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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 433: The Army Approaches

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    In late August of the Bingchen year, exactly fifteen days after the Tianjing Incident of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke out, Xiao Chaogui, the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Sufu Province, issued a proclamation, calling on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to mobilize troops to serve the king, kill the Northern King Wei Changhui, who had degenerated into a demon, and fight for the East.  Wang Yang Xiuqing came with the banner of redressing injustice.

    As soon as the proclamation came out, all the soldiers and horses in the East Palace who were originally panicked felt at ease. The troops in the East Palace near Sufu Province surrendered to the West Palace one after another. The soldiers and horses who defected to the West Palace gathered like rain.  Zhenjiang, Huzhou and other places have gathered many Dongdian soldiers and horses. According to reports from various places, about 50,000 Dongdian soldiers and horses have defected.  However, most of these soldiers and horses were poorly armed and lacked food and clothing, and many of them were still using cold weapons. Therefore, the West Palace temporarily placed these soldiers and horses in preparation for subsequent training.

    Shi Dakai, who subsequently fled from Tianjing, also sent troops from Anqing in response to the Western King's message. The Yidian soldiers and horses raised the four-character banner of revenge. After gathering in Anqing, a total of 50,000 troops marched directly to the Wuhu camp by land and water.  Since the Qing army Xiangyong Zeng Guofan reoccupied Changsha, Shi Dakai had to leave most of his troops to guard Yuezhou, Wuchang and other places. At the same time, the Xiangfan front line also changed from offensive to defensive due to this troop withdrawal. 50,000 troops were already Shi Dakai's  The limit that can be mobilized includes some of the troops from the East Palace who have joined the Wing Palace. If too many are drawn, it will affect the entire western front.

    Yang Fuqing, the emperor of the East Palace of Jiangxi, also received the petition, but at first Yang Fuqing was in a wait-and-see attitude, mainly because he was timid because of the unpleasant things that had happened in the East Palace and the West Palace before.  But when he learned that Shi Dakai also responded to the appeal and raised troops, Yang Fuqing no longer hesitated. He also raised troops in response to the Western King's appeal and mobilized 100,000 troops to go to Tianjing.

    There are about 500,000 troops in Yang Fuqing's army in the East Palace of Jiangxi Province. Although many of them are new soldiers, the number of people is really scary.  In Jiangxi, Yang Fuqing had to guard against the Qing army Jiang Zhongyuan in the west and the Qing army in Guangdong in the south.  We also need to guard against the Xidian troops and horses in Fujian Province in the east and Sufu Province in the north. Therefore, Yang Fuqing's 100,000 troops are at his limit.

    Among the 100,000 soldiers and horses of Yang Fuqing's army, except for more than 30,000 who are elite soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles, the rest are newly recruited soldiers in Jiangxi. Their combat effectiveness is low, and many soldiers are not even equipped with weapons. Therefore, in addition to the large number of soldiers and horses, Yang Fuqing's army  In addition to the huge momentum, it seemed that it was not as good as the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yidian.

    After receiving the news that the two families responded to the appeal, the King of the West swore an oath to fight in Suzhou the next day.  At the swearing-in meeting, the soldiers and horses in the West Hall performed rituals such as worshiping and paying homage to the Father as usual.  Finally, King Xi made an intriguing speech.  In his speech at the swearing-in meeting of the King of the West, the King of the West mentioned many times that this crisis in Tianjing is a test given by the Heavenly Father to everyone, so that everyone can continue to support the Lord of destiny and create a kingdom of heaven together.

    The King of the West naturally had a lot of speeches, but after distilling them down, they have these two meanings.  Those who are thoughtful know clearly that the first intention of King Xi is from the perspective of doctrine and belief.  This incident of King Tianjing killing the king is a test from Heavenly Father.  The intention is to prevent the faith of the people of Tianjin from collapsing overnight.  Although most of the soldiers and civilians in Xidian Sufu Province have been brainwashed by Hong Yun'er's Confucian Christianity, many people already understand what Heavenly Father God is. The crisis of faith caused by the killing of the king this time has not had a great impact in Sufu Province.  But in the final analysis, if there is internal strife in the Kingdom of Heaven, some ignorant people will still be shaken, so the King of the West will inoculate everyone first.

