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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 464: The deadline has arrived

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    The Heavenly King's Mansion is the most majestic building in the Kingdom of Heaven. It is very large in scale and is more than ten miles around. It has two heavy walls, each of which is more than twenty feet high.  Tianwang Mansion was the palace of the Han Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, and the seat of the Liangjiang Governor's Yamen in the Qing Dynasty.  In early 1853, after the West Palace Taiping Army captured Nanjing, Xiao Yungui specifically set aside the former site of the Liangjiang Governor's Office for Hong Xiuquan to build a palace as the palace of the Heavenly King.

    After more than two years of expansion, on the eve of the Tianjing Incident, the Tianwang Mansion was already large in scale, no different from the Tianwang Mansion in history.  Tianwang Mansion is divided into two parts: the outer city and the inner city. The two cities are named "Sun City" and "Golden Dragon City" respectively.  The main entrance of Sun City is Tianchao Gate. There is a ditch in front of the door. The width and depth of the ditch are two feet each. There is a bridge over the ditch. In front of the bridge, there is a stone square with "Heaven" engraved on it.  The main entrance of Golden Dragon City is the Shengtian Gate. There are three-story "Chaofang" on the east and west sides of the gate. The front is the Golden Dragon Hall. Behind the Golden Dragon Hall are the Second Hall, the Third Hall, and the Harem Forest Garden.  The Golden Dragon Hall is very majestic and tall, with tiled roofs, double eaves, carved beams and painted buildings. There are painted dragon, tiger and lion statues on the four walls of the hall. It is very magnificent. There are east and west gardens on the east and west sides of the Golden Dragon Hall.

    In normal times, incense would be burned every day in the Heavenly Palace. Hong Xiuquan liked to compose poems about Heavenly Father in the garden, talk about God-worshiping doctrines in the Golden Dragon Hall, and get drunk under the service of many beautiful queens and female officials.  At this time, the Heavenly Prince's Mansion was in chaos. A large number of guards from the Heavenly Prince's Mansion were guarding the left and right sides of the Golden Dragon Palace with sharp knives. The female officials who fled in all directions before entering the palace to escape were stopped outside the palace, and there was a delicate cry.  The sound is heartbreaking.

    Because Hong Xiuquan advocated the doctrine of peace, he did not still use eunuchs who mutilated themselves as servants in the palace of the Heavenly King. However, if real men were to serve these queens in the palace, Hong Xiuquan was really worried about what would happen, so he hired a large number of female officials.  Act as a chamberlain.  It was rumored in later generations that Hong Xiuquan had numerous beauties, but this was not true.  Counting these female officials who serve, there are always one or two thousand women in the Tianwang Mansion. Although not all of them may have been blessed by King Hong Tianwang, in fact, in the Tianwang Mansion, they are just serving King Hong Tianwang.

    The cries of women outside the hall made Hong Xiuquan, who was walking restlessly back and forth in the hall, even more irritable. He had his long hair tied back and did not wear a hat. He was wearing a tuanlong mandarin gown and yellow dragon shoes on his feet.  Stomping on the bluestone floor of the Golden Dragon Palace, he shouted sternly: "Shut up the people outside! The Bei traitors haven't come in yet! Why are you crying?! There's another cryer! Yun Zhongxue!"

    In the Heavenly King¡¯s Mansion, the Heavenly King has absolute authority.  Yun Zhongxue also means beheading. This seemingly elegant name has actually caused many people to die in the past few years. Female officials accompany the emperor like a tiger. Leader Hong would often kill people in anger. Because of his  Give an order.  The female officials outside the palace did not dare to cry anymore.

    But not long after it was quiet, a huge roar came from the Sun City.  Although they are miles apart.  But the loud noise still startled everyone inside and outside the palace.

    Hong Xiu's face turned pale and he hurriedly ordered people to investigate. After a while, a group of guards from the Heavenly Palace came to the outside of the Golden Dragon Palace in embarrassment, supporting the two brothers Hong Renda and Hong Renfa. Each of them was covered in dirt, with dark brown blood stains on them.  , a pair of white eyes showing fear.

