Chapter 160: Wang Haiyang is bent on entering Guangdong

Zongtang drove Wang into Guangdong, and as soon as it was implemented, he was seen through by Li Futai, the director of Guangdong.

Li Futai's quick play: The thief army has been in Ting and Zhang for a long time, and according to the situation, it has spread for a long time and is attached to the Japanese public. They also opened mutual markets everywhere to confuse the common people, and profit-seekers rushed to the ground. Rice and grain warfare tools are used for their purposes, and the situation of mountains and rivers is convenient for their own use. The sickness and weakness of the past have become a strong force, and it is difficult to get rid of them for a while.

Zuo Kejing has raised more than 100,000 reinforcements, and if he sweeps down from Liancheng, he will take risks. With 100,000 teachers forced to move forward, the thief will not go to Guangdong to settle down?

The Empress Dowager Cixi took over and immediately reprimanded Zuo Zongtang: Be sure to eliminate the two chieftains of Wang in Fujian, and do not endanger the Guangdong region by driving wolves and chasing tigers.

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: A month ago, Monk Greenqin defeated the bandit army in Heishidu, Huoshan, annihilated more than 50,000 people under the bandit leader Chen Decai, and recovered 200,000 people. The monks and ministers entered Fujian, cooperated with the left ministers, and eliminated the thieves.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: Monk Greenqin couldn't get out, Zhang Zongyu, Lai Wenguang, Fan Ruzeng, Ren Huabang four bandits fled, and the monk was chasing after him. Quickly sent Li Hongzhang to send an army, carrying an artillery team, and galloping to aid Fujian.

Zuo Zongtang received the order, noncommittal, and quickly attacked Yongding with the deputy general Fang Zhaoxuan, and the Taoist Kang Guoqi attacked Longyan, and the rest of the armies, either attacking or disturbing, attacked on all fronts to contain them.

On January 6, 1865, Fang Zhaoxuan led an army of 2,000 to besiege Yongding; The attack has been going on for half a month, and the progress has been very slow. On the 23rd, Zuo Zongtang sent Zheng Shaozhong to lead An Yongjun to assist.

Zhu Xinglong, the king of Li, took over the battle for more than a month, and gradually became invincible, so he quickly asked for help. Li Shixian and Wang Haiyang sent their elites to resist the Chu army, but they were unable to take care of it.

Zhu Xinglong was suspicious and jealous, and he no longer had the heart to fight, so he abandoned the city.

Yongding was lost, Li Shixian was shocked, and urgently consulted Wang Haiyang: We were originally camped for hundreds of miles, echoing from end to end; The Yue demon conquered Yongding, stopped me and slashed me, and he will be rescued immediately. I will, each send the elite, go out to attack Quanzhou, cut off the high and continuous promotion, Huang Shaochun's salary, transfer the demon back to the army, and seek an opportunity to destroy it.

Wang Haiyang replied.

The two agreed that Li Shixian would immediately draw troops and transfer generals from various places, form a fierce team, go out of Anxi, and attack Quanzhou.

Coming to Wang Lu Deshun received the order, and without waiting for Ding Taiyang's department to take over, he withdrew from Longyan overnight.

Taoist Kang Guoqi effortlessly entered and occupied Longyan Mansion City, completely breaking the alliance between Wang Haiyang and Li Shixian's two armies.

Li Shixian was frightened, and hurriedly ordered Ding Taiyang's army to occupy the area of Shuichao and Hexi, looking for an opportunity to attack. Ding was defeated in World War II, and he was powerless to return to heaven.

Wang Haiyang was also shocked, supervised the whole army, and besieged Xinquan with all his strength, in order to open up Longyan and attack the passage of Quanzhou.

Liu Dian engaged in the battle for two days, and he was almost invincible. When Wang Debang, the secretary of Fujian, heard the news, he hurriedly led the whole army and joined the war group. Wang Haiyang was invincible and fled in embarrassment.

Wang Haiyang North Road was blocked, Li Shixian turned to the southeast, and wanted to capture stone yards from the town gate to clear the army grain road.

On February 15, Li Shixian personally led 10,000 troops to conquer Zhangpu. On the 25th, Shixian attacked the town gate, and Zeng Yuming, the general soldier of Taiwan Town, was caught off guard and abandoned the camp and fled.

Gao Liansheng received the news, sent troops to help, and used mountain splitting cannons to cross the river to cut off Li Shixian's way back; Zeng Yuming also led the remnants and attacked from behind.

Li Shixian was defeated and returned to Zhangzhou.

Yongding, Longyan recovered, Xinquan, Zhenmen victory, Zuo Zongtang played: Jiangxi, Guangdong border defense is still solid, and since the spring, rainy and ten, the mountains and rivers soared, the reverse is more difficult, Wang rebel and sometimes send the party, and the internal offender. It is not known whether the officials and the army are bitterly suppressed, or they still want to join forces with the Zhangzhou rebels to prolong their breathing.

The southern border of Zhangzhou is close to the sea, and the Fujian Provincial Division ships are not enough to rely on, and the foreigners communicate with it. The rebel thief is embarrassed, and there is no reason to wait for the neck to be killed, so at this time, it is important to strictly prevent going to the sea.

Ting, Lian officers and troops swept down day by day, forcing the thieves to merge into one place, locking and besieging them, and the southeast of Shu was rebellious, and they could be annihilated.

Zong Tang played, reinstated the named Admiral Liu Qingliang, the Admiral Wu Quanmei, and the Admiral Guo Songlin of the Land Division.

The war was not going well, the city was frequently lost, and Wang Haiyang wanted to return to southern Gannan and return to the horse with a shot. Li Shixian did not allow it, hoping to rely on Zhangzhou and enter the sea to survive. Wang Haiyang reprimanded Li Shixian for being naïve, and led his headquarters to Jiangxi, but Jiangxi had a strong border defense force, and it was very difficult to break through, so Wang Haiyang had to return to Yongding to protect himself from guerrillas.

Seeing this, Li Shixian immediately dispatched troops, attacked Shima in the south in order to retreat, and attacked Changtai in the north to hook up with Wang's department, but the soldiers were tired and tired, and they fought for more than a month, and they gained nothing.

On April 12, Wang Haiyang went to Zhangzhou in person to meet Li Shixian.

Wang Haiyangdao: At the turn of Guangdong and Jiangxi, the demon soldiers resisted stubbornly, and went north to Jiangxi, but it was no longer passable.

Li Shixian said: Relying on Zhangcheng, open up the sea route, and go away by boat. Last month, consultations were held with the British and French consuls, and the foreigners were willing to come out to help.

Wang Haiyang said: As soon as I left, there were more than 100,000 people under my command, where to go? The battle was fought against the sea, and the whole army was destroyed. The demon army is all gathered in Fujian, there are few places in Guangdong, and this road will live.

Li Shixian pondered for a long time and said: Brother Kang is reasonable, Lin Zhengyang and Ding Taiyang immediately entered Chaozhou south to control the Guangdong port; Our troops immediately launched an attack to contain the left demon Chu army; The brother department is in Longyan and Yongping, gathering to rest and recuperate, and waiting for the opportunity to move.

Wang Haiyangdao: Our department is always waiting for the day, no need to rest; Without further ado, I immediately gathered troops in one place, attacked Tai Po together, gained a firm foothold, got rid of the left demon, crossed the river into Guangdong, and attacked Meizhou.

In early April, Zuo Zongtang personally went to the front line, inspected the battle situation, and planned to write a text that said: Ziting, Lian Su Qinghou, Wang rebelled in Longyan, Yongding, and Nanjing in various places, and rebelled against Li Shixian. Its land can be from Yongding, Wuping to Jiangxi, and from Pinghe to Guangdong.

The rebel is firmly located in Zhangcheng, and the party is in the sky and peaceful. Nearly since the fall of Zhangpu, Ding Shun Taiyang regained peace and trapped Zhao'an, which is close to Guangdong Chao, Jia, and the coastal area is infested with many pirates.

In the words of a thief, Wang Zhizhi is channeling the river, and Li Zhizhi is entering the sea. However, if the Fujian army is in a hurry, it will be a retreat in eastern Guangdong, and Xu Tu will follow his original plan to go to the sea on the river.

Seeing in the thief's words, the copper mountain and the mouth of Fujian are particularly urgent, and it is also known that there are many thieves, and it is difficult to load the ship, although the thief tries to go to the sea in vain, it is bound to be impossible.

On the road to prevent thieves from entering Guangdong, Raoping and Tai Po are the most important. The Guangdong army defends the border, and it is still well-heard. Fang Zhaoxuan's army has also been transferred back, and the strength seems to be not thin.

In terms of the current situation, the north road should be strictly choked by Huafeng Division and Chaotianling Passes, and the river and water tide should enter and suppress Nanjing; The south road is strictly strangled by stone yards, and Zhangpu is regulated. The two armies of Guo Songlin and Yang Dingxun marched into Zhangpu from Haicheng, first cutting off their road to the sea, and then attacking Zhangcheng by Jiulongling and Mumian Nunnery, and putting an end to its road to Guangdong. Wang Kailin's department moved to the Yongding River, taking into account Shanghang, in order to strangle its rush to Jiangxi.

If Wang Haiyang and Li Shixian can be annihilated in Fujian, then Ding Taiyang, Lin Zhengyang and others will not be able to do anything.