Chapter 113 - Hu who robbed the Taiping Army
Under the desperate urging of Zhou Yuancheng and Yang Desheng, more than 100,000 Taiping Army soldiers, as well as 10,000 or 20,000 women they robbed......
I finally have to escape from Hebei Province today!
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However, it turned out that they were happy too early, because Zuo Zongtang had been waiting for them for a long time in Anyang Mansion!
Looking back at Handan Mansion, Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng glanced at each other, before dark, they left this place completely, and they didn't know when they came back......
Anyang Lin County.
Zuo Zongtang looked at the scout in front of him and said, "Are you really sure that they have entered Anyang?" What should you know about delaying military intelligence? ”
There was a kneeling scout on the ground, and he hurriedly said: "Lord Hui, the cavalry scouts under the lowly subordinates, I saw with my own eyes that they had entered Anyang, and along the way, there were big bags and small bags, big cars and small cars, and they were extremely public......"
A sneer appeared at the corner of Zuo Zongtang's mouth, and he emptied the entire city of Beijing?
What a stake is that?
The two grass kings just want to eat like this, and they are not afraid of choking!
Zuo Zongtang calculated, anyway, Zhang Yun in the south is not interested in coming here now, and Li Hongzhang, an old horseman, was restrained by Zhang Yun in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the two of them couldn't move.
Not to mention the Manchu court, I heard that Cixi is still in the Rehe Palace, and she doesn't even dare to go back to Beijing......
It's a shame to say it!
This behavior of the Manchu court also disappointed the people of the world......
In the recent period, Zuo Zongtang has often touched his head, and he has never understood why he was so stupid and loyal to such a muddy court that can't support the wall?
Of course, for some people who have gradually given birth to two hearts, this situation is of course a joy to hear.
As for Zuo Zongtang, he was even more eager for the Manchu court, and he couldn't support the wall even more.
After all, whether it is a powerful minister or a rebellion, it is not a good thing to be too holy today!
And now, this Manchu court is more in the interests of everyone!
Even Zuo Zongtang boldly guessed that Zhang Yun had always kept the Manchu court, deliberately not destroying it, making it the target of everyone, and then secretly desperately developing it......
Of course, Zuo Zongtang didn't want to confirm these speculations...... What he wants to do most now is to rob the Taiping Army!
In other words, let the infamy be borne by the two grass kings of the Taiping Army, but the actual benefits are enjoyed by themselves.
Burning the city of Beijing to the ground, it can be said that most of the people are deeply affected by the Taiping army, if they defeat the Taiping army in one fell swoop!
What can be gained is not only some monetary support, but even many other benefits that can be said and not said......
Therefore, Zuo Zongtang did not respond to the call of the imperial court, and led his troops to the Rehe Palace to meet the emperor, and then returned to Beijing.
Instead, they spread it everywhere with great fanfare...... If you want to attack the news of Beijing City, and then you will get more than 100,000 strong men on the road, all of them will be armed a little, and let them go straight to Beijing, after all, you have to play a full set of acts!
As for the 60,000 elite veterans brought from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zuo Zongtang had already led them to Anyang, and had been lurking here for more than ten days, just waiting for the fat sheep to come to the door.
And now the fat sheep is finally coming to the door!
After confirming that Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng left Handan Mansion and stepped into Anyang Mansion, Zuo Zongtang also took his 60,000 soldiers and horses.
left Lin County, where he had been staying, and went straight to Anyang Fucheng......
The Great War is imminent!
Maybe it was because they grabbed too many things, and their vigilance was not so heavy, or maybe there was some other reason, anyway, the Taiping army stepped into Zuo Zongtang's encirclement with one kick, and they couldn't break free again.
And by the time Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng reacted, they were already powerless to return to the sky, so they had to fight Zuo Zongtang hard.
hopes to be able to defeat Zuo Zongtang with his own troops, far more than twice the strength of the other party......
It's a pity that sometimes the combat effectiveness is not proportional to the number of people.
What's more, the soldiers under Zuo Zongtang are all poor people who can't even wear shoes...... What about the soldiers of the Taiping Army?
