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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 718: Bingguo Agreement

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    The news of the surrender of the Hunan Army and the recovery of all the Hunan territories was placed on Xiao Yungui's desk two nights later. With the successive recoveries across the country, intelligence agencies such as Baizetang and the Intelligence Department that were originally active underground began to gradually surface. No need to  After hiding in Tibet, their speed of delivering news was obviously much faster.

    After reading the official document handed over by Zuo Zongtang, Xiao Yungui chuckled and said to Zuo Zongtang: "Prime Minister Zuo, Hunan has been completely recovered after Hubei. A big stone has finally fallen to the ground in my heart."

    Zuo Zongtang smiled and said: "Nature will take its course. Zeng Guofan's dream of settling down in a corner for his local emperor finally came to nothing. It's just that His Highness the King of the West, I still don't understand that the surrender conditions proposed by Zeng Guofan and the others are not excessive.  Where to go, but why is His Highness still unwilling to agree to their conditions, but forcing them to finally accept surrender when they are desperate?"

    Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "Zeng Guofan always feels that he still has more than 100,000 troops, so he can make conditions with us. It is impossible for them to see the reality clearly without fighting to knock down their spirit. This is the first  One reason." During the historical liberation war, the Fu Zuoyi group trapped in Pingjin could not see the reality clearly. In the end, the People's Liberation Army attacked Tianjin, and only then did Fu Zuoyi see the reality clearly, which laid the foundation for the smooth transfer of power in Pingjin and Tianjin.  Base.

    "The second is that the Hunan Army's ruling group is a whole. If they all surrender, it will be very difficult to deal with. It is very necessary to break them up through a battle. This is the second reason. The last point is that some old accounts still have to be settled.  Some people in the Hunan Army have calculated that I don¡¯t want to see those people whose hands are stained with the blood of our country¡¯s people sitting in the court in a dignified manner. This is a tribute to the sacrificed soldiers and innocent people who were harmed.  disrespectful.¡±

    Zuo Zongtang nodded slowly.  He said: "When dynasties changed, any enemy general who led his troops to surrender would always be pardoned by the new monarch. Although there were many examples of settling accounts after the fall, our dynasty's approach was still very persistent.  This also caused various places to encounter trouble when clearing out some remnants of the former Qing Dynasty. Those people saw that surrender would mean death, so they resisted desperately, which also caused some casualties."

    Xiao Yungui said: "We are no longer simply changing dynasties, but establishing a brand new country. The guilty must be dealt with according to the law. This is the concept of equality under the rule of law. I admit that if we agree to pardon those people's sins, we can  Avoid some battles. But I don¡¯t want to do this. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that people who kill people and set fires have gold belts, and build bridges and pave roads without corpses. There is also a saying that if you want to be an official, you kill people and set fires and receive recruitment. I just want these words to be established in our society.  At the end of the new country, I want to tell the people across the country that those who do evil will always be punished, and the country will not compromise with these people!"

    Zuo Zongtang hummed, and he, who hates evil as much as he hates hatred, quite agrees with this approach.  Then he changed the subject and said: "Your Highness, now the Mongolian princes have agreed to our conditions and are willing to invest in our country. The 19 representatives of Mongolian princes in Beijing have signed the country-serving agreement. They urgently need us to send troops into Mongolia to fight against  Threat from the Russians.¡±

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "I have signed the official document from the Ministry of War to dispatch troops. Let Chen Yucheng's troops on the front line of Xuanda University enter Mongolia as soon as possible. This will not only support the Mongolian soldiers and civilians against the nasty Cossack cavalry of the Russians. It can also block Shanhaiguan from the west.  , Mianyu, and Ronglu's rebels on the Jinzhou front line to prevent them from fleeing into Mongolia. It will take a lot of effort to destroy them in this way."

    Zuo Zongtang twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Yes, we have just been outside the Shanhaiguan Pass in the past few months. We have concentrated our efforts on solving the Mongolian problem because we are worried that Mianyu and Ronglu will lead their troops into Mongolia. Now that the Mongolian problem is solved, we can  Completely block their way, and the problems outside the customs can be solved quickly. With the Mongolia problem solved, those in Tibet and Xinjiang who are still waiting and watching will see the reality, and they will all be alive after the settlement. This big thing in the country  The chessboard just comes alive.¡±

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "Yes, after more than two months of discussions with the representatives of the Mongolian princes, Mongolia is also extremely uncomfortable facing the oppression of the Russians. Fortunately, the Russians have not yet thought of supporting the independence of the Mongols.  Otherwise, it will be more difficult for us to deal with it. There are still many people in the Mongolian King Kilometer who are hostile to us, but they have to bow to us because of the situation and the wishes of the majority of people."

    Xiao Yungui said: "Yes, so when we send troops to Mongolia, we must first consider various issues. One of them is to implement various preferential policies for Mongolia in strict accordance with the content of the Bingguo Agreement signed with Mongolia, including trade, transportation, etc.  It is the best support for Mongolia. The second is to rename the troops entering Mongolia the Mongolian Construction Corps to tell the Mongolian people that our troops are here to help them build their homes, colonize and guard the border. The third is to start developing Mongolia's rich resources as soon as possible  Mining resources drive Mongolia¡¯s economy and allow Mongolian people to taste?The sweetness of extracting resources so that they will support the local government we set up in Mongolia.  The fourth is that although the privileges of Mongolian princes have been said to remain unchanged for fifty years, the local government and construction corps must intensify their work. Once conditions are ripe, some Mongolian princes who have turned into capitalists can be mobilized to give up their privileges first.  I think there will always be open-minded Mongolian princes who give up their privileges first. We cannot wait fifty years, but gradually implement the abolition of privileges in Mongolia.  Finally, there is the abolition movement. After we have established a foothold in Mongolia, we must promote the abolition movement. Mongolia still has a large slave population. Liberating them will help us further stabilize Mongolia.  But all of the above require those in charge of the local government to have a clear mind, distinguish priorities, and be able to clearly judge the changes in the situation. Only in this way can the subsequent stability and development of Mongolia be ensured. I don¡¯t want to see the Mongolian Construction Corps continue to work in the future.  Troops were sent everywhere to put down the rebellion.  "

    Zuo Zongtang thought for a while and said: "The candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian Construction Corps is Chen Yucheng. I think he is a more suitable candidate, but the person sent by His Highness the Local Government Affairs Bureau is Qingfeng. Although this person is loyal to the new country,  He is reliable, but he is quite greedy. I am afraid that after he goes to Mongolia and becomes a high official, he will commit corruption according to the national law."

    Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "Qingfeng is an important figure in charge of the negotiations this time, and he is from a Manchu and Mongolian noble. The Mongolians still trust him. We send him to minimize the Mongolians' wariness, and make it easier to  The beginning of the garrison work. As for the subsequent economic and trade development process, if Qingfeng can't help but be greedy, I have the handle to deal with him at any time, and if Qingfeng makes people angry in Mongolia, we can take advantage of the situation.  Replace him and replace him with your own people, and that will solve a lot of problems."

    Zuo Zongtang also smiled knowingly. Using corrupt officials is a skill. Since ancient times, emperors have been useful. It just depends on how to use it well. Corrupt officials are fish eagles and the emperor is a fisherman. When the time comes, kill corrupt officials. Not only will the emperor become rich, but he will also be able to make good use of it.  Let the people of the world put away their grievances and praise the emperor as a good emperor, which has been done since ancient times.

    Zuo Zongtang said again: "Your Highness, it is estimated that the situation outside the Pass will be resolved within ten months at the earliest. Then should we mobilize our main troops to deal with the attacks of Britain, France and Russia?"

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "It's time to start preparations. Judging from the intelligence, the Russian Cossack cavalry has begun to harass Mongolia, but the British and French forces are still gathering, especially the French forces. They have just finished the Italian war."  We are still mobilizing and preparing for the war, and it is estimated that it will take several months before we can launch a joint attack with the British."

    Zuo Zongtang said: "Yes, the news given to us by Prussia should be accurate, because the Dutch and Spanish also sent the same news. We still have time to prepare, but I don't think we should kill the Russian Cossacks first."  Would cavalry be better?¡±

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "Of course. Although the British and French troops are powerful, they are not bordering me. The Russians are different. Once we end the war outside the pass, let Chen Yucheng and Tan Shaoguang immediately launch an offensive against the Russians.  First capture Nerchinsk, and then all Mongolian soldiers and horses will be dispatched to flank the Russian hinterland of Siberia, surround an important stronghold, attract Cossack cavalry to come for reinforcements, lay siege to the city, and defeat their cavalry. I believe that Muravyov in Siberia will have a hard time  If the support continues, the best result is that before the British and French warships arrive in the Far East, we have already beaten the Russians to actively negotiate peace with us, so that it will be easier for us to deal with them."

    Zuo Zongtang nodded and said: "That's right. It depends on how the battle between Tan Shaoguang and Li Xiucheng from north to south to attack Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou will go."

    In early September of that year, the Mongolian princes and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom signed an agreement to protect the country. The Shanshan War ended that month, and Chen Yucheng's Taiping Army stationed on the Xuanda front line was renamed the Mongolian Construction Corps and entered Mongolia, completely cutting off the Jinzhou front line's retreat to the west.  .  Outside the Pass, relying on the power of the Manchu Empress Dowager's surrender edict, Tan Shaoguang also regained the areas occupied by the Manchus outside the Pass in a short period of time. Then the troops pressed south, aiming directly at Jinzhou.

    It was not that Ronglu didn't smell danger at first. On the contrary, he had been encouraging Mian Yu and other rebel generals to lead their troops to march westward to Mongolia. However, Mian Yu and others' ambitions were dead, and all the rebel generals under his command were thinking about was how to return as soon as possible.  When they arrived in the capital, their family was still in the capital.  Moreover, the Taiping Army's propaganda campaign was very powerful. Many ordinary soldiers knew about the Taiping Army's land allocation in the capital. Each person could be allocated thirty acres of land, a house, and money. This was very tempting to ordinary soldiers.  Who is willing to follow Ronglu to adventure in Mongolia?  Moreover, the Mongols were hostile to this rebel army from the beginning, because they were rebels who betrayed the Qing court, so Mongolian cavalry was often on guard in the west.  Ronglu was also worried that they would be intercepted by cavalry after entering Mongolia, so in the end they had to stay in Jinzhou.

    So, Ronglu could only watch the rope around his neck getting tighter and tighter. When LiWhen Xiucheng's troops began to attack Shanhaiguan and Tan Shaoguang began to attack Jinzhou, Ronglu knew that the situation was over.

    In mid-September, when Jinzhou fell and Ronglu, Mianyu and others were captured in the Jinzhou government office, Ronglu just looked up to the sky and sighed: "Dongfeng will not make peace with Zhou Lang, and will not make peace with Zhou Lang."  Ah, Sushun, what you said was right" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
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