"King Qin!"

As soon as they heard these two words, everyone was first shocked, and then there was an incredible shock in their hearts: "King Qin? ”

Since ancient times, the word King Qin is not used lightly, not to mention that now they are still a field army stationed on the front line of Xuzhou, and without getting the edict, they withdrew from the north of Xuzhou to Beijing without authorization, which is no different from rebellion.

In the two hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has never been such a thing, and such a Manchurian and Mongolian minister as Monk Greenqin and He Chun have simply pulled out their swords and have the idea of beheading the person who put forward King Qin's suggestion under the knife.

Sure enough, it was him! That's him!

You don't need to look at it, everyone knows who the person who put forward such a crazy proposal is, it's a thunderous admonition!

This Lei Yijie is famous for being a squire, but he does not look like a high-ranking official from Hanlin at all, but an out-and-out madman, he has done a lot of bad things in the Jiangbei camp, and he has copied countless money, and he does not know how many delayed military planes there are, but he did an earth-shattering thing in Xianfeng three years, he opened a donation in Yangzhou, and collected centigold on the spot, and he was also complacent because of this, saying that he was "the culprit".

This nearly revolutionary fiscal reform was founded by Lei Yijie, and this system lasted for 70 years from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period until the Nationalist Government reformed the financial system and established the unified taxation, which lasted for 70 years, although it hindered the normal circulation of domestic goods, but also first raised most of the military expenses for the Qing army to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then solved most of the financial resources for the various local governments and warlord groups.

And now he completely ignored the bright swords in the hands of the monk king, Shengbao and others, and said with the composure of an old Beijing official: "Do you think there is a second way out?" Let's talk about it! ”

What other way out is there than to retreat north in the name of King Qin? Everyone was really admonished by Lei Yi, but now Zhang Guoliang, the newly established King of Liang, was very happy, he stood up and said: "Well said, well said, except for the King of Beiguiqin, our fifty or sixty thousand horses, there is really no other way out." ”

At the thought of withdrawing to Henan, everyone felt that the future was not good. It must be the focus of the next round of the Hong Army's offensive, and it may even be attacked more fiercely than in Xuzhou, but someone whispered: "How about going to Shandong?" ”

"Shandong is good!" Lei Yijie said unceremoniously: "Does the center have an edict for us to retreat to Shandong?" Isn't this the same thing as King Qin? ”

His voice became agitated: "Now that the country is troubled, we are in need of brave ministers, all of whom are loyal and good generals of my Qing Dynasty. I heard that the Russians used troops outside the pass. threatened the capital, and had to return to the division in a hurry to relieve the siege of the Beijing division. ”

It was several months ago that Russia had used troops outside the border. Although the Manchu and Han civil and military forces present did not know how the war was fought, it was impossible to resist the Russian army and soldiers with the meager strength outside the border.

Shengbao had no choice but to say: "Guanwai is the land of my Manchurian Longxing, and I must not lose!" ”

He had a lot of ideas. Some are of course related to the strategic situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if the Guannei can't support it, you can retreat outside the Guan, and some are related to personal interests, but now you need to do it in the name of righteousness, and Lei Yijie can get the support of such a Manchurian official, and he has the bottom in his heart: "If you don't want to be the king of Qin, you can stay, and the soldiers of Xuzhou will fight for it." One more day of support is a day. ”

Who wants to stay and die, it's just that since the founding of the Qing Dynasty two hundred years ago, there has never been such a precedent, so He Chun said: "But the name of King Qin is not very appropriate, right?" ”

"In addition to King Qin, what other proper name can be found!" Lei Yijie said unceremoniously: "The strategy of the day." Only in the name of King Qin can the Qing Dynasty survive. ”

He was not talking about these fifty or sixty thousand horses, but the Qing Dynasty, and everyone present couldn't help but think. There are also many different opinions.

Like Emperor Daoguang, Emperor Xianfeng in a sense. It is the traditional kind of virtuous emperor, but when it comes to the once-in-a-lifetime situation, not to mention, its own ability is also very limited, so the whole country is erosive, but these civil and military generals have received the favor of the emperors of the two dynasties, and they are naturally unwilling to go against Emperor Xianfeng.

But if they really return to the north and retreat, then Emperor Xianfeng will definitely take them, unless they hug them together, but this is no different from rebellion, and everyone has their own thoughts, not to mention that there are both Manchus, Mongolians, and Han people.

Zhang Guoliang, a general, is not afraid of things: "Go back to the division, return to the division, our Liang Wangjun can't find a second way except after returning to the north!" ”

He is a general, sometimes he has the most scruples about doing things, and sometimes he doesn't need any scruples, he is now speaking openly: "After everyone returns to the north, not to mention that you can take more Russian guns and artillery, you can also help protect the Qing Dynasty!" ”

The monk king has already understood, he is talking about the Qing Dynasty, not Emperor Xianfeng, it is obvious that Zhang Guoliang has been ready to take a step by step idea, but now in Xuzhou's army, although Zhang Guoliang's department is not the strongest one, but it is a very important one, if he insists on returning to the king of Qin, I am afraid that the Xuzhou front can no longer be supported.

