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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 135: Guiyun Baize

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    The reason why Xiao Yungui made up his mind to establish a special agent and espionage force was because when he was in Yiyang, Tong Qiangsheng, who went south to contact the Tiandihui Zhu Hongying, Hu Youlu, Wu Lingyun and other rebels, returned to the army.  The news they brought back was that Zhu Hongying and Hu Youlu had already raised troops in Nanning, Guangxi. When they heard that the Taiping Army intended to go south, the two rebel armies joined forces and headed towards northern Guangxi and southern Hunan.  However, due to the lack of news, the Taiping Army on the South Road did not receive news from the rebels. When Zhu Hongying and Hu Youlu reached Daozhou, they were blocked by the Qing army. Seeing that the Taiping Army did not go south to respond, the two rebels retreated south.

    At the same time, Zhu Hongying and Hu Youlu also became suspicious of the sincerity of the Taiping Army's cooperation, and finally decided to go it alone.  Zhu Hongying even claimed to be a descendant of Zhu Ming. In his heart, he wanted to be the king and hegemony himself. He did not want to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at all, so he always encouraged Hu Youlu to go south and work alone.  Tong Qiangsheng's persuasion was in vain, and the Qing army blocked it tightly, so he had to take a long detour with his brothers before returning to Hunan.

    After hearing Tong Qiangsheng¡¯s report, Xiao Yungui realized that he lacked an effective way to transmit information. When he was in Hengzhou, he did not get news from the south, so he missed a good opportunity.  At the same time, he needs some shady means to deal with people like Zhu Hongying who are not being used, but he lacks a surprise force lurking in the dark that he can use.  That's why Xiao Yungui made up his mind and planned to establish his own intelligence network and a spy agency to carry out sabotage, assassination, rumors and subversion behind enemy lines.

    That night, Xiao Yungui came to discuss with Zuo Zongtang and Hong Yun'er. Needless to say, Hong Yun'er had read a lot of books and could come up with some good ideas, and Zuo Zongtang was someone Xiao Yungui couldn't help but ask for his opinion.

    After listening to Xiao Yungui's words, Hong Yun'er pondered: "I have read few books about spies and detailed operations, so I don't know much about it. However, there are many examples in history, such as Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang in the Ming Dynasty.  Nowadays, the Qing Dynasty's Sticking Office and Shangyu Reserve Office are famous places for spies. However, Jinyiwei and Dongchang all have strict organizations and their own set of regulations, and the people they use have been trained for a long time, not  It can be done overnight.¡±

    Zuo Zongtang nodded and said: "What the Queen of the West said is right. The Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the supervision of officials and people, and the Imperial Guards have existed since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Natural laws are strict. We are now creating our own ears and eyes, so it is better to follow "Sun Tzu"  Do it first as mentioned in "The Art of War". "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has five theories. The Yinjian refers to the villagers of the enemy's country; the Neijian refers to the officials of the enemy's country; the counterjian refers to the agents and spies who are originally the enemy's country.  Instead, they were used by me; in death, they provided false information to the enemy and were executed by the enemy after the incident; in life, they returned alive after completing their mission."

    "Let's talk about death first. This is an important pass to send dead soldiers to deceive the enemy in order to achieve surprise victory, but it is not commonly used. Life is the person we want to use. It seems that Tong Qiang, who is under King Xi, wins from Zuo.  He has been working as a spy for the King of the West. Although this person is not good-looking, he is thoughtful and well-established among gangs such as the Tiandihui. He can be the leader of the secret agents of the West Palace and select capable people from all the armies to serve as the secret agent.  After training for a period of time, you will be able to do the job." Zuo Zongtang said slowly: "Because now we use it the most to inquire about information from the people. In the future, we can set up a map department in the west hall, and every place we visit will be led by that department.  Si inquired about information from local people, collected local customs and customs, and drew local topography. We currently lack suitable candidates for Neijian and Fanjian, but Zuo thought that businessmen could be used to serve as Neijian and Fanjian."

