March, seasickness. Seasickness, marching.

That's what Weeser recalls most of his time from Nov. 25 to mid-December. Yang Xiuqing showed high strategy and tactical planning, and the Qing army did not pursue after the Taiping army left Changsha. At this time, it had been raining near Changsha, and by the time the Qing army began to pursue, it was already five days later, on December 1.

At this time, the Taiping army turned to Yuezhou without the Qing army chasing after them, and on December 5, with the help of the Tiandihui, which had already defected to Yang Xiuqing, they took Yuezhou lightly. When the Taiping army attacked Yuezhou, the Qing army blocked the river and intercepted a large number of ships in Yuezhou. Thousands of ships, large and small, are now in the possession of the Taiping army occupying Yuezhou.

A large number of ships were seized, and a large number of boatmen, sailors, and fishermen joined the Taiping army. Tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers were carried on thousands of large and small ships, and the large fleet easily broke through the defenses of the Qing army and sailed into the smoky Dongting Lake.

Dongting Lake is in the northern part of Hunan Province. The so-called "Hunan" means south of Dongting Lake. It leads to the Yangtze River in the north and connects to the four major rivers of Xiangjiang, Zijiang, Yuanjiang and Lijiang in the south. The Taiping Army had only one goal, and that was the Three Towns of Wuhan.

Wei Ze felt that he was engaged in propeller design, and he should have become accustomed to life on the water a long time ago. However, this is a dogmatic mistake, and we are accustomed to the life of a large ship of tens of thousands of tons at sea, but we may not be able to get used to the life of a small boat on an inland river. Half a day passed, and Weeser began to get seasick.

If it were according to the previous Taiping army, there would have been troops marching on the 6 lands. Weeser estimated that he would only need to participate in the march in 6 places. However, the six marches of the army this time were all cavalry units composed of captured horses. Baggage and other goods were transported by boat. Weser reluctantly tried to ride a horse, and he found that his seasickness was even more uncomfortable on horseback.

The Qing army was not able to stop the water power of the Taiping army, which can only be said that they deserved it. The gang collected boats from Hunan and the vicinity of Dongting Lake to Yuezhou, and in order to prevent the boats from escaping privately for their livelihood, the Qing army also blocked the river. When Yang Xiuqing, who had already grasped these circumstances, entered Yuezhou, almost half of the ships in Hunan were owned by the Taiping army.

Chang Dachun, the governor of Hubei Province who guarded Wuchang, knew some knowledge of the city's defense, and there were a large number of houses outside the main city wall of the city in those years, and when the Taiping army dug tunnels, they all began to dig from these houses close to the city wall. And these houses were also an important support for the Taiping army to attack the city wall.

Therefore, when Chang Dachun learned that the Taiping army was attacking Wuchang, he immediately ordered the people and merchants outside Wuchang to withdraw into the city. The people and merchants outside the city asked for a three-day forbearance, but they never expected that Chang Dachun would order the Qing army to burn the houses outside the city on the night of the order.

The fire burned for six days and nights, and countless people's belongings were wiped out. When the Taiping army arrived in Wuhan on December 18, the local people joined the army one after another, and even if they did not join the army, they tried their best to provide all kinds of information to the Taiping army. Soon, the Taiping army had a thorough understanding of the overall situation in Wuhan City.

Wei Ze finally recovered from seasickness, and that was all when he arrived in Wuhan. The Taiping army first seized Hankou on the north bank of the Yangtze River and erected two pontoon bridges over the Yangtze River. At this time, the Qing army in Wuchang had already abandoned the outer defense line and retreated to defend in Wuchang City.

With the experience of besieging Changsha, the troops first completely besieged the city of Wuhan. Then the excavation of the tunnel began, and this tunnel was not a single tunnel that went straight to the destination like before, but several double-layer tunnels. The Qing army also imitated the defense of Changsha, dug deep ditches horizontally, buried urns in the ground and listened to the sounds coming from the ground. They also once appeared in several upper tunnels of the Taiping Army.

