Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Windfall of War

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It has been a whole day since the Holy Army occupied the city of Guilin. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The faces of the holy soldiers were filled with joy. In particular, the original group of old brothers in Guangxi, although the number is no longer large, and most of them are only about two Sima and the commander of the pawn, but they can drive the atmosphere of the entire holy army.

They have become the backbone of their respective ranks, the soul figures, for only one reason, many of them were once brought into the Holy Sect by the Holy King himself, and they are the direct cronies of the Holy King. Of course, this was in the eyes of themselves and the recruits who later joined the Shonan area.

Now, the Holy King led them back to Guangxi. Moreover, it also captured the "iron attack Guilin City", which is known as unbreakable and unbreakable, and even the main force of the Taiping Army led by the Heavenly King Dongwang stormed the provincial capital of Guilin that could not be broken for more than a month, and was led by the Holy King himself, which was captured in more than a day. What does this mean, the Holy King is worthy of being a Holy King, and even the Heavenly King and the East King can't be compared!

A group of old brothers in Guangxi thought like this, and secretly rejoiced in their hearts that they had followed the Holy King to Daozhou, otherwise, now they are surrounded by Qing demons in Changsha City, and what kind of little paradise is it that the day is precarious? In my own opinion, this Guilin City is still a small paradise, and the Holy King is the future master of this world.

As for the other new holy soldiers in the southern Hunan area, they didn't have much contact with Feng Yunshan, so they worshiped it even more. Listening to the old brothers in Guangxi around him talk about the various wisdom and martial arts of the Holy King, blessed by the Heavenly Father Emperor God, immortal in calamity, possessed by the Holy Spirit, the recruits have admired the Holy King for a long time, and they have seen the potion made by the Holy King so magical, they immediately shocked the Holy King as a celestial, and they only had to bow down sooner or later.

Now, the Holy King ordered that all the Qing Demon officers and soldiers who were hiding and hiding after the city was broken and the leaders of the regimental training who assisted in defending the city were searched out, especially the Hu Demon Banner people, and none of them were allowed to be spared. The 5,000 holy soldiers who entered the city to maintain law and order in the city were given a holy oracle and immediately turned Guilin City upside down. In less than half a day, 9 regiment commanders from 12 sub-regiments in the urban area were captured, and dozens of demon leaders were captured.

Yesterday the city was broken, Liu Changqing and two lieutenant generals led more than 1,000 Qing soldiers from Dingguimen, Hu Zhuo, the governor of Xuezheng and Lingui Zhixian, and Tang Zishi, the general governor of the regiment, led hundreds of squires to escape from Maoermen from Mao'ermen. According to the procurator Si Yao Ying and a general soldier, more than 1,000 Qing troops were killed in battle, and the rest of the Qing army officials and village warriors in Guilin were all captured.

Those who were captured on the spot were Lao Chongguang, the governor of Guangxi, who fainted after a stroke, Wu Dingchang, the political envoy of Guangxi, Xu Xiangguang, a Taoist member of Wuyu in Guiping, Peng Xuan, the prefect of Guilin, Li Xian, the prefect of Pingle Prefecture, and Long Qirui, the head of the Guangxi Youth League. Speaking of Xu Xiangguang, this person is also a bachelor, and immediately after being captured, he asked to see the leader of the Taiping Holy Army, saying that he wanted to surrender.

Feng Yunshan is not very clear about Xu Xiangguang, and when he asked Liu Changyou, he learned that Xu Xiangguang was born in the famous Xu family in Guangzhou Prefecture, and was admitted to the Jinshi in his early years, and he also led the people in Guangzhou to carry out the anti-British movement a few years ago. Considering that Xu Xiangguang was from Guangzhou, Feng Yunshan allowed him to surrender to him temporarily, and kept him by his side.

And Xu Xiangguang, maybe he was really afraid of death, maybe it was political speculation, he just asked Feng Yunshan not to spread the news of his surrender for the time being, so as not to implicate the clansmen in Guangzhou Prefecture. In return, he would contact the Xu clan in Guangzhou as an internal response to the Taiping Sacred Army and assist the Sacred Army in capturing Guangzhou.

In addition, after the Taiping Holy Army rushed into Guilin City, more than 1,000 Xiangyong and 2,000 regiments were trained to surrender under the leadership of several Qing generals. Among them, there is a famous Qing general who surrendered, if Su Sanniang was there, he must be very familiar with it, it is Zhang Zhao, the leader of the Guangxi congregation who was originally with her in the Heaven and Earth Association against the Qing Dynasty.

