Jingzhou, Hubei

Shi Dakai looked at the crumbling Jingzhou City and sighed, he didn't expect that Wu Wenrong, the governor of Huguang, was so hard-hearted, and he was on the city wall for three days in a row to boost the morale of the Qing Demon.

Shi Zhenji trotted over and said to Shi Da, who was still in a daze: "His Royal Highness the Wing King, the Qing Demon who supported from the direction of Gangneung has been completely annihilated!" Are you ready to launch a general attack? ”

Shi Dakai asked, "Aren't there any Qing demon reinforcements from the direction of Wuchang?" This Wu Wenrong is the governor of Huguang, and it stands to reason that only the nearby prefectures and counties should send troops to rescue! ”

Shi Zhenji said disdainfully: "The little one captured the Jiangling County Order just now, and after some interrogation, he realized that Lu Dao was a ghost made by Chonglun, the Qing Demon Governor!" This old boy had a bad stomach, suggesting that the prefectures and counties in Hubei should not support Jingzhou. ”

Shi Dakai originally wanted to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and annihilate the supporting soldiers and horses of various prefectures and counties in Hubei outside Jingzhou, so that he could easily capture Hubei, but he didn't expect to wait for a month, just wait for more than a dozen roads, and the total would not exceed 20,000 people.

"Order all armies, after an hour, go all out to attack the northern city of Jingzhou!"

Shi Zhenji said excitedly: "Obey"

Wu Wenrong, who was standing in the southern city of Jingzhou, had not closed his eyes for three days and three nights, and his heart was bitter and sad, but he didn't expect Chonglun to regard military affairs as child's play for his own selfish interests!

Wu Wenrong discussed with Chonglun before Wuchang sat in Jingzhou, he consumed Changmao's troops in Jingzhou, Chonglun sent a small force to attack the Changmao grain road, and when Changmao was exhausted, Chonglun led a large army to attack the Changmao camp, and Wu Wenrong should join forces to annihilate all the Changmao under Jingzhou!

Unexpectedly, Chonglun not only did not intrude on the long-haired grain road, but even refused to transport the grain and grass to Jingzhou!

"Your Excellency...... North...... The northern city is broken, and the end will protect you...... Get out of town! Hu Ming, the general who retreated from Beicheng, found Wu Wenrong in embarrassment.

Wu Wenrong listened to the gradually approaching shouting and killing, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I can't run!" It's full of long hair before and after! ”

Hu Ming was overjoyed, and said in his heart: It seems that the Governor wants to surrender! "My lord, let's ...... Surrender? ”

Surrender? Wu Wenrong never thought that he was eighteen-year-old in Xiucai, twenty-two-year-old in Zhongju, and twenty-eight-year-old in Jinshi, and successively served as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, an editor, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, a waiter in the Criminal Department, and other official positions.

Wu Wenrong slowly pulled out the saber that had been prepared for a long time, and shouted, "I have received the grace of the country, and I can only repay it with death!" I hate not to see the day when the thief is extinguished, when the four seas are peaceful! "Kill yourself.

Hu Ming was stunned and looked at Wu Wenrong, who was lying on the ground convulsive.

Hengyang

Chen Shijie was originally a petty official in Guiyang Prefecture, and had some contacts with Zeng Guofan when he was in Beijing, he heard that Zeng Guofan was holding a group training in Hengyang, so he went to Hengyang to take refuge, Zeng Guofan also valued him very much, and appointed him as a staff member, in charge of strategy and talent selection.

Guo Songtao complained to Chen Shijie: "The Hunan army has been training for more than half a year, and it is easy to find brave soldiers, but it is difficult to find a commander who can lead two or three thousand people to fight and a large number of capable battalion officers!" ”

Guo Songtao has been defeated in Nanchang for the first time, and Guo Songtao, who has experienced a battle for the first time, has been scared half to death by the scene of flesh and blood, and the courage of Zhou Yafu and others has disappeared. He was not as diligent as Li Xubin, and he was bent on making meritorious contributions and glorifying his ancestors.

He hasn't lived enough! didn't expect anything, and wrote a poem to complain to Jiang Zhongyuan:

Looking for a tired donkey to try on short clothes, the ruler book is repeatedly called and dares to violate frequently? In this life, the horses are really unfatal, and the stars are still around in the middle of the night.

He desperately fled back to his hometown in Hunan without permission, and within a few days, he was arrested by Zeng Guofan and sent troops to Hengyang, and continued to work as an errand.

Chen Shijie didn't have a good way, so he looked at Zeng Guofan, but Zeng Guofan looked at an old book with relish.

Chen Shijie and Guo Songtao glanced at each other, and they all surrounded them.

