Chapter 369: Containment

Hangzhou Mansion.

Unlike what Liu Chang thought, when Yang Changmei arrived in Hangzhou, she only cried a few times, and then began to appease the Dongwang team who went south from Tianjing, and sometimes, she was more stable than them.

But he also knows how bitter Yang Changmei's heart is, he is not as simple as losing a relative, but losing all his relatives - Wei Changhui did not show mercy when he started with Qin Rigang, and there were thousands of people in the East Wangfu, whether they had relatives or old relationships with Yang Xiuqing, the East Wang, Wei Changhui would all cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.

Therefore, he is willing to take time out of his busy schedule to accompany Yang Changmei, regardless of whether she has the identity of Dongwang Wanggu or not, she is his dearest and favorite wife, I hope that this Tianjing incident will not have too much impact on Yang Changmei.

In fact, this is impossible, as more and more of the old departments of the Eastern King gather in Hangzhou in different situations, Yang Changmei's expression is becoming more and more serious.

Sometimes, her eyes even have murderous intent.

Although she had an estimate of the chaos in Tianjing, the cruelty of reality forced her to be strong, and such a test even exceeded the long march of these old Taiping troops from Nanjing to Hangzhou.

Shi Tinglan also accompanied Yang Changmei all day long, hoping that Yang Changmei would not have an accident if she didn't understand, and even Ye Niangzi, who was already pregnant, rushed over from Ningbo, and the two women hoped that Yang Changmei would not step down.

But now Yang Changmei's apparent strength makes the two women feel even more heartbroken, and Shi Tinglan comforts her even more: "There are so many brothers and sisters from Tianjing, there are always relatives of the Dongwang family, most of them went to Huzhou Mansion. ”

Shi Tinglan said this, but Yang Changmei smiled bitterly: "Before my brother ascended to heaven, he sent Yang Fuqing and them to Tianjing, and they are also my relatives!" ”

Yang Fuqing is the national sect of the Yang family, and there are Yang Yiqing and others who have a similar situation to him, but the situation of these people is the same as Yang Fuqing, but Yang Xiuqing recognizes the godrelatives, and there is no blood relationship with Yang Changmei.

In the year or two after the Tianjing Incident, they did not dare to return to Tianjing, nor did they dare to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but they only fought in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces, and once joined Shi Dakai, who left Beijing on an expedition, until 1858, when Hong Xiu rehabilitated Yang Xiuqing, and they were able to return to the Heavenly Kingdom sequence.

But for Yang Changmei, these people are not her real relatives, but Shi Tinglan heard Yang Changmei's blunt tone, and she didn't know how to appease Yang Changmei.

She didn't even know what she would do if she were in the same situation. Can you be as strong as Yang Changmei!

It's just that she just thought that at this time, there was already news from there: "Someone is running south from Tianjing again, but this time it is the Wing King tribesmen who are coming!" ”

"Impossible!" Shi Tinglan only felt that there was a lot of pressure on her shoulders.

That's impossible! No way!

The reality is so cruel that even Zhu Hailan thinks it's too cruel.

"Heaven is over!" She sighed as soon as she could: "Wei Huichang is completely crazy!" ”

The nearly 1,000-strong brigade that responded this time turned out to be the subordinates of Wing King Shi Dakai, and they also reported the latest movements within Tianjing for the first time.

After Wei Huichang, Qin Rigang and others joined forces to purge nearly 20,000 people of the Dongwang system in Tianjing City, they forced Zhu Hailan's five or six thousand people to leave, so this was criticized and accused by Shi Dakai, saying that Wei Huichang's killing was too excessive.

It's just that this kind of criticism did not ease the situation in Tianjing, but forced the slaughter to the peak, Wei Huichang immediately turned the butcher's knife to the Wing King Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai came out of the city alone in a hurry, but then Wei Huichang actually slaughtered the family members of the Wing King in Tianjing City. …,

This made the hearts of the people in Tianjing City even more fluctuating, and the Winged King had already gathered his subordinates to prepare to enter the Jingjing, and these Winged King's subordinates were in view of the lesson that the Eastern King's subordinates were slaughtered by the Northern King and Ding Tianyan, and immediately led the crowd out of the city to the south: "When I went out of the city, there were about 2,000 people, and I didn't ask for anything else, just to eat here at Liujian Point!" ”

They all know that this Liu Changliu inspection legend is the old man of the Jintian Uprising, and he has made a big situation in Zhejiang, and now in the chaotic season of Tianjing, they just want to seek a way to live: "Our Guangxi people are the first righteous Jintian, and the Qing demon will kill all our Guangxi people, since Tianjing can't stay anymore, he can only seek a way to survive on the side of Liu Inspection and General Qu!" ”

"It's good to come, it's good to come!" Qu Jie immediately replied: "Let's be lenient with others, as long as he eats meat, he will never let his brother drink soup, we have prepared hot rice and hot soup, please wait for the brothers of the Yiwang Mansion to come over!" ”

In fact, the statements of these Winged King's subordinates are also a little untrue, since it is rumored that the Winged King has escaped from Tianjing City, why don't they, as the Winged King's subordinates, not go to serve the Winged King Shi Dakai, but turn south to join Liu Chang.

Obviously, they don't want to be implicated in the next scuffle between King Yi, King Bei, and King Yan, let alone see the scene of the Taiping army killing the Taiping army, and Zhejiang is rich in the world, so it is better to go to Liu Chang to seek a way out.

