Why did Xu Song have a dispute with Xie Kun today?
In fact, the problem still comes from Qin Yan.
In his last report, Wu Xingbang suggested sending troops from Fuliang to the north to attack the thieves' retreat in Chizhou.
But Qin Yan wanted to mobilize Jiujiang soldiers into the three prefectures of South Zhili.
After both of their proposals were rejected by Xu Song, Xu Song followed Xu He's suggestions and perfected his own method.
They secretly replaced the disabled Yingzhou soldiers with Xin'an guards and garrisoned at Lengshuiguan.
Although this idea was supported by Emperor Zhizheng.
But recently Zhang Jingxian wrote a letter saying that the equipment of the Xin'an guards was in dilapidated condition. After his on-the-spot visit, he found that the guard's salary situation was very serious. There were more than 3,000 people, and currently there are only 1,200, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. Not useful at all.
As a result, Xu Song was stillborn immediately.
Emperor Zhizheng was furious when he heard the news. He immediately ordered Jinyiweinan Town Fusi to seize the commander of the Xin'an Guard, and also ordered the garrison stations on both sides of the river to strictly investigate the behavior of falsely reporting troops and depriving them of their pay.
But things have already happened, and the enemies of Hefei will soon gather to complete their march south.
Zhang Jingxian received two urgent letters a day asking for help, which made Xu Song, who was in charge of military affairs, also anxious and angry.
The number of troops agreed upon in the battle in Xuzhou could only be 1,000, which was a drop in the bucket.
Looking at the south of the Yangtze River now, only Lu Bo's troops can be considered to have some combat effectiveness.
Or, the wolf soldiers of Guangxi Tusi are also very powerful and can be used.
However, Qin Yan rejected Xu Song's proposal on the grounds that distant water could not save nearby fire and the court had no money to support guest soldiers to fight across provinces.
This is good. Even though Xu Song has the talent to command troops, he can only act in a hurry if he has no troops in his hands.
Xu Song did not finish listening to Xu He's words, and did not speak immediately. Instead, he stroked his beard and began to ponder.
Xie Kun on the side shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, if you do this, whether you win or lose this battle, Mr. Xu Ge will be under great pressure."
In fact, Xu He had also considered what Xie Kun meant.
The coastal defense regiment was transferred to Lengshuiguan.
Although this regiment of mechanized soldiers is affiliated with the Huaiyang Coast Defense Road, in fact, both soldiers and food and grass are supplied by the Xu family.
The hundreds of households and soldiers sent by the imperial court to lead the troops have never even met.
It can be said that in a sense, these more than a thousand people are actually the Xu family's private soldiers, no, they are Xu He's private soldiers.
If these people are sent out, Magistrate Chen of Hailing County may be able to provide some financial assistance. The new Haiphong Dao has nothing to do with you, Xu He, so he will not have to take responsibility and provide food and supplies at the same time. Therefore, most of the food and grass needs Xu He and the Xu family to support them.
This is not the hardest part.
The most difficult thing is that if you win the battle, you will be slandered. The guardsmen are not as powerful as the group training organized by your Xu family. So what are you prepared to do with so many people in your Xu family?
Even if you lose the fight, some people still say weird things. Aren't you delaying things? A bunch of guys who had just been training for a short time were pulled up. Now it's better. If we lose, we would have taken them out if we had... With the Jiujiang soldiers coming, wouldn't there be less nonsense?
Besides, if you lose, you will be in trouble. They are all young soldiers. If someone dies, how can the Xu family explain to others? Where does the pension money come from?
Do you think Xu He doesn't understand these principles?
Obviously impossible.
but……
"Uncle, if you win, the court will still rely on you. If you lose, you don't need to be slandered by others. You will come down!" Xu He said.
Xu Song shook his head: "It doesn't matter what position you are in when you want to pursue your political goals. The key is that I have never seen the soldiers in the coastal defense camp, so I don't know what to do."
Xu He said: "Ten times stronger than the soldiers of Hailing Qianhu Station!"
Xie Kun felt that Xu He was bragging and looked at him suspiciously.
Xu He said: "Uncle, this is really not my bragging. If you don't believe me, now you ask Zhang Bingxian to write to the court, please transfer the regiment to train troops. See if he is willing. He has seen the real combat power of the regiment training troops!"
Xu Song and Xie Kun's eyes lit up when they heard this.
The first is Xu He's solemn guarantee, and the second is...
"Let Zhang Jingxian submit a letter to transfer people! This is a good idea!"
