From Tongzhou to Linqing, marching along the canal is undoubtedly the most trouble-free and convenient.

When marching in the hinterland of Gyeonggi, there was no need to requisition any soldiers and civilians, and the food and drink that went to each place was supplied by the local government.

The new governor of Zhili, Zhou Yuanli, is a seventy-year-old man, and the curriculum vitae of the imperial court officials compiled by the bolt shows that this Zhou Zhitai is an expert in water control and has been serving in the river.

I didn't lead troops to fight at all, and I was unlucky, and I encountered such a major event as soon as I took office.

Yang Jingsu, the former governor of Zhili, was a member of the Mutual Aid Association, and two months ago, due to the erosion of disaster relief by Hu Xiying, the magistrate of Xiongxian County, the result of the minister's meeting was to seize his post and demote him to a civilian.

After the holy decree asked the Zhili side to send troops to help suppress it, the governor of Zhili, who did not know about the military affairs, had to let Yang Jingsu, who was demoted to a political envoy, lead the troops to resist the thieves.

This Yang Jingsu is a general, his grandfather was the commander of the green battalion, and his father was the chief soldier of Gubeikou, but Yang Jingsu has been weak since he was a child, he doesn't like martial arts, and he has never been in contact with military affairs since he was an official like Zhou Yuanli.

The main reason why he was entrusted with this important task by Zhou Zhitai is that Yang Fantai is young, only 60 years old this year, ten years younger than the governor.

Linqing made trouble with the bandits and directly threatened the safety of Zhili, so although the Governor and the Lord of the Domain were old and a little powerless to fight, they still sent the strongest combat power of Zhili.

There are 1,200 green battalion soldiers led by the chief military officer Wan Chaoxing and the deputy general Marqinga.

This is all the elite soldiers that can be taken out by the Zhili side.

It can't be said that it is an elite soldier in a hundred battles, because Zhili Chengping has been in peace for hundreds of years, and there is no war, where can there be elite soldiers.

At the beginning of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, an unwritten system was established, that is, there should be no Han heavy troops in the Zhili area.

Because Zhili is located in the important area of Gyeonggi and surrounds the Jingshi, if Zhili has a green battalion of heavy troops, in case of a rebel, the Jingshi will be surrounded in an instant.

Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin, who was controlled by the governor of Zhili, also personally led troops to help suppress it, and took out all the belongings of the Tianjin Green Battalion - 800 battalion soldiers.

Now these 800 Tianjin battalion soldiers are rushing to Linqing under the personal leadership of the governor, wanting to join forces with Yang Jingsu and Wan Chaoxing to strengthen their momentum.

On the Shandong side, the governor Guotai cobbled together the provincial battalion and 3,000 people, and handed them over to the general army who had suffered defeat to continue to besiege the bandits.

Although he continued to defeat the battle, he was better than daring to engage in battle, and his spirit was precious, compared with the generals who fled from the Shandong Green Battalion, he was already a fierce general.

After Yao Lide, the governor of Henan and Shandong, received the order, he also sent 1,600 people from 4 battalions of the river battalion under his control, and under the leadership of deputy general Wang Zhen, he quickly went north from Jining to help suppress it.

According to the Tang Bao of the Ministry of War, there are now as many as 6,000 reinforcements mobilized from various localities, and the Central Army under the command of Jia Liu is nearly 8,000 people.

"One flag is ten Han!"

During the march, Jia Liu used this slogan to mobilize his subordinates, and tied dozens of Eight Banner cowards who dared to desert and flee back to Beijing with ropes at the head of the procession.

Just deserted and escaped, Jia Liu can understand, people, are afraid of death.

Leader Jia is also from the past, can he lose his temper over this little thing?

But you run, run, don't fucking shake the heart of the army, say that going to Shandong is to send you to death, saying that the bandits will be immortal spells, and when you drink the water, they are all invulnerable.

It made Team Leader Jia feel stunned.

It's not that I'm afraid of any immortal spells and invulnerability, but I'm worried that with the religious bonus, those bandits won't be able to have the Taiping Army's fighting faith.

As we all know, no matter what the quality of the personnel and the weapons and equipment of an army are, once they have faith, they are really invincible.

When the team arrived in Tianjin, they received the latest military information, and after the bandits captured Linqing, they did not go north to attack the Beijing division, nor did they march west to attack Henan.

This was good news, because the bandits' move gave the Qing troops everywhere time to react.

"Young master, why are those bandits trapped in Linqing and don't know how to go north?"

Yang Zhi could not understand the strategic policy of the bandits, he no longer understood military affairs, and he also knew that as long as the bandits fought northward with all their might, the Qing army could not stop them along the way, and in the end they would inevitably be rushed to the city of Beijing by the bandits.

Jia Liu, who was enjoying the scenery of the canal at the bow of the boat, couldn't help but look at the bolt pillar: "Brother Zhuzi, we are the Qing Dynasty official army, and we are here to quell the chaos!" What do you want? ”

Yang Zhi glanced at the Eight Banners soldiers on the boat behind him, and smashed it: "Young master, I think if the bandits hit the Jingshi, don't say that the imperial tomb has been planed for it, and we can all loot it in the Old Summer Palace." ”

“......”

Jia Liu was a little anxious to urinate, so he stood directly on the bow of the boat and peed.

After several days of continuous travel, the Central Army finally arrived in Qinghe County, north of Linqing.

Smoothly joined forces with Yang Jingsu, the political envoy of Zhili, Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin, and Wan Chaoxing, the general soldier.

The arrival of the Central Army obviously greatly boosted the morale of the local army.

The good news comes one after another.

Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin, said that he had just fought two battles with the bandits the day before yesterday, one in Xiaodeng Zhuang and the other in Zhangjiazhuang, killing hundreds of enemies each.

"The thieves' weapons are mostly short-handled guns, iron forks, shun knives, and simple knives, and there are hundreds of oxen and horse carts, all of which are women's suits.

Xu Futai's colorful description made Jia Liu's spirit lifted, sure enough, the bandit is the bandit, and he still pulls the women's clothes when he marches and fights, this is really a chance for Jia Jiashi to make a comeback.

It's just that Yang Jingsu came to him in the evening, and he didn't reveal the identity of each other's mutual aid members, but just told Team Leader Jia not to believe the braggadocio of Xu Ji in the day.

Because, according to him secretly sent someone to investigate, Xu Ji was defeated twice in a row, not only losing more than 200 battalions, but also hundreds of township soldiers.

In order not to be held accountable by the imperial court, this is a fraud.

What can Jia Liu say, he can only scold the dog official.

The news of the arrival of the Central Army reached the only ears of the Shandong General Army who were besieging the eastern and southern directions of Linqing, and immediately asked the Central Army to participate in the war.

Jia Liu has no opinion on this.

At present, there are 8,000 soldiers and horses in several routes, and there are 3,000 or 4,000 muskets, and there are no less than 100 artillery pieces combined, so it is impossible to lose no matter how you fight.

Big deal, tie.

Two days later, the trumpets sounded and the drums of war sounded.

The Central Army, the Zhili Army, the Tianjin Army, the Shandong Army, and the River Road Army launched an attack as promised.

Because it was stationed on the north bank of the canal, the Central Army, together with the soldiers of Zhili and Tianjin, had to cross the river first.

The crossing of the river was very smooth.

Jia Liu stepped on the land on the south bank and looked at Linqing City in the distance, and couldn't help but be in high spirits.

Ordered the counselor and adjutant general Yingji to deploy the artillery team as soon as possible, and let the bandits taste the power of the iron fist from the Qing Dynasty first.

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