Despite the bloody battle on the 8th, on the morning of the 9th, the Taiping army still began to attack the Qing army Liu Changqing in front of it. The troops did not fight head-on, but according to Yang Xiuqing's subordinates, they first sent troops from both flanks to the rear where Liu Changqing was stationed. After annihilating Ulantai and inflicting heavy losses on Xiang Rong, the Taiping army occupied the battlefield, and the weapons and baggage of the Qing army were captured by the Taiping army. In this offensive battle, the Taiping army no longer lacked ammunition.

Liu Changqing is a thief, and after the movements of the Taiping Army, he immediately made a decision and didn't even want the barracks. led the Qing army all the way for more than 20 miles, and hid in the big camp in Nanyuan and did not dare to come out. No more head-to-head confrontation with the Taiping Army.

Captured Liu Changqing's camp, the Taiping army fortunately put the Chinese army camp here. One day after the correction, Yang Xiuqing said on the 1o day that the future direction of action will be to choose one of the two in Pingle in the north and Wuzhou in the south.

Upon hearing the news, Wei Ze immediately asked to see Feng Yunshan, the king of the South. "King Nan, if we go south to Wuzhou, there are many brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society in Wuzhou among our subordinates, and our subordinates are willing to be pioneers."

Now Wei Ze is disgusted with Hong Xiuquan in his heart, and he doesn't want to act with the Taiping Army. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Weeser prepared to conduct further training for the troops.

At this time, there was no one else in Nanwang's tent, and Nanwang Feng Yunshan smiled and said: "Brother Wei, this time we will neither go to Pingle nor Wuzhou. The king of the east has decided, and we will go to Guilin. ”

"Attack the provincial capital of Guilin?" Weezer was stunned. During the previous month's military training, Weeser formed a staff department and began to make a map. The important work of the General Staff Department, the compulsory course of the staff officers is to draw maps. Although he could not talk about the advanced technology of the contour line, Wei Ze asked his brothers from all over Guangxi to start drawing a map of the whole of Guangxi based on the geography they knew. Wei Ze is not completely unfamiliar with Guangxi, after all, there is a naval base here, and large shipyards in the north also have a lot of business in Guangxi. Coupled with the large frame drawn by Wei Ze, a rough map of Guangxi, which is full of errors in details, has finally come out.

If the Taiping army wanted to attack Guilin, it would have to break the Qing army in Lipu first. Although the Qing army was severely attacked at Dayuan, the Qing army still had 30,000 or 40,000 troops in Guangxi. The total number of Taiping troops is now less than 20,000, and the number of soldiers who are really capable of fighting is less than 10,000. The strength of the Qing army in Lipu must have exceeded 10,000. These Qing troops were frightened, but they were afraid that they would not go out of the city to fight the Taiping army. As far as the strength of the Taiping army is concerned, it is not enough to conquer the city.

Thinking of this, Wei Ze said again: "King Nan, my subordinates have a word to say to King Nan. ”

Although Wei Ze did not arrive at the Southern King Feng Yunshan Department not long ago, Feng Yunshan valued Wei Ze very much. Seeing Wei Ze's strict attitude, Feng Yunshan listened to Wei Ze's construction very much.

Wei Ze's construction is very simple, since Wuzhou Tiandi will be strong, if he can reach Wuzhou, he will definitely be able to get a large number of troops. It was very necessary for the Taiping army to go to Wuzhou. Even if the Taiping army is ready to go to Guilin, it can send a partial division to Wuzhou, which can confuse the Qing army, and secondly, as long as it reaches Wuzhou, the Qing army must divide its troops to deal with the Taiping army in the direction of Wuzhou.

After finishing speaking, Wei Ze said very seriously: "King Nan! The subordinates are willing to go to Wuzhou. There is no need for the king of the south to allocate new subordinates to his subordinates, as long as the current subordinates are sufficient. ”

Feng Yunshan didn't expect Wei Ze to take the initiative to apply for such a dangerous mission, although the Taiping army repeatedly defeated the Qing army, but the upper echelons of the Qing army were not straw bales, and they did not make mistakes in key army movements. According to the news that has been obtained, the Qing army has transferred all the boats on the Fu River, so that the Taiping army can cross the river without boats. After nearly a month of heavy rain, the water of the Fuhe River swelled sharply at this time, and the water was turbulent, and the Taiping army really couldn't get through.

If there is a good general like Wei Ze who can go straight to Wuzhou, this is naturally good. It's just that there are battles with the Qing army along the way, and there are various rivers blocking the road. Feng Yunshan was worried that Wei Ze would not be able to reach Wuzhou at all.

However, Wei Ze's attitude was very resolute, and the Qing army's troops also vaguely formed an encirclement of the Taiping army. Feng Yunshan did not refuse Wei Ze in the end, but said: "Let me discuss this matter with the East King." ”

On the evening of the 1o, Feng Yunshan called Wei Ze, "Brother Wei, the East King has approved of your idea. But this trip is extremely dangerous, Brother Wei, are you really willing to go to Wuzhou? ”

Wei Ze replied angrily: "My subordinates are willing to go to Wuzhou!" If you can beat Wuzhou, it will be the best. Even if you can't beat Wuzhou, your subordinates can bring some brothers from the Wuzhou Heaven and Earth Society back. We have fought several bloody battles, and we are indeed short of people! ”

Listening to Wei Ze talk about "lack of people", Feng Yunshan had nothing else to say. It is true that the Taiping army was extremely short of troops, and for a year it marched and fought, and the troops trained during the Jintian Uprising suffered heavy casualties. Wei Ze was able to seal the inspection, in addition to his merits, the situation that the Taiping Army is now official and unmanned is also an important reason. The addition of an inspection had no effect on the upper echelons of the Taiping Army.

Feng Yunshan knew that Luo Outline was very disgusted by Hong Xiuquan, because Luo Outline had said a sentence, "Just such a place, where did so many princes come from!" Although this is not a good idea, it vividly depicts the current situation of the Taiping Army. There are many officials, and the name is loud, but in fact, there is a lack of troops.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan no longer persuaded Wei Ze. He finally agreed to Weese's request.

Wei Ze was very happy about this, in the Taiping Army, Yang Xiuqing was eloquent and resolute. Wei Ze knew that his current spirit was much inferior to Yang Xiuqing. Needless to say, in this Dayuan Annihilation Battle, Wei Ze himself definitely couldn't think of it, let alone make up his mind. Although Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, was not an outstanding military talent, he was quite capable in administration. The Holy Treasury system can be operated in an orderly manner, and Feng Yunshan has contributed a lot.

However, this was not enough for Weeser. Participating in such a peasant movement, Wei Ze liked some people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, such as Wei Changrong and Zhang Yingchen, and also respected some people, such as Yang Xiuqing and Feng Yunshan. But Weeser finally realized one thing, and it was also the root of his incompatibility with this era. Wei Ze didn't want to find a group of good subordinates for himself, let alone find any good lords for himself. In the decadent and degenerate system of the Qing Dynasty, more than 99% of the people in power were beasts. And Hong Xiuquan's actions made Wei Ze personally experience how hateful the feudal system is.

What Weeser is looking forward to now is a team that can build up his own, one armed with more modern ideas. If you want to build such a team, you must leave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for a while. Even if he had to cooperate with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the future, Wei Ze also hoped that he would have more subordinates. Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a soldier for a general, it is a military head system. What Wei Ze needs now is to have his own mountain and subordinates first.

But thinking of this, Wei Ze suddenly remembered another thing, "King Nan, there is still something for his subordinates to ask for." ”

"What?" Nanwang Feng Yunshan said softly. Wei Ze dared to take the initiative to take the task of going south to Wuzhou, and Feng Yunshan decided to meet all Wei Ze's requirements within his authority.

Wei Ze scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "My subordinates gave a lecture to my brothers, saying that the earth is a ball, the earth revolves around the sun, and the moon revolves around the earth. The brothers did not believe what their subordinates said. I also hope that King Nan can help his subordinates go down and talk to his brothers. ”

Feng Yunshan was stunned after hearing this. This is not the army that Feng Yunshan thinks Wei Ze said, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan really mixed up in the church in Guangdong, and the church in 1852 had long recognized that the earth was round. At that time, the missionaries used this "fresh knowledge" to show the ability of the church, and Feng Yunshan naturally knew that this was true. Feng Yunshan asked strangely, "Why did Brother Wei think of teaching everyone this?" ”

Wei Ze continued to smile and said, "King Nan, where are the brothers under you. The subordinates think that their martial arts are good, but there are a lot of skilled brothers among them, although the subordinates are not mixed with fame, but they also figure out that guò seems to be able to write and martial arts. This earth is a round thing, and my subordinates just heard about it, but they don't know what it's all about. That's why I asked Nanwang to help his subordinates. It seems that the subordinates know more. ”

Wei Zejiao has also selected this, and if you can't set up a model of this solar system, a lot of knowledge related to it can't be carried out at all. Weizer's subordinates admired Weeser very much, his personal combat ability, marching and fighting, including being able to teach everyone to write and learn mathematics. In everyone's eyes, Weeser is a very cultured person. Being literate means having a high status in the traditional Chinese concept.

But when Weeser said that the earth is round, and the earth revolves around the sun, and the moon revolves around the earth, it scares everyone. This is no longer a matter of uncultured, but a complete subversion of the brothers' worldview. Everyone was standing on a big ball, surrounded by an endless void. What's even more terrifying is that this big ball is still spinning, so if this big ball doesn't spin well, won't everyone fall down one day? All the brothers strongly objected to this knowledge point told by Weizer.

Since Weser can't solve this problem on his own, he can only rely on people of higher rank to convince him. For example, Pope Feng Yunshan, who was in charge of the mission of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was undoubtedly the second most suitable candidate. The first suitable one is the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, but Wei Ze didn't want to go to Hong Xiuquan, he also believed that Hong Xiuquan would never really do this for Wei Ze.

Since Wei Ze wanted to establish prestige among his subordinates, Feng Yunshan was naturally willing to help, and he happily took Wei Ze to Wei Ze's subordinates. When everyone saw that such a big man as King Nan had arrived, they immediately saluted. Feng Yunshan was still so approachable, and after talking to the brothers for a while, Feng Yunshan said: "I heard that Wei Ze told the brothers about the earth, this is right!" ”

The brothers looked at each other, and they didn't know how King Nan remembered to come and say this specifically. But the affairs of the earth really had too much impact on the brothers, even in the face of Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, everyone mustered up the courage and began to ask what was going on on the earth.

Feng Yunshan had only heard this from the foreign priests, but he hadn't actually studied it carefully, so he naturally couldn't answer the questions everyone asked. With the convincing smile peculiar to the Pope on his face, Feng Yunshan said loudly: "As for why, Brother Wei will sue the brothers of the sù family." You're right listening to Brother Wei. ”

Since Feng Yunshan, the king of the south with a very high status, said so, the brothers naturally did not dare to question the king of the south, and everyone could only believe that what Wei Ze said was true.

For Feng Yunshan's style, Wei Ze was amused and admired. It's funny that Feng Yunshan will also shirk responsibility so consistently, and what I admire is that Feng Yunshan said such a thing and handed over the authority to explain to Wei Ze. Since Weeser was the commander of the troops, Weeser would naturally choose the most favorable method of explanation. This approach actually gives Wei Zechuang a lot of room for activities. Of course, if Wei Ze messes things up, it can only be Wei Ze's own doing.

The preparations were very fast, not only Wei Ze had to hurry out, but the Taiping army also began to prepare for the march into Guilin.

In the early morning of April 12, Weeser and his brothers left the camp and began their march south. Feng Yunshan sent Wei Ze out of the camp, and repeatedly told Wei Ze not to be reckless, if the situation was not good, he would come back quickly. With Feng Yunshan here, it doesn't matter if you don't go to Wuzhou.

Wei Ze thanked Feng Yunshan, walked forward for a while, and looked back, but saw Feng Yunshan, who had come to see him off, still standing at the gate of the camp. Wei Ze seemed to be going back to thank Feng Yunshan for his care these days, but he felt that this was too hypocritical. Suddenly, the blood surged, and Wei Ze sang loudly to Feng Yunshan:

Send your comrades and embark on a journey.

Silent two tears,

Camel bells ringing in my ears.

The road is long and foggy.

Revolutionary careers often break up,

The same is the same, two feelings.

Comrades-in-arms,

Dear Brothers,

Beware of the cold wind in the middle of the night,

Take care along the way.

Feng Yunshan listened to the tune of this tune deep and melodious, but he couldn't understand the lyrics. But this piece alone is very well matched with separation. Seeing that Wei Ze finished singing, he waved his hand to Feng Yunshan seriously, and then led his subordinates to the south without looking back.

Thinking back to Fang Cai's tune, I was a little stunned.

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