Tiefo Temple, Changsha, Hunan.
"Impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible... How could Zeng Disheng secretly communicate with Changmao? You must have seen it wrong! No, it's not that you have seen it wrong, but it's Luo Ni's pseudo-angel's trick to drive a wedge between Manchu and Han. , frame Zeng Disheng!"
"What's the "Essay on Pursuing Prisoners to Promote Confucianism"? That's nonsense! Even if it's like the chaotic times of the late Yuan Dynasty, there will still be beggars, smugglers, fishermen, pirates, and those who want to do great things to rebel together. Scholars still don't understand The general meeting will be against it! Alas, you don’t understand this matter, I know best!”
The person who saw through Luo Yaoguo's elaborate plot was none other than Seng Gegelinqin, the king of Horqin County. He not only read through the compilation of memorials that contained the truth, but he was also the person in the Qing court who best understood the troubled times of the late Yuan Dynasty - he was Bo. Erjijit's family, also known as Li Erzhijin's family, Dayuan is his ancestor's business! Why doesn't he know about it?
In addition, he had read Volume 1 of "Anti-Jing" at Tiefo Temple, plus he had already read Volume 2 and 3 of "Anti-Jing", and he already had a profound understanding of Luo Yaoguo's insidiousness and cunning. Understand - he, this prince, has experienced hardship. When he was a child, his family was poor, and he lived by herding sheep for the rich. He never went to school before he was twelve years old. Later, the old county prince of Horqin had no children, so he was chosen because he was better-looking. Became an alternate prince.
He not only understands how corrupt the Yuan Dynasty is, but also understands "poverty"! Naturally, one can see at a glance how dangerous Volume 1 of "Anti-Jing" is to today's Qing Dynasty!
After hearing that Sushun and Shengbao mentioned to him the news that he encountered a "Zeng Guofan" who came to the city to visit Luo Angel in a grand manner in Changsha City, he immediately judged that this was another alienation plan!
He paused and then asked Sushun and Shengbao in a low voice: "Yuting, Kezhai, you two didn't talk about this with Luo Ruzhai and Luo Suxi, did you?"
"No, of course not... We will come to see you, Your Majesty, as soon as we arrive at Iron Buddha Temple."
"Your Majesty, Yuting and I know very well that the situation in Hunan is very complicated, and those Han officials and gentry are not trustworthy..."
After hearing from Shengbao and Sushun that Zeng Guofan was suspected of entering Changsha, Seng Gelinqin took a breath and thought to himself: "These two reincarnated Manchu nobles finally have some brains... If the son is stabbed out, how will it end otherwise? It’s just that they are stupid in their studies and have forgotten how their ancestors drove the Han people to help them conquer the world. Do you really expect those traitors to wholeheartedly conquer the world for the Manchu master?"
"Yuting, Ke Zhai," Seng Gelinqin said with a smile, "Do you two still remember how my ancestors from the Qing Dynasty entered Guan Dingding?"
"Remember," Sushun nodded, "our ancestors were so powerful. They were invincible with their bows and horses. They defeated the Ming army and made the intruders flee like rats, so they conquered the world!"
Shengbao said with some emotion: "It's a pity that our descendants are gone... Eight out of ten Eight Banners soldiers smoke foreign cigarettes. It's really difficult to lead them!"
Seng Gelinqin shook his head and said: "Yuting, Kezhai, you are only half right! The proficiency of our ancestors with bows and horses is only half the reason why my Qing Dynasty came to dominate the Central Plains... No matter how skilled our ancestors are with bows and horses, Shanhaiguan is not Did the ancestors conquer the city of Beijing? Did the ancestors conquer the city of Beijing?
You both know what the city wall of Beijing looks like! This Shanhaiguan Pass... is really the most powerful pass in the world! If Wu Sangui hadn't opened Shanhaiguan Pass, and if Li Zicheng hadn't conquered Beijing first and then abandoned the city... relying on our ancestors to fight hard, 20,000 people died in Shanhaiguan, 20,000 people died in Beijing... It's not much, right? How many of the Eight Banners heavenly soldiers are left? Is it enough to conquer the whole world?"
"I'm afraid it's a bit confusing!"
