"Sun, you are disloyal and unjust! Not only do you betray your country for glory, you also betray your friends for survival. You are not a fucking thing. I, Xiang Rong, will let you go even if I am a ghost. "Sun Yingzhao, you bastard, I Why didn’t I realize that you were such a thing? Even if I, Liu Changqing, turned into a ghost, I would still pester you for my life!”
When Luo Yaoguo also wanted to talk to Xiao Chaogui about how he was going to deceive Cheng Zicai, the governor of Huguang, and seize his Wuchang City, the shouts and curses of Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing could be heard outside.
It turned out that these two guys were led by Sun Yingzhao and Feng Zicai to wipe out the Chinese army. They were all caught and bundled up in front of Luo Yaoguo and Xiao Chaogui.
Both of them were in their fifties or sixties, and both looked a little haggard. They were not wearing official uniforms, nor were they wearing the Qing Dynasty military attache's jackets - that is, dark mandarin jackets without any patterns. Instead, they were wearing the uniforms of ordinary soldiers. , a big word "兵" on the chest.
Feng Zicai, who had performed meritorious service just after the surrender, Zhu Ba, who had been promoted to division instructor, and four guards from the division instructor team escorted Xiang Rong. Liu Changqing came in, followed by Su Sanniang and a smoky face that Luo Yaoguo didn't recognize. A thin man in his fifties.
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"Kneel down!"
Zhu Ba roared, and the four guards of the lecturer team immediately pressed Xiang Rong down without hearing anything, and Liu Changqing knelt down to Luo Yaoguo. The two of them were still unconvinced, and cursed, "Thieves," and "I don't want to die a good death." "Ah," and "What a crooked way." I always scolded him nonstop.
Zhu Ba was very angry. He raised his fist and was about to strike, but Luo Yaoguo waved his hand to stop him: "Don't fight yet, I have something to ask...Why are you two wearing soldiers' clothes? Yes." Don’t you want to escape among the defeated army?”
"This lord is a wise man!" The thin man in his fifties, with a smoky face, wearing a coat, and a red cloth on his head, knelt down to Luo Yaoguo first, and then said respectfully, "I, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Feng. When they charged into the old bandit's army, the two of them had just changed their clothes. If they were a step too late, they would have escaped among the rebels."
"You can't escape!" Su Sanniang bowed to Luo Yaoguo and said with a smile: "Dear angel, Jiangshe City has been surrounded by us, not only our elite Taiping Army, but also the militiamen from Xiangtan County and Zhuzhou Town. The total number is no less than 50,000, not even a fly can fly out!"
The number of fifty thousand is not exaggerated by Su Sanniang, it is really such a number!
Among them, there are more than 30,000 people in the four armies of the Shangjun and the former army. In addition, there are the militia under the jurisdiction of the Hunan-Jiangxi border general hall and Minzhuang in front of the branch, as well as Dingzhuang who have been mobilized by the underground association on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River. A total of 50,000 Taiping troops, militiamen, and minzhuang participated in this battle of "crossing the Xiangjiang River."
This is also an important reason why more than 10,000 people in the Xiangrong Group were annihilated by Luo Yaoguo and Xiao Chaogui in just one or two days!
However, as the army becomes stronger, it is necessary to use deception. Otherwise, it may not be difficult to defeat the enemy, but it is not easy to annihilate them in large numbers.
Historically, the Taiping Army fought against the Qing army during its heyday. "Fleeing only when you see thieves is a sign of bravery." It can be said that it is not weak. However, the number of enemies it annihilated was not too large. Otherwise, Xiang Rong and his ilk would not have been able to follow them all the way from Guangxi. Go outside Tianjing City!
At the moment, it is impossible for Xiang Rong to go to the Jiangnan camp outside Tianjing City. At most, he can go to Tianjing City... Luo Yaoguo looked at Su Sanniang with a smile: "Sanniang, in that case, the Qing army in Jiangshe City No one can escape?" "No one can escape!" Su Sanniang puffed up her chest and said proudly.
