Chapter 47 Jade Seat Bead Curtain (11-2)

"Ren Zhu is dead, who will lead his troops? Is it still his brother and brother?" "Yes, Ren Ding, Ren Sanyan, and Liu Sanmao." "Where's Lai Wenguang?" Guo Songlin asked. "Lai Wenguang was mostly in the white flag." Liu Ming said, "The current deployment of the Nian bandits is that the blue flag is in the east and the white flag is in the west. Zimei, I would like to invite you..." Guo Songlin waved his hand and stopped him before he finished speaking: "Don't mention the word 'please'! I'll discuss it with Shaoming first."

Yang Dingxun and Guo Songlin cooperate to form a "big branch", and Guo Songlin is the main one. He wants to discuss with Yang Dingxun. Naturally, they have their plans that are not humane, so Liu Mingchuan got up knowingly, and prepared to avoid it so that they can be in private. conversation. "You don't have to dodge!" Guo Songlin held him back, "I just ask Shaoming, is he willing to take the road?" Yang Dingxun was brave in battle, but he liked to play around with teenagers in private, so he said with a smile, "Don't say it! Let's write a word in the palm of our hand to see if we think the same?"

"That's good too!" Guo Songlin readily agreed without knowing it, took a fountain pen, and handed it to Yang Dingxun. The two wrote with their bodies behind their backs. Yang Dingxun stretched out his hand first, and the word "blue" was written on his palm.Guo Songlin looked at it, and turned his palm over with a smile. On it was the character "Dong", "Dong" means "blue", and the blue flag of the Nian Army was in the east.The blue flag is stronger, and Guo Songlin intends to attack the tough ones. If Yang Dingxun expresses his willingness to take on the west route and attack the white flag of the Nian Army, Guo Songlin will have to think about it differently, and refuses to extend his palm, which is obviously different from Yang Dingxun.

"It's true that heroes see the same thing!" Liu Mingchuan was extremely pleased. He also hoped that Guo and Yang would be able to play the East Road. "It's not a hero at all!" Guo Songlin said, "People know each other, and they know each other well. If you look at it from here, Shaoming and I have the same heart." "Actually, Shengsan and Qinxuan are not of the same mind?" Yang Dingxun smiled excitedly, "'Three of them are of the same heart, and their benefits can cut gold!' Now Dong Nian will definitely collapse." Liu Mingfu immediately said: "Just for the sake of everyone's unity, I have 12 points of confidence, so," he turned around carefully, and said in a low voice: "I want to advance the date of leaving the team."

"Oh, which day will it be earlier?" Guo Songlin asked. Liu Mingchuan didn't answer him, but first explained the reason for the advance: "I ordered the grain station to prepare the dry food within four days, and half of it also had the effect of winning people's attention. Now the outside world knows that there will be at least four days before there will be a fierce battle. Said that the Nian bandits also believed this, and they all planned to face the battle in four days. The Nian bandits were terrified, hungry and cold, and wanted to take a good rest. They hadn't been on guard for the past two days, and everyone was thinking Ways, how can we have a full meal? There is a saying in the art of war: "What is real is empty, and what is empty is real." We will open a treasure in advance to catch his mother by surprise.

Zimei, do you want to do it? " "Why not! When, tonight?" "It's too late tonight. I'm going to leave the team tomorrow night." Liu Mingchuan added, "The operation must be kept secret!" Guo Songlin and Yang Dingxun nodded deeply.The three of them finished talking about some necessary contact and cooperation steps, dispersed separately, and summoned the battalion officers to secretly issue orders. Liu Mingchuan was in charge of the overall situation and worked extremely hard, checking everything and explaining everything. He worked until late at night before he began to rest.

Although his body was tired and his spirit was high, Liu Mingchuan tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and the night became quieter. He suddenly thought of his hometown, and his mind flew over him. In his heart, there was an indescribable thirst and hunger, to see the place where he fished and swam when he was a child.In this way, until the first song of the han rooster, a heart full of nostalgia can gradually cool down. When I can't sleep for a long time, I wake up with a start.There are many things to do on this day. According to the scheduled plan, first of all, I need to find Mr. Zhao and Li Tongzhi, two country gentlemen, and give them a message.Coincidentally, just as they were about to send someone to invite them, Zhao and Li brought a person to meet them.

This talent is really useful to Liu Mingchuan. He is a scholar named Yang Xiling, and he is actually running the township league.Liu Mingchuan and Guo Songlin jointly invited guests that day. He happened to go to the provincial capital to buy military supplies, but he couldn't make it to the appointment. He came here to express his thanks. By the way, he wanted to ask the township regiment how to help the officers and soldiers to fight the Nian army? Some township regiments are reliable, and some township regiments are unreliable. The common people in this area have no nostalgia and friendship with the Nian Army, and they have always suffered from the Nian Army's losses, so they are naturally reliable.But any township group has a problem that cannot be changed. Those young boys like to show off. If they learn a secret, they will tell it everywhere to show off their well-informed knowledge. Therefore, Liu Mingchuan refused to tell Yang Xiling about his decision to leave the team that day. .Just ask him which Weizi is strong and which Weizi is weak, so as to know how much help he can get?

