Qin Rigang's army suddenly appeared in Yanziji and Guanyin Gate; Shi Dakai captured Lishui. Xiang Rong was overwhelmed, and quickly consulted Zhang Guoliang: Zhenjiang is against the flames, and the Jinling thieves are rushing again, spreading ants and bees, and they are watching. In case the upper and lower roads merge with the Shibu Bridge, it is very difficult to strangle. Qin rebelled from the area of Xianhemen, and he could even cut off the back road of the camp. Lishui is close to the East Dam, connecting Liyang, shielding Su and Chang. And the attack of the stone thieves is related to the overall situation, and after copying me. Wanwang flew to Lishui and opened the passage of Su Chang. Like, return to Zhongshan quickly, protect the camp.

Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng entered Beijing, worshiped Yang Xiuqing, and told Qin Yi one by one.

Yang Xiuqing said: "Since March, Xiang Demon has saved Zhenjiang, Pukou, Yangzhou, Ningguo, Wuhu, Molingguan, and Lishui, and the troops have been scattered, and the old nest is empty. I can concentrate the armies of Shi Dakai and Qin Rigang and destroy them in one fell swoop. The Qin and Japanese troops were divided into two routes, and the north and south jointly attacked the Xianhe Gate; Shi Da Kaibu entered the Qingma herd, and broke the connection between Xianhemen and Zhongshan and Xiaolingwei; After that, the armies of Tianjing opened the door and poured out, completely eliminating the trouble of elbows and armpits; Those who have not destroyed the demon and entered the Tianjing City will be killed! Kill it! ”

Qin Rigang didn't dare to ask for it again, so he went to war.

On June 17, 1856, Qin Rigang ordered Chen Yucheng to enter the big and small water passes and Fengjiabian, and forced Xianhemen from the south; He also ordered Li Xiucheng to camp outside the Yaohua Gate and defend the back road; Since he led the army, he moved the camp from Yanziji and attacked Xianhemen from the north.

In Tianjing City, Yang Xiuqing ordered an army to climb over the dragon's neck, build a fortress under the mountain, wave the flag and shout, watch and disturb, and contain the camp of Xiangrong Zhongshan.

Xianhemen was in a hurry, and Xiang Rong sent his deputy general Wang Jun to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to gather the Qing army of Shibu Bridge and Xianhe Bridge to defend it.

On the 18th, Shi Dakai ordered a section to enter Yaofangmen and Xianheguan to connect with Chen Yucheng's army on the side of Feng's house; The other part entered the green horse group, built several bases, and cut off the connection between Wang Jun and Xiang Rong.

Xianhemen was in danger, Xiang Rong strictly ordered Wang Jun to stay and wait for help, and secretly ordered Feng Zicai, the capital secretary, to lead Yong 500 nights to attack the Qingma group, and urgently consulted Zhang Guoliang: The thief is very angry, and the people are dozens of times more than me, how can you resist this madness? And Dongba, Ningguo all the way, there are thieves involved, once moved, I am afraid that the reverse gap will be committed. That is, the bandits in Zhenjiang and Gaozi are trying to disturb them, and Danyang is a key road for Zhenjiang, and there are few soldiers in Jurong, all of which are difficult to draw. If the green horses are lost, the whole situation is moving, but I hope that Brother Zhang will temporarily abandon Lishui and gallop back in the starry night. Xiang lives and dies, and it depends on his brother's return.

Feng Zicai got the order, took advantage of the night fire, burned down the two Taiping military camps of Qingmaqun, and restored the connection of Xianhemen.

Zhang Guoliang received the consultation and immediately galloped to the Qingma group. Three fortifications were built overnight to control the east of Zhongshan.

At dawn on the 19th, Qin Rigang led 4,000 troops and went straight to Xianhemen; Chen Yucheng flanked in the south, and Li Xiucheng flanked him.

Wang Jun was attacked on three sides, and his strength was overwhelmed, so he insisted on asking for help. Xiang Rong was too busy to take care of himself, and after careful consideration, he still sent 600 troops to help.

Qin Rigang's troops were divided into 12 teams, attacking in a loop, and Wang Jun resisted with all his strength and stayed up until dark.

On the 20th, Yang Xiuqing ordered a general attack.

