Fang Shan said very tactfully, giving him eight guts, he didn't dare to get angry with Zhu Jinglun in person, he was different from Hou Jin, Hou Jin liked to show his relationship with Zhu Jinglun before and after, saying that the two of them were brothers, and sometimes called him by his name in person, but his positioning for himself was very clear, he was a strategist, and he tried to be a good military advisor, such as Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After listening to Fang Shan's statement, Zhu Jinglun told him: "The main reason why the Tu Tu Ke Regiment bravely came to Guangzhou was because of the emptiness of the troops in Guangzhou, and the Eight Banners were scattered in Gao Leiyang and Huichaojia, and the threat was not too big. However, the Xiangyong of Nanshao Liandao has now been dispersed, and the defeated troops have already dispersed into Guangzhou Prefecture, which is a big trouble. If they are not gathered at once, sooner or later they will either be defeated or rebel. Therefore, your top priority is to get rid of these rogues as soon as possible, and not let these people rob their homes and houses. ”

When Fang Shan heard that there was a mission, he felt a lot better, but he was still a little disappointed, as if his efforts in the past two years could only be used to do this kind of thing, what was the point of not being able to go to the battlefield with these regimental warriors he had painstakingly recruited?

"But my lord, where is the most important thing in Zhaoqing, I heard that the war is not going well!"

Zhu Jinglun shook his head: "Compared with attacking the city, the stability of the rear is the top priority, we have recently recruited more than 5,000 county officials, just stationed in various counties, their government affairs are not familiar, they still need to be trained and trained, we need time, if there is chaos in the local area at this time, there is no point in winning more battles." So let you come back, that's what you do, at least this year, I don't want to see any chaos in Guangzhou, otherwise I'll ask you! ”

Zhu Jinglun's meaning is very clear, this is to entrust Fang Shan with a heavy responsibility, he feels much better, although he believes that this is Zhu Jinglun comforting him, but he can comfort his boss, not also shows the boss's reuse, but at the same time he has a deep sense of crisis in his heart, he has not been by Zhu Jinglun's side for more than two years, the relationship between the two may be really estranged, otherwise why do you need to comfort him, just give an order and it's over.

He felt that he was not Hou Jin's brother in life and death who had fought with Zhu Jinglun after all, and if he wanted to be reused, he was afraid that he could only continue to make meritorious contributions, so he really couldn't mess up this task, and immediately took action, summoned his officers, and asked them to take turns to attack, and go to the townships to clear the townships.

It is false to say that it does not attach importance to the siege of the city, the battle of Zhaoqing has been carried out on the tenth day, and to Zhu Jinglun's surprise, no substantial progress has been made on both land and water.

The Hunan army assumed hundreds of thousand-pound cannons on Guding Mountain and Dading Mountain, although their cannons were not advanced enough, but they occupied a favorable geographical position, firmly blocked this river gorge, and controlled this place, the Hunan army controlled the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, and their supplies and personnel could be continuously transported from Guangxi to Guangdong.

Zhu Jinglun knew that the Hunan army was very strong, but he felt that they were just an army in the era of cold weapons, and no matter how strong they were, they could even erase the gap between the times, so he was ready to fight hard, but he didn't expect it to be so bitter, the losses of the troops had already exceeded a thousand, and the losses of the Hunan army were not clear, but it was estimated that it would be greater.

Paying the price of thousands of soldiers in a battle, this is something Zhu Jinglun has not encountered in previous battles, whether it is to suppress bandits or quell the fighting of Tuke, he has not paid such a big loss, but now just to attack the two fortresses guarded by the Hunan army, he has lost thousands of people in just ten days, so how can he not be shocked.

But he couldn't resist interfering with the command of the front-line officers, and the more he interfered, the more counterproductive it might be, because they were the ones who fought on the battlefield and they were the ones who died, so they should not add to the chaos if they sat in the rear.

But he wants to see the war report.

At this time, on the mountains on both sides of the Dading Gorge, there is a temple building, there is a Taoist temple on the Guding Mountain, called Yuanzhen Temple, and the Dading Temple across the river across the river, at this time the two temples were collected by the Hunan army as a military fortress, not only assumed the cannon, but also dug many trenches outside, built an earthen village.

The Xin'an army attacked Guding Mountain from the north bank, and the Wukeng army attacked Dading Mountain from the south bank, both roads were stubbornly blocked by the Hunan army, and the opponent's will to fight was very tenacious, and there were almost no escapes, either fighting to the last man, or retreating in an orderly manner under the leadership of the officer.

Based on this alone, the Hunan army formed by Zeng Guofan can be proud of other Chinese armies, and the success of the Hunan army is not a fluke.

Wen Yuan stood at the foot of the Turtle Mountain, the charging soldiers retreated again, he stood here with more than a dozen military judges, erecting their big flags, with the word "first" written on them, they were the first brigade of the Xin'an Army, Wen Yuan felt that this number was the order for them, they were the first, and other brigades did not agree, but he still paid for this flag.

The soldiers fled back, but stopped in front of the banner, and then slowly formed a team and returned to the organization again.

When they saw the flag, they were down-to-earth, and they were calm when they saw the flag, because the flag-bearer was killed!

In later generations, some people depicted the Hunan army, saying that Zeng Guofan was like this, setting up a big banner, drawing a line in front, and cutting those who crossed the line, so the Hunan army fought to the death and did not retreat.

This is nonsense, Zeng Guofan does not have this habit, he has the ruthlessness to kill, but he has no need to kill.

