I can't die

Liu Xiang got some clues from the shopkeeper Qin, so he left readily. The shopkeeper Qin wanted to keep him for a few more days, but he couldn't, so he had to let him go.When taking them away, shopkeeper Qin repeatedly told Liu Xiang to be careful, and ordered the places where the rebels often haunt outside Lanzhou City, which moved Liu Xiang a lot.

Liu Xiang left Lanzhou City and rode for another half an hour, and there were already seven or eight attendants waiting here.When the attendants saw Liu Xiang coming, they all got off their horses to greet him, and went forward to bow down: "Bai Tang, I have seen Mr. Chief Attendant. Congratulations on your return."

"Bai Tang" is the title of ordinary members of the sticky pole, while the guard is a higher rank, and the chief attendant is the second only to Xia Changping.It is conceivable that this Liu Xiangnai's position at the sticky pole is extraordinary.

"Get up, my brother doesn't have to be like this." Liu Xiang cupped his hands and said, "I just went to Lanzhou City to inquire, and I happened to meet the Lanzhou City China's grain shipping company. I learned that a large number of troops passed through Lanzhou City half a month ago. Nearby, it doesn't look like I dress up as a soldier of the Qing Dynasty."

Liu Xiang calculated from the information obtained by the shopkeeper Qin, and concluded that the army was about [-], and judging from the clothes, it definitely did not look like Hui rebels, but he didn't know if it was a group training of the Han people who spontaneously fought against the Hui people.

"I heard from Shopkeeper Qin that this Marching Army C is heading for Jiuquan."

Jiuquan is the most northwestern city in Gansu Province. Between the Altun Mountains, Qilian Mountains and Mazong Mountains at the western end of the Hexi Corridor, it has been a transportation hub from the Central Plains to the Western Regions since ancient times, and an important town on the Silk Road. A little further to the northwest is Xinjiang. up.

It should be noted that Xinjiang has been the base camp of the Hui people since ancient times. At this juncture, this group of troops who are not dressed as Hui people did not run to the Central Plains, but to Xinjiang. No matter how you look at it, it seems strange.

"Bingyi." You hurry back to Shanxi to meet the governor, and tell the governor the news.Liu Xiang deeply felt the strangeness inside, so he said to one of his subordinates.

"What about my lord?"

Bingyi said worriedly.

Hearing this, Liu Xiang smiled: "I'm going to Jiuquan Haosheng to have a look. I heard that Jiuquan's water is like a spring, and the Sa family has never drunk it. Since I'm here this time, if I want to taste it, don't you think so? ?!"

All the men laughed loudly after hearing Liu Xiang's words: "Of course! How can there be a gift of returning empty-handed?"

"Brothers! Let's go!" Liu Xiang flicked the whip in his hand, turned the horse's head, and shouted, the horse took the lead and ran towards the north, and everyone followed, leaving a series of hooves in the loess. .

Bingyi watched the brothers galloping towards the front line with Liu Xiang, and couldn't help being envious.I just feel that although the commander Liu Xiang looks weak, he is a full-fledged man, and Commander Xia really knows people with eyes.At that moment, he also regained his mind, and turned to run towards the south, trying his best to spread the news to Zuo Zongtang quickly.

In the sticky pole is now Xia Changping as the president, with Rongshou as the assistant manager, and then the four chief guards. Each of the chief guards can form a "Bai Tang" with up to 16 people, and "Bai Tang" will be under it. It is non-staff personnel, and the number is uncertain.Liu Xiang ranked third among the four chief guards. From the following "Bai Tang" all start with C, ranging from one to sixteen.

Bingyi hurried to Shanxi. Because of his excellent physical fitness, he slept for two hours a day and traveled overnight. He returned to Shanxi in about four days.Now Zuo Zongtang led his troops to form a line of defense at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi to prevent returning thieves from invading Shanxi.

"If there is an urgent military matter, please inform Governor Zuo." Normally, at the gate of the barracks, one should dismount from the horse, but this kind of spy organization at the sticky pole is unusual, so he immediately took out his badge from his waist.The soldiers guarding the gate didn't know these badges, but they had good eyesight, so they could see that Bing Yi was unusual.

The soldier guarding the camp respectfully took the token, Huan Bingyi waited at the door for a while, and then ran towards the camp.Zuo Zongtang heard the soldier's report and saw the token, so he hurriedly asked someone to welcome Bingyi in.As soon as Bing got the promise, he dismounted and ran quickly to the main tent.

"Official Bingyi, I have met Governor Zuo." "Bai Tang" also has an official position, the sixth rank, and the specialization of the sticking rod, which can be compared with the ordinary fifth rank.

"It's okay, please get up, the military situation is important." Zuo Zongtang waved his hand, and the servants in the affairs account retreated to prevent the military situation from being exposed.

As soon as Bing got the order, he got up from the ground, and then told Zuo Zongtang what he had seen and heard in Lanzhou City.Zuo Zongtang was contemplating while listening. He was a straightforward person, his mind turned quickly, and he thought of the key points all at once, and his complexion suddenly became not very good.

"You rest for one night first, and wait for me to write a letter to the emperor tonight, and please send it to Beijing as soon as possible."

Zuo Zongtang said so immediately, after Bingyi was invited out of the main tent to resettle, he hurried to find Yang Yuebin, the former governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.At this time, Zuo Zongtang's complexion was already very bad, seeing Yang Yuebin, he said angrily: "Brother Yang is too careless, he didn't know that the remnants of Taiping had mixed into Shaanxi and Gansu, no wonder it caused such a catastrophe."

Zuo Zongtang is no different than Liu Xiangchu who came out of the capital. He has fought against the Taiping Army for many years, and he has been paying close attention to the movements of these old opponents. The army provoked!

What?When Yang Yuebin heard this, he couldn't calm down anymore.This is even more serious than the civil uprising of the Hui nationality. If the censor finds out about it, he may be accused of "collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country" and be executed. After all, as the governor of the two provinces, the rebels all ran away It's really unreasonable not to report to the court when it's on your territory.

Yang Yuebin's face was ashen ashes so far, and he remained silent for a long time. Seeing this, Zuo Zongtang couldn't say anything more, as he had exhausted what he could say.The rest can only live in peace.

At that moment, Zuo Zongtang began to think about the memorial he wanted to submit to the imperial court.Yang Yuebin saw that Zuo Zongtang wrote the old note, so he added a lot based on his own understanding, and finally begged Zuo Zongtang to have a few words of kindness with him in the memorial.Zuo Zongtang saw that his colleagues were in the same place, he couldn't bear it, and he couldn't refuse, so he took up a pen to speak for him.

I never thought about it, but this mention of the pen caused many disturbances, so I will mention it later.

Let’s say that Bingyi received Zuo Zongtang’s memorial, and after a night’s rest, he immediately ran towards the capital at full speed. The journey was full of wind and rain, and within three days, the memorial was delivered to Zai Chun’s desk.

Zaichun now regards the pacification of Shaanxi and Gansu as the most important thing, and he read Zuo Zongtang's memorial immediately, but saw the following statement in the memorial: "The patient who is currently suffering is too harsh. In terms of terrain, The Central Plains is the most important, and Guanlong is the least important; in terms of suppressing thieves, the suppression of Taiping should be urgent, and the suppression of return should be slow; in terms of the order of deployment of troops, if you want to calm the western frontier, you must first clear the hinterland, and then the guest army will have no worries about the future, and the payment will be free. He also said: "When entering Shaanxi, you must first clear the thieves outside the customs; when entering Gansu, you must first clear the thieves in Shaanxi; when stationing troops in Lanzhou, you must first clear the thieves from all walks of life, and then the pay and roads will always be open, and the division will be free. If you can attack with one mind, you can avoid the danger of being held back." The core of this strategy is "first the Taiping army and then return", "first Qin and then Long", and the key is "don't let the two thieves form a combined force."