"Okay, this Guarjia Ronglu is really an elite boy who has been rare in the Eight Banners this year!" Emperor Xianfeng asked Xingzhen to find out Rong Lu's resume from the past years, read it carefully, and couldn't help nodding again and again, "Not afraid of difficulties, I went south to join the army in the regimental training of Zeng Guofan, and made many military exploits. ”

Xingzhen wrote five Zhu pen books on Zeng Guofan's excerpt, and after putting it down, she said with a smile: "In Zeng Guofan's excerpt, it is also said that Rong Lu is a very good person, and the emperor pulled it out single-handedly. ”

"Hmm," Emperor Xianfeng was extremely satisfied with Rong Lu, "now that his sharp musket camp has arrived at the Jiangnan camp, this Jiangnan camp must be as solid as a rock, right?" Lest it be like Jiangbei! When the emperor said the last sentence, his eyebrows furrowed, obviously extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the Jiangbei camp was destroyed again some time ago.

"The emperor is relieved, now this Jiangnan battalion has repeatedly attacked, and all of them have been gained, thinking that Hong Chao will let the west of Ercheng come back to help in a few days." Xingzhen comforted the emperor, this is much better than the whole territory of Jiangxi in the previous life, the Anhui half of the province north of the Huai River, plus Wuchang and other middle reaches of the Yangtze River are all owned by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Luzhou is firmly in the hands of Jiang Zhongyuan, Li Hongzhang guards Chuzhou, and slowly advances to the south, Zeng Guofan and Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng are entangled in the first line of Tongling Guichi, although Zeng Guofan has been defeated repeatedly, but Xingzhen has never worried about this Hunan Yankee, if it does not go through wind and rain. How to see a rainbow, grinding is always necessary.

"This is also the purpose of setting up the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps in the first place," the emperor said in agreement, "one south and one north sandwich Jiangning City, so that Fa can go against one and lose the other, and now although the camp has been broken repeatedly, it is still effectively contained." ”

"Exactly, the emperor's strategy is very good, and several expeditions to the west have been in vain, and the original battle line is in the area of Poyang Lake in Jiangxi. Now it has advanced to Anhui. This is excellent progress, and if the Jiangnan camp is firmly held at the moment, it will be excellent. Xingzhen said.

"What do you think of it according to the queen?" The Emperor said.

Xingzhen didn't have time to speak. The eunuch of the inner recital office outside came in with a stack of folds and knelt down to pray. Xingzhen stopped talking first. Look at the eunuch handing the emperor an excerpt.

The emperor impatiently took the fold, opened it and looked at it, his eyebrows moving a few times. A few wisps of joy appeared on his pale face, put down the fold, and said to Xingzhen with a smile: "The queen is clever, Hong Xiuquan really wants Ercheng to return to Jiangning, and Ercheng has now retreated to Dasanguan!" ”

"The concubine dares to say that it is clever, this is an extremely predictable thing, the Jiangnan camp is still there, and Hong Xiuquan is restless in Jiangning City." Xingzhen smiled.

"Then tell Zeng Guofan to clean up and regain the lost territory, and I will apply for a reward this time, and I will not demote his official position!" Emperor Xianfeng was overjoyed and said happily.

"But the pressure on this Jiangnan camp is going to increase." Xingzhen cautiously said the grim situation that she would encounter in the future, "If it is not handled properly, it is inevitable that it will be repeated again." ”

"Well, I have to think about this matter, how to defend the camp in Jiangnan," Emperor Xianfeng comforted himself again, "This side of Jiangnan is not as loose as Jiangbei, Xiang Rong, Hechun, and Zhang Guoliang are in the same line, and the military heart is quite stable, and now there is Rong Lu to help, as long as there is no accident, it must be able to hold on, as long as it is rebellious and does not use tricks!" I called Hechun to stick to it, and don't pay attention to anything else. ”

"Yes." Xingzhen finished talking about political affairs, and saw that Xianfeng was a little tired, so she smiled at the emperor and said, "The emperor will rest for a while, and I will call it up later." ”

"The queen has worked hard," Emperor Xianfeng squinted and waved his hand to Xingzhen, "You go and see the eldest brother, I will come to you for dinner." ”

"Yes, the concubine retired."

Rong Lu opened a wooden box with English written on it, picked up a flintlock pistol, this is the Ningbo prefect sent over for the use of foreign munitions for the Jiangnan battalion, Rong Lu looked at the black and shiny killing weapon with engine oil in his hand, and couldn't help nodding again and again, the quartermaster on the side nodded again and again, the young chief soldier in his early twenties in front of him, just received a handwritten commendation from the emperor a few days ago, and he had to serve him well.

"Lord General Soldier, in our Jiangnan camp, there are not many people who can use this foreign musket, and it is for nothing to put it away, so I will allocate all my brains to you, Lord General Soldier." The quartermaster didn't feel distressed at all, because just now the Manchurian man in front of him, who could fight and behave, had already stuffed himself with a thick red envelope, which was enough for him to be generous and polite.

"Brother, I'm going to be disrespectful." Rong Lu waved his hand, asked Tang Deshan to send people to take them all, and affectionately hugged the quartermaster's shoulders and said brother and brother, "You also know, the handsome asked me to help send the rebellion, I naturally have nothing to say, but I can't fight with my bare hands, now I have the help of my brother, but I have helped my brother a lot!" The two talked affectionately for a while, and Rong Lu stuffed a golden nude to the quartermaster who was poured with his ecstasy soup, "Brother, look, if there are some unused artillery in the army, can you also share some profits with my brother?" Your benefits are indispensable! ”

"Where, the chief soldier is polite," the quartermaster grabbed the golden naked man and shirked it for a while, before receiving it in his sleeve, "Some artillery and gunpowder are also put in vain, and the lord follows the lower officer, just in the C-shaped library, the lord asks the master to follow the lower official to get it." ”

Rong Lu thanked him, and a small soldier came in front of him, and when he saw Rong Lu here, he quickly knelt down on one knee and said: "Lord Commander, the marshal summons the generals to discuss the matter and let the adults pass." ”

Rong Lu said goodbye to the quartermaster, and hurriedly arrived at Hechun's handsome tent, all the generals inside arrived, even Zhang Guoliang, the Jiangnan Governor who went out of the camp to intercept and kill the Taiping Army's grain road yesterday, but Hechun, who was on the main seat, looked solemn, and the two of them didn't have time to speak, so they just nodded.

After Rong Lu saluted, Kankan sat down, and when He Chun saw that all the generals had arrived, he opened his mouth to say a very bad news.

"News came from the south, saying that Li Xiucheng had attacked Huzhou on April 25."

"What?" Xingzhen was still drinking afternoon tea in the dormitory, and almost jumped up when she heard the news, although Xingzhen has been helping the emperor to approve the excerpt every day, but the six hundred miles of urgent military information are directly submitted to the emperor's imperial review, and it must be sent to the emperor at any time. (To be continued......)