When Li Yongji returned to Qingpu County this time, he was quite high-profile, and he deliberately put on a battle as a commander, sounded a gong to open the way, and held a sign to avoid silence; not only did the officers and men of the troops stand guard on the road, but the officials of the county town also stood on duty in advance to help maintain order.

Of course, this is not because Li Yongji wants to play prestige, but purely to exert pressure, but to put pressure on Zhao Buqun, who is said to have a strong sense of superiority for some reason, as well as Xue Huan and Li Hongzao, so his battle is not placed in Qingpu County at all, but in Qingpu Military Academy.

After that, it was simple, Li Yongji first went to ask Li Hongzao, who was still in confinement, for the holy decree and the line, and then put on a yellow coat and a pair of dazzling eyes, and then went out to meet Zhao Buqun with the whole suit.

Not to mention, this battle really worked, at least Zhao Buqun was three knots shorter all of a sudden, and he was no longer as arrogant as he was at the beginning, and he regarded himself as the mentor of the Admiral at every turn.

Briefly talked to this Zhao Buqun, before he finished drinking a cup of tea, suddenly a small soldier hurriedly rushed in outside, and his mouth was 100,000 urgent, and when he opened his mouth, it was an urgent military situation. After that, Li Yongji pretended to take the emergency military situation in the hands of the soldiers and looked at it, first surprised, and then shocked, then shook his head at Zhao Buqun, saying that the military affairs are in the body, and we will meet again another day, and the teacher will take care of himself. And then, without waiting for the other party to say anything polite or something, Li Yongji hurriedly followed the little soldier out of the room, and called "come here" as he walked, as if it was really like that.

When Li Yongji walked out of the room, Zhao Buqun reacted, looking at the still hot tea, he suddenly sighed, as if he really understood something.

Of course, this is acting, and to the point of Li Yongji, no matter how urgent the military situation is, it will not be exaggerated like this. This is all for Zhao Buqun to see.

This idea was Wang Tao's idea, and Li Yongji didn't want to do this, and even felt that it was too much. However, in Wang Tao's view, this matter is quite important and must be taken seriously.

Because no matter how insignificant Zhao Buqun is, after all, he was once Li Yongji's enlightenment teacher, or the only teacher before his career, and the Chinese have always paid attention to respecting teachers, and now he personally visited his students for the first time, if Li Yongji didn't care at all. Then others will say that Li Yongji's is not.

Nowadays, with the improvement of Li Yongji's status, more and more scholars are beginning to convince themselves to accept Li Yongji, but if you still put on a posture of not caring about anything, or flouting the etiquette of a qiē, then this good situation will be lost.

Chinese have always emphasized being a person in advance, that is, no matter how many big and good things you do, if your personal character is not good, then nothing will work, nothing is right. Therefore. If you don't get it right, it will become a heavy stain on Li Yongji's person, which is more contemptuous of the imperial court. Crimes such as plotting rebellion are much heavier, because they are directly related to your character, your moral cultivation, and your bearing.

Everyone can accept a rebel. But he can't accept a person who doesn't respect his teacher, so he treats people like Zhao Buqun. If you can't be arrogant, you have to go with the flow.

Didn't Zhao Buqun come over to talk to you about respecting the teacher? Well, I will talk to you about official authority, that is, to use your rank and prestige to use the righteousness of the court to suppress him, so that the other party will retreat in the face of difficulties, let him be ashamed of himself, and let the other party have a sense of disparity.

If Li Yongji puts on an attitude of respecting his teacher and not forgetting his old feelings as a commander, he still doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and he doesn't leave, or if he points fingers everywhere, then it is not Li Yongji's problem, but his problem.

To be honest, Li Yongji is still a little incomprehensible to this logic, but since he has been reborn until now, he also knows that many things in this era cannot be done according to modern laws, so since Wang Tao, who is also a scholar in this time and space, said so, then let him believe him and do it first.

The effect seems to be good, at least after this time, Zhao Buqun never came over to entangle again, and basically disappeared from Li Yongji's sight.

In this way, Xue Huan's killer weapon silently lost its effect, and Xue Huan could no longer make any small moves against Li Yongji through Zhao Buqun, but despite this, Li Yongji was still quite polite to Xue Huan, and did not treat him as such, still how to do it.

That is to say, everyone still laughs when they meet haha, and you continue to do yours behind your back, and I do mine, without in-depth contact and in-depth offense. Of course, the main reason for this offense is that Xue Huan does not offend Li Yongji, and Li Yongji does not have the slightest scruples.

Only Li Hongzao was in a very depressed mood, not only was he ignored and not said, but he was also locked up for no reason, and he didn't even have a place to reason with someone.

But after thinking about it, he was a little relieved, because no matter what, Li Yongji could be regarded as receiving the holy decree, and after receiving the decree, he really wanted to send troops under the order, which could be regarded as completing the emperor's explanation. At the same time, it also shows one thing, that is, Li Yongji is just more domineering, at least so far, there is no intention of rebellion, for such a person, as long as he follows, it is estimated that he will be fine.

You must know that before leaving Beijing, Li Hongzao had discussed some things about this trip, and the topic was mainly focused on Li Yongji, which even talked about what to do if the other party did not obey the edict and took the opportunity to rebel.

The conclusion is very simple, if Li Yongji rebels, he will definitely use it to sacrifice the flag, which is the main reason why everyone doesn't like to be this Qincha, but everyone hasn't said this reason, otherwise, the errand of the Qincha will not be thrown to him, you must know that in the past, this is a beautiful cha.

Therefore, from this point of view, it is already a blessing to be able to save his life, and it was at this time that Li Hongzao completely woke up and regretted his previous recklessness.

Li Hongzao is a very interesting person, he was iron-clad before, but once he realizes his mistake or realizes the danger, he can bend and stretch. After being released, he immediately took the initiative to compensate Li Yongji, his posture was very low, and he even made some flattery, which made him feel strange and felt that he could make such a move.

One way or another. After this incident, the newly arrived minister and the governor of Liangjiang completely sided with Li Yongji, and no longer caused trouble for Li Yongji, and completely turned a blind eye to the grievances and complaints of the officials under him.

As for Li Yongji, it seems that he also reciprocated this kindness, or he was very satisfied with the holy decree, in short, he really sent troops to rescue after receiving the order, and he sent troops in an all-round way as soon as he moved, looking like he was mobilizing the army and fighting the people.

On the 20th day of the eighth month of the Western calendar, Li Yongji officially launched a large-scale late-summer offensive. The sharpness of its attacks, the tightness of its organization, and the speed of its actions have astonished the world.

First of all, Zhou Da, the commander of the First Division, who was temporarily formed by the expansion of the First Infantry Corps, personally led the two main regiments of the First Division and 10,000 militiamen accompanying the army to begin to march towards Changzhou. asked him to give up Changzhou, so that everyone could continue to be friends happily, or else the film would be officially opened.

Li Xiucheng originally wanted to regret it once, after all, Changzhou is also an important town. I wanted to continue to delay and wait for change, but when I found that Zhou Da personally led two regiments and 10,000 militiamen over, I finally understood that I couldn't do anything. After all, Changzhou was a group of remnants of the defeated army at this time, and they couldn't stop the other party at all, so they sent a clear reply to Li Yongji by radio. Then began to retreat on its own.

In this way, by August 26, Changzhou went down without a fight, returned to the hands of the officers and soldiers, or the elite army, and the first way, or the western route, offensive ended perfectly.

This was followed by the second offensive, also known as the Huhang Campaign, or the southern offensive.

The situation in Huzhou was different from that of Changzhou, which was still under the control of the Qing army, and the Taiping army only besieged Huzhou.

