Chapter 694 The Battle of the Yangtze River: It's still Yangmou

The west gate, near a private house close to the city wall, was surrounded by a large number of Qing soldiers, surrounded not only by red and gray clothes, but also by many ordinary people. The soldiers were "examining" the corpses with bayonets, and a scholar wearing a square scarf said hatefully: "The only people who know that there is a crack in the wall of this shrine against the wall, and they are also scholars!" I really don't know who it is"","

Before the words fell, a person jumped out of the pile of corpses, probably because of the bayonet stabbing in his eyes, and he didn't dare to pretend to be dead again. He shook his head and shouted anxiously: "I am from the city, and I am a gentleman from the county school!" The Qing soldiers kidnapped me and forced me to lead the way, but I really didn't have the intention to ",......"

He didn't finish saying this, and the people around him were already clamoring, traitors! It's still Mr. County School who is a mole!

The scholar before shouted and scolded: "He Taiwei! Sure enough, it's you! When the Tartars crossed the Xiajiang River, the county school summoned teachers and students to help the government stabilize the fleeing people, but you were nowhere to be found, you intended to lead the way for the Tartars! Do you still have any shame!? ”

was exposed by his colleagues, and He Taiwei broke the jar and scolded: "What Tartar!?" The county study books and texts have cut the science to only the original way of qi and reason, and I think this country is a Tartar! I am leading the way for orthodoxy, you Tartars, you will be rewarded in the end! Xie Xixia, you are a descendant of Xie Jin in vain, and you have even forgotten the way that your ancestors kept, I think you have no shame! ”

Everyone was stunned, after so many years, how could they still hold on to the Taoism of science? It seems that he has been hiding his intentions, and the Qing soldiers called, and he felt that he had a bright future.

That Xie Xixia laughed angrily: "Science? Your ancestors He Taiwei are He Xinyin! After Mr. Yang Ming's mind was studied, why did you turn your back on the will of your ancestors? ”

He Taiwei replied very sharply: "I and He Xinyin are only in nine clothes, how can we be regarded as his descendants?" If he deviates from Taoism, he is a Tartar! ”

Xie Xixia also said: "I'm not like you, my ancestors don't dare to recognize it!" Xie Jin is my ancestor, and I am still proud! But the times are changing, and I don't want to keep the way that my ancestors have kept! Cheng Zhu Lixue, in this country, is as early as rotten wood, but it is the way of heaven and the heart of learning, I take the way of heaven as the rope! You are such a corrupt Confucian, you have to shout science in the Temple of Heaven, and you will not be ridiculed by thousands of people! ”

The two of them were bickering, and the others also rolled up their sleeves to clear their throats, and they actually wanted to get involved and argue.

Ji'an Mansion is the place of prosperity, the Bailuzhou Academy in Luling is also a famous literary garden, the newly built Bailuzhou College and several academies in Hunan are famous in China, and it is a holy place for scholars who are interested in learning the ancient scriptures and righteousness.

Ji'an Rusheng, the Ming Dynasty Luling people Xie Jin advocated Zhu Lixue, and also hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would set science as a scripture with poetry, calligraphy, Yi, and etiquette, although it did not succeed, Cheng Zhu Lixue also went one step further, firmly occupying the divine position of Taoism.

In addition to science, the study of mind also has a deep foundation in Ji'an, Wang Yangming once served as the governor of Luling County, when the governor of Liangguang, Jiangxi and Huguang, he left many heirs in Jiangxi, so that Jiangxi has the heart of the "Jiangyou Wangmen" said, at this moment where they stand, is Wang Yangming's ancestral hall.

In the later Taizhou School, Yan Jun and He Xinyin were also from Ji'an, and He Xinyin, who had "the people's compatriots and things and their aspirations", was also particularly respected because his doctrine corresponded to the morality of heaven and man mentioned by the Heavenly Dao in the country. And Luo Qinshun, a native of Taihe, is a heavyweight of the Tiandao School in the country to melt science because of his advocacy of "the unity of reason and qi, and the way of heaven is unswerving".

Let these scholars quarrel, it will be endless, and things will deteriorate.

