The vast Pohu Lake is connected to the sky, and the waves are surging first; Even the river and the sea are broad-minded, nourishing the living beings year after year in Poyang Lake, Poyang Lake inherits the water of Jiangxi, Fu, Xin, Rao and Xiu, and connects the Yangtze River. In the season of abundant water, the waves are surging and rippling, the vast expanse, and the water and the sky are connected; In the dry season, the water falls out of the beach, the dry water is on the line, the wild grass is abundant, and the reeds are thick; The peaks and ridges on the lakeside are extended, the sand mountains are undulating, the fertile fields are thousands of miles, the migratory birds are flying, and the cattle and sheep are feigned.

At this time, thousands of boats of all sizes marched northward in an orderly manner on the river surface of Poyang Lake.

"Hu Zhixian really has a heart, and he can collect thousands of ships in seven days, which solves my urgent need!" Li Yunzhong praised Hu Mengjun about his county magistrate's father, but he thought about Hu Zhixian's appearance when he was looking for death and life when he knew his identity.

Hu Mengjun scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and reminded: "Your Highness, I also have a share of the credit for this. ”

Why doesn't His Royal Highness the King of Han appreciate me! He still remembered what Zhong Lin had said at the beginning, and the people who had been praised by His Highness were all ranked in the third and fourth grades.

"Your greatest credit is to persuade your old man to be willing to be a spy! Aren't you worried that he will be killed by the Qing court? Li Yunzhong scolded with a smile.

Hu Mengjun is not worried about the safety of his county father: "What are you afraid of, although this Poyang County is a little bit close to Nanchang, but only the waterway is easy to walk, and Nanchang City has no water division, and there are still Han soldiers disguised as Xiangyong in the city, don't say that the Qing army has no courage to fight, even if the Qing army comes to attack, my father can hold on to the reinforcements." ”

Looking at this beautiful lake, where white cranes, goshawks, white-headed harriers and other animals are frequently visible, Li Yunzhong couldn't help but ask: "Do you know the history of this Poyang Lake?" ”

Since Hu Kuan took over the post of magistrate of Poyang County, Hu Mengjun has noticed Poyang Lake. He had already been confident about this knowledge, and replied excitedly: "Poyang Lake was known as Pengli Lake, Peng Lize, Pengze Lake, Peng Lake, Yanglan Lake, Gongting Lake and so on in ancient times.

One is "Pengli Lake". Peng Li is a very ancient Ze Xue name. Hanshu. The Geographical Chronicle "Peng Li, Yuzhang County" contains: "Peng Lize is in the west". There is another saying: "Peng is big, Li's is big", describing Poyang Lake as a big scoop.

The second is "Yanglan Lake", which is named after some people who have personally experienced the ups and downs of Poyang Lake, Li Gang's poem "Peng Li": "The world has spread the Lan and left Li, and the white waves without wind are like mountains." Song Yujing's poem "Yanglan": "Peng Li came to danger in ancient times, and the soup ran through Hou Wei." The source is long and the clouds float together, and the sky is endless. It is rumored that it will be handed over in May, and it will be cloudy at this time. Hurricanes give rise to the sea. The rest of the force is a thousand miles away. All kinds of wrath are roaring, and the waves are frenzied. ”

The third is "Gongting Lake", which originally referred to a part of Poyang Lake in the southeast of Xingzi County, and was named after the Gongting Temple next to the lake, and later referred to all the ...... of Poyang Lake.

