Chen Yucheng knew that Miao Peilin was a villain, but this villain was also the number one person in northern Anhui, with tens of thousands of Miao family troops under his command, and he was a powerful faction. If you can help yourself to attack the Hunan army, it will be very helpful to yourself.

In addition, Chen Yucheng did not come to Shouzhou without preparation, he also has eyeliner in Shouzhou, this person's name is Yu Anqing, he was his subordinate, and later he was arranged to be his own undercover agent in Miao Peilin's department, and he reported Miao Peilin's movements at any time.

Seeing that he was about to go to Shouzhou City, Miao Peilin had not yet come to greet him, which made people feel a little inattentive in their hearts.

"King Ying, this Miao Peilin is scheming, the first rat is at both ends, let's not go." The subordinates persuaded Chen Yucheng to do the truth, although Chen Yucheng was dismissed, Hong Xiuquan did not deprive him of his command, and let him take the military affairs with him.

"That's all here, just wait." Chen Yucheng also felt that Miao Peilin didn't come, which was a little strange, but he still wanted to wait and see. Chen Yucheng is a very face-saving person, now that he has left Luzhou, he can only return to Tianjing if he does not enter Shouzhou, and the last thing he wants is to go back as a defeated general and be ridiculed.

After waiting for a while, a team of people from Shouzhou came out to greet Chen Yucheng.

"King Ying, I am Miao Jingkai, the nephew of King Song, and I am here to welcome King Ying into the city." Headed by Miao Peilin's nephew Miao Jingkai, after he saw Chen Yucheng, he hurriedly dismounted, and the etiquette was very thorough.

"What about your uncle? Why didn't you come? Chen Yucheng asked.

"My uncle is ill, waiting for your majesty in the city, and I ask the king to be considerate." Miao Jingkai explained.

Chen Yucheng has a more heroic personality, he nodded, and accepted his statement, so he didn't care, people eat whole grains, who doesn't have a disease? If it is replaced by Li Xiucheng, I am afraid that I will think about it more. This disease is not born early, it is not born late, but it is born in this joint mouth, which is really suspicious.

Chen Yucheng took 3,000 men and horses and followed Miao Jingkai and his party to the city of Shouzhou.

Seeing that the front team had already arrived under the city wall, Miao Jingkai suddenly said to Chen Yucheng: "King Ying, our Shoucheng City is small, I'm afraid it can't accommodate so many of you, I see that the brothers are tired, it is better to let the brothers rest outside the city, I will let my subordinates arrange some food, and let the brothers fill their stomachs first." What does the King think? ”

Miao Jingkai's sentence made Chen Yucheng a little suspicious, this is to separate himself from the soldiers, and it is a bit risky to enter the city alone.

"King Ying, our King is very sincere this time, knowing that you are short of grain and grass now, and have prepared a lot of grain trucks, which is enough for thousands of brothers under your command to fill their stomachs. This is our first cooperation, as soon as you come, you will bring troops into the city, and we are afraid of your tiger power. Miao Jingkai saw that Chen Yucheng was suspicious, and hurriedly explained.

Chen Yucheng listened to Miao Jingkai's words, and also felt that there was some truth. This Shoucheng is the territory of Miao Peilin, and his army will enter the city as soon as he comes, and this Miao Peilin is also afraid that he is coming to seize the city and grab food.

Chen Yucheng hesitated, and many of his generals disagreed. At this moment, Yu Anqing, Chen Yucheng's undercover agent who was ambushed by Miao Peilin, appeared at the gate of the city and beckoned to Chen Yucheng.

Seeing his eyeliner signaling that it was safe here, Chen Yucheng relaxed the last trace of vigilance, and his subordinates followed him to march day and night, and their stomachs were already growling. So he agreed that the soldiers would fire and cook outside the city, and he took more than 20 henchmen into Shouzhou City to meet Miao Peilin.

As soon as Chen Yucheng and the others entered the city, the city gate behind them was pulled up. Hearing the creaking sound of the ropes, Chen Yucheng looked back and saw that the suspension bridge had been put away. Turning his head to look for eyeliner Yu Anqing again, the person was gone. At this time, Chen Yucheng finally understood that he had fallen for this Miao Peilin.

The archers and axemen who were lying in ambush on the city wall swarmed up, and it was too late for Chen Yucheng and the others to struggle, and they were all captured and tied up with ropes.

Until this moment, Miao Peilin did not show up, this old fox still wanted to keep another hand, he knew that deceiving Chen Yucheng this time would offend the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the end, so he did not show up, and only asked his nephew to persuade Chen Yucheng to surrender and leave a way back for himself.

Miao Jingkai looked at Chen Yucheng, who had been tied up by five flowers, his confidence was still a little insufficient, and he was just about to open his mouth to persuade him to surrender.

Chen Yucheng scolded angrily without waiting for him to speak: "Miao Peilin, you villain, I didn't expect to fall into the hands of your shameless villain today!" This king will never surrender to the Qing demon, and if he wants to kill, he will listen to him. ”

Miao Jingkai was scolded by Chen Yucheng so much that he came to Miao Peilin and replied: "This surnamed Chen is determined to follow the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is impossible for such a person to surrender, let's kill him." ”

After Miao Peilin listened, he paced back and forth in the house, thought for a long time and said: "Let's not kill him, tie him up and hand him over to Lord Shengbao, it can be regarded as our submission to the imperial court." ”

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"What, that kid surnamed Chang is coming again?" Zeng Guofan's head hurt when he heard the name Chang Shan.

"Dashuai, there's no way, behind this Changshan is Prince Gong, we can't stop him if he wants to come." The staff also said helplessly.

"What do you mean by Prince Gong? Didn't the Queen Mother already hand over all the military power to me? Don't you believe in my loyalty to the court? Zeng Guofan was a little anxious, he understood the truth of a courtier once a son of heaven, but it was clear that the Queen Mother's previous actions were reassuring of herself, and the people she recommended were all appointed governors, admirals and other high positions. Now he is the governor of Liangjiang and the lord of Qincha, which can be said to be a monopoly on power.

"The subordinates guessed that Prince Gong might want Na Changshan to come over and get some military merits, just gilded." The staff reassured.

"It's possible." Zeng Guofan nodded, this Changshan is a hard backer, he knows it, but the question now is that when this kid comes, what if he goes against himself? This kid is an outlier, he can't do it at all, and he really can't do anything about him.

"The imperial court has no troops to send, so he comes alone, and he poses no threat to us. My lord, let's not give him a soldier, he can't set off any wind and waves with a bare pole, how can there be any young people in Anhui now, who can't recruit soldiers, even if he can recruit soldiers, it will take several months to train and rectify and arrange manpower, and an army is not so easy to build! At this time, we have already taken Tianjing. As long as the great credit of winning Tianjing is in hand, other small credits can also be divided. The staff analyzed for Zeng Guofan.

Zeng Guofan's concern was also to capture Tianjing and establish immortal feats. Seeing that he was about to enter Tianjing, Chang Shan came over and intervened, which made him very unhappy.

"Yes, let's give him an empty position and let him recruit by himself, even if he has great ability, it will take time. When the time comes, he will find some excuses to delay his military salary, his grain and grass, and he will not be able to jump. Zeng Guofan nodded.