Chapter 132: Zeng Guoquan marched into Jinling

In mid-March 1862, Zeng Guoquan led 6,000 newly recruited Xiangyong to Anqing.

Zeng Guofan said that Zeng Guoquan said: Shanghai is gathered by Suzhou and Hangzhou and foreign goods, and he has to donate 600,000 gold every month; If the younger brother goes to Shanghai, it will be good and good.

Zeng Guoquan said: My brother has repeatedly urged him to return, and he was in a hurry to go to Shanghai! Don't attack the old nest, it's useless to fight, and forcing the city is enough to kill the enemy. Although it is dangerous, there is something to be done. Jiangning is the root of the thief, and if he attacks Jiangning urgently, the thief will help with all his might, and then Su and Hangketu. The edict of the first emperor said that those who recover Jinling can be crowned the king of the county. This machine is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it will be fought to the death for my brother to become the first merit of the world.

Zeng Guofan said: Shanghai is rich in the world, and now send two people to ask for troops, and promise to pay me 100,000 yuan a month to help me, and send them to Shanghai by steamer, which can be arrived in four days. Yu will try to protect Shanghai, if his brother has no intention, Li Shaoquan will go to Shanghai! However, he is good at the case, and the marching array seems to be lacking.

Zeng Guoquan said: General Cheng Xueqi, resourceful and decisive, plagiaristic and ruthless, the opening battalion under it, extremely fierce, can make up for Li Lack.

Zeng Guofan said: Li and Cheng are both Anhui people, or they can help each other in the same boat. The army of attack and rebellion can be divided into three sides and six routes. Zuo Zongtang's side has now entered Zhejiang, and Li Hongzhang's side is about to go to Shanghai; On the younger president's side, we will clear the road first and advance steadily. When Duolong A enters Jiuhuanzhou, Li Xuyi goes south to Zhenjiang, and Bao Chao breaks Ningguo, then they can go separately and encircle Jinling.

Zeng Guoquan said: When should Duolonga, Li Xuyi, and Yuan Jia break through Luzhou and completely annihilate Chen Wei?

Zeng Guofan said: After the Anqing War, Chen Gouzhu guarded Luzhou, slumped, and now he divided his troops to attack Yu into Shaanxi; It is difficult to gather soldiers, and it is easy to divide soldiers; Since then, Luzhou will be broken, and Chen will die! From this point of view, whether Anqing City is broken or not is really a cardinal for the transformation of attack and defense between the enemy and us.

Zeng Guoquan said: Yes! Before Anqing broke, Miao Peilin besieged Shouzhou, and Li Zhaoshou looked at Jiangbei. After Anqing was broken, Miao Peilin seized Linhuai and besieged Yingzhou; Li Zhaoshou defeated Tianchang and Liuhe, and regained Jiangpu and Pukou. In the north of the river and in the south of Huai, the army is very good.

Zeng Guofan said: Miao and Li are repeated villains. Miao Peilin was capricious, Chen Dog soldiers came to Anqing, flattered and showed goodwill, earned a pseudo-king, besieged Shouzhou, and acted recklessly; Anqing is broken, victory is coming, I am extremely powerful, and I will repeat. Li Zhaoshou has been repeated, Miao Wei Shouzhou, invited him to advance together, Li Nozhi; I broke Anqing, Zhaoshou conquered the city, this is the trend. However, Liangpu, Tianchang, and Liuhe have been gained, but they are also the losses of thieves, and the barrier of thieves in the north of the river is gone! The flood thieves have sent 40,000 troops to cross the river for first aid. In this way, in the upper reaches of Jinling, the thieves are extremely weak, and there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Zeng Guoquan said: After a short break, I will raise troops to march east. Please ask my brother to consult Li Zhaoshou immediately, and the camera will help.

Zeng Guo Fan Road: The day before yesterday, the two Pu and Liuhe were obtained, and the upper could pass through Wu Wuwei and the spirit of the various armies, and the lower could join Yuan Jiasan Linhuai and Chuzhou to aid the armies, then the Jiangbei fragment was completed, the foundation was solid, and then the downstream branch returned to the south bank. This recital, the younger brother can listen to it, and there is no need to take it seriously. Miao Peilin, Li Zhaoshou and other repeated people don't have to be friends.

Zeng Guoquan said: What is Duxing's intention to enter Liangpu?

Zeng Guofan said: Go to the two palaces to kill Su Shun, I once thought that I would destroy the Great Wall! Looking at it now, the wisdom of the two palaces is far beyond the eyebrows. Jiangning's general Du Xing'a, stationed in Liangpu, obviously to suppress the flood thieves, but actually to curb Zhaoshou and us; Shengbao, Monk Greenqin's soldiers are in Jianghuai, and they also have this meaning.

Zeng Guoquan said: In this way, I have no immediate concerns, and there will be far-term dangers!

Zeng Guofan smiled and said: Jinling can't be killed, and the flood thieves are not removed, this is not a thing. The birds and rabbits are still there, and the bows and dogs are safe. Quickly pass on my order, brother and brother Ji, and Bao Chao and Peng Yulin, immediately advance by land and water, and point to Jinling. Li Hongzhang's department, waiting for the arrival of the Yi ship, that is, along the river to aid Shanghai.

