Chapter 5: Tenkyo Dagger (5)
Chen Chengying returned to the Heavenly King's Mansion a little unwillingly, sad and hopeful in his heart. Originally, he was not a general who had always led troops, and he had been a civil official in the capital since he conquered Tianjing City, Chen Chengying was not used to the killing of thousands of people, let alone the killing of his former brother. An irrepressible sense of desolation welled up in my heart.
But at this time, above this sense of sadness is a kind of joy and lightness. In the past few years, Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East who controlled various armies and led the affairs of the heavenly kingdom, made Chen Chengying feel deep despair in all kinds of difficulties, blows, and even torture and killings of the heavenly brothers, including Chen Chengying. After Chen Chengying determined that Yang Xiuqing's ultimate goal was to seal Long Live and replace the Heavenly King. He resolutely chose his own position and was loyal to Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven who had no perverse behavior.
When the East King covered the sky with one hand and the East King Mansion completely mastered the Tianjing City, it was an extremely difficult task to get rid of the great rebellion of the East King for the Heavenly King. Chen Chengying is alone, and there are no allies in Tianjing City. At the beginning, Chen Chengying privately sued the king of heaven and the king of the east to rebel, but the king of heaven did not even believe it.
Fortunately, the King of Heaven was not completely unresponsive, and he once asked the female officials to go to the East Palace's Mansion to warn the ministers. The reaction of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, was to directly kill Zeng Shuiyuan and other generals who refused to take a stand directly. Immediately, the king of the east wanted to seal long live, and this intention has been revealed. It wasn't until Chen Chengying told the Heavenly King about Wei Ze's statement that the Heavenly King finally made up his mind to get rid of the Eastern King.
It's just that at this time, there are almost no allies of the Heavenly King in Tianjing City, and it is Chen Chengying who has contacted many ways, including the strategy of driving the North King and the Yan King out of Tianjing City before Feng Wansui, including the plan to recall Wei Ze back to Tianjing City. The painstaking efforts finally came to fruition, and all the middle-level officers of the East King, the East King's Mansion, and the East King Army were eliminated. After getting rid of these people, all that remained were junior officers. They are very well disposed of. Chen Chengying ordered the gang to return to the barracks.
Now the biggest feeling in Chen Chengying's heart is that he is relieved, and he and the Heavenly King and the others are finally safe. Although there may be many middle-level officers who do not have the intention of rebelling, the military forces under the command of the Heavenly King, the Northern King and others in the entire Tianjing City are less than 5,000. The troops of the East Prince's Mansion are more than 30,000 people. The commander commands a team of 100 people, and when five or six commander officers join forces, they can pull up a team of five or six hundred people. These five or six hundred people raised their arms and shouted, God knows that there will be few people in the tens of thousands of troops who respond. At that time, 5,000 people could not resist at all. For the sake of the King of Heaven and the Kingdom of Heaven, Chen Chengying could only completely sacrifice that group of middle-level officers.
entered the room where he had been conspiring with Wei Changhui, the king of the north, and Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, but saw that neither of them was there, only a female official was inside. Chen Chengying was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Qin Rigang secretly returned to the North Prince's Mansion to direct the slaughter of the middle level of the Eastern Prince's Mansion. He was about to sit down, but the female officer in the room said, "Zuo Tianhou, the king of heaven has ordered you to meet him." ”
Following the female official to the apse of the Heavenly King, Chen Chengying saw Hong Xiuquan sitting with Wei Changhui, the king of the North. And standing next to the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan turned out to be Zhang Yingchen. Hong Xiuquan and Wei Changhui's faces were also relieved, and when they saw Chen Chengying coming in, Wei Changhui smiled and said: "Zuo Tianhou, we originally went to kill Yang Xiuqing with the idea of nine deaths, but I didn't expect God to bless us to be so smooth." This gets rid of Yang Xiuqing's remnants, and we can finally breathe a sigh of relief! ”
Chen Chengying ran the most, and his body and energy were consumed the most, he nodded tiredly, and saluted Hong Xiuquan, "Congratulations to the Heavenly King, you have finally cleared Yang Xiuqing, Dongwangfu, and Yang Xiuqing's remaining party." No one dares to take the king's country anymore! ”
These days, only Chen Chengying can go to see Hong Xiuquan freely, every time he saw Hong Xiuquan before, he saw Hong Xiuquan with a stern face, and learned that the Qingjun side action to get rid of Yang Xiuqing and Yang Xiuqing's henchmen finally won a big victory, and Hong Xiuquan also showed a smile on his face at this time. It was a relieved smile. With Yang Xiuqing's strength, with Yang Xiuqing's ability to control Tianjing City, it seems that the action has been easy so far, but in fact, every step is walking on thin ice, as long as there is a link that is not right, and the plan is revealed, then not only the lives of Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang, and Chen Chengying are not guaranteed, but also the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan is afraid that he will die on the spot. It's all about dancing on the tip of a knife, and there's no room for error.
However, Hong Xiuquan was not happy for too long, and the smile on his face had not completely receded, but he saw that his eyes were red and he burst into tears. Hong Xiuquan sobbed a few times, choked up and said, "Everyone is a brother, I have to say a few words that we brothers can say." If it weren't for Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, we would never have come to this day. But I didn't expect that the East King was obsessed with ghosts and intended to rebel, if it weren't for that, we would definitely not wave a knife at my brother! ”
"Humph!" Wei Changhui, the king of the north, was obviously not moved by these words, as Yang Xiuqing's "brother", he had enough of the hardships of this leading brother. After several times combined, Wei Changhui was beaten with nearly a thousand canes ordered by Yang Xiuqing, the leading brother. Even if he can't remember it in his head, the scar on his ass will remind Wei Changhui repeatedly.
Chen Chengying hadn't been punished too much by Yang Xiuqing, and he was doing things in the East Palace, so he knew how difficult it was to run such a big heavenly kingdom. From the Jintian Uprising to the present, how many times has the Taiping Army faced the danger of annihilation. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East at the helm, led everyone step by step from Jintian to today, and established the current kingdom of heaven in Tianjing City, thousands of miles away from his hometown in Guangxi.
Chen Chengying can understand Hong Xiuquan's sentimentality very well, but Chen Chengying did not regret the slightest because he participated in the killing of Yang Xiuqing. If Hong Xiuquan doesn't kill Yang Xiuqing, it won't be long before Yang Xiuqing overthrows Hong Xiuquan. At that time, Yang Xiuqing would not open the net and leave Hong Xiuquan's life, judging from the kind of merciless killing of his brothers that Yang Xiuqing had shown before, Chen Chengying did not have any confidence.
Seeing that the king of heaven Hong Xiuquan was crying, and Chen Chengying looked like he was angry, Wei Changhui was very unhappy in his heart. It's just that at this time, he didn't want to blame the two, and with a long sigh of relief, Wei Changhui said loudly: "I'll wait for the rebellion to succeed, this is the will of God!" Rebellious ministers and thieves, this will end in the end! Now, Saten, wait for you to go and tell the troops in the city to return to the barracks immediately. Zuo Tianhou, can you do what I told you? ”
"What?" Chen Chengying's heart flashed with thousands of thoughts and emotions at this time, and he couldn't remember what Wei Changhui said?
Wei Changhui said: "I gave you a list, so that you left some people not to kill?" Can you help me inform them? ”
Chen Chengying only understood when he heard this, and he replied: "I have already asked those people to guard the city gate. ”
"Okay, you and I will go our separate ways. You go and let the soldier go back to the barracks. I'm going to see those people now. After saying to Chen Chengying, Wei Changhui turned his head to Hong Xiuquan and said, "Heavenly King, I still need you to lend me some clothes and female officials!" ”
"Why didn't those people kill?" Hong Xiuquan asked a little surprised.
Wei Changhui replied bluntly: "Those people are all people who have followed me, and they have always been more loyal. As long as I personally tell them that this is a rebellion, they will surely wake up and follow me. ”
Chen Chengying was shocked when he heard this, Wei Changhui thought of this, but Chen Chengying didn't expect it. Chen Chengying also knew that some officers might not be willing to support the Eastern King, at least they would not choose to continue to serve the Eastern King after the fall of the Eastern King. But at that time, he was worried that these people were not as reliable as he thought, so he had to let them die. didn't expect Wei Changhui to be so bold and give Chen Chengying a list and let Chen Chengying let some people go.
