"Self-respect for the king!"

When everyone heard these two words, they were shocked at first, and then there was an incredible impact in their hearts: "Self-respect for the king?"

Since ancient times, the word "restraint of the king" has not been used lightly, and now they are still field troops stationed on the front line of Xuzhou. Without receiving the imperial edict, they withdrew from the north of Xuzhou to Beijing without authorization, which is no different from rebellion.

In the two hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, such as Monk Gelinqin and Hechun, the important Manchu and Mongolian officials, have simply pulled out all their swords and swords, and have the idea of ​​killing the person who proposed to defend the king.

It's him! It's him!

No need to see, everyone knows who is making such a crazy proposal, it is Lei Yigui!

Lei Yijie was famous as a minister, but he was not like a high-ranking official from Hanlin. He was an absolute madman. He did a lot of bad things during his tenure in Jiangbei Daying, and he copied so much money and did not know how many delayed military aircraft. However, in the third year of Xianfeng, he did something earth-shaking. He opened a donation in Yangzhou and collected money on the spot. He was also content with this and said that he was the "prime contributor."

The nearly revolutionary fiscal reform of Lijin was founded by Lei Yigong. This Lijin system lasted from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period until the National Government reformed the fiscal system and established unified taxation. It lasted for seventy years. Although it hindered the normal circulation of domestic goods, it first raised most of the military expenditure for the Qing army to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then solved most of the financial resources for various local governments and warlord groups.

Now he completely ignored the sharp sword in the hands of the monk King, Shengbao and others, and said calmly with an old Beijing official: "Do you think there is a second way out? Then why not talk about it!"

Besides retreating north under the name of serving the king, what other way out? Everyone was really hit by Lei Yijing. Now Zhang Guoliang, the newly-sabered King of Liang, was very happy. He stood up and said, "Well, well, besides returning to the king, our 50,000 or 60,000 people have no other way out."

When everyone thought of retreating to Henan, they felt that the future was not good. It must be the key direction of the Hongjun's next round of offensives, and they might even be attacked more violently than in Xuzhou. Someone whispered: "How about going to Shandong?"

"Shandong is good!" Lei Yijie said without hesitation: "Central master has an edict to let us retreat to Shandong? Isn't this the same thing as serving the king?"

His voice became aroused: "Now the country is in trouble. The ministers who need courage are all loyal ministers and generals of our Qing Dynasty. I heard that Russian and barbarians were threatening the capital city outside the pass, and they had to return to the army in a hurry to break the siege of the capital."

It was several months ago that Russia used troops outside the pass. Although the Manchu and Chinese civil and military officials present did not know how the war was going, it was impossible to resist Russia's naval and land soldiers with the meager force outside the pass.

Sheng Bao had no choice but to say: "Outside the pass is the place where the dragons in Manchuria are flourishing, so there is no need to lose anything!"

He had many ideas. Some were related to the strategic situation of the Qing Dynasty. If he could not support the inside, he could still retreat outside the pass. Some were related to personal interests, but now they all needed to do it in the name of righteousness. Lei Yijie could get the support of such a Manchu official. He had a clear idea in his heart: "If you are unwilling to serve the king, you can stay. The military strategists in Xuzhou must fight for one more day."

Who would like to stay and die? It’s just that there has never been such a precedent in the two hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Hechun said: “But the name of serving the king is not very appropriate, right?”

"In addition to serving the king, can we find any appropriate name!" Lei Yijie said bluntly: "The current strategy is to maintain the Qing Dynasty only under the name of serving the king."

He was not talking about these 50,000 or 60,000 people. It was the Qing Dynasty, and the people present couldn't help but think about it and had many different opinions.

Like Emperor Daoguang, Emperor Xianfeng was in a sense a traditional wise emperor, but he didn't even talk about the once-in-a-lifetime situation. His abilities were also very limited, so the whole country was decayed, but these civil officials and generals had been favored by the emperors of the two dynasties, so they were naturally unwilling to oppose Emperor Xianfeng.

But if they really return to the army and retreat north, Emperor Xianfeng will definitely attack them unless they are in a group, but this is no different from rebellion. Moreover, everyone has their own ideas, not to mention that there are both Manchus, Mongolians, and Han people.

Zhang Guoliang, the surrendered general, was not afraid of trouble: "Return to the army, return to the army, our Liang Wang army cannot find a second way except for returning to the army north!"

He was a surrendered general. Sometimes he was most concerned about doing things, and sometimes he didn't need any concerns. Now he spoke: "After you return to the north, you can not only get more Russian guns and cannons, but also protect the Qing Dynasty!"

The monk king had already understood that he was talking about the Qing Dynasty, not Emperor Xianfeng. It was obvious that Zhang Guoliang had already made the idea of ​​taking one step at a time. However, among the troops in Xuzhou, although Zhang Guoliang's troops were not the strongest, they were a very important one. If he insisted on returning to the north to serve the king, he might not be able to support the Xuzhou front.

