Hanyang was lost again and Wuchang was in danger. Zeng Guofan lamented: "Two years of military service have been burned to the ground. All generals have worked hard, and all these mistakes and losses will be recorded in the name of the vassal. I immediately request the Ministry of Finance to strictly discuss the case. Hu Linyi and Li Mengqun two troops , immediately returned to Hubei to support Wuchang. Li Yuandu wrote to join the army and rushed to Pingjiang to recruit brave men. Xiao Jiesan stationed in Kangshan, that is, in Poyang Lake, built more large ships and recruited more water braves. Each small boat has something to rely on, so that he can Formed an army, the thieves who were defending Dajiang from the outside sailed into the lake, and the thieves who were defending Raozhou from the inside took the boats out of the lake. They took the camera to the back of Hukou and Meijiazhou to support the war in Jiujiang. Taqibu and Luo Zenan attacked Jiujiang again, and the long snake The waist must be cut off. Commander Peng Yulin led the navy to repair the new embankment in Mianyang and also to assist Hubei. Yang Zaifu went to Yueyang and rebuilt the navy on Dongting Lake. I went to Nanchang and invited the ministers to raise food and supplies. Build ships and recruit bravery.”
That night, the feudal vassal of the country sent a memorial to the three victorious battles of the river navy. I respectfully recited the memorial to express my condolences to the Holy Mother.
On the 12th, the water thieves burned the pirate ships in Hukou Kanai and took advantage of the victory to rush into the inland river. Xiao Jiesan, Duan Yingqi, etc., as well as more than 120 dragons and three boards from each battalion, put up sails and sailed to Dagutang. There were no thieves yet, so they set off to stay. On the 13th, when we went up to Pingfeng, we saw more than 200 pirate warships and civilian ships, and we planned to attack them. We should rely on ourselves to be hundreds of miles away from the entrance of Hukou. Unexpectedly, our army would suddenly arrive, and artillery and guns would resist to the death. Our army first burned the civilian boats. After the bandits' formation was in chaos, they also burned their war boats. Fan burned more than two hundred ships, captured thirty-five, and captured more than seventy guns. Each of the three boats left the team the day before, and the boat was inconvenient for accommodation and food, so they only got a meal.
On the 14th, the ship that had been stolen by our army the night before should be reversed. He pretended to be an officer and soldier and sailed up from the mouth of Hukou to attack our inland river division, supplemented by more than a hundred small boats. At that time, Xiao Jiesan, Duan Yingqi and others had heard that the old camp was burned on the night of the twelfth day. Because of the appointment, all sentries were waiting in silence. They rushed against the ship, fired all the cannons, and sent the crowd flying. Gaini was defeated immediately, and they all rushed to the water, sinking and burning Xiaozhu and Sanban, a total of more than fifty numbers. After chasing to the mouth of the lake, we saw that we should build two pontoon bridges in the opposite direction and one was an old blockade. The locks were firmly locked and it was difficult to break out. We gathered the team and returned to the mooring above Dagutang. The officers of each battalion robbed thirteen civilian ships, fearing that they would be heavy and might be taken by thieves, so they burned them all. It was isolated from the Jiujiang Camp on the outside and far away from Jiang Province on the inside. There was no source of silver and medicine, so they had to take it from Nankang.
On the 19th, we entered Wucheng Town and found out that there were about thousands of rebel bandits coming from the mouth of Pengze Lake. They stole the county seat of Duchang, built the city and dug trenches, captured more than 400 large and small ships, anchored them in the county river, and loaded them with baggage. On the 26th, the navy battalion officers were doing business at the mouth of the jar. They thought that there were pirates in Duchang, and if our troops continued to cause trouble once they came out, they could not clear them all. It was better to burn them all at this time. As more than 40 rowing boats and three planks were assigned, the battalion officers Xiao Jiesan, Sun Changguo, Duan Yingqi, He Huchen, and Deng Jisheng were personally supervised. The trip started at five o'clock on the 27th, and Zhai Bingmao, who was familiar with the river, was sent to guide it. It was morning, and the smoke was thick, so the ships were strictly forbidden to fire a single cannon, so they could attack them unexpectedly. At this moment, when we arrived in Duchang County, we saw boats lined up on the river, hundreds of sizes, with yellow flags fluttering. We were not surprised yet. All battalions swarmed forward, firing guns and fireballs and rockets at the same time. It was a southeasterly wind. In an instant, the flames penetrated the sun and burned hundreds of the rebel baggage ships. The thieves and bandits killed countless people by beating them and throwing them into the water. Fifty-one of them were captured alive and executed immediately. The remaining bandits rushed into the county. Because there were no land troops, they did not dare to go ashore to pursue them. The division also passed by Jigong Lake, where there were more than 300 small boats. The officers of each battalion took the courage to go into the water and burn them all to prevent them from being stolen by thieves. This is the actual situation of a complete victory in the search and suppression of the capital city of Changhe Nei.
