Cutting 1719

Chapter 349
The Guangzhou General’s Yamen, as the core of the Qing court in Guangzhou, has always been full of traffic and gathered people from all walks of life, but now it is full of patrolling soldiers, and it looks a bit withered in the chill.

At this time, important officials from Guangdong and Guangxi had already gathered in the yamen. The one sitting at the top was of course General Guan Yuanzhong from Guangzhou. Yao and Gan Ru, the governor of Guangxi, came. As for the left and right inspectors and general soldiers from all provinces, they all sat down, and almost all the officials from Guangdong and Guangxi were present.

Speaking of which, none of the people present was simple. Guan Yuanzhong had been a Guangzhou general for more than 20 years, and he had the right to speak in Guangdong and Guangxi. Even Yang Lin, the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, did not dare to presumptuously in front of him. Later, Yang Lin was dismissed by Kangxi Later, Kong Yuxun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was not easy. He was a direct descendant of the Confucius family in Shandong and the 67th grandson of Confucius.

In addition to these two big men on the bright side, Nian Xiyao, the governor of Guangdong, is not simple. His younger brother is Nian Gengyao, the general of Fuyuan in the dynasty, and his younger sister is the imperial concubine Dunsu of Emperor Yongzheng, who ascended the throne in Yongzheng. Later, he was promoted to governor of Guangdong, so even Guan Yuanzhong and Kong Yuxun were very polite to him, and they would discuss with him every important matter.

As for Gan Rulai, the governor of Guangxi, he has the most ordinary background, but he is also quite remarkable. He is a famous minister all over the world. , the former imperial guard Bilik once led dozens of worshipers and slaves to Laishui, occupied the houses without authorization, ravaged the villagers, and even led the crowd into the county office, roaring loudly, disturbing the court, insulting the county magistrate, Later, when Gan Rulai learned about it, he imprisoned Bilik and his followers.

Later, Gan Rulai was dismissed and escorted to Beijing because of this matter, and was interrogated by the officials, criminals, and soldiers. In the hall, Gan Rulai was upright and unyielding. He personally tried the case, dismissed Bilik and investigated it, and finally made Gan Rulai resume his original post, which made him famous all over the world.

Now these backgrounded and capable people are all gathered in the Guangzhou Yamen. Naturally, they are not here to listen to the bragging of Guangzhou General Guan Yuanzhong, but they are all facing the problem of life and death—three divisions of the Fuhan Army have entered Guangdong. , the distance from Guangzhou is not too far away, and at this time, the Qing army in Guangdong and Guangxi, even if you add the remaining Qing army in Fujian and Zhejiang, there are only more than 6 people.

Everyone knows that using the [-] Qing army to deal with the [-] Fu Han army seems to be superior in strength, but the results of the previous battle have already told everyone present that this will be a doomed defeat. Now it is necessary to fight.Of course, there are many reasons for today's situation, including the annihilation of the Guangdong and Guangxi elites led by Yang Lin in Hunan, and the disastrous defeat of the Fujian, Zhejiang and Qing troops with full insurance, which is one of the reasons.

Guan Yuanzhong looked at the people present and couldn't help but sighed deeply. For him, his life seemed to be divided into two completely different parts. In the first 20 years, as a Guangzhou general, he could be regarded as the top enjoyment of the world Wealthy, but since the Fu Han army raised troops, his good days are gone forever.

Ever since Yang Lin led the elite green battalion from Guangdong and Guangxi to attack Hunan, the news Guan Yuanzhong received was worse than the last. Tell Guan Yuanzhong the fact that the Fuhan army is getting closer and closer to him.

Especially now that the decision-making of the Qing court has been completely transparent. Guan Yuanzhong and others know in their hearts that Guangdong and Guangxi have become a desperate land. At least the court has absolutely no other way to interfere. I can choose to deal with it myself, but how to deal with it has become a huge difficulty.

"Everyone, Chu Ni's three divisions have arrived in Guangdong, and they will launch a siege to our Guangzhou mansion in the near future. How should we make a decision?"

Guan Yuanzhong's eyes were mainly on Manbao. It was obvious that among the crowd, Kong Yuxun, Nian Xiyao and Gan Rulai were all civil servants, and there was no way to intervene at all. Only Manbao, who had fought against Ning Chu in Fujian, Anyway, I have experienced the battlefield, and I must have some experience.

