Chapter 321 Afterhand

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Li Yuandu is from Hunan, and Deng Shaoliang is also from Hunan, but the two Hunan people were cold when they met.

After a long time, Deng Shaoliang asked, "But Zeng Shilang sent him down to help Zhejiang?" ”

Over there, Li Yuandu replied as scheduled: "Zeng Shilang didn't let this Daotai come, and Bendao rushed to help Zhejiang against Zeng Shilang's will!" ”

This reply was in Deng Shaoliang's expectations, which was also the reason for the coldness, and after a while Deng Shaoliang said: "It's good to come, it's good to come!" ”

What can he say besides this sentence, what can he say about his retreat from Quzhou, just to wait for He Guiqing to cross Taiwan, and when the Hunan army comes to Zhejiang, he can rise to a position that he could never dream of before.

But people are not as good as heaven, Deng Shaoliang calculated everything, but he didn't count Shi Dakai's entry into Jiangxi, now Zeng Guofan is even a problem with self-preservation, what ability does he have to take care of Zhejiang, he even has to detain Li Yuandu's eight battalions of Anyue Army.

But Li Yuandu also has his own ideas, he is an old friend of Zeng Guofan, whether it is Jiujiang or Jinggang, he can be said to have the grace of Zeng Guofan's life, but what Zeng Guofan wants is just a staff.

Li Yuandu doesn't want to be a Shaoxing master for the rest of his life, he has great ambitions, Zeng Guofan is a scholar, he can't use soldiers, he can't command generals, and all the battles he personally commands are almost a mess, but now he has become the top figure in the whole of China, and even several governors have to look at his eyes.

And Li Yuandu has the same dream, he also wants to lead a few battalions of soldiers to make some achievements, and then get a governor, and he will be satisfied.

Therefore, for He Guiqing and Wang Youling to invite him to lead the An Yue army into Zhejiang, he is a hundred willing, and he will have a salary and silver in Zhejiang, and when the time comes, he will play a piece of land, which is the day of the gods!

You must know that although Zhejiang is a small province, it is the same as Jiangsu, it is a place where the world's grain and salary gather, and even if you are the governor of Zhejiang for a day, you are satisfied!

It's just that Li Yuandu wants to aid Zhejiang, but Zeng Guofan is anxious because of Shi Dakai's entry into Jiangxi, he doesn't care about old friendships at all, and is even ready to forcibly detain the eight battalions of the New Hunan Army An Yue Army recruited by Li Yuandu, but fortunately, Li Yuandu reacted in time and dragged the team to Quzhou before Zeng Guofan started.

It's just that now Deng Shaoliang really doesn't know how to treat Li Yuandu, Li Yuandu is naturally a good thing, but if he has too close a relationship with Li Yuandu, I am afraid that he will offend those Hunan army bosses again, he still has the same sentence: "It's good to come, it's good to come!" ”

Over there, Li Yuandu raised his eyebrows: "Brother Shaoliang, tell me the truth, what is the situation in Zhejiang?" I want to send troops to northern Zhejiang, I don't know if it's possible? ”

Deng Shaoliang was reluctant to push the eight battalions of the Anyue army to He Guiqing's side, he said: "Instead of going to northern Zhejiang, it is better to be in Quzhou, advance and retreat, and have no worries about food and salary, if you go to northern Zhejiang, I am afraid the situation is not good!" ”

Li Yuandu also knew that the Hangjiahu Plain was a must-take place for the Hong Army, so he immediately asked again: "When do you estimate when the red thieves will attack Hangjia?" ”

"Next year!" Deng Shaoliang said the truth: "The red thieves have been arming themselves for war this month, and it is said that there are countless foreign guns and foreign cannons from the entrance of Ningbo, and the combat power has doubled. ”

"There are very few foreign guns, but there are some!"

Strictly speaking, this is a batch of light artillery purchased by the Hunan army from Westerners, the Hunan army is called "Yangzhuang", equipped on Changlong and other warships, and has achieved results in the battle with the Taiping army, but when it goes on land, it seems to be lighter - kbook update

But this is already all the foreign guns and foreign artillery that Li Yuandu has prepared in Hunan, and the progress of the Hunan army's foreign guns and foreign artillery is very slow, and the key is that Zeng Guofan's attitude is very negative, and he even falls behind the commanders of each battalion. …,

Zeng Guofan has always insisted that the Hunan army's improved bird guns, lifting guns, and mountain-splitting cannons are sharp weapons for defeating the enemy, and even believed that the power of these Chinese earthen guns and earthen cannons is far superior to that of foreign guns and foreign artillery, and although the Taiping army he encountered, although it was also equipped with some foreign guns and foreign artillery, most of them were weak in combat effectiveness, and although there were foreign guns and foreign artillery, they could not exert their power, so this view was even more aggravated.

Zeng Guofan still held the original attitude, believing that foreign guns and foreign cannons were just listening to the sound and did not have much actual power, and even repeatedly sold his improved earthen guns and artillery to his commanders, believing that the power was infinite.

During the entire Taiping War, Zeng Guofan never changed this view, and the Hunan army never eliminated these earthen guns and artillery.