The Fucha navy rushed into the inland river and worked hard day and night, winning three times. They searched and washed the Pohu branch river. Their hard work was commendable. However, he ventured in and was separated from the navy outside the river, which was a serious mistake. At present, there is a shortage of small boats on the outer river, so we plan to add more boats. The inland navy ordered a decisive battle to rush out and attack both sides, aiming to break through the Hukou Pass. The reasons for the repeated victories of all the river naval forces are hereby expressed together with Chen Qimai, the minister of Jiangxi Province, who respectfully resigns from the post office and prays to the emperor for instructions and instructions for implementation. I would like to play.
When the good news was presented, Zeng Guofan had trouble sleeping and eating, so he continued: "The navy won three times and lost two, and the old camp in Waijiang was attacked. All the documents were lost, so I asked for severe punishment."
Playing for the navy, he won three times and was defeated twice. He played respectfully and prayed for divine judgment.
The water-thief division defeated the thieves platoon, and the army's victory in Meijiazhou has been recorded. On the 10th day of the lunar month, Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan and others were determined to break through the Meijiazhou bandit stronghold. They were carrying sacks of soil and people holding fire bags, swarming forward and clashing among the bandit cannons. Although the former was injured, the latter still advanced, approaching the wall of thieves and leaping in. Dozens of people had already entered. They threw fire packets and accidentally injured the couple who entered with them. Several people were sent out with their backs. Those outside mistakenly thought they were retreating, so the thieves at the first base in the south rushed out, and the officers and soldiers on the west route retreated. Those who entered the base were afraid that the outside team would be frustrated, so they withdrew; The flag was stationed, and the army returned to fight. When he should have rebelled, he ran in the opposite direction. Our army pursued them more urgently and killed more than thirty thieves.
After the navy defeated the bandit platoon on the sixth day of the lunar month, they sank the large ship in the middle of the river overnight, using sand and gravel. Only a pass was left on the west bank, which was blocked by a bamboo cable. On the 10th day of the lunar month, when the army was attacking the fortress, the navy was invited to attack this card. Peng Yulin, Sun Changguo, Xiao Jiesan and others supervised the ships on the three boards, cut off the cables and rushed in. They burned more than 30 warships and more than 300 civilian ships. No., about a hundred thieves were killed. Our troops were bombarded from three sides at the pass, and suffered dozens of casualties.
On the 12th, the army attacked the thieves' fortress again and continued to attack them all day long. They used many cannons to fortify the fortress, but the soldiers could not break it. The navy recharged into the card, and there were more than thirty war boats and about fifty civilian boats. Since then, the Jiangxi war boats captured by the thieves were burned and burned, leaving only a dozen boats in Jiazhou. Forty miles from Hukou to Gutang, the thieves were eliminated. On the tenth and twelfth day of the lunar month, the army attacked the fortress and the navy defeated it.
The battalion officers Xiao Jiesan, Duan Yingqi, Sun Changguo, etc. wanted to clear the area within Pohu Lake quickly, so they took advantage of the victory and pursued them to Dagutang. Those who followed each battalion had long dragons, three boards, and more than 120 numbers, all of which were light boats. , brave men, sailing inwards, never return at dusk. We should have seen our small boat rushing into the inland river, and more than 20 boats came out of the small boat to protrude out of the card and surrounded our large boat. Baosheng Dusi Shi Jiuli was the first to bear the brunt. He was surrounded for a long time, the boat was burned, and he died in the battle.
It was the third watch of the night, and it was time to use the small number thirty or forty to gather in the old camp and burn my ship. Thousands of thieves on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were firing rocket cannons in confusion, and the shouts were loud.
Our army had more than a hundred small boats on the inland river that had not returned, and could not control them. They were burned, and the warship No. 9, the smaller one, and the variegated boat No. 13 were burned. After being brave enough to win many times, everyone became hasty. Ships such as Kuai Xie and Chang Long set sail and sailed forward. Li Mengqun and Peng Yulin could not stop them. The next day, I returned to Jiujiang Camp.
