The Taiping Army clothing on the periphery has changed greatly, and the more people go inward, more and more people wear more traditional Taiping Army costumes, which makes Lin Fengxiang feel a little better in his heart.

Lin Fengxiang did not want Wei Ze to leave the Taiping Army, as a very good general in the Taiping Army, he knew too well the role of a field army like Wei Ze in the war.

In the past two years, Wei Ze has been able to leave Anqing in Anhui and seize all the territory of Anhui south of the Huai River within a year. There is still room for strength to go north to attack Jiangsu, Hebei and Shandong, and rescue the Northern Expeditionary Army that has been besieged. Wei Ze went south, not only into the northern part of Jiangsu, but also captured such a famous city as Huai'an. It only took more than a month to break through the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps that had besieged Tianjing City for a year and a half. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom immediately changed from a defensive position to an all-out offensive in the southeast area of Tianjing City.

After Wei Ze's troops moved south, they handed over the control of Anhui, and the three prime ministers of the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately greatly expanded their strength. After Lin Fengxiang occupied the important town of Huai'an, he immediately showed that his troops had the ability to defend Huai'an, but they did not have the ability to use Huai'an as a base to launch a large-scale offensive.

If there was a field army with outstanding strength like Wei Ze to conquer the city and destroy the Manchu combat corps, Lin Fengxiang would be able to establish actual control in Huai'an with peace of mind. Without Wei Ze smashing the enemy's powerful field army like a hammer, Lin Fengxiang could only take care of defense and offense by himself, and his troops were insufficient if he defended. If you attack, you can't deal with the enemy in a short period of time. Therefore, Lin Fengxiang resolutely did not want to see Wei Ze break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he hoped in his heart that he could temporarily stabilize the young and vigorous Wei Ze.

When I entered Changzhou City, I saw that the troops were constantly moving, and it looked like a big war was imminent. Although Lin Fengxiang is a celestial weather and a famous general, in today's withering of kings, his status in the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom is now respected. Wei Ze's troops still searched Lin Fengxiang up and down carefully before letting him enter Wei Ze's headquarters.

After waiting for a while in a small house at Wei Ze's headquarters, Lin Fengxiang saw Wei Ze striding in from the outside. After seeing Lin Fengxiang, Wei Ze smiled reluctantly, "Brother Lin, it's hard for you to come here." ”

Lin Fengxiang also wanted to say something more relaxed, but he was also quite anxious at this time, and finally could only smile reluctantly: "Brother Wei's size has grown a lot. ”

"Oh? Is there one? Wei Ze smiled bitterly. He has been busy to death in the past two years, where is he still in the mood to care about his size, but at this time he can only entertain: "People say that twenty-three is a run, I am not yet twenty-three years old, and it seems that I am still growing." ”

After saying this, everyone had no other words. After being silent for a while, Lin Fengxiang finally said, "Brother Wei, I heard that you were leaving, so I rushed here immediately." Everyone is an old brother of the kingdom of heaven, and you have been officially crowned the king of Qi. Why go now? As long as you wait, with everyone here, it's easy to say anything after this incident has passed! As long as you can trust my brother, I will not let my brother be wronged. ”

Wei Ze shook his head, "Brother Lin, if it's just me who offended the Heavenly King, and I have your words, brother, then I really don't have anything to be afraid of." But now it's not me who offended the Heavenly King, no matter what I think, everyone thinks that I am a subordinate of the Eastern King. The East King was killed, the East King's Mansion was killed, and now even the relatives of the killed brothers under the East King have been killed. If I remain in Heaven, what will the King of Heaven think? ”

"Heavenly King ......" Lin Fengxiang only said the beginning and couldn't continue. Wei Ze's words pointed out the root of the matter, since the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan had already started to kill, then Wei Ze, the largest legion commander under the Eastern King, naturally became a thorn in the side of the Heavenly King.

Seeing Lin Fengxiang's embarrassed appearance, Wei Ze said, "Brother Lin, if I stay in the Heavenly Kingdom, can the Heavenly King rest assured of me?" When he saw me, wasn't he afraid that one day I would avenge the king of the east? And the Heavenly King killed the Eastern King's subordinates to this point, how can I rest assured that the Heavenly King. Am I not afraid that the Heavenly King will continue to kill the subordinates of the East King one day, and turn around and kill me? I know your kindness, Brother Lin, but if there is really a day when the Heavenly King kills me, can I really expect Brother Lin to kill the Heavenly King to avenge me? I don't think you can do such a thing, Brother Lin, right? ”

Lin Fengxiang felt that he really couldn't argue with Wei Ze about this, but because of this, he couldn't help but want to say something, "Brother Wei, why bother?" If you all talk about it......"

"Brother Lin, all that can be said is personal grievances, and I and the Heavenly King just don't have any personal grievances at all!" When Wei Ze said this, he was from the heart, and the heavy tone made Lin Fengxiang's heart sink sharply when he heard it.

Everyone fell silent again, and all that had to be said was now exhausted. Lin Fengxiang thought of a lot of words to persuade Wei Ze on the road, but he couldn't say a word at this time. In his imagination, Wei Ze decided to leave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom because of his personal will, but he didn't expect Wei Ze to leave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom because of his personal will. Although Lin Fengxiang didn't want Wei Ze to go, he didn't have the idea of putting Wei Ze to death. Wei Ze is right, he has to leave now, not because Wei Ze personally offended the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, but because Wei Ze and the Heavenly King have already stood on an undying opposing position.