Yang Xiling is very capable and sincere. He had already prepared a list to report to Liu Mingchuan, so he took it out and presented it with both hands. The name, location, number of people, knives, spears, pewter poles, and earthen guns of each polder are listed on the list. Just by looking at the ratio of people to weapons, one can detect strength or weakness. "Very good, very good," Liu Mingchuan was very satisfied with him, "There will always be a battle in the next few days, brother, please make preparations early." "Yes!" Yang Xiling said, "There are people patrolling and guarding each fair day and night, and the rest can form a team as long as the gong sounds together and every hour. Now I need to ask the adults to show that once the officers and soldiers start fighting, each fair is just for self-protection." What about going out and starting fire?"

"Good question!" Liu Mingchuan nodded and said, "Self-protection is the main thing. If there are sporadic escaped bandits, you can deal with them according to your own ability. However, you must be cautious and don't act rashly, let alone greedy for merit. There is a saying, At this moment, I have to tell the three of you first, if that Weizi is captured by the Nian bandits, the officers and soldiers will not tolerate it." That is to say, if the government and army were to attack Weizi to suppress the Nian, in a big battle, they would not be able to distinguish between jade and stone.Zhao, Li, and Yang were terrified, they discussed with each other, and immediately conveyed his order.

"By the way, please hurry up and tell everyone about my words." Liu Mingchuan said again, "I have a little gadget as a gift." He gave each of them a foreign gun named "Seven Rings in the Rear", and taught them how to use it himself.Zhao, Li, and Yang were all happy, because firstly, it was a sharp weapon among foreign guns, and secondly, it was a gift from "Marshal Liu", which was enough to boast to the village. After seeing off the three squires, Liu Mingchuan set out to inspect the battalions. The morale of the officers and soldiers was excellent, and they moved quietly and quickly.When it was time for the first watch shift, the battalions moved quietly. The first to set off was the cavalry led by the deputy general Shanqing and the Ming army led by Chen Zhenbang, the registered general, followed by the Guo and Yang armies, and finally Liu Mingchuan, who personally led the army. The army suppressed the formation. Shanqing and Chen Zhenbang's cavalry, according to the plan, was going to take Dong Nian's back route. This was a surprise attack force, so the horses' hooves were covered with grass to silence their voices.Although the soldiers didn't "hold pieces" like in ancient times - tightening the lips between the lips with bamboo sticks, making people unable to speak, but they also issued a strict "no sound" order, so all the way from west to north, When they reached the vicinity of Qingshuipo, there was no alarm. When the horse team was about to reach Qingshuibo, the East Road had already launched an attack.The Blue Banner Nian Army fought in haste. After Ren Zhu's death, the Blue Banner Nian Army was led by his brothers. After capturing the vanguards of Wu Yi's and Xun's troops, Ren Sanyan, Ren Zhu's younger brother, led the horse thieves and swept over like a gust of wind to resist the cavalry of Guo and Yang's troops. The White Banner Nian Army on the west side suffered a disadvantage when they rushed up for Shanqing and Chen Zhenbang's cavalry, but there were many people in the White Banner, and because the Ding Army was on the outskirts, the Ming Army because Liu Mingchuan had to take care of Guo, The two armies of Yang and Yang intentionally moved to the east, so that their numbers differed, but they were still able to draw a balance. The east and west roads were in a stalemate. Many Nian soldiers were willing to work hard, the morale of the officers and soldiers was also high, and they took advantage of the foreign guns. Although the number was small, they were still able to hold their ground.But the sound of killing was loud, the foreign guns were crackling and crackling, and there was a burst of sound. Every time there was a sound, there was a row of flames shining in the dark sky. Like tides, they rose and retreated wave after wave, always pulling in that area. Come and pull. The troops of the West Road Ming Army were led by the generals Tang Dingkui and Liu Keren. Tang Dingkui's elder brother, Tang Diankui, was Liu Mingchuan's first effective general. He was killed in the battle of Yin Longhe last year. At that time, Tang Dingkui was visiting relatives in Hefei.Both the Hunan Army and the Huai Army were subordinate soldiers, and it was taken as a matter of course that brothers would succeed to each other, so Tang Dingkui took over his brother's troops.Like Guo Songlin, Tang Dingkui fought the Nian Army to avenge his revenge, and of course he fought very solidly. His opponent was Niu Hong, Niu Xizi was called Niu Xizi by the Nian army, he was alert and fierce, and Tang Diankui died in his hands.Although the enemy has not met, he heard that he is Niu Hong's followers, Tang Dingkui worked harder and made up his mind to defeat him. So he discussed with Liu Keren that he wanted to select people who dared to die to charge - that's called "selecting