The Taiping army repaired for more than a month, and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, "devoted himself to Jinling and based on it; Send the generals out of all directions, disturb the north and the south", and march north and west.

The fifth inspection point of the left of the palace Luo outline wrote: "If you want to map the north, you must first determine Henan, if the army is deep, and there is no backup for the danger, the way to defeat is also." ”

Hong Xiuquan disagreed, and said: "I started the army from Jintian, and the soldiers were less than 10,000, and today, in less than five years, it has been a million. Is there any backup for each battle? Which time is not the hanging army deep? Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, and Ji Wenyuan, the three prime ministers, must be taught in the middle of the road, rush to Yandu, and do not be greedy for time to attack the city and seize the land. ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "Under the whole world, all my brothers and sisters; On the shore of the land, we will enjoy the same text. The army marched north and west, took the head of the demon and the dog, and ruled the kingdom of heaven. Occupy the waterway of the Yangtze River, attack Anqing, take Nanchang, threaten Changsha, accept the grain resources of the two lakes, and stabilize the foundation of the kingdom! ”

In the early morning of May 8, 1853, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, and Ji Wenyuan led 25,000 elite soldiers to pour out of Yangzhou, swore to the Northern Expedition, first attacked Pukou, defeated the capital of Xiling, and the Heilongjiang horse team, and entered Anhui and captured Chuzhou.

Lin Fengxiang marched north, and Emperor Xianfeng urgently ordered: Yangzhou bandits could not besiege it, and they used other units to contain our army by land. I am afraid that Qi will leave the camp and fall into treacherous schemes. It was to send the general of Suiyuan City, Tuo Ming'a, to lead troops with Zhou Tianjue and others to meet the thieves who fled north, and Qi Shan must supervise and urge Xi Ling'a, De Chong'e, Wu Qing, etc., to lead the troops to cut off the back road of the thieves.

Qi Shan received the order, and immediately ordered Shengbao and Xi Ling'a to lead 5,000 troops and gallop to follow. Xiang Rong also sent Qu Tenglong, the chief soldier of Yunyang Town, Hubei Province, to lead his troops to the north to chase and suppress.

When the governor of Shandong, Li Yan, heard about it, he went to Yan, Yi, and Cao Zhufu to investigate the form, and ordered the Yellow River ferry to return to Liujiakou in Cao County and Dongjiakou in Shanxian County, and cut off his private crossing. Then he ordered the guerrilla Wang Fengxiang to be stationed in Honghuabu in Tan County, the general army Baisheng to be stationed in Hanzhuang Gate in Yi County, and the general army Sanxingbao to inspect the Liu family and the Dong family. He personally led an army, went south to Suqian, and was a horn with the Baisheng Department.

Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, thought about it again and again, and finally felt that Lin Fengxiang was outnumbered, and ordered the third inspection point on the left of the palace, Zhu Xikun, the seventh on the left of the palace, the seventh commander of Xu Zongyang, the sixteenth inspection point on the right of the palace, Huang Yiyun, and Lin Shaozhang, the fourth general system of Yan, led 6,000 troops, converged with Lin and Li, and forced the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Xikun led his troops to cross the river, the terrain was unfamiliar, and he entered Liuhe County in the east, killing Xu Lin and hundreds of soldiers.

Wen Shaoyuan, Liuhezhi County, emptied the houses outside the city, piled up firewood and grass, and secretly distributed goods and medicines at the bottom of the stove. That night, Shaoyuan led his troops to raid, and then feinted defeat and entered the city. Xi Kun chased to the south of the city, requisitioned private houses, lit fires to cook, ignited explosives, and Huang Yiyun, the sixteenth inspection point on the right side of the palace, was also killed, the soldiers suffered countless casualties, and the Zhu army was in chaos.

Liuhe Lian Yong took the opportunity to kill, and the Taiping army collapsed. Zhu Xikun collected the remnants and fled to Chuzhou. Lin Shaozhang and Xu Zongyang gathered their own troops and retreated to Tianjing;

"The paper-paste Jinling, the iron-beaten Liuhe, this is true." In addition to the sadness of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, he also retreated from Lin Shaozhang's whole body, that is, he promoted Lin to reward the prime minister.

Lin Fengxiang's troops entered Anhui, and Zhou Tianjue, the squire of the military department, was cutting bandits in Suzhou, with less than a thousand soldiers, and it was difficult to separate, and he was panicked. Hu Yuanwei, the prefect of Luzhou, has repeatedly watched him, but he is really a small speculator; Luzhou is a place to rush, and gains and losses are related to the overall situation; I would like to ask our emperor to send someone to investigate, if Hu Ruozhen is slack, he will be dismissed and arrested, and another important person will be sent to protect him.

