"Good! Good! Good! ”

Liu Chang didn't know how to describe his feelings, a moment ago, he still thought too much, but at this moment, he unconsciously poured too many feelings into this unborn baby

This is a feeling of life continuation, and for Liu Chang, he can even understand why Shi Dakai deliberately stayed on the bank of the Dadu River for three days for the sake of his Wang Niang giving birth to a son.

This is the joy of life!

Liu Chang said softly: "No matter how the situation changes, this child will be very happy, from today onwards, I will spend three consecutive nights with you." ”

For women, this is the greatest grace.

This New Year, Liu Chang lives in joy.

Liu Chang's life is good, but some people's lives are not good, and Nanchang City is already cloudy.

This December, Shi Dakai continued to launch an all-out offensive in Jiangxi, and Shi Dakai had already captured more than 40 counties in more than 70 counties in Jiangxi, and if this continued, the entire Jiangxi province would probably fall into the hands of the Taiping army.

The offensive under Wuchang City was also unsatisfactory, Zeng Guofan wanted to transfer all the Hunan troops under Wuchang City to Jiangxi, but was rejected by Hu Linyi on the grounds that "Wuchang is just around the corner", and only transferred back to the eighth battalion of Zhou Fengshan.

The west wind of the first month was still cold, Zeng Guofan felt that this was his saddest month, he drank two sips of cold soup, but asked the new curtain friend sitting beside him: "Liewen, you said in December last year that the battalions of Zhou Fengshan would be slack, and they would be defeated by the camphor tree, and unfortunately they were in the words, and today Jiangxi Province is in danger, what can you do?" ”

The staff sitting below is Zhao Liewen, who only joined Zeng Guofan's staff team at the end of last year, but he was not taken seriously at first, and Zeng Guofan did not take him seriously.

But Zhao Liewen went to Zhangshu Town in December last year, and when he came back, he caused a big storm. Garrisoned in Zhangshu Town is the eighth battalion of Zhou Fengshan, which is the oldest unit in the Hunan army, and its predecessor is the old battalion of Taqib, and after the death of Taqib, it was under the command of Zhou Fengshan.

This army has the longest history in the Hunan army and has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Taiping army, so when Jiangxi was in an emergency, Zeng Guofan was ready to transfer this army back from Hubei at the first time, although it was obstructed by Hu Linyi, but more than 5,000 people were still transferred back to the eight battalions of 3,000 people, Zeng Guofan regarded it as the Great Wall, and deployed it in Zhangshu Town. ^//^

However, as soon as Zhao Liewen returned to Nanchang, he claimed to Zeng Guofan that Zhou Fengshan's eighth battalion was discouraged, and it was inevitable that the old man would be useless, so he asked Zeng Shilang to make arrangements as soon as possible, which made Zeng Guofan very angry and immediately wanted to drive away Zhao Liewen, and Zhao Liewen also knew that he had offended Zeng Guofan, so he was ready to leave.

But providence makes people, Zhao Liewen Ming can't stay anymore, but the development of things is as he expected, Zhou Fengshan's eighth battalion collapsed in Zhangshu Town, and the whole division was defeated, and there were a thousand officers and soldiers killed.

Now he wanted to get a word or two from Zhao Liewen's mouth, so as to save the situation in Jiangxi, but Zhao Liewen shook his head and said: "Today's big enemy is not the pseudo-wing king, but the Nanxi Brigade of Liu Juehu!" ”

"What do you say?" Zeng Guofan shook his head and said: "Today, thieves occupy more than 40 counties in Jiangxi, and Liu Jue's soldiers who have entered Jiangxi are only the vanguard of the Nanxi Brigade, and the crowd is only two or three thousand, which is not worth talking about!" ”

"In the past, the Cantonese bandits fought Yong'an, trapped Guilin, and passed through the whole state, and there were only two or three thousand subordinates!" Zhao Liewen replied: "Today's willow is out of order, if there are Cantonese bandits before entering Hunan Province, if they don't move, they will be like nine days of thunder, and the world will change color!" ”

Zeng Guofan didn't expect Zhao Liewen to comment so highly on the red thieves of Liu Juehu's department, he knew the history of the Taiping Army before entering Hunan Province, although the Taiping Army had 10,000 people at that time, but the soldiers who could fight were only two or three thousand, but they could be established in Yong'an, surrounded Guilin by soldiers, and fought in Quanzhou, but after entering Hunan Province, it was the people's hearts that were attached, and the number reached tens of thousands. …,

He immediately asked: "Sure enough, what is the situation in Jiangxi?" ”

Zhao Liewen has always been good at strategy, he immediately said: "The monk king, Shengbao by the persuasion of Hu Fansi, to attack Jinling, the Guangdong bandits in Tianjing tight, will inevitably transfer the pseudo-wing king and other departments to help, among the Guangdong bandits, to the wing king is the most cunning, and good at giving small favors, before the camphor tree, there are scholars during the banquet to say, thinking that it is the table of the sun, our soldiers in Hubei and Jiangxi frustrated, all the pseudo-wing king of one person's work, if the wing king goes, the situation in Jiangxi will be reversed!" ”

As soon as he said this, Zeng Guofan nodded, and asked again: "Although the Yue bandits went to a pseudo-wing king and tens of thousands of people, they have been operating in Jiangxi for a long time, especially Jiujiang Lin Qirong is the most fierce, not to be underestimated!" ”

"Although it cannot be underestimated, my Hunan army and naval division have repeatedly passed through military formations, and I have Peng Yulin under the command, so I should be worry-free!"

