"Long live the Heavenly King, there is no hope that Tianjing City can hold on."

The situation was critical, Li Xiucheng didn't talk to Hong Xiuquan, and directly shook his head and denied all hope that he could still hold the city, and then explained: "Your Majesty doesn't dare to deceive the Heavenly King, although there are still tens of thousands of troops in Tianjing City, and there is still the strength of a battle, but the weapons and equipment of the demon soldiers are more than several times stronger than our army, and the elite soldiers are far above our army." We don't have any hope of winning this battle, at most we will make the demon soldiers pay a heavy price in the street battle, but we can't escape the end of the city breaking down and dying no matter what, and we are doomed to have no chance of winning. ”

"If we can have some more time to prepare, build the Moon City in the city in advance, connect Qingliang Mountain and Taicheng with a strong city wall, and block the way for the demon soldiers to enter the south of Tianjing City, then we may still have some hope. But there is no way, Tianjing City is too big, and the distance from Qingliang Mountain to Taicheng is too far, even if our Heavenly Army fights with the demon soldiers in the northwest of Tianjing City at any cost, and uses all its strength to build a wall, it can only build a sheep and horse wall at most, which will not play any role, and it is impossible to stop the demon fire and fast artillery of the demon soldiers, and it is still impossible to escape the doom of the annihilation of the whole army. ”

"So, long live the King." Speaking of this, Li Xiucheng paused, knelt down on Hong Xiuquan's knees first, and then hugged his fists and said: "Don't let the city go, abandon the city and break through, it is our only correct choice!" Taking advantage of the strength that we still have to fight, and we are sure to break out of the encirclement of the demon soldiers, please long live the king of heaven to make up his mind quickly and make a plan to break through the siege as soon as possible! ”

"Shut up!"

Although Li Xiucheng's opinion hit the nail on the head, abandoning the city in time to break through is indeed the only correct choice for the Taiping Army now, but unfortunately, as in history, Hong Xiuquan Hong Sect Leader still categorically rejected Li Xiucheng's request, Hong Sect Leader first interrupted Li Xiucheng angrily, and then pointed at Li Xiucheng's nose and roared: "Cowardly as a mouse!" Who said that my heavenly army couldn't defeat the white-hat demon soldiers who surpassed the little demons? Who said that if you continue to fight with the demon soldiers, the army of heaven will definitely be wiped out? It is clear that you are cowardly and incompetent, loyal and treacherous, you want to preserve your strength, and you want to go back to your small paradise in Suzhou and Hangzhou to enjoy the glory and wealth, so you don't dare to fight to the death with the demon soldiers, and desperately persuade me to abandon the city and break through! ”

Li Xiucheng's aggrieved tears burst out of his eyes, and he choked up and asked: "Long live the King of Heaven, you scolded your subordinates for being cowardly and incompetent, and your subordinates admit that they have no ability to beat and surpass the little demon, but you said that your subordinates want to preserve their strength, and your subordinates really dare not be." If your subordinates really want to preserve their strength, then why did your subordinates' 360,000 troops fight until there are only 70,000 or 80,000 left, and they still have to take the rest of the army into the city to defend the city? If His Majesty wants to return to the small paradise of Suzhou and Hangzhou to enjoy happiness, then why didn't His Majesty leave before and stay to continue to defend the kingdom of heaven? If your subordinates don't dare to fight to the death with the demon soldiers, then why do your subordinates ask your palace to protect you to the death to break through to the south and kill the demon soldiers? ”

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Sect Leader Hong's round face directly turned the color of pig liver, and he pointed at Li Xiucheng and roared: "Don't be clever here!" I order you to go back immediately, personally bring your soldiers and horses to the Shence Gate, kill all the demon soldiers who have entered the city, re-plug the gap in the city wall, and protect my Tianjing capital! Go! Go now! ”

I really couldn't understand the brain structure of the sect leader Hong, Li Xiucheng could only kowtow heavily, and said with tears: "Long live the king of heaven forgive his sins, his subordinates are incompetent, and he has no confidence in killing all the demon soldiers who entered the city, let alone re-plugging the gap in the city wall, and keeping the capital of Tianjing, please long live the king of heaven to choose another meritocracy, and the minister is willing to hand over the military power now, disarm and return to the wilderness!" ”

"You think I'm really no one available except you?!" Hong Xiuquan jumped up directly from the golden dragon chair, pointed at Li Xiucheng and shouted: "My iron bucket country, you don't help it, someone will help you!" With the blessing of the emperor, I can win the world when I sleep! Well, since you are willing to surrender your military power and fulfill you, I will remove you from your position as a prince now! Qin Rigang, I will now crown you as the King of Yan 3,000 years old, the rear army is in charge, you will replace Li Xiucheng in charge of the army in the city, immediately lead the army to the north, and kill all the demon soldiers of the Shence Gate for me! Kill it all!! ”

If it is said that Sect Master Hong announced this appointment a few days ago, then needless to say, Qin Rigang, who had long been looking forward to leading the army alone, must be very grateful, and he immediately obeyed the edict. But now it's different, the situation is so critical that even if Sect Leader Hong kills Qin Rigang, Qin Rigang won't dare to pick up this burden at this time. So Qin Rigang immediately knelt down on his knees, kowtowed like pounding garlic and said: "Long live the king of heaven to forgive his sins, his subordinates are shallow in virtue, and they really don't dare to take on this important task. ”

"You dare to resist the decree?!" The muscles on Hong Xiuquan's face began to twitch.

"Long live the king of heaven, changing the commander in battle, it has been a taboo for soldiers since ancient times!" Afraid that Sect Master Hong would be staring at him next, Meng Shiyong could only quickly kneel down and kowtow, and pleaded for Qin Rigang: "Long live the King of Heaven, the army of the loyal king is all Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops, and the generals of the DPRK and the Central Committee do not know the root of them, no matter who takes over these armies, they will have to be dizzy for a while." It's easy to say it in normal times, but now that the demon soldiers have entered the Tianjing City, if you rashly change the commander, you will only miss the major events of the Heavenly Kingdom! ”

Not confused to the extreme, after listening to Meng Shiyong's persuasion, Hong Xiuquan was somewhat shaken, and subconsciously glanced at Li Xiucheng again, Li Xiucheng noticed Hong Xiuquan's small movements, immediately knelt straight, arched his hand and said: "Long live the king, if you want your subordinates to continue to run the army, you can do it, but your subordinates have to ask the king of heaven to promise not to let the city go, abandon the city and break through, otherwise your subordinates would rather die than obey the order!" ”

"You dare to blackmail me?!" Sect Leader Hong changed his face again.

"Your Majesty doesn't dare!" Li Xiucheng said loudly: "If the king of heaven promises not to let the city go and abandon the city to break through, then his subordinates will be broken to pieces, and he will also swear to protect the king of heaven and withdraw to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and his ministers still have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to mobilize over there, which is enough to resist the invasion of demon soldiers and win a turning point for the kingdom of heaven!" But long live the king of heaven, his subordinates will continue to fight to the death with the demon soldiers with the army, and protect the capital of Tianjing, and his subordinates will not dare to obey the edict even if they die! ”

"Do you think I really dare not kill you?!" The bear temper of the Great Sect Master Hong exploded and roared, "Someone! Push Li Xiucheng out of the palace ......! ”

"Long live the Heavenly King! Think again! ”

Meng Shiyong suddenly shouted, interrupting Hong Xiuquan's will, and then Meng Shiyong also shed tears, kowtowed to Hong Xiuquan and said: "Long live the King of Heaven, King Zhong, Chitose is the last Great Wall of our kingdom of heaven!" If you kill him, who will be able to defend the kingdom of heaven, defend us, and defend the king of heaven. ”

Sect Master Hong's angry gaze shifted to Meng Shiyong's body again, and Qin Rigang, another of Hong Xiuquan's cronies and favorite ministers next to him, pursed his lips, and simply kowtowed to Hong Xiuquan and said: "Long live the King of Heaven, kill King Zhong Chitose, and the kingdom of heaven will be over!" His subordinates also had the courage to beg the King of Heaven to live his mercy, and Rao Zhong Wang Chitose would not die! ”

Unexpectedly, his two most trusted favorites would stand on Li Xiucheng's side, Hong Xiuquan was a little stunned for a while, first looked at Qin Rigang, and then at Meng Shiyong, and then asked with a face full of disbelief: "You are also here to rebel?" Are you also anti-me? ”

