Why did Xu Song have an argument with Xie Kun today?

In fact, the problem still comes from Qin Yan.

Wu Xingbang suggested that troops should be drawn north from Fuliang to attack the back of the thieves in Chizhou.

But Qin Yan wanted to transfer Jiujiang troops into the three prefectures of Nanzhili.

After Xu Song's two proposals were rejected, Xu Song put forward his own method after refining according to Xu He's suggestion.

It is to secretly replace the disabled Yingzhou soldiers with Xinanwei and garrison Lengshuiguan.

Although this idea was supported by Emperor Zhizheng.

However, Zhang Jingxian recently wrote a book, saying that the armor and equipment of the Xin'an guards were broken, and after his on-the-spot visit, he found that the situation of the guards eating empty salaries was very serious, and there were more than 3,000 people, of which there are only 1,000 at present, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are simply unusable.

In this way, Xu Song was immediately stillborn after stealing the beam and changing the pillar.

When Emperor Zhizheng heard the news, he was furious, and immediately took down the new security guard commander with the Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Division, and strictly ordered the garrison posts on both sides of the river to strictly investigate the behavior of falsely reporting the number of soldiers and eating empty salaries.

But everything has already happened, and the enemies of Hefei will soon gather and complete their southward march.

Zhang Jingxian sent two urgent letters of 100,000 yuan a day asking for help, which made Xu Song, who was in charge of military affairs, also anxious.

The Xuzhou soldiers who had been said to be in the right place before could only send out 1,000 people, which was a drop in the bucket at all.

Now looking at Jiangnan, only Lu Bo has a lot of combat power.

Or, the wolf soldiers of Guangxi Tusi are also powerful and can be used.

However, Qin Yan rejected Xu Song's proposal on the grounds that the far water could not save the near fire, and the imperial court had no money to support the cross-provincial combat of the guest soldiers.

It's okay now, Xu Song has the talent to be in charge of soldiers, but he can only be anxious without soldiers in his hands.

Xu Song didn't listen to Xu He's words, and didn't speak for the first time, but stroked his beard and groaned.

Xie Kun on the side shook his head again and again: "No, no, you do this, no matter if you win or lose this battle, Xu Ge Lao will be under a lot of pressure." ”

Xie Kun's meaning, in fact, Xu He also considered it.

The coastal defense regiment was transferred to Lengshui Pass.

Although this regiment of training soldiers is attached to the Huaiyang Haiphong Dao, in fact, whether it is soldiers or grain and grass, they are all supplied by the Xu family.

Of the hundreds of households sent by the imperial court to lead the troops, the soldiers have not even seen each other.

It can be said that in a sense, these more than 1,000 people are actually the private soldiers of the Xu family, no, they are Xu He's private soldiers.

If these people are sent out, in terms of money and grain, the Chen County Order of Hailing County may also be able to help a little, and the new Haiphong Dao has nothing to do with you Xu He, he will not have to take responsibility, but also provide grain and grass, so most of the grain and grass have to be supported by Xu He and the Xu family.

And that's not even the hardest.

The most difficult thing is that if you win the war, you will be riddled with slander, and the guards are not as good as the regimental training organized by your Xu family, so what are you going to do if your Xu family raises so many people?

If you lose, someone still says something strange, aren't you delaying? A bunch of guys who had just trained for a long time pulled up, and now it's okay, if you lose, you know how to pull it out...... Jiujiang soldiers are coming, isn't there so much nonsense?

Besides, if you lose, you will be in trouble, they are all soldiers, and there are dead people, how can the Xu family explain to others? Where does the money come from?

These truths, do you think he Xu He can not understand?

Apparently impossible.

But......

"Uncle, if you win, the court will still rely on you, if you lose, you don't need to be slandered by others, you will come down!" Xu He said.

Xu Song shook his head: "It doesn't matter what the position is, the key is that I haven't seen those soldiers in the coastal defense battalion, and I don't know the bottom of my heart." ”

Xu He said: "Ten times stronger than the soldiers of Hailing Thousand Households!" ”

Xie Kun wondered if this Xu He was bragging, and looked at him suspiciously.

Xu He said: "Uncle Shi, this is really not me bragging, don't believe it, you asked Zhang Bingxian to write to the court at this time, please transfer the regiment to train the troops, you see if he is willing, he has seen the real combat strength of the regiment training!" ”

Xu Song and Xie Kun's eyes lit up at the same time when they heard this.

The first is Xu He's swearing, and the second is ......

