Yuezhou Prefecture, Baling County.
The port outside the county town is already heavily guarded at this time!
The elite Hubei Admiral Shuangfu, who had just been transferred from Wuchang, had firmly controlled the entire port. The soldiers with bright military uniforms and sophisticated weapons, although they were all a bit smoky, were already full by now. There was foreign smoke, so everyone was in high spirits, with their chests and bellies sticking out, just waiting for another group of unlucky imperial envoys to arrive.
The previous wave of imperial envoys who assisted the military affairs minister "Bai Bao" is now standing on the dock with his head downcast, like an eggplant beaten by frost - before the new wave of imperial envoys arrive, remove him from all his duties and allow others to The imperial mail for his meritorious service was delivered first. His good second-grade officer was now beaten to the end!
Although he was given a chance to make meritorious deeds, but...it was easy to defraud, but it was difficult to make meritorious deeds! If he could have made meritorious deeds, he would have done so long ago, so how could he still be guilty?
And if this merit cannot be established, I wonder if I will go to Xinjiang to atone for my sins?
Hubei Admiral Shuangfu, a fat man with a smoky face, was standing next to Shengbao and sighing, because he had received the news. This time, not only Sushun, but also Seng Gelinqin came! The late emperor was recognized by everyone today as a minister who knew the military and was able to fight, and was the most powerful general in the Qing Dynasty!
When he comes to Hunan, he will definitely have a big fight! And the Green Camp in Hunan has been struggling in the past few months. If Seng Gelinqin wants to fight a big fight, he will have to mobilize the troops from Hubei. And the troops from Hubei There are two, one is the Eight Banners soldiers under the command of General Jingzhou, which is the imperial court's trump card to intimidate Huguang. It is impossible to move lightly, especially after the "defeated" Beijing Banners force made a fool of itself...
The other team is of course Hubei Green Camp!
Hubei Admiral Shuangfu recently received a letter from the court, ordering him to lead his troops to Yuezhou Prefecture in Hunan Province... This is an ominous sign! Amitabha, I hope that prince will not look down on Hubei Green Camp. Soldier!
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"Your Majesty, don't you take a look at the Hubei Green Camp elite soldiers on the dock?"
When Hubei Admiral Shuangfu was reciting "Amitabha" silently in his heart, on an official boat that was slowly docking, Sushun was holding his arms and admiring the elite military appearance of the Qing Dynasty Green Battalion under the sunset, while talking to Seng Gelinqin beside him. say.
Seng Gelinqin was looking down at a thick compilation of memorials, which he had asked Xianfeng for before leaving Beijing. Zhou Tianjue, Xiang Rong, Wu Lantai, Qin Dingsan, Sai Shang'a, He Chun and others had written about the memorials. All the memorials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were included in this compilation. Seng Gelinqin was reading it all the way, reading it over and over again. When he heard Sushun's words, he just shook his head and said: "What's so interesting... I can't beat him for a long time anyway." Hairy!"
"Can't beat it?"
Sushun stared at Seng Gelinqin with wide eyes, and it took him a long time to utter a sentence: "My lord, that's not what you said in the garden that day!"
Seng Gelinqin glanced at him and said: "I haven't read this compilation of memorials that day, and I don't know the situation on the front line. I just said it casually and cannot take it seriously." "What can be said in those memorials?" Sushun He has not read this compilation of memorials. It is not because he is lazy, but because the system does not allow it.
This compilation was requested by Seng Gelinqin. The emperor gave it to Seng Gelinqin alone. Sushun cannot read it, but he can ask. "There is the truth!" Seng Gelinqin said.
"What truth?"
"A person's name!"
"A person? Who is it?" Sushun asked.
"Pseudo Angel Luo Yaoguo!" Seng Gelinqin said, "This name was first mentioned in memorials by Saitang, Xiangjunmen and others after the Battle of Daozhou. The chief general of Changmao seems to be this person!
Subsequently, Hubei's Cheng Zhijun was also in Guiyang Prefecture. After the fall of Chenzhou, he mentioned this person in the memorial. He was also the general who led the army to attack the city. Cheng Zhijun later secretly went to Chenzhou Prefecture to collect information related to this person." "Oh? What's the news?" Sushun asked quickly.
By Gelinqin put down the compilation of memorials in his hand, looked at Sushun, and said word by word: "This person should be the so-called demon descended from heaven!" "What? He is the Bull Demon King?" Sushun was surprised.
Seng Gelinqin shook his head and said: "There is no record of him being the Bull Demon King in the information collected by Cheng Zhijun. It is only said that among the long-haired people, there is a legend that he is a man who descended from the sky in a coir raincoat. He is the adopted son of God. He came down to help the Hong Kong people by destiny. Those who rebel against the world... Before the Cantonese bandits rebelled, they were just rogue bandits without any foundation. Although they could succeed for a while, they had no place to stand in the end. Since ancient times, rogue bandits have not been able to last for a long time. !
