The Taiping Army wants to attack Guangzhou?

Hong Shiming's face was even worse than Zuo Qing's when he heard this news. He stayed there, staring at Guangzhou Prefect Zhu Guorong motionlessly, and only thought repeated in his mind - why did the situation in Guangdong collapse so much!

Wang Huacheng and other Green Camp generals were also stunned. The Taiping Army, who was chased a few days ago, was coming to attack Guangzhou City in a blink of an eye. The contrast was so great that it was hard for them to accept for a while.

"All nonsense is the story, where did the Taiping gang come from the tens of thousands of troops? The battalion officer in Daliang Town was called Taiping gang scared him. There are really tens of thousands of troops of thieves. He can still stay safe in Daliang and report to our supervisor!"

Li Lutai didn't believe that the Taiping Army who ran from Xinhui to Xiangshan could have supported tens of thousands of troops in just a few months, and he didn't believe that the thief scholar Zhou Shixiang had the courage to attack Guangzhou City. The foreign member Qian of Daliang Town was also named Hu, and 80% of them were the private person who was appointed by Hu Qili, so he lied about military affairs to cover up the truth for him.

He asked Zuo Qing angrily: "What did Daliang report say?"

Zuo Qing had not come to his senses from Zhu Guorong's words, and he didn't react for a moment.

Seeing Zuo Qing in a daze, Li Lutai couldn't help but say angrily: "Master Zuo, what did Daliang's report say? I'll give this supervisor a remark!"

"Ah? OK, the minister is thinking..."

Zuo Qing woke up and hurriedly opened the Daliang report in his hand, swept several words, his face turned pale, and he looked up at Li Lutai's look of wanting to speak but stopping.

"Looking at what I am doing, I'm just thinking, is there any news that is worse than the Taiping gang's attempt to attack Guangzhou!" Li Shutai laughed furiously.

"This is not...but... the Xiaguan reads it now, and reads it now..."

Under Li Rutai's staring eyes, Zuo Qing finally stuttered and said in a low voice: "Hu Mingyi, the general general of the foreign committee of Daliang of Panyu, reported: After hearing that the officers' army had failed in Lutou River, he sent horses to the place to inquire about the details. However, the Taiping gang had blocked the checkpoints, and the vocational department was unable to go south. He sent boats to go upstream from the Lutou River and found my Green Camp soldiers several miles downstream... The soldiers' bodies were more than a thousand, and because of the numerous bodies blocking the river, the boats could not continue to inquire about the upstream... On the 17th, the big troop

The Taiping gang attacked the jurisdiction of the officials. Sanshui, Shaping, Weijing and other places were trapped by the enemy. The gang robbed food and grass in the countryside, burned houses, and killed the people. They did everything evil... Some people escaped from the gang and reported that the gang threatened to attack the provincial capital, and wanted to compete for bravery in the Zhujiang River on the Dragon Boat Festival. After receiving the report, the gang immediately sent a quick horse to the governor to report the news. In order to prepare for the provincial capital early... The gang troops came in a fierce manner, and there were only hundreds of war soldiers in the department. Daliang had no danger to take charge. The gangs were fighting or leaving. Please make a decision early."

After reading it, Zuo Qing looked at Li Lutai nervously, not knowing how to judge the report of the great foreign minister Qiang General Hu Mingyi. He said it was full of absurd words but did not look like it, and he said that it was true and even more similar. He really didn't know how to say it.

Li Rutai frowned and looked at Zhu Guorong: "Has Guangzhou Prefecture sent someone to investigate?"

Zhu Guorong stepped forward and replied, "Reply to the words of the master, the official has sent Panyu County to investigate. The report from Daliang Qianzong is true. Panyu County was indeed attacked by the Taiping Army. The prime minister of the gang threatened to attack Guangzhou. He wanted to engage in a hundred-ship race in the Pearl River on the Dragon Boat Festival."

"What a hundred boat race? The thief scholar bluffs his voice. He is mysterious and doesn't have to be afraid of him."

Li Rutai was sure that the Taiping Army had no ability to attack Guangzhou at all. Although the Super Biao and Guangzhou Green Camp were defeated in Lutouhe and defeated Shang Kexi's Han army flag Niulu, there were still thousands of flag soldiers under the two vassals in Guangzhou, and there were also eight banners in Manzhou. There were tens of thousands of Green Camp officers and soldiers near Guangzhou. Not to mention that Guangzhou City was stronger than Xinhui. Even if the thief scholar had the help of the magic weapon, he could not defeat Guangzhou City!

