Of course, Zuo Zongtang sternly rejected the suggestion of the Huaxia military envoy, and sneered and blasted him out, "Whatever you want, let's attack." ”

He instinctively thought that this was Huaxia Tian** deceiving and playing such a big trick, which was really hateful.

Before leaving Hangzhou City, the envoy of the Huaxia Army turned around angrily and shouted: "Governor Zuo, you have to think twice, don't be stubborn with your personal likes and dislikes, otherwise, you will send tens of millions of people to the point of no return." ”

"Hmph, just wait." Zuo Zongtang pointed at the military envoy and sneered,

The rise and development of Huaxia Tian** is certainly a mystery, which makes Zuo Zongtang puzzled, but how can it be so smooth sailing, the legend is general, and it has seriously exceeded the level of reason, which is incomprehensible.

After the military envoy returned from defeat, Luo Yang did not give up hope of a political settlement, and sent the military envoy again, carrying a letter of his own, urging Zuo Zongtang to recognize the situation and surrender to the Huaxia army: "This king pities the talent and courage of Governor Zuo, and he really can't bear to see each other on the battlefield. ”

For the three handsome talents of the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang, Luo Yang's attitude is very different, he admires Zuo Zongtang the most, and he hates Li Hongzhang the most, and he also loves and hates Zeng Guofan, and at the same time he also admits that the three marshals of the Qing army, without exception, are all powerful people, so even the most hated Li Hongzhang did not kill him after being arrested, but was arrested and detained for a long time.

Historically, Zuo Zongtang's expedition to the west of Shaanxi and Gansu, brazenly safeguarding the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation, recovering the Xinjiang region, consolidating the motherland's merits, brilliant for thousands of years, his tough attitude towards the Western powers, the most awe-inspiring people, compared to him, that Li Hongzhang is a scumbag, in addition to being an official, following the will of the Empress Dowager of the West to engage in the economy in officialdom, and wanton corruption and corruption, it is to betray the country for glory, lose teachers and lose land, as if in modern society, there is a trend to refute it, saying that the general trend of history is irretrievable, Li Hongzhang was just humiliated in place of the Qing Dynasty and feudal China.

This kind of powder, really low-level, insults the intelligence of the Chinese, if another person to dominate the late Qing Dynasty's Chinese political and military power, especially Zuo Zongtang and the like, then China's fate may be completely different, if you think that Li's decay just paved the way for China to move towards the republic, it is even more shameless, after all, China's fall into the abyss of bullying by the great powers began with Li, and even Japan's full-scale invasion of China is also the follow-up of its national fortunes, so Li Hongzhang is a well-deserved national sinner, nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and will never be able to turn over,

At the same time, Zuo Zongtang's feat of recovering Xinjiang and pacifying Shaanxi and Gansu were extremely heroic and great.

"King Rui, why do you insist on recruiting Zuo Zongtang." Huang Wenjin, Chen Kunshu and other generals are not satisfied, because Zuo is a general of the Hunan army after all, and he is a talent in the field, and he is a fierce enemy.

"Because, Zuo Zongtang is very different from Li Hongzhang of Zeng Guofan."

"Where is the difference."

"You won't know, to put it simply, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are selfish and selfish, and they are in the same line, while Zuo Zongtang is truly patriotic and loyal, and he can sing and cry."

"King Rui." Everyone is confused, where is Zuo Zongtang's patriotic loyalty, who knows, but since King Rui has said so, everyone does not dare to be suspicious,

Luo Yang sent a military envoy for the third time and submitted a letter to Zuo Zongtang, in which he gave a detailed description of the strength, weapons and ammunition of the two armies, believing that the Qing army was definitely not an opponent, and once it fought, it would inevitably be defeated, so he asked Zuo Zongtang to cherish the lives of his subordinates and surrender rationally.

"This king is by no means greedy and victorious without a fight, but wants to think that it is the fruit of preserving the vitality of the Chinese nation, and Lord Xizuo judges the situation and makes correct decisions."

It's a pity that Zuo Zongtang refused,

After three persuasions, Luo Yang dispatched troops to surround the city of Hangzhou.

In order to ensure the total annihilation of the Qing army and the arrest of Zuo Zongtang, Luo Yang planned a detailed plan, first surrounded the city with troops, established a military camp and battle line around the three sides of the city, and then instructed the officers and soldiers to dig trenches and cut off the enemy's communications.

To the east of Hangzhou City, is the vast Hangzhou Bay, the tide of the Qiantang River, rising from time to time, magnificent and extraordinary, is the only passage facing the sea.

The Chinese officers and soldiers worked very diligently, digging deep ravines, which in those days were an inevitable measure for the siege of the city.

Luo Yang was not in a hurry to break the city, but personally led the troops, reconnoitred the terrain outside Hangzhou, convened a meeting of officers, discussed decisions, and finally, set up his own camp in the south of Hangzhou City.

Braving the scorching heat, the officers and soldiers worked hard to dig the ravines, pile them on the bank, and then build a new city wall.

The Qing army watched the movements of the enemy under the city and did not react, these siege measures are all old-fashioned, and they cannot threaten the city.

Zuo Zongtang still has a good impression of the three persuasions of the Huaxia Army to surrender, but subjectively believes that this is the powerlessness of the Huaxia Army, and he firmly believes that with his own capable talent, although the Huaxia Army does not dare to look forward to it, it is more than enough to defend a city.

"My lord, the enemy army is besieging the city, how will our army respond?" The generals of his subordinates asked for battle one after another, "Our army attacked the enemy and destroyed the wall. ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled and shook his head at his trusted generals: "No need, when the enemy army attacks the city, our army will show its might and attack the enemy." ”

One is confident, the other is calm, Luo Yang and Zuo Zongtang are facing each other under the city of Hangzhou, and they both feel that victory is in their hands.

"Dig a good ravine, dig as deep as possible, and absolutely cut off any escape path of the enemy, and not let the enemy escape from the city not a single soldier." Luo Yang inspected the position and repeatedly emphasized to the officers and soldiers,

Luo Yang wanted to annihilate the Qing army, capture Zuo Zongtang alive, made careful preparations and arrangements, considering the enemy's possible breakthrough direction, Luo Yang also sent a cavalry regiment away from the encirclement, ten miles south of the city to ambush,

50,000 troops surrounded Hangzhou City, the number is not too large, Hangzhou City is large, the encirclement is long, and the unit looks like the strength of the Huaxia Army is not good.

"The thieves don't hear from ear." Zuo Zongtang also stepped up his patrol of the city defense, and told all officers and soldiers to strictly guard against it.

The officers and soldiers of the Qing army are confident, because, they have followed Zuo Zongtang to fight for more than a year, almost never failed, for the defeat of Zeng Guo's criminal army and Li Hongzhang's army, no one believes it, everyone only thinks that this is a sudden bandit, once it is defeated, then Taiping Tian ** will no longer have any ability to fight back, they don't believe that this is Huaxia Tian**, nor do they believe that Luo Yang is a commander, and they also think that this is the deployment of Li Xiucheng of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom,

The siege battle, the most important thing is the artillery, the foreign artillery unit of the Luoyang army, has been erected, in some ditches and banks of the forts, aimed at the position of the city, more flying thunder artillery, hidden nearby, once the battle begins, those artillery will advance the cannons, close to the shooting,

Zuo Zongtang's army also adjusted the artillery in the city, and adjusted with the adjustment of the Huaxia army, they believed that with the strong walls of Hangzhou City, their own sufficient number of foreign artillery firepower, they could crush any enemy army that supported the attack.

"Luo Yang, hum, you will know that my Zuo Zongtang is powerful." Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and smiled,