Changsha, southern suburbs, Shimapu, Qing army camp.

The entire camp was shrouded in a bleak cloud. The world was peaceful for many years. Most of the officers and soldiers of the Green Camp had not experienced real combat with real swords and guns. In the battle of Water and Land, more than 10,000 people were killed. The second general and the third deputy general were killed in the battle, which was really shocked. Although they retreated ten miles to set up camp, they were still worried, fearing that the Taiping Army would take advantage of the victory to counterattack.

In the central army's tent, the imperial envoy and military minister Cezanne stared at the simple map of Changsha Prefecture in front of him with a gloomy face. The governors, governors, generals, and deputy generals were all standing like clay sculptures, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

The Taiping Army defeated officers and soldiers in Shuiluzhou and Ningxiang one after another. If Ningxiang underestimated the enemy and was a tricky element, the two sides were in real close contact in the battle between Shuiluzhou and Luzhou. The combat power of the Taiping Army was beyond the expectations of all the generals who came to support. Originally, Changsha and the civil servants and generals who came from surrounding provinces all regarded themselves very highly, and did not take the Taiping Army seriously. They also looked down on the generals who encircled and suppressed the Taiping Army for a year but had more defeats and fewer victory.

Now I finally understand that the Taiping Army is not an ordinary gangster at all, and even the former White Lotus Sect cannot be compared with it. To be fair, in the battle between the Water and Land Continents, the Taiping Army showed far above the Green Camp.

More than 10,000 troops were lost in one day. Although the main force still existed, it was absolutely impossible to siege Changsha. With the Taiping Army's military strength and combat power, let alone choose to break through the weak, even if it is the strongest place to break through the front, it is impossible to stop it. Everyone knows in their hearts that at present, the primary task is not to siege Changsha, but to protect themselves! Try to avoid being defeated by the Taiping Army one by one!

Cezanne retreated ten miles away and set up the central army camp in Shimapu. For this reason, now, officers and soldiers must join forces, and only by joining together can they protect themselves. Everyone agrees with this.

Among the great civil and military officials in the tent, besides Cezanne and Luo Bingzhang, the next one is Xu Guangjin, the governor of Huguang. The siege of Changsha will be destroyed without attacking, which means that the Taiping Army can move freely and choose the target to attack freely. Where is the next goal of the Taiping Army? The ten is Hubei!

From Changsha to the Xiang River, you can enter Dongting Lake in a few days. Judging from the Taiping Army besieged Guilin and captured Changsha, their next target will probably be Wuchang, the provincial capital of Hubei, the location of the Governor of Huguang. As the Governor of Huguang, if he lost Changsha, he would be able to bear it. If he lost Wuchang, his fate would be worse than that of Cezanne.

The tent was filled with quietness, and he didn't even hear a phlegm cough. Xu Guangjin hesitated for a while, coughed lightly, and slowly spoke: "At present, we cannot surround the bandits in Changsha. We can only sit and wait for help, waiting for the monk to lead the new army, but... Will the bandits be honestly guarding Changsha? Will the troops be divided into scattered? Will they leave the city?"

Cezanne raised her head, looked at him, and said in a muffled voice: "But I am worried that the bandits will wander in Hubei?"

"The officials are worried that the bandits will go down to the river to attack Wuchang." Xu Guangjin said in a deep voice: "The bandits flew from Guangxi to Hunan, which is no different from the bandits. They will definitely not be trapped in Changsha, and will inevitably move their troops to attack other places. The next target is most likely Wuchang!"

Cézanne didn't say anything. As the governor of Huguang, Xu Guangjin was worried about this, but his analysis was not unreasonable. Even if the bandits did not know that Senggelinqin led the new army of 10,000 Eight Banners to Changsha, they might not be able to stay in Changsha waiting for reinforcements and siege again. After all, they had a profound lesson in Yong'an.

After pondering for a moment, he slowly glanced at everyone and said, "Let's discuss it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Zhongyuan took the lead and said, "Hong Ni was called Wang Jian, and he was ambitious and could not regard the bandits as ordinary bandits..."

Xu Guangjin turned around and looked at him. Seeing that he was naked and tied with a bandage, there was a large piece of blood in the bandage, but he was only a fourth-grade person. He couldn't help but frowned. The first-grade second-grade official didn't say anything. He, a fourth-grade person, spoke first, and his face immediately looked a little bad.

Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang quickly falsely rebuked: "Hong Ni just fell into the post of a scholar, how ambitious can he have? Min Qiao be careful of his words."

It turns out that this person is Jiang Zhongyuan? After hearing Jiang Zhongyuan's name, Xu Guangjin knew that Luo Bingzhang took the initiative to evacuate Changsha because he was lobbying hard. He had no good feelings for him. He immediately sarcastically said, "You also gave the bandits to Changsha, right?"

"There is no fault of siege to siege the bandits in Changsha in order to achieve his contributions in one battle." Cezanne quickly rescued him and encouraged him, "What are the great ideas of Min Qiao? You might as well talk about them in detail."

Jiang Zhongyuan nodded slightly and said calmly: "When the Jintian rebellion was at the beginning of the rebellion, the bandits occupied the Zijing area for a long time and captured Yong'anzhou. They also seized the city for a long time. The officials also heard that Hong Ni and his several fake kings who were granted the title took concubines in Jintian, Yongzhou and Changsha, which shows that they were all greedy people.

Furthermore, the reason why the Fierce Bandits were able to occupy Changsha this time is because Changsha’s troops were empty and the defense was ineffective, so it was taken advantage of by the Fierce Bandits. The Fierce Bandits should be very clear about this and will definitely not abandon Changsha easily!"

Xiang Rong, the former admiral of Hunan and the current admiral of Guangxi, followed and said: "The bandits besieged Guilin and captured Changsha because the two cities had empty troops and had opportunities to take advantage of. In fact, the bandits had no experience in attacking the city, and the possibility of attacking Wuchang down the river was not high.

Furthermore, Hunan and Guangxi are connected, and the rampant associations are rampant, which is an important source of replenishment of troops. If the troops are traversed in other provinces, once the troops are depleted, it will be difficult to replenish them in time. The officials personally think that the possibility of replacing the bandits giving up Changsha is not high!

Of course, it is necessary to prevent the bandits from being divided into robbers and loot everywhere. It is necessary to strictly order the surrounding prefectures and counties to recruit teams and villages to strengthen their defenses, so as not to be taken by bandits. In addition, Dongting is followed by the Xiang River, and the bandits must be prevented from entering Dongting to collect ships to form a navy."

Jiang Zhongyuan and Xiang Rong fought with the Taiping Army for many years, and their understanding of the Taiping Army was far better than that of others. They all said this. Cezanne was determined in his heart and encircled and suppressed the Taiping Army for more than half a year. He was really afraid of chasing. It would be best for the Taiping Army to defend Changsha. If he fled to another province and captured the important city, he would be afraid that he would have more crimes. Now, he only hopes that Senggelinqin can come as soon as possible.

The scene in Changsha City is completely opposite to the Qing army camp of Shimapu. It was a celebration. The young Taiping army officers and soldiers with long hair, red headscarves and short clothes were generally young, and the Guangxi Hakka women with high buns and big feet were scattered. Everyone's face was filled with uncontrollable laughter. The victory in Shuluzhou was the most brilliant record that the Taiping army has created since the Jintian start. Not only that, it also shattered the Qing army's siege of Changsha City in one fell swoop.

What was more joyful was that the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan, promptly rewarded and promoted meritorious personnel, and a large number of troops who were good at fighting, such as Li Kaifang, Lin Fengxiang, Huang Zaixing, Zeng Shuiyuan, etc., were all promoted and promoted. In addition, Hong Xiuquan also made a "jade seal" officially called "Long Live".

The Taiping Army men and women holding printed God worship club leaflets can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of the city. They preach to everyone regardless of gender, age and age, and call on the people in the city to enter God worship club.

During this period, the Taiping Army occupying Changsha City naturally would not be idle. They released prisoners detained in prisons in the city, organized large-scale gatherings to preach the doctrine of the God worship society, divided the city into sections, and ordered the people in the city to hand over all their property. In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, money, rice, chickens and ducks, tea, tobacco, etc., all of which were handed over. It was called "tribute" that the people in the entire Changsha City ate big pot rice at the same time.

The Taiping Army also attaches great importance to the replenishment of troops. Every twenty-five young men and women who joined the Gods Society were in a hall, wearing short clothes, holding the "holy soldiers" brand, and went to the military camps inside and outside the city to participate in training.

Outside Liuyang Gate in the east of the city, Yin Youcai, dressed in a long gown as a scholar, and a few subordinates dressed as followers mixed in a large group of people with long hair and short shirts, were particularly eye-catching. However, he didn't care, looked around with a relaxed expression, and looked at the people who were coming and going under the rule of the Taiping Army.

Those young female holy soldiers who were in line and out of the line made him quite interested, because he heard Yi Zhizu mention that Yuan Qi would also allow women to join the army in the future. Now he is starting to train female medical soldiers, but he doesn't expect that the Taiping Army is even more direct, not only female soldiers but also female camps.

The Taiping Army guarding the city gate had long noticed the unique Yin Youcai and his party. It was difficult not to pay attention to it. The Taiping Army occupied Changsha, and the gentry in the city almost ran away. Even if they didn't escape, they didn't dare to dress up like this. The reason was very simple. The Taiping Army had a very bad attitude towards the gentry.