Luo Yaoguo chuckled a few times: "But I think we should escape a few... For example, Mr. Sun from Yongzhou Town and Mr. Feng Qian from Changsheng Yongying can escape to Xiangtan and continue to be loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty. !」
"I don't dare, I don't dare!" Sun Yingzhao immediately knelt down when he heard Luo Yaoguo's words, "Sun is a defeated general under the angel. I don't dare to offend the angel's power anymore!"
"Your Highness the Angel, Feng Zicai has absolutely no doubts about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" Feng Zicai quickly knelt down and swore, "If the villain dares to be disloyal to the angel, I will let the Bull Demon King devour the villain!"
Luo Yaoguo smiled brightly, nodded and said: "This angel knows that you have no doubts about our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so I let you go to Cheng Cai's side as an internal response. Cheng Zicai is the governor of Huguang. He should not die in Xiangtan, Wuchang is his duty. city!"
Sun Yingzhao and Feng Zicai were both stunned. Didn't they agree to be loyal and loyal men?
Why did he end up going to Wuchang as a spy? This is a job with his head in his belt!
Su Sanniang stood by and said to Feng Zicai in a Cantonese language that sounded very friendly to him: "Ah Cai, there is some risk in sneaking into Wuchang, but the greater the risk, the greater the reward! This time you have made a great contribution by persuading Sun Yingzhao to surrender. You can You have been promoted to brigade commander. If you can help the Kingdom of Heaven capture Wuchang, I, Su Sanniang, will make you a division commander!
A division commander can lead more than 2,000 people, which is equivalent to a general or deputy general, so you must take good care of it!"
Feng Zicai really wanted to make progress, and now that he was appreciated by Su Sanniang, of course he had to perform well and be positive. After thinking about it, he immediately clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I obey!
Luo Yaoguo turned his attention to Sun Yingzhao again and said with a smile: "General Sun, don't worry... I will arrange for Feng Zicai to take 200 people with you to Xiangtan. With this strength, he will give Cheng Zicai some money. I will definitely exonerate you and reuse it for you.
I heard people say that Cheng Cai is a corrupt official who is greedy for money! If he accepts your money, you can be a loyal minister of both the Qing Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" Sun Yingzhao's expression was a bit stiff: "Your Highness, I'm a low-ranking official. I'm a low-ranking official. I'm short of money. It's true, it's true...
Luo Yaoguo smiled and said, "I will make all the arrangements for you... without you having to pay a penny. "I obey!"
Sun Yingzhao had no choice but to agree first. As for what to do after returning to Wuchang, that is... the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the sea is as wide as the fish can jump! Just when he thought of this, Luo Yaoguo looked at Xiang Rong kindly. , Liu Changqing.
These two are already squinting their eyes and waiting for death!
The reason why they squint rather than close their eyes is because they still have a little hope in their hearts... they want redemption!
Luo Yaoguo spoke: "Xiang Junmen, Mr. Liu, don't be afraid. Our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is very reasonable and will not deny you a way to survive... You can be redeemed. You can ask Xianfeng to pay for it. To redeem you, you can also redeem yourself!
Hearing Luo Yaoguo's words, the expressions of despair on Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing's faces dissipated a bit. It was indeed redeemable. Sun Yingzhao's expression changed slightly.
It can be redeemed, which means it can be released!
If Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing were to be released, wouldn't the news of Sun Yingzhao's treason and surrender to the enemy leak out?
Luo Yaoguo added another sentence at this time and said with a smile: "But it's not redemption now, but redemption after His Highness the King of the West becomes the Lord of Wuchang!"
When he said this, he stared at Sun Yingzhao coldly, with a hint of warning - you can redeem or let him go! You can wait for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to take Wuchang and let Xianfeng redeem Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing, or you can Sun Yingzhao was released after rebelling in Wuchang City.
Once Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing are released, Xianfeng may know about his grandson Yingzhao's betrayal of the Qing Dynasty and the emperor! So... he has to work hard for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and strive to help the Heavenly Kingdom capture Wuchang City as soon as possible
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West Bank of Xiangjiang River, Fantian Town.
This place is already seventy or eighty miles away from Hengshan County. Seng Gelinqin came here yesterday afternoon with his vest of 1,788 Banners.
