was the leader of the Xiaodao Society, and asked to meet Youth of the Western King."

Xiao Yungui said oh, stood up from the sofa and said quickly: "Let them come in quickly, come and prepare some refreshments. If you can't find refreshments, please find foreigners to buy some!"

After a while, Zhou Xiuying brought Liu Lichuan and others in. Xiao Yungui laughed and said, "In ancient times, Cao cāo welcomed Xu Ziyuan, and now I am waiting for Liu Lichuan. With you, Liu Lichuan, I am like having a pair of eyes. Isn't it time to go down in Shanghai?"

Liu Lichuan and others were already a little suspicious, but when they insisted on going back to Shanghai to find out the news and refused Tong Qiangsheng to invite him to join Taiping, they are now in poverty and are afraid that they will be looked down upon by the Western King. But when they heard the Western King say this, Liu Lichuan felt relieved.

Liu Lichuan was knowledgeable. He read operas and heard stories and knew the allusions of Cao Cāo’s Battle. But Pan Qiliang didn’t understand and asked Liu Lichuan in a low voice. Xiao Yungui’s ears were sharp. After hearing this, he laughed and asked everyone to sit down. He said the allusion and continued: “What I mean is that you are the guiding lights for me. All the heroes live in Shanghai all year round. Knowing the situation in the city, with your help, I will be more confident in taking Shanghai.”

Everyone laughed together. Western tea refreshments were delivered, Xiao Yungui invited everyone to taste them, but Liu Lichuan stood up and said, "Your Highness, the villain, who has recently defected, has not made any achievements, and dare not enjoy the refreshments. He only wants to return to the command of the Western King to lead the troops to kill the enemy. If the Western King is afraid that the villain will not be suitable for leading the troops, even if the villain is a horse-dressed pawn of the Western King, it is okay. Now the villain is waiting for the blood sea of ​​deep hatred, and only wants to go into battle to kill the enemy immediately and enter Shanghai City to avenge our brothers who are waiting for the death of Xiaodaohui."

As soon as Liu Lichuan finished speaking, Pan Qiliang, Chen Alin and others immediately stood up and agreed. Even Zhou Xiuying, the girl, followed her and started to make trouble. Xiao Yungui smiled slightly, waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down, picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, "The great revenge is irreconcilable, we will settle this account sooner or later. I want to listen to the situation in Shanghai in detail. With a strategy, we will win or lose."

Liu Lichuan and others nodded, and Liu Lichuan even thought to himself that the Western King was indeed calm and determined, and then he acted on everything, not like himself and others acting on their own passion. At that moment, Xiao Yungui asked in detail about the situation in Shanghai, from the city gate, the strength of the city, the gang, and all the time to the yamen, customs, docks and people's livelihood. Some of the things Liu Lichuan couldn't answer, but fortunately, Pan Qiliang and Chen Alin, one had worked as clerks in the yamen and the other had worked as a foreign businessman. In addition, Liu Lichuan was knowledgeable, so he answered the questions together.

After hearing this, Xiao Yungui pondered: "Shanghai is a major customs duty in Central China. After the grain transportation was cut off, the Qing court ordered Jiangsu Governor Xu Naizhao and Susong Taidao Wu Jianzhang to organize sea transportation to change grain silver to sea transportation north?"

Liu Lichuan nodded and said, "That's right, after the Xiwang army began to conquer the two states of Suzhou and Hangzhou, most of the roads to Shanghai were cut off. The Qing Dynasty, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi could only transport money and grain to Shanghai by sea and then head north. After the Xiwang army surrounded the two states of Suzhou and Hangzhou, the money and grain of the two states were originally supported by Shanghai customs duties, but now they have been cut off."

Xiao Yungui asked with a nod, "If you were an official army, Shanghai was surrounded and the north-south sea transportation relay was cut off, what would you do?"

Liu Lichuan and others looked at each other, and looked at Xiao Yungui in confusion. The King of Western laughed and said, "I just said that if I want to think about Qing Yao's next move." After that, he clapped his hands and ordered his personal guards to bring the map of the Suzhou and Hangzhou area. He spread it on the oak table in front of the sofa and pointed to the two states of Suzhou and Hangzhou and said, "There are Lin Fengxiang in Hangzhou and the two generals of Li Kaifang led more than 40,000 troops to attack. Qing Yao Xiang Rong's old demon head and Hangzhou general Du Xing'a led more than 10,000 demon soldiers to guard. This road, Huzhou, Deqing and other places have been occupied by our army, and only one city in Hangzhou is left. If Qing Yao wants to rescue Shanghai, it is unlikely that it will be supported from Hangzhou. Wuxi, Changshu, Suzhou

