Just after arranging the resettlement work of the Tiandihui Righteous Army, Feng Yunshan was also relieved that there was finally a major hidden danger and heart disease in Guangzhou City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The next day, Zuo Zongtang, Tan Shaoguang, and Cui Datong took the newly revised "Manual for the Drill of the Capture Army", and Feng Yunshan looked at it, which was basically in line with his intentions.

"Ji Gao, very good, this exercise manual, although it is only theoretical, is one step closer to the actual exercise. There has been nothing to do recently, and the king feels energetic, and it happens that there is a newly established Ninth Division in need of training, so the king wants to personally lead this Ninth Division to practice. Feng Yunshan suddenly spoke.

"This? Holy King, I just received an urgent report from Hengzhou, and the war in Hengzhou Mansion is unfavorable! Zuo Zongtang said with a serious expression: "The Fourth Division led by Liang Litai originally attacked Hengyang City, and during the siege, Zeng Guofan, the minister of regimental training in Huguang and Guangzhou, led thousands of Xiangyong from Changsha to aid Hengzhou. The 4th Division of the First Division divided half of its forces to engage it several times in a row, all of which were defeated, losing hundreds of people, and Liang Litai was forced to withdraw from the siege of Hengzhou and retreat to the east bank of the Xiangjiang River to confront it across the river. ”

"What? Zeng Guofan has already sent troops from Changsha? Thousands of Xiangyong? Why is it not clear how many troops there are! Ji Gao, how much Xiang Yong is there, this is very important, let them find out! Hearing that Zeng Guofan led Xiang Yong to fight, Feng Yunshan became alert. Zuo Zongtang is now the deputy chief of the general staff of the captive army, and concurrently serves as the director of the intelligence department, and it is his duty to investigate the military situation of the hostile forces.

Feng Yunshan was a little remorseful and did not kill Zeng Guofan. At the beginning, there was no suitable person at hand, so he temporarily sent two guards around him to assassinate Zeng Guofan, for so long, the two guards did not have any news, and now Zeng Guofan has led his troops out, presumably the assassination was not successful, and the two guards were naturally not spared.

"Holy King, this barbarian is very good at military training, and he is well-trained and vigilant in bringing a cadre of Xiangyong. Liang Litai sent several groups of detailed personnel to investigate, but they were either killed by him or did not dare to approach. Therefore, the specific number of people has not been found, only that there are about more than 3,000 people, and less than 10,000 people. Zuo Zongtang explained helplessly, and at the same time interceded for Liang Litai.

It's not because he knows that Liang Litai is Feng Yunshan's cronies, so he intercedes for him, but he admires Liang Litai's personality, and like him, he has an upright and generous personality, a clear distinction between right and wrong, and evil like hatred. People with this kind of personality are just like him, more arrogant.

But although Zuo Zongtang is arrogant, it is in front of others. For the Holy King Feng Yunshan, he only had admiration, so he would not show his cold arrogance.

"Hmm, Ji Gao, listening to your tone, it seems that you are quite familiar with this Zeng Guofan? Who else is in his family? Feng Yunshan asked casually.

"Holy King, Zong Tang and this Zeng barbarian are actually not familiar, they just know. Zongtang has a fellow township, named Guo Songtao, and is friends with Zeng Manzi, so he knows a little about him through his fellow villager Guo Songtao. Zuo Zongtang replied honestly: "In Zeng Manzi's family, there is an old mother who has passed away, an old father and several brothers, and his wife with two young sons and several equally young daughters. ”

"I see!" Feng Yunshan originally wanted to start with Zeng Guofan's family, but after listening to Zuo Zongtang, he was either an old father or a young child, so he thought about it or gave up. On the one hand, he has a disturbed conscience by doing this, and he has not yet cultivated to the point of being iron-hearted; On the other hand, he was suddenly worried that Zuo Zongtang would have an opinion about himself if he found out.

"What about Peng Yulin's sailor? Didn't you send it to Hengzhou to help? Because he hadn't heard any information from the water master, Feng Yunshan asked strangely.

Peng Yulin led the sailors to defend five miles north of Hengzhou City, but when Xiang Yong was about to arrive at Hengzhou City, he disembarked nearly ten miles in advance and hid the ship. The sailor did not meet Xiang Yong, and it was not known until he found that Xiang Yong was camped outside Hengzhou that he knew that Xiang Yong's reinforcements had arrived in Hengzhou. Therefore, Peng Yulin immediately led 4,000 sailors to Hengshan and Xiangtan to harass them. Zuo Zongtang replied.

Feng Yunshan was already clear about the situation. Hearing that Peng Yulin led four thousand sailors to harass Hengshan and Xiangtan, Feng Yunshan didn't care. The sailors trained by Peng Yulin were only old-style sailors for inland rivers, and although there were cannons in the fleet, the caliber was very small, and only some large warships had them.

The warships adapted from other civilian and fishing boats were not equipped with artillery because their hulls could not withstand the recoil of large artillery fire, they could not be equipped with medium and large cannons, and their own artillery was scarce, so they were simply not equipped with artillery, but were regarded as hand-to-hand combat warships.

Therefore, it is estimated that the harassment of these 4,000 sailors in the Hengshan and Xiangtan areas will not have much effect. Unless it lands to siege the city, it's just that it is too cost-effective for the sailors to directly attack the city, so it is doomed that Peng Yulin's battle will not have a great effect.