However, after the thief came to heaven, Changmao quickly took over Daozhou, and changed his previous strategy of not managing the territory and not planning for a long time. Instead, he began to divide the land, win over the ignorant people, recruit the Tiandihui, establish a base, and expand the territory. It’s only been a few months? Changmao has already taken over a huge territory, even the provincial capital Changsha was taken over by them.”
"Is this... because there is this pseudo-angel named Luo?" Sushun asked in surprise.
Seng Gelinqin stroked his beard and whispered: "I only know that after he came, Changmao's performance was completely different from before!" Sushun frowned: "He is so powerful, he can't be a real descendant from heaven. Demon?"
"Whether it's a real demon or not..." Seng Gelinqin said, stroking his hands, "We all have to eradicate this great harm for the court!"
Sushun pondered and said: "But how to eradicate him? We don't even know what this person looks like now...let alone where he is? How to eradicate him?"
In addition, even if we know where he is, how many available soldiers do we have on hand? This person helped Changmao capture half of Hunan in just a few months. Don't underestimate the enemy!" "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles," Monk Gelinqin frowned and said leisurely, "But now we don't know either the enemy or ourselves... It's really difficult to handle it!"
Sushun thought for a while and said, "Why don't we call Sheng Kezhai and ask after we dock? He should come to Baling to greet us."
"Sheng Kezhai? What can he know?" Seng Gelinqin obviously looked down on Shengbao. "If he knew, the battle would not be fought with such virtue!" Sushun said: "It doesn't hurt to ask? Eat. Every pit brings wisdom, after all, he has fought against that monster."
"Okay!" Seng Gelinqin nodded, "ask him to come on board and ask."...
"Luo Yaoguo?" Shengbao was startled when he heard Seng Gelinqin ask about this name, "Luo Yaoguo, the Angel of Peace?" "You also know this person?" Sushun asked.
"I know!" Shengbao nodded, "I know very well!" "Then do you know where he is?" Sushun asked again.
"Just in Changsha!" Shengbao replied.
When they heard that Luo Yaoguo was in Changsha, Seng Gelinqin and Sushun couldn't help but frown.
They both knew Xianfeng's thoughts about the Hunan battlefield, which was to do everything for Changsha!
The emperor actually had no idea how big Hunan was. He didn't care much about who controlled the rural areas or who controlled the mountainous areas. What the emperor cared about were provincial capitals, prefectures, prefectures, and county towns.
As long as these cities are not lost, the world will be at peace.
And now after losing the county seat, we have lost the state city, after losing the state city, we have lost the prefectural city, and now we have lost it to the provincial capital. If we don't stop it, we will lose the capital city! So the provincial capital of Changsha cannot be lost under any circumstances...
Thinking of this, Sushun asked: "Ke Zhai, how is the situation in Changsha City now?"
Shengbao frowned and said, "Yuting, I can't even explain the situation in Changsha City in one sentence or two. Otherwise..." He suddenly showed a fearless expression and said firmly: "Or...
..I will accompany you on a trip to Changsha, a dragon's pond and a tiger's den!" "Wha, what?" Sushun was startled, "A trip to Changsha? Changsha is a land of long hair!"
Seng Gelinqin was also shocked by Shengbao's suggestion: "Ke Zhai, you don't want to die?"
Shengbao said solemnly: "Shengbao received the emperor's favor. Now the demon has come to the world, the country is in trouble, and most of Changsha is in the hands of thieves... Shengbao went to Changsha City to find out whether Changmao is real or not, and the current situation of the demon.
What's so scary?" Sushun and Seng Gelinqin thought that this nerd Shengbao couldn't fight, but they didn't expect him to be so courageous!
It seems that the Battle of Changsha was not necessarily due to Shengbao's defeat by Emperor En, but because he had tried his best. Perhaps the greater losses were due to the ferocity of the demons and the weakening of the Eight Banners. You cannot blame Shengbao! "Ke Zhai," the monk
Gelinqin frowned and said, "You and Yuting are both important officials of the imperial court. It would be inappropriate to enter the dangerous places in Changsha. What if you get stuck in there?"
"No." Shengbao said confidently, "To be honest, I have sent people in and out of Changsha City several times to find out the situation in the city, and also contacted the internal affairs department... Getting in and out of Changsha is 100% guaranteed!
The reason why I invited Yuting to come to Changsha together is because it is very important to find out the current situation of the Bull Demon and find out the true and false things in Changsha. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, but just heard it, if I made any mistakes, wouldn't it be a crime of deceiving the emperor?
?If Yuting doesn’t want to take risks, then Shengbao can just go to Changsha alone!”
Sushun raised his eyebrows, cupped his hands towards Shengbao and said, "Ke Zhai is indeed a good man among our Manchu people! Sushun admires you, but you Sheng Ke Zhai has received the emperor's favor in this life, and we, Prince Zheng's Palace, are still Aixinjueluo's family.
Chapter completed!