But Deng Shaoliang quickly understood, and he couldn't help but be furious: "Who gave you the idea of ​​Wu Hongchuan? Let me retreat to Tearingzhou!"

He hadn't figured it out at first, but now when he thought about it carefully, he had already discovered that Wu Hongchuan was asking him to jump into the fire pit.

To the north are the three prefectures of Hangzhou, Jiaxi and Hu, which is the area under his jurisdiction of Zhejiang Admiral. It can be said that the whole world is good. Yanzhou and Tiaozhou Prefecture are different here. These two prefectures are one of the poorest places in Zhejiang.

No matter how rich Hang Jiahu, he was going to retreat to Tengzhou, and even Yanzhou Prefecture was not on guard. This was definitely jumping into the fire pit!

Since Wu Hongchuan is known as a famous general in Zhejiang, he will always understand this truth? He grabbed Wu Hongchuan's collar and asked loudly: "Who said that gave you the idea!"

But Wu Hongchuan was not confused. He immediately said, "Deng Junmen, if you still want to return home in glory, please give up."

When Deng Shaoliang heard Wu Hongchuan's words, he immediately felt very bright. This was not the meaning of Wu Hongchuan, but the opinion of a Hunan military group. Then you can imagine the choice of retreating to Tearzhou Prefecture.

That's right, it's just a teardown

Tearzhou Prefecture happened to be on the border between Jiangxi and Zhejiang. If he retreated to Tearzhou Prefecture, then the Hunan Army would have a springboard to march into Zhejiang. He immediately asked: "Yes..."

He lowered his voice and asked, "What does Zeng Disheng mean?"

Wu Hongchuan has been connected with Jiangxi during this period: "If Deng Junmen wants to be in bright sunshine, it is better to retreat and tear the state. Hunan officials and civilians remember the extraordinary merits of Deng Junmen defending Changsha back then,"

This is something that Deng Shaoliang was very proud of. In the second year of Xianfeng, the Taiping Army attacked Changsha. At that time, the Taiping Army was at least 50,000, while the total number of soldiers outside the city was more than 100,000, but Changsha City was still in danger and was almost captured by the Taiping Army several times.

The most dangerous one was that the Taiping Army used a combination of tunnels and blasting to break a section of Changsha city walls and rushed directly to the city. At that time, Deng Shaoliang took the lead and immediately killed more than ten Taiping troops in succession, turning the tide, and finally led his team to drive the Taiping Army down.

This is something that Hunanese people remember very much, and Deng Shaoliang himself is also from Hunan and talks about it with relish. When he heard Wu Hongchuan mention this, he had a few smiles on his face: "It is rare to remember Zeng Disheng when I guarded Changsha!"

He is from Hunan. Although he is in Jiangnan Daying and Zhejiang's troop, he has a constant relationship with the Hunanese group, a group composed of Hunanese. He immediately held Wu Hongchuan's hand affection and asked, "What does Jiangxi mean? As long as the fellow villagers are willing to help, I can retreat to Tiaozhou."

Deng Shaoliang seemed to have made great sacrifices. He did not go to Hangzhou, Jiahu and Hu, but turned to tearing the state. That was to give up a very rich territory to take care of his fellow villagers. Wu Hongchuan also told him: "Mr. Zeng's meaning is to support Zhejiang as soon as possible. As long as the center issued an order, he would immediately lead troops from Changshan to Zhejiang!"

Deng Shaoliang was much more at ease at the beginning. Judging from the current battlefield situation, the situation in Zhejiang Province cannot be saved by his troops of thousands of people. Liu Juehuo has become a mad person. Even if Zhang Guoliang comes in person, he may not be able to suppress the Red Thief.

In other words, this red thief has grown into a major concern, and it is definitely not something that the power of the Jiangnan Camp or the Jiangbei Camp can suppress. Now the troops that the Qing Dynasty can rely on, except for the monks, Shengbao's cavalry and Linhuai Army, are only the Hunan Army that can be used.

Since the Hunan Army occupied Jiangxi, it had been coveting Zhejiang for a long time. Zeng Guofan sent someone to Zhejiang to borrow money. As a result, the letter said, "I usually spend money like soil" angered Wang Youling, and the already unstable relationship between the two sides immediately broke down.

Now the Hunan Army is preparing to join forces with Deng Shaoliang to dig He Guiqing's footsteps. Deng Shaoliang even understood Zeng Guofan's intention to let him retreat to Yazhou. In addition to being a springboard for the Hunan Army to march into Zhejiang, there is another point, that is, to tear He Guiqing's footsteps.

That's right, in history, these two groups broke up each other in the battle for Zhejiang territory. Not only did they refuse to save them, but they also stabbed them in the back. Now He Guiqing has lost all the six palaces of Wentai Jinchu and Ningshao. Deng Shaoliang retreated to Tiaozhou again, and there is indeed no available soldiers on his hands.

In this case, He Guiqing couldn't do anything if he didn't fall. Therefore, Deng Shaoliang immediately asked: "Without the central intention, he should enter Zhejiang as soon as possible. Liu's family has become a vicissitudes. If you delay it again, it may cause great trouble."

