Chapter 75 Qingyun Town
Li Yunzhong saw a large cart on the Qing army's position, filled with mud bags, and realized that something was wrong. There were still smart people in the Qing army. Fortunately, he rode over here this time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Everyone is on the horse and rides around the Qing army to shoot. Remember! No one is allowed to get close to the Qing army within 50 steps!"
"Abide by the order! Everyone gets on the horse!"
"drive……"
"drive……"
Several personal guards guarded Li Yunzhong to watch the battle behind, and five hundred cavalrymen were holding guns to shoot in the direction of the Qing army.
"Bang"
"Bang"
Muskets of this era are far less convenient to use on the ground. Many team members can only shoot one bullet in a minute, but this caused quite a lot of panic to the Qing army.
Unexpectedly, there were still horses! Li Xubin asked the battalion officer, and the sentry officer shouted loudly: "Don't panic, push the cart up and the besieged circle, the short hair cannot hit us... Everyone hide in the cart array and do not move around. Each sentry officer manages his own soldiers and counts the number of people!"
"There are ninety-eight people in my whistle, two of them injured, and no deaths."
"No one of my whistle was injured, miracle..."
"Bang bang"
"I whistle to kill three people, injured seven people, and ninety people can fight."
...
"I can still fight for eighty-seven people, and thirteen people are killed or injured."
"Bang"
Luo Zenan heard that the casualties were so small, and he was very relieved. Ke Huineng took the lead and secretly decided to return to Nanchang and recommend him to the unified position.
Li Yunzhong looked at the turtle shell in front of him and felt a little unaware of it. It would be great if there were grenades. Thinking of the grenades, Li Yunzhong decided to go back and ordered the newly built arsenal to develop grenades first.
Should I continue to fight? Li Yunzhong hesitated.
"Report... Report to Your Highness, a brigade of Qing troops arrived in the north. Captain Liu has already gone to intercept him. He asked Your Highness, you to retreat as soon as possible. Captain Liu said that he may not be able to support him for long."
The Qing army team! It won’t last long for support? Seeing that Liu Chongyue, who had always been arrogant and proud, said this, Li Yunzhong immediately realized that the situation was even more serious than he thought. He pursed his breath and asked, “How many people have come to the Qing army?”
"The young man didn't know either, but there were more than 3,000 vanguards alone, so I don't know later. The young man saw them holding many big banners with the word "Xiang". They are probably the Hunan Army that His Highness often mentions!"
"Xiang Army! This is such a coincidence! There must be a problem." Li Yunzhong was surprised and had no time to think about it, so he immediately ordered: "All personnel gather and retreat to the south immediately! The first team immediately went to the south to detectives, and report immediately if there is any abnormality."
Li Yunzhong whispered to the contact soldiers: "Go back and tell Liu Chongyue immediately, let him... let him break through and join Guixi County, and let him not disturb all the officials in Jiangxi. If I don't go to Guixi County in three days, let Liu Chongyue come to Anqing to find me."
"Yes, the little one has gone."
Zeng Guofan supported Luo Zenan, who was about to salute, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhongyue has worked hard. I have received a letter from Minqiao. You have not embarrassed our Hunan Army!"
Luo Zenan pulled Li Xubin from behind and said solemnly: "My biggest gain for the Jiangxi delegation is to witness Kehui's growth. He is knowledgeable and strategic. What is rare is his literary talent and martial arts. He is a person like Yue Fei and Li Jing. The important task of quelling the rebels depends on them and these Confucians in the future. Can Zeng Gong give him a position?"
Recently, Zeng Guofan learned the art of face and carefully observed Li Xubin. He found that he had deep eyes, high sky, serious face, and powerful Kong Wu.
"Haha... Brother Zhongyue is such a blessing. He has a divine light in his eyes and is a talent that is of great use. I didn't expect that I got two great talents in one day. Come... Let me introduce to you, this is my student, Li Shaoquan, a second-class Jinshi in the 27th year of Daoguang." Zeng Guofan praised Li Xubin and also introduced Li Hongzhang, a student who had just joined him, to meet them.
Li Hongzhang clasped his fists and said, "Shaoquan has long heard of Mr. Zhongyue's name, and now he sees it to comfort his whole life."
Luo Zenan heard a Jinshi praise him, nodded with satisfaction and said modestly: "It's just a false reputation. Luo has wasted his life and has not even passed the exam for a Juren... Alas, it's better not to mention it. Since Shaoquan is a second-level Jinshi, he should be in the Hanlin Academy, how could he be here? Is it a business?"
