Zuo Qing was silent, he didn't understand why Li Shutai insisted on wooing Wu Liuqi for his own use, in case Wu Liuqi refused to come to Guangzhou or the imperial court's order came one step ahead of Wu Liuqi, but he didn't know how Li Shutai ended.

Could it be?

A thought flashed through Zuo Qing's mind, secretly saying that Li Shutai did this, I'm afraid it was also a discordant plan. Regardless of whether he could say that Wu Liuqi would come to Guangzhou as a governor, or whether he was still serving as the governor of Guangdong, the letter sent to Chaozhou was a bridge between Shang Kexi and Wu Liuqi. Shang Kexi does not doubt Wu Liuqi, but Wu Liuqi is afraid that he will doubt himself Shang Kexi's opinion of this, once there is a rift between the two, Li Shutai can be regarded as having completed a major event in his office.

Hong Shiming didn't know much about the situation in Guangdong, he came to Guangzhou just for the Guangdong Township Trial, and he couldn't ask about the affairs between Guangdong's civil, military, and political officials, and he couldn't care about it, but he felt that Wu Liuqi was really a good general, and if he could choose it properly, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for the Qing Dynasty. After returning to his heart, he wrote Wu Liuqi and his method of forbidding the sea to his father, asking him to see if Wu did it could be popularized along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, so that the Nanming Erzhang and Haikou Zheng who were entrenched in the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang could no longer harass the coast like rootless duckweed. Without the coastal bandits, my father could concentrate on using troops in the southwest, and at this time, it was the infighting between the two thieves of Sun Li in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Wang Huacheng and other generals of the Green Battalion still had a stomach for Wu Liuqi, and they were even more angry at the Guangdong Admiral and the 10th Battalion soldiers that the Governor had promised him, and they were all angry, but the Governor had already decided. Nor did they dare to say anything against it.

At this point, everyone was full, and several Green Battalion generals had dinner with the Governor for the first time. One by one, they felt glorious, and when they saw that the Governor had also stopped, they all got up and took their leave.

Li Shutai remembered the matter of wooing Wu Liuqi in his heart, so he motioned to Li Guibao to send off the guests. Hong Shiming also said goodbye and went to the post house to rest, and everyone just walked to the door of the flower hall, but there was an urgent report outside.

"Urgent report, Shunde military situation urgent report!"

I heard the sound of "military emergency". All the military attaches of the Green Battalion subconsciously stopped, and Li Shutai and Zuo Qing were also moved in their hearts, and they all thought together: Could it be that there is news from Hu Qili's side?

On second thought, it's not right. Hu Qili led the soldiers and horses to chase and suppress the Taiping army attacking Zengcheng, it is impossible to run to Shunde, which is hundreds of miles away, could it be that something happened to Sanjiangkou? !

The two were shocked.

"Urgent report, Panyu Daliang Foreign Affairs Committee President Hu Mingyi urgent report!"

The emergency report in Shunde has not stopped. The back foot followed the Panyu emergency report.

Two urgent reports at the same time?

Everyone in the hall was stunned. Know that something big is going to happen.

Shunde reported the news is a pacesetter of the governor, under the leadership of the governor's guards, he went straight to the back flower hall, saw a group of green battalion generals in the hall, he was stunned and didn't know which was the governor, the guards on the side clicked him, and couldn't wait to kneel in front of Li Shutai, who was wearing a ruby, took out an urgent report from his arms and held it high, and said urgently: "Shunde expedited military situation." Your Excellency the Governor, please take a look! ”

The Panyu envoy who came in front and back was a post soldier, and he was not led in by someone from the governor's palace. was led in by Zhu Guorong, the prefect of Guangzhou.

Panyu's post soldier was quite shrewd, and when he saw the people in Shunde in front of him kneeling down in front of Li Shutai, he also stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and held the emergency report high: "Panyu Daliang Foreign Affairs Committee Thousand General Hu Mingyi urgently report, please take a look at the governor!" ”

"Quick, bring it!"