Those who snatched their little wives from the city of Beijing, not to mention them, just to say that everyone carried at least four or five cloth bags...... How much combat effectiveness can be counted on such an army?
Being a soldier itself requires enthusiasm, young talents need to be fooled, and soldiers are poor, so that they can be inspired to make meritorious contributions and improve their combat effectiveness.
Even if Zhang Yun is so rich, the money he gives to the soldiers can at most allow them to live an ordinary life, and making a fortune by being a soldier is absolutely unachievable, at least in the Patriotic Army system.
And all this, Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng are not clear, or he is clear, but they have been forced into a corner, and there is no way.
can only reorganize the rich soldiers who have put on their shoes and try to compete with the barefoot soldiers and horses under Zuo Zongtang!
So under the city of Anyang Mansion, there was a strange scene!
There are two armies under the city, which are preparing for battle, but they are both ignoring the city of Anyang......
Zuo Zongtang's 60,000 troops quickly lined up in formation, but the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Taiping Army were still in chaos until now, making Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng jump straight to their feet.
Finally, both sides have set up their formations and marched together...... Zuo Zongtang's subordinates are highly disciplined and their combat effectiveness is very high!
Especially when they saw the hundreds of thousands of troops on the opposite side, even with a few cloth bags hanging on their saddles, it stimulated their combat effectiveness even more.
Originally, the two armies were not very far apart, but when the armies on both sides finally rushed up, after firing a few shots, almost in the blink of an eye, the men and horses on both sides had already slashed each other, sabre to sabre, bayonet to bayonet......
The people on both sides used the advanced rifles in their hands directly as burning sticks, and they didn't realize that the rifles they were holding in their hands should not be used like this at all.
Because it's a great weapon!
If Zhang Yun saw this scene, he would definitely feel that the egg hurt again.
How foolish is that? will let go of the advanced rifle in his hand and not believe it, instead of believing in the spear...... With a broadsword!
The war between the two sides lasted only about half an hour, and the winner was already decided.
It's just that the victory and defeat of this division are a little funny, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army, who have been developed, have no desperate heart at all.
That's why they're procrastinating...... However, when they returned to the battlefield again, the blood of their companions did not activate their blood, but made them immediately shout......
Throwing down the rifle in his hand, he clung to his harvest in Beijing, and immediately ran backwards.
And for the soldiers under Zuo Zongtang, the army on the opposite side, which is twice as large as his own, has no combat effectiveness, and it will collapse at the first touch, which is a good thing.
It was only when on the battlefield that some of the cloth bags of the Taiping soldiers were picked and torn......
The situation on the entire battlefield was a little out of control in an instant, and even Zuo Zongtang could no longer control his subordinates, so that they could reorganize the formation and completely defeat the Taiping army.
Because at this time, Zuo Zongtang's soldiers found that they only needed to run fast to stop all the Taiping soldiers who fled in front, or kill them.
Then won't the harvest in their hands be all their own?
At this time, the fool went to obey the orders of his superiors and assembled again to work for the benefit of the superiors!
Like now, the Taiping army has herded sheep, and there are people who run anywhere, and they have all run off the line, and some of them probably don't want to come back and continue to be soldiers at all, and work for the upper echelons of the Taiping army!
In this case, just chase them by yourself, and when the time comes, on the periphery of the battlefield, you can directly kill people and seize treasures, if you can grab a large number of harvests, who will continue to come back to work for Zuo Zongtang?
What's more, on the periphery of the battlefield now, some signs have already appeared...... Some Qing soldiers who had snatched a large number of treasures continued to run out on the spot along the old route of the Taiping soldiers' escape......
Their purpose, who does not know the discerning?
Therefore, although Zuo Zongtang repeatedly called for the regrouping of troops, his efforts ultimately yielded little results!
The war has been fought so far, and it is no longer a war, but a group of hooligans who are still barefoot, trying to rob a group of hooligans who have put on their shoes!
