After Huang Wenjin was unfortunately killed by the cannon, the remnants of the Yellow Army, who had no hope, had no hope, including Huang Wenying, who cried and took off his general's clothes, and fled alone with a few personal soldiers.

In the end, the Wu army pursued the remnants of the Taiping army until dawn before collecting troops, and withdrew to the camp in Datong under the response of the follow-up troops, during which both the main force of the Taiping army in Tongling City and the Taiping army garrison on Tongguan Mountain all chose to stand still, watching the Wu army pass next to their defense area, first chasing and killing Huang Wenjin, and then swaggering back to the camp, without firing a single shot to block the military action of the Wu army.

It is ridiculous to say, on the contrary, He Yunlong, who has a deep hatred with Huang Wenjin, once suggested sending troops to fight with the Wu army, and after learning that the Wu army had already exchanged fire with Huang Wenjin's troops, in order to share some pressure for Huang Wenjin and not to wipe out the whole army, He Yunlong persuaded Zhao Jinfu with a clear conscience, and suggested that Zhao Jinfu might as well consider sending troops to rescue. However, Zhao Jinfu categorically rejected He Yunlong's suggestion on the pretext that it was too dangerous to open the city gate at night, and allowed the Wu army to annihilate Huang Wenjin's troops on the battlefield on the outskirts not far from Tongling City.

The matter is not over, after dawn, when finding out the news that Huang Wenjin has been sacrificed, He Yunlong, who once hated Huang Wenjin to the bone, suddenly woke up and found some suspicious clues while his resentment was greatly dissipated, so he quickly found his friend Zhao Jinfu and said: "Brother Zhao, something was wrong last night?" Judging from the time and route of the demon soldiers, how could the demon soldiers prepare to pursue and intercept as if they knew that Huang Wenjin was going to leave last night? ”

Zhao Jinfu's eyes flickered a little, and he thought about it for a moment before saying: "I also discovered that this was wrong a long time ago, and I also sent someone to find out if there were demon soldiers who were doing ghosts." However, I can trust the soldiers under my command, and some suspect that there is something wrong with the people on Huang Wenjin's side, because the Heavenly Kingdom soldiers in Tongling know that there are definitely not many people on Huang Wenjin's side who are leaving last night, and Huang Wenjin's side knows it up and down, so the most likely place to go wrong should be Huang Wenjin's army. ”

After thinking about it carefully, he found that Zhao Jinfu was indeed reasonable, and He Yunlong also admitted that Huang Wenjin's side was more likely to have a direct problem, but after hesitating for a while, He Yunlong still said again: "Brother Zhao, there are a few words that offend you that must be said, and your army must strengthen its control." I walked around the city yesterday and heard about it, and I actually heard your soldiers talking in private several times, complaining that the kingdom of heaven should not restart the war with the little demon beyond it, and cut off the way of wealth, and had to risk losing his head and fight with the demon soldiers. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Jinfu asked with some surprise: "In my army, there is still such a discussion?" ”

"It's true, I heard it with my own ears." He Yunlong replied, and said very sincerely: "Also, Lao Zhao, I know that Tongling used to have a lot of business with the demon soldiers in private, and there were often boats on your side that pulled coarse copper to Hubei. But now it's different, we're at war with the demon soldiers again, and there are some things that we must not do anymore. ”

Zhao Jinfu was silent, and after a while, he smiled and said: "Thank you Brother He for reminding me, don't worry, those things won't happen again, in fact, after our Heavenly Kingdom restarts the war with the demon soldiers, I will break everything that should be broken." Don't worry, I will give an account to strictly control the army, and in the future, if anyone dares to say anything that shakes the morale of the army, he will not be spared. ”

He Yunlong nodded, but recalled a past incident in his heart - after the Wu army and the Taiping army turned their faces and started a war, the Chizhou Taiping army still once found that there were ships from Tongling smuggling blister copper to the territory controlled by the Wu army. It turned out to be a coincidence, just when He Yunlong was about to say goodbye and leave, Zhao Jinfu's younger brother Zhao Jingui suddenly rushed in with a meteor outside the door. ”

"Brother He, why are you here?" Zhao Jingui didn't expect He Yunlong to happen to be here, and he was also taken aback.

"I happened to have something to discuss with your brother." He Yunlong replied casually, and then asked, "Why did you come back?" The demon soldiers are stationed in Datong, only ten miles away from Tongguan Mountain, and they may send troops to attack Tongguan Mountain in time, you are the general of the Tongguan Mountain camp, how can you leave the army and the camp casually? ”

"The demon soldiers chased Huang Chengxuan's army last night, and just collected their troops back to the camp, I estimated that the demon soldiers should not send troops to fight Tongguan Mountain in a short time, and they had urgent matters to discuss with my brother, so they came back." Zhao Jingui replied truthfully.

"What's the urgency?" He Yunlong hurriedly asked again.

"It's ......."

