Taqib was eliminated, and the Taiping army took Tianjia Town. Yang Xiaoshan was worried, and in the face of the overwhelming Zeng Guofan, he had to go all out to deal with it. But now that the gateway to Hubei has been opened, not attacking is as uncomfortable as not eating meat in your mouth. After thinking about it, he made an arrangement for both.

"Wei Jun, this time I sent you to attack Wuchang, are you willing?" In the battle of Tianjiazhen, Wei Jun was impressive, and his initiative broke through the psychological defense line of the Qing army, causing the destruction of Taqib. Yang Xiaoshan has always treated him as a child, but in fact, Wei Jun is sixteen or seventeen years old, and he already has his own ideas.

"Dashuai, don't worry, your subordinates are willing to go." Wei Jun saw that Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng and others were eating meat in the front, and he had been doing logistics in the back, and at this time he also wanted to take charge of himself and contribute to the Heavenly Kingdom.

"Qin Rigang, this time I have to trouble you and Wei Jun to go together, you are one south and one north, covering each other. Your target is Yuezhou in Hunan, so that both sides of the Yangtze River will belong to our heavenly kingdom. "Yang Xiaoshan sent Qin Rigang, although he is a little simple-minded, but his ability to abuse vegetables is still very strong, and now that Hunan is empty, it is just right to send him to recover the lost territory.

"Order, give it to me Lao Qin." Qin Rigang also happily accepted it.

"Yang Fuqing, the previous King of Yu was defeated and lost many generals. Our kingdom of heaven is the time to employ people, and I hope you will come forward, gather those defeated soldiers, and station here in Tianjia Town, and it will be a great achievement to defend this place. Yang Xiaoshan felt that by promoting Yang Fuqing, he did not cause trouble for himself as a prisoner, and he was still very oriented towards himself. Seeing that he is very organized and a reliable person, Yang Xiaoshan is still very relieved to give him the task of defending the important stronghold of Tianjia Town.

"Order, thank you very much." Yang Fuqing was very excited, Yang Xiaoshan gave himself actual military power, with military power, there is a chance to make meritorious contributions, there is the possibility of going up, it is much more promising than being a supervising army, so that he can also stand out among the many brothers of Dongwang.

With everything ready, two letters from Tianjing aroused Yang Xiaoshan's thoughts.

The first letter was written by his wife Su Qiaomei, one was to ask for her safety, and the other was to say that Hong Xuanjiao, the mother of the West Wang, gave birth to a boy, and she had recognized this godson, so that Xiaoshan would also recognize him as her godfather.

"Godfather? I'm his own father! Yang Xiaoshan silently smiled bitterly in his heart. He understood Hong Xuanjiao's intentions, she was afraid that her son would be bullied in the future if he didn't have a father. "Godfather, godfather, Qiaomei has never had children, it's good to have a godson."

The other was a military bulletin, which said that the Northern Expeditionary Army had crossed the Yellow River and headed straight for Beijing, and had now reached the vicinity of Tianjin. This is a letter of encouragement to boost the morale of the whole army, but Yang Xiaoshan knows that it is not so easy behind it, the Northern Expeditionary Army must be very difficult, and he is trapped by the war and can't get out, otherwise he will definitely find an opportunity to support them.

As Yang Xiaoshan thought, the further north the Northern Expeditionary Army fought, the more difficult it became. At the beginning of the Henan area of Anhui, there were also peasant rebel armies in Huaibei and the Twist Army in solidarity with each other. After crossing the Yellow River and entering Zhili from Shanxi through Henan, it was already a lone army.

The control ability of the Qing court in the Zhili area was significantly stronger than that in the south, and the Qing army was strong and clear, making it difficult for the Taiping army to obtain subsidies such as food and ordnance. The people here were brainwashed by the Qing court before the Taiping army arrived, demonizing the Taiping army, saying that they were human flesh-eating demons, which made it very difficult for the Taiping army to recruit troops here, and there were also language communication barriers, and the northerners could not understand their Guangxi accent, which caused many misunderstandings. A high-ranking general in Pingyang was mistakenly killed by the people, and the Taiping army has always had revenge, and when they retaliated, they also killed many people by mistake, which led to more distrust.

But that's not all the most difficult, it's winter, and the climate in the north is much colder than in the south. Most of the Taiping troops were old brothers in Guangxi, and they were completely unaccustomed to the cold of the north. The cold wind raged on the land of North China, and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army could not get sufficient supplies, they were single-clothed in straw sandals, shivering all over, and their hands and feet were frostbitten. Many veterans of a hundred battles did not fall on the battlefield, but lost to the cold.

But that's it, the news that the Northern Expeditionary Army had reached the vicinity of Tianjin greatly shocked the Qing court.

Some close ministers have begun to encourage Emperor Xianfeng to hunt in the north, and other imperial relatives and court officials dare not leave, but they privately send their wives and children out of Beijing in the name of provincial relatives.

Emperor Xianfeng tried his best to control the news that the Taiping army was about to fight, but the more he controlled it, the rumors outside spread. It was as if the city had exploded inside and outside Beijing, and the streets and alleys were discussing the imminent arrival of the Taiping Army in Beijing, and the people's hearts were already unstable and the situation was chaotic.

Some of the larger shops have already closed, and some officials from other places are also looking for various reasons to leave the capital, and the rich and noble families are taking precautions, for fear that the Taiping army will take their lives when they enter Beijing.

Gradually, the rumors spread more and more, and gradually turned into rumors. There were groups of people in the teahouse, talking about the news that came from nowhere. Some people say that they have seen people with long hair in Langfang, all of whom are nine feet tall and have big shoulders and round waists, some people say that the spies of the Taiping Army have entered Beijing, and they are inquiring about the reality of the rich and noble families of the official eunuchs, and some people say that they have seen the Taiping Army's inscriptions on the imperial wall and want to kill all the people. In short, there are all kinds of strange words, and they all seem to be very credible, and the old women and children in the capital are frightened, and there is a feeling that the wind and rain are coming.

Emperor Xianfeng was even more restless, the Qing Dynasty had been founded for so many years, and no rebel army had been able to fight near the capital from other places, Xianfeng was ashamed and annoyed. I am ashamed that I have been working hard, but the more and more bandits are suppressed, I can actually hit near the capital, and I am annoyed that none of my subordinates are useful and can share their worries.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me, what should I do now?" The emperor summoned the Minister of War and Aircraft to discuss how to solve the current dilemma.

"Now it's time for winter hunting, and the minister suggests that Your Majesty can go to the Chengde Mulan Enclosure." Prince Zheng proposed.

"The minister objected, the Son of Heaven is not in the capital, so how can the defenders of the capital have the confidence to resist the bandits? The minister suggested calling on the governors of all parts of the country to go north to the king of Qin. Prince Yi retorted.

"Su Shun, what do you think?" Xianfeng was not satisfied with either suggestion and wanted to hear Su Shun's suggestion.

"Whether it is Beijia or King Qin, the shock to the world is too great, and the minister thinks that it has not yet reached this time. The minister heard that the horse team of the king of Heilongjiang monk Lingqin County has entered the customs, and it will soon be able to catch up with the bandits, and it will not be too late for us to make a decision depending on the situation. Su Shun replied.

"Just according to what Aiqing said, I hope the monk king can succeed immediately." Xianfeng put his last hope on Monk Lingqin. 21010