XXXVIII. King Qinwang of the Southern Army (6)
At the beginning of September, Li Hongzhang wrote to Zeng Guofan, noting the matter of going north, Zeng Guofan scolded angrily: "Shaft! But there was no choice but to send an order to Wang Jinxiu in Yixing to lead troops to Wuxi to replace the vacancy left by Li Hongzhang, and the original plan to clear the Taiping army in Liyang and Jintan was forced to be suspended. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Lord Futai, I'm afraid Governor Zeng is extremely angry now," Zhang Shusheng said worriedly as he watched Li Hongzhang finish writing the official document and stamping it with the purple seal of the governor of Jiangsu.
"It's okay," Li Hongzhang blew the ink, "Although the Governor and I have a teacher-student friendship, we are not family members in the end," Li Hongzhang sneered slightly, "Put me in Suzhou, and I will know that this war of extermination and rebellion will be nothing else to do if I throw Li Xiucheng to me!" The marshal must first focus on Zeng Laojiu, in this battle to destroy the country, I am afraid that it will not be my turn. ”
"Could it be that the one who broke the Jinling is the king?" Zhang Shusheng hurriedly asked.
"Naturally, with such a great feat, the official will inevitably not be able to touch the walls of Jiangling City, and there is no Han king in the national dynasty except for the three feudatories...... I estimate that it is not a problem to reduce one class, and it is not a problem to seal the first class. As long as Hong Xiuquan doesn't want to get out of his little paradise, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng have the ability to reach the sky, and they can't make big waves. Instead of doing chores here, it's better to go north and give it a go, I'm still young, it's a big deal to make a comeback. Li Hongzhang said lightly, "Brother Zhang, you asked someone to properly prepare artillery ammunition, these are good things we are good at." ”
"Wow."
Xingzhen took a few folds and smiled at the emperor, "The emperor is blessed with all the heavens, the generals in the south heard the will of King Qin, and they went north, although Zeng Guofan himself could not leave Wuhu, in the end he sent Li Hongzhang's Huaijun Township to the north to support, the excerpt said that he first went north along the Grand Canal, and then changed the land route to Shandong, and the elite cavalry under Wang Jinxiu was also sent. ”
The emperor calmly looked at the book in his hand, "It's okay if you don't come," looked up at the confused queen, smiled chicly, and put down the book in his hand, "Pashali has already been captured, presumably Britain and France are afraid to send troops again." ”
Xingzhen was silent, and said for a while: "In the end, if you are prepared, there are some male soldiers in your hands, so you will naturally be more stable, not to mention that loyal ministers who dare to do things are rare, this time to go north, if the emperor can meet Li Hongzhang and others, it will naturally be inspiring." ”
Xianfeng nodded, "What you said is very true, you look at it." Fu picked up the book again, "Where can the monk king come to report?" Can foreigners move? ”
"There has been no report yet," Xingzhen shook her head, "The army of foreigners is still in Tianjin, if you want to play the kings of Britain and France, it will take a certain amount of time, and the concubine has already approved the monk king's invitation to be an excerpt, so that he can take strict precautions." ”
"That's the reason," at this moment, Ruyi presented a silver bowl, Xingzhen nose spirit, smelled the smell of blood inside, and knew that it was the deer blood that the emperor had used a lot in recent days, so he was blessed, "The concubine still has something to take care of outside, and she retired." ”
"You go," the emperor picked up the silver bowl and nodded, "The sixth palace can't leave the queen for a while, originally I thought that it would be easier to enter and exit in the garden, if you have to be free, it will be cheaper to go back to your mother's house and save your relatives." ”
"The concubine is grateful," Xingzhen said with a smile, "The emperor has a will, even if the concubine is busy, she has to go home, it just so happens that Wu Yundi and Fan'er's happy event is close - the concubine has always regarded Fan'er as her own sister, and now that the emperor has spoken, the concubine will cheekily ask for a visit to the garden and go home." ”
"You set your own day," the Emperor said with a faint smile, "and I'll be done with a word, and it's okay not to spend the night outside, all day." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Brother An, it's been more than ten days since we left Beijing," the family from the Cheng'en Mansion said to An Dehai, "Is it slower to go back, or is it the same as when you came?" At this time, the group just crossed the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River was already the territory of the officers and soldiers, Peng Yulin's Hunan Army Naval Division, Hu Linyi's Hubei Naval Division were rampant on the river outside Tianjing City, and An Dehai and others successfully passed Guazhoudu.
An Dehai shook his head, "It must not be possible to go back slowly, since my errand in the south has been done, the master must be in a hurry to wait for the reply, it can't be slow, it can only be fast, but recently the canal from Jiangsu to Shandong is still smooth, and the south wind is blowing now, let's call the official ship, and then give more money to the slender sailors for hard work, smooth sailing, it must be very fast, the big guy is on the boat to take care of the gods, brother here has enough silver, meat and vegetables are enough, afraid of mistakes, the wine will be exempted first, to Beijing brother I will invite again, to the ground in Shandong, The Yellow River is flooding over there, let's change horses, don't care about anything else, take the official road, it must still work, how about it? ”
"Brother Ann is sympathetic to us, what else has something to say there, brothers hurry up! (To be continued.) )
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