Among them, if there are Qing soldiers who have grabbed a big harvest, and Taiping soldiers who have successfully escaped, they will definitely not return to this place, and it is even possible that they will go directly to the south.
can be rich to be a master, who would want to work for others?
Seeing that this war is like this, compared to Zuo Zongtang's non-stop jumping, Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng are just dripping blood in their hearts!
This scene is similar to the last time, following the scene after Li Xiucheng sacked the city of Beijing!
It was the Taiping Army who took all the infamy, and then immediately someone jumped out to pick peaches.
It's just that the last time the Manchu court still had a certain amount of control over the local area, so most of the things that Li Hongzhang grabbed were finally cheaper than the Manchu court, and the infamy was borne by the Taiping army......
And this time, it was a smooth journey at the beginning, but Zuo Zongtang jumped out halfway and picked peaches!
A strong unwillingness instantly surged into the hearts of Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng......
How unfair is God to the Taiping Army?
Every time the Taiping army was about to succeed, a person would suddenly jump out, and in the blink of an eye, the Taiping army would be knocked down from the clouds.
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Zhou Yuancheng looked at it with great nostalgia, the hundreds of big carriages parked on the periphery of the battlefield, these things are all his own, and now they are all someone else's, or Zuo Zongtang's.
But no matter how big the blow is this time, it is not enough to crush Zhou Yuancheng, he is from a clay-legged background, what woman has not played in this life? What kind of exotic jewelry have you never seen?
If you can afford to take it and put it down, it's just a matter of starting all over again!
I don't know how many treasures and women there are in this world? Why do men have no wife?
Therefore, Zhou Yuancheng just turned his head and glanced at the treasures that originally belonged to him, and immediately withdrew his gaze, and without looking back, he and his cronies walked towards the south with a whip.
In front of Zhou Yuancheng, Yang Desheng, who was more intelligent and clever than him, was ready to flee as early as when the battle had just been lost.
So at this moment, Yang Desheng has already smeared oil on the soles of his feet...... It's been miles away!
With the two grass-headed kings of the Taiping army taking the lead in escaping, the war has come to an end, and Zuo Zongtang won a complete victory with 60,000 against 100,000......
It is conceivable that with the spread of today's results, Zuo Zongtang's reputation will once again step to a higher level.
Of course, at this time, Zuo Zongtang didn't have time to care about these ...... His eyes now are mainly focused on the more than 1,000 carriages left behind after Zhou Yuancheng and Yang Desheng escaped.
Because Zuo Zongtang struggled to gather the troops, he finally gathered thousands of men.
Now, surrounded by these thousands of men and horses, wagons and wagons are being carried out to inspect the seizures of this war.
It turned out that this war was like this, Zuo Zongtang's face had always been iron-blue, but after only seeing dozens of carriages.
Zuo Zongtang's face couldn't be black anymore, although he had been holding back his laughter, but the smile on the corners of his mouth and eyebrows couldn't be suppressed, letting his subordinates know that he was in an extremely good mood at this time.
At this time, his cronies opened another carriage, wondering if the box was not sealed properly? Still is......
In short, the moment the carriage was opened, a box of gold bars poured down, and Zuo Zongtang's brows jumped at this scene!
Shouting loudly for everyone to disperse, only a few cronies were allowed to approach the gold-laden vehicle......
Although Zuo Zongtang was in a hurry, he finally got the gold of this carriage right!
But he also noticed the strange looks of his men, especially when they looked at the many carriages that had not yet been opened.
At this moment, Zuo Zongtang felt that his head was as big as a fight!
What's more, as the old saying goes, only a thousand days to be a thief, where is the reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days?
And now the group of Qiu Ba under his command has obviously looked into his pocket, and Zuo Zongtang can feel full of malice from their eyes.
Next, it is up to them to help them protect their treasures, and they need to help carry them......
After all these things are done, Zuo Zongtang doesn't know how much he can gain?
How many things that originally belonged to themselves would be inexplicably swallowed up by these mounds and guards stealing?
At this moment, Zuo Zongtang was a little messy standing in the wind, and even wondered, how did the two grass kings of the Taiping Army deal with this matter?