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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 434: Attacking Xifu

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    The Xiaoling Guard outside the Chaoyang Gate of Tianjing has now turned into a huge military camp. The newly formed Fourth Army in the West Palace has more than 30,000 people, 20,000 soldiers and civilians, and the township corps. The place is filled to the brim.

    The vanguard of the Fourth Army arrived here yesterday. The hundreds of Beidian troops stationed here did not make any resistance and were collectively taken as prisoners. What surprised Feng Zicai was that these prisoners were not at all discouraged by being captured, but felt relieved.  As if relieved.

    Since Feng Zicai was transferred back to Suzhou at the beginning of the year to report on his duties, as the King of the West disrupted the factional plans among the generals of the new army, Feng Zicai went from the head of the new third army to the acting division commander of the second division of the new fourth army.  The newly formed Fourth Army accompanied the King of the West to conquer Tianjing. The Second Division was used as the vanguard. When they arrived at the Xiaoling Guard yesterday, they saw that the Beidian Army had no fighting spirit. Feng Zicai originally planned to conquer Chaoyang Gate in one go, but he did not expect to receive the news.  The general of the Western King ordered the second division to be stationed at Xiaoling Guard to build a camp for the following troops.

    Feng Zicai had no choice but to give up the great opportunity and stay in Xiaoling Guard to build a fortress.  At this time, he was standing on a slope, looking at the Xiaoling Guards' camp in front of him, but it was a busy scene.  The whole Xiaoling Guard was full of people digging trenches, building wooden fences, building camps, and transporting supplies, and the sound of horses neighing and cows roaring could be heard endlessly.

    Feng Zicai lit up a Xiaodao brand cigarette. Since becoming an acting teacher, he has gradually become obsessed with the smell of this cigarette. When he is upset, he will light one to relieve his irritability.

    "What? You haven't figured out the general order from King Xi yet?" Feng Zicai looked back and saw that the person speaking was Zhang Mingjing, the division chief of staff of the Third Army to which he belonged. He saw him walking beside him and looking into the distance.  Chaoyang Gate of Tianjing sighed and said: "The King of the West is planning to enter the city to clean up the mess at the end."

    Feng Zicai frowned slightly and looked at himself and Zhang Mingjing's bodyguards, both of whom were a little further away.  Then he said with a smile: "Soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders, and our march this time is not to destroy many enemies, but to win people's hearts, right?"

    Zhang Mingjing chuckled and patted Feng Zicai on the shoulder and said with approval: "That's right. It's deeper than I thought. Indeed, our potential enemies when marching into Tianjing this time are not just the Beidian Army."

    Feng Zicai took a deep breath of smoke and continued: "Now King Yi's soldiers and horses have arrived at Dasheng Pass. Yang Fuqing's troops are behind us in Chunhua Town. The soldiers and horses in the North Hall are only more than 30,000, and their morale is low. They are not ours at all.  Opponent, I think the King of the West ordered us to temporarily station at Xiaoling Guard for two purposes."

    Zhang Mingjing smiled and said: "Yes, I have been thinking about it all night. I also think there are two purposes. Let's talk about it first. Do we have different ideas?"

    Feng Zicai looked in the direction of Tianjing and said: "One is that Tianwang's Mansion and Xiwang's Mansion are still in the city. The King of Xi is worried that if Tianjing is stormed, the Beidian Army will stage a final madness, and even risk everything to attack Tianwang's Mansion and Xiwang's Mansion. Let's stop.  It is to leave Wei Changhui in his thoughts and leave room for negotiation to resolve the matter. After all, the King of the West does not want a Tianjing City that is devastated."

    Zhang Mingjing nodded and said: "That's right. Dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious. If the Chaoyang Gate is broken, Wei Changhui may really burn the city. He is no longer the Northern King. He is now a madman.  "

    Feng Zicai asked hesitantly: "Is the King of the West really planning to negotiate with a madman?"

    Zhang Mingjing smiled and said without comment: "Negotiation takes time. Although negotiating with a madman may not necessarily lead to success, you can finally buy time."

    Feng Zicai somewhat understood: "The King of the West needs time to win over people's hearts, especially the Yiwang Tribe and Yang Fuqing Tribe in Dasheng Pass and Chunhua Town."

    Zhang Mingjing nodded slightly and said: "Yes, the second purpose of the Western King is to use King Qin this time to conquer both families. Taking Tianjing too early will inevitably make things complicated."

    Feng Zicai's expression became a little surprised, and he slowly asked in a low voice: "Because the King of Heaven is still in Tianjing City?"

