At this time, because the Taiping army lost the big ship of the sailor, it was about a month later than in history to conquer Jiangning, in addition, in Anqing, Jiujiang and other places looted property and people are less than half of the history, and except for the empty city of Jiangning, the rest of the property, grain and grass have not been obtained. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiangsu Province, outside Yangzhou.

Outside Yangzhou City, the Liangjiang Governor of the Military Department and the right capital of the Imperial Palace, Lu Jianying, was promoted to the commander's account, Lu Jianying since the last time he suffered a defeat in Hubei, he did not dare to rely on Jiangning City to set up a large camp to defend against the enemy, but built a Jiangbei camp outside Yangzhou City far away, arching the Cao Yun and cutting off the possibility of the long-haired rebels going north. Lu Jianying's face was haggard, and the crane on the first product of the court suit was also listless, although he withdrew from Jiangning City at the behest of the emperor, but Lu Jianying clearly knew that if he couldn't hold the Jiangbei camp in Yangzhou, he couldn't stop the long-haired rebels from looking at the north to attack, even if he was the prince who was the emperor and the elder brother, he was the prince who washed the horse, and he was the emperor's teacher. At this time, Lu Jianying no longer had the grace and grace when he presided over the township test in Shandong Province, and he still had the leisure to go to the homes of passers-by to write poems, "This mother-in-law is not a person, the nine-day fairy went down to earth, and the adopted son was a robber, and he stole a peach to offer his mother." The posture of a calm gentleman.

General Jiang Ning Xiang entered the handsome tent with a bitter face, knelt down and saluted Lu Jianying, "See the big handsome!" ”

"What's the matter, there's something wrong with the flag man you brought out?" Lu Jianying hurriedly asked.

"These people are good, this morning the spies planted in Jiangning City desperately came out to tell the truth, they are in Jiangning every day to eat Yinzi money in the local squire's house, has been wiped out by the traitors, gold and silver property, family wives and daughters are all taken away by thieves, those people are scolding their mothers in the camp, and the sky is boiling!"

"The traitor is so perverse, he will inevitably bring about his own defeat, General Xiang, now that the emperor has saved more than 20,000 of your banner people in the city, what do you say you should do?"

"Don't be a handsome general! The flag man under the mark was already furious, and shouted again and again to help the commander defend the camp in Jiangbei, if the rebels dared to come, they would definitely fight with those rebels! ”

"Well, pass on the Governor's decree at once! The general and above immediately went to the commander's tent to discuss and discuss, not only to defend the Jiangbei camp, but also to wait for the opportunity to fight back to Jiangning City! ”

"Wow!"

Xiaolingwei is located in the east of Jiangning City, at the southern foot of Purple Mountain. Xiaolingwei got its name from the Ming Dynasty, because there was a garrison here to defend the Ming Xiaoling.

Xiang Rong, the minister who specializes in military affairs, rode a horse and stood at the foot of the small mountain where the Purple Mountain came out, and the Qing soldiers behind him were setting up camp, making it hot, Xiang Rong built a pergola with his hand and stared at Jiangning City from afar, but unfortunately the smoke in the city had been burning day and night for three days, and it was black and vast, and it was impossible to see clearly.

Xiang Rong sighed, stroked the yellow coat given by the emperor on his body, turned his head and said sharply to his own soldiers: "Tell these turtle sons to speed up, and after an hour, the official will see the big camp here standing majestically!" ”

"Wow!"

The emperor's secret decree wants me to block the rebel's offensive route to Suzhou and Hangzhou, if I can kill more rebels, it will be a great achievement, and in the future, I will be the commander of Liangjiang to exterminate the rebels!

is a military general, the commander of the two rivers! The governor of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, who has never been before, wears unicorn supplemental uniforms and fights against the governor of Liangjiang!

Xiang Rong smacked on the ground fiercely, seeking wealth and danger, the turtle's son's, Lao Tzu fight!

Hunan, Changsha Mansion, Hunan Governor Yamen.

A middle-aged scholar took a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War and was silent, and a pair of spring swallows outside the signing room lingered in the window, chattering non-stop, and the scholar with a pair of huge eye bags was also pinching his beard and thinking hard.

The footsteps outside the signing room sounded, and the minister of Zheng Erpin wearing a golden chicken supplement uniform walked in outside, and it was Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan.

Zhang Liangji saw that the middle-aged scholar was in a daze, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Ji Gao, what are you thinking about?" ”

The middle-aged scholar was awakened, and saw that it was Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan, who came, and hurriedly bowed his hand, "Dong Weng, Ji Gao is thinking about the situation in our Hunan, although this army of rebels has gone east to Liangjiang, but there are still a lot of remnants left, and there are many people who have been bewitched by traitors in various places. The Hunan people are enthusiastic and brave, and the siege of Changsha last time has honed a lot of generals! ”

Zhang Liangji sat down in the main seat, thought for a while, and then said: "This matter should also be done in time, in addition, how to calm the place and stabilize the people's hearts also has to be borne by Ji Gao, if you think of a good way, the official will naturally draw and sign immediately!" Although I am going to take up the post of governor of Shandong immediately, I have already written a letter and ordered someone to send it to the Duke of Ruzhai, informing you of your deeds, and he must leave you in Hunan to do your best! ”

"Adults have lives, Ji Gao naturally doesn't dare to disobey." Since I have been unable to try to enter Beijing three times, I have almost extinguished the mind of fame and fortune, since I listened to Guo Songtao's exhortation, I decided to go out of the mountain, and entered Changsha City in the days of artillery fire, and the governor gave me full powers, and I was allowed to do it militarily, so I could hold Changsha City, and the thieves had no choice but to go after three months of siege. Only then did I realize that the history, geography, military, economics, water conservancy and other studies I had learned before were really indispensable, and the first-class talents in the troubled times had made meritorious contributions in my heart and the idea of establishing a career came out again.

Zuo Zongtang, you are only forty-one years old! Not too old!

As he said in the sign he asked for in an unknown ancient temple on the edge of Xiangshui:

Eighty years of the prince met the king of Wen,

There are Weibin treasures in 100 feet.

Once Zuojun rules the world,

Eternal people will never forget!