Sitting in the spacious and bright Western warship, Qin Rigang looked around with some envy, and touched the cannon carriage on the artillery deck with his hand, and secretly said in his heart that after returning to Tianjing, he would also find foreigners to buy some such Western warships. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the naval division of the captive army carried Qin Rigang and other officers and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army onto the ship, they rushed back to the Dagukou Fort, where they happened to encounter thousands of cavalry attacking the three main regiments in the fort to capture the army. However, the terrain of the fort was dangerous, and these Manchu cavalry were all birds, bows and arrows, etc., and there was no artillery, so there was no way to take the fort, but hundreds of people were killed by the condescending soldiers of the captive army with foreign guns and bird guns.

As soon as the warship arrived, a round of cannonballs was fired, and the Qing cavalry scattered and fled. The beleaguers of the Dagukou Fort easily withdrew to the warships, but some huge cannons and heavy artillery could not be transported away, and the captives pushed these unbreakable ones into the river to prevent the Qing soldiers from reusing them.

Soon after the fleet left Dagukou, the staff officer came to ask Qin Rigang to change to a small boat and go to the flagship "Humen", saying that he was invited by an old friend.

Qin Rigang saw that the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army were all arranged on the transport ship, and on this vast sea, the direction was not clear, and he was powerless to resist at all, plus he knew in his heart that the subordinates of the Southern King would not harm themselves for no reason, otherwise they would not have traveled thousands of miles to rescue their people. So, he followed the staff officer to this Western warship.

Luo Xuan appeared at the door of the cabin, looking at the tall and straight figure standing motionless on the edge of the cabin, surrounded by more than ten soldiers of King Yan, he immediately recognized that the other party was Qin Rigang, who had just been named King Yan.

Luo Xuan originally wanted to directly follow the order of the Holy King and transport Qin Rigang and the Taiping Army of the Northern Expedition to the destination together. But I couldn't suppress my thoughts, so I came to meet him.

"Prime Minister Qin, the outline is polite here!" Luo Outline bowed slightly, and then strode forward, and more than a dozen guards followed Luo Outline closely and stepped forward together.

Qin Rigang turned his head. And his Yan Wang's personal soldiers also blocked in front of him, for fear that Luo Outline would be unfavorable to them, and a personal soldier leader was obviously an old brother in Guangxi, who knew Luo Outline, and shouted: "Bold, Luo Junshuai must not be rude!" Now that a certain handsome family has become the king of Yan, he still does not revisit according to the gift of the heavenly king! ”

Several guards around Luo Xuan were furious when they heard this, and their hands pressed on the handle of the card knife, looking ready to pull it out at any time, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Joke! My family teacher is highly respected, except for the Holy King, the entire Holy Kingdom has the greatest credit for my family's teacher, so I need to give you a visit to King Yan who doesn't know where he came from? Disagree with the comparison. ”

The two sides actually disagreed, so they drew their knives and fought hard.

Luo Xuan hurriedly stopped the guards around him, and apologized to Qin Rigang repeatedly: "King Yan forgives his sins!" Luo has been away from Heaven for too long, it is no longer clear, it turns out that you have been promoted to the king of Yan, congratulations! ”

Qin Rigang also asked the soldiers around him not to be entangled anymore, after all, on other people's ships, the initiative is in the hands of the other party.

"Brother Luo, this king understands, you can't be blamed for this! I don't know how the Luo brothers knew that this king and the Northern Expedition brothers were in trouble and came to the rescue? Qin Rigang asked.

