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Almost immediately when the messenger came with the news that Changsha was surrounded by Han rebels, Zeng Guofan's whole person was suddenly shocked, and his lips were even more depressed and muttered. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"How is this good, how is this good......"

For Zeng Guofan, it was almost an instant that he could realize that Changsha would not be protected.

"Changsha is lost!"

In addition to sighing, Zeng Guofan's mind sank to the extreme, Changsha was lost, and it was occupied by thieves, so now Yuezhou is not alone in the Jiangkou area!

Thinking of the thieves outside the city and the shelling in the past two days, his mood became heavier and heavier, what should he do now? There may be a little unhappiness with Luo Bingzhang, but how could Zeng Guofan not know that his regimental training was all based on Luo Bingzhang's financial resources from Hunan, if there was no financial resources from Hunan, how many days would this Xiangyong last?

Now that Changsha has fallen, the situation in Hunan will inevitably collapse, and the Wuchang thieves are all different from the Guangdong bandits, the Guangdong bandits are almost rogue bandits, and the siege of the city is determined to plunder, while the Wuchang thieves are long in local governance, one side is the rogue bandits, one side is the bandits, and now the Wuchang thieves occupy Changsha, and they are bound to take Hunan according to Changsha.

Without Hunan's money and salary, how can he, a Xiangyong, have any future at all?

"Big brother, what now?"

Zeng Guoquan looked at his eldest brother and asked urgently, while Taqib, Luo Zenan and the others all set their eyes on Zeng Guofan.

What should I do, Zeng Guofan, who was being watched by everyone, had a bitter look on his face, how is it good now?

He couldn't believe that Changsha would be defeated so quickly, and he couldn't believe that he was so stupid, he didn't expect that what this Wuchang thief did was just a "dark Chen Cang" plan, and now it seems that in the camp in the north of the city, there is no main force of thieves?

"My lord, in this camp outside the city, the thief must be bluffing, in the opinion of the lower officials, our army immediately went out of the city and attacked its camp......"

Without waiting for Luo Zenan to finish speaking, Zeng Guofan shook his head with a bitter face.

"It's too late......"

It's too late!

The bitterness in his heart is only understood by Zeng Guofan himself, it is too late!

"Don't say that the thieves in Changsha can come to the aid by steamer at any time, that is, the thief rebel camp in the north of the city is also strong day by day, and it has the help of sailors, even if we have the heart, we are powerless to return to the sky......

Unable to return to the sky!

The frustration from the heart made Zeng Guofan's mood more and more dull, and the atmosphere in the entire lobby became more and more weird for a while.

In this silence, Wang Xin spoke.

"My lord, now that Changsha has fallen into the hands of thieves, the top priority now is what should I do with Yuezhou?"

When everyone heard this, they all turned their eyes to Zeng Guofan.

Oh, yes!

What is the most important thing in Yuezhou now, is it to defend or to fight?

"It's a defense or a war, and please make it clear to Lord Zeng!"

As the governor of Hunan, Taqibu first spoke, as the governor of Hunan, he needs to obey Zeng Guofan, the minister of regimental training, this is entirely because the green battalion soldiers under his command are vulnerable, and he was transferred to Jingzhou by the governor, so he has to live under Zeng Guofan, but only he can ask this question.

Taqib's question made Zeng Guofan's brows furrow.

"My lord, in my opinion, this Yuezhou can't fight!"

Just when Zeng Guofan was thinking about it sadly, a voice sounded in the lobby, it was his staff member Guo Songtao, who stood up and said.

"In Yuezhou right now, the thieves outside the city are attacking at the same time against the water and land divisions, and they don't know the size of their troops, even if our army goes out of the city decisively, and wins by luck, what can we do? At that time, even if the thief and the rebellious army do not return to the division, and there is no provincial food and salary to help, our army can stay in Yuezhou for a long time, more than a few months, as short as a month or two, when the army is exhausted, it is the time when our army is in turmoil, and when the time comes, even if we can defend the empty city of Yuezhou now, it is only a temporary defense! ”

Guo Songtao's words, it can be said that every word has been said to Zeng Guofan's ears, Yuezhou is an empty city, and it is still an empty city that soldiers must take, how can this empty city be defended without food and no pay?

Can...... If he withdraws from this city like this, what can he do when the court investigates it, and if he leaves Yuezhou, where should he go?

When the time comes, the world is so big, where is the place for him and the tens of thousands of Hunan troops?

While thinking about it, a soldier suddenly came to report.

"My lord, there is a person outside the city gate who asks to see him, claiming to be Hu Linyi, the old man of my lord."

What the!

Hearing Hu Linyi coming, Zeng Guofan, who was originally thinking about how to deal with the current situation and thinking about the future of the Hunan army, stood up in surprise, and muttered for a while.

"He, why did he get here."

No wonder he was so surprised, in Zeng Guofan's opinion, Hu Linyi should have died in Hubei, and even when the news of his defeat came, he had sacrificed this friend.

Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi worked together in the Hanlin Academy for a year, they were of the same age, and they were both Hunanese, so they had a close relationship. In the twenty-first year of Daoguang, Hu Linyi's father, Hu Dayuan, the right Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, died of illness, and Hu Linyi returned to his hometown of Yiyang by his father. Zeng and Hu broke up that year. After the three-year mourning period expired, Hu Linyi donated to the prefect of Anshun Prefecture in Guizhou, and later changed it to the prefect of Zhenyuan Prefecture and the prefect of Liping Prefecture. During his tenure as prefect, he was promoted to Guidongdao for his meritorious service in organizing the township to suppress the Miao people's turmoil. Later, when Wu Wenrong was the governor of Guizhou, he attached great importance to Hu Linyi's military ability, and urgently asked the imperial court to transfer Hu Linyi to Hubei to support. But he never thought that he would be suddenly defeated.

