Luo Yaoguo's self-paid "Tongtian Mirror" contains secret books such as "The History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", "The Complete History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War", "The Complete History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", etc. He did not take Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang, the so-called three heroes of the late Qing Dynasty, into consideration. , I just felt that as long as I followed the secret book to fight through step by step, and coupled with the secret method in Volume 1 of "Anti-Jing", which he summarized the experience of rebellion in modern times, how could Zeng, Zuo, and Li Zhiliu be opponents?
Unexpectedly, Zuo Zongtang just used some tricks to make him realize that none of those figures who can occupy a large space in history books and receive a lot of praise are easy to deal with! And this Zuo Zongtang is still here The man who made a big name in the troubled times of the late Qing Dynasty, pacified the Tianguo, destroyed the Nian Army, and restored Xinjiang. He is really famous in history and will be remembered by future generations. He is far better than Zeng Guofan who worked hard to be a "sage" and Li Yaofan who worked hard to be an official.
Su Sanniang seemed to also see the worries in Luo Yaoguo's heart, and said: "Your Highness, Sanniang immediately mobilized troops and horses to raid the Chao Zongmen rice market and grab some rice!" Luo Yaoguo thought to himself: "This Zuo Zongtang... But someone who is known as Jinliang is full of bad ideas!
He burned the food rations of 300,000 people, and then threw these people and the whole of Changsha to me. No need to think about it, he must be trying to ruin my good deeds!"
Luo Yaoguo thought for a while, and finally whispered: "That's enough to survive for 300,000 people. We always have to give it a try... Sanniang, I'll go with you. Go and mobilize the troops quickly!" "Yeah. !" Su Sanniang received the order and turned around to dispatch her troops.
When Yu Miaqing saw Su Sanniang leaving the battle, he took the initiative to step forward to make up for Su Sanniang's vacancy, and began to report the military information he had just received to Luo Yaoguo: "Your Highness, Commander Lin led his troops to pursue Shengbao along the Changsha city. , the flag was planted on the Derun Gate a quarter of an hour ago, and the Yibu Gate will be next, and then the Chao Zong Gate... I suggest sending someone to urge Commander Lin and ask him to advance the troops quickly. Let's see. Let’s see if we can seize the Chao Zongmen Pier and force the Qing Yao there to retreat.”
Luo Yaoguo always listened to the suggestions of Su Sanniang, Yu Miaqing and others for specific tactics. He nodded immediately: "Okay, immediately send someone with my angel order to give Lin Fengxiang the order." Yu Miaqing continued: "Tianxin Pavilion It's very difficult to fight. It's better to let Junshuai Li leave three to four hundred people to guard it, and transfer the rest to Deputy Manager Su, so that she can be more sure.
In addition, it is a bit wasteful for Commander Li of the Second Army to lead a thousand troops to guard Cai Gong's tomb. Three hundred men are enough. The remaining 700 will be transferred to Huangdaomen. I will ask Commander Li to lead 500 men to Chao Zongmen. For support, just leave 200 people here at the Zodiac Gate to bluff." The two suggestions Yu Miaqing put forward this time were very comprehensive, and he was indeed a good adviser.
"Okay! Let's do it like this!" Luo Yaoguo nodded, and while Yu Miaqing was giving orders to the young soldiers below, he began to make mental calculations again.
This Zuo Zongtang helped Luo Bingzhang defend Changsha in history and gained a great reputation, but now he is burning food and abandoning the city... What is he planning? Could it be that he wants to use scorched earth tactics and use the 20 or 30 people in Changsha City Are you forcing me to retreat with thousands of mouths crying for food? Or do you want me to send troops to plunder food around Changsha so that he can send troops to ambush me?
Luo Yaoguo thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out what Zuo Zongtang was thinking.
Just when he was secretly trying to figure out Zuo Zongtang's thoughts, footsteps sounded around him again. He looked back and saw that it was Yu Miaqing who had already finished conveying the order and was leaning forward again, with a rather respectful attitude. When he saw Yu Miaqing Luo Yaoguo suddenly thought of Zeng Guofan, the biggest slave of the Qing Dynasty in history.
I don’t know if Xiao Chaogui divided his troops and went to Xiangxiang?
No matter how good Zuo Zongtang is, he is no longer a minister of the Qing emperor, but a commoner. Luo Zenan, Li Xubin and other famous generals of the Hunan Army are mostly white now. Neither they nor Xianfeng have the title of monarch or minister. In troubled times, of course, they can choose Mu Erqi. Even if they were allowed to form a team and occupy the state capital, the Taiping Army would not be unable to negotiate with them.
Now the "God" is the "Haotian God", everyone worships the same God, and everyone is considered to be of the same sect... Isn't that just the title of a prince or an official? But once Zeng Guofan takes office, he will be in big trouble. This guy was commissioned by Feng Xianfeng to organize a group training, so he can help his subordinates seek official positions one by one.
