June 3o. On the official road in the east 6o of Fuzhou.

"The Hunan army retreated at the touch of a button, as if it was luring us to attack Fuzhou City." Zhao Di, the cavalry brigade commander of the Guangfu Army, reported the situation with some surprise.

The concept of building the army of the Liberation Army is naturally "the people's army" and "defending the homeland and defending the country," and the operational concept is to attack, attack, and attack again. If the Liberation Army lures the enemy to attack its own important places, it will definitely set up an ambush. Since he had little experience in dealing with the Hunan army, after Brigade Commander Zhao Di put forward his opinion, no one in the division headquarters spoke out for a while. Everyone frowned and considered the reaction of the Xiang army, thinking about what the Xiang army wanted to do.

Song Wu, the commander of the infantry brigade, looked at the map for a while, closed his eyes and recalled the terrain of Fuzhou in his impression for a while, and then said: "Since the Qing army did not intercept it, we will simply continue to go north." After handing over the artillery with Lin Fengxiang first, let's turn around and talk about Fuzhou. If the Qing army goes out of the city to pursue, we can kill the horse pistol. Teach them a good lesson. ”

Lei Hu didn't want to be troubled at this time, he said, "Now hurry up and go north." When he comes back, he will definitely fight with the Hunan army in Fuzhou to see how capable they are. ”

Since the troops did not want to fight the Hunan army now, the troops marched and continued to go north. In charge of the rear of the palace was the cavalry brigade, and Song Wu couldn't help but complain to Lei Hu: "Lin Fengxiang's luck is too good, and he has to buy a cannon with thousands of people to send him." If you can't sit on the ground and start the price, you will be even more angry. ”

After hearing these resentful words, Lei Hu just smiled, "We can fight all the way back on the way back." We brought twenty-four three-inch cannons, which was more than enough to break the cities along the way. There were several thousand Hunan troops in Fuzhou, and other auxiliary troops had to have several thousand men and horses, and the captured money and grain were certainly not a small amount. If you can't ask Lin Fengxiang for money, then you can only make up a little from the Qing army. ”

"Ahh Zeng Guohua, who was in Fuzhou City, sneezed. Rubbing his nose, he said to his subordinates: "It seems that this Guangfu army is indeed going to merge with the Cantonese bandits. ”

Cantonese bandits are now the standard name of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for the Taiping Army, but in terms of the territory occupied, Wei Ze is now more qualified to be called Cantonese bandits. In terms of titles, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's main name for the Guangfu Army was still the Guangfu Army. The officers of the Hunan Army under Zeng Guohua were also relaxed when they learned that the Guangfu Army continued to move north, and knew that the war had been avoided for the time being. The officers of the Hunan Army are basically scholars, and as soon as they are relaxed, they begin to eat salty radishes and worry about it.

"My lord, you have to give Wei Wei's subordinates a name." Battalion officer He Junxi said. This construction was immediately approved by the battalion officers and staff of the Hunan army, and the Guangfu Army naturally wanted to recover the Han family, which was the focus of the Guangfu Army's hype. As the leader of the literati in Hunan, Zeng Guofan once wrote a special article attacking the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. But as for the text of the Liberation Army, Zeng Guofan didn't see it. Scholars attach great importance to fame, but as a Han Chinese, they are lackeys for the Manchurians, even if these people are willing. can mention the word "recovery", they are always a little mustard in their hearts. Being able to give a name to the Liberation Army and completely dissociate it from the word "Liberation" will make these readers feel much better.

But what to use, everyone didn't have a special idea for a while. Someone mentioned borrowing the wisdom of others, "In the past, the armies fought against Wei Rebellion, how did they call Wei Rebellion's subordinates?" ”

The practice of borrowing the wisdom of others has been supported by other Hunan army officers, and it is best to be able to pick out a name from the ideas of many people that makes the reader feel the most suitable. To refine this aspect, it is natural to first determine who has fought with Wei Ze, and someone asked: "Who have fought with Wei Zhi?" ”

After this kind of brain-only question was raised, someone immediately gave an answer that was not brain-free, "Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji." "In terms of time, Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan, fought with Wei Ze in the Battle of Changsha.

These guys originally wanted to recall what Zhang Liangji called Wei Ze, but then they quickly remembered that Zhang Liangji was captured alive by Wei Ze in Shandong and sent to Tianjing City before being executed by Ling Chi. Such a frustrating thing did not destroy the will of these readers, who are always more and more frustrated in playing with words. Xiang Rong, Shengbao, He Chun, and Tuo Ming'a, all of the big names who once held prominent official positions were recalled, and they were killed by Wei Ze, or were taken from their positions after a crushing defeat at the hands of Wei Ze.

After some meetings and discussions, these literati of the Hunan army finally understood why the Qing court did not have a more original name for Wei Ze's Guangfu Army. Wei Ze's target has always been very clear, and after he starts, Wei Ze will definitely completely annihilate the target. Therefore, guys who have never worked with Wei Ze often can't remember Wei Ze, and they won't have enough to give Wei Ze's troops a name. And the guys who worked with Wei Ze may have tried to create a special name for Wei Ze's troops, but as the soldiers were defeated and died, or became commoners, their efforts were also abandoned. So until now, there is no name that can be used universally.

Scholars were more talented in these matters, and most of them understood the cause of the matter only halfway through the discussion, and the discussion was interrupted. The Hunan army has never had a chance to fight with the Guangfu Army, and just fighting the Taiping Army is enough for the Hunan army to have a headache. As the war unfolded, the Hunan army, which had begun to gradually occupy the initiative in the face of the Taiping army, had to start fighting with the Guangfu army at this time. Not long ago, the battle of Ganzhou was an attempt by the Hunan army to get involved in southern Gan, which was not under fire and was rich in money and food. The result was very clear, the Hunan army in southern Gan was killed by the Guangfu army.

