Chapter 81: The Kingdom of Heaven Falls Apart (3)
Jiangxi, Yiwangfu. May 8th.
"The winged king leads us hundreds of thousands of brothers, and he will definitely be able to conquer Zhejiang and Shanghai. What did we have to fear then? At the strategic meeting of the Yiwang Mansion, Zhu Yidian, Wang Haiyang and other generals who decided to follow Shi Dakai shouted loudly.
Compared with the meeting in Tianjing City, Jiangxi's Yiwang Mansion is more natural. There is no palace, no mansion, because of the large number of people, so everyone gathers in a courtyard. The brothers of all families are all high-spirited, and they look quite proud of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom seven or eight years ago.
In mid-April, Shi Dakai, who went to "rescue Jiujiang", "recommended to the Heavenly King" those generals who refused to leave the Heavenly Kingdom, and told Hong Xiuquan very righteously that these people were all loyal to the Heavenly King. In the current Taiping army, except for those who are loyal to the Heavenly King, the rest are all loyal to Shi Dakai.
In the past six months, Shi Dakai has been in close contact with the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army. He posted articles everywhere, showing that he was suspicious of the Heavenly King and could not gain a foothold, so he could only leave Tianjing City. And invited the soldiers of the Taiping Army, those who are willing to go with him can join, these brothers are still rebelling against the Qing Demon, and these brothers are still people from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The generals were originally very dissatisfied with Hong Xiuquan, but at this time, there was Shi Dakai's list, and many generals who had long been with Shi Dakai fanned the flames. In the end, nearly 100 generals in Jiangxi made up their minds to follow Shi Dakai to fight a country. In a short period of time, more than 100,000 people were raised.
Seeing that the brothers were full of love, Shi Dakai also sighed that "the military heart is available". This twenty-six-year-old young prince even sighed a little emotionally, after experiencing Yang Xiuqing's dominance and Hong Xiuquan's poor pomp, this kind of righteous situation of the brothers in the mountain temple is what it looks like to fight the world. One person called hundreds of people to respond, patting his chest and swearing with a red face. Everyone's words and deeds are from the heart, and there is no trembling in the face of power, let alone the threat of death on the verge of infighting. One qiē and one qiē are so natural and unrestrained.
"Brothers, follow me, and you will definitely break out of a new world! Take Zhejiang, we and the Kingdom of Heaven are in a wrestling situation, and the demons are not to be feared! Shi Dakai said with great confidence. The depression of most of the year was swept away, and the whole person seemed to have re-transformed into the young military god who defeated the Hunan army in the battle of Hukou.
"I can trust the Wing King!" Zhu Yidian took the lead and shouted. The other brothers are arguing, if not earth-shattering, at least their lives are boiling.
Shi Dakai had a satisfied smile on his face, which was an encouragement to his brothers. But his heart is not calm on the surface. Shi Dakai is Shi Dakai after all, he sighed that because of the problem of timing, he can only do it now, if he can see Hong Xiuquan's true face earlier and do it earlier, it would be good.
These days, Shi Dakai has reflected on his past experiences, and he now feels that if he doesn't care about other conditions, the best time for him to leave the kingdom of heaven is the time when Wei Ze went south. That trip south showed how powerful Wei Ze was as a general. In a hurry, he led his troops on an expedition of thousands of miles, including dozens of towns controlled by the Manchu army, and even if he arrived in Guangdong, he had to fight against the Qing army in Guangdong. Anyone would have thought that this expedition was too unscrupulous.
But facts have proved that Weeser chose the best direction of march at the best time. The Qing army in Jiangxi was fighting a bloody battle with the Taiping army. The Jiangnan Jiangbei battalion didn't dare to fight Wei Ze at all, Wei Ze left so arrogantly, and the officers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Jiangbei battalion were only afraid of burning high incense. As for the Qing army in Guangdong, it turned out that they were as virtuous as the Qing army guarding the key cities on the roads of Jiangxi, and they were vulnerable to Wei Ze's powerful military force.
Looking at it now, if Shi Dakai waved his army eastward when Wei Ze was going south, it would be a godsend. But at that time, Shi Dakai thought that if he entered Suzhou and Hangzhou, he would attract the Qing army attacking Wei Ze, so he didn't think about this plan at all. Now Shi Dakai has to regret it, if when Wei Ze goes south, Shi Dakai should lead his troops eastward. At that time, the Qing army had just suffered a great defeat, and Shi Dakai's troops disguised Wei Ze's banner, fearing that they would take Suzhou all the way and then march to Hangzhou. With Zhejiang territory in hand, a large number of brothers will naturally follow Shi Dakai at that time.
I missed it last time, and I can't miss it again this time. Shi Dakai is completely desperate for Hong Xiuquan, Hong Xiuquan is a small person, and he is incapable, and he is unwilling to give up the power in his hands. If Lin Fengxiang hadn't tried his best to mediate, God knows if Hong Xiuquan would have made a second Tianjing change because he was worried about Shi Dakai.
When he was in Tianjing City, Hong Xiuquan did not honestly admit his incompetence. Not only did he not obediently hand over the power to Shi Dakai, but he also tried every means to weaken and attack Shi Dakai's power. Hong Xiuquan tried every possible means to crown his two elder brothers kings, and then these two people would deal with Shi Dakai. Such perverse behavior does not even need Shi Dakai to openly oppose it, Lin Fengxiang and other heavenly bigwigs jumped out to oppose it first.
For Hong Xiuquan, Shi Dakai has long lost any feelings, and even for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Shi Dakai has despaired. At this time, it is time to break off, and Shi Dakai has no reason to lose his life for Hong Xiuquan's selfishness. Shi Dakai didn't want to leave once or twice, and the reason why he chose to leave now instead of parting ways early was only because Lin Fengxiang asked Wei Ze for the technology and equipment to make fire caps and transform fire cap guns. In order to get together the weapons in his hand, Shi Dakai could only pinch his nose and make a mistake with Hong Xiu in Tianjing City.
However, things went very smoothly, and in order to resist the offensive of the Huai army, Lin Fengxiang left Tianjing City and went to Anhui first. Shi Dakai happened to take over the redressing work led by Lin Fengxiang, and changed the equipment of the troops who clearly followed Shi Dakai in the Western Expeditionary Army in Jiangxi. took advantage of the opportunity to go to Jiangxi to rescue Jiujiang, and took away most of the fire cap guns and fire caps in Tianjing City. At this time, he finally gathered enough weapons and equipment for more than 100,000 people under his command, and the opportunity to show his ambitions had arrived.
Shi Dakai stood up and waved his hand, signaling the generals to calm down. Dozens of generals all fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on Shi Dakai. "Brothers, Zhejiang is a rich place, this time we will march into Zhejiang, drive away the Qing demons in Zhejiang, and then march into Fujian. I wonder if the brothers have the confidence to build their own wealth? ”
When the generals heard Shi Dakai's mobilization order, they cheered almost at the same time, and they shouted together: "Follow the order of the Wing King!" ”
Shi Dakai looked around at the generals, and the young general, who was just twenty-six years old this year, said angrily: "Okay! Since the brothers are willing to go with me, Yang Fuqing has already sent someone to ask me to wait for the march. Then let's start the day after tomorrow. ”
"Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh!" The generals of the Wing King's Mansion cheered. Most of them did not have confidence in the overthrow of the Manchus, and most had full confidence in the ideal of establishing a new dynasty. Since they started their army, they have no way to retreat, and they can only fight to the death. But these people were completely disappointed in Hong Xiuquan after experiencing the Tianjing Change, these brothers in Jiangxi had to face the onslaught of the Hunan army in waves, and Hong Xiuquan continued to give various orders that were difficult for strongmen. In the eyes of these generals, there was nothing wrong with joining the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but the mistake was to follow Hong Xiuquan. Now the gang has made a choice, following the obviously more promising Wing King Shi Dakai. They all firmly believe that following Shi Dakai is to embark on a broad road to victory.
"We will follow the Wing King, and we will never regret dying!" Zhu Yidian took the lead in shouting again.
"We will follow the Wing King, and we will never regret dying!"
"We will follow the Wing King, and we will never regret dying!"
The other generals also shouted. Shi Dakai was surrounded by all the generals, his expression was cold, and at this moment, he looked personable, as if he was an elegant military god descending from the sky.
Although Wei Ze became independent after leaving the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, all the factions in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not have any ill feelings. Wei Ze himself was also the victim of the Tianjing Rebellion, Wei Ze did not kill any Taiping Army brothers, and more importantly, Wei Ze himself successfully gained a foothold in Liangguang and gained a firm foothold in a short period of time. The brilliant achievements proved that Wei Ze was named the "King of Qi" and became a big man in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom second only to the Six Kings of Yi, not because of his relationship with Yang Xiuqing. Without Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, Wei Ze is still a victor who dominates the world.
Therefore, the intelligence network of the Guangfu Governor's Mansion infiltrated the Taiping Army much more than imagined, and the group of people loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a good relationship with Wei Ze on the surface. In any case, Wei Ze "is still the King of Qi of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom". There are too many people below who are willing to provide information to Wei Ze, and among those who are desperate for Hong Tianwang, there are even some people who have bargaining chips at both ends, and while following Shi Dakai, they also maintain a "good relationship" with Wei Ze.
Therefore, before Lin Fengxiang asked Wei Ze for help to go out of the Jiangxi territory, the intelligence department of the Guangfu Governor's Mansion had already received a fairly detailed report. Shi Dakai's troops had just been dispatched, and they were still halfway through the march to Zhejiang. Wei Ze has also figured out Shi Dakai's arrangement.
On May 15, Lei Hu came to report to Wei Ze. His troops had just returned from Ganzhou, which was originally in the hands of Chen Xianliang's troops in the Guangdong Tiandi Society, but Chen Xianliang later joined Shi Dakai's team, so he left Ganzhou, and the Qing army immediately recaptured Ganzhou.
Wei Ze didn't want to control Ganzhou, but he didn't want the Qing army in Ganzhou to act at will. In this year, Wei Ze had already sent people to capture Ganzhou three times, and then abandoned Ganzhou. The troops that attacked Ganzhou were different in the three times, and Wei Ze adopted a rotation system and carried out annihilating blows to the Qing army in Ganzhou.
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