Li Yunzhong saw that he was as fluent as an endorsement, and hurriedly interrupted his tirade: "Stop...... Are you endorsing a book, or enjoying the scenery, a good Poyang Lake has become a vulgar thing in your mouth. It's a pity if your talent for speaking can be wasted, so let's go to the boat behind you to help me persuade Li Hongzhang and the others to surrender, you will successfully persuade one person to surrender. I'm rewarded too! ”

Finally hearing the word 'reward', Hu Mengjun said excitedly: "What official position does Your Highness plan to reward me, the prefect is still the governor!" ”

Governor! Li Yunzhong was speechless. kicked Hu Mengjun's ass and scolded with a smile: "Damn!" Governor! How dare you think about it? Listen, you petty official, there are four people inside. Your official position is now a job with the same battalion officer, that is, a six-grade official, if you persuade one to surrender, I will give you a promotion, and if all the persuasions are successful, I will give you another level, that is, five levels in a row, that is, from the third grade...... Hey, wait, I'm not done yet! ”

Looking at Hu Mengjun's back, Li Yunzhong smiled and shook his head, hoping that Hu Mengjun could persuade Li Hongzhang to be stubborn.

Jin Wuxi fell, the moon rabbit came to the east, and before you knew it, the sky gradually became dark. On the blue sky, a crescent moon spewed out a cold glow. The clouds are looming, the stars are brilliant, dotted with stars, and a milky white heavenly river runs through the middle sky, shining brightly on the surface of the lake.

"Your Highness, an Anhui messenger has come to visit." Watching King Han enjoy the beautiful scenery, Zhao Laoqi cautiously approached Li Yunzhong and reminded him in a low voice.

Li Yunzhong retracted his gaze, turned around and said, "Let's go, let's go and see where the main force of the Anhui Seventh Army has arrived." ”

In the cabin, Jiao Liang and Zeng Shuiyuan sat opposite each other, and Li Yunzhong sat on the top and asked the messenger, "Who is the strong man?" ”

Ding Ruchang's legs trembled excitedly, he didn't dare to look up, and bowed down and said: "The last general's name is Ding Ruchang, and he is the deputy general guarding the mouth of the lake, and he came to greet His Highness on the order of the army commander Li Desheng. ”

Li Yunzhong said gently: "Ding Ruchang! You don't have to be nervous, you said that Li Desheng has arrived at the mouth of the lake? ”

Ding Ruchang became more and more nervous, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, Your Highness, the army commander led the vanguard to Hukou after receiving the order of the King of Han, and the main force of the Seventh Army was led by Commander Liu Cai, and it has left Anqing at present, and will arrive in Pengze County tomorrow." ”

"Ha Lu Ha...... Okay, this time Zeng Guofan is difficult to fly, can Hukou County stick to today? Li Yunzhong planned to copy Zeng Guofan's back road and annihilate him in Jiangxi.

A line of fine sweat broke out on Ding Ruchang's forehead, and he said: "Hukou County can hold out for about two days, and the Hunan army has also learned to use the method of blasting to attack the city, so a big gap in the north wall has been blown up, if it weren't for the fact that our army has a lot of explosives, Hukou would have already fallen." ”

It seems that it can only be defeated and defeated, Li Yunzhong is a pity, the Hunan army can cut off the connection between Jiujiang and the lower reaches of the lake by breaking through the lake, so that Jiujiang will not be defended, and the Qing army can attack Anqing downstream, and then Nanjing is in danger, and it will really affect the whole body.

"Order the vanguard to speed up the march, strive to enter Hukou County before noon tomorrow, and never let the Hunan army capture Hukou!" Li Yunzhong decided to make a quick decision, he hadn't returned to Nanjing for a long time.

Zeng Shuiyuan got up and said: "Obey the order, the last general will personally lead his troops to support Hukou first." ”

Under the castle of Hukou

Zeng Guofan had a big temper with the camp officials, several camp officials and sub-commanders were all panicked, and the marshal was angry with his own people, which had never happened before.

"In a small Hukou County, my tens of thousands of troops can't attack it in half a month! Have you become greedy for life and afraid of death, and dare not fight hard? Where did the spirit of death go in Wuchang at the beginning? Zeng Guofan slapped the table and had been scolding for half an hour.

