It is also thanks to our Xianfeng Emperor that he has no heart disease and no high blood pressure, otherwise the excerpts sent to the Xianfeng Emperor from the Tianjin front line in the past few days, even if he can't scare the Xianfeng Emperor out of any myocardial infarction and scare a stroke hemiplegia, it is definitely not a big problem.

It's too big ups and downs, Monk Greenqin has just impeached Wu Chaoyue without respect, not listening to the command, refusing to obey the monk's will, Xianfeng Emperor has just been angry with Wu Chaoyue, Zaiyuan immediately ran to report the good news, saying that it was how the Taiping army was afraid of the Shanghai regiment and feared Wu Chaoyue like a tiger, and reported the good news that Wu Chaoyue made a military order promising to take the Taiping army out of the city within three days, so that the Xianfeng Emperor, who had long been accustomed to the Qing army's fear of the enemy, rarely smiled.

However, before Emperor Xianfeng was happy for a long time, and not a day had passed, Zaiyuan also sent a fast horse to send an urgent report, saying that there was a traitor in the Qing army, not only leaking the secret of Wu Chaoyue's military order to the Taiping army, but also imitating the handwriting of the Qing army commander Shengbao to write a letter; As a result, Shengbao and General Seng Lingqin, who had been fighting openly and secretly before, turned against each other and fought in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the besieging Qing army faced the danger of division and internal strife, which seriously affected the morale of the army.

Then, it didn't take long for the angry Emperor Xianfeng to overturn the Dragon case, and he didn't have time to agree on whether to remove Shengbao, the front-line coach, and let someone thoroughly investigate the leak case. Zaiyuan and Shengbao jointly sent great news, Wu Chaoyue, who was pulled back, regardless of personal gains and losses, focused on the major events of the court and the wild boar skin family's society everywhere, turning pressure into motivation and anger into fighting spirit. It took only one day to take Tianjin out of the city, and the Taiping army was beheaded by nearly a thousand. Countless military baggage captured! During this period, Shengbao personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, and Zaiyuan, who was the overseer, also put on his horse. Six bandits with blades in their hands, inspiring the Qing Dynasty soldiers to fight bloodily, can also be regarded as a trivial achievement!

Haha laughed and hugged Zaiyuan and Shengbao's joint recital and kissed several times, and after praising Wu Chaoyue and Zaiyuan and others, and under the careful reminder of Qi Liaozao and Su Shun and others, Emperor Xianfeng found that there were two folds sent with Bao Jie, one was that Shengbao impeached the monk Greenqin and instructed the Mongolian deputy capital Tong Jian to instigate the generals of the Qing army to deliberately drag Wu Chaoyue back, and there was also the first to attack on the battlefield in order to compete for merit regardless of the overall situation, resulting in the obstruction of Wu's army to practice the road to attack. It also led to the failure of the Qing army to defeat the right flank of the Taiping army in time, resulting in a large number of escapees from the Taiping army, and a large number of rare fighters to destroy the enemy in vain. The other way is that Seng Lingqin impeached Wu Chaoyue for taking revenge for personal gain, and deliberately did not reinforce the Mongolian cavalry, resulting in the Chahar cavalry failing to defeat the right wing of the Taiping army in time and missing the enemy fighter plane.

Bang, habitually slammed a heavy fist on the dragon case, Emperor Xianfeng's face was even more ugly than when Daoguang died, and the blue tendons on his forehead jumped for a long time. Emperor Xianfeng also cursed, "These dog minions are simply lawless!" The long hair has been beaten to Tianjin, and he is still only thinking about fighting for power and profit. Pull each other's hind legs, and don't care about my social safety at all! None of this is a good thing! ”