It turned out that this book was written by Qi Jiguang "Ji Xiao New Book",

Zeng Guofan saw that they didn't know why, and said with a smile: "This "New Book of Ji Xiao" has helped me a lot! ”

Guo Songtao asked: "This is a military book written by Qi Jiguang, a general of the former Ming Dynasty, but he is fighting the Japanese Kou, which is not the same as the anti-thieves we want to deal with. ”

Zeng Guofan pointed to a passage in the book of soldiers and read: "The courage of the new recruits: first, remember to use the city to slippery people, but the people who look at the face and act quickly are; Second, treacherous people should not be used, and those who look uncertain and have no fear when they see officials. The most useful people are the honest people in the countryside, these people are black and stout, with solid skin and flesh on their hands, and they have the color of earth.

Isn't this just to teach our Hunan army to recruit the people of those poor mountains and bad waters! Those who have the spirit of the yamen will not accept it. ”

Guo Songtao was immediately deeply touched, remembered the nightmare of Nanchang City, and admired: "Disheng is right, in the original battle of Nanchang, those who took the lead in escaping and disturbing the morale of the army were those who usually cheated and played tricks, and those who were loyal to the Lord were also those who usually behaved woodenly. ”

After speaking, he added: "The recruitment of the Hunan army can be selected by the commander, the commander selects the battalion officer, the battalion officer selects the sentry officer, the sentry officer selects the gentry chief, and the chief selects the brave man, so that each level is directly selected by the superior, even if the subordinate is grateful to the superior, he can also obey his command, and when it is critical, he can be willing to go to the soup to fight the fire, so that he can avoid the situation that occurs under the city of Nanchang, and he panics when he is suddenly attacked, and the system is scattered." ”

Zeng Guofan nodded and smiled, and made up his mind to let Guo Songtao be a staff member with peace of mind, and never let him go to the front line to command the battle again.

Taqibu hurriedly came to the house, knelt down to Zeng Guofan, kowtowed, and said, "Please be merciful and spare Bao Chao's life!" ”

Zeng Guofan stepped forward to help Taqibu and said gently: "Zhiting, if you have something to say slowly, you are already a second-grade deputy general, how can you still be like Meng Lang!" You must learn etiquette in the future, otherwise you will be looked down upon."

Taqib was moved: "Lord Xie admonished, there will be something to ask for in the end, please ask for your permission!" ”

Zeng Guofan said solemnly: "What's the matter? You say, I will promise you if I can do it. ”

Taqib said truthfully in the future, "There is an officer named Bao Chao under the last general, he defected to the adult from the green camp with the last general, but he had a quarrel with someone because of a quarrel, and he killed the other party by mistake, and he should be beheaded according to the law, begging the adult to spare him from death, and let him make meritorious service!" ”

Chen Shijie is now very fond of this kind of fierce man, and asked with interest, "Why does he want to argue with others?" ”

Taqib thought about it for a while, and really didn't know why Bao Chao would argue with others, he heard that Bao Chao was arrested and beheaded for beating someone to death, so he hurriedly ran to Zeng Guofan to intercede.

In Zeng Guofan's plan, Taqib was a very important chess piece, and he thought: This is the opportunity to buy people's hearts! He said, "You go and bring people over, and I will interrogate them personally, and if there are extenuating circumstances, I will save them from death!" ”

Several pro-soldiers escorted Bao Chao into the lobby and ordered him to kneel.

Zeng Guofan slapped the table and asked, "Who is in the hall?" Why did you commit the crime? ”

Bao Chao raised his head, his voice was loud, and he replied: "The little one's name is Bao Chao, when he saw someone bullying a woman from a good family, he went to stop it, who knew that the other party did not appreciate it, and fought with me, I was not angry, so I killed him, and the little one knew that he would die, and asked the adults to give him a good time!" ”

Zeng Guofan felt that Bao Chao was a brave man, and had the heart to let him go, "Have you ever regretted it?" ”

Bao Chao said: "The manly husband did it, what is there to regret, if this situation is encountered, I will stop it!" ”

Zeng Guofan smiled: "Not bad! He's a good man...... You turned out to be a chief, I promoted you to the sentry chief, you can go back with peace of mind! ”

Bao Chao was stunned for a moment, then reacted and kowtowed: "Thank you for not killing." ”

Taqib happily led Bao Chao back to the camp, "Boy, you are lucky, not only did you escape death, but you were promoted to the next level!" ”

Bao Chao said: "Thank you for the intercession of the adults for the small ones!" ”

Taqibu waved his hand, not taking it seriously, and said: "You follow me from the green camp, I can't ignore you, you have entered the eyes of Lord Zeng today, and your future is limitless, how do you plan to repay Lord Zeng?" ”

Bao Chao immediately knelt on the ground, looked up to the sky and swore: "I, Bao Chao, swear here, from today onwards, I will fight to the death to repay Lord Zeng, if you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, fall into reincarnation, and never be reborn!" ”

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