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- The cool breeze in the early morning blew away the mist, and on the vast Xiangjiang River, densely packed fishing boats, sand boats, and merchant ships flew on it. The square yellow flags of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were planted on the bows of the boats, and the boatmen on the boats shouted slogans. , fighting against the rapids of the Xiangjiang River, and after all kinds of ships approached side by side, the Taiping soldiers wrapped in red turbans on the ship quickly fixed the ships with planks of wood.
Several giant ropes as thick as bowls ran through Juzizhou (also known as Shuiluzhou) and the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. On both sides of the bank, there were hundreds of naked and strong men pulling the giant ropes. Under the unified chants, they struggled to pull the ropes. The rope was pulled to block the Xiangjiang River. After the ships were connected to the giant rope one by one, a pontoon bridge connecting the east and west banks of the Xiangjiang River soon emerged on the Xiangjiang River.
After the Taiping Army entered Hunan, Sai Shang'a, Xiang Rong and others ordered to burn all the boats on the water along the Xiangjiang River to prevent these boats from being used by long-haired thieves. Many people who relied on boats for a living had to use boats. They went to the provincial capital to take refuge, so there were still many civilian and official ships stationed at the big and small west gates of Changsha. After the soldiers and horses of the King of the West captured Changsha, although many official ships and civilian ships fled at night, half of the ships were still stranded, including the merchant ships of the Baoqing Gang.
On the pier of Xiahe Street outside Daximen, Xiao Yungui was wearing a yellow robe and a yellow scarf. He set up a pergola and watched the lively scene on the river. He secretly lamented that the working ability of the mud-legged people in this era was not ordinary, and he also understood a little bit. Why such a magnificent building like the Great Wall could be built in ancient times? These mud-legged people are indeed the most hard-working and hard-working people.
"Your Highness the King of the West, He Yuanlun from the Baoqing Gang is here." Tang Erniu's voice came from behind. When Xiao Yungui looked back, he saw He Yuanlun coming quickly with a few of his men. Several members of the Baoqing Gang were on the dock. A merchant ship is ready for departure. After Baoqing Gang donated business taxes and a lot of money and food on this trip, he also purchased the goods he wanted, and the goods he brought had been sold out long ago. He Yuanlun had long wanted to leave Changsha and go back, but the Taiping Army had not yet lifted the ban. Just keep waiting.
After finally waiting for Changsha City to open the ban, He Yuanlun hurriedly prepared to leave, but Xiao Yungui was not in the city and was stopped by Zeng Shuiyuan. He Yuanlun was so angry that he almost fell out. After Xiao Yungui returned to the city, he signed the business certificate for He Yuanlun to leave the city. After a day of preparation, He Yuanlun prepared to leave by water with his men.
"King Xi, I'm leaving now." He Yuanlun clasped his fists and said with a smile, without any sign of anger. The reason is very simple. Xiao Yungui appropriated 50,000 taels of silver from the holy treasury and gave it to He Yuanlun as a deposit. Ask him to help purchase sulfur, pig iron, medicines and other supplies.
Among the arms of the Taiping Army, a lot of firearms were used, and the largest amount of red medicine was used. Among the components of red medicine, saltpeter can be obtained by dividing soil from manure pits or sunken soil from courtyard walls. Charcoal is also easy to obtain. Many people in the Taiping Army used it. He is a charcoal maker, but sulfur is not easy to come by. There are no sulfur producing areas in the land he currently occupies, so he can only buy sulfur for dressing. Before this, the Taiping Army mostly purchased ready-made red medicine or seized supplies from the Qing army. Xiao Yungui thought that the red medicine purchased and seized was not very powerful, and the cost of purchasing finished red medicine was also high, so he planned to only purchase sulfur. , you can prepare a more powerful red medicine later.
?According to their uses, red pills can be divided into push pills and explosive pills. The proportions of the three substances in the two types of red pills are also different. There are many miners in the Taiping Army who play with gunpowder all year round. Xiao Yungui believes that even if he does not remember the ratio, he will always find the best ratio after asking these people to adjust it, but all of this requires sulfur.
There are very few natural sulfur mines in China. He Yuanlun said that only Sichuan, Guizhou, Gansu, Qinghai and other provinces have production areas, so Xiao Yungui asked He Yuanlun to go up the Yangtze River and make a trip to Sichuan to purchase sulfur.
