Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang, as well as a group of cronies and senior generals, fled into Baoji with more than 2,000 elite cavalry."
Hurry up and send someone to contact Dong Fuxiang's Gan Jun, Gan Jun won't let us pass through Gansu, we won't be able to pass."
Zuo Zongtang entered Baoji, and before he could sit down, he said to Liu Jintang.Liu Jintang had a kindness to Dong Fuxiang to surrender and live, and nodded: "The Gan army should not embarrass us, many of them are subordinates of the last general, and they are also the men and horses of our old Chu army."
Otherwise, they are ungrateful. ”"Nothing is impossible, since Dong Fuxiang has taken refuge in Huaguo, we must be careful."
Zuo Zongtang said uneasily."
Okay, I'll go and write a letter myself at once and let them go a way."
Liu Jintang agreed.A group of generals under Zuo Zongtang are still very loyal, everyone has been together for more than ten years, the key is that as long as they can reach Qinghai, Zuo Zongtang still has the ability to re-call an army of more than 10,000 people, whether it is in Qinghai, or in Xinjiang, or even to Central Asia, the Chu army still has a certain status, and glory and wealth are not a problem.The Qing army recognized the money, the reason why they followed Zuo Zongtang, who had declined, was that they were unwilling to go to Huaguo to be a common man, or accept the adaptation of the Chinese army, the Chinese army's military salary was a lot, but the military discipline was strict, where could they live so freely now, and now they are almost living like bandits.Zuo Zongtang asked people to contact Dong Fuxiang, and Xuan Jianzhang and Yixuan, Prince Alcohol, together with the army, continued to pursue, the first battle of Xi'an, there are no more than 100 people left in the big smoke army, and those who can survive to the end can basically quit smoking, and they are considered healthy people, although the Chinese army will not accept these people, but they are responsible for following Yixuan and Prince Alcohol, and following the side of the Chinese army, that is.Zuo Zongtang sent a letter to Dong Fuxiang, and it was definitely not as fast as the telegram contact of the Chinese army.President Meng agreed to Yixuan's request and issued a wanted warrant for Zuo Zongtang, in this way, Zuo Zongtang has been sentenced to death by the Chinese army, Zuo Zongtang has repeatedly missed the opportunity to surrender, President Meng has been patient, because the relationship with Zuo Zongtang was good, but people's patience is limited, not to mention, all the actions of President Meng now are no longer simply representing himself, President Meng represents the entire Huaguo.Dong Fuxiang looked at the telegram sent by the Secretariat of the President of Huaguo, this is the highest instruction and cannot be changed, unless, he does not want to be an official of Huaguo and wants to rebel again."
Order, 3,000 cavalry, go to Tianshui City today, intercept Zuo Zongtang's troops, and prevent them from entering Gansu" Dong Fuxiang gave an order.The adjutant general muttered: "General, although we have now taken refuge in Huaguo, after all, we are all from the old Chu army, if you do this, the brothers are a little unhappy, this is ungrateful." ”Dong Fuxiang looked around and sighed softly, "If you say this, don't say it anymore, now there are instructors sent by the Chinese army from all over the Gan army, and the entire Gansu is already managed by the cadres of the Chinese country, and you are still half-hearted" "I know, in fact, there is no chance to fight back again, I just don't want to fight the people of the old Chu army, they are all brothers, and they can't do it." ”The lieutenant said softly.Dong Fuxiang sighed, "I don't know, but now I have received the highest instructions of Huaguo, you can't be half-hearted, since you have descended to Huaguo, what do they say, we must do something" Seeing that Dong Fuxiang was so resolute, the deputy general didn't dare to say anything more, and went down to pass the order.Although Dong Fuxiang's Gan army now has more than 3,000 people, plus more than 2,000 cavalry troops of the Chinese army, 6,000 people may not have beaten the more than 2,000 cavalry of the Chu army, and the cavalry of the Chu army is already very powerful.Dong Fuxiang rushed to Tianshui City with 3,000 cavalry, to block the road through Zuo Zongtang from Gansu, this is already the limit of what Dong Fuxiang can do, take the initiative to attack Zuo Zongtang, this kind of thing, Dong Fuxiang can't do it, and his soldiers can't do it.Xuan Jianzhang did it, but Xuan Jianzhang's power was limited.Xuan Jianzhang took Yixuan, Prince Alcohol, and Li Hongzhang to stay in Xi'an to treat his injuries.The more than 100 Eight Banner disciples under Prince Alcohol and Yixuan are actually negligible.Therefore, Yixuan simply asked these people to go back to Beijing in advance, and wrote a letter of contact to each of them, asking them to take it to the Beijing government to see if they could help arrange work.With the fall of the Qing court, the life of the banner people is really sad, in fact, Huaguo did not rectify the flag people, but just made them the same as ordinary Han people, which will force many people to death.Because most of the flag people are no longer the flag people when they first entered the customs, two hundred years of arrogant and lascivious life, so that they have degenerated into cartilage animals, it is difficult to adapt to social changes, only a few are affected by the pressure of life, and they are still a little scrappy flag people, only to try to survive like humans again.Coupled with the current great nationalization system of China, everyone's ID card is no longer particularly marked by the nationality, and all of them are Han people, which also makes a large number of flag people no longer call themselves flag people, they have already been assimilated by the Han people, and all aspects of life and customs are exactly the same, and now they are even more ashamed of being flag people."