Qin Rigang took the lead, Wang Jun lined up to meet each other, and the two armies fought from morning to noon, and it was difficult to distinguish the victory from defeat.

Zhang Guoliang rested for the whole night, and recruited 500 guerrilla Hukun Yuan, 500 Zhang Yuliang, and 300 Moling Guan Shuiyong, and his strength increased greatly. Zhang Guoliang followed suit, fought steadily, and expelled the Taiping Army from the Qingma group.

Seeing this, Yang Xiuqing re-ordered Shi Dakai to march quickly, and ordered the defenders of Tianjing to fight from the south gate and Tongji gate, and went straight to the camp of Jieyong in the Qiqiao urn, and the Jieyong soldiers were less than 300 and were in danger. Xiang Rong got the news and personally led thousands of soldiers to rescue the emergency.

At noon, Shi Dakai led 10,000 soldiers, climbed the mountain from the back of Linggu Temple, and broke through six barracks. Qin Rigang's 4,000 men also crossed Zhongshan and arrived at the back of the barracks. In Tianjing City, Hongwu Gate and Chaoyang Gate opened one after another, and thousands of soldiers poured out and rushed to the camp.

Xiang Jun was attacked from all sides, and gradually could not support it.

Zhang Guoliang insisted on the Qingma group, and all the battalions of medicine and lead bullets had been killed. Zhang stepped up with a sword and was shot in the foot. Xianhemen, Qiqiao urn, Xiaolingwei everywhere, the generals Chen Mingzhi, Dusi Li Farong, Liu Xiuzhu died in battle.

Xiang Rong did not dare to fight again and retreated to Danyang. The frightened was settled, and then went up and down: the ministers divided their troops in all directions, blocked the east and west, left and right, and suffered many casualties, and urgently needed to rectify and rest before they could fight again. The number of thieves and rebels is numerous, and they have been coveted for a long time. Engraved the defeat of our army, Su Chang was shocked, Lishui was occupied, and then fled to Judan, taking advantage of the situation to commit internal crimes, the overall situation is unimaginable. In the urgency of the sun, don't take strict precautions before Danyang.

He Guiqing, the governor of Zhejiang, knew the weight of Xiang Rong well, and was afraid of being laid off, so he immediately went to the top: Xiang Rong suppressed thieves in the south of the Yangtze River, and it has been four years. Xiang Rong led the troops, coordinated the overall situation in everything, and no matter where it was urgent, the reinforcement was there. However, the more the tune will be, the more outnumbered, the more divided the soldiers, the more single. When the minister heard that Xiang Rong had first arrived, there were tens of 20,000 soldiers, but there were only a few thousand recently. After the thief was injured from the North Road, he intended to flee to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are 30,000 thieves, and the battle defense is random and erratic. We hit Xiao Danyang, the thief has come to pounce on the high capital, we attack the Dingmao Bridge, and the thief suddenly fell into Lishui, all to embellished our army. The rebel knew that Zhenjiang was frustrated and Jinling was lonely, and dared to entangle tens of thousands of thieves to surround our camp. The pawn was outnumbered, and was tricked.

Che Ke, the right attendant of the military department, is also cautious and sparse: Since the rise of the army, hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers have been recruited in various places, and tens of millions of dollars have been consumed. And the thief gets stronger and stronger, why not? All the ministers are restrained by thieves, and the suppression is insufficient. The thieves sneaked in and coerced to defend it, that is, they led my army. Shoushang is overwhelmed, how to win? There must be a special attack, and its strength is not divided into heavy brigades, and then it is enough to change the trend of containment. In the spring of this year, thieves harassed Jiangxi, Ji'an and Jianchang fell one after another, and Nanchang was under martial law. At that time, Xiang Rong divided Deng Shaoliang to help, and more than 10,000 Deng troops were stranded in Ningguo. The thieves took advantage of the opportunity to cover up the Zhongshan camp, operated for four years, and turned it into ashes, which can be sighed!

