Fuhe Port, the camp of the Qingdongting Lake Water Division, a team of cavalry galloped to the camp, and the Qing soldiers on guard in front of the camp immediately sounded the gong to warn.
The guards at the camp gate opened their bows, drew their knives, and dozens of players ran out in a panic and blocked in front of the camp gate.
Hearing the report, Zhong Ke, the chief soldier of the naval division of the police, and his deputy Luo Chao arrived with their own soldiers.
"Phew" The cavalry approached the camp gate and stopped the war horse outside the range of bows and arrows, and immediately the cavalry jumped off the horse, and the Qing soldiers saw it carefully, isn't it the legendary Cantonese bandit in red who is long-haired thief Deputy General Luo Chao scolded in a low voice: "Second brother, the Taiping Army is too inauthentic, such a big horn came to my camp gate, just to let Changsha know, forcing the two of us to rebel." ” Zhong Ke had a gloomy face, and he was also very dissatisfied with what the Taiping Army did.
In sight, after the Taiping cavalry dismounted, the leader casually handed the horse whip to the people around him, and then shouted loudly: "Zhong Erlang, don't you know me Li Benshen?"
Li Benshen Zhong Ke and Luo Chao were both surprised: didn't he go to Yunnan with Hong Lao'er, how could he appear here, and he also joined the Taiping Army Over there, Li Benshen was not worried that the Qing army would shoot him, and walked straight to the camp gate.
The eyes of the sailors were full of confusion, and they looked at the chief soldier for unknown reasons.
Luo Chao snorted slightly, waved his hand and signaled that the soldiers did not need to release the arrows, and let Li Benshen and the others come in.
"Zhong Erlang, don't come to harm, hey, isn't this Luo San Mazi, why aren't you kid dead?"
As soon as Li Benshen entered the camp, he didn't pay attention to the Qing soldiers who were nervously holding weapons, and walked in front of Zhong Ke and Luo Chao as if no one was around.
He was followed by several Taiping cavalry, and there was a young man with a faint heroic look on his face, this person had a net scarf wrapped around his head, but his head was very smooth, and he had just cut off his braid that he had been shaving his hair before he came.
Zhong Ke, Luo Chao and Li Benshen are old acquaintances, the former was a soldier under his uncle Gao Jie with Li Benshen, and the latter was met a few years ago when Li Benshen was still an idle official under the Yellow Banner of the Han Army in Beijing, and Li Benshen also borrowed him a few hundred taels of silver as a gambling book.
"Brother Li's outfit is very spicy, what's the matter, Brother Li is looking for the Ming Lord, forgetting the kindness of the Qing Emperor, and returning to the Ming anyway" Luo Chao sneered.
"Those who know the times are handsome."
Li Benshen did not blush because of Luo Chao's words, he followed Luo Tuo in Yiyangyi and the Taiping Army that day, among the generals who persevered until the end, except for Daniel Zhang, he was Li Benshen, how to say that he was also worthy of the Qing Dynasty.
Now that Daniel Zhang has the merit of taking Changsha, he invited himself to persuade Zhong Ke and Luo Chao anyway, and what he has in his heart is not the intention of earning merit, after all, the commander of the Taiping Army Zhou did not cut him Li Benshen, but still gave him reuse, and he could not help but express it.
Those who are confidants cannot be talked about, and those who know the times are Junjie is the truth that Li Benshen knows.
Luo Chao pursed his lips and didn't say anything more.
Zhong Ke noticed that the young man who came with Li Benshen saw that the other party was staring at him, and couldn't help asking, "This is?"
"Oh, Pei Gong" Li Benshen was about to introduce the old man to Zhong Ke, but the young man didn't bother him to introduce him, and stepped forward to make a series to Zhong Ke and Luo Chao, and said without humility or arrogance: "In the next Zhou Chang, I was ordered by Ambassador Zhang to come to discuss with the two generals about the Dongting Lake Water Division. ” Hearing this, Zhong Ke and Luo Chao frowned, didn't they make it clear to the bantam last time, but now is not the time for the two of his brothers to be anyway, why did he send someone to persuade him again, and he also sent Li Benshen together.
There are many eyeliners in this military camp, if Changsha knows about today's events, won't he force his two brothers to death.
