Zombie Notes

Chapter 210

In April of the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), the Taiping Army defeated the Hunan Army in Jinggang, Hunan.In the first month of that year, the Taiping Army marched westward into Hunan, including Ke Yuezhou and Xiangyin. On the ninth day of February, they conquered Jinggang and took Ningxiang.

Zeng Guofan led the Hunan Army to counterattack. The Taiping Army was defeated in Ningxiang and Jinggang and retreated to Hubei.The Hunan army took advantage of the offensive to capture Yuezhou, and prepared to go eastward to rescue Wuchang. The Taiping army regrouped its troops to organize a counterattack and advanced into Hunan again.

Zeng Guofan sent people on both sides of the bank to pull the boat slowly with cables.The Taiping Army dispatched a team to wipe out those who led him, and then used more than [-] small rowboats to approach the enemy's ships. They took advantage of the wind and set fire to them, defeating the Hunan Army's navy and burning one of their warships.

The land Hunan Army was also defeated by the Taiping Army.Zeng Guofan lost his army and lost his generals. With both shame and hatred, he threw himself into the water in Tongguanzhu on the opposite bank of Jinggang to seek death, and was rescued by his subordinates.

From Li Hongzhang's sky, the reason why the Hunan Army lost was because the Taiping Army was invulnerable, so Zeng Guofan argued that the Taiping Army must have used black magic.

Thinking of this, he sent his favorite student: Li Hongzhang to Beijing to report the truth. At the same time, he wanted to ask the Qing court for help. After all, this has already involved things in the spiritual world.

And the Qing government was in charge of affairs in the supernatural world, the famous Qin Tianjian, so Zeng Guofan naturally wanted to see if the Qing court could send a few masters of the Qin Tianjian to teach them how to break the demons of the Taiping Army. surgery!
As soon as I heard it, I felt that it must be a good thing done by the gang of Longhushan. They have actually applied Taoism to the battlefield.

Such a situation has not happened before in history, the most famous one is the battle between Zhou and Shang in "Fengshen Yanyi". Didn't there appear so many qi cultivators in it?
It's just that the cultivators at that time were called Qi practitioners, and the monks nowadays are mostly called Taoists. In fact, they are all people who pursue the Tao, just for the sake of longevity.

These ascetics appeared in many alternate wars of subsequent dynasties!For example, Zuo Ci, Yu Ji and others in the Three Kingdoms.

When Xianfeng heard the news, he thought it should be black magic, otherwise how could people be invulnerable. Recently, Xianfeng had a deep understanding of these monks.

After all, he has personally witnessed the battle between me and the teacher of the tenth princess, and that battle can be described as earth-shattering.

Xianfeng is not stupid. When he heard this, he felt that Longhushan must have done something wrong. After all, Longhushan is a big name in the Taoist sect, and the leader in charge of the Taoist sect.
So he thought of the enmity between me and Longhushan, so Xianfeng wondered if I could help the Hunan army, once I come, I can take revenge on the battlefield!Secondly, I can build meritorious deeds on the battlefield.

The reason, maybe he saw that I was a little close to Zhang Qixing, he wanted to help me, right?

Following Li Hongzhang's words slowly, I guessed Xianfeng's purpose almost indistinctly.

"How is it? Is Yunyang interested in helping them?" Xianfeng sat on the golden dragon chair and asked me like this.

As soon as I thought of being able to deal with Longhushan, I felt why not do it, just as I was still worried about how to get revenge.

My enemy's family is in Jiangxi, whether it is Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, or Lingyin Temple, they are all in Jiangxi, and now they are all within the sphere of influence of the Taiping Army.

Just when I didn't know what to do, the Hunan Army came to me. At that time, I thought that if I could use the power of the Hunan Army, revenge would be very possible.

Do not think that people in the supernatural world are so powerful. Sometimes the army is so powerful. Dozens of cannons will bombard you wildly, even if you are a person from the supernatural world. It is possible to die!
So I naturally readily agreed, and I said to Xianfeng, "The sage has a destiny, and Yan Yunyang will obey his destiny!".

Xianfeng listened to my words and was very happy. Is there any superior who doesn't like the people below to obey his words like this?

I saw Xianfeng said to Li Hongzhang with a smile on his face, "That...you...your name is Li Hongzhang, right!".

Listening to Xianfeng's words, Li Hongzhang naturally and respectfully said to Xianfeng, "Reporting to the sage, the next official is Li Hongzhang!".Being humble and silent is a great talent, I thought to myself when I saw him like this.

At this time, Li Hongzhang was not well-known and not a high-ranking official, but he still had an official position, so it was not wrong to say that he claimed to be an official to Xianfeng.

After Li Hongzhang finished speaking, he saw Xianfeng continue to smile and said, "Li Hongzhang, now I will send Yan Yunyang to the Hunan Army with you. I believe that with Yan Yunyang's help, your Hunan Army will be invincible! ".

While talking, Xianfeng added, "Yan Yunyang is an amazing mage! He is a rare power!".

Hearing Xianfeng's exaggeration, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but look at me for a while. He really wanted to see who this person praised by Xianfeng was!
Listening to Xianfeng's words, I hurriedly thanked, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise!".

……

After a long time, Xianfeng announced loudly to me, "Yan Yunyang, now I will appoint you as the leader of the Hunan Army (Joining the army), the third rank of the official residence!".

The official ranks of the army in the Qing Dynasty are like this from top to bottom: general, general, (from the first rank) - Zhengdutong (from the first rank) - vice-dutong (from the second rank) - Xiedutong (from the second rank) ——Zheng Canling (Zheng [-]rd Rank)——Deputy Canning Leader (Zheng [-]th Rank)——Associated Canning Leader (Zheng [-]th Rank)——Zhengjun Academy (Zheng [-]th Rank)——Deputy Military Academy (Zheng [-]th Rank) ——Xiejun Academy (Zheng [-]th Rank) )——Extra officer (from the eighth rank)——Sergeant (from the eighth rank)——Sergeant (from the ninth rank)——Corporal (from the ninth rank) Soldiers have no grades, so they are not listed here.

I didn't expect that I would join the collar (join the army) as soon as I came up, and I would be a third-rank official!That is the third rank, not the third rank, this is a very, very high position.

At that time, Li Hongzhang was just a small official as big as the seventh rank. A small official like him was able to face the saint, thanks to Zeng Guofan's face.

As soon as Xianfeng finished speaking, I naturally thanked Xianfeng, "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live!".

"Excuse me, let Yanqing's family rest!" Xianfeng said to me, and then I slowly stood up.

After Xianfeng appointed me as an official, he looked at Li Hongzhang and said, "Li Hongzhang accepts the appointment!".

As soon as Li Hongzhang heard it, he felt happy in his heart. Who can be unhappy about being promoted, so he saw him kneeling respectfully in front of Xianfeng, listening to Xianfeng's reward.

"I ordered you to be the military academy of the Hunan Army, with a fifth-rank official residence! Accompany Yan Yunyang to go back to the Hunan Army!" Xianfeng declared like this.

Then he saw Li Hongzhang thanking him and said, "Thank you Lord Long En!".

……

Afterwards, Li Hongzhang and I bid farewell to Xianfeng, and walked out of the South Study Room with Eunuch Lin.

Standing outside the South Study Room, Eunuch Lin congratulated me, "Yan Shenling, congratulations!".

After I heard it, I smiled and said to him, "I'm happy with you, it's all thanks to Eunuch Lin, you spoke well in front of the Holy One!".This is the way of officialdom, I will not be stingy if I can speak well, just talk.

After hearing this, Eunuch Lin said to me very happily, "Where...there, it's not because you have the ability to be able to be reused by the Holy One."

As he spoke, he said to me again, "Stop talking, I'll go back and serve the Holy Spirit!".

After Eunuch Lin left, Li Hongzhang and I congratulated each other, "Congratulations!", and then said at the same time, "Congratulations, congratulations!".

While everyone was happy, Li Hongzhang asked me, "Lord Yan, is it you alone or...?".

I have a higher official position than him, so he should call me my lord, as the saying goes, a high-ranking official crushes people to death.

His words were a little reserved, but I could hear the meaning behind his words. Didn't he just want to ask me if I have any helpers?

I will indeed look for helpers. To deal with the Longhushan gang, it is obviously not enough to rely on me and the Hunan Army, so I thought of the Ghost King gang!
The ghost king and Longhushan seem to have a great hatred. As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. The first thing I thought of was to unite with the ghost king and others!

So I said to him, "Then I may be the only one. I have to deal with those monsters of Longhu Mountain. How can I do it alone? Don't worry, I will go back and find some fellow Taoists!".

When he heard me say that the people in Longhushan were demons, he said in doubt, "monsters?".

Then I explained, "The people in Longhushan are not demons, they are enemies of the imperial court, they are not demons!".

Hearing my words, Li Hongzhang felt that I was right, so he said to me, "Yes! Demonic Daoists, they are demonic Taoists!".

Finally, I remembered something, and said to him, "You will wait for me at the gate of the palace for a while, I have to pack some things before leaving the palace!" I looked at the sky and said to him, " Judging by the weather, we probably have to stay in the capital for one more day!".

After I finished speaking, I saw him nodding his head in agreement, and then I separated from him.

After parting, I went back to my room, unexpectedly Jiuyou Huan came to my room by herself, and bid farewell to Jiuyoumeng, I saw Jiuyouhuan crying very sadly, so I left Jiuyoumeng behind , Let the two sisters be together well.

Afterwards, I walked out of the palace with Xue Yimo, and when I saw Li Hongzhang at the gate of the palace, I went up to meet him.

In the end, I stayed with him in an inn in the capital. After all, the inn is also run by the government. It is naturally much higher-level than those hotels, especially in the capital. Those hotels are so nice!
(End of this chapter)