Dan yang. Jiangnan Daying.

"Yang Xiuqing is dead?"

After hearing the news, Xiang Rong, who was already a candle in the wind, turned ruddy, and he coughed while saying, "Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, and Yang Xiuqing・・・・・・ why did they rush to die in front of my old man, and ...... Why, I Xiang Rong will never have the opportunity to see the day when Jinling is restored in my life, Your Majesty, Xiang Rong will pay me 40 million ・・・・・・"

While speaking, the old man coughed violently again, and Zhang Guoliang next to him saw this situation, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort: "Xiang Shuai, don't be excited, don't be excited, it's a matter of time before Jinling is recovered!" What's more, there are still reinforcements from the monk king and the two adults! ”

Xiang Rong, the admiral, shook his head, and he said to Zhang Guoliang: "Guoliang, you don't have to say it, Xiang Mou's time is running out!" Monk King, Katsumiya Bao...

Monk Greenqin and Shengbao are two, and they can be compared with Xiang Rong in terms of titles, but now that they see Xiang Rong, they are no longer good, and they are all immediately respectful: "Xiang Shuai ・・・・・・"

Xiang Rong flicked his hand: "No, no!" The country is in danger so far, and the overall situation in the southeast is probably entrusted to the three of them! ”

Naturally, he said that there were three people, Seng Lingqin, Shengbao and Zhang Guoliang, and the soldiers and horses led by these three people were almost the only soldiers in the southeast who could fight.

Speaking of which, if the Hong Army had marched north a month or two in advance, maybe the situation on the Qing army's side would have been better, but now both the Jiangnan camp and the Jiangbei camp have been defeated by the heavy troops of the Taiping Army.

Therefore, Xiang Rong is almost explaining his last words now: "Now that Tianjing is in turmoil, Yang Xiuqing is dead, and the overall situation in the southeast seems to be changing, but I hate Liu Zhihu as a thief, take the opportunity of my new rout, and go out of Hangjiahu to point directly at Su Chang, Su Chang is in danger if he loses the country, so I want to ask the three of them to join hands to defend Su Chang!" ”

As soon as Xiang Rong said this, the monk king responded, Shengbao was expressionless Zhang Guoliang nodded respectfully, and then he continued: "Even if Su Chang is lost, he can't let the red thieves and the Cantonese bandits unite as one, if the Cantonese bandits and the red thieves merge, the world will be in danger!" ”

"Why are you afraid of the merging of red thieves and Cantonese bandits?" Sheng Bao thought simply: "If you let the Cantonese bandits and red thieves merge into one unit, then it will naturally be like today's Hong Yang chaos."

"Yang Xiuqing has been operating in Tianjing for countless years!" Xiang Rong said with a smile: "If the red thieves come to Jinling, I am afraid that there are many Cantonese bandits and thieves, not to mention that I watch Hong Xiu and his whole ・・・・・・."

He chuckled lightly and couldn't help coughing again, but he still finished his words: "If you are not a human lord, the kingdom of heaven will not die at the hands of Xiang Rong, but you will die by yourself!" ”

In fact, Xiang Rong saw far-reaching, he clearly knew that no matter what, since the Tianjing Incident, the heart of Tianjing could no longer recover the original unity of the people, even the old brothers in Guangdong were probably scattered, in this case, Liu Chang entered Jiangning in the name of the old man of the Heavenly Kingdom, and he would definitely be able to respond to every call.

Although Liu Changguan is small, he is also Xianfeng's four-year Heavenly Kingdom inspection, and this qualification is also well-known in the Heavenly Kingdom, not to mention that after this round of Heavenly Kingdom turmoil, the original princes and prime ministers of the Heavenly Kingdom have almost been purged, and there are very few left.

The monk over there snorted: "Xiang Xinran, don't worry, don't say that you are converging with the Cantonese bandits, it is Su Chang, and it is as stable as the Great Wall!" ”

He didn't think that Xiang Rong's plan was clever, thinking that he had 20,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the monk king, and there were nearly 30,000 soldiers in the Jiangnan camp although they were heavily damaged, and the total of the two armies was enough to resist Liu Jiehu to the south of Su Chang.

You must know that Xiang Rong started from the siege of Jinling in the third year of Xianfeng, and fought until the sixth year of Xianfeng, but he never touched the Jinling city wall, not to mention, and finally even the Purple Mountain Camp in the Jiangnan camp was taken by the Taiping army, and he could only retreat to Danyang in a hurry. ..., and he led the troops and horses to fight with the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Army, although there were victories and defeats, but in the end the Northern Expeditionary Army was defeated by him, but Xiang Rong still explained: "King of the county, listen to my last words of parting, I would rather lose Su Chang than let the red thieves and Cantonese bandits merge together, if they merge, the world will be in danger!" ”

"The last time I entered Zhejiang, I was slightly defeated by the red thief!" Monk Greenqin said very conceitedly: "But the Red Thieves have few major generals, and they owe the horse team, the only one who can prove it, is not only good at garrisoning, but also has a lot of foreign guns and artillery, if the Tianjing Yue bandits are no longer enough to trouble, only 120,000 people need to contain them, and the main force goes south, which is enough to break the thieves!" ”

Although Xiang Rong is very old, he has been fighting all his life, but this military plan has not been forgotten for a moment, but he said with a smile: "The main force of the battalion is used to contain the Cantonese bandits, at most a few thousand people will be extracted, this Su Chang will be handed over to the county king, but the county king, I still have a few words to explain to you!" ”

"Say it!"

