At the same time, in the Mongolian steppes, a cavalry force of tens of thousands of people moved south like a tide. This is the Mongol cavalry led by the Mongol cavalry Prince of Darhan, Sotnam Pensuk. Historically, the Mongol cavalry was once the strongest cavalry in the world. But after the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongol cavalry declined, and after the Qing Dynasty, it was even worse every year. If it were not for the famous general Monk Grinqin, the Mongol cavalry in modern times would have been completely forgotten.

Now Seng Lingqin is leading the alliance of Zhi, Hubei, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui provinces to suppress the Twist Army, and this southward Mongolian cavalry is led by Prince Sotnam Pensuk, whose purpose is to go south to Hubei and cooperate with Wang Yiyun of Alcohol County to strangle the Taiping army. The Mongolian cavalry converged with the 10,000 green battalion army of Shaanxi and Gansu in Yulin and went south together, forming a mighty momentum along the way.

This year, the Mongolian cavalry was strictly restricted, and the population of the Mongolian steppe shrank extremely seriously, especially in the battle against the British and French forces, the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry followed by Seng Lingqin were killed and wounded, so that the Mongolian cavalry was almost completely wiped out. Now that the Taiping army has grown, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has recruited troops from the Mongolian steppe, the successor Prince Sotnam Pensuk has finally scraped together 20,000 cavalry, and trained his hands with the Twist Army and bandits along the way.

At the same time, the Second Army to the Fifth Army of the National Defense Force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had all been reorganized, and the original plan was to reorganize three armies of the same establishment based on the First Army of the National Defense Army according to Hong Tiangui's plan. Later, he discussed with Yiwang Shi Da, and felt that the establishment of the First Army of the National Defense Force was too large and it was not easy to command, so the newly organized army reduced part of its establishment, and the newly reorganized Second Army to the Fifth Army, each with a strength of 25,000 troops, a total of 100,000 people. About 50,000 of the remaining 100,000 selected soldiers were assigned to the security forces and were dispersed and stationed in regiments after half a month of training. The regimental standard of the security army is endless, with 800 men in large numbers and only 300 men in small regiments, and a regiment is in charge of public security in one or two counties.

Most of the remaining more than 80,000 people were prisoners of the Hunan army in relatively poor conditions, and Hong Tiangui did not let them be disarmed and returned to the fields, but reorganized them into a task force, which was responsible for the construction of water conservancy and road repairs throughout the Heavenly Kingdom, and also provided cheap labor for the newly emerging industries of the Heavenly Kingdom.

Of course, they were only captives, not slaves, and they had to be paid for their work, and even the heavenly government could not let them work in vain, but the government gave them a lower wage, which could maintain the minimum living needs and ensure the safety of their lives.

Under the strong leadership of Hong Tiangui, both the cabinet that had just taken over power and the national defense force that was training in full swing showed great vitality. In particular, some of the privilege system in the Kingdom of Heaven was abolished, and taxes were also reduced by half under the strong leadership of Hong Tiangui, and the lives of the common people in the Kingdom of Heaven were much better all of a sudden, which made Hong Tiangui's reputation among the people rise suddenly.

Of course, the Kingdom of Heaven was not without war, and Zeng Guofan, who was forced to enter Guangxi, led his army to invade the frontier many times, and fought several battles with the first division of the First Army of the National Defense Army, which was a thousand people. After all, the Wehrmacht is a force that is good at attacking, and now that the main force of the Taiping Army is now assembled in Jiangxi for training, with the 36,000 Wehrmacht guarding the north, west, and south directions of thousands of kilometers, the strength of the Wehrmacht is greatly overstretched, and it is impossible to form a superior force, and it is naturally more difficult to fight.

In this case, Zeng Guofan relied on these victories to make meritorious contributions, and the good news frequently spread to the capital, coupled with the strong support of Prince Gong's Han ministers, Zeng Guofan, who was originally pushed to the end, turned over again.

However, the governor of Liangguang should not think about it, he can't get it with his merits, not to mention that now that the king of alcohol has just taken office, it is impossible to move the nest. After much ridicule, the Manchu court appointed Zeng Guofan as the governor of Guangxi and served as the task of attacking on the southern front.

Zeng Guofan took the opportunity to propose that the Hunan army should be fully equipped with Western firearms, and reported the strength of the Taiping army's firearms to Beijing. As for the more than 40,000 elite Hunan troops who were detained by King Junjun, although Zeng Guofan was distressed, he was smart not to mention it.

At the same time, Li Hongzhang also played a petition to the imperial court, suggesting that the Qing army besieging the Taiping army must be equipped with Western firearms in order to destroy the Taiping army. At the same time, Li Hongzhang also suggested that the Qing Dynasty negotiate with Western countries such as Britain and France, hoping to persuade the Western navy to help the Qing Dynasty blockade the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The Manchu court once again caused controversy in the court because of these two telegrams, and some Manchu ministers felt that they could not equip the Han with such powerful firepower, and if they really wanted to be equipped with advanced firearms, then this armed force must be in the hands of the Manchu ministers. Because the act of King Alcohol Jun's seizure of power in Wuhan was really attracted by a group of Manchu bigwigs, they are now slowly hardening their waists, and in this regard, they can be said to not give an inch, and it is a matter of the dispute between the Manchus and the Hans, and Prince Gong does not dare to favor the Han ministers too much.

After discussion with the imperial court, Prince Gong personally went to negotiate with Britain, France and other foreign countries, but the purchased Western firearms should be given priority to equip the Hubei New Army. Of course, in order to appease Zeng Guofan, the Manchu Qing agreed that Zeng Guofan would raise his own Western firearms, and the Qing Dynasty would give "reimbursement" for the silver needed as appropriate.

After receiving this news, although Zeng Guofan was a little angry in his heart, he immediately contacted the Western merchants of Guangxi and Guangzhou, although Guangxi was not as open as Guangdong, but now he had turned over and had 50,000 troops in hand, and the governor of Guangdong should not stop him at all.

Zeng Guofan's several victories greatly stimulated Wuhan's alcohol county Wang Yixun. After he became the governor of Huguang, in addition to seizing the command of the Hunan army, the rest was to urge the prefectures and counties to collect taxes, and under the banner of war, the taxes were ten times the usual.

Although Hubei is rich, but the life of the people at the bottom is not easy, the ordinary taxes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the layers of exploitation of the various levels of government are extremely heavy, and now they have to levy ten times the tax, which suddenly makes the opposition of the people in Hubei like a wave.

Yiyun did this, and the happiest people were not the officials in Hubei, but those who were active in Jiangbei. The common people were tortured by taxes and couldn't survive, and their last choice was to join the Twist Army.

Of course, staring at this piece of fat is also King Chen Yucheng. In order to make some action in Hubei, he sent a brigade south with Wang Jian, the deputy commander of the army, and put him in charge of all the fighting in the south.