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After listening to what Fang Shan and the others said, Zhu Jinglun laughed.

"Is this thinking that if I'm gone, they will have a chance? A bunch of idiots! ”

As he spoke, a voice rang out: "Report! ”

"Come in."

An officer walked in, it was Xie Qi from the General Staff, Zhu Jinglun left the General Staff Headquarters during his time and asked them to help Chen Zhiting plan, I didn't expect them to come in handy, who knew that the opposition forces would want to make a last stand.

But it's good to jump out of the box, solve it all at once, and save trouble in the future.

"What is the specific situation now, how is the deployment of the Eight Banners, and where has it been? What is the situation of Zhang Qianshan? And where did Jiang Yili march? ”

As soon as Xie Qi came, Zhu Jinglun asked questions repeatedly.

Xie Qi took the third-class staff officers of the two staff departments and asked them to spread out the huge maps directly on the ground, these maps were surveyed and mapped by Swedish surveyors with scouts in the army, although they did not dare to say that they were completely accurate, but the main transportation routes were marked and taken, which was much more accurate than the maps of the Qing army.

The two maps are spelled together, and it is the map of Zhaoqing Prefecture.

Xie Qi knelt on the map, his hand gesturing around Zhaoqing Mansion.

"At present, it is known that the strength of the rebel Eight Banners is about 2,000, and they have passed through the pass between Yunwu Mountain and Tianlu Mountain, and now they have marched to Xinxing, and it is judged that their target is Zhaoqing!"

Xie Qi's hand finally pointed to Zhaoqing.

Before deciding to pull the flag and rebel, Zhu Jinglun transferred the Eight Banners to the outside, mainly concentrated in several counties under the jurisdiction of Gao Leiyang Dao, which belonged to the western Guangdong region, and the transportation was very inconvenient, and they were scattered, stationed in 11 prefectures and counties, with a total of only 12,000 Eight Banner soldiers, each of whom was only about 1,000 people, and the division was so open, coupled with the inconvenient transportation in western Guangdong, which greatly reduced the possibility of their mutual contact.

At the same time, although there were many soldiers of the Eight Banners, the officers were all sent by Zhu Jinglun, and under strict surveillance, it was not so easy for them to rebel, but they still seized the opportunity, killed the officers, and rebelled.

Zhu Jinglun said: "How can it be two thousand? ”

Xie Qi said: "The current intelligence shows that not all the Eight Banners have rebelled, the main ones who rebelled are Yangjiang, Yangchun and Dianbai counties, and some of the Eight Banners in Gaozhou Prefecture, the specific situation is unknown. ”

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "Two thousand people dare to fight Zhaoqing?" Could it be a fraud? ”

Xie Qi said: "There is such a possibility. However, our army has deployed 5,000 men and horses in Zhaoqing, even if there is fraud, there is no need to worry. ”

Even if 10,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners came, it would be impossible to capture the fortified city of 5,000 people.

Zhu Jinglun was more concerned: "What about Jiang Yili?" Is there a problem with Wuzhou's city defense? ”

Xie Qi said: "Wuzhou is the defense of the second army of Xin'an, and the defense should be foolproof." ”

The Second Army of Xin'an is now also an old army, the same as the First Army of Xin'an, in which there is no distinction between Tu and Hak, just like the county of Xin'an, it is a mixture of Tu and Hakka, and the Cantonese-speaking Cantonese and Hakka speakers are chaotic together, and the commander is Li Daochang, a Hakka supervisor.

Xie Qi said: "According to our investigation during this time, Jiang Yili returned to Hunan to recruit a large number of Xiangyong, and there are currently 30,000 mercenaries. If you want to completely defeat Jiang Yili, I'm afraid that it will not be enough to rely on the Wukeng Army alone. ”

At present, the staff officers calculate the combat effectiveness of the Hunan army, and they all think that the combat effectiveness of the Hunan army is equivalent to their own based on the results of the last engagement, so it is okay to use three times the strength of the army for defense, but it is unrealistic to annihilate the opponent head-on.

Zhu Jinglun nodded, he also recognized this result, although most of the Xiangyong recruited by Jiang Yili were recruits, but the Hunan army did not rely on well-trained soldiers, but to a large extent relied on the courage of the villagers in the western Hunan area who guarded the mountainous areas, plus there were brave officers who dared to fight tough battles, and there were not many such officers in Jiang Yili's army.

"What do you think?"

Zhu Jinglun asked.

Xie Qi said: "Mobilize the Wukeng army, gather to protect the land and protect the guests, and a total of 40,000 people will attack Jiang Yili together." ”

The Wukeng Army is currently deployed in the area of Huichao Jiadao, and when Zhu Jinglun left, he was worried that the Qing army would move south from Fujian, so he placed this main force there.

At present, Jiang Yili is the main force, the Eight Banners are harassing, Zhang Qianshan is eyeing the tiger, and the three-way forces are attacking, so they have to concentrate their forces to attack all the way, obviously the staff officers are inclined to fight with the Hunan army, and Jiang Yili has been defeated, and the other two roads are not enough.

Zhu Jinglun also thought that this suggestion was very reasonable, and just as he was about to agree, his heart suddenly became vigilant.

"With such a large-scale liaison transfer, this can't be something that Jiang Yili can play, who do you say they mobilized?"

Xie Qi was puzzled: "Not Jiang Yili?" Could it be Mukdenne? ”

Zhu Jinglun shook his head: "Mukedenne doesn't have the guts, he rarely goes out these days. The Wukeng Army can't move! ”

Xie Qi asked, "You mean, Fujian?" ”

Zhu Jinglun nodded, Xie Qi They have insufficient information, so they may have ignored the direction of Fujian.

Zhu Jinglun explained: "When I went south from Shanghai, I learned that Zuo Zongtang had already controlled Zhejiang, and the Qing court appointed him as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and he was probably already pursuing the Taiping army south. ”

"It was Zuo Zongtang who did it!"

Xie Qi reacted immediately.

Zuo Zongtang's appreciation of Jiang Yili is not a secret, this is regarded as evidence of discord between Zuo Zongtang and Zeng Guofan, but in fact, Zuo Zongtang was able to go to Zhejiang to exterminate the Taiping Army, or Zuo Zongtang recommended, and Li Hongzhang was also recommended by Zuo Zongtang, although there are constantly rumors of various discord between the two, mainly because Zuo Zongtang looks down on Zeng Guofan with his talent and arrogance, but who dares to say that this is not a scene performed by Han loyal ministers to the Qing court.

However, there is no doubt that Zuo Zongtang can mobilize Jiang Yili, and then contact the Eight Banners and Zhang Qianshan through Jiang Yili, which is not impossible.

"So the Wukeng Army can't move. Jiang Yili's side will guard it first. The first step is to defeat the Eight Banners first, this time we must use thunderous means, dare to rebel, and kill without mercy! ”

Xie Qi said: "Then let the Baotu and Baoke groups attack bravely?" ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "Hmm." Although these 20,000 are regimental warriors and are not yet proficient in using rifles and cannons, they are used to fighting, and it is still easy to deal with the 2,000 children of the Eight Banners. But my father-in-law, what are you going to do? ”

Zhang Qianshan is looking for trouble, Zhu Jinglun does not doubt that this is an ambitious person, such people are easy to be bought, because they have no position and no bottom line, as for his woman is Zhu Jinglun's concubine, this kind of person doesn't care at all.

But after all, he and Zhu Jinglun are in-laws, so Xie Qi and they still have some concerns.

"Otherwise, let the Great Hong Army block them in Yingde?"

