On the way back, everyone hurried to march, everyone's family was still in Yong'an, it had been seven days since this trip, and the thought of returning to Yong'an City with so many captures would be rewarded, especially to be able to get together with their families, everyone was like an arrow.

Wei Ze sent Zhang Yingchen to lead two brothers back to Yong'an City to report first, and led the brigade to march by himself. Despite carrying a lot of supplies, I walked for six days when I came, and less than three days when I returned. After all, when they came out, they were exploring and advancing, and they had to work hard to open the way along the way, and they only needed to hurry when they went back. Everyone stayed overnight, and finally arrived at the meeting point agreed by Wei Ze and Zhang Yingchen on the morning of February 12.

It was not only Zhang Yingchen who was waiting for Wei Ze at the meeting point, but also a group of troops sent by the city, and the leader was actually Lin Fengxiang, the imperial guard of the Taiping Army. Lin Fengxiang was also one of the 4o old brothers during the Jintian Uprising, and at this time he also worshiped Sima, and at the same time became Hong Xiuquan's imperial guard. Although the official position is the same as that of Wei Ze, his status is much higher than that of Wei Ze.

Wei Ze and Lin Fengxiang have met, and the two fought together before Wei Ze crossed the possession, so they can be regarded as acquaintances. Seeing that it was Lin Fengxiang who came in person, Wei Ze understood the importance that the Taiping Army's high-level officials attached to this batch of seizures.

Personally inspected the seizures that Wei Ze and they brought back, Lin Fengxiang grabbed Wei Ze's hand and said excitedly: "Wei Sima is really hard!" With these things, there is hope for defending the city. ”

Hearing these excited words, Wei Ze's heart sank. Did the situation of the Taiping Army reach the point where Lin Fengxiang felt that he couldn't hold on? But Wei Ze didn't break this point, he smiled: "With Lin Sima personally answering, I can naturally go back easily." The way back Lin Sima has already been arranged. Why don't we go now? ”

"We'll have to wait until it's dark." Lin Fengxiang replied regretfully, "After Wei Sima sent his troops, Xiang Rong moved forward again, and at this time he almost forced to the Red Temple. ”

"What?" Not only Wei Ze's eyes widened, but Wei Ze's subordinates were all shocked, at this time, it had been ten days since they left Yong'an City, and everyone didn't know that the situation in Yong'an City had changed so much.

The Taiping Army's Yong'an defense system did not simply rely on the Yong'an City Wall to carry out defense, and the Taiping Army also occupied many strongholds outside Yong'an City. One of the key points to the north is the Red Temple.

Xiang Rong, the commander of the Manchu Northern Battalion, and Ulantai, the commander of the Southern Battalion, were completely defeated by the Taiping Army at Guancun Ridge, and Xiang Rong was immediately dismissed. After the Taiping army conquered Yong'an, Xiang Rong was reinstated. Since the resumption of the war, Xiang Rong has changed his previous mistakes, given up a full-scale field battle with the Taiping army, and instead implemented positional warfare. He first personally led the team and forcibly moved the Qing army's Beida battalion from the ancient platoon 3o miles away from the Taiping Army to Longyantang, which was 15 miles away from the Taiping Army.

Lin Fengxiang briefly introduced the situation to Wei Ze, and not long after Wei Ze and the others left Yong'an City, Xiang Rong moved the camp again and forced the Qing army's northern camp to the front of the Red Temple, which was seven or eight miles away from the city wall.

Xiang Rong's move to camp this time not only approached the Taiping army, but also cut off the way for Wei Ze to lead the team back to Yong'an. Even if there is still a way to go, there is no guarantee when they will encounter a patrol of the Qing army. Wei Ze and the others each carried forty pounds of captured materials, plus several days of non-stop marching and fighting, they did not have time to rest, and their bodies had already reached the bottom. If the Qing army patrol is attacked now, let alone transport the captured materials back. I'm afraid that Wei Ze won't be able to save his own life.

