It is also a blessing in misfortune for the Nanjing Taiping Army, the Wu army that fought away did not have the ability to arrange an ambush circle to cut off their way back, and at the same time, the terrain from Dashengguan to Jubaomen was also relatively open, and it was more convenient for the soldiers to flee, so although the Nanjing Taiping Army was defeated miserably, the loss was not particularly large, but it was stabbed by the Wu army and let out a little blood, and it did not reach the point of being seriously injured, and there was still enough strength to defend the city.

The biggest loss for the Taiping army in the battle of Dashengguan is to lead Meng Deen was seriously injured by a stray bullet, although Meng Deen has no outstanding talent and ability, and his character is also quite criticized, and he is especially not able to fight, but Meng Deen has an unparalleled advantage - he can appease Hong Xiuquan, who has a slight mental illness, and use various means to make Hong Xiuquan stay a little calm, so as not to go completely crazy. And after Meng Deen lay down, no one could control Sect Leader Hong's illness and violent temper.

"Kill! Kill! Kill all Meng Aiqing's own soldiers! And their whole family, not one of them was left, they were all killed! There is also the prison army, the military commander and the division commander who are responsible for protecting Meng Aiqing, all killed! Don't leave any of them! ”

Not to mention, Hong Xiuquan's temper is irritable, and he still has a certain affection for the favored minister and meritorious hero Meng Deen, seeing Meng Deen fainting to death on a stretcher with half of his body stained with blood, Hong Xiuquan not only shed tears, but also yelled that all the Taiping officers and soldiers responsible for protecting Meng Deen's safety were slaughtered! No one persuaded him, even if it was Meng Deen's eldest son Zanhejun Meng Shiyong, it was useless to come forward to plead, Hong Xiuquan also slapped him with his own hands and yelled: "King Zan is not your father?" These wastes are useless, causing your father to be injured like this, and you, who are sons, don't avenge your father with your own hands, and spare their lives? ”

Without his father's admonition skills, Meng Shiyong could only quickly kowtow and ask for guilt, watching Hong Xiuquan give orders indiscriminately and kill innocents indiscriminately, and the other Taiping Heavenly Kingdom civil and military forces did not dare to speak, only Shi Dakai had the courage to come out and played: "Long live the King of Heaven, there are no eyes on the battlefield, and King Zan was hit by the spears of the demon soldiers on his horse, even if his own soldiers and the generals of the Chinese army are guilty of poor protection, they will not be ......." ”

"Shut up!" Hong Xiuquan's evil fire was sprinkled on Shi Dakai's head again, pointing at Shi Dakai and roaring: "It's all you!" It was because you were disrespectful to the Heavenly Father Emperor God that the Heavenly Father accepted the Heavenly Fire, causing Meng Aiqing to lose the battle and almost ascend to heaven on the spot! ”

was angered by Hong Xiuquan to this point for no reason, Shi Dakai couldn't help but change color on his face no matter how good his temper was, and he was about to sneer at each other when he opened his mouth. Fortunately, at this critical moment, Meng Deen, who was lying on the stretcher, suddenly moved a few times, and a moaning sound came out of his mouth, and Hong Xiuquan, who cherished his beloved minister, immediately threw Shi Dakai aside, strode to the side of the stretcher to check the situation, and ordered the Heavenly Imperial Doctor to do his best to rescue him.

The bullet entered the lungs and could not be taken out, under the medical conditions of this era, no matter what kind of doctor could not pull Meng Deen back from the ghost gate, but fortunately, he couldn't breathe for a while, and at the same time, under Lang Zhong's full rescue, Meng Deen also regained a little consciousness, coughing up blood and dying and said a few words to Hong Xiuquan, "Long live the king of heaven forgive his sins, his subordinates are incompetent, they failed to break the camp of the demon soldiers, and they also suffered defeat." ”

"Don't talk about this, don't talk about this." Hong Xiuquan shook his head again and again, and said: "It doesn't matter if that's okay, as long as Meng Aiqing is okay, get better quickly, Tianjing's army still counts on you to take the lead." ”

"Thank you......, your subordinates thank King Xie for your trust." Meng Deen's voice was weak, and he said with great difficulty: "But your subordinates ......, your subordinates estimate that it is not possible to touch themselves, and your subordinates are brave and ...... Recommend the former wing king Shi ......, Shi Dakai, and ask the king of heaven to give permission, so that he can replace his subordinates as the ...... of the Chinese army of the kingdom of heaven, and he is in charge. The minister ......, and the minister died ....... ”

failed to finish all the words, Meng Deen fainted again, Hong Xiuquan saw the great urgency, and hurriedly forced Lang Zhong to rescue, but unfortunately the so-called imperial doctor level of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was too poor, no matter how much he tossed, he could no longer make Meng Deen wake up. Hong Xiuquan had no choice but to raise his leg and kick the imperial doctor in front of him a dog to eat Xiang, and roared angrily: "Carry it down to save it, you can't save it, you all give King Zan a funeral." ”

A few imperial doctors who were scattered hurriedly carried Meng Deen to the palace to continue the rescue, and the order on the Golden Dragon Hall returned to normal a little, during which several of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom civil and military who heard Meng Deen's recommendation were silent, and Shi Dakai, who vaguely heard Meng Deen mention his name, was puzzled, and didn't understand why Meng Deen still said his name when he was dying, and what did he say to Hong Xiuquan?

Everyone's eyes were focused on Hong Xiuquan's body, and Hong Xiuquan's face, which was often in a state of frenzy, rarely showed a look of deep thought, but after thinking about it for a long time, Hong Xiuquan suddenly pointed at Meng Shiyong and shouted: "Praise heir, I now crown you as the young praise king, and you will replace your father, and serve as the leader of the Chinese army of the heavenly kingdom, and lead the Tianjing soldiers and horses for me, and fight to the death with the demon soldiers!" ”

There was a light commotion in the Golden Dragon Palace, no one thought that Hong Xiuquan would let Meng Shiyongzi inherit his father's position and serve as the commander of the Chinese army of the Taiping Army in Nanjing-the general civil and military forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom knew very well that Meng Deen had fought a village-level battle before and won it, but Meng Shiyong, who relied on his father's shadow, had never been on the battlefield, and it was a question whether he had even touched a knife and gun.

"Long live the Heavenly King, you let your subordinates be in charge of the Chinese army?" Even Meng Shiyong himself was dumbfounded by Hong Xiuquan's decision, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty has never been on the battlefield, and has never led soldiers?" ”

"Who is born to fight?" Hong Xiuquan said angrily: "Before Jintian's incident, who had fought in the civil and military forces of the Heavenly Kingdom?" That's it, when your Chinese army is in charge, I will arrange for people to assist you. ”

"But ......, but long live the king, father he ...... just now." Hearing Meng Shiyong's dying recommendation, Meng Shiyong wanted to speak and stopped, but after being glared at by Hong Xiuquan's fierce gaze, Meng Shiyong, who had always been afraid of Hong Xiuquan's obscenity, had no choice but to shut up obediently, drove ducks to the shelves to take over his father's position, and served as the chief general of the Nanjing Taiping Army in the line of fire.

Contrary to the anxious Meng Shiyong, he didn't know that Meng Deen actually recommended himself as the chief general of the Nanjing Taiping Army, Shi Dakai, who was a little fortunate to Hong Xiuquan's decision to let Meng Shiyong's son take over his father's position, and felt that he still had the opportunity to indirectly affect the command of the Nanjing Taiping Army, but Meng Shiyong did not disappoint Shi Dakai, and just dispersed the court, the first thing Meng Shiyong did was to follow his father's example, and quietly asked Shi Dakai how to command the Nanjing Taiping Army, and immediately accepted Shi Dakai's suggestion, The location of the Shangxinhe garrison was not very important to reinforce the Yuhuatai camp and strengthen the defensive strength of the perimeter of Jubaomen.

Yuhuatai has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, there are mountains and rivers that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, Shi Dakai strengthened the troops here through Meng Shiyong, which not only effectively protected the safety of the main gate of Nanjing City, but also made the most afraid of fighting the Wu army Feng Sanbao more dilemma. Therefore, after finding out this, Feng Sanbao, Li Hezhang and others, who were considering whether to withdraw the Jiangbei feint troops and take advantage of the situation to enter Yuhuatai, were suddenly disappointed and had to re-weigh the pros and cons of attacking Yuhuatai head-on.

However, there are gains and losses, Shi Dakai made this decision through Meng Shiyong, but he seriously offended Qin Rigang, the deputy commander of the Taiping Army who commanded the Shangxinhe garrison - he was already very dissatisfied with Meng Deen riding on his head, and finally survived until Meng Deen lay down, and the later generation of Meng Shiyong actually rode on his head again, and then the first thing Meng Shiyong did after taking office was to weaken his military power, and the anger in Qin Rigang's heart can be imagined. Therefore, in addition to the thunderstorm, Qin Rigang also ignored the current need for unity of the great enemy, and immediately sent a messenger into the city to find Hong Xiuquan to complain, and the red mouth and white teeth insisted that Meng Shiyong's move was to dilute the strength of the Shangxinhe defenders, and give the Wu army the opportunity to attack Shangxinhe and threaten the West Fourth Gate of Nanjing.

Of course, Qin Rigang's move is purely unreasonable, and at present, the last thing that the Nanjing Taiping Army is afraid of is that the Wu army will attack the strong camp head-on, and there are two Jiangxin islands on the side of the Shangxin River to protect the flank water. But it's a pity that Hong Xiuquan doesn't know how to fight more than Meng Shiyong, so after being bluffed by Qin Rigang's tricky words, Hong Xiuquan immediately called Meng Shiyong in front of him again, and shouted and asked Meng Shiyong about the reasons and consequences of transferring the Shangxinhe garrison to reinforce the Yuhuatai garrison.

Having received Shi Dakai's secret guidance beforehand, Meng Shiyong reluctantly answered in front of Hong Xiuquan, and finally didn't let Hong Xiuquan's head enter the water and forced him to transfer the army back to Shangxinhe, but unfortunately Hong Xiuquan, who took care of his own life safety, still refused to rest assured, and suddenly lost his temper with Li Xiucheng, who was far away in Shanghai, and scolded Li Xiucheng for being disloyal to the king, only coveting Shanghai's gold and silver treasures, and completely ignoring the life and death of himself and Tianjing City. At the end, Hong Xiuquan shouted again: "Give Li Xiucheng a holy decree, limit him to come back with the army to rescue Tianjing within half a month, and those who violate the decree will be beheaded!" ”

"Long live the Heavenly King, I'm afraid it's too late for half a month, right?" Meng Shiyong said tremblingly: "Let's not say that King Zhong's attack on Shanghai has reached the last moment, the distance is so far away, and it will be difficult for King Zhongwang's main force to rush back from Shanghai within half a month?" ”

"Then I'll give him five more days!" Hong Xiuquan roared: "Within twenty days, no matter what, I will come back to reinforce Tianjing!" ”

Meng Shiyong still wanted to admonish, but seeing the angry expression on Hong Xiuquan's face, Meng Shiyong still didn't dare to open this mouth, so he could only quietly swallow a mouthful of saliva, honestly accepted this order, and quietly decided to temporarily detain Hong Xiuquan's holy decree, planning to discuss it with Shi Dakai first.

Of course, Hong Xiuquan's decision to put his head into the water made Shi Dakai's hair white, and he couldn't think of any way to make Hong Xiuquan retract this will, and buy some more time for Li Xiucheng to attack Shanghai, and the result was not bad, at this critical moment, Li Xiucheng's loyal palace Chengxuan Qian Guiren suddenly returned to Nanjing with Li Xiucheng's handwritten letter, and begged Hong Xiuquan to give Shanghai a little more time on the battlefield on behalf of Li Xiucheng. After the news was first reported to Meng Shiyong, who temporarily replaced Prime Minister Meng Deen, Shi Dakai was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly suggested that Meng Shiyong summon Qian Guiren first, and secretly discussed a way to persuade Hong Xiuquan to withdraw the brain-dead holy decree............

"Whether you can take Shanghai, and then calmly go all out to resist the eastward advance of the demon soldiers, it depends on this meeting." This is Shi Dakai's heartfelt words when he went to see Hong Xiuquan with Meng Shiyong and Qian Guiren.