But in addition to Emperor Xianfeng, what kind of chess pieces might Zhang Guoliang use? You should know that there are only those princes in the capital now. However, as long as the center does not force Liang Wangjun to be anxious, Zhang Guoliang will probably leave room?

He was thinking, and Hechun, who was born in the Jiangnan camp, agreed, "We will go back to protect the Qing Dynasty. Fighting with the Red thieves will also protect the Qing Dynasty, and fighting with the Russian and barbarians will also protect the Qing Dynasty. We just need to remember one thing and be loyal to the Qing Dynasty!"

When a man like He Chun stood up, the situation naturally took a sharp turn for the worse. The monk had to announce: "Since that's the case, let's go north to serve the king and support the Qing Dynasty!"

Although it has been decided to return to the north to support the Qing Dynasty, how to withdraw, who will withdraw first, and how to retreat, it will take specific consultations to decide. Now Lei Yijie, the head of the meritorious minister, even went into battle with his naked arms: "Since the idea of ​​defending the king is my idea, then you can also listen to my opinion!"

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Yangzhou City.

The original color of Shi Tuiji in the Land War Brigade has become increasingly faded, and the entire army has already had a very strong sense of Fu Wendao. However, Fu Wendao is not a strong chief in the Land War Brigade. He not only faces the entire Land War Brigade, but also has to deal with the two strong men, Yucun and Jin Peilun, in Jiangning.

He is nominally responsible for the military of Jiangbei, but the administration belongs to Jiangning. Among the troops participating in the battle, there are many regiments sent by the Third Division. Therefore, Fu Wendao, the mother-in-law, was walking on thin ice and did not dare to be careless at all.

He knew that Zhang Guoliang and Senggelinqin Legion in Xuzhou could be said to be the strongest legion of the Qing army in the north, with a total force of up to 50,000 or 60,000 people, including a large number of cavalry teams, and his troops were only more than 10,000, so he always adopted the offensive defense tactics and gradually advanced towards Xuzhou.

Such fortress tactics are based on the complete victory in the field, and their power is amazing. One county, market town, and village after another that has changed hands is identified on the map, and all the captured towns will become the strongholds and starting points for the next offensive of the Hongjun.

Such a tactic may be a bit conservative, but Fu Wendao thinks it is very successful. However, he has to consider a key issue now, that is, how to take Xuzhou: "Since ancient times, Xuzhou has been in battle, with a strong city like iron, and there are many elites in Qing Yao gathering. I am afraid our tactics will change!"

"It's not just a matter of changes in tactics!" Someone immediately pointed out: "There are too many Qing demons in Xuzhou. We can gather at most six or seven thousand people. We have to fight Xuzhou with tens of thousands of people. How to fight, we should ask for help!"

Asking for help is not an easy task. It will even affect Fu Wendao's personal status in Liu Chang's heart. He still hopes to use the resources at hand to solve the problem of Xuzhou City: "We can ask Jiangning for help. Now the entire Jiangnan line is pacified, and even Shanghai has received it. There is no need to save so many troops."

This is the truth, but the officers of the Land Fighting Brigade had another concern. In this way, the situation where the original Land Fighting Brigade in Jiangbei will be broken? You should know that the administration has now been assigned to Jiangning. Not only is there a multi-regiment of mobile troops sent by Jiangning, but most of the ** battalions, ** companies, township platoons, and basic militias have already belonged to Jiangning.

"If you want to continue to advance to Shandong!" Fu Wendao was not worried about this problem: "We must ask the big brother of the Third Division for help, and Jiangsu is originally the territory of Jiangning."

Fu Wendao's idea is relatively simple. The next step is to open a prefecture in Xuzhou, and then completely militaryize the land brigade, the most peculiar unit of the Hongjun. Now the land brigade not only has nothing to do with landing operations, but is a large-scale heavy-equipped infantry brigade, which is completely out of touch with landing operations.

In this case, it would be better to completely decouple from the navy and at most some units will be transferred to the navy. The existing land combat brigade can be adapted into a main division of the army. The next step is Fu Wendao's targeting Shandong.

When he just thought about this, there was an emergency report there: "The Qing Yao from Xuzhou suddenly and frequently mobilized, and it seemed to be a big move!"

Fu Wendao glanced at the map near Xuzhou. The offensive defense of the Hongjun was approaching Xuzhou. He also learned from past combat experience. There was not only one combat unit that strengthened the battalion's strength, but also a regiment-level mobile combat in the rear. Unless the Qing army in Xuzhou was all dispatched, the county town on the front line would probably not be lost soon, but he thought of a possibility: "Is Zhang Guoliang going to run away?" (To be continued...)
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