lethal arsenal

Chapter 112 Whoever Wins Helps Whom!

"Lin Yuanjue, you are so majestic."

At least one of the guerrilla generals in the Linhuai Army Department dared to call him by the name of Lin Dong. Yuan Sanjia's eyes were full of majesty, and he stroked his beautiful beard with one hand, and came at the pace of dragons and tigers.

Lin Dong grinned, and jumped down from the plum blossom pile, "See you, sir." He cupped his hands and cupped his fists, which was considered a salute.

Lin Dong didn't have the habit of kneeling before others.

He beheaded Chen Yucheng with his military merits, so a little bit of etiquette is nothing if it is not taken seriously.

Besides, although Yuan Sanjia shouted fiercely, in reality...

If Yuan Sanjia really intended to embarrass Lin Dong, he would not have appeared after Bao Chao's defeat.

The timing came so coincidentally, not one minute earlier, not one second later.

"Greetings, Mr. Yuan."

Bao Chao respectfully stepped forward and saluted.

"Chun Ting, it's hard work for you to take down Luzhou. In the future, I will let these boys take good care of them and never repeat the same mistakes."

Yuan Sanjia immediately changed his face and said with a smile, as if to hold Bao Chao up, who was saluting.

Bao Chao's face trembled, and he stood up and cupped his hands again, "Then I will thank you brothers."

In fact, what Yuan Sanjia said focused on repeating the same mistakes.

The implication is that Luzhou will not be repeated three times and three times like Shucheng. The Hunan Army has taken down Shucheng more than once in the past, but it is often captured by the front foot, and then taken back by the Taiping Army.

These words seem to be close, but in fact the subtext is - even if you take down Luzhou, you can't hold it without my general of Linhuai Army.

Yuan Sanjia put Lin Dong aside and exchanged pleasantries with Bao Chao.

Bao Chao pretended to be unwell and said: "General Lin, a heroic young man, will definitely live up to his entrustment. Today, Bao felt unwell, so he resigned first."

After speaking, take the opportunity to leave.

As soon as Bao Chao left, the surrounding Hunan army also dispersed, and there were only Linhuai troops on the left and right.

"Slash Chen Yucheng, Yuan Jue, Brother Ni has praised you more than once in the military newspaper as the most brave warrior in the world."

Yuan Sanjia's eyes fell on Lin Dong with eagerness. Such a general under his command has a relatively simple mind, which is really rare.

Compared with Ma Xinyi's more complicated past, among the two brothers, Yuan Sanjia loves Lin Dong more.

If it weren't for the military camp's own rules, he would have wanted to promote Lin Dong as the commander of the Luzhou Mansion.

"Don't dare to be greedy for merit. To be honest, we just took advantage of it."

Lin Dong was a little bit more modest, and said too much.

To be honest, the actual situation is still like this, without Bao Chao's family, and even Zeng Guoquan's army pressed in, forcing Chen Yucheng to retreat to Yangchang County, where there is no chance to take the lead.

"It seems that you haven't lost your head, which is very good. However, all fates are determined by God. If you kill Chen Yucheng and repel Shi Dakai, your reputation will soon spread throughout the world."

"Being a guerrilla, do you feel wronged?"

Yuan Sanjia asked quite intimately.

Lin Dong didn't know what this old fox was up to. He couldn't guess what other people were thinking, but he still understood the basic rules. "A villain is only a lieutenant general in the first battalion. It's too late to be grateful. How could he despise a small official? Thank you for your cultivation along the way."

"Hahaha."

After Yuan Sanjia laughed, he naturally grabbed Lin Dong's arm, "Let's go, let's meet Ma Tiefang together. I haven't seen him since we said goodbye a few years ago. Now I miss you very much. You fought in Luzhou. My heart always misses you."

These words seemed extremely earnest, but Lin Dong also faintly pondered the taste.

Ma Xinyi was the commander of the campaign. Yuan Sanjia went to Luzhou. Instead of meeting the old horse first, he ran to see himself as a lieutenant general. Although he showed that he valued himself, this attitude was very interesting.

……

After drinking for three rounds, old man Yuan, um, no, let’s say he is old. Yuan Sanjia is also six or seven years older than Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan has just reached the age of knowing his destiny.

Yuan Sanjia was under the age of sixty-year-old, and his face looked old, but his jet-black beard added to his full demeanor, and he also had a pair of liger-like beast eyes. He seemed to be considered a mature man. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was in his prime.

Judging a person's real age is his state of mind and state, not the age written in the booklet.

Yuan Sanjia said that he likes to eat perch, but no matter how much he likes to eat, he will pick up two more chopsticks and not be greedy.

When Lin Dong was careful, he observed twice.

"This matter should not have been mentioned at the dinner table, but after thinking about it, old man, I still have to mention it..."

Yuan Sanjia said calmly, picked up the tea and rinsed his mouth.

The three generals of the Linhuai Army present, Lin Dong, Ma Xinyi, and Chen Desheng all stopped their bowls and chopsticks.

Waiting for the lecture.

"The next battle of Suzhou Prefecture, the imperial court intends to hand it over to the Hunan Army."

The old man was very bad, with a sullen voice, and dropped a bombshell.

"What? Why."

Lin Dong slapped the table and couldn't help but ask back.

After a lot of hard work, taking Shucheng first, then beheading King Ying, killing Shanziying, more than [-]% of the troops, and defeating Ma Xinyi's old roots, the brothers broke up, and someone else beat them. This kind of thing is something Lin Dong can't bear.

