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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 276: It has nothing to do with the country

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    Xiao Yungui included Feng Zicai as a guard in the West Palace. He was not worried that Feng Zicai would have any thoughts of surrendering. In fact, sometimes it is very simple to ask people to be loyal to you. In a word, as long as you have strong strength, then people's hearts will naturally  will belong to you.  The Qing armies of Xiang Rong and Zhang Guoliang all started by suppressing various rebel armies. This can even be extended to Zhang Geer's counterinsurgency battle more than 20 years ago. At that time, Xiang Rong, Hu Songlin and other Qing generals participated  That war.  In the following twenty years, this Qing army spread across Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan and other places to suppress rebellions, and it had already developed a prestige.

    But it is a pity that this Qing army, which is not weak in combat effectiveness, met the elite Taiping Army commanded by Xiao Yungui. They suffered heavy losses in the early Battle of Xiangjiang River, and the subsequent Battle of Suzhou and Hangzhou even defeated this army.  The last bit of energy.  Qing generals like Feng Zicai began to feel awe of the Taiping Army from the bottom of their hearts. Those who were in charge were defeated and those who were attacked were subdued. Every place where the banner of the Western King appeared in the west hall was a defeat for the Qing army.  In the Qing army's formation, the primitive respect for the law of the jungle prevailed, but when a stronger and stronger one appeared, many generals in the formation would follow this law and join the strong one.  This was also the reason why Feng Zicai left the Tiandihui Rebel Army, accepted the Qing army's surrender and surrendered.

    Xiao Yungui still can't see that Feng Zicai will become the famous veteran Zhennanguan general in later generations. He is not surprised at all, because the Taiping Army and the Qing Army are fighting a civil war. What's so impressive about killing one's own people?  Moreover, Feng Zicai is still young. He is only in his thirties and still needs to go through a lot before he can have the national integrity of Feng Zicai in later generations.  No one is born to be a great man or celebrity, no one is born to be righteous, and no one is born to know what integrity is. These all take time to hone.  Xiao Yungui doesn't mind letting Feng Zicai start from the bottom of the card and re-train him. Xiao Yungui believes that the melting pot of the Taiping Army will let Feng Zicai know what national integrity is.

    But then the Hu family and his son were not so easy to deal with.  Husong Lin Jiaqing was born in Xindu County, Chengdu, Sichuan Province in the fourth year of his life. His ancestral home is in Tianshui, Gansu Province. He practiced martial arts at a young age and joined the army as a young man. He participated in the Qing army's counterinsurgency battle against Zhang Geer in Kashgar, Xinjiang.  He was awarded a blue feather for his military exploits.  Hu Songlin spent his whole life as a soldier and traveled to Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan and other places. He was Xiang Rong's number one general.  His son Hu Kunyuan also joined the army with his father when he was seventeen. He was extremely brave and would take the lead in battles. Everyone in the army called him "Little Tiger".  To put it bluntly, these two people were both from Qing military families, and their loyalty to the Qing court could be described as blind.

    So of course the two of them came to the hall and cursed the fake King of the West.  When he saw Feng Zicai, who had changed into a Taiping Army uniform, he also started yelling curses, and each one was more fierce than the other. Xiao Yungui didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, and ordered each of them to hit thirty boards.  Then he was gagged and thrown back into the prison.

    Xiao Yungui muttered angrily: "What a waste of my time."

    Tang Erniu bowed and said, "His Royal Highness the King of the West, do you want to meet Lai Zhenhai?"

    Xiao Yungui said impatiently: "Lai Zhenhai? This person is just a thousand commanders in Qingyao's Humen Naval Camp in Guangdong. It's okay to not see him. It's a waste of time."

    Tang Erniu clasped his fists and accepted the order, and when he turned around to go out and take Lai Zhenhai back to the cell, Xiao Yungui suddenly sneezed, he rubbed his nose and said to himself: "Why do you sneeze for no reason?  Is there anyone thinking about me?" Thinking of this, Xiao Yungui shouted in his heart: "Wait a minute, bring Lai Zhenhai up."

    after many years.  Lai Zhenhai became one of the founders of the Taiping Navy. Whenever he recalled the past when he surrendered to the Taiping Rebellion, he always said with a smile: "My life was saved by a sneeze."

