Chapter 1: Daozhou Panhuan (1)
Under the yellow umbrella of the prince is Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West. Although the 32-year-old prince is not tall, he is a lean man. There was a hint of a playful smile on his round face, which didn't look like he had fought hundreds of miles in more than ten days.
Although he had very little contact with Xiao Chaogui, Wei Ze was not so bad that he couldn't recognize this big man in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, "See King Xi!" Wei Ze saluted Xiao Chaogui.
Xiao Chaogui walked out of the yellow umbrella briskly, and after pulling Wei Ze up, Xiao Chaogui smiled and said, "Brother Wei walked so fast, he unknowingly ran to me and waited." ”
Wei Ze was stunned, he didn't expect Xiao Chaogui to say this. Xiao Chaogui is known for his humor and wittiness in the army, and this sentence alone makes Wei Ze feel not easy to deal with. However, Wei Ze had already made a lot of preparations, and he said with a straight face: "King Xi, your joke is too big, I can't catch up with everyone no matter how I chase him, and I have to ask everyone to turn around and pick me up." ”
Xiao Chaogui couldn't help but laugh when he heard Wei Ze's words. After laughing for a moment, Xiao Chaogui patted Wei Ze's shoulder again, "Brother Wei, the time you caught Ulantai, I knew that you were a young hero, and it was really amazing that you could chase you here from Wuzhou this time." ”
Wei Ze just smiled at this compliment, but didn't say anything. Then I heard Xiao Chaogui say: "Since you have arrived in Daozhou, Brother Wei will lead the way in front and hurry into the city." ”
Wei Ze replied: "King Xi, only the subordinates who guarded the gate have been left, and the other brothers have already withdrawn from the city. He also asked the king of the west to arrange for the entry into the city. ”
"Oh?" Xiao Chaogui looked at Wei Ze, but did not reply immediately.
Wei Ze continued: "How to set up camp has to be arranged by the princes, and the subordinates will transfer the brothers out of the city first, so that they don't have to run back." ”
"Hmm." Xiao Chaogui had already understood what Wei Ze meant, and he didn't say anything anymore, and took the lead in Daozhou City.
Wei Ze breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, when someone above him was the boss, it was the smartest thing to hand over the power of the arrangement. If Weese's troops had occupied the best positions first, they would have to give up in the end. Instead of this, it is better to do it all at once, but it saves a lot of meaningless conflicts.
There was indeed not a single soldier left in the city, and Xiao Chaogui knew it as soon as he entered the city. He advanced to the Daozhou Zhizhou Yamen and looked at it, and then walked out of the city again. He said as he walked, "Brother Wei, I don't know if you want my subordinates." ”
"King of the West, his subordinates are subordinates of the King of the South." Weese replied.
Xiao Chaogui sighed, "King Nan has ascended to heaven. ”
"What?" Weezer was stunned.
Seeing that Wei Ze was stunned and did not move, Xiao Chaogui also stopped. There was a gloomy look on his face, "Brother Wei, in Lingyidu, King Nan was injured and ascended to heaven in two days. ”
"Who did that?" Weser couldn't help but ask.
"It seems to be a Qing demon named Jiang Zhongyuan." Xiao Chaogui replied.
"Jiang Zhongyuan?" Weeser repeated the name on one side.
Xiao Chaogui saw Wei Ze's thoughtful look, and he asked, "Brother Wei knows this person?" ”
"Huh? The subordinates have captured the captives of the Qing Demon, heard them talk about the Qing Demon's leader, and heard of this person. Wei Ze hurriedly explained to Xiao Chaogui, and after finishing speaking, Wei Ze said hatefully: "If you let your subordinates meet this Qing Demon Leader next time, you will definitely kill him to avenge King Nan!" ”
Although he said passionately and generously, Wei Ze didn't think so at all in his heart. Traveling to this Taiping Heavenly Kingdom era, Wei Ze is not completely "without relatives and no reason", Jiang Zhongyuan has a bit of "old love" with Wei Ze.
In 2oo5, four Hunan migrant workers wrapped the body of a deceased villager in a woven bag and wanted to take the train to transport the corpse back to their hometown for burial. This incident is very uproarious on the Internet. Many people are very appreciative of this chivalrous act of transporting corpses thousands of miles. Some of the corresponding articles mention a Qing Dynasty man named "Jiang Zhongyuan".
Jiang Zhongyuan is a native of Xinning, Hunan, and he is the first person in Xinning. Like ordinary lifters, Jiang Zhongyuan also went to Beijing several times to take the exam. The bus that entered Beijing to catch the exam can be described as a hard-working Beipiao family, many people have a bad fate, and the gambling for the future is often to bet with their lives. There are not a few people who have died in Beijing.
Deng Heling, a student from Xiangxiang, used to be Jiang Zhongyuan's teacher, but he was dying of hemoptysis due to illness. Jiang Zhongyuan escorted Mr. Deng back to the south. The patient died on the way, and Jiang Zhongyuan bought a coffin for him to collect and send the coffin back to Xiangxiang.
When Jiang Zhongyuan entered Beijing again, Zeng Ruyan died in Beijing in the same year, and Jiang Zhongyuan sent his body back to his hometown Wugang.
Because the inn did not allow Jiang Zhongyuan to stay when the body was being moved, Jiang Zhongyuan also beat the innkeeper severely. After receiving the report, the local officials came to see the case in person and learned what Jiang Zhongyuan had done, and they were greatly impressed. Jiang Zhongyuan was not punished.
Jiang Zhongyuan traveled thousands of miles to send his friend's coffin back to his hometown, and he did not hesitate to miss the examination date. Such an ancient way of warmth, so that his impatience and righteousness shocked the Beijing division, not only among the Hunan people as a beautiful talk, but also the provincial people to meet him as an honor.
This is not enough for Wei Ze to remember such a Qing Dynasty person, Wei Ze has a good friend on the Internet, and his maternal ancestor turned out to be Jiang Zhongyuan. Everyone talked about sending off friends with a coffin, and talked about a lot of things about Jiang Zhongyuan. Of course, this descendant of Jiang Zhongyuan did not have the class consciousness of the descendants of the outstanding landlord class representatives of the two lakes, but spoke highly of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. And he also talked about one thing, even if Jiang Zhongyuan was prominent during his lifetime, his great-granddaughter still married someone as a concubine, because she was disabled due to a disaster, and she was still taken back to her parents' house with the child by her in-laws. In the end, it was the new society that saved the poor woman.
Wei Ze admired the King of the South very much, but that was the attitude of business, and when he learned that the King of the South, Feng Yunshan, had died in the hands of Jiang Zhongyuan, Wei Ze suddenly had a feeling of making people happy. It's just that these things must not be talked about to people, Wei Ze can only say with a firm attitude that he must kill Jiang Zhongyuan.
Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, stood in front of the station, and soon after, Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, escorted the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan, and Hong Xiuquan's harem in a sedan chair to Daozhou together. Wei Ze hadn't seen Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, for a long time, and they had been separated for two months in the blink of an eye, Yang Xiuqing not only didn't look at the slightest sense of exhaustion from the war, but the whole person was as sharp as a sharpened sword. Just standing there, after the sharp gaze swept around, it gave people a sense of awe.
There was no nonsense, Yang Xiuqing went directly into Daozhou City. As the supreme commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, as soon as he entered Daozhou City, Yang Xiuqing immediately convened a high-level military meeting. The remaining eastern, western, northern, and winged parts of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the four kings, and the prime minister in charge of the army were all present.
"All walks of life are looking for a place outside the city to be stationed." Yang Xiuqing said. It seems that he already has a plan for how to arrange it.
After finishing speaking, Yang Xiuqing turned his head to look at Wei Ze, "Wei Checkpoint, how many brothers do you have now?" Yang Xiuqing's tone was very flat, as if Wei Ze had never left the main force of the Taiping Army, neither distant nor enthusiastic.
"There are more than 35oo people under him." Weese replied.
After Wei Ze finished speaking, most of the senior personnel of the Taiping Army looked at Wei Ze with a strange gaze. Wei Ze could understand this kind of gaze with a lot of jealousy, although he didn't dare to ask, but he also roughly observed. The Taiping army rushed to Daozhou with only 14,000 troops, and in just two months, the 20,000 Taiping troops who stood out from Yong'an City lost 30%. When Wei Ze went south to Wuzhou, there were only more than 3oo people, and now it has expanded tenfold. The contrast in power is very stark. It can be said that Wei Ze's current military strength occupies one-sixth of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If you don't talk about military qualifications, if you are only young and strong, Wei Ze's subordinates can reach about a quarter.
"Well done!" Yang Xiuqing said calmly, there was neither jealousy nor fuss in his voice. Yang Xiuqing said in a completely businesslike tone: "Then I will promote you to the winter official and deputy prime minister, and choose a key place to station." ”
"Follow the will of the king of the east!" Weese replied as he got up. No matter what others think, Wei Ze felt that Yang Xiuqing's statement had another meaning, Yang Xiuqing was expressing his ownership of Wei Ze's subordinates.
Peeked at Yang Xiuqing, and then at Hong Xiuquan who was sitting on the main seat, Yang Xiuqing looked energetic, and Hong Xiuquan Hong Tianwang felt a little sluggish. Seeing Hong Xiuquan, Wei Ze couldn't help but think of the rainy night when Yong'an was highlighted, Hong Xiuquan insisted on asking Wei Ze to hand over the clothes of the whole soldier, his palanquin man, guards and palanquin men were wearing robes, and Wei Ze and his subordinates were drenched in the rain.
Wei Ze thought maliciously in his heart, maybe King Hong didn't forget to make love with the thirty-six harem concubines during the march, so he was so tired.
After assigning the task, Yang Xiuqing asked Wei Ze, "Are all the warehouses in the city sealed?" ”
"The storerooms have been sealed. It's just that when his subordinates first entered Daozhou City, they had no food, so they took some from the grain depot first. Weese replied.
"Hmm!" Yang Xiuqing responded, but didn't say anything about it, "I and the Heavenly King are stationed in Daozhou City, and the other brothers hurry out to find a place to station. Prime Minister Wei, you stay first! ”
What should come is still coming! Weser sighed in his heart. In fact, the last thing he wanted to face was Yang Xiuqing, but if he wanted to mix in the team of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Ze had to pass Yang Xiuqing's level. Yang Xiuqing was not a good man and a woman, when the Qing army first began to besiege Yong'an City, a military commander privately contacted the Qing army, intending to betray the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Yang Xiuqing didn't have much evidence at hand, so he directly ordered the military commander to be beheaded on the charge of fornicating with the demon. Now the armies shook, and the guys who originally had their own careful thoughts were honest.
If Yang Xiuqing wanted to kill Wei Ze at this time, Wei Ze had no way to resist.
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