Chapter 362: Heresy?

"He Guiqing is sorry for me!" When Zhao Jingxian said this, he really gnashed his teeth: "He Genyun, you not only mistook Huzhou, but also misunderstood the whole country!" ”

He is a registered Taoist, but the entire situation in Huzhou is under his control, and even the prefect of Huzhou does not have his authority.

It's just that at this moment, he really hated it to the extreme, and he said indignantly: "Now the overall situation is irreparable, and you can only take one step at a time!" ”

When his uncle Zhao Binglin heard such discouraged words, he immediately said: "Zhusheng, why are you so pessimistic, although the red thieves are now in Kehang County, they need to divide their troops in Jiaxing, and Huzhou has more than 10,000 soldiers, and there are many foreign guns and artillery. ”

Zhao Xianjing shook his head again and again: "I know that with the power of a county in Lake County, how can I be a popular thief in the tens of thousands, I agreed with He Genyun Zhongcheng that as long as he sticks to Hang County for ten days, everything will be possible!" But I didn't expect that after only three days, even the whole city was lost! ”

Zhao Binglin sighed: "He Genyun is too smart, but the red thief is only the vanguard who has just arrived in Hujun, everything is still hopeful, the Jiangnan camp and the monk king can't sit back and watch Huzhou defeat the tens of thousands of red thieves with one county, right?" ”

"Jiangnan Daying? Monk King? Zhao Jingxian shook his head: "I can't count on them, I can't count on them, I have the only chance of life now, where do you know?" ”

"Where?" Zhao Binglin immediately said: "Our family, we should work hard for you."

"Uncle Binglin, this is why I sent you to Shanghai, and now Huzhou has a glimmer of life, and it is in Shanghai!" Zhao Jingxian said repeatedly: "Now if you want to level the red thief, you can only invite foreigners to send troops!" ”

"Foreigners?" Zhao Binglin hesitated: "Foreigners are willing to send troops?" Of course, they helped us with a lot of guns, but they were all bought with real money, and I heard that Liu Jiehu bought more from there! ”

Zhao Jingxian replied: "But except for foreigners, I'm afraid no one can calm the red thief, you go to Shanghai to deal with foreigners, as long as they are willing to send troops no matter what, they will agree to come down first, you must know that Huzhou silk tea is the heaviest, foreigners have coveted it for a long time, as long as you treat it sincerely, you will definitely be able to move foreigners." ”

Zhao Binglin knew that his nephew only had such a glimmer of life, so he immediately said: "Then I will do my best!" ”

"Don't just do your best!" Zhao Jingxian said: "You bring 20,000 taels of silver to Huzhou, no matter where you spend it, I will admit this account, and you must invite foreign soldiers!" ”

Zhao Jingxian only had such a glimmer of hope, and he sighed again: "He Genyun mistook me!" ”

Like Zhao Jingxian, Bao Meiying also received Liu Chang's order as soon as possible, but she first asked: "What is the origin of the first battalion of independent infantry?" Why was this unit designated to Jiaxing? I know the second independent battalion of Shaoxing, although it is not a good army, but it is not a bad army! ”

Someone immediately introduced the origin of this battalion: "It is one of the doppelgangers of the Dragon Lance Battalion, when it went south to the state, the old troops who were equipped with personnel from the Dragon Lance Battalion are very good!" ”

Bao Meiying heard that this military style and discipline were very good, and she was immediately relieved: "The troops from the Dragon Lance Battalion are no problem, and now where else in Jiaxing Mansion does not obey our transfer?" ”

The following immediately reported: "The guerrillas are not small, but they are not enough to worry about, and now one of the worries is the gun boat, and the other is Zhapu." ”

"Zhapu? It's a full camp, right? ”

For the Manchu system, his garrison of the Eight Banners was very limited, only stationed in important places, in Zhejiang Province there were two key points, one was the provincial capital Hangzhou, and the second was the Zhapu Water Defense Deputy Commander in Pinghu County, Jiaxing Prefecture, where there were only about 1,000 garrisons of the Eight Banners. …,

It's just that the garrison of the Eight Banners here was broken by the British more than ten years ago, and it was only rebuilt later, so it was more courageous than the garrison of the Eight Banners in Hangzhou Zhou Xiuying asked: "Didn't you send someone over to persuade you to surrender?" Now that even the Hangzhou camp has dropped, they still haven't dropped in Zhapu? ”

"If you don't surrender, you also killed one of the envoys we sent to persuade us to surrender, and the Hangzhou camp with them has already surrendered, and they are still stubborn, firing at us in the city!"

"That's it!" Zhou Xiuying nodded: "Then try how much combat effectiveness the troops from the dragon lance battalion can have?" When will they arrive? ”

"Two days to go!"

Lin Mengchu scolded: "Zhao Jingxian's group training actually uses foreign guns and cannons, it's really extravagant!" ”

Qu Jie over there also said: "Yes, originally we wanted to turn over in this battle, and we must not be careless, but now that we see the equipment of Zhao Thief, we can't be careless!" ”

The plan of the dragon spear brigade was to take Huzhou City in one go, but as soon as it entered Huzhou Mansion, it had a battle with the militia of Huzhou Mansion, but out of the surprise of the Hong Army, the equipment of Huzhou Regiment Training actually had a lot of foreign guns and foreign artillery.

Although it is mainly a flintlock pistol eliminated by the dragon lance brigade, even ordinary militia groups are equipped with flintlock guns, so Zhao Jingxian's backbone troops should be better equipped, so Qu Jie specially called the regiment commander in his hand for a small meeting.