    Lai Zhenhai, courtesy name Panzhou.  He was born in Pingzhou, Changchang, Daojiao, and later became the admiral of the Fujian Navy. He studied in his youth and had a deep understanding of righteousness. He served in the ranks as the commander-in-chief of the middle camp of the Humen Navy, and was later promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief.  In the third year of Xianfeng's reign, after the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Nanjing, he went to Fujian with Chen Guotai, the commander of the Guangdong Navy, and then headed for Shanghai.  This man was a navy man of the Qing Dynasty. He had been fighting pirates all year round and was quite proficient in naval warfare.

    After being escorted to the hall by Tang Erniu and others, Lai Zhenhai bowed his hand to Xiao Yungui in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.

    Xiao Yungui asked with great interest: "Lai Zhenhai, you are the commander of the Qingyao Navy. After the battle with Wu Song, the Guangdong Navy was completely wiped out. What do you think?"

    Lai Zhenhai is a bachelor, and he said without any secret: "The right time, place, and people are not with me, so I have no regrets if I lose."

    Xiao Yungui put his hands on his hands and smiled and said: "You have figured it out, but it's a pity that you haven't figured out one thing yet, and that is why you are fighting."

    Why fight?  Lai Zhenhai and Feng Zicai, who had changed their uniforms in the hall, were both slightly shocked. The literary and martial arts learned by a man were sold to the emperor's family. Naturally, he was fighting for his own official career and a wife.  As for being loyal to the imperial court, Lai Zhenhai naturally felt that it was quite good for him.Far away.  During the Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent the rebellion of various ethnic groups such as the Han people, the Manchu and Qing soldiers in various places took even greater precautions against the common people. To put it bluntly, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties never regarded the common people as their own subjects, and the common people never had the concept of a country.  .

    During the Opium War, British warships sailed north along the coastline. Everywhere they went, people came in small boats to sell fresh vegetables and fruits. This was very unbelievable in the eyes of later generations, and people in later generations will also find it unbelievable.  The people at that time were too ignorant of nationality. Your country is at war with the British. How can you do business with the British?

    In fact, everything must have a reason. Bannermen are a minority. If they want to rule the majority of ethnic groups, they must use various high-pressure methods. As a result, the people only know that there is a court and an official government. Both the imperial court and the official government oppress the people, but  I didn¡¯t know there was such a concept as a country.  Were the British invaders?  When they attack the army and the government, the common people just watch it as if they are watching a show, and even feel a deep sense of pleasure.

    As for Sanyuanli and later Guangzhou¡¯s resistance to the British entering the city?  That's because the British army opened coffins and exposed corpses in Sanyuanli, robbed property, and raped women. Their entry into Guangzhou also directly violated the interests of the people, so the people acted spontaneously. Sadly, all these actions had nothing to do with the national interests.  , but later generations of textbooks made these the banners of national struggle.  In Xiao Yungui's view, these are just ways for the common people to protect themselves and have nothing to do with the majestic Qing Empire.

    People like Lai Zhenhai and Feng Zicai were thinking like this at the moment, so when Xiao Yungui asked why they were fighting, both of them were a little stunned.

    Xiao Yungui chuckled and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, Lai Zhenhai, are you willing to join me in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"

    Lai Zhenhai glanced at Feng Zicai, clasped his fists and said calmly: "The Kingdom of Heaven is at its peak, the Qing Dynasty is declining, and Zhenhai is not talented, so I am willing to serve the King of the West."

