Seeing Wang Hao leading his troops away, Zeng Guofan thought about it and felt that it would be terrible if Wang Hao appeared, so he had to think of a countermeasure! He left Guo Songtao, Liu Rong, and Luo Zenan behind, and sent the others back to wait for news.

The three of them all knew what Zeng Guofan meant. Liu Rong had always been taciturn, but often spoke shockingly. He expressed Zeng Guofan's heartfelt wishes: "The long-haired king has the King of Heaven and the King of the East, and the short-haired king has the King of Han. Our Hunan Army must also have its own commander.

This matter must be made clear now, otherwise the Hunan Army will surely fall apart. At present, several adults in Changsha's officialdom: Governor Luo Bingzhang, Admiral Bao Qibao and others are not from our group! Zhang Liangji, who could be counted on in the past, has also been transferred to Hubei, and now it is nothing more than

You can count on three people.”

Guo Songtao and Luo Zenan felt that what he said was very reasonable and kept nodding. Guo Songtao saw that Liu Rong had deliberately stopped talking and said angrily: "Brother Xiaxian, why are you so stubborn? Keep talking!"

Liu Rong looked at Zeng Guofan with admiration and said: "The first one is of course Master Tuanlian! Master Zeng is resourceful and resourceful. No one here can compare with him. What is even more admirable is that he has great ambitions. Master Tuanlian often says that he is 'non-official'"

If you are not a gentry, you will not be able to do things well.' I think this sentence should be reversed to say, 'If you are an official and a gentry, you will succeed in doing things.' Mr. Zeng once served as a minister, and his influence in the court is beyond the reach of any of us.

, he can get along with a group of military attachés, which is not something ordinary scholars can do. Now the banner of the Hunan Army depends on Mr. Zeng."

Zeng Guofan listened to Liu Rong's words and did not express his position. As the minister of regiment training, it was natural for him to be the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army. He was very interested in Liu Rong's words that he was "both an official and a gentleman, and he will succeed in everything he does."

Let him realize that his embarrassing identity can also play his specific advantages.

Seeing no one objected, Liu Rong continued: "The number two figure in the Hunan Army is of course Jiang Minqiao. He is now serving as an inspector in Hubei, and he has 4,000 brave soldiers who are good at fighting. This is the highest official position in our Hunan Army system.

People, the most important reason why we encountered many difficulties in Changsha is that we lack a position like Xiang Minqiao in the Hunan Army."

Zeng Guofan looked proud. Jiang Zhongyuan was his student, and he felt honored to be recognized by everyone.

Guo Songtao and Luo Zenan agreed.

Liu Rong finally said: "I think the third most important person in the Hunan Army is Wu Wenrong, the Governor of Huguang. He controls local food and salary and personnel in the two lakes. These are what the Hunan Army urgently needs. What's more important is that Mr. Wu and Wu Wenrong

Mr. Zeng has a teacher-student relationship, and with this relationship, at least for now, we can help the Hunan Army tide over the dangerous period."

Luo Zenan looked at Zeng Guofan with shock. He did not expect that Wu Wenrong, the governor of Huguang who had just been transferred a month ago, would be his teacher! He was excited and bitter at the same time. He originally wanted to compete with Zeng Guofan for the leadership of the Hunan Army.

I didn't expect that Zeng Guofan's relationship was so strong. Jiang Zhongyuan was his student and Wu Wenrong was his teacher! At this moment, I completely gave up this idea.

Guo Songtao said: "I have a good friend named Zuo Zongtang, who is from Xiangxiang like everyone else. He is a rare talent and is by no means an ordinary person. He is very influential in Hunan official circles. If he can be allowed to rush to Changsha,

By entering the governor's shogunate, you can communicate with the Hunan officialdom and the Hunan Army, which is very important to the Hunan Army." He didn't know that Zuo Zongtang had been abducted to Nanjing by Li Yunzhong half a year ago.

Everyone unanimously agreed with this opinion and asked Guo Songtao to contact Zuo Zongtang as soon as possible.

Finally, Zeng Guofan said: "Since everyone has no objections, in order to avoid the emergence of people like Wang Hao in the Hunan Army in the future, I plan to set up two organizations, one is the Battalion Affairs Office, and the other is the Food and Pay Station. The Battalion Affairs Office will be responsible for this in the future."

Operations, personnel appointments and dismissals, promotions, and the food and salary department are responsible for the Hunan Army's logistical support, including raising military salaries, transporting grain and grass to the front lines, etc. Brother Guo is a talented person and can be in charge of the camp affairs office. Brother Zhongyue takes on the responsibility of the food and salary department. What do you think?"

Guo Songtao is now obsessed with activities on the front lines so as to make great achievements. How can he think of being the chief of staff? So he refused without even thinking: "Thank you Brother Disheng for your trust. However, long and short hair is rampant at this time. I'd better go to the front lines."

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Luo Zenan didn't want to spend all day pretending to be a grandson and begging his grandfather and grandma to raise money! He shook his head and said, "It's better for Di Sheng to choose a wise man. As a commoner, I have to go to the battlefield to gain fame, so I can only let down Di Sheng!"

Seeing that they were unwilling, Zeng Guofan did not force it. Anyway, after this conversation, he already knew the organizational structure of the Hunan Army. As the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army, he would truly show his authority and provide unified leadership. "Now Hunan

The army is just starting out, and it is not appropriate to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Please give it a few more days and go back to persuade the battalion officers and commanders below."

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Unexpectedly, Zeng Guofan had persuaded Guo Songtao, Luo Zenan and the others to slow down their journey the day before. Today, he received a letter from Jiang Zhongyuan asking for help. He had to send troops to help due to circumstances and reasons. This gave him a headache. In the past, he persuaded Guo Songtao with morality and other principles, so he reluctantly let Guo Songtao go.

, Luo Zenan, Li Xubin and others stayed. This time Jiang Zhongyuan was promoted to governor of Jiangxi, and there will be a better future there. I am afraid that forcing them to stay will really break up the Hunan Army. It is better to let them happily support Jiangxi!

In September, Luo Zenan, Guo Songtao, Zhu Sunyi, Li Xubin and others set off from Hengyang with 1,000 people from the 3rd Battalion at the order of Zeng Guofan. They passed through Xiangxiang and recruited 3,500 more people. Only 1,000 Yongding from Xinhua remained with Zeng Guofan.

Luo Zenan, Guo Songtao, Li Xubin and others led a force purely composed of scholars. They were all high-spirited, but they did not know much about marching and fighting. The most experienced Li Xubin had only suppressed bandits in his hometown.

This is the first time for me to fight.

Although they ate and slept in the open along the way, they were in high spirits and often drank and wrote poems.

Guo Songtao was imagining that he was already a powerful figure, galloping on the battlefield like Zhou Yafu, invincible. He was a little arrogant, and said to Luo Zenan: "Brother Zhongyue, with such a good time and beautiful scenery, I don't want to write a poem to cheer up!"

How could Luo Zenan not see what he was thinking, and declined: "Bo Chen should invite me first! You won the Jinshi in the 15th year of Daoguang's reign, and were elected as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. You are a role model for our generation!"

Guo Songtao was beaming. He had been working on this poem for three days and was just waiting to show off at this moment, "Haha, then I won't refuse anymore.

Jiangxi looks to the west to pick up Wu Jing, and Wu and Chu are in danger of competing.

The drizzle has passed over the lonely city today, and the autumn wind has bloomed last night.

Henglu is in a different place and ends in the sky, and Zhanggong exchanges all the way to Haiping.

The thieves are so arrogant, who knows Yafu camp?

What do you think?"

Li Xubin complimented: "Good poem. Now that we enter Jiangxi to fight against Short Hair, we must be like Zhou Yafu and be invincible, attack and capture everything. When the time comes, we will also be granted the title of marquis and prime minister, so that our life will not be wasted."