The troops accelerated."
Xuan Jianzhang was dissatisfied with the speed of the troops' march and ordered.With Xuan Jianzhang's order delivered, more than 2,000 cavalry rolled in the direction of Baoji."
Master Xuan."
Yixuan called Xuan Jianzhang, but he didn't think about what to say.Xuan Jianzhang said with a smile: "If the king of the county has something to say, just say it directly, didn't the president give an order, and I will listen to you what to do in the future." ”"Don't, if Senior Master Xuan says this, I can't afford it."
Yi Xuan smiled and said: "I mean, we don't actually have to go too fast, and when we get to Baoji, we don't need to attack the city immediately." ”Xuan Jianzhang said curiously: "What does this mean" Prince Alcohol also looked at Yixuan curiously.Yixuan smiled and said: "Because, if my estimate is right, my righteous brother Dong Fuxiang should have already led people to Baoji, even if he doesn't attack first, he should block Zuo Zongtang's road to Gansu, and there is no need for the Chinese army to do it."
If the Chinese army goes too fast, and Zuo Zongtang continues to flee to Gansu, the situation will become complicated. ”Xuan Jianzhang nodded, "It's still the old man of the county who is scheming, and what he said is very reasonable, anyway, now Zuo Zongtang is at the end of his rope, what we need to guard against the most is that he will flee to Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Central Asia, and catch Zuo Zongtang one day sooner or later, it's not too important." ”Yixuan smiled: "That's what I meant. ”"The troops are camped, don't leave today, rest."
Xuan Jianzhang smiled and gave another order.The guards almost didn't die of depression, they just went to convey the order to move quickly, and hurriedly shouted loudly, "Everyone give each other orders, and the division commander will set up camp." ”Zuo Zongtang's mansion in Baoji City, this is a temporary mansion, it used to be the yamen of the county seat, the officials of the Qing court ran away, and Huaguo has not reached out to Baoji, and it has become a rare place where both sides can't control it.At this moment, the civil officials of Baoji and the rich families in the city have almost fled, and those who have not run are not good people.Originally, the Qing court's territories became increasingly desolate, and more and more people went to China, which should be said to be a migration to China.Connected and capable people have fled the place, and now all that remains in the city are some old, weak, sick and disabled people who have nowhere to go.President Meng has always had an encouraging attitude towards the people of the Qing court to come to China, a place without people, although it will restrict the development, but President Meng adheres to the concept of getting rich first and getting rich later, as long as Jiangnan develops, these great northwest, northeast, these places, there will always be a day of development."
Is there any movement in the Chinese army?"
Zuo Zongtang asked Liu Jintang uneasily."
Send a few waves of people out to investigate, as long as the Chinese army is within a hundred miles of us, the horse will return."
Liu Jintang replied.Zuo Zongtang nodded and said: "The Chinese army is coming, we will go, although we are not afraid of the cavalry of the Chinese army, but the morale of the army is low now, if you can not take the battle, it is better not to take the battle, go to Gansu a day earlier, and rest assured earlier." ”t1706231537: