Chapter 150: Hong Xiuquan sits in Beijing and watches the sky

Li Hongzhang has won many battles, and Zeng Guofan is happy to say: Li Shaoquan is very sharp-eyed.

Ouyang Zhaoxiong said: Li Shaoquan conquered the city and made rapid progress; Yuan Fu and Ji Gao's offensive is a little slow, can you consult one or two.

Zeng Guo said: No, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, Shaoquan Suzhou and Shanghai, the time and place are favorable, so the attack is invincible; Ji Gao, Yuan Fu, slow fire porridge, ready to come.

After that, Zeng Guofan immediately consulted Zeng Guoquan: On the third day of the first month, he received a letter from Cheng Xueqi to report Suzhou Kefu, and on the fourth day of the first month, he received a letter from Tang Zhong Cheng Kefu Huaiyuan. Zhang Shirui of the Miao Party rebelled against Miao Congguan, sacrificed a city of Huaiyuan, and offered 60 gunboats, 4,000 stones, and 3,000 strings of money. Since then, the hearts of the Miao people have benefited. The monk's residence also went to the city of Mongolia, and the siege of Mongolia could be solved immediately.

If Jinling is restored, the younger brother will be in front of Peng and Yang, and the general situation will be played quickly. Folded Shouyun: For the official army to recover Jinling, I would like to take the general situation and gallop first, so as to comfort Chenyu and pray for the holy contemplation. Folding clouds: Fu begging the Empress Dowager Emperor Shengjian. Again, the ministers received a secret letter from Zeng Guofan, and if Jinling recovered, the three ministers were instructed to first play the general situation, and arrived in Beijing one day as early as possible, and Shenghuai was relieved for one day earlier. The details of the situation are still consulted by the official Wen Zeng Guofan and other words. In addition to consulting Chu and Anhui for the continuation of the detailed battle situation, the statement will be combined and respectfully played.

The shorter the fold, the better, Hong Xiuquan's fall, the amount of money, must be said to be probable, in addition, it is advisable to omit. The city of Jinling is wide, the siege should be slow, Hong Xiuquan is unwavering, and the younger brother does not have to be anxious. Chang, Hangzhou, Jia, and Hu are all grams, and Jinling is the result of merit, and it is the right reason. Hello by the way.

Li Hongzhang surrendered in Suzhou, and Zuo Zongtang said angrily: What the fool does, my department forbids. In the past, thieves broke through Hangzhou, and did not kill in vain, and the former political envoy Lin Fuxiang, Qiantang Weaving Hengchu, Taoist Liu Qiang, and the general soldier Mi Xingchao were all treated well. War is war, peace is peace, why be capricious and have no way to live.

Jiang Yili, the political envoy of Zhejiang, said: Peng Yulan is against the water, and we have earned Jinhua; Li Shaoquan killed and surrendered, and he was very cold and thief-like.

Zuo Zongtang said: The thief's heart is like iron, and the Huaibu has been bloody since then.

Jiang Yili said: Qi Yu Zuo Shuai, return to the chief Deng Guangming, very strong, our army attacked for two months, suffered many casualties, and did not go further.

Zuo Zongtang said: Deng Zhiyang's gun team, with more than 10,000 soldiers, killed my garrison Liu Li, and the chief soldier Xiong Jianyi and Taoist Wei Yuyi were also injured; Deng Guangming is indeed a thief's fierce one.

Jiang Yili said: Yesterday, I was injured by a stray bullet before the battle.

Zuo Zongtang said: After that, Brother Jiang can only strategize, do not assault in front of the battle, rest for a while, wait for the Changjie army to bloom and cannon, and then fight a decisive battle with Deng Yi. Yuhang chokes the way of Jiaxing and Huzhou, conquers this place, Hangzhou, Jiazhou, and Hu are separated, and I mobilize heavy troops from Fuyang, Fenshui, and southern Anhui to rush to the aid of Erbu.

Jiang Yili said: Since Li Hongzhang led Huaiyong to Shanghai, he has been invincible, invincible, and beautiful.

Zuo Zongtang said: Instead of envying the fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and weave a net. Lee's smooth sailing, the momentum is coming! Soldiers, it is a matter of life and death, our troops must not attack in vain, fight steadily, and advance step by step.

On the same day, Zuo Zongtang said: Hangzhou Yuhang rebelled against the first middle school, and the famous and cunning people were Deng Guangming and Wang Haiyang the most, and Chen Bingwen and others were second. Its tricks take Hangzhou as its nest and Yuhang as its horns, and they all look forward to the aid of Jiaxing and Huzhou, and fund their help. The road from Jiahu to Hangzhou is in Yuhang, so the officers and troops must first conquer Yuhang, cut off the road from Jiahu and then encircle Hangzhou. Seeing that although Jiang Yili's army forced Fengshan Qingbo to the gates, it could only strangle its west, and the rest of Hangzhou, although it had surrounded its southeast, and there were no heavy troops stationed on the north road, the thieves of the two cities could still go freely.