Li Benshen looked at Zhong and Luo's expressions, and he laughed: "Zhong Erlang, Luo San Mazi, don't underestimate this kid, this person has a good reputation for Xiao Zhang." ” "Don't dare, don't dare, it's all nonsense from the villagers' ignorance" Zhou Chang shook his head modestly, he lost his father when he was young, and when he was ten years old, Li Zicheng attacked Jingyingjian, and his mother and wife Sun were martyred and died.
Ten-year-old Zhou Chang was destitute, and later ran a few years with his distant uncle to buy and sell, and his uncle spent some money in Chenzhou Mansion to find a jailer for him, so that he could live in peace.
He has been a prison official for a few years, with his ingenuity, Zhou Peigong is very popular with officials, and Xiao Hanying, the prefect of Chenzhou, has asked the officials to play for him, and is ready to send him to Beijing in the coming year.
I don't want the Taiping army to invade Huguang on a large scale last year, Xiao Hanying, the prefect of Chenzhou, led all the officials and officials to surrender, and what can the little jailer of Zhou Chang do, so he surrendered with the crowd.
One day, when Zhou Dashuai of the Taiping Army went to Chenzhou to inspect, he accidentally heard the name of Zhou Chang from the mouth of the prefect Xiao Hanying, and there was nothing originally, but after listening to Zhou Chang's word Peigong, Zhou Dashuai was really stunned for a while.
After two days, several people claiming to be from the Military Intelligence Department came to bring Zhou Chang to Guangzhou, and after half a year of training in Guangzhou, Zhou Chang went to serve in the Hunan Field Corps.
Zhong Ke shook his head and said: "I made it clear to your ambassador Zhang that if Changsha doesn't go down for a day, my Dongting Lake water division can't do it right." ” Li Benshen chuckled: "Zhong Erlang, Changsha has fallen, and the puppet prince Sun Kewang and the puppet prefect You Tai and others have all been captured. ” "Changsha is down" Zhong Ke and Luo Chao were stunned.
Zhou Changzheng said: "The danger of the Yangtze River is known as the dragon gate of the soldiers, and those who have fought the Yangtze River win the world, but the Yangtze River is also dangerous."
In the past, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo fought until the Yangtze River did not advance, and they were defeated and defeated for thousands of miles; Cao Mengde could not cross the Yangtze River, and from then on could not enter the south of the Fang Fang today, our Taiping army waved the northern expedition, my marshal vowed to cross the river, expel the Manchu Tartars, and restore China, so I also asked the two generals to make a decision as soon as possible."
Luo Chao had a different opinion, he said: "This is a mistake, I think that Li Zicheng galloped north and south of the river that day, and finally became a rogue bandit; Zhu Yuanzhang fought steadily and steadily, first occupying Jiangnan and becoming king.
Then accumulate strength, sweep the Central Plains with the Northern Expedition in one fell swoop, and drive out the Tartars.
The current geographical environment of your family Zhou Dashuai, as well as the current situation, are very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's army.
In addition, although Zhou Dashuai occupies several provinces, but the people's governance has not been ignored, the internal system has not been decided, and there are no soldiers, so anxious to cross the river is afraid that it is a lack of stamina, and the land north of the river is different from the south of the Yangtze River, your Taiping army can be in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am afraid that it will not be able to cross the river. ” Li Benshen was impatient when he heard this, and shouted: "Luo San Mazi, it's useless for you to talk about this, let me ask you, whether this flag is changed or not, if you don't change it, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay in this Dongting Lake." ” Zhong Ke suddenly changed color: "Li Maozi, you are threatening me, your Taiping Army can fight on land, but you can't be a hero on the water" "You can fight on the water, but you can't always stay on the shore, you always have to eat and drink, Hunan is in the hands of our army, and Wuchang is surrounded by the loyal camp, you two really think that you can still wait and see as before, bet on both sides" Li Benshen looked at Zhong Ke and Luo Chao playfully.
Luo Chao was about to fight-for-tat, but Zhou Chang said: "Two generals, my marshal has a saying, if the two generals are willing to lead their troops anyway and help our army capture Wuchang and capture Anqing, then he will have two marquis of Bojin in the future" oshow7 t1706231537: