Before retreating, Zeng Guofan threw the remaining nearly 1,000 mines, including hundreds of anchor mines, into the river and floated the wooden boxes downstream, forcing the Democratic Alliance troops to stop the pursuit and calm down to clear the mines.

After sweeping away all the drifting mines and anchor mines, the sky was already approaching evening, and the Hunan army's sailors had disappeared without a trace, and there was no point in pursuing, so Wang Feng had to order to camp on the spot and cross Poyang Lake tomorrow.

In addition, it was not counted until late at night, a total of 20,000 Taiping troops and 15,000 Hunan troops were collected, and the Hunan troops on the top of the mountain were about 2,000, and after nearly half of the dead and wounded, the rest also surrendered, and the number of the pole army was 18,000, and there were nearly 5,000 corpses found at the scene, that is, almost 13,000 people scattered in a hurry.

Early the next morning, the Democratic Alliance began to cross Poyang Lake, the narrowest part of the mouth of Poyang Lake was about one and a half kilometers wide, and nearly 70,000 people crossed it, and it took two days until the evening of June 20 to enter Jiujiang, which also made Wang Feng completely abandon the idea of pursuing Zeng Guofan.

In the next period of time, Wang Feng set his mind to reorganize the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army of more than 20,000 people, the Taiping Army was relatively easy, Lin Qirong was appointed as the commander of the 14th Army, assigned to the Fourth Group Army, after updating equipment and preliminary exercises, under the command of Li Xiucheng.

The situation of the Hunan army is rather special, and all the soldiers of the Hunan army are recruited by the battalion officers themselves, that is to say, the Hunan army only recognizes its own battalion officers, which to a certain extent has the characteristics of a private army, which is absolutely not allowed by the Democratic Alliance Army.

In modern Chinese history, the warlords of Beiyang came from the Huai army, and the Huai army followed the Hunan military camp system, although the Hunan army quickly declined under the suspicion of the Qing court. However, the Hunan army recruited soldiers with battalion officers, and then formed its own private army, but the tradition was followed.

For the Hunan army. Since it was impossible to find out the specific situation of each battalion officer in a short period of time, Wang Feng simply dismissed all the generals at the battalion officer level. Each person will be given 100 ocean severance pay and sent home, and more than 10,000 people below the battalion officer level will be temporarily mixed into various companies, and in the future, they will be transferred to form another army.

The reorganization took eight days, and on June 29, the news of Nanchang came, and as expected, after the defeat of the Jiujiang Hunan army, 15,000 defenders of Nanchang surrendered, and Wen Jun, the governor of Jiangxi, hanged himself. At this point, the entire territory of Jiangxi fell into the hands of the Democratic Alliance Army.

Because the news came in advance that the Wuchang Xiang army had abandoned the city and fled, Wang Feng ordered a division of the Eighth Army to enter Wuchang with the cooperation of five gunboats, and ordered Li Xiucheng to leave the strength to defend Jiangxi and then advance into Hunan. I needed to go back to the base to repair it, so I drove back a few days ago.

Zeng Guofan once hoped that the Hunan squires would bring big trouble to Wang Feng, but the power of the Hunan squires was basically realized into the Hunan army, and the Hunan army was incorporated. Flee and flee, which makes their strength in the weakest period.

So Wang Feng was unceremonious and just entered Hunan. Then they scattered their troops and slaughtered the polders. The policy implemented is exactly the same as in northern Jiangsu, fighting local tyrants. Divide the field!

At that time, there were only more than 20,000 people in northern Jiangsu, and now, Wang Feng's headquarters plus most of the Fourth Group Army, the total number of people exceeded 100,000, although the terrain was somewhat unfavorable, but relying on the large number of people, the efficiency was not affected, and for a while, the land of Hunan was full of blood, the heads of people were rolling, countless polders were razed to the ground, and the landlords and squires suffered a major blow!

However, when it entered Changsha two months later, some accidents occurred, although the Hunan army retreated, but the gentry in the city actually organized a regimental practice to defend the city spontaneously, which made Wang Feng angry and used artillery fire to collapse the city wall, and easily broke through Changsha.

The streets of Changsha are deserted, with groups of soldiers walking through the streets and alleys, and the occasional passer-by huddled on the corner of the street, although they do not show much hatred, but they also look lukewarm, and it can be seen that the people of Changsha do not welcome the Democratic Alliance.

Shi Dakai couldn't help but shook his head: "Commander-in-chief, as early as the second year of Xianfeng, when it was still the Taiping Army, I and the East King, the West King besieged Changsha with heavy troops, it was the Changsha gentry who contributed manpower and financial resources to help the Qing court defend to the death, I heard that many people also left a suicide note, vowing to live and die with the provincial capital, and then our army could not be attacked for a long time, after going north, the Changsha gentry donated money to build warships, help the sailors, and also organized the academy students to participate in military training, hey, Changsha is this place, the evil door is very good!" ”

Zhou Xiuying pondered: "Hunan is the main battlefield of the Taiping Army and the court, the long-term tug-of-war has made the people's livelihood in Hunan withered, all industries are ruined, and the people are in danger, it is normal for Hunan people to hate the Taiping Army, and Changsha is the base camp of the Hunan Army, and nearly half of the soldiers in our Democratic Alliance Army are from the Taiping Army, so it is understandable that the people of Changsha do not want to see us, I think, as long as the policy is implemented and made clear, the people of Changsha will slowly change their views on us." ”

"It's not that simple!" Wang Feng said with a calm face: "Changsha is the center of science in the south, what is science?" Under the deliberate inducement of the Qing court, Changsha has a group of foolish loyalists, who regard the Manchu Qing Dynasty as orthodox, pedantic and conservative, mean and greedy, short-sighted, self-righteous, and most of the squires who spontaneously defend the city come from this part of the people, and perhaps there are not many of them who are demonized and publicized by the Qing court. ”

"And what are you going to do?" Yang Shuijiao asked.

Wang Feng said with a cruel smile: "Political struggle is not only a conflict of interests, but also a cultural struggle, since I have come to Hunan, of course I have the obligation to eradicate science and remove the cancer that has been attached to Chinese civilization for nearly a thousand years!"

The herald ordered that all the squires who participated in the training of the squires defending the city would be regarded as rebellion, raiding their homes and exterminating the clan, and visiting and organizing the poor people of Changsha, affirming the policy of our army, urging them to testify and expose, and convening a grievance meeting within three days, and finally, all the children in Changsha and all the private school gentlemen and gentlemen of the private school were brought to Yuelu Academy! ”

"Yes!" Several Black Hawks walked away quickly.

Wang Feng beckoned again: "Yuelu Academy is tied among the four major academies in the world, let's go, let's go and see it first." ”

"Hmm!" Shi Dakai and the others nodded one after another.

Wang Feng did not just bring a few people around him, but transferred a brigade of soldiers to accompany him, Yuelu Academy is located west of the Xiangjiang River, about an hour later, the group came to the gate of the academy.

"Only Chu is talented, Yu Si is very much!" Zhou Xiuying silently read the couplets on both sides of the gate, and couldn't help but chuckle: "What a big breath, except for Chu Di, no one cares about it?" ”

Yang Shuijiao took it over and said: "Xiuying, science is the state religion of the Qing Dynasty, and Changsha is the base of Huxiang science, with the support of the court, isn't it normal not to take the people of the world in your eyes?" ”

"A mere yellow-haired girl dares to discuss science?" As soon as Yang Shuijiao's words fell, an old man's angry rebuke came from the courtyard.

An old man with white pigtails appeared in the doorway, his eyes lit up with anger, and he straightened his back to scan the soldiers below. (To be continued......)