On January 15, Hu Chenghe had already led 10,000 troops stationed in Shouzhou to Zhenjiang, and he himself brought the latest information from Anhui.

The defense of central Anhui was divided into five parts, and Li Kaifang guarded Shouzhou and was responsible for the defense of Shouzhou, Fengyang, and Lu'an. Lin Fengxiang occupied Huai'an and controlled the canal. Ji Wenyuan is located in Luzhou. Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, commanded the Taiping army in the Anqing area. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, sent officials from the Dongwang Mansion in Tianjing City to control the Chaohu area.

For cutting Anhui in this way, Hu Chenghe is extremely disapproves, "Anhui looks like an iron bucket, but the armies do not belong to each other." If the Qing Demon goes south, there is no way to clench his forces into a fist and attack. Not to mention that the armies had a hard time managing the local area, and now they simply could not put pressure on the Qing army north of the Huai River. The situation that we have built with great difficulty to rely on the Huai River to go north has now really become a situation that must defend the Huai River! ”

After Hu Chenghe criticized the military status quo in Anhui, the stuffiness in his chest dissipated a lot, and he couldn't help but ask: "What about the rest of the General Staff?" ”

"They all went to Changzhou. After Zhang Yingchen's incident, I don't want Dongwang to transfer our brothers again. Let them go to Changzhou, and I will sit in Zhenjiang. Weser laughed.

After finishing speaking, Wei Ze poured a bowl of tea for Hu Chenghe before continuing: "But I don't know if you have heard about the North King?" ”

"What's wrong with the North King?" Hu Chenghe asked in surprise.

After Wei Ze finished telling the matter of how the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing had organized the Northern King Wei Changhui, Hu Chenghe fell into a speechless state with the teacup. After a long while, Hu Chenghe slowly said: "If the king of the north is guilty, the king of the east will kill the king of the north with a knife, and that's fine." But Dongwang is too bullying to do this! ”

"What does the East King want to do, that's the East King's business. We can't do it. All we can do is not touch this mold ourselves! Weese replied.

At this time, Hu Chenghe's face couldn't help but change, "Chief of General Staff, do you mean that the East King will not be able to attack me?" ”

Wei Ze shook his head, "What is the East King going to do, who of us can stop it?" I want to tell you, if you think Dongwang's arrangement in Anhui is inappropriate, you just know it yourself, but don't go out and talk nonsense. Dongwang has his own ideas about Anhui's arrangement. If you don't care what the king thinks, just follow your thoughts. If the king of the east thinks that you are cutting his face, what are you going to do at that time? ”

"But I didn't want to cut the face of the East King!" Hu Chenghe immediately retorted.

Wei Ze smiled and asked Hu Chenghe to take a sip of tea first, and then continued: "You! What you think, that's your thing. If what you say is put in our General Staff, there is no problem at all. But Dongwang did not have a general staff, and he had his own arrangements when he thought about problems. There was a hole in the wall, and the king of the east cut down the stool with a knife and blocked the hole with the surface of the stool. You're a carpenter, and from a carpenter's point of view, cutting a stool isn't cost-effective. You said that it was not appropriate for the king of the east to cut the stool, and that it should be blocked with a wooden plank. And if the East King wanted to cut the stool in the first place, and you said that your words were in the ears of the East King, what would he think of you? ”

This analogy is extremely straightforward, and Hu Cheng and Si Si fully understood what Wei Ze meant. Although he was still struggling in his heart, Hu Chenghe finally said, "Chief of the General Staff, I understand." I won't say a word about what the East King did! ”

"That's good!" Wei Ze saw that the goal was achieved, and said with relief.

But even though Hu Chenghe knew this, he was still not completely convinced, and he couldn't help but say again: "Chief of General Staff, can't you even tell the truth?" ”

"We have the General Staff, and we can certainly say that when we discuss it ourselves. Now that I am the Chief of the General Staff, I naturally have to let everyone speak, I have to let everyone say what they think. But I am also the chief of the general staff now, so I sue you for the reason of protecting everyone's safety, Hu Cheng and the inspector, without the order of the general staff, you are not allowed to mention a word of the king of the east. All you have to do is be accountable to me! Something you listen to me! Got it? At this point, Weese's tone had become stern.

Seeing Wei Ze's high-pressure attitude, Hu Chenghe replied weakly: "Yes!" ”

"Excellent! There is another matter, don't call me Chief of General Staff for the time being, call me King Qi. Don't let outsiders think we're making our own claims! Weeser ordered.

After settling Hu Chenghe, Wei Ze finally put his mind at ease. At this time, Wei Ze's troops had all reached the south of the Yangtze River, and he no longer had to worry about the transfer of troops, he waited for the order of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, on the transfer of troops stationed in Zhenjiang. As soon as the new troops arrived, Wei Ze immediately led the troops to Changzhou.

On January 16, Wei Ze finally received an order from Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East. In the order, Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, sent Prime Minister Zeng Lichang to take charge of the defense of Zhenjiang and Changzhou, while Wei Ze's troops were transferred to Wuhu Tianmen Mountain, which is the East and West Liang Mountain, to the west of Tianjing City.

In addition to the troop transfer, Yang Xiuqing ordered Wei Ze to enter Beijing immediately. This made Wei Ze puzzled, what happened to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River that made Yang Xiuqing respond like this? Of course, Wei Ze knew about the Hunan army, but when did the Hunan army become so good when he put more than 40,000 troops in Tianmen Mountain for defense?

Yang Xiuqing had a will, and Wei Ze did not dare to disobey it, in addition to ordering the troops to move westward, Wei Ze immediately rushed from Zhenjiang to Tianjing City. As soon as Wei Ze entered the meeting hall of the Dongwang Mansion, he saw Shi Dakai, Hu Yihuang, the king of Yu, and Luo Xuan, the prime minister of Dongguanzheng, who were already sitting inside.

After Wei Ze saluted and sat down, Yang Xiuqing immediately ordered: "Since the King of Qi has arrived, the Wing King will now take King Yu and Luo Xuan to Hukou to fight with Zeng Demon Head!" ”

Shi Dakai listened to Yang Xiuqing's order, and said cautiously: "The King of Qiqi East is nine thousand years old, and the younger brother thinks that the King of Qi can also lead the troops to the rescue." ”

Wei Ze didn't expect Shi Dakai to throw himself out directly, and he was shocked. He thought to himself, don't Yang Xiuqing really want to let himself go to war with Zeng Guofan, right? And after thinking about it, the winged king Shi Dakai has fought several wars with Zeng Guofan in history, and Yang Xiuqing should still appoint Shi Dakai to fight.

looked up at Yang Xiuqing, but saw that Yang Xiuqing's eyes were dark and his complexion was not very good, so Wei Ze couldn't see Yang Xiuqing's expression. At this time, I heard Yang Xiuqing ask, "King Qi, what are you going to do?" ”

Wei Ze didn't understand what these people had discussed before, and when he heard this sudden question, Wei Ze thought for a while before replying: "The subordinate is only ordered by the king of Dong. What the king of the east asks his subordinates to do, the subordinates will naturally obey. However, there is no water army under the subordinate, and the second does not know how to fight water battles, and he is even less familiar with the lake. Let his subordinates go to Hukou, and his subordinates are only afraid that they will ruin the affairs of the East King. ”

Yang Xiuqing listened to Wei Ze's words, and a satisfied look appeared on his face. Weeser didn't know if he was satisfied with Weese's attitude or with what Weeser had stated. "Wing King, King Qi doesn't understand the water army, but you can fight more water battles than him. You'll have to go this time! ”

Shi Dakai felt relieved after listening to Yang Xiuqing's words, and he hurriedly replied: "Little brother obeys the will of the East King!" ”

Seeing Shi Dakai's reaction like this, Wei Ze's heart moved. It seems that the encounter of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, made the winged king Shi Dakai also cautious and trembling.

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