Chen Gu himself was born a soldier, so he has always cherished his soldiers.

After all, each soldier represents a living person, and behind them are families, rather than just a series of cold numbers.

Therefore, in every battle, the first thing Chen Gu considered was the casualties of his soldiers. If the casualties were too great, Chen Gu would not be willing to fight even if the war would bring great benefits.

To this end, Chen Gu could give up some negotiation interests or delay the speed of attack.

After repeated consultations, it was decided to first launch a conventional siege to attract a large number of Qing troops to the west city wall, and then use rocket launchers to launch a saturation attack on the city wall to maximize the killing of the enemy's manpower.

At this time, the army of the Tiandihui had already captured Zhaoqing and was heading towards Yunfu. As long as Luoding City was captured, Rong An would have nowhere to escape.

Moreover, as long as most of the Qing troops in Luodingzhou were wiped out, even if Rong An could escape, he would not be able to cause much trouble.

What Chen Gu did not expect was that plans could never keep up with the speed of change. Just when Chen Gu was preparing to attack Luoding City with all his strength, he received news that Annan and foreigners were attacking Guangzhou together.

The Tiandihui was caught off guard and actually lost the Nanhai County.

I was so angry about Chen Kui.

"Annam, how dare Nguyen Phuc Anh do this?"

Zhang Zhe hurried in and handed a secret report to Chen Gu, "This is the secret report just sent from Chongqing."

Chen Gu quickly opened it and took a look. The news came from various places. Dajianlu was attacked by the coalition forces of Xueyuan, Qinghai and Mongolia, and the number of troops reached 200,000.

Lin Zexu left Fuzhou and headed south, and was almost reaching Xiamen.

The Qing court increased its troops by 100,000 in Hanzhong, 100,000 in Hankou, and 200,000 in Nanjing. Warships from Japan and Korea appeared in Shanghai.

Plus the Annan and foreign coalition forces that appeared in Guangzhou.

This is to gather troops from all over the world to attack China.

At the end of the secret report, there was news from the capital. It turned out that after the Tiandihui captured Guangzhou, Jiaqing could no longer sit still. Not only did he launch the counterattack plan that had been prepared in advance, but he also sent envoys to contact various countries and promised various benefits.

The goal is to destroy China in one fell swoop.

After reading the secret report, Chen Gu could not help but sit down slowly, frowning and began to think about how to deal with the situation.

Zhang Zhe took a look at the secret report that Chen Gu had put aside and was horrified. He asked, "Leader, what should we do now?"

"Don't be anxious. No matter what happens, don't panic. Analyze and respond bit by bit. In the past, we only had a village, but we developed it and occupied half of the world, didn't we?

You go out first, I need to think about it carefully. " Chen Gu said with a smile.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Zhe left the lobby.

Chen Gu couldn't help but smile bitterly when looking at the secret report on the table. He said that if an enemy comes, we will fight him with our generals; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. But in fact, it was just because there was no other way.

After all, he couldn't mobilize the entire China to respond so freely now, otherwise Chen Xiaoao in Chongqing would become a joke. Faking his death now seemed like a bad move.

There is not much Chen Gu can do. He can only do what he can do at the moment, which is to defeat Rong An and then return to Guangzhou for support. At most, he can deal with Lin Zexu. As for the rest, they can only rely on themselves.

"I can't believe it. I originally wanted to test whether the force I built can withstand wind and rain. Now it seems that my test is not a test. This test is the real test. But it doesn't matter. If I can get through it, I will be reborn from the ashes. If I can't get through it, then I can't get through it!" Chen Gu smiled and strode out of the lobby.

"Send the order, Liu Guangsheng return to Guangxi to mobilize troops to support Wuhan via Lingqu Canal, and Fu Hang return to Yunnan to mobilize troops to support Dajianlu." Chen Gu said to Zhang Zhe.

As for Luoding, Chen Gu plans to take part in the battle himself.

Moreover, Chen Gu did not expect to take down Luoding City in one battle. He did not have the time. After all, since Rong An had already discovered that he was in Luoding, he would certainly be more cautious in his defense. Even if he could attack Luoding City, it would be very troublesome to clear it out. It would definitely not be accomplished in a short time.

What Chen Gui lacks now is time.

Rong An is nothing, so it doesn't matter if he is saved.

The next day, Chen Gu ordered an attack on the city.

First, they bombarded the city wall with cannons, then sent out a joint defense team to build bamboo frames, and the soldiers then shot down at the city wall from a high position, making a gesture that they were determined to capture Luoding City.

Although Rong An did not send all his troops to the defense of the west city wall, he still added a large number of troops just in case.

When the fierce battle was in full swing, Chen Gu fired thirty rockets, half of which attacked the city wall and the other half flew directly into the city.

After a violent explosion, the defenders in the city suffered heavy losses.

Chen Gu took the opportunity to launch a large army to attack the city, and wiped out a large number of defenders during the siege. However, Chen Gu stopped at the city wall and did not take this opportunity to attack into the city.

This made Zhang Zhe a little confused. His originally excited expression turned a little discouraged. "Why don't we take this opportunity to capture Luoding City?"

Chen Gu shook his head and said, "It is not easy to capture Luoding City. Although the defending army suffered heavy losses, the casualties will not exceed 5,000 at most, which proves that Rong An still has at least half of his available troops.

With the addition of miscellaneous soldiers from other outposts, completely conquering Luoding will not only take a lot of time, but also consume a lot of armaments and manpower.

I don’t have that much time right now.”

"Then if we keep Rong An, we won't be able to leave!" Zhang Zhe said with a frown.

"Of course, just leave some troops here to watch over him." Chen Gu thought for a moment, then said, "I will leave you half of the main force and 30,000 joint defense troops. You stay here to watch over Rong An."

Zhang Zhe was shocked and said, "Ah, I have no experience in leading troops in battle!"

"It doesn't matter. You just need to keep clearing out the four towns outside the city, and at the same time guard against Rong An leading his troops into Guangxi. As for Guangdong, don't worry about it." Chen Gu said.

"Then if he goes back to Guangzhou, I won't chase him?" Zhang Zhe asked.

Chen Gu shook his head and said, "No need. If he wants to go back, just let him go. I can't do anything to him if he stays in his tortoise shell. If he dares to run out, that would be even better."

Zhang Zhe thought for a moment and said, "If we are only trying to prevent Rong An from entering Guangxi, we shouldn't need so many troops. Leader Ni can take more people with him."

"No need. Quality is more important than quantity. Five thousand soldiers are enough to lift the siege of Guangzhou." Chen Gu smiled carefully.

(End of this chapter)