The tenth day of the fifth lunar month in the second year of Xianfeng.
More than a hundred miles southwest of Quanzhou City is Xing'an County.
This small county town that was once briefly occupied by the Taiping Army has now been recaptured by the swarming Qing soldiers, and it has also become the headquarters of Sai Shang'a, the imperial envoy dedicated to hunting down the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
In the lobby of the original county government office, now the lobby of the Imperial Envoy's office, several officials in neat robes and coats were holding newspapers sent from Lingling and Daozhou City in Yongzhou Prefecture, huffing and puffing in the cool air.
Saishang Assaitang was scolded by an edict from Emperor Xianfeng because he had more and more long hair, and he "believed the evil talk". He reported that the long hair had a bull demon king descending from the sky to help him, and even had the flower feathers from the back of his official hat pulled out. , is sitting on a chair at the moment, drinking a bowl of hot tea without raising his head, without moving.
The voices of several officials below gradually started to discuss.
"...What is Yu Wanqing doing for food? The two thousand-man brigade was wiped out in a single battle in Etang Town. He folded in and asked the female bandit Su Sanniang to kill him with a single blow... .This longhair is really getting more and more arrogant!"
"I don't know how Lingling was fought? Four soldiers and eight thousand elites were beaten repeatedly by Changmao while defending the fortified city... When did Changmao become so capable of fighting? "
"Changmao is different from the past. There are people in the sky, and a Bull Demon King has been sent down! Bao Wenwei, Yuting, and Jiang Minqiao are all mortals, so of course they can't stand it..."
Hearing someone mention the "Bull Demon King", Sai Shan'a stopped the tea cup in his hand and slowly raised his head: "Xiang Xinran, what nonsense are you talking about? The emperor didn't say in the book that you listen. What's up with the evil talk? What about the Bull Demon King... Didn't the Emperor tell you in the book? Changmao believes in the foreign religion. The foreign religion does not have a Tongtian leader and no Bull Demon King. He has already asked Prince Gong to go to the foreign religion. Checked it out in detail.
He also told us not to believe those things and to suppress the thieves with sincerity without delay. If we continue to have no success for a long time, we have to go to the Xinjiang Army to work together to atone for our sins!"
When Xiang Rong heard this, his head immediately dropped. He shouted "prevent demons and demons" the loudest these days, and even sent people to Qingcheng Mountain in his hometown in Sichuan to ask Taoist priests to help deal with the Tongtian Cult Leader and the Bull Demon King.
As a result, before the great immortal from Sichuan was invited, Emperor Xianfeng’s edict and instructions arrived first!
The edict was sent to Sai Shang'a, and it was an outright imperial edict, scolding Mr. Sai. The edict was issued to Sai Shang'a, Zou Heming, Qin Dingsan, and Xiang Rong, but it was not issued openly. The scolding became even more fierce.
Qin Dingsan and Xiang Rong are warriors with thick skin and are not afraid of scolding. But Sai Shang'a and Zou Heming were scolded badly, especially Mr. Sai... the foreman, the Minister of Military Aircraft! Mingfa scolded Mi Zhe before scolding him. , scolded the old man so much that he was too embarrassed to see anyone. What’s even worse is... there really is a demon over there with Changmao!
Although Sai Shanga often did things that deceived the emperor, but this time he really didn't tell lies!
What is this? In the past, the emperor deceived the emperor, but the emperor thought he was a good person, promoted him to a high position, gave him a good job, and asked him to take bribes. Now it is rare for him to tell the truth, but he is plucked from the flower feather, and he is still What a scolding.
The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty...why does he look so much like the legendary Hunjun?
Oops, how could you have such an idea? Saishang Adu was ashamed. He actually thought that Xianfeng was a foolish king... This is an idea that only a traitor would have!
There is no way that he, Saishang'a, is a traitor!
But if he is not a traitorous minister, he will most likely have to lose his official position and go to Xinjiang... Come on, in order to continue to serve the Qing Dynasty, this traitorous minister should be worthy of being a traitor, so let's continue to bully the emperor!
Thinking of this, Saitang stared at Xiang Rong and Qin Dingsan, the two soldiers, and asked: "Xinran, Zhanwu, you two should stop being in a daze and think about how we should regain the lost ground and hunt down Changmao." ?」
Hearing Sai Shang'a's question, Xiang Rong, who was still doing meritorious deeds, immediately became excited: "Zhongtang, now that Xing'an County has been restored, only Quanzhou City is left in the lost land. Tomorrow, I will lead the elite troops to regain Quanzhou City." Zhoucheng!"
Quanzhou had long been abandoned by the Taiping Army. It was just an empty city waiting for Saitang to send troops to recover it. Losing land is a crime, but recovering it has merit. Only by balancing the merits and demerits can we continue to be the parents of the people of the Qing Dynasty!
Now that Xiang Rong is guilty, Xianfeng has not recovered his one-way ticket to Xinjiang! Therefore, Qin Dingsan cannot compete with Xiang Laojunmen for the task of recovering Quanzhou City, otherwise it will be too unjust. In the future, when he takes responsibility for his crimes and makes meritorious deeds, and others follow his example, he will be foolish.
Sai Shang'a also knew the rules, and immediately nodded and said: "Xinran, then I will leave Quanzhou City to you to take over... After taking over Quanzhou, will you help Lingling to solve the siege?" "
Xiang Rong's old face turned pale as soon as he heard that Lingling was going to be rescued.
The main force of Changmao is in Lingling, and the Bull Demon King must also be in Lingling... Otherwise, there are eight thousand soldiers from Bao Qibao, He Chun, Jiang Zhongyuan, and Sun Yingzhao, and they will not be beaten at all. Just shout for help?
No, you have to stay away from the monster!
Stay away from monsters and stay safe!
Thinking of this, Xiang Rong said with a serious face: "Zhongtang, there are eight thousand defenders in Lingling, and Bao Wenwei is in charge. In Hengzhou behind Yongzhou, there is Cheng Zhijun of Huguang who personally leads the supervision and is in charge of four thousand people. Changmao wants to break through. It is extremely difficult to go north from Yong and Hengzhou.
Beizhi believes that the top priority is to protect Daozhou in order to block Changmao's southward route into Guangdong. Therefore, after Beizhi regains Quanzhou, it is best to immediately head east to Daozhou."
Sai Shang'a frowned and said, "What are Changmao doing going south to Guangdong? They are rogue bandits. Shouldn't they go all the way north to Zhongzhou and invade the capital?"
"Zhongtang," Xiang Rong shook his head and said, "The emperor said in his humble letter that Changmao believes in foreign religions, so the demon is also a foreign demon, and Guangdong is connected to the outside world... What if this When the foreign devils arrive in Guangdong, and they recruit foreign Japanese soldiers from the West, then the Qing Dynasty will..."
When Sai Shang'a heard Xiang Rong's words, he immediately felt that they made sense!
"Xin Ran, what you said makes sense!" Sai Shang'ada said, "Then I will order you to lead your troops and the general Liu Changqing's troops to recover the whole state first, and then go to rescue Daozhou... 7 Day, no, within five days, a troop of troops must arrive at Daozhou!"
"twitter!"
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Daozhou City.
When Admiral Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing, the commander-in-chief of the meritorious service, were leading thousands of troops to come to the rescue, this state-owned city located at the junction of the three provinces of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi was now on the verge of "civil war" !
Yes, it's a civil war...a battle within the city!
Because Luo Yaoguo and Feng Yunshan sent a large group of people to "fight local tyrants" in Etang, Shuangpai, and more than a dozen surrounding townships in the past two days. In addition, thousands of troops led by Su Sanniang, Zeng Tianyang, and Chen Chengrong advanced by land and water, and had passed They arrived in Yangmingshan District, occupied Meihua Town in the north of Daozhou City, occupied Baimadu Town in the northeast of Daozhou, and formed a pincer offensive against Daozhou City!
At the same time, a song "Welcome to Peace" has been sung everywhere in Daozhou City!
"The rent is heavy and the interest is high. It is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to worship Taiping, and the disciplines will be happy for all the big and small. Kill the demons and evil gentry, open the city gate to welcome Taiping. When Taiping comes, divide the fields! Divide the fields and divide the wealth. , even if everyone is fed and warmed. If you don’t pay rent or repay debts, the world will be uneven..."
"That's enough, that's enough, stop singing! Zhang San, I asked you to catch the thieves and long-haired spies of the Tiandi Society, but you just went and learned a fucking song and came back? You, you, you...you Believe it or not, I will dismiss you immediately!"
"Master Governor, it's not that I'm not working hard, it's that Tiandihui and Changmao are too cunning..."
"Roll, roll, roll..."
The person who was scolding him in the Daozhou Yamen was Wang Kuiyi, the magistrate of Daozhou, and the one who was scolded by him was Zhang San, the head catcher of the fast class in the Daozhou Yamen.
In the past few days, Wang Kui has been going crazy writing tickets and extorting money from people. The three teams of policemen were so busy that they finally caught enough people. The song "Welcome to Peace" began to be sung in the city again...
In addition, there are many "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Southern King's Letter to the People of Daozhou" posted on the streets. The content is roughly that the Taiping Army has annihilated Admiral Yu Wanqing's tribe in Etang Town, and Yu Wanqing himself was killed by Su Sanniang! So Daozhou is already a city. In the empty city, the Taiping Army will come soon. The people in Daozhou City don't have to be afraid. The Taiping Army is Ji Senran, and he will do nothing to the people!
If there are Han heroes who are not willing to be slaves of the Hulu and the brothers of the Tiandi Hui rise up in the city, the Taiping Army will wholeheartedly welcome them, distribute their land and wealth to them, and reward them with official posts based on their merits!
Now the wealthy landlords in Daozhou City were in trouble - there were long hairs outside the city and there were long hairs inside the city. Where else could they escape? In order to survive and protect their families, they had no choice but to fight with the Daozhou Shilin leader Huang Shijie. Huddle together to keep warm, and arm yourself first.
Several Tiandi synagogues in Daozhou City also organized regiments. They also joined forces with miners who had fled from outside the city, unemployed boatmen, and some broken troops. They also took up arms and practiced confrontation with the gentry regiment!
Chapter completed!