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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 136: Human Sea Tactics

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    It is said that the ancient five father and son were taken aboard a warship by the Taiping Army. Chen Da took the two of them to the kitchen cabin of the warship and asked the military cook to prepare two large bowls of white rice. He also made some leftovers and served them to the father and son.  both.  However, Gu Wu and his son were very hungry. Looking at the fragrant food, their eyes glowed green. They picked up the bowls, said thank you and started eating.

    Chen Da saw that the two of them were eating deliciously, smiled and said: "Eat slowly, there is still not enough.".

    Guwu said vaguely: "Thank you, brother."

    The father and son devoured the food, and they ate three large bowls of rice before they stopped eating. Guwu frowned and asked in a low voice: "Brother, this long-haired er, no, this heavenly soldier is not a rebel who kills officials.  Is there any way to survive by following them?"

    Chen Da scolded in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense. Heavenly soldiers are very good to the people, much better than those green camp demon soldiers and regiment drills. If you go to the Qing demons, will they care about your food? If you really have no way to survive.  Well, it¡¯s good to take refuge with us, it¡¯s better than starving to death, right?¡±

    Gu Wu nodded and said: "That's right, it's just little brother, so what else does General Luo want to ask us? We are just two ordinary fishermen."

    Chen Da smiled and said: "Looking at you guys like this, it's not difficult to guess the miserable situation in the nearby fishing villages. Now that Saturn Port is blocked in front of us, General Luo wants to ask you if there is any waterway such as a port branch that can pass through."

    The ancient five-headed man shook his head like a rattle and said, "I only know how to fish. How do I know about military affairs?"

    Chen Da smiled slightly and said, "Then which waterway did you come here from to fish?"

    Gu Xiaosi said hesitantly: "We have been deceived by the government once, can the heavenly soldiers believe it?"

    Chen Da chuckled and said: "Eat quickly, you will know in a while."

    After a while, the two of them were full. Chen Da gave them two more cups of coarse tea. They drank a sip of hot tea. They were no longer hungry, but felt indescribably comfortable.

    Chen Da smiled and said, "Come with me when you're full." Without any explanation, Chen Da took the two of them and left.

    When they came to the deck, the big man with a scarred face stood on the side of the ship, watching the flow of the water. When he saw Chen Da bringing his father and son up, he smiled and said, "My lord, are you full?"

    Gu Wu nodded, made a big salute and said: "To be honest, I still have to eat this big white rice during the Chinese New Year. Thank you General for your kindness. I will definitely repay you in the future."

    The big man laughed loudly and said: "If you want to repay your kindness now, my father-in-law, I will tell you directly. Our army wants to pass through Saturn Port, but the clear demon blocked the lake port. I would like to ask my father-in-law to lead a detour and drive away the people in the port.  Qing Yao, send someone with my father-in-law to nearby fishing villages and villages to recruit boats, boatmen, and people, and clear the stones blocking the Saturn Port. How about we give you food and wages?"

    Gu Wu was taken aback and said hesitantly: "General, the government has also recruited civilian men before, but the silver grain has never been cashed. I'm afraid this time"

    The big man waved his hand, and several red-turbaned soldiers came up with several large boxes. The big man stepped forward and opened one of the boxes, only to see that it was filled with white snowflakes and silver. The Gu family and his son were stunned when they saw it.  When had they ever seen so much money come?

    The big man smiled and said: "I will order people to bring this money later, and I will also prepare a large amount of food to feed the people first. The money will be put aside for all the villagers to look at. As soon as the work is finished,  This money will belong to everyone soon."

    Gu Wu and Gu Xiaosi looked at each other, and overjoyed, they immediately agreed.  Since ancient times, people have died for money and birds have died for food, let alone these people who cannot survive?

    Yuezhou is located at the junction of Hunan and Hubei, and its geographical location is particularly important.  Before the arrival of the Taiping Army, Chang Dachun, the governor of Hubei in the Qing Dynasty, and Shuangfu, the admiral of Hubei, were stationed in Wuchang and sent their trusted generals. The Manchu Manchu Bole Gongwu of Hubei Province personally led 2,000 elite troops to garrison.  They also hired civilians to work for dozens of days, sinking ships with huge rocks, and blocking the Saturn Harbor in Dongting Lake to prevent the Taiping Navy from entering.

    However, Bole Gongwu was jealous of money and teamed up with his men to deprive the people of their food and wages. After layer after layer of deprivation, not a single adult of the nearby fishermen and villagers was seen. The Qing army also cut off the trade and fishing roads, and most of the nearby people were alive.  Can't go down anymore.

    As soon as Luo Gang, a former soldier of the Taiping Army, arrived, he let Gu Wu's father and son lead the way, leading a small boat from the harbor branch waterway into the harbor, and surprised hundreds of Qing troops in the harbor.  The Qing army in Saturn Harbor felt weak when they saw the endless long-haired naval forces on the lake. Unexpectedly, the Taiping Army suddenly came out of the passage and fled in less than an hour after the hasty engagement.

    After clearing out the Qing troops in the harbor, the Taiping Army distributed rations and hired civilians everywhere in order to clean up the shipwrecks and rocks in the harbor.  What Ling Luo Gang did not expect was that after the Qing army blocked the port, thousands of fishing boats and merchant ships of various types were blocked in the port.On the other side, there are thousands of sails and green shadows on the water, which is so majestic.  Many merchants, fishermen, and boatmen were anxiously waiting to pass through Saturn Port as soon as possible. When they heard that the Taiping Army hired people to clean up the shipwrecks and rocks in Saturn Port, everyone burst out with great enthusiasm, and many businessmen even contributed money to help.  The Taiping Army hired people.

