Chapter 64 - Undercurrents
Zhang Yun's reputation for slaughtering the gentry in Changsha was when the Ten Elite Regiments attacked the whole province of Hunan. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info finally spread to the whole world
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Especially when Zhang Yun's army, after capturing the entire territory of Hunan, began to turn to Guangxi and Guizhou, and was in a state of attacking and advancing.
This undercurrent is even more obvious, especially some time ago, Zhang Yun was in Zhumadian, Henan...... In the first war, Li Hongzhang's new army was completely annihilated, which was very fatal, and the entire north and the Central Plains were completely rotten, and there was no way to come to the rescue of the southwest.
The entire Qing court is left with only one set of means to engage in intrigue and trickery, and Zhang Yun is hard...... They don't have that strength......
Therefore, at this time, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces were filled with voices of opposition to Zhang Yun, and the cities everywhere were desperately heightened and reinforced...... I hope that I can use this to block Zhang Yun's soldiers.
Give the new army that is being reorganized in the north to buy time...... It's a pity that these landlords and gentry, who are desperately trying to heighten and strengthen their cities, don't know what kind of lethality the 130 cannon has for these earth-and-stone walls!
That is, doomed them to tragedy from the very beginning!
The more these people are connected and try to stop Zhang Yun's troops, the more they will arouse the murderous intent of Zhang Yun's subordinates, leading to bloodshed in various places, one after another, and it has never stopped.
It has been more than a month since the army set out to march, and Hainan Province has entered the summer mode in April, and Wu Qingyuan and Wang Ping have finally set foot on this big island at this time.
Ordering the people below to bring a map, Wang Ping pointed to a mountain forest and said, "This is what the marshal explained...... Where the big iron mine is located, then you will continue to attack the entire territory of Hainan, and I will lead the fifty or sixty thousand soldiers under my command to take over the iron mine,"
"What do you think?"
Wu Qingyuan touched his chin and wanted to say 'no' to Wang Ping, but after thinking about it for a while, he still responded to this errand!
After the two parted ways, Wu Qingyuan rushed at Wang Ping's back,
"Phew......"
I can't help but think back to the night before the expedition...... After Wu Xiqing breathed a sigh of relief, he had no choice but to give up, turn around and lead his army to attack the entire territory of Hainan, and sweep away the disobedience!
may have seen Wu Qingyuan's disdain, and immediately a subordinate said in his ear: "Why don't you think of a way to put on a pair of small shoes for him......
As a result, he didn't expect that Wu Qingyuan immediately shouted: "There is no need to say more about such things in the future, otherwise you will look good!" ”
Although his subordinates were frightened by himself, only he knew what Wu Qingyuan thought in his heart...... After all, Wang Ping, this kid, seems to have a lot of status in Zhang Yu's heart!
Just when the Patriotic Army captured Zhanjiang, Guangdong, Hainan and southern Guangxi, the outside world's criticism of Zhang Yun finally reached its peak!
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At this time in Wuhan, there were many people who fled here, and the fish that slipped through the net of the Patriotic Army gathered here, so this place's criticism of Zhang Yun can be said to be the most serious place in the country.
Even high-ranking officials in the Patriotic Army suggested that Zhang Yun should immediately launch the Northern Expedition?
So as to immediately sweep away this wave of slanderers, but Zhang Yun did not agree!
In a manor on the outskirts of Wuhan, the owner of this village today invited one hundred and eighty down-and-out gentry, especially those from Hunan......
When he was full of wine and food, someone shouted loudly to denounce Zhang Yun, the thief of the country...... Immediately, everyone had great malice towards Zhang Yun, not to mention, there were still many big landlords who had been broken by Zhang Yun!
In this way, Zhang Yun has become a rat crossing the street, even if he is a person who has no enmity with Zhang Yun, he must jump out and step on Zhang Yun for a few words, otherwise he will not be his own person, and he will not be able to integrate into everyone's circle at all.
Seeing that the atmosphere of discussion is getting stronger and stronger, the smile between the eyebrows of the owner surnamed Li of this village is getting stronger and stronger...... This time, you can always complete the meaning of the masters, right?
However, he was also smart enough not to participate from beginning to end, pretending to be a referee, neither deliberately suppressing Zhang Yun, nor deliberately praising the Manchu masters behind him......
Of course, at some key points, it is enough to slightly lead the topic of discussion to the unfavorable side of Zhang Yun.
After all, I don't know how many people hate Zhang Yun, and even have a pain in their teeth for him!
Amidst the buzz of discussion...... Someone was shouting loudly: "Zhang Yun, regardless of etiquette and shame, dared to massacre people in the forest in Changsha City, it is really a wolf's heart......"
Hearing such a scolding sound, the owner surnamed Li was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Brothers, the news you received has long been outdated, according to the news received by Li, "
"Zhang Yun not only slaughtered the gentry in Changsha City, but also the entire territory of Hunan, as well as the junction of the two Guangzhous and Hainan, all spread Zhang Yun's reputation as a butcher."
"In a nutshell, that is: as long as Zhang Yun's army came to the city, and did not follow the ultimatum time they gave, the city that surrendered to Kaicheng must be washed,"
"This is not to wash mud legs, but to kill and poke our gentry's homes...... His behavior is terrifying! ”
There was another uproar...... It's just a discussion and discussion, but everyone doesn't understand why Zhang Yun is doing this?
Everyone understands that Zhang Yun does not want to see the landlord class, but it is not to such a cruel degree, after all, he has held imperial examinations before.
It's just that this time Zhang Yun's behavior gave everyone the impression that it was a kind of complete madness!
And in the places he conquered, they were completely different from the Taiping army, first of all, at all the county and town levels, the Patriotic Army would always stay, and a large number of their own people would take over.
And for the major prefectures...... Like these positions, the patriotic army only granted them to the gentry, this kind of behavior also makes outsiders scratch their heads.
This is a behavior that everyone is talking about, because in the eyes of most people, as long as a regime controls the prefecture and county levels, it is basically stable!
The rest of the township level does not need to be controlled at all, and the so-called imperial power does not go to the countryside...... But Zhang Yun did the opposite......
Let go of the prefectural level and give it to outsiders to do it, but instead arrange your own people, or many subordinates who have made great contributions, to the county and town levels!
That's this problem, this is also the owner surnamed Li, who is eager to know, so he didn't waste money and came to invite this batch, which can now be regarded as a broken settlement, and once ...... Rich people eat.
also wanted to show his credit to the Manchu master behind him, but unfortunately he didn't know Zhang Yun's approach, even the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Patriotic Army, no one could know Zhang Yun's specific thoughts.
So he is destined to do useless work!