"King Yan, Luo Mou came to the rescue on the orders of the Holy King. The Holy King said that he had already received the decree of the Heavenly Father, and King Yan and the soldiers of the Northern Expedition had such a catastrophe, so he specially ordered Luo to come urgently, but the distance was far away, and the wind and waves on the sea were too great, so Luo came a little late. ”

"Huh!? It turned out that the Heavenly Father appeared and informed the King of the South? Qin Rigang drew a cross, his lips muttered, probably thanking Heavenly Father Emperor God, and continued: "This king is very grateful to Brother Nan for saving his life!" I don't know where King Nan is now, but can I arrange when to return to Tianjing, so that this king can thank him in person? ”

"King Yan, the Holy King of my family is now in Guangzhou, and he is doing well, as for returning to Tianjing, it is not the time yet. Luo invited King Yan this time, but he had some confidential and important words to tell King Yan, look, is it ......" Luo Xuan motioned to open the guards beside him.

Although Qin Rigang was a little surprised, he still nodded, turned his head and whispered an order to the leader of the pro-soldiers.

Luo Xuan also separated the guards around him and stayed alone with Qin Rigang in the cabin.

After being silent for a while, Luo Xuan spoke directly: "King Yan, Luo is a rough man, so he will go straight to the point and speak directly." What do you think of the comparison between the Holy King and the Heavenly King and the Eastern King? ”

"Naturally, they are all wise and martial. Originally, the king of heaven and the king of the east were superior, but now the king of the south can also receive the instructions of the heavenly father, and the king of the west ascends to heaven, and the king of the south is the third king after the king of heaven and the king of the east. Qin Rigang's answer was decent, which made Luo Gang a little unhappy.

Luo Xuan stared directly at Qin Rigang, looked at him fixedly, and didn't speak, which made Qin Rigang's heart furious, and he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Qin admires King Nan from the bottom of his heart, and he can lead a group of old, weak, sick and disabled pai tails to develop into what they are today." It's hard for others to do that. ”

Luo Xuan's face was slightly pale, and he no longer turned around and asked, "King Yan, have you ever considered a different way to overthrow the Qing Demon, assist the Holy King, and serve the Holy King as the master?" ”

Qin Rigang's face changed, and he was so panicked that even his voice trembled: "What? What did you say? ”

Luo Xuan said loudly: "Luo Mou wants to ask you to think about it, leave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, lead the brothers of the Northern Expedition, join the Holy Kingdom, and serve the Holy King!" ”

Qin Rigang's face was cloudy, and he looked at Luo Gang vigilantly: "You... Is this a betrayal of the kingdom of heaven? ”

After speaking, Qin Rigang looked at the guards outside the cabin with some concern, and saw that Luo Xuan was unmoved and had no intention of embarrassing him, so he calmed down and said, "Qin has been following the King of Heaven and the King of the East, and he can't bear to betray him. I also asked Brother Luo to tell King Nan that Qin thanked him for his kindness. If Brother Luo is unhappy, he can dispose of Qin casually. ”

When Luo Xuan heard this, his face darkened.

Originally, the Holy King Feng Yunshan did not let him persuade Qin Rigang to surrender, but Luo Xuan himself felt that this was a good opportunity, thinking that if he could persuade Qin Rigang to surrender, and join the soldiers of the Taiping Army of the Northern Expedition under him who had experienced a hundred battles into the camp of the Holy Kingdom, it would undoubtedly be a great help, which could greatly strengthen the strength of the Holy Country, and at the same time, it could also make up for the lack of old brothers in Guangxi in the army. So, he tried to persuade him to surrender, but unexpectedly, Qin Rigang was still reluctant.

Maybe Qin Rigang knows that he is already the King of Yan in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he can be regarded as stepping into the top high-level, but if he is invested in the Holy Kingdom, it is impossible to give him the title of king without merit, plus he has to bear the notoriety of betraying the Heavenly King Dongwang, the gains outweigh the losses.

The two sides did not speculate for more than half a sentence.

Luo Xuan confessed, walked out, and directly asked Qin Rigang and his soldiers to be sent back to the original transport ship. He himself laughed dumbly, secretly saying that he was a little naïve. At the moment, I made up my mind, and I still acted according to the plan given by the Holy King and the plan formulated by the General Staff.

........ PS: Happy New Year, everyone, read the Water Margin novel "The Good Butcher of the Great Song Dynasty", and kill pigs for the New Year!