The strangest phenomenon occurred in the ten years of Xianfeng, the British and French met with the monk in the north, and the battle was in full swing; To the south, the local governors and the British and French were in good sense to deal with the most dangerous enemy for each other, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the two strangely coexisted in the same kingdom at the same time, so that it was clear to a pure military general like Zeng Guoquan, who was originally just blindly fighting.

"Well, it's not that I don't want King Qin, if the division of troops here is too much," Zeng Guofan shook his head, offered the holy decree, looked at the map of Jiangnan, turned to Zeng Guoquan and said, "I'm afraid that I can't stop Chen Yucheng's offsive, the Son of Heaven spent a lot of effort to block Hong Xiuquan in Jinling City so as not to poison the world, if I let Fa Wei tear a hole, it will really be difficult to atone for his sin." ”

"But if you ignore the will of the imperial court, you will also fall into the mouth."

"That's exactly what brother means," Zeng Guofan nodded, "Our headquarters soldiers and horses should not move lightly, Ji Gao is afraid that he will not be empty in the siege of Huzhou - originally his soldiers were few, so let the cavalry under Wang Jinxiu go, there are also thousands, the southerners take boats, the northerners ride horses, and it is better for cavalry to come in the north, maybe they can do miraculous feats." The news of the repeated defeat of the Mongol cavalry at the mouth of Dagu and Tianjin was ignored by Zeng Guofan.

"This Zhonghua is there, do you want to let the marshal know?" Zeng Guoquan asked again.

"He is assisting in the defense of Jiangwu in Yanziji, and he wants to cut off the grain and grass, and he can't move easily, so he just call Jiang Qi's cavalry to go, and the grain and grass in Anhui is called Jiang Minqiao."

"Very good."

What followed An Dehai out were the first few powerful family members in the Chengen Mansion. I went to the south last time, rested in the camp for a while, and used some dry food, and it was dark, and after a quarter of an hour, I asked An Dehai, who had closed his eyes and recuperated: "Brother An," An Dehai has always been good at dealing with people, and never allowed them to call him father-in-law, "It's almost time, you."

Andehai opened his eyes. Stretched. Jumped off the marching bed, "Brother Ma, how long is the time?" ”

"It's about time for a cup of tea."

"When the time comes, we'll leave immediately." An Dehai's smile faded away. In its place, there was a solemn expression. "Although I don't know what the master is planning, I know that it must be a big deal! If we don't return, we can't waste time here. I want to return to Beijing to help my master! ”

"What Brother An said is very true, you go to sleep for a while, we will pack up our belongings, and we will call you when the time comes."

An Dehai made a four-way gesture, "There are a few brothers in this way." You're welcome, turned over and continued to pretend to sleep, only the constantly shaking eyelids revealed that An Dehai was actually not so calm and atmospheric, thinking of the bright and scary eyes when the queen handed over the letter to him.

Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang, don't let your master down!

Li Hongzhang stood on the ground, holding the letter without moving, Zhang Shusheng and Wu Changqing, who had been waiting for Li Hongzhang for a long time in the handsome tent, came over, and saw Li Hongzhang in a daze on the ground, Zhang Shusheng was a little funny, Wu Changqing coughed, Li Hongzhang woke up, and when he was in his account for a long time, he hurriedly stuffed the letter into it and asked the two to sit down.

Zhang Shusheng saw that Li Hongzhang's face seemed to be puzzled, and asked, "My lord, what's wrong?" But the war in Jinling is not going well? ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head, and saw that there was no one else in the tent, so he told everything in the letter, "The emperor has made a will, the situation in the north is not good, and he wants the southern army to enter the king of Jingqin." ”

"This is an ordinary thing," Zhang Shusheng said in a deep voice, "The matter in Suzhou can not be easily put down, we can only go to support the Beijing division, if the marshal can trust his subordinates, Shusheng is willing to lead an army north to King Qin." ”

"But the nobles in this capital want the whole army to go north and let go of this major event in the south." Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly, the meaning of this letter is difficult for him to understand, what is the queen going to do? Is it really to resist foreign aggression, or is it to prevent disasters from causing trouble? Or is it for something else? Li Hongzhang didn't dare to think about it.

"What?" Wu Changqing stood up in shock, "What can we do to help us go north?" This noble man also looks down on our Huai Army too much! Let's fight Li Xiu's achievements are very tight, where can the whole army go north! What's more, this Suzhou is the meat in our mouths, and when we capture Suzhou, the governor of Jiangsu is ironclad! When you get to the north, you can't win against the foreigners, but you have to eat and scrape, not to mention," Wu Changqing was indignant, and said what Li Hongzhang didn't dare to say, "What did this noble man tell us to do in the north?" ”

"Shinohin!" Li Hongzhang drank Wu Changqing, and some words were thought in his heart, how could he say them, "Don't say this again, presumably the noble person doesn't mean this." Wu Changqing wanted to speak again, "I can guarantee this brother, but when I talk about it, in the end, I am afraid that it will be a disaster or a blessing," Li Hongzhang's eyebrows wrinkled, "It's better to say if you lose, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and I am afraid that there is no place to bury you."

Zhang Shusheng lowered his head and thought for a while, "My lord, if the noble person has a deep relationship with you, and you indicate why the whole army went north, it is reasonable for your lord to see it, and it is naturally okay to go." ”

"The relationship is naturally deep, but I don't hide it from the two, where did she get my acting governor, if she hadn't pulled it back then, how could I Li Hongzhang be today!" Li Hongzhang said, "It's just that the letter didn't say anything, just told me to lead all the way north!" ”

"What Brother Wu said is very true, it can be seen that the nobles have a great plan, if it is against foreigners, I am afraid that I want them to be wiped out, so there is such a big move, presumably the governor Zeng also received the holy decree," Zhang Shusheng stood up and arched his hand, "If you win, you will definitely make a contribution to the world, and if you lose, you will definitely be broken. ”

At this moment, the soldiers were outside, and Li Hongzhang, who was thinking, was awakened, "What's the matter?" ”

"Junmen, that group of people just now asked the little one to ask Junmen, what does Junmen mean? He's going back to his life. ”

Li Hongzhang's eyebrows wrinkled into a pimple, his thumb was whitished by the white jade wrench, and the tent was silent for a while, Zhang Shusheng and Wu Changqing just Hongzhang didn't speak, Li Hongzhang thought hard for a while, made up his mind, raised his sword eyebrows, and said in a deep voice to the soldiers waiting outside the tent:

"Tell him, and say that the official has already decided!" (To be continued......)

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