    As a result, the Taiping Army assembled a clean-up team overnight that was several times larger than Governor Chang. In one day, they removed all the large shipwrecks from the water of Saturn Harbor that Chang Dachun had spent a month sending people to fill up.  Xiao Yungui, who arrived later, saw a massive crowd tactic that moved people's hearts.

    Among these businessmen who contributed money, one person was particularly active. His name was Tang Zhengcai, a native of Guiyang Town, Qidong County, Hengzhou.  After Xiao Yungui arrived at Saturn Port, he heard that this man had donated all the money and goods of the more than 30 merchant ships he brought, so he joined dozens of fleet leaders and asked to join the Taiping Army.  This news surprised Xiao Yungui. In these days, there were still so many people who were enthusiastic about overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. However, he was also a little suspicious that this person might be an undercover agent sent by the Qing army, so he asked Hong Yun'er next to him.

    Hong Yun'er smiled sweetly and said: "This man is the later supreme naval general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Navigation King Tang Zhengcai. Have you forgotten?"

    Only then did Xiao Yungui remember that it seemed that this person was the leader of the later Taiping Navy navy, and he immediately ordered Luo Dayou to bring him in for a personal summons.

    ?? This Tang Zhengcai had a broad face and a mustache, and people always called him Tang Huzi.  He was a wooden guest and a merchant in Mijiang and Xiangjian. Ren Xia was hospitable to guests, good at swordsmanship, and good at water. Many people who sailed with grain and salt in Huguang were good with him. He had a wide reputation in the rivers and lakes. This was Luo Outline given to Tang Zhengcai.  The comments are all rumors.

    Xiao Yungui met Tang Zhengcai at the boat dock in the harbor. As expected, Tang Zhengcai had a big beard, which was somewhat similar to Xiao Yungui's beard.  After chatting for a few words, Tang Zhengcai asked to be subordinated to the King of the West. Xiao Yungui was overjoyed and appointed Tang Zhengcai as a Dian Shui Jiang, with the same rank as a general, and became Luo Gang's deputy to command the entire army's water camp.  With the addition of Tang Zhengcai and other fleets, the Taiping Army's water camp suddenly more than doubled, with more than 3,000 large and small ships, and more than 10,000 naval personnel.

    Xiao Yungui did not stay long in Saturn Port. After clearing the waterway, he ordered Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Luo Gangwu, and Tang Zhengcai to lead the land and water army to attack Yuezhou. It was the foolish actions of Chang Dachun and Bole Gongwu that caused Taiping  It only took one day for the army, water and land forces to approach Yuezhou City.

    Governor Chang stationed General Bole Gongwu, a powerful general known as the evil star, to station in Yuezhou. He had extraordinary riding skills. However, when he saw the Taiping Navy's overwhelming approach, he immediately fled on horseback alone without a trace.  The remaining more than a thousand Qing troops were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were split apart when they saw the fleet of ships and the long-haired thieves with red turbans covering the mountains and plains, they shouted and ran away for their lives.

    In this way, the armed parade of Taiping troops occupied Yuezhou, an important town on the east coast of Dongting Lake, without firing a shot.  What¡¯s even more bizarre is that General Bole Gongwu was nowhere to be seen again. Emperor Xianfeng himself wanted to settle a score with him, and he was searched all over the country to no avail. I really don¡¯t know what clever trick this escaped General Bole Gongwu had, that he could actually run away.  He disappeared without a trace. He might have escaped to Shanghai, or was sold overseas to be made into a piglet. That¡¯s a story for another day.

    Thousands of fishing boats and civilian ships near Yuezhou followed the Taiping Army to clean up the sunken shipwrecks and stones in Saturn Port, and received their pay in advance. They cheered loudly and all joined the army and the Taiping Army. The Taiping Navy Navy suddenly gained momentum.  It is so vast that it covers the sky and the river, and is spectacular.

    After entering Yuezhou, Xiao Yungui ordered Zuo Zongtang to lead troops to blockade Yuezhou's treasury of silver and grain supplies. After a preliminary count, he found that he had obtained hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. It turned out that these were collected  Chang Dachun thought there was still time to transport grain and silver from Yuezhou to Jinling, but he did not expect the Taiping Army to arrive so quickly.

    After Xiao Yungui entered the city, he went to Yuezhou Mansion to rest temporarily, preparing to find out the next move of the Qing army. If the Qing army in Xiangyin returned to the army, they could intercept them halfway.

    While Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang were leading the departments of the West Palace to write books and the officials were busy in the government office, Hong Yun'er brought Luo Outline and Tang Zhengcai to the hall happily. The four-eyed girl couldn't wait to step forward and said: "  Come and take a look with me, we have found the cannon left by Wu Sangui."

    Xiao Yungui was stunned for a moment and asked: "What is Wu Sangui's cannon?"

    Hong Yun'er stepped forward with a smile and whispered: "I remember it was recorded in the book that when the Taiping Army conquered Yuezhou, they found cannons, muskets and other firearms that Wu Sangui had cast. Don't waste these things.  , so we asked Tang Zhengcai, who was familiar with Yuezhou, to search around, and sure enough, we found the underground warehouse built by Wu Sangui under the warehouse where the Qing army stored weapons in Yuezhou City, with hundreds of cannons in it."

    Xiao Yungui was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly stood up and said, "Where is it? Take me to see it." At that moment, he handed over the matter in hand.He left it to Zuo Zongtang to handle it for him, and followed Hong Yun'er, Luo Gangyou, and Tang Zhengcai to the warehouse where weapons were stored in the south of the Qing army's city.
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