"Well, this way, there will be some cover in front of me in the future!" Xie Kun said excitedly.
The so-called blocking is because Zhang Jingxian was transferred from the Huaiyang Coastal Defense Road. He was optimistic about the team training under his men and wanted [old subordinates] to go to Lengshuiguan to assist in the defense. In this way, the pressure on Xu Song in the court would be It will be much smaller.
In this case, Xu Song immediately made a decision: "Ziyu, you will write a letter to Zhang Jingxian in my name later, and mention this matter in the letter! Without further ado, we need to rush 800 miles away!"
Seeing that his uncle made a quick decision, Xu He couldn't help but nodded secretly in his heart.
In fact, Zhang Jingxian's appearance was only a slight shield, and could not hide the truth from those who were interested.
But Xu Song still did it resolutely.
It can only be said that Xu Song is not a person like Yuan Shao, who is indecisive and does great things without sacrificing his own life.
On the contrary, as long as it is beneficial to the country and can solve the current conflicts, he will make a decision quickly after understanding the situation.
…
At this moment, suddenly, a voice came from outside the hospital: "Brother, I am from the Yamen of the Ministry of War. Is Mr. Xu Ge here? I have an urgent document to send to Mr. Ge!"
Xu Song was also in charge of the Ministry of War. When he heard what the visitor said, Xu Peng did not dare to delay and quickly brought him in.
At this time, Xu Song's face was already very ugly.
The specially forwarded letter from the Ministry of War Yamen must contain urgent military information.
Now, in the entire country, the most trouble-prone place is the south.
Sure enough, as soon as he got the letter, Xu Song's face became even more ugly.
Xie Kun had always been a casual person. He leaned his head over and looked at the envelope. It turned out to be an urgent document from the Guilin Military Patrol.
Xu Song opened the letter with a solemn expression. Within a moment, he put the letter on the coffee table and remained silent.
Xie Kun quickly picked it up and read it.
After reading it for only a few minutes, he slapped the letter heavily on the coffee table.
Xu He had never seen his uncle look so depressed before, and he quickly asked: "Uncle, what happened?"
"There are rebels from the White Lotus Sect in Guangxi. They went north from Chongshunli along Guanshui to Quanzhou! These people either passed through the Xiangshui River and transferred to the Lingling area of Yongzhou, or they went north to Qiyang..."
"Statewide?"
Xu He still has an impression of Quanzhou.
This place was a Quanzhou Prefecture at the beginning of the Kingdom, but was later demoted to a scattered state and placed under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou Prefecture in Huguang. In the past few years, it was assigned to Guilin Prefecture. Because it is at the junction of Guangxi and Huguang, it belongs to the "Three No Matters" zone.
Ten miles by land from Quanzhou to the northeast, there is a coir raincoat ferry. After crossing the coir raincoat ferry and sailing for fifty miles, you can enter Hunan in later generations through the Huangsha River waterway.
The mountain roads in this place are rugged and difficult to travel. But going up to Tongzhou City and down to Huguang, although it is not Guanjin, it is actually a thoroughfare.
The most famous thing about the Coiyi Crossing in Quanzhou is that when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom marched northward, they met Jiang Zhongyuan's Chu army at the Coiyi Crossing.
The Taiping fleet sailed down the river and marched along the river by land. When the fleet passed the Coiyi Ferry and sailed down to Shuitang Bay to cross the dangerous shoals, they found that the narrow river channel had been blocked by the Qing army's "logging to make weirs". The ships were unable to move forward and crowded the river. They were ambushed by Zhongyuan of the Shiziling River on the left bank. A fierce bombardment from above.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was caught off guard, so they had to place the overcrowded and chaotic ships across the river, build a pontoon bridge connecting the east and west banks, seize the river bank positions, and hastily fight back.
Some people say that the setback at Coiyidu was "the starting point of the Taiping Army's failure." It was the battle in which the Taiping Army suffered the greatest setback during its stay in Guangxi.
The losses can be summarized in three sentences: all ships were destroyed, all baggage was lost, and there were heavy casualties. Regarding the specific number of casualties of the Taiping Army, the Qing Dynasty recorded: "Thousands of thugs were killed". One said, "More than a thousand thieves were killed." One said "(thieves) killed seven or eight hundred people".
From here we can see the importance of this place in the whole state.
Now that the White Lotus Sect has taken over the entire state, the world has suddenly opened up.
Suddenly, Xu He thought of Yu Dayou.
Could it be...this team?
