Shi Dakai received Yang Xiuqing's 100,000 urgent order, did not dare to slack off, personally led Huang Yukun and Zeng Jinqian, supervised more than 10,000 soldiers, besieged for six days, and broke through Ji'an.

On March 22, 1856, Shi Dakai gathered tens of thousands of troops, defeated Peng Yulin's naval division, crossed from Linjiang, besieged and killed thousands of Fengzi battalions, and Zhou Fengshan fled alone.

The defeat report to Nanchang, the officials and the people are afraid, the rich and the rich flee day and night, those who run away from the door cannot be forbidden, the door is narrow and narrow, and there are countless people who kill each other.

Zeng Guofan was alone in Nankang, and he had no owner for a while, so he quickly sent a letter to Luo Zenan: Brother Luo is in Hubei, and it is rare to get hands on it at a time, instead of fighting the city and attacking Hubei, which is far away, it is better to move to the hinterland and save Jiangxi, which is about to die. On both sides of Wuhan, there are 30,000 troops, even if there is no Luo brother, and it is still enough to prevent suppression; Jiang Province borders Hunan and Guangdong in the southwest, and if it is not quickly eliminated, it will be an endless disaster for the three provinces. I heard that Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongji of Hunan Province rushed to help; Minqiao is the end of things, the common feelings of people; Seeking fish from the edge of the wood, you can't hope for extravagance. The birth of the national domain, it is up to Brother Luo to continue.

Luo Zenan howled when he heard the news: "The life and death of Di Shuai is a matter of the survival of the family and the country, and he must be saved immediately." ”

Hu Linyi said: "The siege of the city for three months, the thieves are hungry and tired, and they are unwilling!" ”

Luo Zenan said: "Pour troops to attack and withdraw to Jiangxi." ”

After that, Zenan was in front of the pro-governor, and suddenly a bullet flew in, right in the middle of the door, Zenan's eyes were cloudy with tears, sat and smiled bitterly, and his last words said: "What a pity to die!" It's over! Since then, Li Xubin can be supported. Chaos needs to be calmed even more, so as to be useful learning; May the sky regenerate a few good people, make up for the deviations and save the evils, why bother to limit this brute. ”

Li Xubin, Jiang Yili, and Li Xuyi mourned and knelt on the ground and howled.

Hu Linyi burst into tears, in a trance, and suddenly drew his sword and shouted: "Luo Luoshan is resting quietly, Li Xubin temporarily supervises Luo Jun, those who dare to talk nonsense will be killed!" ”

Zeng Guofan heard that his liver and gallbladder were cold, his heart and lungs were cold, and he wanted to cry without tears, so he urgently ordered Zeng Guohua to go to Hubei for funeral.

Zeng Guohua doubled the road and traveled, and arrived at the city of Wuchang on seven days, mourning Luo Ze Nanbi, facing Chen Hu Linyi, begging to save his brother.

Hu Linyi did not hesitate to bring 5,000 men under Wu Kunxiu, Liu Tenghong, and Pu Chengyao, and under Zeng Guohua.

Hu Linyi said to Zeng Guohua: "Five thousand men and horses may be bailed out; Brother Wen Fu immediately returned, turned to Di Shuai, Wuchang recovered, and Lin Yi led the army into Jiangxi to help. ”

Zeng Guohua said: "Runshuai is very gracious, and I will never forget it until I die." ”

Hu Linyi said: "Why did Wen Fu say this, you and I are already a family; If Lin Yi is in danger, Di Shuai is also desperate to save him. Knowing Wu Kunxiu, the first from Rong, first suppressed Li Yuan's bandits, and then protected the city of Changsha, and now with Luo Gongze south to aid Hubei, recovering Xianning, Chibi, Chongyang, Tongcheng, under the Biaozi battalion, although new, but also fierce. Liu Tenghong, the magistrate of the county, and the guerrilla Pu Chengyao are all invincible generals, the first battle of Chongyang, the general Peng Sanyuan was killed, Tenghong and Chengyao were ordered to break Shi Dakai more than 10,000 thieves; This spring, the thieves were in the Saihu Lake, Teng Hong fought on the embankment, defeated the thief army, chased to Changhong Bridge, met an ambush, the thief seven times me, Teng Hong fought hard, killed five or six hundred thieves. Luo Gongze wanted to choke Yaowan in the south, the thieves went out to fight, Tenghong fought against Xiaoguishan, and killed six hundred. Teng Hong's general was called the Hunan rear camp, the black flag was planted, and the thief looked away. These three will go to Jiangxi, which can help Di Shuai solve his urgent needs. ”

Zeng Guohua bid farewell to Hu Linyi, led an army of 5,000 troops, attacked Xianning, Chibi, Ketongcheng, Xinchang, and went straight to Nanchang.

Zhou Fengshan's army was defeated, Luo Zenan died, Zeng Guohua's reinforcements did not arrive, Shi Dakai took the opportunity to attack four times, 13 prefectures in Jiangxi, and 8 prefectures and 54 prefectures and counties.

Zeng Guofan sat in a corner of Nankang, there was no way to call for help, his soul was repeatedly frightened, and Emperor Xianfeng was sparse: Long live my emperor, long live, Weichen was incompetent, and the bloody battle in October, Taqibu and Luo Ze Nanxiang died one after another, and the soldiers suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the land of Jiangxi was repeatedly lost, and the military was sluggish. Trapped in Peng Li for a long time, he heard the spring breeze and howled, and his heart was broken, and he saw the thief sailing up and wandering around the house. After such a delay and a few years that can not be self-contained, the life of the micro-minister will not be long......

Emperor Xianfeng reads the music, and the dragon's face is tormented.

Wen Qingjin, Minister of Military Aircraft, said: "Zeng Guofan has a negative hope that he can kill thieves, and he should eventually build an extraordinary achievement." ”

The squire is also obedient and sparse: half of Jingchu, Hunan has a single branch, and it must not be lost. To the west of Jinling, Hechun was brave and brave, overcoming Luzhou. In the north and south of Jinling, Xiang Xinxin to the army, Xiang Rong to the army, besieged Wei to save Zhao, and attacked Jinling, and the thieves must be saved, which is just in time.

Emperor Xianfeng then sent an edict to Rong: In the past two years, Beiying has overcome Yangzhou, Hechun has captured Luzhou, Gil has resisted A to exterminate the knife bandits, and regained the siege of Zhenjiang, and Tuo Minga has destroyed the thief's Pukou camp. You are in the south of the Yangtze River, and you are working hard for a long time, and the thieves are fleeing one after another, spreading to Jifu. Although you are beheaded, it is not enough to cover up the sin of one person, and slightly vent the hearts of thousands of people in several provinces. At the first time, there was a lack of people, and Gu Nian Ru has been familiar with the situation since Guangxi, and he will temporarily stay at the head of your item, so as to wait for you to work hard to make meritorious contributions. If every report is still only perfunctory, you will not be blessed to bear my grace and die quickly.

He also instructed the governor of Jiangsu, Gil Kang'a, and the minister of Qincha, Tomin'a: Since ancient times, the army has been used in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhenjiang in the southeast of Jinling is particularly dangerous. Then they jointly attacked Jinling, and the head of the thief was Hongyang.

Xiang Rong was not angry, and sighed to himself: "Since I started in Jintian, I have fought more than 100 battles in large and small sizes, and I have been rebellious with thieves. My red single boat has sailed on Anhui Province, the thief grain road. Occupy Wuhu again, the outline of the thief's head has been destroyed for me! This battalion is not rooted in the south of the Yangtze River, and Suzhou, Changzhejiang, and Fujian are here! I am not blessed to bear the emperor's grace and die quickly? ”

The governor of Jiangsu, Gil Hang'a, commanded the order, that is, to join the Liang Department of Zhang Guo, and poured troops to attack the camp of Qin Rigang; Jiangning's general Tuo Ming'a did not slack off and besieged Guazhou along the causeway.

Yang Xiuqing judged the situation and ordered Qin Rigang to cross the Yangtze River and attack Guazhou in the north.