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi

The Third Army encountered a wall at the gates of Suzhou and was transferred to Jiangxi. Zeng Shuiyuan led the Third Army back to Nanjing and sailed north to Anhui Province. He disembarked at Anqing Prefecture and entered Jiangxi and headed straight for Jingdezhen. The governor of Jiangxi was frightened by the sudden appearance of the Third Army.

Half dead, he led officials of all sizes to flee back to Nanchang overnight.

Unexpectedly, the Third Army would face a quarrel as soon as they captured Jingdezhen.

Jiao Liang looked at Zeng Shuiyuan angrily, "I am the governor of Jiangxi. You must listen to me. I am ordering you to lead an army to raid Nanchang now. As long as Nanchang City is captured, Jiangxi's campaign will be settled."

Zeng Shuiyuan felt that this was too risky, and retorted: "The Qingyao in Nanchang City are already on guard. If the Qingyao reinforcements cannot be attacked for a long time, our third army will be in danger of being wiped out. So we should pretend to attack Nanchang City and wait for the Qingyao in Jiangxi Province."

The demons gather in Nanchang and move south to attack Shangrao and Yingtan. In this way, we will be connected with Jiujiang Prefecture, and we will be able to completely gain a foothold in Jiangxi. At that time, if we cooperate with Jiujiang's navy, Nanchang can also be captured."

Jiao Liang knew what he said made sense, but he still wanted to be a veritable governor like Hu Yihuang and Meng Sheng. He said stubbornly: "Qingyao is vulnerable. As long as our army reaches the gate of Nanchang City, there will be a chance of defeat."

Occupy Nanchang without any blood. Think about it, how happy the King of Han will be when he learns that our army has occupied Nanchang. Jiangxi will definitely allow the Third Army to expand its organization like the First Army and the Seventh Army, to 30,000 people! Five

Ten thousand! Even one hundred thousand! Don’t you want to command one hundred thousand people?”

One hundred thousand people! Zeng Shuiyuan instantly became excited. In order not to interfere with the production of the people, the King of Han has not allowed the army to expand without permission. If the third army captures Jiangxi this time, His Highness the King of Han will definitely be very happy. But if it fails, there will be heavy losses.

"I still think it is better to proceed slowly and cautiously. Jingdezhen and Nanchang are separated by Fanyang Lake, and our army does not have a navy. We must detour to Fuzhou, which will delay another day."

Seeing that he really couldn't convince Zeng Shuiyuan and couldn't resist the temptation to capture Nanchang, Jiao Liang immediately threatened: "I single-handedly led the Third Army. See if they listen to you or me. Do you agree?"

, I will lead the third army to attack Nanchang. When the King of Han learns about it, he will be blamed. Neither you nor I can afford it!"

"How could you act so recklessly!" Zeng Shuiyuan said angrily.

Jiao Liang regretted what he said just now. If these words were to reach the ears of the King of Han, let alone the governor of Jiangxi, even the prefect of Nanchang would not be able to do it! He immediately became gentle and gentle, "Shuiyuan! Don't be angry, it was my fault just now."

, we are all thinking about the great cause of the King of Han, and it is normal to have some differences. Let's think about it carefully. Do you want to capture Shangrao first? Yes! The third army has more than 9,000 people, plus a thousand firearms battalions, that is tens of thousands of people.

, you and I each bring five thousand, and divide the troops! You fight yours, and I fight mine."

Zeng Shuiyuan also thought this proposal was a good one, "Well, that's it, you lead the Fifth Division to attack Nanchang, I will lead the Sixth Division to attack Shangrao, and half of the firearms battalion will be included!"

Jiao Liang said: "Jingdezhen is our retreat and we have to defend it. Let's each leave a thousand men to defend the city. Do you think so?"

"Okay, let's do it!"
Chapter completed!