Zhang Zipeng led more than 700 Taiping soldiers from the North Temple to go up the river and defect to Wei Jun in Huangzhou Mansion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as the news came out, it set off stormy waves along the Yangtze River, making the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom tremble!

First of all, in the territory of Anqing Mansion, the Taiping soldiers of Wangjiang, Susong and other counties were originally the generals of the East Temple, and when they heard that the East Palace's Mansion was slaughtered, the entire East Temple subordinates were declared rebellious.

As soon as they heard that Prime Minister Zeng Cheng and Futian Marquis Fu Xuexian, the chief generals of the Western Expeditionary Army, led nearly 20,000 Taiping soldiers in Anqing Fucheng and the surrounding areas to officially return to the King of Nan, they followed suit and sent people to report to Zeng Shuiyuan of Anqing City, and they were also willing to join the Holy Kingdom and obey the command of King Nan.

Then, nearly 20,000 Taiping soldiers from the nearby Chizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion also announced that they would follow Zeng Shuiyuan and Fu Xuexian, defect to the King of the South, and join the Taiping Holy Kingdom.

The 5,000 Taiping soldiers of Jiujiang Mansion, directly under the leadership of Hu Dingwen, the fifth Chengxuan of the left of the East Palace, not only drove away Zhang Zipeng in the north hall and occupied Jiujiang City, but also occupied all the two counties of Hukou and Pengze, and then directly proposed to Peng Yulin, the commander of the Seventh Division of the Taiping Holy Kingdom in Nankang Mansion City, not far to the south, and returned to the king of the south.

Peng Yulin was naturally overjoyed, and while quickly sending people to report to Feng Yunshan, the holy king of Guangzhou, he also sent 5,000 soldiers of the Seventh Division to be stationed in Jiujiang City, Hukou, Pengze and other county towns in batches, and quickly controlled the central throat of the Yangtze River.

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And the two brothers Yang Fuqing and Yang Yiqing, who were still waiting and waiting and were uncertain, heard that Zeng Shuiyuan and Fu Xuexian led the 20,000 Taiping soldiers of the East Palace in Anqing to defect to the King of the South, and they were also shocked in their hearts.

Yang Fuqing was timid and cautious, and he hadn't made any decisions yet, and Yang Yiqing couldn't hold back early in the morning. He hurriedly found Yang Fuqing to discuss: "Brother, can you still sit still?" The Heavenly King and the Northern Thieves have already declared that both of our brothers are rebels and traitors, do you still want to sit and wait for them to kill them? I heard that the northern thief has sent someone to Danyang! ”

"Panic what! The Northern Thief sent someone, and we put him under house arrest. Now that the situation is not completely clear, who are we in a hurry to vote for? Yang Fuqing still had the idea of defecting to the Wing King in his heart.

In fact, in history, he was the winged king Shi Dakai, who led tens of thousands of soldiers to defect after the Tianjing Incident.

"To whom? Of course it's the King of the South! Brother, don't hesitate any longer, grind and grind, and now let Zeng Shuiyuan rob the lottery. Now even if we defect to the King of the South, we don't have much credit for him! Yang Yiqing said loudly.

"Our surname is Yang, it's good to be able to save our lives, what credit do we want?" Yang Fuqing still had the idea of waiting for the Wing King, and he directly said his true intentions: "I want to wait for the news of the Wing King!" As long as he declares that he will avenge the king of the east and deal with the northern thieves, we will go to him. The Wing King has a straightforward personality and is loyal to his brothers, which is reassuring. Defecting to him, we don't have to worry about being swallowed up and our soldiers and horses happening. ”

Yang Yiqing heard him say this, thinking about the true temperament of the Wing King, but there was no reason to object.

At this time, his cronies brought important news: Shi Dakai, the king of Yiwang who fled back to Hezhou from Tianjing, led the five thousand Taiping soldiers of Yidian and decided to abandon Hezhou and Chaoxian. And, following in the footsteps of Anqing Zeng Shuiyuan, he officially announced his departure from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, joined the Taiping Holy Kingdom, and respected the King of the South! At present, Yiwang is in Wuwei Prefecture, and he doesn't know whether he is going to Mubei or Anqing to join Zeng Shuiyuan.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Yang Fuqing forgot how he got out of the room. He never thought that the dignified Wing King would also defect to the King of the South!

However, at this time, he remembered that before King Nan left the Kingdom of Heaven, King Wing had indeed always had a good relationship with King Nan, and King Wing was originally invited by King Nan from Gui County to join the Holy Sect.

