At Fuhe Port and Qingdongting Lake Naval Division Camp, a team of cavalry rushed to the front of the camp. The Qing soldiers guarding in front of the camp immediately rang the gong to warn. Zhang Gong, who was on duty at the camp gate, drew his sword, and dozens of card players ran out in panic and blocked the camp gate. The navy general Zhong Ke and his deputy general Luo Chao arrived with their personal soldiers when they heard the police.

"Well!"

The cavalryman stopped the war horses when he approached the camp gate. The cavalry jumped off the horses one after another. Only then did the Qing soldiers look carefully. Isn’t the legendary Guangdong bandits wearing red clothes coming?!

Deputy General Luo Chao whispered: "Second brother, the Taiping Army is too unauthorized. I went to my camp so hard that I wanted to ask Changsha to know and force me to rebel."

Zhong Ke had a gloomy face and was very dissatisfied with the Taiping Army's actions. In his sight, the Taiping cavalry dismounted, and the leader handed the whip to the people around him, and then shouted loudly: "Zhong Erlang, don't you recognize me, Li Benshen?"

Li Benshen!

Zhong Ke and Luo Chao were both shocked: Didn’t he go to Yunnan with Mr. Hong? Why did he appear here and even join the Taiping Army?

On the other side, Li Benshen was not worried that the Qing army would shoot him and walked straight to the camp gate. The Qing soldiers of the navy were full of confusion and looked at the general in an unknown way. Luo Chao snorted slightly, waved his hand and signaled that the soldiers would not need to shoot arrows, so that Li Benshen and others would come in.

"Zhong Erlang, don't be fine! Alas, isn't this Luo Sanmazi? Why are you not dead yet?"

As soon as Li Benshen entered the camp, he ignored the Qing soldiers who were nervously holding weapons, and walked to Zhong Ke and Luo Chao as if no one was around. Behind him were a few Taiping cavalry, and there was a young man with a faint heroic look on his face. The man was wrapped in a net scarf on his head, but his head was very smooth. He thought he had been shaving his hair before and had just cut his hair.

Zhong Ke, Luo Chao and Li Benshen are old acquaintances. The former once joined the army with Li Benshen under his uncle Gao Jie, while the latter met when Li Benshen was a free official under the Han Army Yinghuang in Beijing a few years ago. At that time, Li Benshen borrowed him hundreds of taels of silver as a gambling bank.

"Brother Li's outfit is very eye-catching. Why? Brother Li has found a wise master and forgot the kindness of the Qing emperor. He has become clear anyway?" Luo Chao said sarcastically.

"Those who know the times are heroes."

Li Benshen did not blush because of Luo Chao's words. On that day, he followed Luoto to fight against the Taiping Army in Yiyang Post. Among the generals, Zhang Yong was the one who persisted until the end. Li Benshen, who was worthy of the Qing Dynasty. Now that Zhang Yong has achieved the merits of Changsha, he invited him to persuade Zhong Ke and Luo Chao. Anyway, what he had in his heart was not the intention to make money. After all, the Taiping Army General Zhou did not slash him with Li Benshen, and he still used it. He had to express something. It is impossible to say that a scholar would die for his confidant. Those who know the times are heroes. Li Benshen knew the truth.

Luo Chao curled his lips and said nothing. However, Zhong Ke noticed the young man who came with Li Benshen. Seeing that the other party was staring at him, he couldn't help but ask: "What is this?"

"Oh, Pei Gong"

Li Benshen was about to introduce the elderly to Zhong Ke, but the young man did not need him to introduce him. He stepped forward to Zhong Ke. Luo Chao made a series and said, "Next Zhou Chang, I will come to discuss with the two generals about the matter of the Dongting Lake Navy anyway."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Ke and Luo Chao frowned. Didn’t they tell the buckling An clearly last time? It’s not his brothers now. Why did he send someone to persuade him again and send Li Benshen together? There are many eyewitnesses in the military camp. What if Changsha knows what happened today, wouldn’t he force his brothers to death?

Li Benshen saw Zhong and Luo's expressions in his eyes. He laughed: "Zhong Erlang, Luo Sanmazi, don't underestimate this kid, this person is a good reputation from Xiao Zhangliang."

