Outside Wuhu County, in the Hunan army barracks, an apricot yellow military flag danced violently against the cold river wind, the big "Zeng" word on the top was impressive, the newly appointed Zeng Guofan did not sit upright in the Chinese army camp, but led all the Hunan army generals to the camp gate, four or five piles of people standing on the ground talking, as if waiting for someone, the soldiers on the side of the arch guard looked fierce, scattered into a formation, always protecting the generals of the Hunan army. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Not far away, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the sound of poplars and Zeng Guoquan beside him said, "Lao Jiu, people are here." ”

Zeng Guofan heard the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and then saw the dust raised by the official road not far away, his face couldn't help but reveal a sense of joy, and he ordered left and right, "Beat the drum!" Be festive! ”

The dust raised in the distance was getting closer and closer, and a group of cavalry chariots and horses in the same costume as the Hunan army rushed over, and the pedestrian saw Zeng Guofan and others gathered in front of the camp, and hurriedly tightened the reins and got off their horses one after another, led by Rong Lu, who was coming from Lishui.

Rong Lu wore a mending uniform embroidered with a lion, walked quickly to the front of Zeng Guofan, shook his horseshoe sleeves, and knelt down on one leg to salute, "Humble Rong Lu knocks to see the handsome!" ”

"Hahaha, why should Zhonghua be polite? Hurry up," Zeng Guofan was very happy, and personally picked up the respectful and polite Rong Lu, and the smile in his eyes couldn't be contained, "Zhonghua fought very well in the Jiangnan camp, played the momentum of our Hunan army, and brought his brothers back to Wuhu, he is really a fierce general in our Hunan army!" ”

Zeng Guoquan also squeezed up, now Zeng Guoquan is already the governor of Jiangxi, he also nodded again and again, "Yes, my Lao Jiu admires you, the situation in the Jiangnan camp is dangerous, you have held the camp for several days with artillery muskets, it's really amazing, I look at the musketeers behind you, but they are all golden eggs, my Lao Jiu can't help but drool and want to rob people in your musket camp!" ”

Rong Lu shook his head. His expression was gloomy, "I was incompetent, many of my brothers died by the Yangtze River, and I couldn't bring them back." ”

Zeng Guofan patted Rong Lu on the shoulder. "Soldiers will inevitably die in battle, it doesn't matter, we Hunan people have never been afraid of death, Zhonghua doesn't need to blame himself, go. You accompany Ben Shuai into the tent and talk carefully about the Jiangnan War, you must know that Zhonghua, you have bombarded Jiangning City, what is the situation in Jiangnan, I still want you, a person who sees is believing, to talk about it carefully. ”

"Yes, please marshal!"

A few people entered the handsome tent, it happened to be lunch time, and the firehead gave lunch, which was a famous local food in Wuhu - shrimp knife noodles. It is made of the seeds of green shrimp in the Yangtze River, with a variety of condiments, to make a paste soup, and then add a hand-kneaded knife noodles to boil. The noodles are tough, the shrimp bullet teeth, and the taste is extremely delicious. Rong Lu used a bowl, then put down the chopsticks and stopped eating, only Zeng Guoquan was eating and ate a bowl. I asked the firehead to get it again, and after a while, Zeng Guofan had already finished eating and using tea. Zeng Guofan thought for a while, and then spoke towards Rong Lu.

"Zhonghua, according to what you have seen and heard in Jiangning, when will this rebellion be calmed down?"

Rong Lu put down the tea bowl, "According to the humble opinion." Reversal cannot be broken quickly. ”

"Oh?" Zeng Guofan was noncommittal, "How can you see it?" ”

"In fact, I have seen a lot in Jiangnan, and I have dealt with the people of the Jiangnan camp carefully, Xianfeng six years, the change of Jiangning, the heart of the rebel army is shaken, it is indeed an excellent opportunity for the imperial army to exterminate the rebellion, at that time Yang Xiuqing Wei Changhui died, Shi Da drove away, Hong Xiuquan was restless day and night, the two big battalions in Jiangnan and Jiangbei saw the opportunity, but did something to seize the city and plunder the land, but did not effectively suppress the rebellion, but just took some empty cities to repay the merits, so that the rebellion from Shi Da Kai fled in the gloomy clouds and mist to ease up, Let Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng win several battles, and quickly control the rebellious military power, and now they have broken the Jiangnan camp again, Zhang Guoliang is dead, and the Jiangnan area is invincible, Li Xiucheng is now going to attack Hangzhou again! Now this military is together, and the momentum of rebellion is not lost to us. Rong Lu told the truth.

Zeng Guofan knew best how rampant the Taiping army that had just revolted and went north to break through many cities in Huguang and Liangjiang all the way to Nanjing, and even dared to divide the troops to the north and west, but after a few years, the momentum of the Taiping army declined, but after another year or two, this rebellious military spirit came up again.

It is in response to the old saying: "Its prosperity is also vigorous; His death was also sudden. ”

Remembering that he felt the fierce attack of Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng in the area of Wuhu and Tongling last year, Zeng Guofan still had palpitations, nodded, Zeng Guofan continued to ask Rong Lu, "The old man intends to fight steadily and steadily, based on Wuhu, backed by the four provinces of Jiangxi, Anhui, Huguang and Guangzhou, let Lao Jiu go east along the river, and then let Shaoquan go south from Chuzhou to the north of the river; Zuo Zongtang went to Huzhou, and he happened to be the one who made great efforts in the last battle of Hangzhou. Echoing each other so far away, what does Zhonghua think? ”

"The strategy of the big boss must be proper," Rong Lu flattered, "Two rivers and a game of chess, all under the control of the big marshal, so why worry about rebellion, but the humble post recently received a letter from the capital," Zeng Guofan stared at Rong Lu, although the two did not say it explicitly, they both knew that it was the letter written by the one in the Chuxiu Palace, only to see Rong Lu said unhurriedly: "The meaning of the queen mother is to let Li Hongzhang be on standby to go north at any time." ”

Zeng Guofan put down the bowl in his hand and thought slightly, "The Huai army is going north?" Is it to defend against the British and French armies? ”

"Exactly, although the monk king is already in Beijing now, after all, it is not as good as our group training in the south, with excellent equipment and sharp firearms, if the monk is like dealing with the rebel twist thief, sooner or later he will have to be planted, so let Li Hongzhang prepare early, if there is a change in the north, he can go north at any time."

"But now that the British and French forces are still in Guangzhou, how did the queen know that they would go north?"

"Because the foreigners will inevitably change the contract, now they have strong ships and guns, so we can't help but not change the contract, but the local governor does not have the right to sign, and can only be signed by the plenipotentiary envoy sent by the imperial court, and in order to get the news unimpeded, it can only be chosen in the north, besides," Rong Lu sneered slightly, "The British intimidated the first emperor by marching into Dagukou during the Daoguang period, and tasted such a great sweetness, so they had to repeat their old tricks and attack Bohai Bay again." ”

Zeng Guofan frowned, "If this is the case, the national situation will be difficult again, there will be wars inside and outside, the silver salary is tight, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Suddenly remembered something, and asked Zeng Guoquan again, "Lao Jiu, how is the recent situation of the muskets and artillery from Ningbo?" Is there a decrease? ”

"No, the goods from Ningbo have not decreased, but have increased by 20% compared with the past." Zeng Guoquan replied.

。。。 What about commuter passes? (To be continued.) )