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Man's fate is always so uncertain!

Zuo Zongtang, who was on the bow of the boat, stared at Changsha City in the distance, but his mind was uncertain, when the Cantonese bandits came to Changsha last year, he was the side of the guard, and gave advice to Zhang Liangji, who was the governor of Hunan at the time, and finally saved Changsha and avoided Changsha from being ravaged by the Cantonese bandits. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And now, he has become the besieging party, to capture the city that he has worked so hard to protect, how can people expect that the world is like this?

"Hey......"

After a long sigh, looking at the panicked city head from the telescope, thinking of those former colleagues in Changsha City, Zuo Zongtang had some doubts in his heart, this time, how would they protect this city?

Although he was ordered by the Metropolitan Governor, as a special envoy of the Military Command Department and a former enemy commander, he commanded tens of thousands of land and water divisions of the Righteous Army, for Zuo Zongtang, who had just entered the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Righteous Army, how could this kind of trust not break his heart, you must know that a few days ago, he had also called him a "thief", and now, it was that person who handed over all the soldiers of the Righteous Army to himself.

Death for a confidant!

Silently muttering this sentence in his heart, Zuo Zongtang knew that the only thing he could repay this trust was to take Changsha and Hunan!

The same Zuo Zongtang also knows that this is not only the only way to repay the trust of the Grand Duke, but also his opportunity, unlike Hu Linyi, who has served several terms as an official and governed several places, he Zuo Zongtang has never been out of office, even if he was a staff member, it is just a curtain for others, how can he be promoted to an official and govern one side? The current battle of Changsha is his opportunity to become an official, as long as he takes Changsha and Hunan, and proves his ability to the metropolitan governor, he can naturally go out of the government as an official and govern one side.

As for the ...... in this army, He already has a certain understanding of the military system of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but he doesn't know that this is not a place where he can excel, not to mention that he has no intention of joining the army.

"Luo Ruzhai, I'm sorry!"

When Zuo Zongtang silently said sorry, at this time, the city of Changsha was panicked, the streets were full of panicked people, and all kinds of rumors spread between people's tongues from time to time. In the governor's yamen, this will also be a chaos, the yamen in the yamen have gathered here to discuss countermeasures, focusing on the political envoy Pan Duo, according to the inspection envoy Yue Xing'a, Changsha prefect Mei Budo, Changsha county commander Chen Biye, Shanhua county commander Wang Baosheng. After a group of people arrived, Luo Bingzhang immediately analyzed the troops in Changsha City: there were still 2,000 of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were 1,000 new recruits, known as a strong army, but unfortunately there were too few people.

"Although there are more than three or four thousand horses in this city now, I am afraid that they are not the opponent of Han Yi."

Luo Bingzhang said worriedly. During this period, Luo Bingzhang had originally pinned all his hopes on Zeng Guofan's Yuezhou to block the Han rebellion's soldiers, but now the reality of this soldier coming to the city made him suddenly frightened, and he was an official for more than 20 years, and this kind of formation was not the first time he encountered, the last time Changsha was surrounded by Cantonese bandits, that battle was also extremely dangerous, and the Changsha city almost fell several times, and the shock was undecided, and in the end, the blessing of the gods and Buddhas finally kept Changsha.

But this time, can you be as lucky as the last time?

Luo Bingzhang didn't know, just like he didn't know the current situation in Yuezhou, how did this Han rebel warship get here? Looking at the Han rebellion outside the city, there are not tens of thousands of people, there are more than 10,000 people, so many ships, so many people, how can they come to Changsha so quietly, is it possible that Yuezhou has been taken by the Han rebellion? But if that's the case, why didn't Zeng Guofan send someone to deliver the letter? Could it be that Zeng Guofan has fallen?

If Zeng Guofan surrendered, then if Ruoda was in Hunan, who else could save him? This will make him regret it, why did he transfer all the training of this regiment to Yuezhou, even the Hunan Governor Taqibu is also in Yuezhou, if it weren't for this, how could this Changsha be like now, without the power to resist?

Such speculations only intensified the fear in Luo Bingzhang's heart, making him feel helpless, and his panic naturally fell into the eyes of others.

"Zhongcheng doesn't have to worry."

It was Wang Baosheng of Shanhua County who spoke, and he had always pretended to be a soldier, but seeing that the governor was full of worries, he thought that his opportunity to display his talents had arrived.

"In the opinion of the lower officials, open the treasury now, and distribute swords and guns on the one hand, and silver coins on the other. All men under the age of 50 and over the age of 15 were arranged and divided into several shifts, taking turns to defend the city. With the large number of residents in Changsha City, it is not a problem to raise 35,000 yuan. I am willing to undertake this matter. ”

Luo Bingzhang was very grateful to Wang Baosheng for his generosity in a critical moment, and he hurriedly responded:

"Wang Mingfu has a very good idea. However, the people are not trained on weekdays, and they are concentrated in danger, after all, they are just a rabble. ”

"A rabble can strengthen the courage of soldiers."

Pan Duo also appreciates Wang Baosheng's suggestion, now, but he must first think of saving Changsha, only by keeping Changsha can he save his net worth and life!

"Since we were able to defend this Changsha City last time, we can also defend this city this time, besides, let's follow the method of the last time, and we can always defend this Changsha City!"

A group of people who don't know soldiers gather here, and all they can think of is naturally based on the experience of guarding Changsha last time, Pan Duo's suggestion only caused everyone to nod yes, and Luo Bingzhang said in a loud voice.

"Wang Mingfu's method will be followed immediately, but there is one more important thing to do,"

Then he added.

"Quickly send someone out of the city to Yuezhou to investigate the situation there, and if you can, immediately transfer Zeng Disheng to bring troops to the rescue. Xiang Yong in Zeng Disheng's hands is the real elite soldier at the moment, as long as his soldiers come, Changsha will naturally be saved. ”

Everyone said yes in unison, and Luo Bingzhang immediately asked the patrol to send people out of the city to contact Zeng Guofan in Yuezhou.

The Miao Peak outside the south gate of Changsha City is actually not high, to be precise, it is just a mound, just like the Mawangdui in the eastern suburbs of the city. But it is better than Mawangdui's life, it is close to the south gate, in the lively place of Changsha City. In the downtown area, there is such a slightly higher and lush hill, which is even more valuable. Literati and scholars of all generations like to ascend here to write poems. When Wu Sangui occupied Changsha, Chen Yuanyuan was already old, and the eight-faced Guanyin and the four-faced Guanyin became his concubines. Wu Sangui often carried two Guanyin to rest on the Miao Peak. In the flat in front of the Yaowang Temple on the peak, there are still stone tables and stone benches made for Wu Sangui. Legend has it that Wu Sangui and the eight-faced Guanyin and the four-sided Guanyin often play here, and the chessboard carved on the stone table is still clearly preserved.

When the Taiping army forced Changsha last year, the Miao Peak and the Yaowang Temple on the peak were where the Taiping Army base camp was located, and at this time, when Zuo Zongtang came here, he inspected the outside of the south gate. Seeing that the Miao Peak rises from the ground, the forest is luxuriant, like a huge camp outside the south gate, but the mountain is still like the last time to guard Changsha, without a single soldier guarding each other.

He sneered suddenly.

"This Luo Ruzhai uses soldiers like this, how can he be undefeated!"

It's no wonder he sneered like this, the last time as a staff member of the governor of Hunan, he had suggested sending two thousand soldiers to Miao Feng to form horns with each other in the city, but the result was not adopted, and now this time, this Miao Gao Feng is still despised by people, don't they know that Yu Miao Feng can be condescending on Miao Feng and look down on the whole city?

"Tell the order to go down, the main camp is set up on the peak of Myao, and a fort is set up on the mountainside above the city wall!"

Almost sneering, as the former enemy commander Zuo Zongtang ordered to do the siege deployment, in fact, he, the former enemy commander, has no direct "jurisdiction" over the army, this former enemy command is set according to the military system of the righteous army, after all, the largest establishment of the righteous army is now the regiment, this time in order to capture Changsha, three regiments were mobilized, in order to coordinate the use of the three regiments, it is natural to set up the former enemy headquarters, and Zuo Zongtang as the commander at the same time, next to him is a group of teenage military cadets as staff officers.

When Zuo Zongtang began to deploy according to his own judgment, on Myoko Feng, a group of teenagers wearing bronze medals with the word "learning" were holding binoculars to observe Changsha City, and constantly revising the map.

"Strictly speaking, Changsha is the largest city that has been attacked by our righteous army since its formation. However, the Changsha city wall is tall and strong, and now the city gate is closed, the defense is tight, and it is not easy to attack. What do you think, don't hesitate to say so. ”

As the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, Zuo Zongtang naturally knew why he would send these teenagers to be his "staff officers", just to cultivate these teenagers, so he took the initiative to ask, and in comparison, they knew the righteous army better than him, the commander-in-chief. And the reason why he regarded Changsha as the first city to storm was because Wuchang was not a strong attack but a surprise attack.

"Commander-in-Chief,"

Putting down the map, Liang Yuqiu, who was wearing a military uniform, pointed to Changsha City and said.

"Changsha has been a military important place since ancient times, and when I look at it today, it really deserves its name. The capture of Changsha will shake the Qing court and boost the morale of the whole army, which will have a great impact. But now Changsha is on alert, and it should be combined with a frontal attack and a flank attack. I thought that we should give full play to the firepower advantage of our army, take the south gate as the front, take advantage of the advantage of Miao Feng Feng above the city wall, bombard the city wall and the city with cannons, suppress the enemy, and then use 68-pounder guns on the flanks to bombard the city gate, and immediately send troops to rush in, I believe that the defenders in Changsha City will not be able to stop our army's strong attack at all. ”

When Liang Yuqiu's words fell, Liu Ziwei stood up and said loudly:

"Considering that there is also an urn city behind the city gate, I think it is possible to use blasting operations to attack the ......" (to be continued.) )