"Big brother, should we march to Anqing, or should we go after Shi Rebellion?" Zeng Guoquan said to Zeng Guofan very seriously.

On January 24, 1859, Zeng Guofan finally agreed to the imperial court's order to "seize love" and returned to the mountain. At this time, Hu Linyi, the governor of Hubei, went home to guard Ding because of the death of his mother. Emperor Xianfeng appointed Zeng Guofan as the governor of Hubei and took charge of the task of fighting against the Taiping army.

Zeng Guofan's strategy has always been very clear, with the Yangtze River waterway as the core, the troops along the Yangtze River to seize the key points of the Taiping army one by one, and finally attack the Tianjing City. After pulling out Jiujiang, there is now only one point left to enter Tianjing City, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and that is Anqing.

Anqing is the capital of Anhui Province, but when Wei Ze attacked Anhui, he handed Anqing to Qin Rigang sent by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, and led his troops to Luzhou. In addition, Yang Xiuqing directly controlled the actual control of southern Anhui and Anqing, and Luzhou gradually became the core of the Huainan region of Anhui in the strategy of the Taiping Army. At this time, the war was raging, the Yangtze River trade route was interrupted, and Anqing became a relatively simple military fortress.

If you want to attack Tianjing City, you must take Anqing, which is something that Zeng Guofan and others have decided. However, when Zeng Guofan was worried, the battle situation changed greatly. Shi Dakai's attack on Zhejiang failed, and his attack on Fujian failed again. He could only lead his troops to the south of Jiangxi. There was no way to feed the 200,000 troops under Shi Dakai in southern Jiangxi, so Shi Dakai turned westward and was about to enter Hunan.

"No!" Zeng Guofan immediately vetoed, "What the Cantonese bandits are best at is to oppose the guest, they have no fixed place, they come and go like the wind, we are chasing the Cantonese bandits, when can we destroy them?" That's why I decided on the strategy of 'knowing the host and the object'. We must let the Cantonese bandits attack our army by themselves. Lao Jiu, you are nicknamed Iron Bucket, how can you say such foolish things? ”

Zeng Guofan personally led his troops to fight, that is, every battle must be lost, but when formulating the principle of campaign level, it was not necessary to have two brushes, but to have the ability to have four or five brushes. In response to the Taiping Army's campaign methods, he can also propose-for-tat campaign methods to deal with them.

Zeng Guoquan didn't mean to oppose the eldest brother, he just continued to explain: "At this time, Shi Rebellion has been defeated repeatedly, and this time he is trying to enter Hunan in vain, if our army is outflanked from behind, Shi Rebellion will be defeated." After slaying the Cantonese bandit giants, we can attack Jiangning with all our hearts. ”

"I'll wait to pursue Shi Rebellion, or Shi Rebellion will take the initiative to attack our army, which is better?" Zeng Guofan asked.

Zeng Guoquan was stunned, then lowered his head, "It's still the eldest brother who is right!" ”

After unifying the strategic objectives internally, Zeng Guofan continued: "This time our army attacks Anqing, Jiang Zhongyuan will also do his best to attack Shouzhou. Once Shouzhou is breached, it will be able to continue to march to Lu'an and Tongcheng, and besiege Anqing with our army. As soon as Anqing was broken, our two armies captured Luzhou again. The situation is settled. ”

"Big brother, do you want to share the credit with Jiang Zhongyuan?" Zeng Guoquan immediately asked.

On this reasonable question, Zeng Guofan explained in a gentle tone: "There are at least 100,000 Cantonese bandits in Anhui, all of whom are old thieves and very fierce. If Jiang Zhongyuan can't break Shouzhou, we will have to attack Anqing by ourselves, which will definitely be difficult. And fighting with Jiang Zhongyuan, do you have anything you can't trust? ”

Jiang Zhongyuan was an outstanding representative of the landlord class in the two lakes, and set a precedent for the landlords to train their armed forces and promote them to governor through military merits. It is not only the benchmark admired by the local armed forces in recent years, but also the ancestor of the Hunan army, the Huai army, and the Chu army that came out of Hunan. Moreover, when Zeng Guofan and Jiang Zhongyuan were in the capital, Jiang Zhongyuan lived in Zeng Guofan's mansion. The two had an excellent personal relationship, and they also exchanged letters very closely in recent years. There are many strategic considerations, and the two discuss them first, and then play them to the court. Zeng Guoquan said that the future merit, this may be born. However, at this time, Zeng Guofan's Hunan army and Jiang Zhongyuan's Huai army were not only completely identical in attacking the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also close political allies.

Zeng Guoquan is standing in the identity of a general, worried about the distribution of military merits in the future. He didn't deliberately go against Zeng Guofan, let alone have any ill will towards Jiang Zhongyuan, but his identity must raise such a question, and it was obviously inappropriate for other generals to raise this question. Since Zeng Guofan had set the tone, Zeng Guoquan looked at the generals around him and had no intention of objecting, so he replied: "Just listen to the eldest brother." ”

The entire military conference decided the future operational direction of the Hunan army and the cooperation between the Hunan army and friendly forces. However, this issue was only discussed, and there was not a single mention of the imperial court, Wei Ze of Liangguang, and the military meeting of the Hunan army, as if there was no zài on these two sides.

Just when the three armies of the Hunan Army, the Huai Army, and the Chu Army all determined the direction of future development and began to implement it. The meeting in the Governor's Mansion of the Restoration of Liangguang did not react so quickly. This is not because there is a problem with the Army's ability to consider strategically or decisively, but because there are too many strategic issues for the Army to consider, and it needs considerable consideration to straighten out these issues.

