Zongyang made a plan, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng each raised troops and horses, reorganized their armies for battle, and were very busy.

Li Zhaoshou, the general of Chuzhou, disagreed, eating, drinking and having fun every day, often disturbing the people, and he was also very happy.

Chen Yucheng almost wanted to kill him, but Li Xiucheng was lenient and not resentful of things, so he was not allowed.

Li Zhaoshou also complained, and consulted Li Xiucheng: Since Chen Yucheng and his younger brother are inseparable, the younger brother will fight with him and fight three times, and fight for each other. And it is said that fellow villager Xue Zhiyuan Dao: Zhang Lexing, Gong Deshu 100,000 people, Lai Wu led the needle, and attached to the name of the heavenly kingdom. Today, Zhang is the main general of the expedition to the north, Ding Tianfu, and Yijue, and Gong is the general mention of the expedition to the north, and the righteousness of the sky, and you are also an answer to the righteousness of heaven, what am I? General Wen of Yu Province, where is Yu? You and I are in my hometown! Neither is Mao!

Xue Zhiyuan knew Li Bingxing, and said: Since he is already in the sea of fire, he has the right to treat it forbearably, and he must not show the joy of words to make a big mistake.

Li Zhaoshou said: People move living trees and move dead, swords and guns have eyes, and chaotic times are casual.

The Mongolian capital with the yellow flag and the deputy minister of Anhui Shengbaowen wanted to appease.

Anhui Governor Fuji Counsellor Shengbao: Li Zhaoshou, bad morality, poor character, unkind, is really a villain who backtracks and sees the wind and rudder. This fight, first is a twist bandit, the army is defeated and surrendered to me, and then ask to kill my Taoist, the county order and its forty-seven people, this blood sea of deep hatred, not for personal grudges, but is actually public anger. What is the intention of recruiting this person?

Shengbao disagreed, and sent Li Zhaoshou's wife and mother under house arrest to force Zhaoshou to rebel. Zhaoshou water-based poplar flowers, immediately descended secretly, and made decisions and sets out Zongyang.

Shengbao said: Li Zhaoshou is still blazing with fierce flames, and the 24th army led by him is tens of thousands. The thief is pushed as a pawn. The former disturbed Jianghuai that is, the rest of the party. Now it is forced by rebellion, and it is located in Quanjiao and Chuzhou, and the momentum is extremely huge. If the ministers strive in vain, it may be difficult to win the odds. Fortunately, the minister set up a fortification and restraint before, so Li Zhaoshou Dunge's stubborn heart, now want to lose the sincere payment, check the claim in his letter first to offer Chuzhou, and then figure out his strategy, if it can do as he said, then his henchmen tens of thousands, not for my enemy, for my use, that is, the trend of Guangdong rebellion is more and more lonely, and the spirit of rebellion is also seized, Huainan and northern Anhui refer to Gu Suqing, which is Li Zhaoshou's back, which is the key to the overall situation.

Emperor Xianfeng gave Li Zhaoshou three products to wear, gave the name Li Shizhong, and rewarded Hua Ling. Reply to Fu Ji, Li Mengqun, Dexing A, Weng Tongshu, etc., the thief must take strict precautions against the decision of Zongyang.

On July 3, 1858, Shengbao went to Qingliuguan, and Li Zhaoshou was surrendered, but then he postponed it with the excuse that "Tongcheng's dependents have not come to Chu, and his henchmen Chen Guangjun and others are still in Jinling", and said that Chu and others will be sent to the public in September.

Li Mengqun received the order, smiled bitterly, besieged Shucheng for two months, and fought repeatedly, knowing the thief's intentions, what could he do?

Anhui governor Fuji into Anhui for four years, a long battle into a stalemate, since the summer, Chuzhou, Lai'an, Fengyang, Huaiyuan have fallen one after another. Before the edict arrived, Fu Ji begged for leave due to illness.

Emperor Xianfeng angrily reprimanded Fuji for being sluggish and retreating, and for a long time without success, so he stripped his palace title and ordered him to come to Beijing. Li Mengqun was ordered to act as governor of Anhui.

Meng Qun received the decree of Fu Sheng, superimposed surprises, attacked Shu or entered Lu, hesitated, Chen Yucheng's 20,000 troops had arrived at Zhongmei River, cutting off the alliance of Shucheng and Lu'an.

Li Mengqun panicked, resisted one by one, and begged for a way out.

Chen Yucheng couldn't ask for it, and urgently ordered Wu Dinggui, the guard of Sanhe Town, to attack Twenty Lipu and cut off the connection between Shucheng and Luzhou. Destroying Li, relieving Shu, and attacking Lu, a three-pronged approach.

Hanlin editor Li Hongzhang Ding was worried in Lu, knowing that Luzhou was difficult to protect, so he took his family and went to Jiangxi in a hurry to find his brother to avoid trouble.

On August 20, 1858, Wu Dinggui's troops went out of Sanhe Town and attacked Twenty Lipu, and Yu Yingbiao, the deputy general of the Qing Dynasty, was defeated in battle. Wu Dinggui attacked Shibaligang again, and defeated the deputy capital Ruilin; From Eighteen Ligang to Dashu Mountain, more than 10 camps. The Qing army in Luzhou has been a fish in the kettle.

Li Mengqun was frightened and retreated in panic. Luzhou has no owner, Luzhen is brave, and before the confrontation, it has been defeated.

On the 24th, Chen Yucheng Kedian Port and entered Liangyuan; Li Xiucheng also attacked from Quanjiao to the suburbs of Liangyuan.

Li Mengqun retreated without a fight, and Emperor Xianfeng angrily dismissed his post and ordered Weng Tongshu to act as the governor of Anhui and lead troops to resist thieves.

