Chapter Eighty-Five: Zeng Guofan's Reunion (1)
Zeng Guofan received the edict of Zhejiang, and the tears were vertical and horizontal, and he immediately went up: the holy grace was high, so that the ministers had to keep the mourning of the rest of the year, and ordered the reinstatement, so as not to avoid the responsibility of escaping the world. The pillow of gratitude is unspeakable. Weichen immediately ordered: Xiao Qijiang, Zhang Yunlan, Wang Kaihua and others entered the town of Hekou Town, Leadshan, and as soon as the minister arrived, he immediately entered Zhejiang. Guan Shan has not yet flown in his heart, and he will go to the plane in one day. Weichen is blunt, and the sun is about to rise.
Emperor Xianfeng heard this, happy: You were ordered to do it this time, and you were loyal and brave enough to care about the overall situation.
From the national domain to Changsha, Zuo Zongtang greeted and said: Respect the auspiciousness of the near state, and the joy is not similar. Those who do not respect the sound for a year, and suspect that the old brother will not be me. Thinking and sad, the family and the country are so far, why not hold on to each other! The thief rebelled against the two conflicts, Shi Da was not interested in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, what do you think?
Guofan Dao: Brother Yan is extremely true. Yesterday, when I received the letter from Guoquan, Brother Yan was extremely concerned and thanked him. The brother's extravagant behavior seems to be a personal friendship, but it is actually a national affair! If you leave your post hastily, you will be lost. Over the past year, I have been unhappy, depressed in my chest, and suffering from sleepless diseases, neutralized by the old itch, and the boredom of life is nothing more than this.
Zong Tang said: Brother is boiling for the second disease, I have a few pills, take it quickly, and see the curative effect, and send it away.
After a few words, the country suddenly felt a warm current and sighed: If my brother is not always angry, he will win ten thousand pills. After a year of dormancy, learn more about the way of Huang Lao, change the rigid to soft, the combination of rigidity and softness, and be clever and more solid. is also like Runzhi, righteous and official like a brother, kind to Duolong Aru brother, serving the old mother of the guest as a parent, pouring thousands of gold to the generals like water, so, the thief is rebellious, and Exiang is blue.
Zuo Zongtang said: Hu Runzhi is exquisite, all of them are national plans, but they don't have any long things. I am as violent as thunder, my brother is as soft as water, you and I are all strong; Don't follow the example of the east, draw a tiger but a dog.
The national domain laughed, said goodbye to Zongtang, and was polite with Luo Bingzhang of Xiangfu, and went north to Wuchang.
After Zeng Guo's farewell, Luo Bingzhang said: Zeng Disheng knows the lessons of people, beyond the ancient and modern, or encounters in the wind and dust, and thinks it is a great weapon at first sight; Or look for the surface of the trace, and indeed it may be a different material. However, if you look closely, it is indeed suspected of being pedantic.
Zuo Zongtang smiled and said: Looking at its sullen and pedantic, especially like an old Confucian, in fact, it is extremely old and spicy, and Lord Futai must not be deceived by it. Sullen and pedantic, there are other people, Fan Xie, the chief soldier of Yongzhou Town, and the chief soldier of the sedan chair, who neglects their duties, does not prepare for the war, and drinks and drinks every day, not to mention the sullen and pedantic!
Luo Bingzhang said: Yongzhou prefect Huang Wenchen repeatedly said that Fan was mediocre, and I immediately found out and impeached him.
Zuo Zongtang said: This person is a distant relative of Lake Governor Wen, and adults must be cautious.
Luo Bingzhang said: I don't look at his words, I only look at his deeds, and if there is solid evidence, he will be impeached immediately.
Hu Linyi, the governor of Hubei, heard that Zeng Guo was coming, killed chickens and sheep, feasted on a large scale, and drank three rounds, Lin Yi smiled and asked: Di Shuai passed through Changsha, did Zuo Gong sneer?
Zeng Guofan said with a smile: Runzhi sees the outside, I am not handsome, but Brother Nell. The trip to Changsha was unspeakable, and Zuo Ji was arrogant but not abusive.
Hu Linyi sighed: Zuo Gong is proud of his talents, and I try to persuade the profit and loss. Fortunately, it is Brother Di, and there is a lot of storage.
Zeng Guofan was ashamed and said: Along the way, Xiaoxiang Chutian, Jingran Shengping, Brother Shi and Ji Gao's strength are also. The brother raised 60,000 soldiers in the barren area of Hubei, and the monthly fee was as much as 400,000, and the merchants and the people were not defeated, and the officials ruled the day, all of which were caused by the brother's careful and silent luck. According to Nankang, the crowd was suspicious and insulted, and the tears rose to the river. Now I have another idle year, if there is no brother and Ji Gao's recommendation, I will be in Xiangxiang!
Hu Linyi said: The world is erosive, and two or three people from my generation support it. Brother Di used "Seeking Cantonese Bandits", Xiangtan in the first battle, Yueyang in the second war, Wuchang in the third war, Tianzhen again, and Xun, Hu, Po, and Nan. If there is no brother, there is no Chu Xiang today, as the so-called brother planted a tree and Hu took advantage of the shade.
Zeng Guofan said: Runzhi is polite. Shi is still brave?
Hu Linyi said: The thieves are fighting Jinling, and the soldiers will be centrifuged, which is not as good as before.
Zeng Guofan stayed in Hubei for seven days, and Hu Linyi put his heart in his heart, ran out of negotiation funds, and went to Jiangxi. In the middle of Lanxi, Li Xubin, Peng Yulin, Zeng Guohua, Li Xuyi, Tang Xunfang and others came one after another.
