On May 6, 1855, news of the fall of Ganzhou finally reached the city of Beijing.

Emperor Xianfeng didn't even have the urge to reprimand, 1855 was the fifth year of Xianfeng, from the first year of Xianfeng, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rebelled, in the first three years, for the fall of the city, Xianfeng often reprimanded and severely punished. But a great man once said that it is not difficult for a person to do some good deeds, but the difficult thing is to do good deeds and not do bad deeds in his life...... Decades of hard work is the hardest and most difficult!

Although it is necessary for the emperor to reprimand and punish severely after losing the city, it is obvious that with Xianfeng's qualifications, he has been angry and severely punished for five years, which is also out of his ability, not to mention that it was Wei Ze who conquered Ganzhou. From the bottom of his heart, if Wei Ze was blocked under the city of Ganzhou and could not be attacked with heavy losses, the ministers in the Manchu court and the Manchu emperor would feel strange.

At this time, Wei Ze's goal of going south to Liangguang did not need to be discussed too much. After conquering Ganzhou, Wei Ze could go straight to Guangdong. If Wei Ze had enough troops, he might be able to divide his troops and march west to attack Chenzhou. Then divide the troops into two routes, all the way to Guangdong, all the way to Guangxi. The soldiers and horses of the two routes finally converged in Wuzhou, and after opening up the waterway in Wuzhou, the control of the two Guangxi was completely completed.

Xianfeng did not underestimate the combat effectiveness of Wei Ze's troops, he just admired Wei Ze's firm and decisive actions. The troops of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei battalions gathered by Zhang Guoliang's subordinates were attacking Changzhou with all their might, trying to advance the front to Zhenjiang and rebuild the Jiangnan battalion. Jiangxi's Zeng Guofan was storming Jiujiang City, trying to open the mouth of the lake and let the Hunan army's outer river and inner lake sailors converge in one place. Zuo Zongtang's troops did not march quickly, and only after Wei Ze's troops passed Jingdezhen did they pass through Guò Jiangxi and enter Zhejiang. If there is a slight deviation in time, Wei Ze is afraid that there will be some trouble.

The news of the Tianjing Incident spread to Beijing City in detail at this time, and the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan killed the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, and the Tianjing City was basically in a state of emptiness. Xianfeng asked himself, if he was Wei Ze, I was afraid that he would not be able to go south so decisively, and he would definitely hope to be able to reap the greatest benefits in this incident. As long as it is delayed for one more month, whether it is Zuo Zongtang or the troops of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei battalions, they can pursue Wei Ze to a certain extent.

But Wei Ze left a month in advance, which ensured that he was outside the attack range of all Qing field armies, and carried out the southward operation very smoothly.

Since Xianfeng was no longer excited, he couldn't help but sigh. It would be nice if Wei Ze was a general under the imperial court, with such generals, why worry that the rebel armies everywhere would not be destroyed, and why not be able to defeat Xiyi.

However, this kind of emotion and imagination did not last long, as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng had to make decisions for his world as the master of the world. In recent days, he has issued several orders to Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, asking Ye Mingchen to quickly break the rebellion of the Guangdong Tiandihui and make every effort to guard against the attack of Wei Ze's troops. The news from Ye Mingchen is also unsatisfactory, the local regimental training in Guangdong has carried out encirclement and suppression of the Tiandihui in various places, and under the strategy of breaking down, it has basically recaptured more than a dozen county towns occupied by the Tiandihui rebel army.

The British who were guarding Hong Kong were obviously not optimistic about the rebellious Tiandihui, so after Ye Mingchen bought weapons from the British and paid a freight fee, the British transported food, weapons, and gunpowder to Guangdong by ship. The rebellious Heaven and Earth Society was a rabble, albeit in large numbers, and surrounded the city of Guangzhou. But they didn't have the ability to siege the city, and after nearly half a year of fighting, they finally couldn't support it. Ye Mingchen, who had been replenished with weapons and ammunition, counterattacked the Tiandihui outside the city, and the day before Xianfeng learned that Wei Ze had conquered Ganzhou City, that is, on May 5, Ye Mingchen's compromises said that the Tiandihui had begun to rout, and many troops began to retreat westward, and it was estimated that within ten days at most, the Tiandihui would completely evacuate Guangzhou City.

According to Xianfeng's understanding of his ministers, if Ye Mingchen dared to say so, it was estimated that in three days at most, the Heaven and Earth Society would completely evacuate Guangzhou City. Ye Mingchen finally had the ability to prepare to meet the southbound Wei Ze's army.

However, the news that Heaven and Earth would evacuate Guangzhou City did not make Xianfeng feel anything special, and what the young emperor really cared about was Jiang Zhongyuan, Zeng Guofan, and Zuo Zongtang. In the recital, the three put forward their own views on the current situation. And the three of them have basically the same opinion, "Destroy the Yue bandits first, and then destroy Wei Ze!" ”

All three of them believed that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had become a climate at this time, and although Wei Ze was fierce, he did not have a stable territory. At this time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was big, and Wei Ze was small. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the root, and Wei Ze is the branch. Jiang Zhongyuan is in the north, Zeng Guofan is in the west, Zuo Zongtang is in the east, plus the troops of the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan. At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to carry out a centripetal attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could not care for each other. After defeating the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they then joined forces to move south and attack Wei Ze in the south.