    The Chinese have always had a very bad habit.  When praying to gods and Buddhas but their wishes cannot come true, Chinese people often give up this kind of gods and Buddhas and worship other gods and Buddhas.  But Christianity puts forward the theory of original sin, which means that people are born to atone for their sins, and the various hardships they endure in this world are just the training given by God.  Although the incident of King Killing had little impact on Su Fu Province.  However, it has a great impact on the military and civilians under the rule of the Heavenly King. After discussion, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er decided to first establish the theory that the king's killing of the king was a test of the Heavenly Father and God, hoping that this incident would have an impact on the belief in the Heavenly Kingdom.  Impact is minimized.

    ??It is not difficult for a discerning person to see that the King of the West has taken precautionary measures to prepare for the smooth reception of other territories and populations of the Kingdom of Heaven in the future. After all, it will be difficult to gather people's hearts if they are scattered.

    The second part is about continuing to support the Lord of True Destiny and jointly building the Kingdom of Heaven. The King of the West did not say who the Lord of True Destiny was, nor did he mention that the King of Heaven was the Lord of True Destiny. This makes people think a lot.

    After taking the oath, the King of the West, together with the Queen of the West, Hong Xuanjiao, Zuo Zongtang and other ministers of the West Palace, led the third division of the Fourth Army that stayed in Suzhou to Zhenjiang and joined forces with several other divisions of the Fourth Army there.

    Ten days later, Yi Wang Shi Da sent his troops to Wuhu. King Yan Qin Rigang only had more than 10,000 troops stationed there. Qin Rigang was afraid of Shi Dakai and did not dare to fight with him, so he immediately retreated to Tianjing. The Yi Dian soldiers reoccupied the Wuhu camp without bloodshed.  .

    On the same day, Yang Fuqing's troops arrived at Ningguo Mansion, echoing the troops of King Yi in Wuhu.  Guangde's West Palace Third Army has also completed its assembly and is preparing together with Zhenjiang's Xiwang's Fourth Army.Started to advance towards Tianjing.

    From then on, the 60,000 troops of the West Palace, the 50,000 troops of the Wing Palace, and the 100,000 troops of Yang Fuqing, totaling more than 200,000 troops, pressed towards Tianjing from the southwest, east and west. The troops and horses of the North Palace outside Tianjing retreated in panic.  After Wei Changhui mobilized 30,000 soldiers and horses from Anhui to Tianjing, they dispersed them to the outskirts of Tianjing to guard various key passes. However, he did not expect that these soldiers and horses all retreated after seeing the flag of King Qin's army.

    Just as King Qin¡¯s army was approaching step by step, Wei Changhui staged his final madness in Tianjing.

    After the discussion that day, after three days of full preparation, Wei Changhui used force to "invite" all the civil and military officials in Beijing to the North Palace.  Among the female officials of Beifu, Hu Yihuang was the only one missing.

    Wei Changhui sneered and asked: "Why didn't King Yu come?" Someone reported: "King Yu has been ill in bed for a long time and asked for leave from His Highness." Wei Changhui sneered and said: "I'm afraid it's a heart disease! If you can't get out of bed, just give it to me.  Lift it up!"

    After about a stick of incense, Hu Yihuang was finally "invited".  However, it was not carried on a bed, but on horseback.  Hu Yihuang walked up to the main hall of the Beifu Palace with his head held high and his chest high. Wei Changhui saw Hu Yihuang's face was like a full moon and his skin was rosy. He smiled and said, "The King of Yu has a pale face, so why can't he claim to be ill?" Hu Yihuang replied calmly: "  There are hundreds of kinds of diseases, with different appearance and appearance. You can't tell the cause just by looking at the appearance." Although Wei Changhui was dissatisfied, in order to win people's hearts, he still endured it and hurriedly bowed and gave up his seat.