As soon as he heard the news that Li Yuandu had very few foreign guns and foreign artillery, Deng Shaoliang frowned: "That's not good, to fight with the red thief, you have to prepare more foreign guns and foreign artillery, I will first help you with 100 foreign guns and four foreign cannons, and you go to Shanghai as soon as possible to purchase foreign cannons." ”

Li Yuandu knew that Deng Shaoliang was a first-class fierce general in the Jiangnan battalion, and he had heard of Deng's prestige in Hunan, but this Deng Shaoliang was quite afraid of the red thief's foreign guns and cannons, and immediately asked, "The red thief's foreign guns and cannons are really so sharp?" ”

Deng Shaoliang smiled bitterly: "My team is already a first-class good soldier in the Jiangnan battalion, with a lot of foreign guns and artillery, but compared with the red thief, it is only second-rate!" ”

Li Yuandu immediately said: "Well, thank you Deng Junmen, this time you and I are both from Hunan, and we want to work together in the same boat, right......"

He remembered another thing: "Hu Xingrenbu, the political envoy of the Zhejiang Domain, is also from our Hunan, he sent a letter to exchange Jinlanpu with me, I think this discussion is very appropriate, but I don't know if Deng Junmen is willing to intervene?" ”

This can be regarded as a small group of Hunan people, a political envoy who is ready to replace the governor at any time, a commander with a heavy army, and a Taoist who also has thousands of soldiers, if combined, it will set off countless waves in the entire southeast.

"Hu Fansi?" Deng Shaoliang was very interested in this: "I have heard his name in Hunan, and the three of us in Hunan have joined forces to create a situation in Zhejiang......

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"Three Hunanese? Do you want to change the Jinlan spectrum? ”

Wang Youling had a bit of mockery in his mouth: "They also take their weight too seriously!" ”

He Guiqing said with a wry smile: "It's not light, it's not light, it's not light at all, they take a fancy to me, the governor's seal, I'm iron-hearted, even if I leave the inspection office, I can be a monk for a day and hit the bell for a day!" ”

Hu Xueyan next to him said in a straight voice: "It's good that Lord Zhongcheng has this idea, but the Hunan people are pressing step by step, Zhongcheng has to prepare in advance!" ”

"Prepare what?"

Hu Xueyan also made it clear and said: "The city head changes the king's flag, shouldn't Zhongcheng prepare for some contingencies?" ”

He Guiqing still has confidence: "I am a direct minister of the Qing Dynasty, and I must be worthy of the first emperor!" If Liu Jiehu does not attack my Hangjiahu for a day, I will tolerate Ningbo's neutrality for one day, and it will be a few days if it can be delayed. ”

Wang Youling also said: "That's right, Jun's grace is unforgettable, and Zhongcheng and I will never leave an infamy, Xueyan!" ”

Hu Xueyan responded, and Wang Youling said softly: "I endured all the things you did in Hangjia, and I didn't bother you, but you also have to leave some posthumous names, I disdain to be in the same stream as Gao Liangcai, Shi Jingfen and the like!" ”

This is the so-called clear stream of the Qing Dynasty scholars, but Hu Xueyan is not in a hurry, and said another thing: "Zhongcheng, Futai, don't worry, the situation in Zhejiang, judging from the current situation, unless the center can send troops to aid Zhejiang, sooner or later it will not be able to hold it!" Next year, the red thieves have completed their military training, and they will inevitably sweep the southeast, and Shanghai will be a problem at that time! "...," the Shanghai problem? He Guiqing is an extremely smart person: "You are Ningbo? ”

The problem in Shanghai is dozens of times more complicated than in Ningbo, and there are only more than 100 Westerners in Ningbo, and although there is no definite number of foreigners in Shanghai, it should be a good number if it reaches several thousand or even 10,000 people at most times.

In this case, if the Hong Army wants to attack Shanghai, it will be the same as Li Xiucheng in history, seeking its own death - it is precisely because of Li Xiucheng's attack on Shanghai that the British and French powers completely fell to the side of the Qing army, and the result is that the Anglo-French alliance not only trained the Changsheng Army, Changjie Army and other armed forces for the Qing Dynasty, but even directly sent troops to intervene, repeatedly dealt devastating blows to Li Xiucheng's troops, and also supported the Huai Army to fight against Li Xiucheng.

As a result, the entire Li Xiucheng group was ostensibly defeated at the hands of the Huai army, but in fact at the hands of Britain and France, and there is now a good example of how to deal with Shanghai, that is, the neutralization of Ningbo.

Ningbo's neutrality is still in the honeymoon period, and the two sides have cooperated very happily, although there have been some frictions between the two sides, but on the whole it has been successful, and when the time comes, Shanghai will be neutralized, and the Chinese side will have to have a few important figures come out to preside over the overall situation.

Now Hu Xueyan just wants to ask He Guiqing to lay out a few chess pieces in advance in this regard: "Zhongcheng and Yang Fang, as well as Yu Bin, and the Ningbo Gang are all good friends, and if they really can't support it at that time, they can go to Shanghai to preside over the overall situation." ”

In history, He Guiqing also turned around and fled to the Shanghai Concession when Changzhou fell to Suzhou and closed his doors, he was a smart person who cherished his life very much, so Hu Xueyan's suggestion was very in line with his wishes: "This is a good idea, what do you think of Xue Xuan?" ”

Wang Youling said with a smile: "Zhongcheng went to the Shanghai Concession, how can I go!" ”

"It's a great idea, the best of both worlds!" He Guiqing immediately asked, "Xueyan, since you have such a good idea, what reward do you want?" As long as I can do it, I will go down. ”

Hu Xueyan immediately knelt down, he just asked: "This time the center sent troops to aid Zhejiang, did it send the monk king and Shengbao to come together, I heard that this time it was feigned as Shengbao, but it was actually the monk and the king Shengbao came together, bringing a lot of Heilongjiang and Mongolian horse teams?" Please sue me! ”