Wei Ze was called out of bed in the early hours of the morning, he was lying in his clothes, the guard shouted softly, Wei Zeteng sat up from the bed and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The guard said: "Chief of the General Staff, some people have been sent back from the troops outside Tianjing City, and there is the latest information." ”

"Let him in!" Weser replied as he got up to wash his face.

Soon, the intelligence staff officer hurried into Weese's big tent. The staff officer was full of horror and seemed to be frightened. After saluting, he said: "Report to the Chief of the General Staff, many people have fled from Tianjing City since yesterday evening. At night, the defenders of Tianjing City went out of the city to pursue the escapees. Our troops exchanged fire with the pursuing force that had gone out of the city as arranged. The troops did not lose much, but the army in the city did lose some men. We have gathered those who had fled the city and brought them back to the camp. ”

"Who are those people?" Weeser asked.

The staff officer's voice trembled a little, "It is roughly divided into three categories, one is the civil officials of the East Prince's Mansion, they said that the Heavenly King called the important ministers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion into the Heavenly King's Mansion early yesterday morning, and called the middle-level officers away at noon, and there was no news in the afternoon." These people felt that something was wrong, so they fled from Tianjing City with their families and joined us. The second group is some soldiers, who heard the sound of gunfire in the place where the middle-level officers of the Dongwang Mansion were located, and they felt that something was wrong, and they also fled to us. The third group consisted of six subordinates of the Northern King and the King of Yan, who were involved in the middle-ranking officers who were ordered to follow the King of Yan to kill the army of the Eastern King, and according to them, killed more than two thousand people in total. They really couldn't kill them, so they just came to us. But this is just what a few of them said, and it is not accurate to do it. ”

"Killed two or three thousand?" Wei Ze was stunned. How dare these people do it! Kill the middle level of an army of more than 30,000 people, which is about two or three thousand people. But this kind of killing method has not broken the backbone of this army, but forcibly pulled out the spine of this army.

The news was very shocking, but Wei Ze had to believe it. The 3,000-strong troops of the Northern Palace's army faced ten times the enemy, and if they didn't do this, it would be impossible to really control the soldiers in the Tianjing City.

"Record!" Wei Ze said to the staff officer on duty, "Immediately question those who have escaped separately, collect information as much as possible, and establish a timeline." ”

Soon, an order was drafted, and Wei Ze read it and signed and stamped it, asking the confidential room to let the order out.

After all this, Weser didn't want to sleep anymore, he simply sat back at his desk, leaned back in the folding chair, and began to think about his next move. It was now the early morning of the fourth day of the Tianjing Incident. It only took three days for the Heavenly King's side to kill all the forces of the Eastern King in Tianjing City, which was really surprising to Wei Ze. Of course, the bloody process in this process also made Wei Ze frightened.

Wei Ze's mentality has also shown a process of ups and downs like a roller coaster in the past few days, and he initially only knew that the change in Tianjing might explode. After the explosion, he felt that he might be able to participate in it. Soon, he realized that the "peasants" whom he had once derided had engaged in a struggle for the rule of zhen, and his boldness, or bloodiness, was beyond his imagination. If it was Wei Ze, he would not have been able to get such a Cheng dù anyway.

Now the only way out that Wei Ze can choose is to completely break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the bloody process of the Tianjing Revolution is extremely beneficial to Wei Ze's idea of unifying his troops. Knowing the massacre in Tianjing City, it was inevitable that everyone in Wei Ze's army would be in danger, and at that time, he would be able to let this army willingly break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

When the mind had to accept the facts, Wei Zexian actually had no choice in the first place. I used to think that I might be able to intervene in the changes in Tianjing, but it was completely imagined by Wei Ze in his own mind. Weesser's imagination is based on not participating in the massacre as the bottom line, which in itself determines that Weeser has no chance at all.

It was very dawn, and Wei Ze waited for everyone to have breakfast before convening a staff meeting. Hu Chenghe was very cautious, although he did not come to Tianjing City himself, he sent half of the staff to Wei Ze's side. Yesterday, Wei Ze had already asked half of the troops of the former 16th Army to go to Zhenjiang with their families, and after eliminating the unstable factors in the troops, Wei Ze also felt a lot more relieved.