Suzhou and Wuxi were lost, and Li Xiucheng's morale declined.

Li Shixian went to Danyang in person, saying that Li Xiucheng said: Loyal brothers should not return to Beijing, go to Liyang as soon as possible, find another way, and make a comeback.

Xiu Chengdao: Heaven is the skin of our wait, and the skin will be attached if there is no hair! I will go to Beijing and persuade the king to let the city go.

On December 20, 1863, Xiucheng rode into Beijing, bitter to the king, the demon soldiers were very trapped, the Hao was deep and strong, there was little food inside, foreign aid did not come, it was advisable to let the city not go.

Hong Xiu Quanfu. Xiucheng persuaded again and again until he was forced to die.

Hong Renji also said: Anqing is lost, Tianjing is in danger; and Suzhou fell, and there was little hope of salvation.

Hong Xiuquandao: I follow the holy decree of God, the holy decree of Brother Jesus, and go down to be the only ** among all the nations in the world, why be afraid! You don't need to play, you don't need to take care of political affairs, you want to go out, you want to be in Beijing, and you can do it. I iron through the country, you don't help, free people help. You said that there are no soldiers, and there are more heavenly soldiers than water, so why be afraid of Zeng Demon! If you are afraid of death, you will die.

Hong Xiuquan insisted on going his own way, Li Xiucheng was helpless, so he ordered all the departments, built a fortress near the city, built a moon city, and ran through it to prevent the Hunan army from digging a road and sneaking attack; He also ordered Lin Shaozhang, the king of Zhang, to lead his troops to rescue Changzhou.

Lin Shaozhang received the order, led 20,000 troops, attacked to the west of Changzhou, was blocked by Li Hezhang, fought for two days, and returned in vain.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shao Xiaoshuang, the guard general of Benniu Town, Xia Zhishan, the guard general of Luoshu Bay, and Zhang Bangzuo, the guard general of Shiqiao Bay, saw that the situation was not good, and led the troops to surrender to the ground.

Benniu Town stands between Danyang and Changzhou, and is at the top of the line. Once this town is lost, Dan and Chang Lian are broken. Li Xiucheng didn't dare to be careless, and then sent His Royal Highness Li Rongfa and Chen Shiyong, the king of Zhong, to lead 30,000 troops out of the city to rescue.

Lin Shaozhang, Li Rongfa, and Chen Shiyong attacked together, killing thousands of rebel generals Zhang Bangzuo and breaking through more than a dozen camps.

Li Hezhang did not dare to slack off, and urgently ordered Liu Mingchuan and Guo Songlin to lead the army to help.

The war in Changzhou was not going well, Li Hongzhang urgently ordered Cheng Xueqi to start the department, suspend the rest, quickly attack Pingwang, break the alliance of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then return to Changzhou.

Cheng Xueqi received the order, accompanied by Li Chaobin's water division, and the troops were divided into four routes, advancing by waterway, and besieging Pingwang.

The Taiping army was fearless, filling the river with boulders and sinking boats, and crossing the river with wooden stakes and iron chains.

Li Chaobin's sailors could not advance and could not shell, Cheng Xue's revelation was weak, and an ambush was set up in the reed tent. The Taiping army failed to sneak attack, but suffered a crushing defeat. Cheng Xueqi took the opportunity to divide the battalions and approached the artillery bombardment. The Taiping army was defeated and abandoned the city.

The flat view was broken, and Cheng Xueqi was anxious to go south into Zhejiang and attack Jiaxing.

Li Hongzhang did not allow it, and said: Jiaxing and Huzhou are the forbidden areas of Zuo Jigao, and the soil will not be touched for the time being; Liu Bingzhang, Pan Dingxin, and Wu Changqing, sporadically beat and prevented thieves from counterattacking; Fang Zhong personally led a team to Changzhou to observe the battle.

Cheng Xueqi went to Changzhou to see the teacher, Guo Songlin watched his swagger, and was very annoyed, that is, he used killing and surrendering as bait, and spoke evil words to each other. Cheng Xueqi did not show weakness, but ridiculed each other.

Li Hezhang also knew that Cheng and Guo had never been on good terms, so they could only persuade each other with good words, and said: Brother Fang Zhong arrived two days early, which can help me kill the thief.

Cheng Xueqi said: The siege of Benniu Town has been solved, the siege of Changcheng has been closed, Yang Dingxun and the Wenbang Department have also come to help, and the city will only be broken for a while.

Li Hezhang said: I want to ask my brother to take care of himself, how about it?

Cheng Xueqi smiled and said: There is no need to add flowers to the cake, Brother Ji Quan's dog tail continues to mink, there is no need to do this.