Zhao Jingui's expression was extremely embarrassed, and he secretly went to see Zhao Jinfu, Zhao Jinfu understood, so he ordered the expulsion: "Brother He, Jin Gui has a personal matter to discuss with me, you go to rest first, and I will send someone to invite you to discuss military affairs." ”

Full of doubts, he looked at Zhao Jingui, who looked a little strange, but although He Yunlong, who was a guest, was puzzled, he still gave up his hand and left, leaving the Zhao brothers to talk alone. At the same time, of course, He Yunlong naturally wondered why Zhao Jingui left the army and camp and suddenly returned to the city.

It was still a coincidence that when leaving the luxurious and extravagant Zhao Jinfu Tian'an Mansion, in the front yard, He Yunlong accidentally saw that there were many Zhao Jinfu's personal soldiers surrounding a few people who seemed to be Zhao Jingui's entourage, and they were asking them about the specific situation of the Wu army's bombardment of the Tongguanshan camp yesterday. And those Zhao Jingui's entourage didn't care about anything that might affect the morale of the army, and they only boasted about the powerful artillery fire of the Wu army, as well as the miserable situation of the defenders of Tongguanshan who suffered heavy casualties under the artillery fire of the Wu army.

Seeing this scene, and suddenly thinking of the fact that Wu Jun sent people to Tongguan Mountain to surrender yesterday, as well as Zhao Jingui's strange look just now, He Yunlong's heart suddenly froze, and an ominous premonition came to his heart, and he said secretly: "Won't it?" Could it be that Lao Zhao will be shaken? Will you have a different heart for the kingdom of heaven? ”

With this suspicion in his heart, He Yunlong, who was loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, did not dare to take it lightly, and just returned to his army, he immediately sent a large number of people to secretly monitor the specific actions of the Taiping Army in Tongling. At the same time, for the sake of prudence, He Yunlong also secretly made up his mind and decided to strike first once he found that something was wrong, or take Zhao Jinfu first and force him to continue to fight against the Wu army, or take the remnants out of the city as soon as possible......

The situation quickly developed in the direction that He Yunlong was most worried about, first Zhao Jingui stayed in the city until the afternoon before leaving the city and returning to Tongguan Mountain, and then under the current situation of the great enemy, the Tongling Taiping Army actually relaxed its preparations for war, and no longer raced against time to repair the bunker under the city and strengthen the city defense, and what made He Yunlong's heart beat even more was that the soldiers he sent out also found that the ranks of the Taiping Taiping Army even spread the news that the Taiping traitor Ding Ruchang was reused after surrendering to the Wu army, and the Wu army unconditionally released He Yunlong's family!

All kinds of clues showed that it was not good, and He Yunlong's heart was also getting worse, and he had to consider taking the preemptive action, but just when He Yunlong was thinking about how to do it, Zhao Jinfu suddenly sent someone to contact He Yunlong, saying that he was inviting He Yunlong to dinner, and by the way, discussing how to guard Tongling City and Tongguanshan camp. As a result, it was natural that He Yunlong, who had read a few books, suddenly remembered the story of the Hongmen Banquet in his heart.

"Could it be that Zhao Jinfu is going to turn his face with me? If this is the case, if I go, I will definitely be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger and sent to death in vain. No, you can't take this risk, only by staying in the army can you prevent it. ”

After making up his mind, He Yunlong casually found an excuse and declined Zhao Jinfu's invitation, and after sending away the envoy, He Yunlong, who was still a little smart, made an excuse to find out that the Wu army might launch a night attack, so that his more than 1,000 remnants were ready for night battle, and then secretly summoned a few henchmen to secretly inform them of their suspicions about Zhao Jinfu, and asked them to prepare to lead troops out of the city to break through.

When secretly discussing with a few henchmen, a soldier suddenly came from outside the door to report, saying that the Tongling Army had strengthened its garrison around He Yunlong's remnant camp in order to prevent the Wu army from launching a night attack. He Yunlong was shocked when he heard the report, and said in a lost voice: "Zhao Jinfu really wants to attack us?" ”

"Zhongtianan, it's not really wanted, it's for sure." He Weikang, a confidant general, said: "We are stationed at the west gate of Tongling, outside the city is the Yangtze River wharf, even if the demon soldiers attack the city, the most they can do is to bombard the west gate with gunboats, how can they use the land division to attack the west gate?" Zhao Jinfu sent troops to our side, making it clear that he wanted to deal with us. ”

He Yunlong nodded again and again, then gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that it's time to leave the city, and you can't stay here and wait for death." ”

"Zhong Tianan, what about your wife and children?" He Weikang hurriedly reminded: "They are now living in Zhao Jinfu's house, you take us out of the city, Zhao Jinfu will not let them go?" ”

He Yunlong's heart sank, and then he realized that he had forgotten his wife and children again, and after struggling in his heart for a while, Zhao Jinfu made a painful decision again, saying: "Regardless of them, to be my woman and children, you must be ready to be loyal to the kingdom of heaven." ”

After that, He Yunlong gritted his teeth and ordered the generals to immediately assemble the army and prepare to leave the city, but when He Yunlong's more than 1,000 remnants were hurriedly assembled, the surrounding area of He Yunlong's camp suddenly burst into flames, and sporadic gunshots rang out, and at the same time, some soldiers flew to report, saying that the brigade of the Tongling Taiping Army surrounded the He army camp on all sides, and the leading generals claimed that He Yunlong tried to kill Zhao Jinfu and occupy Tongling City, and asked He Yunlong's remnants of the soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender, otherwise they would all be killed.

"The traitor raised by the son of a bitch, and he has a rake in the face and bites me back!" He Yunlong scolded, and then decisively ordered to lead the army to break through to the neighboring West Gate.

The civil war of the Taiping army began, under the command of He Yunlong, only more than 1,000 people of the remnants of the Chizhou Taiping Army rushed to the west, the Tongling Taiping Army that surrounded the Chizhou Taiping Army unceremoniously shot to stop, and also roared the mountain splitting cannon in the battle, bombarding the Chizhou Taiping Army that had already lost the artillery with shotguns, and at the same time the Taiping Army in the other three directions also launched an attack, attacking He Yunlong's army on all sides, the guns rained down, and the dead were all Taiping soldiers.

In the civil war, He Yunlong's army was soon at an absolute disadvantage, with no artillery cover, and many wounded soldiers in the army, and it was not at all the opponent of the Tongling Taiping Army in its heyday. What's worse is that He Yunlong's army, who had just fled from Chizhou, was seriously short of ammunition, and many soldiers only had ammunition with them, and if they couldn't shoot a few shots, they would no longer have gunpowder bullets available, so they could only rely on flesh and blood to attack the defense line of the Taiping Army in Tongling, exchanging their lives for melee opportunities.

There is another bad thing, the combat effectiveness of He Yunlong's army is not strong, the core backbone of the two Guangxi veterans together is only about 200 people, the rest of the soldiers are not enough battlefield experience, and their willpower is not firm enough, so they don't dare to fight hard anymore after they are at a disadvantage, so in fact, there are only about 200 people who really follow He Yunlong to break through desperately, and if one dies one less one, one less combat effectiveness will be broken by one point. Although the Tongling Taiping Army, which has been comfortable for many years, is not strong in combat and weak in fighting will, it is superior in numbers and sufficient ammunition, and it has the confidence to exchange a few soldiers for a He Yunlong's soldiers, and the charging momentum of He Yunlong's army is suppressed very strongly with firepower.

Even so, under the impact of the old brothers of Liangguang, He Yunlong's army still stubbornly rushed out of the blocking position of the Tongling Taiping Army, and rushed to the west gate in a mess. However, what made He Yunlong furious was that the Tongling Taiping Army had not only lowered the jack gate to block the Ximen Yongdao, but also smashed the stone ash bottle from the city wall, and used the city defense weapons against the Wu army to deal with He Yunlong's army.

There was not enough gunpowder, the iron jack gate was naturally difficult to destroy, and the Tongling Taiping army was surrounded from the southeast, north and south, and in desperation, He Yunlong had no choice but to take the remnants to the steps of the city, intending to try to escape from the city after going to the city. But what He Yunlong never dreamed of was that when he rushed up the steps with the Guangxi veterans, the powder keg that had ignited the fuse was smashed on the top of his head, and he never expected that the friendly army would be so vicious The Chizhou Taiping Army veterans were caught off guard, and were immediately killed and burned to death, He Yunlong's long hair was also ignited by gunpowder, and he scolded wildly, "Zhao Jinfu, you are fucking ruthless!" Use Zhen Tianhou's methods to deal with the demon soldiers to deal with us! ”

"Smash! Smash! Burn these dog mongrels to death! ”

What answered He Yunlong's scolding was the frantic shouting of the enemy in the city, and there were more falling powder kegs, which smashed on the steps or exploded or exploded, and the two Guangxi veterans, who had become fewer and fewer, fell to the ground one after another, and the fire and smoke also surrounded He Yunlong, who was unswervingly committed to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and burned He Yunlong, who was standing against the wall, alive and burned to charcoal............

After dawn, when the Zhao brothers surrendered to the Wu army with the Tongling Taiping Army, out of various practical needs, although they admired He Yunlong who was killed standing in his heart, Feng Sanbao, the commander of the Southwest Wu Army, still adopted Li Hezhang's suggestion, let the Wu army's propaganda machine run at full speed, and forced He Yunlong to try to kill Zhao Jinfu and occupy the magpie's nest, and pushed the responsibility of forcing the Zhao brothers to surrender to He Yunlong. At the same time, the anonymous letter to Wu Jun also became He Yunlong's masterpiece in Wu Jun's propaganda, and He Yunlong was charged with the crime of killing all friendly troops in order to avenge it.

In addition, Zhao Jinfu also unceremoniously accepted the beautiful wife and concubine left by He Yunlong, Feng Sanbao wanted to be mad after knowing about it, but he was stopped by Li Hezhang and Ding Baozhen, and they all persuaded: "Uncle (Junmen) is angry, this is a troubled time, for the great cause of the King of Zhennan, we can only pretend not to know about this matter." ”