Qin Rigang got the order, and ordered Zhou Shengkun to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to hold the cangtou, and the rest of the armies entered the Zhenjiang River to rest for half a day, crossed the river in the dark at night, and at dawn, relying on Guazhou, attacked the camp in the north of the Jiangbei.

Chen and Li both said good.

Wu Ruxiao was puzzled and said: "The army crosses north, how can Zhenjiang be defended?" ”

Qin Rigang said: "You have been holding on for two years, and you can hold on for another month." There is no city to defend in Yuergua Prefecture, I can stay for two years, and the effort to attack and suppress is equal to that of a strong city. Tuoming Demon is really incompetent, and he actually built an earthen wall on both sides of Balipu, stretching for forty miles from east to west, attack? Guard? My army of 30,000 will be taken by surprise and break the wall to attack the camp, and the demon will be defeated. ”

Gilhanga found out about Qin and Chen's movements, and sent someone to inform Tuomin Ajia to take precautions. Tomin was busy congratulating the birthday of a general, and only sent a few soldiers to guard him.

At dawn on April 3, 1856, Qin Rigang, Chen Yucheng, and Li Xiucheng attacked the Jiangbei camp, broke more than 120 camps, and reoccupied Yangzhou and Pukou.

The camp in the north of the Yangtze River was broken, and the armies were scattered, but Dexing Abe did not move. Emperor Xianfeng deposed Tuo Ming'a, and took Dexing'a, the deputy capital, as the minister of the Qincha, and reorganized the camp in Jiangbei. Edited by the Hanlin Academy, Shao Zhan Shiweng and Weng helped to handle military affairs.

Qin Rigang's army crossed the river to the north, Zhang Guoliang, Hu Songlin, and Yu Wanqing took the opportunity to clean up the front line of Ningzhen, annihilated Zhou Shengkun, and re-encircled Zhenjiang.

Jiangbei camp was defeated, Xiang Rong did not dare to be alone, and urgently ordered Zhang Guoliang and Deng Shaoliang to join forces to reject Qin. Zhang and Deng received the order, crossed the river from the Qixia Shibu Bridge, converged with Dexing Abe, fought fiercely with the Taiping army for three days and nights, and captured Pukou, Jiangpu and Yangzhou. Qin Rigang was unable to support it alone, and retreated to the Sanchai River.

The situation was in danger, and Yang Xiuqing told Shi Dakai: Qin Rigang's campaign in March, the army will decline, and Zhenjiang will be heavily besieged. The battle situation in Tianjing, 100,000 urgent, immediately return to help, encircle and annihilate the demon. He also ordered Wei Changhui, the king of the north, and Yang Fuqing and Yang Yiqing of the national sect to gallop to Jiangxi and take over Shi Da to open defense. Then ordered the second from the left to check Gu Longxian to help Wuchang.

Gu Longxian led the order, led 10,000 troops, went up from Jiujiang, and arrived at Wuchang Chapanling in half a month, and told Wei Jun to raise fire as a signal to attack inside and outside.

Li Xubin detected it, preemptively struck, earned Wei out of the city, and attacked it.

The next day, Gurungxian attacked. Wei Jun suspected his fake and did not leave the city for a long time. Hu Linyi then gathered the army of Li Xubin and Jiang Yili and besieged Gu Longxian.

Gu Longxian was defeated, defeated and retreated to Fankou, ordered the command Zheng Tiande and the general Luo Wenyuan to hold Gedian, Zheng and Luo built four bases in front of the street, surrounded by Changhao, deep and wide; Another 30 warships were gathered, and they responded to it back and forth.

Hu Linyi gave the order to send reinforcements, and Jiang Yili led 3,000 troops to attack the front of Gedian; General Zhu Pinlong sneaked along Baihu Mountain and went to Gedian; Yang Zaifu's sailor entered the lake along the river and cut off the retreat of Zheng and Luo. The three armies of Jiang, Zhu, and Yang joined forces to fight a fierce battle, killing Zheng Tiande and capturing Luo Wenyuan alive. Jiang Yili captured Getai, and the soldiers and horses did not stop, and they entered Fankou.

Gu Long Xian was frightened, quickly crossed the river, and retreated to Huangzhou.