Su Shun was angry: "Why are you so hard, the Eight Banners are still bloody, isn't the Eight Banners honorable to shake the hearts of the army by doing this!" If it is rumored that it will go, who will still have the heart to fight, the Han army will fight, and everyone will be happy when they run outside the border together? ”

Mu Yin patted Su Shun's shoulder and said with a smile: "We are also taking precautions, you have to cover up for us in front of the emperor, rest assured, your benefits are indispensable." ”

"Your Majesty, the door pivot in the upper study is broken, do you want to replace it with a new one?" Huairen of the Internal Affairs Office carefully reported to Xianfeng, although it was just a door, but there was more oil and water.

Xianfeng didn't approve it, he didn't learn anything else from Daoguang, but he learned thrift: "No need, let's repair, you go and draw up an account." ”

Huairen pouted secretly, it was really unlucky to meet two emperors who were picking the door in a row, and now everyone is taking advantage of the last opportunity to make money, how can he be left behind.

After a while, Huairen handed the account to Xianfeng, and he looked at Xianfeng from time to time, scared and excited in his heart.

Xianfeng looked at the five thousand taels of silver on the bill, and was furious: "It costs five thousand taels to repair a door!" Do you make a door pivot out of gold? Come on, drag this dog slave down for interrogation! ”

Huairen had already thought of a countermeasure, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "The emperor spares his life, it was the slave who took the wrong one, it was the bill for repairing the Summer Palace, and this is the amount used to repair the door card, and it only took twenty taels of silver." ”

Xianfeng didn't know the tricks of these minions under the road, but when he really took it wrong, he stamped a big seal on it.

Huairen was ecstatic in his heart, the emperor really didn't have a memory, this Summer Palace had just been repaired last year. This year, just a simple maintenance, a thousand taels of silver is enough. I will have a thousand taels of silver left.

Nanyang

The prefect Gu Jiaxing looked at the sixteen-year-old Chen Yucheng in front of him carefully, how awkward he thought. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty is also really, there are so many generals at the bottom, why did he choose a young man, does he want to learn the allusions of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Huo Quai?

"I said, Lord Prefect, do I have flowers on my face? Isn't it rude for you to stare at me like this? Chen Yucheng was stared at uncomfortably.

Gu Jiaxuan blushed and said embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, the subordinate official is abrupt, I just think that the general has so many military exploits at a young age." I was amazed in my heart, the first general in the ages, really the champion Hou Ye! ”

Chen Yucheng hurriedly shook his head and denied: "I just made a viscount, far away from the marquis!" Don't talk nonsense, spread the word to make people laugh. ”

Gu Jiaxing smiled secretly: It turned out to be an illiterate, no wonder he was in a high position at a young age, he must have patronized the war when he was a child, and he never read a book.

And I thought: how could I surrender to a sixteen-year-old illiterate, what a shame for the reader.

Chen Yucheng asked, "Is the grain and grass in the city ready?" I'm still in a hurry to use it. The army has been delayed in Nanyang for several days. ”

Gu Jiaxuan said with a smile: "General rest assured, I have prepared 50,000 loads of grain and grass, which is enough for the army for half a year, and I heard that General Li has already conquered Xinyang Prefecture." It's really gratifying. ”

Chen Yucheng had the intention to compete with the other two armies to see who would take Beijing first, and heard that Li Xiucheng had caught up. How could I have the heart to stay in Nanyang for a while: "Since the officials sent by the Ministry of Officials have arrived, then I will continue to go north." Master Gu said goodbye! ”

Gu Jiaxuan had the intention to curry favor with this upstart of the Han Kingdom, and proposed: "The general is heroic and extraordinary. It just so happens that I have a little girl under my knees, and she is only fifteen this year, and I am willing to marry her to the general. ”

Chen Yucheng's face turned red, it was the first time he was proposed, and he whispered: "There is an uncle below, and he should be in charge of the marriage matter." ”

Gu Jiaxing said with a smile: "At this time and that time, the general is out on the march, how can I have time to ask for instructions, first set the wedding date, and wait until the general returns triumphantly, and then hold a big wedding." ”

After a few days of getting along, Chen Yucheng admired Gu Jiaxing's ability, and he also met with Miss Gu's family, thinking that Nanyang's stability still needed Gu Jiaxing's support, he hesitated for a moment, nodded and agreed.

Gu Jiaxing was overjoyed, he specifically inquired about Chen Yucheng's background, and knew that he had an uncle who served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he was also a confidant of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and a person like him was destined to have a great future, comparable to Xu Da, the king of Wei in the previous dynasty.

"General rest assured, Nanyang Mansion is as stable as Mount Tai, the Henan Mansion in the north was sold out by me three months ago, and now there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend Luoyang, you lead the army in front, attack Henan Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion, I lead the militia to follow behind, come to a fox and fake tiger, will be able to occupy Henan Mansion."

The militia in Nanyang Mansion was established by Chen Yucheng, and the generals above the company commander were all from the New First Army, and several battalion commanders were graduates of the second phase of the military academy, so Gu Jiaxing couldn't control it at all.

