"Fight Huangyan, hit Linhai, what is the specific charter? This is a matter for the inspection to decide. Huo Qiu replied to him: "But in my opinion, there are only two difficulties, one is the fortified city, the second is the soldiers, and the third is the militia. ”

Huo Qiu's judgment is in line with Lu Ziyun's expectations, now the Qing army in Linhai and Huangyan has strong cities to defend, the Qing army in the county has a lot of troops, and there are a large number of militia groups, which can be said to be the three major difficulties faced by the Hong army.

But Yun Tianzong objected to Huo Qiu's statement: "Battalion commander, I don't think your idea is right, although Huangyan and Linhai have strong cities, they are not enough to defend, although there are soldiers who are not enough to fight, today is my big patient, one is the militia, the second is the militia, and the third is the militia!" ”

When it comes to the militia group, now the spirit of Huo Qiu and Lu Ziyun is concentrated, Lu Ziyun fought in Shanghai City, most of the people who fought were still the regular army of the Qing army, and they did not fight much against the militia group, but Huo Qiu was different, he started in the private salt business, like this kind of salt lord is not afraid of heaven and earth, he is afraid of encountering the militia group, at that time he really couldn't fight, he couldn't go, he could only resign himself to fate.

"Vigilante ...... vigilante ...... Vigilante! Huo Qiu immediately read a few sentences: "The militia groups in Huangyan County and Linhai County are really a big trouble for our army!" ”

Lu Ziyun asked: "Can you go down first and sweep these militia groups clean." ”

"The wildfires can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows again, won't this county-wide militia be able to sweep it away?" Huo Qiu felt that Lu Ziyun underestimated these militia groups too much: "Now in Huangyan County, there are as many as twenty or thirty large militia groups, and there are as many as thousands of people gathering, and there are more than 100 people. ”

"Then can you use the method of our Hongjun in Rui'an, I heard that the inspection strategy broke the Ruian militia."

Yun Tian thought about it for a while, and told Lu Ziyun that it would never work: "That's not good, absolutely not!" When I was in Ruian County, our army was attacked from two directions, and there were six or seven thousand people from the Red Turban Army to help in the battle. ”

"But the situation in this Taizhou is different, the people are fierce, there are already Taiwanese braves, and now Huangyan and Linhai counties have more than a dozen regiments that have been trained by the war, and there are strong and powerful leaders in the countryside, such as Su Jingrong, such as Mu Nan, all of them are like fire and water with our army, you and I live ......."

"Isn't it okay to knock out the group exercises led by you, no...... The group exercises are all locals, it's too slippery! Lu Ziyun already knew what he was wrong with: "Is this regimental training more difficult to fight than the regular Qing army?" ”

Lu Ziyun didn't know that what he said was the truth, the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect during the Qianlong Jiaqing period, the Eight Banners and the Green Camp were unavailable, and finally the regimental training was used to calm down.

In the Xianfeng period, the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion were unavailable, and the provinces used regimental training to quell the turmoil, and from the regimental training, the Hunan Army and the Huai Army evolved as the generals' troops, and as for the rest of the troops who made military exploits in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War, except for some of the generals who were led by the generals of the people's mutiny, most of them were also born in regimental bravery.

It's just that when Lu Ziyun said this, Yun Tianzong was a little confident: "No matter what, although the group training is difficult to deal with, as long as we cooperate sincerely, we are definitely not our opponents." ”

Lu Ziyun also smiled: "That's right, there are so many group exercises in Taiping County that "Baidu Sets Sail for Words", and in the end, it was not packed up by us. ”

Huo Qiu told Lu Ziyun not to underestimate the enemy: "The regimental training in Taiping County is not enough to cause trouble, and the regimental training in Huangyan and Linhai counties is the heart of our army." ”

This made Lu Ziyun's heart hang again, he fought very little with the regimental training and Qing army in Huangyan County, but Huo Qiu often led the Nanxi battalion and the independent battalion to cooperate into Huangyan County to fight, presumably he had his own reasoning: "Then what should I do?" ”

"What should I do?" Huo Qiu had confidence in Liu Chang: "How about it, listen to the inspection, the inspection will buy us so many foreign guns and cannons, if we can't even kill a group of rural group exercises, let's go home and hug my mother-in-law to sleep!" ”

It's just that in the next moment, Huo Qiu's eyes became sharp: "If you want to calm Huangyan and Linhai, you must first kill the two thieves Mu Yinan and Su Jingrong!" ”

……

"Bu Xing has seen Lord Daotai!"

"Bryon has met Daotai-sama!"

Sitting in the main hall to meet the Buxing brothers, it is the current Ningshaotai Duan Guangqing. …,

He is called Jinghu, because the world often calls him Duan Jinghu, in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, he is a rare capable man and honest minister.

He knew that the bad rules of officialdom were inevitable, but he was still an honest minister, and people called him "Duan Qingtian" at the time. "During his tenure, although there were repeated civil uprisings in the three prefectures of Ning Shaotai, they were all appeased by this Duan Guangqing, and they rarely used strong means.

And he was also promoted step by step because of his political achievements, from the county order all the way to Daotai, but at the end of March this year, the red thieves invaded Taizhou Mansion and took possession of Taiping County, and the officials and troops went to take over the battle, losing more and winning less, which made Duan Guangqing worried.

It's just that in front of Bu Xingyou's brothers, he seems calm: "Xian Kunzhong came just in time, just came from Taizhou Mansion with good news, south of Huangyan Mu and Linhai Su Jingrong went to Taiping County to fight thieves, and he made quite a success, this is Su Jinglan, the messenger sent by Su Jingrong's righteous soldiers!" ”

Bu Xingyou and Bu Liang took the two brothers to crisscross the coast of the entire Zhongjian country in the past, but when they heard Taizhou, they smiled: "The scenery of Taizhou Mansion is good, and our brothers have been there a few times." ”

Su Jinglan's face turned pale, this Buxing brother has been to Taizhou Mansion a few times, and it is simply a drama that has set off countless bloody storms along the coast of Taizhou.