As soon as I heard that it was an urgent military situation, and it was two copies, Zhu Guorong, the prefect of Guangzhou, also came, but his face was very unsightly, Li Shutai sudden, his face became solemn, and he asked the guards to take two copies of the report, and let Zuo Qing take one of them, pick up one by himself, open it and take a look, but his expression changed greatly after a few glances, and his hands holding the report trembled, and the more he looked back, the more ugly his face became.

Zuo Qing saw that Li Shutai's face was ugly, and he was also shocked, only to say that the Sanjiangkou defense line was broken by the Xinhui Ming army, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, but Sanjiangkou is lost!" ”

"It's not Sanjiangkou."

Li Shutai handed the report to Zuo Qing, tried his best to calm down the anger in his heart, and said lightly to a group of subordinates who looked uncertain: "Governor Hu Qili reported that Taiping Kou set up an ambush in the Lutou River and defeated our army, he led the Governor Kou to fight bravely and Kou bloody, Nai Kou's strength was more than ten times stronger than him, he rushed to kill several formations, although he severely damaged the Kou soldiers, but failed to repel the Taiping Kou, and then arrived The Han army was also wiped out in the hands of Kou, and he also said that my Manchurian Zhengbai Flag soldiers were also taken in the fierce flames of Taiping Kou and did not dare to fight against it, seeing that the matter was irreparable, He Hu Qili had to retreat, and most of the Guangzhou Green Battalion, which marched with him, was defeated, and more than 20 officers and officers under the general Lin Jinzhong were killed. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shutai suddenly sneered, "Hu Qili led the superintendent to retreat to Shunde, and before the report, he said that he had received more than 600 scattered battalion soldiers, and now he is rearming and fighting, vowing to fight with the Taiping Kou to the end, do you believe this?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to react, he picked up the wine glass on the table and smashed it on the ground, and said angrily: "Joke, where did the Taiping army come from, is he Hu Qili bullying the governor and ignorance!" In order to shirk the responsibility for the defeat of the army, he even said that my Manchurian soldiers are also afraid of the enemy like a tiger, this guy is really hateful, in vain the governor has always believed in him, and repeatedly entrusted him with important tasks, but he is extremely incompetent, and dares to lie about the military situation, it really should be killed, it should be killed! ”

Li Shutai was extremely angry in his heart, his face was distorted, and he was so frightened that the pacesetter who reported the news from Shunde knelt on the ground and didn't dare to gasp.

Wang Huacheng and other green battalion generals all looked at each other, and they were shocked by Hu Qili's defeat, and even more shocked by Lin Jinzhong's death, and at the same time couldn't help but gloat, Hu Qili used to rely on the trust of the governor and his family to look at them and these people, and now he has suffered a big defeat and dares to put the responsibility on the head of the Manchurian soldiers, isn't this clearly looking for death!

What Taiping Kou defeated the official army?

Hong Shiming was confused, his face was puzzled, didn't it mean that the territory of Guangzhou had already been owned by the Qing Dynasty, the people's livelihood in the territory was safe, the people's hearts were united, and there was no more rebellion.

He wanted to ask Zuo Qing what was going on, but he saw Zuo Qing shaking his head violently and shouting, "My lord, it's not right, it's not right!" This thing is strange, victory and defeat is a common thing in soldiers, the adults have always been magnanimous, and will never blame General Hu for a momentary defeat, so General Hu can return to Guangzhou to reorganize the army and fight again with the Taiping Kou, but I don't know why he didn't go back to Guangzhou to Shunde? Why did he blame the defeat on the Manchurian soldiers, he was not afraid that the Manchurian soldiers would confront him afterwards, and he was not afraid that the governor would cut off his head! ”

Li Shutai snorted angrily: "He was afraid that the governor would cut off his head, so he ran to Shunde!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Zhu Guorong say: "My lord, what General Hu said is true, Hu Mingyi, the foreign commissar of Daliang Town, sent an urgent report, saying that the Taiping Army divided its troops after the victory of the officers and soldiers, and did everything to burn, kill and loot in Panyu, and its main force of tens of thousands has entered Daliang under the leadership of Kou Shou Thief Xiucai, obviously to seize Daliang and march to Guangzhou!" ”

The thief Xiucai wants to fight Guangzhou?!

Zuo Qing stayed there. (To be continued.) )