Luzhou was lost, and a large force of the Taiping Army broke out of the encirclement of Yangzhou by the Jiangbei camp, and the news of the beginning of the northward movement reached Beijing almost simultaneously. Emperor Xianfeng had already keenly sensed the possibility of the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition, and after seeing these two news, he had already determined his judgment.

But there is no good way to make a judgment, the Qing army in Luzhou is almost the last strength of the local green battalion in Anhui. Hu Yuanwei, the prefect of Luzhou, who was ordered to take a letter of help from Jiang Wenqing, the governor of Anhui, rushed out of the city to Fengyang to ask for help, wrote in the chapter that more than 20,000 Yue bandits surrounded Luzhou to death. And Hu Yuanwei was ordered to bring his own soldiers out of the encirclement. When he broke out of the siege, his own soldiers were killed, and he went to Fengyang alone. On the way, I heard that Luzhou had fallen and Jiang Wenqing was martyred.

Reading this, Daoguang let out a long sigh and simply threw the piece on the imperial case. It was the elite bundle of Cantonese bandits who conquered Luzhou! The two Cantonese bandits, each with 20,000 troops, went north at the same time, and needless to say, the target was definitely Beijing. In order to exterminate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army mobilized a large number of green battalions from other places, and the direct result was that the number of troops in the original provinces was extremely insufficient. In particular, the Qing troops in Hubei, Anhui, Henan and others were almost evacuated. Only then did the Taiping army get rid of the heavy pursuit of the Qing army with a highly mobile march, and the soldiers pointed out that the city was undefended by soldiers.

After the Opium War ten years earlier, the Qing army was extremely sensitive to the blockade of Caoyun. Even if the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps are established now, the purpose is to suppress Nanjing, Yangzhou, and Zhenjiang, which are controlled by the Taiping army. There were simply no large Qing troops in the area from northern Anhui to Henan, let alone the elite Taiping army that could directly defend against 40,000 people.

Now that Jiang Wenqing, the governor of Anhui, has fallen into the hands of the Taiping army, the most important thing now is to quickly appoint another person who is bold and good at fighting as the governor of Anhui. Stop the offensive of the Taiping army. But after more than a year of fighting, the generals of the Qing army went into battle one after another, and they were defeated one after another. Xianfeng really didn't see any generals who could really fight, and just when the young emperor was worried, the eunuch sent in another urgent recital.

When I opened it, I saw that it was the performance of Zhang Fu, the governor of Jiangxi, and a Taiping army came out of Nanjing, and the water 6 went together, going upstream. The governor of Jiangxi believed that the destination of this Taiping army was Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province.

It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight! Xianfeng felt that his head was getting bigger. The Taiping army besieged Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, conquered Wuchang, the capital of Hubei Province, and now occupied Anqing, the capital of Anhui Province, and Jinling, the capital of Jiangsu Province. Could it be that Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, is also in danger? After settling down, Xianfeng continued to watch. At the end of the chapter, Jiangxi Governor Zhang Fu wrote that the nominal prefect Jiang Zhongyuan brought Chu Yong, who was recruited in Hunan by 4ooo, to Jiangxi to help Jiangxi Governor Zhang Fu guard Nanchang.

Xianfeng's eyes lit up, and Jiang Zhongyuan twice escorted the coffins of his teachers and friends back to his hometown in Hunan, so that the delay in the scientific expedition spread all over the world. Even in Ouchi, Xianfeng has not heard of this person's heroic loyalty. Since the rise of the Taiping Army, although he has also lost battles, Jiang Zhongyuan is one of the officials with the highest military achievements. He was promoted from a petty official from a well-born person to a nominal prefect with no real shortcomings, relying on this military exploit.

What impressed Xianfeng deeply on Jiang Zhongyuan was that Jiang Zhongyuan never concealed his defeats. Because of jealousy, there were not one or two officials who said that Jiang Zhongyuan had failed in a secret letter in private. But the exact news they said about Jiang Zhongyuan's defeat was all after Jiang Zhongyuan's recital. This made Xianfeng highly evaluate Jiang Zhongyuan.

Moreover, Jiang Zhongyuan also wrote several chapters, analyzing the military and political reasons for the defeat of the war, including how to rectify military affairs in an attempt to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Qing army. As the emperor, Xianfeng had no way to order the subordinates to execute the content of Jiang Zhongyuan's recital. Even if he is young, Xianfeng is not confused. If he does this, not only will it be useless, but it will make Jiang Zhongyuan the target of officialdom. Although he couldn't give Jiang Zhongyuan any support from above, Xianfeng admired Jiang Zhongyuan's loyalty and bravery.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xianfeng finally decided that if Jiang Zhongyuan could hold Nanchang, he would promote Jiang Zhongyuan to the governor of Anhui. Let this warrior come to deal with the Taiping army in Anhui.

The inside is the most delicate place of news, and many times some news can be transmitted very quickly. The news of Xianfeng's intention to make Jiang Zhongyuan the governor of Anhui soon spread. Other provinces are not bad, but the most sensitive to this news is Hunan.

After Zuo Zongtang held Changsha City, he was ready to resign from the staff of the governor of Hunan. After hearing that Jiang Zhongyuan was likely to become the governor of Anhui, he sighed. At this time, Zuo Zongtang was also accompanied by Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji and other high-ranking Hunan officials.

"Why is Ji Gao sighing?" Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji couldn't help but ask.

"I am the first of this dynasty to open the sigh river! Great! Zuo Zongtang replied.

"Oh?" Zhang Liangji does not have Zuo Zongtang's talent and insight, and it is obvious that he does not understand what Zuo Zongtang is referring to.

Zuo Zongtang continued: "Jiang Gong is a man of honor, and Wenzhi is good. But he recruited troops to suppress bandits, and shocked the world with his military achievements. After two years, he was promoted to governor and shepherd. Looking at this dynasty, he turned out to be the first person! Not to mention that Jiang Gong valued righteousness over profit, and in order to escort the division commander's coffin back to his hometown, he delayed the scientific expedition several times. Today, I lead the troops with scholars, protect the people, and support Sheji, and I am really a hero in Hunan! ”

As soon as he said it, the others fully understood. The Manchu regime was extremely ruthless in suppressing and guarding against the Han Chinese, and Jiang Zhongyuan was a civilian official, and his subordinates led the private soldiers he himself recruited in Hunan, and participated in the public war with private soldiers. In the end, the news that he obtained the official position of the current nominal prefect with military merits and was promoted to the governor of the real shortage does not seem to be groundless.

Within the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were only 18 provinces in the interior. Jiang Zhongyuan was just a magistrate before, and he went home because of the funeral. And within two years, he was promoted from a county order to the governor of Anhui, a real feudal official, which is really staggering. Not to mention that his record is really not to be ignored.

Thinking about this, everyone's faces are a little unpleasant. Everyone knows that Zuo Zongtang has an arrogant temperament, even if he is a staff member of Governor Zhang Liangji, he will not bow his head. can see the promotion trajectory opened up by Jiang Zhongyuan, and everyone can understand the envy in Zuo Zongtang's appreciative tone.

And Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji couldn't help but feel a sense of jealousy in his heart. Zuo Zongtang's admiration for Jiang Zhongyuan is far from Zuo Zongtang's current "owner" Zhang Liangji.

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