"There is a mountain pond outside the city of Gusu, and it is a paradise on earth. The Gu hotel is also drunk when the bees are open, and the flower sellers are also fragrant when they go to the road. ”

The pipa is like a spring water, and the voice of the beautiful girl is like a hundred turns of spring warbler, intoxicated, and the song "Three Laughs" is played and sung at the same time, and it is full of breath.

The King closed his eyes and tapped his knees with the sound of his fingers to the music, enjoying a rare relaxation.

"Oh no, no, there's a clear demon!" A red turban soldier ran in in fright, shouting as he ran, he was Zhang Chaojue's cronies, and he didn't want the king to be in Zhang Shuai's courtyard, but he saw the king of England open his eyes violently, his eyes were like electricity, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees, and said in a trembling voice: "Small, small damn ......"

"What is a demon?" Zhang Chaojue hurriedly asked, lest the king's cousin cure the sin of the red scarf.

Only then did the red turban soldier Yong think of the terrifying thing, and stammered: "Yu, Yu Wangye, general, a few miles outside the city, I found the Qing Demon Brigade, positive, positive ......."

The king stood up, and the handsome girl who played the pipa also looked frightened, and the pipa fell to the ground and hid behind the old man beside the leather drum, and it seemed that it was her father who played the leather drum.

"Under what banner?" Zhang Chaojue's face turned a little blue, among the British royal department, he was the most timid and afraid.

Liu Changlin pulled his sleeves and smiled: "Okay, you can do a big job, it's best for Jing Xiang to come in person!" Fuck him! ”

The Red Turban Soldier shook his head blankly, and at this moment, he suddenly saw the drummer tear open the leather drum surface violently, and all the artists reached in, and when they came out, they were already each with a revolver.

"Not good!" In the sound of gunfire, a guard immediately rushed in front of the king and was beaten into a bloody sieve.

Several guards hugged the king and walked out of the courtyard, three or four artists chased after him and opened fire, and several artists reached out from the drum to find out the bullets in the wooden box and skillfully loaded them. Before entering, all the artists were searched, but they never thought that the exquisite pistols could be completely hidden in the leather drum, tied and fixed, and even hidden in seven or eight.

Zhang Chaojue's face turned white with fright, he wanted to run but had no strength, but who cared about him, he originally sneaked into the city just to create chaos and occupy the city gate, who knew that the British king was actually sent to him, how could they let go of this God-given opportunity.

The guards fell into a pool of blood, Liu Changlin carried a knife and roared behind the king, and suddenly inserted a dagger on the door of the head, straight to the handle, it can be seen that the power of the dagger, blood gushed out, Liu Changlin did not snort, fell backwards, the beautiful girl pulled out the dagger, did not look at Liu Changlin's body, and chased after the king, as if she had just slaughtered a chicken, Liu Changlin's body slowly fell to the ground, she had been chased out of the hospital.

The King of England eagerly looked back and saw this scene, his heart ached, the battle-hardened general, he died so silently and tragically, and goodbye to the girl who was chasing in front was skillfully loading, several soldiers rushed up, but the dagger in her hand cut her throat one by one, blood splashed on her beautiful face, her eyes suddenly became hot, as if, the smell of blood made her extremely excited.

The king's heart was cold, this was the last scene he saw, and then he had already turned the rockery, and groups of guards rushed up, and the gunfire behind him was even more dense.

But the shock caused by the delicate face, the bloodthirsty eyes, and the extreme dissonance will never be forgotten.

At this time, in Ji'an City, there were loud gunshots, and people everywhere shouted, "The bandit leader Chen Yucheng has been awarded!" Those who descend will not die! ”

Outside the Ji'an Mansion, the King of England had a frosty face, hundreds of sword players under him lined up, and a general on his side was persuading: "Lord, stay in the green mountains, the Qing Demon Brigade must come in a moment, the inside and outside should be combined, Ji'an is not guaranteed, and please leave Ji'an quickly and come back!" ”

King Ying snorted coldly: "There are only more than 100 demons in the city, wait for Ben Shuai to kill them!" ”

The general said in a trembling voice: "Lord Wang, if you are besieged by Jingxiang's army, I am afraid that ......"

The King of England swept his eyes coldly, and he immediately did not dare to say more.

A junior colonel suddenly rode his horse, turned over and rolled off the horse when he got close, knelt down and said, "Report! Report to the handsome! Brother Zhang led his troops out of the city! There are many followers of the second brigade before and after! ”

The king's face immediately turned pale.

The general also sighed in his heart, Zhang Chaojue fled from the battle, and the army's heart was unstable, why should he fight again?

"Let's go!" After being silent for a while, the King sighed lightly, turned his horse and slowly went south, looking back at the red turban flag of the Taiping Army fluttering on the palace, his face was full of loneliness............ In July 1857, the Guangzhou general Jingxiang entered Jiangxi, and within ten days, he pacified Ningdu and took Ji'an with the power of thunder, captured the bandit Liang Chengfu, broke the British king Chen Yucheng, and shook the world.

When Ye Zhao entered Ji'an City, the people of the city helped the old and the young, and greeted ten miles out of the city, and the road was full of people on both sides of the road.

When the Guangdong army had just recovered Ji'an, it was far from such a situation, and the gentry and people in the city died one after another, because generally speaking, as long as the towns where the Taiping army was entrenched were not looted by bandits, they were all regarded as bandits by the Qing army, in fact, it was just an excuse, whether it was the Hunan army, the green camp and the regiments from all walks of life, after breaking the city, they all burned and looted, and even some towns were looted by the bandits, and then they were looted by the officials and soldiers, and the ten rooms and nine were empty, almost becoming ruins.

The military discipline of the British royal department is far inferior to the loyal king and the wing king, and only in northern Jiangxi can do the word love the people, because northern Jiangxi is the fief of the British king, and in the south of Jiangxi, the British royal department burns and loots a few things, but only for Ji'an's subordinates, it is said that there is a Ji'an beauty in the British king's concubine.

Regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, the British king did restrain the soldiers in Ji'an, except for the confiscation of the property of the rich and the extremely heavy taxes, but it did not disturb the people of Ji'an too much, and the British king was defeated and left Fuzhou, and the people were panicked, and countless people fled in all directions.

Who knew that the Yue army did not commit any crime in the autumn, after posting the notice of the people, the brigade withdrew from the city and set up camp, and the Yue army left behind was only in charge of a few yamen and treasury, a few days later, there were a large number of officers and soldiers in black uniforms called "patrols" into the city to maintain order, these patrols were all amiable and kind, even the oldest and most knowledgeable elders in Ji'an City had never seen such an amiable military master.

The most surprising thing is that they are as enthusiastic as neighbors, no, a few days ago, they also caught the ruffians who took advantage of the chaos to harass the king's widow, if before, even if it was peaceful, although these ruffians were hated, but they only laughed and said strange things, at most they used their hands and feet, where would anyone care? They all joke that the widow of the king attracts bees and butterflies. And now, with a new term, "harassing women from good families" and "detaining them for a month", the ruffians have been locked up, and it is said that if they are released and commit crimes again, they will be dealt with severely, and they may be locked up for several years or ten years to dig coal or something.

I heard that these are the new rules of Guangzhou, which are not only fresh, but also make people suddenly feel alive and alive.

When Ye Zhao entered the city, Widow Wang also knelt in the long welcome procession, holding a basket full of eggs in her hand, almost her only savings, when she saw the gorgeous and beautiful blue armor heavy helmet honor guard rushing towards her, Widow Wang didn't know where to get the courage, rushed to the row of vigilant soldiers on both sides of the road, holding the basket and shouting: "Grandpa, grandpa, the people's daughter kowtowed to you!" This basket of red-skinned eggs, filial piety to the little brother, boiled and eaten, delicious! "Kneeling on the ground, he didn't dare to raise his head, holding the basket high, even if he was beaten and scolded by these soldiers, because he was beheaded for alarming his grandfather, these words still had to be shouted.

"Yes, thank you!" The gentle voice, followed by a light hand, made the widow think she was dreaming, and secretly looked up, but saw that Bingyong took the basket in her hand, and was kneeling to present it, and on the white horse in the road, sat a beautiful and rich young man, with a kind smile, but people did not dare to look at it, and when the gaze came, the widow Wang was so frightened that she hung her head in fright.

"Make a good living, next year I have a little brother, and I will come to buy your eggs to eat." The gentle voice seemed to be in my ears, and for some reason, the widow's face was so warm and heartbeat that she almost wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.

In his hand, there were two more silver dollars, and the sound of horses' hooves made the honor guard gradually move away.

Of course, when Grandpa Guo entered the city, it was not all harmonious, and suddenly someone rushed out and picked up a foreign gun to shoot, but he had already been taken down by Bingyong, but the people around him were scared, isn't this a gratuitous disaster? Don't all have to be linked? Captured and beheaded with the Assassins?

But Grandpa Guo's subordinates only arrested the assassin, and some officials left to comfort the people who were close to the assassin, but told them not to be afraid, the assassin was caught, they would not be hurt, and the security in the city would get better and better. To the astonishment of these people, they almost bit off their tongues.

And when the grandfather of the country entered the city, the sound of "Grandpa Shengming" with a tsunami in the mountains was completely spontaneous behavior of the people.

…… The Ji'an Mansion was renovated and became the administrative office of Li Hongzhang, the governor of Jiangxi.

A few days ago, an uninvited guest came.

Shen Baozhen, the son-in-law of the famous general Lin Zexu, was promoted as the governor of Jiangxi by Zeng Guofan, the governor of Liangjiang.

The two governors, one from the south and one from the north, finally met.

In fact, most of Jiangxi was lost, Ye Zhao raised troops into Jiangxi, and this was the initial decision in southern Jiangxi, if Shen Baozhen, the governor of Jiangxi, did not want to work in Hunan and Hubei as a nominal Futai, he could only come to Jingshuai's land.

Shen Baozhen was extremely polite, and when he visited Ye Zhao, he repeatedly said that the Empress Dowager of the two palaces had insight into the battle situation, and Shengming made a decision to share the worries of the emperor.

The words are polite, but they are not humble or arrogant, and they have soft knives in every sentence, and they keep putting the emperor in front, although they have found a high-sounding reason for Li Hongzhang's appointment, but they are also saying that the emperor is respected, and it is just for the sake of the overall situation to condescend to you for the time being.

As for the six kings, his eyes were really vicious, He Guiqing's dismissal was certainly caused by the war situation in Jiangxi, but Ye Zhao wanted to have nothing to do with his "secret discussion" with him in Shanghai for a long time, and the six kings couldn't hold it in their hearts, so they just had an excuse, so they dismissed their officials, and promoted Zeng Guofan to be the governor of Liangjiang, which shows his wisdom of knowing people.

Zeng Guofan, Shen Baozhen...... But I don't want to, these famous figures in history are gradually getting closer, are they friends or enemies? Unexpectedly. At least for now, their position is antithetical to their own.

What about Li Hongzhang? Zeng Guofan became the governor of Liangjiang, what did he think? After all, he is from the Zeng State Domain.

With these things in his mind, Ye Zhao gently put down the teacup.

Outside the hall, a delicate girl walked in with a light gait, a dark blue straight military uniform, it seemed that she was extremely slender, it was Ding Qimei, the commander of the Flying Tiger Battalion.

The Flying Tiger Battalion is supervised by Ye Zhao personally after receiving the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces back to Guangzhou, and the selection is all the elite in the army, there are those who are not good-looking but have accurate marksmanship, and there are fierce soldiers who are brave in battle, each performing its own duties and having its own useful field, the Flying Tiger Battalion has a total of more than 300 people, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion.

Looking at Ding Qimei Ye Zhao and laughing: "Recover Ji'an, you are the first to take the lead!" ”

Ding Qimei was a little shy, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Thank you for your praise!" Don't dare to be a lowly position! "The voice is crisp and slightly hoarse, but it is not very good.

It is hard to imagine the crazy appearance of the delicate and shy girl in front of her on the battlefield, Ye Zhao also sighed softly in his heart, if it is a peaceful era, she should be another life, another appearance.

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "There's nothing that can't be done, Ding Qimei is chasing the bandit king in the house, and I want to sing the drama in the future." ”

Indeed, this will almost certainly become a legendary story for future generations, but I don't know what big stars Ding Qimei will play on the screen in the future.

Ding Qimei was even more shy, and bowed her head and said: "In later generations, the drama will definitely be sung by the handsome, and the humble function of being a flag-carrying soldier beside the handsome man has already been raised." ”

Ye Zhao laughed, "You, you're humble." After thinking about it, he said: "Today, Liang Chengfu is sentenced to the canon, you gather people to be secretly on guard, don't go wrong." ”

"Wow!" Ding Qimei agreed crisply.

As he spoke, he heard the sound of footsteps outside, and two red-topped officials walked in, it was the two governors of Jiangxi, Li Hongzhang and Shen Baozhen. Seeing Ye Zhao's gesture, Ding Qimei hurriedly got up and stood aside.

"Xiaguan has seen grandpa." Li Hongzhang and Shen Baozhen greeted each other one after another, and Shen Baozhen's face was extremely natural, as if the imperial court appointed him as a political envoy and an envoy, and by no means the first of a province, so he followed Li Hongzhang with peace of mind, as if he was Li Hongzhang's deputy.

Ye Zhao nodded secretly in his heart, this person is not simple.

"Gradually, today it is said that the thief Liang Chengfu asked for beheading, and you are the prisoner."

Li Hongzhang got up and arched his hand: "The student obeys." He stroked his beard and smiled: "It's really happy." ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand to signal him to sit, and said, "Your Ling Chi proposal is the only one case to comfort the souls of the soldiers of the Youjiang Battalion in the sky." "It's not just Li Hongzhang, all the generals under Ye Zhao's command have written to ask Liang Chengfu to Ling Chi, thinking about the cruel torture suffered by the soldiers of the Youjiang Battalion, Ye Zhao gritted his teeth and responded, to get rid of these tortures, but now it is impossible to do it, even himself, I feel that it is difficult for him to understand the hatred in his heart, maybe after a few years, after pacifying the bandits, he can avoid these tortures step by step.

However, although it is an eight-knife punishment, unless it is a very vicious person, it is better not to use it in the future.

Li Hongzhang bowed his head slightly, and said: "A thousand knives can deter the ugly!" ”

Ye Zhao knew that he hated the Taiping Army because of his father's tragic death at the hands of bandits, although his methods for the Taiping Army were extremely cruel, but this filial piety was also moving.

However, under his own account, he was not allowed to lead the troops, even if he strictly ordered, I was afraid that he would not be able to restrain the soldiers to disturb the people, if he led the troops nineteen, there would be an extra branch similar to the Hunan army Jizi battalion general, although the battle was brave, but it was not the king's army.

Thinking about it, Ye Zhao said slowly: "Gradually, you don't need to worry about concentrating on civil affairs, raising money and food, and preparing for the patrol camp." "It was decided that Jiangbei would integrate the militia and defeat the Green Battalion to form local troops, which could be handled by Li Hongzhang according to reason, but Ye Zhao did not hand it over to him, so that he could concentrate on civil affairs and make the best use of his talents.

Li Hongzhang got up again and bowed his hand: "The student obeys." I couldn't see the joy, anger and sorrow, but Shen Baozhen's face was slightly strange.

Promoted Li Hongzhang to the governor of Jiangxi, Ye Zhaocai suddenly found that he needed to think carefully about this person's thoughts, even now, he deprived him of military power with one mouth, but looking at his face, he couldn't see through what he was thinking.

Shen Baozhen? Why do you look like this?

Ye Zhao turned to Shen Baozhen again and said with a smile: "Youdan is still used to living?" ”

Shen Baozhen was less than forty years old, his face was majestic, and he had been silent, and at this time he smiled and said: "Grandpa Xie cares, and the lower officials have good food and accommodation." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, he would never get involved in the battle between Li Hongzhang and Shen Baozhen. Zeng Guofan wrote a secret letter to Li Hongzhang, and he knew it, but since Li Hongzhang did not resign from the official position, it should be that he did not listen to Zeng Guofan's advice. After all, even if Li Hongzhang falls to Zeng Wenzheng, he will never be the governor of Jiangxi, in the current situation of paying attention to the name and righteousness, the more stable Li Hongzhang's position as the governor of the two rivers is, the more embarrassed the six kings are, because if Li Hongzhang falls to Zeng Wenzheng, he will inevitably resign from the post of Futai immediately, and the six kings must have other arrangements for him.

Li Hongzhang did not reveal the intention of resigning, that is, he was not moved by Zeng Guofan's words.

After chatting a few words, Shen Baozhen got up to say goodbye, he had a good eye, and knew that Li Hongzhang and Jing Shuai must have something to say, so he didn't want to be annoyed by the side.

"Grandpa is really clever and doesn't let students interfere in military affairs, but I don't know how Grandpa knows that Young Danyu shares the preparation of patrols with students, and he just mentioned this matter to his students." As soon as Shen Baozhen left, Li Hongzhang said with admiration on his face.

Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, it turned out that this was the case, but it was wrong, and he inadvertently sealed this mouth, and it was very good, and when Shen Baozhen spoke, it was not easy to refuse. After all, he is the governor of Jiangxi under the express order of the imperial court, and he is "humble and polite", if he doesn't sell his face, it seems that he can't be justified in human feelings.

Seeing Li Hongzhang's tone of demeanor, he really fought with Shen Baozhen, but this was a good sign.

Ye Zhao took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "To be honest, I don't know what Youdan is planning, but I have other plans for patrolling the camp." ”

Li Hongzhang bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes." ”

After waiting for a while, Li Hongzhang bowed slightly and said, "Grandpa, the teacher in Xiangxiang wrote a letter to the students. ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I know." ”

Li Hongzhang was not surprised, and arched his hand and said: "The disciple has not heard of the teacher, and he does not say anything about the teacher. Please also ask the grandfather to forgive the sin. ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "I can guess what is written in the letter of Xiangxiang Zhitai. ”

Li Hongzhang knew that he couldn't hide it from him, so he smiled and didn't make a sound. Guogong entered Jiangxi and said, he hit Chen Yucheng and recovered Ji'an, it can really be said that the thunder thunderbolt, the wind swept away the fallen leaves, and the situation in Jiangxi was reversed in an instant.

(To be continued)