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Feng Zhu Jishi as the king of Yue!?

Sect Master Hong glanced at Xiao Chaogui, and said in his heart, what kind of heart are you pressing? Is it that Zhu Jishi didn't kill my mother, my sister, are you unwilling?

"Forget about the matter of Feng Zhu Angel being king." Feng Yunshan saw that Xiao Chaogui was talking nonsense again, and hurriedly said, "After Zhu Angel gave birth to Nanming, he should also be crowned King Ming in the future." But we can't do this at the moment, so as not to attract the attention of the Qing court. ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... so as not to attract the attention of the Qing court. Wei Changhui, the youngest son of God's family, also hurriedly agreed. The Wei family is a local wealthy family in Jintian Village, with a house and a land, because they can't pass the exam, so they are not accepted by the local gentry, and they are always oppressed by the government officials before they voted for the worship of God in anger. However, his heart is not as big as Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, and the future of Touming Fenghou is also good in his opinion. So I don't want to cut off Zhu Ming's back road, and the matter of sealing Zhu Jishi as the king of Yue is absolutely impossible.

He stroked his goatee and pondered: "Zhu Angel's visit to Guangzhou and his public promotion of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably attract all the attention of the Qing court. If my expectations are correct, the Qing demons in the Huguang area must be concentrated in the Shaozhou and Chenzhou areas. If we crown Angel Zhu as the king at this time, aren't we telling the Qing Demon that our Heavenly King is greater than Angel Zhu? At that time, the main force of the Qing Demon will come to Yong'anzhou. ”

"What Brother Changhui said is reasonable." Hong Xiuquan hurriedly expressed his position, he looked at Yang Xiuqing, and groaned. "Brother Xiuqing. You see, after we built the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Where do we go next? ”

"North, of course!" Yang Xiuqing had a plan early in the morning, and immediately said, "But we can go east to Wuzhou first, put on a posture of joining forces with Zhu Angel, and draw all the attention of the Qing Demon to Guangdong." Then we went north to beat He County and Zhaoping County, and then entered Hunan to take Yongzhou, and then turned to the northeast to beat Hengzhou, bypassing Changsha. After taking Yuezhou, go down the river and enter Wuchang, and then rest and recuperate. Before taking Wuchang, we must move quickly, even if we defeat the prefectures and counties, we will not leave troops to garrison. Wherever they passed, they tried to coerce the people as much as possible to strengthen their momentum. ”

Yang Xiuqing's method was a typical rogue tactic, he did not pay much attention to the base area, he was coerced and looted all the way, and he continued to grow in momentum, and Zuihou put together a million-strong army to conquer the city of Beijing.

At that time, Huang Chao and Li Zicheng (in the later period, Li Zicheng had a base, but he did not manage it well) all took this path to conquer Chang'an and Beijing. However, the Great Qi of Huangchao and the Great Shun of Li Zicheng were extremely short-lived regimes. The rebels who started with rogue tactics did not have a solid base, and it was okay to fight a good war. Once you encounter a strong enemy, there is a danger of whirling and whirling. Therefore, a very important point in the tactics of the rogue is to avoid the real and make the false, and to find places where the officers and soldiers are weak, and will not be like Zhu Jishi's Ming army, who coaxed to find the main force of the Qing army for a decisive battle.

Therefore, Yang Xiuqing laid out a strategy to attack the north from the east, wanting to completely attract the main force of the Qing army to the direction of Guangdong and open the gateway to western Hunan so that the Taiping army could advance northward smoothly.

However, this plan is a bit redundant.

In the state city of Shaozhou, an important town in northern Guangdong, it is now completely a sea of Qing soldiers. A steady stream of green battalion soldiers from Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guizhou and other places. They were stationed in the city one after another, and they also occupied the houses of various families, turning a prosperous and lively Shaozhou City into a miasma. The original residents of the city were arrested by them as "traitors and rebels" and all of them were driven out of their homes - this was all the idea of the monk Lingqin, in order to boost morale! Now he doesn't have much money to reward the army, so he can only let these green battalion soldiers find food on their own.

Although he and Sai Shang'a have jointly given Emperor Daoguang the excerpt of "abolishing the green camp and expanding the Han flag". But at the moment, there are no conditions for implementation here in Shaozhou. At present, there are only more than 6,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners in Shaozhou City -- these are the 8,000 soldiers brought by Seng Greenqin from Beijing and the 6,000 of the New Army in Guangzhou, a total of 14,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, who were pursued and killed by the Ming army all the way after the two battles of Baiyun Mountain and Dongjiang! Moreover, all the artillery and baggage have been lost, and many of the Eight Banners soldiers have even lost their foreign guns and swords and spears, and they fled to Shaozhou with their bare hands. If you don't rely on the green camp from the north, can this Shaozhou still be defended?

"Shaozhou...... Wuling ...... A place where a husband is a pass! ”

Saishana held a candle and looked at the newly hung map in the study of the Shaozhou Prefecture. Shaozhou is surrounded by dense labels of the names of the armies.

Monk Lingqin also held a candle, the Mongolian prince's complexion was a lot haggard, and the experience of losing all the way from the Dongjiang River to Shaozhou was really unforgettable.

After a long time, Sai Shang Ah put down the candle in his hand and exhaled heavily: "There are forty battalion heads, of which there are 28 battalion heads under the Fubiao, Promotion, and Military Marks in Jiangxi Province, and the 12 battalion heads belonging to the three Hunan town marks can also be beaten...... There are also 21 battalions in Guizhou and Sichuan led by Xiang Rongdu......"

"You can keep it!" Monk Greenqin has already learned the power of the Ming army, but he doesn't dare to say big things anymore. If all the Qing army reinforcements converged in Shaozhou, there would be a total of 61 battalions, plus the defeated troops brought out by Seng Lingqin from Guangdong, the total strength would be no less than 60,000. It is still certain to defend Shaozhou, and it is delusional to use them to recover Guangzhou.

Cezanne smiled faintly, a hint of flush appearing on his pale face. Although Guangdong was defeated in the First War, the guilt of losing Guangzhou was all blamed on Ye Mingchen, so he and Monk Greenqin were not punished by Emperor Daoguang, but only exempted the governor of Liangguang and the general of Guangzhou, and also served as the minister of management of the Yuehai camp and the minister of the Qincha.

"This Shaozhou can't be lost anymore no matter what...... As long as you hold Shaozhou, it's easy to say anything......"

Monk Greenqin smiled bitterly: "If you want to hold Shaozhou for a long time, you still can't rely on the 60,000 people in our hands!" We have all learned how the green battalion soldiers fight, although the green battalion soldiers in Lianghu Jiangxi are stronger, but they are not stronger than the Beijing battalion I brought, right? The abolition of the green battalion and the expansion of the Han flag cannot be delayed...... How can there be hundreds of thousands of new troops of the Eight Banners to keep the Qing Dynasty! Heshuai, are we going to jointly hand over the fold to the above again? ”

Saishan'a shook his head: "Lord Wang, this matter is not easy to do!" ”

Cut the green battalion, expand the Han flag, and form a new army. The magnitude of this reform and the strength of the resistance are absolutely unimaginable.

"If it's not good, it has to be done! Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty will be gone......"

Monk Greenqin stomped his feet: "This anti-Ming soldier is really strong!" The defeat of Dongjiang was not accidental, nor was it the Han green camp dragging its feet...... It's really hard to beat! If Zhu Wei trains 200,000 strong soldiers like this in front of us, will we still have a Qing Dynasty in the world? Therefore, the matter of cutting the green battalion, expanding the Han flag, and forming a new army must not be delayed! ”

Sai Shang first nodded, and then shook his head: "Lord Wang, what do you think of Zeng Guofan's proposal?" Use the banner man and Han Confucianism as generals, and recruit simple farmers as soldiers......"

The essence of "cutting the green battalion, expanding the Han flag, and organizing a new army" is to kick the Han people Lin away and create a new situation. The advantage is that the reliability of the new army is guaranteed, and the imperial court dares to let go of the appointment, and is willing to risk the cost to buy foreign guns and cannons to equip the new army. But the shortcomings are also obvious, and this Manchu and Han will definitely be further centrifuged! Although the Han scholars will not necessarily vote for Zhu Ming, they will no longer work hard to maintain the Manchu Dynasty, of course, there must be a few loyal people, but that does not represent the mainstream.

Without the support of the Han gentry, the foundation of the Manchu court was too weak. Therefore, Saishan'a was very tempted by Zeng Guofan's idea, so he asked Zeng Guofan to go to Hunan to recruit thousands of people in the name of recruiting workers and students.

But Monk Gelinqin waved his hand and said: "Don't mention this, if Ye Mingchen is willing to die, the Han people in the court will still have a face." Right now...... The dignified governor of Guangdong has opened the city to welcome the surrender, how dare you make the emperor believe the Han people? This soldier is in their hands, what if they don't listen to the command? It's really not reliable. It is still a point to cut the green camp and expand the Han flag. ”

"Y-yes." Sai Shang'a nodded, "I'll write to Mu Zhongtang again when I go back, and ask him to urge the emperor no matter what, this matter can't be delayed any longer, and it must be implemented as soon as possible!" (To be continued......)