Zeng Guofan's Hunan army also lost the battle, and there were times when he fled, Zeng Guofan himself was not very good at riding horses, let alone this style of military generals, when fighting, he rarely went to the front line, he rarely gave any instructions to the troops, because he was not very good at fighting, Zeng Guofan was not very good at using soldiers, but Zeng Guofan would use generals.

He used the general's method with a strong Chinese wisdom, he did not interfere with the command of the officer, he gave some goals at most.

The army that lost the battle was punished, basically according to Qi Jiguang's military regulations, if the soldier ran away and the officer did not run, cut off the soldier's head after the war, if the officer ran away and the soldier did not run, cut off the officer's head, and if the soldier and the officer both ran away, still cut off the officer's head.

If an army has done its best, and the battalion officer dies on the battlefield and the soldiers do not save him, the whole army will be punished, no matter how well trained the soldiers of this army are, and they will be disbanded on the spot.

If an army wins, then give the officer money and let him go back to recruit troops, and this is how the Hunan army rolls like a snowball, and it is all a snowball of victory, because all officers only have victory experience, no defeat experience, so this is an army that has always been accustomed to victory and victory.

This practice of leaving only the victors is full of wisdom and does not necessarily conform to military common sense, but it is very effective.

This means that his enemies are facing an army that has either never fought or has not been defeated.

After a long time, the meeting began to be held after the war, and for the first time, contradictions broke out among the officers, all of whom thought that others did not do their best in the war, and blamed each other, and the Hunan army was a subordinate soldier, and they were also subordinate soldiers, all of whom came out of a county, a township, or even a village, but at this time they quarreled like enemies.

According to the situation of the battle, the staff officers believed that the strength was still insufficient, and their proposal for reinforcement was rejected by the young and vigorous officers, who felt that they could not afford to lose this man, and they were also an army that had never lost a battle.

Hou Jin and the black dog also quarreled, as the main general, of course, they were not arguing because of shirking responsibility, they were fighting for the interests of their respective troops, and they both wanted to win the absolute support of the artillery, both of them felt that the place they attacked was more important, and they both thought that they should receive priority support.

The lawsuit came to Zhu Jinglun, this time he knew that it would not work without interference, because he made a big mistake, the first is that the front line did not set up a unified commander-in-chief, unable to coordinate the command, he didn't think there was anything wrong with this before, to prevent his subordinates from having too much power, it is also very necessary, he made the two troops not subordinate to each other, but assigned them independent tasks, thinking that they should be able to get along.

But when things go well, they can get along peacefully, and even form a healthy competition, but after encountering problems, they begin to blame each other, and they all think that their side has achieved more results, advance deeper, and need more support, and they all think that the other side is not fighting well and has not completed the set goals.

Sure enough, the unified organization is decaying in the blandness, and the divided organization is collapsing under pressure.

Zhu Jinglun urgently arranged official business, and felt that it was necessary for him to go to the front line in person.

Chen Zhiting was summoned back from Huizhou, and a Jun order was sent to all counties, telling all localities that Chen Zhiting was now temporarily acting as the government affairs of Guangdong until they received a new Jun order.

Chen Zhiting left Chaozhou, he is the Taoist platform of Huichao Jiadao, Huichao Jiadao is close to Fujian and Jiangxi, but there is no shortage of people, and Zhang Jingxiu, the prefect of Guangzhou, was transferred to Huichaojiadao to serve as a Taoist platform.

The number of old bureaucrats in Zhu Jinglun's hands is still too small, and only some talents have emerged in the past two years, such as Zhang Jingxiu in Dongguan County.

Zhang Jingxiu was invited by Zhu Jinglun to be an official two years ago when the county order of the 14 counties of Guangzhou Prefecture was sealed, because the Zhang family was extremely rich in Dongguan, and Keyuan, one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong, was built by Zhang Jingxiu.

Before he did Dongguan County Order, he also had a certain amount of experience, once donated the official title of Tongzhi, and then organized a group training, he fought when the Heaven and Earth Society revolted, he also fought when the British and French coalition troops came, and later the Taiping Army also fought in Chaozhou, before Zhu Jinglun appointed him, he was an official in Jiangxi, and let his brother recruit a letter back.

Between the Qing court and Guangdong, he chose his hometown, or between civil and military, he chose civil officials. Before Zhu Jinglun recruited him, he was an envoy in Jiangxi, which was quite a high grade, but in fact he was still leading troops, and Zeng Guofan gave the emperor a guarantee that he was an excellent naval general.

Zhu Jinglun gave him a county official, he was also good, the Zhang family was rich in Dongguan, a squire, and a local nobleman, so his official position was not difficult, and after two years, he was transferred to be the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture.

Zhu Jinglun even considered letting him go to Zhaoqing to take charge of the overall situation, but considering his relationship with Zeng Guofan, he gave up. I personally went to Zhaoqing, transferred Chen Zhiting back to Guangzhou, and then asked Zhang Jingxiu to go to Huizhou, and promoted him to Huichao Jiadao Daotai, and there would be no problem in taking charge of Huichao Jiadao.

In addition to Zhang Jingxiu, there is also Luo Tianchi of Xinhui, this person used to be a Taoist in Guizhou, he is an old bureaucrat, and he took refuge in Zhu Jinglun relatively early, although he has no outstanding political achievements, but he can win people around, and now he has been promoted to Gao Leiyang Taoist platform.

In the past, the high-ranking officials in Guangdong basically went to Nanshao Liandao, and they chose the Qing court between Zhu Jinglun and the Qing court. (To be continued.) )