In the early morning of January 24, when Xiang Rong, who had been terrified for several days, slept very soundly, the Taiping artillery fired.

These are forty M1841 bronze cannons, which were specially provided by Shanghai Huafu Foreign Company for the Taiping Army.

Shells rained down on the Qing army's camp, and the wide wooden stakes that rejected horses, the sharp bamboo sticks in the deep trenches, and the earthen walls of the barracks that stretched for dozens of miles were all destroyed.

"It's finally here!" Xiang Rong hurriedly put on his clothes and came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

After worrying for many days, I finally waited for the general attack of the Taiping army, but unfortunately it would have been good if I had waited for another two or three days.

At the time of the decisive battle, Xiang Rong was still thinking about Lin Shenhe's troops.

As soon as the artillery stopped, the Taiping army launched a general attack on the whole front.

"Report to the commander, the outpost camp has been broken."

"Dashuai, the Seven Bridges Urn Camp is lost."

A burst of urgent signals came, Xiang Rong urgently dispatched troops, and all the mobile forces in his hands were sent out at once.

He stood at the gate of the camp and saw that the front of the camp, the east wing, the west wing, and so on were all raging fires, and there were shouts of killing everywhere in all directions.

It's over, it's over! Xiang Rong's hands and feet were cold, and he felt powerless.

At this time, Zhang Guoliang was covered in blood, and led a team of guards to defeat, "More than 20 battalions of Xiaolingwei were broken by Changmao. This camp can't hold it! ”

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fought in concert with several large armies, and the dizzy Qing army was disorganized, and it was impossible to stop it by relying only on one Zhang Guoliang to respond back and forth.

Xiang Rong's face was hideous, and his voice was hoarse, "After two years of hard work, it was ruined overnight, how can I explain this to the emperor!" ”

At this time, the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, and the defeated soldiers poured over like a tide.

Seeing Xiang Rong's trance-like appearance, Zhang Guoliang couldn't help but say that he rushed forward with the guards, directly helped him onto the horse, and hugged him out of the gate.

Xiang Rong desperately broke through to Danyang under the protection of Zhang Guoliang.

Under the siege of the Taiping Army's multi-route army in turn, the Jiangnan battalion, which the Manchu Qing had painstakingly operated for three years, was completely broken.

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In Beijing, the goose feathers and snow are falling, and the sky and the earth are white.

Several fast horses galloped on the snowy official road.

"Jiangnan Daying Emergency!"

"Urgent report from the Governor of Liangjiang!"

"Zhejiang Governor's Urgent Report!"

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The six-hundred-mile emergency report was sent into the Forbidden City like snowflakes.

The sky had darkened, and the bitter north wind was howling overhead, and the chill in the snow-covered Forbidden City was getting stronger and stronger.

A green feather and green luan canopy chariot swayed out of Chuxiu Palace.

Yi Concubine Yehenara wrapped in a thick brocade robe, leaned crookedly on the chariot, and held a warm box in her arms. The eunuch Guo Lanfu of Chuxiu Palace took a few palace maids and eunuchs, and carefully served around the chariot.

Before the chariot came to the Qianqing Palace, Guo Lanfu carefully helped the concubine down.

Xianfeng's personal eunuch Liu Duosheng saw Concubine Yi and hurriedly greeted him, "Master Yi, it's cold, why did you come to Qianqing Palace!" ”

Saying that, he also blamed Guo Lanfu and the others, "Xiaofuzi, Master Yi has such a heavy body, you don't know what to stop." If you disturb the dragon fetus, and the master is angry, do you still need this layer of skin on your body? ”

Guo Lanfu blushed and didn't say anything.

Guo Lanfu, formerly known as Guo Fu, has lived by the Fuyang River since he was a child. When he was twelve years old, because his family was poor, he wanted to enter the palace as a eunuch.

The selection of eunuchs was strictly regulated by the Qing court: there must be eunuchs who left the palace due to old age or death before they could replace the newcomers (secretly they also had to spend money on sports).

Guo Fu has no money and no way. In the cold winter, he was hungry and cold, and fell down on the street, but fortunately met Zhang Wanshi, a hundred households in Jinyiwei.

Zhang Wanshi is the old Zhang Tou on Xingming Island, he went to Beijing to set up the Jinyiwei intelligence network, and easily saved Guo Fu.

Guo Fu escaped death, and his heart to enter the palace was much lighter. After some brainwashing by Lao Zhangtou, Guo Fu's thinking immediately underwent a 180° change, and he was determined to be a revolutionary who revived China.

Guo Fu is already a disabled person, and Wang Xie Tang feels that he should make the best use of it. He asked Lao Zhangtou to spend a little money, buy off the joints, and send Guo Fu to the Forbidden City, where he became the apprentice of Liu Duosheng, the great eunuch next to Xianfeng, and was later sent to Lan Guiren.

Guo Fu ranked the word Lan in the eunuchs of the inner palace, with the serial number Guo Lanfu, known as Xiaofuzi.

"Liu Duosheng, you are the master, don't blame Xiaofuzi for them." Yi Concubine gently stroked her big belly, "I'm seven months pregnant, so I need to move my muscles and bones." ”

After the Nala clan entered the palace in the draft, although she was named Lan Guiren, she was always suppressed by her concubines and was snubbed by Xianfeng.

Fortunately, Xiaofuzi matched, and the Nala clan relied on the southern minor tune to tease Xianfeng, and only then did he gain the Sacred Heart in one fell swoop.

So the Nala clan takes great care of Guo Lanfu. Although Xiaofuzi is only eighteen years old, she is regarded as a lucky star by her.

Looking at the brightly lit Qianqing Palace, Concubine Yi Nala asked with concern, "Long live the Lord is still criticizing the folds, right?" In the past few days, my liver and lungs have been on fire, so I boiled a bowl of pear lily soup and brought it to him. ”

"Don't mention it, the ministers of military aircraft have been in there for an afternoon." Liu Duosheng's face was anxious, "The saint is haggard again!" ”

In the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, the earth dragon burned hot.

Peng Yunzhang, Gui Liang, Mu Yin, Su Shun and other important military ministers all knelt in front of the warm couch.

"The Jiangnan camp that took two years of hard work and spent countless money and grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was gone overnight, and Xiang Rongguo was a miscountry!"

Xianfeng sat on the warm couch, holding a copy of the fold in his hand, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and his lips trembled, "Intention!" Xiang Rong will be dismissed on the spot and returned to the capital, so that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs will be reconsidered! Zhang Guoliang resigned and stayed in office, telling him that if he made another mistake, Xiang Rong would be his example! ”

"The Emperor ~ The Emperor! That's too harsh! ”

Peng Yunzhang was already a white-haired old man, he was anxious when he heard it, and he fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Because of the continuous beacon fires in various places, Xiang Rong needs to divide troops to assist Zhenjiang, Gaochun, Huining and other places, and the Purple Mountain battalion has drawn too many troops, and the camp is less than 5,000. The enemy troops from all walks of life in Jinling gathered, so that they were outnumbered, and the camp fell. ”

Peng Yunzhang is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and also manages the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and serves as the chief master of the study.

"Enlighten the Holy One! Xiang Rong has meritorious deeds and should be comforted. Gui Liang, a scholar of Dongge University and a scholar of the Ministry of War, also kowtowed again and again, "Lishui and Jurong are now occupied by Guangdong bandits, and Xiang Rong retreated to Danyang, also in order to hold the key point and defend Suzhou Changzhou." ”

Gui Liang knew that Xiang Rong had been appointed as the minister of the Qin Mission and established the Jiangnan camp for three years, and although he had not been able to recover Jinling, it had indeed played a certain role in preventing the Taiping army from developing towards the Soviet Union and Chang and threatening the safety of the Taiping army in Tianjing.

If Xiang Rong is taken, who will the war in Jiangnan be handed over, do you want to go to Jiangning City to supervise the battle!

"Nonsense!" The young emperor's eyes were full of anger, the blue tendons on his forehead appeared, and the twists and turns on the desk, the pen and ink were all overturned to the ground.

"There were more than 100,000 officers and soldiers under the city of Jiangning. I have long issued a strict decree to let them carefully block and suppress the pain, and now you actually tell me that the Purple Mountain battalion has been drained too much, and the camp is less than 5,000! You, you ......"

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Xianfeng's throat was sweet, and he casually picked up a white handkerchief and covered his lips.

"Uh-huh!" A mouthful of blood spat onto the handkerchief.

Seeing the big puddle of bright red, Xianfeng suddenly felt a little dizzy, and his body was shaky.

"Your Majesty! Emperor! The Emperor ......"

The warm pavilion suddenly became a mess.

"You guys go out first!" Yi Concubine's cold voice sounded at the door of the warm pavilion.

Seeing a graceful palace beauty walk in, Peng Yunzhang, Gui Liang, Mu Yin, Su Shun and other important military ministers hurriedly retreated.

Concubine Yi Nala organized the palace maids and eunuchs to pinch people and rub their chests, which finally made Xianfeng gasp.

