Seeing Feng Yunshan walk out of the room calmly and calmly, Yi Zhizu nodded slightly, he was not surprised when he encountered changes, and he handled it calmly, just this calmness and calmness is not something ordinary people can have, and he is worthy of being the southern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if he can be convinced, it will be a great help to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lin Meilian walked to the door and turned around again, and said, "Sir, Prince Hui is here, and his subordinates lie that the sirre is discussing military ......." ”

"Let him in." Yi Zhizu said and slowly paced to the window and pushed the window open, a cold wind immediately hit his face, his spirit was also lifted, he turned around and extinguished the cigarette butt, he opened the curtain on the wall to reveal a large Qing Dynasty map hanging, the map was marked with red and blue pencils with a lot of arrows and circles.

Mianyu came in, and saw Yi Zhishu standing in front of the large map in a daze, so he walked straight over, "Guocheng is so fast, has sent troops?" ”

"With the telegraph, I feel that I can really strategize and win thousands of miles away." Yi Zhishu turned around as he spoke, "Can the imperial court agree to give power to the local governor?" ”

"The city is also in a hurry, isn't it?" Mianyu paced in front of the map and chuckled: "Now that the government has not been opened, it is not a trivial matter to give power to the local governor, and it must go through the court." ”

"Discussion?" Yi Zhixiang glanced at him, in his opinion, the court discussion is prevarication! Once something is discussed in the court, it is difficult to make a decision within a few months, and the group of senior officials in the court have no other skills, but they are good at prevarication.

Of course, Mianyu knew what was going on with the court discussion, and immediately sneered: "Don't worry, the emperor is also anxious to quell the chaos and will not delay." As he spoke, he quickly changed the topic, pointed to the map and said, "The national city has already set a plan to send troops to recruit and suppress? ”

"Compared with the Taiping Army, the Twist Army is better at wandering, and the strength of the Twist Army is far inferior to the Taiping Army, I plan to make it easy first and then difficult..." Yi Zhizu said and turned around and took a stick and pointed on the map: "The Twist Army is now divided into three parts, and the active ones in the five provinces and twenty-two counties of Caozhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou, Tai'an, and Jining in Shandong are Zhang Shi, Tao Dashan, Dunsan, Jiang Tailing, Cheng Dawei, Liu Tianfu, Liu Xingyi and other departments, and the thirteen twists are combined into one twist, and the strength is between forty and fifty thousand.

For the Shandong Twist Army, I have increased 30,000 troops to garrison the line from Xuzhou to Jining, and in addition, I have mobilized 10,000 troops of the Lushun Garrison Fleet to be stationed in Yizhou, and in the north, the Beiyang Naval Division has mobilized 5,000 troops to garrison Jinan, advancing on three sides.

Active in the northern Anhui area is the twist army led by Zhang Lexing, the control area south to Yingshang, Huoqiu, north to Xiaoshan, Dangxian, Jiangsu, east to Huaiyuan, west to Henan Guidefu, about 50,000 or 60,000 troops. For this twisted army, I have sent 40,000 additional troops to surround it from all sides and advance steadily.

The last force is active in Shaanxi Hanzhong, Shangnan Zhang Zongyu, Lai Wenguang Department, it is worth noting that this Lai Wenguang is the general of the Taiping Army, this force is not much only 20,000 or 30,000, but it is flexible and flexible, and it is in the mountainous area, Yan Yangtian led 30,000 horses to encircle and suppress, and the long-term suppression was fruitless. ”

The Twist Army has always been the Yangtze River Navy Division in the encirclement and suppression, Yi Zhizu has such a detailed grasp of the situation of the Twist Army, and it is also reasonable, Mianyu was surprised that the scale of the Twist Army is so large, and the Taiping Army also has a faint tendency to integrate with the Twist Army, slightly groaning, he said: "Guocheng is planning to encircle and suppress Shandong and northern Anhui, Luxi, and northern Jiangsu first?" ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhizhi said: "In my opinion, there is still a difference between the Twist Army and the Taiping Army, for these two Twist Army, it should be both suppressed and appeased, speaking of Fu, the court has no silver, but it can give policy." ”

"What policy?" Mianyu faintly had a bad feeling, and reacted as soon as the words came out, "Immigrant? ”

"Yes!" Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "As long as there is a way to live, no ordinary people are willing to rebel, Nanyang immigrants, northwest immigrants, Northeast immigrants, Shandong people have always liked to break into the Guandong, if the imperial court does not take the initiative to ban the Northeast, Yuan Qi does not mind organizing Shandong people to take the sea route to Heilongjiang to immigrate." ”

The excerpt of the plea to open the ban on the northeast was handed over, as if the stone sank into the sea, there was no reaction at all, Yi Zhixiang was naturally unhappy, and seized the opportunity to encircle and suppress the Shandong Twist Army, he proposed again, I don't believe that the imperial court still didn't react.