The thief scholar made these noises, which was nothing more than to scare people. If he really had the will and had the strength, he would not have to plunder food and grass in Panyu, but instead came to Guangzhou with the Lutouhe victory. The reason why soldiers are so powerful is that he is not aware of the fact that the thief scholar is so powerful?

Although it was determined that the Taiping Army could not have the strength to attack Guangzhou, the current situation also caused a headache for Li Lutai. In order to encircle and eliminate the Taiping Army, he had sent out all the Superior Biao, Guangzhou Green Camp, and the newly built Superior Biao artillery team. At present, he really had no soldiers to send.

Although Hu Qili did not mention that the horse and artillery team were annihilated by the Taiping Army in the report, Li Lutai did not expect anything. Hu Mingyi's report made it clear that the Lutou River was blocked by the bodies of the officers and soldiers who had died in battle, and hundreds of cavalrymen from the Han army flag were wiped out. He could still expect the horse and artillery team to run out.

The most urgent task is to immediately dispatch troops to attack the Taiping Army. Even if it cannot be annihilated, it must be driven out of Panyu. Otherwise, if the Taiping Army is allowed to operate in Fugu County, Guangzhou, he, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, will not be scolded to death! Even if the court will transfer him to Fujian and Zhejiang immediately, Li Lutai will not want to leave with an incompetent reputation on his back. This mess must be cleaned up in his hands no matter what.

Li Lutai really couldn't get the military power of the Guangdong Green Camp. In name, he was in his hands, but what he could really refer to was the Tu Biao and the Guangzhou Green Camp. The other green camp soldiers were controlled by the two feudal vassals. Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao disagreed, and he, the governor, could not control the green camps.

Li Lutai, who ran to Shunde, was no longer expected. Xinjing was defeated, and Hu Qili was worried that he would chop his head, so it would be nice to stay in Shunde honestly. He would not expect him to come back with the Shunde, and how could he expect the Shunbee to go into battle again?

Now he has to ask Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao. Hahamu also has to go there. He also needs to figure out whether the Manzhou soldiers in Zhengbai Banner of Niulu are afraid of the enemy and are afraid of the enemy. It is better for the Taiping Army to bluff, at least Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao have no reason to shirk the troops.

After thinking about it, Li Lutai made up his mind and ordered Zuo Qing: "You will raise 100,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stones of grain and grass with Guangzhou Prefecture. I will only ask you one question. It may be done within three days?"

One hundred thousand taels of silver and ten thousand s of military rations will be completed within three days?

Zuo Qing and Zhu Guorong were both shocked.

Zuo Qing looked embarrassed: "Governor General, the taxes in Guangdong Province account for two-thirds in eastern Guangdong, one-third in central Guangdong, and almost no taxes in western Guangdong. In recent years, the troops of the Southern Ming Dynasty have been constantly attacking Guangdong Province. The people have complained about excessive taxes. This year, the money and grain have not been collected, and it is difficult for officials to cook without rice. If they do more, they may cause chaos in the people, sir."

"Governor General, I can't even get one or two silver coins in the treasury. Last year, in order to raise the food and grass of the siege, the officials racked their brains to barely handle it. Later, in order to build the city, the officials even plundered the people's savings and lost their reputation as a red slaughter. In this way, they still caused a lot of deficits. The officials come to ask for debts every day, and the officials are so anxious that they have no choice... Now, the great master wants me to raise so much money and food within three days. Even if the officials are determined, they are really unable to do it."

Zhu Guorong's eyes were pounding when he said this, for fear that the Governor would use him to vent his anger. He was not unaware that the situation was serious, but he really couldn't bring out the money and food.

Li Lutai was not unhappy, and only looked at the two of them, and then said in a deep voice: "I don't care whether you have any suffering or not. In short, I must see silver and food in three days! Whether you borrow or grab, I don't care. I only have silver and food! Without silver and food, how do you ask the official army to suppress the enemy? Is it true that the Taiping enemy will fight to the city of Guangzhou? Do you know the importance of it?"
Chapter completed!