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Volume One: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 435: Continue to Kill

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    After escaping for three streets, Wei Changhui was caught by Zhang Chunhou and others. When Wei Changhui was still in shock and wanted to escape, Zhang Chunhou said anxiously: "Your Highness, the people from the West Palace are not chasing you."

    Wei Changhui didn't believe it. How could he let go of such a good opportunity to pursue him?  If there were no Wei Changhui in the North Hall, the trees would have fallen and the hozens would have dispersed long ago.  Wei Changhui didn't understand why the West Palace soldiers stopped pursuing.

    After returning to the North Prince's Mansion, the losses were calculated. More than 3,000 people only returned with more than 1,800 heads. In a short period of time, more than 1,200 people were lost in the West Prince's Mansion.  There are more than a thousand guards in the West Palace, and all of them are equipped with sharp muskets. Moreover, these guards are all brave and can bite flesh with guns. This still makes Wei Changhui feel scared. At the same time, Wei Changhui is even less confident that he can defend Tianjing.  .

    In fact, Wei Changhui didn't know that all the guards in the West Hall were elites in all battles. They had also gone to the martial arts school in batches to learn how to use new foreign guns and were equipped with new breech-loading rifled muskets. There were also a few among them.  Ten Bai Zetang assassins, these assassins are better at killing people, caught Wei Changhui off guard last night, so they won easily.

    Wei Changhui¡¯s trembling hands gradually stopped shaking after drinking two cups of anti-shock tea, but his face was still very ugly.  After Zhang Chunhou finished talking about the loss in a trembling voice, he continued: "Your Highness, what should we do next?"

    Wei Changhui suddenly lost his mind. Tianjing could not be defended. Especially after seeing the strength of the West Palace soldiers tonight, Wei Changhui did not dare to face the West Palace head-on.  But now the West Prince's Mansion cannot be defeated, and there are more than 3,000 guards in the Heavenly Prince's Mansion, so it is not easy to fight.  If both sides couldn't be defeated, what could Wei Changhui use to threaten King Qin's army to negotiate?

    In an instant, Wei Changhui thought of the middle strategy suggested by counselor Liu Naixin, which was to leave Tianjing and return to Luzhou. Although he might be attacked by King Qin's army when he returned to Luzhou.  But that side is always his own territory, and he may be able to maneuver around.

    Wei Changhui said hesitantly: "How about we go back to Luzhou tonight?"

    Before Zhang Chunhou could answer, Liu Naixin, a subordinate counselor, said hurriedly: "No, Your Highness."

    Wei Changhui asked curiously: "Why not?"

    "Another troop from the West Palace is about to arrive at Yanziji. I guess this troop must be the Zhenjiang troop from the West Palace. The Zhenjiang troop from the West Palace has always been equipped with a navy. Since they can reach Yanziji, the navy must have already blocked the river.  , how can we cross the river?" Liu Naixin sighed softly and then said: "If Your Highness wants to leave, you should leave earlier, but now I'm afraid it's too late."

    Wei Changhui shouted angrily: "I asked you to come up with ideas. I don't want you to criticize me!"

    Liu Naixin was startled. After a pause, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, since neither the worst nor the middle strategy is feasible, we still have a better strategy."

    Wei Changhui said angrily: "Isn't the best thing to do is for me to seek refuge with Xiao Chaogui? I told you, Xiao Chaogui will kill me!"

    Liu Naixin said with a mournful face: "Your Highness, please calm down. Your Highness, please think about why the West Palace didn't chase us and others tonight in such a good situation. By doing this, the King of the West left one alive."

    The anger on Wei Changhui's face gradually dissipated.  Lowering his head and pondering, Zhang Chunhou also said: "Yes, Your Highness, although the King of the West this time raised troops under the banner of Zhaoxue for Dong Ni, Dong Ni and the West Palace were also very difficult to deal with last year. I guess that maybe the King of the West will not do it for  Dong Ni, please drive us all away and kill them all."

    Wei Changhui asked hesitantly: "Why not? If he doesn't kill me, how can I explain to Shi Dakai and Yang Fuqing who responded to the army?"

    Liu Naixin said with a sinister smile: "Our King of the West has great ambitions. Maybe he doesn't want our heads. But he wants the whole kingdom of heaven?"

