Chapter 619: Loyal to the King (Part II)

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"Long live the Heavenly King! Long live the Heavenly King! Your subordinates are incompetent, your subordinates are disloyal, your subordinates have failed to fulfill their loyalty, protect your safety, and let you be killed by demon soldiers! Your subordinates deserve death! ”

"Nope! I'm still a little unconvinced! Chung Wang Chitose, did you see with your own eyes that the Heavenly King was killed? Could it be a rumor spread by the demon soldiers, a rumor used to confuse our army? ”

"Brother Liang, I can't believe it, but Long live the Heavenly King is indeed already ascended to heaven. This incident was told to me by the three little highnesses of the Heavenly King, and when the Heavenly King was lit, they were outside the hall and saw the Heavenly King ascend to heaven with their own eyes. ”

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Confirming this bad news, Liang Fengchao, the general of the Taiping Army who belonged to the Nanjing Taiping Army Corps, cried loudly again, crying until the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, and he almost fainted on the ground, and Fu Zhenggang, the general of the Taiping Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who had cried once before, lost his voice again, and cried with Liang Fengchao, and the other Taiping Army soldiers present were also crying and crying. Li Xiucheng's eyes were red, and he choked up and said: "Ji Tianyi, Gui Tianyi, and all brothers, long live the King of Heaven was killed, as the commander of King Qin of the Kingdom of Heaven and the chief military division of the defenders of Tianjing City, my crime is unforgivable." But now is not the time to be sad, we have to find a way to escape from the dead place of Jiuhuanzhou as soon as possible, and then find a way to take revenge on the Heavenly King! ”

"Chung Wang Chitose, what do you say?" Liang Fengchao cried and said: "I still have more than 14,000 Heavenly Kingdom soldiers under my command, and the weapons and ammunition are quite sufficient, what do you say we should do, how can we rush out of Jiuhuan Continent and go to find the Transcendence Demon to take revenge?" ”

"King Zhong, the 20,000 troops under his command have not suffered any losses, and they can also fight a bloody battle with the demon soldiers!" Fu Zhenggang also immediately said loudly: "You can fight as much as you say, as long as you can rush out of Jiuhuan Continent and avenge the King of Heaven, the last general will go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not hesitate to break his bones!" ”

Seeing that Liang Fengchao and Fu Zhenggang were both resolute and emotional, and seeing that several other Taiping Army generals also opened their mouths one after another, vowing to fight with the Wu army to the end, Li Xiucheng nodded and said: "Brother Fu, Brother Liang, you are loyal to the Kingdom of Heaven, and I thank the Heavenly King for the spirit of heaven." But Jiu Huan Continent is surrounded by water, we don't even have a small boat, and we can't rush out no matter what, so we can only outwit it, first find a way to escape from Jiu Huan Zhou, and then find a way to avenge the Heavenly King. ”

"How to outwit?" Liang Fengchao couldn't wait to ask.

"There's only one way to surrender." Li Xiucheng replied in a deep voice, and said: "The reason why the Transcendence Demon sent a boat to send me to the island is because I pretended to agree to surrender to him, and promised to persuade you to lay down your arms and surrender on his behalf. ”

"This is indeed the only way we can do it, but King Chung, what exactly should we do?" Fu Zhenggang asked.

"If we want to withdraw to Suzhou and Hangzhou with more than 30,000 troops, we can't do it anyway." Li Xiucheng said: "We can only pick out the most reliable old brothers of Liangguang, as well as the elite soldiers who perform the best and most reliable in peacetime, and form an army separately, and then we will do so." ”

"First deceive the demon soldiers, trick the demon soldiers into building a pontoon bridge, and then we will split up, so that the unwitting brigade will lay down their weapons and go ashore first to paralyze the demon soldiers; During this period, Fu Zhenggang took your reliable army to secretly carry short guns and short blades, and mixed with the crowd to go ashore; Brother Liang, you stay on Jiuhuanzhou with your reliable army and cross the bridge at the end. When our brigade is almost over, Fu Zhenggang will suddenly make a move, while raiding the position of the demon soldiers, while shouting that the demon soldiers will kill prisoners of war, so that our brigade of people will scatter and flee for their lives, creating more chaos, more than 20,000 people suddenly scattered and fled, and the demon soldiers are difficult to prevent no matter how many troops are sent, Brother Liang, you can take the opportunity to take your reliable army with sophisticated firearms, rush across the pontoon bridge to join us, and together fight out of the encirclement and withdraw to the rear of Suzhou and Hangzhou. ”

After listening to Li Xiucheng's plan to surrender, and carefully deducing the specific steps in his heart, Liang Fengchao and Fu Zhenggang quickly applauded together, and then Fu Zhenggang suddenly remembered a major event, and hurriedly asked: "Zhongwang Chitose, what should you do?" How do you get out? ”

"I'll do it." Li Xiucheng didn't want to think about it and said: "After I go back and see the Transcendence Demon, I can tell him that you asked me to come to Jiuhuan Continent and surrender to him with them, although the Transcendence Demon is treacherous, but Jiuhuan Continent is surrounded by water and I can't escape at all, and he won't refuse if I want to." When the time comes, I will act with you, Brother Fu, and go ashore first to command the army to launch a riot, and then take Brother Liang's army across the bridge and go ashore. ”

Fu Zhenggang and Liang Fengchao applauded together, and the second general immediately led several of his main deputies to draw up a detailed plan, agreed on a signal, and selected the main combat force - that is, the absolute most reliable Taiping Army soldiers. As a result, Li Xiucheng was quite shocked that among the Nanjing Taiping Army under Liang Fengchao, there were more than 1,200 veterans of the Taiping Army and Liangguang, who were the most reliable, and there were no less than 3,000 Huguang veterans Liang Fengchao dared to guarantee that he could absolutely be trusted. In contrast, under Fu Zhenggang, who has the majority of total troops, there are less than 500 veterans in Liangguang, and the most reliable Guangxi veterans are only more than 100 people, which is in stark contrast to the proportion of the elite of the Taiping Army under Liang Fengchao.

"Brother Fu, are there too few old brothers under your command?" Liang Fengchao also saw the hidden danger of Fu Zhenggangjun, and took the initiative to say: "Do you want me to borrow some from you?" To add you some reliable Huguang brothers? ”

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Fu Zhenggang didn't know why he hesitated, and Li Xiucheng hurriedly said: "Can't borrow it, your army has been surrounded in Jiuhuanzhou for so long, and when you are cornered, it is inevitable that there will be some traitors in your army who will defect and become traitors to the demon soldiers. In Tianjing City, I have suffered such a big loss several times. ”

"It's still King Zhong's thoughtfulness, and I was worried just now." Fu Zhenggang hurriedly agreed, and said to Liang Fengchao: "Don't worry, although I don't have many old brothers from Liangguang in my hands, when I fought with King Zhong's Chitose in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I still trained some absolutely reliable troops, and it is absolutely no problem to gather three or a few thousand people." ”

Liang Fengchao was relieved when he heard this, and everyone immediately went their separate ways, Li Xiucheng stayed in Jiuhuanzhou for one night, and then returned to the south bank in a small boat driven by Wu soldiers to surrender to Wu Chaoyue on behalf of Fu Zhenggang and Liang Fengchao. Liang Fengchao and Fu Zhenggang used this time to hurry up preparations, dispatched reliable elite troops to use, and prepared various close-quarters assault weapons.

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Fu Zhenggang and Liang Fengchao, who were loyal to the king and anxious to break through, didn't even dream that Li Xiucheng, the loyal king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who they loved and admired, had just seen Wu Chaoyue after returning to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and immediately told Wu Chaoyue about his persuasion of Fu Zhenggang and Liang Fengchao to escape by fraud, and also confessed the breakthrough plan he had formulated for the Taiping Army in Jiuhuanzhou, and then Li Xiucheng explained to Wu Chaoyue the real reason why he did this.

"The king of Zhennan forgives his sins, and the sinners have to do it." Li Xiucheng explained: "Liang Fengchao is the founder of the Heavenly Kingdom, he is loyal to the Kingdom of Heaven and the late Heavenly King, and there are many old brothers of Liangguang among the soldiers under his command, it is absolutely impossible to surrender to the King of Zhennan, if the sinner directly opens his mouth to persuade him to surrender, he will not only definitely not listen, but also kill the sinner." ”

"When the time comes, as soon as the sinner dies, it is very likely that the old department of the sinner under Liang Fengchao's command will draw a sword against him, leading to civil strife in the army of Jiuhuanzhou, although it will also be beneficial for the King of Zhennan to take the opportunity to attack the island and break the enemy, but Liang Fengchao's soldiers and horses will definitely fight to the death, causing losses to your army King Zhennan, and it will also lead to the death of more innocent Heavenly Kingdom soldiers. So the sinner has no choice but to trick him into surrendering to you first, and after the sinner brings the army that is easy to persuade to surrender ashore, you can take the opportunity to cut off the pontoon bridge and trap Liang Fengchao and other stubborn people on the island. ”

Listening carefully to Li Xiucheng's introduction and explanation, Wu Chaoyue never said a word, or after Li Xiucheng finished speaking, Wu Chaoyue asked: "Two questions, first, what about Fu Zhenggang and the stubborn people under his command?" If I let you be with Fu Zhenggang, and Fu Zhenggang will insist on breaking through when the time comes, how will you get out? ”

"Although the sinner also wants to trick Fu Zhenggang into staying on the island with his cronies, there is no way, Fu Zhenggang and Liang Fengchao are likely to be suspicious if they do so." Li Xiucheng said helplessly: "So there is no way, I can only ask the king of Zhennan and your soldiers to make a move, fortunately, Fu Zhenggang and his cronies can only carry short weapons across the bridge and go ashore, which is not very difficult to deal with." ”

"As for the sinners themselves." Li Xiucheng said: "After the sinner crosses the bridge and goes ashore, King Zhennan, you just need to find an excuse to pass me over to meet you, and I can get out." On Fu Zhenggang's side, I will use the excuse that the army has not yet crossed the bridge to temporarily appease him, and I will not make him suspicious. ”

Wu Chaoyue nodded, and then asked again: "Second question, why don't you let Liang Fengchao and Fu Zhenggang's army cross the river in batches by boat?" You want me to build a pontoon bridge and let them cross the river? ”

"What a treacherous surpass the little demon!" Li Xiucheng was shocked in his heart, and immediately understood that Wu Chaoyue was still not very at ease with himself, but fortunately, Li Xiucheng was also prepared for this, and said: "King Zhennan's forgiveness, if I ask you to send a ship to carry the Jiuhuanzhou army ashore in batches to surrender, then I can't think of any way for Liang Fengchao and Fu Zhenggang to break through, if you can't do this, Liang Fengchao and Fu Zhenggang will not screen prisoners of war for you for King Zhennan, so that King Zhennan You can easily annihilate the veterans of the Heavenly Kingdom who refuse to surrender, and save most of the Heavenly Kingdom brothers who are willing to surrender for their lives." So sinners have no choice but to ask you to build bridges and roads. ”

Wu Chaoyue was silent, and stared at Li Xiucheng, carefully observing Li Xiucheng's expression, Li Xiucheng understood Wu Chaoyue's thoughts, so he took the initiative to say again: "King Zhennan, we are all people who lead soldiers, and your mind is a sinner, if it is replaced by me in your position, I will definitely suspect that this is a plan, pretending to help you break the enemy, but in fact, he is hiding another evil intention, and wants to take this opportunity to break through and escape." Therefore, if you can't believe in the sinner and don't want to adopt it, the sinner will never dare to say more. ”

"But King Zhennan, I'm really doing this to reduce the number of deaths!"

Speaking of this, Li Xiucheng suddenly raised his voice, and said with a little redness in the corners of his eyes: "More than 300,000 Jiangsu and Zhejiang soldiers came to Tianjing Qinwang with me, because of the blind command and interference of the Heavenly King, and the sinners My own talent is insufficient, and my ability is limited, Bi Zhennan Wang, your amazing talent, more than 300,000 Jiangsu and Zhejiang soldiers can still be established now, and there are only 20,000 people left on Jiuhuan Continent, and the sinners really can't bear to let them be buried for Hong Tianwang anymore, and they can't bear to let them die under the knife of their own people. was slaughtered by the obsessive Liangguang brothers under Liang Fengchao. Fu Zhenggang is the old department of the sinner, what is the situation of his army, the sinner knows it, if he really makes a move, they will definitely not be Liang Fengchao's opponent! ”

Li Xiucheng's excited look has no trace of falsification, which Wu Chaoyue can affirm, but unfortunately, Wu Chaoyue himself is a good actor, so Li Xiucheng's impassioned expression naturally can't make Wu Chaoyue believe it with confidence, so Wu Chaoyue still refuses to open his mouth to decide. But just when Li Xiucheng was about to despair, Wu Chaoyue suddenly nodded and said, "Okay, King Zhong, I believe in you, so do it." But, Chunwang Chitose, I hope you don't let me down. ”

Li Xiucheng sighed relaxedly, bowed to Wu Chaoyue to the ground, and said sincerely: "Please rest assured that the king of Zhennan will definitely live up to the trust." ”

"Okay, let's go back and meet your family first, and bring a good one to Lingtang for me." Wu Chaoyue instructed: "I also have to prepare here, you go to Jiuhuanzhou tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow you will do it according to your plan." ”

After seeing Li Xiucheng leave, Wu Chaoyue said to himself: "Li Xiucheng, this is the opportunity I give you, but if you disappoint me, this may be the last chance I give you." I'm not Zhuge Liang, I have the patience to capture seven times. ”

At noon the next day, according to Wu Chaoyue's arrangement, Li Xiucheng boarded the boat to the north again, although Wu Chaoyue was busy with official business and did not meet Li Xiucheng in person, but before boarding the ship, Li Xiucheng still said to Zhou Wenxian, who came to see him off on behalf of Wu Chaoyue: "Although it is a nonsense, I still ask you to report to the king of Zhennan, please be sure to be prepared to prevent Fu Zhenggang from leading the army to break through." The Huainan area has not yet been mastered by the king of Zhennan, and if Fu Zhenggang is allowed to escape, it may become a big disaster. "Reading, a better reading experience.