"Long live the King of Heaven, it's not that we oppose you, it's that we are loyal to you, that's why I beg you to spare the loyal king Chitose." Meng Shiyong howled, kowtowed and cried: "King Chung Chitose is also loyal to you!" If you kill him, you will not only destroy the Great Wall, but also completely chill the hearts of the people of the Heavenly Kingdom. ”

"He's a loyal servant of the heavenly kingdom?" Sect Master Hong roared angrily: "I asked him to lead the army to kill the demon soldiers, but he told me not to leave the city and abandon the city to break through, is this a loyal minister of that sect?" ”

Gritting his teeth, Qin Rigang, a veteran of the Taiping Army, also lowered his heart, raised his head and said loudly: "Long live the Heavenly King, in fact, with the current situation, we have the only last choice to abandon the city and break through!" Otherwise, our kingdom of heaven will be lost, and there will be no hope of a comeback! ”

Sect Master Hong glared at Qin Rigang angrily, Qin Rigang was not afraid, and said in a deep voice: "Long live the Heavenly King, I don't know if you still remember Yong'an?" At that time, we were surrounded by the Qing demon in Yong'an City for more than half a year, there were no reinforcements outside, no grain and grass inside, if we didn't break through decisively and let the city go, then there would be a later sweep of the southeast, Dingdu Tianjing? The situation in Tianjing now is no different from when we were in Yong'an, that is, if we keep it, we are waiting for death, and only by rushing out can we have hope of survival, and only then can we have a chance to make a comeback! ”

Reminded by Qin Rigang of the situation when he was surrounded by the Qing Demon in Yong'an, Hong Xiuquan suddenly hesitated, and Meng Shiyong next to him saw that Qin Rigang's method worked, and he kowtowed and said: "Long live the King of Heaven, as well as in Daozhou, Chenzhou and Yongxing, although His Majesty was still young at that time, I also remember that the Qing Demon Army was in hot pursuit at that time, and every time we arrived in a city, as long as we stopped a little, the Qing Demon immediately besieged the city with heavy troops, in a vain attempt to trap us. Long live the Heavenly King, at that time you could make the decision to let the city go, why can't you listen to the advice of Nazhong Wang Chitose now, and decisively abandon the city and break through? ”

Thinking of the several decisive abandonment of the city at the junction of Hunan and Guizhou, Hong Xiuquan finally began to waver, and slowly sat back on the golden dragon chair, with a contemplative look on his face. Li Xiucheng was overjoyed when he saw it, and said in his heart, is there a play? Then Li Xiucheng did not hesitate, and immediately kowtowed and said: "Long live the King of Heaven, the ministers have all planned, after abandoning the city and breaking through, please lead the army with the King of Yan Chitose to protect you and the hundreds of officials in the court, as well as the families of the subordinates, go straight to Hangzhou, rebuild the capital of the Celestial Empire, and after the ministers lead the army to the palace, withdraw to Suzhou to gather soldiers and horses, build a defense line in Suzhou, and resist the attack of demon soldiers!" ”

Hong Xiuquan was even more shaken, and thought in his heart: "Did you listen to Li Xiucheng once?" Let Meng Shiyong and Qin Rigang lead the troops to protect me, I don't have to worry about my safety, keep Li Xiucheng's family in my hands, and don't worry about what he will do, and Li Xiucheng just withdrew to Suzhou, I went directly to Hangzhou, and I don't have to worry that he will want to rob me of the ....... ”

When he got here, Hong Xiuquan was not only completely shaken, but also gradually inclined to accept Li Xiucheng's suggestion, but at this time, someone in the Golden Dragon Hall suddenly said loudly: "Long live the Heavenly King, Brother Zhongwang is right, in the current situation, we only have two choices, and the best choice is to let the city go!" Abandon the city and break out! ”

Hong Xiuquan looked up in surprise, Li Xiucheng, Meng Shiyong and Qin Rigang also turned their heads in surprise, and then they were even more surprised to find that the person who said these words turned out to be the nine-thousand-year-old Yang Xiuqing, the East King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who is still tied up by five flowers!

Of course, Yang Xiuqing, the real ruler of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, would not be cramped and nervous because of being watched by everyone, but continued to say: "Long live the Heavenly King, the method of Brother Zhongwang is very correct, and His Majesty is also very in favor of abandoning the city and breaking through as soon as possible, because only by doing so can we leave a chance for our Heavenly Kingdom to make a comeback." But there is one thing that His Majesty feels is wrong. ”

"Don't you think that's right?" Sect Master Hong blurted out.

"The order of the breakout retreat." Yang Xiuqing looked very puzzled and said, "Brother Zhongwang, how could he ask Long live the Heavenly King to lead the troops and go first?" Is it foolish to surpass the little goblin? Doesn't he know that long live the King of Heaven, who is more important, you or the Zhongwang brothers? The demon soldiers are so powerful in the field, and they found that long live the king of heaven You are walking in front, and surpassing the little demon can not only let a few troops contain the army of the loyal king's brothers, but also let the main force pursue the king of heaven with all their mightLong live you? When the time comes, will the loyal brothers be in danger, or will you be in danger yourself? ”

Hong Xiuquan and Li Xiucheng's faces changed greatly, and Meng Shiyong, who found that something was wrong, jumped up directly, pointed at Yang Xiuqing and roared: "Dongwang is nine thousand years old, what do you want to do?" ”

"What? Save myself, of course. Yang Xiuqing said calmly: "Long live the king of heaven and didn't say that he wanted to kill me, he must have taken me with him, and I colluded with the Qing demon to deal with the transcendence demon, and the transcendence demon hated me to the core, if I fell into his hands, I would not have to die without a place to be buried?" For my own sake, and for the sake of heaven, of course I have to give the king a wake-up call. ”

After that, Yang Xiuqing turned to Li Xiucheng again, and asked in a strange tone: "Also, Brother Zhongwang, there is another strange thing, how could you let the Heavenly King go directly to Hangzhou?" Don't you know how many ships there are and how many steamers there are in Beyond the Little Demon? If the little demon received the news and knew that Long Live the King of Heaven was going to Hangzhou, he would first send a sailor to carry an army to the sea, and go to Hangzhou by sea, and Long Live the King of Heaven would be in Hangzhou, wouldn't it be more dangerous than in Tianjing? ”

Sect Master Hong's face changed even more, and Li Xiucheng came back to his senses suddenly while being stunned, pointing at Yang Xiuqing and roaring: "King Dong, you are deliberately making trouble, right?" You deliberately exaggerate the danger of us abandoning the city and breaking through, and want us to live the king of heaven and dare not break through, and stay in the city of heaven to die! Borrow the hand of the transcendent demon and avenge yourself! ”

"Shut up! Li Yiwen, when this king led his troops to fight, you were still burning charcoal in Yong'an! Your little tricks, you think you can hide from the eyes of this king! ”

Yang Xiuqing's roar was louder than Li Xiucheng's, and he sneered: "Is Tianjing City really unable to defend it?" You Li Yiwen can also be regarded as a veteran of the battlefield, don't you even know that you are most afraid of fighting in the streets? Li Kaifang Ji Wenyuan, and Zeng Lichang, who is now betting outside the Golden Dragon Palace, none of these brothers have reported the habit of surpassing the little demon, and who has never said that the demon soldiers who surpass the little demon are most afraid of fighting in the streets of the city! ”

"Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan lost Tianjin at the beginning, because the Ji Wenyuan brothers took the main force of the elite soldiers out of the city to fight the monks and demons, and they couldn't return to the city for a while, so they lost Tianjin City, but in the street battle, Li Kaifang brothers took a group of flat shoulders and pushed carts, and killed how many demon soldiers who surpassed the little demons? And Zeng Lichang is in Shanghai, because the Little Knife Society rebelled and secretly stabbed us in the back of the back of the Heavenly Army, otherwise, beyond the little demon can also be beaten into Shanghai? Also, in the county town of Shanghai, our situation is so disadvantaged, how many demon soldiers have we killed in street battles? That's more than 10 times that outside the city! ”

"Li Yiwen!" Yang Xiuqing suddenly raised her voice and shouted: "Your ghost tricks, just hide from Meng Shiyong and Qin Rigang, but you can't hide from Lao Tzu!" Tianjing City is still saved! How many troops did you have to surpass the little demon, and so many troops were divided to block the thirteen gates of Tianjing, and you had to leave the army to guard the camp grain and grass and warships, and we had to prevent us from suddenly coming to save Tianjing, how many troops could be drawn to fight street battles? While rushing to build the city wall between Qingliang Mountain and Taicheng, and fighting with the demon soldiers in the north of the city, we are at least eighty percent sure that we will defend Tianjing City! Relying on street battles to exhaust the demon soldiers entering the city, so that the demon soldiers can retreat in difficulty, we are not hopeless! ”