"Brother Lin, brother, let me advise you, at this time, the heads of people who have been killed in Tianjing City are rolling, if you go to Tianjing City, you are afraid that your life will not be reported. Brother, I think it's better for you not to go to this troubled water. Weeser stood up and made a concluding remark, and was ready to send off the guests.

"Brother Wei......" Lin Fengxiang also felt the meaning of Wei Ze's send-off, he subconsciously wanted to say something persuasive, but he didn't say it in the end, changed the topic, Lin Fengxiang asked: "Brother Wei, before you leave, can you give your brother some ideas, how to fight the battle in Anhui in the future?" ”

This request was not too much, Wei Ze sat down again, he asked the staff officer to get some maps, and began to tell Lin Fengxiang about it. "Brother Lin, the top priority now is to train a field army and continue to hold the Huai River. This can't be defended to the death, and it is necessary to constantly send small troops across the Huai River to constantly attack the Qing demons in the cities north of the Huai River. If you can't train the field army, then you can only consider retreating. There is no dangerous place in Huai'an, if you are surrounded in Huai'an, I am afraid that no one will be able to relieve you. ”

In addition to military issues, Wei Ze also set up a group of veterans in the district to recruit local scholars. In particular, we will implement a management system for paying taxes on the payment of grain. Although it was extremely difficult to reach the administrative level of New China, it was very easy to think about the management level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Lin Fengxiang always thought that Wei Ze was a very powerful general, but he didn't expect Wei Ze to have such a deep level of knowledge in administration. Originally, he didn't want to persuade Wei Ze to stay, but the words of persuasion were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't help but want to say it more and more.

And after Wei Ze finished speaking, he said, "Brother Lin, I have something I want to ask you for a favor?" ”

"What?" Lin Fengxiang immediately asked. Although he knew that it was unlikely, Lin Fengxiang still hoped that Wei Ze would be able to say what he wanted to stay.

"I want to send people to Anqing, Luzhou and other places to take away the civil officials who originally followed me. At least those who are willing to go with me, I will take them. But if I send troops to Anqing and other places now, I am afraid that my brothers in some places will dare to fight with my people. Brother Lin, if you think our brothers get along well, then please ask Brother Lin to do your brother one last favor. The other two prime ministers in Anhui are all brought by Brother Lin, and most of the brothers in Chaohu are subordinates of the East King, if you can help with this, Brother Lin, then I will be grateful! ”

This request made Lin Fengxiang feel extremely embarrassed, and his first thought was naturally for fear of offending the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. Wei Ze is leaving, if Lin Fengxiang helped Wei Ze like this, what would the king think of that day? must feel that Lin Fengxiang is colluding with Wei Ze. So Lin Fengxiang's first thought was to refuse immediately.

But after a while, Lin Fengxiang suddenly remembered the purpose of his trip, and he couldn't help but feel that he was taking it for granted. Wei Ze's choice to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom under the current situation is actually really with good intentions for the Heavenly Kingdom. If Wei Ze doesn't leave, he can actually attack Suzhou and Zhejiang, and defend these two places, even if he doesn't break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, with Wei Ze's military and political strength, it is not a problem for him to protect himself. But at that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would definitely not let Wei Ze go. No matter what Wei Ze thought, he represented the Eastern King of Heaven at this time. All those who are dissatisfied with the Heavenly King will defect to Wei Ze's side, and the final result will inevitably be a big fight between the two sides. What could be more tragic in this world than brothers fighting each other?

Thinking of this, Lin Fengxiang said: "Brother Wei, brother, I can't help you directly. But I'll go to the other two prime ministers now, and when I leave for two days, you can send troops to pick them up." Brother can't say to help you, but as long as Brother sees the two prime ministers, Brother Wei's soldiers won't be fought in Anhui......"

Wei Ze didn't wait for Lin Fengxiang to continue, he interjected first, "Please brother give me a month." At most, in a month, my brothers and my soldiers will completely withdraw from Anhui. ”

Hearing that Wei Ze made a time guarantee, Lin Fengxiang was relieved. At least until now, Wei Ze had never deceived his brothers in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Since he said one month, Lin Fengxiang also believed that Wei Ze would definitely be able to take everyone who was willing to take him away within a month.

As Wei Ze said, Lin Fengxiang had no plans to go to Tianjing City. There was no need for Wei Ze to deceive Lin Fengxiang into saying that there was a massacre in Tianjing City, and this kind of lie that could be uncovered in a blink of an eye did not benefit Wei Ze in the slightest. Lin Fengxiang had no intention of usurping power, he knew very well that he could not go to Tianjing City.

After a simple meal, Lin Fengxiang left Changzhou with a large bag of maps and texts given to him by Wei Ze. At this time, it was evening, and a red sun in the west was slowly falling towards the end of the Yangtze River. Looking at the army by the river that had changed its flag and changed its uniforms, Lin Fengxiang couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. The king of the east is dead, and the palace of the king of the east is no longer there, and now the most brave and skilled army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the largest army is about to break away from the ranks of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Not long ago, it was still thriving, and it was about to annex Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which occupied the two lakes, had such changes in a blink of an eye. Lin Fengxiang has an irrepressible sense of sadness.

Moreover, Lin Fengxiang also felt something even more uneasy. With the dissipation of the power of the Eastern King from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the red sun that once shrouded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom seemed to disappear forever.

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