After hearing the news, the feudal vassals were very angry. Although not many warships were burned, more than a hundred light ships and two thousand strong soldiers were trapped in the inner river of Pohu Lake. Their business was blocked by thieves, and there were many heavy ships in the outer river. , the movement is not good, like a bird losing its wings, like an insect losing its legs, it feels like it cannot stand on its own.
After the deputy general Yang Zaifu conquered Tianjia Town, he recuperated in Wuxue. Because he flew to the camp, he rushed downstream to suppress the attack on the 17th day. When they arrived at the head of Zhangjiazhou, fifteen miles away from Xun City, the pirate ships had already divided into two groups. Yang Zaifu sent sentry officers Zhang Ronggui, Chen Jinqi and others to attack from Xinhe, and he led the sentries to attack from Laohe. Chenghai battalion officer He Dunwu also followed from Laohe. After a long and fierce battle, it was time to retreat and retreat. Pursuing to Laowan, the crab boat was close to the north shore, and the mainland thieves protected it and could not capture it. Dozens of thieves were shot dead, and our army sentry Shen Guangrong was killed in action.
Zhang Ronggui and others who came down from the Xinhe River encountered about thirty thieves with three boats and small boats. Our army defeated them with nine boats and pursued them to Hukou County. They bypassed the Laohe River and met up with Yang Zaifu. The two groups burned the 26th ship, captured the 5th ship, and closed the team at the fourth watch. This is the actual situation of the defeat of the navy on the twelfth night and the victory of the attack on the seventeenth day.
Since the defeat of the Twelve Nights Navy, the fierceness of thieves has only grown stronger. The thieves from Meijiazhou attacked Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan and other camps every night. The thieves from Hukou crossed the river and camped at Xiaochikou on the other side of Jiujiang River. On the 21st, I sent my deputy general Zhou Fengshan to cross the river to attack him. After the crossing at the fourth watch, the battle started at dawn. The enemy was caught off guard and destroyed a bandit camp, killing more than a hundred bandits. One group by the river was chased out of the street; the other group inside the embankment was forced to go seven or eight miles away because they had robbed horses and clothes and were taken advantage of by thieves.
After deliberation, the ministers and others decided that since the navy had fallen into the inland river and the army had defeated Xiaochikou again, they dispatched the armies of Hu Linyi and Luo Zenan to return from Hukou to suppress Jiujiang.
On the 25th, he was stationed at the official station on the south bank. It was the third watch of the night, and dozens of thieves from both sides of Xuancheng and Xiaochikou entered the river with small boats. They took advantage of the moonlit night and gathered them into the folders of our military ships. They fired fire eggs, spray cans, and hundreds of guns at once, and the right camp was burned. There was a warship, and all the sentries were in a panic, and the sails were hung up to sail. The ministers of the state sat on the three boards to supervise the formation, and the ship was not allowed to sail at night. The river is vast and there are many ships, so nothing can be stopped. Gaini had already used dozens of small boats to surround his ministers in boats. Liu Shenghuai and Li Zicheng, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong Province, Pan Zhaokui, the chief official of Anxiang County, and Wen Sheng, Ge Rongce, were killed in battle, and all the documents were lost. The vassal vassal of the state then ordered all the warships to closely support Luo Zenan's land camp, and sent people out to recover the sailing ship. They returned to the team one after another at dawn, pursued the pirate ships again, and captured three of them. On the 21st, the army first won and then suffered a defeat, and on the 25th night, the navy suffered another defeat.
Fucha Navy has won many great victories since Yuezhou, especially in Wuhan and Tianzhen. From arriving at Hukou, I had to fight hard for months. They broke down the rows and burned the boats. After all their efforts, there were not many boats left. It was a shame that the long dragons and three-banners in each battalion were too brave and rushed into the inland river and did not return at night. The old camp in the outer river was attacked twice by the rebels, which was really resentful. It was all caused by the incompetent arrangements of the ministers and vassals. We should ask the Ministry to order the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strictly discuss and deal with it.
Guangdong Baosheng Lanling Commander-in-Chief Liu Shenghuai, Baosheng Commander-in-Chief Li Zicheng, and the official Pan Zhaokui asked the Ministry of Finance to discuss the matter as usual. The sentry officer has been promoted to the capital for a long time. He is brave, loyal and upright. He is recommended by the joint venture. Please consider the capital and consider it. If the alternate generals Li Yunsheng and Li Xuanzhong are killed by gunfire or burns, please hand them over to the Ministry for consideration. Lan Ling's military achievements were revealed by Guangyun, and the Tian Zhen case was planned to protect the general, but it has not yet been announced. Wensheng and Ge Rong were registered to assist in the labor survey. The Tianzhen case was planned to be preserved as the main register, but it has not yet been published. In order to appeal to Ken Tianen, Shen Guangyun granted compensation according to the general regulations, and Ge Rongzhu granted compensation according to the master's regulations, and the remaining cases were investigated and handled. In addition to the inland river navy's repeated victories, which are reported in separate reports, the reasons for all the navy's three victories and two defeats, together with Yang Pei, the governor of Huguang, and Chen Qimai, the governor of Jiangxi, respectfully report on the post, pray to the emperor's holy scriptures, and give instructions for implementation. . I would like to play.