He also knew that the imperial court would never tolerate Yuanqi organizing the people of Shandong to immigrate to Heilongjiang by sea. ”

Yi Zhifen glanced at him, pointed to the map and continued: "As for the Taiping army, it also adopts the strategy of dividing, encircling and exterminating, first sending troops to Guilin, separating Guangxi and Hunan provinces, and the troops gathered in Wuchang, Jiangxi Province will contain southern Hunan, and the Taiping army will have weak troops in Guangxi, so they will recover Guangxi first, and then mobilize all their forces to encircle Hunan on all sides. ”

"What about the Northwest?" Mianyu said keenly: "Didn't Guocheng say that it would send troops to the northwest before this winter?" ”

Yi Zhizu put down the stick, stretched out his hand to give up his seat, and only after sitting down did he say: "It is a process to move westward, and it will take two to three years, otherwise the grain in the northwest will not be able to keep up." Speaking of this, he paused, lit a cigarette and continued: "The green battalions of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces must cooperate with the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Lexing's army in northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and the green battalion of Jiangxi will help contain the Taiping army in southern Hunan."

It is just that the governor of Anhui is concurrently served by the governor, and the governors of Jiangsu and Jiangxi provinces will be replaced, when will they be able to come down? ”

Mianyu smiled: "Isn't this not yet unsealed..... ”

"If you don't talk about it, how much does it cost to spend tens of thousands of troops a day? Don't you want the court to give money, right? Yi Zhizhi said coldly: "Do you want me to ask the court for salary?" Or do you want me to leave it alone? Tomorrow, tomorrow before dark, there will be no electricity, let's shoot in two! ”

Hearing this, Mianyu's heart sank, and he secretly felt that it was not good, it was not a big deal to change the governors of the two provinces, it was just a telegram, what made him feel bad was the attitude of contentment, which was obviously to blackmail the imperial court! To blackmail today!

He suddenly discovered that it was very likely that General Pingkou was not pleasing to both ends, but when he thought of ****, he had to put a smile on his face, "Brother Guocheng is not in a hurry, this king will send a telegram immediately." ”

Standing up, he asked again: "Brother Guocheng thinks that when is it appropriate to explicitly exterminate the Taiping Army and the Twist Army?" ”

"Anytime." Yi Zhi's contentment said casually, now that the telegraph transmits information quickly, such a large-scale and large-scale mobilization of troops cannot be concealed from those who care about it.

After thinking about it, Mianyu said: "Guocheng ranks first among the counselors, how about it?" ”

"There's no need for that." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "The monk king is the king of the county, let him be ranked first, and in addition, several governors will also be listed as counselors." ”

At noon the next day, Yi Zhishu received several telegrams from the Military Aircraft Department: Grant Prince Mianyu Jingnan Pingkou General to control the military and political affairs of the fifteen provinces of Huguang, Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang, Liangguang, Yunnan-Guizhou, Sichuan, Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi to quell the Hongyang Rebellion and the Jianghuai Twist Rebellion...... and so on as Counsellor Minister.

Cai Zhengfan was relocated to Guangdong Lei Qiong as the governor of Jiangxi, Wu Yundong was the governor of Jiangsu, and Huang Shutong, the general of Kinmen, was the governor of Jiangxi.

Soon, Mianyu hurried over, and as soon as he entered the door, he smiled with a relaxed smile: "Brother Guocheng has read the telegram." ”

"Congratulations, Lord Wang." Yi Zhizu smiled and said: "The great general who controls the military and political affairs of the fifteen provinces has never been seen in the two hundred years since the founding ......of the Qing Dynasty, and it is unique. ”

Mianyu knew that he was a general who was in power on the surface, but in fact it was just an ornament, and the real power was still the second-ranked counselor in front of him, so he immediately waved his hand and smiled: "What is unique and unique, the brothers of the country are more compassionate, and this king is grateful." ”

"How can I embarrass the prince in the future?" Yi Zhizu chuckled, and stretched out his hand to be polite as he spoke, he was in a really good mood today, now Liangjiang except for the governor of Liangjiang Yiliang is not his guarantee, the governor of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces are all his people, and Yiliang is still old to him, the relationship is close, in addition, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang is also his person, and he will find an opportunity to replace the governor of Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and he will be worthy of his name.

After taking a seat, Mianyu said: "I heard that Shanghai has drastically reduced passenger trains? ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhizhi said: "The train must be freed up to transport troops, food and munitions. As he spoke, he asked rhetorically: "The prince wants to return to Beijing?" ”

"The emperor sent a telegram to the king, and the king should return to Beijing immediately." Mianyu said with a smile, "This king, the unique general who controls the military and political affairs of the fifteen provinces, should always have a little color. ”

"Arrange a carriage for the prince tomorrow." Yi Zhizhi said: "Regarding the ban on the Northeast, delegating power to supervise and pacify the chaos plan..... I asked people to prepare, and in addition, the matter of Taiwan's establishment of a province was also ....... ”

In a specially made carriage, Lin Meilian, who had short hair cut and was dressed in a women's tweed military uniform, looked at the fields outside the window and quickly retreated, and said softly: "On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head; On March 3, Xuanyuan was born. Sister Bai Zhi, it's March 3rd, isn't it? ”

Bai Zhi was dressed as a woman dressed as a man, wearing a light gray robe and a melon skin hat, and said with a smile: "Sister Lian, do you want to go out in the suburbs for spring?" ”

March 3 is the Shangsi Festival, which is a festival for drinking and feasting by the water and visiting the suburbs in the spring, on this day in previous years, a group of women in the public mansion will inevitably travel together, Lin Meilian smiled: "I am thinking about where a few sisters in Shanghai will go to play today." ”

Hearing this, Bai Zhi showed a slight smile, she has been following Yizhen to the rivers and lakes since she was a child, and she has never cared about what March 3, but since she beat up with Yi Zhi, her temperament is much more restrained, and she is reluctant to go out when she is idle.

"What March Three?" Jin Ying opened her eyes in a daze, glanced out the window, and muttered, "Why haven't you arrived yet, when will you be able to get to Xuzhou?" ”

Lin Meilian took out her pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "It's almost there, it's almost two quarters of an hour away." ”

Hearing this, Jin Ying perked up, glanced around, and said, "What about the big shopkeeper?" ”

"I'm still sleeping." Lin Meilian said and got up and said, "I'll call him." ”

After waiting for Lin Meilian to leave, Bai Zhi said lightly: "It's not that Xuzhou hasn't been here, why do you want to come to Xuzhou for no reason?" ”

"I still don't want to ask." Jin Ying blinked slyly, "The big shopkeeper said that this trip to Xuzhou, maybe we will be useful." ”

After thinking for a while, Bai Zhicai said softly: "Zhao'an? ”

"The big shopkeeper didn't say it, but I guess it should be." Jin Ying nodded slightly, others are not very clear about the details of the Twist Army, but their two sisters are clear that most of the twists in northern Anhui, Luxi, and eastern Henan are inextricably related to the White Lotus Sect, and it can even be said that most of the twists are remnants of the White Lotus Sect, because the countryside in that area used to be the world of the White Lotus Sect.

Xuzhou Railway Station, Yan Yangtian and Yin Youcai led a group of regiment-level officers waiting on the platform, neither of them knew very well, why Yi Zhishu came to Xuzhou at this time, right now, the two of them have divided and surrounded the two twisted armies of Shandong and Anhui, Henan and Suzhou, and the encirclement is like an iron bucket, and there is no chance for the two twisted armies to break through at all, is it possible that the situation has changed again?

"Woo-" With a long whistle, the train slowly entered the station and stopped, as soon as the door opened, Yi Zhicontent, who was dressed in a straight military uniform, walked slowly onto the platform, Yan Yangtian and Yin Youcai hurriedly led the officers to stand up and salute, and said in unison: "Students Yan Yangtian, Yin Youcai and others have seen the principal." ”

Yi Zhizu raised his hand and returned the salute with a smile: "Go to the barracks, don't delay them to unload the car." ”

The camp is not far from the railway station, but two miles away, a group of officers rode their horses and soon entered the camp, and the big tent of the Chinese army that got off the horse and entered, Yi Zhizu glanced at it, and saw that two maps had been set up in the big tent, and couldn't help but smile, glanced at Yan Yangtian and Yin Youcai, who followed up, and said: "It's the rainy season now, what do you think?" ”

"Back to the principal." Yan Yangtian said without thinking: "The rainy season is not conducive to our fighting, nor is it conducive to the escape of the Twist Army, the students secretly think that this time the encirclement and suppression of the Twist Army focuses on training, and we should take advantage of the rainy season to narrow the encirclement." ”

"That's a good point." Yi Zhizhi said: "Most of the recruits recruited in the past two years have never seen blood, have not experienced actual combat, and many grassroots officers are also recruits. ”

Yin Youcai hesitated for a moment before he said, "Principal, it can't be that time is pressing, right?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "Time is not pressing, although the Russian-Turkish war has broken out, it is far from the time for the northwest to send troops, at least two years to calmly encircle and suppress the Twist Army and the Taiping Army." As he spoke, he paused, "Got an idea?" ”

After hesitating, Yin Youcai spoke: "Principal, it's a spring famine right now, and I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate." ”