Hu Linyi received the order, on January 11, 1859, galloped to Huangzhou, collected the remnants, comforted the soldiers, sent people to Hunan to recruit new bravery, and rectified the time, Lin Yi said: The army has been prosperous for nine years, every time it is difficult to force the city and fortify, bent on attacking fortifications, the soldiers are destroyed, and the ambition is secretly lost, and the lord will not be aware. As for the help of the thief, the other share will take advantage of the situation and disturb it, which will cause the opportunity to be missed. It is the officers and soldiers who focus on the front, and the thieves will attack the latter; Every time the officers and soldiers attack on their backs, the thieves turn to take advantage of the weakness with their spare strength. The past is already there, and the past can be learned. Now the thieves of Taihu Lake and the stone tablet are hidden in the city and will not fight. The cunning of the thief is determined to bruise the soldiers with a strong city, and turns to the empty and unprepared, taking advantage of the gap, and thinking cunningly. Observing the situation, the thief has set up a fortification of the city, and it will not be able to perform in the near months. Yan Jingming, the head of the household department, fulfilled his name and begged to go to Hubei to handle the grain and Taiwan camp affairs. The ministers are accompanied by official documents, and the superintendents urge the generals, manage the salary, raise the virtuous and the people, and seek Anhui after Bao Chuer.

Zeng Guofan took over the order and played again: Shi Reverse Dakai, leaving Su for more than a year; Recently, out of Ruijin, committed Huichang, not gram; If you commit an offense again, you will not refrain from it; Resurrect Xinfeng, heavy stone, and no more. This thief is rebellious, tossing and turning, living in no fixed place, and the mountain and wild thieves are no longer afraid. Recently, the thieves are the heaviest on the north and south banks of the Anhui River. The southern Anhui riverside belongs to each genus, since Xianfeng three years, for a long time for the Guangdong bandits-infested area. From the south of the mountain, there are thieves in Wuyuan and Jingdezhen. If it can be expelled, the defense of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is loose, and the north of Anhui is divided into two roads, south of Jiaohu, Anqing, Wuwei, Chaoxian, and Han, and they have long been entrenched by Guangdong bandits. From the north of the lake, Luzhou, Fengyang and Huaibei belong to each other, and the Cantonese bandits and twist bandits are mixed and disturbed. The thieves in northern Anhui are ten times more powerful than those in southern Anhui. Hu Linyi heard the alarm and recovered, and the hearts of Chu and Anhui's friends gradually became calm. In terms of the importance of the overall situation, it is advisable to work together with Jiangbei to clear the Central Plains; In terms of the current urgency, it is advisable to attack Jingdezhen first to protect the mouth of the lake.

Again, according to the title of inspector, the Hanlin Academy edited Li Hongzhang, Xianfeng was ordered in the first month of the third year of Xianfeng, and handled the Anhui regimental defense with Lu Xianji, the waiter of the Ministry of Works. He was sent to the military camp by Tichen and Chun, and Anhui Fuchen Fuji to stay in the military camp to do everything. After a long time, I am industrious. In September of the seventh year, Fu Chai reported that the officer's father Ding was worried about the obedience, and after the handling of the incident was completed, he returned to Beijing to serve. The edict of the Emperor was aimed at the case. After the completion of the Anhui camp, the member came to Jiangxi Province in the winter of last year and wanted to return to Beijing. Because the minister has been in the military for a long time, he has both civil and military qualifications, so he can stay in the camp.

Emperor Xianfeng said: In terms of greatness, Li Qing continued to die in Sanhe, and in terms of smallness, Deng Qing Shaoliang died in Wanlan. The military heart is in mourning, and it is difficult to do both. Shi Reverse tossed and turned, the horse was thin and long, Zeng Chen must do his best, within half a year, between the mountains and ravines in southern Jiangxi, he punished Shi Rebellion, led the army to the north, and coordinated the overall situation. Li Hongzhang's detention in the camp is accurate.

Zeng Guofan received the decree and said that Li Hongzhang said: There are thousands of mountains in southern Gansu, and it is not easy to kill the stone bandits.

Li Hongzhang said: Chen Yucheng retreated to Taihu Lake, Wu Yi troops entered southern Anhui, joined hands with Hurunzhi Gong, marched along the river, attacked Chen thief, sought Jingde, Wuyuan, and took Taihu Lake and Qianshan.

Zeng Guofan said: I also have this intention, but Hu Runzhi was defeated last year, and the army's heart fluctuated. The saint urges us to go south and north, and slowly figure it out.

Shi Dakai has been stationed in southern Gannan for a long time, and he has been repeatedly attacked without success, and he is annoyed; He personally led the main force, divided the troops into five routes, besieged Nan'an, repeatedly attacked, reached the urgency, ordered the wide application of goods and medicine, and blew up the wall to attack the city. The generals acted according to the order, and on January 3, 1859, Nan'an was finally kept. Da Kai stationed in the city, divided his troops into four blows, and rested for the New Year.