Although the intelligence was not enough to complete, the intelligence staff officer in charge of the interrogation also came up with a timeline of the Tianjing Change. Kill the East King first, squeeze out Wei Ze, eliminate the East King Mansion, and slaughter the middle-level officers of the East King Army, after watching this series of steps, everyone was dumbfounded.

Wei Changrong took a long time before he said in a shocked tone: "Chief of General Staff, what should we do now?" Break into Tianjing City? ”

Lei Hu was relatively calm, even so, his voice was strange, as if his vocal cords were stiff, "If we follow the intelligence, we still have a chance to enter Tianjing City now." ”

"What should I do after I enter Tianjing City? Are they on fire with the king? Wei Ze asked calmly.

"Fire and fire! The King of Heaven is so perverse, what is wrong with us and him? As soon as Ruan Xihao's voice was heard, he was in a state of relying on superficial ruthlessness to give himself courage.

"The King of Heaven killed so many brothers, it's not a reason for us to be angry with him! If this is the reason, we don't have to kill the brothers of the Taiping Army when we are the king of fire? At that time, why didn't others have fire and our reasons? Weser asked.

Everyone fell silent. In fact, everyone is just talking, and in the face of a completely unimaginable reality, everyone doesn't know what to do.

"Shall we withdraw? Chief of the General Staff, we only need to wave our troops to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The Qing army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was completely vulnerable, and we contacted the brothers of the Little Knife Society after we occupied Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There were at least 100,000 men in one place. With you leading, we can also defeat the Manchus by ourselves! Wei Changrong said. Although this should have been said to be passionate and generous, knowing that thousands of people were slaughtered in Tianjing City, Wei Changrong, who was bold and fearless, also looked very wilted.

Wei Ze couldn't get excited, he still said in a calm tone: "The withdrawal must be withdrawn." But it can't be withdrawn yet! In any case, there are still so many relatives of the East King's subordinates in the city, so let's do as much as we can for them now. I declare that from now on, war alert will be in place. Be prepared to fight and retreat, and the troops will stay here for a maximum of four days. Four days later, no matter what the situation, our army will retreat back to Changzhou! ”

The military meeting quickly dispersed, Wei Ze brought his father-in-law Qi Yuchang, first briefly introduced the situation, Wei Ze said to the shocked Qi Yuchang: "Father-in-law, do you have any talent who still dares to go to Tianjing City to see the Heavenly King?" ”

Qi Yuchang was frightened by the news told by Wei Ze, and he didn't understand Wei Ze's words for a while. After Weeser repeated it a second time, he asked tremblingly, "Why do you want to go to the Heavenly King now?" ”

Weese replied, "If I send my officers, it would be too aggressive?" And my brothers are young and vigorous, and it's hard to guarantee that they won't say the wrong thing in a hurry. When you came out this time, you brought out so many people who had served as counselors in the Dongwang Mansion, and they were all people who had read books, so I think there should be people who can be quite unusual in dealing with people, right? ”

"King Qi? What are you sending them to say now? Do you want to fight the king? Qi Yuchang barely recovered at this time, and he still replied tremblingly.

"I sent someone this time just to sue the Heavenly King, and I will leave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from now on. And I want to ask the king for some people. Weeser gave the answer.

Qi Yuchang told Sù Wei Ze that he would do his best, but in the current situation, he could not guarantee that he could find the right person.

Wei Ze could also think that those literati were only unreliable in such a situation, so he had no choice but to find a few staff personnel who were more acceptable but did not have a high position. In the end, Levi from the logistics department volunteered to meet the king.

"You know, this trip may be life-threatening!" Weser told Levi the brutal truth.

Levi nodded, "Chief of the General Staff, as long as our troops are still there, the Heavenly King may not dare to do anything to me." What Lei Hu said made sense, at this time, the command system of the East King of Tianjing City had collapsed, and the Heavenly King was still unable to build a new command system. When they are at their weakest, I am not scolding them. They were afraid that what they wanted most at this time was to send us away as soon as possible. There is a danger, but I don't think it's close to being killed. ”

"Alright! I'll let someone train you on the etiquette of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to meet the Heavenly King, and at this time, let's try not to stimulate the Heavenly King as the best policy! Weese replied.

An hour later, Levi and four hundred cavalry marched towards Tianjing City under the banner of Wei Ze, the king of Qi. Before noon, this army arrived outside the north gate of Tianjing City. Seeing such a large group of cavalry outside the city, although there were also people running around nervously at the head of the city, the number was not comparable to before.

Two warriors were sent close to the city gate to inform the city that Wei Ze, the king of Qi, had sent someone to meet the king. The troops at the head of the city didn't seem to want to start a war either, they just told the Weezer troops under the city to wait. After a long time, the gate of the city was not opened, and a basket hung down on the head of the city, and only the messenger was allowed to walk. Levi dismounted, straightened his clothes, and sat down in the basket.

The defenders in the city were like a great enemy, and even if Levi was alone, seven or eight people still came up and searched Levi up and down. After the search, they immediately put Levi on a horse, escorted by a team of more than a dozen horses, and sent him to the outside of the Heavenly King's Mansion as quickly as possible. After waiting outside the house for a while, the side door opened. Levi was brought into the Heavenly King's Mansion.

Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang, and Chen Chengying were sitting in a side hall, and Levi immediately stepped forward to salute. Then he stood up. These people did not pursue this practice too much. Chen Chengying spoke first, "What does Wei Ze want you to do?" ”

Levi replied: "Heavenly King, our chief of the general staff, Wei Ze, has sent me to inform the Heavenly King that you have ordered someone to kill the East King, and you have killed thousands of brothers under the East King. We absolutely cannot accept such a massacre of yours. Therefore, our army has officially decided to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and in the future, we will go our separate ways and break off our righteousness. The Chief of the General Staff will soon return all the flags, uniforms, to the Kingdom of Heaven. ”

Wei Changhui was furious after hearing this, and he shouted angrily: "Wei Ze, Yang Xiuqing's henchman, has not even rushed to tie himself up to the Heavenly King to plead guilty. The Heavenly King may have spared Wesser's life. You don't mention your own rebellion, but say that the king of heaven slaughtered his brothers! Good dog guts! ”

Just as he didn't hear Wei Changhui's angry scolding, Levi then said calmly: "In addition, our chief of general staff has another matter that we want to ask the Heavenly King to agree. ”

"What else is there to do? Now we're going to drag you out and cut you down! Wei Changhui continued to scold.

Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan waved his hand and motioned for Wei Changhui to stop. Seeing Hong Xiuquan's personal order, Wei Changhui scolded a few more words before closing his mouth.

"Heavenly King! Kill the East King, you can say that the East King is rebelling! The people who killed the East King's Mansion, you can say that they are the sworn friends of the East King. Killed thousands of generals, you can say that they are the henchmen of the East King. We, the Chief of the General Staff, ask you to hand over the families of those who were killed to us to take away. You have killed thousands of people, and if you stop at this time, you can still tell the brothers of the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. You have a point. Since our chief of general staff is the number one general under the Eastern King, we ourselves have escaped from the kingdom of heaven and can bring the families of those brothers who were killed. When the other brothers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom heard the news, they would also think that we were at a loss......"

When Levi said this, Wei Changhui, the king of the north, said angrily again: "Wei Ze, that dog thief, didn't take the king of heaven in his eyes at all when he was attached to Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiuqing wants to be a long live and rebel." He encouraged Yang Xiuqing to usurp the throne. Such a person, do you dare to say that you are reasonable? ”

For Wei Changhui's words full of a sense of justice, Levi was of course very unhappy as a young man. But he didn't come here to quarrel with the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and get angry. In particular, meaningless quarrels will only cost Levi his life for no reason. And as Wei Ze said, the relationship between Wei Ze's troops and the gang in Tianjing City is not determined by any monarchy. It is the fighting power that determines the status of both sides. As long as the Weeser troops, which are in an advantageous position, do not adopt threatening methods and take matters into account, it will be easier for the other side to accept the reality that their combat effectiveness is at a disadvantage.

Sure enough, although Wei Changhui, the king of the north, also scolded angrily, he only exerted mental pressure, but he had no intention of doing anything at all. And the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan stopped Wei Changhui from continuing to scold.

When Wei Changhui calmed down, Levi continued: "The families of those brothers who were killed remain in the kingdom of heaven, and they are just the families of sinners. After the Heavenly Brothers learned about this, they must have felt that the Heavenly King had magnanimously spared their lives, but it was easier to believe that it was the Eastern King who was at fault. Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and I hope that the King of Heaven can spare those people and let them go with us! ”

Hearing this, Chen Chengying looked at Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, and then asked, "Although the King of Qi sent you to say this, how do I know that the King of Qi is not scolding us?" After receiving these people, King Qi didn't have anything to care about, so what about sending troops to attack Tianjing City at that time? ”

"When we had a meeting, someone also proposed to attack the construction of Tianjing City." Levi spoke in a very calm tone, without the slightest hint of threat. Despite this, whether it was Hong Xiuquan, Chen Chengying and Qin Rigang, there was a look of fear on their faces. Only Wei Changhui was furious. But this time, he didn't immediately scold, but waited to hear Levi's next words.

"Our chief of general staff said that as long as our army enters Tianjing City again, it will definitely be a brother again. Everyone started to rebel in Guangxi, creating a rebellion against the Manchu Qing Dynasty and killing the Qing demons, not to kill their brothers. If our army wins this fire by chance, will it be over? There are still Wing Kings outside, and all the heavenly weather in Anhui, will they stop there? Surely they will raise up to avenge our heavenly brothers who have been slain. At that time, there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the dead were all our own brothers! When we enter Tianjing City, do we want to destroy the Qing Demon, or do we want to help the Qing Demon? Therefore, the result of our army's discussion is that we will never enter Tianjing City! ”

Hearing Levi say this, Hong Xiuquan and the others' faces became extremely difficult to look at again. Weeser wasn't alarmist, he was talking about a simple fact that could easily come to mind. And the cruelty of this fact has been proven once by what happened in Tianjing City.

"Therefore, our chief of the general staff sent me to ask the Heavenly King to let those people in the city go with us for the sake of the affection that we have been together for so long. This is also your great kindness and great virtue of the Heavenly King! Levi concluded.

No threats, no shouting, Levi made the purpose of the trip clear. Hong Xiuquan and the others fell into deep thought. After a while, Chen Chengying asked, "What if we don't let people go?" ”

Levi breathed a sigh of relief, "If the King of Heaven refuses to release people, please spare the lives of these people." They are just the family members of the brothers of the Eastern Palace, and if the Heavenly King executes them all, then everyone in the Heavenly Kingdom will be in danger. After all, you are the lord of heaven, and if you let those people go, the brothers of heaven will remember your benevolence. If you kill them, how will you appease the hearts of your heavenly brothers? ”

"All those who are rebellious are killed, which makes people dare not act like a traitor like Yang Xiuqing again! If these people are not severely punished, will those people follow Yang Xiuqing's example? You came to say these words on the order of Wei Ze, you want to bewitch the Heavenly King, and the sin will not be forgiven! Wei Changhui seemed to be annoyed by Levi's words, he stood up and pointed at Levi and scolded.

"King Bei, you sit down first!" Hong Xiuquan's tone was stern.

Waiting for Wei Changhui to reluctantly sit back in his seat, Hong Xiuquan said, "I will make up my mind about this matter." But I don't know where Weser is going to go next? ”

"Our army will wait outside Tianjing City for a maximum of four days, and if we can pick up our brothers in Tianjing City, we will leave immediately. If you can't get it, on the fourth day, I'll leave. What the Chief of the General Staff sent me to say has already been said, and I will take my leave! Levi said.

Hong Xiuquan waved his hand to stop Wei Changhui's urge to shout, and glanced at Chen Chengying again. Chen Chengying got up and left the Heavenly King's Mansion with Levi. When he asked Levi to be taken away at the door, Chen Chengying asked a little unconfidently, "Does King Qi really want to leave?" ”

"Our chief of staff said that the cannibalism of the heavenly brothers will only cheapen the Qing demon. Zuo Tianhou, since attacking Tianjing City will only make the Heavenly Kingdom kill each other, our army will definitely not attack Tianjing City! If you stay, you won't be able to get along in the future, so let's just disperse. Levi reiterated Weese's attitude.

Chen Chengying didn't know whether he understood Wei Ze's attitude, or regretted the current situation, or was just plain sentimental. "Hey!" sighed, and Chen Chengrong asked Levi to take him away.

It wasn't until Levi looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was uneasy in his heart, and it wasn't until he was sent out of the city and returned to the cavalry that he felt the underwear on his back completely wet with sweat at some point.

"Go back immediately!" Levi's voice trembled a little as he gave the order.

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