In Changsha, Hunan, Sun Kewang, the righteous king of the Qing Dynasty, sat dejectedly, his head was always groggy, and his heart was trembling so badly that it seemed that a long knife would be cut off from his neck at any time.
From time to time he got up and paced around the hall, just to wait for someone.
Soon, the person he was waiting for finally arrived, but it was Wu Fengsheng, a member of the Zhongshu House who followed him to the Qing Dynasty after the defeat of the country.
As soon as Wu Fengsheng came in, he said urgently: "Lord Wang, Shi Lin refused to listen to the dissuasion of the prince, and insisted on leading the troops out of the city."
After Sun Kewang heard this, he stayed for a moment, and then looked up to the sky and sighed: "Shi Lin wants this king to die."
Since Yuan Kuoyu, the governor of Biyuan, surrendered to the Taiping Army, there was no military and political commander on the Hunan side, resulting in the Taiping Army entering no man's land in Hunan, and the generals of the Hunan Green Camp were also broken by the Taiping Army, and none of them dared to lead the army to fight with the Taiping Army.
At the request of Zhang Changgeng, the new governor of Huguang, the Qing court transferred Shi Lin, the governor of Shaanxi, to take over the post of governor of Biyuan, and changed the governor of Biyuan to the governor of Hunan.
After Shi Lin arrived, he did not come to meet Sun Kewang, who was the prince, and asked him for any strategy, but he was gearing up to lead the army to attack the Taiping army, saying that the 2,000 Han troops he brought from Shaanxi were all elite soldiers and strong generals, and they could be ten, and it was just a trivial matter to eliminate the Taiping Kou.
Sun Kewang was in the children's camp of the Great Western Army in his early years, and then followed his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong to fight in the south and the north for many years, and after leading the army into Yunnan, he was the commander of the whole army, commanding and deploying so many major battles, both battlefield experience and life experience are much stronger than Shi Lin.
Therefore, he was very optimistic about Shi Lin's move to fight, and did not have any hope that the 2,000 Shaanxi Han troops under his command would be able to defeat the Taiping army.
Therefore, Sun Kewang asked Wu Fengzhi and You Taizhong, the prefect of Changsha, to dissuade Shi Lin from sticking to Changsha and not leading the army to attack.
I don't want Shi Lin to be very contemptuous of Sun Kewang, and he doesn't accept his opinion at all.
Wu Fengzhi came to report this meeting, Shi Lin had ordered 2,000 Shaanxi soldiers and 4,000 Changsha green battalion soldiers to go out of the city, saying that he wanted to recapture Yongfeng City, which was occupied by the Taiping army, and then led his division to recover Hengyang and Baoqing, and killed Taiping Kou and turned his horse back.
"Lord Wang, the matter has come to this, I just hope that Shi Lin can win."
Wu Fengsheng sighed, he didn't regret surrendering with Sun Kewang, he just didn't want to be worth it for Sun Kewang.
At present, the situation in Hunan is critical, and the wisest thing for the Qing court to do is to reuse Sun Kewang, entrust him with the power to command the army, and give him full authority to deal with the war in Hunan, instead of being imprisoned in the palace of King Yi like a prisoner.
If Sun Kewang can make a comeback, with his ability and connections and influence in the Great Western Army, he may not be able to become a veritable Han vassal like Shang Kexi back then and Wu Sangui now.
Sun Kewang smiled bitterly, what could he do now With the defeat of Guangxi Luotuo and Line Guoan, the Taiping army was crisscrossing Hunan, and the people in Changsha City were panicked, although the Taiping Army had not yet reached Changsha City, but Sun Kewang's fear was no less than that day when Liu Wenxiu led his troops to pursue him and was cornered.
He regretted it, regretted his choice.
If he could do it all over again, Sun Kewang would definitely not take the road of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, and he would not even turn against his righteous brother Li Dingguo.
However, now it is too late Sun Kewang judged that Shi Lin's attack on Yongfeng was self-defeating, and if he really wanted to attack, Sun Kewang would rather lead his own troops than Shi Lin.
It's a pity that although he is called the righteous king of the Qing Dynasty, he is like a bird in a cage, and even a royal history can step on him.
What he says is like a fart Sun Kewang was depressed and desperate.
Three days later, the bad news came, Shi Lin's entire army was wiped out in Yongfeng, and the 6,000 Qing troops who went out of the city with him only escaped back with more than 300 people.
Hearing the news of the defeat, Changsha City is full of chickens and dogs, and the rich people are busy with one thing, that is, to quickly pack up their belongings and go out of the city to take refuge.
You Taizhong, the prefect of Changsha, was also at a loss, and had no idea, and under the reminder of his subordinates, he hurriedly found Sun Kewang, hoping that His Royal Highness the former King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty could help him defend Changsha.
Sun Kewang agreed to You Taizhong's request, because this was also the only option he could choose to protect himself, if the Taiping army broke the city, he Sun Kewang would not end well.
At this time, the civil and military officials in Changsha City changed their previous contemptuous attitude towards Sun Kewang, and surrounded him one by one.
The first thing Sun Kewang did after being pushed out by Changsha officials was to contain the defeated soldiers and rectify the existing battalions and regiments in the city.
He brought more than 20 of his subordinates to the barracks with You Tai and others, and wanted to find someone to ask about the situation of the Taiping Army, but the vision made King Yi most of his heart angry.
The defeated soldiers who fled from Yongfeng were like starving ghosts, as if they hadn't eaten for several days, and when Sun Kewang saw them, the gang was grabbing the rice balls with their stained hands and biting them, and then swallowing them without chewing.
"The righteous king has arrived, but you haven't come to see him yet" Sun Kewang's subordinate Qin Xiaolian roared in the camp, but the defeated soldiers only raised their eyes to look at them, and no one paid attention to them.
Qin Xiaolian was furious, and wanted to rush forward to clean up a few unsightly, but he didn't want an officer who looked like a general but patted his stomach and stood up, and then scolded Qin Xiaolian: "Damn, what kind of righteous king is not righteous king, as soon as Taiping Kou arrives, the first one to cut is the king."
"You" Qin Xiaolian was angry and didn't fight anywhere, and he was about to draw his sword.
As soon as he pulled out his knife, the defeated soldiers slammed it, those who drew their knives drew their knives, and those who took spears took their spears, seeing that there was going to be a fight, so frightened that You Taizhong, the prefect of Changsha, hurriedly stepped forward to hold Qin Xiaolian, and then said a few words to the boss.
Xu is recognized as the master of the house, and this one snorted and motioned for his subordinates to retreat.
Over there, Sun Kewang's face was already flushed, he had already tasted the taste of being bullied by dogs in Pingyang, but it was the first time he was bullied by a bunch of things that were inferior to dogs At this moment, Sun Kewang wanted to throw his sleeves and leave, but thinking of the consequences of the Taiping army breaking Changsha City, he still endured this evil breath.
He walked up to the general and asked him, "How did Governor Shi defeat?"
"How to lose" The general nose twitched, then sneered, and spit out the rice grains in his mouth that he couldn't swallow with a "bah", and then said: "How do I know that I only know that the cannon of Taiping Kou is sounding, everyone on our side is fucking running, and I haven't even seen the shadow of Taiping Kou" oshow7 t1706231537: