Everyone and I looked at you, and you looked at me, all of them were shocked, and an old man in his sixties stepped forward and said, "How do you know that this is not a trick of the thief, lure us out, so that we can be caught in the net." ”

The bearded man explained: "Last night everyone saw that the artillery outside the city was fought all night, and I heard from the messenger that their king had planned to bombard it for a few days, but a soldier risked his life to advise him, so he ordered the shelling to stop and allow us to surrender." ”

The old man cried: "Last night they killed my son and daughter-in-law with a cannon, but my son was married less than a year ago. If the thief is true to his word, I am willing to surrender. ”

Huo Longwu was puzzled: "Uncle, are you sad and confused, or what, the thief killed your son, you should fight with them." ”

The old man raised his head and scolded: "What do you know, my grandson is only two months old, and if he doesn't surrender, his grandson is gone." ”

Hou Xiang stopped Huo Longwu, who was still talking, and said, "What about you? Are they all willing to surrender? ”

"Is it really possible to surrender without dying?"

"Let's surrender in Kaesong"

"I don't care, but my daughter-in-law just got pregnant, and I can't bear it."

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Seeing that no one said to resist to the end, the bearded man said happily: "Since this is everyone's wish, then you go back and tell the neighbors to quickly pack up their things and take all the valuables, so that it will not be too late." ”

The crowd went down with the expressions of the aftermath to spread the news, some cheered, some cried, some laughed, and some scolded...... Hou Xiang looked at the world below, and fell into a trance.

In order to avoid the responsibility of the imperial court for losing the city in the future, the bearded Dutong pretended to be sad and said: "I have been fighting all my life, but I didn't expect it to be ...... today Woo...... I...... What face do I have to live in the world? ”

In the end, he simply pulled out his sword and pretended to kill himself. Left and right hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed it, grabbed the sword and threw it on the ground, and persuaded: "Your Excellency doesn't have to blame yourself, this is not a crime of war." ”

With a "bang", Houxiang slowly fell to the ground, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground, making a "bell" sound.

The bearded man looked at Houxiang with blood spilling from his neck in a daze, and said nothing: "What are you pulling me for?" I don't want to die? Why don't you hold him! What should I do if he dies, who will be responsible if the emperor blames him? ”

Huo Longwu sneered and said, "The Qing Dynasty has been ruined by your gang.

The bearded man glared at him angrily, and was just about to open his mouth to scold him, when he saw Huo Longwu wiping his sword towards his neck, and exclaimed: "No", but unfortunately he let people clamp him and couldn't get out.

The generals were stunned, and Huo Longwu, the deputy commander of the capital, also died, and those who reacted hurriedly stepped forward to keep the bearded capital, for fear that he would also commit suicide, and there was no one who even presided over the surrender.

Li Yunzhong looked at the slowly opening city gate, happily looked at Zuo Zongtang who was standing aside, and said, "Thanks to Mr. this time, otherwise I would have forcibly attacked the city, and I don't know how many casualties will be suffered." ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "This is still Your Highness's broad-mindedness to avoid a war, Your Highness's name of benevolence and righteousness will definitely spread, and our army will have less resistance in the future." ”

Lin Daji stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, what should we do with these Manchurians?" ”

Li Yunzhong frowned, looked at the Manchurians who were out of the city, and hesitated: "Just let them go?" ”

Meng Sheng gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, seeing that they are carrying a lot of burdens, you know that they are worth a lot of money, so it is better to let them go out of the city in vain and let them fend for themselves." ”

Li Yunzhong looked at Zuo Zongtang's appearance of wanting to speak on the side, shook his head and said, "Let each of them pay a ransom fee and drive them out of the city." ”

Zuo Zongtang offered advice: "Xiang Rong and Yang Wending are both gathered in Zhenjiang, it is better to drive them to Zhenjiang, one, you can put pressure on them." Second, it can consume their food. ”

Meng Sheng clapped his hands and said: "Clever plan, it's a pity that they are all full of people, otherwise you can send people to mix in and capture Zhenjiang." ”