The general of the Taiping Army besieging Huzhou is Tan Shaoguang, although he is a fierce general, but most of the soldiers under him are young and strong who are temporarily recruited, with limited combat experience, and cannot fight hard battles, and Zhao Jingxian, the Huzhou defender, is not a vegetarian, plus Wall's foreign gun team also rushed to the rescue more than half a month ago, so Tan Shaoguang has always besieged Huzhou but not fight.

This kind of situation that is not embarrassing or embarrassing lasted until the fall of Changzhou and Zhang Wei personally led the two main forces to arrive on bicycles, which was completely ended.

Feeling that the other party was strong and his own strength was invincible, Tan Shaoguang did not make fearless sacrifices, and after discovering the arrival of the second regiment of the second division of the Jingwu Army, he took the initiative to retreat, so that the siege of Huzhou was solved.

After that, Zhang Wei merged with the foreign gun team, and then directly sent troops to attack Hangzhou.

In fact, this attack on Hangzhou was originally nothing to do with the foreign guns, but Wall has been fighting for it, and he has to follow it, making trouble, and even asked to talk to Li Yongji directly.

Since the foreign gun team nominally did not belong to the elite army sequence and only accepted Li Yongji's personal command, Zhang Wei had no choice but to agree to Wall's request, connected the radio call with Li Yongji, and asked Wall to report back to Li Yongji in person.

Wall also cherished this opportunity, and began to persuade Li Yongji bitterly, telling him why he wanted to continue to attack Hangzhou with the Jingwu army.

In Wall's view, the previous battle of Huzhou could not be called a battle at all, and after the foreign gun team came over, they just stared at each other, just confronted each other, and never fought at all, which could not train the team at all.

However, the confrontation also has benefits, that is, the original habit of becoming more and more lazy has been corrected a lot, after all, it is also on the front line, in view of this, Wall asked to make persistent efforts to continue to fight a tough battle, and the foreign gun team that has been trained by the war can really mature.

Li Yongji also felt that Wall's statement was reasonable, and as far as he knew, the mercenary called Chang Jiejun from Ningbo, composed of French, British, and Indians, was also in Hangzhou at this time, and asked the foreign gun team to fight Chang Jiejun.

The two regiments of Zhang Wei's Second Division and Wall's foreign spear team entered Hangzhou, and they were also lucky, and they found that the city defense of Hangzhou City was very empty, and there were only 3,000 Taiping troops and 200 foreigners to guard it.

It turned out that after Li Shixian defeated Hangzhou, his self-confidence was bursting, and he didn't know where he heard that Li Yongji was in Pinghu County at the moment, and the troops around him were empty, so he wanted to fight a surprise attack. So, he left 3,000 old and weak plus Chang Jie's army to defend Hangzhou, and he personally led 20,000 troops straight to Pinghu in Jiaxing, wanting to kill or capture Li Yongji alive at once, so that the entire Jingwu army would not be attacked.

Let's not say whether the news Li Shixian got is reliable or not, and not that Li Yongji has already returned to Qingpu County, but after Zhang Wei led the army to Hangzhou, he thought there was fraud at first. It's just a hard way to set up camp and defend, and then carefully observe the opponent and look for the opponent's loopholes.

You must know that Zhang Wei's troops did not have heavy artillery, and they would inevitably suffer heavy losses when they stormed a city like Hangzhou, while the elite army had always paid attention to maneuver and firepower, and paid attention to destroying the enemy in the movement, and did not seek the gains and losses of one city or one pool, so he only surrounded but did not fight, so as to be cautious.

But. When he heard the radio report of Li Shixian's main force being defeated in Pinghu, he realized that he had misunderstood, that the other party was really weak and powerless, and that he was not cheating.

At this moment, Zhang Wei will not be polite with you, and immediately bombard the city.

Although both regiments used 82-mm mortars, it may not be possible to hit the city walls, but it is still okay to blow up the people on the city.

