Chapter 67 Assisting in the Defense of Shanghai

Xu Naizhao came to Shanghai to see himself, and he saw himself to invite Yu Shengjun to send troops to Zhenjiang?

I have to say that Lin Zhe really hadn't thought that this kind of thing would happen before, so he was a little stunned for a while, and various thoughts kept turning in his mind. Where to chase novels, go fast, and go fast

Go to Zhenjiang or even go to Jiangning and the main force of the Taiping Army?

Impossible, he Lin Zhe worked hard to run a group training, and finally managed to get out more than 2,000 Yu Shengjun, although he also fought with the Taiping army several times, but in southern Anhui, northern Zhejiang, and even in the area of Su Songtai and the Taiping army is nothing, because the Taiping army in these areas are partial divisions.

Although the Taiping army active in these areas is also a regular army, it is not the elite main force of the Taiping army, and the Taiping army in these areas is generally scattered, generally hundreds of thousands of people, and the Taiping army with a size of more than 5,000 is very small.

The last battle Lin Zhe fought with the Taiping army in Guangde, Si'an and other places can be regarded as a rare large-scale force that the Taiping army can gather in southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui.

But if you want to go to Zhenjiang or even Jiangning, you will not face those Taiping army with hundreds of people, at most a few thousand, but the main force of the Taiping army.

And once there is a battle, it will be a general battle of tens of thousands of people, and even if Lin Zhe's small thousand people can fight again, they will not be able to decide the outcome of the battle.

Even if he barely wins, what good will it do him Lin Zhe?

Promotion?

He is now the minister of regimental training, although he is only a co-organizer, but he is also the minister of regimental training, and he doesn't have to be quiet in front of Xu Naizhao with this title. And with his current rank of being a third-grade candidate for the Dao, if he wants to be promoted and be a local civilian, and he must have military power, then he can only be a local governor.

But considering a series of factors such as his current military strength, political qualifications, and age, unless Emperor Xianfeng is crazy, it is absolutely impossible for Lin Zhe to become the governor of a province or even the governor of several provinces.

Don't say it's him, after Zeng Guofan won the battle in 1854, Emperor Xianfeng originally planned to let Zeng Guofan act as the governor of Hubei, but later it was because 'Zeng Guofan was registered as a squire, and he lived in Lu, and he shouted and jumped up more than 10,000 people from it, and I am afraid that it would not be a blessing for the country'.

You must know that Zeng Guofan was born as a Jinshi, and Ding Wei was the former right attendant of the military department, who had tens of thousands of troops in 1854 and conquered Yuezhou, Wuchang and other important towns. Whether it is qualifications, troops, or military exploits, they are much more prominent than the current Lin Zhe.

So it's very helpless to say that Lin Zhe doesn't have any hope of getting the real vacancy above the governor now, at most he will be promoted to a false title, such as changing from a third-grade candidate to a second-grade candidate, but this kind of promotion that only promotes the alternate grade has no practical significance.

Rich?

As the only son of the Lin family, he said that he was not short of money, and he was different from other generals who led troops to fight, he did not fight for money.

In short, it is that the promotion and fortune are relatively illusory and meaningless to Lin Zhe now.

In this case, you ask Lin Zhe to go to Zhenjiang now, or Jiangning and Taiping will fight to the death, this is absolutely unwilling for him, and he will bring more than 1,000 people over, which is a typical case of no benefit if you win, and a lot of disadvantages if you lose.

In case of a losing battle, if Yu Shengjun killed and injured hundreds of people, Lin Zhe must not be heartbroken to death.

So when Xu Naizhao said that Yu Shengjun would send troops to Zhenjiang, Lin Zhe's face immediately changed from frowning to cold.

As soon as Xu Naizhao finished speaking, Lin Zhe spoke: "Now that the military affairs of Zhenjiang and Jiangning are tight, I am also anxious, but now my Yu Shengjun has no more than a thousand soldiers here in Shanghai, even if I go to Zhenjiang, it will be difficult to change the situation of the war!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Naizhao wanted to say something, but Lin Zhe didn't give him a chance to speak, but continued to speak:

"Moreover, the officers and men of my Yu Shengjun have been fighting continuously for more than a month, and the soldiers are tired and urgently need to rest, in addition, there are many losses in the guns, half of them are already unusable, and the ammunition is also used up after the First World War in Shanghai, so even if our army wants to fight again, it is powerless!"

While speaking, Lin Zhe still showed a sad look.

But Lin Zhe's words, even a fool can hear that these are all prevarications, and Xu Naizhao knows that behind these excuses is a very resolute attitude of Lin Zhe, that is, not to go to Zhenjiang!

Although he was a little angry in his heart, he didn't express the anger in his heart because he knew that even if he was angry, it would be useless.

Because he can't control Lin Zhe at all, let alone him, the governor of Jiangsu, Xu Naizhao, even if it is Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, or Xiang Rong and Qi Shan, the ministers of Qincha, they have no power to directly govern Lin Zhe and his Yu Shengjun.

Because Lin Zhe does not belong to the sequence of local officials, he is the minister of the Qin Mission!

The earlier title of 'Yuyao County Yongying Supervisor' has died out with the Yuyao County Yongying being renamed Yu Shengjun, but Lin Zhe did not get any titles such as Yu Shengjun Supervision because of this, so now Lin Zhe's series of official rank and grade assignments are: Zhejiang Province Sanpin Candidate Dao, Huzhou Donation Bureau Supervision, and cooperation with Zhejiang Governor to handle group training matters.

The first two are not important, if only these two grades are sent, then Lin Zhe will nominally have to be under the jurisdiction of the governor of Zhejiang.

But he also has the title of 'cooperating with the governor of Zhejiang to handle group training matters'.

This title was not given to him by local officials such as the Yamen of the Governor of Zhejiang or the Yamen of the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, nor was it appointed by the imperial court, but directly appointed by Emperor Xianfeng with a holy decree.

No matter what level of the minister of regimental training, whether he is supervising, meeting or co-organizing, they are all personally appointed by Emperor Xianfeng, and they are the ministers of the Eight Classics.

Therefore, Lin Zhe, who 'cooperates with the governor of Zhejiang to handle group training matters', can also be directly referred to as 'minister of group training' or 'minister of group training'.

There was no direct contact between the minister of the Qincha regiment and the local officials and other generals of the imperial court, and together with the Qincha, Xiang Rong, who was in charge of military affairs, could not control Lin Zhe's head, and as for the governor of Jiangsu and the governor of Liangjiang, he had no such right.

As for the words of Zhejiang Governor Huang Zonghan, he cannot manage Lin Zhe as the governor of Zhejiang, but can only manage Lin Zhe as 'supervising the affairs of Zhejiang's group training', but this relationship is not a direct subordinate relationship, but a synergistic relationship with one as the main and one as the secondary.

Strictly speaking, even if it was Huang Zonghan, he did not have the right to directly order Lin Zhe to lead the army to attack there, so he could only discuss it.

To say a little exaggerated, that is, except for Emperor Xianfeng's accident in today's country, no one in the world can give Lin Zhe a direct combat order!

So don't look at the minister of group training, he doesn't have any actual power in the place, except for giving you a name for group training, but it is also beneficial, that is, the world is big, except for Emperor Xianfeng, no one can take care of you.

Lin Zhe loves to fight the Taiping Army, and if he doesn't want to fight, he will directly move the bench to watch the play, and others can only stare dryly except for impeaching Lin Zhe in the previous chapter.

The reason why Zeng Guofan was so strong after he started the Hunan army was because in addition to holding heavy troops, he was also a minister, and no one else could control him.

