Wuchang was obtained, Chen Yucheng led 4,000 troops, and then attacked Hanchuan, which was defeated in half a day. The next day, he attacked Xingou again and fought the Yangtze River port; Yang Changsi, the chief soldier of Yansui Town, was defeated and scattered in all directions. Yang Pei, the governor of Huguang, was afraid and retreated from De'an to Suizhou. Chen Yucheng re-conquered Yingcheng and Yunmeng. Yang Pei escaped Zaoyang again.

Within seven days, he lost one government and six cities in a row. Emperor Xianfeng angrily reprimanded Yang Pei for being unconscious, and ordered the Xi'an general Zalafen and the deputy capital Changliang to lead 5,000 troops to rescue quickly.

Wen Qingjin, Minister of Military Aircraft, said: Hu Linyi, for the remote realm of the official Guizhou region, has more than four loads, and vows not to take a penny from the official to enrich himself, suppress bandits and the people, and promote the peace of Guizhou, like a peach source, and the people of Guizhou regard it as a guideline. Its learning and talent, wisdom and strategy, Jing Xiang is unsurpassed, and it should be reused.

Xianfeng Emperor Nawen Qingyan ordered Hu Linyi to be promoted to political envoy and acting governor of Hubei; Li Mengqun took over as the Hubei Provincial Inspectorate. Immediately attack Wuchang and Hanyang to divide the thief's momentum.

Hu Linyi made a golden mouth on the wall, received the decree to caress him, and was overjoyed, so he added more than 100 ships, raised 2,000 bravery, and Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan, also reinforced 600 troops. Hu Linyi had authority in his hand, and he was angry for a while.

Li Mengqun said: "My emperor's decree is to attack Wuchang and Hanyang to divide the thief's momentum." It's been a month, when will the offensive begin? ”

Hu Linyi said: "The general will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, in this regard, you and I are not as handsome as Zeng Dishuai." The newly recruited courage still needs to be tempered, and after half a month of training, the attack will be launched. ”

Half a month later, Hu Linyi and Li Mengqun's troops divided into two routes to attack Wuchang and Hanyang.

Wei Jun and Zhong Tingsheng led the generals, sometimes holding on to the city, sometimes leading the team to attack, and in ten days, they killed the general Hengtai and Liu Ningjun, and repelled Hu Li's repeated attacks.

When the strong attack failed, Hu Linyi adjusted the deployment, so that Wang Guocai contained Hanyang, and Lin Yi led the main force to attack Wuchang with Li Mengqun and Peng Yulin.

Peng Yulin led the sailors to attack the Wuchang catfish trap and destroyed more than 200 ships of the Taiping Army in one fell swoop. Hu Linyi personally led an army of 3,000 to attack Jinshazhou and Baishazhou again. Wei Jun was connected to the east and west, blocked by land and water, and after more than a month of fighting, Wei Jun gradually lost his support, abandoned the camp and entered the city, and resisted stubbornly.

The good news arrived in Beijing, it was late at night, Xianfeng Emperor Yue, pacing out of the palace, suddenly heard the singing, eleven points of pleasantness, and then stopped to taste.

The eunuch said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, the singer is a noble man of Nailan, Yehenala clan, drafted into the palace, it has been nearly three years. ”

Emperor Xianfeng said: "Summoning Lan nobles." ”

Miss Lan came out gracefully, slender and jade, and she really looked like a flower and had a dancing waist.

Emperor Xianfeng is very happy, and he embraces it; Miss Lan also lost the soft intestines of ten thousand turns, and fulfilled the long-cherished wish of three lives.

The next day, Emperor Xianfeng summoned Prince Gong Yixin and said: "Hu Linyi fought fiercely for three days, purging the camp outside the Wuchang waterway, and Hu Chen is really a general." ”

Yixin wept. Emperor Xianfeng asked.

Yixin knelt down and said: "My mother's illness has been exhausted, and I want to be titled." ”

Emperor Xianfeng thanked his adoptive mother for his kindness, and in his voice, he was also teary-eyed.

Yixin took the idea of oh, and then ordered the Ministry of Rites to play a gift, and Jin Feng his mother Kang Ci Huang Guifei was the queen mother.

Emperor Xianfeng was indignant, and immediately said: Prince Gong Yixin, in all etiquette, there are many omissions, and do not walk on the minister of military aircraft. Zongrenfu, Zongling, Zhenghuangqi, Manchuria, are all unified, and they are all dismissed. And don't manage funeral affairs and manage the affairs of the three libraries. He still walks in the inner courtyard, goes to the study to study, and manages the affairs of the main hall and other places. Know yourself and be cautious, don't do it again, and fulfill the ultimate intention of fulfilling it.

Emperor Xianfeng deposed Yixin and promoted Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Prince Zheng Duanhua, who did not know Chinese, and Duanhua recommended his half-brother - Su Shun.

Emperor Xianfeng summoned Su Shun and said, "How are Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi?" ”

Su Shun said: "Zeng Guofan, a roundabout scholar, protects half of Hunan and Chu; In the land of donkeys, Hu Lin supported him. Zeng Hu is a talent that can be created in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Emperor Xianfeng said again: "I heard that Sumen has seven sons, and you are Meng Weijunhu?" Monk Greenqin and Shengbao have more than two thieves, and they can't overcome them repeatedly, why? Xiang Rong is in Jinling? ”

Su Shun Zhengse said: "My emperor Mingjian, the people are confused, and they can't contribute to the country, but they know that they want money!" The slave thought about it for a long time, accepted good words, and swore to eliminate this evil for my emperor! Monk Greenqin and Shengbao tried to trap the thief and reap the credit, so they repeatedly failed to resist! Jinling is the head of the thief, and it is bound to be strictly guarded; The south of the Yangtze River is wide, the thieves are disturbed in all directions, and the troops of Xiang Rong are scattered, and the force cannot be specialized, so there is a stalemate. ”

Emperor Xianfeng said: "Marching and fighting, one relies on momentum, the second battle of military discipline, three years of no success, and I am discouraged by glory!" I want to transfer Gilhanga to help with the military affairs of the Jiangnan battalion, and Gilhanga Arok has to Zhenjiang, then replace Xiang Rong and seek Jinling, how about it? ”

Su Shun said: "Gilhanga started from Weimo, ran to Shanghai, joined forces with Zhuyi, and pacified the knife bandits. This person is loyal and brave, and he will not be disappointed. ”

Emperor Xianfeng's words and deeds are different from ordinary people, and he actually likes it a little.

On April 14, 1855, Gilhang'a was ordered to enter Zhenjiangxi, stationed in Jiuhua Mountain, and built more than 20 military camps, and said Yu Wanqingdao: "I hate the most in my life, the people who rebelled, saw the wind and made the rudder, and fled when they heard the wind. ”

Yu Wanqing was frightened, quickly glorious, and led loyalty and bravery, with thieves rebelling against the east, the military situation was urgent, and he ran to Jingxian Mountain overnight, set up camp, set up police posts, and felt a little calmer.

Xiang Rong consulted Yu Wanqing: Gilhanga is a fledgling, and the calf is thinking; Zhenjiang is not broken, and Jiangnan is not standing. However, the world is mysterious, and the loyalty, righteousness and courage of the feet must be cautious; Don't do it again.

Yu Wanqing left without permission, and Gil Hang'a did not delve into it, saying that Hu Songlin and Liu Cun were kind: Yu Wanqing, he is deterred in a word, and he is definitely not a general! The thief takes the gold mountain as the horn, and takes the silver mountain, Baogai mountain, Yandun Mountain, and Jinji Ridge as the fence to protect the Zhenjiang River. We dug and built walls from Jingxian Mountain to Xiangshan Riverside, and set up forts; Then the gunboats from Shanghai will be reinforced, and the Xiangshan boats will be moored at Xiangshan, and the Jiaoshan boats will be horns for each other, stifling the connection between the north and the south, what do the two brothers think?

Hu Songlin, the chief soldier of Yichang Town, said: "The northeast foothills, the east system Zhenjiang, the north peep into the Jinshan, strangle the back, and the troops will be stationed." ”

Liu Cunhou, the prefect of Jiangning, said: "Jingkou Guazhou, only one water, I lead an army, seize Yinshan, fight for Jinjiling, and break Guazhou to aid thieves." ”

Gilhanga said: "I will immediately order Yu Wanqing's troops to go out of Jingxian Mountain, hit Yandun Mountain, Baogai Mountain, and control the thief East Road." In this way, Zhenjiang has been impassable; With the help of two brothers, it is very good. ”

Liu Cunhou said: "Yu Wanqing, don't despise Fu Shuai." ”

Gilhanga smiled and said: "Yu Wanqing, a general who has been defeated again and again, his subordinates are loyal and brave, and many long-haired rebels, they are rebels, how can they be restrained!" If he changes his ways, I will treat them kindly; If it is three or four times, it will be killed! ”

