Reading guide: Chenzi Camp entered the provincial capital, Yongshun Association sought an opportunity, and the original plan was disrupted.

The Chenzi battalion fought back bravely, and the old soldiers ran around, happy to break the co-leader, and happy to go crazy with the garrison.

Li Chendian and his own soldiers had no chance to resist, and Zeng Guofan was even more caught off guard.

The officers and soldiers roared in......

Zeng Guofan was at a loss......

The Xiang Yongchen battalion was originally stationed in Hengzhou and was one of the two battalions under the command of Yang Zaifu. According to Zeng Guofan's order, Yang Zaifu was transferred to the battalion officer of the water division, and the two battalions of the land division under Yang Yuan's command, one battalion was handed over to Xiao Fusi, and the first battalion was transferred to the provincial capital, and it was handed over to Taqibu to command.

In order to prevent accidents, Yang Zaifu handed over the first battalion to Xiao Fusi, and at the same time, ordered the other battalion to open the provincial capital overnight.

Early the morning of the second day when Zeng Guofan arrived in Changsha, this battalion of Xiangyong also arrived at the city wall.

Zeng Guofan then informed Luo Bingzhang of the situation of the Chenzi camp entering the province, and on the other hand, he invited Taqibu to the Issuance and Examination Bureau, and officially handed over the battalion Xiangyong to him. This is the Xiang Yongchen word camp. Taqib has already taken two battalions of Xiangyong, including the Chenzi battalion, and the Xiangyong alone under the command of Taqib has reached three battalions of 1,500 people. Taqib is now the one who leads the most soldiers and is the most brave among all the warriors in Hunan.

The arrival of the Chenzi camp first caused the dissatisfaction of the green camp, and Yongshun Association bore the brunt. Yongshun Association was originally the unit of Deng Shaoliang, the deputy general of the Chuxiong Association. Deng Shaoliang led his troops to pursue the Taiping Army to Changsha, and was promoted to the Hunan General Army for helping to defend Changsha. Xiang Rongwei Jinling built a camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhao Deng Shaoliang led his troops to help. When Deng Shaoliang left Hunan, according to Pan Duo's request, the first battalion of the Chuxiong Association was transferred to Yongshun to garrison. Taqibu was promoted to deputy general, and Fang Yongshun coordinated into the provincial capital.

On the day that the Chenzi battalion entered the city, it participated in the training according to Zeng Guofan's order.

Yongshun Xie didn't want Xiang Yong to be in the same position as him, but because Taqib did not allow the green camp to discriminate against the group training, they didn't dare to attack.

On the day Bao Qibao entered the province, Tazib did not watch the exercise because of the heat. The officers and men of Yongshun Association thought that the time had come to force the regiment to train out of the city. So I decided to make a move.

According to the plan of collusion between Qingren and Li Guandao, on the day Bao Qibao entered the province, some sentry officers of the left and right battalions were promoted, and some soldiers were brought to the Issuance and Examination Bureau to discuss with Zeng Guofan about training in the hot summer. Yongshun Xie's attack on the Chenzi camp was not part of their plan.

The sentinels of the two battalions on the left and right have not yet left the team, and some of the officers and soldiers of the Yongshun Association have already swarmed towards the Chenzi battalion. With the butt of the gun in his hand and the back of the knife, he smashed and chopped at the officers and soldiers of the Chenzi battalion, and no one was allowed to speak at all, and it was very fierce.

The Chenzi battalion was suddenly hit by this blow, first it was a mess, and then it quickly calmed down, and then it organized the whole battalion to counterattack. Don't look at the officers and men of the Green Battalion who are very scary in their usual prestigiousness, and when they really fight each other, they don't have much combat effectiveness.

First, the nose of the Yongshun assistant management belt was bloodied, and soon more than 20 soldiers and a garrison rank sentry commander were beaten by the Chenzi battalion and couldn't get up. The whole playground was in chaos, but fortunately no one dared to fire guns.

The sudden change confused Qingren and Li Guan.

Seeing that the nose of the assistant manager of Yongshun was bleeding, Qingren, who thought he was extremely smart, suddenly had an idea and shouted loudly: "The militia dares to beat the officers of the green battalion to blood, isn't it the opposite?" Why don't you go to the minister of group training? Where is the royal law? Where is my Qing system? ”

With his voice, he immediately recalled the dignity of Yongshun Association.

Yongshun assistant manager opened his big hand, first wiped two handfuls on his face, and after wiping it all over his face, he turned over and got on his horse and shouted: "There is a kind, follow this official to the Issuance Examination Bureau to find Lord Zeng to seek justice!" Which country's system is it that militia groups fight officers and soldiers? ”

Yongshun Association went up and down, at this time was being chased and beaten by the Chenzi battalion, and after listening to the words of the pipe band, he immediately shouted and rushed to the Issuance Examination Bureau.

The officers and men of the Chenzi battalion did not expect this move, and the whole battalion was stunned.

As soon as Qingren saw that there was an opportunity, he immediately glanced at Li Guandao. Li Guan took the opportunity to understand, and hurriedly gathered several colluding sentinels together and secretly ordered a few words.

Soon, several sentry commanders of the two battalions on the left and right, each with sixty or seventy soldiers, were mixed into the Yongshun Association.

