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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 6: Congregation in Heaven and Earth

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    After everyone finished praying, Xiao Yungui smiled and persuaded everyone to pick up their chopsticks.  Li Kaifang was the first to pick up the chopsticks and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, why don't you invite Brother Zeng to come and have something to eat with us."

    Xiao Yungui cursed secretly in his stomach, Damn it, I am trying to win over my cronies to discuss countermeasures, why do I invite this spy?  But he said calmly: "Brother Zeng has something to deal with, so he won't come."

    Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang looked at each other, with doubtful looks on their faces. It turned out that they had just entered the government office and met Zeng Shuiyuan. He had just finished handling his official duties and said he was returning to the army for dinner.  Why did King Xi say this?

    Xiao Yungui asked everyone to use their chopsticks. After eating for a while, everyone praised the cook for his good skills. The cook was praised and his eyes narrowed even more when he smiled.

    The spicy Hunan cuisine served with rice. Xiao Yungui was very hungry and ate six bowls of rice in a row before he was full.  This appetite shocked him. His body before time travel did not have such a good appetite, but looking at Xiao Chaogui's muscular body, he was relieved. He was so big that he ate a lot.

    After the meal, Xiao Chao served hot tea to the noble man. In the past, he was very addicted to cigarettes and would smoke one after every meal. Now, although his body has changed and there is no physical need, he still needs it psychologically, so he licked it.  He licked his lips and asked, "Does any of you smoke?"

    Lin Fengxiang and others all shook their heads in surprise. The fat cook bowed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I'm a pipe smoker. I'll get this for you."

    After a while, the cigarette bag was brought out and Xiao Yungui took a puff. The tobacco was extremely choking. He couldn't help but cough a few times and smoked it reluctantly. There were not many cigarettes these days. He then said to the fat cook: "Well,  This tobacco is good, by the way, what¡¯s your name?¡±

    The fat cook bowed and replied: "My name is Zhou Zhaoyao, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan."

    Xiao Yungui took another puff. This time he was prepared and did not cough again. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "This meal is good, and the cigarettes are also good. I will reward you with some money. You can go home."

    Zhou Zhaoyao was very surprised. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yungui not only let him go but also rewarded him with money. He knelt down and kowtowed again. Xiao Yungui was disgusted with the etiquette of kowtow. He helped him up and said, "This is your cooking."  We in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom trade fairly, so you don¡¯t need to thank me.¡±

    Zhou Zhaoyao touched the back of his head and smiled stupidly and said: "The Qingyao County Magistrate Guo Shijian is very stingy and has never rewarded him with anything. Every time I cook for him, I add ingredients to him. If he knew about it, he would definitely not be like the prince."  You are so magnanimous, so I must kowtow to thank you."

    Xiao Yungui smiled once, but Li Zuoche said in a difficult tone: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, we have no money. The money is all in the army holy treasury, managed by Guard Zeng."

    Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly. The bastard's holy treasury, as a prince, all his expenses were drawn from the holy treasury. In his opinion, this holy treasury was like a big pot of egalitarianism, which was very unreasonable. But he had already spoken,  But he couldn't break his promise, and he didn't want to disturb Zeng Shuiyuan just to reward a cook. After pondering for a moment, he said: "You can take whatever you like in this room. If Qingyao comes back later, you can  He said we could just take it."

    This time the Taiping Army rushed to Changsha, they only intercepted money and food in the prefectures and counties they passed through. Although there were many antiques and jewelry in this house, they would not take them with them. They were traveling lightly and could not bring too much, so there was nothing here.  Included in the Holy Treasury.

    Zhou Zhaoyao was overjoyed, and after taking a few antique vases, he went there with many thanks.

    "Brother Lin, why don't you say anything?" Xiao Yungui asked when he saw that Li Kaifang, Li Zuoche and others were talking and laughing when they were having dinner, but Lin Fengxiang was unhappy.

    Lin Fengxiang stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness the King of the West, our light army is attacking Changsha this time. We don't have many people and horses. We don't have red powder (i.e. gunpowder), muskets, cannons, or any siege ordnance. When we really reach the city of Changsha, what should we do?  What should we do? Do we have to use the lives of our brothers to fill the gap? When we attacked Guilin Mansion, we had a large number of people and sufficient weapons, but we were unable to capture it. I heard that Changsha Mansion is much larger than Guilin Mansion."

    Xiao Yungui was smoking his pipe, and amid the smoke, Lin Fengxiang spoke faster and faster: "Your Highness the King of the West, now the brothers are eating brown rice outside, but we are eating fish and meat here. I feel uncomfortable eating it!"

    Having said this, Li Kaifang hurriedly pulled Lin Fengxiang's hand. Xiao Yungui shook off the shredded tobacco from the cigarette rod and took a sip of tea: "Brother Lin, go on, tell me what else is wrong with me."

    "This Lin Fengxiang is really a straight man. He can say what is on his mind to his face. He also thinks about his soldiers even when eating. Such a person can be reused, and only from his mouth can Xiao Yungui hear the truth.

    Lin Fengxiang seemed to be willing to take the risk. He threw away Li Kaifang and took a step forward and continued: "And His Highness the King of the WestJust now, there are more than a thousand people in the Tiandihui congregation in Chaling who want to join our army. However, the guard Zeng said that King Xi, you think the Tiandihui people are not of the same mind as us, so I am afraid they will be difficult to tame and refuse to accept them. This will be embarrassing.  It touches people's hearts.  "

    Xiao Yungui's eyes widened and he said, "Have I ever said that?" After he finished speaking, he remembered that Xiao Chaogui had indeed said the previous words, but it was Zeng Shuiyuan who advised him that if there were any threats from heaven and earth along the way, he should not do it.  Shen Yuan said that now they are going deep alone and don't have many troops. If too many people join the Tiandihui, this team might become the Tiandihui.

    What kind of bullshit advice is this? They are all rebelling. They are still wary of this and that. In the end, being wary will turn people who could have been friends into enemies. Xiao Yungui stood up with a roar and asked: "Those brothers from the Tiandihui  Where are they now? I will go see them myself."

    Lin Fengxiang was overjoyed. He did not expect that Xi Wang, who was usually hot-tempered and somewhat vindictive, would actually listen to him. He immediately led the way and everyone went to Chaling County School Ground.

    Li Kaifang felt that Xiao Chaogui's behavior today was strange. He walked behind and quietly grabbed Tang Erniu and asked, "Brother Erniu, do you think the King of the West is a little strange today?"

    Tang Erniu shook his head and said, "I don't think so. We don't have enough manpower now. It would be a good thing to have some gang members from the Tiandi Society (the Taiping Army refers to ordinary people who don't believe in religion as waixiao) to join us."

    Li Kaifang shook his head and said: "I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about King Xi actually smoking a dry pipe."

    Tang Erniu pursed his lips and said, "Just try it. Didn't you see King Xi choked to tears when he took the first puff?"

    Li Kaifang shook her head without saying a word and followed the crowd, looking very worried.

    There are 500 elite swordsmen of Xiao Chaogui stationed at Chaling County Yamen, while the rest are scattered at the surrounding gates and the school grounds in the city.  After the Taiping Army arrived at Chaling today, the county magistrate Guo Shijian had already escaped. The Qing Dynasty had strict laws and officials who lost their land must be executed. This magistrate will surely be arrested and interrogated in the future.  The few green camp soldiers, government officials, officials and others in the city also took off their official uniforms and uniforms and hid in their homes. It can be said that the Taiping Army captured Chaling without a single blow.

    In the afternoon, a large number of people from the Heaven and Earth congregation heard the news and came to seek refuge. There were more than a thousand people in total.  Since its establishment in the early Qing Dynasty, the Tiandihui has been an important anti-Qing gang among the people. Tiandihui has activities in many provinces south of the Yangtze River, especially in Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi. It is also known as the Qinggang, which controls water transportation, and the Ge Laohui in central Sichuan.  There were three major gangs in the Qing Dynasty, and many subsequent gangs were derived from the three gangs.  Even the later founding father Zhongshan's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty was supported by the Triads, a branch of the Tiandihui. Therefore, the process of the Qing Dynasty's demise would not be clear without these gangs.

    There were originally members of the Tiandihui in the Taiping Army. People like Jiao Liang, who went by the pseudonym Hong Daquan, the brave and skilled Luo Dagang, and the heroic female general Su Sanniang were all members of the Guangxi Tiandihui boat army.  However, there are many restrictions on these people joining the Taiping Army. Firstly, joining the Taiping Army means giving up their original beliefs and believing exclusively in Heavenly Father God. Secondly, the Tiandi Society has long had strong gang habits, and the Taiping Army has strict military regulations, so a large number of Tiandihui  The congregation was shut out.  However, the remaining members of the Tiandihui will eventually become the backbone of the Taiping Army.

    This time I came to Hunan, and Xiao Chaogui's flag was loud all the way north. Many local people in Hunan heard the news and came to seek refuge. However, Xiao Chaogui advanced quickly. It was not until Chaling that Xiao Chaogui fell from his horse and fell into a coma. The partial division of this Taiping Army was in Chaling.  After staying for a day, the congregation from all over the world came to join him.

    It's a pity that Zeng Shuiyuan was afraid that there would be too many people coming to seek refuge, and he couldn't control these people, so he didn't accept them. After Lin Fengxiang's persuasion, and considering that they were all anti-Qing people, he reluctantly agreed to let these people have a feast on the school grounds.  , camped out for one night before leaving.

    When Xiao Chaogui followed Lin Fengxiang to the school ground, he saw that the small school ground was full of people, and several huge bonfires were lit in the middle. All the people from heaven and earth were sitting around the fire, old and young, strong and old.  Weak, and all dressed in a variety of ways, the clothes are all shabby and ragged, and some are even half-clothed.

    Xiao Yungui understood at a glance that most of them were actually farmers nearby, and some were figures from various religions in the city. A few of them were even wearing the clothes of the city's government officials. It seemed that the world here would be the same as elsewhere.  , many times can penetrate into the government.

    Xiao Yungui asked Lin Fengxiang in a low voice: "Who is their leader?"

    Lin Fengxiang replied: "There are more than a dozen leaders, and members of the Tiandi Hui from nearby towns and villages are here. They all have their own leaders or hall masters. The more people have hundreds of people under them, and the less people have four or five people."  Person No. 10.¡±

    Xiao Yungui felt confused when he heard that there were more than a dozen leaders and hall masters in the Tiandi congregation of more than a thousand people. These people must beThey are not subordinate. Even if these people are really included in the team, they will have little combat effectiveness in the short term. The untrained farmers are not much different from the long-term green camp soldiers, but their officers and soldiers are well equipped with weapons.  There is also a unified order. If you want to lead these people to the battlefield, you really need to carefully consider your leadership ability.

    Xiao Yungui frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Call them all over. I'll see them first."

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