Out of the importance of the attack of the Wu army, after hearing that the Wu army was very strange and only sent a battalion of troops to Wuwei City alone, Fan Yunde not only carefully arranged enough troops to enter the state of alert, but also personally climbed the Wuwei city wall and went to the front line to personally check the intentions and purposes of the Wu army.

After some time, under the watchful eyes of Fan Yunde and countless Taiping soldiers, the Wu soldiers of that battalion finally appeared in the distance of the road, as reported by the scouts, the Wu soldiers of this battalion really rushed to dozens of carts of donkeys, horses and mules, and the carts were full of goods covered with sackcloth, but from the speed and rut depth, these goods were obviously not very heavy. Fan Yunde felt more and more strange when he saw it, and for the sake of prudence, he once again strictly ordered the soldiers of the Taiping Army in the fortifications outside the city not to go out to fight without authorization, and patiently waited for the next move of the Wu army.

The Wu army of this battalion obviously had no intention of taking the initiative to attack, and had just arrived at a position about two miles outside the east gate of Wuwei City, and the Wu army of this battalion stopped advancing, and the soldiers quickly built a temporary defensive position to prevent the Taiping army from suddenly sending troops to attack. When Fan Yunde hurriedly used the binoculars to take a closer look at the situation in the car, he immediately exclaimed, "Head!" ”

Yes, Wu Jun's carriage was indeed loaded with human heads, and the carriages were densely packed with I don't know how much, and just when Fan Yunde and the Taiping soldiers let out a burst of exclamations, Wu Junminfu lifted those people with simple wooden frames off the carriage and dumped them directly on a vacant lot on the side of the road, and fell in the same position one by one, quickly piling up a hill of human heads, and a mountain of human heads that was constantly expanding.

Seeing this, friends who are familiar with ancient Chinese history should know what Wu Junminfu is doing, but because the Qing Dynasty did not have this habit, Fan Yunde, who has a very low level of education, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army, who have no action, have not even heard of the term Jingguan, so in the case that they have long been accustomed to burying the corpse on the spot, the soldiers of the Wuwei Taiping Army led by Fan Yunde once thought that Wu Jun was preparing to use some demon method, and they became more and more afraid in their hearts. At the same time, Fan Yunde and some middle-level generals of the Taiping Army with binoculars quickly saw the origin of the heads—there were no braids and hair, and it was obvious that all of them were from the corpses of Taiping soldiers who died in battle.

More than 100 Wu soldiers and civilians quickly carried the heads of dozens of carriages off the car, and piled up a huge mountain of people more than one zhang high on the side of the road, and then a Wu soldier climbed to the top of the mountain and planted a white flag with words on the head mountain, and then the Wu soldiers of that battalion suddenly shouted neatly: "If you don't do anything and don't kill Fan Yunde, this is your fate!" ”

"If you don't kill Fan Yunde, this is what will happen to you! If you don't kill Fan Yunde, this is your fate! ”

Shouting the same slogan repeatedly, the Wu soldiers slowly retreated and gradually disappeared into the distance of the road, leaving behind a simple Beijing Temple with a human head and a white flag with words fluttering in the wind. The soldiers of the Wuwei Taiping Army, who had been frightened by Wu Jun in the Yuncao War, were all frightened, and they were just talking about the intention of Wu Jun's move, and Fan Yunde hurriedly sent someone forward to take the flag left by Wu Jun to check the content for himself, but he saw that there were only seven simple words on the flag - Mao Jingguan, the head of Taiping Mansion.

"Jingguan? What is Kyokan? ”

Fan Yunde was puzzled by this unfamiliar term, but fortunately, although the Taiping army was generally not highly educated, there were quite a few talented people in Wuwei City who had read history books. However, it is precisely because of this that Fan Yunde also understands more in his heart that Wu Jun has indeed hated himself to the bone, and after the destruction of Wuwei City, the Taiping soldiers who died in battle are likely to pile up outside the city.

"Qi Tianhou, the demon soldiers are demonstrating to us." Jiang Tan, a general who was very trusted by Fan Yunde, also saw Wu Jun's intentions and said: "The demon soldiers want to shake the morale of the army that attacked us, so that our soldiers understand that after Wuwei City is broken by them, the heads of our soldiers may also be piled together by them, forcing our soldiers to surrender quickly." ”

"It's a beautiful idea." Fan Yunde snorted disdainfully: "A broken view of Beijing wants to force us to surrender, the daydream of the demon soldiers is well done, over the years, Lao Tzu has cut off less demon heads?" Can they be so intimidated? ”

Jiang Tan nodded, and hurriedly asked, "Qi Tianhou, what about these heads?" Do you send someone to bury them on the spot, or do you just leave them there? ”

Fan Yunde hesitated for a moment, and said without much strength: "Send someone to bury it, they are all brothers of our heavenly kingdom, and it is miserable enough to be separated from each other, don't stay there and let the wind and rain blow." ”

Jiang Tan promised to immediately arrange for the army to carry excavation tools out of the city, and go to the scene to bury the heads of those Taiping Army soldiers under Li Kaifang's department on the spot, but Fan Yunde was not in a hurry to go back to the city to rest, and glanced at the huge head mountain from a distance, sighed quietly, and said in his heart: "Soon, when the demon soldiers break Wuwei City, my head will definitely have to be cut off by the demon soldiers for the night." ”

Fan Yunde knew very well that the Wuwei Taiping Army was not the opponent of the Wu army, and it was only a matter of time before Wuwei City was broken by the Wu army, but Fan Yunde had no way to avoid this tragic end, because the once glorious Shi Dakai's main force had been wiped out, and he could no longer shelter the Wuwei Taiping Army.

Loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Fan Yunde is willing to sacrifice his life for Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but human nature, Fan Yunde is unwilling to die in vain, so Fan Yunde has been pondering such a thought in his heart, "Is there any way?" Can you save my head, keep my soldier's head? ”

If you go out of the city and fight with Wu Jun, you will definitely not be able to fight to the death, and the whole army will be wiped out sooner or later if you are trapped in the lonely city, without any choice, Fan Yunde naturally considered his last choice in his heart, and said secretly: "Can you run?" Taking advantage of the fact that the demon soldiers have not yet surrounded Wuwei City, take my army to withdraw to other places and go to other places to make a comeback? ”

Naturally, after having this idea, Fan Yunde quickly thought of a sentence that Ma Yutang, a traitor to the Taiping Army, said in the persuasion letter - Lujiang, Chaoxian and Luzhou, the cities in the hinterland of Anhui, the defenders have been basically emptied by Shi Dakai before, not only can they no longer send troops to reinforce Wuwei, but on the contrary, they may turn to the Wuwei Taiping Army for help!

"Can we remove the hinterland of Anhui? The Heavenly Army in those places is empty, and I will withdraw with the Wuwei soldiers, they will definitely welcome it, and it will certainly not be difficult for me to find a place to stay. And after arriving in those places, not only can I avoid the edge of the demon soldiers, but I also hope to make a comeback and pull up a bigger army to fight the demon soldiers again? ”

"Bang! Bang! ”

It was also a coincidence that when Fan Yunde had this tempting idea in his heart, two gunshots suddenly rang out in the direction of Jingguan outside the city, Fan Yunde hurriedly raised his binoculars to take a closer look, but saw that several Taiping soldiers were striding away in the direction of the retreat of the Wu army, and some Taiping soldiers were shouting and chasing and killing. Has the morale of the military been shaken to this point? ”

was expected by Fan Yunde, and after a period of time, Jiang Tan really ran to Fan Yunde with a disgraced face to ask for guilt, and said: "Qi Tianhou forgives, it is a few old soldiers of the traitor Ma Yutang, and the last general will send them out of the city to dig a pit to bury people's heads, and a few bitches may have had a plan, or they may have been afraid when they saw so many heads, so they suddenly ran away." However, Qi Tianhou can rest assured that the last general has already sent someone to chase after him, and he will definitely bring back the heads of these deserters. ”

