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Back in the city, the weather was hot and humid, Feng Shaoguang was holding a fan and fanning the wind, he was not used to having a maid waiting by his side. The pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info were thinking nonsense, Liu Youqing and Jiang Zhongshu hurriedly ran over, Jiang Zhongshu had not yet arrived, and the voice shouted first: "Holy King, something is wrong!" ”

Feng Shaoguang saw his two acting temple books running together, and knew that something big must have happened.

He hurriedly asked, "Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly, what's the alarm?" ”

"Holy King, I came to report urgently just now, and the Yongzhou Mansion City has fallen." Liu Youqing said.

Syllable! The pu fan in Feng Shaoguang's hand fell to the ground. "What? The capital city of Yongzhou has fallen! When is the thing? What happened to Lu Qi and Chen Defeng? Feng Shaoguang also lost his former composure and asked anxiously.

"The night before yesterday, the Qing Demon sneaked into the city at night. Mr. Lu resisted bravely and was eventually killed. Mr. Chen's whereabouts are unknown. ”

"Take me to the messenger, I'll ask for clarification!" When Feng Shaoguang heard that Lu Qi had died in battle, his chest ached, and hatred and anger burned in his heart!

At the beginning, Lu Liu was the first to follow him, running up and down for him, and finally died tragically in prison. Feng Yunshan felt guilty, so he wanted to take care of his younger brother, so he took Lu Qi with him, and Lu Qi had always treated him as his brother. I thought I could train him well and release him out to preside over the party, but I didn't expect it...... How can this be worthy of Lu Liu? Feng Shaoguang was sad in his heart, and secretly vowed that he must avenge the seven brothers Lu.

Coming to the state yatang, Zuo Zongtang, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Su Sanniang and others also hurried over, Luo Outline and Liang Litai conquered Yongxing Guiyang and other counties, and stayed in Chenzhou Mansion to recruit and train the holy army.

The messenger sat in front of the hall and drank water, and when he saw the holy king and others enter, he got up and saluted.

Feng Shaoguang said: "It just so happens that everyone is here, listen to it, messenger, you tell this king about the fall of Yongzhou from beginning to end." ”

"Holy King, in the early morning of the night before yesterday, Xiang Rong, the head of the Qing Demon in Guangxi, led thousands of Qing demons, with the help of Neiying in Yongzhou City, and suddenly attacked Yongzhou City at night, and the Holy Army in the city was caught off guard for a while, with heavy casualties. General Lu led his troops to resist, but was finally outnumbered and died heroically; General Chen also led his troops to resist at the beginning, but later the Qing demon broke the city, and he didn't know where to go in the chaos. ”

The young messenger's mood fluctuated, adjusted slightly, and continued: "Most of the 2,000 brothers stationed in the city have lost most of them, and only more than 600 brothers remain, under the leadership of the new commander Jiang Tianyi, they broke through the siege and went out of the city, together with the 2,000 brothers camped outside the city, and retreated to the water chestnut pond in the east of Yongzhou City, where there are more than 3,000 people in the water camp where Huang Yukun, the commander of the palace, and Peng Yulin, the deputy sailor. ”

After listening to the details of the messenger, Feng Shaoguang was heartbroken, more than 1,400 brothers were lost in this way. This is the biggest damage since the establishment of the Taiping Holy Army. We must learn a lesson and take it as a warning!

"Why didn't the city be cut off in advance? What is the internal response? Feng Shaoguang asked.

"The Holy King should be some big squires in the city. At the beginning, after President Chen attacked and captured Yongzhou City, many large squires in the city donated money and property, and dragged people to intercede with President Chen, but President Chen was soft-hearted and did not carefully investigate these squires. Presumably it was the Qing Demon who later took over with these people. The messenger replied.

"Raising tigers is a problem, but it makes yourself suffer, this Chen Defeng is confused!" Feng Shaoguang said hatefully. In fact, he himself has never been able to make up his mind. If you attack all the gentry like the Taiping army in history, you will inevitably meet with fierce resistance from the gentry and push them to the Manchu Qing. But to protect the squires and be too tolerant, these squires have been poisoned by the Manchus for a long time, and they will not appreciate it, and they will still hate the holy army. Lose control of it and turn against yourself. Now it seems that he is still too lenient with these local gentry! We must take this as a lesson and adjust our previous policies, and we must use a cruel period to deal with such servile diehards!

"Holy King, this Xiang Rong has been hiding in Guilin City and pretending to be sick, but now he has appeared in Yongzhou and attacked our Holy Army, and it is estimated that he led the army to support Changsha. If this is the case, it must be in a hurry to Changsha, why don't you first find out the strength and movements of the Qing Demon before making a decision? Lin Fengxiang analyzed.

"Commander Lin's analysis is right, this Xiang Rong must be in a hurry to lead his troops to Changsha. Zuo analyzed that this Changsha is a provincial city, which was captured by the Taiping army, and for the Manchu court, it will lose face, and it will inevitably be recaptured at any cost. Therefore, the Qing Demon sent troops to rescue Changsha everywhere, which will inevitably cause the emptiness of troops in the Liangguang region. Holy King, Zuo has a suggestion. Now that Xiang Rong has led troops out of Guilin City and attacked my Yongzhou City, our holy army might as well use his own way to govern his people and directly send troops to Guilin. Zuo Zongtang said.

