Hanyang was lost, Wuchang was in a hurry, and Zeng Guofan lamented: "Two years of horses, burned down." The generals have worked hard, and all of them are recorded in the name of the country. I immediately ask the Ministry to strictly discuss it. Hu Linyi and Li Mengqun immediately returned to Hubei to support Wuchang. Li Yuandu, cast a pen from Rong, and quickly went to Pingjiang to recruit bravery. Xiao Jiesan, stationed in Kangshan, that is, in Poyang Lake, added big boats, added water bravery, each boat has some attachment, but can become an army of its own, the thieves of the big river sail into the lake, the thieves of Raozhou are prevented from taking boats out of the lake, and the camera is at the mouth of the lake and the back of Meijiazhou to support the war in Jiujiang. Taqib and Luo Zenan re-attacked Jiujiang, and the waist of the long snake must be cut off. Peng Yulin led the water division to repair the new embankment in Chuyang; and aid to Hubei. Yang Zaifu immediately went to Yueyang, on Dongting Lake, to rebuild the water division. I immediately went to Nanchang, invited the ministers, raised food, and built ships to raise courage. ”

It was night, the national domain was sparse: the three victories of the inland river water division were played, and the salutation was played, and the saint was comforted.

On the 12th, the water thief burned the thief ship in the Kanei at the mouth of the lake and rushed into the river with victory. Xiao Jiesan, Duan Yingqi, etc., as well as the battalion commanders Long and more than 120 of the three boards, hung up the sails and sailed to Dagutang, where there were no thieves, that is, they stayed at the anchorage. On the 13th, when I went up to the Pingfeng place, I saw more than 200 thieves and civilian ships, and tried to attack them. It should be a hundred miles away from the Hukou card, not to be afraid of the sudden arrival of our army, and the artillery and group guns resist to the death. Our army first burned its civilian ships, and the thieves were in chaos, and burned their war boats. More than 200 ships were burned, 35 were captured, and more than 70 guns were captured. Each three boards have been out of the team since the first sun, and the boat is inconvenient for food and lodging, so it is the first meal.

On the 14th, the ship of our army that had been robbed on the eve of the rebellion was pretended to be officers and men, and sailed from the mouth of the lake to the division that attacked our inland river, supplemented by more than 100 small rows. Shi Xiao Jiesan, Duan Yingqi and others had heard the letter that the old camp was burned on the night of the twelfth. Because of the appointment of the sentinels, silence waits. The countership approached, all the cannons fired in unison, and the group spewed out. The rebellion was immediately defeated, and they were drained one after another, sinking and burning the small strokes, and the three boards totaled more than 50 numbers. Chased to the mouth of the lake, saw that the reverse pontoon bridge two, the old card one, the lock was firm, it was difficult to rush out, and the team returned to the top of Dagutang. The officers of each battalion robbed the civilian boats with thirteen, fearing that they would be burdened and taken by thieves, so they burned them all. Outside is isolated from the Jiujiang camp, and the inside is far away from Jiang Province, silver two, sub medicine, there is nothing to come out, and it has to be taken from Nankang.

On the 19th, they entered Wucheng Town and found out that the rebels had come from the mouth of Pengze Lake, and there were about several thousand people. Stealing the county seat of Duchang, building a city and digging trenches, capturing more than 400 large and small ships, anchoring the county river, and loading baggage. On the 26th, the officers of the battalions of the navy army were familiar with the business at the mouth of the jar, and if our army came out, it would still be a nuisance, and it would not be possible to wipe them all out, so it was better to burn them all out at this time. Due to the dispatch of three boards and rowing more than 40 boats, the battalion officers Xiao Jiesan, Sun Changguo, Duan Yingqi, He Huchen, and Deng Jisheng personally supervised them, and set off on the fifth watch on the 27th, and sent Zhai Bingmao, who was familiar with the river, to guide. It was morning, the smoke was misty, and the ships were strictly forbidden to fire a single cannon. Si carving, arrived in Duchang County, saw the reverse boat lined up on the river, hundreds of sizes, yellow flags fluttering, the reverse has not yet been surprised. The battalions swarmed forward, guns and cannons were fired, fireballs and rockets were fired simultaneously, and the southeast wind was blowing, and in an instant, the flames were shining through the sun, burning hundreds of anti-bandit and baggage ships. The bandits killed and threw themselves into the water, and 51 people were captured alive, and the law was immediately corrected, and the remaining bandits rushed into the county seat. Because there were no land soldiers, they did not dare to go ashore to chase after them, and the division also passed by Jigong Lake, where there were more than 300 small rowing boats, and the officers of each battalion led them into the water bravely, and all of them were burned to avoid being thieves. This search and suppression of Duchang Hanoi is also a real situation of complete victory.