Emperor Xianfeng issued an edict: After Zeng Chen sent troops to Hengyang, he worked together with Taqibu and others to wipe out the ugliness, and their hard work was of great merit. This time, the navy was too energetic and sailed from Hukou to Dagutang. Long dragons, sampans and other ships were with them. The division's ships were isolated in the outer river, so the adverse atmosphere suddenly became fierce. The camp was attacked twice by thieves, and the solution was not successful. It is really a small setback that happens by chance, but it does not harm the overall situation; if you ask for strict criticism, you will be given grace and leniency. After two months of joint attack on Jiujiang, the thieves are already exhausted. If we try our best to attack again, we will definitely be able to defeat them. I read the previous chapter, and Zeng Chen repeatedly said: If we can protect Wuchang, we can control the upper reaches of Jinling, we can solidify the gates of Jingxiang, and we can connect the highways of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Sichuan. If Wuchang is not protected, it may lead to a separatist regime. Now that Wuchang is in danger, Zeng Chen urgently needs to divide his troops and provide reinforcements! The south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, and it is no longer appropriate to be lazy. He immediately ordered Wu Quanmei's navy to sail up and connect Zeng Guofan's headquarters in Jiujiang. When besieging Fuji and Hechun in Luzhou, they must attack Shucheng, Chaoxian, Lujiang and other cities separately, defend the waterways along the river, and support Wu Quanmei's navy.
He Chun received the order and ordered Qin Dingsan to attack Shucheng again, and Li Hongzhang to harass Hanshan.
Xiang Rong received the order and said: "Now Hongdan and other ships are attacking. It is expected that the bandits in Wuhu will be restrained and they will not dare to invade again." As soon as Deng Shaoliang returned to Huangchi, he led his troops to attack Wuhu bravely. They also mobilized troops to join Gaochun's defense troops, went out to suppress the bandits at Tianping and Jinzhu Pass, and then went up to Wuhu to garrison the land and water there. This way, the gates of Su Chang were solidified and the bandits from Jiangsu and Anhui were cut off. Then divide the boat division and land troops to attack Anqing, cater to the Chu division in Jiujiang, sweep down along the river, and encircle the Jinling lair.
After receiving the order, Zeng Guofan sighed again: "Within three months, I will stick to the Yangtze River and Jiujiang, with the intention of accomplishing it in one fell swoop, once and for all. Unfortunately, the situation has suddenly changed, and the holy will is hard to give up. Send my order quickly: The commander of the kingdom will lead the troops to assist Wuchang again. .”
One day, Zhou Tenghu, a man from Changzhou, asked to see him.
Zeng Guofan said: "Lin Gongze and Xu Zeng said: Tao Fu is a member of our generation, and he cannot serve as a guest. Hurry and prepare tea."
Zhou Tenghu came to see him and said: "Since ancient times, all successes have been achieved by people who have worked hard. No one in Zhou's journey downriver knew this, and he was bound to be defeated. Although the public is temporarily suspended, those who succeed must be public."
Zeng Guofan said: "The navy has suffered a new defeat, and Duke Zhou can make a plan to turn the tide."
Zhou Tenghu said: "My younger brother, Zhao Liewen, is a young talent with some minor skills."
Zeng Guofan said: "I am going to send you a letter of thanks."
Zhou Tenghu smiled and said: "Mr. Zeng is so polite, why do you need to knock? I have written a letter and told him to arrive in a few days. There are few soldiers who have studied closely; Kuang Zenggong's Hu, Ta, Luo, Yang , Peng and others are all rare generals and talents. Those who are economical in food and salary have kings to come to get Dharma, and there is no Buddha to praise them. Business taxes are collected, and those who pay are paid in gold, and their salaries are generous. In the past few decades, there have been many people in the country. The famous minister Ju Gong must not change. Lei Yixi, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, pioneered the use of Nali gold to pay wages in Yangzhou. Will Zeng Gong try it out?"
Zeng Guofan was delighted and asked Zhou Tenghu to follow Guo Songtao to raise wages.
