"Just in time!"
Shengbao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I just want to test the power of the holy bomb with these thousands of long-haired pioneers!" Luo Bingzhang frowned after hearing this.
Ever since the Taiping Army captured Yong'an Prefecture, he had been reading military reports from the front line every day, thinking that he had a relatively good understanding of the Taiping Army's situation.
Thousands of elite Taiping troops are not a small number! Even Shengbao's 1,000 Eighth Banner Soldiers and Fucheng's 3,000 Ganshaan Green Battalion soldiers, stacked together, can't stand up to a good fight.
But before Luo Bingzhang could speak to dissuade him, Zuo Zongtang asked with a flattering look on his face: "I wonder how Lord Sheng is going to wipe out these thousands of long hairs? And why is it that my Lord Luo needs to cooperate? Although my Lord Luo is not familiar with military affairs, But he is also a traitor to the country wholeheartedly!" He doesn't know how to cooperate with military affairs?
When Luo Bingzhang heard these two words, his eyes suddenly lit up.
He is just the acting governor of Hunan, while Shengbao is the assistant to the imperial envoy and the minister of military affairs, and Ma Mahuhu is the deputy imperial envoy. Moreover, Shengbao came to Changsha with a strong force of 1,000 Beijing banners and 3,000 Gansu and Shaanxi green battalions. The troops at hand are comparable to Luo Bingzhang's Fubiao. Twice as much. And his "assistant in military affairs" is to help the imperial envoy Sai Shanga handle military affairs to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Now the Taiping Army is coming to Changsha, and Sai Shanga is far away in Quanzhou and cannot come to Changsha to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. , shouldn’t it have to be done with the help of Shengbao?
Therefore, it is natural for Shengbao to take over the defense of Changsha... If Shengbao intends to take over, Luo Bingzhang can borrow the donkey from Poxia and send it to Beijing with a memorial, and hand over the errands of the governor of Hunan on the pretext of being weak and sick and not understanding military affairs. Give Sheng Bao and he can just assume the responsibility of helping with military affairs.
If Shengbao wins, he will still share the credit and return to Beijing to serve as an official. If Shengbao is defeated, or even dies... Helping with military affairs does not have the responsibility of guarding the land, and there is no need to hang with a rope in the governor's yamen. of.
After understanding the key, Luo Bingzhang immediately raised his hand to Shengbao and said with a smile: "Ke Zhai, I am a scholar, how can I compare to you Yuwen Yunwu? Now there are long-haired thieves everywhere in Hunan Province, and the old man is about to be dismissed from office. I... it is really difficult to command the three armies, so why don't you, Ke Zhai, take over the defense of Changsha, I will tell you again, I will tell you, Ke Zhai, you will act as the acting governor, and I will help with the military affairs."
When Shengbao heard this, he was immediately moved.
Although he is just an acting agent and is unlikely to be promoted to a full-time professor, it is still a resume after all! He will be an official who has served as a governor in the future, and it will be much easier to be promoted to a full-time governor. After thinking about this, Shengbao was already moved, and after pretending to decline, he agreed to take over the defense responsibility of Changsha City first.
As for acting governor, the emperor has to issue an order.
After finally handing over the hot defense of Changsha, Luo Bingzhang was in a good mood and asked Shengbao casually: "Ke Zhai... what's your clever plan? Why don't you tell me and listen to it?" Shengbao thought for a moment, and suddenly a thought came into his mind. He immediately smiled and said: "Confucian scholar, I am going to use a plan to open the door and kill the thieves!"
Open the door and kill the thieves? "Raccoon Bingzhang was stunned.
Shengbao smiled brightly and said: "Confucian scholar, the so-called opening the door to eliminate thieves is to open the Zodiac Gate, lure the long-haired thieves into the Huangdaomen inner street of Changsha City, set up an ambush at the Huangdaomen gate and on both sides of the street, and bombard the Changsha City with fire and thunder.
Mao... If that monster personally leads the troops as the vanguard, he will be killed in one fell swoop!"
Ah... Luo Bingzhang was dumbfounded after hearing this.
Opening the door to destroy the thieves means opening the city gate to let the thieves come in and destroy them? But if they can't be destroyed, won't Changsha send them out? If you do this as a victor, is it still a victor? Don't become a loser!
Luo Bingzhang quickly turned to look at Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang was also taken aback by Shengbao's "ingenious plan" and thought to himself: "Oh no, it seems that I still think highly of this Shengbao! I heard that this Shengbao is a rare talent among the Manchus, with both civil and military skills."
Shuangquan, noble birth, and a confidant of Prince Gong. I thought he was always better than Shang An, an old fool, but now he seems to be far inferior.
