The army of the "Jingyi Battalion" was a veritable army of the Xi family, and the imperial court not only allowed them to exist and allowed them to go out to fight, but also rewarded and promoted its leaders and generals many times for this.

This important information, for those Jingnan scholars who have never met talents, is like a dawn indicating hope, and has a very rich connotation. It implies a turn of fate, an opportunity to start a business, the value of life, and the prospect of struggle.

With the behind-the-scenes support of Shang Shu Zengfan, the supreme commander of the Jingnan Army, Xi Qitian referred to Jiang Changyuan's recruitment system of "scholars and mountain farmers plus miners", and implemented the strategy of elite soldiers, and the clansmen and villagers enthusiastically joined his army.

After Jingjiang defeated Shi Xianda's troops, the number of Xi's army increased to 2,000, because Xi Qitian was born as a scholar and served as a civilian official, in addition to military affairs, there was also government affairs. In fact, Gong Changyu was directly responsible for taking the troops around to fight and charge into battle.

After the Wei King Shi Xianda and Gong Changyu clashed several times, they did not take advantage, but there was a shadow in their hearts, and the plan to besiege Jingjiang City and try to detour north to attack Tanzhou came to naught, and Shicheng did not have any support for the expeditionary blue wolf army, but degraded the title of "King of Wei" again and again, from the general of the general army to the main general of the left army, and from the holy god electricity to the electric division. Of course, Shi Xianda doesn't care about these foolish names, he wants to establish a country that is different from the blue wolf country, and manage his mobile regime according to his own thinking.

In the days that followed, Shi Xianda did not have a good time, everywhere he went, there were Xi family soldiers and horses following behind the Blue Wolf Army, and he couldn't get rid of it. Attacking Shi Xianda conquered Qingyuan Mansion, garrisoned troops, trained soldiers, and the army grew to more than 250,000 people again (including the families of the army).

67 generals in the Shi Xianda expeditionary army, including Peng Dashun, Zhu Yidian, and Tong Hairong, were very disappointed with the situation of successive defeats, could not see the future, and had the idea of separating their families, and led more than 200,000 troops to break away from the expeditionary force and march to Shicheng in the east. The separation of Zhu Yidian and others greatly damaged the vitality of the expeditionary force of the Blue Wolf Country, which laid the groundwork for Shi Xianda's final defeat.

In Kyoto, Emperor Xiantong had a very difficult time, and there were internal and external troubles, which made this 30-year-old exhausted, frightened day and night, like a little old man, and vomited blood from time to time. Ye Chen, the governor of Panyu, was captured by the Eagle Strike Li people, and Kyoto was no longer available, so he had to transfer the monk who was fighting against the rebels of the Kokand Khanate in the northwest to defend the defense of Gyeonggi and lead the battalion of the Dagukou Fort.

The Eagle Strike Li people and the French people saw that the Qing Dynasty and the regular army fought with the Blue Wolf Army for five or six years, and even a "Blue Wolf Country" could not be settled, and concluded that the Fei Luo family had no more capable people, and on the pretext that the "opening of the treaty port" expired, the request for a revision of the treaty was refused, so they formed a coalition army, took advantage of the fire to loot, went north along the coast many times, shelled the forts of Tianjin Wei, tried to attack Kyoto, and forced the Fei Luo royal family to surrender, but did not let the decision-makers of the Qing and the country succumb, because in the first year (the ninth year of Xiantong) the monk led the defeat of the Eagle and French coalition army.

June of the 10th year of Xiantong. After Chen Yuchao, the eagle king of the blue wolf army, broke through the camp in Jiangbei, he went east to Suzhou and Changzhou, and the power of the blue wolf army in Jingbei was empty. Zeng Fan and Hu Linyi, the governor of Jingbei, commanded more than 50,000 water and land divisions of the Jingnan Army, and took the opportunity to march eastward from Jingbei to Heyang Town.

After two months of siege, seeing that victory was in sight, the imperial court decree came down, ordering Zeng Guofan to lead troops into King Qin, resist the Yingfa coalition army, and personally named Bao Chao, a famous general of the Jingnan army, to lead the Jingnan army of 10,000 people, "Keri went to Beijing to hand over Shengbao for dispatch, don't use excuses to delay, sit back and watch the urgency of the monarch."

At this time, Bao Chao was transferred, and there was no doubt that the plan for the siege of Heyang would come to naught, and Zeng Guo was in a dilemma. At the same time, Hu Lin, the governor who received the holy decree, presided over King Qin, and he said to Zeng Guo: "If you can arrive one day early, you can solve the worries of the Holy Lord one day early."

"Heyang Town is the barrier and food source of the western line of Gongwei Stone City, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break through Heyang Town, which cannot be missed. The blue wolf country will not be eliminated for a day, and the court will not be peaceful for a day, and it is clear which is more important than the other. Zeng Fan said that in his opinion, the Eagle Law Alliance just wanted to make some benefits, and the imperial court would agree sooner or later, not a big problem.

"But the Eagle French coalition army has reached Tianjin Wei and is approaching Kyoto, so it can't be said if you don't save it." Hu Lin frowned.

"Don't worry, teacher, isn't there a Mongolian cavalry of Prince Sangge in Gyeonggi? Let them go and fight well. Staff member Li Zhangtong stood up, "The student has a plan, but I don't know how it works......"

"Zhang Tong, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Zeng Fan said.

"We can do what we ask us to do, and we don't move. In short, it is to adopt the word 'procrastination' and delay until the situation changes, and of course, there is a skill ...... procrastination," Li Zhangtong said.