At the same time as the mortar bombardment, the soldiers of the elite army also dispersed. kept shooting at the city with a Sharps rifle, so that the people in the city didn't dare to show their heads at all.

At this moment, Wall stepped forward and personally led the charge. The entire 200 foreign spear team also roared under the leadership of the commander, and under the cover of the powerful firepower of the Jingwu army, they rushed towards the moat with the ladder on their shoulders.

These white sailors, who were predominantly white, were also violent, carrying their guns behind their backs. Carrying the ladder on his shoulder, he went to the river and put the ladder to the moat, and then began to lay the planks. Nail the stakes and prepare to build an improvised pontoon.

During this period, the defenders did not try to block it, but as soon as they appeared, they were accurately shot by the elite military Sharps rifles by the moat. The Jingwu army has two regiments, more than 7,000 people, almost one gun per person, and they are all rear-loading rifled guns with both rate of fire, accuracy and shooting distance, and there are only 3,000 old and weak Taiping troops at the head of the city, using broadswords, spears, bows and arrows, only the Changjie army with less than 200 has firearms, but it still uses front-loading guns, regardless of range, rate of fire, accuracy or firepower density, it cannot be compared with the Jingwu army at all.

In other words, the defenders of the city head were completely suppressed by the firepower of the Jingwu army, and they were unable to react to the foreign spear team crossing the river at all.

Seeing that it was not possible to go on like this, the people of Chang Jiejun were also very spineless, and after seeing that the people of the foreign gun team had already built the pontoon bridge and began to continue to rush towards the city wall with a roar of the ladder, they decisively erected a white flag to indicate surrender.

The most capable Changjie troops all surrendered, and the remaining Taiping troops lost their morale, so they also threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Hangzhou fell like this, and as for Li Shixian's main force, it was another encounter.

Li Shixian came to Jiaxing by the way, and then left a force of 3,000 soldiers and horses to watch Jiaxing City, and he led the main force to attack Pinghu County directly. However, he did not meet Li Yongji here, he met the Marines who were training in Pinghu County.

The Marine Corps is a marine unit subordinate to the Navy, and the main personnel are mainly villagers from several surrounding fishing villages such as Mojia Village, and they all use Sharps rifles.

Li Yongji's original intention in forming this unit was to strengthen the navy's landing combat capability, but he did not expect that the first battle would not be a landing operation, but a defensive counterattack.

Although the Marines don't have any artillery, only some grenadiers, the Sharps rifle is also quite an excellent weapon, and these fishermen are extremely tough, plus they have little time to train, so the so-called defense is actually an attack.

In the face of Li Shixian's troops, the Marines directly swarmed in a straggler, and then looked for cover on the spot and began to shoot freely.

Thanks to the performance of the Sharps rifle, this kind of skirmish shooting effect is remarkable, crackling, making Li Shixian's army, which has not received much anti-shooting training and is still gathered together, extremely chaotic. In addition, the grenadier is just at the farthest firing distance, and the opponent gathers together, and the marines don't have to worry about any accuracy at this time, they only need to use the longest-distance mode to project at the opponent

In the face of the secret shooting of muskets and the intensive bombardment of grenadiers, the most important thing to do is to spread out the formation, or lie down on the spot, but Li Shixian's people were used to cold weapons before, even if they were firearms, they also stood up straight and fought, and never lay down, so as soon as the battle was connected, he was killed or wounded three or four hundred in the chaos.

So many people died at once, but they couldn't see the shadow of the other party at all, especially since they used the grenadier as a heavy artillery, and they were afraid that they couldn't do it, and the morale of the whole team fell at once. Seeing this, Li Shixian ordered a retreat again, and the team retreated in a chaotic manner, and at this time, the marines saw that it was cheap and spontaneously began to charge.

Li Shixian's troops were already retreating, and when they saw the other side charging, they were frightened, and the retreat became a rout, and they were scattered all the way by the group of fishermen of the Marine Corps like chasing ducks, and the team finally did not survive, and Li Shixian himself was lucky, taking advantage of the chaos to disguise himself as a civilian and escape.