    As soon as he finished speaking, a counselor came in from outside the palace and reported that a brigade commander who was trapped in the Xiwang Mansion tonight was back and brought back a letter.  Wei Changhui hurriedly ordered someone to read the letter. After reading it, he felt mixed.

    Seeing that Liu Naixin and Zhang Chunhou had long necks, they wanted to read the letter.  Wei Changhui handed the letter to the two of them for viewing, and said doubtfully: "The envoy from the West Palace made an appointment with me at the Dabaoen Temple Tower tomorrow at midnight. He said that he had something to tell the King of the West. Could it be a trap?"

    Liu Naixin read it first and said happily: "Your Highness, the King of the West wants to negotiate with Your Highness, and things can still turn around. With the strength of the King of the West, he will not do anything stupid and ambushes, and there is no connection in the West Palace tonight.  The pursuit is the best proof.¡±

    Zhang Chunhou also said: "Yes, your highness, it seems that since the King of the West wants to talk, let's talk about it, and we won't suffer any loss."

    After Wei Changhui pondered for a moment, he nodded heavily and said: "Okay, I will go to see the envoy of the West Palace in person tomorrow to see what the King of the West wants to talk about."

    The next day, bad news came one after another, and Dashengguan, Yanziji, Xiaolingwei and other places were attacked one after another.King Qin's army occupied it, and Tianjing City was surrounded on three sides.  Last night Wei Changhui sent a small team to sneak across the river, but was frightened back by the West Palace Navy who kept flying whistles on the river. Sure enough, the West Palace Navy in Zhenjiang blocked the area north of Tianjing.  of the river.

    Faced with the continuous bad news, Wei Changhui was furious. What made him even more worried was that the morale of the North Palace Army was obviously low. Although he ordered the peripheral troops to withdraw into the city yesterday, there were still a small number of troops who were unable to withdraw in time. He originally thought that these troops might  After the first battle, Wei Changhui was disheartened after climbing to the Chaoyang Gate to watch. The hundreds of soldiers and horses stranded at Xiaoling Guards outside the city did not resist at all. When the soldiers in the West Palace arrived, they all knelt down to beg for mercy and surrender.

    Wei Changhui was frightened for a while, fearing that the West Palace soldiers would take advantage of the situation to attack Chaoyang Gate. He did not believe that the three thousand North Palace soldiers at Chaoyang Gate, who were unstable in military morale, could stop the West Palace soldiers' offensive.  Fortunately, the West Palace did not take advantage of the situation to attack, but chose to camp at Xiaoling Guard, which made Wei Changhui breathe a sigh of relief, and also made Wei Changhui understand that the King of the West still gave him a chance to negotiate.

    Soon the sun turned to the west and at the first moment of the hour, Wei Changhui led Zhang Chunhou, Liu Naixin and others and more than a hundred North Hall guards to the tower of Dabaoen Temple.

    The Jinling Dabaoen Temple Pagoda is located in the ancient Changqianli south of Tianjing City. In the 10th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di ordered the Ministry of Industry to rebuild it on the original site: "According to the inner map of the Dabaoen Temple, a nine-level five-color glazed pagoda was built, which is called the First Pagoda, and the temple is called the Dabaoen Temple.  Baoen Temple", this pagoda was built just now.

    The construction of the Dabaoen Temple Pagoda was overseen by Zheng He and others, because the Dabaoen Temple was built during the Yongle and Xuande years.  At that time, Zheng He was leading the Western fleet on many overseas voyages, so it was difficult to fully supervise the project.  For this reason, in the third year of Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Zhanji issued an imperial edict, asking Zheng He, who had returned to China to serve as the garrison of Nanjing, to "carefully supervise" the project and complete it within a time limit.

    It took 19 years to build the Dabaoen Temple Tower, costing more than 2.48 million taels of silver, and using 100,000 prisoners, craftsmen and soldiers.  After the completion of the construction, Zheng He specially brought back "grain trees", "Bolo trees" and other exotic flowers and trees from overseas to plant in the temple.  The Dabaoen Temple Pagoda is the most famous landmark building in Nanjing from the early Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty. Emperor Yongle named the pagoda the "First Pagoda".  The pagoda is one of the forty-eight scenic spots in Jinling.