Xiao Yungui returned the salute and said with a smile: "He, old hero, is going to Bashu. The journey is difficult and dangerous, but the journey is safe. Sichuan is the home of Pao Gehui. I asked Brother He Bin to take the people from Paogehui here to go with you. I believe that on the way It will be smoother too.¡±
He Yuanlun was overjoyed when he heard this, and entered Sichuan from the Xiajiang River. Most of the trackers along the way were members of the Pao Ge Society. If people from the Pao Ge Society could follow him, even the passing boat gangs could save money on burning incense. At that moment, he cupped his fists and said, "The King of the West has a thoughtful idea. He has many talented people under his command. I admire him."
Xiao Yungui smiled and called to He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao, who had been standing behind him, and said, "It's a long way here, so two brothers, please be careful." He then stepped forward and whispered, "Remember to pay homage to Sichuan for this king. To all the heroes of Brother Pao, we will need their help when we advance into Central Sichuan in the future. Please distribute the gifts yourself, there is no need to save."
He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao both bowed and agreed. Xiao Yungui had explained the purpose of their trip to them in the military camp last night. Fifty thousand taels was not a small amount, so someone needed to go with He Yuanlun and contact them at the same time. The Pao Ge Club in central Sichuan paves the way for entering Sichuan in the future, so He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao in the Pao Ge Club are the best people.??.
After a bunch of firecrackers were set off, the nine Baoqing Gang merchant ships slowly went down the river towards Dongting Lake. After leaving Dongting, the Baoqing Gang fleet would be divided into two teams, and one team would return to the three towns of Wuhan. , a team entered Sichuan west. As for how to avoid the Qing navy on the Yangtze River, He Yuanlun had his own way.
Soon after seeing off the merchant ship, several subordinates of King Yi in yellow vests and blue rims clapped their hands and rushed to make the sword. They reported that Li Yiwen from the north had sent urgent military information. King Yi asked the King of the West to return to the governor's Yamen to discuss military matters.
Xiao Yungui was overjoyed, there must be news from the North Road, and he immediately rushed to the city with Tang Erniu and other personal swordsmen.
??He returned to the government office without stopping and saw Shi Dakai, Zhang Suimou, and Huang Yukun in the lobby, as well as Hong Yun'er, Lin Fengxiang, and Li Kaifang. Seeing Xiao Yungui's arrival, everyone stood up to greet him. Xiao Yungui said anxiously: "We are all brothers, so there is no need to perform these false rituals. Let's talk about it quickly. What news is coming from Li Yiwen?"
Hong Yun'er handed over a letter and said with a solemn expression: "Take a look, this is the reply to you from Qing Yao Zhang Liangji."
Xiao Yungui opened the letter and took a look. It was well-written and elegant. It was most likely scolding Xiao Yungui, a traitor and a long-haired thief, for how he poisoned the people, how he had no king or father, how he died without regrets, and how he boasted about the Qing Dynasty. The court has mobilized reinforcements from Sichuan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi to the Chu area to ask Xiao Yungui to surrender as soon as possible. He can plead with the court to avoid Xiao Yungui's death. Regarding Xiao Yungui's mention of redeeming Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue with silver taels, Zhang Liangji said nothing at all. He just mentioned the imperial court's posthumous gift to the two of them for their death festivals, and nothing more went on.
After Xiao Yungui read it, he naturally filtered out those unnecessary boasts and words of persuasion, and finally realized that the Qing court had basically regarded Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue as two dead people. After reading it, Xiao Yungui laughed angrily and said: "Xianfeng The Dog Emperor really ignored his ministers and gave posthumous gifts to Luo Bingzhang and the two of them, clearly treating them as dead and burning the paper if something happened."
Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and smiled and said: "The laws of demons are cleared, and those who lose their land are beheaded. Do you really think that Xianfeng will pity his ministers?"
Shi Dakai also smiled and said: "It seems that even if we don't kill Luo Bingzhang this time, he will have no choice but to commit suicide."
Looking at Shi Dakai with a frown, Xiao Yungui suddenly said: "Since Zhang Liangji doesn't care about Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue, tomorrow he will ask Da's compatriots to serve as supervisors and behead the two dog officials. These two dog officials burned down the official warehouse and committed a heinous crime. It will only be a waste of rice and food, and it can be punished properly."