After speaking, he walked to the table, took out a map and put it on it, pointed to the map, and continued: "Holy King, please see, the border of Yongming County controlled by my Holy Army is only more than 200 miles away from the county seat of Guilin, and you can send a team to attack urgently, even if you can't capture it, you can harass the Qing Demon. The remaining army sent two more elites, all the way from the Daozhou Jianghua line, to attack Fuchuan and Hezhou; The other way sent troops to Linwu and captured the areas of Lianzhou and Shaozhou. By expanding the power of our Taiping Holy Kingdom, we can recruit more soldiers and expand the source of materials. ”

When Li Kaifang heard Zuo Zongtang say this, he suddenly felt reasonable, and echoed: "Holy King, what Mr. Zuo said is very reasonable!" ”

Feng Shaoguang also felt that what Zuo Zongtang said was reasonable, but it was difficult to calm the resentment in his heart if he did not immediately send troops to attack Yongzhou City. However, if he really occupies Guilin, it will definitely make him hate more than taking back Yongzhou! Thinking about it this way, Feng Shaoguang slapped the table and said loudly: "Okay! Since this is the case, my Taiping Holy Army will take advantage of the lack of Qing Demon troops and march to Liangguang! After a pause, he asked again, "What is the current distribution of my Taiping Saint Army's troops?"

Recently, the Taiping Holy Army conquered Chenzhou, Guiyang, and after the establishment of the three new armies, they continued to raise flags in various places to recruit troops. Therefore, even Feng Shaoguang didn't know how many troops were arranged.

As the first secretary of the temple, Zuo Zongtang often collects memos for all kinds of data so that the Holy King can inquire about it. Therefore, Zuo Zongtang stepped forward and replied: "Holy King, the distribution of troops in my Taiping Holy Kingdom is like this. The capital city of Yongzhou fell, and now there are 2,600 people led by Jiang Tianyi of the three armies of our holy army stationed in the water chestnut pond in the east of the city, and 3,000 people in the newly built water battalion led by Huang Yukun, the commander of the first command of the palace, and Peng Yulin, the deputy watersmith. Daozhou originally had 2,000 members of the First Holy Army, 1,000 of the Second Holy Army, and more than 6,000 soldiers recruited by the newly expanded army, and they are still training. ”

"There are more than 1,000 people in Jianghua County, led by Lin Qirong, the Jianghua Supervisor. Between Jianghua and Fuchuan, there are 3,000 soldiers of the First Army of the Holy Army. In the city of Guiyang Prefecture, the original holy soldiers, plus the 1,000 left by the Holy King and the 3,000 brought by Commander Li, there are 4,000 holy soldiers, 3,000 new congregations who have joined the Holy Army, and a total of 1,700 holy soldiers are stationed in the mineral and sulfuric acid factories outside the city. Chenzhou had the largest number of troops, the original 4,000 Saint First Army led by Luo Jiandian had been expanded to 9,000 people, the 3,000 Saint Second Army led by Lin Fengxiang had also been expanded to 6,000 people, and the 4,000 Saint Army led by Liang General System had also been expanded to 5,000 people. ”

In addition, there are 8,000 people from the newly established Holy Fourth Army led by Chen Yucheng, 7,000 people from the Holy Fifth Army led by He Lu and Qiu Changdao, and the earthen camp composed of the Holy Sixth Army, all of which are miner brothers, which have been expanded to 5,000 people. In the rest of the counties, four or five hundred holy soldiers remained. In total, there are about 68,000 soldiers of our Taiping Holy Army, not counting the tail of the card. Zuo Zongtang finished speaking in one breath, and thanks to his erudition and strong memory, so many troop distributions can be told one by one.

"I can't imagine that my Taiping Holy Army already has such a scale of military strength! I deserve it as a holy king. Ji Gao, in the future, the monthly changes and transfers of military strength will be reported to me to know. Feng Shaoguang was a little dissatisfied with his control, but he was quickly diluted by the military figures, and after hearing that his Taiping Holy Army had 68,000 soldiers, he had the feeling of fullness when he had deposited more than 10,000 yuan for the first time.

"There are so many soldiers in my holy army, why are you afraid of the demons? Holy King, let Sanniang lead a team and send troops to Guilin! Su Sanniang on the side shouted. Her personality is so bold that she even forgets that she is still a woman.

"Sanniang, you don't have to be anxious, there is a time when you lead the troops to kill the enemy!" Feng Shaoguang stopped. But he secretly said in his heart, you have a reckless character, you can only be a general, not a commander, so you still follow this king to protect yourself.

"That being the case, brothers, I am determined to send troops to both countries!" Feng Shaoguang made up his mind.

"Holy King, since you are going to send troops to Liangguang, you need to plan and arrange in advance. Zong Tang is cheeky, can he let Zong Tang follow the team all the way and plan with the staff. Of course, Zongtang will take care of things such as cement and mines first. Zuo Zongtang took the initiative to ask for help, and then explained: "Zongtang once had a meeting with the Lin Zhitai of the imperial court, and thanks to his favor and recommendation, although it was useless, but he was grateful in his heart, and he has not been able to repay him. Now he wants to conquer the places he once governed, so Zong Tang only asks the Holy King to truly implement the last article of the "Fengtian Seeking Hu Xubu Quartet", so that everyone in the world can have land to cultivate and everyone has enough to eat. Zong Tang is not worth this life! ”

"Ji Gao rest assured, the ideal country mentioned in this article is exactly what I want to strive for all my life. Feng didn't dare or forgot one day! Feng Shaoguang replied.

Yes, Zuo Zongtang reminded him!

Think about it, it's been more than two months since I came to this world. At first, he just wanted to live well. Later, after breaking away from fate, breaking away from the Taiping Army, and breaking away from the control of the Heavenly King Dongwang, he just wanted to establish his own force as soon as possible. By now, he has a small territory, but is his goal really changing with the environment?

He felt that he should return to his original intention, return to his original heart, and re-establish his life goal, that is, for the Chinese people and the 400 million people in this hot land, to seek their own cultivated land, their own jobs, their own dignity and happiness!