Zeng Guoquan, who was in despair, was about to order the whole army to rush forward, and the heavenly army would burn jade, and he would pull a cushion to die!

He really didn't dare to delay any longer, if he hadn't started yet, the heavenly army in the cave would rush out first, either sending water or setting fire, and he probably wouldn't be able to get it along with it!

Seeing the big banner on the hill in the east, which hero is the word "Guo"?

Zeng Guoquan's backhand is actually the green battalion soldiers stationed in Changde.

Changde is the directly governed government of Hunan, where there are eight associations of green battalion soldiers, and the general soldier Wang Daliang is quite combative, but he is rigid and arrogant, and ordinary people don't buy it at all.

These 4,000 Qing troops often sent troops to western Hunan to suppress the uprisings of the rebellious people there, so they had high combat effectiveness.

Manchu appointed him as the chief soldier here, in order to guard the pass of Xiangxi into the hinterland of Sanxiang, no matter what the chaos in Xiangxi is, it will not affect the central and eastern regions of Hunan.

This key position also contributed to Wang Daliang's eyes.

Therefore, after receiving a letter of help from Dachong Zhizhou Wenzuo and Zhang Jiajia at the same time, Zeng Guoquan immediately got up, Lu Yuan arrived first, but Wang Daliang did not move, under the pretext that there was no order from the imperial court.

It wasn't until Zeng Guoquan arrived that the situation changed.

Although Zeng Guoquan messed up the Hongmen Banquet and tried to kill Mai Ke and the triumphant soldiers of the Heavenly Army in an attempt to defeat him, Zeng Guofan still blocked most of the attacks for him, and the title and official seal of the envoy he was given did not take back.

Therefore, these met with Wang Daliang. He sacrificed the Shang Fang sword again.

If it weren't for this good thing, Wang Daliang might not even see him.

Zeng Guoquan is younger than Wang Daliang and has younger qualifications than him, so he is given the respect he deserves.

You are stubborn and arrogant, I am still young and vigorous!

You are in a high position in the army, and I still want to represent the emperor!

Therefore, when they met, as soon as the simple greetings passed, Zeng Guoquan immediately took out the seal letter of Qin Cha Xiangli. Crackled on the table!

"Mr. Wang, I'm passing by this time. I just want to get your trust, at the moment of the great enemy, are you willing to save the country and the people, and send troops to Dayong City to rescue?" Zeng Guoquan asked coldly. There was a murderous aura between the eyebrows.

was questioned by a junior. Wang Daliang. is also angry, and the imperial court gave him an order to tightly guard the rich areas of Hunan. Instead of going to Xiangxi!

Although that Dayong is also the key to the Xiangxi Corridor, it is not the only one!

If I send troops to Dayong, and the rebels come from elsewhere and enter Hunan Province, who will be responsible?

Not only will your own head be moved, but the three tribes and even the nine tribes will suffer!

Now you say it lightly, when you lose your head, will you take it off for me?

However, this Qin Cha Xiangli does not seem to be fake, otherwise it would not be yellow mounted paper, which is a royal color!

No one dares to use it!

If you fake the holy decree, then it is not the Nine Clans, but the Ten Clans!

Since it's true, let's keep a low profile, who knows what this young man will do?

Although I usually have no one in my eyes, I can do things reliably!

So, he didn't get angry, but with a bitter face, he told his bitterness for a long time.

In particular, his responsibility is to guard this west gate, if he sends troops, it will become an empty city if there are more, and it will not work if there is less.

Seeing that what he said was also reasonable, Zeng Guoquan also dispelled the original intention of Xingshi to ask for guilt, but agreed with him that he would not need to send troops this time, but he must be ready, and once he needs it urgently, he will immediately send troops to support!

Zeng Guoquan added: "If you don't move again, Shang Fang's sword is not a vegetarian!"

As he spoke, he pressed the hilt of the sword intentionally or unintentionally, and the vermilion scabbard and bright yellow sword spike immediately jumped into Wang Daliang's eyes.

