Xiang Rong scolded He Chun, who came back from failure, and Yang Xiaoshan was rescued from making him feel unspeakably uncomfortable. At that time, he gathered his men and horses to prepare to leave Guilin and continue to pursue the Taiping army.

When Governor Zou heard that Xiang Rong was leaving, he hurriedly came to dissuade him, "Admiral Xiang, you can't go, what if Changmao comes back again?" ”

Xiang Rong sounded funny, I went to pursue the Taiping Army, what are you worried about? But he was embarrassed to say it directly, so he could only comfort: "Is it okay for the lower officials to leave Liu Zongbing and Li Zongbing here to help the governor defend the city?" ”

Governor Zou shook his head again and again and said: "Only when Lord Xiang is in Guilin, the old man can feel at ease, and the people in the city can feel at ease." "He knows the goods, so he recognizes Xiang Rong, and no one else can.

Xiang Rong was still about to resign, and at this time, the gentry of Guilin who came with Governor Zou also came to persuade him in unison.

"Lord Admiral, you can't go, only you can defend Guilin."

"Yes, Lord Xiang can't go, Changmao just left, and he will fight back if he doesn't mix."

"Yes, if we come back, our family's industry in Guilin will be ruined, and we must not leave."

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These gentry were most afraid of the Taiping army, and they knew that once the city was broken, the Taiping army, which robbed the rich and helped the poor, would definitely attack them first.

Xiang Rong couldn't resist so many people, so he could only agree temporarily. "Thanks to all the villagers and elders for looking up to Xiang Mou, Xiang Mou will not leave Guilin for the time being, but we must know the movement of Long Hair. The old man asked Mr. Liu to lead a team of people to follow, if they want to come back to Guilin again, we can also know in advance, what do you think? ”

Hearing that Xiang Rong was not leaving, everyone was relieved and agreed to Xiang Rong's plan. So Xiang Rong reported to Sai Shoufu on the one hand, on the grounds that the Guilin gentry were retained and his health was not good, he temporarily stayed in Guilin, and on the other hand, he asked Liu Zongbing to follow the Taiping Army with 2,000 men and horses, pay attention to their whereabouts, and report to him the situation of the Taiping Army at any time.

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Compared with the slow progress of the Qing army, the Taiping army marched at a fast pace, and Yang Xiaoshan, as the pioneer, marched to Quanzhou at full speed. On the way, there was a small city of Xing'an, and Shangchang, the magistrate of the county, heard that the Taiping army was coming, so he abandoned the city and fled that night. Yang Xiaoshan easily took Xing'an without spending a single soldier. However, they stayed only for one night, and after dawn they continued as a group. Two days later, Yang Xiaoshan finally arrived in Quanzhou.

"Don't hit Jeonju?" Yang Xiaoshan got the order of the East King and wondered.

"Yes, the king of the east brought a letter to the prince, and everything was written on it." The messenger handed him the letter that King Ryedon had sent to the hill.

Yang Xiaoshan opened the letter and read it carefully, and the reason why Dongwang did not fight Quanzhou was very sufficient. First, although Quanzhou is not as big as Guilin as a mountain city, it is also a state city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Taiping army has suffered too many losses in Guilin, and it is no longer able to support a siege war; Second, Dongwang was anxious to march into Hunan, because according to the description of the Hunan Hui Party who joined the Taiping Army, Hunan was the land of fish and rice, and there were plenty of people, and he hoped that the Taiping Army would go to Hunan as soon as possible to replenish the material troops.

Yang Xiaoshan looked at the five-mile city wall in Quanzhou and the three-zhang high brick city wall, and sighed in his heart: "It's really not easy to fight." ”

"Let's go, don't set up camp. Continue north, march to Hunan! Yang Xiaoshan gave up his intention to set up camp here, and took advantage of the avenues and waterways here to move forward.

Yang Xiaoshan left, and Cao Xiepei, the governor on the city wall, was ecstatic. As the newly appointed Zhizhou, he had just completed the handover procedures with the old Zhizhou Ruilin, and when he saw the Taiping army attacking, his heart was in his throat. The defenders of Quanzhou were only more than 1,000 people, and he would never dare to engage the Taiping army.

Since Yang Xiaoshan did not attack, Cao Zhizhou did not dare to lead troops to harass, and only wanted to send away these "plague gods" as soon as possible.

Before leaving, Yang Xiaoshan glanced back at Quanzhou, still feeling faintly uncomfortable in his heart, because the official road and waterway were too close to the city. The terrain of the whole state is high and condescending, and the army is equivalent to passing under their noses, which is really a little uneasy.

Fortunately, the Qing army was very knowledgeable and did not move. Yang Xiaoshan passed through the whole state safely and without a trace of resistance, so he relieved his mind and went to Hunan by land and water.

For several days, the Taiping army and the Qing army in Quanzhou seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. For Cao Zhizhou, the Taiping Army, you go your way, I will guard my city, and I don't see it. As long as the Taiping army does not come to attack the city, the two will be fine.

But things didn't go as smoothly as Cao Zhizhou thought, most of the Taiping army had already passed through Quanzhou City, and only the rear army Feng Yunshan had not yet passed.

The Qing soldiers in the city were a little ready to move, from the initial fear to now seem to be surprised by the Taiping army, from the Taiping army's movements in the past few days, they understood that the Taiping army would not attack the city, so they became more and more bold. There were brave soldiers who instigated the commander to go out of the city to get a few long-haired heads to win the battle exploits, and even fired a shot into the sky to raise a gun, and saw the frightened appearance of the Taiping army, and then laughed.

Feng Yunshan's sedan chair passed by the White Horse Temple outside the city, and the artillerymen in the city saw such a large sedan chair, surrounded by many people, and their intuition should be that it should be a long-haired official. He was excited, and felt that it was a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, anyway, the Taiping army had basically passed through Quanzhou, and now he would kill one and earn one. Without waiting for the commander's order, he lit the fuse without authorization, and it was a shot at Feng Yunshan's sedan chair.

The fate of people is so magical, and many heroes and heroes died at the hands of unknown people. For example, Sun Jian of the Three Kingdoms, what a hero, such a Jiangdong Tiger finally died under the secret arrow of a nobody. The five tiger generals Yan Ren flew violently, and the Nagasaka Bridge scared away the 10,000 enemies of the Cao army, and they also died at the hands of nobodies.

I don't know if Feng Yunshan poured blood mold, or if this Qing artilleryman took shit luck, this cannon was impartial and hit with one hit. The rear army immediately blew up, dozens of people around Nanwang cried bitterly on the spot, although Feng Yunshan did not die immediately, but his injuries were very serious, his body could not move, he could only lie on a stretcher and wait for death.

"How's the King of the South? Is there any salvation? Hong Xiuquan learned that Feng Yunshan had been shot, so he hurriedly rushed over to visit, and invited the best doctor in the kingdom of heaven, Huang Yiyun, who was born in Langzhong, to treat him.

"Xiaguan has given King Nan the best medicine, but he can only save it for a while. Nanwang's bleeding has stopped, but his internal injuries are serious, and all his internal organs have been displaced, which is beyond cure. The lower officials are incompetent, and I am afraid that they can only delay it for a few more days. "Huang Langzhong has tried his best, but he still can't save the life of King Nan.

"Cloud Mountain!" Hong Xiuquan is really heartbroken, he and Feng Yunshan are like brothers, they are fellow villagers, classmates, comrades-in-arms or his nobles, and the first pot of gold in the worship of God was also earned by Feng Yunshan for him in Guangxi. It can be said that all the belongings before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were laid by Feng Yunshan.

Feng Yunshan was speechless, but the meaning of his gaze was to leave me alone and get out of here.

Hong Xiuquan refused, he said resolutely: "Yunshan, I must avenge you." You bear with it first, and wait for the army to wash the whole state to avenge you. Hong Xiuquan wiped away the tears in his eyes, he called Prime Minister Chen Chengrong, and said categorically: "I will stay here and not leave." Send a decree to the king of the east, asking him to transfer the army back, and he must break through the whole state, kill all the demons, and avenge the blood hatred of the king of the south. ”