The soldiers and horses were recruited very quickly, but even if the silver was given according to the Chinese army, Yixuan still felt that it was not enough, so he let out the wind and hit a place, so that the local prefect could pay a military salary, which would be double the military salary if he laid a place in a month. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, a group of rabble banner men are crazy, where can these people fight? It's all a big smoking gun.,President Meng originally hated these people.,Actually,President Meng knows,Whether it's really a fight or not.,When the whole country goes around like this.,These 5,000 people,Those who can come back alive will definitely not exceed 1,000 people!

Six days later, Prince Yixuan and Prince Alcohol left Beijing with an army of 5,000, followed by the reorganized First Field Division of the Chinese Army!

Division commander, it's still Xuan Jianzhang!

At this time, Xuan Jianzhang was already a major general, and he could be called the most capable general under President Meng.

This is the trump card of the Chinese army, fighting in the south and in the north, and has great fame.

Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, these are Zuo Zongtang's territory.

Zuo Zongtang was ambiguous about Huaguo, but he was unwilling to return to Huaguo like this, and wanted to make trouble, which is also human nature, and almost the entire Qing court territory has such an attitude.

This first level is Zuo Zongtang!

Zuo Zongtang's strength is also above Li Hongzhang at this time, Li Hongzhang was originally sent to Lianghu by President Meng to stabilize the situation, and Li Hongzhang's control over there is naturally not as good as Zuo Zongtang, who has been operating in the northwest for many years.

Zuo Zongtang occupies the people, and Li Hongzhang occupies the geography, because, in the south, the terrain is complex, and the population density is large, Li Hongzhang really has the intention of rebelling against Huaguo, which is very troublesome.

These two old brothers are also the two mountains on the road to President Meng's unification.

Yixuan majestically led the Eight Banners Smoke Army to attack Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province.

There was no obstacle to take, mainly because it was too close to Zhili, Zuo Zongtang did not send troops at all in order to show goodwill, Li Hongzhang's men and horses also all went south, and the railway here was about to be completed, so the governor of Shanxi took the initiative to announce that he would attach himself to Huaguo, and changed his flag on the same day, and all of them were replaced with the black and red five-pointed star flag of Huaguo, and notified the whole province.

A province mainly depends on the governor, and the governor is willing to surrender, and no one in the local area dares to oppose it, otherwise, it will become a bandit who does not reach the shore at both ends.

There were spies in Yixuan's ranks, and the news was immediately sent to the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, which was followed behind, and reported to Beijing.

President Meng received the news and was very happy: "I didn't expect that it was less than ten days before Shanxi was attached!" ”

Princess Katrina Kafu smiled: "This is expected, the key depends on Xi'an, because Xi'an has Zuo Zongtang's garrison." ”

President Meng nodded, squinting, "Do you think Zuo Zongtang will honestly surrender?" ”

President Meng was not very satisfied with Zuo Zongtang, because of the speed of construction of the Great Northwest Railway Network, Zuo Zongtang was willing to help the Chinese army transport military rations and help the Chinese army fight in Siberia and Central Asian provinces, but Zuo Zongtang did not want to see the entire Great Northwest Railway all fall into the hands of President Meng.

Even if Zuo Zongtang has no intention of ceding the land and becoming the king, he still has the idea of being a local overlord, at least, he wants to control the great northwest, this is too tempting, President Meng can understand, but President Meng will not allow anyone to divide the country.

"Your Majesty, however, the two people you chose are indeed good choices, otherwise, Shanxi would not have been annexed to China so soon." Princess Katrina Kafu leaned against President Moe's side and said.

President Meng smiled: "Isn't this all your idea?" Without your allocation, I may really directly send troops to unify the whole country, in that case, it will definitely intensify the contradictions, you are my virtuous helper. It's not all about fighting, this time, let's use people like Yixuan, it's the right place, the entire Qing court officialdom is villains, and I use the king of villains to deal with them. ”

Princess Katrina Kafu smiled, "The president summed it up well, and Yixuan is indeed the king of villains." However, the most powerful is the president, and if I make a suggestion, the president must be willing to listen. ”

President Meng smiled and touched Princess Katrina Kaf's hand, "Don't put a top hat on me anymore, pass on the commendation order of the President's Secretariat, reward the flag soldiers of Yixuan, reward Yixuan and Prince Alcohol, and by the way, also reward the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, so that they can not only get money, but also get famous!" ”

Princess Katrina Kafu smiled and nodded, "Yes, President." ”

"Let them go to Xi'an quickly, I want to see what Zuo Zongtang will do? If it doesn't work, fight! If Zuo Zongtang beats Prince Alcohol's soldiers and horses, it will be both against the Qing Dynasty and against our country! President Meng smiled sadly.

Princess Katrina Kaaf was worried: "Is it still mainly persuasion?" Anyway, now that I'm on the phone, otherwise, the president will call Zuo Zongtang again? ”

President Meng smiled and waved his hand, "If it's useful to call, the last time Zuo Zongtang came to see me in Almaty, he surrendered directly, he was on the end of the shelf, I estimate that the battle between the Qing army and the Qing army is inevitable!" ”

Princess Katrina Kafu sighed thoughtfully, "Then, where are these big smoke troops of Prince Alcohol the opponents of Zuo Zongtang's Chu army?" Will it break up in one dozen? ”

"If it is dispersed, it will be formed again, and the Chinese army will follow behind, with the banner of Prince Alcohol, you can recruit troops and buy horses wherever you go, and you can have this function in the entire territory of the Qing court! For Zuo Zongtang, I still have to coax while fighting, if I can, I will fight, if I can't fight, I will fight again, until he takes the initiative to come to me, and then coax. President Meng's fingers tapped lightly on the table, saying what he expected in his heart.

Princess Katrina Kaaf nodded, "Understood, the president is right. ”

Half a month later, the soldiers and horses of Yixuan and Prince Yiyun arrived at the periphery of Xi'an.

"It's coming so fast!" Zuo Zongtang stood on the city tower, his eyebrows locked.

There are many generals under Zuo Zongtang who can fight well, and Liu Jintang and Xu Zhanbiao both made meritorious contributions in the battle to recover Xinjiang and assist the Chinese army to conquer the entire territory of Central Asian Province.

At this time, beside Zuo Zongtang was Liu Jintang, "Marshal, behind this 5,000 smoke army, is the first field division of the Chinese army!" Leading the team is Xuan Jianzhang, which is the trump card in the ace army of the Chinese army. Dashuai, I think ......"

Liu Jintang, I want to say it, but I don't dare to say it.

Zuo Zongtang sighed and said: "I know what you mean, although I don't want to fight with the Chinese army, and I also know that I can't beat it, but if I am defeated by the big smoke army of this old bastard, I am not reconciled!" You remember, we may not be able to win against the Chinese army, but we must not lose when we fight the big smoke army, otherwise, what will be the face of our Chu army? ”