Chapter 383: Chasing the Deer (25)
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"Lord Liu, the Taiping Red Army has surrounded the county seat of Rui County, and the Commander-in-Chief sent someone to send a strict order, telling me to immediately rescue Rui County with light troops, and those who violate military law will be engaged!"
"What...... Liu Mingchuan fell to the ground with his right leg just raised, but his left foot was still in the stirrup, and he just stretched his head towards Liu Yuehui, who was spinning around the horse in place, ignoring the smoke and dust raised by Liu Yuehui's four hooves when he sat down on the horse, and asked as if he didn't understand at all, "What...... What did you say? ”
"My lord, the county seat of Ruixian County is surrounded by the Taiping Red Army!" Liu Yuehui grabbed his mount vigorously, ignoring the proper etiquette between the top and bottom, and pointed with one hand in the northeast direction, and sparks seemed to burst out in his words.
"***, it's impossible......" Liu Mingchuan simply withdrew his left foot from the stirrup, looked back at the south bank where there was only a rare shadow of the fire, and then looked left and right in the two directions of things that were covered by the dark night and seemed a little unfathomable, and the originally slender pair of eyes also stared at the cowbell at the moment, "It's impossible!" ”
Indeed, the news brought by Liu Yuehui is really amazing. The rampant "red bandits" on the south bank who tried to covet this place had already been exhausted and dejected under their absolute ferocious blows. In Fenglingdu in the west, there are not only Huang Chunxi, who has a mouth as big as he can swallow the sky, Wang Qingyun, who seems to be a "jack of all trades", but also more than 8,4000 people of all colors. To the east, Maojindu, which is the most suitable for large armies, also has friendly soldiers, which is like an iron wall of the Yellow River defense line, and it is possible for flies and mosquitoes to run over, but where did the Taiping Red Army, which can surround Rui County, come from? Did it fall from the sky, or did it arch out of the ground?
"Lord Liu, I'll repeat it again," Liu Yuehui was obviously impatient, and actually pointed the horsewhip in his hand at Liu Mingchuan, and there was no smell of "marking" in his tone, and he fell to the ground with a big face of "supervising the army", "Rui County is anxious to wait for our army's support, will the Commander-in-Chief still tell lies?" At this moment of crisis, you, Lord Liu, are you holding back, do you have any personal grudges? ”
"You ***, Lao Tzu just has a personal grudge, Lao Tzu still wants to cut you a bastard raised by a son of a bitch with one knife!" However, these are just the words that Liu Mingchuan pressed in his heart, no matter how stupid he is, he will never say it clearly at such a time. The contradiction between him and the Liu brothers, it was not a day or two, and the Liu brothers could die early, that was his wish. However, personal grievances are personal grievances, Liu Mingchuan is not the kind of person who ignores the overall situation, he knows very well that no matter what, he and the Liu brothers are still sitting on the same boat in the Qing Dynasty, you and me are indispensable.
"Liu Bangtong," Liu Mingchuan's indifferent face showed a warmth that was rare even in the past to the arrogant Liu Yuehui, and he pointed to the other side of the river, "Although the red bandits have suffered a temporary setback, if the war in Rui County is tight, they will still be opportunistic." The artillery corps, the first battalion, and all other teams directly under the standard except for the guard battalion are left under your command to closely monitor the red bandits on the other side. The official personally led the guard battalion and the second and third battalions in Yongle Town to rescue Rui County. ”
Saying this, Liu Mingchuan quickly turned over and got on the horse, shook the reins with both hands, and just wanted to let the horse gallop, but suddenly looked back at Liu Yuehui, who was still a little flutes there, "Liu Bangtong, as soon as the army leaves, the river defense is particularly critical, once there are three mistakes and two mistakes, don't blame the official for turning his face and being ruthless!" ”
Yongle Town, northeast of Ruixian County, is forty miles smaller, but these forty miles, stumbling everywhere are ravines. Liu Mingchuan led three battalions of more than 1,000 men and horses, and a long snake arched towards the county seat of Ruixian.
Liu Yuezhao in Ruixian County actually had the same psychology as Liu Mingchuan at the beginning, that is, even if the Taiping Red Army really came over one day, it would not hit him first. Therefore, he repeatedly emphasized to Li Jiafu, the second standard commander who followed him, that it is better to train the army than to run, and in a ghost place like Jinnan, only by being good at running can the power of the army be maximized.
After all, for a long time, Liu Yuezhao was too lazy to take care of the military training of his subordinates, firstly, several generals under his command had their own opinions on leading troops, and secondly, they were not like Wang Qingyun, who always felt that the war would break out at that moment. Zeng Guofan, who is also a fellow villager in Xiangxiang Township and used to be his mentor, has asked people to bring him letters recently. In the letter, Zeng Guofan hoped that he would not be too self-conscious, and that good birds should choose trees to perch on, even if they did not expect to "choose trees", they could not sink into the so-called curve to save the country. After all, the general trend now is peace, and once peace becomes a permanent fact, even if no one will hold you accountable for betraying your ancestors in the future, can your conscience be at peace?
Regarding Zeng Guofan's intentions, Liu Yuezhao understands it too well. Zeng Guofan's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty was not enough, and he had to take a few more sons of Hunan to give up. It's really unpredictable, people, it's so fickle. Once upon a time, Zeng Guofan still swore that he would not share the long-haired rebellion with the pillars of the Qing Dynasty, but it didn't take long for him to ignore the fact that he lost the lives of all his brothers in the confrontation with the Taiping Army, and actually knelt at the feet of his enemies. Moreover, he also has to play with the tricks of the "master" in the past, acting as a pawn for his past rivals.
Liu Yuezhao looks down on this kind of person. People should always drink water and think about the source, people can't always forget the classics, enjoy the honor and fortune given to you by the Qing Dynasty, if you don't be loyal to the Qing Dynasty to the end, won't you find a place where no one can spend your life?
Although Liu Yuezhao would not be moved by Zeng Guofan's "touching" words, he still saw what he wanted from Zeng Guofan's many letters. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is stupid and dirty, and they really think that peace in the world can come if they want to. It seems that the headquarters of the coalition forces and even the imperial court are too precise in their control of the overall situation, using the limited time of peace, in exchange for the greatest preparations for the expansion of armaments, and dealing a fatal blow to the traitors in the near future! High, really high!
Therefore, when he was sleeping in a mess, he was suddenly awakened by the news that the Taiping Red Army had surrounded the county seat, and Liu Yuezhao couldn't help but be confused. Where is this being said? How can you do that?
At this time, Liu Yuezhao, although he was the commander of Jinnan Town, but in fact, the establishment of the "town" of Zhongyi Rescue ** was just a temporary position that had not yet been customized.
In order to facilitate the command of the armies in various regions, the Russian adviser proposed a document issued by the headquarters of the coalition forces to divide the various associations along the Yellow River that are closely related to each other and establish a command structure at the "town" level. It's a pity that this order has been secretly resisted by Li Hongzhang and other loyal and righteous rescue officials, because once the "town commander" becomes a permanent position, it is undoubtedly a kind of dispersion of power for Li Hongzhang, who has just mastered the loyal and righteous rescue ** military power, which is very unstable. In essence, today's Li Hongzhang wants to turn the thriving loyalty and righteousness into an out-and-out "Li Jiajun". The Russian allies and the headquarters of the coalition can be considered right in everything, but they want to take power away from him, which he will never tolerate.
Therefore, in addition to nominally being able to command the various associations under the temporary jurisdiction of the "town", a "town commander" like Liu Yuezhao is in fact only a co-ordinator who is also in charge of himself. There is no command organ for the "town", let alone various direct subordinates under the "town". It would be good if the other co-ordinators under the temporary command of this "town commander" had a good relationship with him and would rather accept his command. But in case the other co-ordinators don't like you at all, hehe, it will be miserable.
In Ruixian County, in addition to the 13,400 men and horses of the second target, there are also Liu Yuezhaoben and the guards of the Seventh Association of the Seventh Association of Loyalty and Righteousness, etc., which will be enough for more than 2,000 points if added in one place. Can these horses hold the county seat?
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