The officers and men of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army shouted and charged, and the momentum was really overwhelming."
Brothers, rush" and "kill" shouted and killed the sky.Xuan Jianzhang held the binoculars and laughed: "There is no one anymore, what are you doing so loudly" The chief of staff of the division smiled: "Brothers, you are not happy." ”Yixuan was originally going to sleep, but the Chinese army didn't attack for a long time, he really couldn't hold on, but now he has the right to command, and this battle was launched at his suggestion, so he was embarrassed to go to sleep.Yixuan was embarrassed to go, and Prince Alcohol could only accompany him.The two princes fell asleep on the desks of the staff officers, and were awakened only when they heard the sound of explosions and shouts of killing."
How's it going?"
the two of them came over wiping their sleepy eyes.Xuan Jianzhang smiled, "The two princes went to sleep, I told you a long time ago that don't care, our First Field Division of the Chinese Army, even if it only dispatches cavalry, will still win." ”Yixuan nodded, took a telescope and looked at it, "It seems that Zuo Zongtang has already escaped with someone." ”Xuan Jianzhang said with a smile, "There are our people on all sides, and we only left them a road to the west." ”Prince Alcohol yawned and said, "Master Xuan, if you win, I'll go to sleep if you win."
You don't have to rush today," Yixuan smiled and didn't speak.Xuan Jianzhang said with a smile: "Whether you are in a hurry or not, this has to be asked by the king of the county, I am only responsible for carrying out the order, and now, everything is the final word of the king of the county." ”Yixuan smiled and said: "Master Xuan, don't be so polite, I just suggest it, the big idea is still to be taken by Master Xuan." ”Xuan Jianzhang said: "Lord Wang, I am really not polite, this is the president's order, the president's order, more holy than the holy decree, any order of the president, the military and civilians of the whole country are willing to use blood to complete." ”Seeing Xuan Jianzhang's serious appearance, Yixuan nodded and said: "Master Xuan, take Baoji, let's go into the city to rest, don't drive Zuo Zongtang too quickly, if we don't rush him, he will negotiate with Dong Fuxiang, if we rush too quickly, he will turn his face with Dong Fuxiang, in my opinion, if Zuo Zongtang turns his face with Dong Fuxiang, Dong Fuxiang may not be able to fight back."
But if Zuo Zongtang negotiates with Dong Fuxiang, it will be easy to force Dong Fuxiang to get angry. ”Xuan Jianzhang didn't like to analyze people's hearts as much as Yixuan, and said with a smile: "Whatever the king of the county arranges, the king of the county says to rest and rest."
Come, order, we go into the city to rest, now, in the whole of Shaanxi, there is no Zuo Zongtang's power, send a report to the president's secretariat, and say that the rest of Zuo Zongtang has fled to Gansu. ”"Yes, Master."
One of the guards gave a military salute.Yixuan himself is actually worried about himself, if he talks casually, Xuan Jianzhang likes to listen to it or not, then he doesn't have much responsibility Wow, now the First Field Division of the Chinese Army is ordered by his suggestion, which has to make him afraid, who knows what will happen to Zuo Zongtang after entering Gansu Now it depends on Dong Fuxiang, Yixuan is really afraid that Dong Fuxiang will defect again and run with Zuo Zongtang.Zuo Zongtang fled in the direction of Tianshui City with more than 2,000 cavalry overnight, he had no choice, Dong Fuxiang did not reply for a long time, and the people he sent did not come back.Although Zuo Zongtang himself knew that Dong Fuxiang would not let him pass, but now there is really no way.On the third day, when the First Field Division of the Chinese Army rested for three days and slowly began to move in the direction of Tianshui City, Zuo Zongtang's troops arrived at the main road outside Tianshui City.There is a heavily guarded outpost sent by Dong Fuxiang."
Let you General Dong Fuxiang come out to see Zuo Dashuai" A Zuo Zongtang's personal guard stepped forward and shouted loudly to the sentry."
Okay, wait a minute."
The sentry agreed, and immediately went to report to the battalion officer.The battalion officer did not dare to slack off, and hurried to the city to report back.There are thousands of people at this defensive post sent by Dong Fuxiang, if Zuo Zongtang insists on leading his troops to rush over, it is not impossible, it is more troublesome, at least more than half of the troops will be lost, Zuo Zongtang still wants to meet Dong Fuxiang, at least Dong Fuxiang will not disown him as the old master, this is Zuo Zongtang's idea.The key is that Dong Fuxiang has put a thousand-person brigade inside and outside the city, each of which is a horn for each other, and if he wants to attack, the loss of half of the people may not be over.Dong Fuxiang heard that Zuo Zongtang's army had arrived, although he had already reported the itinerary of Zuo Zongtang's army, Dong Fuxiang was still very surprised, he hoped that Zuo Zongtang would not come, but Zuo Zongtang still came, "Just say that I am sick and can't go to meet outside the city." ”The battalion officer could only come back and tell Zuo Zongtang that Dong Fuxiang was sick.Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang were furious, this Dong Fuxiang surrendered to them, it was they who hugged Dong Fuxiang's life, ingratitude, "What a villain." ”Liu Jintang scolded softly.Zuo Zongtang waved his hand, "Don't say it." ”Zuo Zongtang said to the battalion officer: "You go and tell Dong Fuxiang again, I, Zuo Zongtang, went to the city alone to visit the sick" "Dashuai" Liu Jintang said uneasily, "You can't take such a big risk, it's a big deal to rush over."
