Chapter 163: Zuo Zongtang Cleanses the Kingdom of Heaven (2)

The war in Fujian and Guangdong was delayed, and the bandits in the north were raging, and the queen mother of the two palaces was very worried.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: Zuo Zongtang beggars his neighbors, and Ruilin and Guo Songtao failed to intercept them, causing the rebels to invade eastern Guangdong and southern Jiangnan. Jiangxi Governor Shen Baozhen insisted on returning home, and his heart was like an arrow; The southern country is complicated and chaotic.

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: The two Guangdong heads are destroyed, and the rest of this is the sunset, short-lived, don't worry about it. Shen Baozhen Ding was worried about his resignation, and he should be allowed according to the system.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: Zeng Guofan went north to suppress the twist, Li Hongzhang supervised the two rivers, Liu Changyou entered the Lu rebellion, and the powerful people all have important responsibilities, who can bear the land of Jiangxi?

Prince Gong Yixin said: The Empress Dowager of Qiyu, the slave thinks that Liu Kunyi, the Guangxi Domain, has been suppressing bandits in Jiangxi for three years, and he is familiar with both people and land, so he can take on this position.

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: Liu Kunyi followed Liu Changyou, the governor of Zhili, and aided Jiangxi to protect Hunan and save Gui, with outstanding meritorious achievements.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: The land of the Central Plains of Yulu is vast and boundless, and it takes time to exterminate the bandits; At the turn of Fujian and Guangdong, the mountains are thousands of ravines, and they are on the verge of Wang. The ocean is really a remote corner, and the bandits are confined here, which is really self-defeating. Quickly pass on the edict: Liu Kunyi was promoted to the post of governor of Jiangxi, and Liu Chenkun must go to Jiangxi, and conspire with Zuochen Zongtang and Bao Chen Chunting to completely suppress the remnants of Guangdong.

As soon as Liu Kun received the order, he didn't dare to slack off, traveled lightly, arrived in Nanchang in January, and after the handover with Shen Baozhen, he flew to the intersection of Jiangxi and Guangdong, and planned nearby.

Liu Kun checked and observed the battle situation, and immediately ordered: Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian, living next to each other, intersecting with each other, Jiangxi Zhensi Xi Baotian, named Admiral Lou Yunqing, etc., do not draw the ground as a prison and divide the domain in vain, and the two departments must gallop into the west of Jiaoling in Guangdong, meet Zuo Kejing's Fujian army and Guo Zhongcheng's Guangdong army, intercept it nearby, and strangle the thief into Jiangxi. Zhou Kuanshi, the governor of Hunan, guarded Changning and other places, protected the depth of Jiangxi, and thought it was a backup.

Wang Haiyang's 100,000 troops were stationed alone in Jiaoling for three months, and there was a shortage of food and materials, and everyone was also panicked.

Wang Haiyang said that the heavenly general Hu Yongxiang said: You can't live here for a long time, my brother will attack Chengguanbu, contain the demon army, I will lead the main force, and join Wang Huang Penghou's department, attack the old camp of Kang Guoqi Demon Gaosi at night, and completely annihilate his army; The sound hits the west and folds into Pingyuan; After a short rest, the army entered Jiangxi.

Hu Yongxiang said: Can you make a big splash?

Wang Haiyang said: There are many people with mixed mouths, and the secret order of the kings Huang Penghou is enough. Huang is very brave, he takes the lead in all battles, and people call him a little tiger. This battle is crucial and must be foolproof; I immediately went to each battalion, selected 3,000 standard-bearers, charged straight forward, and beheaded the head of Kang Guoqi.

Hu Yongxiang said: Is Huang Penghou reliable?

Wang Haiyang said: I ordered him to charge into battle, if he told the truth, wouldn't he kill himself; Moreover, if they are distracted, they will definitely cower and retreat, and I will take advantage of the chaos to cut them off.

The king Huang Penghou received the order, and without hesitation, he immediately sent someone to inform the Taoist Kang Guoqi.

Kang Guoqi was told, that is, the army of Chengguanbu insisted on not moving. The national weapon personally led the main army, and set up an ambush in Gaosi place.

On September 3, 1865, King Kang Wang Haiyang, King Huang Penghou, Wang Zong Wang Dali, and 20,000 overseers attacked Gaosi at night. As soon as he approached the city wall, he was ambushed, and Wang was unprepared and died on the spot; Wang Haiyang and Huang Peng were all injured in the battle, and retreated in panic.

Zuo Zongtang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately ordered all departments to move the camp and advance; He also ordered that the various departments should not be more than thirty miles away from the Jiaoling city wall; Re-ordered Liu Dian to enter the lower dam, and the president's front-line troops.