Emperor Xianfeng took over and ordered Sai Shang'a: Be sure to eradicate the thief and rebel, and do not scatter and spread into a prairie fire!

Zeng Guofan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Industry, said: The ministers whispered that the country was poor and insufficient, but the people's hearts were sluggish, and it was a great trouble. Since ancient times, Mo was rich in the season of Sui Wen, and suddenly caused chaos and death, and the people's hearts went away; Mo was poor at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and gradually became peaceful, and he was able to soothe the people. I went to the first year of Kangxi to the sixteenth year, and there was no river disaster in the middle of the only year, and the rest of the years were broken by the river, and the cases of Xinzhuang Gaoyan were extremely huge; At that time, there were changes in the three feudatories, rioting nine provinces, using troops for seven years, and most of the world's wealth was gone, and the emptiness of the government was worse than today. The golden ou is flawless, the universe is clear, the Holy Ancestor loves the people like a wound, and the people's hearts are consolidated and insoluble. The sincerity of my emperor's love for the people is enough to reach the former emblem. If you keep orders from outside, or play with the people's misery, the virtue of the Holy Lord cannot reach the people, and the people's sufferings cannot be appealed to. The ministers dare to show it one by one.

First, the price of silver is too high, and it is difficult to accept money and food. The income of the small people's land is also rice, and the rice is sold for money, and the price of rice is bitter and the people are resentful; Holding money to exchange for silver, the price of silver is bitter and the people are resentful. In the past, three buckets of rice were sold, and there was more than enough to lose one acre. Today, sell six buckets of rice, lose one acre of lessons and are insufficient. The state and county tried their best to urge the department, but they were afraid not to give it, and often the committee members supported it, and the officials went out in all directions, chasing the comparison day and night, whipping the hall and the flesh and blood were in disarray, how could they all be cool officials. The price of silver is too high, not only the government and the people are in trouble, but the country also suffers.

Second, there are too many thieves, and it is difficult for good people to be safe. The ministers saw the drafts of the anti-theft in the criminal department, or dozens of cases, and those who traveled to Beijing to say that they were robbed and did not report or were not allowed to report were especially incalculable. There are many names of bandits in the South Central Society, or among the ten families, three are thieves, and the good people are forced to deal with them, knowing what is wrong, and they will lose money to buy peace. The ministers tried to inquire about the state and county so that they were secretive, and they also had difficulties. Gai Chu stepped on the arrest, and there was a danger of arrest. Liberating the offender Jin Province, there is a danger of robbery; Layers of surveys and turns, hundreds of miles of roads, there are heavy troubles; Everywhere you need to ask, hundreds of dollars are relieved, and there is a danger of compensation; or report theft but do not get it, then participate in it according to the limit; Or the boss is good at whitewashing, and he will be reprimanded for many things. It is better to follow the disguise, but on the contrary, nothing will happen, so that the more it will be brewed, the thieves will be rampant, and the good people will have no day to sleep.

Third, there are too many unjust prisons, and it is difficult for the people to redress their morale. Since the minister acted as the criminal department, when he saw the cases of the Beijing prosecution and the upper prosecution, most of them were all guilty of false accusations, and the defendant was completely fine. The husband sues the official with the people, and he must not be disobedient for a long time. If a husband accuses a traitor of fraud, sues a servant for stolen goods, and says that all cases are false, who can believe it? That is, civilians sue each other, and the plaintiffs are all crooked, and the defendants are all straight, who can believe it? The trend is the same in all provinces. One family has been litigating for a long time, ten have gone bankrupt, one person has been wronged, and hundreds of people are in pain, and there are often small cases, which have not been concluded for many years, reversing black and white, and dying of old age and imprisonment, which is outrageous.

All three are urgent issues at the moment. The country is people-oriented, and the people are in distress, and they are not able to reach it, and they are all to blame. Just a little sincerity, begging for the holy book, respectfully.

Zeng Guofan's music was passed to Xiangchu, and the scholars competed to read and copy, and they all praised: Zeng Gong was a phoenix in the world.

Emperor Xianfeng was sorry for Zeng Guofan, and said: Zeng Guofan's words were earnest, and he immediately signed the left servant of the Ministry of Officials. Anhui officials are raging with twisting bandits, why are these bandits called "twisting"?

Qi Liaozao, the chief minister of military aircraft, said: Long live Qiyu, at the junction of Henan, Anhui and Suzhou, the people burn paper to make a profit, and the people who burn paper are often called "twisters". The north and south of the Huaihe River are the majority, and most of them are wandering people, and they live for the people, and those who come out are twisted.

Emperor Xianfeng said: The rebellion of Guangdong has not been extinguished, the twisting bandits have risen again, and the order is passed quickly, and the officials of Henan and Anhui must be checked and taken together in case of a traitor. Yue Rebellion has been trapped in Yong'an for half a year, and it is already exhausted, Xiang Rong and Ulantai must work together to destroy the rebel thieves in Yong'an City.

On April 4, 1852, the Taiping army ran out of food and grass, and the goods and medicines were only a millimeter, Hong Xiuquan issued the "Yong'an Breakthrough Edict", the imperial decree: male generals and women will hold knives and kill demons with one heart.

Yang Xiuqing ordered Luo Xuan to be the vanguard, attacking in the east, opening up the passage from Gusu to Zhaoping; After Qin Rigang broke off, he immediately attacked the Ulantai Department to cover the whereabouts of the army.

Luo Outline got the order, Su Sanniang said: "Gu Su Chong is not far to the north, one day dangerous pass, called Yulong Pass, the general of the Guizhou Army Wang Menglin led 300 soldiers to guard, will take this pass, the army has to get the way." ”

Su Sanniang said: "This Jade Dragon Pass, Tongguan Iron Gate, can't be attacked." ”

Luo Xuan said: "I led a hundred elite soldiers, climbed the cliff on the left, and attacked it at night. You and I should be together inside and out. ”

Su Sanniang said: "Be careful in everything. ”

Luo Xuan's sneak attack in the starry night, Wang Menglin was still in a dream, and his head had already landed. The Yulong Pass was successful, the passage was opened, and Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing led the Taiping army straight to Zhaoping.

The incident happened suddenly, and Saishana learned that it was sunrise the next day, and immediately ordered: Xiang Rong led his troops, rejoined the Sichuan army and the Dian army, along the mountain path, directly into Xianhui and Zhaoping, and cut off the way of the thief army; Ulantai choked Gusu and rushed to attack Longliao Ridge, intercepting the reverse way back. Rebel with the old and the young, flee slowly, wait for the elite to rush forward, slack! The Suppilon knife is waiting!

Xiang Rong got the order and led his troops to gallop, but the path twisted and turned, the boulders blocked the way, and there was no way out, so he had to turn back.

The Ulan Tai Governor's Department stormed the Yulong Pass, and fought fiercely for half a day, but did not fight.

Xiang Rong led the army to the level and said: "Don't dwell on this level anymore, the cliffs on both sides can be climbed; Seize Longliao Ridge, cut off its back road, and destroy it. ”

Xiang and Ukraine jointly attacked, Qin Rigang was invincible alone, did not dare to fight again, and retreated to Longliao Ridge. Ulantai gave chase, and the two armies climbed to the top of the ridge almost simultaneously. Ulantai looked sideways, east of Longliao Ridge, in Pingchong Valley, people were surging, all over the land of seven miles.

Ulantai shouted wildly: "This is a godsend! Shao Heling led the army to encircle and annihilate Qin Rigang, and the rest of the armies followed me to capture the high ground on both sides, set up artillery bombardment, and then slashed and killed. ”

The Qing army has never had such a fight, all of them are brave, less than two hours, in the Pingchong Valley, the corpses fill the mountains and gorges, the streams are all red, and 2,000 Taiping soldiers and civilians are all killed.

When Hong Xiuquan heard that the rear army was slaughtered, he howled and swore to destroy the black demon.

Yang Xiuqing said: "There are three valleys behind me, flat chong, drought chong, collapse chong, three valleys are intermittent for thirty miles, and the demon is destroyed here." The armies first blocked and then intercepted, and surrounded and killed in sections. Tell Qin Rigang quickly and drag the black demon into the valley. I led an army along the north road to occupy Longliao Ridge and cut off the back road of the demon; Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and others ambushed the highlands on both sides; Feng Yunshan gathered stones and trees at the exit of the canyon to block the way out. Hu Yihuang and Zeng Tianyang merged the two into one to contain Xiang Rong's demons. ”

Pingchong Valley was victorious, and Ulantai was high-spirited, hoping to take advantage of the victory to attack.

Xiang Rong said: "The soldiers are sleepy and the horses are tired, they are rebellious and cunning, they have enough to eat and drink for two days, and it is not too late to attack again." ”

Qin Dingsan also advised.

Ulantai said: "Two days later, the thief has gone to the sky. I will destroy this morning food, and I will be afraid of the military gate and the general army of Qin, and I can go to Zhaoping to get away. ”

Ulantai led an army of 6,000 to chase after Qin Rigang's rout.

Dong Guangjia, the chief soldier of Hebei Town, said: "I always march at the bottom of the valley, and the high ground on both sides should be concerned. ”

Ulantai said: "This is to Zhaoping, only this way, bite Qin Yi, you can catch the flood thief." There are no thieves on both sides, if there is, yesterday in the valley, blood flowed like a river, with the nature of thieves, never stand idly by. ”

As he spoke, the drums of war around him were pounding, the shouts shook the heavens and the earth, and more than 10,000 Taiping troops were wrapped in silver, crying and killing and killing.