Beijing, Upper Study

Xianfeng angrily looked at the ministers of military aircraft Zaiyuan, Ruihua, and Mu Yin who were kneeling in front of him: "You have no idea if you are wise under Your Majesty on the left and wise under Your Majesty on the right?" What is the use of raising you? ”

Zaiyuan is the fifth grandson of Prince Yi Yunxiang, the thirteenth son of Kangxi, and the prince of the throne. During the Daoguang period, he served as the former minister of the imperial court, and Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, and was the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion and the minister of the guard. Seeing Xianfeng's anger, he said in fear: "Your Majesty, Nanjing has been captured by anti-thieves, and the transportation of Jiangnan will inevitably be blocked, this is ...... This...... There's no good way to do it! ”

Duanhua shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise, and you will definitely be able to select generals, break through Nanjing, capture Li Thief alive, and escort him to Beijing to be cut by a thousand cuts." "He was the Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, after Prince Zheng Jierharang, who was the king of the Iron Hat of the Qing Dynasty, and was awarded the title of Prince Zheng in the Daoguang period and awarded the title of former minister. Emperor Daoguang died, and he was ordered to take care of it. After Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, he appointed him as the Minister of the Guard.

Mu Yin saw Xianfeng looking at him, and knew that as the secretary of the Ministry of War and the minister of military aircraft, if he didn't say anything useful, the emperor would not let him be fooled, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, Nanjing was easily captured by the anti-thieves, and Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, deserved to die, please punish him heavily, then Xiang Rong, Qi Shan, and Xu Guangjin will be afraid, and they will inevitably work harder to kill the enemy, so that the extermination of the anti-thieves is just around the corner." After saying that, he also felt that his suggestion was very good, and thought that he would definitely get praise from the emperor.

Xianfeng was very angry after hearing this, and felt that his stomach was hurting when he was angry, so he endured it for a while, grabbed the fold on the royal platform and threw it at Mu Yin, and scolded: "Bastard, this is the clever plan you think, the three of you can't think of any other practical and useful way, I ...... I will dismiss you all. ”

Mu Yin, Ruihua, and Zaiyuan all kowtowed in fear: "The emperor is angry, the ministers are really stupid, they can't share the emperor's worries, and they really deserve death." ”

The stomach was growling, Xianfeng couldn't help it, wanted to go to poop, and threatened them by the way before leaving: "I have ordered the guards to wait for you at the gate of the palace, and if you can't think of a way to level the thief, you ...... Go to the prison and think about it. Without waiting for Ruihua and them to answer, Xianfeng hurriedly went to the toilet through the side door.

Hunan

Since Zeng Guofan gave Xianfeng two memoranda, he was driven home by Xianfeng, the first memo describes the current situation of the imperial army, which is to the effect that the provincial armies of the imperial court are not the same, and the soldiers of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian Province are common to fight because of the collection of thousands of weapons; In Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hunan, officials and bandits colluded to harm the people; Officers and soldiers in Yunnan and Guangzhou, on the other hand, smoked opium and gathered to open casinos. Anyway, the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were all idle, doing evil, and had dangerous errands, so they hired some scoundrels and hooligans to go out on their behalf, and the scoundrels fled when they saw the thieves, and after the thieves went, they killed the common people and risked their merits to receive rewards. Xianfeng saw that he completely denied the Qing officers and soldiers, although he was angry, he did not have the same knowledge as him. Zeng Guofan was also dizzy, and he didn't react when he saw the first letter, so he wrote another letter and handed it over, and on this second note, Xianfeng was half dead, which directly satirized Xianfeng himself for paying attention to the small sections and ignoring the big sections, liking the virtual and not seeking practical learning, and being stubborn and self-serving and unable to know how to make good use of it. Zeng Guofan regretted it a little, and secretly complained about why he was fighting with the emperor, but he couldn't catch it back, so he could only wait for the thunder with bated breath at home.

The emperor was losing his temper about the anti-thief, and when he saw this letter, he directly dismissed Zeng Guofan and drove him back to his hometown in Hunan.

The creation of the Hunan army is already ready, only the east wind is owed, and soon this east wind will blow.

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