Zeng Guoquan's Shangfang sword, of course, is not a main sword, there is only one main sword, in the hands of the eldest brother Zeng Guofan;

With both the letter of appointment of the Qin Cha and the copy of Shang Fang's sword, coupled with Zeng Guoquan's tough tone, Wang Daliang couldn't stand it even if he was tough, and agreed to Zeng Guoquan's request, agreeing to send troops immediately once he received his order.

Not long ago, he sent a letter asking for help and sent boot carvings to Wang Daliang.

However, he didn't completely trust him, so at the same time, he sent a letter to the eldest brother, reporting the situation here, especially explaining Wang Daliang, and letting the eldest brother keep an eye on it.

In fact, Zeng Guofan has always paid special attention to the situation of the fourth brother here, and it was his decision to send the fourth brother to lead his soldiers to support Zhang Tianci.

Hearing that the fourth brother was in distress, and the opponent was Mai Ke, he immediately couldn't sit still!

As far as he knew, wherever Mai Ke appeared, there was no one who did not end in Mai Ke's victory and the defeat of his opponent, and this opponent was most likely the Manchu Qing.

One of them was the fourth brother himself.

He did not delay, and immediately sent the captain of the guard, Kangfu, with half of the guards, to help.

At the same time, an important assistant was sent to take charge!

This assistant is the famous general of the Hunan Army - Guo Songtao!

Guo Songtao and Zeng Guofan were classmates at Yuelu Academy, and the two were like-minded, especially in establishing Xiangyong.

When Zeng Guofan was busy with the affairs of the imperial court and couldn't get out, he presided over all affairs, and he was really one of the founders of the Hunan army.

Since he went to take care of major affairs, Zeng Guofan also gave him the appointment of Qin Cha Xiangli, especially to deal with Wang Daliang, Zeng Guofan gave him the right to act cheaply.

However, the final order is that no matter what method is used, the fourth brother must be brought back safely.

In order to ensure the realization of the goal, Zeng Guofan sent 300 people from the elite of the family guard to go together.

Ten minutes later, everyone flew away and went straight to Changde.

Along the way, Guo Songtao and Kang Fu exchanged heads and arranged a plan for how to act.

Guo Songtao thinks that there is no time to deal with Wang Daliang, and he has no choice!

Saving lives is like fighting fire. If they are at the end, that kid hasn't sent troops yet, then he doesn't need to come out, just take it!

I've arrived in the distance, and you've already received the letter and you're still dragging it out, and it's clear that you have no intention of supporting.

People were in a hurry, and soon arrived at Wang Daliang's camp, looking at the bustling scene of the camp, there was no sign of preparing to leave, Guo Songtao knew it in his heart.

gave Kangfu a look. Get him ready to get his hands dirty!

He led 300 men to the General Military Administration. The three hundred people did not leave the saddle, faintly forming an encirclement, and no one came to intercept and inquire during this period.

Of course, this is not that he Wang Zongbing is polite to them, but that the military discipline is lax!

Guo Songtao dismounted. And the guards went straight through the gates. Someone finally came out to intercept it!

"What the hell. Stop!" had just climbed the steps when several men who looked like guards came out to stop them.

"Urgent military affairs, Lord Qincha, go and call General Wang to come out to greet you!" Kang Fu replied.

"You wait here. Let me report it!" said a man who appeared to be the leader of the guard.

Then, he ran in.

After a long time, the man came back and said, "General Wang is in charge of urgent military affairs, and he has no time to meet the guests, so let you come again tomorrow!"

"Are you sure you've got the word out?" Kang Fu couldn't believe his ears, and he didn't have time to meet the guests when he arrived?

"Of course, not a word will be left behind, let alone a mistake!" the guard who ran back and forth swore a promise.

Kang Fu also wanted to continue to say, Guo Songtao is gone!

"You don't have to follow them Russell, go in!"

With that, I strode through the door!

When those guards saw it, this was okay, and they broke into the barracks, do they still have our buddies in their eyes?

Come up and intercept it head-on.

Before he got close, the guards brought by Kangfu made a move.

Only one closes, all captured.

Guo Songtao strode into the camp gate, only to see two people inside talking about something.

