On the 24th day of August in the fourth year of Xianfeng, the Hunan army sailors took advantage of the darkness of the night to attack the Taiping army sailors stationed in Huwan, Xingzi Town. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On August 25, the Taiping army Lin Shaozhang led the water division to attack the Hunan army water division on Poyang Lake, Zeng Guofan with the water rush and the wind was good, sent people to the shore to lead the boat forward with a cable, the Taiping army went out to annihilate the people who pulled the cable, and then used more than 200 small rowing boats to force the enemy boat, took advantage of the wind and set fire, defeated the Hunan army and the water division, the land Hunan army went out of the city to meet the enemy, was also defeated by Shi Dakai, trapped in Nankang City, Zeng Guofan lost his troops and broke the general, shame and hatred, in Nankang Province, Poyang Lake opposite Duchang County, Guabodu committed suicide, was rescued by his subordinates, Fortunately, at this time, Hu Linyi led the Huangzhou Navy Division to train and arrive, defeated the sailors pursued by the Taiping Army, and the Zeng State Domain and Hu Linyi met and rushed to Raozhou Mansion for rectification.

Raozhou Mansion.

Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly: "Brother Runzhi, the old brother originally wanted you to fight with me in the north and south, and wipe out all the rebellious sailors in this Poyang Lake, but the old man's sailors were also a little angry, but they bothered the elder brother to come to the rescue." ”

Hu Linyi shook his head, "My lord and I, there is no need to be so polite, what can I do now?" This Raozhou Mansion is not a place to live for a long time. ”

"Now let's rectify for a while, and then see if Nankang Mansion Lao Jiu and Rong Lu can hold it, if they hold it, this big city will not be lost, and there will be fewer impeachments in Beijing."

Hu Linyi joked to Zeng Guofan, "Is the elder brother still hiding it from the elder brother?" Guo Songtao sent a letter from Beijing the day before yesterday, saying that the queen mother suddenly helped for some reason, and suggested in front of the emperor that Zuo Jigao was about it. ”

"Brother, this is a joke, how can my brother have a connection with the palace." Zeng Guofan hurriedly denied it.

"Whatever the adults say, it's what it is." Hu Linyi blinked, he didn't believe it when he was killed, and the foreigner muskets and artillery that Ningbo Mansion got were not given anywhere else. Even the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian issued several reminders in Hangzhou, but he only got some goods, and the high-quality muskets and artillery were either transported to Jiangxi or Anhui. This Ningbo prefect is full of people, and ordinary Han officials are immovable.

Runzhi laughed.

Sanhejian Town, Gushi County, Henan. "At the turn of Henan and Anhui, the water and land rush, the people are crowded, the Huai and Ru converge, and the place where commerce and trade converge." August of the 11th year of Yongzheng. After more than 100 years of construction, Sanhejian is a bit of an important town, not only has a guard tower, but also a wall made of yellow mud bricks.

Wu Yundi inspected the town for a week, nodded with satisfaction, he received an order from the monk king, the army came west along the Huai River, and ordered it to cross the Huai River quickly. Choosing a heavy guard to block it, Wu Yundi listened to the nearby guide, this Sanhejian is the richest place near the left, and it belongs to the junction of Henan and Anhui, and the thief has to look at this side, so he galloped in the starry night, and came to Sanhejian Town last night.

The cavalry of a Jianrui battalion galloped into the town, and the pedestrians walking on the road hurriedly dodged, and the cavalry flew off their horses and shouted: "Lord Garrison." On the east side, Yingshang, Zhengyang Pass and other places lit wolf smoke in turn! The twister is coming this way! ”

"Good!" Wu Yundi shook his fists and was excited, completely ignoring the pale face of the Sanhejian Inspection Division on the side, "It's a coincidence." I ran into a good errand! The order is that Sanhejian Town is not allowed to enter, so as not to get in with the spies! Inspection Division," Wu Yundi looked at this middle-aged fat man who had held this extremely oily position for generations, "You don't need to defend, organize the young and strong." Prepare to defend the city, and restrain the merchants so that they don't mess up on their own. ”

"Yes, yes, my lord, what if the merchants want to leave?"

