Xiao Yungui was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "The same principle is the same for those hereditary Tusi and Touren, those who stand on the side of the Manchus are our enemies, and on the contrary, they are our friends and the objects we want to fight for, after all, our biggest enemy now is the Manchus!" ”

Hong Yun'er frowned slightly, and stopped talking. Xiao Yungui smiled slightly, grabbed her soft and said: "I know what you want to say, now the Tusi and Touren in many places still practice slavery, and the clansmen are their slaves, do you want to change this situation?" ”

Hong Yun'er hummed softly and said, "But I know that this is very unrealistic, you are right, now our biggest enemy is the Manchu Qing." ”

Xiao Yungui nodded with satisfaction and said: "I know that you will understand, to change the world of cannibalism, you must first be a cannibal, when we master the country, it is not too late to change." ”

Hong Yun'er smiled in return, holding the hand harder, the two are now more and more in tune, many times they can know each other's intentions, and sometimes they know what the other party thinks in a word.

Xiao Yungui smiled when he saw his wife, his heart warmed, and he gently took her into his arms and said, "Yun'er, it's good to have you by your side." ”

Hong Yun'er leaned on his broad chest, and also felt very reassured, and said in a soft but extremely firm voice: "You enter, I will accompany you from birth to death; You retreat, I will accompany you to the countryside; If you lose, I will accompany you to make a comeback; If you win, I will accompany you to reign in the world! ”

Xiao Yungui's heart trembled, and he hugged it tighter and said, "You have done a good job." ”

The two of them were warming up, and Zuo Zongtang coughed at the door. The two hurriedly parted. Xiao Yungui looked back with a deep face, and sure enough, Zuo Zongtang was standing at the door, looking at the two with a big smile. Hong Yun'er was flushed with face, and said: "Zuo Xiang, please come in, I'll go and warm up the dim sum for you." ”

Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Xiwangniang doesn't have to bother, Shicai's subordinate Neiko sent some supper refreshments over, and his subordinates will bring them over to share with Xiwang, come, let's taste Neizi's craftsmanship together." ”

Hong Yun'er clapped her hands and smiled: "Sister Zhou's cooking skills have always been good. Blessed tonight. "Zuo Zongtang's wife Zhou Yiduan's cooking skills are indeed very good, Xiao Yungui and his wife usually eat some of Zuo Zongtang's light, Hong Yuner was also influenced by Zhou Yiduan to start learning cooking skills to make some refreshments for Xiao Yungui.

At the moment, the three of them sat around the table. Putting on the dim sum tea, Xiao Yungui was also very hungry, and praised while eating, but it was Hong Yun'er who ate a lot of dim sum. At this time, it is still a cold spring weather. Hong Yun'er's dim sum was laid out. The two of them had already been cold when they spoke, and Hong Yun'er persuaded Xiao Yungui not to eat it several times, but Xiao Yungui just smiled and shook his head, and devoured most of the cold snacks.

Xiao Yungui ate quickly, and after eating, he picked up the teapot and poured half a pot of tea, wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Zuo Xiang must have something important when he arrives late at night, let's talk while eating." ”

Zuo Zongtang ate elegantly and slowly. After listening to Xiao Yungui's words, he put down the bamboo chopsticks and said, "Jiangbei's twist has sent someone." ”

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er glanced at each other. Xiao Yungui said curiously: "But Zhang Lexing in Huaibei? Wasn't he appeased by the Qing court? Who was sent? ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded and said, "It's Huaibei Zhang Lexing." ”

Hong Yun'er said: "Zhang Lexing united with Gong Deshu to gather more than 10,000 people to besiege Yongcheng, Henan Province, rob the prison and save the prisoners, and the momentum is getting louder. In November of the same year, with Yong, Hao and Feng Jinbiao, Zhang Fengshan and other 18 twisted heads in the Pheasant River to gather blood as an alliance, was pushed as the leader of the alliance, Shuhuangqi uprising, known as the eighteen shops of Juyi, but then was the Qing Demon Gong Prince Yi? Fufu, there has been no movement in recent years, why are you sending people now? ”

Zuo Zongtang replied: "The person who came claimed to be Zhang Zongyu, the nephew of Zhang Lexing's clan, and held Zhang Lexing's handwritten secret letter. Saying that, he handed over a letter, Xiao Hong and the two looked at it together under the lamplight, Zuo Zongtang continued: "Zhang Lexing said in his heart that after the Eighteen Pu Uprising, the Qing Demon Zeng Greenqin and other troops besieged it, and at the same time, the Qing court sent Prince Gong to inspect the Yellow River to control the water and rectify the place, and the righteous army accepted the appeasement when they were cornered. However, since last year, in order to conquer our heavenly kingdom and extort our heavenly kingdom, the Qing army in Huaibei and other places has been leviing taxes day by day, and Zhang Lexing has secretly united with Yong, Bo and nearby states and counties, intending to raise the banner of righteousness against the Qing Dynasty again. ”

Xiao Yungui was silent after reading it, Hong Yun'er smiled bitterly, there was no such thing as Prince Gong inspecting the Yellow River to control the water in history, and Zhang Lexing was not Yi in history? appeased, the reason why the uprising of the Eighteen Pu Twist Army in 1853 was quickly pacified must have been deliberately done by someone in the Qing court. This trick plus Yi? After the Yellow River was controlled, there was no diversion of the Yellow River for the time being, so the Twist Army in Huaibei was only a sporadic small uprising, and no major uprisings broke out. Now it seems that back then? I'm afraid that it is still the trick of the one in the palace who gave the support.