"That's a clever plan!" Zeng Fanmao suddenly opened his mouth and applauded, "Delay it for ten days first, and then reply to the imperial court, saying that sending Bao Chao to the north, the strength is not enough to Qin Wang, please ask the imperial court to choose one of the two people Zeng and Governor Hu to supervise the army to enter the guard." When the song is sent to Rehe, it will be a month to go back and forth, maybe the Yingfa coalition army will have already taken the advantage and withdrawn its troops, and we don't need to enter King Qin. ”

"Lord Zeng, the Jingnan Army doesn't send a single soldier, it doesn't seem to work." Jiang Changyi, the governor of Jiangdong, had a hint of gloom on his face, "I heard that Gong Jichang, who was the 'Xi Family Army', had killed hundreds of marines of the Eagle Strike Li Shui Division in Panyu, and he was brave and good at fighting, so it is better to let him be the vanguard and go north to the king of Qin, so as not to fall behind and refuse to send troops." ”

"Governor Jiang, who is Gong Jichang?" Zeng Fan asked.

"Gong Jichang is a native of Rulin County, Baocheng Prefecture, and he was a general under me in the early years, and he has fought against Westerners several times, but he has not been defeated." Jiang Changyi responded. Jiang Changyi's recommendation of Gong Jichang was uneasy and kind.

"The Xi family's army is only more than a thousand people, although it is well-equipped, it can fight against a foreign army of tens of thousands of people, doesn't this send them to the road of no return?" Zeng Fan shook his head again and again.

"My lord, why can't you try it?" Jiang Changyi smiled, "Besides, Gong Chang is blessed with a fate, and he can't die." ”

"Governor Jiang, that Governor (Zeng Fan is also the Governor of Liangjiang at this time) asked you to go north to King Qin, are you willing?" Zeng Fan said with a smile.

"My lord, it is difficult for a humble position to take on this responsibility." Jiang Changyi waved his hand, "It's none other than Gong Jichang." ”

"Brother Changyi, King Qin's opportunities are not common, how can you give up so easily?" Zeng Fan seemed to understand Jiang Changyi's thoughts.

"The opportunity is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but he has no experience in fighting with the Eagle Law Alliance, and he has no chance of winning, so he strongly recommends Gong Jichang." Jiang Changyi insisted on his opinion.

"Okay. The governor immediately repaired a letter, and sent it to Baocheng Mansion for 800 miles...... "Zeng Fan did it on several sides of the case, picked up the brush, and wrote it on the paper.

"My lord, Gong Jichang is now under Xi Qitian ......in Jingjiang Mansion," Jiang Changyi added.

"What's wrong with you, you talk muddy? The governor thought that Gong Changyu was stationed in Baocheng Mansion! Zeng Fan threw the one-line letter into the fire and rewrote an urgent secret letter.

Jiang Changyi, who was holding the secret letter, walked out of Zeng Fan's camp and said to himself: Gong Jichang, this governor doesn't believe it, you entered King Qin in Beijing this time, and you can come back alive!

Three days later, a secret letter from Jingbei County arrived in Xi Qitian's hands. When Xi Qitian saw that it was Zeng Fan's handwritten letter, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone to find Gong Changyu, who was chasing the Blue Wolf Army in the Hezhou area. The messenger searched for most of the day, and only in a mountain nest did he meet Gong Changyu, who commanded the light artillery battalion to shell the blue wolf army camp.

"General, Lord Xi asked you to immediately make a truce and go back to Jingjiang City." The messenger jumped out of his horse, panting.

"Little brother, what's wrong? Could it be that Jingjiang City is surrounded by Shi Xianda again? Gong Changyu waved his hand, and the artillery fire immediately stopped.

"The Eagle Strike Li and the Franco-Western coalition army have attacked Tianjin, Kyoto is in danger, and the emperor has ordered the troops from all over the country to go north to Qin Wang ......" The messenger took out an urgent secret letter from his arms.

"Little brother, General Ben doesn't know much, just read it to me." Gong Changyu smiled slightly.

"I'm sorry, General, but I'm not literate." The messenger took out the letter paper and held it in front of Gong Changyu with both hands.

Gong Changyu looked at the letter carefully a few times, and saw his name, as well as Kyoto, a total of five words, and the rest were all at a loss: "Does Lord Xi have any instructions?" ”

"Lord Xi said, let the general you must withdraw from Hezhou as soon as possible, rush back to Jingjiang City the morning after tomorrow, equip yourself with the latest artillery and rifles, and go north to King Qin, the time is urgent, and there must be no mistakes." The messenger urged.

"Hezhou is more than 400 miles away from Jingjiang City, and now it's all morning, can we rush back?" Gong Changyu looked up at the sun in the sky and was speechless.

"Master Xi said, if you can't go back, you have to rush. Jingyi Camp was taken by Lord Zeng, and he had to go if he didn't go. The messenger said.

"Damn, the Jingnan Army in Jingbei Camp is closer to Kyoto, and Lord Zeng Fan is willing to seek the distance and send me to be cannon fodder, why is this?"

"General, this ...... I don't know why. The messenger looked dazed.

"I think this must be Jiang Changyi's bad idea again, let Lao Tzu fight with Western devils...... Hey, why does this guy still hold a grudge against me......" Gong Changyu received the secret letter and ordered the whole army to retreat......

Seeing that they were about to capture the cottage opposite, there was a sudden truce, and the soldiers were very puzzled by this. Quartermaster Zhu Rongchu took out the secret letter, held it up and said: "Brothers, this is a handwritten letter from Lord Zeng Fanzeng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, ordering me to go to Jingbei Camp to report to the camp in Jingbei within ten days after receiving the military order......