"Governor! Not enough iron ore! Pang Congcong, political commissar of the Guangdong Iron and Steel Company, raised a question. This is not the first time Pang Congcong has raised this issue, since 1858, the Governor's Mansion has faced the dilemma of insufficient iron ore and coal mines. But even if this issue is so important, Pang Congcong's words have attracted the "attention" of some representatives of the Governor's Office.

Pang Congcong is a female member of the Restoration Society, and in the Restoration Governor's Mansion, Wei Ze is particularly promoting women. Not only did Pang Congcong become the national representative, but Luo Xuan's wife, Su Sanniang, whose child was less than two years old, was still elected as the national representative. Of the 81 national delegates to the Restoration Society, six were women. As the political commissar of Guangdong Iron and Steel Company, Pang Congcong is one of the first people who can participate in important economic meetings.

Pang Congcong left an Audrey? Hepburn's appearance is short. This short is one of the three general feminine types of the Governor's Mansion, and it is convenient to fit the head into the work hat. Another type of woman who works in a factory has bangs in the front and a short ponytail in the back, so that you can tie your head well, tuck it into a hat, or tie it up with a net. The women who worked in the administrative department were the "children's flower heads" of the Weize era, and they were all short before and after.

And Pang Congcong has a baby face and has such a cute shape, which makes people think that she has not reached the age of sixteen. This kind of childlike feeling, and the identity of a woman, often make everyone unable to take her proposal seriously.

But this proposal is really too important, at least the representatives of the steel group are nodding their heads. There are many iron-smelting shops in this area of Foshan, and there are nearly 10,000 employees in iron smelting and iron products processing. The Guangfujun originally felt that these people were competitors, but reality also proved that these people were indeed competitors. However, after they failed in the competition, they were absorbed into the iron and steel enterprises of the Guangfu Army, or obediently became the peripheral iron products processing peripheral workshops of the iron and steel enterprises.

Not to mention 10,000 people, in this era when there is no computer control, it is very easy for a capital- and labor-intensive enterprise like the steel center to provide 50,000 or 60,000 jobs. The current iron and steel enterprises and peripheral workshops of the Governor's Mansion have provided nearly 20,000 jobs. In order for these 20,000 people to be able to get to work normally, the amount of iron ore and coal needed is huge.

In the 21st century, China's ports are full of iron ore and coal imported from abroad, and foreign countries are screaming that China will import more raw materials. Therefore, Wei Ze himself has invested a lot of effort in establishing a prospecting system, but deep down he really does not have such a strong sense of mining crisis.

However, the reality of the industrial exhibition made Wei Ze's subordinates make this urgent request first, especially when a female representative, who was perhaps less than sixteen years old, repeatedly emphasized this issue with a stern expression and an anxious tone, Wei Ze even felt a little funny.

This issue has also been discussed before, there were open-pit iron mines in the Shaoguan area, and four or five thousand of the nearly 20,000 iron and steel enterprise workers in the Guangfu Governor's Mansion were miners. However, there are not enough coal mines in Guangdong, and if you want to solve the coal problem nearby, the target is Chenzhou, Hunan, where Wei Ze once fought.

Chenzhou is located at the confluence of the waters of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, and there are waterways to use. There are coal mines in Daozhou in the west of Chenzhou, and a few years ago, the Taiping army recruited and formed an earthen camp in the Chenzhou area of Daozhou to attack and blast the city wall, which was composed of miners in Daozhou and Chenzhou.

Of course, the Guangfu Army knew Chenzhou's specialties, and as long as they began to build an industrial system, they could comprehend many things on their own without Wei Ze's special teaching. For example, the Guangfu Army completely understood one thing, if it wants to obtain raw materials without restrictions, it must control the origin of raw materials.

Wei Ze looked at everyone with a smile like Maitreya Buddha, Pang Cong was smart and misunderstood what Wei Ze meant, she couldn't help but slap the table and shout: "Dudu! We've got to knock it down!! ”

Seeing that Pang Congcong's doll had an extremely serious expression on his face, Wei Ze couldn't hold back any longer, covered his face and laughed. The other comrades felt that this "little girl" was too murderous, which really did not match her appearance and temperament, and Wei Ze took the lead in laughing, so everyone in the conference room burst into laughter.

Pang Congcong's eyes were red, and tears were dripping in his eyes. However, she was resolute, and she couldn't hold back her crying in the rather good-natured laughter of everyone.

Wei Ze saw that Pang Congcong was about to cry, he hurriedly suppressed his laughter and scolded: "Don't laugh!" ”

When the laughter subsided a little, Wei Ze Zhengse said to Pang Congcong: "Comrade Pang Congcong, if I didn't hold back my laughter just now and let you misunderstand that I was laughing at you, then I will formally apologize to you." I didn't mean to laugh at you at all! I just think it's gratifying that people are aware of this process of industrialization. You know what the problem is, and you've figured out how to solve it! This is very good, it shows that Comrade Pang Congcong is an excellent talent and an excellent member of the Liberation Association! ”

Pang Congcong listened to Wei Ze's seriousness, and publicly said the words of apology, and the feeling of grievance also subsided a lot. However, she listened to Weeser continue: "But, we need to have a comprehensive discussion about the war. It's a time-consuming discussion, but once the plan is made, we'll follow through! ”

Hearing that Wei Ze meant that he would not send troops immediately, Pang Congcong's face became a little ugly again, and she said, "Dudu, we really don't have much inventory." New iron-making furnaces have been built, and the comrades of the troops are clamoring for us to supply weapons as soon as possible. ”

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