Lin Shaozhang is well-known in the Kingdom of Heaven "has no skills", after the failure of the Kingdom of Heaven, after Li Xiucheng was captured by Zeng Guofan, Zeng Guofan waited for Li Xiucheng to finish writing his confession, and asked why this "no skills" Lin Shaozhang became the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army to conquer Hunan all the way, and even the position was still above Zeng Tianyang, who had quite a means, and why he could still rise step by step after the defeat of Xiangtan and was named King Zhang.

It's just that in history, Lin Shaozhang is really useless, he led the Taiping army to Xiangtan all the way to Xiangtan, and was defeated by the newly rising Hunan army, and retreated all the way from Xiangtan to Wuchang City, so although the East King did not kill him, but he froze this old brother in Guangxi, and the ruler of the Yiwang also looked down on this Lin Shaozhang, who would have thought that now the king of heaven was ready to use Lin Shaozhang.

But compared to the king, the restoration of Lin Shaozhang is just a trivial matter, Zhang Suimou said in surprise: "Want to be crowned king? Who? Now who has this qualification. ”

The Eight Kings of the Heavenly Kingdom, even Qin Rigang, who is the most uninitiated, is also a number of fierce generals in the Heavenly Kingdom, and he is old, and a figure like Luo Xuan, who has both military and political skills, because he is not an old brother of Jintian, but is born in the Heaven and Earth Society, is neither a king nor a marquis.

Therefore, Zhang Suimou immediately thought of a person: "Isn't it Mengdeen, this thief is a sinister villain, you have to guard against the Wing King......"

It's just that the Wing King Shi Dakai sighed: "If Meng Deen is fine, although Meng Deen is scheming and flattering to the Heavenly King, he is a founding meritorious ......."

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Suimou's heart was cold: "Could it be ......?"

"That's right! It's Hong Renfa and Hong Renda, and the Heavenly King has decided to seal him ......"

The eldest brothers of these two Heavenly Kings are not even as good as the "incompetent" Lin Shaozhang, when they thought that the half-brothers of the Heavenly Kings would make trouble for the Wing King all the time, Zhang Suimou just sat down in frustration and said: "If I knew that today, I should have let the East King preside over the government!" ”

Although it is said that Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, is stubborn and self-serving, and there is no one in his eyes, it is a bit like Yang Su's rewards and punishments. The government is very organized, and now the Wing King is nominally the chief general of the Holy Spirit Electricity Army, but in fact, he is in power, and it is completely in the hands of Hong Renfa and Hong Renda. It's just that the king of the east is already a dead man.

Zhang Suimou continued: "Winged King Shi Dakai, this great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty is not the world of their Hong family...... Hey, you've got to make a decision......"

Shi Dakai knew Zhang Suimou's complaints: "You have to make a decision immediately, but this is the king of heaven after all......"

He let out a long sigh, not knowing what he was trying to say.

This is also a sign of the death of the country.

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"Zimo, it's good to be back. It's good to be back! Zeng Guofan took Liu Changyou's hand and said a long story short: "Now that Li Xubin has abandoned Jiujiang and galloped to aid Nanchang, plus Bao Chunting and Wang Kailai's reinforcements, now Nanchang can be said to be as stable as a golden mountain, you should reorganize the team and prepare for a shame!" ”

Liu Changyou was very embarrassed, he was covered in mud, and said in a loud voice: "Squire! Squire! The army was defeated in Fuzhou, and it was really shameless to come to see the waiter! ”

"It's good to be back. It's good to be back! Zeng Guofan's words were like a gentle drizzle: "I haven't been down-to-earth these days, but as soon as I heard that Changyou led your troops to rush back, my heart was settled." Nanchang can be guarded! ”

That's what he said, but Liu Changyou felt sorry for Zeng Guofan: "But I heard that Zhou Fengshan's old battalion rushed to help Fuzhou, and the whole army was wiped out halfway, Changyou really didn't have the shame to come to see the waiter!" ”

Zeng Guofan is a real egoist: "Zhou Fengshan's army was defeated, although it is extremely regrettable, but the matter has come to this point, only the ability to protect Nanchang, Nanchang will not be lost, and Jiangxi is as stable as Mount Tai!" ”

This is a historical experience, whether it is the Taiping army down the river, or the two western expeditions. None of them have ever scooped down Nanchang City, and with Nanchang City as a stronghold, the Qing army can use this as a foundation to recover the whole province. ..., just thinking of the collapse of the old Hunan army of Zhou Fengshan's five battalions, Zeng Guofan's face was relaxed, but he was crying blood in his heart. That's the old Hunan army of the fifth battalion! Unexpectedly, the old Hunan army brought out by Taqib was defeated here.

His face was impassive, and he continued to ask Liu Changyou: "Changyou, how many elite soldiers are left in your outburst from Fuzhou this time?" ”

"At the beginning of Jiangxi, our army was 6,000!" Now it is Liu Changyou's turn to be heartbroken: "During this period, there are 1,000 and hundreds of soldiers, and those who break through to the province today are only 2,000 people. ”

Zeng Guofan was also stunned for a moment, and now he finally cried: "Hateful...... Hateful...... Liu Juehu, my Hunan people and you do not share the sky, more than 10,000 Hunan children are all lost at the hands of this thief! ”

Starting from Li Yuandu's An Yue Army, plus Liu Changyou and Zhou Fengshan's camp this time, there are indeed nearly 10,000 Huxiang children who have been defeated by the Hong Army, and I don't know how many families in Xiangxiang have worn linen and filial piety for this.