Zuo Zongtang continued: "My subordinates think that we can support the uprising of the Twist Army, and Lin Fengxiang and other troops in northern Jiangsu and southern Anhui can send troops to cooperate with the Qing army in Sulu and northern Anhui, and let the Twist Army maneuver with the Qing army in Sulu, Anhui and Henan, so that it can attract the attention of the Qing army and be more beneficial to the deployment of our southern strategy." ”

Xiao Yungui seemed to think of something, got up and rummaged through the table for a while, found an official document, and handed it over. Zuo Zongtang took a look, but it was a Qing army intelligence sent back by Bai Zetang at the end of last year, which said that at that time, the elite firearms battalion of the Qing army was transferred south, and the commander of the troops was the minister Rong Lu, and after his soldiers and horses left Beijing, they were divided into two parts, one was stationed in Kaifeng and the other was stationed in Jinan.

Zuo Zongtang frowned and said: "The Qing army has been deployed in advance, and the subordinates have forgotten about Rong Lu leading the troops south. ”

Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "This is exactly the cunning of Rong Lu, he did not move after his soldiers and horses arrived in Kaifeng and Jinan, and he thought that he was going south to deal with Lin Fengxiang's troops in northern Jiangsu and southern Anhui, but there was no movement in two or three months, and his soldiers and horses were stationed far away from Lin Fengxiang's department, so we all ignored them, and said that Rong Lu was deliberately taken away. Now it seems that the goal of Ronglu's soldiers and horses has always been not us, but the Twist Army, and he is waiting for the Twist Army to assemble in the Pheasant River in Bozhou. ”

Zuo Zongtang said in amazement: "Rong Lu is only in his twenties, he has such intelligence, is he not a prophet?" Knowing that the Dao Twist Army will assemble in the Pheasant River to raise an alliance? ”

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er looked at each other and smiled, the two of them knew that this was not an unpredictable prophet, but the advantage of the traverser, but if they wanted to be careful with Rong Lu, they would not fully trust history, and they would definitely send a secret post to keep an eye on Zhang Lexing and other leaders of the twist army.

Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and said: "If the Twist Army wants to raise something, it should still be supported, but if the Twist Army is unprepared, it will definitely be plotted by the Qing Army, so let Lin Fengxiang's department send a team of men and horses to break through the Qing Army's defense line and cross Huai to the north to meet Zhang Lexing and others, with our people, the Righteous Army will move much more smoothly." ”

Zuo Zongtang calculated the strength of Lin Fengxiang's troops and said: "General Lin's troops and horses have a long defense line, and they also have to guard against the Qing army of Seng Lingqin and other departments, so I am afraid it will be difficult to send manpower. ”

Hong Yun'er interjected and said: "Lin Fengxiang's side doesn't need to send a large team of men, you can draw elite soldiers from the soldiers and horses of the Tianjing Jingjing Palace, and Lin Fengxiang's department will send officers to command, replenish a part of the new muskets and go north." And the main general of the soldiers and horses in the north, I think it is none other than Lai Wenguang of the East Palace! ”

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The meeting held in Tianjing lasted for seven days, there was no red tape, no high-mindedness, and no prayers to the Heavenly Father, and the old ministers of the West Temple were trying to turn their plans into enforceable regulations, and the old ministers of Tianjing were gradually adapting to this change, and they found that the Western King was neither like the Heavenly King who moved out of the Heavenly Father in everything, nor like the Eastern King, who made decisions in one word, and the Western King was more focused on practical results. No matter what your status is, as long as you make sense, and what you suggest can be turned into a practical charter, rather than just rhetoric, then you can be reused by the king of the west.

Hong Renji is a very successful example, although the king of the west did not fully adopt his financial strategy, but still entrusted him with the important task, although it is only a newly established deputy director of the financial department, but the old ministers of the kingdom of heaven have gradually learned that every department of the kingdom of heaven is now a powerful yamen, and there will be no useless yamen under the king of the west.

Wei Zhijun has been circling several departments and departments in the past few days, and the charter for the reorganization of the new army has changed a lot, and the latest reorganization charter has determined that the reorganization of the new army will no longer be carried out in Shanghai. At that time, the territory of Sufu Province was not too large, and Xiao Yungui made up his mind to rectify the army well, and after the reorganization of Shanghai, he received equipment nearby, so that he had the move to rotate the army to Shanghai for reorganization. If the country's territory is greatly increased today, it is unrealistic to rotate the army to Shanghai for intensive training. In the new regulations, Tianjing, Nanchang, Fuzhou, and other provincial capitals were designated as training sites, and soldiers and horses from all over the country were to be trained nearby.

Wei Zhijun had a headache about the money, food, materials, guns, and equipment needed for the new army's training, so he and Li Kaifang of the military department negotiated with the logistics department, equipment department, and other departments of the household department all day long. Just when his efforts were a little eyebrows, the king of the west suddenly ordered the formation of a northern expeditionary army composed of soldiers and horses in the east hall, commanded by Lai Wenguang and Chen Decai, and the grassroots officers and the staff of the Northern Expeditionary Army were composed of officers drawn from Lin Fengxiang's department, and then went north to break through the Qing army's defense line and cross the Huai to fight in the north.

Wei Zhijun was very strange about the true intention of this army to go north, what would be the role of a lone army in Jiangbei? Then I thought about it for a few days before I realized that if the king of the west wants to use troops against Liangguang and Yungui, he naturally wants to use troops against Jiangbei first, which is called Shengbei attacking the south. It's just that the Qing army in Jiangbei is quite powerful, and this army of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses will easily be surrounded, and if it is not good, the whole army will be annihilated, but the king of the west seems to never do such an uncertain thing. When Wei Zhijun swore in the northern army to go north, he saw a person, he had seen this person before, when he was in Luzhou, this person came to see himself, this person was Zhang Zongyu, the nephew of Zhang Lexing, the leader of the Huaishang Twist Party. So Wei Zhijun understood it all at once. (To be continued......)