In August, even in the morning, it is very hot in Guangzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info On the trees in the back garden of the Holy King's Mansion, it seemed that he couldn't sleep early because of the heat, and he kept calling, waking Feng Yunshan up early in the morning.

got up and came to the back garden, but saw that Liu Shengbang was leading more than ten guards to look for something in the bushes, Feng Yunshan felt slightly strange, and when he asked, he knew that Liu Shengbang wanted to catch those noisy acquaintances, so that they would not wake up the Holy King early in the morning.

Unexpectedly, these few people were cunning when they knew it, and they changed places after a few calls, so that everyone just followed the sound, and they were about to find them but changed places and called for changes.

After listening to Liu Shengbang's complaints, Feng Yunshan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Unexpectedly, this little cicada also understands the essence of guerrilla warfare and sports warfare. ”

He meant something, but it was actually because late last night, Fan Ruzeng brought back information about the war in the north from the north, which made him sigh.

The news from the detailed work: More than 27,000 people of the Taiping Army's Northern Expeditionary Army, after more than two months of stalemate between the Qing soldiers outside Huaiqing City and the Qing troops camped and intercepted along the Qinshui coast outside the city, killed more than 5,000 people, and finally withdrew the siege and marched westward, entered Shanxi through Yuanqu, passed through Pingyang Mansion, Hongdong, Licheng and other places, entered Zhili in the east, and occupied Xingtai, the city of Shunde Prefecture.

And along the way, more than 3,000 people were lost, and the remaining officers and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, only 20,000 veterans from Yangzhou and Tianjing. However, after careful investigation, the Northern Expeditionary Army killed many Taiping soldiers along the way, but replenished many captured Qing soldiers and northern civilians along the way, and when they arrived in Xingtai City, the entire team reached 35,000 people.

As for the situation in the Manchu court, the intelligence department sent by the General Staff also found out some information.

After the governor of Zhili, Nar Jing'e, was dismissed due to the ineffective relief of the locust plague, Xianfeng appointed Guiliang, the original military department, to take over as the governor of Zhili. Xianfeng saw that the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was attacking fiercely, so he specially ordered Guiliang to urge the governors of the three provinces of Henan, Zhili and Shandong to send troops to surround the Northern Expeditionary Army, and together with the leading troops, they rushed to the Minister of the Qincha and the capital of Henan, Shengbao, to encircle and suppress the Taiping Army.

This is not at ease, Emperor Xianfeng appointed the king of Horqin County, Monk Greenqin, as the counselor minister, and personally awarded the sword used by the Qing Emperor Nurhachi to Monk Greenqin, and ordered him to lead the army to then go into the Northern Expedition together to suppress Qin Rigang and others.

Seng Lingqin was ordered to lead the Jianrui Battalion, the Outer Firearms Battalion, the Two-Wing Forward Battalion, the Eight Banners Guard Battalion, the Fifth Patrol Battalion and the officers and soldiers of Chahar, and the strong brigades of the Mongol kings of Zhelimu, Zhuo Suotu, and Zhaowuda went out of Beijing, with a total of more than 13,000 Han infantry and 18,000 Manchurian and Mongolian banner soldiers.

Feng Yunshan once again pondered the information obtained from the detailed work of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, and found that the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Qin Rigang was almost identical to the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, and did not change the route because of the change of commander.

Feng Yunshan estimated that it may be that the Manchu Qing Dynasty's troop layout and terrain determined the Taiping army's marching route, and many of the marching routes, perhaps, had been planned early in the morning, but it was just how to implement them.

However, the speed at which Qin Rigang just marched was obviously slower than that of Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang in history. It is estimated that this is related to the character of the general who leads the troops.

However, even if Qin Rigang was replaced as the main general, Feng Yunshan was still not optimistic that the Taiping army of the Northern Expedition would be able to capture the Manchu capital. After all, the difference in strength is too great. But Qin Rigang's character determines that he will not stick to one place, and he will not be like Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang in history, who do not know how to be flexible.

Seeing that the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army had entered Zhili, it would soon attack the vicinity of Jinghai.

Feng Yunshan knew that Yang Xiuqing had explained to Lin and Li in history that the task of asking the Northern Expeditionary Army was actually divided into two stages. The first is to go all the way to the north to attract the attention of the Qing soldiers and relieve the pressure of the Qing soldiers on Tianjing. The second is to capture the city of Tianjin, and then sit on the back guard and wait for reinforcements, wait for the Northern Expedition reinforcements to arrive, and work together to take Beijing in one fell swoop and destroy the Manchu Dynasty.

Although the coach is not Lin and Li now, it is no different for Yang Xiuqing, so Feng Yunshan judged that Qin Rigang's destination is likely to be Tianjin.

The defeat of the Taiping Army in history also occurred in Jinghai, Tianjin. Therefore, Feng Yunshan wanted to make some preparations in advance to deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army that was about to be defeated.

He didn't want to see that the most elite soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were all wiped out by the Manchus in this way.

