Changsha City, Hunan Governor’s Yamen!
"Hahaha, I, Luo Bingzhang, am back again!"
In the lobby of the governor's Yamen, Luo Bingzhang's hearty laughter could be heard again.
"Ji Gao, Luoshan, quickly, quickly draft a memorial for me. I want to report my victory to the emperor! Let me say that I led the crowd to attack the city, and personally took the target. After seven days of fighting, I finally broke into Changsha City, which has been recovered.
Most of Changsha, seven of the nine gates of Changsha have been restored, the governor's office has also been recovered by me, and the siege of Tianxin Pavilion has been lifted. By the way, I will also give credit to all officials and generals! Ke Zhai, you are the first to do so.
, Ji Gao, you are the second gong, Luoshan, you are the Ji gong..
It turns out that just when Luo Yaoguo and Xiao Chaogui violently beat Sai Shang'a and Xiang Rong, and Hong Xiuquan fought against Seng Gelinqin, Luo Bingzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan, and Shengbao finally bought and beat back most of Changsha City!
Yes, just buy half a dozen and half a dozen.
After spending money to buy it from the great rebel Zhu Jiutao, after Luo Yaoguo's army left the city, only Zhu Jiutao's disciples and grandsons were left in Changsha City. This group of people is incomparable to the serious Taiping Army. In other words, the level of the militia is higher than that of the more than 20,000 people outside the city.
The Qing army could not succeed in a head-on fight. Moreover, Changsha City also had a Tianxin Pavilion and a Yingchun Gate in the hands of the Qing army, so the Qing army could enter the city at any time.
So Mr. Zhu added up and sold most of Changsha City to Luo Bingzhang.... However, Mr. Zhu did not sell out all of Changsha City. He still kept a Zodiac Gate, a Derun Gate, and Huangdao Street to Taiping.
Street area, Cai Gong's Tomb outside the city, Shimupu, and Orange Island in the Xiangjiang River.
In this way, once the main battle between the Taiping Army and the Qing Army in the south is decided, Mr. Zhu can immediately take back Changsha City.
After Luo Bingzhang spent money to buy most of the city of Changsha, the Qing troops who entered the city regarded the run-down gentry in Changsha who were eagerly awaiting the Qing troops as rebels.
Although Luo Yaoguo was full of malice towards the gentry and landlords, he had very strict restrictions on his troops. His troops not only had a lecturer system, but also female battalion soldiers who could serve as military police, so when his troops entered Changsha City, they did not
There was no widespread looting.
Zhu Jiutao was originally a local gangster in Changsha. Businessmen in Changsha had paid protection fees to him, and many of them were his disciples and disciples. When he came out to hang out, he had to be loyal! They paid protection fees and worshiped the old man, Mr. Zhu Jiutao.
Of course, the disciples must be restrained, and the robbery of wealth and sex will be avoided. At most, "more money will be required" - the protection fee must be increased!
But Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan's regiment training, Shengbao's Eight Banners soldiers, and Luo Bingzhang's Fubiao green camp soldiers were not so polite! After suffering outside Changsha for so long, they finally bought into the city, so they were not allowed to let go and make a lot of money.
A sum?
Many of them redeemed their lives and still owed an account to the King of Hell!
With the pay of those dead soldiers, it won't be enough for a hundred years, so of course we have to let go of the looting now. This is a matter of course and no one can stop it.
This group of Qing soldiers had a very good reason, to catch the rebels! In Changsha City, all those who had their pigtails cut off were rebels who had joined the Taiping Army! What? They secretly kept their pigtails uncut?
Then cut it off now!
Most of Changsha turned into a hell scene at this moment. There were fires everywhere, crying everywhere, people running away everywhere, and Qing soldiers frantically looting everywhere.
Ordinary poor people are better off. If you really have some wealth, even if you have fame, you will not be able to escape the harvest of the Qing Dynasty's heavenly soldiers!
Even the governor of Huguang, Cheng Cai, and his party, who had just come from the west bank of the Xiangjiang River and entered the city through Chao Zongmen, were almost robbed by a group of Eight Banners soldiers! Fortunately, Feng Zicai was fierce and led dozens of his men to kill four or five people. Xianfeng spent 600 taels of silver to redeem an Eight Banners heavenly soldier, and also captured a limping Eight Banners soldier and brought him to the frustrated Cheng Dazhijun.
The lame Eight Banners kept crying: "Grandpa Taiping, don't kill me. My family has money and can be redeemed. I also know you Luo Angel..." Bang!"
A slap came out, which made the Eight Banners soldier's eyes flash with stars. Then he heard an angry voice roaring there: "You bastard, open your dog eyes and see who this officer is?"
When Lame Baqi opened his eyes, he saw a piece of crane patch.
"Crane Buzi? From the first rank...Governor of Huguang?" The Eight Banners soldier quickly looked up and saw a handsome old man looking at him with wide eyes. He quickly clasped his fists and said, "It turns out to be Cheng Zhijun, disrespect, disrespect. , Aixinjueluo Aduo, the forward deputy commander of Xiaguan Fumo Camp, was born in Prince Yu’s Palace!"