Emperor Xianfeng's edict: The Jiangnan camp was lost, and the ministers were too big, so they were temporarily relieved of their duties. Although Xiang Chen did not restore the fortified city, he protected Su and Chang for several years, and did his best, and still left the minister to supervise military affairs. Anhui Governor Fu Ji, Jiangnan Governor He Chun, Military Department Squire Zeng Guofan, and Zhejiang Governor Deng Shaoliang must attack the thieves and save them, so as to divide the thieves' momentum and aid Jiangnan from afar. Shengbao, serving in the Anhui battalion for half a year, the so-called dedication, immediately assisted in Henan military affairs. In addition, Hechun and Fuji jointly impeached Yuan Jia for guarding Linhuai, whitewashing military information, intercepting money without authorization, and selling fat himself, which was verified by Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, that it was indeed made out of nothing. Chin this!

Yuan Jiasan left Beijing and went south, to eastern Henan, but saw that the villages along the way were surrounded by ditches and high walls, and he was wondering, Yuan Baoheng, the eldest son of Jiasan, said: "The Fengtai martial arts family gathered people Miao Peilin, and built a village, accumulated millet, and governed the army. Miao is a down-and-out talent, and he likes his fellow countryman Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of building walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming kings. His poetry and writings are famous in Jianghuai; Sitting alone in the autumn night, the two poems of the old garden are very exquisite; One said: Wearing a hand-clad hand, facing the green lantern, sitting alone with a few stars. The six screens are dark in autumn, and a lesson in insect whispering is dark at night. The cuckoo cries blood and frost is white, and the charm is bright. I smiled at the sky with a horizontal knife, and I will not miss the scriptures again in this life. One said: The old garden looks at the grass in the east, and the battle base is painted with beads. Taking advantage of the situation, he wants to devour the meat of the tiger and wolf, and uses the knife to fight for the skin of the cow and horse. Knowing that the soldiers are in troubled times is not a blessing, and it is not strange to die of old age and cold windows. It is inevitable that the turtle will be the turtle in the end, and it is better to be a cockroach in the sea. ”

Yuan Jia sighed: "Miao Peilin has more than 10,000 soldiers, and he has never suppressed bandits, but only seeks self-protection." Troubled times are weird, and seedlings are cockroaches? Glamorous turtles! ”

Xiang Rong received the order, with tears in his eyes, a pot of old wine, invited Zhang Guoliang to drink, and said: "I have three joys and one sorrow, talk to my brother." The camp was lost, but our emperor did not order a quick death, and this grace was not only immense. My Deng Shaoliang Department has recently surrounded Ningguo, and it is said that it will be broken soon. Wei thief Changhui and stone thief Dakai have arrived in Jiangxi and Hubei, and only the Qin thief Rigang army is disturbed in this area, and my brother can stop it alone, and I have no worries. However, I am worried about old age and frailty, and I am struggling to walk recently, and my sleep and food are wasted. That's it, you can't Kuang Lord, you can't benefit the people, such a corpse is vegetarian, and there is no hatred when you die. ”

Luzhou, Anhui Province, Hechun received the decree, saying that Fuji said: "Yuan Jiasan, Shengbao is new, you and I can not work hard!" ”

Fuji said: "Shengbao is a stubborn and self-serving, and his power is only to suppress bandits." To the south of Luzhou, Sanhe Town Road connects Lujiang, Shucheng and Chaoxian, and the north-south thoroughfares go back and forth. Since the camp in Luzhou, the treasury grain station has been empty, and we have no hundreds of gold deposits, so how can we hold on to each other for a long time. The camps of Jinling and Yangzhou in Suzhou Province retreated, and the money and money were accumulated by thousands of thieves, which were all thieves, and it was a pity! Sanhe Town is surrounded by stone barriers, as high as several zhang, as solid as an iron wall. The Lujiang River in the south is also a barrier, and the rebels resist to defend it, and they are horns. And the Lujiang River is connected with nothing, nest, Shu and Tong, stretching into a piece, and it is difficult to swallow it. ”

Hechun Dao": The battle situation in the Anhui region, gathered at a point in Sanhe Town, the holy will is earnest, and the humble post will be attacked again. ”

In the middle of the night, He Chun led his troops out, silently, and approached the outer trench of Sanhe Town. Lan Chengchun, the fifteenth inspector on the left side of the palace, found out and ordered the soldiers to shoot guns and arrows.

During the siege of Hechun, more than 100 casualties were inflicted. The sneak attack failed, so they had to camp on the spot and besiege it for a long time.