The generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were in a good mood, which meant that the generals of the Qing army would not be in a good mood. Just as Wei Ze transported the looted things to Yong'an City, Feng Yunshan asked for Wei Ze from Yang Xiuqing on the same night. Xiang Rong, the commander of the Qing army's northern battalion in Yong'an City, finally entertained the imperial guards sent by the minister Cezanne, and returned to his Chinese army tent with a stern face.

At noon, the Taiping army suddenly attacked, and Xiang Rong had to lead the troops of the Beida Battalion to meet the attack. But the Taiping army didn't know what tricks they were doing, so they just harassed them and went back. Xiang Rong collected his troops in the afternoon, and only after returning did he know that the three imperial guards had arrived at the North Camp.

The level of the imperial guards naturally cannot be compared with Xiang Rong, but they are people who can reach the heavens, not to mention that the three of them are here to deliver a letter from the minister Cezanne, and Xiang Rong can't snub them. One of the three imperial guards was injured, and Xiang Rong personally went to comfort him before serving wine to the other two guards. It's not over until the evening.

Xiang Rong is 6o years old this year and is a veteran of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In the case of his city, even if he can't do it, he can see many things. But at this time, Xiang Rong couldn't be at ease with the things that happened to him. The reason why Xiang Rong was worried was not exactly the nearly 1,000 catties of salt and gunpowder. No matter how much you shout about the difficulty of transportation in Guangxi, the Yongan Beida Battalion of the Qing Army does not lack that little thing. Xiang Rong really cares about whether the minister of the Imperial Mission, Cezanne, will support his idea of suppressing bandits.

The Yongan North Battalion was led by Xiang Rong, and the Southern Camp was led by Ulantai. These two were Qing generals who had fought against the Taiping Army since the beginning of the Taiping Army, and they had both suffered defeats under the Taiping Army.

As an old opponent of the Taiping Army, not long after the Jintian Uprising, Xiang Rong had already led the army to encircle and suppress the Taiping Army. The two sides fought for six or seven months, and on September 11, 1851, the Taiping army abandoned the Bauhinia Mountain base and broke through to the south of Ping. Xiang Rong led his troops to chase and block, and was ambushed by the Taiping army in Guancun, and the whole army was defeated, Xiang Rong suddenly encountered this defeat, and felt very frustrated, he sighed: I have grown up among the soldiers for decades, and I have not seen this thief; Self-run this thief, big and small, dozens of battles, never tasted this defeat! After that, he retired to Pingnan County and couldn't get out of his illness. The Taiping army was able to move calmly. The Qing court dismissed Xiang Rong for the delay in resigning.

But then Ulantai, who was responsible for encircling and suppressing the Taiping Army, failed repeatedly, so a few days after Xiang Rong was dismissed, he was appointed to the Military Commission of Beidaying and was reinstated.

There is no deep hatred between Xiang Rong and Ulantai for personal reasons, but the two sides belong to a very traditional discord. Yongan is surrounded by mountains, and it is relatively easy to surround Yong'an. The purpose of the Qing army in setting up the large camps in the north and south was to surround them on all sides in order to annihilate the Taiping army. As a relatively capable general, as a general who had suffered defeat under the Taiping Army, the two had a strict disagreement on strategy.

Ulantai advocated "encircling and attacking" and gradually eliminating the Taiping army's stronghold outside Yong'an City by gradually pulling out nails. In the end, the Taiping army was completely annihilated in Yong'an City. Xiang Rong advocated "covering it up", which is the traditional tactic of "besieging the city and missing a side".

The worse thing is that Ulantai tried to pull out the nails, but he was unable to win several battles, and he could not pull out the Taiping army's stronghold outside the city. Xiang Rong advocated the encirclement of three and one, but not only failed to win in the field battle, but even suffered a lot of losses.

So the contradiction exploded, since no one's ass was clean, the two sides refused to admit that they were wrong. Xiang Rong and Ulantai both thought that the other party was unwilling to be a green leaf to accompany the safflower, and the contradiction was intensifying. The generals of the northern and southern armies were not in harmony, and the northern and southern armies naturally could not fight in coordination, and the siege lasted for half a year, and in the end there was no achievement.

Of course, Xiang Rong is a veteran after all, and he can absorb the lessons of failure even more. After his recovery, he changed his previous practice and actually adopted the tactic of "encircling and attacking" advocated by Ulantai. He first moved the camp 3o miles away from Yong'an City to 15 miles away from Yong'an City, and launched a fierce attack on the Taiping army's stronghold in the north of the city. Tried to solve the outlying strongholds of the Taiping army first, and then marched under the city of Yong'an. In January, Xiang Rong continued to move the camp forward several times, and after a series of bloody battles with the Taiping army, he finally moved the camp to the outpost of the Taiping army.

It can't be said that the thing that can be done to change the tactics of war, what Xiang Rong doesn't want is that the minister of the Qin Mission uses this as an excuse to suppress himself. I don't want Ulantai to take the lead in the war.

"Your worries, my lord, are unfounded." The master knew Xiang Rong's worries, and he said calmly while sipping tea.

"How?" Xiang Rong trusted his master very much, and immediately said anxiously.

