Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, and Ji Wenyuan were all generals who fought from Guangxi to Tianjin, and although the road they traveled in the war was less than 25,000 miles, there was no doubt that there were nearly 10,000 miles. Among the three people, Lin Fengxiang was originally the only one who was willing to take the initiative to get along with Wei Ze, and after Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan now had a lot of maps in Wei Ze's hands, the two of them reluctantly put aside the face and went to Wei Ze every day to study the map with a straight face.

As long as they have fought enough battles and traveled far enough, the generals will naturally know the importance of the map. Looking back at the battle on the map, the fog of war that once shrouded the battlefield has dissipated a lot. At this time, Weser and the others had plenty of time to do this thing that seemed to be something that could be put further on.

The troops did not choose to go south quickly, after all, there were still Seng Lingqin's cavalry in Zhili, and if they retreated too quickly, they would give Seng Lingqin's cavalry an opportunity. Therefore, Wei Ze's troops only traveled 4o miles a day, and each army had to arrange relatively safe camps, and the troops at the front were naturally the hardest, needless to say, this work was undertaken by Wei Ze's troops.

In addition to being cautious, the rearguard troops were also involved in the recovery of military supplies such as tents. The salvaged materials are transported by the fleet on the canal. This is also the job that Weeser's troops are responsible for.

The Northern Expeditionary Army was in the safest position, and the march was relatively the most comfortable for the Chinese army. Wei Ze's cavalry, the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the cavalry of the Twist Army were relatively hard, and they had to be released far away to do reconnaissance work. Fortunately, the Qing army showed no signs of catching up. Monk Lingqin seemed to be just standing still, which made Wei Ze feel an indescribable sense of crisis. He didn't believe that Seng Lingqin could really do this, and stared at Wei Ze and them as they returned to the south of the Huai River.

Wei Ze was not the only one who held this view, Li Kaifang asked clearly: "Brother Wei, if the Qing Demon blocks us in the area from the canal to the Yellow River, what are you going to do?" ”

Looking at Li Kaifang's unconvinced expression, without waiting for Wei Ze to speak, Wei Changrong sneered: "We follow the King of Qi to fight, and we have always broken the enemy wherever we meet it. If you are worried that the Qing demon will stop us in the Yellow River, then it is better to listen to the orders of the King of Qi, eat and drink, and fight bravely to kill the enemy when it is time to fight. ”

Wei Changrong has been unhappy with Li Kaifang for several days, and this is not only because Li Kaifang strongly advocates continuing the Northern Expedition and resisting Wei Ze's orders. Wei Changrong's real dissatisfaction was that Li Kaifang seemed to have an indescribable hostility towards Wei Ze.

When Wei Ze sorted out the battle process of the Northern Expedition, Lin Fengxiang was very cooperative, in addition to telling the battles everywhere he went, he also asked some middle and low-level officers in the armies under his command to cooperate with memories. In the first few days, there was a lot of information, a lot of complicated things, and there were many conflicting parts of the recorded content. As the scope of the investigation expanded, the entire process of the Northern Expedition gradually became clear.

In fact, as long as the number is complete and the facts are clear, it is much easier to reflect on the gains and losses of the Northern Expedition. Li Kaifang, as the main general, also participated in the whole meeting, and his attitude could only be attributed to the ranks of considerable uncooperation, as long as Wei Ze's words showed the slightest tendency to disagree with the actions of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Li Kaifang immediately "argued with reason" with Wei Ze.

Wei Changrong didn't understand what Li Kaifang wanted to do, he was already surrounded, and there was no need to put gold on his face at this time. And after this hostile attitude was repeated, Wei Ze didn't want to care, in order to prevent Li Kaifang from making trouble, he quickly chose to only focus on what was born and not make any comments on what he had done.

Wei Changrong knew that he didn't have such a mind as Wei Ze, he had been unhappy with Li Kaifang for several days, and when he found an opportunity at this time, he was even more unceremonious, "Now that people have been rescued, I think the brothers of the Northern Expedition are all returning to their hearts at this time." Even if they don't get to Tianjing for the time being, they can at least return to the territory of the Taiping Army first. Prime Minister Li, you better bring your soldiers with you now. ”

These words hit Li Kaifang's sore spot like a knife, as one of the three prime ministers who led the Northern Expeditionary Army, he knew the mood of his subordinates very well. Wei Ze came to the rescue, and after the news of the capture of Fucheng reached Jinghai and Duliu, which were firmly held by the Northern Expeditionary Army, the troops were jubilant. At this time, the troops were already ready to break through, and when Lin Fengxiang asked the troops to go south immediately, there was jubilation in the camp. After the Qing troops who tried to surround the Taiping Army base in Tianjin got the news, they immediately slapped their butts and fled. The Northern Expeditionary Army did not encounter any obstacles and went all the way south.

Having embarked on the road back to the south, the brothers of the Northern Expeditionary Army had no intention of returning to continue the attack to the north. When Li Kaifang tried his best to persuade his subordinates, his subordinates simply replied: "Prime Minister Li, if Prime Minister Lin also asks us to continue to fight Beijing, we will fight Beijing." ”

And the attitude of Lin Fengxiang, the prime minister of Lin Cheng, as mentioned by the generals, is already very clear, that is, to follow Wei Ze to return south. Later, the Northern Expedition will be taught.

Not long after this happened, the depression in Li Kaifang's heart was not resolved at all, and Wei Changrong's words stabbed Li Kaifang's sore spot fiercely. Li Kaifang stood up, his eyes widened, and the muscles on his face almost twisted.

Wei Changrong saw Li Kaifang looking like he was going to fight, he didn't care at all. In terms of martial arts in terms of fists and feet, Wei Changrong is an expert-level powerhouse, and there are really not many people in the Taiping Army who can convince him. As for Li Kaifang's official position as prime minister, Wei Changrong didn't take it to heart. Li Kaifang is the prime minister, and Wei Ze is still the king of Qi. Li Kaifang didn't dare to really do anything to Wei Changrong at all.

As for the ability of the two sides to lead the troops, Wei Changrong really didn't take Li Kaifang into account. Li Kaifang only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and Wei Changrong also had 5,000 soldiers and horses. Wei Changrong firmly believes that now that the two teams are pulled out to practice, he can easily defeat Li Kaifang's troops. In the past few days, when summarizing the combat history of the Taiping Army's Northern Expeditionary Force, Wei Changrong agreed that this Northern Expeditionary Army did show high combat ability. However, the characteristics of this unit, which is not good at field warfare, are also unmistakable.

The Taiping Army is good at taking advantage of the situation, and is also good at tactics and even strategies that cannot be won and left. Wei Ze's troops were different among the Taiping army. The enemies in the hearts of the other Taiping troops are divided into those categories that can be beaten, those who can't, and those who will suffer heavy casualties after fighting. Weeser's troops saw only two kinds of enemies, those who had not yet been annihilated and those who were being annihilated.

It was precisely because the whole army maintained such an attitude that Wei Ze's troops were able to divide into several teams to attack under Linqing City. Except for Shengbao's troops, more than 1,000 people escaped, the rest of the Qing army was completely wiped out. After the troops of a brigade that were supposed to be used as a cover for the patrol of the outer line collided with Zhang Liangji, the governor of Shandong, they only considered how to stick to the enemy and solve the enemy. Wei Ze's troops' unique thinking of the problem was carried out throughout the army, and Zhang Liangji, a Manchu officer who led the death of the king of the West, was finally captured.

Facing Li Kaifang, who could only fight with the wind and fight with opportunities, Wei Changrong stood up without showing weakness, just before he wanted to shout: "What do you want". Wei Ze pulled Wei Changrong away, and Lin Fengxiang pulled Li Kaifang away.

Wei Ze and Lin Fengxiang couldn't scold their subordinates in person, so Wei Ze dragged Wei Changrong, and Lin Fengxiang dragged Li Kaifang out of the big tent.

Wei Changrong was actually the one with the psychological advantage, even if he was grabbed by Wei Ze's wrist like a pincer, he neither resisted nor said some cruel words, but couldn't help but shout: "Fourth uncle, I can't just go with you, don't use so much force!" ”

Between Li Kaifang and Wei Changrong, Wei Ze will never favor Li Kaifang. Hearing Wei Changrong's pitiful shout, Wei Ze let go of his hand, "Changrong, you have to be a little open-minded, don't mess with Li Kaifang." ”

Wei Changrong rubbed his wrist and said, "Fourth uncle, I'm nothing, but when I saw that Li Kaifang was so awkward to you, I couldn't help it." Prime Minister Lin can fight much more than him, and I haven't seen Prime Minister Lin dare to be disrespectful to you, Fourth Uncle. ”

"Oh?" Wei Ze looked Wei Changrong up and down a few times, "You can actually see this, then do you know what is the difference between us and the Northern Expeditionary Army?" ”

Wei Changrong smiled: "Fourth uncle, I really know now. I used to think that they fought well, and they could always surprise when facing Qing demons. I now understand that I waited for a war to be a real surprise. Qing Demon and Prime Minister Lin fought with Li Kaifang and others, even if they were defeated, they dared to continue to fight with Prime Minister Lin Cheng. But if the Qing Demons had fought with us, they would probably not have had a chance to fight us again. At least in the short term, they won't be able to ...... with us."

Wei Ze didn't want Wei Changrong, who was dancing with his eyebrows, to show off here, he smiled: "It's good that you know." In this case, you don't have to worry about Li Kaifang anymore, we have to bring them back now and give an explanation to the East King. The Northern Expedition is the strategy of the Eastern King, and we are now forcibly bringing the troops back, which is inherently contrary to the strategy of the Eastern King. Since we have violated the strategy of the Eastern King, if we can't even complete our own strategy, Changrong, what do you think we are? ”

Just when Wei Ze and Wei Changrong were discussing the future situation, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang were also talking about Fang Caisheng.

Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang were born and died together, which is a lifelong friendship. So Lin Fengxiang said: "Brother Li, even if Brother Wei is a little arbitrary, we have to endure it." The king of the east asked us to go on a northern expedition, and we also want to take Beijing. It's just that at this time, the morale and morale of the army all want to return south. ”

Li Kaifang shook his head, "Brother Lin, I don't like Wei Ze but it's not because he acts arbitrarily. I just don't like him! ”

"Why?" Lin Fengxiang didn't expect Li Kaifang to have such a strong personal prejudice against Wei Ze.

"Wei Ze followed the king of the south, and the king of the south ascended to heaven. Wei Ze followed the king of the west, and the king of the west ascended to heaven. Wei Ze sent us to Mengcheng at that time, and after we reached Tianjin, we were surrounded by Qing demons. Not only us, but also the leaders of the demons who have fought with him are all what happened to them, and which one is not dead. It was Zhang Liangji, who was also arrested. Zhang Liangji killed the King of the West in this fight, what happened to him after he was sent to Nanjing? ”

Lin Fengxiang looked at Li Kaifang dumbfounded, he couldn't figure out what Li Kaifang wanted to say.

"This kind of person is a dead star! Whoever gets his hands on him will die. Li Kaifang finally made a concluding remark.

After hearing this, even if Lin Fengxiang was born as a fortune teller, he was completely speechless.

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