forwards".Pick an open and hidden place, and under the light of lanterns and torches, order and recruit warriors. This is a game of life!In fact, who doesn't play with their lives in war?Since it's all about playing with one's life, one has to make a name for himself. As long as the "selection striker" does not die, he will be rewarded with great rewards, and he can immediately receive the "commission letter" to become an official. ,Why not?So as soon as the order was announced, those who raised their hands raised their hands, those who opened their mouths spoke, and those who stood up stood up, and immediately many people applied for it. Tang Dingkui was very happy, counted the number of people according to the roster, there were more than 500 people in total, temporarily formed three teams, unloaded the foreign guns, each held a big knife, stuck a dagger in the boot or on the waist, and each wore a white handkerchief Wrap the arms so that it can be easily identified from the blackheads.When the deployment is complete, they will split up and rush forward. During the confrontation between the two armies, there was a small hill. "Xiaofeng" quietly touched it. The places of concentration are roughly seen clearly.Waiting with bated breath like this, only to hear two rows of guns firing in succession from behind, the sound of the guns was extremely neat, this was a signal, the lingering sound of the second row of guns was still there, and the forwards had all rushed down together.The rear team then moved forward, pressing down on the stand and attacking with the camera. Selecting the front took advantage of the downhill momentum and galloped straight forward. When the Nian army found out, they were already fighting hand-to-hand. Anyone who selected the front must be strong, wrap up in the enemy's formation, and attack anyone he sees. Niu Hong's position immediately loosened. At that time, Liu Mingchuan's Chinese army had also arrived, shouting all the way, and the momentum was extremely strong. Niu Hong wanted to resist in groups, but he couldn't take care of it. Tang Dingkui and Liu Keren's rear troops rushed forward, and the Nian army on the west road , was finally defeated.This affected everything. Liu Mingchuan had originally planned to support Guo and Yang's two armies. When he saw that the West Road had won, he didn't want to put his troops in a useless place. He moved his troops to the east and joined forces to deal with the blue flag. Although Lan Qi is ruthless and capable of rivaling Guo and Yang, he can't get cheap. At this time, coupled with the excellent equipment of the Ming Army, even though Niu Hong's troops join forces, it will not help. .On the other hand, Shanqing and Chen Zhenbang saw that the white flag's horse team fled to the southwest and did not chase after them. According to the predetermined plan, they went up the Beiyang River and crossed Qingshuibo to follow the back route of Dongyan. The back road is full of old, weak, women and children fleeing with the army. Because the officers and troops are strong, Dong Nian rushes out to fight, so the back road is extremely empty.Those old and weak women and children were chased by the officers and soldiers from Shandong to Jiangsu, and Jiangsu to Shandong in the past two months. How many people died along the way?The rest were also exhausted and dying.In such a cold weather, not many people have cotton-padded jackets on them, and Shandong is a "guest land" for them, and it is quite difficult to find food.At this time, the horseshoes of the officers and soldiers were galloping, and the foreign guns were released randomly, and there was a lot of crying, which was really on the verge of extinction. With the howling north wind, it scattered into the dark sky of Pingchou where the flames flickered, and the ear felt like a knife was scratching the heart, so sour that it made people cry! The Nian army was sad, and so were the officers and soldiers.But this is not the time to show kindness. Those cries reaching the front can disintegrate the "morale" of the Nian army, so Chen Zhenbang ordered the fire to be set on fire. Once he set it on here, the Shanqing troops on the other side would be destroyed in the same way.In the flames, the horse team galloped back and forth, forcing out the old and the weak, women and children. The women with disheveled hair and ragged clothes dragged the children who looked like clay figurines. They all covered the child and beat the ground with their hands hard, crying so hard that they couldn't lift their heads. So the entire Nian army in front collapsed!Fighting with their backs, they put their lives to death and never survived. The spears were no match for the foreign guns, and they couldn't charge at all. The Nian army had to throw away their luggage, horses, and things they carried with them, including gold and jewelry.A battalion officer wanted to take advantage of it, so Liu Mingchuan found out, sent someone to catch the horse, and personally chopped off his head with a saber. Law enforcement in front of the battle is as effective as a god, and the officers and soldiers don't even look at the things on the ground.I feel sad when I see it, but I just scramble to make meritorious deeds, everyone seems to have grown two extra legs, and they are running very fast. Driven to the west bank of