On March 24, 1889, Li Zhongju and Song Naruto Shuai Lin's army officially entered Hengzhou Prefecture, which is a large prefecture in the center of Hunan, although its importance is not as good as Changsha, but compared with the rest of Hunan Province, its importance is self-evident. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At this time, in the city of Hengzhou Prefecture, there have been a lot of Qing troops, to be precise, there are more than 60,000 troops, this is very terrifying, although most of the troops are stationed outside the city at this time, but this momentum is very amazing, the people around Hengzhou Mansion are all very afraid, because so many large armies come here, they are not as disciplined as the Zhenwu Army, the Qing Army can do whatever they want, they will do it, the officers and soldiers are all the same, so the people have nowhere to complain, they can only endure silently.

Li Zhongju and others entered Xiajiang County of Hengzhou Prefecture, Li Zhongju got everything that happened in Hengzhou Mansion from the Purple Army, and at the same time he already knew the plan of Zhang Shuo, the governor of Hunan, in fact, this is Zhang Shuo's gamble, if Zhang Shuo wins this war, then his rule over Hunan will be more solid, if he loses this war, then for Hunan, he can only give up Hunan, he has no capital to continue to rule Hunan Province.

Li Zhongju smiled coldly, "Zhang Shuo, the governor of Hunan, is really not giving up, he wants to rely on the right time and place to fight for our army, and he thinks too highly of himself." ”

Song Naruto immediately said, "Commander, Zhang Shuo was able to defeat him last time, of course I can defeat him this time, Zhang Shuo really thinks too highly of him, here is actually the same as in Guangdong, their advantages will always be there, it is impossible to change places, our advantages will disappear because of changing places." ”

Huang Feihong also followed, "Commander, General Song is right, they occupy the right time and place, but we occupy the people, and we will never lose to the Qing army." Besides, the Qing army's misdeeds in the past few years have already made everyone complain, which ordinary people are willing to sincerely follow the Qing court? ”

No matter how well prepared Zhang Shuo was, and no matter how confident Zhang Shuo was, Li Zhongju's Zhenwu army would not lose in this war, and Li Zhongju and the generals of the army, and even every soldier, had the confidence to win this battle.

With more than 30,000 troops, facing more than 60,000 troops, if it were an ordinary army or an ordinary general, he would definitely not have much certainty, but Li Zhongju was different, and the Zhenwu army was also different. Li Zhongju was a hero of all ages, and the Zhenwu army was already one of the strongest armies in the world recognized by the British army, how could they be worried about twice as many enemy troops.

Li Zhongju got the information of Hengzhou Fucheng, Zhang Shuo of course also got the news of Li Zhongju and Zhenwujun, he was already very excited in his heart, this time, Zhang Shuo must let Li Zhongju face a defeat, he wants to end the myth of Li Zhongju's invincibility, and never allow Li Zhongju to continue to be arrogant.

Zhang Shuo looked at the more than 60,000 troops in front of him, what kind of force is this, can't it be compared with Li Zhongju's 30,000 army, Zhang Shuo doesn't think so. For the defeat last time, Zhang Shuo thought that he was unfamiliar with his life and did not have the right time and place, but this time it was different, this time he occupied the right time and place, and there was no possibility of losing to Li Zhongju's Zhenwu army.

Xu Haoqing, the chief soldier of Jianhe, looked at the high-spirited governor Zhang Shuo, and immediately said, "Your Excellency, this time Li Zhongju dares to send troops to our Hunan, this will be the most wrong choice made by the anti-thief Li Zhongju." We must let Li Zhongju fail and keep Li Zhongju in Hunan as much as possible. ”

Another general said, "General Xu is right, our army in Hunan must find ways to leave Li Zhongju and Zhenwujun in the land of Hunan this time." ”

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Zhang Shuo listened to the words of these generals, and was very complacent in his heart, this time his Hunan Qing soldiers would definitely let Li Zhongju's Northern Expedition be defeated, and even Li Zhongju would have to pay the price of his life.

The 60,000-strong army is grouped for several miles, and there is no end in sight, what kind of concept is this, many people know, and this gives people a considerable shock.

The soldiers outside the city of Hengzhou Mansion, most of them are in groups of three or five at this time, they don't know what to play together, from their eyes and posture, it can be seen that they are very relaxed, without the slightest pressure, this is a very good state.

But can this kind of soldier with loose military discipline and no military discipline really be able to confront the other side on the battlefield, and what do they rely on? Could it be that there are too many people? You must know that there are many plums in history that win more with less.

Besides, many of the officers under Zhang Shuo's command are hiding in the camp and smoking opium, this is the officer of the Qing army, how can this lead good soldiers, as the saying goes, what kind of general has what kind of soldier, this sentence is not wrong at any time.

At this time, of course, the Qing army itself was not aware of this fatal flaw, and only the opponent could realize what to do if the war came. The opponent carries the barrel of the gun, and they carry the barrel of the cigarette. Needless to say, the outcome is known.

It's ridiculous that the Qing army doesn't know, they still think they are the best in the world. An officer was lying on the bed, with a big cigarette stick in his mouth, and two or three girls were waiting next to him, looking like he was enjoying it, very satisfied, in his eyes this was the life he should have, and only in this way could he experience the joy of life.

If Li Zhongju could see this, Li Zhongju would definitely not be worried about this war. Later generations all know that opium consumed the physical strength of the Chinese people at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it can be said that the reason why China gradually failed to keep up with the times was that opium could account for half of the sin.

Zhang Shuo looked at the soldiers in front of him, all of them were tall and brave, giving people a very depressed feeling, Zhang Shuo was very excited, in his eyes, as long as all the soldiers can be like these soldiers, why worry about great things?

Zhang Shuo walked up to a soldier and asked loudly, "What's your name?" Where did it come from? ”

The soldier was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied, "Chief Qiqi, the little one's name is Niu Liu, and he is from Hengzhou Mansion." ”

Zhang Shuo nodded, "Good boy, yes, do you think we can win against the thief Li Zhongju this time?" ”

The soldier said without thinking, "My lord, how could the anti-thief Li Zhongju defeat the army of our Qing Dynasty, after all, the anti-thief is just an anti-thief, Li Zhongju can't have much ability, we will definitely win." ”

Several soldiers next to him also nodded, in their eyes, there were 60,000 troops on their side, and even one person could drown Li Zhongju's army with a mouthful of spit.

Zhang Shuo nodded with satisfaction and laughed loudly. (To be continued.) )