"Guo Laodao, what do you want?"
The person who was called Guo Lao Dao by Lu Yi is really a Taoist priest, this person's surname is Guo Mingcheng, he was originally a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi, and he has been hiding from the world with his master.
After the Taiping army invaded Jiangxi, a group of Qing army green battalion defeated soldiers ran to the vicinity of Longhu Mountain to collect grain, slaughtered several villages under the mountain, and some villagers ran to the mountain, but were stopped by the green battalion soldiers at the mountain gate, covered them with sacks, and then poured fire oil on fire, thinking that it was fun.
Guo Cheng, who was hiding with his brothers in the mountain gate at that time, was enraged by the atrocities of the Qing army, and broke free from the brothers and rushed out with kitchen knives, and as a result, he killed nine Qing soldiers in a row, causing the rest of the Qing army to flee in panic.
After committing such a big thing, the Taoist priests on Longhu Mountain were naturally afraid that the Qing army would come to retaliate against the mountain gate, Guo Cheng was also happy, saying that one person should do things and one person should do it, so he would go down the mountain and surrender, so as not to affect the division.
That's it, Guo Cheng came down from Longhu Mountain, originally wanted to surrender to the government, but he inquired around, the Qing army in Jiangxi had already been defeated by the Taiping army from Guangdong, and the officials appointed by the Tartars in the government either surrendered to become officials of the Ming Dynasty, or they were wiped out by the Taiping army This is a great news, Guo Cheng originally wanted to go back to the mountain to tell the master and all the brothers and sisters the good news, but after thinking about it, he went up the mountain at the age of six, and stayed on the mountain for 20 years in a flash.
If you want to live like this for the rest of your life, wouldn't it be a waste of this ability Thinking so, Guo Cheng decided to join the army, relying on his martial arts to find a future and live a personal life.
So he went to the nearest Taiping Army recruitment point to sign up for the army, but was caught by Liu Bangdong, a hundred households who came to recruit soldiers, and made him his direct guard, responsible for banners and orders.
Because Guo Cheng looked a little old, and when he first entered the camp, he was wearing a sloppy Taoist robe, and at first glance he looked like an old Taoist priest who came out of the Taoist temple, so the Taiping army in the camp called Guo Cheng, who was only twenty-six years old, "Guo Lao Dao".
After carefully understanding Guo Cheng's past experience, Lu Yi, the envoy of the An army, instructed not to call Guo Cheng an old way, not wanting Guo Cheng to think that it was good to be called an old way, because his master was called "Zhang Lao Dao" by the villagers under the mountain.
And when he beat Xiao Guo Cheng, he listened to his senior brother and they said that anyone who is called an old man is a man with great ability and respect, so Guo Cheng insisted that his companions call him Guo Lao Dao, and Lu Yi couldn't cry and laugh and went with him.
Guo Cheng was in a daze because he was young and big, except for his senior brother who washed his feet when he was a child, no one in this world has washed his feet again.
And now, Lu Anenvoy was holding his feet, washing them and checking them for blistering underneath.
"Lu An, I can wash it myself, my feet are very hard, don't worry, I can go with the team to the end."
Guo Cheng was a little embarrassed to break free of his feet from Lu Yi's hands, but Lu Yi laughed, pressed his feet back into the bucket, and said while washing: "The marshal said, our soldiers in the Taiping Army, only by taking care of themselves first, can we kill Tartars for the people of the world, if there is a problem with your body, that is, there are more Tartars in front of you, you can't kill you Don't underestimate this foot washing, when I used to fight Tartars with Liu Baihu in Huizhou, I scalded my feet with hot water every day when I camped, so that the soles of my feet would be much more comfortable the next day, Does not blister.
If you don't burn, activate the lower blood vessels, the iron will definitely blister, and then it hurts so much that you can't walk an inch At present, we have only walked two hundred miles, and we are still far from Nanjing City. ” "I know that, but Luan told me to wash myself."
Being washed by a big man, Guo Cheng was really embarrassed.
Lu Yi smiled, got up from the ground, wiped the water stains on his hands, and said to Guo Cheng: "Dashuai said, the Han people in the world are one family, and the brothers of our Taiping Army are even closer to each other, and those of us who are chiefs are family members and brothers, and we are parents, do you say that there is anything wrong with washing the feet of your younger brother as a brother In the future, when you accumulate merit and become an official, if you also become an envoy of the army, you have to care about and take care of your brothers as much as I am now, and treat them as real family members."
Only when our brothers are like family, can we advance and retreat together on the battlefield, can we rest assured that we can hand over the flanks and backs to our comrades-in-arms, and can we move forward bravely and fearlessly."
"The Han people in the world are one family" Guo Cheng thought fixedly.
Lu Yi left, but he checked the situation of the others, until it was very late, everyone fell asleep, he scooped a bucket of hot water and sat by the bonfire to burn his feet, while eating the remaining pot at the bottom of the pot with pickles.
The pot was a little hard, and he soaked it in boiling water so that it didn't feel so laborious to eat.
Suddenly, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, Lu Yi thought it was a soldier who got up at night to relieve himself, and looked back, but saw a very familiar face that he would never forget.
"Dashuai" Lu Yi was so excited that he was about to stand up and come forward to meet Zhou Shixiang, but Zhou Shixiang hurriedly raised his hand and pointed at the sleeping soldiers, signaling Lu Yi not to alarm them.
Lu Yi sat there and didn't dare to move.