"If you dare not, you dare not, that's all the ignorant villagers talk nonsense."

Zhou Chang shook his head humbly. He lost his father at a young age. When Li Zicheng attacked Jingying, his mother and wife Sun died in martyrdom. Ten-year-old Zhou Chang was in a desperate situation and was helpless. Later, he ran away with his distant uncle for a few years. His uncle spent some money to find a prison guard for him in Chenzhou Prefecture, which could be considered as a lifelong life. After being a prison guard for several years, Zhou Peigong was very happy with Shangguan. Chenzhou Prefecture Xiao Hanying had already asked the Ministry of Personnel for him to send him to the capital next year, and he had even managed to find a senatorial platform for him so that his talents could be used and not waste them in Jingchu.

Unexpectedly, the Taiping Army attacked Huguang in large numbers last year. Chenzhou prefect Xiao Hanying led all the officials of all sizes to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. What can Zhou Chang's small prison guard do? He followed the crowd and surrendered. One day, when the Taiping Army General Zhou was inspecting Chenzhou, he accidentally heard Zhou Chang's name from the prefect Xiao Hanying. It was nothing at all, but after hearing Zhou Chang's name as Peigong, Zhou Dashang was really stunned for a while. In two days, several people who claimed to be the Military Information Department came to take Zhou Chang to Guangzhou. After half a year of training in Guangzhou, Zhou Chang worked in the Hunan Field Army. His official position was the Baihu An Army Envoy, but in fact he was one of the Military Information Department's military intelligence envoys in the Hunan Field Army.

Zhong Ke shook his head and said, "I can make it clear to your Ambassador Zhang. If I don't get off in Changsha for a day, I, the Dongting Lake Navy, can't do anything."

Li Benshen chuckled: "Zhong Erlang, Changsha has been gone, the fake prince Sun Kewang, and the fake prefect You Taizhong and others have all been captured."

"Is Changsha coming down?"

Zhong Ke and Luo Chao were surprised and lost their color.

Zhou Chang said seriously: "The danger of the Yangtze River is always the Longmen of the military. Those who have fought the Yangtze River will win the world, but those who have fought the Yangtze River will be in danger. In the past, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo failed to advance until the Yangtze River, and he was defeated thousands of miles away. Cao Mengde could not cross the Yangtze River, and from then on he could not advance south... Now our Taiping Army was invading the northern expedition, and our general vowed to cross the river, expel Manchus and restore China, so he asked the two generals to make a decision early!"

Luo Chao had a different opinion, and he said, "This is a bad thing! I think that Li Zicheng galloped across the country and eventually became a bandit. Zhu Yuanzhang fought steadily and occupied Jiangnan first and became king. Then he accumulated strength and attacked the Central Plains in one fell swoop and drove out the Tartars. The current geographical environment and current situation of your Zhou family are very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising. Although Zhou occupied several provinces, the people's governance was not managed and the internal system was not determined. He was just a soldier. He was so anxious to cross the river, so he was afraid that he would not have enough momentum. Moreover, the land in Jiangbei was different from Jiangnan. If you can cross the river, your Taiping Army would be able to cross the south of the Yangtze River. You may not be able to cross the river."

Li Benshen was impatient when he heard this and shouted, "Luo Sanmazi, don't say these useless things. I ask you, will you still not change this flag? If you don't change it, you may not be able to stay in Dongting Lake."

Zhong Ke changed color: "Maozi Li, are you threatening me? You Taiping Army can fight on land, but you can't be a hero on water!"

"You can fight on the water, but you can't always stop. You have to eat and drink, right? Now Hunan is in the hands of our army, and Wuchang is surrounded by the Zhongzhen Camp. Do you two really think you can still wait and see and place bets on both sides?" Li Benshen looked at Zhong Ke and Luo Chao in a playful way.

Luo Chao was not out of order and was about to face each other, but Zhou Chang said, "Two generals, my general has something to say. If the two generals are willing to lead their troops to help our army capture Wuchang and capture Anqing, then there will be two of them who will be named Bojin Marquis in the future!"
Chapter completed!