If you enter the city alone, Dong Fuxiang will definitely imprison the handsome and ask for a reward. ”Zuo Zongtang sighed and said: "Don't say it anymore, what is the matter with my life and death alone, if I can let the brothers pay less for their lives, my Zuo Zongtang's head, why take it" Liu Jintang sighed, "Dashuai, don't go, you want to go, I'll go" Zuo Zongtang glanced at Liu Jintang and shook his head, "It's not impossible for you to go, but your temperament is too strong, I'm afraid that after you go, you will immediately question Dong Fuxiang, when the time comes, it will be a big thing, Dong Fuxiang's character is not bad, or I will go in person." ”"Dashuai, I promise you, I will never kowtow to Dong Fuxiang for him" Liu Jintang knelt down to Zuo Zongtang, no matter how dissatisfied he was, but these iron-clad generals still know how to be grateful and know how to repay their kindness.Liu Jintang's father, Liu Hourong, joined the Hunan army and was killed by the Taiping army in Yuezhou, present-day Yueyang.Starting from the purpose of "avenging his father", Liu Jintang joined Liu Hourong's department when he was 15 years old.After that, he followed his uncle Liu Songshan to fight in Jiangxi, Anhui, Shaanxi and other places, participated in the suppression of the Taiping Army and the Twist Army, accumulated merit to the Taoist, and became a young general in the Lao Xiang Army.Under the influence of the Taiping Rebellion, the Hui people in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places held uprisings one after another, and the Qing army was repeatedly defeated.In 1867, in the sixth year of Tongzhi, the Qing court took Zuo Zongtang as the minister of the Qin mission to supervise the military affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu, and led troops to suppress the Hui rebellion.In June 1869, the Qing army marched directly at Jinjibao, an important base of the Gansu Righteous Army.Zuo Zongtang took Liu Songshan's Lao Xiang army as the main force and launched a fierce attack on the Jinjibao area.Due to the active defensive operations of the Hui rebel army, the Qing army's grain transportation was not continued, and the progress was slow.On February 14, 1870, Liu Songshan, the commander of the old Hunan army, was killed by the rebels, and the morale of the Qing army was greatly reduced.In order to cope with the crisis, Zuo Zongtang used Liu Jintang, who was the prime minister of the Laoxiang military camp at that time, to act as the commander.And put forward two schemes of "sticking" and "retreating" for them to choose from.Liu Jintang judged the situation and believed that it was not advisable to "hold on" and "retreat", and strongly advocated continuing the offensive.He suggested to Zuo Zongtang: "Our army is deep and lacks food, and if we don't fight hard, the thieves will take advantage of me, Lingzhou will be lost, and the overall situation will not be supported" He Weipu: Liu Xiangqin's Historical Biography, page 3, "It will be killed by force, and then the army can be complete." ”This opinion was agreed by Zuo Zongtang.On the recommendation of Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the Qing court ordered Liu Jintang to take over the old Hunan army left by his uncle.He was only 26 years old this year.Ma Hualong surrendered under the onslaught of Liu Jintang, and Liu Jintang also received the position of cloud cavalry captain because of his military exploits.More than a year later, he captured Xining and Suzhou, and was assigned to act Xining Province in Gansu.In order to boost morale, Liu Jintang summoned his generals and said: When our military achievements are being completed, unfortunately we will be defeated.You are all veterans who have followed my uncle for many years, can you bear to stop the army and unify the thoughts of the generals, he put Liu Songshan's coffin in the barracks, aroused everyone's revenge, continued to attack the Jinjibao area, and forced the return of the leader of the people's army Ma Hualong at the beginning of the next year to occupy Jinjibao.Liu Jintang is a disciple of the old Hunan army carried by Zuo Zongtang, and the relationship between the two is not deep.Zuo Zongtang helped Liu Jintang up, "Don't be like this, Jintang, since you insist on going, you can go, okay" Liu Jintang stood up with red circles in his eyes and bowed deeply to Zuo Zongtang, "I know that this time the stakes are very important, if Dong Fuxiang doesn't let us go, even if he rushes over, he will still be caught up and eaten by the Chinese army chasing behind him because of his strength being greatly weakened, so our Chu army will look at this." ”Zuo Zongtang nodded and said, "Not necessarily, we can also turn around and go back to fight the Chinese army, if we can win, I think Dong Fuxiang should not embarrass us again." ”Liu Jintang's eyes lit up, "Dashuai, then let's go back and fight with them, this Dong Fuxiang is taking a shelf like this, to be honest, I really don't want to see this person." ”Zuo Zongtang sighed, "You don't understand, if we fight hard with the Chinese army, even if we win, there will definitely be less than five hundred people left, such a little force, no matter where we go, we will not be welcomed, and the remaining brothers we have now are all old brothers who have experienced a hundred battles, as long as they can be brought to a safe place to re-accumulate strength, these two thousand people can become 20,000 people in an instant" Liu Jintang nodded, soldiers are easy to recruit, the key is that these middle-level generals who lead troops are all wealth."
Dashuai, I understand, I'll go into the city" Zuo Zongtang said to Liu Jintang's battalion officer: "Our General Liu will go back with you, do you think it's okay" The battalion officer bowed deeply, "Please don't embarrass the villain, please wait for the villain to go back and report." ”t1706231537: