Zeng Jiyun stood at the door of the military tent and her heart suddenly seemed to be covered with ice and snow, she didn't understand what she had done wrong, God wanted to punish her like this.At first, his father did not agree to this marriage, and finally waited until his father changed his mind, but the lover changed his mind and rejected him."
Why the hell are you doing this to me" Zeng Jiyun opened the military tent and yelled at Zeng Guofan with a pear blossom and rain on his face."
Ji Yun, why are you here" Zeng Guofan came back to his senses, looked at Zeng Jiyun's collapsed expression, and was slightly stunned in place."
Father, I hate you, I hate you."
Zeng Jiyun screamed angrily, covered his mouth and ran out of the barracks."
Ji Yun, come back quickly, don't run around."
Zeng Guofan hurriedly chased him out, and his heart was in a hurry, and his chest couldn't stop hurting.As soon as his eyes blurred, he leaned back and fell backwards.At the same time, the red walls of Beijing are undergoing an upheaval of power.Prince Gong only told the empress dowager of the two palaces about the conditions of the foreigners on the first day, and on the second day, the princes and ministers kept writing to the empress dowager of the two palaces, asking the empress dowager of the two palaces to put the society first.Give up the curtain and listen to the government, and return to the government to govern the emperor.The queen mother of the two palaces conspired together all night, and finally under pressure, she made a decree to withdraw the curtain and return to the government, and agreed to return to the emperor.The two queen mothers moved to the Summer Palace, but remembering the emperor's young age, they specially gave Prince Feng Gong as the regent, and gave Qiao Zhiqing, the king of Zhennan, Su Yi Bo Ronglu, the governor of Sichuan, Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Zhejiang, Li Hongzhang, the governor of Fujian, Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Henan, Yuan Jiasan, the governor of Henan, Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong, and Liu Kunyi, the governor of Jiangxi, as the eight auxiliary ministers and the general of the protector.Assist the young emperor to quell the rebellion of Zeng Guofan as soon as possible, and revive the Qing Dynasty for eternity.The trick of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces was so clever that she put Zeng Guofan in the isolation of all the betrayals.After the edict was issued to the governors, Rong Lu first went to the table to support it.Surprisingly, Li Hongzhang was the second to support it, and then the governors of various provinces also supported it one after another, only Qiao Zhiqing remained silent, and both sides ignored it.Zeng Guofan had fallen ill in bed because of Zeng Jiyun's runaway, and since she heard the news of Qiao Zhiqing's refusal to marry that day, she didn't know where she went.Zeng Guofan sent people everywhere to look for him, and even sent a herald to Suzhou to inform Qiao Zhiqing, but under Qiao Zhiqing's search, there was no trace of Zeng Jiyun.Zeng Guofan was angry and anxious, and his old illness recurred, and he lay in bed for many days without improvement.After the governors of the provinces successively published articles begging the thief, Zeng Guofan learned the news, and his condition worsened by three points for a while.Zeng Guoquan found famous doctors to treat Zeng Guofan, but it had no effect, but the more he looked at it, the more serious his condition became.For a month, he survived on a little gruel every day.used to be a rich physique, but for a while he was as thin as a withered tree.The battles of the Northern Expedition of the Hunan Army were also repeatedly frustrated, and after Zeng Guoquan returned to the barracks, within a few days, he regained control of the military and politics.After regrouping, under the dispatch of the naval division, he crossed the Yangtze River with more than 100,000 advance troops and went straight to Henan.Since ancient times, it has been the Central Plains that wins the world, and Henan has always been the granary of the world.The Hunan army has always pursued the supply strategy of feeding the war with war, and looted the city everywhere it went.Now that all the prefectures and counties of Wuchang in Hankou have been looted and cleaned, Zeng Guoquan has already owed soldiers and Yong for many days' military salaries, and it is also a last resort to rush to attack Henan.Monk Lin Geqin's 100,000 Mongolian iron cavalry was deployed in the area of Zhumadian, and the Hunan army easily broke through Xinyang Mansion, and then when it broke through to the north, it met with Monk Lin Geqin.The cavalry is unstoppable on the endless plain, even if the Hunan army is blocked by a gun array, it is still constantly attacked and attacked by the cavalry.Chase and can't catch up, retreat and retreat can't go far.Zeng Guoquan insisted on it in a hurry for more than ten days, and lost tens of thousands of soldiers.Zeng Guoquan had no choice but to lead the army to retreat to Xinyang, and used the mountains to barely block the onslaught of Seng Lin Geqin.But an even greater disaster came from the east, that is, a new army of more than 90,000 armed with foreign guns led by Rong Lu, and Rong Lu also officially named this new army "Hu".It only took three days for the protection of the actual ammunition drill, and three days after Rong Lu purchased arms from Qiao Zhiqing, he asked the troops to start the expedition to the west day and night.At this time, Zeng Guoquan and Seng Lin Geqin fought fiercely in the Central Plains, and after Rong Lu learned the news, he accelerated the pace of the march, intending to mix with Seng Lin Geqin and attack the Hunan army on both sides.Rong Lu attacked the city and plundered the village along the way, and pulled out all the strongholds of the Hunan army on the front line of Anhui and Henan.After finally arriving in Henan, Zeng Guoquan's army had retreated to the territory of Xinyang Mansion.Rong Lu was full of enthusiasm and wantonly looted grain and grass in Luoshan County, fifty miles away from Xinyang, and rested for a day.At dawn on the second day, he launched an attack on Zeng Guoquan.Zeng Guoquan was already beaten by the Mongol iron cavalry of Seng Lin Geqin, and now