the Mi River, where the water is deep and wide, the Nian army can still form a formation. Only one cavalry team escaped to the south. Except for those who surrendered and were captured, they were either killed, fell into the water, or lay down on the pile of corpses. In order to escape the catastrophe, he pretended to be dead.Of course, there are also a few who escaped. After this bloody battle, it was already dawn, and the Mi River was full of floating corpses, but there were also those who climbed to the east bank dripping with water, fleeing for their lives.To the east of the Mi River, the officers and soldiers were unable to pursue them. To the west of the Mi River and east of the Beiyang River, the officers and soldiers were still mopping up the sporadic bandits in the Shouguang area. On the night when the officers and soldiers fought fiercely, the villages in the Shouguang area blared gongs everywhere, gathered together to train young men, and defended all night. Those who were brave enough climbed up the wall of the polder to "watch from the wall" and cheered for the officers and soldiers.Yang Xiling and the others didn't expect Liu Ming to do what he said, and he would do it that night, so he hurriedly took the "Seven Rings to the Rear" and rode around to spread the word: To protect yourself, don't act rashly.When the general situation was settled at dawn, without any worries, Yang Xiling opened the polder first, led the regiment to practice, intercepted and searched everywhere, and cleaned up the sporadic Nian army that slipped through the net. At this time, Guo Songlin and Yang Dingxun had chased southward, and Liu Mingchuan stayed in Shouguang to clean up the battlefield. How many enemies were killed and how many were captured were secondary. The first thing to find out was the whereabouts of those bandit leaders? The first news to report was that Lai Wenguang went down the Mi River, and his life and death were unknown.Then came the report, and found Ren Ding's body, as well as the remains and "seal letters" of the "kings" Xu Changxian and "first king" Fan Ruzeng who were named "kings" by Hong Xiuquan.As for the three most important people, Ren Sanyan, Niu Hong, and Li Yun, they disappeared. Hearing this, Liu Mingchuan didn't dare to delay, and led his own army that night, pursued southward and claimed victory at the same time.When the good news arrived at Li Hongzhang's place, Feizhang entered the performance, and it was necessary to show off his military exploits with great fanfare.Speaking of Shouguang's great victory, more than 20,000 Nian troops were killed, and the Mi River was "overwhelmed with corpses, and the water did not flow." More than 10,000 people were captured, and 20,000 mules and horses were captured. Lai Wenguang fell into the water and fell into the Mi River. After being drowned, hundreds of bandits fled southward, and it was not difficult to settle down with one blow. In fact, there are still thousands of remnant bandits, and the leader is Lai Wenguang, who fled south from Shandong into Shuyang, Jiangsu.At this time, all the generals in command had received the news of the great victory. Seeing that the victory was imminent, they all eagerly fought for help.So Zhang Zhiwan, the Governor of Water Transport, "Cao Biao"; Anhui Governor Yinghan's Anhui Army; Jiangnan Navy Admiral Huang Yisheng's gunboats were all busy.Liu Bingzhang, the Shanxi chief envoy of the Huai army system, and Li Zhaoqing, Li Hongzhang's younger brother, also commanded troops to intercept.For a while, wind and rain from all directions will gather in Lianghuai. ※ ※ ※ To the south of Shuyang is the Liutang River. This river was called the Lanma River in the Ming Dynasty. It started from Luoma Lake in Suqian and flowed into the sea in the east. Chengtang was renamed Liutang River.It has a great function in regulating the water level of the canal, so the dikes and weirs have always been tightly protected.But the river is wide enough to block horses, so military deployment cannot help but be taken lightly. At this time, it is Li Hongzhang who is the best friend of the same year to guard the Liutang River. The thousands of Zhejiang troops seconded by Zhejiang governor Ma Xinyi are unfamiliar and there is a gap. On a dusk after a heavy snowfall, Guang quietly crossed the Liutang River and went straight to Qingjiangpu. Zhang Zhiwan, Governor of Water Transport, was stationed in Qingjiangpu. When he got the news in the middle of the night, he was shocked and turned pale. "Commander!" the Muyou in charge of the memorial saw that his face was blue and uncertain, so he comforted him and said, "The Nian bandits are at the end of their strength, and there is no danger. The Zhejiang army will be in trouble if they cross the Liutang River, but we will be in trouble here." "How to say?" Zhang Zhiwan asked, "What's the benefit of being a little bit?" The friend of that scene leaned in front of him and said in a low voice: "Young Marshal Li's heart is too cruel, he doesn't leave any room for others, now the opportunity has come." "Slow down!" Zhang Zhiwan interrupted him and asked, "How can it be that Li Shaoquan doesn't leave room for others?" "Commander, please think about it. Young Marshal Li said in the report that he wiped out more than 20,000 enemies in Shouguang and captured more than 10,000 alive. This "flower account" is too much. It doesn't matter if you report the flower account. It shouldn't be said that there are only a few hundred bandits. According to From this point of view, isn’t the entire East Nian flattened by the Huai army?” "Ah, ah, I know it!" Zhang Zhiwan nodded deeply, "He was using it as a foreshadowing to leave room for his meritorious service. However, the room was left too wide, and there was no room for others." "That's exactly what I said." The Muyou said again: "If the east twists and the south collapses on the way, it is in line with the word 'hundreds'. Now there are thousands of them, and Lai Wenguang is not dead. We have met here." It's a 'strong enemy'!" "En!" Zhang Zhiwan asked after pondering for a while: "So, how do you say to perform?" "I'll make a draft and ask the commander for advice." Military reports like this are always simple and concise, so that the situation can appear urgent, so the screenwriters don't even have to think about it, and they send it up—roughly the report is true, but the number of Nian troops has increased, almost Thousands become "more than ten thousand". "Brilliant!" Zhang Zhiwan handed back the folded manuscript, and cupped his hands by the way: "I'll post it right away!" At dawn, the cannons had already been fired, and Li Hongzhang didn't know about it in Xuzhou. The official report said that there was a cannon emplacement along the long wall along the river bank, and the ammunition could not be loaded in because of the heat of the cannon body. It was because of such a gap that the Nian army succeeded.After receiving the report, Li Hongzhang was silent for a long time, thinking in his heart: "God's will!" If it wasn't for God's will, such a mistake would have happened under the exhaustive plan.As judged by Zhang Zhiwan and his friends behind the scenes, Li Hongzhang reported only a few hundred bandits escaped in the battle of Mihe, leaving room for his own great achievements. Although this room was left too wide, it was thought over and over again.According to his thinking, the Nian bandits are weak and weak, and after this huge damage, the remnants must surrender, even if they die and do not surrender, it is difficult to become a large group if they are intercepted and scattered by the officers and soldiers along the way.In the end, there is still a Liutang River with a long wall on the river, guns on the wall, and troops behind the guns. What else is there to worry about? Who would have thought that the Nian Army could go down with horses and pass through the water in this frigid twelfth lunar month, but the Zhejiang Army was so useless!What troubled Li Hongzhang the most was that the Zhejiang army was a guest minister, and Ma Xinyi's face was hindered, so they could not be blamed for causing trouble.Even if they were blamed, they would not accept it. He placed Liu Bingzhang on the north bank, where he still had the opportunity to annihilate the enemy and make meritorious deeds. The Zhejiang army was on the south bank.He also fights hard, so why does his own Huai army put it in a place where it is easy to see success, and specially invites the guest army to back it up?It is my own fault to pay this remark to the public. I was extremely depressed, and I had to cheer up to respond.Dong Nian has always been "Ren Yong Lai Zhi", seeing Lai Wenguang's plan, he still wants to break through the transportation and defense. If there is any danger, let the Nian army go to the west bank of the canal and enter Anhui from the Soviet Union.Therefore, he sent more than ten letters in a row, strictly ordering each army separately, and working together to suppress them. Of course, Liu Bingzhang was the most anxious in the Huai army. Before Li Hongzhang's order arrived, he had already sent Ye Zhichao and Yang Qizhen, the pro-army cavalry, to cross the river from the north bank of Liutang, and pursue Qingjiangpu and Huai'an along the canal. Lai Wenguang personally for the target. The Nian army fled all the way, and was intercepted by the officers and soldiers all the way. The number of people was getting smaller and smaller, but the main leaders still had a way to escape.The general situation is over, and escape is not far away, but surrender has to find a place. Ren Sanyan, Li Yun, and Niu Hong still have hope, and decide to try to sneak to the west bank of the canal and surrender to Li Shizhong who is stationed in the south of Hongze Lake .This "confidant" of Shengbao was originally from the Taiping Army who surrendered in the early days. He was an old partner and hoped that he could still give him shelter.Lai Wenguang, from Li Hongzhang down, among the generals of the Huai Army, he has no respect for him. The only exception is Wu Yulan, who is also from Hefei, Anhui. At this time, he was leading troops to guard Yangzhou. Lai Wenguang thought that he would be dealt with fairly if he surrendered, so he decided to go to Yangzhou. So the remnants of the East Nian were divided into two groups near Gaoyou. One group crossed the canal and fled to the Tianchang and Liuhe areas. Li Zhaoqing sent a cavalry team to pursue it. Although Yangzhou was already in sight, because Liu Bingzhang's pro-army Ye Zhichao and Yang Qizhen were chasing too closely, it seemed that they would be killed or captured if they could not reach Yangzhou. So Lai Wenguang made a plan, got a few sets of "packing" warm hats, pretended to be officers and soldiers, chose a Nian army with a Luzhou accent, put on a blue feather, and pretended to be an officer of the Huai army, pretending to be defeated , looking like he was running away, every time he passed the gate of the canal, he shouted in a hurry: "Quickly remove the gate, the twisters are coming!" In this way, once the real officers and soldiers arrive, they have to lower the gate again to let them pass, which naturally delays time and makes the distance longer and longer.At dusk, Lai Wenguang and his entourage arrived at Shaobo Town, forty-five miles north of Yangzhou. This is an important water and land dock. There is a patrol inspector who specializes in river defense. Although the official is small, it is a fat job.Look at the late coming to want snow, Guanjin is leisurely, making four plates and one hot pot and drinking Yanghe sorghum there.Just then, Lai Wenguang and the others arrived, and hit the door with a whip as soon as they got off the horse. The door was open, and the inspector rushed out in a hurry, and when he saw the leading "officer" dragging Lan Ling behind his head, he was at least an official like "Guerrilla" or "Capital Division" and so on. He called him "Master", and the receptionist went inside to ask about his intentions. The purpose of coming here is to eat, but now it is done. I packed a few large plates of steamed buns, and ate up four plates and one hot pot.The "officer" went on to say: "We have to hurry to see Mr. Wu, the Nian bandits have taken a small path and are heading straight to Yangzhou!" "Ah!" The inspector turned pale with shock, "Excuse me, how far is the Nian Bandit from here?" "It won't be too far." The "officer" lowered his voice and said, "I don't care about your business. We have bothered you for a while, and let you know that the Nian bandits are very ghostly. They stripped the clothes from the prisoners to wear them. Come on, pretending to be an officer. You'd better find a way to prevent them from passing through the gate, and delay him for a while, so that Master Wu will send troops to suppress it——The credit for this is all yours, and Master Wu will report it to you, at least you will be saved The county magistrate. This is because we had a good meal for you. Otherwise, I won’t tell you! Let me tell you again, since the Nian bandits are pretending to be officers and soldiers, as long as you don’t expose them, they will never dare to commit crimes. You just think of a way It's okay to leave them alone!" "Yes, yes!" The patrol inspector invited Ann, and said with a smile on his face, "Thank you for your cultivation, sir!" As soon as Lai Wenguang and the others left, the inspector immediately ordered his subordinates to close the gate and no one was allowed to pass through. As a result, there must be disputes between the two armies of Ye and Yang and Shaobo Town during the inspection, which made Lai Wenguang more able to deal with them calmly. He obtained definite information along the way. Wu Yulan led troops to station at Wayaopu outside Yangzhou City, so he asked about The road, braved the heavy wind and rain, came straight to Wayaopu. Once we arrived at the small town on the east bank of the canal, it was easy to find "Master Wu".Lai Wenguang and his party first went to the hotel, changed into wet clothes, took a rest, and the rain stopped, so they went to the street to look at the brightly lit places.When I went there, I saw a temple. There were two big lanterns on a three-legged bamboo frame at the door. On one side was a "Wu" character as big as Castanopsis chinensis, and on the other side was Wu Yulan's title: "Sanpin Dingdai Jiangsu is selected as Daohuazi Yingtongdai ".Beside the lantern, several guards with knives stood, and when they saw a group of people coming, they stopped loudly. "You," one of the chief generals asked, "seven or eight people are wandering the streets late at night in groups, what are you doing?" "I'm here to see Mr. Wu." It was still the Nian Jun who had pretended to be a military officer, and replied with a Luzhou accent. "What do you want to see our lord?" "Under the orders of Master Ye, Master Wu has a confidential military report." "Is that Lord Ye?" At this time Lai Wenguang said: "Here is an urgent letter, please pass it in and see if Mr. Wu heard it?" After speaking, he took out a tightly sealed envelope and handed it over. The general said: "Wait." He took the letter and presented it. Wu Yulan received it and took a look. There was only one line written on the cover: "Master Wu Yin Yulan Misheng." Opening the package and pulling it out, a name card fell on the ground, and the boss picked it up for him. By the way, he took a look. As if being stung by a wasp, his body trembled, and he yelled, "Yo!" Seeing that his expression was different, Wu Yulan quickly snatched it into his hand and saw that there were three words written on the name badge: "Lai Wenguang", she couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly asked: "How many people are here?" "Seven or eight." "Who gave you this letter?" "A commoner's dress, about fifty years old." "What accent?" "Yes," the boss thought for a while and replied, "with an accent from Guangdong and Guangxi." "That's it." Wu Yulan said: "Don't be busy!" He collected himself