Chapter 51: The Strategy of the Eastern King (3)
"Brother Wei, where are you going to attack?" Yang Xiuqing asked. Listening to Wei Ze's idea of a strategic decisive battle with the Qing Demon, Yang Xiuqing was quite pleasantly surprised.
However, Wei Ze's thought answer was much beyond Yang Xiuqing's imagination, "King Dong, his subordinates are not going to attack anywhere, but want to destroy the Qing demons in the northern Jiangsu area." His subordinates were fighting in central Anhui, and they slowly felt that there was a routine. There are two groups that dare to be hostile to our Taiping Army, one is the Qing Demon, and the other is the landlord's group training. If you bring the two sides together, it will be very troublesome. If we can kill all the Qing Demon Divisions, even if the group trainers rise up to fight us on their own, they will only be a small force scattered all over the place. There are a few hundred of them at most, and the places where they can go out are less than a hundred. With our tens of thousands of troops in Anhui and a territory of hundreds of miles, solving them is like pinching an ant to death. Moreover, after killing the regimental training, we can still confiscate their family property and land, even if these lands are military camps, they can produce a lot of food, at least the brothers stationed in the local area do not need to transfer food from other places. Therefore, I think that the troops of the Qing Demon are the roots, and the landlords' regimental training is the poles. Dig up these roots, and the rods die on their own. And if we establish an official government, we will soon be able to control the place. Levy grain, collect taxes, recruit soldiers. These things are very easy to do. ”
Wei Ze actually wanted to sue Yang Xiuqing for a long time, and the purpose of doing so may not be entirely to invite credit. Wei Ze knew very well that what he did in Anhui was very different from what Yang Xiuqing did in Nanjing. Although Yang Xiuqing was big-minded, he didn't point a finger on other matters as to whether Wei Ze could lead his troops to fight or whether he could deliver grain and grass to Tianjing on time on his territory. However, Yang Xiuqing's lack of criticism of Anhui and Yang Xiuqing's ignorance of the situation in Anhui are two completely different things, and the news that Yang Xiuqing himself heard and the situation that Wei Ze himself introduced to Yang Xiuqing are also completely different things.
After listening to Wei Ze's words, Yang Xiuqing obviously fell into deep thought, and after a long while, Yang Xiuqing said: "Brother Wei really wants to fight with the Qing Demon, not to seize the territory?" ”
Wei Ze immediately replied: "Yes, King Dong, this is what his subordinates plan. That's why the subordinates wanted to fight east and cut off the canal. Most of the grain and grass in the Qingdemon Jiangbei camp rely on Xuzhou for supply, once the canal is cut off, the Jiangbei camp will have no food, at least the original grain road will be greatly affected. If they are really willing to be turtles with shrunken heads, their subordinates will occupy the surrounding territory step by step, implement food taxes, and collect troops. In this way, the Jiangbei camp was surrounded step by step. If the Qing Demon refuses to end up like this, they can only come out to fight us, and then we will have a good fight with the Qing Demon. After killing all the demons, won't the world belong to the king of the east? ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yang Xiuqing sneered, but this was just a sneer, and then Yang Xiuqing asked, "Since you said that you want to kill all the Qing demons, you can kill anyone?" ”
Wei Ze knew what Yang Xiuqing was referring to, so he immediately replied with the crowd: "It's better to be near central Anhui, the subordinate soldiers have just returned from the north and need to rest for a while." ”
"Then the deadline is half a year, and you kill Hechun!" Yang Xiuqing said.
Wei Ze immediately replied: "The subordinates can kill Hechun's subordinates, and if Hechun himself sees that the situation is not right, he will run away, the world is so big, and his subordinates can't guarantee that they can kill Hechun himself." ”
Yang Xiuqing sneered, "Hmph, what you said is all over the place, do you know that you can't do some things now?" ”
"My subordinates know." Weese replied.
