第一百七十五章 大清白眼狼
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一个民夫挑着沉重的水桶,步履沉重的走上了高大的吴王庙炮台,桶里装的不是水,是冒着热气香味的浓稠糯米浆,在这个饿殍满地的时代,糯米浆被毫不吝啬的直接倒进了筛过的沙土里,几个民夫立即挥动锄头木叉搅拌,让糯米浆与沙土充分混合,变成这个时代最坚固的上好夯土。更多小说ltxs520.com
罗二八也拿着一把锄头在沙土中搅动,一边卖力的干着活,罗二八的眼睛一边四处乱瞟,仔细打量这座即将完工的炮台,心中不断估算默记,“青石包夯土,糯米浆混石灰黏结,台基高约一丈八尺,女墙高五尺,炮台长一丈半宽三丈,正常布置三门炮,最多可以布置四门炮。北岸炮台八座,正常布置二十四门炮,最多可以布置三十二门火炮……。”
“新来的!新来的那个小个子,手脚快点!刚来就想偷懒,以后还得了啦?不想干就给老子滚!想干活的多的是,老子换人!”
工头的喝骂打断了罗二八的默算,有些走神的罗二八这才回过神来,赶紧点头哈腰的向工头请罪,又赶紧与其他民夫把土拌好,然后又和几个民夫一起抬起大石锤,吆喝着劳动号子用力夯实沙土,再不敢过于暴露痕迹,丢掉这个来之不易的亲临现场侦察清军炮台虚实的机会。
这时,一个穿着黑色棉甲的清军将领,领着几个亲兵登上了炮台,工头赶紧迎上去点头哈腰时,在战场上与清军交过不少手的罗二八也一眼看出,那个清军将领是个团练新官,从他的亲兵个个腰插左轮枪这点判断,这个营官还是超越小妖直属的湖北新军营官,在湖北新军中属于一等一的高级将领。
赤手空拳没敢动什么刺杀念头,罗二八只是老老实实的夯土锤地,而那营官上炮台也不过就是看看炮台的修筑情况,只是随意转了转就走到女墙旁边,眺望旁边炮台的情况,然而他带来了几个亲兵却有两个人站到了罗二八的身边,还随意的闲聊了起来。
“范哥,这炮台修了不少时间了,到现在都还没修好,上面怎么也不催一催?”
“慢工出细活,和长毛不知道还要打多少年,炮台只要修得牢固,慢点没关系这是吴抚台的交代。吴抚台都不急,你急什么急?”
“那长毛如果突然又打过来怎么办?岸上我们可以守城守关,岸边没炮台开炮打长毛的船,我们怎么守?”
“哈,长毛打过来最好!你知不知道,吴抚台和曹大哥他们盼长毛打过来,盼得嗓子眼里都快伸爪子了,不怕长毛来,就怕长毛不来!不赶紧来!”
“啥意思?吴抚台和曹大哥他们,又有什么布置了?”
“别多问,我也不能多说。总之放心好了,吴抚台和曾大帅他们是早就安排好了,就等长毛来包饺子!为了把长毛引过来,吴抚台他过几天还要故意回武昌府……。”
声音逐渐远去,原因是那两个亲兵闲聊着已经走远,罗二八则一边擦着汗水,一边偷看着那两个亲兵离去的背影,心中狐疑,“超越小妖为什么这么盼着我们赶紧又打过来?为了引我们出兵,还要假装返回武昌府城?还有,曾妖已经去了九江,这两个清妖为什么还提到了他?”
不止罗二八这一个太平军细作探听到了这个重要情况,还有一个太平军细作也在以湖南人为主的清军庄字营队伍中探听到了类似情报,说是湘军主力随时可能回来,与庄字营里的湖南亲人团聚。而这些情况,也连同吴超越大张旗鼓乘船返回武昌的重要情报,一同被写成了文书,通过秘密渠道迅速送到了九江,呈交到了九江太平军主将罗大纲面前,继而又辗转数百里,送到了太平军西线主力石达开的面前。
也是凑巧,收到湖北探报同一天,正好杨秀清也有书信送到安庆,书信中,杨秀清虽然没有直接要求石达开放弃攻打湖北,却也一再提醒石达开对再次进兵湖北务必要慎之又慎,千万不能又中了吴超越的奸计,除非是有理想战机出现,否则最好还是别去冒险为上,重蹈韦昌辉、曾立昌和林凤翔等人的覆辙。
除此之外,杨秀清还告诉了石达开一个好消息,就是捻军首领张乐行在李开芳的劝说下,已然接受了太平天国的招抚,受封为成天义,并且张乐行大有向富庶稳定的鄂北发展的念头,如果捻军真能与太平军联手夹击湖北,那么太平军西征军到时候再大举进攻湖北,无疑得手把握要大得多。
本来就无比怀疑田家镇战场是个巨大陷阱,又看到杨秀清的书信这么说,石达开也就只好打消了乘虚进攻湖北的念头,决定优先对付湘军和南昌战场的清军,待解决了这两个敌人之后再进攻湖北不迟。
结果也很自然的,目前还是纸老虎吴超越就此逃过了一次大劫,而故意没有封锁长江航道的曾国藩则是万分郁闷,等得花儿都谢都等不到太平军入侵湖北的好消息,大为不解,“长毛是吃错药了?明明把本帅那个忤逆门生恨得入骨,现在这么好的机会,怎么就没想过派一支偏师乘机打进湖北?现在你们那怕只派三千水师打进湖北,也可以把湖北腹地搅得天翻地覆啊?”
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理发匠老师万分不解的时候,吴超越也真的乘船回到了武昌府城,原因也不为别的,一是故布迷阵用空城计恐吓太平军,二是吴超越必须得回来主持秋收大事,还有更加重要的军粮征收大事。
还是很凑巧,吴超越的座船抵达武昌府码头的时候,正好有一支湘军的辎重船队满载着弹药火油等作战必须之物从武昌码头启程离开,驶向下游去给湘军补给物资,带队的还是吴超越的老熟人李元度。
一向都不是很喜欢李元度这个师弟,吴超越也没刻意让那支湘军辎重船队停下和李元度招呼,吴超越只是又注意到了一个细节这支湘军辎重船队,是由十条快蟹船和五条长龙船组成,船只全部崭新,很明显是刚造出来的新船,还全部装备着崭新的火炮,很可能连船都是一起送给湘军水师补给的。
不止吴超越察觉到了这个细节,还有吴超越在蕲州新收的幕僚邵彦烺也注意到了这点,还忍不住向吴超越说道:“抚台,湖南好象并不富裕啊?他们那里的士绅怎么就这么有钱?出钱出粮帮曾部堂建起那么大规模的湘军就算了,怎么还能这么源源不绝的为曾部堂提供钱粮辎重?就这十五条新船加新炮,那怕是成本价也最少得在十万两银子以上,湖南士绅就这么大方的不断捐献乐输?”
吴超越和赵烈文听了都是苦笑,事实上吴超越和赵烈文早就发现这点很不对劲,也早就听说湘军的军费,实际上大部分是来源于湖南省的财政收入,是曾国藩至交湖南巡抚骆秉章在湖南各地设卡抽厘,集腋成裘给曾国藩弄到的军费,用满清朝廷的权力收集到的民财供养曾国藩的私人军队。只不过骆秉章这么做是经过满清朝廷同意,所以湖广总督官文再怎么不满也不好多说什么,同时吴超越也盯上了这笔重要收入,正在湖北加以效仿。
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