The leaderless Taiping army ushered in its first defeat since entering Hanzhong under the city of Fengxian. This defeat is still a big defeat that hurts the muscles and bones.

One of the five leaders of the Western Expeditionary Army, Ma Ronghe was attacked and died, 20,000 Taiping soldiers were killed, wounded, fled, captured, surrendered, took off their yellow shirts and went home to be the good citizens of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and when they withdrew to Liuba, the number of people counted was only 7,000.

After the two Taiping armies in the mountains east of the county learned the bad news, although the generals were full of resentment, the morale of the army was so turbulent that they could no longer fight, and withdrew from Fengxian County overnight. Seven out of ten of the recruits who had been recruited from Feng County disappeared on the way to retreat.

More than 2,000 young and strong warriors dared to fight, and when they arrived at Liuba to count the number of people, only 1,000 and a half remained.

Liu Xian went down to Douji Mountain and the defenders of Fengxian County, opened their arms, recruited troops, and led more than 3,000 young men to Liuba City in two days!

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In March, the land of China was full of smoke.

The battle in Tianjing is urgent, and the Taiping armies of Jiangnan, Anhui, and Jiangsu, all departments are particularly powerful. Although the True God Cult thugs on the battlefield in Shaanxi and Gansu are still difficult to control, Duolonga has already relieved the siege of Tongzhou and is leading the army to storm Wangge Village and Qiangbai Town south of Luoshui.

Although these two locations are not county seats, they are one of the sources of the Shaanxi True God Cult thugs, and they are stationed in strongholds. Significance is very important!

Liu Xian first burned the western camp of the Taiping army in Chenggu, and then beheaded Ma Ronghe, one of the main generals of the Western Expedition in Fengxian County, thwarting the direct attempt of the Taiping army to go north to Guanzhong.

However, in the short period of time between the two before and after, when the good news of the harmony of the horses was reported to Duolonga, Hanzhong had to send a second same good news to Liu Rong, the former Sichuan political envoy who stayed in Guangyuan, Sichuan.

Xi'an City is still calling for reinforcements, Beijing should be completely disappointed with the governor of Shaanxi, Yingdi, and see that the military situation in southern Shaanxi is particularly urgent, so he ordered the governor of Sichuan Luo Bingzhang to send Sichuan political envoy Liu Rong to Hanzhong to rectify the army and attack the Taiping army. However, I was afraid that Liu Rong would go to Hanzhong to command the army without official rank and power, and the local officers and soldiers in Hanzhong would not listen to a political envoy from another province, so it would be difficult to fight. So Liu Rong was specially appointed as the governor of Shaanxi, and Yingdi's official hat was removed, so Liu Rong's command of Shaanxi's army was justified.

Then the Qing court issued two urgent orders, saying that Hanzhong had been surrounded by the Taiping army for a long time, and the situation was very urgent.

Liu Rong naturally wanted to raise troops to go north, but he had no soldiers and no courage at hand, so he really dared to plunge into Hanzhong. So he made a detour to Nanjiang, stayed in Bazhou, and in addition to increasing Liu Yuezhao's army, he also sent people to Hunan to recruit troops. Although Luo Bingzhang ordered and urged him three times, he only moved to Guangyuan at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and did not dare to move forward. At the same time, in order to cheer up Liu Rong, the Qing court sent two additional armies of the Chu army, "Guizi" and "Guide", to Hanzhong for reinforcements, perhaps Hanzhong was too important, and the Qing court still felt that the troops were weak, and sent the general army He Bisheng and Xiao Qinggao to lead the "Guojian" and "Xiangguo" center and right armies to enter Hannan.

In other words, while Hanzhong is looking forward to the long-awaited reinforcements, there is also a mother-in-law in charge of affairs above his head - Liu Rong, the current governor of Shaanxi!

Liu Rong, the word Mengrong, the name Xiaxian, the famous family of the Tongcheng faction, Zeng Guofanwen made close friends, and it was also a banner of the Hunan army. Although he had just been promoted from political envoy to governor, he was more than one step slower than the other bigwigs in the Hunan army, but it was because his younger brother Liu Fan died in battle, and Liu Rong helped him to return to his hometown, and he had no intention of going out again.

