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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 134: Dongting Smog

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    In the middle of winter in January, on Dongting Lake shrouded in cold fog, a small fishing boat drifted alone on the cold lake.  On the dilapidated fishing boat, an old man and a young man shouted loudly and cast a big net into the lake. They started chanting loudly, hoping to catch something, but after several nets, they still found nothing.

    The young man sat on the boat and burst into tears: "Dad, if this continues, we will starve to death. I haven't had a full meal in two days."

    The old man put his braid on his head, sighed and said: "What can I do? The damn government blocked the water inlet on the lake at this time, and we finally found an old waterway to sneak into the lake to fish, but the old man  The weather is not open, and the fish, shrimps and crabs don¡¯t know where to go. Get up quickly and catch some more nets. If it snows in the next few days and the weather gets colder, let alone starve to death, we will be killed first.  so cold."

    The young man sat up with a sigh, but looked at the lake in the distance, and there seemed to be some movement. He opened his head to look, and then he was so frightened that he sat down on the board of the boat, pointed to the front and stammered: "Dad  .DadDad, look, whatis that?"

    The old man looked up and saw thick fog lingering on the lake. Between the thick fog, a large number of sails came continuously. The endless boats cut through the thick fog on the lake and drove over in a mighty manner.  Even though the old man had been fishing on Dongting Lake all his life, he had never seen so many boats coming, and he was so frightened that he sat on the board of the boat.

    The young man asked blankly: "Dad, what are all these ships for?"

    The old man did have some knowledge and murmured: "It seems to be the navy of the army."

    "Is it the navy of the imperial court?" The young man had never seen such a magnificent scene, so he still asked blankly.

    The old man shook his head and said: "Where can the imperial court have so many naval fleets on the Yangtze River? It is incredible to have more than a hundred ships. I think this fleet may only have thousands of ships. Hey  Hey, son, hurry up, they seem to be long-haired thieves from the south, I heard that they have already reached Yiyang, these ships are probably long-haired ones."

    The young man was startled and said: "Are Changmao the gang of thieves that the officials said, all of them with green faces and fangs, all of them bloodthirsty, and all of them want to eat human flesh?"

    The old man stamped his feet and said hurriedly: "It's them, hurry up, if they capture you, you may be disemboweled, and your heart will be gouged out, so hurry up, hurry up."

    By this time, it was already too late. Several clippers scattered around the fleet had already spotted the small boat and were speeding towards it. The long-bearded military man wearing a red turban on the boat shouted loudly: "Stop the small boat in front. Just run away."  I¡¯m about to shoot an arrow, if you don¡¯t want to die, stop it!¡±

    Unfortunately, the boat was only a short distance away when it was surrounded by clippers. Several soldiers with red scarves on their heads jumped onto the boat, with shining steel knives in their hands. The father and son were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy.  .  The long-bearded military man who had shouted earlier saw them and shouted: "These two are very suspicious, take them back to see the General Secretary."

    Several red-turbaned soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers put the father and son on the speedboat, dragged the boat, and quickly sailed towards the fleet.  The father and son were holding their heads in pain on the boat, thinking that they might be eaten alive this time.

    Arriving on the big ship, the long-bearded military man escorted the two people to the front deck. They saw a arrogant-looking, bearded man sitting on the deck. His head was also wrapped in a red scarf, but it was red.  There is a yellow border on the scarf.

    The big man listened to a few whispers from the long-bearded man, and began to look at the kneeling father and son. The father and son were worried. The old man was more knowledgeable. He just said that the big man was looking at whether he was fat or thin, and which one he would take to the pot first.  , wanting to avenge his son's life, he hurriedly kowtowed and begged: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. My son is thin and small. I don't have much meat. If Your Majesty wants to eat meat, just eat me. Please let me go."

    As soon as he said this, the red-turbaned sergeant on the boat burst into laughter. The father and son looked at each other with such laughter that they didn¡¯t know what they were laughing at.

    On the warship, the father and son who were fishing were laughed at by the Taiping Army sergeants, and they felt even more frightened.  The bearded man shouted sternly: "Tell me, are you the spies of Qing Yao?"

    The two father and son kowtowed like garlic and kept shouting that they were wronged. The old man said sadly: "Grandpas, we, father and son, are just fishing in this lake. My surname is Gu, the fifth. Everyone calls me Gu Wu."  , this is my son Gu Xiaosi. Grandpas, we are really just fishermen."

    The big man snorted and said: "Qing Yao has blocked all the water mouths in the east of Dongting, and no boats are allowed to enter the water. Where will the people come from to fish? You must be Qing Yao's spies! Recruit me from the truth, and avoid being exposed.  The pain!¡±

    The old man said with a sad face: "Don't dare to deceive grandpa. A few days ago, the government did recruit many nearby fishermen and villagers to transport stones to several water ports and water mouths."We have been busy at the lake port for more than a month, but the money promised by the government turned out to be nil, and we were not allowed to wait for the fishermen to fish in the lake. Seeing that there was no food at home, we, father and son, could not survive.  , I could only find an old waterway to get out of the lake for fishing at this time.  "

    The big man¡¯s eyes flashed, and he asked with an ooh, ¡°Is the Saturn Port in front also blocked? I¡¯m not lying, right?¡±

    The ancient and ruthless man nodded and said, "Yes, grandpa, I don't believe you will know if the fleet moves forward."

