Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

"Hey, good, good!"

The old lady Xiao was in a turbulent mood, she couldn't help the old tears streaming out of her eyes, and tremblingly helped Ning Wei up.He stretched out his hand to touch Ning Wei's appearance, but he stretched out halfway and then retracted it, but he didn't dare.Ning Wei smiled shyly, took the old lady's hand and pressed it to her cheek.

A blind person with excellent sense of hearing and touch, the old lady Xiao Yushi could not help being excited again when she touched her hand.Xin'er was born beautiful enough, unexpectedly, this golden-branched and jade-leafed elder sister was even more beautiful in a mess, saying that she was better than a fairy in the sky.No exaggeration.Feelings abound in my heart for a moment: I don't know what kind of yin virtue my little bastard has entrusted to me in my life, but the gang of wives I found are all more beautiful than each other!

After meeting the old lady, it was Yu Ting's turn to wait for the sisters.Although Yu Ting persuaded her mother-in-law not to see outsiders, but when it was her turn, she felt a little nervous.After all, she was born as a palace maid.But he is the golden branch and jade leaf of Zhengerbajing, and there is a huge gap in status here.Therefore, without waiting for Ning Wei to see the ceremony, she crossed her hands and wished all blessings, saying: "Yu Ting has met the eighth princess!"

Among the wives, she is quite popular, Xueyao and other sisters always look up to her.Seeing her take the lead, they all bowed down together.Ning Wei thought that she was a latecomer, so logically she could only be a small one.It is a blessing to count on the sisters not to be disliked in their hearts.So how can you be willing to accept such a great gift?Hastily helped Yuting up, but Xueyao had no time to help, so she bowed down.

Ning Wei felt anxious.He fell to his knees.Yu Ting hurriedly reached out to help, but Ning Wei was not willing to get up, and said: "Sisters, you can't beat Weier! What kind of princess is a thing of the past. Now that she is with her husband, Weier is willing to do it for you. Concubine, if the sisters don't dislike her, it will be Weier's blessing, how dare you show off in front of the sisters?"

Seeing that she couldn't afford to help her, Yu Ting felt very anxious, and quickly knelt down too.This is good, except for Xiao Ran and Ning Xin, a group of wives knelt on the ground facing each other.Xiao Ran was angry and funny, and shouted: "That's enough! Stand up for me! We are already a family, so what's the point of making these red tapes? Hurry up, who dares to kneel again, be careful of my boss spanking!" "

Having said that, all the wives blushed and helped each other to stand up.But Ning Wei still blessed each of the sisters, which was regarded as a gift.Yu Ting took Ning Wei's arm and said, "Wei'er, since my husband has spoken, I don't dare to be polite to you. Don't call everyone your sister just because you are the husband who follows you. The husband has decided According to the rules, there is no distinction between big and small in our family, we only talk about sisters. In terms of age, I am now how old I am, then Qinger, Ziqing, and then you. Needless to say, Xiner, Xueyao, Xiaoxiu and Xiaoyue are all your younger sisters!"

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All the wives smiled and said yes, so they talked about sisters again.Ning Wei couldn't help but cast a beautiful glance at Xiao Ran, thinking that this young man was really hard for him, no wonder this group of wives managed them harmoniously and beautifully.Could it be that the heart of this fake eunuch is really divided into several halves, and is he so considerate to every wife?

After seeing the ceremony, Yu Ting ordered the banquet to be prepared, and the whole family finally had a reunion to drink and talk happily together.Xiao Xiao Bang and Xiao Shuang also came out to join in the fun. Xiao Ran stretched out his arms, one on each side, and in front of him was a row of beautiful wives. Can H

Xiao Xiaoshuang is really too young, just sleepy, there is still a line of saliva on her chubby little face, and she is charmingly naive.Afraid of waking her up, Xiao Ran quickly let the nanny carry her down.

Little Chopin is now more than half a year old. Although he can't speak yet, he can already babble. He has a tiger head and a tiger brain, staring left and right with two big black eyes, which is indescribably cute.The little guy didn't know why he was so happy today, he couldn't stop laughing.To be honest, since the birth of Little Chopin, Xiao Ran led the army to march northward, and this trip lasted more than half a year. After returning to Beijing, things continued, and he hardly spent time with his wife and children.Looking at his son's extremely cute appearance, he couldn't help stretching out his hand to gently tease his chin, and suddenly felt a touch of moisture on his hand, and wondered: "Hey, the weather is not too hot, why is my son sweating?"

Xueyao came over to have a look, and said with a smile: "Where is the sweat, isn't that bead you touched?"

"Pearl?" Xiao Ran was slightly taken aback, looking at his son's chest, he really wore a pearl the size of a longan, the whole body was bright blue.Only then did I realize that it turned out to be the one from Li Jingchou when my son was born. It seemed to be called "Jade Dragon Ball".

Looking closely at this bead, the shape is round, the tentacles are cold, and the surface is slightly dull, but it is covered with a thin layer of water vapor.Xiao Ran asked strangely: "Why is there so much water on this bead?"

Xueyao shook her head and said: "I can't say that well. But there is one thing, every time the sky changes, the color of this bead will become darker, no matter it is rainy or snowy in winter or summer. I think this time the Jade Dragon Ball The color has become so dark, and there is so much water vapor on it, it is estimated that there should be a heavy rain."

These words reminded Xiao Ran that Li Jingchou had indeed said that the Jade Dragon Ball could sense water vapor, and the color would change accordingly.Unavoidably half-believing in my heart, I strolled to the window, opened the window and looked at the sky, but saw the sun was shining brightly, and there was no cloud in the thousand miles.Xiao Ran couldn't help laughing and said: "How is it possible? It's the beginning of spring now, how can there be heavy rain?"

Lin Qing'er pursed her lips and said with a smile: "My husband always said that you know some quick memory method, and your memory is excellent. How did you forget the heavy rain last spring?"

Xiao Ran suddenly remembered that last year in Chengde, Xunjing rebelled and robbed Xueyao, and he led his brothers to rescue her. It was also the beginning of spring, but he encountered a sudden heavy rain, which made him almost fail.There are indeed many unpredictable factors in the weather, and when it is not guaranteed, it will suddenly come up with some tricks.Looking at it this way, could it really be that heavy rain is coming?

If so, this Jade Dragon Ball is really a rare treasure. No wonder Old Li was so reluctant to part with it at the beginning, and felt that it was a loss to get many famous calligraphy and paintings.With this thing in love, we also have weather forecasts in this era!

You must know how important it is to be able to accurately forecast the weather if you are marching and fighting!Thinking of this, Xiao Ran hugged Xiao Bang with a smile, picked up the Jade Dragon Pearl and said, "Good son, good son, can I give this pearl to Daddy?"

"Whoa whoa!"

The little money fan seemed to have discovered Xiao Ran's intentions, grabbed the Jade Dragon Ball in a hurry, and refused to let go. "Damn it!" Xiao Ran was furious.This little guy is actually so obsessed with money, grandma, it can't be Grandet who traveled through time, right?

All the wives couldn't help laughing, and laughed together.Ning Wei untied a huge light blue pearl from her waist, but it was a luminous pearl bestowed by Emperor Xianfeng, she teased Xiao Xiao Bang for a long time, and finally tricked the jade dragon pearl.At this moment, someone came to report suddenly, saying that Yi

Xiao Ran knew that he must have something important to do when he came here, so he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly asked someone to take him to the study.Yi Ke really caught it! "

Xiao Ran was confused by him, and wondered: "Who did you catch and stimulated you like this?" "Hey! It's your big enemy, brother——Shi Dakai!"

Although Guai Yi was surprised when he heard the news, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't think it was that surprising.

As the firearms produced by the arsenal continued to arrive at the front line, the war in the south of the Yangtze River had already become a foregone conclusion and entered the final stage.Coupled with the establishment of the Jiangnan Anqing Ordnance Institute and the introduction of new firearms on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army has improved by leaps and bounds.In September last year, Zuo Zongtang's troops conquered Hangzhou, Li Xiucheng was killed in battle, and the remnants of the Taiping Army in Zhejiang were leaderless, but they had been wiped out for more than a month.Hong Xiuquan was besieged in Tianjing and fell into a situation of isolation and helplessness.

Zeng Guofan supervised the Hunan Army to march westward along the Yangtze River and penetrated deep into Hunan. After killing the two remaining large long-haired forces in Hunan, he turned around and rushed into Sichuan.Shi Dakai in Sichuan, haunted by ghosts and frequently attacking the city, was a serious concern of Zeng Guofan, and every time he wanted to clear it up, he failed. This time, all the troops in the land and sea were exhausted, and a death order was issued. Shi Dakai must be surrounded by the Wujiang River and eaten in one bite.

At that time, Shi Dakai had joined Zeng Guangyi's troops who had entered Sichuan earlier, with a force of 16.However, Zeng Guofan had already anticipated the movement, and deployed heavy troops along the Wujiang River. At the same time, he ordered the Qing army navy to cruise on the river to prevent the Taiping army from crossing the river.

There was resistance in the front and pursuers in the back. As a last resort, Shi Dakai led his troops to enter Ba County and attack Zuanjiang, hoping to attack Chongqing and cross the Yangtze River.However, because the inside should be exposed, the enemy army was prepared, and after being frustrated, they stopped attacking the city, crossed the Chishui River, and entered southern Sichuan.

The Qing army surrounded them on all sides.And cut off the transportation in the southern Sichuan area.In January, the food and grass of the army could not be supplied. In desperation, Shi Dakai had no choice but to march into Hejiang, defeated Liu Yuezhao's troops of the Hunan Army, and decided to make a detour.Go to the Jinsha River to find opportunities to cross the river.In February, it entered Guizhou, transferred to Zhenxiong, Yunnan, entered Sichuan, and entered Hengjiang.

At this time, the Taiping Army was short of supplies, coupled with years of wars, and in this lean season, the local people's rice jars were already full of grains.No more supplies.The Taiping army was basically fighting and running hungry. How could it defeat the well-equipped and adequately supplied Qing army?By the time of Hengjiang, the 16 army had already run around and scattered, leaving less than 10 troops.

While Zeng Guofan drove his troops to pursue and suppress him, he ordered the Qing troops stationed in Sichuan and other places to intercept him. On February 12, he finally encountered him in Hengjiang.A fierce battle, extremely tragic.The Qing army gathered [-] troops and launched a fierce attack on the Taiping Army from three sides.The Taiping Army at that time also had its own artillery.It's a pity that all of them are muzzle-mounted smoothbore guns, and most of them still use solid shells.In front of the Qing army equipped with breech-loading howitzers and short-barreled curved-fire mortars, it is undoubtedly vulnerable to a single blow.In addition, Yan Tingzhong led more than [-] people to rebel, and the Taiping Army was completely passive and beaten.Less than ten days before and after, three battles.The number of Taiping soldiers dropped from [-] to less than [-].In one of the most tragic battles, the main force of the Taiping Army was divided, and more than [-] people were crowded into the small area of ​​Woniu Town. They were fired by hundreds of cannons from the Qing Army, and no one survived.

Shi Dakai led the remnant troops to fight bloody battles, and finally broke a bloody road, and suddenly went north to Caoshan.Unfortunately, the front was blocked by Luo Bingzhang led by Sichuan, and failed to break through several times in succession.In the end, he was besieged near the widow's tomb.So far, the Qing army has formed a situation of being surrounded by bread. The Taiping army is isolated and has no food and grass.Even the leaves are eaten up, only the bark and grass roots can be eaten.Shi Dakai knew that there was no way out, so in order to save the lives of more than [-] troops, he agreed to surrender to the Qing army.

As far as Xiao Ran knows, Shi Dakai in history also surrendered to the Qing army in order to preserve the three armies. He surrendered himself to Xi Magu's enemy camp, and was finally killed by Luo Bingzhang.This time, Zeng Guofan personally supervised the teacher. On the one hand, he admired Shi Dakai's bravery, so he never killed him, and sent a brigade to escort Shi Dakai to Beijing.Unfortunately, Shi Dakai's wife and concubine and son Shi Dingzhong were all killed.

Shi Dakai was defeated, and the whole of Jiangnan went to the number one enemy, leaving only a mere Tianjing, which is no longer a concern.The Four-Eyed Dog Chen Yucheng and several Nian troops wanted to flee from Henan to Shaanxi, but they happened to be met head-on by the Senggelinqin tribe who had returned from Qiaktu.Xu Shi showed his prestige and self-confidence in the battle against the Russian red-haired ghosts. This time, the monk king was extremely fierce and defeated all the long-haired bandits who were advancing westward.Chen Yucheng himself was beaten so badly that he didn't even have a whole body left behind.

