As the supreme commander of the entire Rainbow Army, although Liu Chang's inspection of the Yipeng Military Academy was only a matter of a single plaice, it was not simple because of his identity

The headquarters had to set up a left-behind office, and the telegraph line from Ningbo to Taizhou had to be supported, coupled with the problem of guarding the cavalry, there were all kinds of things, and a lot of things made Zhou Xiuying and her busy.

However, as soon as Liu Changcai spoke, the effect came out immediately, and Ma Qianzhu, who was originally distressed by the enrollment problem, received hundreds of recommendation letters within the first time, all of which were recommended for admission

Everyone was not optimistic about the future of the technical school at first, but when they saw that Liu Chang was going to personally inspect the Yipeng Technical School, and he wanted to develop this group of students into his own soldiers, they all suddenly realized!

This is also a protégé of the Son of Heaven, who can't enter a military school, and it's good to enter a technical school, not to mention anything else, including food and housing, no tuition, and four sets of military uniforms a year, especially in Ningbo Mansion because the atmosphere has been opened, there are a lot of letters of recommendation.

On the contrary, Yueqing County, which occupies a favorable geographical position, did not react, and when they reacted, the twelve companies of the first phase of students had already been recruited, and as for the subsequent periods, they were basically distributed according to the number of students in the first phase.

Later, Yueqing people complained about Ma Qianzhu in this matter, thinking that although he was a native of Yueqing, he did a very unauthentic job in this matter, and even had the suspicion of eating inside and out.

And Ma Qianzhu is also full of resentment for such criticism, when opening a Yipeng technical school, Yueqing people did not give him strong support, and waited until the cake was divided, but jumped out to fight for cream, for which he criticized this statement in his memoirs: "For the allocation of Yueqing quotas, it is to consider all aspects of the factors, I am innocent on this issue, and there is no possibility of using power for personal gain."

In Ningbo Mansion, Zhou Xiuying and Bao Meiying are also busy guarding Liu Chang's task, and now Liu Chang is in a high position, how can he travel to be escorted by a cavalry platoon, in fact, Zhou Xiuying suggested at least one cavalry company, otherwise Liu Chang will lose, which is a major loss that the entire Hong Army cannot bear.

But Bao Meiying scooped up a batch of documents and handed them over: "Sister Xiu, can you help me see, which ones can be scooped to Yang Changmei?" ”

Zhou Xiuying glanced at it, but it was the report of the cavalry regiment's application for long-distance field training of the whole regiment, which was rejected by Yang Changmei due to excessive expenditure, and now Bao Meiying scooped out this report again: "Just taking advantage of the autumn wind from the south of the inspection point, the four cavalry companies went out to run Taizhou Mansion and Wenzhou Mansion, and when they came back, their equestrian skills were practiced!" ”

Zhou Xiuying understood as soon as she heard this, Bao Meiying is resurrecting the field training plan in disguise, and now the safety of Liu Chang's southward movement is the first consideration, Bao Meiying scooped this document in the past, and she will definitely be able to get approval from Yang Changmei, but she smiled: "Don't be so troublesome, the inspection is your own person, I just go over and talk to the inspection point, why bother to be so aggrieved!" ”

"Really?"

"Really!" Zhou Xiuying replied: "I'll just go and say a word to the inspector!" ”

"That's good!" Bao Meiying immediately turned around and brought a large bag of documents: "These applications are also troublesome for Sister Xiu to bring them over!" ”

These are all all kinds of applications from the cavalry regiment, and they have been beaten back because of this or that relationship, but with the good relationship between Zhou Xiuying and Liu Chang, they will definitely be approved, but Zhou Xiuying smiled: "I'll take a good look at it and see which ones can be scooped over and say a word to the inspector!" ”

"That's for the best!"

It's just that when Zhou Xiuying lowered her head, she had a faint smile on her face. **

Bao Meiying, a good seedling, has really come out of the ruin of her family, and she has regarded the cavalry regiment as her home. ..., that's right, the cavalry regiment and the rainbow army are her home!

In the end, as Zhou Xiuying said, she just mentioned Liu Chang and informed Yang Changmei to finish the matter of the main force of the cavalry regiment going south for field training this time.

The four cavalry companies escorted Liu Chang south on the one hand, and carried out field training on the other, which is rare in the history of cavalry regiments for such large-scale long-distance marching training.

Don't look at the four cavalry companies, but when they unfolded, there were horse teams and horses' hooves for several miles, and Liu Chang also rode south with a smile.

His riding skills are average, but he is better than the gentle pony he rides, and he is not slow to walk.

It's just that when he set off for less than five hours, a fast horse galloped towards the headquarters outside Ningbo City, and the knight on the horse shouted repeatedly: "Urgent military situation, tight military situation!" ”

His face was covered with sweat, and it seemed that something major had changed, Shi Tinglan rushed out as soon as possible, and asked loudly, "What happened?" ”

Was it the monk's horse team that went south?

Liu Chang walked fast, only half a day has already passed Linhai, and when he was in Linhai, he received two telegrams, both of which are irrelevant, it is said that there is a more important telegram ready to be sent, but Liu Chang also? p>

How many people are paralyzed? p>

It took another day, during which Liu Chang rotated several horses, all of which were well-known and tame ponies, and Liu Chang was also well aware of his riding skills.