Hong Yun'er was slightly startled, knowing that Xiao Yungui wanted to vent bad words for Shi Da in their parallel world. In the history of their world, Shi Kaida was lured to surrender by Luo Bingzhang. In the end, Luo Bingzhang went against his promise and not only killed all the surrendering Taipings. The army officers even tortured Shi Dakai to death. Before Shi Dakai died, he said: "You are the one who killed me in this life. How could you know that I won't kill you in the next life?" Xiao Yungui must have fulfilled this wish for Shi Dakai.
Shi Dakai was slightly stunned. Although he was suspicious and didn't understand why Xiao Yungui insisted on letting him supervise the execution, he would not refuse to kill the demon dog officer. He immediately accepted the order with cupped fists.
Hong Yun'er continued: "There is also good news. The Qing court issued a decree to arrest Sai Shang'a, Luo Raodian and other officials and generals, and sent them to the capital for trial. It seems that Xianfeng will be severely punished."
Shi Dakai chuckled and said: "Qing Yao destroyed the Great Wall and killed many dog ??officials for us. I feel really happy."
Zhang Suimou interjected: "But Qing Yao's move is so effective that Zhang Liangji and others will fight to the death."
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Hong Yun'er handed over a notice with a smile and said: "Emperor Xianfeng issued an edict to punish himself and advertise it to the world. This is a notice intercepted by Li Yiwen and the others. What it said was really tearful." Everyone burst into laughter. Originally, Xianfeng This edict of guilt should have been issued after the Taiping Army captured Yuezhou, but it was issued in advance because Xiao Yungui captured Changsha.
Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "Xianfeng's dog emperor is really good at putting on a show. Let's also issue a notice and laugh at this dog emperor. This matter will be blamed by Laoda compatriots. You have outstanding literary talent, and you can definitely scold Xianfeng like a dog."
Shi Dakai responded with a smile, and then said: "Li Yiwen also said that under their leadership, the local regiments had robbed many large rural households. Many large households were in danger, so they disbanded the regiments and dragged their families to Hunan. Yin has fled, and Li Yiwen and others are encouraging the people to harvest autumn grain, thinking that all the autumn grain south of Xiangyin will belong to my heavenly kingdom."
Xiao Yungui licked his lips and said with a smile: "This is like shooting oneself in the foot. Since the people south of Xiangyin have obeyed my orders from the Kingdom of Heaven, they can advance greatly on the North Road defense line. Da compatriots, except for the North Gate dangerous place outside, you can quickly send troops north to replace Li Yiwen, and let the left army build fortifications on the Xiangyin line to prevent the Qing Yao from going south, but be careful to watch out for the Qing Yao Hu Linyi. The Guizhou soldiers commanded by this man are used to fighting. "
Shi Dakai accepted the order loudly, and after everyone discussed some military and political matters, King Yi led his subordinates away.
After King Yi left, Li Kaifang frowned and said: "King Xi, I still don't understand why you want the Zuo army to leave the north road of the town? The army of clear demons led by demon leaders such as Xiang Rong, He Chun, Qin Dingsan, and Jiang Zhongyuan are in the south. , sooner or later they will come to the south. Our former army currently has many new recruits, so I¡¯m afraid they won¡¯t be our opponents.¡±
Lin Fengxiang said: "I think the recruits should be allowed to fight more battles, so that they can become tougher as soon as possible."
Xiao Yungui pondered and said: "The Qing Yao on the South Road is indeed stronger. We, the former army, think that wherever the Qing Yao is powerful, we will appear there. The soldiers and horses under me, the King of the West, specialize in chewing hard bones. They share the worries of the Kingdom of Heaven. This is what I, the King of the West, should do."
Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang looked at each other, and they both prostrated themselves deeply and said: "The King of the West is doing things for the kingdom of heaven, and he has no selfish motives. We respect him, and we will lead the troops and follow him to the death."
Xiao Yungui nodded with satisfaction. After the two generals resigned and left, Hong Yun'er said with a slight smile: "One more thing. When we were checking the people in the south of the city today, we caught a suspicious person. After Lin Fengxiang personally interrogated him, we found that this person If he behaves erratically, hand him over to me, and I will put him on trial. Who do you think we caught?"
Xiao Yungui asked curiously: "Who is it?"
Hong Yun'er replied seriously: "Guo Songtao, one of the founders of the Hunan Army!"
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