It's just that in addition to Emperor Xianfeng, what chess pieces may Zhang Guoliang use, you must know that the princes in Beijing are those now, but as long as the center does not force Liang Wangjun to be in a hurry, presumably Zhang Guoliang will also have leeway?

He was thinking about it, and Hechun, who was born in the Jiangnan camp like Zhang Guoliang, also agreed: "Let's go back to help protect the Qing Dynasty, fighting with the red thieves is also protecting the Qing Dynasty, and fighting with the Russian Yi is also protecting the Qing Dynasty, we just need to remember one thing, we will be loyal to the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Hechun such a man stood up, and the situation naturally took a turn for the worse, and the monk king had to announce: "Since this is the case, let's return to King Qin together and help protect the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Although it has been decided to return to King Qin in the north and support the Qing Dynasty, but how to withdraw, who will withdraw first, and what kind of retreat route it is, but it needs to be decided by specific planning, and now Lei Yijie, the culprit, is even bare-armed: "Since King Qin's policy is the idea I put forward, then you should also listen to my opinion!" ”

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Yangzhou City.

The original color of the Marine Brigade has been more and more diluted, and the entire army has a very heavy meaning of Fu Wendao, but Fu Wendao is not a strong commander in the Marine Brigade, he not only faces the entire Marine Brigade, but also has to deal with the two strongmen Yu Cun and Jin Peilun in Jiangning.

Jiangbei's military affairs are nominally in charge of him, but the administration is subordinate to Jiangning, and there are more than one regiment among the troops participating in the battle that are sent by the Third Division, so Fu Wendao's mother-in-law is also walking on thin ice, and she does not dare to be sloppy at all.

He knew that the regiments of Zhang Guoliang and Seng Lingqin in Xuzhou could be said to be the strongest regiment of the Qing army in the north, with a total strength of 50,000 or 60,000 troops, including a large number of horses, and his own troops at hand were no more than 10,000, so he always adopted the tactics of offensive and defensive tactics and gradually advanced to Xuzhou.

Such fortress tactics are based on the foundation of complete victory in field battles, and the power is very amazing, marking one after another county towns, market towns, and villages on the map, and all the conquered towns will become the strongholds and starting points of the rainbow army's next offensive.

This kind of tactics may be a bit conservative, but Fu Wendao feels that it is very successful, but he now has to consider a crucial problem, that is, how to take Xuzhou: "Xuzhou has been a place of hundreds of battles since ancient times, the city is as strong as iron, and there are large groups of elites of Qing demons gathered, I am afraid that our tactics will change!" ”

"It's not just a matter of changing tactics!" Someone immediately pointed out: "There are too many Qing demons in Xuzhou, we can gather six or seven thousand people at most, and we want to fight tens of thousands of people in Xuzhou, how to fight, we should ask for help!" ”

Asking for help is not a simple matter, this will even affect Fu Wendao's personal status in Liu Chang's heart, he still hopes to try to solve Xuzhou City with the resources at hand: "We can ask Jiangning for help, now that Jiangnan has been pacified, and even Shanghai has been received, there is no need to save so many troops." ”

This is the truth, but the officers of the Marine Brigade have another worry, and in this way, will the situation in which the original Marine Brigade of Jiangbei be the only strong will be broken, and you must know that now the administration has been assigned to Jiangning, and not only is there a mobile unit with many regiments sent by Jiangning, but most of the independent battalions, independent companies, township platoons, and basic militia have already belonged to Jiangning.

"If you want to continue to march into Shandong!" Fu Wendao was not worried about this problem: "We must ask the big brother of the third division to help, and Jiangsu is originally Jiangning's territory." ”

Fu Wendao's idea is relatively simple, the next step is to first open the capital of Xuzhou, and then completely turn the Marine Brigade, the most peculiar unit of the Rainbow Army, into a land -- now the Marine Brigade not only has nothing to do with landing operations, but is a large-scale heavily equipped infantry brigade, which has been completely disconnected from landing operations.

In this case, it is better to completely decouple from the navy, at most transfer some units back to the navy, and the existing marine brigade can be reorganized into a main division of the army, and the next step is to focus on Shandong.

When he first thought of this, there was already an urgent report from there: "The Qing Demon in Xuzhou suddenly moved frequently, and it seems that there is a big move!" ”

Fu Wendao glanced at the map near Xuzhou, the offensive defense of the Hong Army was approaching Xuzhou, and he learned from the experience of past operations, the front line not only has a combat unit to strengthen the strength of the battalion, but also a regimental level mobile operation in the rear, unless the Qing army in Xuzhou is dispatched, I am afraid that the county seat on the front line will not be lost soon, but he thought of a possibility: "Could it be that Zhang Guoliang is going to run?" ”