Therefore, you can see in the history books that many governors and ministers of regimental training gather in a certain place to discuss military affairs, but you can never see such and such a governor, the minister who specializes in military affairs directly gives orders to a certain minister of regimental training, and even in the later period, those ministers of regimental training with heavy troops directly govern the local governor and governor.

Tsang Kuo-fan is the most obvious example.

For the current Lin Zhe, in fact, the title of the minister of regimental training above his head is still quite useful.

Xu Naizhao naturally knew this, so he didn't plan to force Lin Zhe to go to Zhenjiang, but he was not willing to directly let Yu Shengjun, a strong army, leave Jiangsu.

You must know that the military affairs of Jiangsu, especially Jiangnan, are very tight now, and Xiang Rong is under great pressure, and he Xu Naizhao is also under great pressure.

Lin Zhe encountered many difficulties in preparing Yu Shengjun, how could it be easier for him Xu Naizhao, the governor of Jiangsu, Xu Naizhao faced many more difficulties than Lin Zhe's, not to mention anything else, just the food and drink of the many Qing troops gathered in Jiangsu was enough for him Xu Naizhao to worry about his white hair.

These Qing troops were nominally drawn by the imperial court to provide military supplies, but the treasury in the household department of the imperial court now does not even have silver slag, and tens of millions of military expenditures in recent years have almost squeezed all the income of the Qing court, and the money of the household department is simply not enough for the needs of the Qing army in various places.

Since the imperial court has no money, but this military expenditure cannot be left unpaid, and at the same time, because the two large camps in Jiangbei and Jiangnan are in Jiangsu, although the imperial court has asked the provinces to pay Jiangsu separately, but it is still far from enough.

How did the Qing Dynasty's donation start, that is, because of the shortage of military funds in Jiangsu, it was opened in order to solve military expenses, and it was quickly promoted to the whole country after the opening of Jiangsu.

Under the pressure of military spending, Zhenjiang has not been able to regain it for a long time, the Taiping troops in Jiangning and Yangzhou have gathered, and the previous Shanghai has fallen, and many affairs are almost overwhelming.

To say that the pressure borne by many officials in the contemporary Qing court, Xu Naizhao's pressure is enough to rank in the top five, of course, there are also people who are under greater pressure and in a more tragic situation than him, such as the minister of Qincha, who prepared and was responsible for Xiang Rong of the Jiangnan camp.

Anyway, in these years, all the officials in this part of Jiangsu are more tragic, especially the successive governors of Jiangsu have not been long in office, and they were either killed or dismissed, but Yiliang, the top boss of the governor of Jiangsu, has been the governor of Liangjiang for four years.

The generals who fought in Jiangsu were also not happy, such as Xiang Rong and Qi Shan, their own troops were insufficient, and the Taiping army in 1853 was very fierce, so they could only shrink back.

What's more critical is that with the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army, the frightened Emperor Xianfeng conveyed orders to them in the old-fashioned manner, asking them to conquer Jiangning and annihilate the Taiping Army.

In 1853, the Qing court officials on the ground in Jiangsu, regardless of civil and military, were all very miserable!

In this case, it is natural for Xu Naizhao to leave Yu Shengjun, a strong army, and let Lin Zhe go to Zhenjiang to fight the Taiping army, but if Lin Zhe helps garrison the Susongtai area, then he will be able to free up more troops to march into Zhenjiang.

Moreover, if the battle situation on the Zhenjiang side was tense at that time and the Taiping army was going eastward, it would be impossible for his Lin Zhe's Yu Shengjun to be indifferent since he was in Shanghai, and sooner or later he would have to go up to fight the Taiping army.

Therefore, no matter what, he has to leave Yu Shengjun behind first, as long as he stays, he is afraid that Lin Zhe will not go up to fight with the Taiping Army?

Thinking of this, Xu Naizhao said again: "If your army can't move to Zhenjiang, can you stay here to help defend Shanghai for the time being, and continue to clear the surging knife thief army?" ”

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