Guo Songtao persuaded in a low voice: "It's not that our army doesn't work hard, but that the short hair is too brave, do you remember the five hundred foreign gun team, which delayed our army for two hours, and destroyed the guns before dying, and would rather commit suicide than be captured, this is the difference between short hair and long hair." ”

Liu Rong remembered the scene at that time, and also had palpitations, and continued: "Long hair can win battles, morale is high, but once defeated by our army, the soldiers have no heart to fight, and they are scrambling to flee, this is the practice of several of their palaces to preserve their strength, but the short hair is united, if you win, you will not be arrogant, and if you lose, you will not give up, not only can you win the battle, but you can also persevere to the end if you lose, and our Hunan army has not reached this state." ”

Zeng Guofan saw that they were angry with others and destroyed their prestige, and asked: "Do you have a way to deal with it?" In this small Hukou County, there are only 2,000 defenders, and our army surrounds it several times, so it is useless? If you play against the main force of Longhair, how can you win! ”

Luo Zenan said: "Since the strong attack is not successful, then persuade to surrender, Hukou County is dangerous, and there are only 2,000 people in the city, which means that the status of the defenders in the city is not high, we lure them with high-ranking officials, they just don't surrender, and the combat power will also decline, our army will take the opportunity to storm and will be able to break through Hukou County!" ”

Finally hearing a practical solution, Zeng Guofan stroked his beard and smiled, and praised: "Zhong Yue can be in charge alone!" I will write a letter to send someone into the city, you go down to let the soldiers recuperate, tomorrow morning, if the short-haired in the city does not fall, immediately attack the city, short-haired reinforcements are coming, this battle is either you die or I die, I hope you cherish! ”

Li Desheng looked at Cheng Xueqi, who wanted to sleep but didn't dare to sleep, and kept pinching his thigh, and said with a smile: "Let's take turns on duty at night, you sleep first, I'll keep watching." ”

Cheng Xueqi shook his head desperately, and said in a rough voice: "The army commander has not rested since he entered Hukou County, you should sleep first, I can withstand it, it is already dark, and the enemy army under the city should not attack the city anymore, as long as you hold the gap under the city." ”

Li Desheng looked up at the sky and laughed at himself: "To be honest, I didn't agree with Lin Qirong's recommendation of you to be a battalion officer, it is extremely difficult to be promoted in the Han army, except for the hand-picked by the King of Han, I haven't heard of anyone who can be promoted from the white body to the position of the regiment commander in just one year, you are the first, Lin Qirong is not wrong about you, you are the competent commander of this regiment, maybe the King of Han will arrive in two days, if you can seize the opportunity, it will be the next Li Xiucheng!" ”

Cheng Xueqi has also heard of Li Xiucheng's legend, and he has been familiar with Li Desheng in the past few days, and asked very much: "I heard that Li Dudu also served as a battalion officer under you, is this true?" ”

Looking at the officers next to him who pricked up their ears, Li Desheng was not afraid of other people's irresponsible remarks, and admitted very happily: "Yes, when I was in Guangxi, he was a battalion commander under me, but I didn't expect him to be promoted so quickly when he arrived in Nanjing, first as a division commander, then as a military commander, and now as a governor, we old commanders have to salute him when they attend military meetings!" ”

Cheng Xueqi said enviously: "Isn't that majestic death, he is only twenty-nine years old!" ”

I'm twenty-three years old this year, and I still have six years to go, so I will definitely be able to catch up with Li Xiucheng! Cheng Xueqi was instantly energetic.

Seeing Li Desheng showing a lonely look, Cheng Xueqi comforted: "The general has worked hard, the king of Han is wise, the rewards and punishments are fair, this time he will definitely be promoted to the general's officer, and then the general will be the governor and the secretary, don't forget the small one!" ”

The reason why Li Desheng risked his entry into the mouth of the lake so early was that he hoped to see the king of Han as soon as possible, and hoped to be promoted to the position of governor: "Accept your auspicious words, I hope that the king of Han can rush to the mouth of the lake as soon as possible!" ”

"General Qiyu, there is a person with a white flag in the city who asks to see you!" Ye Yunlai, who was in charge of guarding the gap in the city wall, asked Li Desheng for instructions. (To be continued......)

PS: It's been three days, and I don't have a monthly pass, it's too tragic, I want to go shopping on Taobao.