When the generals of the Hunan army present heard this bad news, their faces were all cold, but fortunately, Zhao Liewen made up for the past: "Shi Yunqing's guy is really a dou who can't be supported, there are obviously so many soldiers in his hands, and he was taken care of by the red thief in just such a while, so that he missed the big thing of the waiter." 1――”

And Zeng Guofan also reacted, he hurriedly said: "I will write to Hu Runzhi, and ask him to quickly release hundreds of thousands of military salaries for backup, if he doesn't release the salaries again, I will take tens of thousands of brothers here to eat him clean!"

Everyone's mood was also relaxed, Bao Chao and Hu Linyi had a lot of friendship, and said with a smile: "Shilang is right, if Hu Runzhi refuses to give hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, then we can only go to Wuchang to eat big households!"

And Zhao Liewen turned the topic to the good side: "Everyone, this time the thieves want to invade Hunan, and our army has a good chance of winning!"

"Why do you say that our army has a good chance of winning, the key is that the red thief Nanxi is only a third-rate battalion, and I stick to Hunan, there is a favorable time, place and people, and it is to defend my hometown, the military heart is available, you can lure the Huo thief into the country, and then attack and harass it in all directions, wait for it to be tired, and take down the Huo thief division in one fell swoop, it is the whole Hunan can be defended!"

For holding Hunan, the generals of the Hunan army are still quite confident, which is different from Jiangxi, where they are guest troops, while in Hunan, they are fighting locally, receiving a steady stream of money, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the red thieves is, they will not have a comprehensive advantage, as long as it drags on, they will definitely have a chance.

What's more, in Jiangxi before, they did not think that they lost at the hands of the Nanxi battalion, but that they were defeated at the hands of the dragon lance battalion. And now that the Dragon Lance Battalion was far away in the southeast, they felt that they could at least draw with Huo Qiu's rainbow army.

At this time, Zhenjiang Mansion is a sea of red.

Countless red flags fluttered throughout Zhenjiang Mansion. Those villages and towns that did not raise the red flag almost immediately became the targets of the army, and the regimental training and Qing troops guarding the inside were almost immediately broken by the army.

In this regard, the Hong Army not only invested three infantry regiments of the Third Division, but also Wu Ruxiao's entire infantry brigade to respond. Coupled with other troops that cooperated with the battle, the entire Zhenjiang Mansion was swept by the Hong Army almost immediately.

It's just that as the supreme commander of the entire campaign, Jin Peilun doesn't think that this battle has reached the point of perfection: "It's a pity that Zhang Guoliang ran away, it's a pity!"

Just a few days before the Rainbow Army swept through Zhenjiang, the main force of the Jiangnan Battalion, the Monk King, and the Shengbao Army took advantage of the last opportunity for the arrival of the main force of the Rainbow Army, and most of them crossed the Yangjiang River north by boat, so it can be said that the fly in the ointment of the whole battle, but the head of Li Shixian, who was opposite him, said with a smile: "Why should Master Jin care about an old thief of Zhang Guoliang." Sooner or later, his head will fall into our hands, and the whole town will be restored, and there will finally be such a day!"

He can be said to be the old brother of Guangxi in the Taiping Army, since the Taiping Army arrived in Jiangnan, he has an indissoluble bond with the city of Zhenjiang, he and Wu Ruxiao have insisted in this city, countless attacks and defenses, endless sacrifices, honors and tears. Let him have a deep affection for the whole Zhenjiang.

He put forward his suggestion to Jin Peilun: "Master Jin, we hit it off at first sight, and now I have a word in my heart, that is, hurry up to Tianjing...... No, it's an attack on Jinling. Don't miss this opportunity now, if you don't take it, you will be blamed!"

He cited the lessons of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Jiangnan that year: "Back then, the king of the east led us and other ten thousand boats to go straight down to the south of the Yangtze River, took Jinling lightly, followed the Zhenjiang River, saw that it could sweep the southeast, enter the northern expedition to the Central Plains, retreat to the southeast, who would have thought that the king of the east ordered the northern expedition and ordered the western expedition, and the army guarded Jinling and Zhenjiang, but was besieged by the Qing demons, and the situation was out of control!"

This is the bloody lesson of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom back then, but Jiang Ning next to him said through Yu Village: "Originally, it was the best to take Jinling by victory, but now Zhenjiang is at the beginning, and the people's hearts are undecided, and it seems to be a bit Meng Lang to attack Jinling directly!" …,

Although Zhang Guoliang led the Jiangnan battalion and tens of thousands of troops of the monk army to the north in a hurry, there were still a large number of Qing troops left between Tianjing and Zhenjiang, and in Zhenjiang Mansion alone, the regular Qing army and landlord regiments left behind were as many as nearly 10,000 people.

Fortunately, the Rainbow Army is not the same force as it was at the beginning, and the Third Division of the Western Expedition not only brought tens of thousands of combat troops, but also brought more than 1,000 administrative cadres, all of whom were transferred from Zhejiang and Suchang, and as long as they were managed over time, Zhenjiang Mansion would definitely be able to operate Zhenjiang Mansion into the basic territory of the Rainbow Army.