It's just that the Qing army thought that it would be over after destroying the upper tunnel, but they didn't expect that deeper under the upper tunnel, the Taiping army still dug a tunnel.

On January 1, 1853, the tunnel was completed, and in the early hours of the morning, there was a loud bang, and the three tunnels under the Wenchang Gate exploded at the same time. The city wall of Wenchangmen was blown open by more than 20 zhang. The Taiping army had already made three more meals, four more out, and five more blasts. The elite troops led by Lin Fengxiang immediately rushed to the gap in the city wall and killed it.

At this time, Yang Xiuqing issued a strict order: "The officers and soldiers will not stay, and the people will not be injured." Violators are killed! And he ordered the troops to make rice in Hankou, opposite the pontoon bridge, and the cooked meals were sent to the Wenchang Gate, and the Taiping officers and soldiers went to eat outside the Wenchang Gate when they were hungry, and continued to fight in the city when they were full. Under strict military orders and effective management, the Taiping army did not commit any crimes after entering the city.

The people of Wuchang, who hated Chang Dachun, lit firecrackers to celebrate when the Taiping army broke through Wuchang City, opened the door, burned incense and bowed. and lead the way for the Taiping army that invaded the city.

Soon, the Qing army in the city who dared to resist was killed, but the local soldiers hid in their homes, and the Taiping army surrendered when they came to arrest them. Most of them survived. None of the hundreds of officials in Wuchang City could escape, and none of them survived.

Weeser was seasick and did not have time to command the troops. However, it was not his turn to command the troops, and Yang Xiuqing commanded the Taiping Army to take Wuchang City cleanly.

At the next military meeting, the generals discussed the next strategic step, some went north to Henan, some went south to Jinling, and some even returned to Hunan after recruiting troops here.

After arguing for a long time without any result, suddenly, I saw Yang Xiuqing first screaming, and then bowing his head deeply. Wei Ze was startled, thinking that Yang Xiuqing was sick.

Not only Wei Ze, but the others were also silent, staring at Yang Xiuqing.

I saw Yang Xiuqing shake off the hat on his head, and his long head fell apart. Standing up in this shape, Yang Xiuqing raised his head, and at this time, he saw that his face was calm like water, and he had a great appearance of being out of things.

Weser lowered his head, and it took a great deal of effort to expel his urge to laugh. At this time, Wei Ze had already understood that Yang Xiuqing had descended.

Many years later, it was already the era when modernism was popular for later generations. There is a literary young man who writes jokes when he writes about it when he submits to the magazine.

Yang Xiuqing, a native of Hunan, listened to the sound of heaven under the lights of the Tianwang Mansion in Wuhan City, and he looked very much like Lavlenji, the regional party secretary in charge of ideology in the eastern Volga region. Kartvelishvili. Yahweh filled him with the spirit of transgression, and the spirit of Yahweh appeared in him. Yang Xiuqing stood up, stretched out a hand, and spoke. The golden light of the torches on the gilded pillars of the synagogue passed through his fingers, like Apollo's spear.

Yang Xiuqing predicted that although Jinling is only a small city in China, there are many stories in the small city! And there will be a mighty and mighty god who will reign in Jinling, as the spokesman and agent of the LORD, and will reign in the kingdom. Until then, Jehovah will deliver China into the hands of the demons and suffer until Jehovah's second son descends into the mortal world, and that son will rely on Jehovah's divine power to do misdeeds, exalt China, and be the peace of China. This will be our Messiah, our Savior, thenets'jet to Hiigara, Sal. The frostwolves are to the orc tribes, and Neo is to the people's "Zion".

When Yang Xiuqing said this, the fire on the dome flickered and jumped, and the golden felt on his head, the prayer box on his forehead, his sideburns, and his big nose looked like the legendary crow tengu.

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But for Weeser at the time, the sight was obviously not so comically sacred.

Yang Xiuqing said in a voice that she usually doesn't use: Do you recognize who I am?

Whoop rumble has already knelt down a crowd of people, and everyone is saying: You are the Father!

Wei Ze also quickly knelt down, and then his head touched the ground. If it weren't, he was afraid he would laugh like crazy. Laughing at this time, that's going to kill people.

In the name of Jehovah, the Father of God, Yang Xiuqing decreed that everyone should march eastward to conquer Jinling and establish the capital of the small kingdom there.

I asked the people if they heard clearly, and they were told "We have heard clearly!" Accurate answer.

Yang Xiuqing said: Then I will go back to heaven!

The people who knelt on the ground replied, "Congratulations to the Father!"

So Yang Xiuqing sat back in the chair and lowered his head. After a while, Yang Xiuqing shuddered, raised his head and asked, "Just now, Heavenly Father came, Heavenly Father is talking, and I am listening." We must not go against the will of our Heavenly Father. ”

At this time, everyone had already gotten up, and since the "Heavenly Father" had come out to speak, there was naturally no point in not speaking. The strategic direction of the march into Jinling has already been determined. The rest is just execution.

Weser also lost the urge to laugh at this time. Xia Jinling's decision is right, no matter how ridiculous the means are, Wei Ze is willing to carry it out. However, because there was no sense of funny, Wei Ze felt very uncomfortable in his heart. If this kind of decision-making level must use such high-pressure means, what about the future? Isn't it possible to play this kind of trick of the Father every time? Regardless of the effect, this seemingly good efficiency actually means even greater inefficiency.

But at this time, it is not the time to consider this, and after determining the strategic direction, it is to reward meritorious deeds. Wei Ze was promoted, from the winter official and deputy prime minister to the winter official and prime minister. And the highest prime minister under the kings is the prime minister of Tianguanzheng, a position held by Zeng Shuiyuan. Lin Fengxiang served as the deputy prime minister of the heavenly official, and Li Kaifang served as the prime minister of the local official.

The official position of the prime minister was canonized by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, and since Wei Ze had no idea about Hong Xiuquan for a long time, he also accepted this reward calmly.

After the meeting was dispersed, Yang Xiuqing asked Wei Ze to go back to Dongwangfu with him for dinner. Actually, there is nothing to eat, and neither of them gathered here for dinner. Yang Xiuqing asked: "Brother Wei, I also feel a little pity that I didn't appoint you as the prime minister this time." In terms of the long way to go and the hard fight, Brother Wei is also one of the best under me. However, the king of heaven values Jintian's old brothers more, and I did my best. ”

Regardless of whether Yang Xiuqing wanted to provoke the relationship between Wei Ze and Hong Xiuquan, or just explained it for Hong Xiuquan, it didn't mean anything to Wei Ze, Wei Ze replied: "It's all up to the East King's arrangement!" ”

Seeing that Wei Ze had no intention of complaining, Yang Xiuqing smiled and said, "Brother Wei, but I don't know how many people you think are needed to fight Jinling?" ”

Wei Ze immediately replied: "My subordinates feel that it is enough for us to send 20,000 people first. If the king of the east can trust his subordinates, his subordinates are willing to take the people of the headquarters to Jinling, and dedicate them to the king of the east after conquering them in one fell swoop! ”

Obviously, Yang Xiuqing understood Wei Ze's meaning correctly, and Wei Ze also wanted to express that meaning to Yang Xiuqing.

"Brother Wei still seems to want to make a great contribution!" Yang Xiuqing said with a smile.

"The subordinates are willing to make meritorious contributions to the East King!" Wei Ze also flickered seriously. Yang Xiuqing thought for a while before saying: "That's it, I asked Prime Minister Luo Cheng to lead his three thousand sailors and horses to the east with Brother Wei to attack Jinling." The army will march east to Jinling in a month at most, Brother Wei, you have to fight well. If you can capture Jinling, why is it difficult to be among the heavenly officials! ”

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