Yang Qingliu was taken aback, he didn't expect this big leader of the Rainbow Army to know his intentions so well, he also thought that he could get past this big leader of the red thieves who couldn't speak Hubei at all, but he was a daring character, and immediately tied the hero belt of his belt tightly, and said his true intentions: "Brigade Commander Shi, we want to do one thing at a time, but is there a way?" ”

"Dodai?" Shi Huiji was taken aback by this Yang Qingliu's spirit.

This is not a small county, it is a Daotai, you must know that a Daotai can often manage three or four state capitals, and the worst is also managed by one or two state capitals, and twenty or thirty counties are under their control, not to mention this Yang Qingliu, even if he Shi retreats Ji is counting on mixing with a Daotai, but he replied: "Do you really want to do the Daotai?" ”

Yang Qingliu was a little deflated when he said the next sentence: "It's just that I heard that your Yan King doesn't have a platform?" ”

This is the truth, the territory controlled by the Hongjun is relatively limited, the complete provinces are only Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, and the rest of the provinces have at most thirty or forty counties, and the provincial government can directly manage the state capital, and there is no need to increase such a level of provincial units, not to mention that with telegraph lines, the control of the provincial level of power over the local area has been greatly strengthened, and the provincial level of units seems to be somewhat redundant.

Therefore, although Yang Qingliu's spirit is extraordinary, it is almost impossible to get a Dao platform in the system of the Hongjun Army, but Shi Huiji replied to him: "You want to do a Dao platform, it's very simple, the focus of our current use of troops is Hunan, Hubei is just taking care of it, as long as you have the strength of a Dao platform, I will fight for you in front of His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

"Is that true?" Yang Qingliu was overjoyed and surprised: "If we occupy a territory, His Royal Highness King Yan is willing to admit it?" ”

Now the Qing army in Hubei is still in an advantageous position in terms of strength and material resources, so if Yang Qingliu can capture the territory of several state capitals, even if he is in a neutral attitude, Shi Huiji still recognizes his name and fights for him in front of King Yan: "Guan Jian, you have to have this strength!" ”

Yang Qingliu had peach blossoms on his face: "No problem, just wait for your words, as long as we occupy a territory with righteousness, just wait for you and Commander Huo to say a few kind words for us in His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

"No problem!"

If we can win two or three state capitals in Hubei, the heartland of the Qing army, change hands. It is equivalent to stabbing into the heart in the Qing army's defense line of the two lakes, and the pain is so painful that Emperor Xianfeng and Guanwen are not rolling on the ground, but Shi Huiji took a closer look at this Yang Qingliu.

This Yang Qingliu is shrewd and capable, and he is a well-known wealthy businessman in Jingzhou, but after all, he is just a rich businessman, and it is not bad to have a few hundred families at home, maybe he is the second person like Qu Zhenhan. Take what to go out and fight a place.

To say that such a character can occupy a county with a single shout, Shi Huiji thinks that there is absolutely no problem, and it should be sure to capture two or three counties, but the grass field characters are grass field characters after all, and it is the rise of the rainbow army that gives them the greatest opportunity. But Shi Huiji didn't think that they could occupy the territory of five or six counties, that is, the territory of half of the prefecture, if they could take the land of one prefecture, it would have to have the cooperation of the Hong Army and the great fortune.

As for the two or three state capitals, no matter where the state capital is in Hubei, Shi Huiji feels that there is absolutely no such possibility.

What's more, he just occupies a place, and Shi Huiji is not afraid, as long as he has steam steamers and foreign guns and cannons in hand, plus tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Second Army. I'm not afraid that he will go soft.

Just seeing the confidence on Yang Qingliu's face, Shi Huiji suddenly had a wrong feeling, maybe this Yang Qingliu can really do this, but is it possible?

Yang Qingliu hurriedly retreated after getting Shi Retreat, and he also gave the two thousand catties of coal to the Hongjun for free, without charging half a penny, and he did not mention how the Hongjun should cooperate with him in the incident, and he did not even ask for assistance from a few guns and weapons. …,

This made Shi Huiji feel even more incredible, knowing those heroes from all walks of life who came to contact. As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for money and food. When it comes to money and food, we talk about weapons and personnel - of course, they often only need trained soldiers. But they refused to ask the Hongjun to send cadres to them, so most of such a mountain king could not succeed.

However, the origin of this Yang Qingliu, Shi Huiji made many inquiries on the way to this cruise, and he is indeed a well-known wealthy businessman in Hubei, but he is not a top figure, as for saying that he has already planned to rebel, it is even more nonsense.

There are only about a hundred servants and men who can be used by his subordinates, even these hundred or so people can't use them freely, and as for the clansmen, they can't count on it either, and as for the support in other aspects, although there are some more or less, it is absolutely impossible to talk about the extent of the incident, and it is even a problem to capture a county town, let alone take a county seat.

Therefore, Shi Huiji returned to his base with a full load of loot, intelligence and suspicion of Yang Qingliu, but he hadn't figured out what Yang Qingliu wanted to do, and someone over there had already told him: "Commander Huo is waiting for you!" ”

"What is Commander Huo looking for me?"

Shi Huiji immediately threw Yang Qingliu aside, he was now concerned about Huo Qiu's problem.

