Zhang Yuliang is also a veteran, he pursued the Taiping army all the way to Jinling City in Guangxi, and he didn't know how many methods he had seen the Taiping army, so after he made up his mind, the entire Pujiang County was already in calm before the storm.

"What? Zhang Yuliang was going to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the red thieves, so that the shops in the county quickly raised 5,000 yuan for the army? ”

"That's right, Zhang Shenrong was indignant because of the defeat of the former soldiers at the hands of the red thieves, and he was determined to take revenge and mercy."

"General Zhang was so defeated last time, and now he still dares to go out of the city to fight with the red thieves?"

Everyone's rumors quickly reached the ears of the Hongjun outside the city, so the Dragon Lance Battalion and the Nanxi Battalion each retreated five or six miles to prevent Zhang Yuliang from suddenly coming out of the city.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that the exact news came that Zhang Yuliang's 3,000 soldiers and horses had withdrawn from Pujiang County overnight and went straight to Lanxi County, which made the generals of the Hongjun army shocked.

For this reason, the two regiment commanders, Zhai Jie and Huo Qiu, personally represented their infantry regiments to plead to Liu Chang: "Because I was too small and hearty, I let go of Zhang Yuliang, a big fish, this is the mistake of our two regiment commanders, and it has nothing to do with the brothers below."

Liu Chang had just eaten, and he said to the soldiers on the side: "Go and prepare a morning snack for me, Commander Zhai and Captain Huo, what are you doing so carefully, isn't it just a Zhang Yu, Liang, a trivial matter, sit down, wait for the dim sum to come up, let's eat together",

It's just that Huo Qiu's thoughts are different: "Zhang Yuliang hasn't gone far yet, if we catch up now, it is very likely that Zhang Yu and Liang will be intercepted!" ”

"What if it's intercepted?" Liu Chang said: "Kill one Zhang Yuliang, and one Deng Shaoliang, now is not the time to fight for morale, sit down, let's eat a snack and a heart together",

Several plates of delicate snacks were delivered, most of which were Liu Chang's favorite desserts, and Liu Chang was not polite, he picked them up and ate them, while comforting his two generals: "Now the situation in Jinhua Mansion is almost the same, there is no need to entangle with Zhang Yuliang too much!" ”

Zhai Jie disagrees with this point of view: "Check, this is raising tigers for trouble."

"Zhang Yuliang is not a tiger, he is a sick cat!" Liu Chang replied: "Now leave a little room for this sick cat for the time being, which is conducive to our next move",

How is it conducive to the next move, that is, to take Jinhua Mansion into his own hands, and Huo Qiu over there has already understood: "Then let's take Pujiang County first?" ”

"Well", Liu Chang said: "Jinhua Mansion can now be said to have concentrated all the main forces of our Hong Army, six infantry battalions, one punishment battalion, one cavalry battalion, plus a Shanye Military Academy So many troops are concentrated in half of Jinhua Mansion, and the place can't bear it, and now Zhang Yuliang is leaving without a fight, and he really wants to thank him for giving us a Pujiang County for nothing",

Huo Qiu asked again: "Then do you want to take down Jinhua Mansion City next?" ”

"There's no rush yet!" Liu Chang said with a sigh: "This time the third independent battalion is out, and it has a lot of tiger fighting sheep, and the performance of the independent first battalion and the second independent battalion is not bad, but the time is too short, and these independent battalions still need to be trained again."

Zhai Jie and Huo Qiu both understood: "Then the next step is to strengthen the training of the troops!" ”

Nominally, the Hong Army only annihilated Zhang Yuliang and took away a county in Pujiang, but in fact, due to the heavy damage to the main force of Zhang Yuliang's army, the battle situation in the entire Jinhua Mansion has undergone fundamental changes, as long as Liu Chang is willing to take it with confidence, not to mention the entire Jinhua Mansion, even the entire Shaoxing Mansion and Ningbo Mansion can be taken.

However, Liu Chang was willing to lay a solid foundation first, temporarily use Jinhua Mansion as a springboard for encirclement and reinforcements, and even prepared to annihilate the main reinforcement force of the Qing army before it arrived in Jinhua. …,

What's more, the summer harvest has passed, the autumn harvest is still early, and it is only July 12, and Liu Chang still has two months to complete the expansion and training of the troops: "Jinhua Mansion will be the last county town we will take!" ”

His words set the tone for the Hong Army to enter Pujiang, and it was the oldest dragon spear battalion that entered Pujiang garrison, and the military discipline was the best in the whole army.

In fact, the official gentry of Pujiang Jian were very impressed by such a mighty army, which did not look like a group of thieves at all, and even the official army could not compare to a single hair of them.

Especially after the dragon spear battalion showed off its strength, seeing the foreign guns and cannons in their hands, and comparing it with Zhang Yuliang's troops, it was really a world of difference.

Before Zhang Yuliang withdrew, tens of thousands of hanging money were scraped away from Pujiang County, and everyone hated Zhang Yuliang to the core, but many officials and gentry and poor peasants became thieves at once.

Originally, no local people dared to come out to elect a township leader, but now many old and famous families in the county have come out to fight for the post of a township leader, and as for the posts of the township platoon and militia company, naturally many people have come to compete for the post of township leader.