Yin Youcai met with Dong Wang Yang Xiuqing and Nan Wang Feng Yunshan at Xiangshan Temple in Quanzhou. In order to facilitate future contact, Dong Wang and Nan Wang left him a token of goods, so he was naturally fearless. The leader of the Taiping Army on duty would not recognize the token of Dong Wang and reported it layer by layer. As a result, someone soon led Yin Youcai and his party into the city and went directly to the Censorate Office where Dong Wang moved in.

It was not until the afternoon that Yang Xiuqing hurried into the side courtyard where Yin Youcai lived. As soon as he entered the door, he said apologetically: "I just rushed back from the Heavenly King, let Brother Yin wait..."

Yin Youcai bowed and smiled, "First I want to congratulate the Taiping Army on their victory in Lianzhan..."

"Every time of victory, I will have a contribution from Brother Yin." Yang Xiuqing said intimately, reaching out to give up his seat, "It's all my brothers. Brother Yin, don't be polite, just sit there." His words were not false. The Taiping Army was able to survive the victory in the Curtain and quickly conquered Changsha, thanks to the information and suggestions provided by Yin Youcai at Xiangshan Temple. Therefore, when he heard that Yin Youcai was coming, he turned down everything and rushed over.

Yin You didn't hesitate and sat down straight, then smiled and said, "I just provided information. The Taiping Army won a series of great victory, because the Eastern King was well-deployed and well-managed..."

Yang Xiuqing had a lot of things and had no intention of going around with him. He smiled and said straightforwardly: "Brother Yin came to Changsha this time, but does he have important information?"

Yin Youcai nodded and said, "Senggelinqin, the Eight Banners New Army, have you heard of the Eastern King?"

Senggelinqin, the Eight Banners New Army, even local officials didn’t know that Yang Xiuqing would not hear about staying in Zijing Mountain in Guiping, Guangxi for many years. He shook his head and said disrespectfully: “Is the Eight Banners New Army very powerful?”

Yin Youcai glanced at him and said, "Yuanqi Group Training, should Mr. Dong Wang have heard of something?"

"The Yuanqi team is training to fight against the British, and they are invincible and defeated in every battle..." Yang Xiuqing smiled, "This is all said by the storyteller. I don't know how powerful it is, Brother Yin can tell."

Yin Youcai smiled and said, "I don't know the specifics, it's all rumors. I heard that Yuanqi Group is very good at practicing muskets. Not only can it be farther than Western muskets, but it can hit the target accurately by 400 steps."

You can hit the target accurately with four hundred steps! Yang Xiuqing was stunned when he heard this. Is it so exaggerated? The Western muskets only have a range of 200 steps. He felt a little unbelievable. He guessed that it was an exaggeration of rumors and asked immediately: "What is the relationship between the Eight Banners New Army and the Yuanqi regiment training?"

"The Eight Banners New Army is a pure musket force formed by the Prince of Senggelinqin imitating Yuanqi's regiment training. It is the most important Eight Banners unit to guard the capital." Yin Youcai said slowly: "According to reliable news, Senggelinqin has led the 10,000 Eight Banners New Army to Changsha together."

The New Army of Eight Banners? Yang Xiuqing said contemptuously: "What can ten thousand clear demons help? We didn't take it seriously to 80,000 clear demons to siege Changsha. We only had 10,000 people, but they came from the capital. Could it be that they could still threaten Changsha?"

Hearing his arrogant tone, Yin Youcai smiled and said, "Where are there tens of thousands of Qing soldiers outside Changsha City eyeing him?"

Yang Xiuqing said slowly: "Brother Yin means to deal with the tens of thousands of Qing demons outside the city before the 10,000 new troops arrive in Changsha?"

"Where can you let others sleep soundly?" Yin Youcai said: "Since your army wants to occupy Changsha and take Hunan and Guangxi as the foundation, how can you allow tens of thousands of Qing troops to stare outside the city? If you want to fight sooner or later, it is better to fight sooner or later than later."

"The reason is this principle..." Yang Xiuqing said carefully: "But now those Qing demons are hugging each other, with deep trenches and trenches, and are very strict in their defenses, which are extremely difficult to fight."

Yin Youcai sighed inwardly and said, "Do you have any plans to divide your troops to Xiangxi, southern Hunan or return to Guangxi to open a base? Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan can also...."

Division of troops? Yang Xiuqing looked at him with some confusion. There were tens of thousands of Qing demons outside the city, and reinforcements were coming. What does it mean to divide troops at this critical moment? He is also a person with extremely talentedness. He pondered for a moment and then tentatively said: "Brother Yin thinks that Changsha cannot be defended?"
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