Zhu Dun also said: "This battle, we can't care, listen to the inspection point, this Zhao Jingxian is not a weak enemy, I saw it today, there are indeed some chapters in this battle I am guilty of meritorious service, and I don't dare to say anything big, just say one sentence, our dragon spear regiment can rely on anything." ”

Lin Mengchu glanced at Zhu Dun, but said: "Commander Zhu's words are over, we still fought well in the Yanqu Battle on the whole, but our battalion commander is confused!" ”

He is now the battalion commander of the 61st Independent Infantry Regiment, and when the previous Dragon Lance Brigade summed up the experience of Jiande's two battles, he thought that Lin Mengchu's original suggestion was correct, and if he had fought in his way, the second battalion would not have been defeated at the beginning, and when the second battalion counterattacked Jiande, it was also because of Lin Mengchu that he was specially promoted to regiment commander.

And this 61st Independent Infantry Regiment is the unit formed by Lanxi recruits, but after supplementing a large number of veterans and equipment, this infantry regiment has formed combat effectiveness, and Lin Mengchu himself is the leader of the regimental training: "Now the regimental training in Huzhou only sees Zhao Jingxian's usual majesty, and he doesn't know the prestige of our dragon lance brigade, so as long as we stand up, we can scare the regimental training!" ”

"Liwei?" Juton asked modestly, "What kind of Liwei Fa?" ”

"Fight a tough battle, don't be afraid of casualties!" Lin Mengchu is very familiar with the characteristics of group training: "Which team in the vicinity has the largest number of people and the best equipment, and we break it, so we are not afraid that other group exercises will not be convinced!" ”

He added: "Before I joined the army, I was also trained by the regiment, we have two regiments, are you afraid that the small regiment will not be able to practice!" ”

"That's an idea!" Qu Jie had already agreed: "Anyone who disobeys our regimental training, we will knock all the way over, with the entire infantry brigade in hand, I am afraid that Zhao Jingxian will not succeed!" ”

The battle in Huzhou had a hint of blood from the very beginning.

"Without telegraph command, this is indeed much less efficient!" Liu Chang said to Zhou Xiuying: "Let Feng Wenyi step up a little bit and pull the telegraph line to Hangzhou, is there any news from Bao Meiying?" ”

Since this little girl confessed to her, the relationship between the two has returned to the freezing point, Bao Meiying tried to avoid it when she saw him, and as the commander of the whole army, he couldn't stalk Bao Meiying, and the two didn't even have a chance to sit down and talk about it. …,

Zhou Xiuying replied: "She has mastered the first independent battalion and the second battalion of Shaoxing, but the full battalion in Zhapu refuses to surrender and is preparing to take the knife over there!" ”

Liu Chang nodded, indicating that he knew: "It's Zhapu that is full of camps, and it must not be able to make any waves!" One battalion and one battalion can be solved independently! It is necessary to pay attention to the international impact. ”

Zhou Xiuying knows that diplomatic issues on the Jiaxing side are often more important than military issues, so she agrees with this view: "She should be able to handle it well, but Jiaxing is such a big house, I'm afraid she can't manage it as a girl, so it is better to send the prefect, county and township officials as soon as possible." ”

The reason why the Hongjun was relieved to transfer the 1st Independent Battalion and the Teaching Regiment from Chuzhou was because in the areas of Chuzhou and Taizhou, the entire political organization was not only organized, but also functioned well, and Jiaxing was close to Shanghai, so it was natural that it could not be seen administratively.

Therefore, Liu Chang agreed: "Go back and send a group of administrative cadres to Deputy Head Bao." ”

But they did not expect that what Bao Meiying was now encountering in Jiaxing was not an administrative problem, nor a diplomatic problem, but a military problem.

"What? The volunteers of the Shanghai Ocean people are behind, and thousands of Qing demons are in front, and they are ready to march towards Jiaxing Mansion! ”

Not long after Bao Meiying took control of the independent battalion, such news had already come, and this changed the military situation in Jiaxing Prefecture.

Bao Meiying immediately calculated the strength of the troops at his disposal, including two cavalry companies with a total of 200 people, the independent first battalion is a large battalion with 900 people, and the second independent battalion of Shaoxing is a type B battalion, less than 500 people, which is the entire strength of the Hong army in Jiaxing Mansion, adding up to only 1,600 people.

And the mixed Chinese and foreign troops that came over this way, there were 4,000 people in the Qing army alone, and there were still hundreds of foreigner volunteers and more than 10 large and small cannons in the back, which absolutely overwhelmed Bao Xiuying in terms of strength.

"Which country's volunteers are the foreigners who came?" Bao Meiying knew that this was the key problem, and he didn't believe that foreigners in Shanghai were completely of one mind.

The fact is similar to Bao Meiying's estimate: "It was the volunteers of France and Russia who came, saying that they wanted to join forces to sweep away the infidels." ”

It's a joke within a joke, France and Russia have just signed the Paris Peace Treaty, but the hostility between the two sides because of the Crimean War has not cooled down, as for the infidels, in the eyes of the Orthodox Church, Catholics are real heretics, and in the eyes of Catholics, the Orthodox Church is a heretical existence more than heretics.

But for the sake of interests, they actually joined hands to test the bottom line of the Hong Army, although they did not go to battle directly, but they pressed the formation for the Qing Army in Shanghai, and then worse news came: "The full camp of Zhapu killed our messenger again?" ”