Zeng Guoquan said: I kill people like hemp, Peng Yulin is repeatedly resentful, and they don't complement each other!

Zeng Guofan said: Peng Xueqin is chivalrous, how can you and I be compared! This gentleman is silently good, the joy of the room, and the sex is still not comfortable. He was seriously injured and had a lot of illnesses, and he did not take a day off to return home for treatment. In the midst of the storms and rocks all year round, although he was very sick, he did not move to the shore one day. After years of governing the army, he has not tasted the colony of one acre of battalion. My brother must rest every battle, return to his hometown in fine clothes, buy a house and raise land, it is also fast!

Zeng Guoquan smiled and said: If you don't have any interests, you can have your own fun.

Zeng Guofandao: Killing in the field, life and death are unpredictable, the world is like chess, and people's hearts are unpredictable. If Peng Yulin is a wall-watcher, I will replace him with Yang Zaifu. The younger brother is along the north of the river, straight down to the nest, Han, and; Ji Di was in the south of the Yangtze River, attacking Lugang, Nanling, and Wuhu, and advancing in the north and south; Bao Chaoting's army, besieging Ningguo, echoed from afar. Zhang Yunlan's department is stationed in Huizhou to protect the back road. Peng Yulin and Yang Zaifu sailors went down the river and connected the north and south. All units must march together to support each other, and must not go deep alone and be taken advantage of by the enemy.

Zeng Guoquan said: Chen Yucheng was trapped in Lu, Li Xiucheng was attacking Shanghai, Li Shixian was stuck in Zhejiang, Chen Kunshu crossed the river to aid Yiliu Yangzhou; To the west of Jinling, the bandits are extremely weak, or they can drive straight in, overnight, once and for all.

Zeng Guofan said: Li Xubin's experience from the past, are you forgetful?

Zeng Guoquan said worriedly: My brother's thoughts, my foolish brother knows.

On March 24, 1862, Zeng Guoquan, the political envoy of Jiangsu, Bao Chao, the named governor, Peng Yulin, the squire of the military department, and Zeng Guobao, the registered prefect, supervised 50,000 troops, marched eastward and forced Jinling.

Four days later, Li Hongzhang, who was compiled by Hanlin and was originally an alternate according to the rank of inspector, accompanied by Huai Yong, who was newly recruited by the five battalions, and the eight battalions who were married to Zeng Guofan, took seven Yi boats, went down the river, and entered Shanghai in turn.

Before Hongzhang's departure, the national domain held hands and told each other: From now on, Shaoquan has become an army of his own; Huai Junxing, Shao Quan'an; The Huai army was defeated, and Shaoquan was in danger. In the first poor years of my Hao, I could only support the use of Xiangyong's army; Shaoquan Huaijun's use can only go to Shanghai to raise his own funds. If it is like Zhejiang Zuo Gongzhi's immediate appointment of Xinjiang, it is flawless; I judge the situation and must be quick and thoughtful.

Li Hongzhang's eyes were full of tears, and he choked up and said: "The teacher is very gracious, Hongzhang has no teeth and never forgets!"

Zeng Guo Fan Dao: Yuan Fu raised troops for six years, only the three cities of Kejian, Jingde, and Anqing, that is, they went to the Taoist domain, everyone was stunned, and I was also afraid. Five years ago, Shaoquan was appointed as a commissioner, and this time he went to Shanghai, if he encountered a small setback, he should not be arrogant; It is necessary to take military training and learning to fight as the foundation of life, and the officials will put the affairs of the government and razor in the future, and in time, they will definitely soar into the sky.

After the Zeng Guo Quanji word battalion broke Anqing, the prestige was shaken, and everything was gone, within 20 days, Liankechao County, Hanshan, Hezhou, Yuxikou, Xiliang Mountain.

Zeng Guofan did not like to be surprised, and urgently ordered Zeng Guoquan: quickly send troops to guard the nest, and Xiliang Mountain, as the root of the back road of the younger army, and then personally led seven or eight thousand people to cross the river by quarrying, garrisoning the Taiping area, and the soldiers across the river and Zhou, Xiliang Mountain are each other's horns, and the upper can be caught in the East Liang, Wuhu, and the lower can be returned to Jinling, which seems to be a victory.

Zeng Guoquan was consulted, and said that Xiao Fusi, the chief soldier of Dezhen, and Li Chendian, the general of the staff, said: Ji brother Zeng Guobao, Yike Jiuxian, Fanchang, Nanling, Wuhu is already a lonely city, and the thief can only sit and wait to be killed. Bao Chaoting's army, fought fiercely in April, annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, and finally conquered Qingyang; Yesterday, he conquered Jing County again, and Ningguo in southern Anhui was also desperate. Peng Yulin's sailor arrived at the Taiping River in a few days. The north and south of the river, the defeat of the enemy is like a broken river. I intend to take a quick rest, cross the river on a certain day, meet with Peng Yulin's sailors, capture Jinzhu Pass, and cut off the alliance of Wuhu and Jinling traitors.