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Chapter 72: Zeng Guofan's Disappearance

Tazibu was indignant and shouted: "The emperor dealt with injustice and conquered Wuhan was all due to the general's contribution. Yang Pei, the coward, has been hiding in Yueyang to watch the battle. Why is the general not promoted, but Yang Pei promoted to the governor of Huguang instead!"

Zeng Guofan's heart suddenly became cold when he received the imperial edict. He was also confused. The Hunan Army conquered Wuhan. He, the commander of the Hunan Army, was not rewarded and did not become a governor or governor, but instead made the two irrelevant.

The man, Yang Pei and Hu Linyi, had a fat quit, especially Yang Pei, who had been unable to get along with him many times. When attacking Wuchang, he was irresponsible. All of this seemed to be intentionally unable to get along with him.

"Shut up! Slandering the court is a serious crime! You are now the admiral of Hunan, so you should pay more attention to your attitude when speaking!"

Zeng Guofan decided to endure everything and no longer say anything about his own affairs. He just secretly warned himself to be more cautious in the future, be vigilant and protect himself at all times.

Liu Rong was not happy, and she didn't understand the intention of asking the Hunan Army to send troops to Jiangxi and Anhui in the imperial edict. After careful consideration, she admitted: "Our army faces three major problems after conquering Wuhan:

First, the Hunan Army has been fighting bloody battles in the past two or three months. Although they have won every battle, the Hunan Army personnel and weapons consumed very seriously. Because of the abundant capture on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers have made a lot of money.

I took the idea of ​​going home, full of ambition and ambushes the murderous intent.

Second, the Hunan Army fights with Changmao and is not familiar with the short hair in Jiangxi and Anhui. Judging from the short hair record, it is definitely not something that the Hunan Army can easily defeat it. If the Hunan Army is not careful, it will be

It may turn victory into defeat, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Third, Hubei has just recovered, and the money and grain consumption has been exhausted, which cannot solve the supply of food and wages from the Hunan Army. If the Hunan Army wants to attack Jiangxi and Anhui, it will inevitably rely on Hunan. In this way, the supply route in the rear is too long, and if the grain route is cut off

, Our army can capsize at any time!”

Peng Yulin has long been dissatisfied with his deputy general title. Tazibu has no objection to being promoted to admiral because he killed the long-haired general Zeng Tianyang, but he is dissatisfied with Yang Zaifu being promoted to general. In terms of credit, how can Yang Zaifu compare with him.

Why is he the deputy general?

"I think short hair is nothing special. Jiang Minqiao only has a few thousand combat soldiers, but he guards Nanchang like an iron barrel. Short hair is damaged and the general dare not attack again. It is better for us to lead the troops to join Minqiao and annihilate the Jiangxi Province first.

Rebel!"

Yang Zaifu mocked: "What's the use of only being able to show off the courage of an ordinary man? From Hubei to Nanchang, Jiujiang is the only way to go. If our army does not conquer Jiujiang Prefecture, the back road will be exposed to the short-haired soldiers at all times, which will only drag down the burden.

Min Qiao.”

When he heard him scolding him, Peng Yulin was furious and slapped the table and said angrily: "What did you say? A bastard, don't think that being a general can teach me a lesson. I have no less credit than you!"

Yang Zaifu, who is very self-respecting, heard that he insulted himself so much, didn't care about his brotherhood, pointed at Peng Yulin's nose and scolded: "On public, I am your Shangguan; on private, I am your eldest brother, I didn't expect you to be

I will cut off my robe and righteousness with you today, and my kindness will be cut off from you!"

"Hmph! What's your Yang Zaifu? I, Peng Yulin, don't recognize you as my elder brother. You walk on your Yangguan Road and I will cross my single-plank bridge!" Peng Yulin tore off a piece of his robe and threw it out angrily.

Everyone looked at the two people who had arguing for no reason, and didn't understand what happened between them. Tazibu had the best relationship with them and advised: "Don't be impatient, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive.

Now that the enemy is in front of us, it is the time for us to fight against the enemy together. How can we turn against each other for a small matter?”

Zeng Guofan had to stop thinking and advised: "You two are both people I rely on. You must also do your best to attack short hair. Besides, you are the commanders of the navy. You must not hurt each other's feelings.

!”

Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin looked at each other, and each turned to another "hum".

Liu Rong shook her head at Zeng Guofan and signaled to resolve their conflicts in private.

The ice is not cold! Zeng Guofan and the others lost face in front of everyone and said to Guo Songtao: "Bochen, you have fought with short hair. Tell me what short hairs are worthy of our attention!"

He said: "I have decided to send troops!"

Guo Songtao couldn't help but think of the nightmare under Nanchang City, and his tone became trembling: "Short hair... In terms of combat power, short hair is not inferior to long hair. Not only is short hair so short hair, but also a large number of firearms, foreign guns, and foreign cannons are available, and they don't

The firearms are used scattered like long hair, but the muskets that are equipped with hundreds of people are divided into three rows, and the gunshots are endless."

Seeing that everyone was stunned, as if they were frightened by Guo Songtao's words, Zeng Guofan laughed dryly and said, "Bochen is joking, isn't that the same as a foreigner?"

Liu Rong added seriously: "Everything Bochen said is true. I also heard that the pseudo-Han king specially established a foreign gun team in Nanjing, with as many as five or six thousand people, which were used to fight tough battles."

Zhu Sunyi exclaimed: "Our Hunan Army has more than 10,000 people equipped with the Fire Order. This... How can we compare with the short hair? The general should send people to quickly purchase muskets!"

Zhou Fengshan was young and wandering around and knowledgeable. He said to Zeng Guofan: "Master, the firearms used by Short Hair seem to be from foreigners. This should be reported to the emperor. We are allowed to purchase muskets and cannons. We should also use guns and cannons in a concentrated manner, otherwise

When facing short hair, you will be at a disadvantage.”

Zeng Guofan praised: "What Fengshan said is that our Hunan arms are too few, not enough to deal with short hair."

Bao Chao, who had a shallow experience, said weakly: "My Hunan Army Lu Yong has only more than 6,000 people. Isn't it too small? Bei Zhi believes that it takes at least 10,000 people to enter Jiangxi to open up the situation."

Yang Zaifu agreed: "My brother said it right. It's time for our Hunan Army to expand. My 10th Battalion of Shuiyong is not enough. It's better to expand to the 20th Battalion at least."

Peng Yulin swallowed what he was about to say and remained silent.

Hu Linyi has always regarded himself as an audience member and is not ready to speak. When he heard about the expansion of the army, he could no longer remain calm. This was related to his personal interests. He directly spoke: "The Hubei Green Camp is not useful, I plan to write to the emperor.

The Hubei Green Camp will be abolished and the saved money will be used to expand the Hunan Army!"

The generals of the Hunan Army, including Zeng Guofan, all took this for granted. The position of Hubei Governor is too important to the Hunan Army. They believe that Hu Linyi's Hubei Governor is not alone, but is made by everyone's real swords and guns.

It is shared by the Hunan Army.

Guo Songtao said with concern: "Now that Hubei Green Camp is almost entirely in Yang Pei's hands, I'm afraid he will obstruct it. Runzhi must beware of his plot."

Speaking of Yang Pei, a person that everyone hates, the generals of the Hunan Army were not calm and cursed:

"Yang Pei is afraid of fighting and is afraid of fighting. He will only command randomly from behind. If you win, you will be greedy for merit. If you lose, you will be shirkable. I really want to kill him with one knife to vent my anger!" Tazibu said fiercely, touching the scar on his face.

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"Bah! I have never seen a shameless person like Yang Pei. I can endure it even if I am incompetent. He is still full of bad water and is determined to seize the military achievements of the Hunan Army!" When he said Yang Pei, Zhu Sunyi was a rare slander.

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"Master and Governor, keeping Yang Pei's disaster, our Hunan Army will not be able to stand out. He repeatedly intercepted the Hunan Army's food and salary to the Green Camp. If this continues, our Hunan Army will be killed by him sooner or later, and it will be better to make plans!

"Guo Songtao had already become murderous about Yang Pei and wanted to get rid of it quickly.

Yang Zaifu: “…”

Bao Chao: "..."

Peng Yulin "..."

Zhou Fengshan "..."

...

Zeng Guofan nodded frequently and agreed with what they said.

Hu Linyi thought about it for a while and had already figured out a solution, saying: "The emperor ordered us to go to Jiangxi and Anhui to fight short-haired. We and all our colleagues jointly impeach Yang Pei to miss the opportunity to fight, embezzle and accept bribes, fear the enemy and fight... These are the things that come with them.

If you are not afraid of the emperor not paying attention to the crime, you can drive Yang Pei away.”

Guo Songtao said happily: "It is not advisable to go to the end. This memorial must be submitted before the Hunan Army goes to the expedition. As long as we win a few battles in Jiangxi, we are not afraid that the emperor will not agree."

Hu Linyi was quite displeased when he saw that he was threatening the emperor and said to himself: Bo Chen is too rogue and speaks without any cover. He is more than enough to be an aide, and he still lacks experience in being the only one.
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