"Wesser, you're childish!" Yang Xiuqing sighed, "In this way, you can do two things for me within half a year." The first thing is to collect all the grain and grass, and this year it will be 50% more than last year. The second thing is what you said, if you can take down the Jiangbei camp, then you will take down the Jiangbei camp. I will let Yangzhou work hard to support it, it depends on how far Wei Ze can go. ”
Hearing Yang Xiuqing mention the continued support of the Yangzhou Taiping Army, Lin Fengxiang immediately asked for his life, "King Dong, why don't you let your subordinates lead the troops back to Yangzhou first." ”
Lin Fengxiang sent troops from Yangzhou during the Northern Expedition, and many of his subordinates were recruited from Yangzhou, so they naturally cared very much about Yangzhou.
Wei Ze said, "It doesn't make a difference a few days earlier or a few days later, if the rectification is completed in Anhui, then Prime Minister Lin Cheng's four armies and 20,000 people will enter Yangzhou in one fell swoop." ”
"There are still 20,000 people who need to be killed in Yangzhou? Wouldn't it be nice to besiege the camp in Jiangbei directly from the outside. Li Kaifang said very cheerfully.
With Wei Ze's guarantee of requisitioning food, sending troops, and helping the three prime ministers replenish their troops, it is easier for everyone to talk about future military exhibitions. Moreover, Wei Ze repeatedly advised that instead of training by fighting, it was necessary to train and raise soldiers, and fight on the basis of a certain amount of training.
Yang Xiuqing and others relatively agreed with this model that needed to be compared cycled, and before the Jintian Uprising, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui and others were training troops in the Jintian area. However, the current situation is relatively tight, and the Jiangbei Daying, the Jiangnan Daying, as well as the two lakes upstream and Jiangxi are all fighting. Only the central Anhui region, where Wei Ze is located, can be relatively stable.
Weese has always kept a low profile about the superior conditions he enjoys, and he always said that it was the other generals who fought hard to let Weese enjoy such a status quo. At this time, Wei Ze naturally said this again. Whether it is Yang Xiuqing, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Ji Wenyuan and others know Wei Ze's attitude, so they don't say anything about it anymore. From their words and deeds, it can be seen that these people are deeply convinced of Wei Ze's views.
The official business was almost over, and Yang Xiuqing invited everyone to dinner. Although there is a huge gap between the status of Yang Xiuqing and Wei Ze and others, after a few glasses of wine at the banquet, the relationship has become closer. Yang Xiuqing sighed: "Fengxiang, when you wait for Tianjin to be besieged, I am really worried. Fortunately, Brother Wei is here, and I am relieved to let him pick you up. ”
Although the Northern Expedition was thrilling and dangerous, if from the perspective of war, the losses were even relatively limited. However, if it weren't for Weizer going to the rescue, the result would be really hard to say. There were a large number of Guangxi brothers in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and if they were lost in the north, it would be a very unfortunate thing for the Taiping Army.
Wei Ze didn't want to brag about himself, so he could only be as silent as possible about this matter for which he had a lot of credit. Listening to the side, Wei Ze gradually heard some clues. The old brothers in Guangxi are also divided into grades. Before the Jintian Uprising, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui and others began to train the troops, although there were Cantonese and Guangxi people among the people who participated in the training, but this part of the old brothers was the "Guangxi old brothers" recognized by the high-level. In other words, those brothers who went out of Guangxi were called "Guangxi old brothers", and the gang in Jintian Village during military training were the real old brothers. Wei Ze, who became a halfway monk, was not the real core of the Taiping Army at all.
However, the advantage of Yang Xiuqing is that he is very open-minded, and he can basically appoint people as virtuous to his subordinates, otherwise Wei Ze would not be the first to be crowned king after the establishment of Yong'an anyway. Everyone drank again, and Lin Fengxiang suddenly asked a question, is Wei Ze married?
In the system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, only the prince and the prime minister were able to live with their wives at this stage. The three kings of Yong'an when they were established, the King of Heaven, the King of the East, and the King of Wings, were all groups of wives and concubines. The East King and the Wing King still control their wives within the normal range, while the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan now has 88 wives, as well as hundreds of palace maids and female officials.