and thought for a while and said: "please come in!" "yes!" "Wait!" Wu Yulan shook her head, "You can't do this. Hurry up and invite Du Shenlai! Remember, you are not allowed to talk too much. Did you hear me clearly?" The boss also knew that this was an extremely important matter, so he agreed repeatedly, and went to invite General Du Changsheng. After talking about the story in a hurry, Wu Yulan felt that the matter was too abrupt, and gave Du Changsheng two tasks: the first was to leave the team immediately to inspect the land and water pass, in case a large group of Nian troops sneaked in behind Lai Wenguang; Wenguang's coming is unpredictable, it seems that he is here to surrender, but there is no guarantee that he has no other intentions, and he needs to be prepared in advance.After Du Changsheng left, Wu Yulan ordered the general manager to let the "visitor" rest in the guard's room first, and treat him with tea and cigarettes. He wanted to use this moment to read Lai Wenguang's "report". When she opened it and couldn't read a few lines, Wu Yulan felt hot in her ears, as if she had caught a hidden disease... The faults of the generals of the Huai Army, including the generals of the Huai army, they blamed the people for their achievements, falsely reported their victories, and made themselves rich when they were empty-handed. Greed for life and fear of death are all under Lai Wenguang's sharp accusation. Finally, when it came to his surrender, he didn't expect to survive, but only hoped that Wu Yulan could report the truth about his surrender to the court, and at the same time, he also asked for "not to be humiliated". The more this is the case, the more it seems that he has sincerity in his surrender. However, he dismisses many high-ranking officials with red crowns and flower feathers, and only considers himself a virtuous person. taste?After thinking about it carefully, the only way to deal with this unexpected credit is to deal with business affairs and benevolence within the law. So he sent someone to call Muyou to discuss, and at the same time sent an order to bring Lai Wenguang up. "Lai Wenguang surrendered. Please Lord Wu decide for me." Lai Wenguang and his servants knelt and kowtowed. Wu Yulan supported his head while standing, "Get up, get up." He said, "I've read your post. I won't make things difficult for you!" "Thank you, Mr. Wu." Lai Wenguang's expression was very excited, "Wenguang only wants to die quickly!" "I know your state of mind, you should take a good rest first. As long as I do what I can, I will definitely give you a good time!" At this point, Wu Yulan shouted: "Come on! Take it down and settle it properly!" So Lai Wenguang was placed in a courtyard isolated from the outside world. Wu Yulan sent his cronies to guard him.One night passed, and the next morning he brought a pen and inkstone and asked him to write a "professional confession". Lai Wenguang took this opportunity to scold Huai Jun again. Wu Yulan held one of his confessions and a personal confession in her hand, feeling rather embarrassed.According to Muyou's suggestion, there is no need to report these two documents, lest the "superior" be unhappy after reading them.At the same time, there is no need to tell the truth, Lai Wenguang "captured", even if Dong Nian was subdued, and the nine-turn pill was successful, how much military exploits was that?Why bother to have an opportunity and not waste it? "That's a good word!" Wu Yulan thought to herself, if she followed this method, wouldn't she be the same as those people Lai Wenguang scolded?So he hesitated to speak, and hesitated a lot. As a result of the discussion, Wu Yulan first ran a simple business and reported to Li Hongzhang. At this time, the content of the post and personal confession had been leaked out, and the officers and soldiers of each battalion took this as a topic, and there were many discussions. When Wu Yulan learned of this situation, she felt that it was inappropriate to conceal the truth, so she decided to report it truthfully. Soon, Li Hongzhang sent a copywriter to Yangzhou to convey a secret order to ask Wu Yulan to report again. The main thing was to annihilate Lai Wenguang's confession and personal confession. Suppress, and capture when exhausted. At this point, he doesn't have to stick to his original intention anymore, anyway, he has already done what Lai Wenguang said, so he can have a clear conscience.So I discussed with the sent copywriter and drafted another official document for Li Hongzhang to play on it. Of course, when Li Hongzhang's report was released, there were some changes.Wu Yulan's original report said that as soon as Lai Wenguang arrived at Dongbeiwantou in Yangzhou, he received the news and immediately dispatched a team to fight. The Nian bandits scattered and fled in all directions. Participating general Du Changsheng was chasing and killing along the canal, and met the bandits at Wayaopu. , I hope to take advantage of it to escape."The officers and soldiers rushed in in a blaze, and Wu Yulan saw an "old thief on horseback commanding a yellow flag" in the flames. Knowing that he was the leader of the Nian bandits, Wu Yulan fired several shots and knocked him down to the ground.When I was captured and asked, I found out that it was Lai Wenguang, the king of rebellion and puppet compliance. If it is