Xiang Meiying and Liu Chang went together for a dry period, but she was young and playful, and even pulled Zhu Jiumei, the harem supervisor next to Liu Chang, in.

Liu Chang also glanced at her small waist, but admonished: "Of course you have to come over, but let's get down to business first, now that we have negotiated with the British, we can dig the foot of the French wall, and also, the matter of Zhenjiang and Tianjing, you also urge the ninth sister to step up." ”

Zhenjiang.

Although the Qing army has been greatly defeated in the last few battles, they still maintain a considerable strength in the vicinity of Zhenjiang City, and this heroic city is still surrounded by Qing troops.

From 1853 onwards, the city was under a long siege by the Qing army, and their defender Wu Ruxiao and Luo Xuan, who had previously been in charge of Zhenjiang, had amazing endurance and courage, and led thousands of Taiping troops to hold out under the long siege of the Qing army.

This year's Zhenjiang battle situation has been tortuous, first Zhenjiang City is in an extreme crisis, the military rations are exhausted, and then Shi Daji returned from Jiangxi to help, and relieved the siege of Zhenjiang with a thunderous momentum, and now the war situation has developed to a new stage.

In this case, Wu Ruxiao, the Zhenjiang guard, had to consider the way out of the thousands of Taiping troops in Zhenjiang City: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the siege of Zhenjiang has been resolved, the life and death of thousands of our brothers in Zhenjiang have to be put on the agenda, and someone has been sent from the south to contact them. ”

It is no longer news that Wu Ruxiao has contact with the Hongjun, and the Taiping Army officers present all know it, and now someone has stood up: "Brother Wu, what you said is very good, what you say is very good, now is the time to find a way out for our thousands of brothers, and if we don't find a way, our thousands of brothers will all be buried." ”

The person who said this sentence was an old brother in Guangxi, Li Shixian, a well-known war general in the city, and he said directly: "We can't get closer to Tianjing, going to Tianjing is a dead end to put it bluntly." ”

"What a dead end." There are already old brothers in Guangxi who are loyal to Hong Xiuquan who stand up: "Li Shixian, you have to have a conscience when you say this, what point is the king of heaven sorry for you and Li Xiucheng, saying that you don't think about yourself, but also think about Li Xiuquan."

Li Shixian and Li Xiucheng are cousins, after the Tianjing rebellion and the expedition of the wing king, the civil and military of the heavenly kingdom elected Li Xiucheng, Chen Yucheng and Meng Deen to preside over the government, and now Li Xiucheng has returned to Beijing, and Li Shixian is responsible for guarding Zhenjiang, but the Taiguo Heavenly Kingdom is a typical clan society, and what Li Shixian did in Zhenjiang will naturally affect Li Xiucheng in Tianjing.

It's just that Li Shixian didn't believe Hong Xiuquan very much, he sneered: "Let's stay in Zhenjiang, and Tianjing can send reinforcements?" If we go down like this, when the military rations are finished and the morale of the soldiers is exhausted, our team will be finished, and we will have thousands of lives in our hands."

His meaning was similar to Wu Ruxiao's meaning, so Wu Ruxiao also replied: "Although Brother Shixian said too impulsively, but where do we thousands of people go, we have to make a charter, Brother Luo, I know that you are loyal to the King of Heaven and a really good person." ”

The Heavenly General, who was called Brother Luo, could only smile bitterly, but said: "If there is no Heavenly King, how can you come to this Zhenjiang Flower World from the poor ravine of Guangxi, everyone ......"

"Without the king of the east, how could we have come from Guangxi here." At this time, someone had already interjected and said: "Now that the king of heaven kills the heavenly father, the country can't get through, let's not think about ourselves, but also for our own families." ”

"But our family is still in Tianjing!" Someone else said: "If we vote for the Qing demon, I'm afraid that the dependents will be inevitable"...,

"Don't be afraid." Li Shixian is now discharged: "We just voted for the Qing Demon, Hong Xiuquan may not dare to take our family, isn't the lesson of Tianjing chaos enough for him?" What's more, we may not be a demon. ”

"Red thief?"

"Is it His Royal Highness King Yan?"

"But what's the name?"

Everyone immediately concerned about this problem, everyone has both fear and closeness to the Yan King and the Hong Army, at least more acceptable than the Qing army fighting to the death, until now, the Taiping army has not had a precedent for the whole city to surrender to the Qing army, and everyone does not want this precedent to open from their own side.

And Brother Luo, who has always been loyal to the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, wiped his tears and said: "Everyone is brought out by the Heavenly King, the pillars of the Heavenly Kingdom, not as follows..."

"These words can't be exchanged for military food and aid boats" Li Shixian, who was the vanguard of the Hong Army, said loudly: "Guan Jian is to solve the problem of the survival of thousands of our brothers."

