"Without the Mongolian Eight Banners of Monk Grinqin, how can we solve the Eight Ministers. Go to Chengde now, who are the soldiers and horses in our hands? Cixi stared at the eyes of her little brother-in-law, Prince Gong Yixun, indifferently, and said in a calm tone.

This firm attitude reminded Prince Gong that five years ago, before the Xinyou coup d'état, the three of them were so frank and straightforward in their conversations. Thinking of the situation at that time, Prince Gong's tone softened, "Then what should I do?" ”

Cixi is very powerful, but also ambitious, although the ability to decide the government openly and honestly is insufficient, but when it comes to intrigue, her views are unique. Prince Gong decided to listen to Cixi's opinion.

Cixi's triangular eyes blinked, and she said in a rather cruel voice: "Ordered Wenxiang to bring back troops from Shandong, and at the same time secretly ordered Zeng Guofan to bring the Hunan army of his cronies back to the capital." When they arrived in the capital, we headed for Chengde. Whoever objects to it will let them stay in the capital! ”

Although there is nothing special about this strategy, it takes the seizure of military power as the primary task. Wen Xiang, the commander of the infantry army, and Seng Lingqin, both cadres of the Xinyou coup, were even more unlikely to betray Ci'an and others at this time. Zeng Guofan of the Hunan army was a long-tested loyal minister, and there were very few Han officials who could still serve the court firmly at this time. With these two armies as the foundation, Ci'an, Cixi, Prince Gong Yixun and the little emperor Tongzhi can represent the core of power. At that time, whoever could not follow the imperial court closely could stay in Beijing and let the Guangfu Army deal with them.

The loss of some Manchurian princes and important ministers may be a loss, but it is even more dangerous to let these unreliable princes and important ministers follow them. Cixi's first consideration is naturally her own interests, and other unreliable people are the ones that can be given up. Not to mention how many of these people had to succumb to the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces after the Xinyou coup, and after the escape from Beijing, they may not be able to settle old accounts again.

After experiencing the Xinyou coup d'état, eradicating and killing the eight ministers and their forces, even if the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong Yixun may have had the kindness of a woman, the bloody facts have also educated them to be decisive people. Send a secret envoy to contact Wenxiang and Zeng Guofan, and start packing up the materials that must be packed. At this time, it is not at all the time when everyone in the capital knows about it, the king does not lose his country, and the minister does not lose his body. The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong are very, very aware of this matter.

Of course, the Manchus did not spare Li Hongzhang in Luoyang, and they sent a decree to Duke Li Hongzhang, allowing Li Hongzhang to lead his troops eastward and flank the Guangfu army north of the Yellow River. No one believed that Li Hongzhang could win the victory, and in the consideration of the Manchu high-level officials, if Li Hongzhang could really lead his troops to attack, it would take two or three days for the Guangfu army to annihilate this Duke Li, who was quite capable of fighting. It's very important to have two or three days at a critical juncture.

Duke Li Hongzhang sold his calculating master earlier, and Li Hongzhang also has a very clear judgment of the new master in the future. The Guangfu army could not rub sand in their eyes, and since this strong army itself had reached the point of invincibility, they would not have any tolerance for weak surrenderers. At this time, what Li Hongzhang has to do is to prove that he can also fight, if he can't do this, Li Hongzhang will surrender and live at most, and his future life will only be limited to being able to live.

Chen Yucheng, who attacked Luoyang, even if he didn't know Li Hongzhang's thoughts in the city, could obviously feel Li Hongzhang's determination to fight to the death through the resistance of the Qing army in the city. This surprised Chen Yucheng and also felt quite tricky.

The Taiping Army summoned Chen Yucheng to return to Chang'an, the capital of Tianjing, to hold a military meeting, the purpose of which was to discuss countermeasures against the Guangfu Army. Sect Master Hong even put aside the matter of compiling books that he had been concentrating on in the past few years, and discussed this matter with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom generals for several days in a row. Of course, Sect Leader Hong is more of a curse that Wei Ze will be punished by the heavens, and after dying violently, he will go to hell after death and become a bug. This kind of talk will not be taken to heart at all. Isn't it the Sect Master Hong himself who destroyed the God Worship Sect?

Hong Xiuquan was arrested in Guangxi that year, and there were dozens of people of all sizes who carried out similar séance operations, and the "Heavenly Father" Yang Xiuqing was the last thing decided by the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the early days. When Hong Xiuquan killed Yang Xiuqing in Tianjing City, the legitimacy of religion was completely bankrupt. Since "Heavenly Father" can be killed, what will happen to the death of Hong Xiuquan, the commander who everyone knows well? Even Hong Xiuquan will go to hell according to the teachings, does anyone still believe what he says?

At this time, everyone naturally began to turn to the Wing King Shi Dakai, the early core general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who was the only one capable of fighting against Wei Ze's Guangfu Army at this time. And now there are only two options left, early or late.

The late fight is to wait for the Liberation Army to come to the door. Judging from the actions of the Liberation Army, they still take the Manchu Qing as their first choice, but there is only a little bit left of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it will be completely solved in three or five years at most. At that time, the Guangfu Army, which had an absolute advantage, came over, and no one thought that the Taiping Army could really resist it.

It is easier to fight early, the Taiping Army borders the Guangfu Army again, and it is an early fight to enter Sichuan and drive the Guangfu Army out. It was easy to do so, and then there was a full-scale war between the Taiping Army and the Liberation Army. Even if the Guangfu Army did not seize all the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Guangfu Army was not a force that the current Taiping Army could defeat.

This kind of discussion is really depressing to death, and Chen Yucheng feels particularly depressed. As a famous general in the Taiping Army, he has to fight early and late. Therefore, Chen Yucheng simply put forward the plan of whether to try to negotiate peace with Wei Ze, if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom submits to Wei Ze, but has the actual power in the northwest, this kind of outcome is undoubtedly the best.

As soon as he mentioned it, before he could say the latter part, Chen Yucheng was angrily reprimanded by Hong Xiuquan. Sect Master Hong still seems to have the intention that there are no two heavens and no two heavens and no two masters in the country, and he will never be subservient to anyone. If it weren't for the generals blocking it, Sect Leader Hong would have killed Chen Yucheng.

During the day, there was a court meeting, and in the evening the generals held a small meeting. Chen Yucheng was able to tell everyone his thoughts completely this time, and all the generals, including the Wing King, were more inclined to this Jian. King Hong can feel that he is the only Allah in the world, but all the generals of the Taiping army are other people's younger brothers, and the current boss is unreliable, if there is a reliable boss who can tolerate them, everyone has no intention of becoming the emperor themselves.

Without waiting for this plan to continue negotiations, Chen Yucheng learned the news of Luoyang's loss. The brother in charge of spying reported that there were no more Taiping troops in Luoyang City, and no Taiping troops had escaped from the city. If the estimation is correct, Chen Yucheng's British Mansion and his subordinates are only afraid that they will be killed.

The generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were all shocked, and they couldn't manage the problem with Wei Ze at this time, so the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom immediately sent 30,000 horses and horses to let Chen Yucheng lead the troops to recapture Luoyang. Luoyang is so important. With Luoyang, there can be a buffer from Henan into Shaanxi, without Luoyang, the hostile forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can directly attack Shaanxi County and Tongguan, after these two places are lost, the enemy can go straight to Chang'an in the next step.