Chapter 308: Zeng Guofan's Question
General Lin of Chizhou took 3,000 Chizhou defenders to the camp of Zeng Guofan, and looked at Zeng Guofan stunned.
Zeng Guofan was furious and scolded General Lin: "You are not guarding in Chizhou, why did you come to me, what about your weapons?" What about armor? Why is it gone? ”
"Didn't you ask me to come, Dashuai?" Lin Shen will be inexplicable.
"Bastard! When did I let you come? Although Chizhou is small, it also shocks the Taiping army in southern Anhui, you run, who will guard Chizhou? Come on, take it for me, military law will serve! Zeng Guofan almost fainted, with the current situation of Long Hair, he felt that three thousand people were enough to hold Chizhou, but he couldn't imagine that this stupid guy would give up Chizhou like this and cheapen Long Hair for nothing.
"Wronged, Dashuai, Chang Du said that you asked me to come over to help attack Tianjing, and said that you asked him to form an army in Chizhou, and also said that he wanted us to borrow our weapons and equipment for him to use." When General Lin saw Zeng Guofan's guards coming to take him, he hurriedly shouted that he was wronged.
"What, is that Changshan?" Zeng Guofan frowned, "What the hell is this guy doing?" Trick me into the equipment of 3,000 people? Isn't this child's play? Although Chizhou is not a strategic location, it was also fought by our Hunan army with a knife and a gun. There is no trivial matter on the battlefield, he wants to form an army in Chizhou, how can it be so easy? Zeng Guofan secretly said in his heart that Chang Shan was coming to Hu.
"Nonsense! Who is responsible for the loss of Chizhou! Can you afford it? You are still the old Hunan army! Zeng Guofan was angry with General Lin.
"The marshal, the last general also knows that the stakes are high, but Na Chang always said that if something went wrong, he was the only one who asked, and he also wrote a military order for me to bring to the marshal." General Lin Shen hurriedly took out Yang Xiaoshan's military order from his arms and handed it to Zeng Guofan.
Zeng Guofan took the military order full of doubts, as General Lin said, this Chang Shan said that he would not lose Chizhou with his head, and he would form an army in Chizhou to attack Changmao.
"Is this Changshan crazy? Even if you deceive my equipment and city, it will not be so easy to form an army, and the team that has been temporarily pulled up will not have combat effectiveness at all. Now that the battle has been fought to this point, the recruits who have just entered the battlefield are all cannon fodder, and they basically can't play any role. A son-in-law who talks on paper, I have to go to Prince Gong to sue you! Zeng Guofan has always emphasized self-recuperation, saying what meditation words such as calming the mind is like water, but at this moment he was also dizzy by Yang Xiaoshan.
"Take it and put it away, this is the evidence of the lawsuit in front of Prince Gong in the future, even if he is not dealt with by military law this time, Prince Gong must transfer him back, don't make trouble here." Zeng Guofan asked his staff to put away Yang Xiaoshan's military order, and prepared to punish him severely this time.
Zeng Guofan was 100% sure that Yang Xiaoshan would definitely not be able to hold Chizhou, and the cunning long-haired man would definitely smell the smell and come to fight Chizhou.
But a few days later, the news came that surprised him, and Chang Shan persuaded Wei Jun, the commander of the right army, a senior general of Changmao, to surrender, and Wei Jun led 3,000 Taiping troops to surrender en masse, becoming the first senior general to surrender since the Qing court and Changmao were at war.
This time Zeng Guofan can look stupid, he is a general who likes to "fight dumb battles", what he believes in is the strength of the sword and gun in his hand, this Chang Shan's style makes him unacceptable, this kid is "too god", right, he can win thousands of troops with his mouth?
"Xueqi, you are most familiar with Changmao, will this surrendered Wei Jun be a fraudulent surrender?" Until now, Zeng Guofan could not accept the fact that Yang Xiaoshan could persuade the long-haired senior generals to surrender.
"Dashuai, I'm afraid it's really not a fraud this time. This Wei Jun is the younger brother of Wei Changhui, the puppet king of the north, and after the Tianjing Incident, the old department of the East King could not tolerate him everywhere. Recently, I also heard that the long-haired Yang Fuqing has been suppressing him, so it is very possible for this Wei Jun to surrender to the imperial court. In fact, his subordinates have been planning to rebel against this Wei Jun, but he didn't expect Chang Dutong to strike first, and his subordinates really couldn't figure out how he could know about this Wei Jun's situation. "Cheng Xueqi has surrendered to Zeng Guofan, because he is very familiar with the Taiping army, and when the Hunan army attacked Anhui, he contributed a lot, so he was reused by Zeng Guofan.
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Zeng Guofan complained.
Cheng Xueqi was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "Although this Wei Jun is not doing well, he is loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his subordinates are not sure to turn against him, so he didn't dare to say it to the big handsome." ”
"Why is this Chang kid so powerful, I heard that he persuaded that Shi Dakai to commit suicide in Sichuan, and this time he persuaded Wei Jun to surrender, it's really incomprehensible!" Zeng Guofan shook his head, feeling that it was amazing.
"Dashuai, if your subordinates have a word, they don't know whether to say it or not?" Cheng Xueqi lowered his head and thought for a while, hesitating.
"Just talk about what you have." Zeng Guofan glanced at him and knew that his words had always been valuable.
"That subordinate dared to say, this Chang Dutong's style of doing things is very similar to Yang Xiaoshan, the son of the Eastern King of the Heavenly Kingdom, doing things is always unexpected, others can't guess his next move, and he also fights the gods and goddesses, which always makes people feel too amazing." Cheng Xueqi said boldly.
"Do you suspect that this Changshan is Yang Xiaoshan?" Zeng Guofan was taken aback.
"The subordinates inquired, that pseudo-heavenly king Hong Xiuquan sealed the position of Yang Xiaoshan as the king of Shandong, but we have never met the team led by Yang Xiaoshan on the battlefield, where did he go? No one can say it, which is also too strange. Cheng Xueqi analyzed for Zeng Guofan.
"This Chang Shan's face is strange, I have seen people for so many years, and I really can't see through his face." Zeng Guofan nodded, he also felt that this Changshan was a little unfathomable, and he did things from uneasy routines.
"Do you have any other hard evidence?" Zeng Guofan is also afraid of Changshan's background, this matter can't be said nonsense, if this Changshan is Yang Xiaoshan, wouldn't it be that the Queen Mother and Prince Gong have lost their eyes?
"There is no evidence from the subordinates, they are all thinking nonsense." Cheng Xueqi also knew that this matter was not trivial, and the crime of framing important officials of the court was also very big, enough for him to not be able to eat and walk around, so he quickly knelt down and replied.
"It doesn't matter, if you say that today, I'll just hear it, and no third person knows. But I have one thing for you to help me do. Zeng Guofan pondered for a while and helped Cheng Xueqi to enlighten the way.
"Although the handsome commander instructed, let Xueqi go to the knife mountain and go to the oil pot, Xueqi will not hesitate." Cheng Xueqi hurriedly expressed his loyalty.
"It's not that serious, Ben Shuai just wants you to investigate this Changshan, and report any abnormalities directly to me. The matter is to be kept absolutely confidential and not to be disclosed to anyone, and all investigations are to be conducted in complete secrecy and in secret. Zeng Guofan said.
"The subordinates understand that everything should be done according to the commander's orders." Cheng Xueqi led the way.