The remnants of the Taiping Army who escaped into the Huaihe River completely became a feat in the hands of Li Hongzhang at this time.Previously, in order to protect themselves, the gentry in Shanghai had recruited Western mercenaries and set up the Chinese and Foreign Defense Bureau. These foreign devils were used to the cowardice of the Qing court, and they were quite disdainful when they saw Li Hongzhang's Huai army.However, Li Hongzhang kept in mind the teachings of his mentor Zeng Guofan, "By training soldiers,

Life is fundamental, and the government and foreign affairs are all put in the back view." I realized that although the Qing army was used to using cold weapons, it was very unlawful in the use of firearms. He did not hesitate to condescend to personally hire foreign devils as coaches to train the three armies, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness. Not long after the Huai army arrived in Shanghai, they "reformed the old system (of the Hunan army) and imitated the Yi army". Taking all-inclusive measures to expand its strength, in less than half a year, the Huai Army quickly expanded to 50 battalions, with about 2 people.

With such an army, clearing out the long-haired remnants of the Huaihe River has become a search for something.When the Taiping Army in the Huai area was suppressed, it marked that the war in the south of the Yangtze River had basically been eliminated.As for Tianjing's failure to fight, that's a question of who will keep the first prize.Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang had a teacher-student friendship with Zeng Guofan, so of course they dare not take credit for it, and only waited for Zeng Guofan's army to rush back from southern Sichuan.

Not to mention how Zeng Guofan's department in the south of the Yangtze River regained Tianjing, but Shi Dakai was captured, and Zeng Guofan sent his subordinate "An Ziying" Li Tong'an Department, with a total of more than [-] people, to the capital in a mighty way.The reason why so many troops were sent out was firstly to boast of meritorious service, secondly to establish prestige, and thirdly to guard against the remnants of the Taiping Army and come back to rescue Shi Dakai.After all, Comrade Old Shi's subordinates are extremely vigorous, and they are with him life and death, so we have to guard against them.

Yi body is about the same.In fact, in all fairness, Xiao Ran originally had some illusions about the Taiping Army, but as time went by, he gradually realized that this so-called Celestial Dynasty had already entered into a pattern of destruction.In other words, since the Tianjing tragedy at that time, when Shi Dakai led his army to leave, the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had fallen into a situation beyond redemption.

Xiao Ran can't control Hong Xiuquan's life and death so much, but Shi Dakai is different. Firstly, he is an idol in his mind, a well-deserved hero; secondly, he is also Lin Qing'er's uncle. As the saying goes, Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, broken bones and tendons, no matter what, you can't just watch this heroic uncle go to righteousness like this, can you?

Now Xiao Ran carefully inquired about the situation of the escorting troops. According to Meteor Flying Report, the escorting Shi Dakai's team took the Shanxi route to avoid the western Nian bandits. Now they have passed Taiyuan and are heading for Beijing from the Luquan line.Xiao Ran patted Yi's white powder as a reward.Yishi Dakai could not really be some kind of feud against Xiao Ran, and he came to tip off the news this time, and it was only for personal favors.As for whether Xiao Ran kills or keeps him, it has nothing to do with him, he just lets him go.So I took the white powder, I was so beautiful, I thanked him again and again, and said goodbye.

Send Yi away, "Your uncle has been found, and now he is in the hands of the Qing soldiers, and he is on his way to escort the capital."

After finishing speaking, she briefly explained what had happened. Lin Qing'er was stunned when she heard the words, and then she said "ah" after a long while, and the tears flowed down uncontrollably.This girl has only such a relative left in the world, so one can imagine the feeling in her heart.Xiao Ran took her hand and said: "Qing'er, now is not the time to cry. The most urgent thing is to find a way to save Uncle him."

Nayan Ziqing and Lin Qing'er were the best, and they were the first to fight the case, saying: "What else are you thinking? My Youfeng Battalion is outside the city right now, let's lead the army to kill the general and take my uncle away. Those cowardly Qing soldiers, can they still hold off my Right Front Battalion?"