    Zhang Mingjing chuckled and said: "Yes, our nominal co-owner. The Heavenly King is still in Tianjing City. If he enters Tianjing too early, the Western King's right to speak will be a little weaker. If he enters Tianjing too early, his right to speak will be weaker.  It¡¯s hard to do anything.¡±

    Feng Zicai let out a laugh and said without thinking: "This king is really troublesome. Why didn't Wei Changhui kill him too?"

    After Feng Zicai said this, he seemed to have thought of something else. He looked at Zhang Mingjing with a somewhat ugly expression. Zhang Mingjing also had a normal expression. The two looked at each other and said at the same time, "The King of the West has a third purpose!"

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    But it was said that Wei Changhui summoned his trusted generals at the Beidian Palace that day to plot to mobilize troops to attack the Tianwang Palace. Although both the inside and outside of Beijing are now under the control of the Beidian, there are two places that are not yet under the control of the Beidian.  One is Hong Xiuquan's Tianwang Palace, and the other is Xiwang Palace.  These twoBoth Tianwang Mansion and Xiwang Mansion have their own guards. Tianwang Mansion still has more than 3,000 guards, and Xiwang Mansion also has more than a thousand guards.  Although there are many soldiers and horses in the North Palace Army at this time, there are also many soldiers and horses in the Tianwang Palace. Although there are few guards in the West Palace, they are all elite soldiers. Wei Changhui did not dare to take action without complete assurance, and if he was not desperate, Wei Changhui  He didn't dare to kill the King of Heaven or kill all the people in the Xiwang Mansion, especially the people in the Xiwang Mansion. Wei Changhui still needed them as hostages.

    Wei Changhui looked at a group of confidants in the palace and said solemnly: "Pass on my instructions, all the troops must gather and follow me to attack the Heavenly King's Mansion!"

    The generals were stunned, and General Zhang Tonghai asked: "Your Highness, how many troops should we prepare?" Now that Wei Changhui was killing people at every turn, the generals did not dare to disobey him and could only follow his words.

    Wei Changhui said anxiously: "Didn't I say it? All, all." "Yes!" Zhang Tonghai took courage and said again: "Your Highness, we have more than 39,300 troops in our hands.  Eighteen thousand people were occupied to defend the outer perimeter of Tianjing, and eighteen thousand people were occupied to guard various city gates, city walls, palaces, etc. There are only more than 3,000 troops that can be mobilized. How to mobilize them? Please  Six thousand years old to decide.¡±

    When Wei Changhui heard this, he felt a chill in his heart. Only now did he feel that there were only a few people and no strength. He heard that King Qin¡¯s army numbered no less than 200,000 people. What could he use to fight against them?  Can more than 3,000 people capture the Heavenly King's Mansion?  There are more than 3,000 people guarding Tianwang Mansion, and the defense of Tianwang Mansion is also extremely tight. Not to mention 3,000 people, even 6,000 people may not be able to defeat it.  And once you touch the Heavenly King's Mansion, you can only win.  No defeat is allowed, the Heavenly King's Mansion must be taken down, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.

    He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, shaking his head and sighing.  But, is it okay not to take this action?  No way, the situation waits for no one!  Xiao Chaogui and Shi Dakai could come back at any time, even if they didn't have soldiers to defend the city gate?  The task of guarding the city gate is even more crucial, and the number of troops must not be reduced.

    Just when Wei Changhui was at a loss to make a decision, a spy brought back news that made him give up the idea of ??attacking the Heavenly King's Mansion.  A spy came to report with an earthy face: "Your Highness, the Western King's army is less than a hundred miles away from Xiaoling Guards, and another group of troops came from Zhenjiang and has already arrived at Yanziji."

    Wei Changhui's expression changed drastically, and he said in a trembling voice: "Why, how did it come so fast?" Then another spy came to report that the Yiwang army was also about to reach Dasheng Pass. Now Wei Changhui was in a panic.

    Zhang Chunhou, the Shangshu of the North Palace, said hurriedly: "Your Highness, the Western King's army is extremely powerful and unstoppable. I heard that even Lao Maozi from the north is no match for the Western Palace soldiers. It is better for us to gather our troops and defend the walls of Tianjing."

    Wei Changhui said angrily: "What if the city wall can't be defended?"

    General Zhang Tonghai said flatteringly: "Your Highness, all of us in the North Palace are working together to protect Your Highness, how can we not be able to do so?"

    Wei Changhui still looked mournful, shaking his head and saying: "You don't know how powerful Xi Wang and Yi Wang are. I can't deal with Shi Dakai alone, let alone Xiao Chaogui."