A red-clothed lieutenant immediately made a decision, waved his hand, and said: "He Taiwei is involved in treason, and it should be adjudicated by the Law Department. ”…,

The soldiers escorted He Taiwei away, and Xie Xixia followed behind with a group of people, still shouting, with a posture of not giving up if He Taiwei was not argued with his head bowed and confessed, and the corners of the officers and soldiers' eyes twitched.

It's not that those people are really pedantic to the extreme, just like the captain still has the heart to explain in detail, at this time the whole city has calmed down a lot, and the atmosphere is not as unruly as before.

Maybe it was because the bombing in the early morning was too big, or maybe the infiltration feints everywhere were not successful, in short, the Luling on this day had settled down.

"Ah, how dare you labor lady......"

In the evening, in the county hospital, Tong Jing woke up slowly, and a woman was holding porridge and feeding, but it was the wife of Luling Zhixian County, who was suddenly shocked.

Pei Mingji's voice sounded: "Madame and ladies have all come to the hospital to care for the wounded, and my daughter is busy with the wounded soldiers, don't think that you have this treatment." ”

Mrs. is not very old, she has been raised from the boudoir since she was a child, and she is not very used to showing her face, and she has so much contact with other men, so she only smiles shyly.

Not daring to mention this matter again, Tong actually asked Pei Mingji: "Governor, what is the situation?" ”

Pei Mingji was relaxed: "Reinforcements have arrived......"

Reinforcements should have arrived a long time ago, but a country's transportation system changed from north to south to south to south, and this major adjustment took a lot of time. Now that it was almost straightened out, a steady stream of troops and supplies was turning back from the south.

"Gui Zhen came with the Sixth Division and two artillery battalions, put an artillery battalion into the city, and the Sixth Division camped in the south of the city. Xi Bao lost the bayonet team and the right-wing president of the Han military camp in the morning, and he was already deflated, but now that the situation has changed, he is even more weak-hearted. The camp of the West Mountain is retreating to the east and west, gathering in the north of the city, ready to face us head-on. ”

Pei Mingji said as he said secretly, Zhao Junliang should go to Zhao Guizhen and the Sixth Division to ask, why do their Han army banner people also have the heart and are enemies of his "Great Qing"?

Tong Jing said worriedly: "Will it scare the Xishan camp away?" ”

Pei Mingji's eyebrows also drooped, he didn't want to lose Luling before, not only did Jia Hao approve it, but the general headquarters also urgently pulled up the Sixth Division that had not been rested. Thinking about it seriously at this time, Tong Jing's worries have also become his concern. The reason why he gave up two states and counties before was not only that he couldn't withstand the Qing soldiers, but also an important step in Jia Hao's Yangtze River strategy, and giving up Luling was also an option, the real purpose was to put the entire Xishan battalion, as well as Tian Wenjing's Jiangxi soldiers, all of them here.

"I hope the Metropolitan Governor can come to tie his pockets as soon as possible......"

Pei Mingji said this, and now he hopes that the fighting spirit of the Qing soldiers can continue to be maintained.

"This pit is too obvious, and the Tartars can see it at a glance."

Changsha, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and Fang Tangheng, the commander of the Eagle Yang Army, also frowned.

"Just like when Yongzheng Xing's troops went south, he deliberately let the wind go in advance, and the plans are all in the clear, but aren't we also a step slower to react? Yongzheng wants to get out of the pit, and the Xishan camp wants to jump out of the pit, they have to calculate whether it is worth it or not, whether it is too late, and it is ......"

Compared with a while ago, Jia Hao is much more relaxed.

The Burmese side was basically settled as early as the beginning of the year, and it is said that Wu Ya almost blasted Shalian to the ground, and the Britons were desperate to sue for peace. However, the Tongguan also needed further military cooperation, and Wu Ya had to continue to maintain pressure in the direction of Bengal, so the army did not fully retreat.