"I guess it's not enough..."
Sushun and Shengbao both shook their heads.
Seng Gelinqin asked with a smile: "Then why did Wu Sangui and those surrendered generals who surrendered from the Ming Dynasty want to conquer the world for the Qing Dynasty? Yuting, Kezhai, do you think Wu Sangui and his like are really loyal to the Qing Dynasty?"
"It's definitely not true!"
"Those people later started the San Francisco Rebellion!"
"That's right!" Seng Gelinqin said, "As long as those two ministers and three ministers who helped the Qing Dynasty fight against King Chuang and fought hard against the Southern Ming Dynasty, as long as they live long enough, most of them will join Wu Sangui to cause the San Francisco Rebellion. Talk about these gangs Who the hell can believe that people are really loyal to the Qing Dynasty? But our ancestors used these two ends of the head and the rat. Is it right for ambitious people to use it? Is it a good use? "
"this………"
Shengbao couldn't answer.
He already understood what Seng Gelinqin meant, but... this moment, that moment!
"Of course it's the right thing to use, and it's good to use!" Sushun said with a look of surprise on his face, "I understand what the prince means. Even if Zeng Disheng, Zuo Jigao, Jiang Minqiao and others want to be Wu Sangui in the future, we still have to use them now!" Monk Green Qin stroked his beard: "Yes, if you don't use it now, the Qing Dynasty will have no future!"
Shengbao frowned and said, "But can they be relied on? What if someone changes sides at the last minute..."
Seng Gelinqin smiled and asked: "Then why are our ancestors not afraid of those second ministers and three ministers who will defect in battle?" "Aren't we the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers who are behind to scare us?" Shengbao blurted out.
"That's right!" Seng Gelinqin glanced at Shengbao, "The Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers...are used to intimidate! They are not placed in front to fight the enemy!" Shengbao's cheeks turned red when Seng Gelinqin said this, and he lowered his head. The head said: "Your Majesty, you are humble and foolish..."
Sushun also glanced at Shengbao and sighed: "Those powerful soldiers from the Beijing Banner finally did not die in vain. At least they injured that monster... Your Majesty, you see, the Eight Banners soldiers we spent a lot of money to redeem can still be used to intimidate "?" Seng Gelinqin frowned: "I'm afraid it won't work..."
"What should we do?" Sushun asked,
Seng Gelinqin scratched his head: "In the long run, of course, we will have to make more adjustments, but for now, the only way is to use the Jingzhou Eight Banners cavalry!" "Are you going to use the Eight Banners stationed in Jingzhou?" Shengbao was surprised, "Back then, San Francisco During the rebellion, the Eight Banners garrisoned in Jingzhou didn’t even move at all!”
The Eight Banners soldiers in Hubei are not stationed in Wuchang Prefecture south of the Yangtze River, but in Jingzhou Prefecture north of the Yangtze River, and there are quite a lot of them! There are 4,400 soldiers stationed in Jingzhou to guard the Eight Banners, and they are accompanied by their families. They were stationed in the city of Jingzhou together with their mouths. If Ding Yu and his family were included, the total number was twenty-five to six thousand.
The number may seem small, but for the Qing Dynasty, which had extremely decentralized military power, the 4,400 Banners soldiers were definitely a "strategic deterrent force"! Seng Gelinqin actually wanted to use the Eight Banners of Jingzhou... What if he used If it were destroyed, then the Qing Dynasty would not only lose Hunan, but also Hubei.
"Yuting, Ke Zhai, of course I know that the Eight Banners of Jingzhou cannot be moved lightly," Seng Gelinqin said, "but now is indeed a good opportunity to reverse the decline of Hunan... The day before yesterday, the Hunan Governor's Yamen sent a detailed map of Hunan's military affairs and a compilation of thief stories. After careful reading, I found that there is still a big opportunity on the battlefield in Hunan! To seize this big opportunity, we must mobilize the Eight Banners cavalry garrisoned in Jingzhou and the main force of the Hubei Green Camp to enter Hunan!
As long as we can use the Eight Banners cavalry to fight a good battle in Hunan, we can intimidate the likes of Zeng Disheng, Zuo Jigao, and Jiang Minqiao!"
