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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 139: Strange Stones Falling from the Sky

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    After receiving the news that Zhang Liangji, Peng Yulin, and Hu Linyi led the troops to cross the Xiangjiang River westward, Xiao Yungui was very surprised. He did not expect that the Qing army did not follow common sense and ignored Yuezhou behind them and attacked Taiping.  Yiyang has a weak army. It seems that Peng Yulin and Hu Linyi really have two tricks.

    Zuo Zongtang said: "This is unexpected, but it is reasonable. Now think about it, Zhang Liangji is the governor of Hunan and has the responsibility to defend the territory. He would like to divert the disaster eastward and let the Taiping Army leave Hunan. If he can recover  Yiyang in northern Hunan could block the Taiping Army from attacking Changde in Hunan, so he could explain it to the Qing court. But Zhang Liangji had no control over blocking the Taiping Army. That was a matter for Xu Guangjin, the governor of Huguang and the imperial envoy.  Moreover, at the moment, Yuezhou and our West Palace troops are so powerful that Zhang Liangji doesn¡¯t dare to come and stroke the tiger¡¯s beard. On the contrary, the Northern King¡¯s troops in Yiyang are thinner, so it¡¯s fair to say that they can be picked on as weak persimmons.¡±

    Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "But can Xu Guangjin tolerate Zhang Liangji's behavior? The Xianfeng Dog Emperor issued a strict decree, asking Xu Guangjin to block the Taiping Army and kill them on the spot."

    Zuo Zongtang laughed and said: "Since ancient times, the word "official" has been the same for subordinates and the same for superiors. Zhang Liangji can only protect himself. Recovering Yiyang is also a great achievement. It also prevents the Taiping Army from going north to Jingzhou. How about the memorial?  You can write whatever you want.¡±

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said with a smile: "With such strife in the officialdom, how can the Qing army be undefeated? What should we do? Should we return to the west to help Yiyang?"

    Zuo Zongtang slowly shook his head, pointed to a large map of the country hanging in the government office and said: "Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has taken advantage of the situation to rise, it does not occupy an area as large as Hunan Province. Although there are many rebels in various places, they have their own  They fight for each other and do not belong to each other. It has been more than two hundred years since the Qing Dynasty was founded, and it still holds the title of orthodoxy in the world. If he wants to overthrow the Manchu Qing, the Western King must take a longer view and must not stick to one city or one corner."

    "Yes, what Mr. Zuo said makes sense. We have finally come out now, how can we look back?" A voice like a silver bell came. When the two of them looked back, it was Hong Yun'er walking up to the hall with a smile like a flower.  Just listen to her continue: "Yiyang is now guarded by the Northern King. Zhang Liangji and others may not be able to get a good deal if they go west to attack. Besides, the Eastern King will not sit idly by. Anyway, our strategy of going north to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao has been successful, and the Qing army has given up the attack."  If Changsha is besieged, then we might as well go eastward along the river and focus on Jinling!"

    Zuo Zongtang clapped his hands and said, "That's it. The Queen of the West is really a woman. The Qing Dynasty is in the north. Since the founding of the country, the bloodline has been water transportation. If you want to conquer the nine southern provinces and then launch the Northern Expedition, you can hunt the Yandu."  It is necessary to cut off the Qing Dynasty's water transportation to the south of the Yangtze River. Now that the Xiwang navy has become a great force, it has become a strange force outside the overall situation. If the troops of the West Palace advance by land and water, they attack directly at Jinling, the center of water transportation, and then go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.  Once 90% of the Qing government's water transportation could be cut off, the Qing government would be unable to survive without water transportation, and it would not be able to mobilize reinforcements from all provinces so calmly. Otherwise, the Taiping Army could only fight against the whole country with the strength of one province, and could only rely on Wu Sangui.  That's just defeat. Secondly, it can disrupt the Qing army's deployment of the Hunan Taiping Army and prevent the Qing army from looking at each other. Thirdly, after the West Palace troops advance eastward, there will be more room for maneuver. In order to attack Hunan and Guangxi Taiping,  The Qing government mobilized many soldiers and horses from various places. Outside of Hunan, the Qing government had very few soldiers to fight. God-given opportunity allowed the Western King to go eastward along the river and focus on Jinling to establish the foundation of the country. The Western King did not take advantage of the situation, and even more  When?"

    At this point, Hong Yun'er suddenly interjected: "It's just that after we occupy Jinling, there is no guarantee that the King of Heaven and the King of the East will not move to Jinling to seize the victory of the West Palace. But now, we can't take advantage of the fact that the Qing government is not too strict on the defense along the river.  Take advantage of the situation to seize Jinling. When the Qing government deploys tight defenses along the river, it will not be easy to capture it. How should we choose?"

    Xiao Yungui had been smoking a dry cigarette and listening to the two people talking. When he heard this, he suddenly knocked off his tobacco, stood up with a bang, clenched his fists and said decisively: "Yes, now the King of Heaven and the King of the East are in Changsha and other places with the Qing army in the south.  Tangled, we can just drive eastward along the river, with our eyes fixed on Jinling City, and move eastward by land and water. Taking Jinling is to revitalize the whole situation, not to gain one city and one place in my west palace. In the future, if the king of heaven and the king of the east  If we really come to Jinling, we can retreat to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to build our own territory. But now the city of Jinling must be captured. Our biggest enemy now is the Qing court! We must not worry about gains and losses. If we lose the opportunity to look forward and backward, we must not let the Qing court be comfortable.  If you feel comfortable, take Jinling as your base and calmly deploy your troops to attack!"

    Zuo Zongtang smiled and twirled his beard and said: "The King of the West knows the essence of the word "willingness", and his horizons have improved. Now that we have made up our minds, let's prepare to go eastward along the river!"

    At this point, Xiao Yungui breathed a sigh of relief, but frowned a little and said: "It's good that I have made up my mind, but there is still something I am worried about, and I don't know how to solve it."

    Zuo Zongtang pondered: "Is the military morale what the Western King is worried about?"

    Xiao Yungui said frankly: "Yes, most of the soldiers and horses in the West Palace are descendants of central Hunan, and the elite areThe old brothers from Xixi are all from Hunan and Guangdong. On the one hand, they are worried that the soldiers will be unable to leave their homeland, and on the other hand, they are worried that the old brothers will be separated from the brigade and their military morale will be unstable.  "

    Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly and said: "The King of the West is overly worried. Since the children of Central Hunan have surrendered to Taiping, they naturally know that there is no way back. Just like Zuo, he has already acted with his head on his belt. If he doesn't succeed, he will be benevolent.  , why are you afraid of leaving your homeland? But many soldiers think that one day they will become famous and return home in glory. What a glorious sight it will be? Zuo Mou has already heard the thoughts of the soldiers in the army before. The morale of the big guys is high, and they just want to kill more Qingyao. It is best  Under the leadership of the King of the West, we can enter the capital as soon as possible and kill the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Now is not the time for the soldiers to fall in love with their hometown. Even if they fall in love with their hometown, it will be a matter of several years after the expedition. The King of the West does not have to worry about the children of Xianghu."

    At this point, Zuo Zongtang paused and continued: "As for the old troops in Guangxi in the West Palace, the King of the West can first reveal his secrets to his close generals, let them know the benefits of focusing on Jinling in advance, and gain their support. Then the King of the West might as well get their support.  Regarding these ghosts and gods, he used this excuse to write to the King of Heaven and the King of the East to explain the matter. He only said that he was focused on Jinling because it was God's will for the King of the West to open up territory for the Kingdom of Heaven and occupy the rightful name. Zuo looked at the east  The king is not a fool, he should also know that now is the best opportunity to capture Jinling, and the other troops and horses are in a stalemate with the Qing army. Only the troops in the West Palace can be mobilized. The East King will not sit back and miss the opportunity.  , will definitely agree. And among the generals other than the trusted generals in the West Palace, if anyone objects, the King of the West might as well ask Brother Tian to come down to earth to teach him a lesson, and I don¡¯t think anyone will object."

    Xiao Yungui breathed a sigh of relief. Zuo Zongtang was indeed an old man. In the past few days, he had already figured out the details of the Taiping Army in the West Palace quietly. He had seen it three points more clearly than he did. He had the last trace of worry in his heart.  After removing it, Xiao Yungui began to make arrangements.

    That night, Xiao Yungui summoned the West Palace¡¯s trusted generals to discuss matters in the government office. As soon as he came up, Xiao Yungui made a sonorous statement about the strategy of the entire West Palace army to advance by land and water, move eastward along the river, and focus on Jinling.  At first, all the generals were surprised, but after listening to Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er's analysis, all the generals believed that this was indeed the best time for the West Palace to capture Jinling.

    "It's just that Li Kaifang and other generals are a little aggrieved. Why do they always go out to lead the battle alone in the West Palace?"