The last time the Dahong army was ordered to enter the Shaozhou Mansion, dispersed tens of thousands of Nanshaolian Daoxiang Yong, and easily captured Yingde County, but then when they approached the Shaozhou Mansion, they found that the Shaozhou Mansion was occupied by Zhang Qianshan, and dozens of Guangdong magistrates in Shaozhou who opposed Zhu Jinglun were killed by him.

At that time, Zhang Qianshan played the identity of Zhu Jinglun's father-in-law, which caused the Dahong army to dare not attack at all, and finally failed, and gave Shaozhou Mansion and Nanxiong Prefecture to Zhang Qianshan, except for one Yingde County, the entire Nanshao Liandao was controlled by Zhang Qianshan.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "My old man's eyes have always been vicious, he saw the right time and we didn't have the strength to deal with him, presumably he didn't really want to start a war with me, I'm afraid he still wants to recapture Yingde from us and completely control Nanshao Liandao in his hands." ”

Fang Shan said at this time: "If the adult has the heart, it is not impossible to deal with him. ”

Zhu Jinglun said with a smile: "In-laws are in-laws, he is the first year of junior high school, and I am the fifteenth, if you have any way to say it, don't have any worries." ”

Fang Shan said: "Let me take the Tu Protector Group to Yingde to ensure that Zhang Qianshan's Department is defeated." ”

Zhu Jinglun immediately understood: "You have a connection with Tan?" ”

Fang Shan said: "Just contacted." ”

The reason why Zhang Qianshan's power has been able to expand until now is related to the fact that he recruited more than 10,000 Tuyong under Tan Cai, and the regimental training that Tan Cai pulled up in the past has always been the main force of the natives fighting with the guests, equipped with a large number of rifles and cannons, and is the main force of Zhang Qianshan's army.

But these two are both ambitious people, and it is okay to use each other and let them live and die together, then it is impossible. Give them some pressure, and then apply benefits, and they are not afraid that people like Tan Cai will not take the bait.

Tan Cai's people are all natives in the Wuyi area, so Fang Shan said that he would take the Tubao group to go, obviously hoping to take advantage of the relationship between the villagers and recruit Tan Cai.

Zhu Jinglun didn't care about this, he just wanted the result: "Okay, you will be responsible." The Tu Bao Regiment and the Dahong Army joined forces to clean up the problem of Nanshao Liandao as quickly as possible, and then returned immediately. ”

The basic training of the two armies of the Baotu Regiment and the Dahong Army has been completed, but both groups of people are accustomed to cold weapon combat, and they are very unfamiliar with the use of rifles and artillery.

Zhu Jinglun thought for a while: "One brigade each from the Xin'an Second Army and the Wukeng Army will be transferred to join the Tubao Regiment and the Dahong Army, and an artillery battalion will be transferred to each of them. ”

For a while, it was difficult to transform two units with a relatively low level of education into firearms units, and Zhu Jinglun recalled the units he saw that the Taiping Army and the Hunan Army were mixed with hot and cold weapons, and felt that adding firearms units as elites could greatly improve the overall combat effectiveness of the entire unit.

Soon, according to Zhu Jinglun's deployment, one army after another set off.

Fang Shan entered Shaozhou Mansion with the Tu Preservation Regiment to support the Yingde Dahong Army.

The Baoke Regiment moved to Zhaoqing, looking for fighters to annihilate the Eight Banners, and Zhu Jinglun's instruction to them was to kill them without mercy!

After the military operation was launched, a professional military department was in charge of everything, and Zhu Jinglun would not directly command it, just as Zeng Guofan would not directly care about how Peng Yulin fought the war.

However, the current focus is still on the military, and he can no matter how he directs the operation at the front, and he still has to be concerned about the material supply and reserve forces in the rear, especially the reserve soldiers, which not only involves whether he can cope with the current war situation, but also has a bearing on whether he can fight a decisive battle with the Hunan army in a year or two, because these reserve soldiers are not only reserves, but also newly formed troops, totaling 50,000 people, who are in full swing training. (To be continued.) )