It turned out that the equestrian skills of these Eight Banners soldiers were not as bad as Seng Gelinqin thought... They were just out of line when rushing to the battlefield and charging the enemy, but they were still very good when escaping. They ran seventy or eighty miles in one breath, Almost no one fell behind, no one failed, and no one got addicted to smoking and could not stop.
They were truly not afraid of tiredness and addiction, and their only focus was on escaping! They really managed to escape.
The 1,788 banner soldiers were not the only ones who escaped from the battlefield outside Hengshan County yesterday. Jiang Zhongyuan's Xianghu regiment training was also able to escape. Except for the Yongzhou regiment training and Hengzhou regiment training who were left behind by Jiang Zhongyuan, a total of Most of the more than 2,500 people did not run away. Jiang Zhongyuan's own 2,500 Xinning regiments ran out, about 1,900... which is quite a lot! And these 1,900 people ran out with weapons and ammunition. , it’s still at the level where you can pull it out and play a game at any time.
Hechun's green battalion soldiers were in a worse situation. Out of a team of more than 2,000 people, only less than 500 came out, and less than half of them were Hechun's Goshiha - this shows that Mr. Hechun is still very capable of leading Goshiha.
Seng Gelinqin did some counting last night and found that he still had 4,230 people under his command! Not bad... In such a huge defeat, the loss was less than half!
Yes, just less than half!
It's not that Seng Gelinqin is not good at mathematics, but that Yongzhou Tuanlian and Hengzhou Tuanlian don't need to record losses when reporting losses. They are not economical divisions anyway. The sources of troops and salaries also come from Yong and Heng Prefectures.
Now that the two prefectures are the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, where did Yongzhou Tuanlian and Hengzhou Tuanlian come from?
After excluding these two thousand and five hundred people, Seng Gelinqin was left with 7,500 people... Four thousand two or three hundred, well, rounding up, that's five thousand people! A loss of two thousand five hundred, this number is not bad.
After all, the number of shots fired at Hong Xiuquan must have killed a lot of Changmao. Is it okay to "multiply ten" and report 5,000?
"Your Majesty, do you think this retribution will work? Our army set up an ambush in Hengshan County and bombarded a large long-haired boat on the river. It killed a big leader in long-haired yellow robes who was suspected of being the false king Wei Ni. Later, he attacked the river beach.
Go up and fight a bloody battle with tens of thousands of thieves
On that day, more than 5,000 thieves were killed and hundreds were wounded on board. However, there were so many thieves, no less than tens of thousands, ten times as many as me, that they had no choice but to leave. The damage in the battle was about 2,500, including two generals.
There are three guerrillas, three defenders, and eleven generals...
Early in the morning, just after breakfast, it was Jiang Zhongyuan who came to report the accounts to Seng Gelinqin. He was still very good at doing accounts, and even Wei Changhui was wiped out, as well as the entire 5,000 Taiping Army... This data needs to be reported
Go up, if Xianfeng believes it, he will definitely give Seng Gelinqin, Jiang Zhongyuan, He Chun and others promotions and titles.
"Minqiao, is this...appropriate?"
Seng Gelinqin is still a bit thin-skinned, so he is embarrassed to retaliate like this.
But Jiang Zhongyuan didn't care, and said matter-of-factly: "It's appropriate, why isn't it appropriate? It's always been reported like this... half the loss, ten times the penalty for killing the thief, the emperor has never noticed."
"That's the kindness of the Emperor!" Seng Gelinqin paused, "But now... our Qing Dynasty may lose Hunan!"
"It wouldn't be the same without Hunan," Jiang Zhongyuan shook his head, "There are also Zeng Disheng, Zuo Jigao and Xiaguan! There are three of us in Hunan, so don't even think about eating them all if Changmao is there!"
Seng Gelinqin nodded. He was about to say a few words of encouragement to Jiang Zhongyuan when his door was suddenly pushed open with a bang. He turned around and saw Guan Wen's face distorted by fear.
outside the door.
"Xiu Feng, what's wrong?"
When Seng Gelinqin asked questions, his heart was in his throat.
Why was Guan Wen a military commander? His face was so frightened that he was deformed... Could it be that Chang Mao was chasing him? "Here they are... they are chasing them!" Guan Wen said with a trembling voice.
really!
Chapter completed!