    The big man rubbed his hands and laughed loudly: "Qing Yao thinks too simply, so you want to stop our heavenly soldiers?" He paused and asked the ancient five ways: "Gu Zhang, don't be afraid, our heavenly soldiers will not harm you.  Instead, we are here to save everyone. As long as you follow us, from now on we will have the same clothes to wear, the same food to eat, and the same fields to farm."

    Gu Wu and Gu Xiaosi breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the big man seemed to have no ill intentions. Gu Xiaosi, a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, boldly asked: "Grandpa Tianbing, we haven't eaten in two days, can you give us something to eat?"  ?¡±

    The big man laughed loudly and said: "Isn't this simple? Chen Da, take them down to eat something."

    The long-bearded corpsman clasped his fists and accepted the order, leading the father and son to the cabin.  On the way, Gu Wu kept complimenting the corps leader Chen Da, and the long-bearded man Chen Da laughed and said: "Old man, what are you talking about? Don't call me grandpa, we are all brothers and sisters among the heavenly soldiers."

    The ancient Wucheng said in fear: "How can that be done? At least we have to call General."

    Chen Da smiled and said: "I don't dare to challenge the general. I'm just a corps commander, in charge of five people. The general is the one you just saw. He is our local general, General Luo."

    Gu Xiaosi asked curiously: "That general is very imposing. Is he very powerful?"

    Chen Da said: "You are very powerful, young man. I see that you are quite old. Do you want to follow us?"

    Gu Wu quickly pulled his son behind him and said with a smile: "Master Jun, please be merciful. I am just a son. I just want to live a stable life."

    Chen Da snorted and said, "Live a peaceful life? All of the Heavenly Soldiers are from a miserable background and cannot survive. My father-in-law, if you hadn't met us, how would you two have survived this winter?"

    Gu Wu was silent, looking at his son with cloudy eyes, while Gu Xiaosi had a blank look on his face, yes, this meal is already there, but what about the next meal?

    But it was said that General Na Luo was Luo Outline, the chief commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's water camp. He was originally from the Tiandi Huibo Mountain Boat Army, and he was very handy in taking charge of the water camp.  After he led the water camp to follow the West Palace soldiers and horses northward along the Xiangjiang River, Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang made a plan. They did not attack Yueyang directly, but instead diverted to attack Yiyang to the west of the Xiangjiang River and north of Dongting.

    Yiyang is located in the Dongting Lake area of ??northern Hunan on the south bank of the Yangtze River. It has been a fertile "land of fish and rice" in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times. It is close to Yuezhou to the east and southeast. The plain area has a network of rivers and lakes. The waterway leads to the Yangtze River through Dongting Lake and connects Hunan and Hunan in the interior.  If the Zi, Yuan and Li waterways are to cross Dongting Lake from western Hunan to Yuezhou, Yiyang on the west bank must be taken first as a place for the army to board the ships.

    The last time Wei Changhui sent his army north to attack Yiyang, he did not dare to attack with all his strength because the Qing army in Xiangxiang was behind him. Seeing that the Qing army in Yiyang was on guard, he retreated.  This time Xiao Yungui led the army northward and attacked Yiyang.  After three days of fierce fighting, the soldiers and horses of the West Palace captured Yiyang and annihilated more than 3,000 Qing troops. All the officials, big and small, below the prefect of Yiyang committed suicide.

    In Yiyang City, the West Palace Taiping Army received a lot of money, food and supplies. What made Xiao Yungui most happy was that Yiyang actually had hundreds of large and small civilian ships, merchant ships and naval warships collected by the Qing army.  At the beginning of the war, the water camp ships blocked the Qing fleet in Yiyang Port. After the land city was destroyed, the Qing navy had to surrender.

    In this way, the Taiping Army not only gained a lot of money and food, but also added a group of Tiandihui, Paogehui and other members to join the army in Yiyang. They also acquired hundreds of large and small ships. Counting the original ships in Shuiying, Luo Gang's ships suddenly  The number of ships surged to more than 1,500, and they spread out on the Dongting Lake. It really shook the sky and blocked the sun, and it was so majestic.

    After ten days of delay in Yiyang, Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang made a grand gesture of attacking Yuezhou, hoping that the Qing army from Xiangyin would return to rescue Yuezhou.  But unexpectedly, Zhang Liangji and Peng Yulin ignored Chang Dachun's request for help and refused to let the Hubei soldiers return for help.

    Hubei Governor Chang Dachun and Hubei Admiral Shuangfu were so angry that they cursed loudly. In desperation, they came up with a stupid idea. They gathered people and fishermen from various water mouths and ports to gather the ships and cut off all merchant ships on Dongting Lake. The ships were sunk and stone-blocked.  Hong Kong, hoping to stop the Taiping navy.

    After receiving the news, Xiao Yungui was a little worried that the port would be blocked and the navy would be difficult to overcome, so he planned to send out troops across Dongting Lake to attack Yuezhou early. However, Zuo Zongtang said that Chang Dachun was busy in vain, and DongtingThere are so many waterways, how can they all be blocked?  What's more, by doing this, he cut off the flow of merchant ships and civilian ships, which aroused the anger of heaven and earth. Later, the Taiping Army would invade and conquer them all.

    So Xiao Yungui waited in Yiyang for more than twenty days, preparing troops and horses, training new recruits, and watching Chang Dachun and Shuangfu acting like they were desperate on the other side.  After this month of rest and training, the new army in the West Palace finally had an opportunity to train.  At the same time, Xiao Yungui also began to rearrange the responsibilities of the officers and began to prepare his first special agent unit.
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