    Xiao Yungui didn't say much, just smiled and said: "I am the commander-in-chief of the former army, and our West Palace is the front army. Of course, we must be the vanguard in every battle! In the future, I will still lead you to be the spear of the kingdom of heaven.  Go straight to the demon acupoints of the demon capital of Qing Dynasty and achieve the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty!"

    When the generals heard this, they no longer complained, but became excited. In fact, Jinling is a world of flowers. Who doesn¡¯t want to see it?

    In the next few days, there was a sudden rumor in Yuezhou City that a strange stone fell from the sky, and a letter was written in eight characters: "The troops in front of the West Palace are dedicated to Jinling."  When the King of the West learned about this, he ordered his people to hide the strange stone deep inside and ordered the news to be blocked.  But for some reason, the military order of the King of the West seemed to have failed this time. Rumors spread more and more, saying that God wanted the King of the West to lead troops to attack Jinling and the capital. In short, there were rumors of everything, which made the soldiers high-spirited to fight.  Request to fight.

    In fact, these are all theories about ghosts and gods made by Zuo Zongtang. Don¡¯t the soldiers and generals believe these?  Simply create a strange stone dropped from the sky, the effect is much better than a military order.

    Then Xiao Yungui convened all the generals to discuss the matter. More than 90% of the generals in the room agreed to send out the expedition to Jinling. Only a few generals from the East Palace under Luo Gang were unwilling to leave the Hunan Brigade.  Xiao Yungui followed Xiao Chaogui's technique of descending into a child and dancing master in his memory, and staged a descending of Brother Tian.

    ?This is nearly eight months after Brother Tian¡¯s voice disappeared. The Christian prince once again appeared on earth. The bang really frightened everyone present to kneel down to listen to the order.  Brother Tian used Xiao Yungui's words to solemnly describe the essence of the eastward march to Jinling, and also confirmed that the motto on the strange stone was the will of God.  In this way, no one dared to say anything, the Taiping Army in Yuezhou was unanimous and ready to send troops eastward.

    After Zhang Liangji and other Qing troops crossed to the west, the pressure on the north of Changsha City suddenly lost. Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, immediately sent Qin Rigang and Hu Yihuang to lead their troops north to conquer Xiangyin, and a few days later they conquered Miluo. They were about to open up the land route with Yuezhou.  connect.

    But at this time, the King of the West sent a messenger back to Changsha and wrote to the King of Heaven and the King of the East to ask the soldiers and horses of the West Palace to march to Jinling.  The memorial describes the strange rocks falling from heaven, and also the story of Brother Tian descending to earth.  This messenger was the official of the East Palace, and he also carried the strange stone back to Changsha.

    When Hong Xiuquan heard about this, his face turned a little blue. Yang and Xiao always used this ghostly method to force him to submit, so his face was very ugly. He just said to let Dong Wang make a decision and said nothing.

    Yang Xiuqing also weighed the situation with a livid face. It is said that Xiao Yungui currently has no less than 25,000 land and sea troops and more than 3,000 naval warships. The wings are already established and the situation is difficult to control.  However, as Xiao Yungui said, now is indeed the best time to attack Jinling, and all the troops in Changsha are fighting against the Qing Dynasty.Even if they are entangled, they cannot separate their forces and march eastward.  Moreover, Xiao Yungui beautifully silenced everyone by saying that Brother Heaven descended to earth and strange stones fell from heaven. He, Yang Xiuqing, had nothing to say. If he descended from Heaven and said that there was no such will, it would definitely shake the authority of the God Worship Sect.

    After weighing and weighing again and again, Yang Xiuqing had no choice but to go along with the situation and agreed with the matter, and together with the King of Heaven, he issued an order to His Highness the West to march eastward to Jinling.

    This incident caused an irreparable rift between the King of Heaven, the King of the East and the King of the West, but Xiao Yungui no longer cared. Since he had chosen to leave the group and work alone, it was only a matter of time before he broke up. However, he neither established himself as king nor did he.  If we use other banners, let¡¯s not take off this fig leaf for the time being.

    However, when the matter spread, the King of the West was brave and brave, and his reputation for fighting every battle still allowed him to establish a strong prestige among the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The soldiers and civilians of other heavenly kingdoms would not think that the King of the West had left the kingdom of heaven, but was a servant of the heaven.  According to the will of Father God, we set out on an expedition.

    In this way, the West Palace army began their epic expedition, and an unrepeatable military miracle was born.
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