    Hu Yihuang watched with blinking eyes.  But inside and outside the hall, there were two hundred swordsmen standing.  Their bows were strung and their swords were unsheathed, as if facing a powerful enemy.  Behind Wei Changhui, twenty burly men stood, each holding the hilt of their sword tightly and glaring with angry eyebrows, closely monitoring every move of the officials.  Hu Yihuang immediately guessed Wei Changhui's intention and was fully mentally prepared.  Looking at the civil and military officials, they are all trembling with fear.  His face was pale and he stood uneasily on both sides of the hall.

    After a pause, Wei Changhui said in a pretentious manner: "I have invited you brothers here today to explain something. Yesterday, Heavenly Father gave me a dream. He said that I would be assigned to take charge of the authority of the Kingdom of Heaven and assist the King of Heaven to achieve great things. I knelt on the ground.  He kowtowed and said firmly. Heavenly Father insisted and refused. He said, "This is God's will, and no one can violate it." Brother Heaven also instructed that God's will cannot be changed. Moreover, he asked me to convey Heavenly Father's holy edict to you. You all listen.  understand?"

    Yang Xiuqing, the spokesperson of Heavenly Father who was recognized by Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, is dead. Xiao Chaogui, spokesperson of Heavenly Brother, is still in Sufu Province. Will they speak for Wei Changhui?  in people's minds.  It's becoming clearer.  Everyone knew that Wei Changhui was deceiving with his glare.  However, no one dared to expose the truth.  The hall was deathly silent, except for Wei Changhui's scream.  No response.

    Zhang Chunhou, the Minister of the North Palace, was afraid that his master would not be able to step down, so he continued: "My lords, do you hear me clearly? Six Thousand Years Old said that this is the decree of Heavenly Father and cannot be changed. Please sign your names, okay?  Please, Six Thousand Years Old, take over the power of the Kingdom of Heaven as soon as possible and govern the four directions on behalf of the Heavenly King. Who will sign first, eh?" At this time, someone had already prepared to buy the Four Treasures of the Study.  Moreover, a piece of yellow damask was spread on another table.

    There was still silence in the hall.  Wei Changhui's complexion turned from white to blue, from blue to purple, and the veins on his forehead became higher and higher.  The evil light flashed in his eyes, scanning every face.  Suddenly, he stopped on Meng De'en's face and said with a smile: "Mr. Meng, please take the lead first!" Zhang Chunhou saw him and hurriedly handed over the brush.

    Meng De'en stood in the middle of the crowd, crossed his hands on his chest, and said coldly: "I won't sign!" "Bang!" Wei Changhui slapped the table: "You dare to disobey Heavenly Father's decree?" "I will accept Heavenly Father's words.  I didn't hear it. I only heard the ravings of a madman." "Who do you think is a madman?" "You! It's you Wei Changhui!" Meng De'en suddenly raised his voice, pointed at Wei Changhui, and said, "When a country is going to prosper, it must have good generals;  When it is about to perish, evildoers will appear. Our good Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be ruined in your hands. You were born in a book office and oppressed the countryside, and you have long been guilty of the people. I, the king of heaven, embody the virtue of the heavenly father, I will accept you regardless of past mistakes.  . In terms of military exploits, you are not as good as the four kings of the East, West, South, and Yi; in terms of moral character, you are not as good as the generals in the camp. However, with the great help of the King of Heaven, you ascended to the throne of the Northern King at the age of six thousand years.  How can anyone with a little bit of flesh and blood not repay kindness with deep heart? But I met you, the scum among people. You took advantage of others' dangers, made trouble, falsely conveyed imperial edicts, killed innocent people, and committed countless bad things. Today  , and blatantly seek to usurp power, and even want to drag us into a pit of fire. Huh, what a vicious intention! Remember, evil will be rewarded with evil, and good will be rewarded with good. What you do will definitely leave you with infamy and stink for thousands of years!  "

    "Unbridled!" Wei Changhui turned livid with anger and said through gritted teeth, "I want your life first! Let's see who of us dies without a burial place!" Meng De'en said, "A real man has no joy in life, and no fear in death.  As long as I die innocently, I will always smile!"

