Chapter 17: Separation (8)

When the fleet went south, it did not play the banner of Wei Ze's King of Qi, but the banner of Li Kaifang, who was responsible for the first-line defense of Shouzhou Lu'an. Everyone in the fleet was repeatedly told that once they were questioned, they all said that they were Li Kaifang's subordinates, and they didn't say anything else.

Wang Mingshan was still nervous when he got on the boat the first day, but as the fleet became farther and farther away from Anqing, his attention became more and more focused on the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River can often be seen in Anqing City, but it is almost the Yangtze River that has not changed, the same riverbank, the same mountains, rising water, falling water, abundant water, and dry water. Just by thinking about it, you can probably know what the Yangtze River outside Anqing City has become.

Sailing on the Yangtze River, everything has changed. The scenery on the riverbank is constantly changing, farmland, woods, houses, mountains, everything you see is different from Anqing. Even the water of the Yangtze River under the boat is a little different. When the river is narrow, the river is much more turbulent, and when the river is wide, the water flow is very smooth.

On the second day, a fleet full of troops was seen sailing upstream, sails hoisted high, and sailors shouted trumpets and struggled to pull the oars. That lively appearance made Wang Mingshan feel a little bloody. After another half a day, an army was seen on the shore also heading west.

Under the captain's order, everyone hid in the boat and did not show their heads, and the curious people looked out through the gap between the canopies of the black canopy boat. Looking at the flag, the army of the 6th Route is under the banner of Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, and the sailor is under the banner of Chen Chengying. Both forces seemed to be in a hurry to the west, and were not interested in the small fleet of boats down the river.

Not intercepted by the army, everyone in the fleet breathed a sigh of relief. Soon, there was a lot of interest in what this army was going to do. Of course, no one guessed what was born. If they really knew that the two forces of Water 6 were chasing the Wing King Shi Dakai, they would definitely be surprised.

The meeting between Wei Changhui, the king of the north, and Shi Dakai did not turn out well, Shi Dakai did not talk about supporting Wei Changhui at all, and Wei Changhui was also upset by Shi Dakai's truth outside Tianjing City, so he broke up unhappily that day. Early the next morning, Wei Changhui made up his mind that even if the knife was on Shi Dakai's neck, he had to force Shi Dakai to agree to Wei Changhui's position as the left auxiliary army division. When he sent someone to the Wing King's Mansion to arrest people, Shi Dakai, the current Wing King, had already run away without a trace.

At this time, Wei Changhui was furious and immediately ordered Shi Dakai's entire family and his father-in-law's entire family to be arrested. Shi Dakai's father-in-law, Huang Yukun, was punished by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, together with Wei Changhui and Chen Chengying, because of the Wrangler's case. It was almost a fateful friendship with Qin Rigang, and Qin Rigang heard that Huang Yukun's family had been arrested, and immediately came to intercede with Wei Changhui.

As soon as he saw Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang was startled. In just one day, Wei Changhui's whole person has changed, since he killed Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, the excitement is gone, and the high-spirited expression is gone. Wei Changhui seemed to be several years old, and his whole person was depressed.

"King of the North, what's going on?" Qin Rigang hurriedly asked.

"Shi Dakai wants to unite with the generals to kill me!" Wei Changhui said weakly, "If this is not the case, why did they not reply to any of the documents we are writing to the generals now?" ”

Qin Rigang didn't think so much, since he killed Yang Xiuqing and completely seized the control of Tianjing City, Qin Rigang's subordinates also obeyed the order to return to Tianjing City, and the troops brought by Wei Changhui to Jiangxi were rushing to Tianjing City. The number of troops in Tianjing City not only did not decrease, but increased a little. The length of the city wall of Tianjing City is seventy miles, and staying in Tianjing City seems to be an independent world. At this time, the troops were sufficient, and Qin Rigang was not so worried about the world outside the city.

Hearing Wei Changhui say this, Qin Rigang was also a little worried, but his personality was relatively simple, so Qin Rigang smiled and said: "King Bei, guard Tianjing City, sooner or later, the brothers outside will understand that we are rebellious." ”

Wei Changhui knew that Qin Rigang had no talent and could be a good subordinate, but he couldn't expect him to be in charge alone. So he didn't say anything more, Wei Changhui asked Qin Rigang to go to the Heavenly King and explain the matter. Let's see what the king Hong Xiuquan has to deal with.

Qin Rigang was about to leave, and then suddenly remembered the purpose of his coming, he hurriedly said: "King Bei, Huang Yukun resigned from his errand for the matter of your groom, which made the East King angry, and he was scolded with a cane with you." You arrested Shi Dakai's family, I won't say anything, but you arrested Huang Yukun and want to kill him, I don't think you can do this! ”

When Wei Changhui saw Qin Rigang say this, he smiled bitterly, "Since King Yan said so, then I will let him go." But I can only let Huang Yukun go, Shi Dakai's family can't let go! ”

"You have to let Huang Yukun's daughter go!" Qin Rigang put forward a complete request.

"Okay, I'll put it together!" Wei Changhui replied.

After dealing with Huang Yukun's matter, Qin Rigang hurriedly rushed to see the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. When Hong Xiuquan heard that Shi Dakai had secretly escaped, his face became extremely ugly. After pondering for a moment, Hong Xiuquan asked, "Is Shi Dakai going to kill the North King?" ”

"This ......" Qin Rigang didn't think of this. He just felt that Shi Dakai ran away like this, obviously because he didn't want to follow Wei Changhui, but he didn't expect Shi Dakai to kill Wei Changhui. When the Heavenly King asked this, he really stopped Qin Rigang.

"Humph!" Hong Xiuquan snorted coldly, "King Yan, you are now leading the troops to chase the Wing King with Zuo Tianhou, and you have to bring him back no matter what!" ”

"If we leave Tianjing City, who will protect the Heavenly King?" Qin Rigang asked.

"There is Zhang Yingchen leading the guards, you don't have to worry." Hong Xiuquan said.

"Yes!" The Heavenly King ordered, and Qin Rigang was ordered to leave immediately. After meeting Chen Chengying, he conveyed the will of the Heavenly King.

Before Chen Chengying could speak, the soldiers came in to report that Wei Changhui, the king of the north, was coming. The two hurriedly went to greet Wei Changhui, Wei Changhui's face was not very good-looking when he entered the door, and after he came in, he sat down on a chair, and Wei Changhui asked, "What is the will of the king?" ”

"The Heavenly King ordered us to recover the Wing King!" Qin Rigang hurriedly replied.

After confirming the attitude of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui showed a relieved look, which can be regarded as a lot of spiritual relief. "Then ask the two brothers to suffer and go out of the city to catch up with Shi Dakai, this bastard! I will definitely guard Tianjing City. Even if he doesn't catch up with Shi Dakai, I won't let him have a good time! ”

"King of the North, don't worry, I'll go after the Wing King immediately, and I'll definitely invite him back." Chen Chengying assured.

Qin Rigang and Chen Chengying each ordered soldiers and horses, and the two left Tianjing City. At the beginning, it was a quick horse, but after only going out for half a day, Chen Chengying slowed down the troops. He invited Qin Rigang to his ship.

Chen Chengying asked, "King Yan, what do you think of the Wing King's escape from Tianjing City?" ”

Qin Rigang said regretfully: "But at this time, the brothers of the Heavenly Kingdom don't know about the affairs in Tianjing City, if the Wing King is willing to be of the same mind with us, and take advantage of Wei Ze's departure, he goes out to appease the brothers outside, and this matter can pass like this." But the Wing King actually escaped from the city, making it clear that he didn't want to take any responsibility! We killed the king of the east and killed so many remnants, and the brothers outside were a little frightened. When the Winged King arrives in the land, whatever he says, the brothers believe! We've got to chase the Winged King back! ”

"Huh!" Chen Chengying laughed dryly, but did not answer immediately. Regarding the simplicity of Yan King Qin Rigang, Chen Chengying didn't know what to say. No matter what Qin Rigang thinks of Shi Dakai, in Chen Chengying's opinion, Shi Dakai is a scheming person. Among the princes who can be reused by Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai is one of the very few people who has not been clearly organized.

At this time, the outpost of the fleet reported that there was a fleet of ships fighting the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on the river, and they wanted to ask if they wanted to ask. Chen Chengying said: "Don't ask anything, let them go!" ”

After seeing the fleet on the river, Chen Chengying could probably guess that it was the person Wei Ze had withdrawn. Wei Ze had already sent troops to conquer the claim at this time, and a large amount of news confirmed one thing, Wei Ze was transporting grain, grass, and baggage to Xuancheng.

Now that Tianjing City has fallen into the hands of Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui, who was once in charge of the defense of Tianjing City, is once again in charge of the defense of Tianjing City at this time. Wei Ze is not stupid, there were too many opportunities to attack Tianjing City before, and Wei Ze gave up all of them at that time. Now he wouldn't spend so much energy to confuse the defense of Tianjing City, and then the fact of a surprise attack. The purpose of occupying Xuancheng was undoubtedly to go south to Guangzhou. The purpose of picking up people now is nothing more than to have no worries when they go south.

And Shi Dakai threw the whole family in Tianjing City, and ran to the army with his own people. Compared with the two, Shi Dakai's decisiveness looks more frightening and disgusting.

Chen Chengying decided that at this time, it was better to have more than one thing, if he forcibly detained Wei Ze's people and led Wei Ze's military attack, it would be extremely unfavorable to Tianjing City at this time. And Chen Chengying really regretted it, after realizing the insidiousness of the Wing King Shi Dakai, he felt that when Wei Ze asked for the relatives of the killed Dongwang in Tianjing City, it was better to give the person to Wei Ze.

As Wei Ze said, if the Heavenly King only killed the Eastern King and killed the important ministers and officers under the Eastern King, the Tianjing Revolution would still be completely within the scope of eliminating rebellion. The brothers outside can also accept the views of the Heavenly King. Wei Ze took people away, which can show that Wei Ze, as the general of the East King, has a weak heart and "has no face to face the heavenly brothers".

But the Wing King Shi Dakai is not like this, his original purpose was to enter Tianjing City to "clean up the mess", but he didn't expect Wei Changhui to have no way out at all, so he deceived himself and thought that he was doing the right thing, so others should listen to him. But Shi Dakai was ruthless enough to escape from the city that night. This future situation is very unfavorable for Chen Chengying.

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