After resting in Wuchang for more than a month, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was finally ready to march to Nanjing, and this time was a time when the number of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was greatly expanded. Most of the residents of Wuchang City joined the Taiping Army, and the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reached an unprecedented number of more than 500,000 people and more than 100,000 soldiers.

Yang Xiaoshan's front army also expanded to more than 50,000 people. When the army set off, the entire Yangtze River was almost filled, and tens of thousands of sailing ships were flying flags all over the world. The army came out in a row, with a sea of swords and guns, and the momentum was quite majestic.

Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang marched along the north bank of the Yangtze River, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng marched along the south bank, and Yang Xiaoshan and Luo Xuan marched along the waterway in the middle. The land and water routes went hand in hand, sweeping the entire Yangtze River with lightning speed.

It was the second day of the Lunar New Year when they set off, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had its own calendar, but on the Manchu Festival, they abandoned Wuchang and marched to Nanjing with all their might.

On the fifth day of the march, Lin and Li conquered Xishui County.

On the seventh day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan led the sailors to conquer Huangshi Port. The Qing army in Xiachaohu was annihilated, the general of Huangshi Port was killed in the battle of Shou, and the chief soldier of Shouchun Town committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

On the tenth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan occupied Jiujiang. Jiangxi Governor Zhang Fu fled in despair.

On the twelfth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan occupied Hukou.

On the thirteenth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan's army entered Anhui.

On the sixteenth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan captured Anqing, the capital of Anhui Province, which was the second provincial capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it took only one day to take it from the attack, so quickly showed that the Qing army's defense in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River had reached the moment of complete collapse. Jiang Wenqing, the governor of Anhui, was killed.

On the twentieth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan conquered Tongling, Anhui.

On the twenty-fourth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan attacked Wuhu, Anhui Province, and killed Chen Shengyuan, the chief soldier of Fushan Town.

On the twenty-sixth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan captured Dangtu County and He County in Anhui.

On the twenty-eighth day of the march, Yang Xiaoshan's army finally reached the city of Nanjing, and camped in the area of Shanqiao in the southwest, preparing to attack Nanjing, a small paradise in the kingdom of heaven.

In this more than 1,000-mile waterway, Yang Xiaoshan's team faced the Qing army that had no power to fight back, and the momentum was thunderous, and the battle situation was as simple as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, who was pinned on by Xianfeng, was powerless to resist, retreated again and again, and fled all the way. However, at this time, he could no longer escape, and the city of Nanjing, where he had settled, had been surrounded by the Taiping army.

The other two Lord Qincha, Xiang Rong was afraid of Shi Dakai's military might and did not dare to advance. While tailgating, he urged other reinforcements to come and join him.

Although Qi Shan of Henan also led his troops to Anhui, he was cautious, for fear of falling into the strategy of the Taiping army, and with the mentality of not seeking merit but seeking innocence, he always kept a fairly safe distance from the Taiping army and watched the Taiping army arrive in Nanjing.

The city of Nanjing was already an isolated city, without any support. Yang Xiaoshan looked at the majestic city of Nanjing, full of pride, and vowed to lay this future capital for the kingdom of heaven.

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After Yang Xiaoshan set off, there was a small episode, and the crisis reached Xiaoshan, which he never expected.

Since his brother Cheng Xuetian was killed by Yang Xiuqing in Zuixianlou, Cheng Xueqi vowed revenge. He changed his name to Cheng Qi and blended into the Taiping Army. Because he participated alone and had an Anhui accent, no one suspected that he was related to Cheng Xuetian.

Cheng Xueqi relied on his ability to read and write, and became a small clerk under Yang Xiuqing, although his official position was not high, but he got the opportunity to get close to Yang Xiuqing.

During this time, Cheng Xueqi couldn't find a chance to kill the East King at all. Dongwang is cautious and suspicious, and his mind is very thoughtful, and many times Cheng Xueqi almost showed his feet, so he gave up the assassination plan and planned to kill people with a knife.

The East King is very powerful, and although the King of Heaven is nominally the leader, he doesn't care about anything, and the military and political power is in the hands of the East King. Cheng Xueqi couldn't find anyone who could bring him down even if he wanted to break his head, but there was a person who was favored by Cheng Xueqi, and he might have a little chance, and this person was Yang Xiaoshan.

Although Dongwang and Yang Xiaoshan are father and son, they are not biological after all. Yang Xiaoshan's military achievements are getting heavier and heavier, and he is suspected of being the master of high merit, if he can provoke the contradictions between the two of them, they will kill each other. Even if Yang Xiaoshan can't destroy the East King, the East King's strength will be greatly damaged, this is a perfect and best of both worlds.

So Cheng Xueqi's eyes were fixed on Yang Xiaoshan, but he didn't dare to approach Xiaoshan. Hearing that this person has the ability to reach the sky, and looking at his face, Cheng Xueqi felt that he really couldn't judge Yang Xiaoshan's thoughts. This person did things unexpectedly, and he was constantly scheming, and Cheng Xueqi only dared to start from his subordinates to find Yang Xiaoshan's flaws.

Finally, by chance, he got Yang Xiaoshan's poem at Li Xiucheng's place. On that day, Yang Xiaoshan made the "Qinyuan Spring Changsha" at the head of Orange Island, and Li Xiucheng was shocked after hearing it. Later, he transcribed the poem and hung it in his barracks to enjoy in his spare time.

Cheng Xueqi is different from Li Xiucheng, he doesn't care about the beauty of the words, but he reads the ambition behind the words. It is not an exaggeration to say that such a spirit is emperorly.

"What would he think if this poem was discovered by the King of the East?" Cheng Xueqi thought to himself, he could feel it, he felt that the wisdom of King Yidong must be able to read the flavor of this. You can't be in a hurry, you have to plan well, and you must let Dongwang find out the problems by himself.

At last he found an opportunity to quietly hang the poem in the tent of the king of the east. Although the king of the east was not very literate, he was sometimes elegant, and hung some calligraphy and paintings in the room to decorate the façade, but he was usually busy with military affairs and did not pay attention to the calligraphy and paintings that filled the camp tent.

The Taiping army was about to move, and his men began to clean up the house, and this poem by Yang Xiaoshan aroused the interest of the Eastern King.

"This is a word written by Yang Xiaoshan?" Dongwang asked curiously, he knew the three words Yang Xiaoshan.

"Back to the East King, this word was found by Li Junshuai Li Xiucheng, and his subordinates thought it was very good, so they used it and hung it here." Cheng Xueqi hurriedly seized this opportunity to explain.

"Oh, what is written on it, you explain it to me." Yang Xiuqing became interested.

Cheng Xueqi's explanation word by word, of course, was mixed with some private goods, but he didn't break it, and let Dongwang guess and experience it himself. Sure enough, after Yang Xiuqing heard this, he nodded again and again at first, but then his face turned pale, and he didn't mean to be happy, but he didn't say anything, just explained and put the words away.

Of course, Cheng Xueqi didn't have such an obvious hint, he knew that his goal had been achieved. A seed of suspicion has been planted, and as Yang Xiaoshan's merits are increasing, there will be a crisis between them sooner or later, and that time will be their own opportunity.