    The two Hong brothers separated from the crowd and went straight to the main hall under the surprised gazes of the guards of the Golden Dragon Palace.  After arriving at the palace and giving a quick half-curse, Hong Renda hurriedly said: "Brother, it can't be done. The bastard North Palace soldiers used red powder to blow open the Tianchao Gate. They are storming inside. I don't think the inner city can withstand it for a long time.  How about we break out and join Qin Rigang, Chen Chengrong and the others who are attacking the North Palace, they still have thousands of troops."

    Where is Hong Xiuquan willing to leave?  After shaking his head, he waved his sleeves and said proudly: "Why do you care about the little devil who is just a traitor? Let Qin Rigang and Chen Chengrong come back to Prince Baotian's Mansion first! I'm not going anywhere!"

    Hong Renfa said with a mournful face: "Brother, we sent several groups of dead soldiers to rush out to find Qin Rigang and Chen Chengrong, but there was no news from them. There was also no news from the people sent to the Xiwang Mansion for help. It is estimated that Bei traitor wanted to attack the Tianwang Mansion this time.  The surroundings are dead, and not even a bird can fly out. I don¡¯t know if I stay here, I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll sit there and wait for death. While we still have more than a thousand elite guards on hand, we can break out in one go. We might as well go to the West Prince¡¯s Mansion to take shelter first, or we can go to the same place.  It would be better for Qin Rigang and Chen Chengrong to join together than to stay here."

    While he was talking, a burst of fire and a huge roar came from the Xiaoling Guard. The soldiers on the watchtower of Tianwang Mansion were overjoyed and shouted down: "The soldiers and horses of the Western King on the Xiaoling Guard have begun to attack the city.  The artillery fire kept going off, and the entire eastern section of the city was in flames!"

    When he heard a series of cannon fire, Hong Renfa rushed out of the palace to wait and see. After hearing the shouts of the guards on the tower in front of the palace, he asked again loudly: "Is it definitely the King of the West who has started to send troops to attack the city?" Although a series of  The huge sound of artillery was unprecedented, but Hong Renfa still had to fight again.Once again.

    When he received a positive reply, he returned to the palace with a happy face and reported: "I'm so happy, brother, the army of the West King has begun to attack the city. The West Palace Army has always been elite and strong, and now the continuous sound of cannons is the result of the West Palace Army's attack.  Cannon attack the city, so many cannons are used together, it seems that the King of the West is going to break the city this time."

    Hong Renda also said happily: "Yes, brother, as soon as the Western King's army enters the city, the Northern Traitor troops will definitely flee. We don't have to risk a breakout and just stick to this place. I guess it will be as easy as cutting a watermelon for the Western Palace Army to defeat the Northern Traitor Army. I'm afraid  The thieves who are currently besieging Tianwang Mansion must have fled long ago when they heard the sound of cannons."

    Hong Xiuquan's tense face relaxed slightly, and he took slow steps again, walked steadily back to the throne and sat down, but then he frowned and looked at the trembling queens crowded in the hall and said  : "You don't need to panic. The King of the West is my brother and sister, and the Christian Prince is coming to earth with his possession. The army will break into the city and pick out traitors. The palace of the Heavenly King will be as safe as Mount Tai. You should go to the inner hall to rest first."

    Only then did all the queens retire to the inner hall to rest. Hong Xiuquan ordered to guard the entrance of the hall. There were only three brothers left in the hall. Hong Xiuquan frowned and said: "Hu Yihuang and Meng De'en are dead, Shi Dakai and Yang Fuqing are dead."  If we are not in Tianjing, it is still unclear whether we can follow the Western King's army into the city. Qin Rigang and Chen Chengrong are vacillating villains, and there are very few good officials and generals loyal to me in the Kingdom of Heaven. When the Western King returns to the capital this time, he is even more powerful than  Yang Xiuqing has gone as far as he did. If he really wants to do that treasonous thing, what can I do? Originally, I was thinking of using Qin Rigang and Chen Chengrong to get rid of Wei Changhui by surprise. As long as we control Tianjing, apart from the Bei traitors and the Western  Wang Ye has no excuse to enter Tianjing, I didn¡¯t expect things to turn out like this tonight.¡±

    Hong Renfa shook his head and said: "Brother, you are worrying too much. The King of the West has always been more loyal than Yang Xiuqing. Although he had collaborated with Yang Xiuqing and used the power of heaven to bully his brother, later on, under the mediation of Sister Xuanjiao, the King of the West stopped saying anything.  .Xuanjiao is the elder brother and adopted sister, the number one heroine in the Kingdom of Heaven, and has always been a loyal and righteous person. With her, the King of the West will not do anything treacherous and unethical. The worst that can happen is that the King of the West will be the King of the East, and one person will be the leader of ten thousand people.  Come on, I think the King of the West will accept it."

