Chapter 292: Providence

How should Liu Chang answer this question?

Next to her, Yang Changmei also said: "Why do you know so much? And I never knew that you were such a checkpoint in our kingdom of heaven! ”

Liu Chang knew too much about the situation in heaven, so much so that Yang Changmei felt that she didn't know as well as Liu Chang, not to mention that there were some things that non-witnesses couldn't know.

In this case, Liu Chang finally replied with one word: "Providence!" ”

That's right, it's providence!

Yang Changmei and Shi Tinglan quickly used the word providence to interpret Liu Chang's descent from the sky, yes, this is indeed the will of heaven, maybe there is really such a palace inspector in the kingdom of heaven.

This is the most illogical choice, but it is also the most logical.

Shi Tinglan sighed faintly: "As long as we Guangxi people can survive!" ”

In the entire Taiping War, the Qing Dynasty caught the Guangxi people, that is, the so-called old thieves, who were all executed, even if they surrendered, they were not pardoned, and this policy was almost unchanged from the rise of the Heavenly Kingdom to the defeat of Jiaying Prefecture, and the result was that the backbone of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could only desperately go to the road of anti-Qing.

After the Tianjing Incident, there was already a consensus within the Kingdom of Heaven that it could not be fought, and the people's hearts were scattered, but when they saw that they were caught in Guangxi, they would be killed, so they could only follow Hong Xiuquan to the end, and before the capture in Suzhou, there were also many old brothers in Guangxi who were unwilling to follow the Hong family anymore, but because of the killing and surrender of Suzhou, they had obviously been contacted, and they could only hold on to death.

Even when Chen Decai committed suicide by taking poison, the 200,000 army collapsed in a snap of his fingers, and the team led by these old brothers in Guangxi actually became the largest Taiping army in history, but the monk king still has that policy, all Guangxi people, even if they come with 200,000 troops to surrender, they will be killed, and many old brothers in Guangxi are still scolding when they arrive at the execution ground.

Under these circumstances, Lai Wenguang and part of the Taiping army could only re-establish the banner of rebellion, and combined with the Twist army, which was also unforgiven by the Qing Dynasty, and continued to run rampant throughout northern China, and this force, which was originally prepared to surrender, was supported until 1688, and even took the life of the monk king himself.

In this case, there are definitely very few Guangxi people who can save their lives in the hands of the Qing army like Wei Jun and Little Tiger Huang Shishi, and Shi Tinglan's idea is that these tens of thousands of old brothers in Guangxi who followed the King of Heaven to kill Guangxi can continue to live.

She didn't have any extra thoughts, and Liu Chang also agreed, these tens of thousands of old brothers are definitely very precious treasures: "The old brothers from Guangxi come to my side, they are also your mother's family, and we will treat them equally." ”

Yang Changmei nodded: "Like the group of people who came from our heavenly kingdom, they are also developing very well in the Hongjun now, but although I am the sister of the East King, and Tinglan is also the aunt of the Wing King, I have to remind you that it is time to set up a banner for yourself!" ”

Now Liu Chang can be said to have become a climate, occupying more than 40 counties in Zhejiang, Ningshao and Taiwen for half a year, including the newly returned Red Turban Army, and the number of soldiers in battle has exceeded 40,000.

In this case, Liu Chang can definitely play his own banner, and Shi Tinglan next to him also agreed with Yang Changmei's husband: "Although our mother's family is in Tianjing, if you want to establish a banner, we will not object!" ”

Liu Chang also had the same idea, but he hadn't figured out what kind of banner he would build, whether to directly claim the title of king, or to use the generalissimo or other names.

But according to Liu Chang's plan, although the banner does not need to be played, but at the end of the next year, it is indeed necessary to manage the territory of the five prefectures in Zhejiang.

Therefore, he asked the opinions of the two princesses: "Tinglan, eldest sister, you urge me, I'm not in a hurry, not to mention that I haven't figured out what kind of banner to play, I can't fight the banner of King Tiande!" "..., King Tiande is the banner of the Heaven and Earth Society, Heaven and Earth will cause trouble, if you don't join forces with the Taiping Army, you often use the name of Tiande Year, but what is going on with this King Tiande, I'm afraid even the Heaven and Earth Society's own people can't say clearly.

Shi Tinglan liked Liu Chang's words: "It's okay if you don't raise the flag earlier, at least I can explain to my brother to go back, but do you want to take down Hangjiahu next?" ”

Yang Changmei immediately said: "Then naturally it is to be taken down, Ningshao and Shao are still inferior to Hangjiahu, as soon as we enter, we don't even have to make a move, the gold and silver that the local people take the initiative to pay tribute are worth hundreds of thousands of taels, if we take Hangjiahu, the world can be determined!" ”

Hangjiahu can be said to be the richest area in the world, not to mention that taking Hangjiahu can easily take down the entire Suchang, which is also the richest area in the world.

When Jiangsu and Zhejiang were lost, the Qing Dynasty was in an extreme financial tension, the Hunan army of the Zeng State Domain in history captured Yuhuatai, and the soldiers came to Jinling City, suffering from the shortage of military salaries and wanted to ask the center for pay, I thought that it would hit Jinling City, and the center could always help a few, if it was because of the lack of pay and repeated the tragedy of the two collapses of the Jiangnan camp, then I wanted to destroy the Kingdom of Heaven and I don't know the year of the monkey.