It turns out that the person Feng Zicai captured was Jin Aduo, who had recently been promoted to the fourth rank of forward deputy staff officer.
A fourth-grade Eight Banners soldier was from Prince Yu's palace. Even if Cheng Fancai concurrently served as the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and held the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, the Governor of Huguang, he would not dare to kill an Eight Banners disciple of this level in the street. !
Cheng Cai had no choice but to suppress his anger, nodded towards Jin Aduo, and asked gently: "Where is Luo Ruzhai? Take me to see him quickly!"
"The scholar is in the governor's office..." Jin A'duo replied, but then he felt something was wrong, so he asked again, "Cheng Zhijun, you don't want to sue the scholar for his dismissal, do you?"
Cheng Cai glared at Jin Aduo angrily: "What the hell, you Eight Banners soldiers are not under the control of the governor of Hunan. I, the governor, can't cure you, let alone Luo Ruzhai.
I recruited Luo Ruzhai because Xiangjunmen was wiped out, and Saitang was defeated like a mountain... I was driven all the way from Xiangtan to Changsha by Luo Yaoguo! If you are not ready for war, his long hair will soon I’m going to call you back!”
"Ah." When Jin Aduo heard this, his little face turned pale with fright, and he said with a trembling voice, "Cheng Zhijun, I will take you to see Luo Ruweng right now..."
"Wha, what? Xiangjunmen has been completely wiped out? Saitang has been defeated... How is this possible? Thirty thousand troops! Even if Changmao catches thirty thousand pigs, it won't happen in the past few days. There’s no end to catching them!”
As soon as Luo Bingzhang of the Hunan Governor's Office heard Cheng Cai talk about the defeat of Sai Shang'a and the annihilation of Xiang Rong's army, his eyes suddenly went dark. Fortunately, Zuo Zongtang and Wang Kuiyi were there to help him, and finally Didn't fall.
"Ji Gao, Zuo Ji Gao... Hurry, send people to recover the good news for the emperor!"
After calming down for a while, Luo Bingzhang remembered the victory he had just reported to Emperor Xianfeng. Seeing that the Qing Dynasty was about to lose Hunan, it was a bit shameful to report victory.
"No, no!"
"Confucian scholar, if you want to take back the good news, you will be a criminal!" Wang Kuiyi and Zuo Zongtang quickly stopped Luo Bingzhang.
Luo Bingzhang turned back and glanced at the two of them: "If the situation is so bad and the situation is so bad, but you still claim victory, wouldn't you be deceiving the emperor?"
"Hey, you can't say that." Zuo Zongtang said, "Have you returned to the Hunan Governor's Yamen now? Has most of Changsha City been recovered? 77"
"This... is the great defeat of Saitang and Xiangjunmen!" Luo Bingzhang cried with an old face.
Wang Kui said: "Master Futai took back Changsha in the front, Saitang in the front, and Xiangjunmen was defeated in the rear. Moreover, Saitang and Xiangjunmen were not under my control. They were defeated and lost their divisions. Master, I recovered the lost territory." Merit!"
"But in the current situation, what is the use of regaining Changsha? The three armies are defeated and Xianghu cannot be saved. Will the emperor forgive me for taking back Changsha, which I was destined not to defend?"
"My lord, you are wrong!" Zuo Zongtang said with a smile, "Changsha will be restored today, but Xianghu will not be restored... That will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The 800-mile express delivery that my lord handed over today will be restored in four days It can directly resist the front. As for the news of Saitang and Xiangjunmen's defeat, it can be suppressed for a day or two and then sent six hundred miles to rush it... In this way, the emperor will receive the news of Saitang and Xiangjun three days later. The news of the defeat of the sect. By then, the clear edict to reward the old master will have been sent out!"
Wang Kui smiled and said: "By then, I will be able to sit as governor of Hunan!"
Luo Bingzhang frowned: "But, can the Qing court still take care of Hunan's affairs?"
Zuo Zongtang laughed and said, "I can't control it. The governor of Hunan is stable, sir! Because even if the emperor wants to punish you, no one dares to come to Hunan to take over. No one dares to come to Hunan, so naturally there is no way to punish you." "
After hearing what these two people said, the governor of Huguang, Cheng Zicai, who was present, was stunned! Are the officials in Hunan so lawless now?
The governor of Hunan discussed how to bully the emperor in front of the governor of Huguang? Aren't you afraid that your own officials will take advantage of you?
But having said that, you deceivers are quite accurate. You have calculated your days and journeys, so you can deceive them when you are stuck! I have to learn it hard! My daughter Lingnan likes to learn arithmetic. From now on, I will Before the official deceives the emperor, he must ask her to do the math.
When Cheng Cai was thinking about learning from the advanced experience of bullying the emperor in Hunan Province, Taqibu, who had just escaped from the Tianxin Pavilion, walked into the lobby of the governor's Yamen. After bowing, he loudly reported: "Your Majesty Fujun, there is an appearance on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River. The Changmao Brigade is heading north along the west bank of the Xiangjiang River. The vanguard has already crossed Changsha City and is heading for Yiyang and Xiangyin.
Got it!"
Chapter completed!