    Like all historical buildings, the Dabaoen Temple Pagoda has experienced several natural disasters and man-made damage, but fortunately it was continuously repaired during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.  Historically, after the Taiping Army occupied Tianjing, the Qing Army built the Jiangnan Camp, especially in 1854.  After the Qing army captured Yuhuatai, the Taiping Army prevented the Qing army from occupying the Dabaoen Temple and posing a threat to the city.  Then he "bombed it with gunpowder. Then he hollowed out the base of the pagoda. Within a few days, the pagoda collapsed and the temple was burned down."  But now, because the Western King's Eastern Expedition has changed history, the Qing army has not established a Jiangnan camp. Although Hong Xiuquan himself hates this pagoda, it is still considered one of Tianjing's famous sights.  The tower of Dabaoen Temple has been preserved.

    Arriving at the Dabaoen Temple, the guards of the North Hall looked around, but there was no sign of an ambush. Only then did Wei Changhui walk into the tower of the Dabaoen Temple with peace of mind.  After reaching the top floor, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as an ordinary person and waiting for him here with two followers.

    Wei Changhui looked at the man suspiciously. There were some familiars in the West Palace, but Wei Changhui had no impression of the man in front of him.  The man smiled slightly and saluted, "In the Lower West Palace, Xia Guan Deputy Prime Minister Tong Qiangsheng met His Royal Highness the North King."

    Tong Qiangsheng¡¯s official position is actually very high, and he is considered to be a major general according to the official rank of Su Fu¡¯s New Deal. However, he still uses the official rank customary to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to report to his family, so that Wei Changhui can understand.

    Wei Changhui said oh, the deputy prime minister of Xia Guan in the West Palace, his official position is not small. He coughed and asked, pretending to be the king of the north, "What do you want to say when Xiao Chaogui sent you here?"

    Tong Qiangsheng sneered secretly in his stomach. This Northern King was really weird. He was still pretending to be dead when he was about to die. He said coldly and unceremoniously: "Then it depends on whether His Highness the Northern King is going to die or live."

    Wei Changhui was furious. He was used to bossing around in Tianjing. When had he been spoken to in such a tone?  Seeing that there were only three people on the other side, he immediately said angrily: "What a loud tone, you don't want your life?!"

    As soon as Wei Changhui finished speaking, several guards in the North Hall behind Wei Changhui showed fierce eyes and drew their swords at each other, as if they were ready to step forward and kill at any time.

    Tong Qiangsheng and the other three people suddenly took out short guns from their waists. Each of them had two short guns and aimed them at Wei Changhui. Although there were only three people with six guns, the murderous intent on the three of them was undisguised.

    Facing the black muzzle of the gun, Wei Changhui's expression changed. The distance between the two sides was too close. If he launched an attack, there was no guarantee that he would not be hit by the gun. Besides, he didn't know if the other party had any other tricks.

    Tong Qiangsheng said calmly: "I've heard for a long time that King Bei is easy to kill. Sure enough, I have to be prepared when I come to see you. If I dare to come to see you, I won't be afraid of my life. Either you listen to me, or we die here together!"

    Wei ChanghuiLooking at Tong Qiang Sheng, although he spoke lightly, the killing intent emanating from him and the two people behind him was so strong that Wei Changhui couldn't help but shudder. He knew that a person like Tong Qiang Sheng must be  He will do what he says and will not threaten him with words. No matter how many people there are on this high tower, he may not be able to protect himself completely.

    At that moment, Wei Changhui put on a smile and ordered his men to put away their swords and retreat. Then he smiled and said: "If you have anything to say, I also admire Xiwang's sister-in-law very much. Prime Minister Tong can go on to say, what is the way to death and what is the way to survive?"  How is it?"

    Tong Qiangsheng and the others slowly put down their short spears and said without any nonsense: "Those who obey me will prosper and those who go against me will perish. The way to death is to be enemies of my West Palace, and the way to survive is to cooperate with my West Palace!"

    Wei Changhui took a deep breath and asked, "Am I, Wei Changhui, still useful in the eyes of King Xi?"

    Tong Qiangsheng nodded and said, "You can do one more thing for us."

    Wei Changhui said curiously: "It turns out that I am still useful, but I don't know what the King of the West wants from me?"

    Tong Qiangsheng looked across the Qinhuai River next to the Pagoda of Bao'en Temple, towards the direction of the Heavenly King's Mansion in the setting sun, and said lightly: "Continue killing!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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