"There are a lot of elite soldiers and strong generals in the Hunan army, Shi Wei 200,000 people besieged Baoqing and was still beaten away, and now Wei Wei has 40,000 or 50,000 horses in Hunan, don't we dare to attack?" Mao Hongbin glared at the civil and military generals in the Hunan governor's yamen and scolded loudly.

Although these civil officials and military generals also bowed their heads, none of them took the initiative to speak. In the face of such silent resistance, Mao Hongbin said sharply: "Long live the order for us to recapture Yongzhou, I have made up my mind, and ordered Zhao Huanlian and Zhou Kuanshi, the chief soldier, to lead the troops to recapture Yongzhou." ”

When they heard that Changsha's generals were not allowed to dispatch, they were all greatly relieved. Everyone was very dissatisfied with Mao Hongbin's order, Shi Dakai did have 200,000 people, and the Hunan Hunan army sent nearly 60,000 people to fight against Shi Dakai, and the two sides won and lost each other. The Guangfu army had only 40,000 or 50,000 men, fighting against the Hunan army of 30,000. The 30,000 Hunan troops have been easily killed by 10,000. If the Guangfu Army had killed the prisoners like the Hunan Army, instead of releasing the prisoners, the 30,000 Hunan Army would have been finished. Of course, if the 30,000 Hunan army is wiped out. It is estimated that Lord Mao Hongbin will not be so high-spirited to recapture Yongzhou now.

According to the inspector Zhao Huanlian and the general soldier Zhou Kuanshi, they were responsible for defending Baoqing when Shi Da marched into Baoqing, and the battle was very good. The officials of the governor's yamen can only hope that these two can make another great achievement and recapture Yongzhou in the hands of the Guangfu Army in one fell swoop.

On March 25, Zhao Huanlian, the envoy, and Zhou Kuanshi, the commander-in-chief, led 7,000 soldiers and horses to march into Yongzhou.

On April 2, Zhao Huanlian, the envoy of the inspectorate, and Zhou Kuanshi, the commander-in-chief, were attacked by the Guangfu Army at a distance of 50 miles from Yongzhou, and the whole army was annihilated.

On April 10, the troops of the Guangfu Army in Yongzhou broke through all the checkpoints to Hengyang, and Chen soldiers were outside the city of Hengyang.

On April 13, the Guangfu Army sent more than 8,000 captured Hunan soldiers and more than 3,000 Hunan army corpses to Hengyang outside the city and released them on the spot. Then the Guangfu army began to withdraw and return to Yongzhou.

On April 15, after receiving the news, Hunan Governor Mao Hongbin did not work on the grounds of illness. The civil and military personnel of Changsha can probably guess the thoughts of Lord Mao Hongbin, who was so naked threatened and humiliated by the Guangfu Army, Lord Mao Hongbin's face could not be hung up.

And there is another more realistic problem here, the Guangfu army advanced from Yongzhou to Hengyang, and killed 5,000 Hunan troops along the way. At present, more than 10,000 people of the Hunan army have been killed and more than 40,000 have been taken prisoner. All their weapons were captured by the Liberation Army. This is nearly 60,000 muskets, and now the official price of a musket gun is thirty taels of silver. If you want to make up for 60,000 cap guns, you need 1,800,000 taels of silver. The whole of Hunan has been almost consumed in recent years, and it is impossible to get this 1.8 million taels of silver by smashing pots and selling iron.

According to the repatriated prisoners, the musket guns of the Guangfu Army were far better than those of the Hunan Army. When you have a fire cap gun, you can't win against the Liberation Army, and with a big sword and spear in your hand, you don't have to think about fighting the Liberation Army.

Of course, this situation has also reassured Hunan officials. If Master Mao Hongbin can't get the fire cap gun, he will at least be honest. Changsha Wenwu didn't want to be sent to the front line by Lord Mao to die. Although the Liberation Army repatriated prisoners, they repatriated only soldiers. None of the officers were repatriated. Even if the officials did not die on the battlefield, if they were captured, the fate would not be much better. With the appearance of Lord Mao's "single-minded thief", everyone can't believe that Lord Mao will promise to redeem the captives.

Mao Hongbin was ill for three days, and three days later, Mao was promoted to the court. His eyes were red and his cheeks were sunken, and it seemed that he had been tormented for the past three days. Without looking at his subordinates, Mao Hongbin said: "We want to increase the income by 1.2 million taels." ”

The civil and military forces of Changsha were dumbfounded when they heard this. In recent years, Hunan's frenzied collection of centigold has led to soaring prices, and the main suppliers of centigold in Hunan are merchants, who are basically reluctant to do business now. In the short term, an additional 1.2 million taels of gold will be charged, and the shops in Hunan will be closed.

Just when everyone was frightened by Lord Mao's courage, Lord Mao gave the officials a new impact. "If it is not easy for the merchants to collect it, then increase the income of the Hunan army's family, and the gentry will also have to pay more money when the country is in danger."

The officials were so bluffed by Lord Mao's "domineering spirit" that the three souls were out of the sheath, and the political envoy couldn't care about his original plan not to speak, he hurriedly said: "My lord, this can't be!" ”

The ordinary people of Hunan are tossed to death by the current taxes, but there are not no rich people among the ordinary people, and they are basically relatives of the Hunan army. The family was fighting outside, and all the belongings they got were sent back to Hunan. But these people cannot be taxed on them. If it is a tax, it can only shake the morale of the Hunan army itself. The other rich people are the landlords and gentry in Hunan, who have spit out some of their money under the oppression of the government over the years, but let them spit out another 1.2 million taels of silver, and the landlords and gentry are categorically refused. Moreover, none of these landlords and gentry have their own connections, they are all genuine local snakes.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon is difficult to fight the head snake, Lord Mao Hongbin did find a rich head snake, if it is the direction chosen, it can be regarded as grasping the key. It's just that Lord Mao's current table xiàn doesn't have the taste of a strong dragon no matter how you look at it.

"Why not?" Mao Hongbin said angrily, "The Guangfu Army can take Hengyang at the moment, why don't you move forward." In fact, when they saw that Lord Zeng was about to march into Jiangning, the picture was that the Hunan army and the Cantonese bandits would die together. When Zeng Daren broke through Jiangning, it was the day when the Liberation Army went north. If the battle in Hunan is in a hurry, Zeng has to return to the army to save him, and the wishful thinking of the Guangfu army will fail. The Cantonese bandits released Hunan prisoners several times, but they just bought people's hearts and minds, hoping that when they went north, those released Hunan troops knew that they would not die if they surrendered, so they would not fight them to the death. But the Guangfu Army will let go of the ordinary Hunan army, but it will not let us go. At this time, if I sit and wait, I am just waiting for death! ”

Mao Hongbin has always had a reputation for knowing people, and it is not impossible for Changsha officials to have such predictions. It's just that everyone knows that they can't defeat the Liberation Army, and taking the initiative to attack is a death, so it's better to wait for death to come. Now that Mao Hongbin pointed out the possible situation in the future so clearly, Changsha's civil and military officials were shocked.

"In that case, we have to quickly raise military funds and make preparations. When Lord Zeng destroys the Cantonese bandits and returns to Hunan, I have to be able to defend it! Mao Hongbin shouted hoarsely.

The officials who didn't expect this were shocked and speechless, but the officials who thought of this were full of worries and didn't want to say anything. R1058