A military general wearing half a suit of armor and a large horse golden sword, sat there on this side

The other was dressed as a scribe and spoke to him with a sideways face.

Both Guo Songtao knew each other.

That soldier was naturally Wang Daliang, the chief soldier, and that one came out was the prefect Zeng Wenzhi.

The meeting between these two men may be important, but no matter how important it is, it can't be compared to Qin!

Just by virtue of this article, blaspheming is an unforgivable sin!

You need to know what does it mean? It means "like my neighbor"!

In fact, if it weren't for this kid's delayed rescue, he would have tolerated more blasphemy against Guo Songtao.

And if there is no immediate rescue, it is difficult to excuse anything!

"Why are you breaking into the camp!...... Come on" Wang Daliang was furious, and wanted to call the people and take them down!

However, as soon as the word came out, before he could raise his voice, he was taken up by Kangfu and grabbed his neck!

Half of his words were also stuck in his throat.

Then, Kang Fu said: "Speak honestly to Lord Chincha, and if you dare to talk nonsense, it will be regarded as punishment! Don't say that I didn't warn you! If you are obedient, nod your head, and if you don't want to listen, shake your head." ”

Wang Daliang was choked by the neck, suffocating uncomfortably, and nodded quickly.

Kang Fu let go of his neck, took a step back, and beckoned a guard with a big sword in his hand to come over and stand behind Wang Daliang.

Guo Songtao asked, "Have you received Zeng Guoquan's letter for help?"

Wang Daliang: "Hmm...... Roger. ”

"Why didn't you leave immediately after receiving it?" Guo Songtao was furious!

"Because ......" Wang Daliang of course prepared a lot of rhetoric, and it was enough to defend himself.

In his opinion, it is very rare that he can calmly explain the reason.

Where did you think that Guo Songtao didn't play cards at all!

How did he know that Zeng Guofan, who knew Guo Songtao best, knew that this person didn't care about the cards at all, so he let him come!

"Shut up! I won't listen to your bullshit reasons, and I'll hand over the letter of the general soldier immediately!"

"What?" Wang Daliang was like hearing a thunderbolt from the sky, he never thought it would be like this.

But he didn't jump completely, and the last jump of his life came to an abrupt end!

The guard standing behind Wang Daliang is a good hand with a knife, and as soon as Wang Daliang moved, the big knife flew up and directly slashed the back of his neck!

There was a soft sound of "snort", and the head fell to the ground!

Wang Daliang's headless body also fell to the ground afterwards!

At this time, Kang Fu's voice also sounded: "Wang Daliang has no emperor in his eyes, and he has bad intentions. In order to assassinate Lord Chincha, you will be killed!"

Guo Songtao remained silent, turned to Zeng Wenzhi, and said slowly: "Governor Zeng knows where his general army seal is, right? I want to go to these soldiers and horses urgently, and you have a problem?"

Zeng Wenzhi is also a distant branch of Zeng Guofan's family, and he actually supports immediate rescue, but it is a pity that he, the actual leader of the military and government, cannot be the master of Wang Daliang.

He didn't dare to disobey this powerful Qincha now, but he was willing to help Fourth Brother Zeng, and replied happily: "Yes!

Thereupon. Open a cassette on Wang Daliang's seat. handed it over to Guo Songtao.

Guo Songtao said to her again: "Governor Zeng, you saw just now that the ghostly Wang Daliang dared to be disrespectful to the emperor and assassinate Ben Qincha. You write a memo. Report it to the emperor! Be in a hurry. Write it clearly, or this matter will have nothing to do with you! After all, you are the number one here!"

Zeng Wenzhi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, this is not an easy job!

Listen to what this decisively killed, Chincha-sama. If I don't write as well as I want, I'm afraid I'll be implicated!

This twist and turn must not be allowed to be done by others!

"Okay, don't worry, my lord, I will definitely follow your instructions and handle this matter properly! I will write it overnight tonight, and I will send it out in an expedited manner of 800 miles tomorrow!" Zeng Wenzhi hinted that this must be according to Guo Songtao's caliber, and this is the key.