In this way, even if the Huhang Battle of the Second Road is over, although it is a little unexpected, but in terms of results, it is quite good, and the results are the most prominent.

Finally, there is the third way, which is the northern attack.

Just when Zhou Da's slow soldiers regained Changzhou without bloodshed, and Zhang Wei advanced into Huzhou and transferred to Hangzhou, Wang Sanwu of Changshu was not idle, and took advantage of the situation to launch a more exciting attack.

Wang Sanwu was more courageous, and his troops were divided into two routes at one time, one was Jiang Yun led a main regiment of infantry plus 3,000 militiamen, and attacked Jiangyin with great fanfare; The other road was led by Wang Sanwu himself, with a regiment of bicycle infantry and a regiment of cavalry, with the help of the Americans, to cross the Yangtze River by merchant ship and attack Nantong at night.

Because there were not many defenders in Nantong, Wang Sanwu took advantage of the night to send a death squad to climb the city with ropes, and then the inside and outside joined forces to go down. After that, he left a battalion to guard the important back road of Nantong, and continued to lead his troops to advance wildly, connecting Taizhou and Yangzhou in seven days, cutting off the back road of the Taiping army and the Changsheng army that were attacking Huai'an.

At this moment, the Taiping army and the Changsheng army were in a panic, but the Huai'an strategy was at a critical juncture, and it seemed that it could be captured, and it was a pity to retreat at this time, or rather, it was mainly because the people of the Changsheng army were not willing to retreat, because retreat meant failure, which meant that they could not rob the city after breaking it.

In the end, Li Rongfa, the commander of the Taiping Army, and Gordon, the leader of the Changsheng Army, finally decided to return to Yangzhou immediately.

In this way, thirteen days later, the Changsheng army of 200 people and the Taiping army of 20,000 people withdrew all the way to the city of Yangzhou, and confronted Wang Sanwu, a main regiment and a cavalry regiment who were waiting for work.

During the confrontation, the white-dominated Changsheng army also tried to attack once, but as soon as two artillery shots were fired, Wang Sanwu used mortars to bombard indiscriminately, not only blowing up the only two 6-pounder guns of the Changsheng army into pieces, but also killing and wounding more than 60 people by the way, so that the Changsheng army, which had only about 200 people, suffered heavy losses and almost lost its organization.

This was the first heavy loss of personnel since the formation of the Chang Sheng Army, and in terms of results, it was even more unlucky than Chang Jie's army facing Zhang Wei.

Seeing that they couldn't fight and couldn't run, they couldn't run and couldn't run, Chang Shengjun was a bachelor, and they surrendered directly, and the Taiping army couldn't do it, and they would never dare to surrender without an order.

In this way, the two sides simply confronted each other like that, and in this process, Wang Sanwu has always taken the initiative, that is to say, whether to fight or not, it is up to him to have the final say.

At this time, Li Xiucheng, who finally knew the situation on the front line, couldn't sit still, and called him continuously, asking Li Yongji to let Li Rongfa go, and said that he had given up Changzhou, and that he couldn't be a man without credit, and if you continue to do this, can we continue to cooperate and do business well in the future.

In the end, Li Yongji decided to let Li Rongfa's team go, let Wang Sanwu let go of a road, and let Li Rongfa and the others leave, but they had to lay down their weapons, and there was still a heavy grain and grass, people could go, and things had to stay.

In this way, Li Yongji's three-way army came out together, and all of them achieved heavy victories in a short period of time, which can be said to be overwhelming and irresistible, and the momentum and advantage that the Taiping Army had worked hard to fight before were also completely disintegrated after the Jingwu Army sent troops this time.

At this time, the strength of the Jingwu Army has finally been completely recognized by the world, and it is no longer like in the past, just hearsay and half-belief. (To be continued......)