The Fucha water division rushed into the inland river, worked hard day and night, won three complete victories, searched and washed the Pohu branch river, and his hard work was commendable. However, he ventured into it, separated from the Waijiang Water Division, and was very negligent. At present, there is a shortage of small boats in the outer river, that is, it is planned to rush to add people to row. The inland river division ordered the decisive battle to rush out, and the two sides would be suppressed, and the service period would break through the lake. The reason for the repeated victories of all inland water divisions, I would like to work with Chen Qimai, the minister of Jiangxi Province, to play by the post gallop, and to beg the emperor to give instructions and instructions. Sincerely.

The excerpt of the good news was presented, and Zeng Guofan had trouble sleeping and eating, so he played again: The sailor won three victories and two setbacks in the attack on the old camp in Waijiang, and the copywriting was all lost.

He won three times and lost twice, and he played it and prayed to the saints.

The water thief division broke through the thief platoon, and the army won in Meijiazhou. On the 10th day of the first month, Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan and others were determined to break through the Meijiazhou thief base, carrying bags of cloth and soil, and people holding fire bags, rushing forward, clashes between thieves and cannons. Although the former was injured, the latter still advanced, approaching the thief wall and leaping in. Dozens of people have been entered, throwing fire bags, accidentally injuring the couple, and sending out with several people. Those who are outside mistakenly think that they are defeated, the first base thief team of Shi Nan rushes out, the officers and soldiers of the West Road retreat, and those who enter the base are afraid that the foreign team will be frustrated, that is, they will withdraw; Rushed to three or four miles away, began to stand in Zhuoqi, and returned to the army to fight. The rebellion is also reversed, our army is chasing it more urgently, killing more than 30 thieves, and the rebellion should escape into the stronghold, and it cannot be hidden.

After the sailors broke through the thief platoon on the sixth day of the first month, the big ship was scuttled into the center of the river overnight, and it was actually made of sand and gravel, leaving only a pass on the west bank to block the cable. On the 10th day of the first month, when the army attacked the base, the sailors attacked this card together, Peng Yulin, Sun Changguo, Xiao Jie and other governors of the three boards of each ship, cut the cable and rushed in, burned more than 30 warships, more than 300 civilian ships, and killed about 100 thieves. Our troops were hit by artillery on three sides of the pass, and dozens of casualties were also suffered.

On the 12th, the army re-attacked the thief's base, and the merit was forced all day long, and the artillery was strong, but the pawn could not be broken. The sailors re-flushed the card, more than 30 burnt thief war boats, and about 50 civilian ships. Naturally, the Jiangxi warships seized by the thieves were burned slightly, and only more than ten ships remained in Jiazhou. Forty miles from the mouth of the lake to Gutang, the thieves were cleared. On the 10th and 12th of the first month, the army attacked the fortifications and the naval division was defeated.

Battalion officers Xiao Jiesan, Duan Yingqi, Sun Changguo, etc., wanted to clear the Pohu Lake as soon as possible, so they chased to the top of Dagutang, and the battalion commanders and three boards were more than 120 from there, all of which were light boats, brave and sharp people, sailing inside, and did not return at dusk. It was expected that the small boat of our army rushed into the inland river, that is, more than 20 small rows were drawn out of the card, and surrounded the fast crab ship of our army.

It was the third watch of the night, and the reverse repetition used the small rowing thirty or forty to rush into the old camp, burn our ships, thousands of bandits on both sides of the strait, rocket sprays, and cast them in confusion, and the cries shook the sky.

More than 100 small boats in the inland river of our army did not return, and there was no way to resist them, and they were burned to fight the No. 9 warship, the number of small ones, and the number of variegated boats No. 13. In addition to winning many victories, each brave man became a hurry, and the fast crab, Changlong and other ships hung up their sails and sailed, and Li Mengqun and Peng Yulin could not prohibit it. The next day, he returned to Jiujiang Daying.

When the vassal vassal heard the letter, he was indignant, although the warships were burned and lost, and more than 100 light and agile ships, 2,000 healthy soldiers, fell into the Pohu River, the industry was isolated by thieves, and there were many bulky ships in the outer rivers, and the transportation was not effective, like a bird to its wings, like an insect to its feet, and it was impossible to stand on its own.

