While helping Su Shun to compete for power and profit with Devil Liu, Bai Ye and others, Wu Chaoyue did not forget to pay attention to the surrounding situation and the situation of the Taiping Army, which was also an enemy and friend, but what surprised Wu Chaoyue was that after the death enemy of the Hunan Army, and also in the case of the early maturity of the Twist Army and the main force of the Qing Army in the Central Plains being pinned down by the Anglo-French coalition army, although the development scale of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was far larger than in history, it suddenly slowed down its development momentum in recent times, and the expansion speed slowed down significantly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is most obvious on the northern front, while successfully breaking through the Qing army's Huaihe defense line, Shi Dakai's Taiping army also hit the main force of the two Huai Qing armies, Yuan Jiasan, forcing Yuan Jiasan to retreat to Xuzhou. However, it is very strange that Shi Dakai's main force stopped when it hit the city of Xuzhou, and did not take the opportunity to cross the old Yellow River, which had been diverted, and directly entered the relatively empty territory of Shandong, where the Qing army was relatively empty, giving the Qing army in Shandong a chance to breathe and replenish its defenses.

Of course, Shi Dakai may also want to sharpen his knife and cut wood, and want to kill the dying Yuan Jiasan first to take the important town of Xuzhou, and then use Xuzhou as the forward base to attack Shandong. However, according to the news that Wu Chaoyue understood, the war in Xuzhou was not fierce, and the Taiping army only launched two tunnel sieges and failed to succeed, so they lifted the siege of Xuzhou City, and turned around to attack Suqian and Huai'an, two cities that were no longer important.

And the same is true for Anhui, the areas that the Qing army in Anhui can really control are actually only a dozen counties in Yingzhou and Lu'an, and at the same time there are still a large number of twisting army activities in Yingzhou, as long as the Taiping army increases its strength a little, it will not be difficult to eat the whole of Anhui in one fell swoop. However, Shi Dakai's main force refused to turn back to make up for this last sword, and after taking Suqian and Huai'an, Shi Dakai's main force also went south to Yangzhou Mansion, which made Wu Chaoyue puzzled and idle the main force of the northern line in vain.

"What the hell is Shi Dakai doing? I feel that the overall situation has been decided, and I want to get hundreds of Yangzhou skinny horses in Yangzhou to enjoy? That's not right, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing can do this, but Shi Dakai shouldn't be such a person? ”

When Wu Chaoyue was puzzled, the genius spy Zhang Dejian suddenly came to the front with a summary of intelligence, and reported to Wu Chaoyue the result of a bold speculation - there were already signs of division within the Taiping Army, and Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing were very likely to turn their faces into enemies!

"Lord Futai, the lower officials know, you must think that this matter is too unbelievable, and even suspect that the lower officials are grandstanding and cheating and rewarding, but the lower officials insist that Hong Yang is very likely to break up with each other, or even use force!"

"Xiaguan came to this conclusion, based on the analysis of the intelligence we collected in the long-haired puppet capital, it is rumored in Jiangning City that since the long-haired bandits broke through the two camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, Yang Xiuqing will no longer discuss any important military affairs with Hong Xiuquan, no matter what happens, Yang Xiuqing has the final say, and he will not know it in advance, and he will not report it afterwards, and Hong Xiuquan will be completely empty. Regarding this point, Xia Guan has a number of circumstantial evidence to prove it, please look at it from Lord Futai. ”

In addition, Yang Xiuqing also gradually revealed the posture of a clown jumping off the beam, beating the long-haired puppet king and puppet with a cane, and even killing and imprisoned, and accurate information said that Yang Xiuqing pretended to ask his father to go down to earth and beat Hong Xiuquan's own brother Hong Renfa to half death. Xia Guan believes that no matter whether Yang Xiuqing is justified or not, there must be contempt for Hong Rei, and Hong Rebellious must be extremely unhappy in his heart, and it is impossible not to have hatred for Yang Xiuqing. ”

"There are other rumors that after Shi Dakai's bandit leader defeated the Huaibei official army in Fengyang, Hong Xiuquan was very happy and wanted to seal Shi Cheng as the Wing King 8,000 years old, but Yang Xiuqing only agreed to seal 6,000 years old, the two disagreed and disputed, so Yang Xiuqing pretended to be the Heavenly Father to go down to earth, blamed Hong Shun with a naked cane, and forced Hong Shun to take back his life."