"Then you have to retreat to Quzhou Prefecture as soon as possible. As long as He Guiqing and He Zhongcheng fall," Wu Hongchuan made the statement clear: "The Hunan Army can enter Zhejiang at any time."

Deng Shaoliang responded helplessly.

He is the admiral of Zhejiang and a subordinate of He Guiqing. He should go north to Hangzhou and Jiajia to help He Guiqing with his help, but now the Hunan Army Group waved to him, he was a little moved.

This matter was not something that a Zhejiang admiral could repay, so he quickly made his own choice: "Mr. Zeng asked me to retreat to Quzhou, I can consider it, but what should Yanzhou Prefecture do? If Hangzhou and Jiajia are in the wrong and Yanzhou Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the Red Thief, I am afraid that he will be entangled with the Red Thief in Yanzhou and cannot rush to Hangzhou to support him."

"Send Zhang Yuliang!" Wu Hongchuan had a plan long ago: "Although Zhang Yuliang suffered setbacks, he also had a mortal enemy with the Red Thief, and there was no room for relief!"

Deng Shaoliang has already understood that now that the Hongjun attacks Zhang Yu, Liang does not need to mobilize at all. There is even a camp that does not cause trouble for Deng Shaoliang, and he is determined to attack Zhang Yuliang. Zhang Yuliang also has a blood feud with the Hongjun. Whenever he meets a red thief, he leads the team to charge up, and there is no need to mobilize.

In this case, it is the best idea to let Zhang Yuliang, who has a deep hatred of the Red Thief, guard Yanzhou Prefecture. When he saw the Red Thief, he would definitely be red in his eyes and fight to the end.

He agreed: "I'll think about it again..."

Ningbo.

Fumar's consulate was particularly lively today, and almost all the well-known Westerners in Ningbo received his invitation.

Although Ningbo is one of the five trading ports, there are generally no more than 100 Westerners living here for a long time, and there are forty or fifty people attending the Fumar banquet today.

This is a rare Western gathering in Ningbo. You can see gentlemen in suits, ladies in white long skirts, and missionaries holding the Bible talking to each other everywhere.

Although the Red thieves were outside the Ningbo Prefecture, these Westerners were still as stable as Mount Tai. They talked to each other about their recent gains, especially the French missionaries were delighted to find that they had gained another group of believers, all due to the war.

Fumar was a little disgusted with these Catholic priests, but now Britain and France are on the same front. He must maintain the foreign policy of the British Empire, so he can only listen carefully.

The crystal glass rings, snow-white tablecloths, fragrant roasted suckling pigs, neat knife and fork, and the smiling faces of the ladies made Fumar's mood reach the peak, while several businessmen who had already taken root in Ningbo were asking their most concerned questions.

"Consul, I would like to ask if the red turban will have an impact on our business!"

"Don't worry, everyone!" Fumar raised his wine glass, which was filled with wines that were rare in the Eastern world. He was very interested: "Such rebels are just real pitiful people. Although they have obtained some backward old-style equipment from Europe, they are not worth mentioning!"

"We only need a battalion or even a company of Indian companies plus a patrol ship to make them disappear without a trace on the coastline of Zhejiang Province," Fumar's face was already filled with passion only adventurers: "We should regard this as an opportunity, a god-given opportunity, an opportunity to open the doors of Zhejiang Province and the entire eastern China,"

He mysteriously told the Westerners present: "I am determined to save Ningbo Port from chaos, darkness and depression. Everything I have done is no different from what the great powers did in Shanghai. I must explain..."

"Ningbo Port is a trading port under the protection of the British Empire. Its freedom and neutrality are not violated. I will rebuild order, freedom and prosperity in Ningbo Port, and you will be my most firm cornerstone!"

The Westerners present cheered, and some ladies threw flowers to the Consul Fumar, which made Fumar's speech more passionate: "As the British Consul, I reluctantly served as the founder, defender and defender of the Ningbo Port Order. This really gives me too many authority. If you use a noun to describe it, it is the civil servant."

Of course, there is another meaning for the civilian officials, that is, the dictator, but the Westerners present celebrated the actions of Consul Fumar with warmer applause and cheers.

This is their best opportunity in China's adventures. If successful, everyone will be successful in the millions of British pounds when they return home. Fumar continued: "Of course, I can temporarily let go of the poor rebels outside Ningbo. They have thin and yellow faces, foolish and ignorant, timid and poor, and can't even tell the difference between left and right, let alone God, I decided to forgive them."

He continued to preach with greater enthusiasm: "I can tell you that this is just forgiveness, temporary forgiveness, so they do not allow the violation of the free trade and prosperity of Ningbo Port. You are the most determined cornerstones that will manage all the ports here, taxation, finance, personnel and self-defense force."

"I will command the rebels, who must obey our instructions, or if I only need to touch a finger, these rebels will be destroyed. These poor people, they have never even believed in God."

Fumar did not hear the applause he expected, but on the contrary, he only heard everyone smoking the air conditioner.

Then he had seen the poor people in his eyes who had not believed in God, standing at the door of the consulate with a bayonet.

And a young officer was applauding Fumar's speech.
Chapter completed!