"Then ask them if their carriage is fast, or if the thief's horse is fast, if they want to leave, the official will never keep it!" Wu Yundi turned over and swung the whip hard, the whip threw out a loud whip in mid-air, and shouted: "Brothers! It's time for us to make a difference! ”

"Listen to Lord Wu!"

"Follow the garrison, there is meat to eat and drink and someone to kill!"

"Brothers, let's go!"

Zhang Lexing led the large army to gallop fast, advancing at full speed, ignoring the wolf smoke that continued to rise on both sides, there were a few flag owners muttering quietly, Zhang Lexing didn't care about it at all, no matter how much wolf smoke there was, how about the floating military heart, the army of Monk Lingqin could only follow us and eat ashes, as long as the tip of the three rivers was laid, the materials were full, and the people underground would naturally be swept away because they didn't know how to be killed by themselves!

Not long after, the people and horses neighed to the side of the Guan River, the Guan River is more than ten meters wide, the water potential is very shallow, a lot of twist troops did not wait for Zhang Lexing's orders, directly rode a horse to prepare to cross the river, Zhang Lexing did not have time to give orders, there were already more than ten people riding horses across the river, looking at the other side of the river There is no abnormal sound, Zhang Lexing was about to wave his hand to let the large army all cross the river, heard a whistling on the other side of the river, a Qing army general wearing silver armor rode a horse from the side of the hill to take the lead, rushed out, followed by a team of more than 100 cavalry, In three or five strokes, more than ten Twist troops who crossed the river alone were cut to the ground, and the general in silver armor cut down the last one, pointed at the restless Twist Army on the opposite side with a bloodstained knife and shouted: "Wu Yundi is here, who dares to cross the river and fight!" ”

The twisted army became more and more restless, this is Wu Yundi, who captured Li Kaifang alone!

Zhang Lexing shouted: "Just rely on his hundreds of people to block our tens of thousands? It's really wishful thinking, the brother in front of him shoots a bow and arrows! The people behind hugged each other, and I think this kid can kill a few people! ”

Although the faces of several banner owners were gloomy, they still obeyed the orders, and the various departments roared over, the water splashed by the horses' hooves, and the army swarmed up, and sure enough, the Qing army resisted for a while, and then hurriedly withdrew to the west.

Wu Yundi rushed back to Sanhejian Town, only to see that the originally prosperous streets were empty, Wu Yundi turned his horse's head and shouted: "Close the pass, all departments are on alert, this battle must kill more rebels and defend Sanhejian!" ”

"Wow!"

The Qing army reloaded the whole team, climbed the town to besiege a square city wall, the inspection department of Sanhejian was very good, only half a day to defend the city of the wood, hot meat, gunpowder ready, but also temporarily brought the merchants to help defend the city, Wu Yundi was overjoyed, and patted the shoulder of the inspection department hard, "Very good, as long as the tip of the three rivers is guarded, the official will protect you to the emperor and the monk, let you change the official to do it!" The bones of the inspection department were beaten a few taels, and I was about to say a few words of flattery, but I heard the horse's hooves outside, and the twisted army led by Zhang Lexing arrived at Sanhejian!

On August 26, the Twist Army besieged Sanhejian Town, Jianrui Battalion garrison Wu Yundi fought bloodily, the Twist Army rushed for four days, could not enter Sanhejian Town half a step, and the monk Greenqin behind him arrived, and the regimental training of Luyi County also came from the north to participate in the siege and annihilation, "Lexing and others gathered tens of thousands of people in square inches, the food and resources gradually lacked, the plague returned, all the banner owners were resentful, self-prevarication, and the plans were different. ”