Although Nan'an was lost, Zeng Guofan was not afraid, and said: Shi Reverse Dun soldiers Nan'an, hesitated, and stopped this ear. However, the Anhui thief party has a very evil atmosphere, and its afflictions are long. The officers and soldiers are long when they eliminate thieves, and they are long when they disappear, and there is no reason for neutrality. If I can then suppress the thief, the thief will do his best to prevent me from running away; If I cannot go on to kill the thief, the thief will take advantage of the gap against me, and overflow from the side. Cheng made both sides of the river have heavy troops, 30,000 horses on the north bank, and Du Xing'a, Li Xuyi, and Bao Chao are in charge; There are more than 10,000 water divisions on the river, Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin are at their disposal; 20,000 horses on the south bank, Weichen, Xiao Qijiang, Zhang Yunlan are appointed; Three in parallel, sandwiched the river down, fortunately succeeded, into the occupation of a hundred miles, then the thief less than a hundred miles of grain, that is, not very successful, and the upstream of the momentum is heavy, that is, the downstream thief has to resist me with all his strength, its two battalions in Jinling, Luzhou are enough to draw the bottom of the salary, and increase the car outside the auxiliary. Weichen immediately ordered Zhang Yunlan's troops to attack Jingdezhen and clear the remaining bandits in northern Jiangxi.

Emperor Xianfeng said: Zeng Chen's strategy is very good. Recently, Luo Bingzhang said: intercepted Yang Shi's second reverse letter, and Yang Zhifu Qing instructed him to go north from Jiangxi and Ji, and cooperate with it to peek at Anhui and Hubei; Shi rebelled from Nan'an to Hunan, and went down to Hubei Province to take advantage of the upstream trend. If Shi's move is successful, Hunan and Hubei will be in danger. Zeng Chen must supervise the soldiers and generals, go all out, and suppress Yang.

Emperor Xianfeng strictly ordered, Zeng Guofan had no choice but to order Xiao Qijiang to lead 3,000 brave to aid southern Jiangnan.

Xiao Qijiang marched for three days, and then told him: The bandits of Southern Jiangxi are spreading, and it is difficult to take care of them.

Counsel of the National Domain: Rescue Ganzhou, Xinfeng, and Nan'an, and don't have to worry about it.

Zhang Yunlan said: May I ask Di Shuai, where are we going?

Zeng Guofan said: Fujian Yu bandits have been pacified, Jiang Changgui, the chief soldier of Wannan Town, and Li Dingtai, the chief soldier of Quzhou Town, besieged Wuyuan. I order: Erbu immediately marched north and sought an opportunity to overcome Jingdezhen; Zeng Guoquan's department, guarding the vicinity of Ji'an, strictly prevented the stone from going north.

On January 18, 1859, Zhang Yunlan led 4,000 troops from Leping to Jingdezhen.

Zhang Yunlan inspected for three days and consulted Zeng Guofan: The thieves rebelled against 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the Wuyuan thieves were horns. Near the town, Li Village, Lower Li Village, across 20 miles, are all nests. The terrain is scattered, the harbor is divided, and it is not easy to attack.

Zhang Yunlan was cowardly before the battle, and attacked three times in January, but did not gain an inch of land.

Jingdezhen is difficult to overcome, Zeng Guo ordered the clan: Zhang Yunlan's department, don't be in a hurry, wait for the move, don't go far to attack, and hurt the elite in vain. Shen Baozhen of Jiujiang Province, the rate of Pingjiang bravely rushed to help.

At the end of the month, reinforcements arrived, and Zhang Yunlan was arrogant and led the army to attack. Yang Fuqing divided their ways to meet the battle, and the two armies fought fiercely. The chieftain carved, it was dark, Zhang Yunlan was about to close the team, and suddenly there were more than 10,000 Taiping troops, returning from behind Chestnut Mountain. Yunlan was full of spirits, and the overseers fought again, but they were gradually unable to support. An hour later, more than 10,000 Taiping troops entered the battle group, and Zhang Yunlan could no longer support it, leaving behind 300 corpses and retreating in embarrassment.

Zeng Guofan wept bitterly and consulted Zhang Yunlan: Jingde is rugged and difficult to fight. And since the defeat in northern Anhui last year, the morale of Xiangyong has not recovered. The injuries were 300, all of which were sharp pawns. Don't start such a vicious battle again. Erbu rested a little, held the pass, and the thieves came to fight a decisive battle, and there was no need to attack lightly.

Yang Fuqing was trapped in Jingde and Wuyuan for two months, ran out of ammunition and food, abandoned Wuyuan, and attacked Qimen, but did not resist; Attack Jiande again, Kede. Fu and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way to Poyang and Pengze; plagiarized the back road of Raojun all the way to relieve the siege of Jingdezhen; He also said that Leping would attack Fuzhou.

Zeng Guofan was worried about Zhang Yunlan's back road, so he immediately led his army into Fuzhou to help Yunlan; He also ordered Pu Chengyao and Liu Tenghe to march forward with their cameras and horses.