Zeng Guofan said that Li Xubin said: That is, to attack Anqing, is it like nine soldiers and strong horses?
Li Xubin said: Fierce soldiers, wait for the day, and never give up! Zhu Pinlong and Tang Yixun's second elite battalion were dispatched by Di Shuai on the same day. Zhu Pinlong and Tang Yixun listen to orders! Only by the side of Lord Zeng, do not stay away.
Zeng Guofan said: Thank you for being like nine. After three years of fierce fighting, the situation has gradually become clearer, and it is impossible to talk about death again. It was an established policy for the army to attack Anqing. Anqing is the trunk of the tree, and its side branches and leaves, Shucheng, Tongcheng, Lujiang, Taihu, etc., should be cut off one by one. And Shu, Tong, Lu, Tai and other cities, all according to Chaohu Lake, Dingjiu march, must rely on the sharpness of the water division, do not lone army danger. I went to Nanchang to fix the rear for my brother and others as a support. Dingjiu, Wen Fu is like a family, in his spare time, watching the wind and enjoying the moon and eating wine?
Zeng Guohua said with a smile: My brother entered Hubei from Hunan, followed Hubei into Jiangxi, and entered Zhejiang along Jiangxi.
Zeng Guofan said: The war in Zhejiang, it is really urgent to eat hot tofu, who is in a hurry to eat.
The more urgent Shi Dakai's offensive became, the more dangerous it was in Zhejiang, and Li Dingtai, the general soldier of Jiujiang Town, was so anxious that he entered Yanzhou Mansion in Zhejiang and entered Yangxidu, that is, he joined Duan Guangqing, the division of Zhejiang, to discuss the matter of attacking and suppressing Shouchang.
Li Dingtai said: It has been raining heavily for several days, the roads are muddy, and the land route is unbearable.
Duan Guangqingdao: I set up boats and boats, and Zizhentai waterway made a surprise attack.
On July 7, 1858, Li Dingtai and Duan Guangqing led 5,000 troops, 40 boats, and the soldiers were divided into four routes to attack Shouchang at night. The Taiping army was unprepared and fled in a hurry.
Shi Dakai panicked, saying that Zhang Sui conspired: Attack Qu for three months, and repeatedly attack; Now Shouchang is lost again, Yanzhou and Hangzhou are hopeless; After the Fuxing demon was reinstated and the army attacked, thieves from all walks of life came one after another; How this is good.
Zhang Sui conspired: Shi Zhenji disobeyed the order and attacked the southeast, which became today's crisis. Zhejiang can no longer wait, south into Fujian, will Yang Fuqing Department, and then make a map.
Shi Dakai sighed and said: This can only be the case! My order: All the departments of Changshan, and fight and retreat, go south to meet the various departments of Jiangshan, enter Fujian in turn, and turn into Pucheng. After the transfer of Changshan and Jiangshan was completed, we immediately burned the camp and left Qu, rushed into Chuzhou, gathered Longquan, and entered Fujian.
Shi Dakai led the army to move south, and Emperor Xianfeng ordered Zhou Tianshou, Li Dingtai, Rao Tingxuan, Zhou Tianpei and others to immediately pursue and suppress them.
Zhou Tian was played: If Shi Zhi watched over Fujian Province, the ministers would join Qi Ling from Jiujiang, Li Dingtai from Xianxiaguan, Qingrui from Yanping, and the ministers from Longquan to attack Pucheng, and suppress from all sides.
Zeng Guofan went to Nanchang, and the governor of Jiangxi, Qi Ling, asked anxiously: Lord Zeng, Shi reversed from southern Zhejiang, chasing after him?
The road of the national domain: The holy oracle has not arrived, and An dares to act rashly. In one load of time, the stone went against the flow of twenty or thirty cities, attacked the west of Jiangxi, went to the east of Jiangxi at dusk, re-entered the west of Zhejiang at night, and entered the north of Fujian in the morning, wandering and uncertain, living without a foundation, harming the people not deeply, not to be afraid. According to the sea in the east of Zhejiang, the mountains of Fujian are spreading, the troops of the two provinces are not displayed, and they will return to the rebellion, you and I will try our best to suppress the remaining thieves in Jiangxi first. Go to the age of adults to protect the younger brother Guoquan, and have to be promoted to the same knowledge. I would like to thank you.
Senior Citizen Dao: Don't thank you, Lord Zeng, in September and October last year, Zhou Fengshan's Fengzi camp collapsed, Wang Xin died of illness, Liu Tenghong died, Liu Changyou and Xiao Qijiang surrounded the river, and they fought repeatedly. Gandi was in decline for a while, and as soon as Yuan Fu arrived, he integrated all the armies, re-encircled Ji'an, and tried to prevent Shi Zhenji, Yang Fuqing, and Shi Dakai from three reverses, beheaded countless thieves, and turned the tide, and I couldn't thank myself.
National Domain: The main force of Shi rebels from Zhejiang into Fujian, the thieves in this place rebel against the void, I should gather troops and storm Fuzhou, Fujian, and Ji'an. Fuzhou and Fu Jianpo, the stone thieves have no rear; Ji'an broke again, Ruizhou, Linjiang, Nanchang, and Yuanzhou were made in a row, and the stone thieves had no way out. For the army, I composed "Love Folk Song", "Dissolution Song", "Don't Escape", please brother Tai axe.