On a sedan chair, Niu Deshun was talking to a Taizhou squire on the side of the sedan chair: "Liu Juehu? Haven't heard of this name! Well, in the past few days, I have heard this name thousands of times, but before coming to Taizhou, this master has never heard of this name!"

The squire next to him worked so hard that he had to speed up his pace to catch up with Niu Deshun's pace: "Chief Niu, don't underestimate the dog thief Liu Jiehu!" This thief is known as the bravest of the thieves. Across the north and south of the Oujiang River, it has repeatedly broken our Wentai powerhouse. ”

When Niu Deshun heard this, he looked very impatient: "Su Jingrong, are you on the side of our Qing Dynasty, or on the side of the red scarf thief?" Look at my elite army, even if it is not inferior to the army led by Yang Fuqing and Shi Dakai, not to mention a small checkpoint. ”

This Su Jingrong is a well-known hero in Taizhou, usually chivalrous, recruited many outlaws, and has a meritorious reputation, and has also pacified several civil unrest for the government, black and white can go sideways, it can be said that it is the first good man in Taizhou Mansion, when he heard this, he still said bitterly: "Niu Zongbing, Niu Zongbing, don't Meng Lang, don't Meng Lang!"

Niu Zongbing laughed lightly: "I just defeated Yang Fuqing in southern Anhui, do you know who it is?" That's the national emperor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a first-class general, how can a small willow be a family!"

"In the past, Guan Yunchang warmed the wine and killed Huaxiong, and today let me Niu Deshun recover the full temperature in ten days!"

When Su Jingrong heard this, she stopped, and he secretly cursed: "The vertical son is not enough to make things happen!"

He knew the details of this Niu Deshun, compared with the brave thieves commanded by Liu Juehu, the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses of this Niu Deshun were not a group of fat cattle to be slaughtered, but also a group of sheep sent to the door.

This Niu Deshun claimed to be a second-grade general soldier. didn't say which town he was the chief soldier, and later the people who knew the details told Su Jingrong that this reckless man was just in the name of a general soldier rank to be used first, and his actual job was just a guerrilla.

As for the army under his command, or the Tuyong in the countryside, or the recruited Chaoyong, or the surrendered rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom, there were many deserters from other battalions. There were only more than 1,000 people in total, and half of them were recruits he recruited after he withdrew from the Yanzhou Mansion.

This Niu Deshun is also a son of a big family, usually eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling is very good, when the Taiping army crossed, broke the fence of their family. For this reason, he was determined to avenge his father, so he pulled up this force, the previous time in southern Anhui borrowed the strength of friendly troops, luckily defeated the Taiping army twice, but when he met the Taiping army brigade, he Niu Deshun was a strong man who turned around and left, and did not suffer any losses, but Deng Shaoliang looked down on him. found an opportunity to throw him to Yanzhou Mansion.

And this time it is necessary to strictly guard against the transfer of troops, and the guards of strict defense immediately added a general rank to Niu Deshun in the name of making up for it first, and threw Niu Deshun out of the hundreds of people, and even said: "Niu Deshun, a fat cow, may not be more than enough to fail, and there must be insufficient success, and such a team is not needed for strict prevention." ”

Niu Deshun led the army independently for the first time and felt very good. He grasped all the big and small powers in his hands, reaped a lot of benefits along the way, and recruited hundreds of Chaoyong, Taiyong, Minyong, and Tuyong to join his troops, which was even more confident.

He was also shocked and frightened about the combat effectiveness of the Red Turban Army, but after a little contact with the Red Turban Army in Yandang Mountain, he immediately changed his opinion. It is not a problem, it is definitely not a problem, compared with the Taiping army in southern Anhui, it is simply far away.

He suddenly became bold, and even shook off Su Jingrong, who was obedient to his words a few days ago: "It's just a red thief, it's just around the corner!"

Just looked at Niu Deshun who was sitting in a sedan chair. Su Jingrong turned around and got on the horse, looked at the team whose morale was still good, looked at the green flags, looked at the soldiers wearing uniforms, and sighed slightly in her heart: "Niu Deshun is here, and it will be broken by the red thief in the near future!"

He thought secretly: "It's a pity, it's a pity, if this stupid cow can listen to me, even if it is broken by the thief, it can save most of it, and now it's better to send a fat cow hot pot to the red thief." ”

"It's just that this stupid cow is defeated, the door of Taizhou is wide open, and the red thief will inevitably take the opportunity to go north, since I want to achieve a career, and I have received the great grace of Duan Daotai, I will definitely fight with the red thief, but how to deal with the red thief, I am afraid I have to discuss it with Brother Yinan."

Thinking of this, Su Jingrong urged the horse to leave, and thought of many poisonous strategies to deal with the Red Turban Army: "Our people in Taizhou are brave, the militia is everywhere, and there are strong people such as us presiding, so the red thieves will definitely go and never return." ”

And Niu Deshun also lifted the corner of the sedan curtain, watched Su Jingrong skillfully ride the horse away, and was overjoyed, but shouted to the sedan chair man beside him: "Slow down, slow down, take it easy, tell the brothers below to find a beautiful girl for the general soldier, and I will play the Bull Demon King vs. Iron Fan Princess tonight!"

"And!" He is a son of a family, he is not used to riding a horse, but he likes to sit in a sedan chair, even after joining the army, he has not changed this habit: "Early tomorrow morning, we will go straight to Yueqing County, take the county seat, and let the brothers have fun!"

"Su Jingrong, this girl, what do you say, Liu Juehu is unmatched, annoying Lao Tzu to stop and go, and almost missed a big event!"

He was still sitting in a sedan chair and commanding the overall situation: "Brothers, what if there is Liu Jiehu, our Niuzi Camp in Yueqing County is decided, if Liu Jiehu dares to block our way, we will use half an hour to clean up these thieves!"

"Liu Jiehu is definitely not a problem, this way, how much combat power the red thief has, you also know, isn't it just a group of farmers who pick up farm tools, vulnerable, vulnerable, even if Liu Jiehu is a little braver, it is not enough to be troubled, I don't think this Liu Jiehu is too strong, but the green battalion soldiers in this warm place are too tofu."

However, Niu Deshun is also a character who has experienced several large and small wars, and there are always some arrangements: "Tell the brothers, open Yueqing County for three days, let everyone work harder, and there are also sub-medicine shells, and I will use them all tomorrow, don't be stingy!"

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"Sister Tinglan, this is the Beihua good news that the foreign brothers just translated!"

Unlike Yang Changmei, Shi Tinglan is a particularly smart girl, and her wisdom and beauty have always been beyond Yang Changmei's reach.

It's just that such a beauty will always have a little bit of shortcomings, Shi Tinglan's shortcomings are the same as his brother's, that is, he is more resourceful and less decisive, and he can't make up his mind when he is critical.

This time I finally left Tianjing, and went to Shanghai through the relationship of the foreign brothers, but Shi Tinglan was nostalgic for the good life of Tianjing, in Tianjing City, she was the national emperor, the princess, and the meritorious service, and there were dozens of sisters waiting at any time when she didn't go out.

Therefore, she made an excuse and planned to take a good stroll in the concession, which lasted five or six days, and seemed to have forgotten all about going to Wenzhou Mansion.

However, Yang Changmei ran around in the concession, and soon with the help of a few foreign brothers, she opened up several Taoist festivals, and now she is holding the newly translated Beihua Jiebao - this is the best English newspaper in the whole of China.

"North China News?" Shi Tinglan glanced at Yang Changmei and knew her intention: "You still want to go to Wenzhou?" But Wenzhou doesn't have our heavenly brothers at all, that Liu Changliu inspection point is all imposters!"

But Yang Changmei has her own insistence: "You can talk about it after watching it!"

"I think Tianjing is also good now, don't you miss those days? Of course, I'm happy in the concession now. ”

Shi Tinglan always refused to mention Wenzhou, but she picked up the translation brought by Yang Changmei, and was taken aback after looking at it twice: "The Red Turban Army is attacking Fujian? ”

The headline of the article was: "Opportunity or Challenge?" The port of Fuzhou is facing the threat of the Red Turban Army!"

"As one of China's five most important treaty ports, the Port of Fuzhou has always been known to be unfriendly to foreigners, and the European merchants operating there can only maintain the most basic and small profits, and this situation has not changed since the opening of the Port of Fuzhou."

"But the pattern may change, as Chinese government rule in the area was extremely fragile after the Xiaodaohui rebellion that swept half of Fujian Province in 1853, and the Red Turban rebels mentioned by this newspaper were attempting to occupy the port of Fuzhou, and if their intentions were realized, it would be another treaty port under the control of the rebels after the Xiaodaohui incident."

"In a recent series of battles, the rebels have succeeded in achieving all their objectives, they have captured Ruian County, and firmly controlled the county of Pingyang, with the whole of Wenxi under their control, and attempted to clear the last stronghold of the government in Wenzhou, the city of Wenzhou."

"According to what this newspaper has learned, the fall of Fucheng is only a matter of time, and the officials of the Qing government are not taboo about this, because the government army has lost too many troops in the early battle, and now only a small part of the troops with poor combat effectiveness and have lost the battle are defending the Fucheng, but government officials say that this is only a strategic retreat, and they will recapture the entire Wenzhou Mansion as soon as possible."

"But one military observer said it would be difficult for government forces to retake Wenzhou in the short term, and on the contrary, the Red Turban Army was determined to seize the port of Fuzhou, and their advance force had crossed the provincial border in an attempt to capture Fuding County."

"After the capture of Wenzhou, most of the Red Turban rebels will move south to join the attack on Fuzhou, and these troops will reach as many as 20,000 to 30,000, and it is said that they also include the troops of General Liu, the strongest of the rebels, according to some information we have obtained, both General Liu and the Red Turban Army have obtained some obsolete European light weapons, but in small quantities, and even so these light weapons can still play a crucial role in the battle."

"The large-scale battle that breaks out next will determine who will be the master of this treaty port and who will be the master of the entire Fujian Province!"

After reading this article, Shi Tinglan really changed her mind: "Fujian? Fuzhou? This is a great opportunity!"

She remembered that after leaving Tianjing, his brother and some high-ranking generals of the Heavenly Kingdom repeatedly talked about the Taiping army's entry into Fujian Province, and even made many deductions on the map, and she had to think about her brother's career: "Eldest sister, I listen to you, let's go to Wenzhou!"

ps: The third update, the addition of 180 monthly passes, the update is late, sorry again (to be continued)