Zeng Guofan was in the signing room at the time, and wrote a letter to Zuo Zongtang on the desk. Because it was the end of the month, most of the errand officials in the yamen were sent out by Zeng Guofan to transport grain, and only one old errand official and two copywriters were on duty.

At this moment, outside the gate of the Issuance and Examination Bureau, only Li Chendian stood guard with fifty personal soldiers. Most of the pro-soldiers, some of them went to charge food, and some of them were paying salaries, and they were too busy.

When the officers and men of Yongshunxie rushed to the gate of the issuance and examination bureau, Li Chendian was forced to stop him with guns by more than 20 people who had raised the bid before he could ask questions.

Li Chendian saw that it was not his head, and shouted while retreating: "This is the Issuance and Examination Bureau, you will do it when you come in, what are you going to do?" ”

As Li Chendian spoke, his body had retreated to the porter.

Menzi was already trembling with fright, his mouth wide open, but he couldn't say a word.

A general manager of the Raising Standard Thousand punched Li Chendian into the gatehouse, and commanded people to force all the stunned soldiers of the Issuance and Examination Bureau into the gatehouse.

Two soldiers entered the gatehouse with guns and ordered everyone in the room to squat. After the soldiers squatted down, one of the two soldiers pointed a gun at Li Chendian's head, and the other held a knife against Li Chendian's waist. There were more than 30 people at the door, apparently afraid that the soldiers would take the opportunity to resist or run out to report the news.

As soon as the sentinels who raised the standard saw it, they rushed inside with people.

The person who raised the bid was so bold that it frightened the people of Yongshun Xie.

But the people of Yongshun Association can no longer care about the consequences at this time, and the people who raise the standard rush in, and they will also rush in, like the tide.

The noise came into the signing room, and Zeng Guofan looked out the window and saw that the people of the green camp had rushed into the courtyard with guns and knives.

He was taken aback, and the word "mutiny" first came to mind.

Zeng Guofan didn't have time to think about it, so he got up and stepped out of the signing room, wanting to go out in person and repel the troublesome officers and soldiers.

But in his mind, the four sentences of the parting gift of the pickled Taoist suddenly flashed: "If you don't help the Qing, the scholars will respond." The staff will be promoted to the Taiwan stage, and Wan Mo Yuanmen will be in the door. ”

Zeng Guo stood still.

At this time, the other three people in the yamen all walked out of their respective offices.

An old errand officer pointed to the side door with his hand and said urgently: "You go quickly, I'll block them!" ”

Seeing that Zeng Guofan was still hesitating, the old errand officer didn't think much about it, pushed Zeng Guofan to the side door fiercely, and said, "You go quickly!" ”

Zeng Guofan involuntarily pushed the door and walked out.

Behind the side door is the dormitory of the Issuance Examination Bureau, and around the dormitory, there is a ditch that has accumulated water for many years. A narrow wooden bridge was built over the ditch, and after passing the wooden bridge, there was a tall courtyard wall. Climb over the courtyard wall and you will come to the back street. There was originally an abandoned barracks in the back street, and when the Taiping army attacked Wuchang, displaced people from Hubei flocked to Changsha, and most of them lived here. After the recovery of Wuchang, some of the displaced people returned, and some of the displaced people still live here. Some of them make a living by fishing, some by trafficking, and some by scavenging.

Zeng Guofan finally climbed over the courtyard wall, and gasped for a long time before standing up.

He raised his eyes and looked around, then raised his legs and walked towards a scavenger house.

The soldiers had already rushed inside, but they were blocked by the bearded old officer.

The old officer said loudly: "The important place of the Issuance and Examination Bureau, what are you soldiers doing here?" ”

Before the old officer could finish speaking, a sentry commander flew up and kicked the old officer to the ground, and shouted: "If Lord Zeng doesn't give Yongshun a fair, he will tie him up to Futai to reason!" ”

In response, the soldiers rushed into the signing room like a tide.

But there is no figure of Zeng Guofan in the signing room. The bookcase is neatly written and inked, and a letter that has not yet been written is placed.

One soldier stepped forward and overturned the table, while another slammed the large wooden cabinet against the wall with the butt of his musket.

When Yongshun Xie's pipe band saw that the person who raised the bid was like this, he hurriedly said loudly: "We just want to seek justice from Lord Zeng, and we don't want to rebel!" The people of Yongshun Association go out with me! ”

After the pipe finished speaking, he ran out of the signing room first.

The person who raised the bid saw that the people of Yongshun Association didn't want to make a big fuss, so they hurriedly followed out.

Yongshun Xie's supervisor brought him to the old errand officer, lifted the old errand up with both hands, and asked fiercely: "You are an old man, I am not difficult for you." You tell me the truth, where is Master Zeng hiding? ”

The old errand officer pretended to be very weak, and said while coughing dryly: "My lord has been gone for an hour. ”

Guan Tie asked, "Where did Master Zeng go?" ”

The old officer said: "I said I went to the playground to watch the exercises." As for where to go, I don't really know. ”

One of the sentry chiefs said, "This old thing is lying!" The end of the month is the busiest season in the Yamen, how can Master Zeng go to see the exercises? ”

The old errand officer was about to argue, when the captain of the standard sentry stepped over, slapped the old errand officer in the face, and scolded: "Old pig and dog! What's good about you with his surname Zeng, and you still protect him when you die? If you don't tell the truth today, grandpa will split you into two with one knife! (End of chapter)