The Manmeng banner soldiers stationed in Jingzhou, 2,000 vests and 2,000 infantry armor, charged against the besieging 3rd Division, but it was only a futile struggle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Among the 11,500 men in the First and Third Army, there were already 4,000 foreign guns, and 3,000 shotguns were carried by guns, and the rest were spearmen and gunners. It can be said that long-range hot weapons have become the main attack force, and the 4,000 Manmeng banner soldiers, with only more than 1,000 bird guns, have released their guns early, and before they have time to fill up the medicine and fire the second round, they have been slaughtered by the captives who lined up to shoot in turn.

If Feng Yunshan is here, seeing these Mengmeng flag soldiers charging like death, but being shot by a platoon of guns, he will definitely think of the famous movie "The Last Samurai" in later generations.

Think of that scene, how tragic it was!

Jingzhou general Tai Yong and his own soldiers and more than 400 Mongolian cavalry were surrounded by nearly 4,000 soldiers of the captive army, and there was no way to escape. Chen Yucheng ordered the surrounding soldiers to shout, and once again asked Jingzhou General Tai Yong and a cadre of flag soldiers to surrender on their knees, but the arrogant Tai Yong saw that he could not escape, and swore to die and refused to surrender, and led 400 people to launch a final charge against the captive army in the north.

The Manchu and Mongolian banner soldiers in Jingzhou City were all wiped out, the Green Battalion soldiers did not lose much, only more than 600 of the 3,000 people were killed, and the rest of the more than 2,200 people surrendered except for more than 100 people who fled.

The families of the Manchurian and Mongolian banner soldiers, a total of 13,000 people, most of whom were old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children, were also captured. According to the instructions of the Holy King, Chen Yucheng still referred to the method of disposing of the banner people in Fuzhou, and forced the old and weak women and children to flee north to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. As for the young Zhuang among them, they were all escorted to Guiyang, Chenzhou and other mining areas for mining.

The women between the ages of 10 and 40 were detained on the spot, waiting for someone from the General Affairs Department of the Holy King's Mansion to send someone to pick them up, and after intensive training, they were filled into a special women's hall, where they carried out women's red needlework and other work, and waited for meritorious soldiers to come on a blind date.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yucheng found out that the rest of the state capitals in Mubei had no troops, so he stayed behind to garrison Jingzhou City, and led the remaining 7,000 soldiers of the Third Division of the First Division, divided into two routes, and smoothly occupied Dangyang and Jingmen Prefecture in the north, Anlu Mansion in the east, and Yichang Mansion in the west. If it weren't for the fact that the troops were to be stationed in various prefectures and cities, waiting for the dispatch of local garrisons such as the Second Brigade to receive them, Chen Yucheng really wanted to continue to advance north and occupy all Xiangyang and De'an Mansions.

And the Fourth Army, which went all the way up the Yangtze River to Sichuan, under the leadership of Liang Litai, had already occupied the capital of Shinan Mansion, and even attacked the Kuizhou Mansion of Siqi.

In this way, except for some rural and remote places that were not occupied, half of the state capitals in the north of Mubei were occupied by the captive army.

Peng Yulin led 5,000 people of the 7th Division and more than 4,000 people of the Inland River Naval Division to the border of Jiayu County by boat, occupied the mouth of the Yangtze River in and out of Axe Lake, and built improvised batteries in Jiayu County, planted heavy artillery on the high ground on both sides of the Yangtze River, aimed at the river surface, blocked the water surface of the Yangtze River, and stationed more than 1,000 people to garrison it, intercepting the entire Yangtze River from the Jiayu section, and compressing the naval forces of the Hunan army near Hankou and Wuchang City.

Then, Peng Yulin led the four main infantry regiments of the Seventh Division, hurried to Hanchuan and Xiaogan, occupied all the two county towns occupied by the Qing army that had just taken over from the Taiping army, and continued to advance to the northwest, easily occupying Yingcheng and Yunmeng, leaving only De'anfu City, which was not captured because of the thick walls of the city and the lack of artillery.

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Summer Palace in the western suburbs of Beijing.

Xianfeng, who was spending the winter in the warm pavilion, took the queen Niu Hulu, that is, Ci'an in later generations, to listen to the play in the theater.

At this time, Shen Lanyu, the chief eunuch in front of the imperial palace, was holding an urgent report, and before the person entered the theater, the voice had already come: "Long live the lord, great joy!" Exultation! ”

Shen Lanyu's face was flushed, and her voice became hoarse because of excitement.

Xianfeng glanced at Shen Lanyu, just wanted to be angry, but in a blink of an eye, this Shen Lanyu has always been calm, how could she be so out of shape today? He said unhappily: "Bastard, didn't you see me and the queen watching the play?" I usually spoil you, so I get carried away! What is the great joy, what is the joy of the Qing Dynasty now? ”

Shen Lanyu trembled and said: "There is an urgent report from Mubei, Wuchang is a great victory!" Hubei Governor Qinglin and Governor of Munan, Huguang Province Assistant League Training Minister Zeng Guofan two people jointly reported that the long-haired thieves occupied Hankou and Hanyang, and captured Xiaogan and Hanchuan and other places, six days ago organized tens of thousands of thieves to besiege Wuchang, but Qinglin and Zeng Guofan led the troops to resist, Zeng Guofan led the troops to kill Wuchang, destroyed the thief camp in one fell swoop, defeated the thief soldiers, and led the land and water armies to defeat the long-haired thieves in Hankou and Hanyang. The newspaper said that Zeng Tianyang, the chief minister of the long-haired thief, and hundreds of other thieves, and tens of thousands of thieves, long live the lord, this is a great victory in Wuchang! ”

"What?!" Hearing this, Xianfeng slammed his feet and knocked the table in front of him to the side. He looked so excited that he couldn't believe his ears: "It's really a big victory?" Not a lie? ”

"Good news! I want to take a good look. Xianfeng, who was out of shape, couldn't care about the majesty of the emperor, snatched the report in Shen Lanyu's hand, and couldn't wait to read it.

"Well, this Zeng Guofan has a very good set. Well, yes, it is to kill these bandits to the ground, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart! Xianfeng watched the newspaper and danced with his hands: "Very good!" Shen Lanyu, you asked someone to send the head of the thief chief Zeng Tianra, and I want to watch it myself. ”

Shen Lanyu hurriedly responded.

"Forget it, don't watch this play. I want to go back, and this great victory must be rewarded immediately. Passed the decree and ordered all the ministers of military aircraft to enter the palace and wait in the Palace of Heart Cultivation, and discuss the plan to break the thief for me. Xianfeng was so excited that he immediately rushed back to the palace to show off this great victory in front of the ministers.

It was only at night that Xianfeng rushed back to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Welcome to the Emperor! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! After kneeling and bowing, the military planes smiled and said to Xianfeng: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, this Wuchang victory, defeating tens of thousands of long-haired thieves, this is a miracle." ”

Listening to everyone's praise and flattery, Xianfeng's heart was extremely comfortable, as if he himself personally led the troops to win a big battle. He didn't care about eating, and said to Qi Liaozao, who was the leader: "Qi Aiqing, and all Aiqing, you discuss, this great victory, how to reward the meritorious Zeng Guofan and Qinglin?" ”

"Your Majesty, this great victory, killing tens of thousands of long-haired thief soldiers, and beheading the thief chieftain prime minister, recovering Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Prefecture and many prefectures and counties, ensuring the safety of Wuchang City. Qinglin, the governor of Mubei, was meritorious in defending the city, and he cooperated with Zeng Guofan to kill many enemies, which was also a great meritorious. Now that the governor of Huguang is vacant, according to the slaves, Qinglin can be promoted to the governor of Huguang, and this Zeng Guofan happened to replace Qinglin and was promoted to the governor of Mubei. Wen Qing, who has been relocated to the Minister of Military Aircraft, a Cabinet Bachelor, and the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, suggested.

"No! The emperor, Qinglin, as the governor of Mubei, lost Wuchang Mansion, Hanyang Mansion and other places in Mubei to thieves, and he was already responsible for losing his land and should be punished, but now he is just recaptured from the hands of long-haired thieves, which is his due responsibility. A little praise and encouragement can be enough, but the promotion to the position of governor is too much. Qi Liaozao, the minister of military aircraft and a scholar, stood up and said: "As for Zeng Guofan, he has also been defeated several times, and he has failed to bear the grace of the saint. However, in the end, he has some credit for this, and he will make up for it. ”

For some reason, the university scholar Qi Liaozao has always been dissatisfied with Zeng Guofan, and he has suppressed it several times, and the ministers know it.

Xianfeng was depressed in his heart, why didn't this Qi Liaozao understand my thoughts? Although Wen Qing's proposal is a bit excessive, it can't be regarded as making up for the merits as you Qi Liaozao said, and it doesn't mean anything, right? It's hard to have such a big victory, if you don't publicize it well and praise it lavishly, how can my soldiers still have morale, and who will work for me in the future?