After saying that, Seng Gelinqin stood up, walked to the bookshelf nearby, took out a map, unfolded it on the desk, and called to Shengbao and Sushun to look at it together.
On this map, the Taiping Army and the Qing Army are generally divided into two major battlefields: the North and the South. The "Northern Theater" is composed of the two main battlefields of Changsha City and Zhuzhou-Lukou Town. The "Southern Theater" is divided into zero and zero. Ling, with Quanzhou as the center, launched an offensive and defensive tug-of-war.
In addition to these two war zones, the Qing army also had the supervision of Cheng Cai, the governor of Huguang who was stationed in Hengshan County, as well as Xiang Yong from the Hunan regiment training minister Zeng Guofan who had retreated to Changde Mansion, and Xiang Yong who was training in Yiyang and Xiangyin. Zuo Zongtang's Gaozi Tenth Battalion. As for the Taiping Army, there were Nanwang Feng Yunshan's troops located in the south of Chenzhou Prefecture, Guiyang Prefecture, and Yongzhou Prefecture.
"Your Majesty," Shengbao had led troops after all. After looking at it for a while, he had already discovered what the problem was. "The battlefield in Hunan seems to be a bit chaotic. How can we fight from the south to the north? Moreover, the north is returning to the north and the south is fighting. The south side is fighting... Both sides are fighting each other, and they don't respond to each other?"
"And!" Although Sushun has never led an army, he has been accompanying Xianfeng on paper these days. He has also gained a lot of knowledge and seen a lot of problems. He pointed to the area around Zhuzhou on the map and said, "Your Majesty, this is We don’t have many people in this area, but there are quite a few hairy people, and the hairy people seem to be contained by our few strongholds.”
Seng Gelinqin nodded with a smile and said: "Ke Zhai, Yu Ting, you two are really talented people in Manchuria, incomparable to those Han people. You can see at a glance the key to reversing the decline of the Hunan battlefield on the map!" Seng Gelinqin He took out another compilation of thief stories that also came from the Hunan Governor's Yamen, placed it in front of Shengbao and Sushun, and said with a smile: "According to this compilation, there are now four big mountains in Changmao.
The first hilltop is between the Puppet Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and the Puppet Dongwang Yang Xiuqing. Among them, the Puppet Heavenly King seems to be indifferent, so the Puppet Dongwang has the final say on this hilltop. Now the people who are fighting in the ministries under the jurisdiction of Hesaitang in Lingling and Quanzhou are They. The second hilltop is Feng Yunshan, the puppet southern king. It is said that he was ordered to occupy southern Hunan and spy on Guangdong, Chenzhou Prefecture, Guiyang Prefecture, and the southern part of Yongzhou Prefecture.
The third hilltop belongs to the lineage of the puppet Western King Xiao Chaogui, and Hengyang Mansion seems to be his territory.
The fourth hilltop is the pseudo-angel Luo Yaoguo's faction. He should be in charge of this area of ​​Changsha Mansion. Kezhai, Yuting, do you see where the opportunity is?
Tell me, is today’s battlefield in Hunan a place where our powerful Eight Banners force can show off its talents?”
Sushun and Shengbao nodded together, and both pointed their fingers towards the area between Zhuzhou and Changsha.
Sushun said: "Your Majesty, as long as we can concentrate our troops here, cut off the connection between Zhuzhou and Changsha, and isolate Changmao in Changsha, we can force the false angels in Changsha to abandon Changsha!" Shengbao said, "Maybe
We can also win a big victory near Xiangtan!"
Seng Gelinqin nodded and said: "Well, just looking at the map, it seems so. But..." He pointed to the compilation of memorials on his desk, "But according to this compilation, since the false angel appeared,
He will conquer the enemy and win the battle! Moreover, you two also heard in Changsha City that the gentry in the south of Changsha City and east of the Xiangjiang River were either wiped out or entered the city. The farmers in that area have become long-haired.
of fans.
Do you two think our Eight Banners soldiers are so powerful? Can they defeat the most capable of Changmao on the territory where Changmao has already taken root, and maybe some pseudo-angels with some magic skills?" Sushun and Shengbao looked at each other,
Chapter completed!