Yuan Sanjia glanced sideways at Lin Dong.

Also now, Lin Dong vaguely has the title of being the most powerful in the Qing court and invincible. Otherwise, if Chen Desheng dared to slap the table, he would have been forked out by Yuan Sanjia's order.

"The commander-in-chief hasn't spoken yet, what are you yelling at?"

Ma Xinyi elbowed Lin Dong, then cupped his hands, "Please forgive me, Commander-in-Chief, we brothers are all rough people." The attitude he should have is very correct.

Yuan Sanjia went down the steps, uncovered it, and cursed: "You bastard, even if seven of you are dissatisfied, eight are not angry, it's useless, this is the intention of the court. But..."

The conversation suddenly changed.

With a wave of Yuan Sanjia's hand, the left and right immediately backed away, not even a tea maid was left behind. Seeing that there were only four people in the entire hall, he said: "The number has not yet been settled, the court only has plans for this, now..."

Yuan Sanjia tapped his fingers three times, spit out the words "Long Live God", and then passed the topic, speaking vaguely: "In the imperial court, there are currently two biggest factions, one is Concubine Yi (Cixi has not been conferred the title of Queen Mother at the moment) and the family of Prince Gong. They are really ambitious and support the Hunan Army. In addition, there are eight life-saving ministers, the faction of Prince Yi Zaiheng, who are my old benefactors, fighting for us."

……

Following Yuan Sanjia's eloquence, Lin Dong understood that the current situation was difficult. All seemingly unreasonable orders actually came from the competition from above. Emperor Xianfeng was about to die, and there was a high probability that he would not survive this year.

The power struggle between the Eight Ministers Gu Ming and Cixi, who is now Concubine Yi, became particularly anxious.

Behind Cixi is Ci'an, the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace, and Prince Gong who works silently.The Eight Great Gu Ming, headed by Zaiyuan, are superficially strong, but in fact they are no match for the Cixi faction, which has the largest military group of the Han people and is assisted by the Hunan Army.

Lin Dong and the others beheaded Chen Yucheng. Normally speaking, after a handover, it was time for the Linhuai Army to attack Suzhou Mansion. If they succeeded in taking Suzhou Mansion, they would definitely be able to obtain the main qualification to attack Tianjing.

However, the Hunan Army Group secretly made efforts to form a situation that forced the imperial court.

Now is the time of war again, the previous achievements of the Hunan Army are there, plus the Linhuai Army Department, a large part of its strength is still restrained by the Nian Army, and Yuan Sanjia has already bitten a bite of the Luzhou victory, and the court is more inclined to hand over the follow-up operations to the Hunan Army.

"Brother, is there really nothing we can do now? Let them seek the results of the Suzhou Mansion?"

After Yuan Sanjia left, Lin Dong brought up the points of the dinner that he hadn't thought through thoroughly, and asked Ma Xinyi.

It's not that Lin Dong is so stupid, it's more because of the difference of the times, which caused misunderstandings in thinking, and his thinking is not as profound as some people of this era.

"There's a fart. Now, we can only look at the above. The Linhuai Army is not the Hunan Army, and it still has no ability to force the court. Besides, guess why, Zeng Guofan sent Zeng Guoquan here, isn't it just to put pressure on us?"

"Zeng Guoquan's nickname is Zeng Tietong, Zeng Shaved his head, and he is best at fighting with iron barrels. Simply put, it is digging trenches, setting up firearms, using siege, cutting off food, and relying on court resources. These are the most stupid but solid tactics to destroy the enemy."

"When he was suppressing the Nian army in Chu, he did this trick. He used three times as many troops to kill the king of the Nian army."

"It is estimated that the tragedy of cannibalism will be staged in Suzhou Prefecture today. The most affluent place in the world, but the tragedy of the poorest place is staged."

Ma Xinyi said with a sullen face.

"How can the court tolerate spending so much military resources?"

Lin Dong frowned.

"So, this is our chance, and it is also the only chance Yuan Gong said. In this regard, we can't do anything. We can only rely on Prince Yi's efforts...the chance is very weak."

Prince Yi Zaiyuan is Xianfeng's nephew, but he is 15 years older than Xianfeng in terms of age. He is a typical nephew and uncle.

It is not without reason that Xianfeng was appointed as Minister of Gu Ming on the sick bed.

Because Prince Yi can't live for long at all, given his age, even if he has exclusive power, it won't last long.

"Brother, since the Linhuai Army is a faction of the eight ministers, can they not help and just watch the results of the battle slip away?"

Lin Dong said in surprise.

"It's a fart!"

"We and the Hunan Army are both Han Chinese military groups. Although there is competition, it is an internal dispute. Now the competition in the court is a competition between them and the Manchus. Whether it is us or the Hunan Army, whoever wins and helps whom!"

"So, do you understand? Zaiyuan is mostly hopeless. Marshal Yuan came here this time, more because he wanted to secure the victory in Luzhou. As for the battle in Suzhou Mansion, he was more likely to take advantage of the opportunity...to take advantage of it. Similarly, on the condition of Suzhou Mansion, Tianjing will talk to Zeng Guofan of the Hunan Army later, to see if there is a chance to get a piece of the pie."

"Once King Ying dies, Luzhou will be lost. If Suzhou Mansion is lost again, the Taiping Army, at least Hong Xiuquan's faction, will be completely wiped out. The rest of the kings will be dead but not dead bugs."

Ma Xinyi's voice became lower and lower, showing a bit of coldness and helplessness.

(End of this chapter)