But this does not mean that Liu Rong has no ability. Since he entered Sichuan, Luo Bingzhang has been governed by military officials, relying on Liu Rong's sponsorship, and also leading the division from time to time, Li Lan's uprising was flattened, Shi Dakai was repeatedly frustrated in Sichuan [and even finally Dadu River was captured], Liu Rong has made great efforts.

The recommended Xiao Qijiang, Liu Yuezhao, and Huang Chuxi are all outstanding. Among them, Liu Yuezhao is the most.

This time, Liu Rong was very careful. Because Chen Decai, Lai Wenguang and other generations are really not to be underestimated, whether it is their previous achievements or their rise again after Chen Yucheng's defeat, it proves this.

Moreover, Liu Rong is still a person who likes to think about the overall situation, he knows that the matter of Ganxi is focused on the northern road of Duolong'a, not the southern road he supervises, and his task is only to drag the Taiping army in southern Shaanxi and prevent the Taiping army from merging with the True God Cult mob, rather than having to eliminate the Taiping army.

He has a close relationship with Zeng Guofan, and knows that Zeng Laojiu is fighting Tianjing at this time, and the Taiping army is irretrievably defeated.

So his task is actually quite light.

Hugh said that Luo Bingzhang was urging him three times in a hurry, even if it was a hot imperial decree from Beijing, he dared to grind foreign workers in the same way. Although this does not mean that he is not aware of the situation in Hanzhong.

Contrary!

"Liuba camp? Liu Xianam? ”

In the backyard of Guangyuan County, Liu Rong, the new governor of Shaanxi, was sitting around the table with close staff, holding a letter sent by Hanzhong, looking shocked and muttering to himself.

"Look, everybody. There are also heroes in Hanzhong. ”

Handing the Zhu Jie document in his hand to a middle-aged scribe opposite, Liu Rong's face had calmed down, but her flickering eyes were still full of incredulity and endless joy.

"There are so many talents in the world!"

It's not that a family doesn't enter a door, Liu Rong is full of literati atmosphere, and all the staff members under him are full of culture. The middle-aged scribe quickly scanned the paperwork, and was immediately amazed.

Chen Decai fought thousands of miles from east to west, and his subordinates Lai Wenguang, Liang Chengfu, Lan Chengchun, and Ma Ronghe were all bandit generals, and they were veteran soldiers, and how difficult it was to use soldiers, the Hunan army was the most experienced.

Duolong, A, a certain Cheng dù, are all considered to be the faction of the Hunan army.

Unexpectedly, in the twelve prefectures and counties, nine occupied Hanzhong Mansions suddenly appeared such a strong person.

Liu Xian's previous achievements have already attracted their attention, but this group of people has seen too many stories of generals who have risen from the grass, and Liu Xian has been relatively ordinary except for the fact that he was shining brightly when he burned the western camp of the Taiping Army.

"What do you think of this Liu Shoubei?"

"The posture of a famous general. As long as I don't die halfway, I will have one more pillar in the Qing Dynasty! ”

This time, the battle was reconciled, and the situation in Fengxian County was directly reversed by 180 degrees, which was not an ordinary surprise.

An old scribe sitting under Liu Rong stroked the goatee on his chin and shook his head in appreciation.

"What Lu Lao said is very true. It's a pity that this person was pocketed by Zhang Shoudai early, otherwise it would not be easy for Rong Gong to gain a foothold in southern Shaanxi! Another staff member said pointedly.

Liu Rong put down the report document in her hand that she had turned around for a week and then returned to her hand, and her eyes flashed. That's right, no matter how many people the court sends, it is not as good as the wishes of its own faction, and the credit does not flow to outsiders!

There was a half-silence in the room.

Another staff member opened his mouth to break the silence, "Mao Zhenshou, Liu Xinchen, Shaanxi political envoy!" But it's even more touching.

After the words fell, the atmosphere in the room instantly doubled silent, but after a while, everyone's eyes began to glow rapidly.