Lufeng Taoist Zhang Guangdi received Li Hongzhang to capture the long-haired thief occupied Hanshan County, overjoyed, immediately ordered people to carry the sedan chair from Dongguan to Hanshan City, along the way disgusted the sedan chair is too slow, and abandoned the sedan chair to ride a fast horse, leading a group of cronies to arrive in Hanshan City. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Guangdi, who was sitting in the county government, immediately took over the governance of Hanshan. He first drafted a document to report the victory, how to command Ruoding, personally went to Hanshan City to beat drums to inspire the Qing army warriors, and with the strong assistance of Li Hongzhang, he defeated the thieves in the city in one fell swoop and occupied Hanshan City.

On the third day after sending off the good news, the governor of Anman, Fuji, sent a message, praising Zhang Guangdi and Li Hongzhang, revealing that he asked the imperial court to praise Zhang Guangdi and Li Hongzhang, and elected Zhang Guangdi as the envoy of Anman, and Li Hongzhang as the prefect of Luzhou, and in half a month, the news of the imperial court's praise will come down.

Zhang Guangdi is not bad, but Li Hongzhang is a skipping jump. It seems that the governor of Anman, Fuji, also knows that the capture of Hanshan City mainly depends on Li Hongzhang.

Zhang Guangdi and Li Hongzhang were overjoyed and overjoyed. Zhang Guangdi immediately ordered to continue to lead his troops to attack the city of Hezhouzhou.

This time, Zhang Guangdi was ready to lead the troops in person.

Li Hongzhang easily conquered Hanshan, making him feel that this long-haired thief was not as powerful as he imagined. Coupled with the fact that there are thousands of soldiers on his side now, it will not be unexpected to capture Hezhou City, which has only more than 2,000 defenders.

So, Zhang Guangdi asked Li Hongzhang to guard Hanshan City, he led the original 2,000 green battalion soldiers and 1,500 brave soldiers, plus more than 500 Hanshan regiments led by Li Hongzhang, a total of 4,000 troops, and went straight east to attack Hezhou City.

Zhang Guangdi took the official sedan chair, stopped all the way, and walked dozens of miles from Hanshan to Hezhou, but he didn't arrive after walking for two days, and his whereabouts had already been discovered by He Yalin, the main general in Hezhou City.

On the morning of the third day, when Zhang Guangdi led 4,000 brave soldiers to pass through a valley in a disorderly manner, he suddenly heard several cannon shots, and on the mountainside on both sides of the valley, the guns and cannons were loud, and the 2,000 Taiping soldiers actually lay in ambush in the mountains, condescending, and fired frantically at the Qing soldiers marching on the road in the valley.

With half a pillar of incense, the Taiping soldiers fired a round of muskets and artillery, and immediately pushed the boulder and rolled down from the mountain demon, killing and wounding the Qing soldiers countless bravely.

Zhang Guangdi originally wanted to rely on the large number of people and organize the Qing army to counterattack, but hundreds of green battalion soldiers and thousands of brave men did not wait for his command, so they scattered in a chaotic manner and fled back. Zhang Guang was in a mess for the first time, so he had to lead the remaining half of the soldiers, followed the Qing soldiers who fled in front, hugged his head and ran away, and retreated in the direction of Hanshan City.

And the Taiping soldiers did not give up, and under the leadership of the main general He Yalin, they rushed down the hill and pursued the defeated Qing soldiers.

The green battalion soldiers and bravers, who usually lack training, only want to grow two more legs at this moment. But at the moment it was a mountainous area, and it was difficult for horses to travel, and slowly, the Qing army behind was caught up by the Taiping soldiers who were chasing after them.

In fact, most of the soldiers of the Taiping Army are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is not much better, but at this moment, the morale of the Taiping Army is high, the offensive is like a tide, and they are shouting in unison to attack. The Qing soldiers were defeated and retreated, with no morale at all, following the first to escape, only thinking of escaping, but due to lack of training, they were chased by the Taiping soldiers who held birds, spears and swords, and slashed and killed one-sidedly.

The Qing soldiers didn't think about fighting back at all, they just wanted to escape faster than the other soldiers.

So, poor Zhang Guangdi, who was supported by several personal soldiers, was so tired that he was out of breath, and in order to survive, he forcibly ran fast. But he has always been pampered, coupled with his fat figure, he is about to be caught up by the Taiping army, and at a critical moment, a personal soldier who has followed him from his hometown took off his clothes and changed clothes with Zhang Guangdi.

The pro-soldier was mistaken for a Manchu official by the Taiping soldiers and was arrested on the spot, but Zhang Guangdi escaped for the time being, and secretly hid in the grass with two other pro-soldiers.

Just as the Taiping soldiers were outflanking and about to discover Zhang Guangdi, a trumpet sounded, and two teams of Yong were killed from the mountains on both sides, and it was the regimental training in Hefei and Chaoxian led by Li Hongzhang.

When the Taiping soldiers saw it, they felt that they had been ambushed by the Qing soldiers, and they had no intention of fighting, so they fled by the way. Li Hongzhang was accustomed to fighting with the wind, and ordered his men to pursue.

Li Hongzhang just wanted to chase forward, but suddenly heard someone shouting: "Gradually, nephew, come and save Uncle Wei!" ”

Li Hongzhang turned his head to take a look, only to find that Zhang Guangdi, who was in tatters and wearing an ordinary military uniform, was hiding in the grass and was extremely embarrassed.

Li Hongzhang hurriedly ordered someone to help him out, and said, "Lord Daotai, the thief is fleeing at this moment, which is a good opportunity to pursue." Why don't you kill the enemy with Hongzhang to avenge today's revenge? ”

"Don't chase after the virtuous nephew! The long-haired thieves are extremely cunning, and Uncle Wei accidentally fell for their tricks. It's better to go back to Hanshan City first and stick to the portal. Zhang Guangdi was already frightened, shook his head again and again, and dissuaded Li Hongzhang.

"My lord, it's better for Hongzhang to send someone to send you back to Hanshan City, Hongzhang will lead his troops to chase first, if you are defeated, and then return to Hanshan City." After speaking, regardless of whether Zhang Guangdi agreed or not, he pulled his legs and left, leading his subordinates to chase after the Taiping army.

Seeing that the Qing soldiers were in a hurry to chase and the Taiping army had no intention of fighting, He Yalin had no choice but to abandon Hezhou City, and led more than 1,500 Taiping soldiers who fled back to go around Hezhou City without entering, and rushed directly to the Yangtze River, and returned to Taiping Mansion by boat to Dangtu.

Li Hongzhang led more than 2,000 regiments to enter the city of Hezhou with ease, and also confiscated the treasures stored in the holy treasury of the state government because the Taiping soldiers fled in a hurry and did not have time to take them away.

This time, Li Hongzhang did not inform Zhang Guangdi in Hanshan City again, but ordered someone to select a few valuable and rare treasures from the confiscated treasures, and send them to Fuji, the governor of Anman, who was rushing from Fengyang Mansion City to Luzhou City as soon as possible.

Fuji was overjoyed on the way, stopped the march on the spot, and wrote down an agitated good news to report the victory to the imperial court and Emperor Xianfeng. As for whose credit it is, Fukuji doesn't care, anyway, it's all under Anman's rule, and it's all his Fukuji's credit.

And Zhang Guangdi here, when he heard that Li Hongzhang led the regiment to capture Hezhou City, he immediately repeated his old tricks, hurriedly came to Hezhou, and wrote an urgent letter to the governor of Anman, Fuji. It's just that this time he miscalculated, and Li Hongzhang's messenger had already reported everything that happened to Fu Ji. Moreover, Fuji had already written a good report and reported it to the Beijing Division.

The preconceived Fu Ji saw Zhang Guangdi's urgent report, and his heart was extremely bright. He was not only angry at Zhang Guangdi's shamelessness and brazenly snatching the credit of Li Hongzhang, but also deeply disappointed by Zhang Guangdi's incompetence. Especially this time, if there is no Li Hongzhang who is not at ease, and sends troops after following Zhang Guangdi, the consequences are unimaginable, perhaps, the army will be defeated like a mountain, and even Hanshan will be occupied by the long-haired thieves again, not to mention the ability to recover Hezhou City.

Fu Ji threw Zhang Guangdi's recital aside and ignored it.