In just one or two days, the Hongjun basically laid the foundation of the regime, but the next step was to build the regime with great patience and meticulousness.

First of all, the Taizhou Prefecture captured Xiangshan County with the main force of the mixed battalion, Xiangshan County is an enclave of Ningbo Prefecture in this time and space, and Haining County, the Taizhou Prefecture, is isolated on land, and the most convenient way to start from Ningbo is to take the sea route.

However, after the Hong army captured Haining County, Xiangshan County could no longer get any support, so the mixed battalion can be said to wait until the melon was ripe and directly captured Xiangshan County.

It is worth mentioning that this time, Ye Yudie's sailors went all the way to the offshore of Xiangshan and reinforced the mixed battalion many times, which was well received by Xina and Gaoliangcai.

Next, Lu Ziyun, who was in the state capital, also reported that he continued to break the Qing army and occupied two county seats, so that the Hong army originally only controlled the six counties of Taizhou Mansion and the old Yuhuan Hall, and only seven county seats, but after the start of the Western Expedition, the Hong Army had captured five counties of Jinhua Prefecture, five counties of the Prefecture Prefecture, and one county of Ningbo Prefecture, a total of eighteen counties had been controlled, which can be said to be quite impressive.

However, Lu Ziyun pointed out in his letter that since the fourth company of the Niudao battalion was still in the mixed battalion structure, in addition to whether it was possible to form a fourth company on the spot as the Lishui garrison, he also asked what kind of attitude he had towards Fujian.

As soon as it came to Fujian, Liu Chang decided to adopt a conservative strategy for the time being, at least for now, the state capital still needs a buffer zone, after all, Lu Ziyun only has three infantry battalions under his command, although there is still enough strength to capture the state capital, but Fu, the Jianqing army is pressed over with an army of tens of thousands of people, so Lu Ziyun can't resist it anyway, so he can only draw troops from Jinhua Mansion to support Chuzhou.

The reason why he retained Zhai Zhenhan's Red Turban Army was also to temporarily play the role of a buffer zone between the Qing army and the Hong army in Fujian.

Taizhou Mansion.

Waterfront City.

Xi Na said with a smile: "Gaofutai, this time it is thanks to your help that Xiangshan County can easily take it down!" ”

Gao Liangcai said very gently: "Take Xiangshan County, the imperial industry will go further, you are all ministers from the dragon, you should go to celebrate and drink a few cups!" ”

It's just that he shook his head and said: "I don't dare to drink, I really don't dare to drink, I'm afraid of missing a big thing."

"What's the big deal? Could it be that Bu Xingyou has some attempt to fail? ”

Over there, he told him: "It's not Bu Xingyou, during this time, Bu Xingyou seems to be very honest, it's a problem in Yueqing County,...,

"Yueqing County? It's not that the talk is almost over, in order to get in touch with Panshi Village, or Zhai Zhenhan doesn't agree, we also want to eat Yueqing County",

Panshizhai gathers the entire military industry and chemical industry of the Hongjun, where a large number of military raw materials and finished products have been produced, at least black powder, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, clothing, equipment, and even small-scale fire caps can be produced.

And up to now, all the arms smuggling ships have docked in Panshi Village, recently Rusya's smuggling ships are very active, and have sent a large number of military supplies twice quickly and well, although the cash flow of the Hong Army is a little tight, but it has also greatly improved the shortage of equipment in the Hong Army, for which Xi Na sent 400 foreign guns to Liu Chang, and also sent 150 foreign guns to Lu Ziyun in Chuzhou.

Although preparations are made to open up a new smuggling port off the coast of Taizhou, Panshizhai, as the oldest base of the Hongjun, cannot afford to lose, and the current situation of being an enclave cannot be continued.

In order to get Yueqing County from Zhai Zhenhan, the negotiations between the two sides have been carried out several rounds, and Xina stayed in Taizhou as the Hongjun, both soft and hard, and finally saw Youmei, but now there are some changes: "Our friend on the Hongjun side said that although Zhai Zhenhan is willing to hand over Yueqing County, he is ready to lend it to us!" ”

"It's okay to borrow it, as long as you get Yueqing County, everything will be easy to do", Gao Liangcai told Xina: "What fell into our hands, Zhai Zhenhan will definitely not be able to take it back",

"But he just wants to take it back", the information he received from Yu Cun: "It's just a temporary loan to us!" ”

"Zhai Zhenhan doesn't want to live anymore!" Gao Liangcai asked: "Then do you want us to strike first",

"We shouldn't have fired the first shot," said with a wry smile, "so I don't dare to drink."

As he was talking, someone outside reported: "Kochifu, Commander Xi, Ye Niangniang is here!" ”

Ye Niangniang is Ye Yudie, she walked in with a cold and arrogant expression, but unconsciously showed off her small waist, she was happy to see Xi Na and Gao Liang Cai: "Kochi Mansion, Wash Commander is here, that's the best, there is just a big thing to discuss with the two",

"What's the matter?" Xina felt a little strange, Ye Yudie has always listened to Xuan and not listened, and he is very independent, most of the time he has to respect Ye Yudie's opinion.

But today, Ye Yudie took the initiative to come to them to discuss: "What's going on?" ”

"It's a thing that Bu Xing has,. ）