    Zhang Chunhou frowned and said: "Otherwise, let's gather our troops first, then concentrate our forces to break through the Xiwang Mansion, take Xiwang's family and children as hostages, and force the Xiwang to retreat!"

    Wei Changhui said angrily: "That's nonsense. If Xiao Chaogui learns that the Xiwang Mansion has been breached, won't he kill us all?"

    Zhang Chunhou said: "The humble position means to capture the Xiwang Mansion without harming the Xiwang family. This time it is not a random killing." Zhang Chunhou said the wrong thing in a hurry.  There will be no random killings this time, which means that the previous times were all random killings.

    But Wei Changhui didn't care, and just said thoughtfully: "Will the King of the West retreat for the sake of the whole family of the King of the West?"

    Zhang Chun said kindly: "If you have a hostage in hand, you can return to Luzhou in exchange for your life, Your Highness."

    Wei Changhui only then remembered the three strategies of upper, middle and lower that Liu Naixin mentioned that day. At this time, it seemed that Zhongce leaving Tianjing and returning to Luzhou was at least a good strategy.  Wei Changhui thought for a moment and said: "That's fine. Let's attack the Xiwang Mansion first, but ask the brothers to be careful not to hurt the youngest of the Xiwang family, especially the eldest son of the Xiwang family, Xiao Youhe." The generals took the order together and divided their parts.  The head is ready to go.

    Wei Changhui rested for a while. After dinner, Zhang Tonghai came to report that everything was ready. Wei Changhui, neatly dressed in military uniform, picked up his sword and mounted his horse outside Beifu.  Zhang Tonghai was already ready, and three thousand troops were ready to go. Wei Changhui swung his sword and rushed to the west palace to kill.

    This night, the sky was extremely dark, with no light from the stars and the moon, and it was difficult to see even one's fingers.  However, the North Palace soldiers all held torches and were familiar with the road. It didn't take long before they arrived at the main entrance of the West Prince's Mansion. Wei Changhui reined in his horse and looked at it. However, he saw that inside the West Prince's Mansion, it was dark and there was no sound. It seemed that the West Prince's Mansion was also there.  Nothing prepared.  He secretly rejoiced: God is really helping me!  So, I immediately uploaded the general?, ordered Zhang Tonghai to lead his troops to attack.

    The soldiers from the North Palace quickly broke through the main entrance of the West Palace. Hundreds of soldiers from the North Palace poured into the main entrance and came to the front yard of the Palace.  Unexpectedly, in an instant, lanterns and torches were lit in the front yard of the West Prince's Mansion, illuminating the front yard as bright as day.

    The hundreds of soldiers from the North Palace who had entered the West Palace were still stunned. Suddenly, three cannons were fired from the Palace of the West. Torches were raised in the two compartments of the front yard and on the roof. Hundreds of soldiers from the West Palace were guarding the palace.  Each held a musket and opened fire at the North Palace soldiers in the courtyard.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  At the same time, more than a hundred West Palace guards were seen coming out of the alleys on both sides of the West Palace to kill the generals. Their muskets cleared the way. The West Palace guards' muskets were sharp, and the North Palace troops retreated continuously.

    The North Palace Army was unprepared for such a move. They were caught off guard and were thrown into disarray.  In an instant, many people were killed and injured by musketry. General Zhang Tonghai also died under random gunfire.

    When Wei Changhui saw it, he knew that the Xiwangfu had made full preparations. His eyes almost popped out, and he cried out: "Where did the Xiwangfu get so many firearms?"

    He didn't know that the King of the West had secretly smuggled new Western firearms into Tianjing more than a year ago. After all, all the princes were enjoying all kinds of Western objects, so it was very easy to smuggle guns into Tianjing mixed with tributes and gifts.  of.

    Seeing that the momentum was not good, Wei Changhui hurriedly turned his horse's head and planned to take the road away.  Seeing the North King fleeing, the soldiers and horses of the North Palace retreated in panic. In this way, the three thousand North Palace soldiers were repulsed by a thousand elite West Palace guards, and the West Palace was safe and sound.

    In the main hall of the West King's Mansion, Tong Qiangsheng looked at the corpses of the North Palace soldiers all over the yard with a gloomy face and said, "If the King of the West hadn't given the order, Wei Changhui, the thief, would have been killed tonight."

    Li Zuoche, holding a smoking musket on the side, smiled lightly and said: "A little impatience will ruin a big plan. Let's go. It's time for us to go meet the Northern King. We must do what the Western King tells us."  Arrived."
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