Seeing that Wei Ze and them were so shocked, Lin Fengxiang smiled and said, "Brothers, don't worry for the time being, before I came out, King Nan had already ordered the Wing King to go to the Red Temple." As long as I send someone back to the Wing King, then the Wing King will send troops to lead Xiang Rong on the opposite side of the Red Temple. And a team of brothers will come to meet and transport the captured back to the city. ”

"So good! I'll listen to Lin Sima's dispatch later. Knowing that a large army had responded, Wei Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Fengxiang immediately went back to report, and in the afternoon, more than 20 brothers who were in charge of carrying came over. It didn't take long for shouts and gunfire to be heard in the distance. Wei Ze had been fighting for so many months, and as soon as he heard the sound, he knew that the sound of guns and artillery was basically coming from the Qing army, and the Taiping army only occasionally opened fire, and the artillery did not sound a sound.

But this is not Wei Ze's concern, Lin Fengxiang led the transport troops, carrying things and leaving. The team avoided the battlefield where the two sides were fighting, and rushed all the way to Yong'an City.

The brothers who came to answer all knew that Wei Ze and they had run out of strength along the way, so they did not let Wei Ze and the others resist the captured materials, but each of the receiving troops carried more than 20 catties of things, and ran for more than ten miles for an hour. On the way, more than 50 brothers answered. The progress of the trip was much faster, and the number one hundred and ten people finally arrived at the foot of Yong'an City when it was about to get dark.

When I arrived at the north gate of the city, I saw that there were many Taiping soldiers standing in the city and under the city. It seems that the news got out pretty quickly. To Wei Ze's surprise, there was a prince in a yellow robe in the crowd, who was looking intently, it was Feng Yunshan, the southern king who was in charge of the defense of the whole city.

After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom conquered Yong'an City, it was established and divided into four kings of the east, west, north and south, as well as the winged king Shi Dakai. Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, is a figure whose status is second only to Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east. Being able to let Feng Yunshan come to greet him in person shows that the hard work of seizing materials has been valued by the upper echelons, and Wei Ze is also a little proud in his heart. A few steps forward, Wei Ze took the lead in saluting, "Subordinate Wei Ze has seen the King of the South. Feng Yunshan only responded casually, and went straight to the seized materials. After making sure that the bags were full of salt and gunpowder, Feng Yunshan turned his head to Wei Ze and said, "Brother Wei has made a great contribution!" ”

Happy to happy, Feng Yunshan's mind was still on military affairs, but he just praised Wei Ze, Feng Yunshan turned to the person next to him and said, "Send these salts and gunpowder to the holy treasury immediately." ”

When Zhang Yingchen arrived in the city, he was almost out of breath. However, Zhang Yingchen is now, even if he has traveled for so long, he is not slower than the brother who answered halfway. Several of the brothers who answered halfway also had cramps while running.

Along the way, Weser talked many times about the consequences of not eating salt, and when we walked with Weser and them, everyone was the same. I can't see it yet. In the past few days, everyone has eaten enough salt every day, and even bacon is eaten. Compared with the brothers in the city, this body is not lì down. For Wei Ze's credit this time, Zhang Yingchen has been completely sure.

Seeing a big man like Feng Yunshan come to greet him in person, Zhang Yingchen was full of excitement. However, Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, was just busy with official business, but he did not praise the meritorious ministers, and Zhang Yingchen was also a little disappointed in his heart. Just when he was not very happy in his heart, Zhang Yingchen saw Wei Ze step forward and said to Feng Yunshan: "King Nan, your subordinates are attacking in the name of King Dong. The king of the south sent these seized things to the holy treasury, and he should have done so. However, he also asked the king of the south to send a brother and his subordinates to see the king of the east together, so that when the subordinates returned to their lives, they could explain to the king of the east. ”

Seeing Wei Ze doing this, Zhang Yingchen immediately became nervous. In addition to the Heavenly King, the four kings of the east, west, north and south were the most powerful in the Taiping army. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, was appointed as a military advisor and led the kings. Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, is the second most powerful figure after the king of the east. Wei Ze's tone and demeanor were quite respectful, but there was a faint implication of not believing King Nan in what he said. Zhang Yingchen couldn't help but sweat in his heart.

