As soon as the sky was bright, the sun only showed half of its head in the sky, and the magnificent morning glow was suspended in the sky like silk.

Yang Xiaoshan led more than 20 guards to the direction of Jintian day and night, to report the good news of their occupation of Yong'an to Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing and others.

Along the way, there are many mountain roads, and they have to get off the horse to save horsepower in one or two hours, and the road is particularly hard, but Yang Xiaoshan and others are very relaxed, because Yong'an has beaten down, the Taiping army has a place to stay, and the strategic goal of this time has been achieved.

On the other side of the mountain road came a team of three or four hundred people, this team was a little strange, the clothes were all in the style of the Taiping Army, but there was no banner of the Taiping Army. You must know that on weekdays, the five members of the Taiping Army have a flag, and when they fight, the military flag is all over the mountains, which is the characteristic of the Taiping Army. But the team in front of me didn't have a single flag, which was very strange.

Yang Xiaoshan looked at this team curiously, and the leader of that team was also a little strange about the appearance of their Taiping army here.

The leader of this team is the Jiao brothers, the eldest Jiao Liang, also called Jiao Da, and the second Jiao Hong, who turned out to be the small leader of the Hunan Tiandi Huixiangtang, and led the remaining brothers to flee to Guangxi after the failure of the Hunan uprising. Jiao Da was originally born in Xiucai, his mind was more delicate, and his ambition was relatively large, so he did not choose to join the Taiping Army after coming to Jintian, but got along with the Taiping Army as a righteous army under the banner of watching and helping each other. It's not been half a month, and when I saw the defeat of the Taiping Army in Xinwei, I felt that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had no future, so I led the troops away.

"You're the Taipings?" Yang Xiaoshan stepped forward and asked.

"Not anymore." Jiao Da looked Yang Xiaoshan up and down, his team had been arranged near Shi Dakai, and he didn't know Yang Xiaoshan from the former army. Seeing that he was young, Jiao Da didn't take him seriously, and said casually: "Do you know Xinwei?" The Taiping army was defeated, and now Jintian is in danger, and I think it will be captured by the Qing army in a few days. ”

Yang Xiaoshan was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't expect the situation to become so precipitous. But then he felt that the other party's tone was a little unfriendly, and he seemed to have a feeling of schadenfreude, and said unhappily: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, we have won a lot of battles before, so why not lose once?" ”

"This time is different, the Qing soldiers are pressing, the Taiping army is at a loss, I'm afraid it will be wiped out in a few days. Brother, you are the rout of Xinwei, join us, let's find another way out to fight the world. Jiao Da regarded Yang Xiaoshan and the others as a rout, and wanted to win them over. Yang Xiaoshan and the others were in the dust along the way, and they did look a little embarrassed at the moment, very much like a defeated army.

"You 。。。。。。" The guards around Yang Xiaoshan were a little breathless and wanted to refute Jiao Da.

Yang Xiaoshan stopped him, originally he wanted to tell Yong'an about it. But he had a bad impression of this Jiao Da, and he didn't want to deal with him, thinking that it was a good thing for the Taiping Army that he was gone, and it was the right thing for him to go to Jintian as soon as possible.

At this moment, Shi Dakai chased after him from behind with a team.

Jiao Da saw that Shi Dakai was a little weak-hearted, but he pretended to be full of energy, "Lord Shi, I also greeted you before." My brothers and I will never go to the Qing Demon, we want to go out and go on another road, where is not the Qing Demon? You don't want to keep us anymore. ”

Shi Dakai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again, "Jiao Da, Jiao Er, I didn't want you to go back this time, I came here to see you off." ”

Jiao Da was a little stunned, and looked at Shi Dakai in disbelief.

"This is the warrant of Sect Master Hong. With this warrant you can leave this place safely, and no one will trouble you. There was no trace of anger on Shi Dakai's face, and he gently handed the warrant into Jiao Da's hand.

Jiao Er was not as snobbish as his eldest brother, and he originally did not agree to leave the Taiping Army, feeling that it was very unrighteous. But he couldn't resist Jiao Da, their father and mother died early, and the eldest brother was the father, so he had to follow his eldest brother. He said to Shi Dakai with a guilty face: "It's us who are sorry for Sect Master Hong, it's us who are wrong。。。。。。 ”

Shi Dakai didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then interrupted him and said, "Don't say that, Sect Leader Hong said that our righteous army should watch and help each other, and the Qing Demon is our common enemy, so he asked me to send you with a warrant." We are all friends, and there will always be a day when we will meet in victory. ”

Jiao Er wanted to say something, but Jiao Da grabbed him and quietly pinched his arm, meaning that he should stop talking.

Jiao Da didn't thank him, after he took the warrant, he said goodbye to Shi Dakai in a very formal way, and walked along the mountain road after saying some scenes.

"Big brother, what we are doing is not authentic. The Taiping Army is in trouble, so let's just leave? Jiao Er couldn't help it on the road and complained.

"Not leaving? Do you want to accompany them to death? Don't be deceived by their little favor and small favor, I have seen Hong Xiuquan, this God worship religion is nothing more than the White Lotus Sect in foreign clothes, the essence is no different, it is not new at all. Your eldest brother and I have not been idle in the past ten days with them. I have also learned a lot of their tricks, and when we leave here, we will also play the banner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. I've thought about it, I'm going to change my name to Hong Daquan, it's his brother Hong Xiuquan, and use their reputation to bring out our own people. Jiao Da really has a lot of ambitions, and he actually wants to use the signboard of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to recruit troops, expand his team, and become a fake Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"Big brother, aren't you afraid that the Taiping Army will trouble us?" Jiao Er was taken aback, as if frightened by his eldest brother's ambitions.

"What's the trouble? I think they're going to die this time. That's fine, they're all finished, and we're the heirs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so it's just right to change our name. Jiao Da laughed, he seemed to see that his future was bright, and the more he felt that it was an extremely wise decision to leave the Taiping Army in time.

"Hey。。。。。。。" Jiao Er has always listened to his eldest brother, but at this time he still felt that what his eldest brother did was wrong.

"What are you sighing for? You are too young, don't look at Hong Xiuquan to take care of us, but that Yang Xiuqing is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he has always been ready to eat our team, we have to leave sooner or later if we want to keep the team. Besides, that Hong Xiuquan is just a child, he can be the emperor, why can't I be a showman? What kind of heavenly father and brother, these deceiving rural villagers are okay, I will eat his set? The more Jiao Da spoke, the more energetic he became, and he began to dream of being an emperor after he said it.

Jiao Er didn't answer, he knew that his eldest brother had always been pretentious, and his heart was higher than the sky. It's useless to say anything at the moment, let's persuade him later, that's the only way.