Chapter 151: Cheng Xueqi died in Jiaxing

Cheng Xueqi looked at the army for a long time and returned in a huff.

When Li Hongzhang heard this, he snickered for a long time, then summoned Cheng Xueqi and said: Fang Zhong repeatedly said that Guo Zimei embezzled military salaries, supported concubines for fun, and bullied the good, but is there anything wrong?

Cheng Xueqi said: Under the city of Anqing, I had to surrender, Guo Songlin was eyeing me, and repeatedly wanted to put me to death, I followed Li Shuai, turned over completely, and ridiculed each other, human nature. I am a descendant, and I am a native of Anhui, and I will not tolerate the Hunan people.

Li Hongzhang said: What does Fang Zhong say! I'm also a native of Anhui.

Cheng Xueqi knelt down and said: Li Shuai mentioned the grace, and Cheng did not forget it. Cheng insisted on killing and surrendering, causing a monstrous disaster, Li Shuai not only blamed him, but took it alone, and Cheng was ashamed.

Li Hongzhang hurriedly supported and said: Fang Zhong Fang Zhong, please get up quickly, there is no more trouble, Hurd and Margery mediated, Gordon has settled his grievances, and he will go to Changzhou to suppress the bandits in a few days.

Cheng Xueqidao: Li Shuai's hands and eyes are up to the sky, his magical powers are vast, and he is omnipotent, and Cheng admires him very much.

Li Hongzhang smiled and said: What hands and eyes are powerful and powerful, and the carving insects have small skills! Gordon loves money, 10,000 taels of silver is enough! With Gordon's love of money, 200,000 silver is enough to dismantle the victorious army; Changzhou Deke will cut this army. Fang Zhong quickly reorganized the army, supervised the troops, went south into Zhejiang, met Liu Bingzhang, Pan Dingxin, and Wu Changqing, and captured Jiaxing; If you meet the chief Cai Yuanlong, he will immediately behead him to avenge the surrender of Taicang.

Cheng Xueqi said: Gordon is loaded with live ammunition and comes to the door to provoke, so it should be cut. Although Jiaxing is the jurisdiction of Zuo Jigao, it is occupied by thieves, and I attack it myself; Congratulations to Li Shuai, finally eliminating the view of the portal.

Li Hongzhang said: The urging of the two palaces is very urgent, and I have to do it. The two powers benefit each other, and the two powers harm each other, and the helpless move is also a helpless move! I had a general friendship with Zuo Jigao, attacked his forbidden body, and got a few bad words, which were harmless; If I enter Jinling and take away the beauty of people, will I not be ungrateful?

Cheng Xueqidao: The main forces of our army are all around Changzhou, and Gordon will come soon, won't Changcheng be broken at the touch of a button?

Li Hongzhang said: Jinling is not broken, don't worry about Changzhou. And with Taihu Lake as the boundary, the north of the lake, Jinling, Danyang, Jintan, Jurong and other cities; To the south of the lake, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing and other cities are all occupied by thieves; Yixing and Liyang, in the middle, connecting the north and south, should be pulled out first; I immediately sent Guo Songlin, Gordon and a naval division to attack Yixing to divide the forces of the attack; Changzhou is broken or not, I have consulted, Li Hezhang and Liu Mingchuan have their own measure.

In late January 1864, Cheng Xueqi summoned Liu Bingzhang, Pan Dingxin, and Wu Changqing to Pingwang to discuss the attack on Jiaxing.

Pan Ding Xindao: Zhapu, Pinghu, Haiyan, and Jiashan are all due to the surrender of the city by the rebel generals; We are besieging Jiaxing, and we can draw scoops according to the gourd.

Cheng Xueqidao: Suzhou was killed and surrendered last month, and I have no gourd to paint.

Liu Bingzhang said: It's okay. The morale of our army is high, that is, we cannot surrender, but attack!

Wu Changqing is also attached.

Cheng Xueqi said: Li Shuai has an order, if he encounters the chieftain Cai Yuanlong, he will be surrounded and killed immediately.

Cheng Xueqi and others besieged Jiaxing, Zuo Zongtang was furious, and said that Jiang Yili said: Li Hongzhang crossed the border to grab merit, and if he is shameless, he will be impeached immediately. Jiaxing controls the ocean externally, and the lake is wrong inside, which is the gateway of Hangzhou provincial capital, and it must be attacked immediately.

Jiang Yili said: Our army besieged Yuhang and Hangzhou, and we were unable to take care of them. The day before yesterday, the chief Cai Yuanlong begged to surrender, and I thought about the day, but I couldn't decide; This chief is capricious, he once surrendered in Taicang, killed more than a thousand, can An have faith? I intend to take this thief and behead him immediately after he takes the city.

Zuo Zongtang was furious and said: Xiangquan is wanton, ridiculous! We are not Li Hongzhang, Cheng Xueqi and the like, who went back on their word, slaughtered and slaughtered the city, and had no faith. The thief has gone against the general trend, Cai Yuanlong has no way out, the real and false fall, Xiangquan will know it after a try.

On January 24, Jiang Yili went to the suburbs of Haining to meet with Cai Yuanlong.

Jiang Yili said: Really down?

Cai Yuanlong said: If you really accept it, my 10,000 troops will immediately shave their hair and attack Tongxiang to open the way for the Er's army.