In response to this policy, Jiang Zhongyuan even proposed a "half-truth attempt to recruit Wei Ze." Now Zhang Guoliang, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps, was also a thief, and he also had his current status after taking refuge in the imperial court. Therefore, it is better to surrender Wei Ze with half-truths and half-truths, if Wei Ze is willing to surrender, then first use the high-ranking official Houlu to stabilize Wei Ze, and at the same time use the official position to divide and disintegrate Wei Ze's subordinates, Wei Ze also joins the ranks of besieging the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As long as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is finished, you can clean up Wei Ze as much as you want.

Xianfeng was also a little tempted by this construction, but he gave up this fantasy in a blink of an eye. With Wei Ze's ability, now that he is in the prime of his life, it is impossible to recruit him. Therefore, Xianfeng only issued an order to Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, and ordered him to do his best to repel the Tiandihui outside the city of Guangzhou, and organize troops to meet Wei Ze who was heading south.

On May 1o, Ye Mingchen received an edict from Xianfeng. Ye Mingchen already knew the news that Wei Ze led his troops south, which frightened the governor of Liangguang. Since two years ago, Weeser has made a name for himself. Two governors have already died at the hands of this bandit, among which Zhang Liangji, the governor of Shandong, was even captured alive by Wei Ze and sent to Tianjing City. The news that this governor was slashed by a thousand knives in Tianjing City made Ye Mingchen very frightened. Now Weizer's troops are heading south, and in different legends, Weese's forces range from 50,000 to 500,000. Whether it is the maximum or the minimum, the 20,000 Qing troops in Guangzhou are not opponents.

Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, used his strength to finally defeat the Heaven and Earth Society besieging Guangzhou City. Then began to prepare for a new round of defensive battles in Guangzhou.

On May 12, the First Army of the Guangfu Army, which was "mediating the contradictions between the militia and the Heaven and Earth Society" along the way, received an order to put down the "mediation work" in their hands and start an attack on the city of Guangzhou with all their might. The order made it clear that Wei Ze's rear team also abandoned Ganzhou, and the whole team marched to Guangzhou.

The rear team abandoned Ganzhou and began to march to Guangzhou. This news made the staff of the First Army feel extremely pressured, and Wei Ze was desperate to take Guangzhou City no matter what. Luo Xuan was silent about this, of course he knew one of the reasons for Wei Ze's action. Since the defenders of Guangzhou were not worth mentioning, Wei Ze suddenly ordered to move south quickly, which was nothing more than because the Tiandihui troops besieging Guangzhou City could not hold on and left Guangzhou.

As a famous leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, Luo Xuan certainly knew the virtues of the Heaven and Earth Society. If Wei Ze attacked Guangzhou City with them, no matter how much effort the Heaven and Earth Society made, they would ask for a piece of the pie. And they will try to get a much larger proportion than they put out.

Just like the situation encountered by the operation of "mediating the conflict between the militia and the Tiandihui" along the way, Wei Ze's troops rescued the small forces of the Tiandihui from the siege of the militia group, which was almost destroyed. Naturally, these people shouted to thank the Liberation Army for their great kindness, but when they turned their heads, they first wanted to eat and drink, and then they asked for guns and cannons.

Of course, this is indispensable to beat the chest, cry and cry, bareheaded, and grab the ground with your head. Full of words "I want to avenge my brothers in the Heaven and Earth Society". But it is obvious that the Liberation Army and the Heaven and Earth Society are not brothers, and these people of the Heaven and Earth Society do not really regard the Liberation Army as brothers.

Luo Xuan is a person who understands, Wei Ze has proposed before, maybe the officers and soldiers in Wei Ze's army used to be people from the Heaven and Earth Society, but now they are people from the Liberation Army, and when faced with entanglements of interests, they must not stand on the side of the Heaven and Earth Society. Luo Xuan was not angry with Wei Ze, but he agreed with Wei Ze's opinion very much.

On May 13, the First Army, which had begun to disperse, quickly assembled. On May 14, the First Army went straight to Shaoguan along the main road. The troops marched very steadily at a distance of forty miles a day, and on May 24, the troops arrived at Shaoguan and immediately began to attack the city, breaking through the city in one day.

On May 26, the vanguard of the 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Shaoguan. The First Army, which had simply rested for two days, set off for the south and headed straight for the city of Guangzhou.

On the way to the march, Luo Outline saw Wei Changrong muttering something in his mouth, because he had been muttering for too long, Luo Outline couldn't help but be curious, and asked Wei Changrong what he was talking about.

"Don't rain on the road, it will rain when you get to Guangzhou." Wei Changrong replied.

Luo Xuan didn't understand when he heard it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Wei Changrong was praying to God. Luo is 51 years old, and Wei Changrong is only 26 this year. Wei Changrong's very childish behavior made Luo Xuan feel crying and laughing. But after thinking about it, if you want the weather to be as Wei Changrong hoped, you really have to be blessed by God. Thinking of this, Luo Xuan couldn't help but pray a few words in his heart, "Don't rain on the road, it will rain when you arrive in Guangzhou." ”

Maybe the prayer was not sincere enough, or maybe it was because it was too sincere, so I forgot to make a gift of burning incense and paying tribute. God did not manifest himself. The weather was gloomy along the way, but when the First Army arrived at the city of Guangzhou, the sky was clear.

The troops did not wait for the slightest, and the four regiments quickly surrounded the gates of the city of Guangzhou in four directions. The Qing army defending the city had no intention of coming out to fight, and allowed the recovery army to move freely. Just when Wei Changrong was preparing to attack the city the next day, the intelligence staff officer came to report that an envoy from the Heaven and Earth Society asked to see him.

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