Just when Yang Xiuqing was upset and wanted to fight back, Hong Xiuquan changed his words again and said in a loud voice: "Although the self-defense of the King of the West has its own reasoning, it is a fact that he did not obey the orders of the King of the East and damaged the military prestige of my Heavenly Kingdom. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After a pause, Hong Xiuquan brushed his hands and said: "In this way, in the spirit of the founding of the West King, I will not punish you heavily, temporarily punish you for exchanging titles with the Wing King, from now on you will be demoted to the Wing King, and Changhui will be promoted to the West King, you can be convinced." ”

Shi Dakai frowned, but he didn't expect Hong Xiuquan to stand on Yang Xiuqing's side after all, and actually demoted his title.

You must know that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has descended from east to west, north and south, and the Wing King is under the North King, ranking sixth.

Hong Xiuquan's depreciation is equivalent to demoting him from the third position to the sixth position, which can be described as a heavy punishment.

"Minister...... Thank you for your kindness. Although Shi Da was unhappy, he could only bow his head and admit his guilt.

That Wei Changhui was overjoyed, and his excited eyes were obviously written in his eyes, obviously he didn't expect that this dispute between the East King and the West King had nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect that he picked up a big bargain and became the respect of the West King.

Although Wei Changhui was happy in his heart, in this case, he didn't dare to show it, and he didn't dare to thank Hong Xiuquan, so he could only try his best to keep calm and say something like being conscientious.

"How do you King Dong, are you still satisfied with my disposition?" Hong Xiuquan looked at Yang Xiuqing again.

Yang Xiuqing couldn't say if he was bitter, he was just afraid that Shi Dakai's status was getting worse and worse, threatening the authority of his East King, and wanted to use this matter to suppress Shi Dakai, but he didn't expect that Shi Dakai was demoted, but Hong Xiuquan took advantage of the situation to promote his cronie Wei Changhui.

"The Holy Judgment of the Heavenly King is fair and selfless, how dare the ministers disobey." Yang Xiuqing had no choice, so she had to eat Coptis dumbly and swallow bitter water.

Hong Xiuquan nodded slightly, and a little smug quietly passed between his eyebrows.

The controversy in the holy tent on this day ended with Yang Xiuqing being reprimanded by him, Shi Dakai being suppressed and belittled by him, and his confidant Wei Changhui being promoted, and the biggest beneficiary was his heavenly king.

"I didn't expect that the Tao Demon did me a great favor, and the death of these 40,000 soldiers and horses was worth it......"

Hong Xiuquan secretly rejoiced, and his thoughts came back from his smugness, but he had to face reality.

The reality is that the Wei army won a big victory, they blocked the Wei army from moving south, and the plan to come to the rescue of Linxiang came to naught, and then he had to face the emperor of the Great Wei, and personally led the main force of hundreds of thousands of Wei troops to kill Linxiang.

"Mr. Shuijing, how do you think we should deal with the Tao Demon's army approaching Linxiang next, I want to hear your opinion." Hong Xiuquan's gaze turned to Sima Hui, who had been silent.

Sima Hui coughed dryly a few times, and arched his hand: "Heavenly King, I don't know if the old man can speak out." ”

Hong Xiuquan flicked his hand and said with a generous smile: "I have always liked to listen to advice and ears, what is Mr. Shuijing's high opinion, although he can speak freely." ”

"Well, in fact, according to the old opinion, we should quickly give up Linxiang and retreat to Jiaozhou." Sima Hui calmly said his true thoughts.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the big tent, and the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom such as the East King opened their mouths to object.

Although Hong Xiuquan frowned, he raised his hand to stop the kings from speaking, and shouted: "Let Mr. Shuijing finish his reason." ”

Sima Hui said unhurriedly: "If our army can quickly break through Linxiang and seize Jingnan, we will be able to hold the Yangtze River, even if Emperor Wei personally leads the army south, we can also confront him across the river, and survive against the Han State and Xianbei people in the north to go south again, then Emperor Wei will have to withdraw and return to the north, and then the king of heaven can take advantage of the situation to go east along the river, seize Yangzhou, and then go west against the west, all take Yizhou, and when the southern half of the country is owned, it will be all owned by my heavenly kingdom, and the world can be fought for, and the retreat can protect the south of the Yangtze River, which is the perfect strategy." ”

After saying a mouthful, Sima Hui obviously consumed a lot of strength, and coughed dryly, Xu Shu next to him was busy offering water, and Sima Hui took a few sips before recovering his strength.

He changed his words, and continued: "It's just that Linxiang can't be attacked for a long time now, the main force of Wei has easily crossed the Yangtze River and approached Linxiang, our army has no geographical advantage, and the division is under the old city, which is equivalent to confronting the entire Wei State with the power of a state, the enemy's strength and weakness can no longer be clear, if it continues to be strong, it will only become more and more unfavorable to our army, if the Wei State seizes the opportunity, under the combination of the inside and outside, our army is only afraid that it will fall into danger!" ”

Listening to these words, Hong Xiuquan's heart trembled slightly, obviously feeling a chill.

Sima Hui took advantage of the situation and said: "Therefore, the best choice at the moment is to retreat to Jiaozhou, according to the danger of Wuling, to prevent the Wei army from going south, so that we can calmly rest and recuperate, and when the Han State in the north goes south again, it is not too late for us to go north." ”

Sima Hui sprinkled some words, but he also made the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and us very clear.

Hong Xiuquan was silent for a while, and seemed to be a little shaken.

"Heavenly King, you must not retreat!" At this time, there was a solemn objection in the big tent, it was Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East.

Hong Xiuquan glanced at him, brushed his hands and said, "What is the opinion of the East King?" ”

Yang Xiuqing said angrily: "The reason why the army of my heavenly kingdom has passed through can conquer everything, and the reason why the soldiers can sacrifice their lives to fight to the death, in addition to the main reason why the king of heaven is well-led, is because we made a promise to the soldiers that after defeating the Wei Kingdom, they will be able to share a large area of fertile land and beautiful houses, get countless gold, silver and satin, and enjoy the joy of the kingdom of heaven, which can inspire the soldiers to fight to the death." ”

As soon as the words changed, Yang Xiuqing's tone became more solemn, "But if our army retreats to Jiaozhou, it is equivalent to cutting off the soldiers' thoughts and hopes for their lives, and then the morale will fall to the bottom, and the people's hearts will be scattered. Therefore, the minister thinks that we must not say love, and for my heavenly kingdom, we can only advance, not retreat! ”

The sentence "You can only advance, not retreat", Hong Xiuquan's whole body trembled suddenly, and the heart of withdrawing troops that was moved by Sima Hui before disappeared in an instant.

Hong Xiuquan himself knows that what Taiping Taoist teachings, what Huang Tianxia, and what methods of separating men and women are not the main reasons why he instigated the people of the Taijun Heavenly Kingdom, was loyal to him, and fought bravely for him.

Those Taiping holy soldiers, the belief that they are really crazy and not afraid of death is simply the promise they made to them that after they conquer the country, they will enjoy the joy of heaven.

And the so-called joy of heaven, to put it bluntly, is just glory and wealth.

And once they return to Jiaozhou, it is equivalent to giving up fighting the country, and those promises are equivalent to becoming a cake, even if these Taiping holy soldiers are still loyal to the kingdom of heaven and to him, the king of heaven, they will lose their original fanaticism.

Without the belief that they are not afraid of death, the so-called million-dollar army of the Taiping Army is just a group of farmers who put down their hoes and pick up swords and guns.

His thoughts were flickering, and in an instant, Hong Xiuquan weighed the pros and cons

Syllable!

Hong Xiuquan slapped the case a few times, and said angrily: "I am the yellow world, in order to destroy the Tao Demon and save the living beings in the world, the Tao Demon is not destroyed, how can I retreat!" ”

"However, Your Majesty ......" Sima Hui still wanted to persuade.

Hong Xiuquan said proudly: "Although the Wei demon is strong, my heavenly saint soldiers, all of them are warriors who are not afraid of life and death, all of them are a hundred, and I am protected by the yellow sky, why am I afraid of that Tao demon, I just want to fight to the death with that Tao demon in Linxiang!" ”

"Long live the King of Heaven, the Kingdom of Heaven will win-" Wei Changhui reacted extremely quickly, and he was the first to stand up, raising his arms and shouting.

Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai and others on the left and right could only follow the echo and shout, and the rest of Zhang Nan, Huo Jun and other Guishun generals in Jingzhou had no choice but to respond with their fists.

In the Holy Tent, for a time, the crowd was indignant, and the fanatical belief in victory erupted like a volcano again.

Looking at this fanatical monarch and minister, Sima Hui had nothing to say, so he could only shake his head secretly and retreat silently.

……

Three days later.

After the great victory on the east bank of Xiangshui, the potters took advantage of the morale of the victory and led an army of 100,000 to drive south, approaching fifteen miles north of Linxiang City.

At this time, Hong Xiuquan had already set the strategy of encircling Linxiang in the south and rejecting the pottery merchants in the north, and he led an army of 100,000 to continue to besiege Linxiang City, and at the same time, he ordered Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui, Zhang Nan, Xing Daorong and other kings and generals to lead 100,000 Taiping troops to set up another camp in the north of the Linxiang siege camp, and the camp was seven or eight miles to block the reinforcements led by the pottery merchants to go south.

At the end of autumn, the pottery merchants formed a confrontation with Hong Xiuquan in the north of Linxiang and on the east bank of Xiangshui.

The camp of the Wei army, the imperial tent.

"It is unfavorable for the ministers to suppress the bandits, they failed to pacify the flood thieves, and they also made the flood thieves sit big, and led the army to attack Jingzhou, please punish Your Majesty." Zhou Yafu knelt down in front of the tent and asked the potter with a look of shame.

On the same day, Zhou Yafu fell into the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's plan to attack the west from the east and stationed 30,000 Jingzhou troops in Lingling County in the west, but Hong Xiuquan attacked Jingnan from Guiyang County in the east in one fell swoop.

With Zhou Yafu's insufficient troops, he could not hold Guiyang, and even Linxiang was besieged, so he could only resist on the one hand and send people to Yejing for help on the other.

Now the army of potters arrived, and Zhou Yafu also hurriedly crossed the river from the west bank and came to the emperor's tent to ask for guilt.

"There is no shortage of military generals under the command of the Hong thief, as well as those traitors who escaped from Jingzhou to do internal response, no wonder you are fighting like this, you get up." The potter waved his hand and said in relief.

Although Zhou Yafu is a generation of famous marshals, Peng Yue and Yingbu and others are also famous generals, but after all, there are few soldiers, and the overall strength is much weaker than that of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Moreover, after witnessing the fanatical combat power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the pottery merchants realized that Zhou Yafu was by no means an enemy opponent.

Zhou Yafu breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he rise up and asked: "Your Majesty is leading a large army to help today, I don't know if Your Majesty plans to quickly break through the Taiping Thief, or if you want to fight a protracted war." ”

"Then it depends on how long Linxiang City can be defended?" The potter's eyes suddenly swept a little strange, "I really want to know, who is in charge of the overall situation in Linxiang City at the moment, and can hold on for so long?" ”