Although Huo Qiu's main position is to supervise the army in Jiangxi, the position of the commander of the Second Army allows him to make decisions on the entire Western Front, whether it is southern Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, or even Fujian, Huo Qiu is the most important figure, and now Huo Qiu left Nanchang and came to the Jiujiang base, what is it for?

It's just that after seeing Huo Qiu's smiling face, Shi Huiji finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Commander Huo? I heard you were looking for me? ”

"Your Highness's order!" Huo Qiu told Shi Huiji: "Find another working steam paddle steamer, plus your flagship crape myrtle star, and we will go to Jiangning!" ”

"To Jiangning?" Shi Huiji has already understood: "There is a big action, you give me a thorough understanding!" ”

"I don't know, I can only guess!" Huo Qiu told Shi Huiji: "His Royal Highness is also in Jiangning, it is said that Feng Sixian, Zhou Meiying, Sun Huzi, and Xina are all going!" ”

This is tantamount to summoning all the big people sent by the Hongjun outside to Nanjing, Shi Huiji couldn't help but get excited: "This is definitely a big operation, you are the second person in our Hongjun, isn't there anyone who has a wind?" ”

"It is estimated that it is related to the complete solution of the two lakes!"

Huo Qiu on the battlefield of the two lakes originally only wanted to take one or two months to completely solve it, but it has been delayed until now, the Hunan mule is hard, and those literati in the countryside have fought to the death with the Hong army with their fame and regimental training, and until now, the Hong army still has not won a decisive victory, but has only seized the initiative on the battlefield.

"Then when you leave Nanchang, who will be in charge of the command of the Second Army?"

"It's Lu Ziyun for the time being!" Huo Qiu told him his choice: "Tianzong made a big mistake on Shi Yunqing's issue in the early stage, and he has been thinking about it behind closed doors for the time being. ”

This is the same treatment as Sun Huzi, the fact is that for Yun Tianzong, this is one of the biggest mistakes he made in his life, but Shi Huiji heard one thing: "I heard that Brigade Commander Yun has thought about it behind closed doors, is it that the grape trellis has fallen recently?" ”

When it came to the affair that Yun Tianzong had recently exposed, Huo Qiu could only shake his head without a sigh, if he had only made a mistake on Shi Yunqing's issue, why bother thinking about it behind closed doors, it was completely two things that came one after the other, and what was even more depressing was that the woman's husband went out to distribute leaflets about this matter, which made Nanchang full of storms, and he was also the company commander of an independent company in a county, and he had a relationship in all aspects, coupled with the impetus of Mrs. Yun Tianzong, he had no choice but to protect both parties first.

Now although Yun Tianzong has been relieved of his position and is thinking about it behind closed doors, he is still in charge of some consulting work, but how to re-use Yun Tianzong, Huo Qiu has no idea at all, not to mention that according to the practice of the Hong Army, how to use Yun Tianzong's authority is in the center, not in Huo Qiu's hands: "Yes, Yun Tianzong has made a mistake in front of it is already sighing, and the mistakes in the back can't be said......"...,

Shi Huiji said optimistically: "Don't worry, after all, it is the war period, and as soon as the wind passes, Lao Yun will be able to come out!" ”

In fact, Huo Qiu didn't want to make a big deal about it, after all, the famous Nanxi Shuangyun under his command was missing a cloud, and many things would be difficult to do, but he didn't want to dwell too much on this matter: "Brigade Commander Shi, you see when we can completely solve the problem of the two lakes, we use more than ten times more soldiers in Hunan than we do in Taizhou, foreign guns and foreign artillery are ten times sharper, and money and food are also ten times better, why can't we seize the opportunity!" ”

Shi Huiji was very optimistic: "Commander Huo, don't worry, this Hunan is already the meat in our pot, and sooner or later it will be in your mouth!" ”

For such a point of view, Huo Qiu agreed, now the strength of the Rainbow Army stationed in Hunan even exceeds the Rainbow Army in Jiangxi Province, although it cannot be said that the Rainbow Army is all gathered in Hunan Province, but the main force of the Second Army is indeed fighting in Hunan, but as soon as it comes to this, Huo Qiu feels that he has a great responsibility: "The problem is that our department has been fighting in Hunan for more than four months, although it has attacked the city and won countless victories, but until now Zeng Demon Head is still entrenched in Changsha, if it weren't for Lao Shi's surprise troops to break into Hubei, maybe it is still in a stalemate. But now it's finally good! ”

Huo Qiu's meaning is naturally that after the Hong army invaded Hubei, the situation of the entire two lakes has changed, and Hubei has not been able to provide support to Hunan at all since then, only Guangdong has sent 2,000 Chaoyong to the Hunan battlefield, but now Sun Huzi has been quite effective in reorganizing the army in Fujian, and the southern expedition from Fuzhou has achieved great results, and Guangdong has put its energy on the defense of Wuling, and I am afraid that it is not able to continue to provide support to Hunan.

In this case, with the strength of Hunan Province, it is simply powerless to resist the thunderous offensive of the Second Army, but Huo Qiu has a worry: "It's just that I have a worry, what is the matter with His Highness recruiting us now?" Isn't the strategic focus on the two Huai? ”