"My lord, since Qincha is such a disposition. Ulantai did not do well, and the suppression of bandits was futile. The Son of Heaven was dissatisfied with it, and Lord Naqincha had suffered their losses, so naturally he would not repeat the mistakes of the past. Master replied calmly, "As you can see below, in this letter, Lord Qincha will let you know what he thinks at the moment." ”

"Oh?" Xiang Rong had already received the letter that Cezanne had ordered the imperial guards to bring to Xiang Rong, but he hadn't opened it yet. Hearing what the master said, Xiang Rong immediately opened Cezanne's letter, and after reading it once, Xiang Rong's brows were completely relaxed. The letter did not say anything else, and Cezanne ordered Xiang Rongji to remove a thousand Guilin heroes who were "unwilling to go to the enemy". These Guilin Yong were not Xiang Rong's subordinates, and it only took Cezanne's order to dismiss Zhuang Yong. But Cezanne handed over this task to Xiang Rong, the commander of the Beida Battalion. Other than that, there is nothing else in the letter.

There are many things in the officialdom that do not need to be explained, and the meaning of such a simple order has been clearly understood, and the minister of the Imperial Mission, Cezanne, expressed firm support for Xiang Rong.

After reading the letter carefully a few times, and making sure that he had not missed anything, Xiang Rong's hanging heart completely returned to his stomach. handed over the letter to the master, and Xiang Rong finally picked up the teacup and drank the tea with ease. The master also read the letter carefully a few times, and he said with a happy face: "Congratulations, my lord, this time I finally don't have to be slandered by Yao Ying again." ”

"Hmm!" Xiang Rong replied calmly. A few months earlier, Cezanne had felt that Xiang Rong was unreliable, and had adopted Ulantai's advice in every qiē action. In addition, Cezanne's army Yao Ying was completely biased towards Ulantai's side, Yao Ying joined forces with Ulantai, and Xiang Rong "wanted to see Cezanne crying but couldn't". It doesn't seem like that will happen again this time.

For these things in the officialdom, the master is more proficient than Xiang Rong, and he immediately persuaded: "My lord, this time I heard that the Son of Heaven urged Lord Cezanne to 'supervise nearby'. If Lord Qincha still wants to rely on Yao Ying, Ulantai and the like like before, he will naturally supervise the battle in Xinwei. Until now, the Chincha-sama has not mentioned this matter. Instead, they sent the imperial guards to our northern camp. This is the intention of Lord Qincha to supervise the battle in Beidaying. Since the Qincha has such a plan, please also ask the Lord Qincha to come to the Beidaying to supervise the battle. ”

Xiang Rong suddenly realized when he heard this, since the Qing army had a large camp in the north and south of Yong'an, which camp the minister sent to supervise the battle, which camp would become the main camp. Xiang Rong immediately replied: "In that case, I will write a letter now and ask Lord Qincha to come to the North Daying." ”

The master shook his head, "My lord, the matter of the rebel thief bundle mentioned by the imperial guards during the banquet, you might as well check it first." ”

Not long ago, the three imperial guards arrived at Xiang Rong's place, and the leading imperial guard Colondo repeatedly asked who the Taiping army was. What is the purpose of "worshipping God"? Especially what type of Taiping army they are. Xiang Rong didn't understand this at first. Fortunately, that master is really not a dry meal, and when I asked Liu Jiang, the general of the Qing army who escorted the grain transport, I learned that the people who attacked the grain transport team were like Taoist priests, and Xiang Rong's master finally figured out what was going on.

The upturned bun is the traditional type of the Han people. What the Manchus were most afraid of was that the Han people wanted to restore the Han family. At that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty killed countless rebels in order to let the Han people keep the pigtails of money rat tails. Adopting the Han type without braids was a nightmare for the Manchus. If the Han people all restored the Han family's costumes, the Manchu banner people with pigtails would immediately be highlighted. At that time, it was not just a matter of destroying the country, and the banner people would definitely be slaughtered by the Han people in the most ruthless way. The extinction of the country and the extinction of the species is definitely not an adjective. The Manchus were extremely sensitive to braids.

Xiang Rong didn't really care about this matter at all. He thought that as long as he could destroy the Taiping army and kill all the rebels, the rest of the problems would not matter. How to invite the minister to the Beidaying to supervise the battle and annihilate the Taiping army in Yong'an City is the top priority.

The master looked at Xiang Rong so disapprovingly, and simply mentioned the famous "soul calling case" during the Qianlong period. The case itself is nothing remarkable, it is entirely a civil economic dispute. The magistrate simply disposed of a few of the parties involved. In the official document, the magistrate is also a chick, God knows what he thinks, and a rumor that appeared in the case is also written into the official document.

The rumor is very nonsense, it is said that someone can cut the other person's braids and turn the person with the braids into a puppet like the walking dead.

But Qianlong, who learned of this, became as excited as if the balls in his crotch had been kicked violently, and he immediately conducted a "thorough investigation" of the matter with great fanfare. The braid was a symbol of the Manchu Dynasty's alien domination of the Han people, and the cut off of the braid meant that the Manchu rule over the Han people was also over.

So this originally big fart case was repeatedly tossed and made a fuss.

The master is not a vegetarian, they must be very familiar with history and the rules of the officialdom. The master who is familiar with these naturally knows that the Manchu court attaches great importance to braids.

The masters have all read. "Since the bundle" is a very common phrase in the book, but it is the language of the Han era, and the concept of bundle was not at all in the Manchu era. I learned from the imperial guards that there was a real bundle among the traitors, and the master knew that this matter was not sloppy.

"What should I do?" Xiang Rong was born in the army and has no concept of these. It's just that he believes that what his master said is right, but he can't think of anything that can immediately find out the problems within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"My lord, there are more and more people from the Heaven and Earth Society who have escaped from Yong'an City in the past few days, you might as well ask them." Master gave a more detailed method.

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