Jiang Yili said: Zuo Shuai passed the word, we are all Hunan people, if you are sincere, Zuo Shuai will protect you and others.

Cai Yuanlong said: I am willing to go to the soup for Zuo Shuai, and I will never give up!

On February 9, Cai Yuanlong led the 10,000 troops to counterattack and attack Tongxiang at night. The next day, Jiang Yili also led the army to attack.

Tongxiang guard He Peizhang stubbornly resisted for six days, ran out of ammunition and food, Cai Yuanlongfu pouted, He immediately surrendered the city.

Jiang Yili was overjoyed and said: Immediately enter Jiaxing, persuade the guards, or be able to get without a fight.

Cai Yuanlong said: Rong Wang Liao Fashou, who loves the kingdom of heaven, governs and marches, and does not commit any crimes in autumn; Love the soldiers, love the people, like family. This person is difficult to persuade to surrender. The foreign gun team under it is extremely powerful, and it is difficult to attack and suppress.

Jiang Yili sighed and said: The teacher of Jiaxing said that for the rest of his life for 30 years, he could not see gambling, only at this time. Thinking about the order of the long hair, the local officials of the dynasty did not arrest it. Liao Rongfa, although he has gone astray, is also a righteous person.

Cai Yuanlong arrived in Jiaxing and personally persuaded him to surrender, but was reprimanded by Liao Fashou.

Jiang Yili said: Li Hongzhang, Cheng Xueqi and others are attacking Jiaxing from the north, we will not compete with them, Brother Cai will rest for a while and watch the snipe and mussels fight. I immediately returned to the division, repelled the enemy, and returned to attack Hangzhou.

Cai Yuanlong said: Li Hongzhang, Cheng Xueqi and others hate me to the bone, do you send peaches to Li?

Jiang Yili said: Li Hongzhang came to consult three times, and asked me to arrest my brother and bring him to justice. If I make a mistake, Zuo Shuai will cut off my head.

Li Hongzhang repeatedly asked Cai Yuanlong to be unacceptable, and said angrily: Zuo Zongtang harbored the rebellion of Yue, and he will be impeached immediately!

Cheng Xueqi said: Now that you have torn your face, why not storm Jiaxing, new hatred and old grudges, and sweep them away together!

Li Hongzhang said: The two palaces issued another edict, ordering me to speed up Jiaxing and Changzhou, and transfer to Jinling, and I will not wait for time, pass on my military order, and immediately besiege Jiaxing.

Jiaxing was in an emergency, blocking Wang Huang Wenjin, auxiliary Wang Yang Fuqing, Youwang Li Yuanji, Kangwang Wang Haiyang, listening to Wang Chen Bingwen, Guiwang Deng Guangming, etc., consulted and responded, the kings did not belong to each other, and the military orders were difficult to pass, so they could only fight separately.

On February 28, Huang Wenjin from Huzhou, Chen Bingwen from Hangzhou, and Deng Guangming from Shimen, each sent 10,000 troops to aid Jiaxing.

Cheng Xueqi took the high and low blocks, fought fiercely, and repelled the enemy.

In the early morning of March 6, Cheng Xueqi, Liu Bingzhang, Pan Dingxin, Wu Changqing and other troops divided into four routes and worked together to attack the city.

When Huang Wenjin and Yang Fuqing heard this, they immediately met with the eighteen generals, supervised 30,000 soldiers, and then went out of Huzhou to reinforce Jiaxing.

Cheng Xueqi gave an order, dozens of flowering cannons bombarded more than ten zhang city walls, Cheng Xueqi's deputy general, the general He Antai took the lead, supervised more than 100 death squads, and rushed to enter.

Rong Wang Liao Fashou had already prepared, that is, he threw a large barrel of gunpowder into the gap, killing countless Huai troops, and He Antai died immediately. Cheng Xueqi mourned, personally supervised the soldiers, and fought hard to attack again.

Reporting that the enemy had attacked Wuzhen, Cheng Xueqi ordered the guerrilla attack on Yin Changqing, led an army of 2,000, and blocked it first.

Yin Changqing got the order and led his troops to face the battle, but he was killed in only one round.

Cheng Xueqi heard the news, Mingjin collected his troops, returned to attack the Huangyang coalition army, fought until dark, and the Taiping army retreated.

On March 14, Yang Fuqing led an army of 20,000 to attack Tongxiang again, but the Huai army resisted and returned in vain.

On March 24, Cheng Xueqi ordered a general attack, and the Huai army opened its cannons, roaring day and night, destroying more than 20 defender forts. Knocked down more than 100 zhang of the city wall. Cheng Xueqi personally led the pro-military camp, took the lead in charging, and suddenly a bullet flew in, and the middle school opened his left forehead, and Xueqi immediately threw himself on the ground, and died in less than half an hour.

Liu Bingzhang, Pan Dingxin, Wu Changqing and others did not dare to slack off, nor did they dare to retreat, rekindled the flowering cannons, and then bombarded the city wall, suddenly heard a loud noise, the Taiping army's powder magazine exploded, and the defenders suddenly became a mess.

Liu, Pan, and Wu took the opportunity to cross out and attack the city. Wu Changqing took the lead, he was shot in his left arm, and the blood flowed like an infusion. There are soldiers who are afraid, retreat in a panic, Changqing immediately beheaded a few people, and then no one retreated, and as soon as the cannon sounded again, they all flocked in, Jiaxing Suike.