Ulantai was speechless for a long time, and a warm current suddenly appeared in his chest, until his mouth erupted.

"My lord! My lord! My lord! Dong Guangjia exclaimed urgently.

Ulantai stabilized his body and shouted: "Jiang Zhongyuan is here?" ”

Dong Guangjia said: "I returned to my hometown after illness. ”

"Xiang Junmen Xiang Rong, where is it now?"

"No news yet."

Ulantai drank helplessly: "I order, the whole army will work together to kill out of the valley and join the Xiangjun Gate." ”

However, Ulantai had no chance, and more than 10,000 Taiping troops first smashed it with rolling wood boulders, and then rushed to the bottom of the valley with a shout......

Xiang Rong heard that he got rid of Hu Yihuang's entanglement, fought desperately to open a bloody road, and saved the Ulantai army.

In this battle, Ulantai fell into a stream and was seriously injured, Shao Heling, Dong Guangjia, Changrui, and Changshou were killed, and 4,000 Qing troops died at the bottom.

Xiang Rong said Dahong Adao: "This game has been lost, and Guilin will be committed." All of them went to Pingle as soon as possible and guarded the avenue; I followed the path and galloped to Guilin to prevent the enemy from sneaking attack. Guilin is lost, and you and I are gone. ”

In the early morning of April 18, Luo outlined the Qing army costume and galloped to the city of Guilin, wanting to pretend to be Xiang Rong to deceive the city gate, but unexpectedly, Xiang Rong had already stood at the head of the city. Luo outline set up a strong bombardment, not gramming. The tunnel was dug instead, and the underground was rocky and difficult to dig.

Zou Minghe, the governor of Guangxi, said: "Painting the ground is a prison, and the city is waiting to be beaten, not for a long-term plan." I led 500 warriors out of the city to find out the adversity. ”

Xiang Rong said: "Don't go out lightly, you will lose if you go out of the city." ”

Zou Minghe did not listen to the persuasion, and after two hours, there were few of the five hundred soldiers left.

Ulantai rested for a long time, regardless of the pain, personally selected three hundred elite horsemen, drew a knife and crossed his arm, dripping blood into the wine, and said: Today, the thief has committed Guilin, and I will no longer have the face to see the saint! The public drank this wine with me, found the Hongmao thief, cut the dog's head, and sacrificed my dead brothers!

On the 20th, Ulantai arrived at Nanxi Pass in Guilin.

Hong Xiuquan said: "This is a demon!" Kill my 2,000 brothers and sisters, and now send them to the eighteenth layer of hell, gunners, gunners, archers! Available in! ”

When the enemies saw each other, their eyes were red, and Ulantai was hoarse and sorrowful, eager to fight.

Qin Dingsan said: "The two armies are fighting, life and death are normal, don't rush to attack your heart." Set up camp and build a fortification, waiting for the rear army. ”

Ulantai didn't listen, hit the horse and charged, where the guns rang out, he was shot and fell off the horse; Retreated to Yangshuo, where he died of his injuries.

When Jiang Zhongyuan heard that Guilin was besieged, he raised thousands of people with his private wealth, and rushed to the rescue with Gongsheng Liu Changyou, defending Cormorant Island in the north of Guilin, and winning three consecutive victories against the Taiping Army.

Raising the standard guerrilla Deng Shaoliang led his troops to gallop, traveled 300 miles at night, and stormed the west of Guilin, Sheng, Tunxi Gate.

Qin Ding's three generations led the Ulantai army and conquered Huaqiao.

Li Mengqun, the prefect of Sicheng, led more than 1,000 brave soldiers to fight the Taiping army outside the North Gate, Guniu Mountain, Wulixu, Jiashankou, Mulin Village and other places, with more victories and fewer losses.

Zhenhuang Zhenbiao guerrilla Qu Tenglong, led 1,000 Miao soldiers, shelled Wenchang Gate, and forced back the besieging army.

The Taiping army could not attack the city, repeatedly lost the ground, and held on for more than a month, which was difficult to sustain, so they had to retreat.

Guilin siege, Xianfeng Emperor Xi, promoted Li Mengqun to Taoist, acting Xunzhou prefect, promoted to Jiang Zhongyuan prefect, self-led army; Qin Dingsan has a good army, and he is about to be excellent. Deng Shaoliang made great achievements in resisting the enemy, and was promoted to deputy general of the Chuxiong Association; Qu Tenglong personally opened the giant cannon, stifled the thief's offensive, and I was reckless Abaturu, and was promoted to the deputy general of the Yongsui Association. Another edict: The bandits will invade Hunan in the north, and Saishang must strictly order the generals, either there is a way to go around the thief, or follow urgently, so that the thief has no time to breathe. Quanzhou and Hunan are connected by land and water, and the waterway is particularly important, so try to block their boats, place warships in key places, hide guns, and intercept and chase them, so that the bandit ships cannot go straight downstream.