After taking a breath, Xianfeng leaned back on the embroidered yellow pillow and gasped, "You... So heavy... Body, how... It's time for the former dynasty! ”

"It's not that I'm worried yet... I'm worried that the saint's liver and lungs are too hot! Nala gently stroked his stomach, tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, you are so tired, if you damage your body, let me... And the baby in my womb... How is it good! ”

As she spoke, Concubine Yi personally served Sydney lily soup.

Xianfeng drank a few sips in a row before he gasped and froze, "I don't want to because of the previous dynasty, the suppression of bandits by the Zeng State Domain in Hubei was unfavorable, and the situation in Jiangnan has been completely eroded, and I am in a hurry..."

Concubine Yi explained, "When the concubine was young, she heard that Song Renzong was the reincarnation of a barefoot immortal, and after he was reincarnated, he felt the chaos of others and cried every day. So Tai Bai Xing descended to earth, came to Song Renzong, and said eight words in his ear. ”

Xianfeng nodded, "Wen has Wenqu, Wu has Wuqu." ”

This is the story of the Water Margin, and Xianfeng has heard it a long time ago. He couldn't help sighing, "Who is my literary qu and my martial arts!" ”

"Your Majesty, be patient."

Yi Concubine Jiao said angrily, "I think that Wenqu and Wuqu have already descended to earth, maybe they are capable ministers in front of the emperor, or they may be loyal people who are fighting in the north and south of the river." As long as time passes, they will definitely come to the fore and assist His Majesty to clear the world. ”

Peng Yunzhang, Gui Liang, Mu Yin, Su Shun and other important military ministers were all waiting outside the warm pavilion.

At this time, a military plane, Zhang Jing, hurriedly came with a few little Suras. They sent several 600-mile urgent reports, "Zhongtang... Zhongtang..., Xiang Rong is gone! ”

"Xiang Rong is gone!" Peng Yunzhang, Gui Liang, Mu Yin, and Su Shun all jumped up, you have a share, I have a copy, and I grabbed the fold and watched it.

"This is a report from Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, saying that Xiang Rong died of illness in the Danyang camp on the 26th."

"This is also the Liangjiang Governor Yiliang reported that it was the Guangdong bandit puppet Yan King Qin Rigang's department, which broke through the Danyang camp on the 27th and was approaching the city of Changzhou."

This is a report from He Guiqing, the governor of Zhejiang, saying that the Guangdong bandits Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng entered Zhejiang from southern Anhui and occupied Anji on the 25th. He Guiqing has transferred Lin Shenhe back from Yixing to retreat to Huzhou. ”

After reading the twists and turns, Peng Yunzhang sighed and said, "Southern Jiangsu has been eroded, Lin Shenhe must protect Zhejiang, and there must be no more chaos!" ”

"The enemy must be lenient, and he must be strict in anticipation!" Gui Liang immediately retorted, "Lin Shenhebu rushed from Ningbo to western Zhejiang, and from western Zhejiang to Jiangnan. As soon as they marched to Yixing, they immediately returned to Huzhou. Although Lin Shenhe is brave, the Zhejiang army is already a tired army......"

The situation is changing so fast! Several ministers of military aircraft all looked solemn.

The military situation was urgent, and Su Shun knew that Xianfeng was no longer in trouble, so he immediately found Liu Duosheng.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Duosheng walked into the warm pavilion gently.

Seeing this shape, Concubine Yi hurriedly bowed and walked out.

Xianfeng sighed, waved his hand and summoned Peng Yunzhang, Gui Liang, Mu Yin, Su Shun and other important military ministers.

"Message! With the governor of Liangjiang, Yiliang, temporarily acting minister Guan Fang, "Xianfeng's face was grim," ordered Zhang Guoliang, the chief military officer of Zhangzhou Town, Fujian, to assist in the military affairs of the minister. With Zhang Guoliang making meritorious contributions, he must keep Su Chang and Cao Yun, otherwise he will be dismissed on the spot and questioned! ”

"Ordered Lin Shenhe to be appointed as the governor of Zhejiang, and he must guard Hangjiahu and prevent the Guangdong bandits from eroding Zhejiang."

"The emperor is wise!" Su Shun knelt on the ground, "Jiangnan has insufficient troops, and troops should be transferred from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Fujian, and Guangdong." ”

"Yes!"

After talking about the military situation, Xianfeng pondered for a moment, "I regret the death of Xiang Rong when I hear it. Reading Xiang Rong's posthumous chapter, there is no word about family arrangements, which shows his loyalty and indignation, and his selflessness. ”

He paused for a moment and continued, "Reinstate Xiang Rong's original position, reward Hua Ling, and reward the first-class light car lieutenant to the world. All punishments during his term of office shall be cancelled. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

"Shengming!" Xianfeng smiled bitterly, "Peng Aiqing, you have the best writing, help me draft an edict for your own guilt!" ”