Chapter 111: Jinling Tu Poor (3)
"Fourth uncle, the king of the east won't ......," Wei Changrong asked again very uneasily when he saw him off. He asked this several times, and Wei Ze said every time that Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, would not mess around. But Wei Changrong still couldn't help it.
Wei Ze could only explain to Wei Changrong one more time, "You guys bring me the troops!" I'll be fine! If you disperse first, I can't count on anything! If you really want to save my life, brothers, then you must not mess with yourself! ”
Although Wei Ze tried his best to keep himself calm, he was also uneasy in his heart. In this incident, Wei Ze is not betting that Yang Xiuqing can succeed, he is betting on Yang Xiuqing's complete failure. This bet is far more dangerous than Yang Xiuqing's success. In everyone's eyes, Wei Ze is the number one general under Yang Xiuqing. If Wei Ze stayed in the army, naturally no one would dare to attack Wei Ze lightly. Now Wei Ze only brought a few dozen guards to Tianjing City, no matter which side Yang Xiuqing or Hong Xiuquan was, they all had a crushing advantage.
Wei Ze said this, and the generals who saw him off could only choose to believe Wei Ze. Seeing that Wei Ze and the others got on the boat, everyone on the boat and under the boat waved goodbye.
The waterway between Changzhou and Tianjing City is relatively safe, and from a normal point of view, Wei Ze's expedition to the east is a matter of time. In the face of this inevitable thunderous blow, the Qing army sailors hid far away in Shanghai. The Yangtze River waterway, which runs from Wuchang to Changzhou, is completely under the control of the Taiping military.
Wei Ze sat in the boat, chatting with Chen Delong, while naturally enjoying the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River.
"Brother Chen, you said that your younger brother Chen Degui is also leading troops in Tianjing City, right?" Weser asked, pretending not to know.
Chen Delong smiled: "Exactly! Dongwang has already said that he is ready to let my brother go to Yangzhou to be a guard. ”
As a young man who started out on nepotism, Chen had very little experience, and he had no idea what it meant to expose this critical information. For a high-ranking general like Wei Ze, they can immediately derive a lot of interpretations based on clear information, and the depth of these interpretations is only stronger than that of the parties.
Just from the number of troops led by Chen Degui and the future arrangements, Wei Ze had already roughly guessed the future strategic considerations of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East. Similar to using his relatives to guard Tianjing City now, Yang Xiuqing is preparing to use his relatives to defend the strategic places around Tianjing City.
Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Wuhu, Chaohu, several key points have formed an absolute defense circle around Tianjing City. This defensive circle is a little bigger, and a general like Wei Ze is in charge of the strategy. Undoubtedly, Yang Xiuqing needs Wei Ze to conquer Suzhou and Hangzhou at this stage and solve the camp in Jiangnan and Jiangbei. At the same time, let the winged king Shi Dakai and the king of Yu Hu Yihuang seize Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan.
Complete the control of Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, these provinces, that is, a genuine Southern Dynasty. If Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, could establish a general staff system in the central government and solve the problem of military presence step by step, this brand-new southern dynasty would have the ability to continue to expand the area under its control and eventually seize power in the whole country.
Of course, with such a feat, Yang Xiuqing seized Hong Xiuquan's position, and no one dared to oppose it. Long live Yang Xiuqing, sooner or later he will be able to become the emperor.
Wei Ze had to admit that if Yang Xiuqing could not be solved at this time, Hong Xiuquan would really lose. Everything comes first, and then it's getting used to. Once Yang Xiuqing's long live appears, no matter how unreasonable it looks, others can't help but adapt to it, and gradually get used to this fact. As for the future, it's just a matter of course.
In Chen Delong's conversation, Wei Zexian, a young man, probably understood this. Unlike Wei Ze, Chen Delong thinks that this visible future seems to have existed in the world, and he only needs to follow it to get glory and wealth. In Weeser's view, this is too idealistic. Chen Delong's consciousness is undoubtedly above the material world.
For such a person, Wei Ze dealt with it very easily. There is no need to make sycophants, just to say that the world they imagine is the real world that must be born, and this kind of person will be overjoyed.
Chen Delong not only agreed with Wei Ze's point of view, but also said sincerely: "King Qi, you have made a great contribution to the world of the East King!" ”
Wei Ze laughed, "I don't have a lot of credit, it's not a matter of Dongwang's words." Brother Chen, I haven't been to Tianjing City much, and I've been fighting outside all the time. This time I went back to Tianjing City, why don't you take me to meet more people! In the future, everyone will work together under the East King, how can we do it if we don't get closer and closer? ”
Chen Delong was deeply impressed by Wei Ze's request, and after thinking for a while, he frowned, "King Qi, the others are very busy now, and they are also my elders, so I don't dare to disturb them." If you really want to see it, then you can only meet my brother first. ”
Wei Zexi said: "Brother Chen's brother, that is also my brother. Now you can see it! When you are all crowned kings in the future, there are many high-ranking things, but it is not easy to meet you! ”
As soon as he heard that his brother would be crowned king in the future, Chen Delong smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth. He hurriedly said: "Then I have to teach me more skills from King Qi." Dongwang Ming, I followed King Qi to learn this errand of the General Staff, I listened to some lessons, it was really too difficult. King Qi, can you let me follow Xue's march to fight earlier? ”
"What's so hard about that? It's better to take me to see Brother Chen Degui first, and then take me to meet the other people of Dongwang. When I return to Changzhou, I will let you start learning to lead troops to fight. What do you think? Weeser put forward his own conditions.
Chen Delong said happily: "King Qi, that's a word!" ”
The two just talked and chatted, and after another day, the fleet approached Tianjing City, but saw a large fleet coming. The banner reads the word "Qin" of Douda. The outpost of Weese's small fleet sent someone to speak, and soon someone came back to report it. "King Qi, the person who came in front is Ding Tianyan, Lord Qin Rigang!"
Wei Ze knew that Qin Rigang had stripped off the prince after the defeat in Tianjiazhen and was demoted to a slave. However, Yang Xiuqing did not deprive Qin Rigang of his command, and he took his subordinates to continue to fight with the Wing King Shi Dakai. He made a lot of contributions in the Battle of Hukou. This Tianyan seems to be Qin Rigang's new title.
"Brother Qin, where are you going?" Weeser asked.
"They said that they had gone to attack Taizhou by the will of the king of the east." The outpost replied.
"Taizhou......" Wei Ze already understood a little in his heart. Since Wei Ze is advancing eastward, it is impossible to be idle north of the Yangtze River, sending troops from Yangzhou to attack Taizhou, and then naturally marching to Nantong. Advancing eastward on both sides of the Yangtze River at the same time, it was difficult for the Qing army to take care of it at the same time. It's also a very normal choice strategically.
What's more, this transfer also proves that Yang Xiuqing is not ready to do anything to Wei Ze. At this time, the direct result of making a move on Wei Ze was to fight alone with Qin Rigang on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
On the other hand, Yang Xiuqing did not regard Qin Rigang as a person who could be trusted. If you really believe in Qin Rigang, you will keep Qin Rigang in Tianjing City at this critical moment, and you will not let Qin Rigang send Qin Rigang out.
At the same time, this also proves that Yang Xiuqing has no plan to kill Yang Xiuqing now. Yang Xiuqing didn't seem to want to have anyone who was not afraid of death jumping out to accuse Yang Xiuqing of rebellion at the ceremony of sealing the long live. If you really want to kill Hong Xiuquan now, you won't be afraid of this.
The two fleets waved goodbye to each other. Qin Rigang sat in the handsome boat, looking at the banner of King Qi flying high on Wei Ze's boat, and couldn't help but sigh.
The rise of Wei Ze, a newcomer, was really unexpected by Qin Rigang. Among the old brothers, Qin Rigang has always been the most optimistic one. As early as the time of Jintian, he was the person valued by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and the Western King Xiao Chaogui. When highlighting Yong'an, the defeat of Longliao Ridge, it was Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, who arranged the march and strategy. After that defeat, no one held Qin Rigang accountable too much. After that, Qin Rigang steadily continued to be his prime minister.
Unexpectedly, Wei Ze, a newcomer who joined the Taiping Army before Yong'an, suddenly rose to prominence and was the first to be crowned king with military exploits after the establishment of Yong'an. Now Wei Ze, the king of Qi, is even more prestigious, while Qin Rigang has ups and downs. When the two fleets were separated, the depression in Qin Rigang's heart was not completely eliminated.
In the evening, the troops set up camp. Qin Rigang is very serious in his work, even if he is in a relatively safe place, he still personally assigns errands, and he also takes people to patrol the camp.
It was already dark at night, and Qin Rigang, who had just returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, was informed that someone outside came to see him with a token from the East Palace.
I don't know who came, Qin Rigang hurriedly ordered someone to bring people from outside in. At this time, it was cold, and the people outside wore hoods and covered their faces. Seeing the tall figure, Qin Rigang was stunned. In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there is only one person who is so tall and so familiar to Qin Rigang. That is Wei Changhui, the king of the north.
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