While complaining in his heart that Wei Changhui was too bold, Chen Chengying also regretted it greatly, why he didn't think of this at the time, so that many people were killed for nothing.
Listening to Wei Changhui's words, Hong Xiuquan also frowned, "If there are brothers who refuse to follow Yang Xiuqing to rebel, but have to obey Yang Xiuqing's orders, we still have to let them go." Zo Tianhou, have you chosen these people well? ”
"This ......, I don't have time to think about these ...... these days," Chen Chengying tried to explain.
"Hey!" Hong Xiuquan sighed, and there was quite dissatisfaction in his tone.
But at this point, there's nothing more to say. Tens of thousands of troops in Tianjing City are still deployed in the city to surround the Beiwang Mansion, and the top priority is to quickly let the troops return to the barracks, and there are no troops on the street, so that Wei Changhui can do his best to persuade those who are loyal to the Heavenly King. Chen Chengying and Wei Changhui acted separately and left the Tianwang Mansion one after the other.
At this time, the Tianjing City was tossed for several days, and the troops were quite tired. After learning the news that the Heavenly King had ordered the disposal of the North King, the troops were relieved. Chen Chengying ordered the troops to return to the barracks, although many troops were suspicious after hearing a burst of explosions and shouts of killing from afar, there was not even a single commander in the troops, and the two Sima were only responsible for commanding 25 people, and there were so many two Sima in the army that no one could command anyone. Some units immediately obeyed the order and withdrew to the barracks. Those who did not want to leave, who saw their own units, withdrew. They could only return to the barracks with the brigade.
When it got dark, there were no more troops on the streets of Tianjing City. Wei Changhui had already changed into the clothes of the Heavenly King's guards at this time, and left the Heavenly King's Mansion with the female officials, heading towards the garrison of the generals he believed in.
When those generals saw Wei Changhui suddenly appear, they were all shocked at first. However, as Wei Changhui thought, these people were all people who had followed him, and they did not immediately arrest Wei Changhui. After all, at this time, the king of the east had been killed, and the mountain that once pressed on their heads no longer existed.
Next, I heard Wei Changhui say that he was ordered by the Heavenly King to kill the traitor Yang Xiuqing, and he had already killed Yang Xiuqing's henchmen in the East Palace. At this time, the generals were like toads struck by lightning, and they were stunned. The matter of the East King sealing Long Live is completely public, and the generals also know in their hearts what may happen to the East King Yang Xiuqing after he seals the Long Live seal. The fact that Yang Xiuqing killed Zeng Shuiyuan and others on the charge of "knowing and not reporting" has long spread throughout Tianjing City. There have long been rumors in Tianjing City that Yang Xiuqing tried to kill Hong Xiuquan and stand on his own.
Now Wei Changhui, the king of the north, personally came to kill the rebel on the order of the king of heaven, and the generals also believed it. What if you don't believe? The generals also had no intention of killing the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan to stand on his own, and there was no news after the important ministers of the Eastern Palace's Mansion entered the Heavenly King's Mansion. These generals finally expressed their willingness to accept the command of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. Of course, he was also willing to obey the orders of Wei Changhui, the king of the north.
At midnight, Wei Changhui went to all the generals he had personally named, and persuaded them to stick to the barracks and not go anywhere.
The generals were naturally reluctant to leave their barracks, and the situation changed so quickly that they dared to leave the camp at will. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, and the important ministers of the East Palace, were still killed, they were just ordinary generals, and they were walking around at this time, weren't they looking for death?
When Wei Changhui was about to return to the Northern Palace, he got a message that some unknown people were constantly persuading the guards guarding the northern gate to sneak out of Tianjing City. Looking at the direction of their movements, they were probably heading towards Qixia Mountain, where King Wei Ze of Qi was stationed.
After getting the news, Wei Changhui was very anxious, if Wei Ze learned about the situation in Tianjing City, it would be okay. At this time, the defense of Tianjing City was at its weakest time, and yesterday, Wei Ze may not be able to break through Tianjing City, which is still controlled by the Dongwang Mansion, with his troops. Now that the East Wangfu no longer exists, Wei Ze has the opportunity to attack Tianjing City. He immediately ordered, "Chase!" Those who escaped must be traitors with ghosts in their hearts, and after catching up, they all killed, and no one was left! ”
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