Moreover, he is still a slave who works hard and has no intention of seeking the throne! Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo called out: "Jiu Mei!"
"My subordinate is here!"
Zeng Jiumei immediately stepped forward and accepted the order.
Luo Yaoguo pulled out a red "Angel Order" and called to her: "Go to Zhuzhou immediately, the King of the West is almost here! You take my Angel Order to see the King of the West, tell him that I have obtained the secret, and call him Immediately lead the troops to attack Xiangxiang without delay. Zeng Guofan must be captured...or beheaded. This thief must not be allowed to stay!"
"yes!"
Not long after Zeng Jiumei went down with Luo Yaoguo's "Angel Order", Su Sanniang had already assembled seven to eight hundred male and female holy soldiers, and quickly went upstairs to report to Luo Yaoguo.
This time, the total strength of the Taiping Army that followed Luo Yaoguo to attack Changsha was only more than 5,000. It was not enough to capture the city of Changsha, which covers an area of ​​more than ten square kilometers, has a population of 200,000, and nine gates and a fortress. .So now Su Sanniang cannot spare too many troops to follow Luo Yaoguo to Chao Zongmen Rice Market.
"Mie Qing!" Luo Yaoguo took out a few more "Angel Orders" and handed them to Yu Mieqing, "You come and take charge of the Zodiac Sect, while Sanniang and I go to the Chao Sect!" "Yes!"
"Ji Gao, eight or nine hundred people have come. Looking at this team, they should be long-haired elites, and there are two to three hundred shotguns... Do we really want to fight?" Chen Qishu's slightly panicked voice came from Zuo Zongtang's ear. The edge rang.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the gusts of westerly wind blowing from the Xiangjiang River blew away the thick smoke from the fire in Chaozongmen Rice Market. Standing on the inner horse road of Chaozongmen, Zuo Zongtang and Chen Qishu had a good feeling. He had no eyesight, so from a distance he saw eight or nine hundred red-headed men coming from the direction of the Hunan Governor's Yamen.
Zuo Zongtang ignored Chen Qishu at all. He was looking through a Western monocular in his hand, as if he wanted to find a big longhair. But this group of longhairs looked very strange. Their queue was very neat and well-dressed. It is also very neat. Everyone is wearing a red robe and red scarf. There is almost no difference in appearance. It is difficult to tell who is a high official and who is a lowly soldier based on their clothes.
Fortunately, Zuo Zongtang was quite discerning. After a while, he found a tall man in the team who was not carrying a shotgun or a long weapon. So he handed the binoculars to Chen Qishu, then pointed in the direction of the two tall men and said: " Bowen, have you seen that tall man?"
"I saw it!" Chen Qishu nodded, "Looking at his young age, it's unlikely that he's a big hairy guy, right?"
"No matter," Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said, "He didn't bring a shotgun or a long weapon, he should be a leader. It's him!
You first arrange for sharpshooters to attack with shotguns, and then order Zhang Dingxiang to charge with death warriors to see if he can behead that person!" "Yes!"
After receiving the order, Chen Qishu turned around and was about to go down, but was stopped by Zuo Zongtang: "Wait...tell your people to calm down and wait until Changmao sends people to put out the fire and grab food before attacking, so as to catch them off guard!" "Yes!" Chen Qishu loudly accepted the order, turned around and ran towards the city.
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The tall man Zuo Zongtang discovered was no one else, but Luo Yaoguo himself, the commander-in-chief of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s army, the chief lecturer of the God Worshiping Society, and the Taiping Angel!
Although he was very careful to hide his traces on the battlefield, his height was too "astonishing", a "big man" of 1.78 meters! He was too attractive among the hundreds of Guangxi old brothers who were generally short. People noticed. Even though he was not sitting in a sedan or riding a horse, nor was he wearing a dragon robe, but an ordinary red robe that faded after washing, and a red scarf, he was still attracted by Zuo Zongtang, a "today's man". "Light" was discovered at a glance.
Luo Yaoguo was not aware of the danger. He, Su Sanniang and Li Kaifang drove over with more than 700 Guangxi brothers and more than 100 Guangxi sisters! Those are old brothers!
When they were reorganizing the army in Daozhou, these old brothers had another round of training. They were all strong and strong. Although there were only 900 people, the current Green Camp soldiers, Eight Banners soldiers, and Hunan regiment training even had two or three thousand soldiers who were not enough for them to fight. Moreover, the nearby Chao Zongmen looked like it was in cessation. It looked like it had been abandoned. Zuo Zongtang's people probably fled after setting the fire.
Changsha has become so virtuous, why don't you wait to become a loyal martyr of the Qing Dynasty?
Chapter completed!