In particular, an old incident in September of the first year of Xianfeng (1851), Su Jinglan never forgot that the general soldiers of Dinghai, Wenzhou and Huangyan towns escorted the grain and salary north to Tianjin, out of the mouth of the Jiaojiang River to the vicinity of Toumen Island. Buxing took advantage of the victory to pursue, entered the sea gate and closed the shore, and looted on a large scale. burned down more than 1,000 grain halls, government offices and private houses, killed countless people, and marched all the way to the sea, threatening the county seat, and entrenched for more than ten days.

He is a native of Linhai, and it has only been more than three years since this happened, and when he thinks of the catastrophe in Linhai, Su Jinglan wants to go up and settle old accounts with Bu Xingyou.

It's just that the general army of the three towns jointly protected the grain and crossed to the north, and they were defeated by the hands of this Bu Xingyou, and it is possible to imagine the combat effectiveness of this Bu Xingyou, so Su Jinglan barely squeezed out a smile: "But ask Daotai, is Bu Qian always going south to attack thieves?" Now the red thieves are entrenched in Taiping County, directly pointing to my Linhai and Huangyan counties, and there is a shortage of strong troops on the sea. ”

What he said was a hateful thing that Bu Xing had, with his invincible record in the entire sea, after Zhao'an, he only got a six-rank top, and as for the position, there was only one sailor Qianzong.

Bu Xingyou smiled and said, "Yes! On the sea surface of Taizhou, we are the most familiar with it, that is, our brothers have been to Linhai County once! ”

Bu Xing's words seemed polite, but Su Jinglan couldn't get off the stage, but Duan Guangqing knew how to control people, and in the entire Ningbo Mansion, he was the only one who could control this Bu brother, he hurriedly said: "Su Yishi, you are wrong, just now, I received an urgent letter from He Futai, and appointed Bu Xing Youdu Si a guerrilla rank." ”

Strictly speaking, it is a guerrilla rank, guerrilla is a rank, and a position is a position, compared to the six-grade top of the Qian, it can be said that it is a flying world, in history, Bu Xingyou has not been promoted to this guerrilla rank until the Taiping Army entered Zhejiang, and now because of the appearance of Liu Chang, he has been promoted to the guerrilla rank five or six years in advance.

As soon as the Buxing brothers heard the news, they immediately knelt down for Duan Guangqing: "The villain has thanked the eldest master for his promotion, and thanked Wang Futai for his appreciation!" ”

Duan Guangqing hurriedly gave Bu Xingyou and Su Jinglan some mitigation work: "I know that the two of them have some misunderstandings in history, and now the red thief has entered the bī Linhai, which is the opportunity to use people, the two of them can temporarily put aside their grievances and break the red thief together!" ”

Su Jinglan was entrusted by Su Jingrong to come to Ningbo to ask for reinforcements: "Although my brother is a small setback to the red thief, but this red thief is the most brave of the thieves Liu Jiehu share, and recently rushed from Yueqing to reinforce several battalions, more than 2,000 foreign guns, although my regiment is fighting endlessly, but I am afraid that it will last for a long time, I am afraid that it is not the opponent of Liu Jiehu, please send reinforcements quickly, and send more food "Baidu Jian Sailing Text" salary, come to reinforcements! ”

Su Jinglan is Su Jingrong's younger brother, Su Jingrong can only let this brother who he trusts the most come to Ningbo to cry Qin Ting for reinforcements, Duan Guangqing knows that the situation in Taizhou Mansion is very sinister, since the end of March after the red thieves invaded Taiping County, the officers and soldiers have won fewer defeats and more defeats, and have never been able to restore Taiping County.

Not only that, the red thief even once went west to Jinyun County, occupying Xianju County, if it were not for the deputy general Wu Hongchuan of Chuzhou Town who was not afraid of the battle, and broke the willow under Jinyun City, I am afraid that now Zhezhong has been eroded.

Even so, the official army has more than 10,000 soldiers in Chuzhou, and Duan Guangqing, the reinforcements that can be drawn out from the three prefectures of Ningshaotai have been withdrawn, but the momentum of Liu Jiehu has not decreased, and there are even rumors of enterprising Huangyan and Linhai.

Therefore, he first asked Su Jinglan: "It is rumored in the world that a red thief is now marching into Huangyan and Linhai, you are in Taizhou, you must know the deepest, what kind of inside story is it, you can report it to this way!" ”

Su Jinglan glanced at Bu Xingyou's brothers, and a trace of hatred swept in his eyes, but he replied to Duan Guangqing: "Lord Huidaotai, this is not a rumor in the world, the two million soldiers and civilians in Taijun County all know that Liu Jiehu has long had this intention, and it is only a matter of time before he goes north, if he does not send reinforcements early and receive food and salary, the two cities of Huangyan and Linhai will fall into the hands of thieves." ”

Duan Guangqing has read a lot of documents in Taizhou Mansion and Huangyan Town, but these documents have always made him foggy, on the one hand, there are frequent good news, and on the other hand, he claims that Huangyan and Linhai are undefendable, and he asked Li to send soldiers to receive food and salary, what kind of inside story is it, so that he can't guess the inside story at all.

Therefore, he asked: "Su Jinglan, since you are from Taizhou, what kind of inside story is this thief of Liu Jiehu, you can tell me in detail!" ”。 ）