Why did he open the door and bring in thieves from outside the city...Does he think there are fewer thieves in Changsha than outside the city? No, I have to think of some way to maintain the strength of the Hunan team training gathered in Changsha.
From now on, the safety of Hunan will depend on them." After thinking about this, Zuo Zongtang slightly cupped his hands and asked Shengbao: "I wonder how Master Sheng plans to lure the enemy?"
Shengbao twirled his beard and said to himself: "The merit of luring the enemy is also merit, but we can't take advantage of those Hunan barbarians. I don't want this merit from the Eight Banners, just give it to the Ganshan Green Camp!" "I plan to send 1,500 Gan.
The elite of Shaanxi Green Battalion went out of the city to lure the enemy."
As soon as Shengbao finished speaking, Fucheng, the commander-in-chief of Xi'an Town, stood up and made a bow and said: "General Fucheng is willing to lead his elite soldiers out of the city to meet the hairy people!"
Shengbao nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, he is indeed my good man from Manchuria! But...you have to remember that you went out of the city to lure the enemy, not to kill the enemy! Don't kill him in pain.
Thousands of long-haired thieves were beaten away." "Don't worry, sir, I know what I know!" Fucheng looked pleased, obviously not taking the Taiping Army seriously.
Zuo Zongtang glanced at the Manchu commander with some sympathy, and then asked respectfully: "I wonder how many soldiers and horses Master Sheng needs to set up an ambush on the Yellow Street inside the Zodiac Gate? Do you also need to set up an ambush on the Zodiac Street on both sides of the Zodiac Gate?"
Runmen and Liuyangmen are fortified, just in case? Also. Tianxin Pavilion to the east of Huangdaomen is the key to the success or failure of Changsha City, and it must be guarded by elite soldiers!"
When he talked about Tianxin Pavilion, he gave Luo Bingzhang another look.
Luo Bingzhang immediately understood what Zuo Zongtang meant, took over Zuo Zongtang's topic, patted his chest and said: "Ke Zhai, I am still acting as the governor of Hunan, and I can still direct the patrols. Why don't you let me patrol the patrols?"
Come and guard Tianxin Pavilion!"
When Shengbao heard this, he nodded immediately and said with a smile: "That's good. Tianxin Pavilion, Hunan Governor's Yamen, Derun Gate, and other city gates besides Liuyang Gate have Lao Ruweng's patrol signs.
For the ambush inside the Zodiac Gate, one thousand Eighteen Banners troops and one thousand five hundred Ganshan Green Camp elites are enough."
"One thousand Eighteen Banner Soldiers and 1,500 Green Camp Soldiers...are they a little less?" Luo Bingzhang asked, "There are still thousands of regiments training in Changsha City. Although they are not elite, they are still quite numerous."
"It's quite a lot," Shengbao said with a smile. "The Green Camp of Gansu and Shaanxi has cavalry and can withstand hard battles. It has never been an enemy of the Southern Army. Besides, the 1,500 people from Fuzong Town can lure the enemy and they will not suffer any loss."
How much. Counting them, it’s enough
One thousand and Eight Banners, three thousand Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camps...including Shaanxi and Gansu, 500 Eight Banners cavalry, 800 shotguns made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 20 double and double cannons, and more than 1,000 shotguns made by the Xi'an Prefecture.
Dozens of small cannons!
There are also...a thousand thunderbolts that can destroy demons!
With these elite soldiers and generals, coupled with my plan to set up an ambush, are you afraid that they won’t be able to kill all the thousands of long-haired thieves?” It seems that he still has some strength!
Zuo Zongtang nodded slightly and thought to himself: "Those equipment and horses are pretty good. They are better than the horse equipment owned by Xianghu disciples and Changmao... Let's see what they can do on the battlefield!"
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Zhuzhou Town.
"The rent is heavy, the interest is high, and it is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to pray for peace, and all the disciplines will be happy. Kill the demons, slaughter the evil gentry, and open the city gate to welcome peace..."
The song "Welcome to the Taiping" rang out in this large town on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. Battalions of Taiping soldiers carrying muskets, long hair, swords and shields were singing with their chests and bellies raised, while the poor people who welcomed them into the city sang together.
"Welcome to Peace", one side passes through the city in a mighty way.
The elite commander of this Taiping Army, the Taiping Angel, the commander-in-chief of the upper army, and the chief lecturer of the God-Worship Society, Luo Yaoguo, was standing on a towering city wall, giving a speech to his "gold medal lecturer" Wang Yan, and secretly joining the army Zhang San.
Xu Xianggui, a female undercover soldier who joined the army, and others arranged to establish a chamber of commerce, a farmers' association, and a branch of the God Worship Association in Zhuzhou Town to mobilize the poor people to rebel.
Chapter completed!