reported like this, Wu Yulan is the head of the credit for capturing Lai Wenguang alive, it will dilute Liu Mingchuan's military exploits, so Li Hongzhang played a performance, praising Liu Mingchuan and others' military exploits, and how brave they were in chasing them all the way south, so that Lai Wenguang He had nothing to return to, and then mentioned Wu Yulan lightly, as if Liu Mingchuan beat him like that, Lai Wenguang was already half dead, and anyone could catch him. At the end of the year, the decree of rewarding meritorious service in Beijing was issued, and the first one to be rewarded was Liu Mingchuan, who was awarded the third-class light car captain, followed by Li Hongzhang, Guo Songlin, Yang Dingxun, and Shanqing, who were all awarded the second-class light car captain. First-class cavalry captain.The difference is that Li Hongzhang had already been granted the title of earl, and he had two sons who could inherit the post of Captain Cavalry. Zuo Mianchang, Li Hongzhang's nineteenth generation descendant, is also "Su Yi Bo", but at the moment he doesn't even have a son. The most "affordable" ones are Pan Dingxin, Zhang Zhiwan and others, all of whom have been rewarded with top prizes.In addition, the generals who contributed to the Huai army, as well as the senior officials directly related to the suppression of Dongnien, all expressed gratitude.Zeng Guofan and Anhui governor Yinghan were also rewarded with world posts. Both Ding Baozhen and Zeng Guoquan were dismissed. The one who was more wronged was Liu Changyou, the governor of Zhili who was the "head of the frontier officials" and was demoted to the third rank. Guan'er, at this moment, it's just a reward and a second-rank top wear. But the most wronged one was Wu Yulan, whose name was never mentioned in the imperial edict, let alone the reward.This made Li Hongzhang very disturbed. He knew that although Wu Yulan did not capture Lai Wenguang alive, Lai Wenguang was not Wu Yulan who would not surrender. , this level is related to the overall results, he cannot but acknowledge Wu Yulan's achievements.Today, Wu Yulan Xiangyu is the only one who rewards meritorious deeds. He is afraid that he will be dissatisfied and if he spreads the actual situation, it will cause a lot of disputes, so he is anxious to appease him. So he sent another Muyou to Yangzhou to see Wu Yulan.Surprisingly, Wu Yulan's attitude was unusually calm, without any sign of dissatisfaction. During the private conversation, the friend expressed Li Hongzhang's concern and comfort, saying that Wu Yulan had been wronged, and he hoped he didn't mind. After the new year, Li Hongzhang would protect him, and at least he would get a real vacancy for him. "Thank you Jue Shuai for your kindness." Wu Yulan replied, "I don't dare to covet the achievements of heaven. On the contrary, it is like this, which can make me feel at ease for a new year. " I was also afraid that he was being hypocritical, so my friend had to ask to understand: "I need to ask for advice." "To be honest, Lai Wenguang finally thinks highly of me. It's not a good feeling to trade his life for my crown." 李鸿章的幕友，自然都是很读了些书的，能够体会吴毓兰的心境，此中有个“义”字在内，所以深深点头称是。好在他此来是衔命安抚，只要吴毓兰心无不平，不会闹出事来，他非所问，因而敷衍一阵，第二天就赶了回去复命。 这时李鸿章已回驻山东济宁。腊鼓声中，将星云集。从乾隆五十五年，高宗八十岁那年最后一次出巡，登泰山、谒孔陵以后，济宁城内，从末见过这么多的红顶子，也从未见过这么多的兵，好的是打了胜仗，不会象溃败官兵那样骚扰。 又是胜仗，又是过年，当然要发恩饷。不论湘军、淮军士兵饷多饷少，要看长官用度的奢俭，手面的松紧。带兵官还有一个彼此相传的心法，士兵的饷就算全数领到了，也不可发足，说是弟兄一有了钱，喝酒打牌逛窑子，就不肯拚命打仗了。至于那些扣着的饷，要留在紧要关头，作为招募死士选锋之用。现在东捻剿平，李鸿章已立即开始裁遣的计划，仗不必打了，发饷不该再打折扣，传谕粮台，每人发欠饷两个月，恩饷一个月。还有三个月欠饷，他已经找新任江苏巡抚丁日昌，仿照左宗棠的办法，在上海“借洋帐”。关税已为左宗棠捷足先登，奏准作为借洋帐的担保，亏得还有水陆关卡，见货抽税的厘金可用来还债，所以这笔洋帐一定可以借到，供他以发欠饷作路费来裁撤淮军。 驻在济宁四周的军队，过了很热闹的一个年，钦差大臣行辕，也是日日大排筵宴，慰劳庆功。李鸿章表面上兴致很好，暗地里心事重重。第一件是李允、任三厌等人，逃到盱眙，正为李昭庆包围，将次就歼时，忽然李世忠开圩收容，说是奉了安徽巡抚英翰的命令招抚。接着，果然是英翰派了差官，拿着令箭把李允、任三厌这几个匪首捉了去，据说要由李世忠带着他们到山西，去招降由陕西逸出的西捻张总愚。李鸿章深知李世忠就靠不住，怕英翰受愚，别生枝节，依然要牵连到他身上。 第二件是裁遣淮军尚未奉旨，刘铭传却已坚决求去，酒后的牢骚极多。此外郭松林、潘鼎新也要请假回籍，变成把办理善后的一副千斤重担，都压在他一个人肩上。 转眼就是同治七年，大年初一上午，淮军将领正替李鸿章拜完了年，突然兵部“六百里加紧”的专差到了，打开廷寄一看，不准李鸿章缴销关防，裁遣淮军亦只准了一半，淘汰老弱，得力可用的，仍当留营，接下来又说： “河北防务吃紧，刘铭传所部，最为得力，着饬该提督将所部稍微休养整顿，即移得胜之帅，驰赴豫省，相机防剿，毋令晋捻得以奔突。至将士久役于外，敌忾同仇，朝廷既悯其劳，且嘉其勇，未可遽萌退志，着该大臣加意拊循，以示体恤。” 淮军大将中，就是刘铭传去意最坚，偏偏朝中就挑上了他，然而这又不是铭军一支的调动，不准缴销钦差大臣的关防，则意味着打了东捻还要打西捻，这在李鸿章也是万分不愿的事。 “还是饶不过我，饶不过淮军！”他向部将问计，“大家看，如何才搪得过去？” “这个仗不能打！” 是刘铭传第一个发言，他解释了这个仗不能打的道理，第一是事权不专——张总愚已由山西窜河入南卫辉一带，预备由大名府进窥河北。此刻奉诏保卫京畿的军队，有直隶的直军、河南的豫军、安徽的皖军、山东的东军、山西的晋军、黑龙江的马队、崇厚的洋枪队、神机营荣禄的威远炮队。而被李鸿章指为“放贼出山”的陕甘总督左宗棠，由陕西追到山西，却又精神抖擞地上了一道奏章，说山西泽潞一带，积雪难行，决定不避艰险，由平阳向西，横越太岳山，出峻极关这一条捷径，直趋邢台等地，往南迎击。这么许多将帅在大河南北，论资望，接刘长佑而任直隶总督的官文为首，论办事，左宗棠跋扈而不替人留余地是出了名的，此外那些旗营的统领，没有一个没有来历，谁也惹不起，所以淮军一去，吃力而不讨好。 “还有饷！”刘铭传说，“打东捻跟两江有关，两江筹饷，犹有可说，此刻去打西捻，跟两江风马牛不相及，所以两江筹饷，一定不会痛快，饷源不继，这个仗怎么打法？” 这一层，李鸿章比刘铭传更清楚。不过他只谈别人，不谈自己。刘铭传是奉旨驰赴河南会剿，粮饷用不着他担心，不论来自何处，总有粮台替他在办，然则他何以不谈自己？开拔到河南的事，到底如何了呢？ 这只要稍微多想一想，就可明白。刘铭传不但不愿到河南，甚至谈都不愿谈，以他现在的功名勋绩，说是要去受刚刚才蒙赏了头品顶戴的河南巡抚李鹤年的节制指挥，这不是笑话吗？ 因此，李鸿章就不必再问他了。心里打算，张总愚还未进入河北，有各路人马，分道勤王，总可以把他挡住，贼势一缓，朝廷不追，便可不了了之。所以对于那道”六百里加紧”的廷寄，决定置之不理。照旧让那些将领们纵饮豪赌。 但除他以外，各地督抚和统兵大臣，却是奉命唯谨，至少表面是如此，一个个都是飞章奏报，奉到诏旨，克日启程勤王。朝廷也几乎无一日没有指授进剿方略的廷寄，这些密谕，大多有“各谕令知之”的字样，所以李鸿章对于局势的演变以及朝廷处置的经过，相当了解。 终于有一天，他发觉情势不妙，不但剿西捻的各路人马，都已兼程赴援，相形之下，自己变得很落后，而且剿平东捻的善后事宜，自己也管不到了！赖汶光奉旨正法，是漕运总督张之万所经办。任三厌、李允、牛喜子在安徽巡抚英翰那里，朝旨以此“三犯流毒数省，生灵受害无数，被剿后穷蹇无路，始行投诚，势难再事姑容”，特命英翰“审讯明确，就地尽法处治，以快人心而申国宪”，不说“正法”而说“尽法处治”，于是李世忠玩了花样，说服英翰，只杀了一个李允，把任三厌改名为“任三应”，说是在扬州河里淹死了，牛喜子则说他“从逆未久，首先投诚，情稍可原”，得以免死。 “这些话是怎么来的，我竟不知道！”李鸿章对他的幕友表示，要敷衍敷衍朝廷，免得孤立。然而，已经晚了！