Feng Yunshan took a closer look at it in front of a map of the territory of the 'Guangyu Ji', thought about it, and finally ordered someone to invite Lu Shunde and Zuo Zongtang from the General Staff to discuss how to deal with it.

After hearing Feng Yunshan's worries and thoughts, Lu Shunde and Zuo Zongtang both fell into deep thought.

Lu Shunde said: "Holy King, although our Holy Kingdom has separated from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, I heard that there are two or three thousand people in this Northern Expeditionary Army who are old brothers in Guangxi who originally shared life and death with us. It's just that thousands of miles apart, the captives of our Holy Kingdom also have their own tasks, and it is difficult to support them! ”

Zuo Zongtang also persuaded: "Holy King, Zuo suggested that we should sit and watch the two countries fight." This Northern Expeditionary Army was alone and did not have many troops, and it was very easy to fall into the encirclement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the captive army of my holy country are all southerners, and they are not cold-tolerant, and if they send troops now, it will be winter when they reach the north, and it will definitely be difficult to adapt, but they are afraid that they will not be able to support, but they will put their brothers in the quagmire. ”

It was not surprising that Feng Yunshan saw that the two deputy chiefs of general staff of the General Staff were all opposed to saving and supporting the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The two of them, Lu Shunde didn't say it, it was originally Feng Yunshan who saw that there was no one in the General Staff and asked him to suppress the position. Originally, he followed Luo Outline to join the Taiping Army, and he didn't have much affection for these old Guangxi brothers, not to mention, because of the confiscation of property after Luo Outline's wife's death, he was dissatisfied, and naturally he was unwilling to spend the blood of his soldiers to support half of the Northern Expeditionary Army of outsiders.

Thinking about Lu Shunde, from the current point of view, he is indeed not very suitable for the position of the General Staff, and after a while, let him return to the front-line combat unit.

As for Zuo Zongtang, he did not have any contact and affection for the Taiping Army of the Northern Expedition, so he naturally did not consider the issue of rescue.

What Feng Yunshan wanted was to rescue without spending too much troops and money.

So, Feng Yunshan pointed to the map and said to the two: "Ji Gao, Brother Shunde, look at this 'Guangyuji' map, look outside, in the sea. ”

With Feng Yunshan's reminder, Lu Shunde was nothing, Zuo Zongtang's mind flashed, and he said: "What does the Holy King mean to take the sea route, directly discharge the fleet, arrive in Tianjin, and carry out rescue?" ”

Lu Shunde hurriedly looked at the map.

"Yes, in this Tianjin Mansion, the Haihe River leads directly into the sea. If you want to support the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is most convenient to come here by sea and land. Feng Yunshan didn't wait for the two to analyze the pros and cons, and directly said: "The biggest task at present is to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Therefore, in the event of the defeat of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the king thought that he still had to support them as much as he could. Ji Gao, look at this map, take the sea route, how to arrange it so that once there is an accident, you can quickly dispatch troops? ”

Feng Yunshan was admitted to the school from Zuo Zongtang, but as for Lu Shunde, he was directly ignored by him.

Zuo Zongtang looked at the map, pondered for a while, and then said: "What does the Holy King mean is to occupy a place in Shandong or Liaodong, ready at any time?" ”

"It's not all right." Feng Yunshan sighed, although Zuo Zongtang is evil, but after all, he is not the Zuo Zhongtang who has served as a staff member for the governor of Munan for nearly ten years, and then supervised military affairs and governed one side. has not been tempered by many things, and the vision has always been quite limited, which is also the limitation of the ancients, and there is no sense of the ocean.

But Feng Yunshan knew that the current world was already a world where the power of the ocean was king.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan pointed to an island in the south of North Korea on the map, which was called Jeju Island in later generations, and said to Zuo Zongtang: "Jeju Island here is thousands of miles in circumference, and tens of thousands of troops can be stationed. The General Staff, which could occupy this place and open up ports and military fortresses, served as a springboard. First, it can capture Korea and Yueben, and second, it can send troops nearby to capture the northern part of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even Jingshi and Liaodong. There are also the islands of the Ryukyus, on which there is a small country called the Ryukyus, which can be conquered, and it is not necessary to kill indiscriminately, but also to contribute to the holy country. ”

Zuo Zongtang looked at Feng Yunshan's generosity, and was amazed in his heart: I see! I can't help but be impressed by the huge strategy of the Holy King!

"Ji Gao understands! The Holy King wants to implement a huge sea sailor strategy! The first is to force the Ryukyus to obtain supplies and footholds, and then by occupying Jeju Island, to obtain a transit base for sending troops. Holy King, Ji Gao suggested that once the Qing army surrounded the Northern Expedition officers of the Taiping Army, they could send a detailed report from the intelligence department to inform the Northern Expeditionary Army, lead them to the seaside port of Tianjin, and wait for the naval division of our captive army to take them to the sea, and then send them to Liaodong, and then send them to Liaodong or Shandong, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be turned upside down! ”

Zuo Zongtang is worthy of being a famous genius in history, and immediately thought of such a shady idea. However, Feng Yunshan likes it!

As a result, the plan to take over the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was thus decided. (To be continued.) )