Chen Yucheng said with a smile: "Then it's bothering Lord Gu." ”

Gu Jiaxing knew what Chen Yucheng was worried about, and explained: "The general doesn't know, I have a teacher-student relationship with Lord Lu, the first assistant of the Han Dynasty, and last year the teacher sent me a letter to let me anyway, and I had doubts at the time, so I delayed, and I had to turn forward and confront the general. ”

Chen Yucheng nodded and said, "I can trust Master Gu." ”

Unlike Chen Yucheng, who recruited rebels to occupy Nanyang Mansion, Li Xiucheng encountered fierce resistance as soon as he entered Henan, because the prefect of Runing gathered a large army near Xinyang, and Li Xiucheng fought fiercely for five days before capturing Xinyang Prefecture, and finally gained a firm foothold in Henan.

Li Chunfa said depressedly: "I didn't expect that Chen Yucheng's kid was so lucky, he recruited a prefect as soon as he arrived in Henan, and he occupied thirteen counties and prefectures in just three days. ”

Lin Fengxiang comforted: "We still have to send troops to stay in Jiujiang, Nanchang, Anqing and other places, and there are only more than 40,000 people in the real Northern Expedition, which is not much stronger than Chen Yucheng and them." ”

Li Xiucheng waved his hand and said: "The emperor ordered us to march along the Kaifeng area, Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion are heavily guarded by the Qing army, and there are many cavalry in the Qing army in Xinyang, which has caused great trouble to our army's siege. ”

Since the logistics department sent something called a grenade, Li Kaifang has been pondering what it is for, took out a sample from his arms, pointed to the grenade and said: "A few days ago, Nanjing sent hundreds of grenades, let us test the power on the battlefield, and the general will find that it is very mobile when it explodes, will this have any effect on the cavalry?" ”

The generals stared at the grenade popping out of the gods.

Li Chunfa shook his head and denied, he had heard the emperor mention this, but the actual effect was not obvious, he took the grenade from Li Kaifang's hand and observed it carefully.

said: "I have heard the emperor mention this kind of grenade, but the power is far less than the emperor described, I think these are defective products, just a test." ”

Huang Jinwen looked at the grenade, and his thoughts became active: "This grenade can delay the speed of the war horse's charge, and it is just right to ration the foreign spear team, so that my foreign gun team can deal with the enemy's cavalry." ”

Everyone understood: when the horses charged, they would stop when they encountered grenades, and the cavalry wanted to speed up, and it would take some time so that the foreign guns could take advantage of the opportunity to shoot.

Li Xiucheng nodded again and again, his face was joyful: "I will ask Nanjing for another batch of grenades, all of which will be rationed to the foreign gun team." ”

Lin Fengxiang clenched his fists and asked for his life: "Marshal, since the Qing army has arranged heavy troops on the road that our army must pass, the last general will ask for orders to attack Guangzhou Mansion and Chenzhou Mansion." ”

Li Xiucheng said with a smile: "This plan is very good, save your life and Commander Lin will lead an army of 15,000 troops from Gwangju and Chenzhou, and we will meet in Kaifeng Mansion." ”

"Obedience"

Li Chunfa saw Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang leading the order, and quipped: "These two people are familiar with the Northern Expedition, and it has been just two years since the last Northern Expedition between the two of them. ”

Li Xiucheng also sighed: "I didn't expect the two army commanders Lin and Li to have such a great reputation in the Qing army in the north!" The order was given, and the army of tomorrow continued to march north. ”

Compared with the situation of the Han Dynasty, the situation in Tianjing has been a bit weird recently.

Hong Xiuquan couldn't bear Yang Xiuqing anymore, even if he named him long live, he also gradually cleared the garrison of the Tianwang Mansion, such as today, all the 40,000 soldiers and horses in the capital are led by Yang Xiuqing's henchmen.

Lu Xianda sneakily came to the Heavenly King's Mansion and asked to see the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.

"What's the matter?" Hong Xiuquan's impression of Lu Xianba is not very good.

Lu Xianba is a showman in his memory, and he is the same as a general. Where the division of officials, the establishment of ceremonies and music, etc., are mostly implemented by the grass after the creation, it is he Hong Xiuquan who promoted Lu Xianba step by step to the prime minister of grace and the prime minister of Qiuguanzheng, who knew that this person took refuge in Yang Xiuqing, and was named the town of the country.

Lu Xianba said cautiously: "The little one has something important to report, please retreat from the Heavenly King!" ”

Hong Xiuquan waved his hand to the palace maids who were waiting around him and asked, "But the East King ordered you to come?" ”

Lu Xianba hesitated for a moment, subconsciously touched his buttocks, and plucked up the courage to say: "The little one has something big to tell the Heavenly King, please ask the Heavenly King to exempt the villain from the death penalty?" ”

Could this be a trap deliberately set by Yang Xiuqing? Hong Xiuquan said gently: "You are a person from the East King Palace, if the East King approves, what if I forgive you the death penalty." ”

Lu Xianba cried and said: "It's that the king of the east wants to kill the villain, please ask the king of heaven to help, the little one knows a secret of the king of the east, and asks the king of heaven to be the master of the little one." ”

Hong Xiuquan was very curious about Yang Xiuqing's secret, and he couldn't figure out whether what Lu Xianba said was true or false, so he planned to wait and see what happened, and continued to ask: "What crime have you committed?" ”

Lu Xianba replied wryly: "The small one has committed the crime of sleeping with husband and wife, and the king of the east ordered someone to beat the small one with fifty boards." ”

Hong Xiuquan was disappointed and replied: "Since the king of the east has already punished you, he should not ask for guilt, you can go back to cultivate with peace of mind." (To be continued......)

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