On the morning of the third day, the heavy snow had stopped, and the mist in the morning had not yet dissipated. In the morning smoke, the Qing army's Dahonga's flag was pulled down on the flagpole in the Taizhou Prefectural Office. The bright yellow flag rolling on the white edge of the West Hall rose slowly, followed by the cheers of thousands of Taiping soldiers like tsunamis.

After two days of fierce street fighting, in the early morning of this year, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the Second Regiment of the Second Regiment of the newly formed First Division of the Taiping Army conquered the last stronghold of the Qing army, the Taizhou Prefecture Office. In the prefecture office, dozens of Qing army civil and military generals and officers from Dahonga were captured.

After walking out of the Taizhou Government gate, Dahonga looked up in a daze and saw the flag of the West Hall of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rising, and his heart was filled with bitterness. Dahonga's hair turned white overnight, and the sweat on his forehead could not stop emitting in the cold weather. He originally wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by his subordinates. Then the soldiers of the Taiping Army rushed in at a flash of speed and never gave him a chance to die. He looked at the Taiping Army soldiers who were escorting him with resentment, but he didn't know how these long-haired thieves would humiliate him.

In the Taizhou Governor's Office, a huge pot of charcoal fire was burning in the hall. The flames emitted heat to make the yamen lobby very warm. More than ten senior generals of the Taiping Army sat in a row, and Lin Qirong and Chen Bushi, who had the largest official title, sat in the first place. The door opened, and Dahonga and others were brought in.

The generals and officials looked at these Qing army generals with miserable expressions fiercely, and they all wanted to kill these people immediately.

When Lin Qirong saw Dahonga and others coming in, he asked slowly: "Who among you is Dahonga?"

All the Qing generals and officers did not dare to speak, but they couldn't stop looking at Dahonga. Dahonga took a deep breath, stepped forward and said, "I am Dahonga, the general of Zhangzhou Town, Daqing!" He raised his head, his tone was very arrogant, and he didn't look like a captive at all.

Lin Qirong and Chen Bushi looked at each other. They both laughed. Lin Qirong said with a smile: "I am quite confident. Are you not afraid that we will kill you?"

Dahong's face twitched and said loudly: "If you want to kill, kill. I will be loyal to the country and the emperor for a lifetime. It is the duty of a minister. Unlike you, the traitors, who have a strange power and a god, who use foreign religions to deceive people's hearts. You will be defeated sooner or later, and you will be defeated and ashes will be thrown into peace forever!"

Lin Qirong's face darkened and shouted at the escorted soldiers: "Let them all kneel down! What qualifications are the captives qualified to stand and talk?"

Several guns hit Dahong'a's leg. His legs immediately became weak and he knelt down, but his face was still full of anger. Lin Qirong also looked glared and stood up and shouted angrily: "The Qing Dynasty has been in the pass for two hundred years. How many Han people have been killed, how many sisters have been insulted, and how much wealth have I plundered me? Your dog emperor's family was originally just a slave of the Ming Dynasty's border soldiers. How could he steal my Chinese for two hundred years? Today we are here to pay back the blood debt!" After that, Lin Qirong clapped his hands and a person came out of the inner hall. When the Qing generals saw it, they all cursed. The person who came was Wang Youling, the former governor of Zhejiang of the Qing court.

Wang Youling didn't care about the scolding at all. The Qing generals were immediately beaten and scolded by the Taiping soldiers around him. They slowly calmed down. Lin Qirong handed a piece of paper to Wang Youling and shouted loudly: "These are all crimes they committed in Taizhou. Read them out and let them die clearly!"

Wang Youling took it calmly and thought of the evil things committed by the Qing army above. In fact, Wang Youling participated in these evil things. Among them, Dahonga was the only thing that instigated the Qing army to harm the people in Taizhou City, killed innocent people, slaughtered villages and destroyed villages, forced people to recruit people, and plundered people's wealth. He explained them one by one.

Although Dahong's face began to turn pale, he still straightened his upper body without any intention of begging for mercy. Halfway through the thought, the generals behind Dahong's began to beg for mercy. Just the matter of slaughtering villages and destroying villages, the Qing army in Taizhou had done no less than 30 cases. Each death occurred, as many as thousands, and as few as more than a hundred, were killed by them and reported to them as military merits. These generals and officials naturally knew that these people died unjustly, and the Taiping Army would definitely not let them go.

