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"Report!"

In the Qing army camp at Beiwankou, Anqing, an emergency and long singing voice came, and a Qing army ran quickly to the central army's tent.

As a personal imperial envoy appointed by Emperor Xianfeng, Xiang Rong, the 80,000 Eight Banners and 70,000 Green Camp soldiers, was unable to take over the military center of Anqing for a long time. From the emperor to the civil and military officials, he was already quite dissatisfied with him. If he could not win a big victory, it would be his turn to be the next minister to be dismissed, so Xiang Rong was very entangled and troubled.

At this moment, an emergency report was reported outside the account.

"Report! Report to the imperial envoy, Anqing urgently reported that the Taoist lieutenant of Su Song Taibing Li Weiguo led 30,000 Shanghai troops to attack Anqing!"

The Shanghai Army is the Li Family Army, but the Li Family Army is the title of Li Wei's internal membership. He dare not call it the Li Family Army to the outside world because it violated the taboos of the court, and there was no need for Li Weiguo to find trouble for himself. Therefore, the Li Family Army claimed that the Shanghai Army to the outside world, indicating that this army came from the surrounding areas of Shanghai.

"What?" Xiang Rongteng stood up and grabbed the reporter and asked anxiously: "Will Li Weiguo encircle Xiaodao in Jiangdong? Why did he come to Jiangxi?"

"I don't know much about my words, but I heard that Su Song Taishang is very powerful. He has an elite team of foreign guns and cannons under his command. The rebels in the world where Su Song Tai rebelled have been suppressed. He just arrived in Jinling with orders not long ago and now appears in Anqing, which means that the siege of Jinling has been lifted."

Xiang Rong waved his hand, waved his hand to the report officer, and then he was anxious for the generals to hold a meeting.

Xiang Rong started his career as a military force and successively suppressed Henan, Xinjiang and Guangxi Tiandihui rebelled, and had a prestige in the army. He beat the drums and gathered generals, and whether they were the Eight Banners soldiers or the Green Camp soldiers, they arrived on time.

Xiang Rong informed the generals of the news that Li Weiguo led the Shanghai Army to attack Anqing. The generals were surprised. They had almost never heard of Li Weiguo's name, nor did they know the combat power of the Shanghai army. They all sneered, thinking that their more than 100,000 troops could not take Anqing. With Li Weiguo's only 30,000 Shanghai troops, it was impossible for Li Weiguo to capture Anqing, and believed that Li Weiguo was just here to join in the fun.

A general of the Eight Banners said at this time: "I have heard of the name of Li Weiguo. Some time ago, when I entered Beijing, I heard the Military Affairs Office mention this person, saying that Li Weiguo's family was confiscated by the Governor Lu Jianying of Liangjiang. So the foreigners personally told the court, and finally forced the Military Affairs Office to release Li Weiguo's family and return the property."

"This is amazing? How can foreigners interfere in our country's judiciary? It's too arrogant!"

The group of people were immediately excited and expressed their unantness.

The general of the bannerman continued: "I heard that there is a provision in the Jiangning Treaty that the families of foreign officials in China have foreign law enforcement powers. Li Weiguo somehow became a special counselor of the British Embassy. Although he was not sure how big he was, he was a member of the embassy. Therefore, his family was protected by the British Embassy and enjoyed extraterritorial legal rights. However, the court was most taboo about foreign matters, so the Military Affairs Office quickly released people."

"So that's the case? What is Li Weiguo's origin? How did he hook up with foreigners? How could such a person become a Taoist lieutenant of Su Song Taibing in our Qing Dynasty?"

Someone asked a question immediately.

I heard the banner general say, "I don't know this. It is said that Lu Jianying personally recommended it and approved by Lord Sushun himself. I can't figure out why they obviously hated Li Weiguo and wanted to die, but they still helped Li Weiguo to find a county magistrate."

"Is this necessary to think about it? Lu Jianying's old fox must have no good intentions. Unfortunately, he made the wrong plan and failed to kill Li Weiguo, but instead made Li Weiguo bigger. Now the court is working on people. I heard that the Shanghai army swept Shanghai Xiaodao under Li Weiguo's rule, and it will be more important for Lu Jianying to do it in the future."

"This is called shooting yourself in the foot. Lu Jianying is so confused!"

"Ha ha!"

Everyone laughed loudly, each with their own blessings and gloating.

Xiang Rong smiled helplessly. He was not good at fighting in the officialdom. As a general, Xiang Rong worked hard all through his strength. Xiang Rong looked down on opportunistic people like Li Weiguo.

