A few days later, all the people named by Guo Ye rushed to the capital and followed Guo Ye and Guo Songtao to Jinan Mansion in Shandong.

South of the capital, in the territory of Zhili, it is still peaceful, after all, it is the Gyeonggi area, there are many garrisons, and if there is any turmoil, it will be quickly pacified.

But after Cangzhou Mansion and into the territory of Texas, the situation is completely different.

The twisted bandits entered the southwest of Shandong from Anhui, and then went straight to the north from the southwest, turning the western prefectures and counties of Shandong into a miasma, and there were wars everywhere, and there were traces of war in almost every village, and a large number of peasants even threw away their land, fleeing the war, and the desolation was really terrible.

Guo Ye is a soldier, he is used to war, so he is naturally better, but Guo Songtao on the side can't stand it anymore, and constantly curses the damn twist bandits, which is really rampant, and the entire central and western parts of Shandong will be greatly injured!

Guo Ye also sighed secretly in his heart, history records how just the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army Uprising were, and it was the violent resistance of the peasants against the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, but the destruction of the uprising to the entire society was completely ignored.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is okay to say, at least the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom knows how to establish its own base, develop production and recuperate within its own sphere of influence, but these twisted bandits are different, they are rogues, real rogues, from Anhui to Henan to Shandong, and even now I heard that they have entered the territory of Shaanxi, wandering everywhere, what do a large number of rebels rely on? It can only be to loot the state capital, and everywhere the Twist Army passes, there are many wars, whether it is a state town or a county seat, all of them have been violated. People have been displaced. Heavy casualties. And that's not even counting starvation to death after being robbed!

What kind of rebel army is this? It's no different from bandits, rob and rob, you know how to rob! The leaders of the Twisted Army have no political acumen at all, they only know how to plunder everywhere, but they don't know the importance of territory, a bunch of fools and madmen!

From the time he entered Shandong to the present, Shandong's music has been displayed. Shandong already has three prefectures, six state cities, and twenty or thirty county seats, which have been looted by the Twist Army, and almost all the grain depots have been looted! What kind of righteous army is this, don't say that Guo Songtao is full of righteous indignation, even Guo Ye is difficult to accept!

Guo Songtao lamented: "Brother Xian, I really don't know when this monk king and Lord Sheng will be able to exterminate all these bandits, Shandong can't withstand such a long time of tossing, even if our brothers are powerful, now they are in turmoil everywhere." And how to fulfill your ambitions? ”

Guo Ye shook his head and replied, "It's hard to say. The elite soldiers of the monk king fought in Tongzhou, seven or eight out of ten, and the current cavalry are recruited from Chahar, and the previous Horqin elite cavalry is far behind, and the green battalion of Shengbao lacks training, and the combat power is very scummy, and it is easy to defeat the twist bandits? What's more, the main force of this twist bandit is cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and it is even more difficult to block them. ”

Guo Ye is not clear about the combat history of the Twist Army in Shandong, but this does not mean that he lacks accurate judgment of the battle situation in Shandong.

Guo Songtao kept shaking his head and sighing, he had just been promoted to the political envoy of Shandong, so he naturally wanted to show his strength, this opportunity was very rare, but the war in front of him continued, how could he show his strength?

Guo Ye smiled: "Okay, big brother, what's the matter with this dish?" The monk king can't do it, the victory is not good, it doesn't mean that we can't, cleaning up the rabble of twisting bandits is just a piece of cake for the little brother! ”

Guo Songtao's eyes lit up, the brother in front of him was very powerful, and it was not an exaggeration to call him the first general in the Qing Dynasty, if he really made a move, I was afraid that this bandit would not be able to grow the tail of a rabbit.

Immediately, Guo Songtao's eyes dimmed again, the question is, time is running out, if the brother brings the elite soldiers of Baoding Town, then the twist bandits will naturally be no problem, but now Baoding Town is left in Baoding by the imperial court, Guo Ye only brought less than a battalion of troops, three hundred people, just with these three hundred people, how much effect can it play?

Guo Songtao said helplessly: "Brother Xian, what you think is very good, but you have no soldiers and no generals now, what can you do to compete with the bandits?" ”

Guo Ye laughed and said: "Big brother, you also underestimate the elite soldiers in Baoding Town, do you see it, what we brought over, but they are all carefully selected elites, this is the real elite, no one is a horse, a gun, a knife!" On the battlefield, they can definitely fight against ten! It is impossible for the main force of this twist bandit to be together all the time, so it is easy to be surrounded by the monk and the king, but once they are all separated, it is a little difficult for our three hundred people to eliminate the other party's three or five thousand people, but to kill them in one battle, it will be like playing! ”

Guo Songtao's mouth is the boss who opened when he boarded, really? 300 people, can you kill 1,000 bandits in one battle? This cowhide is not blown indiscriminately!

The two of them said this on the horse, Chen Hai and Gao Qi followed both sides, at this time, the dust was flying in the distance, and several horsemen rushed over, jumped off the horse in front of Guo Ye, and said urgently: "Lord Governor, twenty miles in front of the left, is Gaotang Prefecture, we explored the road in front and found two bandits, almost six or seven hundred people, besieging Gaotang Prefecture, and now Gaotang Prefecture is about to be lost!" ”

Guo Ye was shocked, and Guo Songtao on the side changed his face greatly, this is just a short time after entering Shandong, and he has not officially taken office yet, and the twist bandit gave us a dismount first, which is really hateful!

Gaotang Prefecture is a state city, not big, but at least it is also a state city! The population is at least tens of thousands!

Guo Songtao said in a low voice: "Brother Xian, what should we do?" ”

After all, Guo Songtao is a civilian official, not proficient in warfare, and when he first arrived in Shandong, he encountered such a situation before he took office. He didn't have a few soldiers of his own; If you don't save it, as an official of the imperial court, you caught up with the war and ignored it, this Shandong Third Division Chief is too much!

Guo Ye snorted coldly and shouted, "Xiaohai! Gao Qi! ”

Chen Hai and Gao Qi hurriedly agreed.

"Immediately assemble the whole army to prepare for battle, gallop with all your might, gallop to the aid of Gaotang Prefecture, be sure to defeat this bandit for me, and appease the people of Gaotang Prefecture on the spot!"

"Wow!"

Chen Hai and Gao Qi were shocked and excited, they can finally fight again, twist bandits? Get out of ******, it's a foreign devil, I've never been afraid, and I can't beat this group of rabble bandits?

(To be continued.) )