Dahonga turned around and shouted: "Those rioters who colluded with Changmao would be killed. If they were not killed at that time, they would be rebels when Changmao came. What is the point of killing a few rebels for the country to quell the rebellion? Are you still generals of the Qing Dynasty? Stand up your chest! Don't beg for mercy!"

Lin Qirong said coldly: "Dahong, I miss you, you have some backbone in fighting against the British back then. Leave a whole body for you, and someone will drag him out to hang him! The rest will be punished according to the law!"

In this way, a group of generals in Taizhou City were taken out and the Ming Zhengdian was executed in front of the Wudi Temple in Taizhou City. Thousands of people came to watch. Seeing Dahonga and other vicious Qing generals being executed, they applauded and even set off firecrackers to celebrate. Many Qing generals were beaten to death by stones by the people along the way before they arrived at the execution ground, which was considered a bargain.

The Taiping Army soldiers and rural soldiers who besieged Taizhou withstood the test of severe cold. After paying the price of more than a thousand casualties, they successfully conquered Taizhou, the gateway to the Wentai defense line of the Qing army, annihilated more than 30,000 Qing troops in Taizhou and more than 20,000 reinforcements in Wenzhou. The casualties ratio is unfavorable, but when the war report reached Xiao Yungui, the King of Western said that the casualties were still too great. You should know how many people died in the subsequent Second Opium War, when the British and French forces attacked Beijing, it seems that there is still a gap between the Taiping Army and the British and French troops. And if Wang Youling had not opened the Ximen to surrender, the Taiping Army might have suffered greater casualties.

Two days later, Li Kaifang arrived with subsequent logistics troops and established a supply line to ensure the adequate supply of the front line. Judging from this battle, the strength of the Taiping Army has been greatly improved, but it is inevitable that the common problem of bringing hot weapons troops with a hot weapon army is very reliant on logistics supplies. The demand for ammunition in the entire army is very huge. Everyone gradually understands why the Western King only dares to rotate training. If it spreads out the hot weapons troops of more than 100,000 people at once, even if the West Palace is rich and powerful, it will not be able to support it.

After Li Kaifang arrived, the troops on the southern front also sent troops back to meet. Li Kaifang held a city entry ceremony and asked each department to send troops back to participate, and at the same time assigned the next combat mission.

The reinforcements sent back from the southern line to block Wenzhou reinforcements was Zhang Wenxiang's cavalry regiment. Zhang Wenxiang's cavalry regiment was a great military achievement this time. They were the first Taiping Army to hide in the Lingjiang River system and the first to defeat the Qing cavalry in the field, fully exerting the maneuvering power of the cavalry. They were praised by Li Kaifang.

When entering the city, Zhang Wenxiang's cavalry regiment changed back to the cavalry uniforms, red rolled white-edged uniforms, light-colored shirts, blue breeches, black horse boots on his feet, carriage rifles on his shoulders, two crossed bullet belts on his chest, a saber on his waist, and an iron helmet with feathers floating on his head. When they headed south to fight, they considered the need for hidden combat. So they changed into infantry camouflage uniforms, but the facts proved that the cavalry with tall horses could not be camouflaged no matter what. Zhang Wenxiang and the others had to insert themselves into branches every time, so in the future cavalry battles, they never used camouflage equipment again.

After the entry ceremony, Li Kaifang convened the generals of various departments to assign tasks. Zhang Wenxiang's cavalry regiment was sent to the south of Chuzhou to cut off the connection between Chuzhou and Wenzhou, while Lin Qirong led the infantry regiment to Wenzhou directly. Li Kaifang's intention was to ignore Chuzhou. Once Wenzhou was taken, Chuzhou, which was isolated to the north, would naturally be destroyed.

Wang Youling and Hu Xueyan and other surrendered people were sent by Li Kaifang to escort back to Suzhou, and Taizhou had local officials appointed by Suzhou to take over the governance.

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When the Taiping Army fought fiercely with the Qing army in Wenzhou, a new front on the other side was about to be opened. In late December, in the reception room of the British Consulate in Shanghai, important figures in Shanghai, important figures in France, and important generals of the British and French coalition forces gathered, and important meetings were being held.