But in addition to being a little indiscriminate in riding, he was a qualified commander, even more so in front of the hundreds of teachers and students of Yipeng Technical School.

"You are the pillars of the country, our country has two pillars, one is the Shanye Military Academy, and the other is your batch of technical school students, I believe that if the sun rises in the east, the future is bright, and you will be of great use in the future······

"This inspection point came to Yueqing County this time, it is a special trip to see you, I hope you can learn the technology as soon as possible, whether it is a steam engine, a pot camel engine or an electric motor in the future, you are the most useful talents in the country!"

Liu Chang's encouragement is the best reward for technical school students, who feel that they are on the right path.

It's just that halfway through his speech, he already saw Zhou Xiuying coming over with a knight in a hurry, his expression was a little anxious, he slowed down a little, and then finished speaking in a hurry: "I hope that by this time next year, you have become a top talent, and I believe that there will be a big man like the Ministry of Industry among you!" ”

The applause was thunderous, but Liu Chang walked briskly towards Zhou Xiuying and asked, "What's wrong?" Could it be that the monk king went south? ”

The monk's horse team went south, which was a big problem for the Hong army, after all, this was the only remaining cavalry group in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

But Zhou Xiuying's answer made Liu Chang feel a little relieved: "It's not the monk king who went south, it's Li Yuandu who led the eight battalions of the Anyue Army out of Quzhou, and the situation in central Zhejiang has changed greatly!" ”

An Yue Army? Liu Chang didn't expect that Li Yuandu would come to Zhejiang's aid at this time, Zeng Guofan was able to squeeze out the eight battalions to support Zhejiang under his own tight situation, it seems that he is bound to win Zhejiang!

It was only soon that Liu Chang understood that this was definitely not Zeng Guofan's intention, how could he give up the eight-battalion infantry team in the case of a complete defeat, even if the eight-battalion infantry belonged to the Xinxiang army and its combat effectiveness was relatively limited.

This is Li Yuandu's single-minded aid to Zhejiang, and with these 4,000 or so people, the situation in central Zhejiang will definitely change.

And Zhou Xiuying soon reported another major news: "The one who came from the north is indeed the Shengbao Shenggong Bao who checks the dream of Chaosi, not the monk king!" ”

"Is it Katsuho?" Liu Chang was completely relieved now: "Shengbaosheng child, it's not in my eyes!" ”

Shengbao, the general of the Qing army who was called "Shengzi" by the Taiping Army, was indeed not in Liu Chang's eyes, and his record against the Taiping Army was almost completely defeated, and he could only barely sit in his position by recruiting and surrendering to rebel. …,

If he came, then everything would be easy, so Liu Chang quickly thought clearly: "How many enemy troops are there in Quzhou Mansion!" ”

Bao Meiying hurriedly replied: "There were 6,000 soldiers from the original battalion and Tuyong, plus 5,000 people from Deng Shaoliang's department, and now there are 4,000 people from the 8th battalion of the Anyue Army!" ”

This is the unprecedented heavy army group that Liu Chang has encountered, but Liu Chang made up his mind at the first time: "Fight!" Fight a battle of Yanqu and block the Qing Demon back! ”

Bao Meiying saw Liu Chang such a peerless hero, and couldn't help but think a little about her little daughter's family: "There are 3,000 Zhang Yuliang in Yanzhou Mansion and 3,000 Tuyong battalion soldiers!" ”

There are more than 20,000 people in total, but Liu Chang has already made up his mind: "Let the main forces of the first brigade and the second brigade be dispatched, win this little kid, and let the third brigade play with him!" ”

The first brigade is the dragon lance brigade, the second brigade is naturally the Nanxi brigade, the third brigade is the Panshi brigade, and the infantry regiment below has also become two kinds of numbers and pronouns, like the first infantry regiment is the famous dragon spear regiment, and the second infantry regiment is the teaching infantry regiment adapted from the training battalion.

The regularization of the Hong Army can be said to have reached a higher level, and Liu Chang quickly thought of the policy of this Yanqu campaign: "In this campaign, first attack Yanzhou Mansion, annihilate the weaker Zhang Yuliang and Yanzhou Tuyong, and then wave his army to the south, cut off the contact between Quzhou Mansion and northern Zhejiang, and then go south to attack Ruzhou!" ”

This is the first time in the history of the Hong Army to carry out such a large-scale battle, facing the number of enemy troops and the strength of combat effectiveness are unprecedented, but Liu Chang feels that he is sure.

With two main infantry brigades plus a number of independent regiments and independent battalions, it is enough to complete the mission of annihilating the main force of the Qing army of about 20,000 people, and to open up Quzhou, that is, to open up the road to contact Jiangxi.

At least Shi Dakai would be interested in the steady stream of Western arms, and perhaps after Shi Dakai withdrew from Jiangxi in early 1856, he would be able to fish for the territory of several state capitals.

Liu Chang felt that he was wonderful-like a god, who let the Qing Dynasty remove the monk king and replace it with a victorious man who was only brave, this southeast half of the wall, I am going to decide!