    Xiao Yungui rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Sir, do you mean to let Zhu Changlin, Wei Helin and others go to the Qing army's territory to do business, use business as a cover, collect intelligence, and make friends with the government?"

    Zuo Zongtang nodded and said: "Yes, businessmen travel all over the country. The bigger the business, the wider their horizons. If the King of the West can have his own trading company, he can raise military pay, find out information, and make friends with the Qing government officials.  , The officials in the Qing court were corrupt, so buying, bribing, and wooing could all be done through commercial firms. The wider the network, the more advantageous it would be."

    Xiao Yungui stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "In other words, we can send people to the Qing court's territory to establish our own chambers of commerce and merchant houses. In fact, these merchant houses and chambers of commerce will work for our heavenly kingdom." Follow his heart.  Secretly, Zuo Zongtang deserves to be Zuo Zongtang. Isn't this a common tactic used by later generations of terrorists?  On weekdays, he appears as a businessman, but in fact he is doing things to subvert the government.

    Xiao Yungui tried his best to win over Zhu Changlin, Wei Helin, He Yuanlun and other businessmen at the beginning, just to figure out how to use their business expertise. Now that Zuo Zongtang came, Xiao Yungui no longer hesitated, and immediately clapped his hands and said: "Okay, let's set up a  Zhu Changlin and Wei Helin took over the business, and this business will be called Guiyun Company!" Xiao Yungui casually used his real name backwards, but he did not expect that Guiyun Company would become a well-known century-old brand in the future.

    Then the three of them agreed that Tong Qiangsheng, He Bin, and Zhou Zhaoyao would come forward to set up a special spy agency in the West Palace. Hong Yun'er named this agency Bai Ze.?, Bai Ze is an ancient mythical beast, known to know astronomy and geography from above, and trivial matters from below; through the past, we can know the future. Hong Yun'er hopes that by choosing this name, everyone will know that she is the eyes and ears of the West Palace.  Because the three of them, Tong Qiang Sheng, are all gang members who have been around in the world all year round. They have a wide network of contacts and can share information with the eyes and ears of major gangs. Among the three, Tong Qiang Sheng is the most suitable to be the leader, and who is the leader at the moment?  Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao were far away in Sichuan, so Tong Qiangsheng became the master of Baize Hall.  In this way, a shadow force was born that later frightened the Qing Dynasty and the great powers. Its tentacles were everywhere and made people shudder.

    On the same day, Xiao Yungui called Zhu Changlin, Wei Helin, Tong Qiangsheng and others to discuss the detailed charter. Zuo Zongtang and Hong Yun'er were on the sidelines to make points.

    The establishment of the Guiyun company surprised Zhu Changlin and Wei Helin. They could return to their old business, and Xiao Yungui promised to contribute the capital. The money earned was divided into 30-70 accounts, with Zhu and Wei accounting for 30%, and 70% going to West Palace Taiping.  military.  Xiao Yungui had previously promised that the two of them would one day earn back the property confiscated by the Taiping Army. Zhu Changlin and Wei Helin were naturally overjoyed.  As for how to run the business, Hong Yun'er relied on memory to give the two people a match making formula and process, which was considered to be an additional product. For subsequent production of some small commodities, Hong Yun'er needed to remember and organize it before giving it to them.

    Don¡¯t underestimate the profit margin of these matches. When Tsarist Russia was trading in northern Xinjiang, it relied on small commodities to make huge profits. There was an astonishing record of exchanging a box of matches for a sheep in northern Xinjiang, and ten boxes of matches for a cow.  .  Of course, at this stage, the main business of the shop is still daily necessities such as grains, oils, rice noodles, tea and silk, sugar and wine. Xiao Yungui also handed over a batch of valuable antiques, jades, calligraphy and paintings, etc. collected from various government offices and the homes of wealthy merchants to the shop for sale.  Keeping these things in your hands is just a burden, it is better to use them in cash.

    After the company¡¯s articles of association were drawn up, Zhu Changlin and Wei Helin happily prepared to get things done, but their families were left behind as hostages. At the same time, Xiao Yungui also arranged for Tong Qiangsheng and others to place people around them for surveillance.  As for how Zhu Changlin and Wei Helin returned to the territory of the Qing army to do business, they had their own way. The fact that the two joined the Taiping Army is still a secret. Even the people in Changsha thought that the two were killed by the Taiping Army like other wealthy businessmen in Changsha, so the two  People have a good excuse to return to the territory of the Qing army to carry out activities.

    Xiao Yungui planned to wait for He Yuanlun, He Bin, Zhou Zhaoyao and others to return from Sichuan, and then expand his business network through He Yuanlun's Baoqing Chamber of Commerce. After all, after the Taiping Army captured Yuezhou, they would then attack the three towns of Wuhan.  The territory of Baoqing Chamber of Commerce.

    Bai Zetang's regulations were much more complicated. Everything from selection, training, code words, assassinations, etc. needed to be drawn up. Xiao Yungui left all these matters to Zuo Zongtang, Hong Yun'er, Tong Qiangsheng and others.  Brain, he focused on training his troops.

    Regarding the training of the new army, Xiao Yungui began to pay attention to collecting the essentials of marching and fighting by the generals of each army. At the same time, he added some training subjects that he had received in later military training, and began to compile a Taiping Army's own "Infantry Drill Code".  This kind of drill code is a systematic project involving many arms. Xiao Yungui does not expect to be able to compile it all at once. He plans to sum up experience from actual combat and gradually integrate it into the drill code. If possible, he will get some from foreigners in the future.  If classics such as the Prussian Infantry Drill Code are added, perhaps this drill code can reach its climax.

    The drills in the water camp were completely left to Luo Dayou, while Xiao Yungui was a complete amateur at water warfare because he couldn't even swim.  But now the Taiping Army is fighting in the south. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that northerners ride horses and southerners row boats. There are rivers and lakes in the nine southern provinces. It is impossible for the Taiping Army to completely avoid water battles.  Fortunately, the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Army is just a piece of cake. Hengzhou, the home base of the Hunan Navy, which will cause headaches for the Taiping Army in the future, has also been captured by the Taiping Army. Xiao Yungui can safely and boldly expand his water camp.  division.

    More than ten days later, Bai Zetang¡¯s articles of association were initially drawn up. Zuo Zongtang, Hong Yun¡¯er, and Tong Qiangsheng had to stay up for several nights to come up with this article of association.  Tong Qiangsheng is the leader of Baizetang, and his subordinates are divided into details such as ears and eyes, assassins, internal guards, etc. Hong Yun'er and Tong Qiangsheng will find suitable candidates to join among the military and civilians. After passing the loyalty and preliminary selection,  Join Bai Zetang to receive training. After training, you will be assigned tasks.  Bai Zetang only obeys orders from Xiao Yungui, Zuo Zongtang, and Hong Yun'er. The treatment of each person in the hall is ten times that of ordinary soldiers, which can be said to be generous.

    Why should Hong Yuner participate in the selection of Bai Zetang?  Because Bai Zetang needs female team members, compared to men, some tasks require women to complete more successfully. Hong Yun'er is in charge of the female camp, so she naturally needs to participate.  Later, the female Bai Ze led by Hong Yun'er made even more outstanding achievements on this invisible front.

    After resting for ten months in Yiyang, the Qing army in Xiangyin still refused to retreat. After the New Year, Xiao Yungui decided to march eastward and the entire army boarded theThe Shuiying ships headed toward Yuezhou in a mighty manner. It seemed that the Qing army in Xiangyin would not shed tears until they saw the coffin.  Therefore, after the West Palace Taiping Army handed over Yiyang to the North Palace soldiers and horses for defense, the entire army marched eastward, with Luo Gang's troops as the leader, and entered the mighty Dongting Lake.
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