Bao Ling was wearing a tuxedo, and the bow on the collar was extremely neat. He coughed lightly, and the people at the table slowly calmed down. He only heard him slowly say: "Gentlemen, our fleet that was recuperating in North America has returned to Shanghai. The war with the Russians in the west has reached a critical moment. I have been authorized by the parliament and the cabinet. We will join forces with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's army to fight north together with the army."

As soon as this was said, the British Rear Admiral He Bo's thick sea lion shaking and said with dissatisfaction: "Have our British Empire fallen to the point where we need to cooperate with the yellow race to win?" He Bo was the commander of the last time he commanded the British and French joint fleet to attack the Russian Port in the north, but because of his defeat, he was removed from his post and only served in the navy.

Grant, the new commander of the British Far East Fleet, was wearing a red serge general uniform, wearing a flannel shirt and a white helmet on the table. He looked at He Bo and said lightly: "The army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been undergoing training from instructors from various countries recently. I watched their military exercise the day before yesterday. Their military qualities are no worse than those of British soldiers. Please note that the Taiping Army is now our important potential ally, and the Indian army will be unhappy if they hear the general's words." Grant had just taken over the British army in the Far East, and had already discussed with the French side that the commander-in-chief of the British and French coalition was still Grant. The reason is very simple. Among the British and French coalitions, the British fleet and personnel accounted for the majority.

Bo He didn't say anything anymore. He knew that Grant was working hard to weaken his influence in the army recently, and he would not miss the opportunity to attack him, so he shut his mouth wisely.

Grant did not make things too difficult for He Bo. He looked at the huge map of the Far Northeast on the table and said: "Our last failure was mainly because we had too few troops invested on the land. I wonder how many people the Taiping Army could mobilize to fight this time?"

Bao Ling said: "During the meeting with the King of the West yesterday, the King of the West has made it clear that it can send two standard infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment, a total of more than 3,000 people."

French Rear Admiral Rigo de Genuilli frowned and said, "Have you sent an artillery force?"

Bao Ling shrugged and smiled and said, "The Western King's infantry regiment is equipped with artillery battalions, which is enough to deal with war. The support of large-caliber artillery still requires the navy. Moreover, according to our current maritime transportation capacity, it is unrealistic to send an artillery regiment in the past."

Grant pondered for a moment and said, "Most of the Russian military ports and our naval artillery fire can still be destroyed, but we don't know if the Russians have other defense facilities. After landing, everything depends on the Taiping Army and their own."

The British Shanghai Consul Witoma, who was silent on the side, suddenly spoke: "Mr. Minister, has the Western King agreed to the request of the Parliament? I mean to help them establish a navy."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked incredible. The British wanted to help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom establish a navy?

Bao Ling nodded slightly and said, "Yes, the King of the West has accepted our shipbuilding plan. Our shipyard in Portsmouth will start to build two sail and steam dual-power cruisers for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After the war is over, five three-masted warships in the British Far East Navy will also be delivered to the Taiping Army."

He Bo said with dissatisfaction: "If the Taiping Army has a navy, how can we maintain the maritime advantage in the Far East in the future?"

Grant said with a faint smile: "The country will send six newest steam warships to the Far East next year. The Navy plans to replace these sail warships in the next few years. Major General He doesn't have to worry. Moreover, according to the agreement, the Navy personnel of the Taiping Army, including sailors, are they going to our UK for training. Are you worried that the students you teach will defeat the teacher?"

He Bo did not say anything, and the French were not surprised, because Bloombur also received a note from the King of the West to order ships in France yesterday, and the French also wanted to get a share of the pie, so neither Britain nor France cared too much about the Taiping Army's naval plan. They were very confident in their military power, nor did they believe that the Taiping Army Navy, which had no background, would cause any trouble to them.

The meeting finally decided that after the frozen period of the northern sea surface ended, the British and French joint fleet sent troops northward. The first fleet was commanded by French Rear Admiral Rigo de Genuilli and British Rear Admiral He Bo. There were eight main battleships, ten cruisers, the remaining gunboats, gunboats, armed merchant ships, transport ships, and various types of supply ships totaling more than 100. To be continued, the British and French Taiping coalition forces reached a total of more than 5,000. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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