And now after meeting Zhu Hailan, the female Chengxuan of the East Palace, their hearts have been relieved, and the people of the palace can mix a bowl of rice to eat on the side of Liu Juehu, so the people of their Yiwang Mansion can also mix a bowl of rice.

Liu Jiehu not only married Yang Xiuqing's sister-in-law as the king's mother, but also married Shi Dakai's sister-in-law as the king's mother, and everyone was naturally a bowl in Zhejiang.

And after adding these nearly 1,000 Wing King subordinates, Qu Jie's courage also increased: "Continue to contain, continue to contain, as many old people from the Heavenly Kingdom can be contained, just contain!" ”

The people of the Wing King are very grateful for his statement: "General Qu is very gracious, we really have no way to repay us, we can only fight to the death for the general!" ”

In fact, now that the Dragon Lance Brigade has penetrated deep into the territory of Jiangsu Province and has repeatedly encountered the Qing army, it can be said that it is quite exhausting, so Zhu Dun immediately privately suggested to Qu Jie: "After we contain this group of Yiwang troops, try to retreat south as soon as possible!" ”

"No!" Qu Jie thought more clearly than Zhu Dun on this question: "No matter how big the cost, no matter whether it takes a month or two months, we must contain the old Heavenly Kingdom here." ”

"Why?"

Qu Jie immediately replied: "Next is the merger of the two families of the North King and the Wing King, no matter which of them wins, one of them will fail, right?" Where does the remnant of the defeat go? Come to us naturally in Zhejiang! ”

"That's right! That's right! Juton almost jumped up: "Why didn't I think of this, no matter how much it costs, I have to try my best to contain it here!" Let the inspectors pull the Rock Brigade up! ”

And Liu Chang is also busy dealing with the problem of accommodating the Taiping Army: "Up to now, about 5,000 backbone members of the Taiping Army have gone south, although there are many old and weak, but it can be said that these are the elites of the rest of the battle......

By his side, Nan Bohang, the combat staff officer, had already marked these old Taiping Army units one by one according to their numbers and commanders: "Check, how to arrange this batch of old departments of the Heavenly Kingdom?" ”

There are five thousand veterans all of a sudden, which can be said to be a joy on top of joy, so Liu Chang said: "It seems that the second phase of the spring offensive can be started, and I am ready to organize the old department of Dongwang into a main regiment!" ”

"So cut some?" Nanbo Hang asked, "Is that so?" ”

According to statistics, there are about 4,000 people in the old department of Dongwang who are now heading south, and there are about 3,400 veterans in addition to the old, weak, sick, disabled, and family members who cannot serve in the army, which is almost the establishment of two infantry regiments according to the establishment. …,

"No layoffs!" Liu Chang replied without hesitation: "Hangzhou Mansion and Huzhou Mansion need troops here, and two large battalions can be organized to assist the teaching regiment in combat." ”

After the capture of Hangzhou Prefecture, a teaching regiment was responsible for the security operations of the entire Hangzhou Prefecture, but then the teaching regiment had to take over the Huzhou Mansion to facilitate the attack of the two main brigades on Jiangsu.

For the teaching regiment, having an infantry regiment in charge of the security operations of the two major provinces, even with the support of a number of reinforcements, is beyond their ability for them.

Nan Bohang calculated the number of troops: "Then the old department of the East King has been expanded?" ”

"Appropriately expanded!"

Liu Chang replied: "I didn't expect the military discipline of the Taiping Army to be better than I imagined, and it is still appropriate for them to garrison Suzhou and Hangzhou." ”

Strictly speaking, the religious atmosphere of the Taiping Army at this time was very strong, with a very heavy puritan meaning, and the military discipline was very strict, and the corruption of military discipline in the later period were completely two extremes.

Of course, even in the later period of the Taiping Army, when military discipline was quite corrupt, individual Taiping Army units still maintained strict military discipline, and now the Taiping Army is heading south, except for the lack of restraint in killing, the overall military discipline can be regarded as good.

Therefore, Liu Chang was prepared not to completely break up the formation of the Taiping Army in the south, but to use a considerable number of recruits and old cadres to dilute their Taiping Army color.

Immediately, an operational staff officer asked: "Then where is this regiment going to be placed?" ”

"To the First Brigade!" Liu Chang had already replied: "Originally, I didn't plan to increase the formation like this, but now I have to do it, and I ordered the first brigade in the direction of Huzhou to be renamed the first division, and the infantry under it was reorganized from two infantry regiments to three infantry regiments, and the units directly under it were also quite expanded. ”

"What about the Rock Brigade and the Nanxi Brigade?" Nan Bohang immediately asked: "Although only one infantry regiment has been added, the change is great!" ”

"The other brigades will not move for the time being!" Liu Chang has already thought clearly: "The first division must complete the reorganization as soon as possible, and there are still ...... Immediately send a batch of recruits to the 1st Division, and the specific details of the reorganization are in charge of Brigade Commander Qu, and I am only responsible for review. ”

At present, the telegraph line from Hangzhou to Huzhou has not yet been erected, so Liu Chang does not know the actual situation as well as Qu Jie in terms of personnel arrangements, so he can only be handed over to Qu Jie to be responsible: "The old department of Dongwang can be reorganized into an infantry regiment and an infantry battalion, and the remaining personnel will be diverted by the first division itself.

"Also, order Brigade Commander Qu to capture Huzhou Mansion as soon as possible!"

Nanbo Hang noticed that Liu Chang did not mention the disposition of the Wing King's subordinates.