"Let Zhang Jingxian go to the book to transfer people! That's a good idea! ”

"Well, in this way, there will be a cover in front in the future!" Xie Kunyi moved.

The so-called blocking is because Zhang Jingxian was transferred from the post of Huaiyang Haiphong Dao, he is optimistic about the regimental training of his subordinates, and wants [old subordinates] to go to Lengshuiguan to assist in defense, so that in the court, Xu Song's pressure will be much less.

Since this is the case, Xu Song immediately decided: "Ziyu, you will write a letter to Zhang Jingxian in my name in a while, and the letter will point out a little about this matter!" Without further ado, it will be 800 miles to expedit! ”

Xu He saw that the uncle made a quick decision, and he couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart.

In fact, Zhang Jingxian's appearance was only a little cover-up, and he couldn't hide it from those who had a heart.

But Xu Song still resolutely did so.

It can only be said that Xu Song is not a person like Yuan Shao, who is resourceful and indecisive, and does big things without sacrificing his life.

On the contrary, as long as it is beneficial to the country and can resolve the current contradictions, he will be quick to make a decision after understanding the situation.

……

At this moment, suddenly, a voice came from outside the courtyard: "Little brother, I am from the Yamen of the Ministry of War, is Xu Ge always here?" I have an urgent document to submit to the elder of the court! ”

The military department was also in charge of Xu Song, and when he heard the words of the visitor, Xu Peng did not dare to delay and quickly lured him in.

At this time, Xu Song's face was already ugly.

The letterhead specially transferred by the yamen of the Ministry of War must be a 100,000 urgent military situation.

And now, in the whole country, the most accident-prone is the South.

Sure enough, as soon as he got the letter, Xu Song's face became even more ugly.

Xie Kun has always been a casual person, and he directly leaned his head over to look at the envelope, which turned out to be an urgent document sent by the Guilin Soldier Patrol.

Xu Song opened it with a solemn face, opened the letterhead, and after a while, he put the letter on the coffee table and was silent.

Xie Kun hurriedly picked it up and looked at it.

Just a few minutes after reading it, he slapped the letter on the coffee table.

Xu He had never seen such a depressed expression from his uncle, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what happened?" ”

"There is a White Lotus Sect thief in Guangxi, who went north from Chongshun to Quanzhou along the irrigation water! These people will either pass through Xiangshui and transfer to the Lingling area of Yongzhou, or go north to Qiyang......"

"Statewide?"

Xu He still has an impression of Quanzhou.

At the beginning of the country, this place was the capital of Quanzhou, and later it was reduced to Sanzhou, and it was assigned to the Yongzhou Mansion of Huguang, and it was assigned to Guilin Mansion a few years ago, because it was at the junction of Guangxi and Huguang, so it belonged to the three-regardless zone.

Quanzhou to the northeast to go by land for ten miles, there is Lingyi Ferry, after the Lingyi Ferry boat fifty miles, you can enter the Hunan of the later generations from the Huangsha River waterway.

This place has rough mountain roads and difficult roads. However, the city of Tongzhou and the city of Huguang are not Guanjin, but they are actually thoroughfares.

The most famous of Quanzhou Lingyidu is that when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom marched north, it met Jiang Zhongyuan's Chu army in Lingyidu.

The convoy of the Taiping army swept down the river and traveled along the river by land. When the fleet passed through the Lingyi Ferry and sailed down to the reservoir bay to cross the dangerous shoal, it was found that the narrow river channel had been blocked by the Qing army's "logging as a weir", and the ships were unable to advance and dense the river, and were heavily bombarded by the Zhongyuan ambush soldiers of the Shiziling River on the left bank.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was caught off guard, so they had no choice but to cross the river with the crowded and chaotic boats, build a pontoon bridge connecting the east and west banks, seize the riverbank positions, and hurriedly fight back.

Some people say that the setback of Lingyidu was "the starting point of the defeat of the Taiping Army", and it was the largest setback of the Taiping Army during its time in Guangxi.

Its losses can be summed up in three sentences: the ships are destroyed, the baggage is lost, and the casualties are heavy. Regarding the specific number of casualties of the Taiping Army, the Qing side recorded: "One said\"Thousands of thieves were killed\". One said, "More than a thousand thieves were killed". One said, "Seven or eight hundred people were killed."

This shows the importance of this place in Jeonju.

Now that the White Lotus Sect occupies the whole state, the heavens and the earth have been opened up all of a sudden.

Suddenly, Xu He thought of Yu Dayou.

Don't...... This detachment?