After the angry scolding, Emperor Xianfeng asked Su Shun, Qi Liaozao and the others with a gloomy face: "Everyone, Aiqing. Zai Wang Ye impeached Monk Greenqin, and Monk Greenqin impeached Wu Chaoyue. There is also the previous military aircraft leak case, and the case of Shengbao and Seng Lingqin's generals beating each other. What do you think should be done? ”

can mix in the Xianfeng Emperor's Heart Cultivation Palace, of course, everyone is good at figuring out the intentions, in fact, when they first heard the sentence that it is not a good thing, Su Shun and Qi Liaozao already understood that the Xianfeng Emperor was actually very dissatisfied with everyone in his heart, and he did not plan to target a certain person. Therefore, Qi Liaozao, who was old and refined, immediately stood up and arched his hand and said: "Long live, the matter of peace and thieves is big, and the matter of accountability is small, in the opinion of micro ministers, this matter should not be investigated immediately, so as not to shake the morale of the army, affect morale, and affect the major matter of suppressing thieves." Therefore, Weichen thought that the emperor might as well take the opportunity to promote Zai Wang Ye to the chief army, let him supervise the soldiers and horses and generals of the Tianjin front, and also let him be responsible for investigating these cases, and when everything is clear, it is not too late to make a judgment. ”

Emperor Xianfeng was very satisfied with Qi Liaozao's suggestion, and immediately nodded, and Su Shun said: "Long live, the slave thinks that although Qi Junji's suggestion is good, what the monk and the prince did in Tianjin is really excessive, at least he did not listen to Shengbao's command is conclusive, and the crime of slandering the army by instructing the generals to sow discord in the army is also a human testimony. Therefore, the slave thinks that it is best to transfer the monk and the prince back to the capital first, which is the best policy. As for the soldiers and horses of the monk and the prince, they can be handed over to the prince for temporary command, or they can be sent to take over by another person, please think twice. ”

Considering that Monk Greenqin and Shengbao had already fallen out with each other, Emperor Xianfeng also nodded, and immediately wanted to open his mouth to transfer the front-line number one-stirring stick Monk Greenqin back to the capital to collect military power. But it's a pity that Monk Greenqin's current boss Mianyu is also in the Yangxin Palace, and immediately stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks it can't be, although Monk Greenqin did not do it right, but after all, he is an old minister of the former dynasty, the king of the Mongolian county, and he has been in charge of military affairs for a long time, and the soldiers and horses he led are the elite of the forbidden army in the capital, and he has never been defeated in the face of long hair, and his performance on the battlefield is far better than that of the commander who has been defeated repeatedly in front of long hair. ”

Su Shun was not happy when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Lord Mian, Monk Greenqin instructed Tong Jian to incite Xilinghe and Shanlu to deliberately drag Wu Chaoyue's hind legs on the battlefield, incite discord in the army, and deliberately frame Wu Chaoyue, who has already made a military order, is this a trivial matter?" ”

"Su Zhongtang, that's just the words of Xilinghe and Shanlu's family, Tong Jian flatly denied this, whether Xilinghe and Shanlu's complaint is true or not, there is no conclusion yet." Emperor Xianfeng's uncle replied with a smile.

Mianyu spoke for Monk Greenqin so strongly, of course, the reason is that in addition to being good friends with Monk Greenqin, there is also the fact that Monk Greenqin is currently his assistant to the general, and the fall of Monk Greenqin will definitely make him lose face. But strong words are strong words, and before getting conclusive evidence, Su Shun really couldn't force Emperor Xianfeng to treat the monk Greenqin for the crime of slandering the army. Seeing Su Shun's words, Lin Kui, the Minister of Military Aircraft, also jumped out immediately and said cautiously: "Your Majesty." The slave believed that the monk and the prince should continue to stay in the Tianjin army. There is also an important role, that is, it can help the prince to supervise the front-line armies. Slaves are foolish. Please think twice. ”

Emperor Xianfeng's ears were originally soft, and after listening to the persuasion of Mianyu and Lin Kui, it was inevitable that there would be some wavering, and the noble background of our monk and prince also played a big role in a moment, considering the need to unite the Mongolian princes to continue to suck the blood of all ethnic groups in China, Emperor Xianfeng finally nodded and said: "The five princes are reasonable, although the two dog minions of Xilinghe and Shanlu insisted that the monk Lingqin instructed them to deliberately drag Wu Chaoyue's hind legs, but this is just their family words. It has not yet been confirmed whether this is really the case, and Wu Aiqing's battle out of the city has not been affected, so he can't take back the military power of Seng Lingqin because of this, or let him continue to kill thieves for me in Tianjin. ”

After exculpating Monk Greenqin in person, Emperor Xianfeng made a little calculation, and soon issued an order: "Pass the decree, Prince Yixian Zaiyuan, and take care of the overall situation during the supervision of the army in Tianjin. Resolve the dispute between Shengbao and Seng Lingqin in a timely manner, personally visit the battlefield to supervise the enemy and kill the enemy, seal the Zongren Mansion Sect Order, and lead the Minister of the Guard. He was promoted to the commander of the soldiers and horses of Tianjin. Jiangsu Daotai Wu surpassed, broke the bandits out of the city and made meritorious contributions, and rewarded the single-eyed flower feather. Ten thousand taels of silver. In the holy decree, I clearly told Wu Chaoyue that I would not give him a promotion this time. It's when he breaks Tianjin City for me, and I'm ready to give him a leap forward! ”

Hear this. The muscles on the faces of Su Shun and Mianyu and others couldn't help but move, not only envious of Zaiyuan's **** luck, but also almost a sure thing that they would grasp the real power of the Tianjin Military Machine, and at the same time, they were a little funny, and said secretly: "Waiting for Wu Chaoyue to overdial?" This kid is now the fourth grade, even if he only crosses the first level, it is also the third grade, his grandfather is only from the third grade now, when the time comes, is it time for the grandfather to kowtow to the grandson? ”

The rewards for Zaiyuan and Wu Chaoyue were announced, and Emperor Xianfeng casually decided to let Zaiyuan be responsible for investigating various cases that occurred on the front line. If they continue to procrastinate and waste money as before, I will settle the old accounts with them! ”

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Emperor Xianfeng is wise and muddy, Wu Chaoyue and Shengbao are not stupid here, the holy decree has just been sent to the front line in Tianjin as soon as it is read, Wu Chaoyue and Shengbao immediately understand that Emperor Xianfeng does not want to clean up Monk Lingqin with a heavy hand. In this regard, Shengbao was very angry, and secretly hated that his background was too humble - if Shengbao and Monk Greenqin were allowed to exchange titles, see how he Monk Greenqin died! Wu Chaoyue pouted and sneered, and said secretly: "If you like to pull the bias, just pull it, it's best to leave Seng Greenqin behind, and if the Taiping Army successfully breaks through from the defense area that Monk Greenqin is responsible for, it will have nothing to do with me." ”

The happiest person is, of course, Zaiyuan, although he is the ******** Prince Yixian, but he has no real power in his hands, but it is the biggest pain in Zaiyuan's heart and the key reason why he has never been rich in the world, and now Emperor Xianfeng has handed over the Zongren Mansion to him, and let him also be the noble Minister of the Guard, and then the next step of promotion In addition to letting Zaiyuan enter the military machine to take real power, Emperor Xianfeng simply has no other choice. So after kowtowing happily and thanking him, the first thing Zaiyuan did was to bring Shengbao and Wu Chaoyue to drink, saying that it was a celebration, but in fact, it was to force Shengbao and Wu Chaoyue to find a way to take Tianjin City as soon as possible and pave the spacious avenue for him to enter the military plane.

Of course, Zaiyuan can't say it so directly no matter how much he wants to enter the military plane, but Shengbao and Wu Chaoyue are both smart people, and after listening to Zaiyuan's nonsense about serving the country with loyalty, of course, they immediately understood that Zaiyuan was forcing them to break the city as soon as possible. In this regard, even Jinghai Xiaoxian and Duliu Town, which had been playing for nine months, were of course at a loss, so he could only kick the ball to Wu Chaoyue and asked: "Weiting, what good way do you have on how to take Tianjin City as soon as possible?" ”

"Dashuai, in fact, about how to break through Tianjin City, Xia Guan has a few words, and he has wanted to say to you for a long time." Wu Chaoyue was not polite, and said: "Today in front of the prince, the lower officials want to offend you a few words, rudeness, please forgive and forgive me." ”

"Comfort Ting, what are you polite to talk to me?" Sheng Bao's attitude towards Wu Chaoyue was indeed a 180-degree turn, and he said: "As long as you are right and reasonable, it doesn't matter if you are polite." Foolish brother, I listened to it and accepted it with an open heart. If I do have something wrong, I will correct it. ”

Zaiyuan over there also asked Wu Chaoyue to just say anything he had to say. Then Wu Chaoyue said: "Dashuai, carry the prince, then the official is not welcome." Victory Dashuai, the lower officials think that your tactic of encircling Tianjin City on all sides is completely wrong and purely useless. There is grain and grass in the city of Tianjin, and Changmao is not afraid of long-term confrontation with us, and we divide our troops on all sides, which not only disperses the combat forces, but also may be broken by Changmao if we are not careful. The victory was turned into a defeat. Surrounding three and one, luring Changmao out of the city for a decisive battle is the best strategy to break the enemy. ”

Zaiyuan didn't understand military affairs, so he just nodded after listening to Wu Chaoyue's words, and then hurried to see Katsubo's reaction. However, Shengbao's expression was a little complicated, and he thought about it for a long time before he said: "Weiting, it's not that I haven't thought about encircling Sanque and luring Changmao out of the city for a decisive battle." But there are two reasons why I am not afraid to do this. The first is that this is Zhili, and it is already around Gyeonggi, so it is a little careless to let the road go out of the city. Once I let Longhair continue to wander and make trouble, no matter if I let Longhair fight any of the Zhili cities, I can't explain it to the court and the emperor? ”

There was a pause. Shengbao also showed some bitter smiles on his face, and said with a wry smile: "Second." Don't laugh when you hear it, and there is the prince. Don't be annoyed when you hear it, if you say something from your heart, you will have a head-on battle with Long Hair, I really don't have the certainty to win in one battle. Although there are many soldiers and horses under my command, there are actually very few elites who really dare to charge into battle and face to face. So I can't help it, I can only use the stupid method of enclosing on all sides to consume the long hair. ”

After that, Shengbao hurriedly added: "Of course, the situation is different now, with Comfort Pavilion and your Hundred Battles Division, and a head-on battle with Long Hair, I already have this confidence and this certainty!" ”

"Thank you for the award, I don't dare to be an official." Wu surpassed the false modesty, and then said: "Dashuai, there is plenty of grain and grass in Tianjin City, and the city defense is quite strong, and it is still the cold winter season when water is dripping into ice, and it is very easy for Long Hair to repair the city defense, and it is almost impossible for us to attack Tianjin City head-on." Therefore, Xia Guan believes that if we want to take Tianjin City now, there is only one way that is most certain. ”

"What's the solution?" Katsuho and Zaiyuan hurriedly asked.

"Surround three queyi, and force the enemy to abandon the city!" Wu Chaoyue replied: "Concentrate forces in the west, south, and north directions, and open up the east road leading directly to the sea." The deployment of troops is to focus on the north and west, to prevent Changmao from advancing westward into the hinterland of Zhili and disturbing the capital in the north, and appropriately weaken the strength in the south, so that Changmao can see the hope of fleeing south and lure the enemy out of the city. ”

"Reclaiming the garrison to the east is a good way to concentrate our forces and leave Longhair with no way out even if it flows eastward." Shengbao muttered: "It is also a good way to appropriately weaken the power in the south, although the terrain in the south of Tianjin is open, there is no city within two hundred miles for Changmao to capture a foothold, which can not only find a decisive battle of fighters, but also promote Changmao to move south away from the capital and reduce the pressure on Gyeonggi......." ”

"It's better than letting the long hair entrench in Tianjin." Wu Chaoyue added: "Tianjin to Beijing is only more than 240 miles, the terrain is open and there is no danger to defend, long hair entrenched in Tianjin for a day, the capital will not be peaceful for a day. ”

Shengbao nodded, and then asked, "Then how to force Changmao to abandon the city and break through?" ”

"Use the method of long hair, and blast the tunnel." Wu Chaoyue replied: "Xiaguan has found many locals in the past few days to inquire about the situation of Tianjin's leyline, Tianjin is thick soil, and there are not many underground water veins, which is suitable for digging tunnels to bury gunpowder under the city wall to blow up the city wall, as long as we succeed, we will immediately launch a strong attack and force Changmao to abandon the city." ”

Shengbao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said: "Good idea, before Changmao went out of the city to defend the open place in the south of the city, we couldn't dig tunnels, and now the city has not only been taken by us, but there are ruins for us to use, we just need to rebuild the city, pretend to be used for siege camps, and find some coal mining workers, let them dig tunnels and go straight to the city, there is a great hope of success!" ”

"Wait." Zaiyuan hurriedly interrupted on the side, and asked suspiciously: "Kezhai, Weiting, wait a minute, since we dug the tunnel to bury gunpowder and have a great chance of breaking the city, then why do we still have to surround Sanqueyi?" Why don't you continue to surround Tianjin City on all sides, blow up the city wall and wipe out Tianjin Changmao in one fell swoop? ”

Sheng Bao and Wu Chaoyue smiled bitterly when they heard this, and in desperation, Sheng Bao had to patiently explain to Zaiyuan: "Lord Wang, blowing up the city wall of Tianjin does not guarantee that we will be able to take Tianjin City. Now it is the winter when the water turns into ice, and after Changfu fills the gap in the city wall with a dirt bag, he will immediately become as strong as the city wall by splashing some water, and it is far easier to repair the city wall than Changsha. ”

"So even if we blow up one or two sections of the city wall, Long Hair can quickly block it, and it is not very likely that we will break the city by taking advantage of the situation." Wu Chaoyue also helped: "Because the long hair has no way out, except for desperately defending the city, there is no choice, the hundred-legged insect is still dead and not stiff, and more than 50,000 long hairs are fighting for trapped beasts, it must be extraordinary, no matter which Qing army, it is impossible to kill the gap that is only a few zhang wide and hold the road into the city." ”

"But if we deliberately gave way to Longhair to escape for their lives, it would be a different story." Shengbao also said: "When Changmao sent troops from Yangzhou to the north, there were less than 20,000 people in total, and the fierce battles along the way were lost, and there were still 123,000 left in the old pawn Dingtian, and the remaining 378 long hairs were all hungry people who were coerced by Changmao along the way, and they were forced to fight against the contrary and were not firm. Seeing that the city wall of Tianjin was blown up, and seeing that there was still a way to live, he would inevitably flee from the city from the way of life, and when those long-haired recruits went out of the city from the east gate, not only helped us open the city gate, but also inevitably affected the morale of the long-haired soldiers. ”

After listening to Shengbao and Wu Chaoyue's explanations, Zaiyuan thought about it for a long time, but he also nodded and said, "It sounds good, so how to do it?" ”

"Victory Dashuai, how about letting the lower officials move the camp to the north gate of Tianjin?" Wu Chaoyue took the opportunity to say: "Transfer the garrison outside the east gate to the west to help in the battle, strengthen the defense force in the west, let the lower officials set up camp at the north gate, and join forces to block the road of Changmao's westward movement to the north, and force Changmao to break through to the east or south!" ”

"Great idea! Just do it! Katsuho agreed.

"What about the south side?" Zaiyuan hurriedly asked: "The south must dig a tunnel to bury gunpowder, and must also be responsible for attacking the fortification, who is responsible for these things?" ”

Sheng Bao and Wu Chaoyue laughed when they heard this, and said in unison slowly: "These things, of course, have to work hard for the monk and the prince. ”

Zaiyuan was completely speechless, and only after a long time did he say: "This king has no objection to you doing this, but this king is only worried about one thing, the monk is afraid that he will not have the courage to fight a tough battle and enter the city of Tianjin." ”

"Don't worry, the lower officials are not people who don't know the severity." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said: "When it is time to launch a general attack, the lower officials will send an army to help the monk and the prince, and cover him with foreigners' cannons and muskets, is this enough?" (To be continued.) )