Emperor Xianfeng took over and said: Recently, with the troops, the thieves will not attack, and the thieves will not chase, and they will become a solid habit. is still borrowing words to blame others after defeat, and it is really hateful. Xi Ling's refusal to be a thief was ineffective, so he was dismissed and retained in order to observe the after-effects; Li Jiaduan, the governor of Anhui, Zhou Tianjue, the squire of the military department, Sheng Bao, the deputy military minister of the Jiangbei battalion, and Tuo Ming'a, the general of Suiyuancheng, must work together to exterminate this group of bandits in the Jianghuai River.

Li Jiaduan received the order with a wry smile and said: Since the eavesdropping on the Cantonese bandits and harassing the provinces, every time they have been plundered, they have been thinking about it from time to time. Most of the local flood soldiers in various provinces went out because they heard the transfer, and the battalions were empty. Suitable for the thieves and bandits, please allocate troops to defend at the beginning, and every delay will not help. And the minister Zhou Tianjue is eighty years old, although his energy has not declined, and with a brigade of people, he fights the thieves in all directions, and he is afraid of losing one or the other. The number of troops in Anhui Province is only more than 4,000 in addition to the defense of various places, and the troops are weaker and weaker after being dispatched and dispersed. That is, in the city of Luzhou, there are only more than 50 soldiers left. It recruited more than 1,000 brave, untrained, incomplete equipment, and difficult to prevent; And due to the lack of funds, there is a great tendency to disperse. Hu Yuanwei of Lufu, who has been stationed in Luzhou for a long time, has no pollution in the big festival, and is still diligent and can guard Lucheng.

Lin Fengxiang occupied Chuzhou, and immediately went north, bypassing Qingliu Pass, and drove straight to Linhuai Pass. Fengyang prefect Yu Gong and county prefect Huang Yuanji led the brave resistance. Lin Fengxiang took the lead, killed the master Bo Zhang Shilin, and Qing Yong scattered.

Fengxiang seized Linhuai Pass, built a pontoon bridge, waited for five days, did not see Zhu Xikun, and then turned back to look for it. After passing the Qingliu Pass, in order to win the ambush, more than 1,000 soldiers were surrendered. Lin Fengxiang withdrew from the battlefield, retreated to Chihe, returned to Linhuai Pass, built a pontoon bridge, stayed overnight on the south bank, moved to the north bank in the day, and waited for the plant.

On May 28, 1853, Zhu Xikun led the remnants to arrive, and Lin and Zhu could not greet each other, so the troops divided into three routes and attacked Fengyang City. The Anhui Domain's Si Kuishou fled immediately after the battle, and the soldiers dispersed in a hurry.

Lin Fengxiang occupied Fengyang, rested for four days, and went north to Huaiyuan.

Zhou Tianjue, the squire of the military department, heard that he personally led 800 soldiers from Suzhou to Huaiyuan.

Shandong governor Li Wei was stationed in Suqian, worried about the outnumbered soldiers in Xuzhou, and invited reinforcements from Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Suiyuan to respond.

Zhou and Li blocked the way, Lin Fengxiang's troops turned around, attacked Mengcheng, and killed Song Weiping in Zhixian County; Attack Bozhou again and kill Sun Chun in Zhizhou. Enter Henan in the north, take Shangqiu, Guide and arrive at the south bank of the Yellow River.

When Zhan Shi Wang Luqian heard that the Taiping army was coming, he was ordered by Li Yu to quickly destroy the Liujiakou ferry, and put heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River to wait for Lin Du.

Emperor Xianfeng sighed when he heard this: Since the Guangdong bandits, all the provinces have collapsed, and the Xinjiang officials can prevent thieves from entering the country and leaving the country to suppress thieves, but only one person. Fuchen Li Yuan's Shandong has been shielded by my Zhijifu.

The Taiping army ravaged Huainan, and Miao Peilin, a talented man in Fengtai, was ecstatic, saying: This big husband is also in the autumn of his ambition. Then he ran to force Chen: If the apprentice group is not enough, he will build a village, accumulate millet, and manage the army for self-protection. However, Peilin is a small person, although he is serious, no one cares about it.

Miao Peilin said angrily: These local officials and gentry are all ruffians and sticks, ghosts in the dark, and people in the Mingli, and the poor blessed place name area is making hell, pumping land everywhere and stripping land taxes, and the land has no skin.

Miao Peilin was angry and joined the army. Half a year later, Xuan withdrew again, and sighed: What twisted Catholics, dare to call the father and brother, lose the family, destroy the heavenly principle, and actually stir up the blue sky and the white sun.