"Don't worry, this matter is only known to people at the level of the military commander or above, and the following are also acting according to orders, Zhao Laoqi is an immortal, and he can't find out, let's wait for news in the field with peace of mind." Hu Yihuang opened the door and went to rest by himself.

Luo Zenan heard that Zeng Guofan wanted him to lead troops to reinforce Wuchang, and asked in surprise: "Why should Zeng Gong be like this, the situation in Jiangxi is critical, how can I still divide the troops in Wuchang, in case I lead the troops to Wuchang and the short hair comes to attack, Zeng Gong, how should you deal with only a few thousand soldiers and horses left!" ”

Zeng Guofan didn't answer, just urged: "Runzhi is not a person who is afraid of death, since he has asked me to send troops to support several times, it shows that the situation in Hubei is really bad, everyone belongs to the same line of the Hunan army, don't you save when you see death, don't you hesitate, losing the Hunan army in Hubei is equivalent to losing the foundation and becoming a rootless wanderer, all I allocated to you are veterans of the Hunan army, you defeat Changmao as soon as possible and stabilize the situation in Hubei, I have my own way here, you don't have to worry." ”

Speaking of this, Luo Zenan understood that Zeng Guofan's determination had been made, and it would only be a waste of time to continue arguing, so he got up and took orders: "Take care, the marshal, you must defeat Hubei Changmao as soon as possible." ”

Guo Songtao heard that Luo Zenan brought the elite men and horses of the Hunan army to support Hubei, so he caught up in a hurry and asked Luo Zenan: "Zeng Gong's troops are weak, but you take most of the elite men and horses to support Hubei, what should Zeng Gong do if he stays in Jiangxi?" ”

Luo Zenan took a deep breath, looked up at the march out of the city, and replied: "If the heavens still favor the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Gong will definitely not die, if the heavens want to destroy the Qing Dynasty, who can live alone?" Let's not worry about that,"

Guo Songtao was still not at ease, and asked, "How do you plan to support Hubei?" ”

Luo Zenan pointed to the two divisions of the Hunan Army on waterways. Said solemnly: "With staff and instructor Liu Rong commanding 2,000 people from the left army, and the prefect Li Xubin commanding 2,000 people from the right army through Tongcheng and Chongyang, and with the battalion officer Bao Chao leading the water battalion to go around to Yueyang and go to the Yangtze River to meet the governor." ”

Guo Songtao was relieved. Nodding his head, "So foolproof, Longhair Expedition." It's just a moment of prosperity, and there will be good news if you have your support for Hubei. ”

Luo Zenan laughed and replied, "If you don't succeed here, you will become a benevolent." ”

Out of Yining Prefecture, Luo Zenan and his entourage rushed to Wuchang, Hubei Province day and night.

Wuchang, Hubei

"My lord, Chrysostom has fallen, Lord Zhou jumped into the river and died in the country, and now Changmao is reorganizing the army in Chrysostom." Yang Zaifu heard the rout of Jinkou fleeing, and hurried to Hu Linyi's big tent to report.

Hu Linyi was shocked, and he couldn't care about maintaining an elegant image. Shouted:

"Withdraw the troops, quickly withdraw in the direction of Yueyang!"

"Kill"

Seeing the reinforcements, the defenders in Wuchang opened the city gate and rushed to the Hunan army camp.

Hu Linyijian did not leave his hand, he had already sent all the sub-commanders and battalion officers to resist, and when he saw that there was another long hair rushing towards the camp, he hurriedly ordered the brave men to come out of the camp to block it.

"Hurry up and stop the long hair, this official has a reward!"

A brave man stood still like a master, and replied in a strange manner: "My lord." We have heard this sentence countless times, you first pay us back the military salary you owe us for three months, the brothers are almost poor as pants, how can you kill Long Mao. If you want to go, you can go by yourself. ”

"That's right! If we don't see the money, we won't die for you. ”

"Hungry. How else to kill the enemy. ”

The Yongding of the Hunan army was full of righteous indignation, as if he treated Hu Linyi as a long hair. Arbitrary name-calling.

Hu Linyi's wings were on fire, and his seven orifices were smoking. The more he listened, the more angry he became, and he stabbed at a disobedient brave man in anger and shouted: "If there is anyone who disobeys military orders, this person is an example, don't dare to kill people because your own official is a civil official!" ”

"Long hair is here, everyone run!" The brave man who was the first to sarcastically mock Hu Linyi ran while shouting.

The brave men of the Hunan army, regardless of whether they were true or false, all immediately dispersed and fled for their lives.

Hu Linyi was dumbfounded, ashamed and angry, ran into the stable with a long sword, pulled out a war horse, and was about to rush in the direction of the Taiping army, who knew that the war horse circled in place and rushed in the opposite direction, and the war horse galloped away with Hu Linyi, and did not stop until it ran to the river.

Hu Linyi, who had survived the catastrophe, looked around, and there was no one around, only a few small boats on the river that were quickly heading north.

Listening to the shouting and killing sound that was gradually approaching behind, Hu Linyi laughed in despair, thinking about whether to commit suicide with a sword or commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, leaving the body on the shore would inevitably be insulted by Long Hair.

Thinking of this, Hu Linyi threw away his long sword and jumped into the river without hesitation.

Bao Chao watched the man in official uniform on the shore commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, and hurriedly drove a boat to rescue Hu Linyi, who was filled with water, on the boat.

Hu Linyi opened his eyes and recognized Bao Chao at a glance, and his heart was extremely moved.

After this fiasco, Hu Linyi collected the scattered Hunan army and reorganized them, and tried his best to collect food and wages at the local level.