The city has been surrounded by our army, and the Qing Yao Zhang Guoliang and Xu Naizhao also led more than 10,000 troops to fight against it. It is impossible to support Shanghai here. Jiangbei Daying wants to deal with our army in Guazhou, Jiangbei. I am afraid that Yangzhou will lose, and the soldiers here will not dare to move. Only Jiaxing, Haining, Pinghu and other places in the southeast of Shanghai are still in the hands of Qing Yao, and our troops in Baoshan, Wusongkou, Gaoqiao and other places in the northeast have not yet been able to capture it. I expect that the Qing Yao will use the Guangdong North Shang Navy as the front army, supplemented by Fujian, and the Guangdong and Guangxi troops land in Pinghu, Haining and other places in Hangzhou Bay, or take Chongming Island as the foundation, enter the Huangpu River from Wusongkou and support Shanghai from sea to sea, and there are also possible Qing Yao's reinforcements."

Following Xiao Yungui frowned again and shook his head, staring at the map and said to himself: "Marine landing? It's too crazy. Jiading, Haining, Pinghu and other places are dead, trapped between Suzhou and Hangzhou, Shanghai, without a way out, without food and grass support. Unless the Qing Yao is confident of resolving the siege of Hangzhou in one fell swoop, no one dares to do this. At this time, the Qing Yao doesn't have such courage. The most likely thing is to take Chongming Island as the foundation. The Guangdong Navy will meet Qing Yao in the north to cross the south, conquere Baoshan and Wusongkou, control the Huangpu River waterway, and support it from the north. As long as they dare to enter the Huangpu River, I will be sure to let the navy bury it in the river."

Since receiving the news that the Guangdong Navy arrived in Xiamen, Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang have been thinking about how to destroy the Qing army. Once this navy flees into Zhenjiang, Guazhou will harass, or fights the Taiping Navy, the Taiping Navy may be defeated. Once the Yangtze River waterway is cut off, Guazhou will have no food, grass and equipment to supplement it, and it is very likely to be defeated by Qishan from the Jiangbei camp. Once the Qing army in Jiangbei captures Guazhou and then crosses the river, it will disrupt the entire southern battle.

After discussing for a long time, the two decided to divide the troops first. Xiao Yungui led the partial division to besiege Shanghai, which had a small number of troops, so that this red single-ship navy from Guangdong could be restrained. The position of Shanghai was too important and the Qing court could not lose it. The reason why Xiao Yungui did not attack Shanghai in surprise was to steadily attack the two Suzhous and Hangzhou provinces was to completely cut off the Qing army's passage from land to support Shanghai. Xiao Yungui was also determined to win Shanghai.

Since the Taiping Army in Shanghai must attack and the Qing army must defend, as long as Shanghai is attacked by the Taiping Army, it can disrupt the deployment of the Qing army. Although Hangzhou was besieged by more than 40,000 Taiping Army, the Qing army can mobilize heavy troops from Jiangxi and Fujian to rescue the siege, if Shanghai is surrounded, it will be possible to rescue the siege by the navy at the moment. Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang took the move to divide the troops to fight Shanghai, which was to want the Guangdong navy to rescue Shanghai instead of marching into Zhenjiang, Guazhou and other places.

When Liu Lichuan and others saw Xiao Yungui staring at the map solemnly, they knew that he was planning a military strategy, and they did not dare to disturb him. Only Liu Lichuan was more agile and listened carefully to Xiao Yungui's words, and secretly planned it in their hearts.

"How many troops can the Qing army in Jiangbei mobilize to cross the south? I sent Tong Qiangsheng to Zhenjiang in person to cross the river to find out the news, why is there no news yet? Do you want the soldiers from Guazhou to come out to fight the Jiangbei camp, scare the old dog Qishan, so that he dare not divide his troops south? In this way, even if the Qing demon crosses south, there will not be many soldiers. We deliberately give up the Qing demon queen who crossed the south in Baoshan and other places. The Guangdong Navy will swagger into the Huangpu River, and then we will do it again.

Close the door and beat the dog, send troops to attack Baoshan and Wusong. After taking down the two places, the Guangdong Navy can be trapped in the Huangpu River. Send troops along the river to monitor them and prevent them from going ashore to replenish food. When the navy is so hungry that they are out of strength, those red ships belong to me, hahahaha." Xiao Yungui himself was immersed in the fantasy, smiling proudly, and completely forgot that there were Xiaodao waiting beside him. Until he suddenly looked up, he saw Liu Lichuan and others with a look of shock, and this guy saved him.

Xiao Yungui laughed dryly and said, "Brother Liu, it's not difficult to win this Shanghai city. I want to use it to lure the Guangdong navy. What do you think?" Liu Lichuan bowed and clasped his fists and said, "The villain just understood what the Western King said. I thought it was a fool, and I would definitely fall into a trap." Xiao Yungui laughed proudly and said, "That's right, I think so too, haha, if I can seize those red single ships, my navy strength will definitely increase greatly, haha." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!