In September, Yuan Jiasan, the Qing Governor, and Shengbao, the general of the Qing Dynasty, each led 60,000 Qing troops, transferred thousands of catties of artillery and foreign guns, and advanced from north to south to force Sanhejian. The canals around the tip of the three rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the twisted army crosses the river, and the infantry cavalry of the Qing army is not easy to deploy, and it is difficult to attack. Shengbao then implemented the method of siege warfare, controlled the water and land passages leading to the Sanhejian, and set up checkpoints in the areas where the sulfur was produced, and strictly prohibited them from leaving the country, so as to cut off the grain and ammunition supply of the Twisted Army. Now it has become Wu Yundi sticking to the tip of the three rivers, the middle circle is the five banners of the twisted army, the outermost north has the regimental training of Luyi County, the south has the Shandong soldiers of Shengbao, and the east is the army of Monk Greenqin.

On the first day of the ninth month, Emperor Xianfeng's report from Jiangxi and Henan was both happy and annoyed, and the joy was that the Twist army was surrounded, and the situation was greatly beneficial to the officers and soldiers; Annoyed that Zeng Guofan lost his armor at the mouth of the lake, returned defeated, and almost captured himself, the Hunan army and sailors were completely damaged, and Emperor Xianfeng was not angry, because since Shi Dakai sent troops from Wuhu, he was invincible all the way, Zeng Guofan was still able to resist for a few days, and the previous defeats had made the emperor's anger vented early, and even the British and French warships fought with Russia in the temple street at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, the Shanghai Knife Society revolted, and the British and French organized a counterattack, such a violation of sovereignty is not worth a day.

Emperor Xianfeng sighed in the upper and lower Tianguang and Xingzhen, talking about the defeat of Zeng Guofan, it happened that Concubine Zhen was also in the dormitory to help hug the eldest brother, Xingzhen on the bridge rolled her eyes, and comforted: "The emperor doesn't need to be angry, this Shi Dakai, the concubine heard that it is a first-class figure in the rebellion, and the backbone of the Hengzhi Zeng Guofan is still there, and after time, it will definitely be able to start again." Thinking about Zeng Guofan, it is also difficult, and fighting away must be a lot of constraints. ”

Emperor Xianfeng listened to Xingzhen's words, thoughtfully, and couldn't help nodding, "This is natural, listening to Xiang Rong's recital, he also complained that there were a lot of restrictions in Jiangsu, that's it, in addition to reprimanding, I gave Zeng Guofan some authority, that is." ”

"Your Majesty." Xingzhen snickered, this "away battle" is really timely, and the effect is effortless.

"Queen, you say, what position is it good to give Zeng Guofan?"

At this time, I was still thinking about testing me, I was not so stupid, to blatantly get involved in personnel power, Xingzhen smiled skillfully, but he sneered in his heart, "The concubine understands this, the emperor himself is dictatorial, and the concubine wants to go to the big theater at night to listen to the play, or light the lantern to look at the koi fish." ”

"I'm confused, Yang Qingxi," the emperor called the head of the Yangxin Palace, thought about it slightly, and then made an order, "Tell the military aircraft on duty outside the garden, and issue an order to reprimand Zeng Guofan, remove him from the title of secretary of the military department, demote him to the actual governor of Jiangxi, and give the military generals of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces to restrain him, and tell him to draft the decree." ”

"Wow."

Xingzhen was slightly speechless, and actually authorized the governor of Jiangxi, and controlled the generals of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, this is the actual governor of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, this is the bright and dark rise, the emperor is anxious, and he is also slightly dissatisfied with the actions of the governor of Huguang, and the power of Hunan has been handed over to Zeng Guofan.

"Also, I ordered Zuo Zongtang to recruit Xiang Yong on his own and go to Jiangxi to help Zeng Guofan run military affairs."

"Wow."

"Anqing is not lost, I can sleep more peacefully at night, but unfortunately the official document is incompetent, and the situation in Huguang is not as good as when Chang Dachun is here, is it time to change a governor." The emperor was muttering to himself, but Xingzhen didn't answer, just looking at the wattles at her feet for fun. (To be continued.) )