Chapter 130 Zuo Zongtang marched into Zhejiang

The Taiping army ravaged Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Hangzhou was lost, Shanghai was restored, and Zeng Guofan, the minister of Qincha and the governor of Liangjiang, was worried, but he had bamboo in his chest. Jinling Bike, is also a boat pushed along the river. In the future, the road is clear, the heel is also stable, and it can fight to the death with the Guangdong rebellion. I will, attack from all sides, attack from nine directions, and break the enemy in one fell swoop. I immediately consulted the Jingzhou general Duolong'a, the governor of Hubei Li Xuyi, and the Caoyun governor Yuan Jia Sansanlu army to attack together and besiege Chen Yucheng's bandit troops in Luzhou; Chen Gou was annihilated, and Li went south from Huaidian to Zhenjiang, joined Feng Zicai's department, attacked Jinling in the west, and aided Shanghai in the east. Zuo Shuai Zongtang and Jiang Yili's newly recruited Xiangyong entered Zhejiang from Huizhou, and after consolidating Jiangjiang and Wu, they completely annihilated Li Shixian's bandits. After Zeng Guoquan recruited Yong and returned, he immediately attacked Jinling; Zeng Guoquanbu, along the north of the Yangtze River; Zeng Guobao's department, advancing along the south of the Yangtze River; Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin, sailors, went down the river, echoing the north and south; Bao Chaoting's department, from Qingyang to attack Ningguo; Zhang Yunlan's department, choking Huizhou, arched the back road. After Li Hongzhang returned bravely, he temporarily responded to all walks of life.

The order of the national domain was stopped, and the repetition was dredged: the plastered land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is full of thieves, the caves have been completed, the roots have been solidified, and the overall situation in the southeast is more difficult to clean up. Weichen is sparse, and he only dares to be hard and dumbfounded. Zuochen Zongtang, who is familiar with military aircraft, talks about military warfare, I might as well do it. If the left is entrusted with the heavy task of Xinjiang, it will be able to rectify Zhejiang's defense and completely annihilate the thieves.

After the national feudal sparseness, I consulted Zuo Zongtang again: to manage Zhejiang affairs, all the battles are vigorous, and it is our duty to do so.

The Empress Dowager Cixi took over and said that the Empress Dowager Ci'an said: Zuo Zongtang is familiar with military aircraft, Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, Luo Bingzhang, Zhang Liangji, Pan Zuyin, etc. are all said to be rare talents.

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: In this case, the post of governor of Zhejiang is none other than Zuo Chen.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: Zuo Chen is a new one, or a newborn calf; What the strength is also to be seen. The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Qingduan, quickly moved to Pucheng to prevent blockage.

Qing Duan, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, received the decree and said: Qufang has 7,000 Li Dingtai, and Zuofu attacks and enlightens 6,000, which is enough to support. Jiangshan and Changshan have sent Li Yuandu 8,000 to strangle Pianling, and the general Xue Shi led 1,500 Fujian soldiers to garrison at the mouth of the gorge. Pucheng first sent the general soldier Guan Changling and others to defend it all the way. Jiangshan, Pucheng and other small roads are divergent, and Zhu Shanquan and other brave 3,000 are added to assist in defense, while Longquan, Songyang, Zhenghe three roads only have Lin Wencha and other brave 4,000, and the general Yang Sanyi and other brave 300, still thin.

Zuo Zongtang was in a good mood when he first took office in Xinjiang, and he said: The bad thing about Zhejiang's military affairs lies in the fact that the successive governors did not know all the soldiers. They are all poor in the province's salaries and silver, helping the armies in Jinling and southern Anhui, hoping to use their strength as a barrier, but they are careless in selecting generals to train troops. After Nanying, Suchang, and southern Anhui declined, they regained the defeated generals and gave them heavy salaries, thinking that they would be enveloped and hoped to be revived. However, the courage of the soldiers is increasing day by day, the salary is decreasing, the military orders are not carried out, the rules are fled, and the battle is defeated.

The ministers were ordered to supervise and supervise the operation, and they must eliminate the inferior soldiers, recruit new braves, sharpen them strictly, and stand by to fight. The way to march is to slow rather than fast; The strategy of controlling thieves is to camp step by step. Once recovered, they must be closely defended to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and no matter how much they get, they will be effective. Otherwise, gains and losses will not help the situation.

Weichen investigated, the current situation of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, in southern Anhui, then guarded Huizhou and Chizhou to attack Ning County and Guangde. At this time, if you start from Quzhou, then the strong city is lined up, both blocking the front, Jin Yan is the thief and the thief is behind it, the lone army is deep, the stalk in the road, and there is no reason for self-improvement; Jinhua is in the middle of Quyan, the city is strong and thieves, if the army is attacked by Jinhua, then the thieves of Yanzhou will sneak out from Chun and Shou, which is not a good policy. The army seems to save Zhejiang by relying on Hui County, and it is safer to pass through Yanzhou. For the Fujian army, it is strictly prevented from going from Zhejiang to Fujian to bypass the road to Jiangxi; After that, the salary road was dredged, the military funds were received correctly, the roads knew each other, and they were bent on attacking and suppressing, and the ruler was the ruler, although the progress was slow and roundabout, but the actual effect could be expected.

On February 18, 1862, Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Zhejiang, led the Chu army to conquer Kaihua; On March 9, Zaikesui'an; It is less than 100 miles away from Yanzhou.

Li Shixian was not in a hurry to rescue, but reversed the whole army and attacked Quzhou again.

Zuo Zongtang sighed: The view of disobedience is higher than that of bandits; The first battle of Quzhou was destined to be difficult. Quickly passed on my order, Jiang Yili, the chief secretary of Zhejiang, and Liu Peiyuan, the chief soldier of Quzhou Town, quickly accompanied the newly recruited water and land bravely, and galloped to Quzhou to assist in the battle.

Li Shixian fought against Zuo Zongtang repeatedly, but there was no progress, so he had to ask for help in Suzhou.

Li Xiucheng received the news and consulted Li Shixian: Shanghai Yiren, the ship is strong and the artillery is sharp, and it has been in collusion with the Qing demon; Tan Shaoguang's 100,000 army could not be controlled, so I personally conquered and surrounded and annihilated the Shanghai demon. Left Demon Zongtang, the soldiers are all fast, and they can't hold on for a long time; The brotherhood gathers the soldiers of Zhejiang, and this demon can be punished; Even if it can't be controlled, it will be happy to hold each other. When I settle Shanghai, I will come to help my brother.

In mid-March, Li Xiucheng consulted Li Mingcheng, Tan Shaoguang, Li Rongfa, and Liu Zhaojun: The war in Shanghai has dragged on for a long time, and it is really a cause for trouble. If you want to break Shanghai, you must take Songjiang, and if you want to take Songjiang, you must first destroy the Huaer foreign guns. However, the guns of the people are indeed better than me. It is always advisable for our army to consolidate the military aircraft first, and it seems that it is not in a moment's strong wrestling, and it can be used as the best strategy to be good at scheming. This king's will, Li Mingcheng of the Six Kings Sect, must break through Sijing and Qibao, send two fierce generals to garrison, cut off the connection between Songjiang and Shanghai, and trap and kill the demons. After capturing Sijing and Qibao, the camp will be entrenched, and it is not suitable to attack and advance again, and it will be in the camp of Li Rongfa across the river, with the same sound and breath, and each other is the trend of horns. Sijing is solid, and Li Mingcheng is the general of the loyal and filial piety dynasty, Chen Bingwen, and takes Songjiang. Songjiang Deke, Li Mingcheng's troops were stationed in Songjun, and the first army was sent to hold Taicang and support each other. The western front was consolidated, and Chen Bingwen's department went to Wusongkou and stationed troops to wait for work, and it was a plan to march slowly. Liu Zhaojun's department, that is, rushed from Jiading to Wusongjiang and Huangdu, set up camp, deep ditch and high base, the camp must be built firmly, and it is good for birds to not enter; And with Li Mingcheng, echoing across the river, exchanging voices. All parties have established that if there is food, it will be dished, and the demon will be suppressed. Wait for the changes in the demon and take the opportunity to calculate.

All the generals received the order, and they all sighed secretly.