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The whole battalion is shrouded in a gloomy cloud, the world has been peaceful for many years, most of the officers and soldiers of the green battalion have not experienced the actual combat of real swords and guns, the first battle of water and land, more than 10,000 people were annihilated, and the third deputy general of the second general army was killed, which really broke their courage, although they retreated ten miles and camped, one by one they were still worried, for fear that the Taiping army would take advantage of the victory and counterattack.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the minister of the Qin Mission and the minister of military aircraft, Cezanne, stared at the large and simple map of Changsha Mansion in front of him with a gloomy face, and did not say a word, and all the governors, governors, admirals, commanders, and adjutant generals were pestled like clay carvings and wood sculptures, and the atmosphere was extremely depressed.

The Taiping army defeated the officers and soldiers in the water and land continent and Ningxiang in one day one after another, if it is said that Ningxiang is a light enemy ambush, there is a trick element, the battle of the water and land continent, the two sides are really short-handed, the combat strength of the Taiping army is beyond the expectations of all the generals who came to help, originally Changsha and the civilian and military generals who came from the surrounding provinces all think very highly of themselves, and do not put the Taiping army in their eyes, and they also look down on the generals who encircled and suppressed the Taiping army for a year but lost more than they won.

Now I finally understand that the Taiping Army is not an ordinary party bandit at all, and even the former White Lotus Sect cannot be compared with it.

With the strength and combat power of the Taiping Army, not to mention the choice of weak places to break through, it is impossible to pick the most powerful place to break through head-on, and it is impossible to stop it, everyone understands in their hearts that at present, the primary task is not to besiege Changsha, but to protect themselves! Try to avoid being broken by the Taiping army!

Cézanne's retreat of ten miles and the establishment of the Chinese army's camp in Shimapu, that is, for this reason, now, the officers and soldiers must be grouped, and only by holding together can they protect themselves, and everyone agrees with this.

Among the brilliant civil and military officers in the big tent, in addition to Cezanne and Luo Bingzhang, the next one is Xu Guangjin, the governor of Huguang, and the siege of Changsha is self-defeating, which means that the Taiping army can move freely and freely choose the target of attack, where is the next target of the Taiping army? Nine times out of ten, it is Hubei!

Judging from the Taiping army's siege of Guilin and the capture of Changsha, their next target will most likely be Wuchang, the provincial capital of Hubei, where the Huguang Governor's Mansion is located! As the governor of Huguang, losing Changsha is enough for him, if even Wuchang is lost, he is afraid that his fate will not be as good as Cézanne's.

Xu Guangjin hesitated for a while, coughed lightly, and said slowly: "At present, it is impossible to besiege the bandits in Changsha, so we can only sit and wait for help, waiting for the monk to lead the new army to come, but ....., will the bandits honestly defend Changsha?" Will there be a division of troops? Will they abandon the city? ”

Cezanne raised his head, glanced at him, and said in a sullen voice: "But are you worried that the bandits will flow to Hubei?" ”

"The lower officials are worried that the bandits will go down the river to attack Wuchang." Xu Guangjin said in a deep voice: "The bandits have flowed from Guangxi to Hunan, they are no different from the Liukou, they will definitely not sit in Changsha, they will inevitably move troops to attack other places, and the next target is very likely to be Wuchang!" ”

Cezanne was silent, Xu Guangjin, as the governor of Huguang, was normal to be worried, and his analysis was not unreasonable, even if the bandits did not know that the monk Greenqin led the 10,000 new army of the Eight Banners to come to Changsha at the same time, they might not stay in Changsha and wait for reinforcements from the officers and soldiers to besiege the city again, after all, they had a profound lesson in Yong'an.

With a slight groan, he slowly glanced at everyone and said, "Let's discuss it." ”

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Zhongyuan took the lead in speaking: "Hong Wei is called Wang Jianhao, he is ambitious, and he can't regard the bandits as an ordinary rogue ....... ”

Xu Guangjin turned around and glanced at him, and saw that he was bare-legged, tied with a bandage, and there were still large blood stains on the bandage, but the top was only a fourth-grade, and he couldn't help frowning.

Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan, hurriedly pretended to reprimand: "Hong Shun is just a scholar, how ambitious can he be, Min Qiao said carefully." ”

It turns out that this person is Jiang Zhongyuan? Xu Guangjin had heard of Jiang Zhongyuan's name, and he also knew that Luo Bingzhang took the initiative to evacuate Changsha because of this person's strong lobbying, and he didn't have a good impression of him in his heart. ”

"There is nothing wrong with besieging the bandits in Changsha in order to complete their work in one battle." Cezanne hurriedly relieved him and encouraged: "What is Minqiao's opinion, you might as well talk about it in detail." ”

Jiang Zhongyuan nodded slightly, and said calmly: "At the beginning of the rebellion in Jintian, the bandits entrenched themselves in the Bauhinia area for a long time, captured Yong'an Zhou, and defended the city for a long time.

Moreover, this time the bandits were able to occupy Changsha, because Changsha was empty, and the defense was useless, which was taken advantage of by the bandits, and the bandits should be very clear about this, and they would definitely not give up Changsha easily! ”

Xiang Rong, the former governor of Hunan and the current governor of Guangxi, followed: "The bandits besieged Guilin and captured Changsha because the two cities were empty and had an opportunity to take advantage of them.

In addition, Hunan and Guangxi provinces are connected, and the party is rampant, which is an important source for bandits to replenish their troops; if they flow to other provinces, once the troops are lost, it is difficult to replenish them in time.

Of course, it is also necessary to guard against the bandits to divide troops to plunder everywhere, and the surrounding prefectures and counties must be strictly ordered to recruit regiments to train the township to strengthen their defense, so as not to be taken advantage of by the bandits. ”

Jiang Zhongyuan, Xiang Rong and the Taiping Army have fought many times, and they know much more about the Taiping Army than others, and the two of them said so, Cezanne A's heart was set up, and he encircled and suppressed the Taiping Army for more than half a year, he was really a little afraid, the Taiping Army was the best to defend Changsha, if he wandered around other provinces and captured the important town, he was afraid that he would have one more crime, and now, he only looked forward to the early arrival of Seng Lingqin.

The scene in Changsha City is diametrically opposed to the Qing army camp in Shimapu, a celebration, with long hair wrapped in a red turban and wearing short clothes, generally young Taiping officers and soldiers and Guangxi Hakka women with high hair and a pair of big feet and rough manners, everyone's face is filled with irrepressible laughter, the victory of Shuiluzhou is the most brilliant record of the Taiping army since the Jintian uprising, not only that, but also smashed the siege of Changsha City by the Qing army in one fell swoop.

On top of the joy, the king Hong Xiuquan promptly rewarded and promoted meritorious personnel, and a large number of people who were good at fighting and fighting, such as Li Kaifang, Lin Fengxiang, Huang Zaixing, Zeng Shuiyuan, and others were all promoted.

The streets and alleys of the city are full of joyful men and women of the Taiping Army holding engraved leaflets of the Worship of God Society, regardless of men, women and children, preaching whenever they meet people, calling on the people in the city to worship God.

During this period, the Taiping army occupying Changsha City naturally did not sit idle, released the prisoners in the large and small prisons in the city, organized large-scale gatherings to preach the teachings of the God Worship Society, divided the city into subdivisions, and strictly ordered the people in the city to hand over all their belongings, except for gold, silver and jewelry, money, rice, chickens and ducks, tea, tobacco leaves, etc.

The Taiping Army also attached great importance to the replenishment of troops, and all the young men and women who joined the God Worship Society, every 25 people were in a hall, all wearing short clothes, holding the "holy soldier" brand, and went to various military camps inside and outside the city to participate in training.

Outside the Liuyang Gate in the east of the city, Yin Youcai, who was dressed as a scholar in a long shirt, and a few subordinates who pretended to be entourages were mixed in a large group of people with long hair and short shirts, but he didn't care, looking left and right with a relaxed expression, looking at the people who came and went under the rule of the Taiping Army.

Those young female saint soldiers who came in and out in a queue made him quite interested, because he had heard Yi Zhixiang mention that Yuan Qi would also allow women to enlist as soldiers in the future, and now he was already starting to train female medical soldiers, but he didn't want the Taiping Army to be more direct, not only female soldiers but also female battalions.

The Taiping army guarding the city gate has long noticed the different Yin Youcai and his party, and it is difficult not to pay attention to it, the Taiping army occupies Changsha, and the gentry in the city almost escaped, even if they did not escape, they did not dare to dress up like this, the reason is very simple, the Taiping army has an extremely bad attitude towards the gentry.

Yin Youcai in Quanzhou Xiangshan Temple and the East King Yang Xiuqing, the South King Feng Yunshan had a relationship, in order to facilitate future contact, the East King, the South King left him a token, he naturally has no fear, the leader of the Taiping Army on patrol will recognize what East King tokens, layer by layer, as a result, soon Yin Youcai and his party were led into the city, directly into the East King stayed in the Yamen.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Yang Xiuqing hurriedly entered the side courtyard where Yin Youcai lived, and as soon as he entered the door, he said apologetically: "I rushed back from the Heavenly King just now, and let Brother Yin wait for ......." ”

Yin Youcai smiled and said, "First of all, I want to congratulate the Taiping Army on their success...... victory." ”

"Successive victories and light victories in Changsha have a share of Brother Yin's contributions." Yang Xiuqing said affectionately and stretched out her hand to give up her seat, "It's all my own brothers, Brother Yin, don't be polite, just feel free, sit." He was not false, the Taiping army was able to win a great victory in Lingyidu and quickly capture Changsha, thanks to the intelligence and advice provided by Yin Youcai in Xiangshan Temple, therefore, when he heard that Yin Youcai was coming, he pushed away everything and hurried over.

Yin You was also not polite, and sat down directly, only then did he smile: "I just provided an intelligence, the Taiping army has won many victories, and it is really the ...... that the king of the east has deployed carefully and commanded properly." ”

Yang Xiuqing had a lot of things, and she didn't have the heart to go around in circles with him, so she smiled, and said straightforwardly: "Brother Yin came to Changsha this time, but there is important information?" ”

Yin Youcai nodded and said, "Monk Greenqin, the New Army of the Eight Banners, has the East King heard of it?" ”

Monk Greenqin, the Eight Banners New Army, even the local officials who are waiting for leisure don't know, how can Yang Xiuqing hear about it when he stays in Bauhinia Mountain in Guiping, Guangxi all the year round, when he shook his head, he said disapprerovitically: "The Eight Banners New Army, is it very powerful?" ”

Yin Youcai glanced at him and said, "Yuanqi group practice, Dongwang should have heard of it, right?" ”

"Yuanqi regiment practiced to resist Yingyi, invincible, ......and invincible." Yang Xiuqing said with a smile, "This is all from the story, how powerful it is, but I don't know, Brother Yin knows." ”

Yin Youcai smiled and said: "I don't know the specifics, it's all rumors, I heard that the Yuan Qi regiment practiced muskets very well, not only farther than Western muskets, but also more accurate, four hundred steps away can accurately hit the target." ”

400 steps away to hit the target accurately! Yang Xiuqing listened to it, is it so exaggerated, the Western musket is only 200 paces range, he was a little unconvinced, he estimated that it should be an exaggeration of rumors, and immediately asked: "What is the relationship between the Eight Banners New Army and the Yuanqi regimental training?" ”

"The Eight Banners New Army is a pure musket unit formed by the Wang Fangyuanqi Regiment of Seng Lingqin County, and it is the most important Eight Banners unit as the Gongwei Jing Division." Yin Youcai said slowly: "According to reliable information, Monk Greenqin has already led 10,000 new troops of the Eight Banners to Changsha at the same time. ”

10,000 Eight Banners New Army? Yang Xiuqing said contemptuously: "What can 10,000 Qing demons do?" 80,000 Qing demons besieged Changsha, we didn't pay attention to it, only 10,000 people, or came from Beijing, could it be that they could still threaten Changsha? ”

Hearing his arrogant tone, Yin Youcai smiled and said, "Outside Changsha City, aren't there still tens of thousands of Qing troops eyeing you?" ”

Yang Xiuqing said slowly: "Brother Yin's meaning is to deal with the tens of thousands of Qing demons outside the city before the 10,000 new troops arrive in Changsha?" ”

"On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly?" Yin Youcai said: "If your army wants to occupy Changsha and take Hunan and Guangxi as its foundation, how can you allow tens of thousands of Qing troops to watch outside the city?" Sooner or later, it's better to fight early than late. ”

"That's the reason......." Yang Xiuqing pondered and said: "But now those Qing demons are hugged together, deep trenches, and they are heavily guarded, and they are extremely difficult to fight. ”

Yin Youcai sighed secretly, and then said: "Does the king of the east have any plans to divide his troops to go to Xiangxi, southern Hunan or go back to Guangxi to open up a base area?" Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan can also be ....... ”

Division? Yang Xiuqing glanced at him with some doubts, there are still tens of thousands of Qing demons outside the city at the moment, and there are reinforcements coming, what does it mean to divide troops at this juncture? He is also a very talented person, and after a slight groan, he said tentatively: "Brother Yin thinks Changsha can't hold it?" ”

Yin Youcai asked rhetorically: "Doesn't the king of the East plan to use Hunan and Guangxi as a basis?" ”