The inspection in Guangdong could not last long, and Wei Ze only stayed for three days before leaving Guangdong. On the train, Weser held discussions with his fellow Central Comrades about large-scale internal education in the future.

More than 10 years have passed, and there is no longer any need to repeatedly emphasize organization and discipline, and all those who do not recognize the organization and disobey discipline have been wiped out. Although it is not uncommon for these comrades to be angry and dare not speak out about the organization, from the perspective of "clarifying the organization and the system", the fact that they dare not speak out proves that these comrades know the existence of the organization, and even more so the strength of the organization. At this stage, they are members of the parlay.

"How long will it take?" Bi Qingshan asked.

Wei Ze pondered for a while and replied: "The first round will take more than half a year, and it will take so long to prepare these relevant books and top-level training." ”

"In other words, you won't have to fight for more than half a year?" Bi Qingshan attaches great importance to not going to war, and not fighting for more than half a year means that he does not need to make additional budgets, and the current government work can be evaluated in a relatively peaceful environment.

Seeing that Wei Ze did not object to this statement, Bi Qingshan said with a smile: "Just let the Manchu Qing live for more than half a year." ”

Referring to military issues, Hu Chenghe, who was traveling with him, said with a smile: "The Twist Army and the Taiping Army are here, we let the Manchus live for more than half a year, but the Twist Army and the Taiping Army want the Manchus to die now." Whether you can survive or not depends on Manqing's own ability. ”

At the mention of weaker opponents, everyone laughed. For a while, the train carriage was full of joy.

Just as Wei Ze and the others were talking about the war situation in the north on the train, in the land of Henan in April, which had been freed from the cold, a team of twisted troops rushed back to Chenzhou City with sweaty heads. The officer who led the team said anxiously after seeing Lai Wenguang, the leader of the Western Twist Army: "Lord Wang, I still haven't been able to collect grain." ”

Now is the day of scarcity, and it is so easy to get food easily. Lai Wenguang didn't blame his subordinates, he just let them go down to rest. It has been more than half a month since the occupation of Chenzhou, and there has been no progress in the grain requisition, and there is not much food left for Lai Wenguang and the Xizhu army. What to do next, Lai Wenguang convened the generals of the West Twist Army to discuss.

"Let's go to Shandong, kill Miao Peilin's dog thief and avenge the brothers!" Zhang Zongyu murderously proposed to build yì.

Ren Zhu, the cadre of the Western Twist Army, couldn't help but agree, "Kill Miao Peilin and occupy Jining." Behind the back is Xuzhou, which is relying on the Liberation Army, and it was much more convenient for us to send troops from all walks of life at that time. ”

Lai Wenguang denied Ren Zhu's construction, "Brothers, we are a member of the Taiping Army, how did the Taiping Army get from Jiangnan to the northwest. How did Tianjing City change from Jiangning to Chang'an. The fact that the two sides are not fighting now does not mean that they will not fight again in the future. ”

Negating Ren Zhu's construction is equivalent to denying Zhang Zongyu's construction in a sense, and Zhang Zongyu is unhappy. He asked Lai Wenguang, "Is it impossible to let Miao Peilin go?" ”

The generals of the Twist Army did not let Miao Peilin go, so everyone looked at the coach Lai Wenguang with burning eyes. Lai Wenguang felt the strong pressure brought by these sights, and the pressure was even greater now than after the Twist Army learned that the Hunan army had carried out a massacre in Wuyang. For any Chinese, revenge is a very easy to understand feeling, and the hatred of parents is not shared. What's more, it is the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the Vortex Yang area.

But Lai Wenguang has to work hard to withstand such pressure, which is too difficult. In order to alleviate this pressure, Lai Wenguang said: "Brothers, Zeng Guofan is the real culprit, and what we want is to finally cut off Zeng Guofan's dog head." If we can't bear it now, we can't take revenge. ”

I don't know if there is any telepathy, Zeng Guofan sneezed in the spring breeze in April in Zhoukou, Henan. Bao Chao, who was next to Zeng Guofan, asked: "Boss, can the cavalry of the monk really be able to flank as promised?" "Henan is far less warm and humid than Jiangnan, and even in the relatively humid Zhoukou, Bao Chao's skin looks quite dry, and the corners of his mouth are even a little cracked.

"The monk king is not a dishonest person!" Zeng Guofan's words are categorical. The monk was referring to the prince Monk Grinqin, who had annihilated thousands of the main forces of the Eastern Twist army last year, although the Mongol cavalry was also heavily damaged, and the Eastern Twist army was unable to launch another powerful offensive, and the pressure on the entire Manchu war situation was greatly reduced.

The Hunan Army, the Huai Army, and the Eight Banners of Seng Lingqin, the main force of the Qing army, reached a common view, annihilating the Western Twist Army, the only enemy on the frontal battlefield of the Qing army.

But this is not an easy thing, from the captured Twist Army personnel, it was learned that the commander of the West Twist Army was Lai Wenguang, who was born in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This man used the usual tactics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the fullest, they never tried to occupy a solid territory, but roamed back and forth in Henan and Shandong in a mobile combat mode, and gnawed away the small units of the Qing army at the opportunity. If the Qing army pressed hard, they would retreat to the area of Luoyang, which was controlled by Chen Yucheng, the British king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If the Qing army did not pay attention, they broke out of the encirclement of the Qing army and entered the rear of the Qing army to act wantonly. In the face of this loach-like and slippery enemy, the Qing army hated it so much.

For most of last year, Zeng Guofan basically fought against Lai Wenguang, and finally took advantage of Lai Wenguang's food to eat up and returned to Luoyang. The Qing army then began to lay out.

The Western Twist Army led by Lai Wenguang suddenly jumped out of the Qing army's blockade of Luoyang in March and went straight to Chenzhou.

Chenzhou is also called Zhoukou, located in the plain, convenient transportation, extending in all directions. The famous Bao Gong drama Chen Zhou case refers to here. Because Zhoukou has a humid climate and has always been a grain-producing area, the famine in Chenzhou is naturally incredible, which is why Bao Gong investigated this place. The occupation of Chenzhou by the West Twist Army will undoubtedly provide an excellent source of food, and as long as it can survive until June, this is undoubtedly a big granary in addition to Nanyang.

"You made this plan, what do you think of it now?" Zeng Guofan asked about Li Hongzhang next to him.

Li Hongzhang is a disciple of Zeng Guofan, this time he accepted Jiang Zhongyuan's order to help the Hunan army, and after listening to his teacher Zeng Guofan's inquiry, Li Hongzhang immediately replied: "Teacher, twisted bandits can indeed fight. But if we make them think they can fight, we can win them. The rest is up to the bandits themselves. ”

While he was talking, there was a report from the horses, and several horses of the Twisted Army were circling back and forth around the Hunan army's troops. Zeng Guofan glanced at Li Hongzhang and ordered his subordinates, "Completely drive away the bandits' probes!" ”R1058