Fan Yunde nodded, and did not reprimand Jiang Tan for his ineffective management of the army in a rage, and after hesitating for a moment, Fan Yunde also ordered: "Gather all the generals in the city at the level of division commander and above to have a meeting in my Qitian Hou Mansion, I have something to discuss with you." ”

About an hour later, in the lobby of his Qi Tianhou Mansion, in front of the generals under his command, Fan Yunde said his heart plan a little twistedly, but what made Fan Yunde stunned was that not only did not one of the generals of the Wuwei Taiping Army angrily reprimand him for his greed for life and fear of death and escape, but on the contrary, they all raised their hands to support his wise decision. Fan Yunde finally understood that in fact, the people who did not want to stay in Wuwei City and wait for death were not one or two, but in groups............

It was the third watch of the night, before the Wu army had time to fire a shot at Wuwei City, Fan Yunde suddenly took more than 4,000 Wuwei Taiping troops to abandon the city, and hurriedly retreated to Chaoxian County through Shijian Town. What's even more amazing is that there are a considerable number of Taiping soldiers who don't even want to run, and during the retreat, they deserted when they seized the opportunity, or fled back to their homes outside Wuwei City to shave their hair in a hurry, or ran directly to the Shentang River to surrender to the Wu army.

Cao Yanzhong, who had never had this kind of good luck before, was of course dancing and ecstatic, and at the same time, Cao Yanzhong, who tasted the sweetness, immediately came to the think tank Tan Jixun to discuss, and asked if he could use a similar method to intimidate Yin Xianrui, the Taiping Army general who guarded Hezhou, so that Yin Xianrui could also learn from Fan Yunde, and take the initiative to abandon Hezhou and flee to other places, so that Wu Jun, who was generally in poor physical condition, could continue to easily take Hezhou City? And Tan Sitong's father Tan Jixun did not disappoint Cao Yanzhong, and quickly gave an answer......

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So, soon, when the exhausted Wu Army Cao Yanzhong's corps was still cleaning up the mess and resting for breath, a Taiping soldier named Zhu Dezhi, who claimed to be Fan Yunde's personal soldier, rushed to the city of Hezhou in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River with Fan Yunde's handwritten letter, asking to enter the city to meet Yin Xianrui. After carefully verifying Zhu Dezhi's identity token, the Taiping soldiers of Hezhou also quickly invited Zhu Dezhi into Hezhou City, which was already a rumor, and led him to meet Yin Xianrui.

"What do you guys eat all day long? Why did you give up Wuwei City without fighting? If the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven are like him, then we will not fight with the demon soldiers, and let the demon soldiers kill them! Traitor! Shameless! Greedy for life and afraid of death! Bastard! ”

It's a pity that after seeing Yin Xianrui, Fan Yunde's personal soldier Zhu Dezhi couldn't even say a few words, so he was first scolded by the thunderous Yin Xianrui, and almost slapped Yin Xianrui. But fortunately, after Zhu Dezhi repeatedly explained that Fan Yunde's decision to escape had nothing to do with him, Yin Xianrui calmed down a little, and also opened the Fan Yunde letter brought by Zhu Dezhi to check, but it was okay not to read it, probably after reading the content of Fan Yunde's letter clearly, Yin Xianrui was so angry that he scolded again - because Fan Yunde's letter actually persuaded him to abandon the city and leave, and go to the hinterland of Anhui to regroup and make a comeback.

The content of Fan Yunde's letter is probably as follows: "Brother Xianrui, I'm sorry brother, I slipped away first, but I didn't run for my life because I was greedy for life and afraid of death, I ran for the future of heaven, the soldiers and horses in my hand are not vulnerable to the demon soldiers at all, the battle is death, the defense is death, if you want to keep the fire of the kingdom of heaven, I only have the only right choice to run."

Brother Xianrui, listen to my brother's advice, you should also hurry up and go with me, in order to save Xiliang Mountain, your army was also killed by the demon soldiers a lot, the loss is greater than mine, and I am less sure than I am to block the demon soldiers to hold Hezhou, only quickly retreat to the hinterland of Anhui with me, is your best choice now.