Strictly speaking, the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was actually a defeat to the naval division, the rise of the Hunan army, but also the history of the rise of the naval division, from Xiangtan to Tianjia Town, although the Hunan army had a small setback, but several battalions of naval divisions crisscrossed between Hunan and Chu, successively broke the Taiping Army's fleet composed of more than 10,000 civilian ships, and burned more than 4,000 civilian ships in the battle of Tianjia Town alone.

And the reason why Yiwang succeeded in the west, is also to follow the system of the Hunan army, in Anhui to build a large number of warships that are almost exactly the same as the Hunan army, and replace the previous civilian ships with warships, compared with the Hunan army, although slightly inferior, but also let the Hunan army and naval division repeatedly fall into bitter battles, so there is a victory in the mouth of Jiujiang Lake in February of five years.

But in general, the advantage on the water is always on the side of the Hunan army, so when it comes to the sailor, Zeng Guofan has confidence: "As soon as the pseudo-wing king goes, I don't have to worry about it, but how to break the willow family, what does Liewen teach me?" ”

Zhao Liewen said with a smile: "The Nanxi Brigade of Liu Juehu is known as a strong force, but it has only been an army for a year, and the old thieves are only hundreds. ”

Thinking of Li Yuandu, a good friend in the past, Zeng Guofan gritted his teeth, he hated Li Yuandu for taking the eight battalions of the Anyue Army into Zhejiang without authorization when he was in danger in Jiangxi, and almost no one could get rid of the eight battalions of the Anyue Army.

"I have already written an excerpt for Li Yuandu!" Zeng Guofan said: "Li Yuandu is too self-aware, obviously has a few days of leisure, neither camping nor setting up a base, and killing himself!" I can't wait to kill them with a sword! ”

His gritted teeth had fallen in Zhao Liewen's eyes, and Zhao Liewen complimented: "The squire doesn't have to go overboard, but it's easy for the red thief to beat Li Ciqing, presumably seeing that the division of our army will be slack, now Liu Chang is ready to enter Jiangxi, and when the time comes, the water division will be led by Peng Yulin, and the land division will be led by Liu Chang, there are both high ditches and deep bases, and there are invincible water divisions, and the red thief will be able to frustrate it in a hurry!" ”

Zeng Guofan shook his head: "Liu Chang and Peng Yulin are both tiger generals, but in my opinion, they have to borrow another general from Hubei!" ”

"Who?" Zhao Liewen asked, "Which general is it?" ”

"Guerrilla Bao Chao!" Zeng Guofan sighed: "It's a pity that Taqibu went too early, otherwise with him, I would have no worries!" ”

For the Hunan army, Taqib, the banner man, can be said to be an outlier among the odds, but when talking about the early Hunan army, Taqib, a fierce general, is indispensable.

The Hunan army is a team of "hardening the village and fighting a dumb battle", and the white soldiers in front of the battle are not good at connecting with each other, thanks to the Taqib rushing in front of the royal insult and rushing to the death, the early exploits of the Hunan army can be said to be Taqibudi

It's just that now Taqib is dead, and the old battalion he left behind is under the command of Zhou Fengshan, which is already unbearable for the war, so Zeng Guofan has to transfer Bao Chao - although this is just a guerrilla, it is also a Taqib-like character.

"Is Hu Linyi and Guan Wenken a general?" Zhao Liewen was a little worried: "Although they are all one series, Jiangxi and Hubei are two provinces after all." "It's not borrowing, it's repaying!" Zeng Guofan has already made up his mind: "He Hu Linyi dares to be unreasonable, and I dare to be unreasonable!" ”

Everyone knows that Zeng Guofan is usually murderous enough, and if he is "unreasonable", I am afraid that he will not be able to be suppressed by a few heads.

"Then everything is assured!" Zhao Liewen saw it very accurately: "The main force of the red thieves will inevitably take Hangjia Suchang in the north, and it is only the Nanxi Brigade that comes to Jiangxi. ”

As he was talking, there was already an urgent report outside: "Report Zeng Shuai, Zhangshu Town is urgent, the pseudo-wing king Shi Da suddenly led his troops down the river with thirty or forty thousand, and hurriedly returned downstream!" ”

Zeng Guofan clapped his hands and said, "Not bad! Sure enough, Liewen you expected, the Cantonese bandits went to the pseudo-wing king, like a bird to its head, I don't have to worry about it! ”

Shi Dakai's return to the south was in mid-January, more than a month earlier than in history, which fully illustrates what kind of changes happened to the Tianjing battlefield due to the addition of the monk king and the Shengbao army.

Since then, the Hongjun has recovered from the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and a small number of officers who have returned home for the New Year have returned to their officers, and the troops have participated in the training and actual combat in full swing.

For the Hong Army, this is the first time in history that they have such a good time to rest and train, and the various infantry regiments have made great progress in training, especially the Dragon Lance Brigade, which is considered to have stumbled in the previous battle, has made rapid progress.

This is Qu Jie's good luck, and even without his supervision, the entire infantry brigade has not lived much for years, and it is working day and night to wash away the stigma of the last setback.

Moreover, this is also an excellent opportunity for the new recruits of this regiment of the Dragon Lance Brigade, and it is difficult for them to train with the Dragon Lance Regiment without progressing, not to mention that the two infantry regiments have reached the best state through the exchange of personnel and equipment.

All they needed was a brilliant victory, and now, such an opportunity beckoned to them.