Hong Xiuquan is dead.

As soon as the news of the city breaking, Hong Xiuquan, who was in the Heavenly King's Palace in the inner city, knew that it was time for Zuihou.

Jiangning is divided into an outer city and an inner city, the so-called inner city, that is, the Forbidden City of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, is now the location of the Tianwang Palace. Although there are palace walls, they are not the same as the walls of the outer city, and it is impossible to resist the enemy with them.

So when Li Xiucheng and Xiao Youhe, the "Young West King", rushed to the Tianwang Palace with the remnants of the army and asked for a ride again, Hong Xiuquan had become very calm, sitting in front of the imperial case, with a delicate wine jug in front of him.

"Needless to say, I'm not leaving." The King of Heaven said very clearly, "Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother have summoned me to heaven, and I entrust the great cause of the Kingdom of Heaven to the crown prince." The crown prince is only sixteen years old, so I entrust the prince to you again. ”

The prince's real name is called Hong Tian Guifu, because the jade seal is engraved with the word "Allah", so the outside world uses false rumors to make mistakes, and simply calls him Hong Fuyu, which reads "Hong Futian".

The king of heaven entrusted Gu, and the matter was decided. Since Hong Xiuquan's mind is unbreakable, Li Xiucheng and others can only bring the crown prince Hong Fuyao, Shi Li withdraws, and Jihua, who executes the breakthrough, wants to keep this pulse for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

After more than 1,000 years of construction, Jinling is a very large city, not only a huge area, but also a mountain and a river. The Hunan army that entered the city could not cover everywhere, of course, the primary target was to put it on the Tianwang Palace. Soon, a piece of news spread in the city - the reverse chieftain Hong Xiuquan had committed suicide by poisoning himself in the palace.

As soon as Hong Xiuquan died, the goal of the Hunan army immediately turned to looting treasures. And Zeng Guoquan, who was originally supervising the war outside the city. daxiao three times. I threw myself on the bunk and slept soundly - I really hadn't closed my eyes for three days and three nights, and I was extremely tired.

The laxity of the Hunan army provided Li Xiucheng with a desperate opportunity. The nine gates of Jiangning are guarded by Hunan troops everywhere, but the mouth that exploded on the side of the Taiping Gate was not guarded by a formed army. This is Zeng Guoquan's carelessness, and it is also a blind spot in human psychology - this is where we attack. Will anyone still run out?

Who knows if there really is. Li Xiucheng prepared the official and military uniforms in advance, changed the clothes of the thousands of remnants under his command, hid in a secluded place until dark, rushed out from the mouth in one fell swoop, and took advantage of the cover of night to bypass Yuhuatai and rush south. Although the Hunan army found that this group of people had left the city, they couldn't even figure out who they were, let alone organize to intercept them, so they let go of the dozen princes and more than a thousand people.

Among the dozen princes. Hong Xiuquan's two brothers and one brother are among them, and Hong Xiuquan died. The crown prince Hong Fuyao is already the identity of the "young king" and has become the "lord of a country". Li Xiucheng's plan is to go south to Jiangxi, meet Li Shixian, who is waiting at the border of Jiangxi, and then try to achieve great things.

This plan is feasible, because although there are many Hunan troops, they are all gathered near Jiangning City, either planning to grab merit or money, and the large area on the periphery is left unattended, but it is blank.

Sure enough, along the way, they did not encounter the slightest interception, and it went smoothly, but once they got out of danger, Hong Xiuquan's brothers began to revert to their old ways and point fingers.

"Godwang" Hong Renxuan is okay, although this scholar who returned from Hong Kong, although he has been ruling for Prime Minister Hong Xiuquan, but after all, he knows that this time he escaped from danger, relying on Li Xiucheng, so he kept silent and listened to the assignment of King Zhong. But his two fat-headed and big-eared brothers, Hong Renfa and Hong Renda, were not so easy to serve, one would complain that the horses sitting down were not good and that they were not running steadily, and the other they would shout tired and hungry, and asked to stop and rest for a while, so that Li Xiucheng could find something to eat for them.

But how can it be stopped? The surrounding soldiers were all angry and silent, only Li Xiucheng still allowed them.

Whether it's humility or weakness, in short, this is a weakness in Li Xiucheng's character. After witnessing the tragic situation of blood in the Tianjing Incident, Li Xiucheng was always cautious in front of his own people, for fear of performing another scene of rebellion and hatred. When he was in Suzhou, he would rather leave the city than meet Gao Yongkuan and others, and now in the face of the brother of the Heavenly King, the King of Faith and the King of Yong, who have always been domineering, how can they quarrel with them?

So he simply let the chrysanthemum green he sat on and let Hong Renda ride it, so that he would stop being verbose. just walked forward, and finally in Fangshan, he crashed headlong into the net of the Xuan army.

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Since receiving Guan Zhuofan's orders, Ding Shijie, Daniel Zhang and Yixan have been doubly careful and determined to guard this "Huarong Road" for the boss.

In fact, there is more than one way. Heading south through Fangshan, there is a large road, a small road, and two mountain roads. The three of them discussed several times, and decided to defend the front with the soldiers of the Kezi regiment, guard the two wings with horses, and arrange the left side of Fangshan for nearly twenty miles, which is impermeable. At the same time, he used the ranger as a sentry and went out, cruising and searching within ten miles in front of Fang Mountain.

Sure enough, not long after the news of Jiangning's destruction of the city came, the sentry cavalry discovered this team of more than 1,000 people. Although it is impossible to see completely in the night, there is no doubt that the army looks defeated. Since the official army won a great victory in Jiangning, how could there be such a defeated army and rush out?

The news was reported back to Fang Shan, and Ding Shijie immediately judged that it was a long hair. So he ordered Ixan to stop fighting, and Daniel Zhang's horse team quietly detoured from both wings, and by the time Li Xiucheng realized that something was wrong and wanted to order a turn of direction, he was already under siege and too late.

The team that escaped from Tianjing City, although most of them were dead soldiers under Li Xiucheng, but after days of hard fighting and dozens of miles, they were already exhausted, and among the ten percent of the combat strength, only one or two percent were left, and there were many nobles and dependents of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, where was the opponent of the main force of the Xuan Army? When a gunshot rang out and the ambush was in all directions, it was difficult to put up a strong resistance, and when the horses on the side and behind rushed over, they immediately broke up.

Who knew that the collapse would collapse, but it would not be able to disperse - the two-layer encirclement of the Xuan army was dense and dense, and thousands of torches were lit. Illuminate the surroundings. I want to escape. It's hard. After the battle was fought and the results were counted, the "Young Heavenly King" Hong Fuyao, the "Dry King" Hong Renxuan, the "Brave King" Hong Renda, and the "King of Letters" Hong Renfa were captured, the "King of Zhang" Lin Shaozhang was killed, the "King of Blocking" Huang Wenjin was killed, the "Young King of the West" Xiao Youhe committed suicide, and the rest of the people were killed more than 400 people. Nearly a thousand were captured.

The most important "loyal king" Li Xiucheng was shot in the left leg, rolled off his horse and fell into the grass, and was finally searched out by the Bu Yong of the Kezi group.

Such results made Ding Shijie, Daniel Zhang and Yixan almost unbelievable. They looked at each other, not knowing whether they wanted to cry or laugh, and they were stunned for a while, or Ixan remembered it first.

"This has to be reported to the boss!"

"That's right! Right! Ding Shijie woke up like a dream and hurriedly wrote a war report. Asked Daniel Zhang for a sentry cavalry to escort the material officer. Gallop away.

Although Guan Zhuofan has not yet asked about these situations, he can also guess eight or nine. When it is done, I am extremely relieved in my heart, but there is another thing, which I have been haunting for many years since I read history, and I have to do it today.

"Li Xiucheng," he pulled a chair sent by Daniel Zhang and sat down opposite Li Xiucheng, and said gently, "I admire you for the overall situation for Hong Xiuquan with the strength of one person, and single-handedly resisting the officials and troops for so many years." ”

Since Guan Zhuofan signed up, Li Xiucheng, who closed his eyes tightly, was surprised, and his eyelids twitched slightly. He has repeatedly failed in the hands of this Qing Demon, and now even people have fallen into his hands, where did he think that he would say such a sentence?

Guan Zhuofan's words are true.

