Wang Zhongsi beheaded Xiao Chaogui, the brave general of the Taiping Army, with a single sword, and Hong Xiuquan was in chaos, and when he saw Wang Zhongsi killing him, he screamed and fled.

Wang Zhongsi naturally would not let Hong Xiuquan go, riding like the wind, chasing after him all the way. However, Hong Xiuquanbi is the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after all, and he still has some means to win people's hearts, and there are many warriors around him who are willing to swear allegiance to him.

Seeing that Hong Xiuquan was in danger, these people killed Wang Zhonghei fearlessly one by one, and went forward one after another, exchanging their lives for Hong Xiuquan's time to escape.

With the interception of these people, the distance between Wang Zhongsi and Hong Xiuquan became wider and wider, and seeing that he could not catch up, Wang Zhongsi immediately took out a hard bow from behind the saddle, took the bow and arrow, aimed at Hong Xiuquan, and as soon as his fingers were loosened, the sharp arrow whistled away in an instant.

However, Wang Zhongsi and Hong Xiuquan have opened up a lot of distance after all, plus Hong Xiuquan is riding his horse desperately, and his body is constantly shaking violently, although Wang Zhongsi's arrow hit his back, it did not hurt the vital point.

However, Hong Xiuquan, a god stick, is used to being pampered on weekdays, although this arrow did not hurt the vital point, but he still screamed in pain, and almost fell off the horse.

He tried his best to glance back, but saw that Wang Zhongji had already drawn an arrow from the quiver, and he was so frightened that he endured the sharp pain in his back and slapped the war horse under his crotch fiercely, and the war horse was in pain, and immediately ran away like crazy.

Wang Zhongsi took the arrow to the string, but saw that Hong Xiuquan had turned into an inconspicuous black spot in his sight, and couldn't help but put down the hard bow in his hand with hatred, turned the horse's head and shouted loudly: "Brothers, Hong Xiuquan's traitors have fled, let's withdraw our troops and return to the city!" ”

Hong Xiuquan ran wildly all the way, until he met the rear army led by Shi Dakai, which calmed down the fear in his heart a little, and held high the banner of the Heavenly King in Shi Dakai's military camp to recruit defeated soldiers.

Hong Xiuquan's prestige among the Taiping Dao believers was extremely high, and with his prestige, he gathered an army of 1340,000 troops. In addition to Xiao Chaogui, who unfortunately died in battle, the rest of the generals such as Yang Xiuqing and Feng Yunshan also returned safely.

It's just that the Taiping army experienced a fiasco, morale was low, and Hong Xiuquan's own arrow wound worsened because he ran lifelessly, so he had no choice but to order the whole army to rest temporarily.

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In the temporary camp of the Taiping Army, although after more than ten days of recuperation, Hong Xiuquan's arrow wound has fully recovered. But at this moment, Hong Xiuquan was still bedridden, sighing from time to time, looking sluggish.

"Heavenly King, the last general Shi Dakai asks to see you!"

Shi Dakai's loud voice suddenly sounded outside the barracks. Hong Xiuquan quickly turned over and got up, and said with a little excitement: "King Ji, please come in!" ”

As soon as Shi Dakai stepped into Hong Xiuquan's barracks, Hong Xiuquan asked impatiently: "King Ji, how are the soldiers and horses practicing now?" Morale is worth it? ”

Before the defeat of Wuyan Mountain, Shi Dakai had advised Hong Xiuquan to be careful against the surprise attack of the Sui army. After this fiasco, Hong Xiuquan was very remorseful, and secretly thought that after listening to Shi Dakai's words at that time, how could there be such a fiasco? After that, he began to reuse Shi Dakai and handed over all the military training and drills to him.

Shi Dakai arched his hand and said: "Back to the Heavenly King, after more than ten days of rest and training, the last general has severely reprimanded a few cowards who confuse the public and cholera soldiers, and now the morale of the whole army can be used." ”

Hong Xiuquan was overjoyed when he heard this: "King Ji really lived up to my kindness. Okay, the order will go down, and the army will set off immediately and kill Longxi County. This time, I must be ashamed! ”

Shi Dakai hurriedly dissuaded: "The king of heaven is slow, can you listen to the last general's words first?" ”

Hong Xiuquan now trusts Shi Dakai extremely much, and immediately waved his hand and said, "King Ji, please speak!" ”

Shi Dakai said in a deep voice: "Heavenly King, our army has successively fought with the Yangzhou Assassin Wang Shouren stationed in Longxi City twice, both of which ended in a fiasco, which shows that this Wang Shouren is not simple. And according to the recent scout report, Yue Fei, the general of the Sui Dynasty, is leading an army of 50,000 to this side, and it will be there in a few days. If our army takes Longxi directly, it is very likely that there will be a situation where the Sui army will be attacked by the Sui army in two ways. ”

Hong Xiuquan immediately asked, "What does King Ji think we should do?" ”

Shi Dakai had actually already thought of a countermeasure and waited for Hong Xiuquan to ask, and immediately said: "Heavenly King, when the army first started, everyone thought that there were 300,000 troops in Heaven, and the main force of the Sui army was in the Central Plains. However, according to the current situation, after all, our Heavenly Kingdom army has not been formed long ago, and its combat power is far inferior to that of the Sui army. If you stick to the previous strategy, you will feel that the future of the kingdom of heaven is worrying! ”

Hong Xiuquan heard Shi Dakai's meaning a little, and asked out loud: "Isn't King Mo of Ji planning to give up Jiangnan and attack Jingzhou instead?" ”

Shi Da opened his head and said, "The Heavenly King is wise. Jiangdu is the capital of Yang Gao'er, if we take Jiangnan and coerce Jiangdu, Yang Gao'er will not die with us! Moreover, the last general heard that the Tang army is now attacking Jingzhou in three ways, and we can also contact the Tang army to deal with the Sui army together, and the Sui army will have a counterattack in the future. ”

Hong Xiuquan silently lowered his head and began to consider Shi Dakai's strategy, and suddenly said faintly for a long time: "But if you turn around and attack Jingxiang now, will the scholars think that our heavenly kingdom is afraid of Wang Shouren, and where is my prestige Hong Xiuquan?" ”

Shi Dakai smiled slightly: "Don't worry, the last general thinks that if Wang Shouren learns that our army is going north to attack Jingxiang, he will definitely not ignore it." ”

Hong Xiuquan couldn't help but interrupt Shi Da and said: "King Ji means that Wang Shouren will definitely lead the army to chase our army and prevent our army from going to Jingxiang." And we ambushed the thief just in time. ”

Shi Dakai shook his head, "Heavenly King, although Wang Shouren's fang is hateful, he is indeed a master of the art of war. The last general will definitely take the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and lead the army straight to Lingnan. ”

Hong Xiuquan suddenly understood, "According to King Ji's meaning, we should arrange an ambush in the direction of Lingnan?" ”

Shi Dakai nodded, "If the Heavenly King can trust the last general, the last general is willing to personally lead a group of soldiers and horses to arrange an ambush, and he will definitely take Wang Shouren's head for the Heavenly King." ”

Hong Xiuquan laughed and said: "If King Ji makes a move, it will definitely be successful." I believe that King Ji will be able to send the head of Wang Shouren, a thief, to me. ”

After Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai finished discussing, they immediately ordered the army to march and kill all the way to Jingxiang.

The scouts sent by Wang Shouren quickly passed this information back, Wang Shouren couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and quickly found Wang Zhonghei to discuss: "At present, the Tang army is invaded south by three routes, and the center of gravity of the imperial court is in Jingbei, Jingnan only has 30,000 horses from Mai Mengcai and Su Kuang, and the land in Jingnan is vast, I am afraid that 30,000 horses will not be able to defend it at all." ”