    "Kill him!" Wei Changhui roared: "Eviscerate him and dig him up."Heartfelt!  "The sword player rushed up and was about to take action. Meng De'en shouted: "I can walk by myself!  After saying that, he raised his fists at the officials and said, "Everyone, I'm going to take the first step!"  "Then he flicked his sleeves and strode out of the hall.

    It was quiet again in the main hall, so quiet that it was terrifying.  Not long after, the swordsman came in and reported that Meng Deen had been disemboweled and heartbroken.  Wei Changhui was worried and asked his confidants to ask Liu Naixin to check it out, and ordered people to feed Meng Deen's body to the dogs.

    After the brutal killing, Wei Changhui seemed to have gained some comfort.  He faced Hu Yihuang and asked: "Your Highness, please take the lead in signing your name!" Hu Yihuang said very calmly: "Excuse me, Six Thousand Years Old, what is the use of signing?" Wei Changhui saw Hu Yihuang's calm attitude, and flashed in his heart  There was a glimmer of hope, and he said: "This has three meanings. One is to show loyalty to the Heavenly Father, the other is to let all the subjects know it, and the third is to show that all the officials are in the same opinion, so that they can follow me and work faithfully."

    "I think in the final analysis, there is only one thing, and that is to unanimously support you to control the inside and outside of Tianjing!" "Yes, yes, it can also be explained this way." Wei Changhui nodded awkwardly.  Suddenly, Hu Yihuang laughed loudly, the louder and louder he laughed, the crazier he became.  Wei Changhui hurriedly asked: "You, what do you mean by this?" Hu Yihuang said word by word: "I laugh at you for your naivety, ignorance, and ignorance!"

    "You -" before Wei Changhui could speak, Hu Yihuang rushed to say: "It's a pity that you have been studying for many years, but you don't know etiquette, good and bad, human feelings, and smell. You only know how to fight for power and be greedy.  What you have done is unprecedented! How can you think so cleverly that we should accompany you to usurp power? Huh, it is really ridiculous. You have never thought about it, Hu Yihuang, I can obey you.  Really? You can kill people, you can disembowel me, but you can't make me surrender."

    After hearing this, Wei Changhui stepped in front of Hu Yihuang and sneered: "So you are tired of living?" Hu Yihuang said: "Please do it!" "Do you want to sign your name?" "I just said it, why bother anymore?  Ask!" "I'll give you another chance." "This opportunity is the greatest shame to me." Wei Changhui said: "You really don't know how to praise me!" "Three generations of my ancestors feel ashamed after being promoted by you!  "Unbridled!" Wei Changhui stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword: "Are you really not afraid of death?" Hu Yihuang tore open his clothes: "If you are afraid of death, you are not a good man!" "Ah!" Wei Changhui roared, and the sword pierced Hu Yihuang.  Shaking chest.  Hu Yihuang's body shook violently, his eyes were rounded, his eyebrows were wet, and a mouthful of blood spurted onto Wei Changhui's face.  After that, he died a heroic death.  Wei Changhui quickly wiped away the blood and ordered people to carry the body away.

    After these two attempts, Wei Changhui also became discouraged.  He ordered people to imprison all the officials in the flower hall of Beifu, and none of them were released.  Then, he shouted loudly: "Bring the wine!" A counselor brought a pot of "Jinling Daqu" and four plates of side dishes.  Wei Changhui drank up the wine and shouted: "Pass on my command, all the troops must gather and follow me to attack the Heavenly King's Mansion!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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