After many bargains with Zhou Wenxian, the plenipotentiary representative of Wu Chaoyue, Yang Xiuqing finally signed the non-aggression treaty between the Taiping Army and the Wu Army, officially agreeing to end the long-standing hostility with the Wu Army, and announcing that he would turn enemies into friends with the Wu Army and join forces to defeat the Manchu court. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wu Chaoyue promised to gradually reduce the Jiujiang garrison, agreed to let the Taiping army set up an office at the mouth of the Wu army's military stronghold, let the Taiping army monitor the movements of the army's naval division at any time, and took the initiative to give up the opportunity to suddenly attack the downstream, and also opened up the supply of wrought iron and various industrial products to the Taiping army, as well as the sale of grain to the Taiping army, which was often plagued by food shortages.

In return, Yang Xiuqing agreed to allow the Wu army's unarmed fleet to be freely navigable in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and also agreed to reduce the garrison around the mouth of the lake at the same time as the Wu army, and to use the existing control areas between them as the boundary, allowing the people and merchants to travel freely with the areas controlled by both sides, and not to invade each other by force. As for the land and cities that are still controlled by the Manchu court, Wu Chaoyue and Yang Xiuqing agreed that whoever will be quick will return to whom, and who will fight whom, and the other side must not seize it by force.

In addition, Yang Xiuqing and Wu Chaoyue also signed a secret treaty, stipulating that which army would capture the capital first, and the other party would have to bow its head and pay tribute and take the initiative to accept defeat.

In order to give priority to dealing with the common enemy, the Manchu court, on the day the treaty was signed, Yang Xiuqing sent the treaty to all parts of the Taiping Army's control in the form of an edict, clearly requiring the Taiping generals in various places to restrain the army, strictly prohibiting any armed conflict with the Wu army, and formulated strict military law to deal with the Taiping generals who took the initiative to provoke conflicts with the Wu army, so as to ensure that the non-aggression treaty could be implemented.

was still expected by Cixi, although Yang Xiuqing showed sincerity to reconcile with Wu Chaoyue, and also received the full support of enlightened generals such as Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng, cheering and supporting. However, Wu Chaoyue's previous blood feud with the Taiping Army could not be resolved by a treaty, and it was received almost as soon as the edict was received, Lin Fengxiang, Zeng Lichang, Li Kaifang and Shi Zhenji and other Taiping Army generals wrote to protest one after another, opposing Yang Xiuqing to forget the deep hatred between the Taiping Army and Wu Chaoyue, and even expressed serious doubts about Wu Chaoyue's peace sincerity - Wu Chaoyue's shameless methods against the Taiping Army before made them still have lingering palpitations. forced Yang Xiuqing to reply one by one, introducing Wu Chaoyue's previous many secret assistance to the Taiping Army, and painstakingly defended Wu Chaoyue, and persuaded the Taiping generals to abandon their previous suspicions and join hands with Wu Chaoyue to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Lin Fengxiang and Zeng Lichang and the others are not bad, they just remember Wu Chaoyue's hatred for killing their companions and subordinates before, and it is difficult to accept the cruel fact that Wu Chaoyue, the great enemy, turned enemies into friends for a while. Among the generals of the Taiping Army, the one who felt the most sad and indignant about this was Wei Jun, who had a brother-killing enmity with Wu Chaoyue, so that when he received Yang Xiuqing's edict, Wei Jun's first reaction was to yell loudly, "How is it possible? Long live the East King, how can he agree to reconcile with the Transcendent Little Demon? ”

After repeatedly confirming that the edict was true, Wei Jun also cried loudly again, crying bitterly that he could no longer avenge his brother in this life, and he couldn't understand why Yang Xiuqing made such a cruel decision? And even more unfortunately, although Lin Qirong, who is currently partnering with Wei Jun to guard the mouth of the lake, is a well-deserved hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty, but because his old boss Luo Outline was killed by Wu Jun, he has always been obsessed with avenging Luo Outline, who sacrificed his life to cover his escape, and he also can't accept Yang Xiuqing's decision.

At the same time, as an important part of inducing the all-out war between the Wu army and the Taiping army, the Manchu court also acted quickly, and Weng Xincun, who was appointed as the governor of Anhui by the line of fire, sent an envoy to Hukou secretly with Chongli and Weng Xincun's handwritten letters, and directly handed over valuable gifts and letters to Wei Jun. In the letter, Weng Xincun not only tried his best to persuade Wei Jun to lead the Taiping army to surrender to the Manchu court, but also repeatedly reminded Wei Jun not to forget the revenge of killing his brother, and directly pointed out that Yang Xiuqing's reconciliation with Wu Chaoyue was a betrayal of Wei Jun, and instigated Wei Jun to join the Qing army to continue to fight against the Wu army and avenge Wei Changhui with his own hands.

Fortunately, Wei Jun hated Wu Chaoyue to the core, but he was always loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not only immediately took down the envoy, but also directly sent someone to send the Qing army's secret envoy to Nanjing to Yang Xiuqing to show his loyalty to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, what Wei Jun never dreamed of was that he had escorted Weng Xincun's secret envoy away on the first day, and the next day, someone claiming to be the envoy of Ma Xiuru, the governor of Jiangxi in the Manchu court, ran directly to his station to ask for a meeting, saying that he had something important to report.

"Did the demon take the wrong medicine? How can they repeatedly send people to buy their own sects? They look down on their own sect so much, and think that their own sect is a despicable villain who forgets his righteousness? And what does Lin Qirong eat, how can he repeatedly let the fine work of the Qing Demon into the lake? Take down the Qing demon at the door and take it to the court to behead! ”

Angry at the Qing army's contempt for him, Wei Jun also made a decision that was slightly unexpected by the Qing army, and ordered the envoy of Ma Xiuru to be killed in public to prove his heart. At the same time, Wei Jun was also very angry and ordered to summon Lin Qirong, who was in charge of land defense, and prepared to reprimand Lin Qirong, so that Lin Qirong could strengthen the precautions against the Qing army.

In a moment, Lin Qirong was summoned to Wei Jun, but before Wei Jun could open his mouth to scold, Lin Qirong preemptively asked: "Guozong, what's the matter with that Qing Demon who was sent to the law field?" Why did you order him to be killed without seeing him? ”

"Why did the sect of the country see him?" Wei Jun scolded angrily.

"That Qing Demon said that he came to dedicate the city for Ma Xiuru, the governor of Jiangxi Province, and wanted to ask us to take over Nanchang City." Lin Qirong said with some doubts: "Whether this matter is true or not, Guozong, you should at least ask clearly, right?" ”

"Come and ask us to take over Nanchang City? How can it be? Wei Jun's surprise was not trivial.

"That Qing demon has been shouting grievances on the road, saying that he is here to dedicate Nanchang City, and asks us to send troops to take over the city" Lin Qirong replied: "I heard it on the road, so I quickly stopped the executioner and came to report to you." ”

Wei Jun opened his mouth and stammered, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he hurriedly ordered to bring the Qing army back to meet him. As a result, after the unlucky fine work was escorted back to Wei Jun, he really presented Wei Jun with a handwritten letter from Ma Xiuru, the governor of Jiangxi, explaining that Ma Xiuru would rather dedicate the Jiangxi provincial city of Nanchang to the Taiping army than hand it over to the traitor Wu Chaoyue's attitude and position, and asked Wei Jun to immediately send an army to Nanchang to take over the city, and said that as soon as the Taiping army arrived, the Nanchang Qing army would immediately open the city gate and surrender to the Taiping army.

"Guozong, my family Futai Lord said, now the outer barrier of Nanchang has been controlled by the Wu thief rebels, Nanchang Lonely City is no longer able to hold it, he has been eating the court for a long time, and the world has received the grace of the country, and he would rather dedicate Nanchang City to you than let it be ungrateful to the ungrateful Qing traitor Wu Chaoyue. Therefore, as soon as your army arrives, we will open the city and surrender to you. ”

"After the matter is completed, my Lord Futai does not want any reward, as long as you allow him to take his family back to the north to ask the court for guilt, and allow the Nanchang officials and soldiers who are unwilling to join you to leave the city, my Lord Futai will already be satisfied."

After listening to the cry of the Qing army envoy and reading Ma Xiuru's handwritten letter, Wei Jun, Lin Qirong and Zhong Tingsheng and other Taiping army generals were inevitably both puzzled and somewhat ecstatic, and then Wei Jun naturally asked suspiciously: "Is it really fake?" Ma Xiuru, the Qing demon, is so kind, he would rather dedicate Nanchang to us than give it to the transcendent demon? ”

"Wei Guozong, my Futai Lord is sincere." The envoy of the Qing army cried and shouted: "He refused to rebel with Wu Chaoyue rebels before, and cut off the front line grain and grass of Wu thief's army, Wu thief's army hates him to the bone, if the Wu thief army is allowed to enter Nanchang City, my family Futai Lord will definitely die." Only by asking you to take over Nanchang City, can my family Futai have hope to save his life! ”

"Also, Guozong, what qualifications do we have to lie to you now? Fengcheng and Fuzhou have been broken by the Wu thief army, and the reinforcements we transferred from Ji'an, Ganzhou and Yuanzhou have also been repelled by the Wu thief army, Nanchang may be broken by the Wu thief army in a blink of an eye, what else are we lying to you for? ”

felt that the words of the Qing army envoy were quite reasonable, Wei Jun also ordered the soldiers to take him down to drink and eat first, and then asked Lin Qirong and Zhong Tingsheng for their opinions, but Lin Qirong replied first: "I don't think it's true, the Qing Demon Governor Ma Xiuru is no longer qualified to deceive us now, and it doesn't make any sense for him to deceive us, the army beyond the little demon has surrounded Nanchang City, and all the reinforcements of the Qing demon have been killed. There is no need to worry about the ambush of the Qing Demon. ”

"Yes, judging from the current situation, the Qing Demon Governor took the initiative to ask for the sacrifice of Nanchang City, it should not be a trick to lure the enemy." Zhong Tingsheng also nodded, and then frowned and said: "But I always feel a little weird, Ma Xiuru, that Qing demon, how could he suddenly think of dedicating Nanchang to us?" ”

"Didn't that demon envoy just say it very clearly?" Wei Jun said impatiently: "He offended the Transcendence Demon too hard before, and he also offended the Wu thief army who was fighting Nanchang by cutting off the grain and grass, and he must be a dead end if he falls into the hands of the Transcendence Demon, and only by surrendering to us can he hope to live." ”

Zhong Tingsheng was still a little skeptical, and Lin Qirong suggested: "Wei Guozong, in that case, why don't we try our luck?" Divide a water division into Poyang Lake, take the Ganjiang River waterway and go directly to Nanchang to take over the city defense, if Ma Xiuru's Qing demon surrenders, isn't it equivalent to choosing a provincial city for nothing? ”

Wei Jun was greatly moved, and immediately nodded that he could consider it, and Zhong Tingsheng on the other side hurriedly reminded: "Guozong, don't forget that the army that surpasses the little demon is fighting Nanchang City, let's take over Nanchang, what if they are not happy?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Jun shook slightly, but after a little calculation, Wei Jun immediately scolded a dirty word, "Fuck it!" Long live the East King and the treaty signed by the Transcendence Demon makes it very clear, who will be in the land and city of the Qing Demon, and the Qing Demon Governor is willing to dedicate Nanchang City to us, and he will surpass the Little Demon? ”

After that, Wei Jun added hatefully, "It's better to surpass the little demon and use force, just let the East King see who he is, and see if the East King is still forcing us to turn enemies into friends with the Beyond the Little Demon?!" ”

At the same time, in order to prevent the Wu army from being alert and obstructed, Wei Jun also specially arranged for an envoy to cross the lake to contact the Wu army stationed in Jiujiang, claiming that the Taiping army's naval division was going south to deliver supplies to the Taiping army stationed in Anren, Shizhen Jibu, and asked the Wu army not to misunderstand the actions of his own army.

In the intensive preparations, the envoys who went to contact the generals of the Wu army, Liu Kunyi and Bao Chao, quickly brought Wu Jun's reply, and Liu Kunyi, a scholar from a school background, not only made it clear that he would never interfere with the normal military operations of the Taiping army, but also gave Wei Jun and others a gift, expressing the hope of further expanding friendly exchanges with the Taiping army.

"Dog Qing Demon, the ghost is willing to be friendly with you!"

Sneered and tore Liu Kunyi's handwritten letter to shreds, Wei Jun explained the specific plan of action to Zhu Changchun, the cronies and generals in charge of this mission, and arranged for Zhu Changchun to set off at a good time, and logically rushed to the mouth of the Ganjiang River when night fell, and then drove into the Ganjiang River and went straight to Nanchang City under the cover of night. On the way, when he encountered the Wu army's scout boat, he claimed to help the Wu army attack Nanchang, as much as possible to confuse the Wu army's judgment, rushed to Nanchang City at full speed to take over the city, and then told the Wu army that he had met the Qing army's envoy on the road to do so.

In addition, Wei Jun naturally had to explain to Zhu Changchun, saying that if this was a trick by the Qing army to lure the enemy, then there was no need to be polite, and immediately cheekily asked for rescue from Wu Jun outside the city - if Wu Jun did not save him, he could also take the opportunity to complain to Yang Xiuqing. Zhu Changchun received the order and asked again: "Guozong, what if the army that surpasses the little demon fires at us?" ”

"Fight back!" Wei Jun blurted out, and after a little calculation, Wei Jun cautiously admonished, "Remember, if the army that overtakes the little demon doesn't shoot, you must not fire the first shot!" Otherwise, we won't be able to explain there. ”

After accepting Wei Jun's order, when it was almost noon the next day, Zhu Changchun led the Taiping army fleet to set off from the mouth of the lake, and swaggered into the depths of Poyang Lake under the nose of Wu Junshui.

The road was unimpeded, and the Taiping army fleet arrived at the mouth of the Ganjiang River when it was getting dark, and after finding out that there was no enemy situation on the shore, Zhu Changchun gave another order, and the fleet immediately turned into the Ganjiang River, and rushed to Nanchang at full speed with the oars. At the same time, it was only at this time that Zhu Changchun informed the officers and soldiers of the Taiping Army of the true purpose of his army's trip......