Li Yunzhong shook his head gently and sighed to himself that at some point, the people below would never dare to object to what he decided. They would not know whether it was good or bad. People could not be wise for a lifetime. Just Wang Qinglu was there, and Lianghuai Salt Affairs has also sorted out almost everything. It seems that he will be transferred back to Nanjing.

Lin Daji hesitated for a while and stepped forward to report: "Your Highness, I found that the foreign gun team in the city were negligent in training. I asked the foreign gun team to be transferred to Xiaolingwei for training. There is a battlefield ruin that breaks through the Jiangnan camp, which can increase the field experience of the foreign gun team. Please allow your permission."

Li Yunzhong replied: "I just happened to expand the foreign gun team to 8,000 people, so let them train in Xiaolingwei."

Zhang Suimu breathed a sigh of relief and suggested: "There are several defense forces in Nanjing. They are not subordinate to each other and have insufficient system. I ask Your Highness to reorganize them together and set up a commander to manage them."

Li Yunzhong said satisfied: "I have thought about this too. The Fourth Army is the Imperial Guard, under the charge of Wangniang Su, the city patrol troops are the Imperial Guards, and the Ministry of War and General Staff proposed candidates. I will approve the foreign gun team. The foreign gun team is integrated into a new army, and will be renamed the new army in the future. In the future, all troops will be changed to the new army."

Zhang Suimu said: "Report to Your Highness, Luo Dagang, the former Jiangbei, came to report that the Qing soldiers in Xuzhou had another abnormal movement, as if tens of thousands of cavalry were transferred from Hebei, Shanxi and Mongolia. They came and went like the wind, causing great trouble to the Second Army. He suggested that the cavalry troops of the Eighth Army be transferred back."

“就是叶莲师长统帅的骑兵?准,骑兵在福建地区用处不大,还是在江北平原地区能发挥实力,这件事就交由兵部办了,还要在大汉境内收集马匹,将叶莲所部全部建成骑兵,单独作战,,我在给他们装备五百支洋枪,这样就可以牵制清军的骑兵.”李云中补充道:“叶莲到南京,让她立刻来见我,我有事吩咐她去做.”

Zhang Suimu continued: "The fortifications built by the Qing army in Xuzhou are very strong. Luo Dagang intends to bypass Xuzhou, attack the Shandong prefectures, and cut off the grain route in Xuzhou. I dare not be good at it. Please ask Your Highness to make a decision."

Li Yunzhong thought for a moment and shook his head and refused: "The Seventh Army is attacking northern Anhui. I will wait until northern Anhui is pacified. The Seventh Army and the Second Army jointly fight together in the northern expedition, so that they will not be afraid of the Qing army cutting off the rear route. The General Staff Department dispatched 5,000 militias to reinforce the Second Army. Luo Dagang repeatedly attacked Xuzhou and failed, so there must be losses."

Li Yunzhongqiang cheered up and reminded: "The attacks have been launched in various war zones recently. The Ministry of War and the General Staff must coordinate with each other and not add burden to the frontline generals."

Lin Daji, Zhang Suimu, and Zhao Liewen saw the King of Han exhausted, looked at each other and said in unison: "I will accept the order."

"Okay, you guys go down."

"I'm going to leave."

Fujian

After a bloody battle in Fuzhou City, the streets were covered with Qing army corpses, and the doors of each household were closed. Except for the Han army cleaning up the bodies and bloodstains, there were no idle people on the streets.

Li Xuan reported to Zuo Zongtang: "General, all the Qing troops in Fuzhou City have been annihilated, and only more than a thousand surrendered. After interrogating the prisoners, he learned that Hechun had fled to Quanzhou the day before."

Zuo Zongtang looked at the devastated follower, and the traces left by the two armies fighting each other, sighed: "I didn't expect that the Qing army was so strong that our army suffered so much casualties?"

When Zuo Zongtang thought of the newly formed "Xuan" camp, he encountered such a tough battle.

Li Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "More than half of the three thousand casualties. The Qing army in the city not only equipped with a large number of foreign guns, but also ambushed cannons in the city. Thanks to the attack of the Fifth Army from the North Gate, otherwise it will be said that "Xuan, the Chuangying of the Ziying can capture Fuzhou."

Zuo Zongtang encouraged: "I have reported the situation to Your Highness. Over the past period of time, the Qing army has used more and more foreign guns. It is obvious that foreigners are interfering. Our army has seized more than 1,000 pieces from Zhejiang to Fujian, and countless of them have been damaged. I will immediately expand the "Xuan" camp and expand the troops to 5,000 people. You can immediately lead the army to attack Putian and Quanzhou. Don't give Hechun a chance to breathe, and attack Guangzhou in one go."

Zuo Zongtang was unwilling to let Hechun continue to recruit soldiers and expand his strength in Quanzhou.

Li Xuan was happy and worried, and said with concern: "Since the establishment of the 'Xuan' camp in Jinhua Prefecture, it has rapidly expanded from 300 to 5000 in just three months. Will this make the First Army and the Fifth Army gossip? If your highness makes you suspicious, the General will not be worth the loss. Hechun is now a dog of a family, and I am sure to capture Quanzhou with 30,000 people."

左宗棠摇头否认,他不相信汉王会因此而怀疑他的忠心,反驳道:“第一军正在攻打福建北部各府,第五军大部分在杭州守备,第八军,第九军加起来还不到两万人,除了广西老卒剩下的都是北方之人,初来福建就水土不服,现在驻扎在南平府,这样算来我现在能调动的也就一万余人,也是扩充我们军队的大好机会,除了‘玄’字营,王开林统帅的‘林’字营,李诗齐的‘齐’字营,都要扩充,我会禀报殿下以这三营组建一个军,军中大小将官都是我们读书人担任,称号我都想好了,就叫‘楚军’,迟早有一天与湘军一较长短.”

Since he heard that Zeng Guofan kidnapped his son-in-law Tao Huan and blackmailed money to support soldiers, Zuo Zongtang has been thinking about seeking revenge on Zeng Guofan. He, Mr. Zuo, is also a famous Neo-Confucian scholar in Hunan. Unexpectedly, Zeng Guofan is so afraid of being so afraid of his face, and he didn't take him seriously at all.

Li Shiqi, who was listening, was secretly excited when he heard that his army could also expand. Last month, he wrote to his classmates and friends, asking them to join Zuo Zongtang's army in the southern expedition. It seemed that it would be useful immediately.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the Xiamen rebel envoy has arrived and is waiting to see him in the government office." Wang Kailin found Zuo Zongtang to report.

Zuo Zongtang smiled and said, "Let's go and see what conditions have these gangs put forward?"

Hearing that it was the envoy of the Heaven and Earth Society, Li Shiqi laughed and said, "When we captured Wenzhou, they captured prefectures and counties around Xiamen. At that time, they wanted to seize Fujian and prohibit our Han army from entering. Unexpectedly, they were defeated by the Qing army in Quanzhou. The leader Jiang Yuan and Jiang Fa died in battle, and only one woman left fled back to Xiamen. Now it seems that they are asking for help!"
Chapter completed!