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Volume One: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 430: Success or Failure in One Move

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    It was also late at night, but the Xiwang Mansion in Suzhou was brightly lit and bustling, and officials from various departments were still busy coming in and out.  Above the main hall, news from all parties were gathered in front of King Xi's desk. The huge intelligence network of Bai Zetang and the Intelligence Department was now beginning to show its power.

    "Yang Fuqing in Jiangxi still stood still. Within two days, Yang Fuqing summoned his close generals five times to discuss a way out. Yang Fuqing did not dare to return to Tianjing. According to internal reports, Yang Fuqing's most likely option was to stay in Jiangxi to protect himself. Five days  The former Qing Yao Jiang Zhongyuan's Ministry learned of the Tianjing Rebellion and dispatched more than 10,000 troops to attack Shanggao County. Yang Fuqing sent 30,000 troops to occupy it. Three days ago, another Qing Yao Zeng Guofan's Ministry sent lobbyists to Nanchang, seemingly intending to persuade them to surrender.  Yang Fuqing, it¡¯s just that Yang Fuqing met Qing Yao alone at that time, and we don¡¯t know the content of the conversation between Yang Fuqing and Qing Yao.¡± Qian Jiang took a secret report and said, ¡°Your Highness the King of the West, will Yang Fuqing surrender Qing Yao?  "

    Sitting behind the desk, Xiao Yungui frowned and his eyes were red. He had not slept for two days. He had been like this since the Tianjing Incident and rarely slept peacefully.  Xiao Yungui rubbed his temples, took a sip of strong tea and said, "Yang Fuqing probably won't surrender to the Qing for the time being, but let the internal forces over there be careful. If Yang Fuqing dares to surrender to the Qing, they will gather the middle and lower-level generals of Yang Fuqing's department to launch a mutiny.  If we learn about the mutiny in Jiangxi, we will immediately ask Lin Qirong of the Fujian First Army to enter Jiangxi!"

    Zuo Zongtang added on the side: "It takes time for the news to come back and forth. The military department will give an order to Lin Qirong. Once something happens in Jiangxi, he can make a decision immediately after getting the news without having to report to Suzhou for orders!"

    Xiao Yungui said yes, and Li Kaifang, Minister of the Ministry of War, immediately ordered someone to draft an order and send it to Fujian.  These days, the entire Xiwang Mansion is passing at such a fast pace.  Every time there are new changes, West Palace can always react immediately.

    Xiao Yungui asked again: "Is there any new news from Shi Dakai?"

    After reading some information, Qian Jiang said: "Shi Dakai has passed the Wuhu Camp and continues to Wuchang. Wei Changhui once sent Qin Rigang to lead more than 10,000 people to pursue him, but he was attacked by Shi Dakai and his troops at the Wuhu Camp.  After retreating, Cheng Xueqi, the third guard of the East Palace of the Wuhu Camp, led his troops back to Wuchang with Shi Dakai. Qin Rigang returned shortly after his defeat and now occupies the Wuhu Camp."

    Hong Yun'er, who was sitting quietly on the side, suddenly interrupted and asked: "Is this Cheng Xueqi from Tongcheng, Anhui?"

    Qian Jiang quickly pulled out Cheng Xueqi's resume and said: "The Queen of the West is right. Cheng Xueqi was from Tongcheng, Anhui Province. He was the assistant general of the East Palace at first and was subordinate to Ye Yunlai. He was stationed in Anqing, Anhui, and was later transferred to Wuhu Camp."

    Xiao Yungui glanced at Hong Yun'er and saw Hong Yun'er nodding slightly. Xiao Yungui knew what she meant. This Cheng Xueqi was the Cheng Xueqi who surrendered to the Hunan Army in history.  But history at this moment has changed beyond recognition, and he might not be able to surrender to the Qing Dynasty if he follows Shi Dakai.  Immediately he hummed.  He sneered and said: "Qin Rigang still wants to occupy Wuhu to resist Shi Dakai's army from three provinces? How ridiculous! Shi Dakai will definitely mobilize troops from Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and other provinces to serve the king when he returns to Wuchang. Once the Eastern King dies, the Eastern Palace will be in northern Hunan and Jiangxi.  The troops and horses in the north are leaderless, and Shi Dakai can only control them. With the support of the East Palace Navy, Qin Rigang's Wuhu camp is undoubtedly a mantis mantis."

    Zuo Zongtang smiled and said: "This is Wei Changhui's wishful thinking. He can rest easy as long as he can hold Wuhu. When we and Yidian soldiers and horses advance from east to west, he will know how powerful he is." Then he said: "Ma Haocheng and others are here  With Yi Dian around, Shi Dakai must be able to feel more at ease. At least he knows that everything King Xi does is done openly and will not plot against him."

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    Zuo Zongtang sighed softly: "One mistake will lead to consequences. Hong Xiuquan chose Wei Changhui as the chief official to kill Yang Xiuqing. He chose the wrong candidate. If he had chosen Shi Dakai, Tianjing would not have ended up like this. So.  Shi Dakai can only kill Yang Xiuqing and gather the subordinates of the East Palace to be used by the King of Heaven, but it will be difficult for us in the West Palace."

    Hong Yun'er smiled and said: "There is no such thing as Hong Xiuquan is also very afraid of Shi Dakai's ability. He thought Wei Changhui had a better grasp, but he didn't expect to shoot himself in the foot."

    All the generals of the West Palace in the hall laughed together. After laughing, Zuo Zongtang suddenly said: "The Tianjing City is now temporarily controlled by Wei Changhui. Except for the Tianwang Palace and the Xiwang Palace, all other city gates are controlled by the North Palace."  Control, Zuo¡¯s only worry now is the safety of Tianjing West Palace.¡±

    Due to the strength of the West Palace in Sufu Province, neither Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, nor the current Wei Changhui dared to touch the West Palace in Tianjing. Today, the Xiwang Palace in Tianjing contains the family of Xiao Youhe, the noble son of the Western King Xiao Dynasty.  Hundreds of people live there, and there are thousands of people led by Xiao Yungui's confidant Li Zuoche.The West Hall is guarded by the guards, as well as dozens of dead soldiers from Bai Zetang in the West Hall of Tianjing and more than a hundred people from the Intelligence Department. Together with the West Hall, it should be within the scope of Tianjing City, so it should be safe.  But when Zuo Zongtang spoke out at this time, he was still worried that Wei Changhui, a mad dog, would bite people in a hurry. Although the Tianjing West Palace was guarded by a network of connections, there was no guarantee that Wei Changhui would not do anything crazy before his death.

    Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er looked at each other. The family members of the West King in Tianjing's Palace had no feelings for them, but in the eyes of outsiders, those people were all the family members of the West King. If they could not be saved, they would be humiliated.  Even if I die, they won't have an easy time.

    Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and then slowly said: "The security of Tianjing West Palace has been arranged before, and all the power that the West Palace can think of has been used. If we can't save them like this, we can only say that there should be a fate."  This variable. But absolute pressure must be exerted on Wei Changhui. If he dares to touch the West Palace of Tianjing, I, Xiao Chaogui, swear that I will let all the family members of the North King family and the soldiers and generals involved be buried with him!"

    Everyone in the palace was moved. They felt that the King of the West had indeed done his best by doing so. In the end, he had no choice but to obey fate. However, everyone felt that if they still could not save the King of the West despite having all the advantages, all the ministers in the West Palace would  Everyone felt that their faces were shameless. At that moment, everyone secretly decided to instruct their subordinates in Tianjing to protect the family of the Western King at all costs. It was impossible for the Western Palace to achieve great success, but the Western King lost his family.

    After a while of silence.  It was the weak voice of a secretary from the Intelligence Department that broke the silence in the hall, "The news from Anqing was that Shi Dakai did not return to Wuchang, but stopped in Anqing to preside over military affairs. The message to crusade against the Northern Traitors arrived in Anqing, and Shi Dakai has officially replied  In response to the Western King's call to raise troops to serve the king and attack the Northern traitors, we decided to send 50,000 troops to Wuhu in five days."