Wei Ze did not get married when he joined the Taiping Army, and he fought every day for more than two years, and he did not get married at all. As soon as Lin Fengxiang's words came out, Yang Xiuqing immediately expressed his support for Wei Ze's marriage. According to the system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is abnormal for Wei Ze to not have a wife.
If it were for others in the Taiping army in 1854, I am afraid that this would really be a thing. For Weeser, it didn't matter at all. He smiled and said: "These three prime ministers are all older than me, and your marriage has not been completely resolved, so how can my marriage not be ranked in front of several brothers." Besides, I've been in Anhui and haven't traveled much. Several brothers went north all the way and hit many places. For this hard work, I have to let a few brothers settle the marriage matter first. ”
As soon as these words came out, Yang Xiuqing immediately agreed with Wei Ze's point of view. He felt that it was more important to solve the problem of the wives and concubines of the three real brothers of the Taiping Army who participated in the Northern Expedition first.
Of course, Lin Fengxiang and the others knew that Wei Ze was being polite, but everyone was a man, and when it came to getting a bunch of women, there was no one who didn't brag about this and make a joke. Everyone laughed at Wei Ze for still being a man in the room. I'm afraid I don't understand the things of men and women.
Wei Zexin said, we have been watching a movie on T, although most of them are dragged to watch the past, but there is a lot of experience in this theory and observation. But naturally there is no way to say this kind of thing, he can only make other jokes, and he has no time to take care of it after he has too many wives.
Everyone continues along this topic, Yang Xiuqing thinks that the purpose of his wife is more to have children, for example, Yang Xiuqing's several wives are not considered to have daughters, but at least six or seven sons have been born to him. And once the wives are pregnant, it is a year, so there is no such thing as taking care of their wives every day.
The most wives in Tianjing City is undoubtedly Hong Xiuquan, Lin Fengxiang is one of the forty righteous brothers in Jintian Village, and he couldn't help but mention that he didn't hear that Hong Xiuquan had so many children. Hearing this, Yang Xiuqing sneered. At this time, there were more than a dozen glasses of wine, and Yang Xiuqing obviously had a sense of alcohol. This hum represents Yang Xiuqing's great dissatisfaction with Hong Xiuquan.
Wei Ze didn't dare to continue asking, but Yang Xiuqing himself said, "The King of Heaven has to say that he is not close to women, but his palace maid and female official are pregnant, and the King of Heaven said that the child is not his, so he beat the palace maid and the female official until they had a miscarriage." Even if the child really wasn't his, he just kicked the palace maid out, why did he have to do it like this. I knew that after several times I tried to persuade him, he would not listen. Fortunately, after the Father came, he rebuked the king, and the king finally knew that he was wrong. Vowed never to do it again. He didn't have many children, but he did it himself. ”
After listening to this, Wei Ze was stunned for a while, and beat the pregnant woman to a miscarriage, which was already scary enough. But the struggle around this matter made Wei Ze even more frightened. The king of heaven demanded the complete destruction of the Confucian books, so he gave birth to the drama of "the heavenly father descending to the rod to blame the king", and now beating the pregnant woman to make her miscarry, and giving birth to the "heavenly father descending to the rod to blame the king" again.
Wei Ze didn't think there was anything wrong with Yang Xiuqing doing this, but if the only way for the two sides to resolve the contradiction was "Heavenly Father descended to blame the Heavenly King", then the hidden contradiction here was too deep.
The other three prime ministers, like Wei Ze, all looked surprised when they heard about this, but none of the three dared to express their opinions at this time. And at this time, the atmosphere of eating and drinking was also gone, and everyone saw that the eating and drinking were almost over, so they thanked Yang Xiuqing for the banquet. Let's go down there and rest first. When he left the Dongwang Mansion, Wei Ze almost breathed a long sigh of relief with the three prime ministers. r1o58
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