Brother, brother really doesn't want to pull you along with the infamy of being greedy for life and afraid of death, we have to withdraw now, you and my soldiers and horses together are not enough to stuff your teeth, staying on the edge of the Yangtze River is purely for nothing, and it will not play any role. But it is completely different for us to retreat to the hinterland of Anhui together, when we get there, we can not only leave the seeds of the Kingdom of Heaven, but also help other friendly forces of the Kingdom of Heaven to hold the hinterland of Anhui, if these places like Hefei and Fengyang are lost again, our territory in Anhui will be completely finished. Therefore, we are not withdrawing for ourselves, but for the future of the kingdom of heaven.

Not much to say, if our brothers join hands and withdraw together, we will be invincible in the hinterland of Anhui, as long as I have a bite to eat, I will never let you go hungry. But if you have to stay in Hezhou, to put it mildly, my brother will definitely have to build you a mound in Hefei. ”

"Traitor, shameless!" Yin Xianrui was completely angry, slammed the table and roared: "Fan Yunde, you son of a bitch, you yourself are greedy for life and afraid of death to be a traitor, and you still want to pull me to be a traitor with you!" Raised by a son of a bitch, don't let Lao Tzu run into it in the future, let Lao Tzu run into it, Lao Tzu will kill you with a knife! ”

scolded and scolded, as if Yin Xianrui, who was extremely angry, did not tear up Fan Yunde's letter on the spot, Zhu Dezhi, who was carefully selected from countless Taiping soldiers who took the initiative to surrender, noticed this detail, and plucked up the courage to say: "Serve Tian'an, Qi Tianhou He still wants to give you a word, he really left for the future of our heavenly kingdom, if he doesn't hurry up to Luzhou, the twisted army of Fengyang Yingzhou, and the Qing demon of Lu'an, he will definitely attack our Luzhou Shucheng and these places." Serving Tian'an, you are so loyal to the Kingdom of Heaven, can you watch the land and city of Anhui that we have worked so hard to fight down be snatched away by the Twist Army and the Qing Demon? ”

In all fairness, Zhu Dezhi's words are definitely not unreasonable, so Yin Xianrui, who has been maintaining some calmness in the anger, also closed his mouth and stopped scolding, and showed a thinking expression, Zhu Dezhi observed his words and looks, and said busily: "Serve Tian'an, we Qi Tianhou also said, other twist army dare not say, at least Miao Peilin's twist army will never miss such an opportunity, with his virtue and temper, as long as he finds that our Luzhou is empty, he will definitely fall into the well and take advantage of the fire to rob." The soldiers in that area of Luzhou were emptied by our Wing King 8,000 years old, if you don't hurry back with the troops to serve Tian'an, how can we defend the land and city of Luzhou? ”

Yin Xianrui's expression finally wavered a little, not only did he not continue to roar and roar, but on the contrary, he sat down and tapped his fingers on the table to carefully calculate, Zhu Dezhi was also secretly happy in his heart, knowing that he was expected to be rewarded for his meritorious service. However, at this time, a general of the Taiping Army with two black spots under his eyes stood up next to him, and asked Zhu Dezhi: "Are you Qi Tianhou's personal soldier?" What is your name? Why did I never see you when I was dealing with Qi Tianhou? ”

"May I ask the general, ...... you?"

Unexpectedly, a vicious wolf suddenly came out of the flock, and Zhu Dezhi was suddenly caught off guard by the Taiping army general, so he could only ask cautiously. The Taiping Army general pointed to the black spots under his eyes, smiled and said, "What? Even my four-eyed Chen Yucheng has never heard of it? Heaven becomes Tianyu, Chen Yucheng. ”

"It turned out to be Cheng Tianyu, the little Zhu Dezhi, who didn't know Mount Tai with his eyes, didn't think of Cheng Tianyu's appearance for a while, the little one was guilty, the little one was guilty."

Zhu Dezhi quickly knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty, and frankly admitted that he had forgotten Chen Yucheng's famous characteristics - and indeed forgot this because he was too nervous. Chen Yucheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, answer Ben Tianyu's question, Ben Tianyu has dealt with you Qi Tianhou so many times, why have I never seen you?" ”