Seeing that they kept silent, Xianfeng smiled with a self-deprecating self-protection, and whispered Zeng Guofan's memorial: "I am going south. I am aware of the army driving out of the country to fight against the thieves, but because of Changmao's large-scale invasion, the Hunan Army was defeated many times. The crisis in Jingzhou, Wuchang, and Yueyang cannot be rescued quickly, and the thief atmosphere in Jiangxi cannot be swept away quickly. I am very sorry for the favor of the emperor. I think quietly late at night and feel ashamed. I hope to apologize for death. However, if the envoy disregards the overall situation for the sake of the ambition of a man... Therefore, he endured humiliation and lived a life of silence while bent on his crime while trying to remedy it."

Seeing that Xianfeng was reciting, Su Shun wrote criticisms on the memorial, fearing that Zeng Guofan would be in trouble, he stepped forward and knelt down and persuaded: "The emperor thought twice, although Zeng Guofan was defeated once, he would not die. Please give him another chance to make meritorious service!"

Xianfeng gave the ministers a review of the memorials and smiled and said nothing.

There were only eleven words above: I don’t understand this song, how could I be fooled? It turned out that Xianfeng believed that Zeng Guofan was indeed capable of some ability and did not intend to blame him seriously.

"Your Majesty, it's the 800-mile rush in Hunan Province!" Ruihua took the memorial that had just arrived in Hunan, glanced at it, and presented it to Xianfeng.

Xianfeng trembled with his hands, opened the memorial, and was prepared for the fall of Changsha. As he looked, he laughed loudly and said, "Zeng Disheng will live up to my expectations! You can also see..."

Luo Bingzhang reported: Although the Hunan Army was defeated in Baling County, it was brave after knowing its shame. First, the Yellow Banner Taqibu was built in Changsha and killed the fake prime minister Zeng Tianyang; second, Zeng Guofan defeated more than 30,000 troops from Changmao Water and Land Divisions in Xiangtan, and successively recovered Xiangxiang, Changde, Yueyang... Another admiral Bao Qibao underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and killed his troops and generals...

Nanjing

Zhao Laoqi became more and more familiar with intelligence work. He knew about the major events happening across the country at the first time, which made him feel a sense of elation. His power continued to expand, recruiting beggars, **, and deaf and mute people, who were not valued by the Qing army, and educated them that the suffering was caused by the injustice of the Qing Dynasty. He also promised to give them some benefits, indoctrinating the ideas of exorcising the Tartars and restoring China, which would allow them to collect intelligence a hundred times more energetic.

"Your Highness, this is about the battle between the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army."

Li Yunzhong looked carefully. A few days ago, he saw Shi Dakai making rapid progress, as if Hunan was within his reach. He was worried that the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would expand and compete with him for Jiangxi and Jiangnan.

Now, the Taiping Army won first and then lost, retreated all the way back to Wuchang to defend, and felt mixed feelings in his heart: "Do you know why Hong Xiuquan recalled Shi Dakai?"

Zhao Laoqi collected the most information about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and knew it very well, and replied: "It is because Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing were at a disadvantage in Yucheng's victory over power, so he wanted to recall Shi Dakai to check and balance Yang Xiuqing!"

Li Yunzhong sighed, the good situation was gone because Hong Yang and the others secretly became dirty. He couldn't help but ask, "What are they doing?"

When Zhao Laoqi thought of that scene, he couldn't help but smile: "Hong Xiuquan fell in love with a beautiful woman, so he took her as his princess. Unexpectedly, Yang Xiuqing also fell in love with that woman. He used the excuse of Heavenly Father descending to earth to scold Hong Xiuquan with a strong stick. The woman was also taken to the East Prince's Mansion to live."

For a woman, Li Yunzhong secretly scolded Hong Xiuquan for being useless. No matter how he said he was also his own "student". How could he be so cowardly that he could not even protect his own woman?

Zhao Laoqi complimented: "Your Highness has foresight. The Hunan Army is indeed different from the Green Camp. It is surprising that it can defeat the Taiping Army head-on with a comparable number of people!"

Li Yunzhong put down the information and said, "Jiang Zhongyuan's Chu Yong is in line with the Hunan Army. I am afraid that the Hunan Army will be completely reborn after this battle. I wonder if they will attack Sichuan in the west or attack Jiangxi in the east to break the siege of Nanchang? By the way, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's Northern Expedition Army were called out?"

Zhao Laoqi tried hard to keep up with Li Yunzhong's thinking, and after thinking about it, he said: "Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's Northern Expedition Army still have more than 8,000 people, and they are on their way to Nanjing, but they claim that they only came to Nanjing to pay homage to His Highness the King of Han, and they are going to return to Sichuan to report their lives."

Going back to Sichuan? Li Yunzhong felt funny. He rescued you through great hardships just to let you go back to Sichuan! These 8,000 Guangxi veterans can expand three armies! How could they let you go so easily?

"When they arrive in Nanjing, isolate the generals above the division commander from the army, let them go for a few days, and then bring them to see me. If they are stubborn, send them... back to Hubei, but the army will stay!" Li Yunzhong thought for a moment and ordered.

Since Zuo Zongtang was confirmed to be in charge of the southern expedition, the Hunan Army was very strong and sent people to the southern expedition army, with many names. Even Li Xuan, the head of the Ministry of Rites, joined Zuo Zongtang's shogunate in the name of joining the army.

Zuo Zongtang advised Lu Jianying, who was still talking, "Brother Lifu, if you send someone in again, there will be no one in Nanjing. I can't explain it to Your Highness!"

Chang Dachun also felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and explained: "Lifu is also worried that you can't control those arrogant soldiers and generals. Besides, if these literati backbones are arranged to serve in Zhejiang, there will be no harm!"

Lu Jianying waved his hand and said, "What Ji Gao said makes sense, let's forget it. These twenty or so people are enough, so as not to let the Guangxi people say that Ji Gao can only be nepotism, which will make His Highness the King of Han unhappy."

Zhao Liewen said worriedly: "There is another group of people in Nanjing, and they are all from Guangxi. If the King of Han recruits them and the power of the Guangxi clan is greatly enhanced, we should find a way to resolve it."

The camp of the Northern Expedition Army was personally arranged by Yang Jinlong, the governor of Nanjing. He knew the most deeply about these people and was very strange about their words and deeds: "For the first time, I saw such an obedient army. I stayed in the military camp all day long, and the soldiers who went out to buy things still paid, never causing trouble. If others bullied them, they even apologized to others. What method did Hong Xiuquan give to them to make them so obedient?"

Zuo Zongtang recalled something and explained: "I heard that when King Han and Hong Xiuquan raised their troops, the military discipline was particularly strict and they were executed if they violated them. Therefore, Guangxi soldiers developed these habits, and soldiers who were not Guangxi were not allowed."

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Chen Yucheng looked at Lin Fengxiang, and Li Kaifang said, "His Royal Highness of Han is discussing state affairs. If you don't have time to see you, you'd better go back!"

Li Kaifang had already found out Chen Yucheng's background and said with a favor: "This young general, I am very familiar with your uncle Chen Chengying. I used to be a buddy and took care of each other. You can report it again and say that we want to go back to Sichuan and ask the King of Han to let go."

Chen Yucheng rolled his eyes. He had never heard his uncle talk about them. In view of being from Guangxi, it was difficult to drive them away. He could only persuade him with kind words, "You are useless. The King of Han was very angry with what you did. He often said that you didn't know the current affairs and almost killed you in Changsha."

When Lin Fengxiang heard him bringing up the old debt, he hurriedly explained: "Please tell the King of Han that we had no intention of hurting Your Highness in Changsha. We just wanted to open the city gate to pick up the Tianjun army into the city, and we had no other intentions!"

"You should look for others. Look at me so young, and I know that there is no place to speak in front of the King of Han. People like Li Xiucheng, Zhang Suimu, Lin Daji and others are different. You should look for them!" Chen Yucheng really didn't want to bother them, so he pointed out a "bright road" for them, so he entered the Han Palace.

Chen Yucheng entered Li Yunzhong's study room and reported: "Your Highness, they have left!"

Li Yunzhong guessed that it was almost done and said to Chen Yucheng: "You ask them to come tomorrow, remember to let all the generals above the Shishang come. If they don't want to stay in Nanjing, send them directly onto the ship."

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Chapter completed!