Qiao Zhiqing took the military newspaper and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "This kid Ronglu really has a lot of energy." ”Rong Lu can't break in if he doesn't want to, and recently a lot of notes impeaching him have been uploaded to the imperial court, and Zeng Guofan naturally won't allow him to touch this piece of fat in Nanjing.It is a big crime for him to lie about his military exploits and deceive the king, and thanks to Cixi's pressure in the court, he would have been punished long ago.Cixi's secret to him was to take Jurong City as soon as possible at all costs, otherwise it would be dealt with by military law.Before going to the battlefield, Rong Lu gave the secret fold to the soldiers to circulate, and made a heavy oath that whoever was the first to attack Jurong City would be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver, and the rest of the soldiers could loot in the city for three days.The soldiers had no way back, and there were promises of heavy rewards, and when they met the Taiping army again, they were completely like they had changed, and they all rushed forward with a desperate roar of guns.Rong Lu still deployed according to the strategy of the last time, first taking the two wings, Weigang Town and Maoxi Town, and then taking the center of the siege Houzhen, and then breaking through in a straight line from Houzhen towards Jurong City.The main attack on Maoxi Town was carried out by Dolonga's Left Brigade, and Rong Lu led the Right Brigade and the Middle Brigade to attack Maoxi Town.This time, the Taiping troops stationed in the two places did not have the luck of last time, and the Eight Banners Army was menacing, and even used field artillery.The two armies fought for only two hours, and by dusk the Taiping army was completely dispersed, completely devoid of the will to resist last time.All this is a great favor for Rong Lu by the Hunan army, and the last time Li Shixian led an army of 100,000 troops south to Jurong City to relieve the siege, the Hunan army took the opportunity to sneak attack Li Shixian's back road.Although Li Shixian easily drove away the Eight Banners, and achieved a complete victory.However, in the face of the Hunan army, they were all like frightened birds, and they fought and retreated, and they didn't care about stopping in Jurong City, so they withdrew to Nanjing non-stop, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.After the Hunan army succeeded in the sneak attack, they immediately withdrew to the Yuhuatai camp.Li Shixian never left the East City Gate again, and hid in the city in panic all day long.However, Li Xiucheng was addicted to holding power in the city, and during this period he squeezed out the troops of the British king Chen Yucheng from the city of Nanjing.Now the form of Nanjing City is getting weaker and weaker, the Hunan army has been besieged for a year, the grain and grass in the city have been exhausted, and the Tianwang Mansion has saved only one meal a day.Every day, I went to the Heavenly King's Mansion to take Hong Tianwang to drive south.King Hong Tianwang was accustomed to living a life of spending heaven and wine, so naturally he refused to move, and was forced to be anxious, and scolded Li Xiuchengdao, "I am ordered by Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother to be the only Allah of all the nations of Kyushu, so why fear death and go to Ren'er."
I fight the country, I don't help, I have someone to help. ”Li Xiucheng was helpless and no longer persuaded.I had to discuss it with Li Shixian, but I still felt that I should preserve my strength in order to make a comeback.However, the name of the loyal king is not false, although he fights for power on weekdays, but he is loyal to Hong Xiuquan, and he is ready to kill himself.Therefore, the future of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was handed over to Li Shixian, and Li Shixian did not dare to fight hard against the enemy, but only tried to preserve his strength.Jurong City is the east gate of Nanjing, and Li Xiucheng has chosen to give up.At the beginning of Ronglu's attack, it had been completely reduced to a lonely city.After a month of special training, the Eight Banners New Army has completely surpassed the Taiping Army in terms of momentum.Before sunset, the New Army of the Eight Banners had already pulled out the strongholds on both wings, and it was only a matter of time before the rear town was successfully encircled, and it was only a matter of time before the rear town was taken."
Brother Qiao, is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really going to end" Yan Yuting pouted and seemed to be a little disappointed, even Ronglu's Eight Banners Army was able to perform on the battlefield, and it is conceivable how far the Taiping Army has declined."
What's the matter, aren't you happy," Qiao Zhiqing chuckled at her sad appearance."
Where, just after dealing with Li Xiucheng for such a long time, it was really not easy for him, he fought in the east and west, and was finally beaten back to his nest."
Yan Yuting sighed lightly, the little girl still has the meaning of being a hero and cherishing a hero."
Okay, don't worry about the ancients, in my opinion, Nanjing City can't survive the summer.Now that the Taiping army in the prefectures and counties south of the Yangtze River has been pulled out one by one, and the various armies of the Hunan army are gathering towards Nanjing City, Li Xiucheng has no strength to return to heaven. ”Qiao Zhi lightly made a bold prediction of the current situation.Yan Yuting glanced at him with disbelief on her face, and sat down on the couch and gloated at Qiao Zhiqing with a smile, "You said that if your father-in-law knew the news that you were marrying Sister Su, what would he do to you" Qiao Zhiqing chuckled lightly and did not reply.If it were according to Zeng Guofan's temper, he would definitely not want to marry his daughter as a concubine.It's that Zeng Jiyun has been wronged, and I don't know if that girl will be sad if she knows about it, of course Zeng Jiyun will be sad, and she will be mad by Qiao Zhiqing.After the news of Qiao Zhiqing's wedding was transmitted through the two major newspapers in Suzhou, Zeng Jiyun knew about it on the third day.She subscribes to the newspapers in Suzhou every day, cuts out the things about Qiao Zhiqing, no matter how big or small, collects them neatly in her purse, and takes them out to look at them and smirks when she has nothing to do.It's like doing these things with Qiao Zhiqing."
Father, Brother Qiao has sent someone to send a bride price last month, why don't you agree, now you are happy, he married another woman."
Zeng Jiyun spoke to his father like this for the first time, and slammed the newspaper of Qiao Zhiqing's wedding on Zeng Guofan's desk."
Ji Yun, how can you talk to your father like this, hurry up and step back."
Zeng Jijing stood aside awkwardly, and hurriedly pulled her sister to retreat."
Nonsense, my father is too spoiled by you on weekdays, you look at your appearance, where is there still a little bit of the appearance of the eldest lady, you don't see it, Qiao Zhiqing is deliberately against his father, he said that the female is not left, so many years have really raised you for nothing, and the elbows are turned outward."
Zeng Guofan loved this little daughter very much, and when he was a child, he ignored etiquette and let this baby daughter ride on himself to play.Looking at Zeng Jiyun's current appearance, Zeng Guofan's heart suddenly turned up angrily as if he had been pricked by a needle."
I'm messing around, it's not your troublemaker three times or twice.At the beginning, people were about us, and you didn't agree to this marriage, and I understand you.After all, their family is lowly and unworthy of the foyer of your Zeng family.But now that Brother Qiao has obviously become a first-class member, this gambling contract is also what you have agreed with others, but why did you change your hexagram and put forward conditions to others.Father, I hate you. ”Zeng Jiyun complained loudly and reluctantly, covered her mouth and cried and ran down."
You" Zeng Guofan glared at Zeng Jiyun with wide eyes, his heart was beating fast for a while, and he sat back heavily on the chair.Zeng Jijing hurriedly stepped forward and rubbed his chest, and continued to comfort him, "Father, Ji Yun is still a child, don't be angry with her, after a while, her anger will naturally disappear." ”Zeng Guofan's cloudy eyes actually squeezed out a few drops of tears, and he sighed haggardly in his heart, "Why doesn't Ji Yun understand my intentions, Qiao Zhiqing is ambitious, and there will definitely be disasters in the future, and there may be some disasters with him." ”Zeng Ji was silent, her marriage was handled by her father, but Yuan Yusheng secretly accepted a concubine before she passed the door, and she was uninhibited and idle every day, and now the two met like strangers.Father, is this the happiness you chose for me The battle outside the city of Jurong has lasted from morning to dusk, and the remnant sun on the horizon has reflected the earth in blood red.Rong Lu's Eight Banners New Army encircled the north and south, and after taking the back town, they went straight to Jurong City without stopping.It was none other than Chen Yucheng, who was sent out of Suzhou by Qiao Zhiqing.Chen Yucheng was squeezed out by Li Xiucheng three times and twice in Nanjing, and led an army of 50,000 out of the city in a fit of anger, thinking of leading his brothers to break through to the south and settle in Jiangxi.Who knew that as soon as he left Nanjing, he was entangled by the Hunan army and encircled and suppressed all the way to Wuhu.The most unfortunate thing is that after the troops were dispersed, they were arrested by Huang Feihong's more than 30 Qingzi troops and taken to Suzhou.After escaping from Suzhou, the three of them rectified more than 20,000 remnants in Wuhu, and just settled in Jurong City.Unexpectedly, Rong Lu came to lead a large army to attack the city again, making Chen Yucheng angry and half dead.When has he ever suffered such a great defeat and been chased and beaten all over the world?"
King Ying, you see that the soldiers under the city are obviously the Eight Banners Army of the Manchu Tartars, but why is this row of troops arranged in the same way as the Qing Army" Lai Wenguang looked at the Eight Banners Army under the city with a telescope, and frowned puzzled.According to the news brought back by the generals of Houzhen, this Eight Banners Army was Shengbao's original team, and was later commanded by a small officer of the imperial court.The officer attacked Jurong City once last month, but he was defeated by Li Shixian, and now he has been practicing with Qiao Zhiqing for a month, but he didn't expect it to make him a climate. ”Chen Yucheng's face was full of disdain, but Huluo Pingyang was bullied by dogs, and he could only take advantage verbally, because compared with the strength of the Eight Banners Army under the city, the gap between the two sides was too big.In his own hands, he also brought out 10,000 foreign guns from Anqing City, but there was no ammunition supply, and the foreign guns were like burning sticks.Where are they like those Eight Banner Army under the city, regardless of whether there is an enemy in front of them, they raise their guns and fire volleys in rows.If you also have logistical supplies, don't say it's 10,000 people, even if you come another tens of thousands, you don't care about it."
King Ying, what should we do now The firepower of the Tartars is too strong, and the brothers in the outlying strongholds are all dead and wounded, do you want to send troops out of the city to meet the battle" Chen Decai asked with his eyebrows on the side, his face full of worry."
No, the winner has already been decided, so why do all this in vain.Let the brothers outside the city return to the city and refuse, the brothers have fought with us in the north and south, and they have not enjoyed any blessings, and there is no need to let them die in vain.You go and send someone to deliver a letter to Suzhou City, I, Chen Yucheng, only surrender to Qiao Zhiqing, this Manchu kid wants to take down the city defended by my Chen Yucheng, and see if he has such a good mouth. ”Chen Yucheng commanded coldly, and his right hand clenched the handle of the knife heavily
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