"As for the battle in Hengzhou City, let's hold it down for a while. Ordered Liang Litai to lead the 4th Division to coil around the city of Hengzhou, entrusting this Zeng Guofan and his Xiangyong in Hengzhou, but trying to avoid engaging him. Feng Yunshan gave an order: "Transfer Chen Yucheng to lead the 3rd Division, do not need to stay in Guangzhou, quickly rush to Hengzhou Mansion to support, and together with Liang Litai's 4th Division, be sure to occupy Hengzhou Mansion." If there is a chance, annihilate Xiang Yong and kill Zeng Guofan, this king will be rewarded! ”

"Ordered Su Sanniang and Jiang Tianyi in Yongzhou Mansion to lead the soldiers who were reorganized into the 7th Division A and the 7th Division B, and attack Baoqing Mansion at the same time. Then, together with the 3rd Division and the 4th Division, they jointly attacked Changsha Mansion. This king wants to capture Changsha in one fell swoop, occupy Xiangxiang, and completely eliminate the big hidden danger of Zeng Guofan and Xiangyong! Feng Yunshan looked at the map hanging there, thinking about the bravery of the Hunan army in the future, and resolutely ordered.

"Wonderful! The Holy King is truly wise! Zuo Zongtang knew that this was the importance that the Holy King attached to Zeng Guofan and his subordinate Xiang Yong! With his understanding of Zeng Guofan, this person is not simple, he really has to pay so much attention to it, and eradicate it as soon as possible, he admires the vision of the Holy King very much!

Moreover, after occupying Changsha Mansion, the captive army also included his Zuo Zongtang's hometown Xiangyin under his rule. In this way, he Zuo Zongtang can return to his hometown in a beautiful manner, so that those who once looked down on him can see their own abilities.

Of course, this is a little bit of his careful thinking, not enough for outsiders!

Feng Yunshan didn't know Zuo Zongtang's thoughts, he just felt that since he knew that Zeng Guofan and the Xiangyong led by him were a huge hidden danger, he naturally couldn't let him train the Hunan army as well as he did in history.

It is to completely strangle him before his strength is not strong enough.

What's more, there are many talents in Munan, and the source of soldiers is also the highest quality. In the history that Feng Yunshan knew, it was the talent and military resources of the entire Munan that supported half of the country at the end of the Qing Dynasty, so that the Manchu Dynasty, which was about to decay and collapse, continued for another half a century.

Therefore, this paste must be in his own hands. What's more, in his previous life, his hometown was also Munan.

Feng Yunshan thought secretly.

"How's the battle going on over there?" After dealing with the war in Hengzhou, Feng Yunshan remembered that a while ago, because of the rebels outside Guangzhou, the war in Fujian stopped, and couldn't help asking.

What he thought was that if there had not been for the regimental rebellion organized by the natives and local squires, or the Zhangzhou Mansion of Fujian had already been captured. Last time, I heard the good news from He Lu, the commander of the 1st Division, that he had easily conquered the city of Nanxiong Zhili Prefecture and the city of Ganzhou and Ningdu Prefecture in the west of Chixi, and was preparing to attack the capital of Fujianting Prefecture.

As long as the Tingzhou Mansion in western Fujian is captured, the entire several state capitals at the junction of Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces will all be occupied by the captive army, so that they can attack Zhangzhou Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion and other places from both land and water, and can also connect several state capitals of the three provinces into a whole.

"It has been nearly ten days since He Lu led the 1st Division to attack Tingzhou Mansion, and no news has yet come." Zuo Zongtang replied.

However, Tingzhou Mansion is the largest gathering place for the Hakka people in Fujian, and the Manchu garrison has not been much. Zong Tang had already ordered the intelligence department of the General Staff to hire people in the area of Tingzhou, and it was rumored that the Holy King was friendly to the Hakka people. Moreover, among the officers and men of the 1st Division, there are many Hakka people, as long as they follow the plan provided by the General Staff, publicize more, and win the support of the Hakka people in the Tingzhou area, I believe that it should not be difficult to capture the Tingzhou capital. Zuo Zongtang continued to add.

Seeing that the General Staff was quite thoughtful, Feng Yunshan expressed his satisfaction.

The 1st Division was adapted from the rebels of the 1st Division of Guangdong, led by He Lu, and was the first to provoke the uprising of the 1st Division of Guangdong. Even Ganzhou City, an important town in the west of the country, can be conquered, and Tingzhou, which is smaller than him, should have no problem.

The only worry is that they can't get the support of the Hakka people in the Tingzhou area.

"Order Luo Xuan to lead the 5th Division A and other naval divisions, no longer need to stay in Guangzhou to guard, and continue to join Liang Peiyou's 5th Division to capture Zhangzhou Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion, the focus is to take Xiamen to this king!" Feng Yunshan thought about it and jumped to the coastal sailors.

"Holy King, there are two water divisions of the 5th Division A and the 5th Division B, plus the land division of the 1st Division, to capture Zhangzhou Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion, there should be no problem in terms of troops. There are two things that the Holy King needs to worry about, one is that Xiamen has heard that there are also foreigners stationed, and it is best to negotiate with the foreigners; The second is that the Holy King has transferred all the main divisions in Guangzhou City out, and it is really necessary to clean up the areas of Guangzhou Mansion, Zhaoqing Mansion and Huizhou Mansion to clear up the hidden dangers. Zuo Zongtang suggested.

"Well, on the foreigners' side, the only thing to worry about is the British, but now the British don't have many troops in China, otherwise they won't be so easy to give up after their defeat last time. Therefore the king did not need to pay attention to him. As for the strength of troops in Guangzhou, there are more than 20,000 troops of Chen Tianshi's Eighth Division A and Huang Dingfeng's Second Division, plus the newly built Ninth Division, which is sufficient. ”

"As for the hidden dangers around the city of Guangzhou, we can't act rashly at present, and when the new system of acres of land is implemented, those who are not satisfied with the king's policy will jump out on their own, and they will have the goal and reason for the king to deal with it. Moreover, as the more territory this king occupies, these squires will not dare to rebel easily when they see the strength of this king, and that is just a way to die! (To be continued.) )