Zhou Shixiang smiled, and stepped forward to look at the young officer by the light of the fire, which was also a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this person for a while.
In the end, Zhou Shixiang's eyes fell on the bowl held by the young officer in his hand, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he found that he was eating water and soaking pot.
Zhou Shixiang didn't say anything, just gently patted the young officer's shoulder, and then turned to leave.
Lu Yi sat there in a daze, watching General Ge Zhenjiang and Chen Qianhu disappear into the night with their big handsome.
In order to rush to Nanjing as quickly as possible, all the Taiping soldiers of the Eastern Expedition were required to march lightly, except for the necessary weapons and armor, each soldier was only allowed to carry 20 catties of grain and a six-pound quilt, so at this moment the more than 30,000 Taiping soldiers lying in the open space on the bank of Tunxi were sleeping in the open air around the bonfire, and there was no tent at all.
It was the end of August, and it was cold in the south, and there was even dew in the early morning.
Along the way, there was the sound of sleeping soldiers everywhere, and under the gaze of the sentries and patrol soldiers, Zhou Shixiang and his party cautiously passed through the camp and came to the Tunxi River, which was flowing quietly.
The wind by the river blew the torches held by the guards to the light and extinguish, and the hunting sound of the military flag not far away echoed in everyone's heart.
"This structural map of Nanjing City was bought by the Military Intelligence Department from a former Jinyi Wei Bai named Wei Youqing."
"Wei Youqing" According to this person, he was the distant nephew of Wei Zhongxian, the great eunuch of the Apocalypse Dynasty, and when Wei Zhongxian did not fall, he found a Jinyi Wei hereditary household.
After Wei Zhongxian's death, he was driven out of Jinyiwei and later exiled to Jiangnan.
When the Qing army went south, he happened to get this Nanjing structural map from the descendants of Wei Guogong, and he thought that this map might be sold for a lot of money in the future, but no one bought it for 16 years.
When Guo Xiong said this, he paused and said: "The intelligence officer of the Military Intelligence Department in Jiangnan first looked for the descendants of Wei Guogong, only to know that this picture fell into the hands of Wei Youqing, and it took several months to find out Wei Youqing's whereabouts, and spent a lot of money to buy this picture from him." ” Zhou Shixiang nodded, he didn't care how he got this map of Nanjing when Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was built, he only cared about whether this map was useful or not.
He asked Guo Xiong: "Is this picture credible?"
Guo Xiong was very sure: "The military department has studied it, and combined with the Nanjing City intelligence information sent by the Military Intelligence Department, it is unanimously believed that this picture is true. ” "Then where do you choose to explode from?"
"Yifeng Gate" "Yifeng Gate" Zhou Shixiang frowned slightly, "It is the city gate where Liang Huafeng attacked the army of King Yanping" "It's the gate.
As shown on the map, the bottom of Yifeng Gate is pure mud, which is the most suitable for digging tunnels, and there is no need to worry about the danger of water ingress and collapse, and there are dense wild forests, which are not easy to be discovered by the Qing army. ” Zhou Shixiang groaned slightly, and said to Guo Xiong: "This matter will be handed over to you to be responsible, I don't want to be able to blow up Nanjing City when the time comes." ” Guo Xiong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will guarantee my life in the end" "What's the use of your life, you can't break Nanjing City, even if you cut off my head, you can't save my more than 30,000 soldiers."
Zhou Shixiang took a long breath, and marched eight hundred miles to seize the city of Nanjing, success or failure in this move, and the danger was no less than that of the Eastern Expedition Chaohui to meet the Jidu army on the same day.
It is done, and the southeast changes color for it; No, these more than 30,000 Taiping troops will become a lone army, unable to advance or retreat under the city of Nanjing, and there is no supply of food and grass, and there is a great probability that the whole army will be wiped out.
When the decision was made to make a surprise attack on Nanjing, Zhou Shixiang knew that this was the biggest gamble in his two lifetimes, and it was a bigger gamble than following Suna's advice to attack Guangzhou City that day Ge Yihu was a little worried: "Marshal, the last general thinks that it is not difficult to capture Nanjing, but such a long-distance and rapid march is unprecedented for our army, and the last general is worried that the soldiers will not be able to reach the city as scheduled."
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I am afraid that there will not be many of them, and in the end it will be at best, when there will be no 20,000 men.
At that time, people are sleepy and tired, and their physical strength has reached the limit, which strength to attack the city is to explode the city of Nanjing, and there are tens of thousands of Qing troops in the city, how to block their counterattack, the last general always thinks that this battle is too dangerous. ” Ge Yi mentioned that this problem is also the most worrying thing for the military department and the towns, from Huizhou Mansion through Ningguo and Taiping, take the small road to Gaochun and Lishui, and finally go straight to the west of Nanjing, this distance is at least 800 miles, judging from the quality of the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army marching eastward, I am afraid that there are really less than 20,000 people who can successfully reach the city.
With 20,000 troops on an expedition to Laoton, there was a big killing weapon of blasting, and the generals were still not optimistic about taking Nanjing City.
After all, Nanjing is not an empty city, but there is a Tartar prince in it "The Qing army in Nanjing, I have already put bait on them, this bait is very fragrant, I am not afraid that Yue Le will not bite the hook.
As for the problem you mentioned, I have just thought about how to solve it.
Speaking of this, Zhou Shixiang raised his eyes and looked at the night sky, and then said lightly: "Pass the commander's order, go down to Nanjing, and the city will not be sealed." ”oshow7 t1706231537: