The next morning, Feng Shaoguang had just gotten up, and Liu Youqing, the acting secretary of the temple, came to report that Luo Xuan had brought some leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society from Chenzhou to Guiyang to meet the Holy King. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Feng Shaoguang hurriedly came to the side room of the state government, where Luo Xuan and more than ten people were already waiting. Seeing Feng Shaoguang coming, everyone got up one after another and came over to see.

Feng Shaoguang didn't put on a show, nodded to everyone in a friendly manner, and said to Luo Xuan: "Brother Outline, you have made great contributions to my Holy Country, Yunshan thank you on behalf of all the brothers of the Holy Sect!" ”

Luo Xuan waved his hand and said, "Holy King, Luo just bumped into it." If you want to say thank you, the Holy King also wants to thank these brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, this time they were able to conquer Guiyang and Chenzhou, especially the capture of Chenzhou City, mainly relying on their help. ”

At that moment, Luo Outline introduced these people to Feng Shaoguang again. They are Qiu Changdao, Wang Dacai, and Huang Zhonghuan, the leaders of the Tiandi Society in Chenzhou, and Li Shibao, Chen Yihe, and others, the leaders of the Tiandi Society in Guiyang Prefecture, all of whom are in the prime of their thirties and forties, each with their own activity territory, and a group of congregation brothers who are very supportive.

A few years ago, when Luo Xuan was still in the Guangdong Tiandihui, he had a little friendship with them, so while he led his troops to attack the land of Chenzhou, Guiyang, he sent more than a dozen old brothers of the Tiandihui who had followed him for a long time to contact these leaders of the Tiandihui in the Chengui area, ask for the help of the Tiandihui brothers, raise troops to respond, and agreed to attack the city together.

Due to the rush of time and the rapid offensive of the Holy First Army led by Luo Xuan, the Heaven and Earth Congregations around Guiyang Prefecture City had not yet gathered, and Guiyang Prefecture had already been captured. When attacking Chenzhou City, the hundreds of heaven and earth congregations led by Wang Dacai happened to gather in the city, so Chen Yucheng and others sneaked into the city and made an appointment to attack inside and outside together. At the same time, Qiu Changdao and Huang Zhonghuan outside the city led more than 2,000 brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society to assist the Taiping Holy Army in attacking the West City, and it was indeed completed.

Luo Xuan reported to Feng Shaoguang that he had sent people to lead the army separately, and under the leadership of the Heaven and Earth Congregation, he continued to attack Yongxing, Xingning, and Guiyang counties around Chenzhou. Luo Outline came for three things this time, one is that the number of the Holy First Army has exceeded the number; Second, there are still many scattered heaven and earth congregations and numerous miners around Chengui, which need to be recruited in the name of the Holy King; The third is that there are many mining areas occupied, especially between Guiyang and Chenzhou, which need to be mined by the Holy King, especially the Baoshan sulfur mine in Guiyang, which is related to the important matter of whether the Holy Army can make gunpowder on its own, and reminds the Holy King to pay more attention to it.

This is the real good brother! Feng Shaoguang was very satisfied with Luo Xuan's reminder. It is a rare good thing to have such a big brother to remind and urge himself from time to time. What Luo Outline said, he is also thinking about it. It's just that when I first arrived in Guiyang, there were a lot of things, and many things had not been straightened out, and there was only a little bit of progress.

At noon, the news came from the Holy Third Army that Lin Fengxiang led three thousand holy troops to capture Linwu and Yizhang, and now he has led two thousand holy troops to Chenzhou. At this time, all the southern part of the Chengui area was occupied by the Taiping Holy Army, and the troops of the Taiping Holy Army had touched the border of Guangdong.

On the thirteenth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, Feng Shaoguang summoned all the generals of the holy army in Chenzhou, Guiyang, and issued the holy king's order.

Promoted to lead the army to capture Jiahe County and Guiyang Chenzhou Liangzhou City, Luo Outline, for the left of the palace checkpoint;

Lin Fengxiang, who led the army to capture the three counties of Lanshan, Linwu and Yizhang, was promoted to the second commander of the right side of the palace, taking over the position before Luo Xuan;

He was promoted to lead the army to capture Xintian County, and defeated Li Kaifang, who came to Changning to attack the Qing demon soldiers, and commanded the third commander of the palace.

Jin Yijia and Lu Shunde were promoted to the Jin Yi General System; Chen Yucheng made great contributions to the attack on Guiyang and Chenzhou, and was promoted to the commander of the newly established Holy Fourth Army; Chen Tianshi was also promoted from the division commander to the commander of the Holy First Army, and Luo Qiongshu, the former commander of the Holy First Army, has been staying in Jianghua and Guangxi Pass, and he has another appointment. Tan Shaoguang, the commander of the Holy Second Army, was promoted to the commander of the Holy Second Army because of his accumulated merits. The commander of the Holy Third Army, He Zhigou, was promoted to the post of supervisor of the Holy Second Army and the post of military marshal, and was succeeded by the division commander Jiang Tianyi.

The rest of the generals, according to their merits, also have their own rewards.

Feng Shaoguang also announced the new expansion of the Taiping Holy Army into three armies, and the Holy Fourth Army, the Holy Fifth Army, and the Holy Sixth Army were newly established.

Li Shibao and Chen Yihe, the leaders of Guiyang who had newly joined the Holy Army, were appointed as the commanders of the Holy Fourth Army; Qiu Changdao, the leader of the Chenzhou Heaven and Earth Society, is the commander of the Holy Fifth Army, He Lu is the supervisor of the Holy Fifth Army, and the rest of Wang Dacai and Huang Zhonghuan are all the commanders of the Holy Fifth Army.

Li Shibao and Chen Yihe respectively led more than 3,000 people from the Heaven and Earth Congregation, plus more than 5,000 people from the Heaven and Earth Congregation recruited in Lanshan, Jiahe, Guiyang and other places in the past two days, a total of more than 8,000 people, all of whom were incorporated into the Holy Fourth Army.

The Heaven and Earth Congregation led by Qiu Changdao, Wang Dacai, and Huang Zhonghuan totaled more than 4,000 people, plus more than 3,000 people recruited in Chenzhou, a total of 7,000 congregations were merged into the Holy Fifth Army.

The Holy Sixth Army, on the other hand, was mainly miners from the vicinity of Guiyang Prefecture, and 3,000 people had already come to defect. Feng Shaoguang planned to build the Holy Sixth Army into a well-known earthen camp similar to the Taiping Army in history.

At the same time, Feng Shaoguang announced that Zuo Zongtang was officially appointed as the general system of Guiyang and Chenzhou, responsible for mineral affairs and local civil affairs in the two states.

The Taiping Holy Army began to set up a yellow five-star dragon banner on the same day, with red as the base, and five yellow stars around a yellow dragon that was about to take off, set up camp tents, and recruited troops in various parts of Chengui.

After the announcement was completed, the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society, who had newly joined the Holy Army, surrounded Feng Shaoguang and revisited them as subordinates. Feng Shaoguang couldn't help but laugh dumbly, why is this scene so familiar, as if when he was in a state-owned enterprise, a group of new colleagues were transferred, and as soon as the meeting was over, he greeted his boss and made a familiar face. It seems that this is the case in all times!

Seeing them like this, Feng Shaoguang didn't be too polite, after all, his status as a holy king was there, and it was not good to bend his waist too much. Qiu Changdao bowed and said, "Holy King, Changdao has something to report!" ”

"Brother Qiu, please tell me if you have something!" Feng Shaoguang felt that this Qiu Changdao name was a little familiar, as if there was such a character in the history books, but he couldn't remember it clearly.

"Changdao once developed the Heaven and Earth Society in Hengzhou, Hunan. Although he left, there were still many brothers there, especially in the Leiyang area, I don't know if the Holy King could send troops to attack Leiyang, Changdao could contact the old brothers in Leiyang in advance and raise troops to respond. Qiu Chang said with a straight face.

Leiyang belongs to a county in Hengzhou Prefecture and borders Yongxing in Chenzhou Prefecture. After Leiyang, it will approach the capital city of Hengzhou, it seems that now is not a good time to capture Leiyang. Feng Shaoguang analyzed.

To the north of Hengzhou Mansion, there is the area of Changsha Mansion, and after the Taiping army occupies Changsha, it must expand in all directions. In this way, Hengzhou Mansion will be attacked by the Taiping Army and the Taiping Holy Army on both sides, in case the Zhenbei Taiping Army captures Hengzhou and connects Chenzhou and Changsha together, wouldn't it be mixed with the main force of the Taiping Army? That is not in their own strategy and interests. Therefore, the idea of the Hengzhou Mansion, Feng Shaoguang is not ready to fight.

"At present, the soldiers of our Taiping Holy Army are exhausted and short of weapons, and this king has decided to take a break for a while. Hengzhou is a place where Qing demons gather, and Hengzhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but at present, it is still difficult to capture. Brother Qiu, can you send someone to usher these brothers to Chengui, and when the time is ripe, you can attack Hengzhou. Feng Shaoguang had no choice but to find some excuses.

"That's it, that's fine!" Qiu Changdao's suggestion was not taken by Feng Shaoguang, and although it was not revealed, his tone became gloomy, obviously a little disappointed.

"Brother Qiu, I heard that you joined the Heaven and Earth Society in your early years and made a wide range of friends, not only in southern Hunan, but also in Hubei and Guangdong, I don't know if you know Li Mingxian from Guidong and Yin Shangying from Jiahe?" Seeing that the atmosphere was slightly awkward, Luo Xuan diverted his words and asked.

"I've heard of Li Mingxian in Guidong, but I'm not familiar with him, I heard that there are more than 1,000 people under him, and he has been active in Guidong to fight against the government. Luo checked, Changdao can send someone to deliver a message, but whether he comes to vote or not, Changdao is unknown. As for Yin Shangying of Golden Harvest, Changdao didn't know about it. Qiu Changdao replied.

"Holy King, Luo Checkpoint, Yin Shangying, this person, has had several encounters with his subordinates, and his subordinates are willing to go in person and persuade him to join my holy army." Chen Yihe, the new commander of the Holy Fourth Army, interjected.

"It's so good, then it's hard for Brother Chen to make a trip." Feng Shaoguang said happily.

"Brothers, although our holy army is now camped and erected to recruit soldiers, they are all not far from the county and county seats, and the remote villages have not been able to publicize it in place. Therefore, I have to work hard for all the brothers, send more people to the countryside and villages, and inform the Chengui Quartet of the news of our holy army's recruitment against the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Do as the Holy King commands!"