Seriously discussing the things that had been born in the past, these officers who were born as scholars of the Hunan army couldn't help but feel a kind of uneasiness in their hearts, will the Hunan army in Fuzhou repeat the mistakes of the previous Qing army?

Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly turned cold, Zeng Guohua could naturally guess what these scholars were thinking, and he said loudly: "The master is strong and the guest is weak, the master is easy and the guest is busy, the lord is advantageous and the guest is unfavorable, you should treat the guest with the host and treat the work with ease." ”

This is the operational concept formulated by Zeng Guofan for the Hunan army, and the "host and guest" here does not refer to the "internal and external operations", the main refers to the defending side, and the guest refers to the attacking side. Due to the insufficient equipment and training level of the Hunan army, Zeng Guofan advocated that the Hunan army adopt defensive tactics as much as possible. Even if it is an attacking party, it is necessary to let the enemy take the lead in attacking the Hunan army as much as possible.

In the face of the cavalry division of the Guangfu Army this time, Zeng Guohua also adopted such a campaign arrangement, he did not send troops to fight field battles with the Guangfu Army outside the city, but sent troops to approach the Guangfu Army, trying to attract the Guangfu Army to take the initiative to attack Fuzhou. What Zeng Guohua didn't expect was that the Guangfu Army actually ignored the rear and went straight north. This kind of action made another problem of the Hunan army revealed, that is, the march was too slow.

Whenever the Hunan army arrived at a place, even if it only stayed for one night, it would inevitably have deep ditches and high fortifications, and they would not be able to rest or eat until the camp was completed. It is necessary to erect a wall one zhang high and half a zhang wide, with a female wall for the soldiers who fire guns to cover, and the deer barricades are densely planted outside the wall to prevent climbing, and the deer barrages are dug deep trenches outside, which can be said to be quite tightly matched.

Every time the Hunan army marches, it must take the elite as the vanguard and rearguard, and in the middle is the long husband and baggage. And send scouts to patrol the surroundings to avoid ambushes. In addition, it takes two hours to set up camp in the morning, and more than two hours to set up camp before dark, so that the march can only be six hours at most in a day, and the battalions must support each other and not rush forward, and the journey in a day is more than 30 miles. This kind of battle and marching is the Hunan army's specialty, "fighting a dumb battle".

It was easy for Weese's troops to march fifty miles a day, and if there was a need, there was no pressure to march seventy miles a day. The Hunan army's troops out of the city also acted in accordance with the tradition of the Hunan army, and the result was to watch the Guangfu army run away without a trace in front of them.

Of course, Zeng Guohua knew that his subordinates would not be able to catch up with the Guangfu Army, and he refused to admit it, so he took out the battle idea of the Hunan Army's "clear host and guest". The following means that "if the Liberation Army does not come to attack us, we will not take the initiative to attack the Liberation Army again." When discussing the history of the Guangfu Army, the officers of the Hunan Army who were scholars of the Hunan Army and the Qing Army were basically defeated by the Guangfu Army in the field battle. This shows that the Liberation Army has quite a strong field combat capability. Of course, the Hunan army did not want to compete with the Liberation Army in the field. Let's go as soon as the Liberation Army is gone.

On the day the Liberation Army went north, that is, on June 3o, Zeng Guohua received news from his brother Zeng Guofan that their father had died. Zeng Guohua opened the mourning hall at that time and cried bitterly. The Hunan army under his command, whether they were officers or soldiers, took the battalion as a unit, and formed a team outside the mourning hall to kneel down and pay tribute to the father of Zeng Guofan in Hunan.

After receiving a large amount of silver from his subordinates according to the rules, Zeng Guohua had to face another more important matter. That's Ding Wei. If the parents of an official of the imperial court died, regardless of his official position, he or she must return to his ancestral home for twenty-seven months from the day he learned of the funeral.

In the letter, Zeng Guofan told Zeng Guohua that he had signed the names of several brothers on the letter, indicating that the children of the Zeng family should guard Ding Wei. Zeng Guohua officially received the notice, and theoretically he naturally had to hand over the errand in his hand to others, and he went home to guard his worries.

At this time, when the battle was tense, Zeng Guohua was of course unwilling to leave the front line like this. can think of not abiding by "Ding Worry", but Zeng Guohua can't go away by volunteering. The opposite of "Ding Wei" is "seizing love". Because the imperial court has a need for a minister, it does not wait for the end of the funeral system, summons him to take office, or orders him not to abandon his official post, does not wear official clothes, does not serve to govern affairs, does not celebrate in advance, and sacrifices, banquets, etc. are handled by the 2nd generation, which is called "seizing affection".

Zeng Guohua felt that his Zeng family brother was the leader of the Hunan army, and there was no reason for the imperial court not to let the Zeng family continue to be in charge of the Hunan army. Therefore, he couldn't understand and accept his brother Zeng Guofan's request that the Zeng brothers go home immediately to guard their worries.

Three days after setting up the mourning hall, Zeng Guohua put away the mourning hall. Just as he was writing to his brother Zeng Guofan, trying to determine whether he was going to suffer from Ding's worries. Tanma came with the news that after the northbound Guangfu army arrived near Jingdezhen, it turned around and began to move south. If no other obstacle is encountered. The Liberation Army would arrive in Fuzhou in about four days. That day happened to be Zeng Guohua's father's twenty-seven.

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