Everyone looked at Manbao when they heard the words, but there was a wry smile on Manbao's face. Although he had fought against the Fuhan army head-on, he was beaten to pieces from the beginning to the end, especially when he was in Fujian. Even Zhu Yigui was no match, and Zhu Yigui was defeated by the Fuhan army. How can he face the Fuhan army now?
Speaking of today's Manbao is really full of anger. He was a Jinshi in the 33rd year of Kangxi, selected Shujishi, and passed the review. The road was smooth and smooth. He became the governor of Fujian at the age of 38. In the 54th year of Kangxi He had to be the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. At that time, he was only in his early forties, and the first half of his life was really smooth sailing.

However, since the rebellion of the Fuhan army, even Taiwan has been in trouble. When Manbao led troops to kill the rebellion, he found that the whole situation had collapsed. Even he was defeated by Zhu Yigui's army. Lost together with Fujian, and now fled all the way to Guangdong with thousands of remnants, it is quite ashamed.

Looking at the expectant expressions of the crowd, Man Bao couldn't help but sighed softly, "For today's plan, sticking to it is definitely not a good strategy. We should retreat to preserve our strength, and wait for the future to slowly develop."

This answer did not quite meet Guan Yuanzhong's expectations, but he also knew in his heart that the Qing army had no better choice at the moment. If they could win the battle head-on, why bother to run away?This is really impossible.

Kong Yuxun, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was a literati after all, but he had unrealistic fantasies about war. He squinted at Manbao, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Master Manbao's defeat in the past is ultimately because he has lost his vigor. Hehe, General Guan, There are more than 1 Eight Banners Celestial Soldiers in Guangzhou City, plus tens of thousands of Green Battalion Soldiers, and Chu Ni is only [-], even if it is not easy to win, it should be possible to defend Guangzhou."

Although Nian Xiyao, the governor of Guangdong, is the elder brother of General Nian Gengyao of Fuyuan, he has not actually experienced war, so he nodded his head at the moment, expressing his agreement with Kong Yuxun's idea, and the best policy is to stick to it.Only Gan Rulai, the governor of Guangxi, had a look of worry on his face.

Seeing these civil servants talking nonsense, Man Bao snorted coldly at the moment, "If your lords think that they can deal with Chu Ni only by relying on a large number of people, they will not be able to fight in Guangdong and Guangxi! Master Kong's thinking is too simple!"

"Hmph!"

Kong Yuxun snorted coldly, and said in an indifferent way: "My lord, although I don't understand war, I also understand what a crime it is to abandon the two provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian in half a year! Naturally, my lord doesn't need to tell this governor, it's better to be good." Think about it, how will you explain to the emperor later!"

Man Bao's face turned red, and he wanted to criticize, but he seemed to suddenly think of something, and quickly calmed down his inner anger, and bowed his hands to Guan Yuanzhong expressionlessly.

"My lord, I still have important matters in the army, so I won't accompany you."

Guan Yuanzhong was a little dumbfounded. He just watched Man Bao leave the government office, and then looked back at Kong Yuxun who was full of ambition.

How difficult it is to rely on these gangsters to block Chu Ni!

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. People in the Qing court are not in harmony, and there are actually differences on the side of the Fuhan Army. This is mainly manifested in the three main division commanders who attacked Guangdong and Guangxi this time. The main divisions were Ning Tieshan's first division, Cheng Ming's third division and Qian Ying's sixth division, and they belonged to different mountains.

Although the history of the Fuhan Army is not long, that is, just a few years of effort, its personnel composition is extremely complicated. Strictly speaking, the earliest main force is Ning Zhongyuan's Hanyang camp veterans and Ning Yu's young eagles. The camp was young and strong, and after many battles, he joined the direct line of the Cheng and Zheng families, and a large number of soldiers from Huguang, forming two factions, the Young Eagle Sect and the Xunchen Sect.

After the Fuhan army came out of Huguang, many green battalion soldiers were reorganized from the captive army and joined the Fuhan army. Therefore, at this time, some people in the Fuhan army were surrendered soldiers from the Qing court. Some taboo, but it is also a force that should not be underestimated, like Yue Lingfeng, Xu Mingyuan and Qian Ying are representatives of it.

Ning Tieshan, the commander of the first division, is considered to be of the royal family. On the surface, he and Ning Zhongyi, Ning Zuyi and others are considered to be the young and strong faction of the royal family. , Li Shihu, and the Young Eagle faction are closer. Strictly speaking, they cannot urinate in the same pot as the Honchen faction represented by Cheng Ming, and there are not many generals like Qian Ying. Talk about power, so the main difference lies between Ning Tieshan and Cheng Ming.

According to the original plan, the three divisions of the Fuhan Army will divide their troops into two groups. One route will be routed from the first division along the direction of Chaozhou Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture, all the way to Guangzhou Prefecture, while the third and sixth divisions will be laid down. After Huizhou, they continued to divide their forces, assisting the first division to besiege Guangzhou on the one hand, and attacking Shaozhou Prefecture on the other to block the Qing army on the outside.

Strictly speaking, there is no problem with this plan, but after in-depth research by Ning Tieshan and Li Shihu, another idea was proposed, that is, the third division will continue to go to Huizhou and attack Guangzhou, while the first and sixth divisions will be controlled by the navy. Carried directly to Yahai, captured Xinhui and Zhaoqing Mansion, and completely devoured the tens of thousands of Qing troops east of Guangzhou.

The biggest advantage of this plan is that once Zhaoqing can be captured, the Qing army in the Guangzhou government will become a turtle in the urn, and they will be wiped out by Ning Chu, and they will not be allowed to flee to Guangxi and continue to be enemies with Ning Chu. Guangxi is empty Naturally, they will not attack, but the problem is that it is difficult to transport too many troops in front of Yahai by boat, and there may be only one regiment or two regiments. It is really difficult to defend the attack of tens of thousands of troops. Risky, so this is a very ambitious plan.

Under such concerns, Cheng Ming raised objections, and he looked at Ning Tieshan very earnestly.

"General Ning, the Privy Council's request for our army is only to take Guangdong a year ago. As for Guangxi, it will not be far away by then. If you fight steadily, there will be no risk. And the plan you proposed, if it fails , The follow-up impact will affect the entire battle situation!"

Ning Tieshan squeezed the center of his eyebrows, drew on the map with the charcoal pencil in his hand, and said in a low voice: "I naturally understand what General Cheng means, but did Mr. Cheng know that soldiers are precious and fast? Did you know that changing with time? Now Our army seems to have an advantage, but if we wait until the day when we surround Guangzhou Mansion, how many more soldiers will the Qing army have?"

"It's fine if it's like this, but the problem is that the Qing army on the opposite side is not a fool. They can escape from Fujian and Zhejiang to Guangdong and Guangxi, and they may not continue to flee west to Yunnan and Guizhou. Is it possible that we have to play hide-and-seek with them in the ravine? ?”

What Ning Tieshan said actually has a lot of market in the military, and it is even very popular in the cabinet. The reason is very simple. Quick battle is beneficial to long-term battle. The geographical advantages of Yunnan and Guizhou are also there. If the Qing army really escapes and hides and seeks with the Fuhan army for a long time, it is not acceptable to the Fuhan army.

Cheng Ming naturally understands this truth, but for him, this kind of risky behavior really does not take the lives of the soldiers in his heart. After all, expeditions across the sea are not as simple as on land. It was a fiasco.

The two couldn't help looking at Qian Ying at the same time, but Qian Ying has always been cautious in his words and deeds, and he didn't dare to boast casually on such important matters, so he had to make peace with it.

"What the two generals said is very reasonable, but I thought it would be better to leave the decision on this matter to His Majesty and the Privy Council."

Ning Tieshan was naturally a little dissatisfied with Qian Ying's remarks. Just as he was about to speak, there was a burst of hearty laughter from outside. Everyone was surprised and happy when they heard it. It turned out that it was Chang Shan Wang Ning Loyalty has arrived.

"Meet His Royal Highness Changshan King!"

Seeing Ning Zhongyi striding in wearing a suit of armor, Ning Tieshan, Cheng Ming and Qian Ying hurriedly bowed and saluted. The Changshan King had a somewhat cold temper.

Ning Zhongyi had a dusty look on his face, and when he arrived at the main hall, he took out a box from his arms, took out a Sheng Yu wrapped in yellow silk from it, and read it aloud while watching the crowd.

"King Changshan is the general manager of the expedition to Guangdong and Guangxi, coordinating the divisions and planning all directions, taking the control of Guangdong and Guangxi as his own responsibility, and taking the pacification of the Southwest as his long-term plan."

"The minister waits for the decree to thank you!"

Looking at Ning Zhongyi's sturdy figure, a smile appeared on Ning Tieshan's face. He knew that his distant uncle was really suffocated in Beijing. No, now I finally have such a good opportunity.

After all, Ning Zhongyi has been a privy envoy for a long time, and now it is not a difficult problem to take care of both Guangdong and Guangxi as the chief of the army, so there are not too many turmoil in his mood, but he seems extremely calm, "I heard you arguing before arriving at the big account, Can you let me hear what's going on?"

Ning Tieshan glanced at Cheng Ming and Qian Ying, then cupped his hands and said, "Since Changshan King Qiansui has arrived, let the ministers and others plan all kinds of plans, let Changshan King Qiansui be the master!"

(End of this chapter)