Wei Ze felt that he had hit the Qing army hard, and with the behavior of the Qing army, he should not hit his head again after the head was bled out. Unexpectedly, from January 15, the commanders of the Qing army such as Hechun and Changlu stationed in the east of the city actually joined forces to launch an attack.

The Qing army dispatched tens of thousands of horses, and Wei Ze's 5,000 troops also poured out, and the two sides started a big battle near the school grounds. The battle ended in victory for Weese's forces, as the Taiping army finally occupied the battlefield and the Qing army eventually left more than 3,600 corpses near the school grounds.

However, after the war, Wei Ze's face was gloomy and frightening. The troops of the two pawns of the 5th Division were disrupted by the sudden appearance of horse teams during the battle, and the troops were routed. Seeing that there was a gap, the Qing army also began to attack here. Fortunately, Wei Ze immediately ordered the two troops next to him to move a counter-charge and block the Qing army behind. At the same time, the reserves were urgently put into reserve to encircle and annihilate the Qing cavalry that rushed into the Taiping army's array.

Even though the battle was not lost in the end, the original plan was thrown into disarray, and the casualties rose sharply. Wei Ze's troops lost more than 100 dead in the first battle, plus more than 200 wounded, even if the Qing army's casualties were ten times more than Wei Ze's casualties, they could not calm Wei Ze's anger.

Not only was Weezer annoyed, but the General Staff also had a gloomy face. More than 300 casualties were no joke for a team of 5,000 people. Since everyone followed Wei Ze and led the army to the present, the total casualties in all battles have not exceeded 800. In particular, the front of the troops with two pawns was actually broken, which was something that had never happened before.

The commanders of the other four divisions knew that the responsibility was not on their own, and although they were relaxed in their hearts, they also knew that this time Wei Ze was only afraid of disposing of people. They didn't dare to show their joy after the victory. As for Lei Hu, the commander of the Fifth Division, he lowered his head and didn't dare to raise it at all.

Wei Ze looked around at everyone and said, "I'm not very happy this time!" Why not be happy? Because the array was washed away, it scared me. ”

Listening to Wei Ze's words, it was not very harsh, and the generals who originally thought that Wei Ze was going to make a big thunder breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. In the past, only Wei Ze's troops had the experience of defeating the Qing army's front, and it was the first time that his own front was broken by the Qing army, not only Wei Ze was frightened, but dozens of Qing soldiers suddenly rushed in from the gap in the Taiping army's array, and the staff headquarters commanded in the formation were frightened up and down.

At this time, the commanders of the other four divisions knew that they had nothing to do with this matter, and Wei Ze did not scold everyone indiscriminately, and everyone's eyes fell on Lei Hu. Lei Hu's head, which had been deeply lowered, hung a little lower, and he almost lowered himself under the table.

Looking at Lei Hu's self-conscious appearance, Wei Ze's annoyance also dissipated greatly, and he smiled reluctantly, "This time I still won the battle, I didn't spoil everyone's interest, everyone saw it, no matter how much we practiced, the first time we encountered the impact of the Qing Demon Cavalry, we still didn't bear it." Winning a battle can be celebrated at any time, but if you lose a battle, it will be the lives of many brothers. ”

Ke Gongyu, the commander of the teaching brigade, said: "What the prime minister said is that in fact, this time it was the Lei brothers who collided, if we encounter the Qing Demon Cavalry and kill them without killing them, I am afraid that it will not be fine." ”

Hearing that Wei Ze did not want to be severely punished, and the brothers also helped to play the round, Lei Hu finally raised his head, and he said ashamedly: "When I go back, I will severely punish those two pawn commanders!" ”

"Why do you punish the commander severely?" Wei Ze was a little unhappy again, "If you don't teach, you will be punished, we don't have a corresponding drill, the commander of the two pawns did not escape from the battle, and I see that in the end, they are also fighting." We'll have to make up for that. ”

"Prime Minister, what do you mean by that one that isn't called anything?" Zhang Yingchen asked.

Wei Ze asked the clerk to take a dipping pen with the tip fixed on a bamboo stick, dipped it in some diluted ink, and wrote the words from the Analects on the paper. Because he remembered Hong Xiuquan's matter, Wei Ze didn't say the origin of this sentence, but just explained the meaning of this to everyone a little.

Zhang Yingchen frowned and asked, "This means that without targeted training, even if the troops lose the battle, they can't be punished?" ”

Wei Ze replied: "No one wants to lose the battle, do we fight the military stick because we are angry?" Definitely not! The purpose of beating the baton is to remind everyone what to do, not to vent anger. Punishment is not an end, but a means. ”

After finishing speaking, Wei Ze said to Lei Hu: "Now you go and bring the two pawn commanders and Sima Du over." We're going to ask them what the hell is going on. The celebration was pushed back. ”

After saying this, Wei Ze suddenly remembered something, "The horses that were killed and seriously injured that were captured this time have all been eaten." We in Guangxi are doing a good job of making horse meat. ”

Hearing that there was horse meat to eat, the sound of laughter immediately came from the big tent, which was originally depressed.

After all, Weser is the winner, so he can still have the generosity of the winner. In Changsha City, the Qing army, which had been defeated, was not so calm. Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan who proposed a military plan to attack Weize, was met with considerable criticism. Although Zhang Liangji, as the governor, can deal with it very calmly, his eyes when he looks at Zuo Zongtang are very unfriendly.

Zuo Zongtang is a celebrity in Changsha, even if he did not get famous, but he was appreciated by all the big people who had met him. Before this battle, Zuo Zongtang did staff work and managed the defense of Changsha quite well. Even if the battle was lost, the military plan was quite impressive when it was proposed.

The Cantonese bandits were the elite of the Cantonese bandits, and the generals of the Qing army in Changsha recognized this. The difference between this gang and other Cantonese bandits is that they do not have a defense system, and when other Cantonese bandits are placed in camps, they all have to dig pits layer by layer and insert bamboo sticks all over the place. The Shu Yue bandits had a very basic defensive position, and when fighting against the Qing army, they tried to meet the Qing army on relatively flat terrain.

Zuo Zongtang's construction was to take advantage of this characteristic of the Shu Yue bandits, first let Hechun send troops to lead the Shu Yue bandits to the flat ground of the Jiaojun field, and then return to the head to flank the Shu Yue bandits with the Qing troops who appeared from the left and right. Zuo Zongtang even thought that the Shu Yue bandits would only send about 3,000 troops at the beginning, and with their horizontal formation, even if they were flexible, it would be impossible to retreat quickly when they were besieged. Therefore, Zuo Zongtang also deployed a cavalry to attack the rear team of Cantonese bandits who came to help.

Unexpectedly, the Shu Yue bandits did not divide their troops, but attacked with 5,000 people in the whole army. Now the original plan of 10,000 against 3,000 has become 10,000 against 5,000. The Qing army's superiority in strength was greatly reduced. In addition, the Cantonese bandits adopted a horizontal formation, although the depth of the troops was small, the efficiency of firepower was far higher than that of the Qing army. The Qing army, which led the frontal battle, was able to put into battle even fewer troops than the Shu Yue bandits.

In the end, Zuo Zongtang gave an order to let the cavalry charge the queue of the Cantonese bandits. The three hundred cavalry slaughtered into the array of the Cantonese bandits, and as a result, they became meat buns and beat dogs, and there was no return. The Qing army on the three fronts was lightly repulsed, and the blame of the miserable point was defeated.

Such a well-planned battle ended up without merit, and the Qing army was already demoralized, and at this time they wanted to find a scapegoat. And this scapegoat is undoubtedly Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan.

Listening to the nonsense of the Qing army generals who shirked responsibility and blamed each other, Zuo Zongtang was furious in his heart. Although the battle was ultimately lost, the overall battle situation showed that the battle was already very well arranged. If the Qing army followed the habit of fighting the Cantonese bandits head-on, I was afraid that the battle would end in defeat for the Qing army as soon as possible. And the cavalry assault was definitely a highlight, and in the smoke created by the continuous fire of the musket team, the sudden attack of the Qing cavalry was extremely successful.

If anyone wasted such a good opportunity, it was undoubtedly the generals of the Qing army. When the Cantonese bandits' queue was broken, they first looked dumbfounded, and when they remembered that they should follow up the road that the cavalry team had rushed to kill the enemy, the Cantonese bandits had already adjusted their subordinates, but they took the initiative to attack the Qing army with white knives using the smoke, and crushed the Qing army in front of them in one fell swoop. The Cantonese bandits mobilized their troops and surrounded and annihilated the Qing cavalry that rushed into the formation.

Looking at these generals, Zuo Zongtang just wanted to go up and slap them. However, he is now only a staff member of the governor, and his status cannot be compared with these generals at all. No matter what kind of anger you have in your heart, you can only be classified as obscenity.

The quarrel went on for a day, two days, three days, and in the end it didn't come to any avail. Jiang Zhongyuan, who quite understood Zuo Zongtang, explained a little for the generals, "When the official army encounters this setback, it must at least be rectified for ten days before they can fight again." Ji Gao doesn't have to be too anxious. ”

The horizontal flesh on Zuo Zongtang's face twitched twice, and he sighed: "Gong Jiang, the Green Battalion soldiers are really unreliable, compared to the Chu Yong you formed, they are really vulnerable. Your Chu Yong also fought that battle, hasn't he also been rectified now? ”

Jiang Zhongyuan smiled bitterly, "Ji Gao, if that's the case, the Shu Yue bandits are reliable." If they are officers and soldiers, what kind of bandits in the world can fight against them? ”

This topic is too heavy, and the Cantonese bandits rose up to rebel, and the march and battle were very orderly. Zuo Zongtang has always believed in himself, he knows the merits of the plan he formulated, if it were other troops, even Chu Yong, who was quite good at fighting under Jiang Zhongyuan, in such a situation where he was surrounded by one enemy and two enemies, and was also attacked by the horse team, he would be defeated no matter what.

In the past few days, he has repeatedly thought about the reasons for the defeat, and Zuo Zongtang can still remember the situation of the battle of the bandits in Guangdong. Even in the face of adversity, it is as if they do not know that they are surrounded, as if they do not know that they are at a great disadvantage in numbers. What Zuo Zongtang saw from a high place was that the Shu Yue bandits were fighting in an orderly manner from beginning to end. Relying on their neat array and well-trained shooting, the officers and soldiers were defeated.

Zuo Zongtang has read too many books, and since he had no hope of gaining fame in the exam, he has read a lot of books, including military books. Such thousands of men are exactly the same as the well-trained and disciplined elite troops of ancient China recorded in the military books. And they appeared under Changsha City as if they suddenly appeared from the ground, Zuo Zongtang felt very strange. How did these people come together?

With the ability of this gang of Cantonese bandits, they should have risen up and rebelled early. Why did it suddenly appear until now, and hit all the way from Guangxi to Changsha?

I was thinking about whether to ask Jiang Zhongyuan, who had participated in many battles in Guangxi, about this, but there were soldiers outside who rushed in in a panic, and after seeing Zuo Zongtang, the soldiers panted and said: "Mr. Zuo, the Cantonese bandits burned the Yuelu Mountain Academy, and it is said that they almost killed everyone in the academy!" Now someone from the academy has fled and asked for help! ”

"What!" Zuo Zongtang stood up and asked incredulously. Yuelu Mountain Academy is the most famous academy in Hunan, and it is the common root of Hunan scholars. Their teachers, their teachers' teachers, most of them have studied and studied there. And Yuelu Mountain Academy is not a military place, why was it burned by Cantonese bandits? Zuo Zongtang couldn't believe it was true at all.

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