After the deputy general Yang Zaifu broke through Tianjia Town, he recuperated in Wuxue, and because he was transferred to the battalion, he rushed downstream on the 17th to suppress it. Arriving at Zhangjiazhou, fifteen miles from Xuncheng, the thief ship has been divided into two roads. Yang Zaifu sent sentinels Zhang Ronggui and Chen Jinjun to attack from Xinhe, and he led all the outposts to attack from Laohe, and He Dunwu, the commander of the Chenghai battalion, also followed by Laohe. After a long battle, it is time to retreat from defeat. Chased to the old bay, its fast crab boat was attached to the north shore, and the land thieves protected it and could not be captured. Dozens of thieves were killed, and Shen Guangrong, the sentry officer of our army, was killed.

Zhang Ronggui and others from the Xinhe River, encountered thieves three boards and about 30 small rows, our army won nine boats, chased to Hukou County, went around the old river, and Yang Zaifu rendezvous. The two roads burned the ship No. 26, captured the ship No. 5, and closed the team on the fourth shift. The defeat of the 12-night sailors and the victory of the 17-day attack are also real.

Since the defeat of the Twelve Nights Sailor, the fierce flame of the thief has grown. The thieves of Meijiazhou went to Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan and other camps night and night, relying on their strength to hold on, and they had to rub the fierce edge. The thief at the mouth of the lake, crossing the river, camped at the mouth of the small pond on the other side of the Jiujiang River. On the 21st, the ministers sent the deputy general Zhou Fengshan to cross the river and attack him. After the fourth watch, the battle started at dawn, and the counterattack was caught off guard, stepping on a thief camp and killing more than 100 thieves. one by the river, chased out of the street; One of the embankments, because of the robbery of horses and clothes, was taken by thieves, won first and then defeated, and was forced to travel seven or eight miles.

The ministers and others discussed at the discretion of the Navy Division to trap the inland river, and the army recaptured Xiaochikou, so the three armies of Hu Linyi and Luo Zenan were transferred from Hukou to attack Jiujiang.

On the 25th, he was stationed on the south bank of the official card holder. It is the third watch of the night, the thieves on both sides of Xuncheng and Xiaochikou, each carrying dozens of small rows into the river, taking the moonlit night and wandering, gathered into the clamp of our military ship, fire eggs, spray cans, and hundreds of sticks are put together, the right battalion is burned a warship, the sentinels are panicked, hang the sails and sail, the vassal domain sits on the three boards to supervise the formation, and it is forbidden to drive the boat in the dark night. There are many boats in the river, and there is no way to prohibit it. The reverse has been rowed dozens of times, and the ministers are surrounded by boats. The driving officials of Guangdong, Liu Shenghuai and Li Zicheng, the supervising officials of Anxiang County, Pan Zhaokui, and the Wensheng Ge Rongzhu were killed in battle, and the copywriting was all lost. The vassal vassal then ordered the warships to closely rely on the Luo Zenan land camp to protect each other, and sent people out to recover the ships that sailed up. Dawn returned one after another, pursued the thief ships, and recaptured three ships. On the 21st, the army won first and then lost, and on the 25th night, the navy regained its defeat.

Since Yuezhou, the Fucha water division has won many great victories, and Wuhan and Tianzhen have a particularly powerful reputation. From the mouth of the lake, the bitter battle has lasted for months. Broken rows and burning ships, with great effort, there are not many thieves left. The battalion commanders and Sanban were too brave and rushed into the inland river, but they did not return at night; And the old camp in Waijiang was attacked by the rebel twice, which is really resentful. It is caused by the lack of dispatch of the vassal domain. At the request of the Ministry of Command, the Ministry of Command will be strictly dealt with by the Ministry of Transfer.