"Okay, let's discuss the Anqing issue now. Li Weiguo has already started to attack the city. Should we cooperate?"

"Sir Xiang, don't forget that you are the imperial envoy all the way. We have not won Anqing by more than 100,000 soldiers. If we take the lead for Li Weiguo, you will not only lose face, but the generals here will not afford to lose this person!"

Everyone opposed sending troops, and it was about to read Li Weiguo's joke.

Xiang Rong didn't dare to offend these bannermen, and he didn't like Li Weiguo anyway, so he went with the flow.

Xiang Rong's 150,000 troops remained unmoved, trying to sit and watch Li Weiguo suffer a defeat. However, God was not as good as others wished. Soon a report officer came in to report, shocking everyone.

"Reported that the Shanghai army has captured Anqing, and the Hong bandit rebels guarding Anqing fled from the south gate in panic!"

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

...

The tent suddenly became an uproar, and everyone was extremely surprised. No one expected that Li Weiguo could capture Anqing, and he was even more unwilling to capture Anqing.

After Xiang Rong repeatedly confirmed that the Shanghai army had indeed captured Anqing, he could not sit still.

Not only him, but everyone, the Qing army generals could not sit still.

What a joke? Their 150,000 troops were unable to defeat Anqing for several months, and the Taiping Army was scared to death. When Li Weiguo arrived, he only had 30,000 troops, and took Anqing in less than an hour. This was a bare-scavenger slaughtering everyone.

It's embarrassing!

Everyone has these two words written on their faces at this moment.

"Sir, please send troops quickly. It's still time. Although Li Weiguo took Anqing City, we can send troops to arrive in time and we can also grab a piece of credit."

"That's right! Lord, you must not let Li Weiguo take away the credit!"

"Yes! Who is Li Weiguo? He is a mere fourth-rank soldier. How dare he compete with the imperial envoy all the way to compete for merit with the imperial envoy?"

Xiang Rong nodded and immediately ordered: "I am the imperial envoy's order, and the entire army quickly sets off the camp and heads to Anqing. Deputy General Liu, you can bring a cavalry to the present, bring the token of the imperial envoy, so that Li Weiguo's Shanghai army will not wait for the orders. The imperial envoy will arrive later."

This is a bare-hearted attempt to steal Li Weiguo’s credit!

However, Li Weiguo is not easy to bully. He was in Anqing City at this time and was already ready.

"Sir, a cavalry came from outside the North Gate. The leader claimed that he was surnamed Liu. He was the deputy general of Xiang Rong, the commander of the Qing army in Beiwankou. He asked to meet you with the token and said that there was something important to discuss."

Li Weiguo was visiting Fu Shanxiang. After hearing the report, he asked, "Have you asked him clearly what he is going to do?"

The personal soldier replied: "The other party is so awesome, saying that the Shanghai army dares to steal their credit. We must let us give up Anqing obediently, otherwise we will be good-looking."

Li Weiguo sneered: "This is the rhythm of coming to grab our credit!"

Fu Shanxiang suddenly frowned slightly and said angrily: "There are only one of these officials who fight ten times, but one of them is the other who grab the credit but ten times. It's so shameless!"

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "My wife doesn't have to be angry with them. I have expected this situation long ago."

Fu Shanxiang immediately took Li Weiguo's arm and asked curiously: "How do you plan to deal with them? You must know that the other party has many bannermen, which is not easy to mess with!"

Li Weiguo patted Fu Shanxiang's hand and smiled and said, "Don't worry, madam, have you forgotten that there are a large group of tails behind us?"

Fu Shanxiang asked, "Did you mean Lu Jianying's Jinling Army? Didn't they also come to rob you of your credit?"

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "That's right! There are wolf dogs in front and there are domestic dogs behind. Let's just let them bite the dog first. Anyway, the dog bites the dog's hair, so we just watch the show."

Fu Shanxiang's eyes were filled with wisdom, and he quickly figured it out. He immediately turned anger into joy, and Yanran smiled and said, "My husband is so amazing!"

"That's it!" Li Weiguo laughed, squeezed his eyes at Fu Shanxiang, and said, "Let's go back to the room, my husband has more powerful people to show you!"

"I hate it, I don't want to watch it!" Fu Shanxiang's face turned red and embarrassed when he heard it. She had tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time. Although she was not in a position to rely on her mouth, her body had long been betrayed her.

Li Weiguo smirked, just holding Fu Shanxiang's hand, and strode to push the door and enter.

Mingyue and other female guards were also tactful and did not follow him anymore. They stood guard at the door, with an expression of "stop visiting".
Chapter completed!