Chapter 55 News from Changsha (Ask for Recommended Collection!) )

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Outside the door, Zeng Guanlan was already waiting with a few fine workers, and when he saw Feng Shaoguang coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to report. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The news was sent out by the Hosaku brothers who were lurking in Changsha.

On the 27th day of the fifth lunar month of the second year of the Qing Demon Chieftain, the main force of 40,000 soldiers of the Taiping Army gathered more than 30,000 people from the nearby heaven and earth congregation, besieged the city for more than 20 days, and used the method of the crypt to blow up the temporarily repaired city wall and break the Changsha City. More than 10,000 Qing soldiers in Changsha City scattered and fled, and Luo Bingzhang, the former governor of Hunan, and Zhang Liangji, the current governor, collected more than 4,000 Qing soldiers and fled out of the north gate to Xiangyin. The governor of Hubei, Luo Huandian, who defended the city, was captured by the Taiping army and committed suicide; Admiral Bao Qibao, who bravely defended the city and did not retreat, and 3 general soldiers were killed on the spot.

Except for a small number of wealthy families in Changsha who fled from the city with the Qing army, the rest were raided by the Taiping army, and hundreds of households were beheaded for public display. There were more captured Qing regiments to train the people, and more than 3,000 people were beheaded to avenge the murder of the king of the west. For a time, the water of the Xiangjiang River outside Changsha was also stained red with blood.

After the minister of the Qin mission, Cezanne Ashan, stayed in Hengzhou City, and after the governor of Huguang, Cheng Xucai, and the governor of Huguang led his troops to recover Xiangtan, they did not dare to engage the Taiping army head-on because of the small number of troops, waiting for the rest of the reinforcements.

He also learned that the Qing court had sent reinforcements from various provinces in Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Anhui, and other provinces to Changsha.

Feng Shaoguang, who listened to the news, fell into deep thought. History has changed forever because of his arrival! Even the city of Changsha was broken by the Taiping army! Doesn't that mean that the Taiping soldiers who lost the soldiers of Daozhou, Chenzhou and other southern Hunan not only did not reduce their strength, but because of the occupation of Changsha City, their strength increased much more than in the original history.

Zeng Guanlan summoned another person from behind, but it turned out to be the general manager of Guan who had been mentioned in Luo Xuan's last letter. He had been thinking about the fact that this person might contact foreigners.

Guan Tianpei is the commander of the Guangdong Navy who died heroically in the First Sino-British Opium War, and his name is far and wide, and Feng Shaoguang also admires it. However, it is unthinkable that his nephew would be so pustuated, and I have to say that this is an extremely ironic thing.

After getting Guan Youli's assurance that he could find He Jingwen, the student of the Westerner, Feng Shaoguang asked him to follow Tan Tiyuan. Feng Shaoguang's idea was still the old idea, let Guan Youli lead the way, and Tan Tiyuan took some brothers from the camp to the city of Guangzhou, and secretly invited He Jingwen and his Western doctor teacher to his side. By the way, the city of Guangzhou should also send some fine works in.

As for whether Westerners would be annoyed and uncooperative, Feng Shaoguang didn't think much about it. In his opinion, this Westerner must have come to China for a huge purpose, whether it is to preach or make money, as long as there is a purpose, Feng Shaoguang can satisfy him and work together.

Early in the morning of the second day of June, in the open space in front of the Yaqian of Yuanzhou in Daozhou City, the Taiping Holy Army held a huge activity of "removing slave braids and growing Han hair"!

"The captives are full of thieves, Yi Wu crowns, forcibly braided hair, and obey the fishy customs...... Today, the Daozhou Qing Demon has been overturned, and the Taiping Holy King has called on all my Han and Miao compatriots to remove the old stains and be the people of the new Daozhou of the Taiping Holy Country. ”。 Several notices were posted on the outer wall of the state office, and thousands of onlookers were watched. Peng Yulin, Zuo Zongtang, Liu Changyou and others took the lead in braiding, and the crowd continued to come out to join the whip-cutting activity.

By noon, the deputy general of the Holy Army, Shengku Zhou Shengkun, led his subordinates to set up five tables in a row, registered and distributed the braid awards, and was very busy.