Now the General Office basically eats the Britons to death, and is planning to press through the British East India Company with military pressure, and then force it to the table of the British Parliament. It is expected that the imperial court will reach an agreement with Britain, a European power, after Portugal and Spain, so that it will recognize the rule of the British and Chinese over the entire South Seas, and at the same time recognize that the British and Chinese also enjoy colonial interests in Tianzhu. …,

According to Xiao Xie's judgment, with the cooperation of Portugal and the Spaniards, and then the French East India Company is also involved, this goal is expected to be achieved.

Coupled with the initial peace of Burma, a large army is still needed to defend and stabilize the situation. Therefore, the Tielin Army can't come back, and many new divisions can't come back, so they can only pull back at most half.

But Jia Hao is already satisfied, and it is enough to have an eagle army. The six old red-clothed divisions of the Eagle Yang Army, the Tiger Ben Army and the Shenwu Army are in place, which is enough to serve as the spearhead. With the addition of other new divisions, he already has more than 100,000 regular troops in his hands, and with the cooperation of the volunteers, he, the governor of the capital, has begun to approach the former Wuya with troops, and the feasibility of the Yangtze River strategy is almost eighty or ninety.

Jia Hao's unfinished words, Fang Tangheng said: "And Tartar never thought that we could pull up a Yangtze River fleet so quickly." ”

Jia Hao also smiled: "I didn't expect Xiao Meng's young people to be really capable." ”

Youngster......

Jia Hao is only one year younger than the emperor, he is only thirty-two years old this year, Fang Tangheng is thirty-one years old, he thinks of himself as an old man at this age, but Fang Tangheng didn't feel that there was anything wrong, originally he himself was also in this state of mind.

"Sometimes I think about it, we are really old, and we didn't think about many things in advance, if we had prepared before, we wouldn't have come to catch blind at this time."

If it weren't for the ability of Meng Songhai's trio, Jia Hao's Yangtze River strategy would be different, and his generosity would be difficult to achieve. Thinking of this, Jia Hao said that he was talking about himself, but in his heart he was complaining about the court and the Privy Council. After so many years, I didn't think about making the Yangtze River waterway? What do you want Your Majesty to mention? Especially the Privy Council, it's a corpse vegetarian meal at all!

They had a tacit understanding, Fang Tangheng heard his complaints, but he was speaking for the Privy Council: "Jiangfang is different from the navy, it has to rely on people, there is no war, it is a waste of money to raise so many people, and it is enough to have a little patrol of the waterway." And before the Privy Council was also waiting for a steamer, with this ship, people can save a lot. Besides, people's hearts are on their side, and it is not difficult to cross the river, isn't it proof that Xiao Meng pulled out the Yangtze River Fleet so quickly? ”

Jia Hao nodded, indeed, there was no need before, and now the construction of the Yangtze River fleet is also out of his set of Yangtze River strategies with great appetite. If we continue to advance steadily, the urgency of controlling the waterways of the Yangtze River is not so great.

He still complained: "I think it has something to do with which side of Jiangfang belongs to Lu Hai......

Fang Tangheng said with a smile: "Xiao Meng assigned the Yangtze River Fleet to the navy, but he was scolded by Boss Xiao. The navy has a total of only 30,000 people, and the budget is so much, and now Xiao Meng has drummed out hundreds of broken ships, thousands of people, how to arrange it, Boss Xiao estimates that he will have to scratch his head. ”

Jia Hao also smiled, knowing this, he didn't suppress Meng Songhai's request at the beginning.

"Now that you are here, the time is ripe, now it depends on whether Xiao Meng can solve Yue Zhongqi's sailor in Dongting Lake......

"Then in the direction of Yuezhou, isn't it time to move?"

The two discussed the implementation of the Yangtze River strategy, and when it came to Yuezhou, Jia Hao frowned again as if he had a toothache.

"Yuezhou...... That Xie Shen is really going to move, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. ”

Now the situation is basically in Jia Hao's grasp, in the direction of Jiangxi, the first division of Chen Tingzhi in Yuanzhou has been given reinforcements and a battalion of 20 artillery pieces, which can basically hold the direction of Yuanzhou and Luling. Jiangxi's pacification envoy Hou Tongjun personally guarded Jianchang Mansion, and the Qing soldiers did not have many troops in that direction, so it should be no problem, and the bottom of the pit in Jiangxi Dakeng should be able to hold it.

