The situation in the southeast has fundamentally changed, Luo Yang is naturally ecstatic, standing on the head of Nanjing, looking at the broken city walls, ravines, and blood-stained wilderness, some are lamenting the country's civil war, some are the most loyal lackeys of the Manchu Empire, the Hunan army, some are incredibly proud of victory, and the remnants of the Taiping army of hundreds of thousands of troops came to help, so that the Nanjing area will become the core of the revolutionary army again.

Despite all the bad deeds of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the internal massacre, the chaos of the administrative official system caused by the feudal king, the idea of privilege, and the fact that they are also feudal rule, etc., however, millions of people rose up with them and fought against them, were they all instigated by heresy and heresy, compared with the bad deeds of the Manchu regime, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom deserved to be the army of the people and the army of the people.

The historical defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has nothing to do with whether it is advanced or not, and has nothing to do with the modern slander and dirty water, but it has only encountered the advanced weapons of the foreign interference invading army and their support for the Qing army, and this is precisely because the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom resolutely rejected the aggressive conditions of the Western devils.

If it weren't for the weapons and equipment of Western devils, then in any case, the Manchu army would inevitably fail, even if there was a Hunan and Huai army, it would be in vain,

As for whether the economic mode, ideological thinking, etc. of the Western devils are advanced, the devil knows,

The Hunan army has been defeated, the main force will be annihilated, and the Qing army is only left with the northern group, and the Eight Banners Green Battalion and other armies with obvious lack of combat effectiveness, plus the annoying regimental training, etc., the question in the future is whether to go directly north to destroy the most corrupt group in history that only takes care of their own petty privileged interests, or to stand firm and build Jiangnan, then, what should be the attitude towards the Western powers?

"Ruiwang, Shanghai urgent." Soldiers came,

By Luo Yang's side, a large group of generals are surrounding him, as a veritable king of kings, Luo Yang's leadership status has been recognized by everyone.

"Read." Luo Yang wants everyone to know,

As the commander of the garrison in the Shanghai area, he sent an urgent message that the British ** team and the French ** team had landed in the Shanghai area, and sent representatives to make various requests to him, and he was currently trying to send people to negotiate with him, and implored Luo Yang to decide on the major policy.

Negotiating with Britain and France is not a trivial matter, Luo Yang immediately discussed with everyone, guessing the purpose of the British and French armies, and what the outcome was.

"King Rui, in my opinion, the question is not that big, they just talk about it." Li Xiucheng said contemptuously: "You are from Shanghai, you may have defeated the foreign spear army, presumably, these thieves in Britain and France also know your strength, so they will definitely not dare to attack easily." ”

Li Xiucheng's optimism infected everyone, Huang Wenjin, Chen Kunshu, Li Shixian and other famous generals, because of their special admiration for Luo Yang, believed that the enemy would not dare to act rashly,

However, some people are worried that once the combined British and French armies land, it will not be a joke, and these aggressive countries originally wanted to find fault and provoke it, but now, with a military conflict in front, the arrest of the vice consul in Shanghai first, and Luo Yang's tough attitude, it is estimated that the Western army will be annoyed and angry.

Everyone discussed for a while, forming several opinions, Luo Yang nodded, praised everyone, and then, with Li Xiucheng, Zeng Shihe and others came to the palace city, here, for the time being, is Luoyang's highest military headquarters,

"I must return to Shanghai, and you will be in charge of Nanjing." Luo Yang put the blame on Li Xiucheng,

"King Rui, although Xiucheng is willing to serve you, he is physically disabled and needs to recuperate, and secondly, he has lost the capital of Nanjing, and he is deeply guilty, so he really has no face to continue to lead the officers and soldiers." Li Xiucheng was very guilty,

Luo Yang kindly comforted him, and his thoughts were encouraged: "Loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, you are loyal, you can learn from every day, you command the army to fight, and you are also very experienced, your failure is mainly due to poor weapons and equipment, unable to resist the Hunan army, now, our army has weapons and ammunition, far beyond the Qing army, although Zeng Guofan is on the run, although Bao Chao and other elites are still there, but unfortunately, it is not a fish swimming at the bottom of the kettle, it will not last long, this king believes that you will be able to do the job." ”

After repeatedly studying the situation, Luo Yang decided on the plan, and led Dong Fuxiang, Chen Kunshu, and Huang Wenjin to return to Shanghai with 20,000 troops, and Li Xiu became the commander of the Two Lakes and Two Rivers Military Region, responsible for clearing the remnants of the Hunan army, the two lakes are Hunan and Hubei, and the two rivers are Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui, Historically, Anhui and Jiangsu used to be a province, Jiangnan Province, which followed the regional name of the Manchu Qing Dynasty,

All the troops in Nanjing, the implementation of the mixed formation, collectively known as Huaxia Tian**, most of the weapons and equipment carried, etc., were left in the Nanjing area, handed over to Li Xiucheng to be responsible, Zeng Shihe army as the main elite, led by Li Xiucheng, also instructed them, set up the Ministry of Military Industry, quickly cast new flying thunder cannons, manufacture a large number of gunpowder, grenades, etc., these weapons and ammunition, basically do not need complex technology, can be manufactured by themselves,

Li Xiucheng's troops have been greatly strengthened, and the weapons carried by Zeng Shi and more than 10,000 soldiers are not a joke, plus a large number of Qing artillery and foreign guns have been captured, it can be said that Li Xiucheng's current army combat effectiveness has improved by leaps and bounds.

Luo Yang also ordered that all the weapons of his pro-army troops, all the cannons and foreign guns of Dong Fuxiang's army, be delivered to Li Xiucheng.

The change of weapons and equipment made Li Xiucheng elated, and all the soldiers of the former Taiping Army who were left behind in the Nanjing area and marched west to the two lakes to eliminate the remnants of Xiangjin were extremely excited, and the officers and soldiers looked at the mighty foreign cannons, flying thunder cannons, and more than 10,000 foreign guns, and they were happy.

"King Zhong, you can handle all the situation yourself."

"Thank you Rui Wang for your trust, Xiucheng is inexplicably grateful."

Luo Yang also instructed Li Xiucheng to step up the mobilization of the remnants of the original Taiping Army, and also asked them to join forces with Chen Decai and other troops who were being controlled by guerrillas in Hubei to march westward together, and also asked them to immediately send men to make a detour to Sichuan to inform Zhang Suimou and other Huaxia Tian** in Sichuan, to advance from east to west, and attack Hunan.

In fact, the number of the Taiping army is much greater than that of the Qing army, which shows that the people who are willing to revolution and oppose the Qing are the majority, but the defeat of the Taiping army in the later period, many generals surrendered to the enemy, because of the problem of weapons and ammunition, it is simply impossible to compete with the Qing army, starting in 1861, Zeng Guofan founded the Anqing Armory Institute in Anqing, which has begun to develop and imitate foreign guns and cannons, and even earlier in 1860, after the signing of the "Beijing Treaty", The Manchu government began to receive assistance from the Western powers led by Britain and France, and the equipment of the Qing army jumped rapidly, and the combat effectiveness rose several steps in a row, so there was a comical situation in which Li Xiucheng's 200,000 elite troops could not annihilate the 30,000 Hunan army.

The Two Lakes and Two Rivers region, also known as the Nanjing Military Region, has ten divisions and three armies, Li Xiucheng, Zeng Shihe, and Li Shixian have unified their armies, established mixed troops in accordance with the system of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, and emphasized tactical ideas such as suppression of firepower.

Seeing the formation of the troops, the adjustment of the generals, and the return of a large number of lost troops to Nanjing, Luo Yang put down the ground and went east, first took the captured warship down the river, arrived at Fushan Town, and then landed ashore, walked lightly, and rushed to Shanghai.