This rumor has not been confirmed, but only two days later, the official sent to Jiangning to find out the accurate news, saying that Yang Xiuqing used the excuse that his clan uncle Mafu was bullied by the thief Huang Yukun, and Shi Dakai's father-in-law Huang Yukun was heavily punished with 300 rods, dismissed the marquis, and demoted to a pawn. Regarding this, the fine work sent by the lower officials was seen with his own eyes, and he saw with his own eyes that Huang Yukun was beaten all over his body and was almost killed on the spot. ”

Therefore, Xia Guan boldly speculated that Hong Xiuquan insisted on sealing Shi Dakai as the Wing King 8,000 years old, in addition to rewarding Shi Reverse's Fengyang victory, the real purpose was probably to support Shi Dakai to restrain Yang Xiuqing. And Yang Xiuqing may be jealous of Shi Reyi's great achievements, and second, he may be aware of it, so he resolutely opposes it, and then deliberately beats and belittles Shi Rei's father-in-law Huang Yukun, and demonstrates to Hong Xiuquan and Shi Da ....... ”

Listening to Zhang Dejian's reasonable analysis, and looking at the various pieces of information that the Hubei Intelligence Bureau had worked so hard to collect, Wu Chaoyue's face was silent, but he had already scolded in his heart, "Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, you uncompetitive buns!" In order to make you successful, Lao Tzu first helped you kill Wei Changhui, the bastard, and then killed Xiangjun and Teacher Zeng for you, and finally helped you solve the two biggest internal and external troubles, why are you so unlucky? Do you still have to think about fighting for power and profit, and you still have to think about fighting in the nest? Can't you wait until you get into Beijing to do this kind of thing? Now there is infighting and fire again, aren't you cheap wild boar skin family for nothing? ”

When Wu Chaoyue was heartbroken, Zhao Liewen was thoughtful on the other side, and suddenly said: "Weiting, haven't you been feeling strange about Shi Dakai's main force going south all this time?" If Mr. Zhang's analysis is correct, then the reason why the main force of the stone bandits went south may be explained. ”

"To King Qin, Jiangning?!" Wu Chaoyue subconsciously thought of this possibility, and said: "Hong Xiuquan is determined to kill Yang Xiuqing, so he secretly ordered Shi Dakai to lead the army south under various excuses, and then find an opportunity to make a sudden move?" ”

"Although it may be minimal, according to Mr. Zhang's analysis, it is absolutely reasonable." Zhao Liewen replied in a deep voice: "There are no two days in the sky, there are no two masters in the country, the powerful ministers are bullied, the lords are dissatisfied, they turn their faces into enemies and even meet each other, this kind of thing is not uncommon in history books." Even if Hong Yang has not read history books, in order to fight for power and profit, he can come up with such a method. ”

Wu Chaoyue didn't answer, but scolded even more in his heart, "Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, you two pigs, why don't you know to unite and defeat the country first?" And Shi Dakai, you are the idol of the national hero and revolutionary righteous man, how can you commit such a foolish thing, mixing and entering, and destroying yourself? ”

No matter how much he scolded, Wu Chaoyue couldn't run to Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing to mediate and persuade, and of course there was no way to prevent the changed version of the Tianjing Incident from happening. At the same time, since the decisive battle of the sailors, Yang Xiuqing also took the initiative to cut off the secret contact with Daye Iron Works, and Wu Chaoyue had no way to secretly inform Yang Xiuqing to be careful not to be poisoned by Hong Xiuquan - Wu Chaoyue prefers Yang Xiuqing, at least not like Hong Xiuquan, who has a slight mental illness, and cannot communicate.

By the way, even if Rong Hong's side was able to get in touch with the Taiping Army, Wu Chaoyue did not dare to warn Yang Xiuqing through this channel, because the Taiping Army's side was responsible for contacting Rong Hong It was Hong Renji, and Wu Chaoyue certainly couldn't trust him in matters about Hong Xiuquan.

But Wu Chaoyue still refused to give up, and after racking his brains for a few days, Wu Chaoyue felt that he still had hope to prevent the occurrence of the changed version of the Tianjing Incident, first, Wu Chaoyue knew that Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai had a good personal relationship, and they were both people who were more able to do things with their brains, even if there was any contradiction, it was possible to sit down and talk peacefully. The second is that the Nanjing Taiping Army is in the hands of Yang Xiuqing himself, as long as Yang Xiuqing can be reminded to take precautions in advance, and firmly guard the inner and outer city gates when Shi Dakai suddenly returns to Nanjing, there is no need to worry that Shi Dakai will lead the army into the city and fight with Yang Xiuqing.