As soon as he said this, everyone agreed, and this big brother Luo immediately said: "Presumably, the king of heaven also wants us to do our best in Zhenjiang!" ”

And now Wu Ruxiao has to stand up: "The king of heaven is doing his best, but what is he doing with all his might, do you know??" ”

The Heavenly Family shook their heads, the Heavenly King has lived in a simple place all these years, and everyone has not seen this spiritual leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for several years, and Wu Ruxiao took advantage of the situation to make a fire: "What is the new edict of the Heavenly King?" didn't give us a grain of rice or a penny for Zhenjiang, let alone any reinforcements,"

Everyone knows that this is a fact, but then Wu Ruxiao continued: "The meaning of the King of Heaven is to change the name of the country next, from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother Heavenly King Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

Even the most fanatical believers of the Worship of God Sect knew that what Hong Zhiquan had done was completely useless, not to mention that after the Northern Expedition, the failure of the conquest of Hunan and the Tianjing Incident, the religious fervor in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had disappeared, and everyone was more concerned about reality.

Just as Wu Ruxiao was about to continue speaking, someone from there came an urgent report: "Report to your lords, the big thing is not good, there are several steam iron steamers outside Zhenjiang, with red flags on them, claiming to be the Yanwang Sailor, and I will be released as soon as possible, otherwise we will shell Fucheng!" ”

When Wu Ruxiao heard the news, he was surprised and delighted, and he asked, "Is it really the Rainbow Army Sailor?" Which general was the leader? ”

"The leader is Zhang Sigui, the commander of the Hongjun Naval Division, and the ship is full of guns, and it is said that the people of Shanghai have reached an agreement with them, so their steam clipper ship sailed directly into the Huangpu River, heading straight for Zhenjiang and Nanjing,"

"Is it really a steamer?" Luo Jikun, who was loyal to the kingdom of heaven, finally asked: "I want to see it with my own eyes!" ”

Just a few minutes later, he saw a desperate scene on the city wall of Zhenjiang Yan, four steamships aimed at Zhenjiang City with black pressed muzzles, although I don't know what caliber of artillery they used, but according to the military common sense he knew, this was indeed the top Western artillery, enough to suppress all the artillery on the city wall.

They had previously had an artillery battle with the warships of the British and French armies, and the power of the other party's artillery fire made their side desperate, but more importantly, the meaning behind the four warships reaching Zhenjiang.

That meant that the foreigners supported the Yan army and his army, so he lowered his head, but said his advice to Wu Ruxiao: "Since the Heavenly King has such an edict, it is normal for us to refuse his chaotic life,"

Zhenjiang can change flags! …,

The four warships of the Hong Army only rested in Zhenjiang for a while, and then began to sail towards Tianjing.

"We and other Zhenjiang soldiers, will never be ordered by chaos, change the demon banner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother, Heavenly King, and now Zhenjiang Wu Ruxiao has 3,700 soldiers, and I am willing to fight together with His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Liu Chang nodded happily: "Zhenjiang is solved, then the initiative of the entire Jiangnan is in our hands, and we will prepare for a big operation next!" ”

Zhu Jiumei, who was on the other side, continued: "In addition to the Zhenjiang Taiping Army, our Hongjun Navy Division crisscrossed the Yangtze River, broke through the Qing Army's 31 red single boats, and went all the way to the outside of Tianjing City, giving a huge shock to the entire Tianjing garrison."

This time Zhang Sigui almost decided to bombard Tianjing, you must know that he was almost invincible in the Yangtze River before, and encountered dozens of large warships such as the Qing army's red single boat, but under the suppression of steam warships and Western artillery, these old-style Chinese sailing ships were almost vulnerable, so he had a lot of confidence.

It's just that he had to consider the results of the shelling, although he had four steam warships in his hands, but they were all converted from merchant ships or self-made steam warships, and the land combat forces carried were only the size of a reinforced company, and after the shelling, he was not allowed to take the entire city of Nanjing, so he decided to send a telegram to the Yi Banner of Zhenjiang in this Tianjing Jiancheng, and asked the dependents of the defenders of Zhenjiang to protect Tianhu.

Under the pressure of the gunboats, the defenders of Tianjing Castle succumbed and they had to give in, but the ensuing land offensive was a mortal threat.

"Your Highness," Yu Cun asked Liu Chang for battle: "This Zhenjiang change of banner is the best time for our army to take over the entire Jiangnan, our third division has recovered its vitality, and the mobile strength is as many as three infantry regiments, plus Wu Ruxiao's department of Zhenjiang Yizhi, it is enough to take Jiangnan,"

"That's right, it's all taken from Jiangnan," it's just that Liu Chang's taste is not ordinary, he said: "But it's not just half of Jiangsu Province, but it should be all taken from Jiangsu and Anhui,"

Yu Cun had already thought of the results of Liu Chang's combat action, and he even found out that after such an action, the Hong Army would control the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and he just said: "Don't want the sign of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" ”

Liu Chang said with a smile: "Our Hongjun is everywhere, naturally there should be no grass, how can we tolerate such weeds as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom,"

He said very imposingly: "Now that we have taken the whole province of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and then take the entire Su and Anhui, it can be said that the Qing Demon has uprooted these weeds in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" ”。 Bring the cutest, purest and most loving little Yi @ cold and cold丨