Bao Chao over there is an interesting person, he hurriedly came up and took Zeng Guofan's hand and persuaded: "Squire, why bother to be angry with traitors like Liu Jiehu, in the past, my Hunan people did not know self-love, fell apart, and fought for themselves, today my Xiangxiang Jianrui gathered in Nanchang City, vowing to fight with the red thief, please rest assured, Bao Chao will live up to expectations." ”

"Good! Good! Good! Zeng Guofan is a second-rate actor, but acting is counted as a play, he said in a loud voice: "Today, Jiangxi Province, it is placed on you, fortunately, this time the thief into Ganqu Jie, there is no far-sighted, Zimo broke out of Fuzhou, I don't know how to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but I am worried about the flanks, and divide the troops into Jianchang and Ningdu. ”

"Today's situation in Jiangxi, the Red Thieves are the strongest, but there is no far-sightedness, Jianchang and Ningdu have been satisfied, I don't know that the troops have entered the provincial capital, and I don't know how to unite with the Guangdong bandits, although our soldiers are only more than 20,000, but they are all gathered in a city in Nanchang......"

Everyone has heard a lot, although Zeng Guofan said it very mysteriously, but to put it bluntly, that is, the turtle retreated in a city of Nanchang in order to change the situation, as for the provincial capital, whether it is Ganzhou Mansion, Anji Mansion or Jiujiang Mansion, let the red thief toss, but as soon as he said this, there was a bad news over there: "The thief of Linjiang Mansion suddenly changed the red flag ......"

Linjiang Mansion is close to the Jiangxi provincial capital, very important, occupied by the Taiping army for a long time, has always been the henchman of the Hunan army, but the Taiping army there is quite tenacious, and the Hunan army has never been able to recover Linjiang Mansion.

However, the Taiping Army in Linjiang Mansion was divided into the Taiping Army with the Yellow Flag and the Tiandihui troops with the Citifold, and the relationship was not very harmonious, and they had been unable to attack outside, but as soon as he heard the news, Zeng Guofan asked: "Is the Citi replaced by the Red Flag?" ”

"It's a yellow flag, and all the Citi are easy to become red flags!"

It's just that the shock brought by this news to everyone has not ended, and there is a new thunderbolt from there: "Lin Qirong, an old thief in Jiujiang Mansion, changed his name to the Red Banner and changed his name to the commander of the Seventh Brigade of the Rainbow Army!" ”

The two Taiping armies of Linjiang Mansion and Jiujiang Mansion merged with the Hong Army, and this news made Zeng Guofan's voice louder all of a sudden: "Whatever you panic, whatever you panic about, give me calmness, calmness, what kind of system!" ”

It's just that the next news made Zeng Guofan himself unable to calm down, and he felt that the sky had fallen: "Qu Jie, the commander of the First Army of the Red Thieves, personally led an army of 30,000 and came from Fuzhou to Nanchang......"

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"Your Highness, this Fuzhou campaign can completely annihilate the enemy's Zhou Fengshan army, which is the greatest result, but letting go of most of Liu Changyou's demon is to lose the opportunity......" Nan Bohang, the operational staff officer, marked the results of the battle on the map: "Afterwards, Commander Qu not only did not order the immediate troops to enter Nanchang Mansion, but instead turned to attack Ningdu Mansion and Jianchang Mansion, delaying for two weeks, which was a big mistake!" ”…,

"Attacking Ningdu Mansion and Jianchang Mansion will help solve the flank threat, but it is indeed a mistake!" Liu Chang nodded: "But the general is outside, the king's order is not affected, the reason why Senior Commander Qu made such a choice is naturally his reason, but the attack on Nanchang cannot be delayed!" ”

Liu Chang was also a little dissatisfied with the transfer to attack Ningdu Mansion and Jianchang Mansion, although in this way, the Hong Army captured the two mansions with a thunderous momentum, but it also delayed the attack on Nanchang Mansion for two weeks, but he could only believe that this was not Qu Jie's personal decision, but the collective wisdom of the entire First Army.

"The attack on Nanchang is the first time in the history of our army to storm such a large city, and the second and third battalions of the independent siege are ordered to immediately go to reinforce the Nanchang offensive of the First Army." After making such a judgment, Liu Chang asked, "Can you rush to Nanchang with one or two steam warships?" ”

Nanchang closely leads the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, fighting here, often who has the advantage on the water, who is in the absolute advantage, and now although the Hunan army is divided into the inner lake water division and the outer lake water division, but the strength can be said to be overwhelming, there are more than 500 warships, 2,000 foreign cannons, and the command is many, Liu Chang feels that if you want to seize Nanchang, you must first seize the right to control water.

In fact, the reason why the Taiping Army won the battle of Jiujiang-Hukou was that the Hunan Army's naval division was divided into the Inner Lake Water Division and the Outer Lake Water Division, which did not support each other.

It's just that Nan Bohang told Liu Chang that this is a very difficult thing to do: "We have asked Zhu Jiumei to send people to Jiangxi, but even if all the materials are transported from Huzhou, it will take at least two months to assemble the first steam warship, and we have heard some rumors?" ”

"What rumors?"

Nan Bohang said cautiously: "It is a rumor spread among Westerners in Shanghai that the Russians are preparing to support Zeng Guofan's thousands of rifles and several artillery pieces, and in addition, the Russians also want to send officers to Jiangxi to train Zeng Guofan's Hunan army. ”

Liu Chang expressed a certain degree of skepticism about this news, but he first asked a question: "There were rumors before that the Russians would deploy a company or a battalion of army units in Shanghai, is there any further clear news?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )