Although this internal friction greatly weakened the national strength of the Qing Dynasty and shook the foundation of the Qing court's rule, it was also an unprecedented catastrophe that could be called unprecedented - tens of millions, at least more than 50 million people, died in this civil war, and it dealt a devastating blow to the economy of Jiangnan, and the losses were truly immeasurable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He will not let this tragedy happen again no matter what, but he needs the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to contain and divert the attention of the imperial court, so as to ensure that Yuan Qi can rise and grow quickly and steadily, he knows very well that this degree is not easy to grasp, to put it well, he is walking a tightrope, to say that it is not good, he is playing with fire!

Listening to Huang Dianyuan's words, he said slowly: "Whether to support the Taiping Army depends on the attitude of the imperial court, even if it is to support, how strong the support is, it also depends on whether the Taiping Army is obedient, at present, we still have to watch from the wall, as for whether the Taiping Army can become a climate .......?" ”

Speaking of this, he smiled, "Brother Yourong, let's talk about what I saw and felt in Guangxi first." ”

At this moment, Lin Meilian came in with wine, Huang Dianyuan not only drank a lot of alcohol but also drank like a life, and he was not polite at the moment, poured himself a glass, sniffed it, and then poured another glass, and then talked about what he saw and heard in Guangxi and some of his own views and thoughts.

In the face of Yi Zhicontentment, he has nothing to hide, the disaster situation in Guangxi, the contradictions between the two sides, the Guangxi local government's laissez-faire treatment of the party, and the Tiandi Hui party to rob money, the pattern of mutual tolerance formed between the two, and the attitude of both sides towards the city, he is not too cumbersome, and he tells the story.

Listening to his words, Yi Zhishu finally understood, why the situation in Guangxi is so chaotic, in the final analysis, it is the result of the connivance of the government, but in the final analysis, it is still the reason for Daoguang, the reason for the emptiness of the treasury, Daoguang is old and tired of government, he likes to listen to it, coupled with the financial difficulties of the imperial court, the treasury has no silver, Daoguang is tired of seeing the excerpt of the disaster information and asking for silver, and Mu Zhang'a is trying his best to do what he likes, whitewashing the peace, and the following feudal officials are naturally doing the same.

Hong Xiuquan pulled the flag and set off cannons in Jintian, called Wang Jianhao, the Taiping army stayed in the countryside of Jintian for a long time, did not capture the city, and did not want to attract officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress it too early, and did not blame Huang Dianyuan for feeling that the Taiping army was difficult to become a climate, and the Taiping army at this time was no different from the party, but it was just openly called Wang Jian.

After a slight sigh, Yi Zhizhi said: "The times create heroes, heroes create the times, these two sentences, have you heard of Brother Rong?" ”

The times make heroes, and heroes make the times? After smacking slightly, Huang Dianyuan said: "The big shopkeeper means that the current situation will create the Taiping Army?" ”

"The catastrophe and famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty can create Li Chuang, and the current catastrophe can also create the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan are just the first talents, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, and Shi Dakai are farmers, miners, and charcoal burners, how much ambition and ambition can they expect them to have?"

Ambition is gradually swelling with the growth of strength, Hong Xiuquan called Wang Jian at the beginning, although it is not advisable, but it is enough to show that his ambition is not small, the implementation of the holy treasury system, in fact, is the idea of equal wealth and poverty, and Guangxi Tiandihui is still fundamentally different. ”

After a pause, he continued: "As long as the Taiping Army can withstand the encirclement and suppression of the green battalions in the three provinces, it will inevitably break through the cocoon and turn into butterflies. ”

"The big shopkeeper has confidence in the Taiping Army, so let's take a look at ......." Huang Dianyuan said with a smile: "Let's see if the big shopkeeper is blind this time." As he spoke, he continued: "The green battalion of the three provinces has entered Guangxi, and the big shopkeeper knows about the generals who lead the troops?" ”

"Needless to say, Huang Entong, the governor of Liangguang, is a civilian official and has no experience in commanding troops, but this person can stretch and bend and put down his lower body." Yi Zhizu said: "Guizhou Governor Zhang Bilu is a veteran, in the early years of Jiaqing, he was recruited from Rong, brave, participated in the Zhang Geer rebellion in Xinjiang, and is known for his courage and good fighting.

Hunan Governor Xiang Rong, eight out of fifty, born in the army, once accompanied the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Yang Yuchun to suppress the rebellion of Li Wencheng of Tianli Sect in Huaxian County, Henan Province and the rebellion of Zhang Ge in Xinjiang, because of his military exploits step by step to the governor, rich experience, quite prestigious in the court. ”

After a pause, he said: "Because the governor of Guangxi impeached me for conniving at Yuan Qi's smuggling of firearms, he had to give Huang Entong 1,200 Western muskets and deliver 700. As he spoke, he slowly shook his head and said, "The current situation is extremely unfavorable to ...... Taiping Army. ”

"It's really not optimistic." Huang Dianyuan agreed: "Whether it's a dragon or a snake, it depends on this battle." ”

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." Yi Zhizhi said: "We can only wait and see what happens now. ”

At the end of October, more than 10,000 troops from Guangdong, Hunan, and Guizhou gathered in Guangxi's small Guiping County, and together with the green battalions and local regimental training mobilized by Guangxi Province, the total strength was as high as more than 20,000.

Huang Entong, the governor of Liangguang, presided over military affairs for the first time, and when discussing the encirclement and suppression plan, he found that this errand was tricky, not ordinary! Several generals disagreed, but no one was convinced, Zhang Bilu is a veteran, with old qualifications, old, no one's account is sold, Xiang Rong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, adhere to his own opinion, Guangxi Governor Min Zhengfeng, Xunzhou Association Deputy General Li Dianyuan is familiar with the local terrain, understand the local people's conditions, and are also eager to exterminate the Taiping Army, which is also based on reason.

A room is noisy, but the generals of the army are all loud, it can be described as a sonic boom tile house, Huang Entong does not understand military affairs, he feels that this is also reasonable, that is also reasonable, he is difficult to decide, and the generals are even more opinionated and arguing.

Guizhou Yong, Hunan Yong, Guangdong soldiers, Guangxi soldiers do not understand the language, different habits, tens of thousands of people gathered in a small county, which will be less friction and misunderstanding, especially the soldiers in Guizhou are good at private fighting, if they don't agree, they will fight directly, and then the defeated friends call friends to find a field, which instantly escalates into a large-scale group fight, and there are only no knives and guns.

After two days of quarrels, abuse, and chaos, the anxious Huang Entong finally adopted a compromise plan, and the soldiers and horses of the four provinces were divided into four ways to suppress!

The Guangxi Green Battalion attacked Dongling, the Guangdong Green Battalion attacked Zhaocun, and responded to the Guangxi Green Battalion, Sanliwei was the main battlefield, the Hunan Green Battalion attacked from the west, and the Guizhou Green Battalion attacked Sanliwei from the north. The remaining 6,000 soldiers and horses were commanded by Huang Entong as a reserve, ready to reinforce at any time.

The total strength of the green battalion and regimental training was more than 20,000, more than twice that of the Taiping Army, and an unprecedented battle of tens of thousands of people was hastily started.

As soon as the war broke out, the convenience report continued, relying on the advantage of Western muskets, the battle of Zhaocun in Guangdong Green Camp was victorious, and it was easy to defeat the Taiping Army of Zhaocun, and then reinforced Dongling, and Guangxi Green Camp won Dongling in one fell swoop.

However, in the main battlefield of Sanliwei, the green battalions of Hunan and Guizhou provinces encountered hard bones and fought extremely hard.

Sanliwei is the main position carefully arranged by Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiuqing, who attaches great importance to the position fortifications, gave full play to the characteristics of the miners, built a large number of fortifications in Sanliwei, trenches and earthen wall traps abound, even all the houses in the village have become fortifications, build earth walls outside the house, open a ditch outside the wall, erect a wooden wall outside the trench, open a deep trench outside the wooden wall, nail the wooden stake outside, and stand a cross bamboo stick in front of the wooden pile.

Each hill is to build a thick earthen wall, place artillery, the pass of each mountain road is to dig a deep pit, bury bamboo sticks all over, guard the pass, is the elite of the Taiping army, are the use of Western muskets, the range is far from the green battalion of the musket can be compared, the whole Sanliwei, it can be said that it is taken care of like an iron bucket, even the general fortified city is not as good.

As soon as the war began, Zhang Bilu and Xiang Rong complained bitterly, and the two never thought that they would encounter such a difficult positional battle in the mountains of Guangxi.

Fortunately, the Liangguang Green Battalion did not sincerely see the joke, after the big victory, they quickly advanced to Sanliwei, forming a situation surrounded on all sides, the situation was very good, Huang Entong was also relieved, and at the same time he was also happy in his heart, this is a military merit, the imperial court has always valued military merits, and this battle is a big victory, and it is inevitable to be promoted to the rank of official.

Mo Village, Yang Xiuqing led three thousand elites to ambush here, waiting for the Qing army to go deeper, Dongling, Zhaocun, and Sanliwei formed a huge pocket array within a radius of thirty miles, which he carefully arranged, striving to smash the encirclement and suppression of the green battalions of the four provinces in a war.

However, the strength of the Guangdong Green Battalion exceeded his expectations, the rapid rout of Zhaocun and Dongling gave him a deep sense of force, his pocket array was huge, but the strength was less than half of the opponent's, if the Qing army poured in, he would be killed!

He was secretly annoyed, he still underestimated the combat power of the Qing Demon, now this pocket array is a joke, and it is imperative that he choose a breakthrough, and he can't be dumpled by the Qing Demon.

"Newspaper, a clear demon is rapidly heading here."

"How many are there?"

"It's estimated to be around two thousand."

There is no end to the road! Yang Xiuqing was greatly excited, and immediately got up and raised his voice: "Order, meet the enemy!" ”

The rapid advance is the Xunzhou Association deputy general Li Dianyuan, who is eager to make contributions, and meets the three thousand elites led by Yang Xiuqing, the two armies meet, and the Taiping army sings the poems of worshiping God and praising the Heavenly Father, Brother Tian and the sect leader Hong Xiuquan, as if they have been beaten with chicken blood and eaten drugs, and they are not afraid of death to launch a charge, and they are brave beyond imagination.

When did Li Dianyuanbu encounter this kind of fighting style of not being afraid of death, the two armies fired muskets against each other, and the artillery bombarded each other, they were still able to insist, but when they encountered hand-to-hand combat, they would be dispersed when they landed, because the muskets did not have bayonets at all, hand-to-hand combat, and the muskets were not as good as burning sticks, seeing the enemy's lifeless charge, it was obvious that they wanted to fight in close quarters, and they couldn't help but panic one by one, and they hurriedly raised their guns to shoot without waiting for the order. The whole team was crushed.

The green battalion has always been a tailwind battle, encountering a bitter battle to the death, it will be defeated when it arrives, Li Dianyuan's army is running in all directions, so that the surrounding departments are suspicious, hesitating and not daring to move forward, and the Guangxi green battalion that has suffered in the hands of the Taiping army and has learned the combat strength of the Taiping army is like a bird with a frightened bow, and when it sees the rout ahead, it scatters and flees.

Yang Xiuqing, who was already thinking of defeat, saw this good opportunity, how could he let it go, and immediately led his troops to follow and kill, there is a way that the defeat is like a mountain, and the rout spread quickly, and the entire battle situation was reversed.

The battle of Sanliwei, first won and then defeated, Huang Entong was so angry that he almost did not vomit blood, the green battalions of the provinces from the commander to the soldiers were accusing each other, he finally calmed down, convened the generals to discuss, after this battle, the generals also had a deep understanding of the combat power of the Taiping army, no one was willing to fight to the death with the Taiping army, and finally unanimously decided to give full play to the advantages of troops, and take the battle - digging trenches and building forts to besiege, and trapping the Taiping army in this corner of the place.

The situation of the first battle of Sanliwei reached Guangzhou, and Yi Zhizhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Xiuqing, who was born as a charcoal burner, really had a bit of military genius, in this case, he could actually turn defeat into victory, but unfortunately, if he could be used by Yuan Qi, he was a general who could take charge alone.

After reading the information, Bao Shichen pondered for a while, but said: "The war situation in Guangxi is now equivalent to a stalemate, I am afraid that it will be difficult to change in a short time, it is November now, what is the plan of the big shopkeeper?" ”

Yi Zhizu nodded slightly, this matter is a bit troublesome, according to the agreement with Daoguang, after the New Year, he should enter Beijing, but now the situation is unclear, if he enters Beijing, the risk is really big, originally he thought that forcing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to start an incident in advance, the Taiping Army will definitely be able to disturb the situation, and he doesn't want the Taiping Army to be so frictional.

If one plan fails, then there is only one plan again, but fortunately, he didn't dare to put all his hopes on the tree of the Taiping Army, and after a little muttering, he said: "If there is a change in Nanyang after the beginning of the year, what about it?" ”

"To the Javanese Governor?" Bao Shichen smiled, "The big shopkeeper and the old man want to go together, this is the most trouble-free, just let out the rumors, Spain and the Netherlands formed a joint fleet to attack, and now the big shopkeeper will inevitably be ordered to go to Nanyang Governor, but this rumor should be released as soon as possible." ”

How can this be so simple? Yi Zhizhi smiled disapprovingly, if it was really so simple, why did he spend energy to force the worship of God to start an incident in advance? Daoguang let him enter Beijing, obviously trying to control him, if nothing else, Daoguang should be almost in the new year, you can't say that you will die, you will be sick, if you are sick at the beginning of the year, just by the wind, Daoguang will let him go to Nanyang?

The British helped in this matter, and asked Wen Han to officially send a note to the Prime Minister Yamen, lodge a strong protest, and threaten to send troops, so that the imperial court would pay attention, but in this way, he owed a favor, and the favor of the British was not easy to repay, and he was unwilling to do so until the last resort.