As a result, the treasury of the Qing Dynasty was already empty, and there was no silver at all, Zeng Guofan did not get a penny, but fortunately, Li Xiucheng's troops were too poor in combat effectiveness, and they could only rely on bombardment of foreign guns and foreign artillery from a distance to strengthen their courage, and there was no spirit of hand-to-hand combat, which led to the success of Zeng Guofan's military adventure.

And now, although Hangjiahu is still in the hands of the Qing army, the salary source of the entire Zhejiang has been exhausted, and even to the extent that it has to withhold Cao rice to support the army, and the Qing Dynasty can only rely on the salary of Su Chang and Shanghai.

It's just that if Hangjiahu is lost, most of this Su Chang and Shanghai will fall into the hands of Hongjun, but Liu Chang said: "Since they are all their own relatives, why bother to see outside, if I take the three mansions of Hangjiahu, it is inevitable that the face of the East King Yiwang is a little unpleasant, and this year's autumn grain will be temporarily lent to He Guiqing for the New Year!" ”

Liu Chang did not take Hangjiahu, although there was a financial loss, but the two princesses thought about it and agreed.

If the Hongjun takes Hangjiahu or even Suchang Shanghai, then it will inevitably have a direct conflict with the Kingdom of Heaven, and it is better to avoid the conflict now than to avoid the past, but Shi Tinglan asked: "Then if you don't fight Sujiahu, but it won't take three months for the army to be rectified, where should you develop next?" ”

In addition to Hangjiahu, there are Yanzhou Mansion and Quzhou Mansion left in Zhejiang, where there are Deng Shaoliang's main forces, but more importantly, these two places are tasteless compared with Hangjiahu.

Yanzhou Mansion is a famous poor place in Zhejiang, and only food and clothing can be eaten in normal years, and Quzhou is called "Tiequzhou", which is not a good place to fight, during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Shi Dakai entered Zhejiang and did not take Quzhou, and later Li Shixian and Li Xiucheng entered Zhejiang for the second time, and the whole Zhejiang fell, but only Quzhou and Wenzhou two prefectures and five county towns did not take down.

Of course, as long as Liu Chang is willing to make up his mind and does not care about the number of casualties, he should still be sure that these two prefectures will be taken down, and the key is where to develop next, Liu Chang himself has not made up his mind: "Take advantage of this time, you can develop the hinterland, but I didn't expect to go to Fujian or Jiangxi?" ”

This is indeed a problem, Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei also analyzed it on the map, and in the end, they still have their own advantages and disadvantages, Fujian's green camp is weak, but it is necessary to consider the difficulty of Fujian's mountain warfare, and the Jiangxi Hunan army is very brave, Liu Chang has not thought about a decisive battle with the Hunan army so soon - for this reason, he also deliberately left Hangjiahu for the time being.

When the young couple was analyzing the map in the room, someone outside had already sent a message: "Ye Niangniang has sent a letter from Wenzhou!" ..., Liu Chang opened the letter sent by Ye Niangzi, but smiled: "Yu Die's side, it is recommended to attack western Fujian to ensure that Wenzhou Mansion is foolproof, this is so big!" ”

This is a model of multi-route joint operations by land and water, and flexible and mobile mobilization of the enemy's army, but Liu Chang felt that the scale of Ye Niangzi's battle seemed to be very large, but it was actually implemented with the strength of the prefecture and Wenzhou mansions themselves, so he put his belief again: "What do you think? ”

Shi Tinglan just wanted to speak, but someone reported: "Check, Feng Wenyi and the underworld people ask to meet!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chang temporarily put away the letter, and immediately said, "Please Feng Gongzi and the underworld people come in!" ”

Feng Wenyi had a smile on his face, and as soon as he met, he congratulated Liu Chang: "Congratulations to the inspection, congratulations to the inspection, Ningshao and the two mansions are down, and the southeast half of the country is already in hand!" ”

Liu Chang also smiled: "That's the result of the strong support of Feng Gongzi and the underworld people in the past, and the two of them should be the first to capture Ning Shao!" ”

This is just Liu Chang's kind words, Feng Wenyi and the underworld people naturally won't take it seriously, and the underworld people over there immediately asked: "I came here just now and saw that Jun Jiqiu didn't commit any crimes, but the dragon spear regiment?" ”

"It's the Dragonlance!" Liu Chang said proudly: "The Dragon Lance Regiment is the crown of the whole army!" ”

This is known as the crown of the whole army, but it does not refer to military discipline, but the dragon lance regiment is a model of the whole army in all aspects, and it can be called the first in the whole army in terms of combat effectiveness, sharpness, military discipline, equipment, and officer quality.

Liu Chang had such firm confidence in his starting troops, and the underworld immediately smiled and said: "The dragon spear regiment is known as the crown of the whole army, so it is just right, I want to borrow the dragon spear regiment to go to Ningbo City again, and clean up all the demons in the city." ”

Liu Chang had already heard the meaning: "But the British are not interesting? When the soldiers came to the city, did they still think that the sun never set on the empire? ”

Feng Wenyi immediately said: "The inspection guess is really accurate, the British are not interesting, and now everyone knows that they are fighting with the Russians in the west, and they can't take care of China's affairs at all!" ”

Liu Chang immediately smiled and said: "Is that going to borrow the dragon spear regiment to give the British a killing stick?" ”

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