Lin Qing'er glanced at Nayan Ziqing gratefully, then turned her head to look at Xiao Ran with anxious eyes.After all, Xiao Ran had to make up his mind on such a major event.At this moment, Xiao Ran was silent, walking up and down on the ground.Ning Xin was the most impatient, and couldn't help but said: "Dead eunuch, you should say something!"

Xiao Ran pondered for a while, and said: "Rescue must be saved, but now we have to consider how to save it. Uncle, he committed rebellion, treason, heinous crimes, and the trouble was known all over the world. He is basically impossible. As Ziqing said, it is not very feasible for us to rob uncle halfway. You think, once we use a large force, how could the court not know? Even if I am a fool now Forced, but openly robbing prisoners like this, let the courtiers know, what will be the consequences?"

Everyone is not a fool, of course they understand the importance of this, and they are silent for a while.Lin Qing'er couldn't help the tears welling up in her eyes, she sobbed, "Master, according to what you said, could it be... Could it be that uncle has no way out?"

of course not.With me here, uncle can definitely be rescued.The only question now is how to save it. "Xiao Ran pondered for a while, and said: "It is definitely inappropriate to send out a large force to rob. If the brothers from Daxing Mountain go, it will easily cause trouble.After all, the weapons used by the brothers are quite special. If you really do it, it is difficult to guarantee that your true identity will not be discovered; but without these new firearms, only 600 people have to deal with more than 4000 Qing soldiers. Lead the army to meet them. If the two armies meet, there will be nearly [-] troops.and……"

Speaking of this, Xiao Ran raised his head to look at Sister Ning Wei and Nayan Ziqing, he wanted to say something but swallowed it back.In fact, with the strength in hand, it is not impossible for Nayan Ziqing's Two Thousand Youfeng Battalion, Oroqen's Ba Mukun, and Daxingshan brothers to wipe out all these Qing soldiers, but he can't do it .Because these soldiers are not the Manchu Eight Banners Army, but the Green Battalion of the Han people.

"Then what should we do? Do we want to just watch and let it go?" Nayan Ziqing became anxious first, Xiao Ran shook his head, and said: "It must be saved, but it depends on how to save it." Back and forth After taking a few steps, she suddenly said: "Xueyao said that there will be heavy rain in these two days, right? If this is the case, things might be easier."

Lin Qing'er was overjoyed when she heard the words, and all the wives also looked at Xiao Ran.Ning Xin paused and said: "Dead eunuch, what's the matter with you, you should tell me quickly!"

Xiao Ran picked up the jade dragon ball in his hand and said: "The problem I was most worried about before. It was Zhou Mengqian's troops who rushed ahead of us to join Li Tong'an's 'An Ziying', with tens of thousands of troops. If we don't use those new firearms If so, even if we succeed in robbing the prisoner, it will be very difficult to escape unscathed. But if the Jade Dragon Ball forecast is true, a heavy rain will definitely block the two-way march. Let us take this opportunity to send Daxingshan brothers to rush Go to the front of Meng Qian and strike first!"

The wives didn't know much about military affairs, but they nodded their heads repeatedly when they saw what he said in affirmation.Nayan Ziqing hesitated for a moment, and said: "Soldiers are expensive and fast, that's a good word. But if there is heavy rain, won't our troops have no way to march? Besides, there are only more than 4000 brothers in Daxingshan. [-] people, how sure are you?"

Before Xiao Ran could answer, Lin Qing'er preemptively said: "Sister, don't worry, our six hundred brothers have specially trained in all-weather cross-country combat, so there must be no problem in marching. And even if they don't use firearms, just rely on knives, the brothers will all kill people Expert, I am [-]% sure of dealing with this mere battalion of the Qing army!"

"Okay, then let's do what we say!"

Xiao Ran ordered someone to send news to Duan Xingnian and others in the Tianshun Temple in the east of the city and arranged to meet outside the city. He changed his outfit and took his two wives, Lin Qing'er and Nayan Ziqing, out of Xiao's mansion in a carriage.All the way out of town.The brothers were obviously much faster than him, and by the time he arrived, they had already assembled.Except for the snipers who carried guns in case of accidents, the other brothers all had knives and daggers at their waists, and with enough dry food, the team set off immediately.