    Hong Renda nodded in agreement: "Exactly, if the King of the West really dares to commit treason, there are countless soldiers from the Kingdom of Heaven, and King Yi and Yang Fuqing will not agree to it."

    Hong Xiuquan pondered for a moment and said: "Since things have changed, we have to adapt accordingly. After the King of the West enters the city, he should be rewarded for being the first person to quell the chaos. It is not impossible to replace the King of the East. Xuanjiao should also be rewarded well, so as to  Just calm down and wait until King Yi and Yang Fuqing return to the capital before making any plans."

    The two Hong brothers praised the Heavenly King for his wisdom. While they were flattering, a counselor outside the palace shouted angrily: "To inform the Heavenly King, after the Bei traitor soldiers captured the outer city, they then attacked the inner city. There is another group of fresh troops.  Join us, everyone will have guns in hand, the thieves will become more powerful, and the inner city can hardly be defended!"

    "What?!" The three Hong family members in the palace exclaimed together. Hong Renda pulled the counselor in and asked sternly: "Just now, the army of the Western King has begun to attack the city. Are the Bei Traitors still fighting to the death? Are they?  Are you not panicking at all? The West Palace Army is about to break through the city, and they don¡¯t have a way out, so why do they attack even more?"

    The counselor said with a bitter face: "For some reason, my subordinates, after the sound of the cannon, the thieves attacked even more fiercely, and a group of fresh troops armed with muskets joined in, which was even more powerful, and those muskets can shoot extremely far.  Brothers don¡¯t dare to go up to the wall to defend, because they think the thieves are going to blow open the city gate again.¡±

    Just as he finished speaking, there was another loud bang. This time, even the Golden Dragon Palace was trembling. The dust on the beams in the palace was popping, and everyone's expressions changed drastically.

    Hong Xiuquan said angrily: "Fight back the Bei traitor army for me! Let me fight all the people in the Tianwang Mansion! As long as we hold on for a while, the West Palace army will be able to come to the rescue!"

    Clear gunshots began to ring out outside the palace, and the cries, screams, and screams of the female officers rang out everywhere. The guards of the Tianwang Mansion tried their best to fight and stop them, but in the end they were outnumbered, and the other party had sharp muskets.  To help out, they were retreating steadily, and the outside of the Golden Dragon Palace was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of ??blood.

    Dozens of guards rushed into the palace and closed the door. In the inner hall, a group of queens, led by Hong Xiuquan's first wife Lai, rushed out in tears. Lai took Hong Xiuquan and asked anxiously: "King of Heaven, what should we do?  ?The thieves are about to come in."

    Hong Xiuquan's face turned green and white. He never expected that the Beidian Army would break through the seemingly impregnable Tianwang Mansion so quickly. The elite guards of the Tianwang Mansion all thought of death, but they still could not stop the Beidian Army. In panic, he had already  There was no time to wonder where those muskets came from.  Seeing a group of wailing queens and queens, he suddenly felt anxious, pulled out the sword from his waist, and shouted to the queens in a stern voice: "The thieves have arrived, the deadline has come, what's the point of crying? This is the call of the Heavenly Father.  , you go to heaven first, I will kill the thiefCome and reunite with you later!  Send them on their way first!  "

    The teachings of the God-worshipping Church do not allow people to commit suicide easily, and only the attendants and guardians will do the sacrifices for the queens and queens. After Hong Xiuquan gave the strict order, there was a bloody storm mixed with the women's shrill screams in the Golden Dragon Palace. The once glorious and peaceful Golden Dragon Palace is now  But it's like purgatory.  (To be continued)
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