Xiang Rong continued: "Now that the country is in danger, you can only use fierce prescriptions, and no matter what the effect is, you can only use it medicinally!" ”

"You mean?" The monk king understood a little: "Zeng Shilang? ”

Xiang Rong nodded: "I hate two people the most in the past two years, one is Yang Qing, the other is Zeng Disheng, I worked hard to contain it in Tianjing City, so he had frequent good news in Lianghu Jiangxi, but the emperor didn't understand this, saying that the good news in Hunan and Hubei was spread frequently, why did Jinling not stop, I don't know how many edicts were issued, but to this point, I can only use Zeng Disheng to contain it." ”

"What's a containment method?" Sheng Bao preemptively said: "Don't let our full country become the country of his family."

"He's a Taoist gentleman, he doesn't have such skills!" Xiang Rong saw Zeng Guofan quite accurately: "If you want to worry about someone taking over the Qing Dynasty, it is better to worry about Runzhi!" ”

"Hu Linyi? He dares! Sheng Bao almost slapped the table, but when he saw that Xiang Rong was really in real time, he said: "Then what does Xiang Shuai think?" ”

"I don't have a lot of money here!" Xiang Rong is clear about his family background: "Especially after the fall of Zhejiang, the military salary was denied, but the water surface can still be unimpeded, Zeng Di bought 800 foreign cannons in Guangdong before his death, and he really didn't see it by land, so he could ask the center for a will, so that Zeng Jun could buy weapons in Shanghai by himself, the number was not limited, and it was transported inland by Yi ship." ”

This idea is very good, but the monk has purchased foreign guns and foreign cannons a few times, but he knows that now the first-class foreign guns and foreign cannons are in Ningbo, and only the second-class foreign guns and foreign cannons can be purchased in Shanghai, but for Zeng Guofan, the second-class foreign guns and foreign cannons are enough.

He added: "This king can also ask the center for a decree to help Zeng Jun with a military salary!" ”

Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising, the central finance of the Manchu Dynasty can be said to have almost collapsed, and there are few examples of ministries receiving funds to help the army, often taking the form of command or co-payment between the provinces to operate, and Zeng Guofan never expected the household department to help himself, so the monk king's words can be said to have set a precedent.

"Good!" Xiang Rong's voice went down: "The old man is the last word, please remember that it is better to lose Su Chang than to let the red thieves and bandits merge, if they converge, the country will be in danger!" ”

"It's finally our turn!"

Huo Qiu proudly took the battle order, and said to Yun Tianzong and Lu Ziyun: "Fight hard this time, take down this territory in Jiangxi, and let me be the governor of Jiangxi for a while!" ”

"It's the Jiangxi Overseer!"

Shi Jingfen, who was behind him, had already added: "It's no problem to talk about it in private now, it's even more public, don't be mistaken!" ”

Huo Qiu laughed repeatedly: "That's that!" Governor Shi, I am in charge of this Jiangxi military affairs, and the civil affairs will be entrusted to Your Excellency! ”

Speaking of which, seeing the Dragon Lance Brigade and the Nanxi Brigade singing all the way in Hangjiahu, and the quick battles were frequent, while the Second Brigade could only be trapped on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border, fighting a little trouble, obviously knowing that this was a strategic arrangement, but it also made Huo Qiu a little angry. ..., not to mention that after seeing the Yiwang transfer to the Tianjing battlefield, the Hunan army immediately turned from defense to offense, and captured several county towns in a row on the Jiangxi battlefield, but now it was finally Huo Qiu's turn to Nanxi Brigade.

Shi Jingfen is also very proud, he himself is from Jiangxi, even if there is a thief in the name of returning to Jiangxi this time, he is also returning to his hometown in brocade, you must know that if he did not serve Liu Chang, there are few such God-given opportunities: "If Jiangxi is determined, even if it cannot dominate the world, it is enough to divide the southeast!" ”

As soon as he said this, Lu Ziyun also agreed: "That's right! The worst is also a situation of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, not to mention that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been extremely corrupt, if I have Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, the world's granary and financial resources are all in my hands, enough to conquer the world! ”

In this way, whether it is Tianzhongyun or Huo Qiu's enthusiasm has been ignited, yes, now everyone is just a brigade commander and regiment commander, but if you defeat Jiangxi, it means different.

You must know that Jiangxi is a big province, such a large territory, it is not enough to rely on an infantry brigade to garrison, so Huo Qiu said very directly: "I have communicated with the inspection point, after the end of this battle, the infantry brigade will be upgraded to a division, whether it is a division, two brigades and four regiments or a division and three regiments, in short, the army must be expanded. ”

Yun Tianzong immediately replied: "Three infantry regiments? Not enough, definitely not enough, now the situation in Zhejiang is that a province has at least one infantry regiment as the backbone, Governor Shi, how many state capitals are there in Jiangxi? ”

Shi Jingfen is a native of Jiangxi and is most familiar with Jiangxi: "Jiangxi has thirteen prefectures and has always been affiliated to the state, with a total of seventy-five counties, one state and four halls!" ”

"That means at least thirteen regiments?" Yun Tianzong said very eagerly: "Such a big province also needs three or four divisions, right?" ”

"Then how did our cadres come?" Huo Qiu was always worried about this question: "Our whole brigade is only 6,500 people!" Governor Shi, is there anything you can do about it? ”

"I have a lot of old things, but it's best not to let them lead the troops," Shi Jingfen immediately replied: "Don't miss the big thing!" ”

But Yun Tianzong said: "There is a way, of course there is a way!" ”

"What's the solution?"