However, Nanwang Feng Yunshan was not angry, only to see him laugh, "It's just that I'm happy, but I didn't have time to think of this matter." In this way, I went with Brother Wei to see the king of the east and explain the matter to his face. ”

Since Feng Yunshan said so, Wei Ze had nothing to say, and ordered his subordinates to go back to the camp to rest, and Wei Ze followed Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, towards the city.

On the way to the Dongwang Mansion, Feng Yunshan told Wei Ze that yesterday afternoon "the Heavenly Father had descended" and spoke to the Taiping army, saying that the current predicament would soon be overcome, and that the Taiping army should learn from the kings and fight hard to kill the enemy in order to win. Today, Wei Ze was sent back and captured, and the morale of the Taiping Army should be boosted.

Although there was no expression on his face, Wei Ze couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart. In the past, he had a hurdle that he couldn't get over in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and that was the issue of worshipping God. As a very ordinary youth in New China, Wei Ze himself was a staunch anti-religious element. However, it was precisely on the basis of anti-religious ideas that Wei Ze soon realized that Hong Xiuquan, the emperor who did not show much and liked to write limericks to expound his teachings, may really believe in the worship of God founded by himself. None of the other kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom believed in the Religion of God. For example, Shi Dakai, the famous winged king in later generations, may have had an attitude towards the worship of God with only open opposition to the beating of gongs and drums.

As for Feng Yunshan himself, he was actually the real promoter of the God Worship Cult in Guangxi. Hong Tianwang is the sect leader in charge of the compilation of scriptures, and Feng Yunshan's role is undoubtedly that of the actual operation of the pope. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, was now a "military advisor" who led the kings, and this king of the east, who should have been more secular from above, went so far as to engage in "religious methods with Chinese characteristics" in the face of the worship of God that he had no chance to interfere with. The Heavenly King, Hong Xiuquan, claimed to be the second son of the Heavenly Father and the reincarnation of Jesus' younger brother. Yang Xiuqing claimed to be possessed by his heavenly father, and whenever his heavenly father possessed him, Yang Xiuqing was Hong Xiuquan's "father", and he was the supreme god with a more authoritative will than Hong Xiuquan.

For Wei Ze, an anti-religious person, removing the sense of comical brought about by religious methods, Wei Ze very much agrees with this kind of political means. Knowing that he was able to help Yang Xiuqing by coincidence, Wei Ze was still quite happy in his heart.

No matter how many people really believe in such small means as Heavenly Father's possession, Yang Xiuqing has a beginning and an end to doing things. Every time after the possession of the "supreme instructions", Yang Xiuqing would take a little rest, to show that the possession of the Heavenly Father would bring a rather heavy burden to the body of ordinary people. At this time, Yang Xiuqing was in the midst of "resting and recovering".

The two sides chatted a few more words, and involuntarily talked about the recent military affairs. For the Qing army to tighten the encirclement, Wei Ze didn't care. Looking at Feng Yunshan's heavy expression, Wei Ze smiled and said, "King Nan, Xiang Rong and Ulantai are just our defeated generals, if you want to defeat them, you only need to lure them outside to fight in the field like before." dragged the Qing army through the mountains a few times, and they were anxious to defeat us, and they would be even more aggressive. Setting up an ambush at this time will definitely annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

After listening to this, Feng Yunshan asked, "What if the Qing Demon does not pursue our troops out of the city, but takes advantage of the city's air defense to step up the siege of Yong'an?" ”

Wei Ze replied: "Then we simply don't want to defend Yong'an, as long as we kill the Qing Demon who is chasing us, we want to take this Yong'an City again, it will be easy." Why do you have to care about the gains and losses of this city and place? ”

"Why do you have to care about the gains and losses of this city and ......, hehe." Feng Yunshan just smiled after hearing this, but didn't say anything more. The kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lived together, and the royal palace was located in several large mansions near the yamen of Yong'an City. Yong'an City is not big, and with just talking like this, the two of them arrived at the gate of the East Palace. Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, did not give any comment on Wei Ze's opinion, and he took Wei Ze directly into the East Palace.

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