Gilhanga sharpens the knife Huohuo, Emperor Xianfeng is very relieved, and reiterates to the monk Greenqin and Shengbao: Jiangsu Fuchen Gilhang'a, half a year to break the Shanghai knife bandits, the two ministers circle around Lin Li Lonely and rebellious more than two loads, where is the fruit? In July of last year, the monks once played: thieves are gradually lacking in rice and wheat, and horse grass is particularly short. The embankment on both sides of the bank was completed, and the embankment was broken and reconstructed. The water depth of the thief's nest in the east varies from two or three feet to four or five feet, and then the breach will be repaired, and the water potential will be deeper, and the adversity will be difficult to stop. However, the terrain in the west of the river is higher, and the downstream river water is too small to be irrigated. I am afraid that the rebels should gather on the west bank, but it is a corner of the place, and it may be easy to attack from the west bank. Now that the thieves have abandoned Xilian Town, the west bank has been successful, and the embankment has been closed, what excuse do the monks have to say? It has been more than seven months since this performance, and the thief of rice, wheat, and grass can be extinct? Woohoo, my canal has filled Lianzhen, my heavenly water has flooded the six armies, I regret that I have not seen Lin Fengxiang's head of the thief so far!

Monk Greenqin received the order, and said to the general Zhan Qilun and said: "Can the forest thief still fight? ”

Zhan Qilun said: "When I surrendered, my hands could no longer hold the fight, and I was already hungry; Now it has been trapped for three months, and there is no power to restrain the chickens. The monk and the commander will be able to win a big victory with a hard blow. ”

Monk Greenqin said: "Lin Rebellion has become a good battle, how can there be such a good thing!" I ordered your subordinates to be called Mao Yong, and you hate? ”

Zhan Qilun said: "I am waiting for the dead, fortunately I was mentioned by the monk Shuai, I love it so much, how can I hate!" The monk marshal is honest and selfless in governing the army, swears to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, loves the common people as his own son, obeys the subordinates sincerely, and works without complaining; Lin and others have been trapped for two years, there are no rescuers in front of them, there are no reinforcements in the back, there is a shortage of food and funds, and the soldiers are decadent, like zombies in late autumn. ”

Monk Greenqin said: "It's not my hate, Ming'er Ru killed the enemy before the battle, and did it for me to see." The monk has no other, only hates injustice and injustice. We stand in heaven and earth, live up to the emperor's grace, and live up to the common people! Spread my general's order, all battalions of the whole army, cook on the third watch, attack on the fifth watch, the thief's nest will not be broken, the forest thief will not be captured, swear not to withdraw the team, and those who retreat will be beheaded immediately! If I retreat, everyone will be punished! ”

Lin Fengxiang was attacked on all sides and tried his best to fight, but he did not eat for many days, he couldn't support it, he hid in the cellar, attempted suicide, and was captured by the monks.

Emperor Xianfeng heard that the monk Grinqin was crowned as the prince of Bodol Gatai, and he was rewarded with a plate of pearls and a coat of four dragons. immediately went south to Gaotang and captured Li Kaifang's thief.

After rewarding the monks, Emperor Xianfeng reprimanded: Shengbaoton's troops under the city of Gaotang not only could not attack the Japanese, but also could not defend against the reverse. Every time the rebellion pounced, the horse team was always scattered, the soldiers always had casualties, and even after the large battalion, they were arbitrarily charged, and there was no preparation. The offense can not be attacked, the siege is not dense, the labor is not paid, the poor are punished, and the crime of winning and protecting cannot be distorted as the original forgiveness. He was immediately sent to Beijing to punish the crime.

Li Kaifang heard that the Lin army was gone, and then did not insist, broke through, galloped fifty miles south, to Fengguantun, was waiting to bury the pot to cook, the monk Greenqin overseer arrived, and the monk saw that there was a river next to Fengguantun, which led directly to the Tuxiao River. Immediately fly to consult Shandong Fuchen, in the upstream Liaocheng place, pick up the canal, divert water to flood Fengguantun.

Li Kaifang and his 400 remnants of the army were all in the kneeless water, and they had no intention of fighting; The cowardly have even been retained. Kaifang will plan and make a plan, so that a hundred warriors will surrender, and the inside and outside should be united, and escape from the ascension. Monk Greenqin saw through it, killed the soldiers who surrendered first, lured Li Kaifang out of the tun, surrounded and captured.

Emperor Xianfeng cried happily and said: "Prince Seng Lingqin worked tirelessly to capture the two thieves of Lin and Li, the pillar of the country!" The 30,000 elite soldiers of Gyeonggi are surging south, and Hong Yang is a traitor, so why not die! Let's look at Guanwen, Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, and Zaraphine to kill thieves. Prince Seng Greenqin listened to the order, and as soon as there were twists and turns in the south, he immediately poured his troops down.