He has deeply felt that the armies in the world are all the same in essence, they will not sell their lives without money, and they will make trouble at critical moments.

"My lord, it is impossible for us to defeat the long hair of Hubei with our thousands of people, we should gather Zeng Gong's reinforcements, run them in, pay enough food, and then fight a decisive battle with the Taiping army." Yang Zaifu was apprehensive about the rout a few days ago, and after thinking about it for a few days, he finally understood why the Hunan army would collapse without a fight that day.

Peng Yulin rarely praised Yang Zaifu, and echoed: "What Brother Yang said is right, in the future, we must prepare enough food and salary, otherwise these Qiu Ba will do everything." ”

Hu Linyi has already taken the matter of raising military salaries on himself, and as the head of the Hunan army, he is obliged to pay for food, and said: "I am responsible for raising food, you don't have to worry, just lead the soldiers to train and fight!" ”

Bao Chao said: "I led some men and horses to take the waterway, so I can reach Wuchang first, Luo Gong led the Lu Division is probably still near the Yanglou Division, where there is a long hair garrison, it is better for us to pick up Luo Gong, not only to hit the Taiping Army's vitality in Hubei, to boost the morale of the army, but also to gather reinforcements to strengthen their own strength." ”

Hu Linyi praised: "That's right, just like Hou'an said, we can't defeat Wuchang with a few thousand people alone, only by converging Luo Zenan's thousands of people, gradually cleaning up the enemy forces on the periphery of Wuchang, and turning Wuchang into an isolated city, can we attack with confidence." ”

Hearing that the governor agreed with his opinion, Yang Zaifu was excited and continued to speak: "Several units of our army are repeatedly defeated divisions and their morale is low, while the long hair in southern Hubei is all stragglers, which is suitable for our army's training. ”

Seeing that the generals had regained their confidence and were eager to fight, Hu Linyi stroked his beard with satisfaction and smiled, and said: "The number of our army is still too small, even if we join Mr. Zhongyue's reinforcements, there are only more than 10,000 people, and it seems that we will continue to go to Hunan to recruit bravery." ”

After speaking, Hu Linyi's eyes swept to the generals present in turn, staring at Bao Chao and said: "Chunting is brave and good at fighting, not inferior to Zhiting, but unfortunately Zhiting died young, I will now hand over the soldiers and horses left by Zhiting to your commander, and you can recruit 4,000 brave soldiers by yourself to form a 'Ting' word battalion, and all ordnance, grain and grass will be distributed according to the main force of the Hunan army!" ”

Watching Bao Chao ascend to the sky in one step, the battalion officers were greatly motivated, don't look at Bao Chao is still just a garrison officer, with soldiers and horses, you can make war achievements on the battlefield, like Taqibu and Zhang Guoliang, it is easy to rank in the position of admiral.

Hu Linyi looked at the reaction with satisfaction, and said to Zhou Fengshan, who had just lost the battle and lost most of his men: "Although General Zhou failed to hold Jinkou, but after the battle to the most rear, he was loyal and brave, maybe you recruited 5,000 bravery, and trained yourself, half a year later, the official personally inspected, if there is any slackness, the two crimes will be punished together, and you will not be spared!" ”

Hu Linyi led the main force of the Hubei Xiang Army to turn to the south, and the momentum along the way was like a bamboo, and the small Taiping army either fled or dispersed, and the main force of the Taiping Army also returned to Wuchang, allowing the Hunan army to operate southward, and finally let Hu Linyi and Luo Zenan converge in Linxiang County.

Hu Linyi looked at Luo Zenan's reinforcements with emotion, these are the starting troops of Zeng Guofan, and they will belong to his Hu Linyi's family in the future, it seems that he has to be a good general to lead the army.

Luo Zenan and Liu Rong are both typical scholars, they value their own reputation more important than their own lives, Hu Linyi heard that Liu Rong has not received a salary for a long time when he was in the Hunan army, in order to show that he values righteousness over profit.

And Luo Zenan is a good teacher, and most of the battalion officers under him are his students, such as Wang Zhu, Li Xubin, Li Xuyi, and Liu Rong are all his protégés.

In order to show respect for Luo Zenan and others, Hu Linyi specially invited generals and staff members above the Hunan military battalion officer to wash the dust for them.

"Everyone, today's banquet is to welcome Mr. Zhongyue to come to Hubei to help in the war, let's first toast Mr. Zhongyue together!" Hu Linyi took the lead and drank it all.

Luo Zenan put down his wine glass, his face was full of glory, Zeng Guofan called him Mr. He took it for granted, everyone is a supporter of science, and pays attention to the four words of loyalty, righteousness, festival and filial piety, but Hu Linyi called him Mr., but he was flattered, without him, Hu Linyi is now the official title of governor and the official of Xinjiang.

"Luo is ashamed, he will definitely obey the orders of the governor in Hubei in the future, and he will not hesitate to do so." You respect me, I pay you back, Luo Zenan is such a person.

Hu Linyi picked up another glass of wine and said loudly: "Today Hu Mou made a statement, Mr. Zhong Yue and Mr. Liu Rong are Lin's master elders, I am here as a disciple to toast and serve the teacher, and in the future, the two division commanders will teach Lin Yi a lot. ”

Yang Zaifu, Peng Yulin and others were surprised, they had never heard of Hu Linyi and Luo Zenan, Liu Rong had a teacher-student relationship, announced this matter today, their governor will serve Luo Zenan for life, and Hu Linyi is a Jinshi, now the official to the governor, is a second-grade official, Luo Zenan's education is just filial piety, Liu Rong is a non-grade instructor, such a courteous corporal, it is really rare (to be continued......

PS: It's a little late, the code word is too slow, please forgive me