Guangdong Baosheng Lanling put the general Liu Shenghuai, Baosheng put the general Li Zicheng, and the warden Pan Zhaokui, please hand over the ministry to discuss the compassionate as usual. The sentry officer Bao Shengdu Shi Jiuli, brave and loyal, is recommended by the joint venture, please follow the Du Si preferential proposal. The alternate commanders, Li Yunsheng and Li Xuanzhong, were either killed by artillery or burned to death, and they were all submitted to the ministry for commemoration. Lan Ling's military exploits Shen Guangyun, Tian Zhen's case is intended to be the general manager, but it has not yet been played. Wensheng Ge Rong, Xiang Office Labor Survey, Tian Zhen case to protect the main book, has not yet been played. Calling for the grace of heaven, Shen Guangyun will give mercy according to the general regulations, Ge Rongshu will give mercy according to the rules of the main book, and the rest of the cases will be investigated. In addition to the repeated victories of the inland water divisions, and the other folding report, the reasons for the three victories and two setbacks of all the water divisions are to be carried out together with Yang Pei, the governor of Huguang, and Chen Qimai, the governor of Jiangxi. Sincerely.

Emperor Xianfeng said: Since Zeng Chen sent troops to Hengyang, he worked together with Taqibu and others to sweep away the ugliness of the group, and worked hard; This time, the sailors were too sharp, sailing from the mouth of the lake to above Dagutang, and the ships of the long dragon and sampan were isolated from the ships of the Waijiang division, so that the adverse atmosphere was blazing, and the camp was attacked by thieves twice, and the handling was not successful. It's a small setback, but it's still undamaged in the overall situation; Where you ask for strict discussion, you will be forgiven by grace. After two months of joint attack on Jiujiang, the thieves were exhausted, and they tried their best to attack again, and they will definitely be able to recover. I read the front fold, Zeng Chen repeatedly said: If you can protect Wuchang, you can strangle the upper reaches of Jinling, you can consolidate the gateway of Jingxiang, and you can pass through the two Guangzhous and Sichuan; If Wuchang is not guaranteed, it may become a separatist trend. Now that Wuchang is in danger, Zeng Chen urgently needs to divide his troops and help again! Jiangnan Xiangrong, no longer slack, immediately supervise Wu Quanmei sailors to sail, connect Jiujiang Zengguo Domain. Luzhou Fuji, Hechun, when besieging Lu, must attack Shucheng, Chaoxian, Lujiang and other cities, defend the waterway along the river, and support Wu Quanmei's sailors.

He Chun led the order, that is, Qin Dingsan attacked Shucheng again, and Li Hongzhang attacked Hanshan.

Xiang Rong received the order and said: Now that the red list and other ships are attacking, it is expected that the thieves in Wuhu can be contained, and they dare not take the internal offense again. As soon as Deng Shaoliang returned to Huangchi, he led his troops to take Wuhu. And draw troops to gallop Gaochun defense troops, out of the balance of the balance, the thieves of Jinzhu Pass, and go to Wuhu, on the other side of the water and land tun, then Su Chang portal to solidify, Jiang Anhui thieves to break off. Then divide the boat division and land soldiers to suppress Anqing, cater to the Jiujiang Chu division, sweep down the river, and encircle the Jinling lair.

Zeng Guofan received the decree and sighed: "Within three months, I will be fixed in the Yangtze River and stick to the Jiujiang River, and I will achieve it overnight and once and for all." Helplessly, the situation suddenly changed, and the holy will was difficult to reject. Quickly pass on my order: The governor of the kingdom led the people of the headquarters to aid Wuchang again. ”

One day, Changzhou Zhou Tenghu asked to see him.

Zeng Guofan said: "Lin Gong Zexu Zeng said: I am also a person in my generation, and I can't save money as a normal person." Prepare your tea. ”

Zhou Tenghu saw it and said: "Since ancient times, everything has been done with heart. Zhou traversed the downstream, and no one knew this, and it would lead to a rout. Although the public is temporary, those who succeed will also be public. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "The new defeat of the sailor, Zhou Gong can have a powerful strategy to turn the tide." ”

Zhou Tenghu said: "Brother Zhao Liewen, a young talent, has a little skill in carving insects. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I will ask for a message." ”

Zhou Tenghu smiled and said: "Zeng Gong is polite, yellow-mouthed boy, why use knock!" I have written to him, and it will come soon. soldiers, very little recent research; In addition, Hu, Ta, Luo, Yang, Peng and others under Zeng Gong are all rare generals. Those who are in the food and salary economy have a king to take the law, and there is no Buddha to be respected. The levy of commercial taxes, the payer is paid in cents, and the salary is abundant, and the sea has followed it for decades, although the famous ministers and giants can not change it. The criminal department's servant Lei Yi was the first to create Nali gold in Yangzhou to charge silver, did he try it out? ”

Zeng Guofan was happy, so he asked Zhou Tenghu to raise money with Guo Songtao.