A few days later, Xianfeng's decree came down.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor system said: the performance appraisal is the best, and the reward is used; Tui En traces the accumulated legacy, carrying the ancestors. Li Hongzhang, is a native of Hefei County, Xiguang has a celebration, and the tree is virtuous. When the country was in turmoil, he was ordered to handle group training in his hometown, and he made meritorious contributions. The Decree of Tin. Yu play! His father, Li Wen'an, was the official to the Criminal Department to supervise the arrest of Shi Lang, and there was a grain man, who had a dark light and showed his hidden virtue. The system said: the government is rewarded with mediocrity, and the achievements of the ministers are recognized; Demen celebrates, highlighting the hometown of the children. Li Hongzhang was specially relocated to Lufeng Taoist and the prefect of Luzhou, and organized group training; His father, Li Wen'an, was given the title of Taoist and co-organized the group training. Hill and the others work together to fight the flood thief! The will is read, and the edict is grateful, and the early spring of the fourth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty is admirable. ”

Li Hongzhang hurriedly knelt down to thank him, long live the mountain!

He was promoted from the sixth rank of the false post to the fourth level of the lack of Taoism, and also served as the prefect of the provincial government, which can be described as a step to the sky, and the glory is extreme!

However, isn't the position of Daoist Lufeng Zhang Guangdi's, how can it be? Li Hongzhang was a little strange.

At the same time, Zhang Guangdi also had tears of grievance and kowtowed to thanks: he was removed from the position of Lufeng Taoist because he was afraid of war and demoted to the Tongzhi of Luzhou Mansion.

Zhang Guangdi couldn't imagine that within a day, the world would change drastically, and he would become Li Hongzhang's subordinate, wanting to cry without tears, and wanting to die. However, the situation is such that it is difficult to disobey the holy command.

The day after the decree was issued, he hurried from the slightly safe Hanshan City to Hezhou City to visit Li Hongzhang.

"Brother Gradual, congratulations this time! Zhang Mou has long said that the virtuous brother is talented and knows military affairs, and now he turns into a tiger when he encounters the wind. Long live the Lord is really good at making good use of people. Zhang Guangdi couldn't help himself, and smiled to please Li Hongzhang.

"Everywhere, it is all the support of Lord Futai, long live Lord Hongfu, so that this official has made some contributions. I would also like to thank Mr. Zhang for his support all the way. Li Hongzhang's heart was full of happiness.

"Brother Gradual, as a Lufeng Taoist and the prefect of Luzhou, you have a lot of opportunities, and you need to watch the time very much, in order to better encircle and suppress the long-haired thieves, please accept this table." After speaking, Zhang Guangdi presented the Western gold watch he had been playing with for a long time with some pain.

"Lord Zhang has seen the outside, how can such a valuable Western treasure be made? This official can't accept it. In his hand, he was the same as Zhang Guangdi before, and he had already copied the gold watch in his hand. The treasure was sent back and returned, and it also played a role, the sourness in Li Hongzhang's heart can be described in practical words?

Seeing Li Hongzhang's behavior, Zhang Guangdi didn't know how to scold in his heart, but on the surface, he was so happy that he couldn't find it with a smile on his fat face: "Brother Gradually, I heard that all the property in your hometown in Hefei was confiscated by the long-haired thieves. ”

After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands, and several relatives outside the door carried a few loads of white flower ingots, afraid that there were three or four thousand taels. At this moment, Zhang Guangdi's face was shaking with a smile, whether it was joy or heartache, only he knew.

Li Hongzhang was full of spring breeze, grabbed Zhang Guangdi's fat hand, and smiled: "Lord Zhang is loyal and patriotic, and he is a model for my generation!" Come on, don't you hurry up and accept the regimental training salary donated by Lord Zhang. He turned his head and said to Zhang Guangdi: "Thank you, Lord Zhang!" ”

Seeing that Li Hongzhang had turned the personal property he gave him into donating military pay to him to set up a regimental training, Zhang Guangdi couldn't laugh anymore: It's too bullying!

However, on the face, there was a fierce boast, but in the heart, there was a secret hatred.

No matter what, Li Hongzhang can be regarded as a step to the sky and soared.