The spy’s return to Fujianjun made Zuo Zongtang nod his head frequently to admit that even the soldiers were unwilling to cut it. This was because he was worried about the old country and was going to die sooner or later.
However, when the staff suggested, "Please take this opportunity to recover Fujian in one fell swoop and then wipe out the fakes!"
Zuo Zongtang sighed, "Is it so easy for Guangdong bandits (Taiping Army) and Hong bandits (Heaven and Earth Society) not to cut, but which one was wiped out by our officers and men?"
Zuo Zongtang thinks that this kind of scissors will definitely cause dissatisfaction, but it will never last. It is a moment that it is not a good time to fight Fujian at this time, but the Taiping rebels have made him particularly worried.
After learning about Tianjing, Li Xiucheng attacked everywhere, surrounded Anqing and got through to Jiangxi with Li Shixian, Huang Wenjin and other anti-thief troops. Now he has mastered most of Jiujiang, Nankang and Raozhou in Jiangxi, and Zuo Zongtang is worried that Taiping rebels will enter Zhejiang again.
"When did the French say the cannon would arrive?"
Why didn’t Zuo Zongtang stay put? Because he ordered a large number of new cannons from the French, the French tried them for him. These guns were far in firepower and range. His army’s soil guns were far away, and the Taiping Army made them in place. Zuo Zongtang would recognize that the time had come. He always did his best before considering the enemy’s weakness. This was also discovered when he and Zeng Guofan formed the Xiang Army. Frankly speaking, he was a student.
After the Taiping Army mastered the three northeastern Jiangxi provinces, Anqing, Nanchizhou and Huizhou, the Taiping Army disputed the route of the invasion.
Li Shixian thinks that we should take advantage of the situation to fight all the way south to Ganzhou Prefecture and integrate with Dalian, while Huang Wenjin thinks that the whole of Jiangxi will collapse if China forces attack Nanchang Prefecture and fight Nanchang.
At this time, no one chose to put all your eggs in one basket to attack Zeng Guofan and Ceng Guoquan, the main force of the brothers. In terms of strategic execution, the Taiping Army was far behind the Xiang Army. They didn’t push forward their spiritual will one city at a time. It was always easy to fight where there was a strong guerrilla atmosphere.
However, Li Xiucheng didn’t want to go to Anqing, and he didn’t want to fight against Xiang’s heavily guarded Nanchang. He felt that it was not necessarily a good thing to be bordered by the big country in the south. He urged him to show his strength to the east and restore Jiangsu and Zhejiang in those years.
After the Tianjing meeting, Li Xiucheng agreed with Li Shixian and other kings to send Li Shixian and the elite of Li Xiucheng to Jiangsu to attack Li Hongzhang’s Huai Army, Huang Wenjin, and Wang Haiyang to Zhejiang to attack Zuo Zongtang’s Chu Army, so as to restore the fiscal and taxation foundation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
At this time, there was a problem with the close army that had been cooperating with Li Xiucheng, which worried Li Xiucheng. Now it is up to these troops to help them control the waterway.
If there is no army, their roots will not surround Anqing. They surround Anqing not to gnaw at this hard bone, but to stop Xiang. Once Anqing can’t stop Xiang, Xiang will be able to attack the capital again.
So he urgently invited Chen Ada and other officers to discuss.
"The emperor wants us to store Yi. Who dares to disobey?"
Chen Ada introduced the military situation.
These Li Xiucheng have made it clear. He doesn’t know whether it is "Hum, shaving is for Clear The Demon to let us shave, but to restore the clothes of my Han family. How can there be a rebellion in your army?"
Li Xiucheng heard that there was a rebellion in Anqing front, and thousands of troops were sentenced to the barracks and fled to Xiang.
Chen Ada sighed, "It’s just a moment’s negligence. Most of my officers and men obey the commander to take the lead in cutting the braid, but some officers are not noisy in vain."
Chen Ada pointed to his head. His braid has been cut off by the roots and now he is almost bald.
He went on to say, "As a result of carelessness, the flag soldiers took the opportunity to let them escape."
Li Xiucheng frowned. "Those Clear The Demon should have been killed a long time ago. If you can’t do it, the king will be willing to help you."
Li Xiucheng always thought that Zhu Jinglun was too kind to the flag soldiers, and they should all be killed.