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "Very good, you can serve under my Shuiying General Tang Zhengcai. As for why we fight, you will slowly and naturally understand it after you join the army." Humans are a very strange animal.  , he can change and influence the environment, and at the same time be affected and changed by the environment. Xiao Yungui believes that the two of them will find the answer in the Taiping Army, because why they fight has already relied on the grievance movement organized by the officers in the army.  Deeply implanted in the Taiping Army of the West Palace, he hopes that the newly surrendered Qing generals such as Feng Zicai and Lai Zhenhai will find the answers by themselves like ordinary Qing soldiers. The army is a big melting pot, and even the weakest people will be tempered into steel after being beaten.  .  This is also the difference between the West Palace Taiping Army and the other Taiping Army and Qing Army.

    Hong Yun'er's side went much smoother. Among the captured Qing generals, there were more than twenty Qing generals with a rank of over 1,000 soldiers. Based on the confessions of the Qing soldiers who surrendered, Hong Yun'er eliminated those who had done many evil deeds and subdued more than ten Qing generals.  The remaining people.  Xiao Yungui put them into various armies, starting from low-level generals, and did not give them official positions according to the official positions of the Qing army.  As for the die-hard elements like Hu Songlin and his son, Xiao Yungui ordered them to be put into the prison car without any ceremony, and together with Hechun, Zhang Guoliang and others, they were ready to be taken to Tianjing to offer prisoners.

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    After Luo Gang and other generals returned in triumph, Xiao Yungui rewarded the generals, and then explained the defense of Zhenjiang and Guazhou to Luo Gang and other generals, and then prepared to rush to Tianjin with more than 2,000 personal guards.  Beijing.

    Xiao Yungui told Luo Outline to actively prepare for war, and the Qing army retreated to Yangzhou. Although it was impossible to build another Jiangbei camp in a short time, there were still more than 20,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou city, and Qing troops from the northern provinces would continue to come for reinforcements, so they had to do  As for the defense of Guazhou, the foothold in northern Jiangsu is still very important.

    As for whether Xiao Yungui can attack Yangzhou, let Luo Youyun make his own decision based on changes in the military situation. It would be best if Yangzhou can be defeated. However, at present, the West Palace Taiping Army has to digest the newly acquired territories in southern Jiangsu, Ningbo, etc., and it is unlikely to give Zhenjiang a large-scale force.  For assistance, Luo Gang's department had to defend Guazhou and Zhenjiang, and also attack Yangzhou, which was a bit reluctant, so Xiao Yungui asked Luo Gang to make a decision on the fly.

    Before leaving, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner met Ronglu again on the river. Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner were very happy because the information given by Ronglu was correct, which showed that Ronglu was still willing to help the Taiping Army.  .  Then Xiao Yungui asked Ronglu whether Yangzhou City could be captured and whether Ronglu could act as an internal response again. Ronglu shook his head and said that he had offended Shengbao by acting as an internal response this time, and he estimated that Shengbao would transfer him elsewhere.  On the battlefield, these days my troops are already transferring the defense of Yangzhou.

    Xiao Yungui was a little disappointed. When asked where Ronglu would be transferred, Ronglu only said that he would not know until he was appointed by the Ministry of War. He might go to Hunan, Anhui, or Jiangxi.

    Finally, the King of the West and his wife once again invited Ronglu to go south to Guazhou with soldiers and horses who were willing to join him. The couple would warmly receive him, and Xiao Yungui even promised Ronglu the high position of deputy prime minister of the Western Palace.

    Finally, Ronglu smiled slightly and said: "My role as an internal correspondent in the Qing army is far greater than that of being with you."? plays a big role.  I am not as good as Xiao Yungui in leading troops, I am not as knowledgeable as Hong Yun'er, and my strategies are not as good as those of your counselors and generals. I am still more useful in the Qing army.  "

    Seeing that Ronglu still refused to go south, the King of Xi and his wife had no choice but to give up. In the end, Xiao Yungui asked Ronglu to be careful and to come to him if nothing could be done.  After the two agreed on a new contact person and code word, Ronglu returned to Yangzhou.

    After handling the military affairs in Zhenjiang, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er took more than two thousand troops, as well as dozens of vehicles containing gold and jewelry shells to be donated and prisoners of the Qing army, under the banner of the King of the West, and marched toward the sky in a mighty way.  Go to Beijing.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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