"Then you go fight!" Li Xiucheng was completely angry, and blurted out: "I will hand over the military power to you, you go and fight!" ”

"Do you think this king will not dare?!" Yang Xiuqing yelled yes, turned to Hong Xiuquan in the middle of the Golden Dragon Hall of the high seat, and said loudly: "Long live the Heavenly King, Meng Shiyong and Qin Rigang don't dare to fight this battle, I dare to fight!" Let me take over Li Xiucheng to command the army in the city, I don't think anyone dares to disobey? Give me the army, if you can't hold the Tianjing City and can't defeat the demon soldiers, you will light me with a sky lantern! The whole family scalded glutinous rice (torture unique to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)! ”

Of course, Hong Xiuquan will only return the military power to Yang Xiuqing if he is really crazy, and immediately scolded: "Shut up! I haven't settled accounts with you yet for your protest and arson at home! Do you still want to lead troops again?! ”

Yang Xiuqing's expression was stunned for a moment, then he slowed down his voice and said, "Okay, don't let me lead the troops, and I won't insist." But long live the King of Heaven, I remember the feelings I took the initiative to return the military and political power to you, please do one thing, don't take us alone, it's okay to abandon the city and break through, but you must take us and Li Yiwen together. Otherwise, you and I will definitely die without a place to bury, and some people may even steal fun behind their backs. ”

"Who do you say is stealing the fun behind the scenes?" Li Xiucheng was so angry that his whole body trembled.

"Brother Zhongwang, I didn't say anything about you, what are you doing by admitting yourself?"

"Yang Xiuqing, I'll lose your mother! Do you want to kill the Heavenly King? Do you want to kill countless soldiers of our heavenly kingdom?! “

Yang Xiuqing's understatement rhetorical question made Li Xiucheng flutter on the spot, and pointed at Yang Xiuqing's nose in front of Hong Xiuquan and scolded, but fortunately, the sect leader Hong didn't care, and also ordered: "Come on, take Yang Xiuqing to the side hall temporarily, take care of it, and I will settle accounts with him later." ”

The left and right guards sang a promise, came up and escorted Yang Xiuqing to leave, Yang Xiuqing did not resist, but said silently in his heart: "Beyond the little brother, I owe you, I paid it off just now." It's a pity that I never had the chance to meet you, if there is still fate in the next life, we brothers must sit down and have a drink. ”

Yang Xiuqing was escorted away, but the atmosphere in the Golden Dragon Hall became extremely strange, no matter how hard Li Xiucheng, Meng Shiyong and Qin Rigang persuaded them, they clearly pointed out that Yang Xiuqing's previous roaring words were obviously uneasy and good-intentioned, deliberately misleading and bad, but Hong Xiuquan, who had been extremely shaken before, refused to say anything. Urged by Li Xiucheng and Meng Shiyong, Sect Master Hong also thought about it and said: "Brother Zhongwang, I also think that there is still hope in Tianjing City, so let's do it, you will fight according to the method of Dongwang 9,000 years old, I will prepare here, and then think about it, and then decide whether to abandon the city and break through." ”

"Long live the Heavenly King, there's no time." Li Xiucheng was so anxious that there was a cry in his voice, and said: "If we don't make up our minds earlier, our elite will be exhausted by the demon soldiers in the street battle, and the demon soldiers are also ready to prevent us from breaking through, and it will be even more difficult for us to break through." ”

"But there are still so many families in the city, and there are so many things in the holy treasury, you can't throw them all away, right?" Sect Master Hong asked rhetorically, waved his hand and said: "Hurry up and command the army to fight street battles with the demon soldiers, I am here to let the soldiers and officials of the Heavenly Kingdom prepare to abandon the city and break through, and then think about it, by the way, wait for your good news, and don't delay the work." ”

Li Xiucheng sighed, closed his eyes in pain, and said secretly: "Yang Xiuqing, you are ruthless enough, when you die, you will have to drag the king of heaven to be buried with you." Long live the king of heaven owes you a lot, but what are you pulling me into the water for? ”