    After hearing this, Xiao Yungui slapped the table and laughed loudly: "The big deal is settled. Once King Yi raises troops, Yang Fuqing, who is wavering, will also follow. It is expected that the news of Yang Fuqing's response to the call for troops will come tomorrow, and the order will be sent to Zhenjiang and Guangzhou.  The Third Army and the Fourth Army on standby are ready to attack. Early tomorrow morning, I, the Prime Minister of Zuo, the Queen of the West, and others will rush to Zhenjiang to prepare for Tianjing. Li Kaifang and Li Shangshu will be in charge of Suzhou. All ministries will make arrangements according to strategies.  , once I enter the capital, all ministries will be ready to move to Tianjing!"

    All the ministers will receive the order loudly together.  Everyone's face was full of excitement. After waiting for so long, they finally got back what belonged to the West Palace. Now the King of Heaven is in dust, the King of East is dead, and the King of North has lost his virtue.  King Yi responded to the edict, and the other kings of Yan and Yu were of no concern. As long as the army of the West Palace entered Tianjing, the center of the Kingdom of Heaven would be controlled by the West Palace.  The King of the West will definitely replace the King of the East as the leader of the Kingdom of Heaven. After conquering the world in the future, the King of the West will surely ascend the throne. These people in the palace are all due to the merits of the dragon.

    Just as the people in the West Palace were preparing to leave and go about their business, a person from the Intelligence Department hurried into the hall and said loudly: "Note from Britain and France. Yesterday, Britain and France formally sent the declaration of war to Qingyao, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Minister of Commerce of the Five Countries.  Ye Mingchen, Britain and France have officially declared war on Qingyao! Now Britain and France have sent us a note, hoping that we can remain neutral!"

    After the words fell, the hall became silent again. After Britain and France suffered their first defeat at Dagukou, everyone knew that Britain and France would send troops to retaliate, but they did not expect that they would declare war on the Qing Dynasty so soon. You must know that Britain and France were in the Far East.  Although the maritime power of the United Kingdom is powerful, the British Marine Corps only has a few thousand people, and it also has to garrison embassies in Hong Kong and various trading ports. The force is obviously not enough.

    The only explanation why Britain and France had the confidence to declare war so quickly is that they mobilized British troops and Indian mercenaries in India.  Thinking of this, Xiao Yungui couldn't help but forget to glance at Hong Yun'er. Hong Yun'er happened to be looking at him. Both of them saw a questioning look in each other's eyes. They wondered whether Cixi and Ronglu would provoke the Indian uprising.  ?

    With a flash of his eyes, Xiao Yungui now has no time to pay attention to the declaration of war by Britain and France on the Manchus. Moreover, it will take time for the British army in India to reach the Far East. He can only deal with the seizure of power in Tianjing. Success or failure depends on this.  At that moment, Xiao Yungui looked at Zuo Zongtang and said inquiringly: "Prime Minister Zuo, since Britain and France have told us to remain neutral, how about we remain neutral?"

    Li Kaifang interrupted: "Your Highness the King of the West, it is a good time for us to send troops when the foreign brothers declare war on the Qing Yao. How about we join forces with the foreign brothers to deal with the Qing Yao? Wouldn't it be better?"

    Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said: "The Qingyao language is similar to mine, and the language is also similar to mine. Although the races are different, they have been assimilated by the Chinese, but the foreign brothers have their own cultural customs. If we drive them away  If we conquer the demon but allow foreigners to take advantage of it, that will be the real disaster for China's country and species. It's fine if we don't help each other, or the foreigners will fight the foreigners, and we will fight ours. In short, we can't unite with the foreigners."

    Xiao Yungui stood up and said slowly: "What the Prime Minister Zuo said is true. It is important for us to defeat the demon."If foreigners come to attack, it means outsiders are bullying us. There is nothing we can do for the time being. Once foreigners want to expand the war, we will definitely not be able to stay out of it. After all, the land under our feet will not allow it.  Lost from our hands because of the civil war, otherwise we would be sinners for the ages!  "Everyone's hearts froze, and then they realized that they didn't want to drive away the Qing Yao and bring back the foreigners, so they all accepted the order together.

    Therefore, after Britain and France declared war on the Qing Dynasty, West Palace did not reply to the note declaring war. Instead, it chose silence, acquiescing to a kind of neutrality, but did not explicitly reply to remain neutral. Xiao Yungui knew that sooner or later, the Taiping Army would still have to fight the foreigners.  .  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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