Chen Ada shook his head. "There’s a lot of trouble. The officer came here to discuss with King Tezhong that he intends to withdraw Anqing."
When Li Xiucheng was surprised, Anqing was supported by these troops. Where did he leave 30 thousand troops? He is not an elite army. He is plotting Jiangsu and Zhejiang now. Where are the troops to die with the Tseng brothers? At this time, the army should be withdrawn.
Li Xiucheng has never asked for help, and he can’t grow up at this time.
Chen Ada sighed, "Loyal King, forgive me, it’s hard to tell. The emperor sent some clothes. The officers and men refused to wear them and said they were foreigners’ clothes!"
"foreign clothes?"
Li Xiucheng puzzled way
Zhu Jinglun’s giving orders to the army is not just a braid cutting but also a change of clothes.
Everyone can understand that the Heaven and Earth Society and the Taiping Rebellion all cut braids. Of course, they also have to cut braids. Therefore, although some soldiers are not used to it, most soldiers can still understand the factors. The former has given them a demonstration of history. Whenever someone wants to rebel, they cut braids.
However, changing clothes makes it difficult for them to accept it because they think that the country has sent foreigners’ clothes to Bian.
In fact, where is the foreigner’s clothing? It’s just a military uniform and a system.
A few years ago, Swedish consultants suggested that Zhu Jinglun should change the clothes for the army. They thought that the clothes worn by the army would greatly affect the military’s temperament. However, Zhu Jinglun had long expected that this kind of thing would definitely cause the army to rebound. He had been hesitant until he first visited the United States, because it was really difficult for him to accept this kind of loose military uniform. Although the robes and sleeves were very Han Chinese, it was just for literati to wear it. It was really inconvenient for soldiers to wear this kind of clothes. Just think of it as Zhao Wuling, Wang Hu, riding and shooting.
So Zhu Jinglun made up his mind to formulate military uniforms. He didn’t have design talents and directly imitated European military uniforms. The Swedes hoped to introduce Swedish military uniforms. Zhu Jinglun found someone to make more than a dozen sets of European military uniforms, including British lobster military uniforms, French military uniforms and Prussian military uniforms, so that officers could choose.
The officers told the truth that no one liked it, but if they had to choose one set, they finally chose Danish military uniforms, Britain and France. They insisted on refusing to choose because they had fought against foreigners in Britain and France.
As for the selection of materials, the consultant said that wool should be made more upright, but Zhu Jinglun didn’t like it. It was too hot to wear in the southern climate, so he had to wear cotton cloth to make it upright. There was a solution to the problem, so people just had to starch it.
After Zhu Jinglun came back from the United States, Guangzhou tailors had made more than 10 thousand sets and went directly to the north to let the frontline troops change clothes first.
However, Zhu Jinglun did not expect that the opposition was even greater than he expected. Of course, the strongest opposition was that the flag soldiers actually caused a mutiny. Many people turned around and voted for the opposite Xiang army.
"Zeng Guofan is a marketer. It seems that he has long been a secret worker."
After receiving the report from Tianjing, Zhu Jinglun sighed that he didn’t believe that the flag soldiers were improvising. He concluded that Zeng Guofan had already entered the flag war department and sent people to secretly contact the flag officers for a long time.
This is why Chen Ada wants to withdraw from Anqing. Because of the confusion of his troops for a while, he gave the flag soldiers a chance. He was worried that the Xiang army would take the opportunity to counterattack.
"flag storage is easy to pause."
Zhu Jinglun gave him the final order. For Zhu Jinglun, these flag soldiers have completed their mission. Zhu Jinglun has planned to abandon them at any time and integrate the flag bearer into the big country. He knows that it is impossible for the time being.
Now that they have accomplished their mission, Zhu Jinglun knows that it is time for these flag bearers to quit their own army, but they should be able to accomplish the last one, that is, to witness the complete fall of the Manchu Dynasty.
They will complete this witness in Beijing and in front of the Forbidden City in front of their dreamy 49 cities.
Section three hundred and eleven Northern Expedition
It’s uncomfortable to go back to China for more than a month to stifle the coup, and it’s easy to change the provisions of the law, whether it’s a semi-forced change with officials or a backlog of dissatisfaction with military conditions
Although civil servants and ministers say that they are free to choose, who dares not to cut braids means loyalty? At least, most civil servants think so. If they don’t cut braids, it is estimated that the future of this life will come to an end.