Now this old man, who once thought that he had died on the battlefield, suddenly came to visit, but Zeng Guofan realized that this visit was not so simple, not to mention, now there are tens of thousands of thieves from Wuchang outside the city, and it is impossible for him Hu Runzhi to surrender to thieves.

"Big brother, the one surnamed Hu must have been a thief, and he must not be deceived by it!"

Zeng Guobao, who knew that the eldest brother had a friendship with Hu Linyi, knew that the eldest brother would not refuse, so he hurriedly stopped him on the side,

"My lord, this Hu Runzhi came here at this time, thinking that he has already surrendered to a thief, my lord is the foundation of my Yuezhou, and you must not take risks!"

In the persuasion of others, Zeng Guofan shook his head and said.

"Since Runzhi has come to see me, I must see me! Besides, Runzhi is really a frank gentleman and will never harm me, so don't worry. ”

"That's true, since Hu Runzhi wants to see the adult, the adult must want to see him!"

Guo Songtao agreed on the side, while Zeng Guofan only nodded slightly.

The river breeze by the river blew the flags on the ship, and there was a small table on the riverside, and there was a wooden plate with a teapot on the table.

His eyes were withdrawn from the river, and he looked at the person standing at the table, this person had already taken off the official robe of the Great Qing Kingdom and changed into a Confucian robe, but the Ming-style Confucian robe made Zeng Guofan's heart confused, and he hurriedly said.

"Brother Runzhi!"

Zeng Guofan looked at Hu Linyi, and deliberately no longer looked at his dazzling Ming-style Confucian robe, but said very closely,

"I haven't seen him for many years, and my brother is more majestic than in the past."

Seeing his old friend, although he had a different position, Hu Linyi also said very happily.

"Since Daoguang's father abandoned him in the twenty-first year, Lin Yi left Beijing and returned to his hometown, and it has been 14 years since he was separated from his brother. The thoughts of the cloud tree sprout every day. Brother Zhiren has been proud of the spring breeze over the years, and now he has commanded 20,000 soldiers, and hundreds of generals are in Yuezhou, and Lin Yi is very admirable. ”

20,000 is false, and more than 10,000 are true, but the compliments and sincerity at this time are just their own words.

"It is difficult to save the country and relieve the worries of the king, it is the responsibility of a minister, the court treats Zeng Mou well, and Zeng Mou can not repay him with death!"

Zeng Guofan, who hugged his fists and went north to thank Junen, said to Hu Linyi affectionately.

In August of the previous year, the national domain unfortunately heard of his mother's funeral, so he hurriedly returned to Xiangxiang from the Jiangxi main examination. Later, he was ordered by the imperial court to help organize the regimental training, thinking of the mountains and rivers, and saving my township from being barren in case of emergency, so he came to the province to recruit Xiangyong with Zhang Shiqing, Zhongcheng, Jiang Minqiao, Zuo Jigao, and set up a military camp. I originally heard that Brother Tai trained troops and achieved outstanding results, and I originally hugged Brother Taiduan's great talents, which was enough to save today's surging. But who would have thought that Brother Tai would ignore the importance of the Hu family's favor and resolutely join the thief, what kind of shame would he see to make his father! ”

Zeng Guofan's righteous and awe-inspiring persuasion was affectionate, but Hu Linyi just smiled disappreciatively.

"When my brother came, Mr. Shi Qing once entrusted me to bring a handwritten letter to Brother Disheng!"

What the!

With his eyes wide open in surprise, Zeng Guofan asked rhetorically.

"Zhang Shiqing Zhongcheng is still alive?"

"Not only is he alive, but he is deeply trusted by most of my governors, and he is a colleague with his younger brother in the governor's mansion!"

What Zhang Shiqing actually did, too!

Looking at Hu Linyi in surprise, Zeng Guofan's heart was full of incomprehension, he didn't know why Hu Linyi wanted to surrender, and he also didn't know why he Zhang Shiqing also wanted to surrender, especially he Zhang Shiqing, as a feudal official of the imperial court, it can be said that he was as deep as the sea by the grace of the king, but he actually descended, and he surrendered!

"There is also Ji Gao, this Changsha was won by Ji Gao!"

Another blow fell on Zeng Guofan's ears, which only made his mind more and more chaotic.

Zhang Shiqing Zhongcheng has fallen, if Qing Gao is Zuo Jigao, he has also been lowered, if someone else said this, Zeng Guofan would refute it, but when these words came out of Hu Linyi's mouth, Zeng Guofan believed it, because he knew that he was a human being, and he would never be so deceiving.

"Brother Disheng, the general trend of the world today is like this, brother, look at the ...... of the world"

"Enough!"

Before Hu Linyi finished speaking, Zeng Guofan slammed the table and shouted in a deep voice.

"You and I have known each other, brother doesn't want your last trace of friendship to be ruined today, and please don't mention the matter of persuasion again!"

"Brother Disheng!"

Looking at Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi asked urgently.

"Do you have to mistake yourself for that Qing court?"

"Net worth?"

Shaking his head, Zeng Guofan sighed.

"Zeng's net worth is all thanks to the emperor and the court, so why is there any mistake in serving the court and the emperor today?" (To be continued.) )