The next day, Wang Shizhen assembled a group of white outlaws and Chinese young and strong men, disguised as foreign merchants and marched to southern Fujian, at the same time, in order to deal with the increasingly complicated situation in southern Fujian, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Yamen, promoted Ma Ronghe, a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, to be the governor of the left road of Fujian, responsible for managing the coastal border affairs of Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other regions.

"My lord, the three battalion leaders in the green camp on the left road made a noise and drove out the two thousand generals and six generals you sent to take over the battalion heads."

On the left side of the Green Battalion Admiral Yamen, Ma Ronghe's henchmen hurriedly ran in and reported.

"This official is the left lieutenant appointed by the imperial court and Governor Li personally, and a few small battalion leaders dare to blatantly disobey the orders of the imperial court?"

"They say that you are a long-haired thief general, and you relied on bribing the officials to get the position of commander on the left side, and you are not worthy of commanding them to lead troops to fight."

"The deception is too much, although Ma was a thief in his early years, but since he was loyal to the court anyway, he has been loyal to his duties every day, sacrificing his life to serve the country, how can he be insulted by a few soldiers!"

Ma Ronghe was said to be hurt by others, he was angry, and said with a hideous face, "Mr. Huang, immediately gather the brothers of the Ma Zi Battalion to assemble, Lao Tzu has to see today which bastards dare to insult and slander Shangguan!" ”

"My lord is angry, there are less than two battalions of soldiers and 700 soldiers in the Mazi camp at the moment, even if they arrive at the barracks, they can't suppress those green battalion heads, there are a total of six battalion heads in the green battalion on the left, and there are two thousand people smaller, and they have the support of Lord Zuo behind them, the matter is big, and those officials in Fujian Prefecture will definitely take the opportunity to impeach the adults and lead the troops, when the time comes, I am afraid that the position of the left admiral that the adults have just arrived will not be able to protect, please think twice."

Zuo Zongtang has served several times as a chief official in Fujian, and both the political and military circles in Fujian are officials and generals who depend on his existence, so even if Zuo Zongtang was transferred out of Fujian and held a high position promoted to the governor of Liangjiang, the officials and officials he left behind still firmly control the military and political affairs of Fujian Province.

Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang had different political views, and the interests of the two major political and military groups of the Hunan Army and the Huai Army were at odds, and even the officials and generals belonging to the two major forces looked down on each other.

Ma Ronghe took refuge in the Huai army, and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang pushed him to the position of the governor of the left side of Fujian, which naturally caused dissatisfaction with the Huai army, Fujian belonged to Zuo Zongtang's base camp and base area, and it was impossible for the generals of the Hunan army to watch their opponents and take away the official positions that belonged to the control of their own forces.

The identities of Ma Rong and the Taiping generals were well known within the Qing generals, and using this as an excuse to attack each other, even the officials of the Huai faction could hardly say anything.

It was difficult to speak, and in the face of the advice of his staff, Ma Ronghe couldn't find a way to deal with it for a while.

The Manchu court and local governors were quite precautionary against the surrender of the Taiping army, and from time to time cut and repatriate soldiers on the grounds of military spending, and after more than ten years, Ma Ronghe's soldiers were reduced from more than 30,000 to more than 700 people, and the military expenditure was not only much inferior to the Hunan army and the Huai army, but also the ordinary green battalion troops.

Ma Ronghe waited hard for more than ten years, unwilling to be ruined by a group of green battalion leaders, and forced himself to calm down, he asked his staff for advice, "The imperial court ordered me to be the commander of the left battalion to reorganize the military affairs of the left battalion in Fujian, may I ask if Mr. has a good plan to help me solve the current problem?" ”

"The heads of the Fujian Green Battalion are all controlled by the generals of the Hunan Army, and it is not easy for the adults to directly regain military power from them."

Seeing that Ma Ronghe listened to his advice, the staff continued, "The Fujian Left Battalion has an approved number of 4,000 people, and the current battalion heads add up to 2,7800 people at most. ”

"The leaders of the left battalion disobey the order, wouldn't it be cheaper to make up for the soldiers of each battalion?"

"My lord misunderstood, the authority to recruit soldiers is in the hands of adults, and when the time comes, recruit new soldiers, which battalion head will divide how many soldiers, it's not up to you, your lordship."

The staff offered advice: "The green battalion on the left approves eight battalion heads, and the other six battalion leaders do not obey the orders of the adults, so let's give priority to the selected soldiers to be added to the horse-shaped battalion leaders under the name of the adults, and pick the remaining old and weak to leave the other six battalion leaders." ”

"Good idea, the Mazi Battalion originally had seven battalion heads, although they were later abolished one after another, but if I tell the Governor that the Hunan army disobeys the order, maybe the Lord will be gracious and can allow the Mazi Battalion to restore one or two more battalion heads, so that in Fujian, our Mazi Battalion can also hold up the waist pole and not have to be bullied by others everywhere."

"Your Excellency is wise."

"If things can be done, there is also a share of the merit of the husband."

Ma Ronghe had a smile on his face and ordered, "Please write a letter on behalf of the official and submit it to the Governor." ”

"Yes, sir, wait a minute. I write it immediately under it. ”…………

"My brother Rong sent his own family, since his father and mother were killed, the second sister lived incognito with her father, living in panic, hearing the news of my brother, so she ordered her cronies to go out to respond.

My brother can rest assured that my husband and wife have changed their names, and my husband, King Cai, is now serving in the Fujian army under a false name, and the person who received him is my father's own soldier at the time of the death, and he is loyal and trustworthy, so there is no doubt that after the meeting, he will immediately go to Fuzhou, and later, my husband and wife will leave together with my brother. …………”

In the General Military Mansion of Jianning Town, Fujian, Mrs. Cai Yuanlong, the former king of the meeting, and the second daughter of Li Xiucheng, the king of loyalty, carefully sealed a letter, handed it to a man in his forties, and said, "Brother Yang, the matter is urgent, and other people in the house can't believe it, so they can only trouble Brother Yang to run again." ”

"Second Miss, don't worry, the little one promises to take the little prince over safely."

The middle-aged man held the envelope in his arms, saluted the Li family, and then turned to leave.

"Madam, I'm still worried about Rongfa's affairs."

A man walked into the backyard, held Yang's shoulder, and comforted, "Rongfa is guarded by people from the Han Kingdom, and there will be no danger on the way." ”

"Although my brother has someone around to protect me, I still have a suspense in my heart, and I am always worried that Rong will have an accident."

Li clutched his chest, an anxious look on his face.

"The father has three sons and two daughters, the eldest brother followed his father and died, the eldest brother-in-law was killed by Wang Haiyang, the life and death of the eldest sister are unknown, the younger brother Qixiang was arrested and beheaded by the Qing court, the Li family has seven families, only the concubine and the second brother Rongfa are left, if the younger brother encounters another accident, the lineage of the father and the king will be broken, and the concubine body will not have the face to face the father even after death."

"Madame, don't think nonsense, His Majesty the Han Emperor is the grandson of the king, as the father-in-law, father and nephew, Rong Fa and his wife and His Majesty the Han Emperor are relatives of the same family, since the Han side has sent people to search for the whereabouts of Madam and Rong Fa, they will definitely take care of it and will not let Rong Fa encounter danger."

Cai Yuanlong carefully persuaded Yang Shidao.