He believes that if he can't be categorical at this point, he will be replaced immediately.

"Okay! I will replace your ability with Zeng Dashuai; Also, remember to give Zeng Dashuai a copy! If you send it to Dashuai in person before finalizing it, let him check it, it will be better, and then say that I said it!" Guo Songtao admonished, and at the same time, he also gave Zeng Wenzhi a chance to be appreciated by Zeng Dashuai.

Zeng Wenzhi heard this, and his heart blossomed, the most important thing is whether there is a person to recommend or not, but he didn't expect that today he was blessed by misfortune.

Guo Songtao, the introducer, is the highest level.

The day has come when I will get ahead.

I was grateful, so I wanted to help more, so I recommended myself: "Lord Guo, I know that you are going to receive the army, how about I go and announce this matter?"

When Guo Songtao heard this, he immediately understood that even if he went to strongly accept and solve those opposing voices, there would inevitably be many people who did not match in secret, and it would be very different with Zeng Wenzhi's help, how to say that he was also the nominal supreme leader.

So Zeng Wenzhi accompanied Guo Songtao to the camp, gathered the troops, and announced this change!

The reason he used was that in order to better deal with the recently rising celestial army, the emperor issued a holy decree that Guo Songtao replaced Wang Daliang as the chief soldier.

Guo Songtao immediately issued a military order, and those who bravely kill the enemy will be rewarded!

At the same time, it was declared that the emperor was not short of hungry soldiers, and each person would be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and he would go to settle down first, and after half an hour, he would combine here and perform the first task!

For each soldier, a hundred taels of silver was issued, which was the idea of a false letter, and the silver also came out of the prefect's treasury.

The original Wang Daliang, in addition to other problems, also deducted military salaries, and the soldiers were very angry!

In this way, the immediate reward, compared with the previous deduction of military salaries, will immediately turn the morale of the military.

Guo Songtao doesn't know much about these, but fortunately, he can stand up for other people's opinions, so this time the right changed hands, and it was abnormal!

Half an hour later, all the soldiers returned on time, their morale was high and their morale was high!

In fact, they brought this hundred taels home, and they were all heroically welcomed by their wives, children, and other family members, and they were very majestic!

It's no wonder they were happy, five taels of silver at that time was enough for a family of five to spend a year, and they could live a well-off life!

Now they are ready to do more and win more awards to make their families happy.

Everyone's morale was high, and the march was fast, which was supposed to be a two-hour journey, but it was a little more than an hour!

Fortunately, these reinforcements arrived in advance, otherwise they would have only collected the bodies of Zeng Guoquan and others!

Zeng Guoquan saw that there were people, most of them were rescuers, but they were not the general soldiers of Wang Daliang who he expected, but the general surnamed Guo, and among the people he knew, only Guo Songtao helped his eldest brother!

Could it be that Brother Guo is here in person?

What a joy to behold!

Brother Guo is one of the few capable people Zeng Guoquan can admire, not only has a very good character. The sense of justice is very strong, and the affordability is outstanding, especially to distinguish things, and it is very good at identifying talents!

He came to save me, and there was much hope of success!

I don't know why Wang Wenliang didn't come, but Brother Guo came, but those cavalry were Wang Daliang's subordinates.

No matter, let's break through first!

So, they moved closer to the east.

Mai Ke quickly calmed down from the initial surprise. At the same time, a large number of people came to observe.

His comprehensive apparatus naturally has farsightedness. It was clear that a Confucian general was riding steadily on his horse and galloping from the hill.

The cavalry should be in their early 4,000s, and it seems that the morale is high and they are quite combative!

Recognize the Guo character on the flag. Soon Burning Maike knew. This must be Zeng Guofan's right-hand man Guo Songtao!

Guo Songtao appeared here. Once again, Mai Ke was unexpected!

Because historically, Guo Songtao has always been a staff member, but he rarely takes charge alone. Especially militarily, it seems that there has never been an independent army.

Could it be that because of his own crossing, this character has also undergone a role change?

If you talk about the people that Mai Ke admired in the last years, Lin Zexu and Guo Songtao deserved it.

