Zeng Guofan repeatedly received Hu Linyi's request for help, and he was noncommittal, and Emperor Xianfeng was sparse: if the thief captured countless civilian ships upstream, robbed the newly built war boats in Han Town, and blocked the Jiang and Han Dynasty, the river would be thousands of miles, and there would be thieves up and down. The ministers and other sailors are wrapped in interruptions, the source of money, food and medicine has been intercepted, and the heart of the water is difficult to consolidate. If it is located in Wuhan, Jingxiang in the west, and Hunan Province in the south, it is impossible to prevent it, and it is also worrying; If the envoys and other armies return to Wuhan, it will be difficult to fight a hundred battles and clear the river, and it will be a pity to abandon it once it is commissioned. And the ministers and other sailors rotated westward, and the thieves of Jiujiang and Hukou were bound to invade Jiangxi, and it was even more difficult for the ministers to pay military salaries to Yujiang Province after that. And caught in the battle of the inner lake more than 100 boats, elite 2,000, from then on it is difficult to rush out, and the outer river water division rendezvous, more than a year to practice this essence, once put in a useless place, the day after tomorrow is difficult to revitalize, its two can be worried. In addition to repeated victories, the army's morale was extremely high, and hundreds of casualties were suffered from the siege of Jiujiang and Hukou, and the morale was frustrated. If we are determined to move forward, it is not difficult to lift our spirits and make persistent efforts to win several battles. If the army returns to Wuhan, the ambition of the soldiers will be reduced first, and they will travel far and wide to wear down their spirits.

Chen Shijie said: "Luo Zenanyi, Wuchang's gains and losses are related to the overall situation. Lin Yuanen is brave and brave, worthy of the army, and he is handsome and his two grain stations, and he is mistaken for his talent! After half a year of fierce fighting, little has been gained, and the soldiers are about to leave, so they urgently need to find another way out. The army marched westward and attacked Wuchang, which was the right way. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I regard the face of Yuan'en, and it is appropriate to govern the grain platform; He was talented, that is, he was appointed as a sailor battalion officer. At the beginning of the year, the sailor was burned by thieves, and I went to Nanchang to recruit brave shipbuilding. Then to Wucheng, and then to this Nankang, together with Li Yuandu, Pingjiang Yong, Xiao Jie, and Huang Wenjin, Hu Dingwen, Li Yuanji thieves, more than ten battles, Poyang Lake, finally clarified. The army marched westward, and it was all abandoned? ”

Chen Shijie said: "Partial to the lake is not beneficial to the overall situation; Wuchang Deke, mighty down. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "We stand in the Jiujiang River and cut off the waist of the Yangtze River; There is a golden mouth army to strike its head; Under there are red single warships to hit its tail. The river surface of more than 2,000 miles is divided into three sections, and there may be a period of purge. My order: Luo Zenan will make persistent efforts to clear the hinterland of Jiangxi; Li Yuandu and Xiao Jie's three water divisions attacked Hukou in the north; Taqib strengthened his mind, postponed the seizure of Xun, and turned to attack the mouth of the lake; The three armies joined forces, attacked inside and outside, and the mouth of the lake snapped or broken. ”

Chen Shijie said: "Ganfu Chen Qimai, the more and more restricted, the food and salary are not supplied, Wanzai County raised Peng Shouyi, and the handsome committee used it, but Chen was imprisoned." The gentry of Jiangxi are afraid of Chen Yanwei, and they don't care about me anymore. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "This act of falling into the well and hating people is indestructible, how can you endure it!" ”

That night, the national vassal said: Stealing only a few provinces in the southeast, the thief is spreading, thanks to the governor to take care of the people, the few people to maintain the remedy, and turn the crisis into safety. The minister went to Jiangxi for a few months, carefully observed Chen Qimai's intentions, and proved that public opinion, I was afraid that he would delay Jiang Province and the overall situation, and there were those who had to be shown before the Holy Lord.

Zhao Rusheng, the general soldier who has been dismissed, is a member of the army sent to Xinjiang by order. In the last year, Chen Qimai sent an order to lead 100 warships, more than 4,000 water warriors, and more than 700 large and small artillery positions. On the fifth day of November, when he heard that the thieves were coming, Zhao Rusheng fled first, and the soldiers scattered one after another, the whole army was annihilated, and the ships and guns were all thieves. In fact, there are not many bandits, and it is still rumored that there are only more than 90 people with long hair. It is a pity to flee first when you hear the wind.

It is Chen Qi's words, then Zhao Rusheng fought all day long, and he lost hundreds of ships and 700 guns, and he did not play them one by one, vaguely and deceptively, and recklessly reckless. He also sent Zhao Rusheng to block Raozhou and other places, and fled three times in the first month. The thief broke Raozhou, Chen Qimai played in a mixed manner, not only did not add Zhao Rusheng's crime, but also ignored his original crime in Xinjiang, and always ignored the rewards and punishments.

Wu Xiguang, who has been reformed and garrisoned, is a member of the impeachment of Hechun and the order to correct the law. Wu Xiguang defected to Jiangxi and called for help. Chen Qimai played the effect of staying in Jiangxi, filling in the sun and the moon, saying that the performance of retention is in the front, and the purpose of the Fa-rectification is later, and he favors and falsely reports his military exploits.

Wu Xiguang has a strong temperament, and he can control and use it, and he is still a talent who can fight. As for its greed and lewdness, arson and disturbance of the people, in Nankang, there were more than 100 women in the army; When passing through the woodcutters, the city was looted, which was really the same evil as the gentry near and far. And Chen Qimai tried his best to protect and reverse right and wrong.

On the 29th day of the first lunar month, Wu Xiguang killed 187 Longquan Yong under his command in Guizhou for no reason, and the soldiers and civilians of the province were unjust. Chen Qimai neither heard about it nor punished it, but took the brave people of other provinces who had committed crimes in Wuning County, pretended to be Guiyong, and tied them up and killed them to cover up the eyes and ears of everyone. And everyone is more and more angry with Wu Xiguang, and the road is in sight!

On March 28, Wu Xiguang attacked Raozhou and killed dozens of thieves. And Chen Qimai Zhang Huang played, saying that he overcame Rao County, killed 3,000 thieves, burned more than 100 ships, and Wu Xiguang and his sons and nephews all played over-the-top; That is, Hu Yingkui, who is in charge of the accounts in the governor's office, also plays with the folding.

The fall of Yining Prefecture is actually a majority of Xingguo, Chong, and Tong bandits, with few long hairs, Wu Xiguang is arrogant and careless, and he is defeated in a hurry, not because there are large bandits to fight with him. It was Chen Qimai who whitewashed the performance, and he fought fiercely and killed more than 1,000 thieves.

Wu Xiguang's salary and rations are more than those of other battalions, and he brings 700 brave people and receives the salary of 800 people. It is said that it is a self-prepared axe. All kinds of deception are unreasonable.

Since the rise of the army, all kinds of newspapers, pretending to win and defeat, there are many untruths and incompleteness, and they have long been insightful by the Shengming, but there is no such thing as Chen Qimai's performance to report the military situation, and there is almost no word of truth. If the wind does not change, then above the ninefold, there will be no danger to the outside world, and this is especially worrying.

Since the first army of ministers and others entered Jiangxi, they have been ashamed and useless in the overall situation, and they have not been in vain in Jiangxi. Taqibu stationed in Jiujiang, a large force of land defense; The vassal domain is stationed in Nankang, the thief in the waterproof; Luo Zenan Kefu one prefecture and two counties, protect the east road. This army was defeated in Jiangxi, and Chen Qimai was constrained in many ways, and he refused to pay him as an excuse.

Those who were supported by the ministers before and after, donated more than 400,000 taels of silver with the squire Huang Zantang gunboat, and tens of thousands of silver were converted into silver, all of which were due to the ministers' duties, not more than two taels of silver from the treasury. Immediately take all the Jiangxi treasury money, all the salaries, are the salaries of the heavenly family, how can Chen Qimai get it and private? It was Chen Qimai who took advantage of this to coerce, and he gave three consultations and repeated letters, but he refused to pay him, so as to control people's elbows and take advantage of himself. The ministers were not only afraid of being defeated without pay, but also afraid of discord and misdeeds, so they had to be obedient.

After Luo Zenanke restored Guangxin, the minister wanted to transfer him back to Raozhou and Duchang in order to attack the mouth of the lake with the sailors. Chen Qimai transferred it to defend Jingdezhen and protect the provincial capital, and the ministers have already obeyed it. Xuan and transferred to the west to suppress Yining, and the ministers replied to allow him to obey, and Chen Qimai suddenly had a letter of transfer to Hukou; The minister replied to the letter of obedience, and Chen Qimai suddenly had a letter that he was still transferred to Yining. The order changes day by day, capricious, although you want to accommodate the song and thus can't.

In February, the minister and Chen Qimai also had to re-establish the sailor division in Jiangxi, build dozens of ships, and recruit more than 1,000 brave people to consolidate the gateway of Pohu Lake in this province as a support for the back road of the Chu army, which is consistent with the Fu Zhengyue case. Chen Qimai thought so, and joined the ministers to rank the Henan alternate governor Liu Yuchun. The construction has already begun, and Chen Qimai suddenly said that Jiangxi Province does not need to set up a naval division and stop shipbuilding. The ministers were obedient, because Liu Yuchun set up a shipyard in the city to specialize in the use of the ministers. Suddenly, Chen Qimai consulted that he wanted to take the ships in the factory and hand them over to Wu Xiguang's newly recruited navy; Wen ordered the factory to continue to build No. 15. The shipyard committee also complied. The ship was caused, and Chen Qimai criticized that it was no longer needed. You want a boat, you don't want a boat, you don't want a boat, you don't want a navy, there is no order that does not change for three days, and there is no consultation that matches the front and back. It is difficult for special ministers to do military affairs and work together, even those who are subordinate members are at a loss.

Over the past few years, the emperor's edict has been earnest, and the provinces have held group exercises, all of which have false names and few practical results. As the minister has seen, Pingjiang County in Hunan and Yining Prefecture in Jiangxi have been effective, and the two provinces are often said. With local donations, he trained local strong men, repeatedly fought with Cantonese bandits, and killed many bandits, so the two counties were deeply hated by thieves and feared by thieves.

Last year, Yining Prefecture won many battles, and the donations were huge, and after the fact, Chen Qimai opened a single guarantee, and those who contributed could not be guaranteed, and those who were insured were many officials and relatives and friends. Chen Qimai's friend Chen Xinzhai also had to be promoted to the county. The gentry and people of Yining Prefecture were boiling with grievances, and posted unveiling posts in the provincial capital, saying that the protection was unfair and the regimental training was disintegrated; If the thief comes again, the people of the state will never donate money, nor will they stop the thief.

Chen Qimai didn't know remorse and blatantly ignored it. In April, the bandits besieged the state city, and Ye Jiying, the state pastor, asked for rescue one after another, and Chen Qimai did not send troops to rescue. Trapped for more than 20 days, the state city fell, the rebels hated the group training, killed tens of thousands, and all kinds of teeth were gnashed in the injustice of the governor's protection, causing the group to disperse and suffer this tragedy.

In April last year, Taqib won the battle of Xiangtan, and the remaining thieves fled from Jinggang to Yuezhou, and their defeat and remnants fled from Liling to Jiangxi, and Pingxiang, Wanzai and other counties were lost. Li Tao, the magistrate of Wanzai County, abandoned the city and fled, and the villager Peng Cai sent thieves with horses or rice to thieves, hoping to avoid his plunder.

After the thief passed, Peng Shouyi advocated the first group practice, gathered the six districts into one group, published the regulations, and submitted the county order Li Yi to approve it. It is Peng Cai's three fools and many deceits, saying that the thief can avoid disaster, saying that the group practice is against the thief, and he can't resist joining the group, and he doesn't donate, so he broke up the group and falsely accused Peng Shouyi's family of jackals, fearing a rebellion. The county ordered Li Yi to accept bribes from Peng Caisan, and also shielded Peng Caisan and framed Peng Shouyi, which was obscure.

The person Peng Shouyi hated himself for being upright and was blamed for running a group, although he angrily accused Li Yi of abandoning the city and fleeing, Peng Caisan fed the thieves to obstruct the group, and accused the yamen. Shaode, the prefect of Yuanzhou, took Peng Shouyi's group training as the right and Peng Caisan's feeding thief as wrong, and severely criticized Li Yi's application. Governor Chen Qimai's criticism was vague, he did not distinguish between right and wrong, and the lawsuit was pending for half a year.

In the first month of this year, the minister went to the Jiangxi provincial capital, and Peng Shouyi came to complain. The ministers regard military affairs as important, and they do not have time to deal with lawsuits, and they do not wholesale; Looking at the regulations of the regimental training published by him, he is well-organized, practical, and has the ambition to kill thieves. Because of the face-to-face discussion with Chen Qimai, Peng Shouyi's talent can be used, and his litigation is irrelevant, and it is intended to be brought to the military camp for effect. After two consultations, Chen Qimai was stubborn. is not special to avenge Peng Shouyi's grievances, but to blame for his group exercises; Not only did he take the blame for running a group exercise, but also wanted to eliminate the case of the county order abandoning the city and fleeing, and sat on Peng Shouyi for the crime of false accusation, reversing black and white, which is outrageous.

Since the bandits of Guangdong were rampant, the ruined and ruined, the prefectures and counties fell at every turn, and the land guards could not affirm the righteousness, and the city survived, and the crime was punished according to the law, and there was no forgiveness. The governors of the provinces have been accommodating in handling and reducing their punishments because they have lost too many places, and they often ask for permission from the edicts. That is, in Jiangxi this year, Raozhou and Guangxin were lost, and Poyang, Xing'an and other counties were lost. This is a temporary expedient measure, and the court's extrajudicial duty does not mean that the defenders of the land have no responsibility to die in the city. The county ordered Li Tao to abandon the city and flee, and Chen Qimai was able to participate in the punishment, which was definitely the right thing; Even if the punishment is to be mitigated, it is not impossible to integrate it. It is the heart of a good subordinate to see it, and he favors him in many ways, and wants to sit on the crime of Peng Shouyi's false accusation.

The villagers were afraid of the ferocity of the Cantonese bandits, or did not dare to shave their hair, or did not dare to practice in groups, or gave away their property, so as to avoid plunder, and the name was Nagong, which was also common in all provinces and townships. Those who are willing to follow the thief can do it again; Those who are ignorant and ignorant can do it lightly, and they can do it if they don't do it. Peng Caisan gave money to the thief, and after being denounced, Chen Qimai should be punished at his discretion, so why should he sit on Peng Shouyi's crime of false accusation, so that the traitors will be successful, and the martyrs will be discouraged.

On 29 May, Chen Qimai ordered Yun Guangchen, the secretary of the company, to be interrogated and ordered Peng Shouyi to issue a false accusation of repentance. If the person refused, he was severely punished, imprisoned in the scorching heat, abused by hundreds of ends, and had a mixed punishment. In Chen Qimai's heart, it is just a matter of hearing for his subordinate Li Yu to avoid being lost. As for causing unjust imprisonment, torturing and abusing gentlemen, and blowing public opinion, that is, Chen Qimai's original intention, he didn't know that he had come to this. Yun Guangchen, the secretary of the company, does not care about the merits of things, and blames the gentlemen who run the regiment to serve the joy and anger of the boss, which is also flattering and shameless.

Fang Jin's thief atmosphere is still blazing, thanks to the regiment's practice of a method, with the gentry to assist the officials, with the people to kill the thief, but the lack of soldiers. Today, Yining's regiment has been destroyed by unfairness, and the regiment of ten thousand years has been destroyed by the reversal of the lawsuit. As for the ruined prefectures, even if they cannot supervise the regimental training, they must still have orders to take up their duties to relieve the refugees and clear out the bandits. Naichen was stationed in Nankang for two months, and Chen Qimai did not send personnel to the city to act as the governor of Nankang Mansion and County, and Si Yiji Gang was abolished.

Chen Qimai fellow villager, the same year, the same official Hanlin, Xiang has no suspicion, when he was in Beijing, he saw that he was diligent and cautious, and he worked together for several months, and he saw that he was upside down and wrong, and changed the usual way of daily life, so that military affairs were chaotic and things were boiling, which was not what Weichen expected.

At present, the southeast thieves are the most important, Jiangxi and Hunan are the most important, and the relationship between the feudal officials is not light. Since the ministers did see something, they were deeply afraid of delaying the overall situation, and they did not dare not lock up the matter, blaspheming it before the holy lord, Fu Weichen was arbitrary, and weighed it appropriately, which was not what the ministers dared to speculate. All the Jiangxi governors Chen Qimai had many bad deeds, and he was afraid of misunderstanding the overall situation. Sincerely.