Chapter 155: Zeng Guoquan Jinling Massacre (5)

On the fourth day of the night, there was a group of thieves, pretending to be an official and military number, holding weapons and foreign guns, about 1,000 people, clash with the gap in the Taipingmen tunnel. After the interception of Kunzi, Xianghou, left and right battalions, most of them were burned with fire buckets and fire eggs, and there were many dead people and horses, and about six or seven hundred people rushed out on horseback, and fled all the way to Xiaolingwei and Dinglin Town.

Wu Weishou, Yang Tiannan, Tao Lizhong and others hurriedly led the horse team to follow; As soon as Zeng Guoquan heard the letter that the cavalry was pretending to be an official and army to escape, he immediately sent Zhang Dingkui, Li Taishan, Huang Wanpeng, Huang Tingjue and other horse teams of 700 horsemen to chase after him, and flew to Lishui, Dongba, and Jurong to chase and suppress them.

Until the 19th, Wu Weishou, Huang Wanpeng and others returned to the camp to face the face, chased to the town of purification, captured the pseudo-martyr Li Wancai, led the advance to chase to Hushu Town, saw the fugitive thief in front, when surrounded by the horse team, all of them were killed, and no one was left. Chased to Liyang again, according to the people, there was no trace of thieves ahead.

After Zeng Guoquan's personal interrogation, Li Wancai confessed that after the city was broken, the brothers of the puppet loyal king, Juwang, Youxi Wang, Younan Wang, Dingwang, Chongwang, Zhangwang, etc., rushed out at night and were chased by the official army and horse team to the Hushu Bridge, killing all the leaders, and there was no sin left.

According to the confessions of the thieves in the city, the first rebel Hong Xiu Quanshi died of poison during the onslaught of the official army in May this year. After the city was broken, the pseudo-young lord accumulated salary in the palace, and set himself on fire.

The fire in the pseudo-palace should be extinguished, Hong Xiuquan's body should be dug up, the self-sealing evidence should be ascertained, and the performance should be continued.

As for the puppet king Li Xiucheng, he committed a crime, the city was broken and injured, and he hid in a private house in the mountain.

On the 19th, Admiral Xiao Fusi personally searched for it. and searched for Hong Renda, the second brother of the puppet king of Qin. On the 20th, Zeng Guoquan was personally interrogated and confessed. Whether or not to send it to Beijing, or whether to correct the law in Jinling, consult and decide.

The remaining Liangguang, Lianghu, and Jiangbei have been thieves for many years, and on the 17th and 18th days, Zeng Liangzuo, Zhou Guangzheng, Deng Jishan, Liu Taicai, Nie Fuhou, Tan Xingao, Hu Kean, Zhu Lianjia, Wang Chunhua, Li Guanxiang, Peng Weixiang, Chen Wanhe, Zhu Liansi, Xie Sanhong, Li Chenhu, Peng Yutang, Liu Jinlan and other sections searched and killed, and in three days, a total of more than 100,000 thieves were killed, and the corpses of Qinhuai Changhe were like hemp. There are more than 3,000 puppet kings, puppet generals, heavenly generals, and chieftains, half of whom died in the chaos of the army, and half of them died in the ditches of the city and rivers and self-immolations.

As late as the 19th, there were still thieves who were sniping officers and soldiers with foreign guns on the top of the high houses. This horse team chased the escaped thieves and searched for the first rebel and the group of thieves.

Now they are sending out fires, burying the bodies of thieves, relocating refugee women, and dealing with the aftermath. More than 10,000 people died of the epidemic before and after, and 8,900 people died in the battle array, which is sad and unbearable.

The ministers and other Fu Chahong rebelled against the rebellion in western Guangdong, and in the present ten five years, and the Jinling has also been in Jinling for twelve years, flowing poison in the sea, and the gods and men are angry. The prosperity of our dynasty's martial arts surpassed the ancients, and the great difficulties were repeatedly leveled, and the history of Kunyao was compiled.

However, such as the battle of Jiaqing, Sichuan and Chu, it ravaged only four provinces and fell to more than ten cities. The battle of the three feudal domains of Kangxi ravaged 12 provinces and captured more than 300 cities. Today, the changes of the bandits in Guangdong have ravaged 16 provinces and fallen to more than 600 cities, among which the fierce chieftains such as Li Kaifang guarded Fengguantun, Lin Qirong guarded Jiujiang, and Ye Yunlai guarded Anqing, all of them were stoic and unyielding. This time, the city of Jinling was broken, and none of the more than 100,000 thieves surrendered, and they gathered to self-immolate without regrets, which is really a rare giant in ancient and modern times.

However, the pawn can be leveled, eradicate the evil, and the ministers will be deeply aware of the reason, and the cover will be covered by my Emperor Wenzongxian Shengde Hongmo, and the foundation of the early Yu chaos. Although the palace ban is extremely frugal, he does not hesitate to pay huge salaries to recruit soldiers; **Although extremely cautious, he did not hesitate to make an exception to reward meritorious service; Although the temple calculation is extremely precise, it does not hesitate to succumb to the strategy of the soldiers.

The queen mother and the emperor keep these three, follow the old rules and add them, go to the evil fruit, seek the virtuous and wide, use the ability to eliminate hypocrisy, and become the cause of Zhongxing.

The ministers and others stole the military talismans, and met with an occasion, not only mourning that Wenzong would not be able to witness the day of the great achievement, but also thinking that the lives were ruined for too long, but we should always be cautious, sweep away the remaining bandits, and share the worries of the night with the difficulties of the people of Su Li.

This time, the award-winning personnel will make a separate list and appeal for gratitude. After the vassal vassal worshipped, he galloped to Jinling. Whether Li Xiucheng and Hong Renda should be taken prisoner or not will be examined after arriving in Jinling.

The reason for the annihilation of all the Jinling Kefu and all the thieves is that I would like to join Yang Yuebin, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Peng Yulin, the minister of the military department, Li Hongzhang, the governor of Jiangsu, and Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Zhejiang, to step up the gallop from 600 miles, and the empress dowager and the emperor Shengjian will make a tour.

The queen mother of the two palaces was overjoyed when she heard that Jinling was restored.

Prince Gong Yixin said: The gold and silver looted by the thieves are all hidden in Jinling City, and the Zeng brothers don't say a word, what do they think?

Empress Dowager Cixi said: There is no need to worry, there must be a follow-up to this matter, Jinling is recovered, be sure to praise, and send an edict quickly to comfort people's hearts.

On the same day, the two palaces said: Tell the cabinet, today the official document and Zeng Guofan stepped up the red flag from 600 li, recovered the provincial capital of Jiangning, self-immolation, and the thieves were all annihilated, and captured Li Xiucheng, Hong Renda, etc.

Since Daoguang advocated the rebellion in 30 years, he has channeled two lakes and three rivers from Guangxi, and divided into shares to disturb Zhili, Shandong and other provinces, and has gone against the world several times. In the third year of Xianfeng, he occupied the provincial capital of Jiangning, pretending to be a false name, and the people of the southeast were poisoned by it, miserable, full of crimes, and the gods and men were angry.

Our emperor Kaowen Zongxian Emperor was furious and respectfully begged for heaven. The Governor of the Two Lakes, Guan Wen, was appointed as the minister of the Imperial Mission, and he was clear about the upper reaches of the north and prepared for the affairs of the Eastern Expedition. Fu specially awarded Zeng Guofan as the governor of Liangjiang, and appointed him as the minister of the Qin mission, the eastern expedition to the Jiang and Anhui bandits, the order is specialized, and the achievements are getting better. In July of the eleventh year, my emperor took the dragon to control the guests, when the counties of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, half of them fell, and the edict was earnest, thinking that it was a pity to be able to quickly destroy the rebellious atmosphere.

I am a young man, Yin Shao Piji, only inherit the martyrs, pay tribute to the queen mother of the two palaces to listen to the government, give instructions and opportune time, grant Zeng Guofan to co-organize the university scholar, control the military affairs of the four provinces, and have the right to do one thing.

Since taking office, the minister has suggested that the upper reaches should be separated from each other, and Peng Yulin, Yang Yuebin, Zeng Guoquan, and others should advance by land and water, and more than 100 cities and passes along the river should be stacked, and more than 100,000 foreign aid bandits should be killed.

On June 16 of this year, Zeng Guoquan led all the soldiers to recover Jiangning, and within three days, a total of more than 100,000 thieves were killed. There are more than 3,000 pseudo-kings and pseudo-lords and chieftains, and none of them have escaped.

This all depends on the blessing of Haotian, the saints, the queen mother of the two palaces diligently seek treatment, recognize talents, use energy inside and outside, and use their lives to achieve this great achievement. The emperor is tested in the spirit of the sky, and the hope of the subjects of Bohai is lowered. Self-contempt and despise, how can it be worthy of this. Remembering the unfinished ambition of the emperor, not seeing success in person, how can he be sad.

This time, the flood rebelled and advocated rebellion in western Guangdong, and in the present ten years, it has stolen Jiangning, and for 12 years, it has ravaged more than ten provinces and fallen hundreds of cities. The rate can be leveled, the root evil, the leading minister and other wind and rain, hard preparation, Yun Yi special Pei Shu, with pay for diligence.

Zeng Guofan, the governor of Liangjiang, who co-organized the university scholar in the fourth year of Xianfeng, initiated the regimental training in Hunan, founded the boat division, and repeatedly made great achievements, preserving Hunan counties and counties, recovering Wuhan and other cities, and cleaning up the entire territory of Jiangxi.

Zeng Guofan rewarded the crown prince with the title of Taibao, gave him the title of first-class marquis, hereditary replacement, and rewarded with dazzling eyes; Zeng Guoquan rewarded the crown prince with the title of young protector, was awarded the title of first-class earl, and was rewarded with dazzling eyes; The rest of the generals, Li Chendian, Xiao Fusi, Zhu Hongzhang, etc., were all rewarded as appropriate; Provincial governors and generals, such as Guanwen, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Yang Yuebin, Peng Yulin, Bao Chao, Feng Zicai, etc., were all rewarded.

Hong Xiuquan's body, after finding it, filed the corpse, and still passed on the place where the victim was killed, in order to vent public anger. Li Xiucheng and Hong Renda committed the second offense, that is, Zeng Guofan and others sent a commissioner, sent them to Beijing, and dealt with them according to the law after being interrogated.