In the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, Li Xiucheng was the only person he admired - loyal to his superiors, generous to his friends, gracious and disciplined to his subordinates, and resourceful in battle, neither like Hong Xiuquan who was a god stick, nor like Yang Xiuqing's tyranny, for the "Sufu Province" that was laid, he controlled and enlightened him, recuperated with the people, and made the economy of Sufu Province even stronger than when he was under the rule of the imperial court. Therefore, Li Xiucheng can really be regarded as a hero.

"I also know that although Hong Xiuquan named you the loyal king, he never really trusted you, and his two bastard brothers were rampant and domineering in Jiangning City, pointing fingers and feet, and they had to restrain you in everything. Therefore, although you are defeated today, it is not the fault of the war, and I know your grievances. ”

Li Xiucheng, who was silent with his eyes closed, finally opened his eyes, looked at them, and then closed his eyes again.

"Today, I'll breathe a sigh for you." After saying this, he raised his face and shouted, "Come on! ”

"Huh!" The pro-soldiers around him screamed violently.

"Bring Hong Renda and Hong Renfa in for me."

Leaning slightly, four pro-soldiers came in with the two "princes", put them on the ground, and shouted: "This is Guan Dashuai, kowtow!" ”

These two, who turned out to be honest villagers, have entered Tianjing as the king's brother, not only have no credit, but they have been crowned kings with white bodies, enjoying all the glory and wealth, and gradually emptying their eyes, recruiting power and accepting bribes, selling official positions, and even pointing out military affairs in a grand manner - with their pitiful knowledge, where does this start? A person like Li Xiucheng who really fights a war can only dare to be angry but dare not speak. Every time Guan Zhuofan reads history here, he can't help but shoot the case, and he can't wait to kill these two pig-like guys with a knife.

Now's your chance.

The two of them knelt on the ground, their fat bodies trembling, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and they had no backbone. Guan Zhuofan didn't pay attention to it, and shouted in a long voice: "Tulin-"

"In!"

"Slap my mouth—"

"Huh!" Tu Linxin said, this is fresh, I don't know if our lord Weishenme can't get along with these two princes. He asked the law enforcement soldiers for a "leather slap", put it on his hand, and asked with great interest: "Please show the master, how much will you fight?" ”

Guan Zhuofan stretched out a hand and spread his five fingers.

"Five hits?"

"Five-ten!" Guan Zhuofan shouted, "Fifty each!" ”

"Huh!"

With a crackling slap and a slap down, Hong Renda and Hong Renfa had two fat faces, they were beaten high and swollen, their mouths were full of blood, and even several teeth fell out, and then they were dragged out by their own soldiers.

Li Xiucheng still didn't speak, but his pale face was flushed, and his chest rose and fell, showing that his heart was extremely agitated.

Guan Zhuofan could guess what Li Xiucheng was thinking - this person may not rather die than surrender, if he is a Han man, he will probably be able to persuade him. And if you take him as a call and subdue the hundreds of thousands of remnants of the Hong army in the north and south of the river with one hand, it will not be difficult!

It's a pity that he is a "full man", a pure demon with red roots.

"Li Xiucheng, I'm leaving." He stood up, with mixed feelings in his heart, "Say goodbye today, there will be no time in the future, take care of yourself." ”

Walked out of the tent and took a deep breath. He said that he wanted to be angry for Li Xiucheng, but in fact, he also wanted to vent for himself, and he couldn't imagine that he could understand such a hatred in his heart when he crossed this matter, which was fast!

When he came to the Chinese military tent, before he could sit down, Daniel Zhang couldn't wait to offer the treasure.

"Look, boss!" Daniel Zhang's hands trembled, holding two things, "The long-haired jade seal and the copper seal!" ”

Guan Zhuofan glanced at it, nodded silently, and only spoke after a while.

"That Hong Fuyao, I won't look at it, I'll go back to the camp early tomorrow morning. All the prisoners here must be locked up for three days and not allowed to be interrogated! He commanded something that he could never think of again, "And then send it to Zeng Jiushuai's camp together with this jade seal and bronze seal." ”

Anyway, regardless of the stunned appearance of the three of them, they sat on Ding Shijie's military bunk, lay down, pulled the blanket and covered their heads.

"I'm very tired, I'll sleep here at Shijie, don't come and quarrel with me if you have nothing to do."

*(To be continued......)