Li Hongzhang explained: "In the 30th year of Daoguang, I moved to the Hanlin Academy and was appointed as the editor of the Hanlin Academy. Just one month ago, the emperor ordered the Minister of Works, Lu Xianji, to set up a group training with him and to fight bandits next time back to northern Anhui to work hard to suppress bandits. I heard that the teacher is here, so I will come for a while."
Li Xubin has been in Jiangxi for more than half a year and has been very familiar with the surrounding environment. Northern Anhui is just a powder keg, but this year northern Anhui has a severe drought and something will definitely happen. Li Hongzhang is also a shrewd person, and he actually made an excuse to come to Jiangxi to avoid the disaster.
"Mr. Zeng was not near Jiujiang, how could he come here?" Wu Enze was ignored for a long time and was dissatisfied. Seeing that they had finished the old, he immediately asked seriously.
Teacher Li Hongzhang explained: "Teacher Yue Qian received a letter saying that a leader of Shorthair passed by here, so we came to intercept and kill him!"
Wu Enze couldn't regret it. He had known that this group of foreign gun teams were really a guard short-haired official, no matter how serious the casualties were, he would continue to fight. Thinking that he ran away from the short-haired leader in fear of war, he said panic: "Then let's chase it quickly, hey! They rode their horses, we might not be able to catch up!"
Zeng Guofan smiled and said, "I have already set up an ambush on the road I must pass. I thought this group of short hair would not be able to escape. Without further ado, let's join forces and encircle their retreat."
"Your Highness, there is a small town ahead, named Qingyun Town. There are more than a thousand Qing soldiers garrisoned in the town. Judging from the clothes they are wearing, they should be the Green Camp soldiers from Jiangxi."
Li Yunzhong asked: "Can there be activities in other directions in the Qing army?"
"Your Highness, there is a river next to Qingyun Town. I have inquired about it. There is only one bridge within a radius of dozens of miles. If you want to cross the river, you must conquer Qingyun Town!"
Li Yunzhong thought to himself: If the Qing army is prepared, there must be other ambushers. Damn it! How could the Qing army know my marching route, Zeng Shuiyuan? It is impossible. He followed me from Guangxi to Nanjing. He was a trustworthy person. Besides, Zeng Shuiyuan has always hated evil and has a deep hatred of the Qing government. He cannot report it.
Could it be Jiao Liang? Jiao Liang is a traditional scholar who participated in the imperial examination and passed the scholar, but he is now in the position of governor. Even if he is surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, what benefits can he get?
The only two people know the marching route, who is it!
Li Yunzhong closed his eyes and ordered: "The third team, the second team attacked head-only, and the rest of the people followed me to sneak attack from the side!"
"kill!"
"Bang"
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"Surrender and not kill!"
"Master, if you don't have any short hair, you're here. Let's let Zeng Guofan cheat!" General Zhao Hui saw Short Hair riding a horse into the town and fired guns everywhere.
Kong Liang, the governor of Fuzhou, didn't care when he heard the gunshots. He thought it was the residents of the town setting off firecrackers. He heard that it was short-haired who came in and panic: "Why don't you block them quickly! You must not let short-haired who comes in!"
Zhao Hui looked up at the flushed prefect and said anxiously: "I can't stop it! Sir, Shorthair rushed in on a horse, and there were muskets in his hand. Brothers couldn't stop it, and they all retreated. Let's retreat quickly! Shorthair comes here later, and he can't leave even if he wants to."
The prefect Kong Liang suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. He turned his head with a dead face and exclaimed: "There are also short-haired ambushers behind him. After that, please bring the white silk quickly. I must not fall into the hands of the thief. I must be loyal to the emperor!"
Zhao Hui heard that Kong Liang was looking for a short-sighted view, and was afraid of implicating him, so he hurriedly put away his sword, saying: "Sir, where can I go to find Bai Ling in a hurry? Sir, please change into the soldiers' clothes. For safety reasons, let's run separately, sir, let's say goodbye!"
He abandoned this burden and ran faster. Zhao Hui and a few confidants ran straight towards the wooden bridge outside the town.
"Your Highness, these green camps are so different from the village heroes just now. They don't even dare to escape, and they all surrender!"
Li Yunzhong's shocked feeling finally disappeared, and he smiled and said, "Carry five hundred sets of clothes for the Green Camp soldiers,
Chapter completed!