Weng Tongshu received the order, stationed in Liangyuan, and the troops were divided into two routes, counterattacking Dianbu and Quanjiao, but suffered a heavy defeat. Weng Tongshu collected the crippled and surrendered to Dingyuan. Immediately on the sparse: Dingyuan, Hefei people are fierce, and bandits south of Zhangqiao are swarming. Dingyuan is a poor city and small, far away to Qingliuguan, the east is close to Chucheng, the southwest is Xitong Lu County, and its north is Linhuai Post Road. Surrounded on all sides, they are already surrounded by thieves. The ministers assigned officers and soldiers to guard the city tightly, and set up four camps outside the city to make contact.

Emperor Xianfeng ordered Shengbao to be the minister of Qincha to supervise the military affairs of northern Anhui, Anhui governor Weng Tongshu assisted in military affairs, and Yuan Jiasan supervised the military affairs of Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces. The edict ordered Shengbao to attack Luzhou immediately, and it was easy not to allow refuge. Then the official document of the governor of Huguang was sent to Anhui immediately, and he should support Shengbao and Weng Tongshu.

Shengbao received the order and said: The momentum of the carving is very difficult to attack. The twist bandits are in the north, the Guangdong rebellion is in the south, and there is only one city in the middle, and Shouzhou and Lu'an are also extremely heavy. The minister cut through it with an army, which was already the belly and back of the enemy, and there was a sparse danger, and its trouble was unspeakable. The Anhui army is tired, not only Li Mengqun's army; The battalions will go out every time, and they will pass the buck in many ways, and it is difficult to know all kinds of situations. Weichen knocked on the request, and played the troops of Duxing'a and Yang Zaifu to quickly attack Qianshan, Taihu Lake, and Anqing, and withdrew the troops on the south bank of the east stream and gathered on the north bank, striving for the upper reaches. Then ordered Li Xubin's army to march from Yinghuo, regulate Shucheng and Tongcheng, and join the Anhui army to lead the thief. The ministers should motivate the soldiers, from the north to the south, try to recover Chuzhou first, and respond to the east road; Then he joined Lilu County, marched into the army, and cleared Jiangbei.

Shengbao sparsely, said that Anhui Governor Weng Tongshu said: Fengtai practiced the first Miao Peilin, built a village to accumulate grain, refused to twist the bandits, and ensured the peace of one party, which is really a genius; I immediately invited the saint, sealed the prefect of Miao Wupin, and practiced the Huaibei regimental practice.

Weng Tongshu said: Miao Peilin is capricious and cannot be used.

Sheng Bao Dao: Without him, if Miao kills the twist, I will use it.

Miao Peilin won the victory and was promoted, and the authority was in hand, and he was immediately wanton; In the Huaibei area, the Miao army was everywhere, smashing, burning, killing, raping and looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

Huaimin suffered deeply, weeping and drinking: the vortex river flows eastward, and I have a grudge against the Miao thief; My mother-in-law was occupied, and my father and mother cut off their heads.

Hu Linyi's mother was mourned, and the official document received the decree, saying: Anhui Province east Zehe, Chu, Chao, Lu, west Shu, Tong, Qian, Wang, Su, Tai and other places, all of which are thieves. Recently, Luzhou was trapped, and the Yuan Zhang was in the Dingyuan area, and Fengyang, and colluded with bandits, coerced the hungry people, and gathered between Xusu, with tens of thousands, intending to flee north. It is the northern border of Anhui Province that is in danger of being lost, and there is no way to control and strangle the war. The minister planned to transfer troops to the north road to assist Yuan Jia's three battalions to clear out the bandits. There are many bandits and bandits on the stone stele in southern Anhui and Anqing all the way, and it is not particularly difficult for the army of Duxing A and Li Xubin to be divided into the north road, that is, to aid Luzhou and Dingyuan, and to block the thieves of the stone stele and Anqing, it is also not easy. Weichen asked, Duxing'a, Li Xubin and Mabu armies still attacked Qianshan and Shutong from the south road, advancing step by step, and preventing the stone tablet and the thieves of Anqing were not allowed to fly over the back road. Shengbao specially aided Dingyuan and attacked Luzhou. Tong Du Xing'a and Li Xubin succeeded in the south road, and they quickly attacked from both sides, and they could kill the ugliness.

After the official documents were sparse, the attack was immediately ordered.

On September 5, 1858, Li Xubin, Duo Longa, Bao Chao, Zhao Kezhang, and Shi Qingji divided into five routes and attacked Taihu Lake.

The Taihu Lake guard, by the blessing of heaven, Ye Yun came to build the Dongshantou camp overnight to make a horn.

On the 6th, Li Xubin's troops went to the east of Taihu City, and Ye Yunlai sent 8,000 troops out of the city to meet the battle. Continued to attack before and after, and won a big victory; Then the siege ensued. Ye Yunlai relied on the strength of the city to refuse, and repeatedly frustrated the offensive. The Hunan army suffered numerous casualties, continued to stop the attack, and forced the city to camp in the east and northwest of the city; General Shi Qingji also camped in the south of the city. Surrounded by walls.

Taihu Lake was in an emergency, and Yucheng did not dare to be wanton, so he abandoned Dingyuan and entered Chuzhou in the south, hoping to quickly resolve the war between the two Pu.

Li Zhaoshou secretly reported to Shengbao and Dexinga: Chen Yucheng was stationed in Chuzhou, united with Li Xiucheng's army, and attacked Jiangpu and Pukou in the south to pass through the Jinling portal.

Shengbao got retribution, a little comfort, and re-consulted Li Zhaoshou: September has arrived, when will the public surrender?

When Dexinga learned about it, he was anxious to ask for help and spring, and he was anxious to prepare for war.