After learning the news that Changsha was captured by the Taiping army, Feng Shaoguang suddenly woke up to the fact that the development of this world was completely out of his control. He could not hide in the remote Daozhou area to strengthen his power for fear of attracting the attention of the Manchu court. It was necessary to take advantage of the fact that Changsha City was broken by the Taiping Army, and this blockbuster event that shook the Manchu Dynasty and the opposition attracted the attention of the Qing Army and accelerated the pace of development of the Taiping Holy Army. Therefore, Feng Shaoguang decided that after carrying out a huge de-slave activity, he led his troops from Daozhou to support Luo Gang and them, and must occupy the Chengui area as soon as possible, and then accumulate troops and wait for an opportunity to go south and capture the city of Guangzhou. As long as Guangzhou is captured, it will be much easier to fully occupy Liangguang. With the territory of Liangguang, especially Guangdong, Feng Shaoguang can manage his own territory and strive for development, which is a huge advantage of 160 years of era vision more than this world, and Feng Shaoguang is still very confident.

Before leaving, there are a few things that need to be taken care of.

The hundreds of captives brought back by Yongzhou City were just ordinary soldiers, and the Qing generals such as Hengyongchen, Guidao, Zhang Qiren, Yongzhou Prefect Xu Jiarui, and Lingling Zhixian all fled after the sneak attack broke the city. For ordinary soldiers, there is not much evil, Feng Shaoguang is handed over to Huang Yukun to deal with, those who can surrender are recruited, and those who cannot surrender are temporarily imprisoned, and when Guiyang Chenzhou is defeated, there is a mine, so naturally there is a use for these prisoners. Huang Dingfeng also returned with the team escorting the prisoners.

Feng Shaoguang summoned Huang Dingfeng and Wu Ruxiao again. The two were called here because Feng Shaoguang used his knowledge of history. Huang Dingfeng was the leader of the Zhuang uprising in history, while Wu Ruxiao was doing business in Guangxi in his early years and was familiar with many congregations in Guangxi. Feng Shaoguang just followed the trend of history, let them go back to Guangxi, develop the congregation first, prepare for an uprising, and wait for him to have the ability to kill Guangxi, and then raise troops to respond, which will definitely have the effect of a surprise army!

"Brother Huang, Brother Ruxiao, this king sent you to sneak to Guangxi, secretly develop the congregation, wait for the opportunity, and listen to my orders. This time, let the five hundred brothers disperse, go with you in batches, and then bring some silver taels for the event. If you need any other support, this king will send people one after another. Do you know that? Feng Shaoguang instructed.

"Holy King rest assured!" The two of them answered in unison. Huang Dingfeng's straightforward personality has not yet noticed anything, but Wu Ruxiao has a pang in his heart, although the Holy King sent them to Guangxi to preside over the affairs of the army, but he is also on guard, and among the five hundred brothers sent, I don't know how many people are specially supervising them. However, if you don't have the intention of betraying yourself, you are not afraid of anything.

"Brother Ruxiao, when you go to Guangxi, you are also assisting the three brothers Huang! He is a local clan and a servant, and with him as the main person, more servants can be gathered. In your early years, you did business in Guangdong and Guangxi, and you knew a lot of people, so you could help contact the congregations in different places, echo each other, and start things together! Feng Shaoguang mentioned again.

"The Holy King has made proper arrangements, such as filial piety and understanding!" Wu Ruxiao understands his position.

"Before leaving Guangxi, this king also heard that Ling Eighteen of Xinyi, Guangxi raised troops to respond to the Heavenly Uprising, but I don't know what happened now?" Feng Shaoguang frowned and asked.

"Ruxiao and the eighteen brothers are also old acquaintances. When the Holy Army Yong'an broke through, the eighteen brothers had been personally led by Xu Guangjin, the governor of the Qing Demon Head and Liangguang, to surround Luojing Ruins at the junction of Xinyi and Luozhou. Wu Ruxiao replied gloomily.

"Huh? It's a pity that eighteen brothers, a good man! Ruxiao, you take the brothers to set off as soon as possible, and by the way, inquire about the situation of the eighteen brothers. Feng Shaoguang didn't say to save it, because he knew that with a few hundred people, he couldn't save Ling Shiba, who was surrounded by thousands of Qing troops.

However, if Ling 18 and they still insisted and attracted Xu Guangjin, the governor of Liangguang, then the pressure on Guangdong would be much less.

Thinking of this, Feng Shaoguang also told Wu Ruxiao to do a good job in the intelligence collection of Xu Guangjin and the movements of the Qing soldiers, and pass on the news in time. Meticulous cultivation is still not enough, and the meticulous cultivation camp should be further strengthened.