In the direction of Hunan, Yue Zhongqi felt that it was difficult to support himself in view of the threat of the waterway and the fact that the Hubei Green Camp was no longer credible, so he no longer attacked Changde and was retreating towards Dongting Lake, probably to ensure the safety of Jingxiang. After Ortai found out about Zhan Wenda's accident, he also launched several attacks in an attempt to take advantage, but the defenders of Yuezhou were full of hatred because of Zhan Wenda's death, and Ortai did not get half of the benefits. After Xie Dingbei arrived in Yuezhou, he arranged the defense of Yuezhou step by step, and there was basically no problem. …,

But why is he so worried about Xie Dingbei?

Jia Hao secretly examined himself, feeling that his prejudices were too deep, after people voted for Yinghua, he was honest and had no bad deeds, and he thought that the smiling face was too jealous of him.

"It's really hard for the Eagle Yang Army to move to the north and south, so I would like to send my condolences tonight."

"Condolences? What's a good show? ”

"Confidential, though...... Whether it's you, or the officers and soldiers below, you'll definitely like it. ”

"Our favorite thing is to hurry down the river and tighten this bag. Countless feats have been made in the fight against Myanmar, and they cannot compare to the glory of recovering the homeland of China. ”

The two walked out of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion while chatting, and people and horses came and went outside, their eyes were full of fire, and their hearts were warm.

"Yue Zhongqi is right, Nanban's plan is extremely clear, that is, to go straight down the river, take Wuchang and Jiujiang, and then swallow Tian Wenjing and Xishan Daying together! The emperor urgently recruited Tian Wenjing and Xibao to return to the front line of Nanchang and Jiujiang, and the minister and Yue Zhongqi held Wuchang, and they should be able to smash the Nanban scheme. ”

In Linxiang, Hunan, Ortai wrote in a hurry.

"The army has turned back, General Commander Bai will lead the Beiyang and Dayang fleets on behalf of the two fleets, and will also support by sea at that time, we should make arrangements quickly, you, the governor of Jiangnan, which one are you going to eat first?"

"Li Fu has no generals under him, and the Jiangnan Green Camp is also rotten, so you don't have to take it to heart. The flag battalions in Jiangning and Jingkou also have little combat power, so they can stay behind and wait for them to be crushed by the general trend of Jiangnan. I'm most concerned about Nian Qianyao, he has caged the area around Hangzhou with an iron plate, and his 20,000 troops are also decent, so I have to get rid of him first! ”

Jiangnan Longmen, Liu Xingchun and Huaiyuan Army are in control, and Han Zaixing, the governor of Jiangnan, is discussing.

In the General's Mansion in Hangzhou, Nian Qianyao and the mastermind Zuo Weisheng were also talking about top secrets.

Zuo Weisheng's tone was urgent: "The emperor relied on the Xishan camp and Tian Wenjing to churn in Jiangxi, Yue Zhongqi and Ortai were powerless, Li Wei was not familiar with the military, even if Nanban showed a clear plan, they might not be able to deal with it calmly." ”

"The emperor is not on the front line, he can't see the situation clearly, and he may not believe in this plan. When the situation reverses, I am afraid that the heart of the Nanban will not only be in Huguang Jiangxi, but also in Jiangnan, Dashuai, we should strike first! ”

Nian Qianyao sighed: "Nanban acts, it's really ...... It's really unexpected, he actually smashed out a sailor with silver, reversing the trend of the river's waterway. ”

He was still a little hesitant: "The teacher is unknown, after all, the emperor can still be regarded as a hero, if I act really makes him too jealous, he wants to treat me, there are all kinds of means." ”

Zuo Weisheng said: "How can you get a good name at this time?" A line was buried in the fold in advance, and the rice had become porridge by then, and for the sake of the overall situation, the emperor had to admit it. ”

Nian Qianyao pondered for a moment and nodded resolutely: "I missed it once before, and I missed it again, so I can't back down now!" ”。 ）