Lin Zexu's excellence lies in his resistance to foreign insults, and the sale of cigarettes in Humen has achieved his reputation as a national hero.

And Guo Songtao is different, he doesn't even have the reputation of Lin Zexu, nor does he have such a high official position, especially in his career, although he is always recommended by powerful figures, he has never been proud of his career, and even the emperor's appreciation and support have not been able to let him go far.

Mai Ke gave him an analysis, and then gave him a self-evaluation: It is higher than the sky and not in line with the trend.

For example, in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, corruption became a normal official activity, but Guo Songtao took anti-corruption and arrested corrupt officials.

It can be seen that he is against the whole trend, and against the trend, he is actually standing on the opposite side of everyone.

For example, once Guo Songtao was ordered to go to Yantai and other places in Haikou to investigate the concealment and embezzlement of trade taxes, although he did not have the name of "Qincha", but the officials in the places he went to knew that he was a big official sent by the emperor to inspect the finance and taxation, so he was received very grandly and with generous gifts.

At this time, ordinary people all adhere to the principle of "the right not to use, expired and invalid", and wantonly search for it;

But Guo Songtao is not!

He is still the same, according to his always honest and upright and strict self-discipline, stipulating that "if you don't live in the mansion, you won't be allowed to eat and drink", and you will not be rude.

His entourage was angry that he couldn't get rich, and the magistrates were embarrassed and resentful because he had broken the "rules of the game" that had been corrupt in officialdom for a long time. After arriving in the coastal counties of Shandong, he carefully checked the accounts and found that almost everyone, from the county officials to the ordinary officers, embezzled taxes, bribed public banks, and extorted extortion outside taxes was astonishing, more than four times the regular tax.

He immediately took all kinds of vigorous measures to straighten out taxation, plug loopholes, and set up a bureau to make a decision.

These measures infringed on the interests of local officials, big and small, and they naturally resented them very much.

And the establishment of the bureau has added a new name, because in the case of political corruption, the new gentry of the bureau are also greedy. As a result, not long after the establishment of the bureau, there was a riot in which the businessmen of Fushan County angrily smashed the bureau and killed the new gentry director.

Despite this, the current tax rectification has still achieved great results, with a number of corrupt officials and corrupt officials being investigated and rectified, and government tax revenues being increased.

But Guo Songtao never expected that just when he thought he had contributed to the imperial court, he suddenly received a notice from the imperial court that he was investigating and handling improper trade in Shandong and handed over to the ministry.

Of course, because he was full of ambition, he had little communication and coordination with Wen Yu, the governor of Shandong, when dealing with the coastal taxes of Shandong, which also made Wen Yu very dissatisfied, and there was also a long-standing contradiction between him and Seng Lingqin, but the most fundamental reason was that he was against the trend and harmed the interests of all officials.

These opposing voices forced Guo Songtao to leave Shandong and return to Beijing, lamenting that "two months of searching for money were wasted" and "enduring hardships and hard work to make a dream come true."

Because of this, Mai Ke listed Guo Songtao as the first character!

Those corrupt officials are just captives of material wealth, and their character is noble, not as good as Guo Songtao!

Therefore, Mai Ke can associate with and even work with those who go with the flow, but he refuses to resonate with his heart.

As for Guo Songtao, he can't help but have a concentricity across the century, how can he miss it when he sees it today!

So, Mai Ke also greeted Guo Songtao!

The other officers and soldiers of the Celestial Army did not receive new orders, and they did not know the essentials of Mai Ke's actions, so they still followed the previous arrangement, one part to intercept Zeng Guoquan, and the other part to intercept the new reinforcement cavalry.

Tuyuan Suying moved the fastest, grabbed ahead of Mai Ke, lined up in a long line, waved their hands together, and with a "brush" sound, an earthen wall that spread for three kilometers and was more than one person high rose from the ground!

Mai Ke stepped onto the earthen wall and stood against the stunned cavalry, but waved his hand at the relatively calm Guo Songtao.

"Brother Bochen, I have heard the name for a long time, like thunder! I can see it today, which is enough to comfort the ...... of my life" (to be continued......)