Rong Lu led a large army to attack.In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Zeng Guoquan took the initiative and withdrew to Hankou, facing the army of Seng Lin Geqin and Rong Lu across the river.Because Peng Yulin's sailor completely held the power to control the river, the monks Lin Geqin and Rong Lu could only look at the river and sigh.The turning point of the matter came when the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces announced the return of the emperor, and the British first kept their promise and sent three ironclad warships of about 5,000 tons along the river to help the imperial court crusade against Zeng Guofan.Subsequently, France and the United States also sent a 6,000-ton ironclad warship to Hankou to assist the imperial court in exterminating the traitors.All this comes from the conspiracy between Prince Gong and the foreigners, in fact, the conditions proposed by the foreigners are also the meaning of Prince Gong.Prince Gong has promised the foreigners that if the foreigners help him to take charge of the imperial court, Prince Gong will meet all the trade conditions of the foreigners in various customs, and even exempt all kinds of import and export duties.After all, there is a win or loss in this game, according to the current situation, Zeng Guofan and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces have lost.On the contrary, Prince Gong became the biggest winner, and became the regent, controlling all the military and political affairs in the capital, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition.Hankou, Hubei, Hunan army camp.Zeng Guoquan sat on the side, looking at Zeng Guofan who was dying on the bed with great sadness, his face was full of remorse.Zeng Guofan raised his eyelids tiredly, knowing that it was Zeng Guoquan sitting beside him, opened his mouth, and asked in a low voice, "Lao Jiu, has there been any news about Ji Yun recently, where has this girl gone" Zeng Guofan coughed dryly twice as he spoke, and the muddy tears in his eyes flowed."
Big brother, you take care of your health first, Ji Yun may just be angry and go back to his hometown.I've sent people to look around, and I hope to hear soon. ”Zeng Guoquan carefully waited for him to take a few sips of the decoction, and comforted him sadly.Zeng Guofan's chest gradually relaxed a lot, struggled to help himself up, closed his eyes and asked weakly, "How is the recent military situation, and now we have rebelled against our relatives, and even the supply of food and salary has become a problem."
As I expected, none of these ungrateful people came in handy at the critical time. ”Zeng Guoquan didn't want to hide it from him, so he spit out with shame on his face, "The foreign devil has just declared war on our Hunan army, and five large ironclad warships have been dispatched to Hankou.I don't think Peng Yulin's sailor can resist for long, the gap between us is too big.Big brother, it's all because I didn't listen to you at the beginning.If we had followed the will of the imperial court at that time and abolished the Hunan army, we might still be able to mix up an official and a half-post now. ”"Forget it, it's the so-called doing your best to obey the destiny of heaven.It has happened, and we have to do our best to take it one step at a time.If God really wants to destroy our Hunan army, I have nothing to say.We did kill too much, and now we have this catastrophe, which is also expected by me. ”Zeng Guofan sighed, but he seemed to have seen through the world, and his face was full of calm."
Then I'll let Peng Yulin and the fort passes along the Yangtze River get ready, once the ships of the foreign devils come, we will fight them to the death."
Zeng Guoquan nodded, he really regretted it now and there was no way back, so he could only move forward, maybe there was still a glimmer of life."
Well, so be it.Ninth brother, you listen to the eldest brother, no matter how difficult it is, don't ascend the throne and become the emperor, you can't ask for this thing of dragon luck.Wu Sangui failed to rebel back then, thinking that he would be able to turn things around after ascending the throne and becoming emperor, but in the end he was not wiped out.I have worked all my life for the imperial court, and I can't make a reputation as a thief before I die.We also branded the banner of the Qing monarch's side and the Yasukuni disaster, so that my heart will be more steady. ”Zeng Guofan told Zeng Guoquan with a solemn face, and his voice was desolate and tragic."
Big brother, don't worry, I know your heart.If you don't be an emperor in this life, your brother will never dare to be the emperor. ”Zeng Guoquan nodded vigorously and replied in a choked voice."
That's good, that's good.Stand down, I'm tired. ”Zeng Guofan took a deep breath, slowly lay down, and fell asleep again in a groggy state.The news that the warships of the Suzhou Mansion and the foreigners sailed to Hankou to quell the rebellion soon reached Qiao Zhiqing's desk.Huang Wenzhong, the commander of the Qingzi Army, stood in front of the desk indignantly, and said to Qiao Zhiqi with a fist, "Handsome, foreign devils are too arrogant."
The Yangtze River is my inland river in China, how can we let foreign devils pass at will?
Although we have an enmity with Zeng Guofan, we can't let foreign devils do anything wrong. ”"The court is incompetent, and my family quarrels a few words, but if they can't fight, they let outsiders help.He doesn't know that it is easy to invite God and it is difficult to send God, and with this experience, the foreign devil is bound to be even stronger towards my Huaxia.You're right, we must not sit idly by. ”Qiao Zhiqing looked at the tonnage of the warships and the detailed data of the artillery fire in the military newspaper, and spit out a sentence with a gloomy face."
What does that handsome mean, we did it with foreign devils" Huang Wenzhong's eyes widened excitedly, his face full of excitement."
It's done, I can't let foreign devils bully me, no one in Huaxia, but we have to think of a complete strategy.Now we only have a 5,000-ton Huaxing warship, and there is a huge difference in strength between it and foreign devils. ”Qiao Zhiqing affirmed it categorically, and smashed his fist the military newspaper
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