After capturing Guilin City, ordinary Taiping holy soldiers were only mentally happy, but Feng Yunshan and the generals of the Holy Army were really spiritual and material carnival! Even Li Kaifang, who was transferred by Feng Yunshan to direct the artillery bombardment outside the east gate of Guilin City, did not make great contributions, was also smiling.

It's really too much seized in the city of Guilin.

Feng Yunshan has the feeling that a countryman has won the lottery and made a fortune and entered the city. It is worthy of being a big provincial capital, even if it is barren Guangxi, even if there are frequent wars, there is so much material wealth.

According to the officials guarding the treasury silver, 140,000 taels were sent from Guangdong to Guangxi, and 100,000 taels from Guangdong to Guizhou. In addition, 40,000 taels of military salaries were donated by the gentry in the city.

It turned out that the military salaries of Guizhou, Guizhou, and Guangxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty were all distributed with the assistance of Guangdong nearby. Feng Yunshan's eyes lit up when he heard this, Guangdong, especially Guangzhou Mansion, that is a rich and treasured land. I can't wait to capture Guangzhou Mansion immediately, and don't let this white silver flow away as soon as possible.

There are also the Admiral's Military Affairs General Military Office, the Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, the Guiping Wuyu Road Yamen, the Zhensi Yamen, the Admiral College, the Guilin Prefect's Yamen and the Lingui County Yamen, etc., and 130,000 taels of silver were found. A total of more than 50,000 taels of silver were also found in the Guangdong Hall and the Eight Banners Hall.

In addition to the silver taels, countless copper coins were seized, 340,000 stones of grain and rice in the grain depot, and more than 4,000 quintals of salt.

There were more than 90 artillery pieces on the city wall alone, and more than 40 small and medium-sized artillery pieces were captured in the governor's treasury. There are also 6 Shenwei General cannons, which were removed from the tower of Guilin City when they fought Yong'an last year, and they have not been carried back again, and they are stored in the warehouse, which is cheaper for the Holy Army. The rest of the shotguns, guns, knives, spears, forks and arrows, leather armor, coats, hats and other things are too many, and it is difficult to count them for a while.

Feng Yunshan heard Liu Changyou say that Liu Changqing led his troops to flee in the direction of Guizhou, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Let him go!" Every time I meet him, there are good things, and I look forward to meeting him again next time! After speaking, he remembered something, turned his head and said: "Zimo, I heard that many officials and gentry in Guilin City support Guangxi's group training and contribute money and people. And now most of them have fled to Longsheng and other places with Xuezheng and Lingui Zhixian and others, that is, they know that they are guilty and are afraid of us, so it is no wonder that this king is here! ”

Liu Changyou knew that Feng Yunshan said it to himself because he was also a member of the squire, and he was afraid that he would stop him, of course, he valued himself even more, so he would explain it like this. Immediately, he said, "What the Holy King said is true! It is natural not to be polite to treat such a bad gentry who spared no effort to help the Qing demon and was willing to curry favor with the Manchu court for slaves. ”

Feng Yunshan saw Liu Changyou say this, and knew what he meant, so he put his mind at ease. He was afraid of dealing with a group of squires in Guilin City, and Liu Changyou had a pimple in his heart, so he explained it in advance.

When Guilin City was newly occupied, most of the big gentry fled, so Feng Yunshan decided to refer to the land reform policy of Yongzhou and confiscate all the fields of the escaped gentry and landlords, and then distribute them to the people to buy the hearts of the people! He has long regarded Guangxi as his birthplace, and he will definitely focus on development.

On the same day, he ordered someone to issue a notice, and called Xu Xiangguang to lead more than ten other squires in Guilin City, each leading the holy soldiers, and raiding the homes of the gentry who did not surrender and the squires and officials who fled in the city, and all of them were confiscated to the Holy Treasury.

At this time, just by confiscating the family wealth of officials and squires, there are more than 1.1 million taels of silver, and other gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings are innumerable. There are 900,000 stones of rice grain, which surprised Feng Yunshan for a while. Unexpectedly, these gentry were so wealthy, and the total seizures were several times more than that of the government. Looking back, too, people have accumulated for several generations, and in addition to purchasing fields, there are no other fixed assets, all of which are used to store silver and grain.

Feng Yunshan couldn't help but fantasize that if the Holy Army broke through the city of Guangzhou, with the wealth of Guangdong, I am afraid that it would be much more than this, just thinking about it would make people greedy for great life, and they couldn't wait to lead their troops to Guangzhou immediately.