"Did you take the risk of sending someone to contact Yang Xiuqing? What if he takes the opportunity to get evidence that I am going to rebel? ”

When he was troubled by this difficult choice, the great news suddenly came, Wu Chaoyue's backer Su Shun won a big victory in the party struggle in the capital, and the Manchu officials who dared to deliberately make things difficult and hinder Wu Chaoyue in the court no longer existed, not to mention, Su Shun also sent a letter triumphantly, asking Wu Chaoyue to mention what he wanted, and directly expressed his full support for Wu Chaoyue to let go of his work. In addition to being overjoyed, Wu Chaoyue finally thought of a way to prevent the outbreak of the Tianjing Incident, and wrote a letter to Su Shun by hand, while saying hello to Su Shun, he made an astonishing request to Su Shun confidently - to get in touch with the Taiping Army directly, and in the name of recruiting and surrendering the Taiping Army generals, to divide and divide the Taiping Army!

In order to let Su Shun understand the bitterness and purpose of his move, Wu Chaoyue of course attached a copy of the Taiping Army intelligence collected by Zhang Dejian, and asked Guo Songtao, who was eloquent, to personally send the letter and intelligence copy to Beijing, explaining the reason to Su Shun in person, and also letting Guo Songtao introduce the method he was going to use.

"Su Zhongtang, Wu Futai is ready to do this, and at the same time send two messengers, one bright and one dark, to contact Changmao, and the messenger sent by the public went to see Shi Dakai with great fanfare, and presented a letter to Shi Dakai to state the interests, pointing out that Yang Xiuqing's suspicion and persecution of the bandit leader against him, sooner or later there will inevitably be a bloody disaster, persuade him to rein in the precipice, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and kill Hong Yang and the two bandits to atone for their crimes, and at the same time deliberately cause Yang Xiuqing to further suspect Shi Rebellious, intensify their contradictions, and also induce them to fight and kill themselves."

"The secret messenger sent to the bandit leader Yang Xiuqing, on the letter, Wu Futai will directly state what Yang Xiuqing did, sooner or later he will be assassinated by Hong Xiuquan, and also warned Yang bandit Shi Bandit's strange transfer target this time is him, and strongly advises Yang Xiuqing to strike first, kill Hong Xiuquan and lead the crowd back."

In this way, Yang Bandit must be vigilant in his heart, and when he heard that Wu Futai sent someone to appease Shi Dakai, he must be even more suspicious of Shi Dakai. But no matter what choice Yang Bandit makes, it will only be beneficial to my Qing Dynasty and will not do any harm! ”

If he hadn't hacked down his political rival Bai Ye and brought down the sneaky devil Liu, whether Su Shun would adopt Wu Chaoyue's suggestion would definitely have to be carefully weighed - a slight carelessness might make Wu Chaoyue suspicious of having long hair on his back. And now that he has the power to monopolize it, and he feels that the method of the sworn friend Wu Chaoyue is quite reliable, and the investment is small, the effect is great, and Su Shun did not hesitate, and led Guo Songtao into the Forbidden City on the same day, and asked Guo Songtao to explain Wu Chaoyue's clever plan to Emperor Xianfeng in person. - It's a clever idea, but it's probably better if you don't use it.

Not to mention, Emperor Xianfeng's reaction to this really surprised Su Shun, after listening to Guo Songtao's statement of Wu Chaoyue's clever plan, Emperor Xianfeng not only did not suspect the fox, but also showed joy, and said in surprise: "Good idea, it is similar to my Qing Dynasty Taizong to trap Mao Wenlong by divisive tactics?" But just two letters, it's great to die two more messengers, even if one letter can be effective, it will be a million profits? ”

"Master, the slave also thinks this method is good." Su Shun took the opportunity to say: "But Wu Chaoyue said again, because this matter needs to be secretly contacted by Yang Bandit, I am afraid that there is a suspicion of melon fields and Li Xia, so I dare not be arbitrary, so I can only ask for permission first, with the heart of the saint, and also the mouth of the official." ”

"Draw up a secret decree for Wu Aiqing, I will allow him to secretly contact any long-haired bandits, and carry out this plan to kill Hong Yang and the two bandits!"

Emperor Xianfeng waved his hand without thinking about it, agreed in one mouth, and said with a smile at the end: "This Wu Aiqing, you are really careful, it is not uncommon to send books to surrender on the battlefield, what do you need to ask for?" Can't I even trust him? ”

"This is also a clear proof of Wu Chaoyue's loyalty to your master and the Qing court."

Su Shun took the opportunity to say good things for the dead party, and at the end, Su Shun also suggested very smartly: "Your Majesty, how about not publicly recruiting Shi Dakai to open the bandit leader, and directly let the court come forward?" The slave dared to ask the emperor to promulgate a holy decree, and sent someone to send it to the stone bandit to read it in public, and stated in the decree that the stone bandit was in danger, and only by killing the two bandits of Hong Yang and surrendering could they atone for their previous sins and be rewarded for their lives. ”

"In this way, it is not only difficult for Hong Yang to make the bandits think about it, but also to make the bandits understand that although you are at the height of the temple in the capital, you still know everything about their night mouse generation flies and dogs, and you can turn them into powder with a snap of your fingers."

Again, if Bai Zhongtang and Devil Six and the others were still there, Su Zhongtang's suggestion would definitely be resolutely opposed by them - the reason was that Shi Dakai would definitely not accept this so-called holy decree, which would damage the majesty of Emperor Xianfeng. But it's a pity that Bai Zhongtang and they are no longer there, how much majesty Emperor Xianfeng still has left in the people and the Taiping Army, and at present, Su Shun and Zaiyuan and others have the final say, so Emperor Xianfeng did not hesitate, and immediately slapped the pseudo-dragon case, and shouted: "That's it!" Immediately draft the decree and send it to Shi Rebellion's army to read it in public! ”

Of course, it is not that no one doubts the true intention of Wu Chaoyue's move, when Emperor Xianfeng personally approved Wu Chaoyue's secret contact with Yang Xiuqing to send it to Hubei, Wu Chaoyue immediately happily found Zhao Liewen to ask him to ghostwrite, Zhao Liewen asked questions after listening to Wu Chaoyue's request, and said: "Comfort Ting, will this be counterproductive?" ”

"What I want is the backfire!"

Wu Chaoyue muttered in his heart, and asked knowingly: "How can it backfire?" ”

"Because judging from Zhang Dejian's intelligence analysis, Hong Yang's rebellion is almost the same as fire and water, and Shi Dakai's army may have been ordered by Hong Xiuquan's King Qin to go south." Zhao Liewen frowned and said: "In this way, if we don't use this divisive plan, Hong Yang is likely to turn against each other in a short period of time, start a fire, and let us reap the benefits." ”

"But if we use this divisive tactic." Zhao Liewen said again: "Even if the three major bandits of Hong Yangshi are suspicious of each other and suspicious of each other, they are likely to dare not start a fire because they know that the other party has already taken precautions, so wouldn't it be counterproductive for us?" ”

"Huifu, I also thought about this in advance, and I was worried that it would have the opposite effect. But Huifu, you forgot one thing, you, me, and Zhang Dejian are not immortals, and there is no way to predict the prophet. ”

Wu Chaoyue, who has a sparse history, selectively forgot the Tianjing Incident that he seemed to remember, and said to Zhao Liewen with a heartfelt voice: "Judging from Zhang Dejian's intelligence analysis, it is possible that Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing will turn their faces in the near future, and Shi Dakai's army movement is also very strange, but can we be sure that Shi Dakai returned to the south to kill Yang Xiuqing?" Yang Xiuqing has really forced Hong Xiuquan to the point where he has to kill him? Can we be sure of these? ”

Zhao Liewen, who was not a traverser, nodded honestly, admitting that he couldn't be sure of this, and also understood another meaning of Wu Chaoyue, and said: "Weiting, in this way, you plan to be on the safe side, first use the contradiction between Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing to expand their relationship, and also use Shi Dakai's weird southward movement to stimulate Yang Xiuqing, so that Yang Xiuqing is suspicious ......." ”

"In this way, it is of course best to really be able to induce the three thieves of Hong Yangshi to directly start the fire." Wu Chaoyue added: "Even if you can't induce and force them to turn their faces and act directly, you can still make them suspicious of each other and suspicious of each other, and from then on, they can no longer work together to achieve a gradual effect." ”

can't be as reluctant as Wu Chaoyue can still be a prophet of history, Zhao Liewen also accepted Wu Chaoyue's fool, and immediately wrote a letter to Yang Xiuqing on behalf of Wu Chaoyue. And after Wu Chaoyue breathed a sigh of relief, he also said in his heart: "Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, I have done my best to save you, please stop fighting, if there is anything to sit down and talk well, everyone is Han, if there is a contradiction, you can talk about it later, now it is important to kill the Manchu barbarians first." ”

"Of course, you'd better kill Hong Xiuquan's scourge psychopath first, which not only solves more hidden dangers, but also allows me to have a beautiful explanation in the Manchu court, so that I can have more power, more soldiers and horses, and better help you deal with the common enemy of Manchu wild boar skin." (To be continued.) )