And Wu Ruxiao opened his mouth at this time, although his status is lower than Jin Peilun, but he is a standard indigenous in the territory of Zhenjiang, he said: "Master Jin is thinking badly, although there are many demons in Tianjing and Zhenjiang, most of them are vulnerable people......

He analyzed in detail: "You must know that the Qing demons who stay now are all those who refuse to follow Zhang Guoliang to the north, why don't they refuse to cross north?" Naturally, because he became an indigenous, it was okay to steal chickens and dogs in peacetime, but it was vulnerable to battle, not to mention that the place was already overwhelmed, as for the group training, ......"

Yu Cun understood that he himself was born in a local Xiaohaoqiang, so he naturally knew what was going on with these Xiaohaoqiang and the regimental training: "Vulnerable, but it can replenish the army!"

He was determined to use these regimental training in Zhenjiang Mansion as a source of recruits for himself and the Third Division, and Li Shixian opened his mouth again: "When it comes to attacking Jinling, I can be the vanguard!"

Among the Zhenjiang guards of the old Taiping Army, he is said to be an aggressive figure, and he does not have much loyalty to Hong Xiuquan, and now the concern is to take advantage of this great opportunity to make a few military exploits and then say: "If Jinling is restored, it can be said that the southeast has arrived, don't look at me, I only have a group of people, but most of them are killed from Tianjing, and they know everything about the vicinity of Tianjing, so they can go straight to Jinling!"

"That's the best!" Jin Peilun was originally worried that Wu Ruxiao and Li Shixian, the old Taiping army, would have too much affection for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and asked to stay in Zhenjiang, but Li Shixian took the initiative to ask for battle, so he couldn't help but say: "If Jinling is restored, the two of them will be the first merit, but if you meet the old people of the Heavenly Kingdom, what should you do?" ”

Li Shixian couldn't help but smile: "Now Li Xiucheng, who is elected by the courtiers of the Heavenly Kingdom to preside over the government, is my own brother, and most of the soldiers in Tianjing City are also my deceased. ”

Jin Peilun immediately understood, not because Li Shixian was really ruthless, but because he had already responded in Tianjing City, but this was fine, Jin Peilun immediately decided to take Li Shixian as the vanguard of the whole army: "Then wronged Commander Li, if Jiang Ning is not, neither I nor Yu Jingliu can forget your first merit." ”

However, Wu Ruxiao talked about another key issue: "Although our army can go straight to Jinling, since the expedition of the Yiwang, the army in the city is uncertain, and what is worrying today is that the Kingdom of Heaven has mobilized reinforcements from the upstream, and the Kingdom of Heaven still has many soldiers in Anhui......"

"Don't worry about Anhui's problems!" Jin Peilun said with a smile: "Don't worry at all, in order to respond to our Jinling Campaign, His Royal Highness King Yan ordered a mixed brigade of the First Division to strengthen the main force of the cavalry brigade to advance westward from Huzhou Mansion, take southern Anhui, and cut off the Yangtze River ......"

Liu Chang's purpose in this campaign was not limited to capturing Zhenjiang and Jinling in Jiangsu, but was to prepare to take down the entire south of the Yangtze River, so he deliberately asked Zhou Xiuying to lead the cavalry brigade itself and a mixed infantry brigade of the first division to go straight out of Anhui, preparing to take the south of the Yangtze River first, and at the same time cross the Yangtze River.

After hearing the news that the Jiangnan camp had crossed Yangzhou to the north, Zhang Sigui's Hongjun Naval Division was now preparing to dispatch all the steam warships, preparing to carry the main force of the 11th Marine Regiment to land near Yangzhou and seize a number of Jiangbei bridgeheads as advance positions for attacking Jiangbei in the future. …,

Of course, it is impossible for these arrangements to introduce Wu Ruxiao and Li Shixian, who have just surrendered to the Taiping Heavenly Officials, but Jin Peilun's words made these old Taiping soldiers understand a truth, that is, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is now at a dead end.

Now in Jiangsu, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom only retains a small place in Jinling, and although there are still several prefectures along the Yangtze River in Anhui, under the attack of the dragon spear division of the Hong Army, how long can it last, and almost all the operations of the Taiping Army are within the two provinces of Suzhou and Anhui, and the two provinces of Suzhou and Anhui have fallen into the hands of the Hong Army, so what else is there in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

At this point, Li Shixian insisted on his determination to follow Liu Changgan, he was never a fanatical God worshipper, but a young general in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who was good at judging the situation and sizing up the situation, and he had a very rational understanding of Hong Xiuquan, a religious madman, coupled with an extraordinary sense of fame, which made him have a strong enterprising spirit.

For nearly four years, he had been trapped in the city of Zhenjiang and faced the endless tidal offensives of tens of thousands of Qing troops and regimental training, which had allowed Li Shixian to grow rapidly into a qualified commander, and now he was ready to make a complete break with his past and open the passage to Tianjing for the Rainbow Army.

It's just that before that, both he and Jin Peilun have to say goodbye to their past completely, and someone over there comes to report: "Master Jin, Tianjing Hong Tianwang sent someone over and said that he wanted to see you in person!"

Jin Peilun was originally not going to meet people from Tianjing, but since the Hongjun took Zhenjiang, it can be said that he has completely turned against the Taiping Army, but Li Shixian said there: "Master Jin, it's better to see you, maybe it's you and me!"

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