It's just that the king of the south has been assisting the king of heaven and has become the shadow of the king of heaven, so he thought that the king of wings was a line of kings, but later, the king of wings became a line of his own, and he was suppressed by the king of the east and could not lead troops, and the king of heaven himself was difficult to protect and generally did not take any care of the king of wings at all, resulting in the king of wings doing nothing in the past two years.

It turned out that the Wing King turned out to be loyal to the King of the South!

Yang Yiqing also grew his mouth, and he was so surprised! However, he quickly came back to his senses and hurriedly said to Yang Fuqing: "Brother, it's time to make a decision this time!" Even the Winged King defected to the King of the South, and you still want to defect to the Winged King! There's nothing more to say now, let's go straight to the King of the South! ”

Yang Fuqing didn't know how to say it, so he could only sigh: "No." We have always been surnamed Yang, and there has always been a bit of estrangement from the king of the south, although it is more merit to go directly to the king of the south, and it is easier to get the reward of the king of the south, but the brother feels that we still continue to take refuge in the king of the wings. ”

Yang Yiqing asked strangely, "Why?" Defect directly to the King of the South, and with the strength of the East Temple in our hands and the appeal among the soldiers of the East Temple, we will definitely be rewarded by the King of the South. It's much stronger than clinging to the Wing King. ”

"Didn't I say for my brother, let's not think about any credit, just save our lives and survive this difficulty. The Winged King treats his subordinates sincerely and takes refuge in him, even if the King of the South really wants to do anything bad to our brother in the future, the Winged King will keep us, which is equivalent to us having an extra protective talisman of the Winged King, a squatting god, why not? With that little credit, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn it in the future? Yang Fuqing was really cautious and thought a lot.

When Yang Yiqing heard this, he also felt reasonable: "The elder brother is worthy of being thoughtful, the younger brother didn't know why the East King valued his brother before, but now he finally understands!" ”

The two discussed properly, and quickly sent their cronies to Wuwei Prefecture to find the Wing King Shi Dakai to explain the matter of surrender, and invited the Wing King to lead the troops to Danyang, saying that they could capture Changzhou Mansion and Suzhou Mansion as a meeting gift for serving the Holy Kingdom.

A day later, Shi Dakai received a secret letter from Guozong Yang Fuqing, and was overjoyed when he saw the letter.

He was worried about what to do, and Yang Fuqing's refuge was like sending charcoal in the snow, which gave him new ideas.

Originally, there were only 5,000 Taiping soldiers in his hands, of which only more than 2,000 were the original elite soldiers of the Wing Palace, and the other 3,000 were temporarily recruited in Hezhou and Chao County later, and their combat power was not very strong. Therefore, it is undoubtedly difficult for him to go all the way west and capture Wuchang. But there was no meeting gift, so he went directly to Nanwang with nothing and empty hands, and Shi Dakai was very unwilling.

It turned out that the king of the south placed himself in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, placed high hopes, and explained that he wanted to grasp the military power and occupy the place, but he did not expect that he had been suppressed by the king of the east and stayed in Tianjing, doing nothing. Now that he is ready to return to the side of King Nan, how can he not show any decentness?

Yang Fuqing must have figured out his own thoughts, and at this time he threw himself into service, and proposed to jointly attack Changzhou Mansion and Suzhou Mansion, which is indeed an excellent idea: not only will the land of the two richest mansions of the Qing Demon be dedicated to the King of the South, but also, after occupying Suzhou Mansion, it will be connected with the Taiping Holy Kingdom that occupies Songjiang Mansion, and the entire south of the Yangtze River will officially become the land of the Holy Kingdom. Presumably, the king of the south will also be happy!

What's more, there are still a thousand elite soldiers in the Wing Palace, and in Yang Fuqing's army, they have to come back!

As for why Yang Fuqing suddenly took refuge in himself, Shi Dakai also knew very well that he had no way out, unless he surrendered to the Qing Demon. Otherwise, under the persecution of Wei Changhui, the Heavenly King ignored it and acted as an accomplice, taking refuge in himself was the only choice.

Looking for himself, he is undoubtedly worried that the frames that the East King once framed the South King will harm them, so let himself speak for them. For this question, Shi Dakai was naturally happy, he didn't want to see the brothers of the Heavenly Kingdom kill each other, if it was possible, even for the soldiers of the North Hall to defect to the Holy Kingdom, he would also ask the King of the South to intercede and take him in.

The plan has been decided, Shi Dakai ordered the 5,000 soldiers of the wing hall to set off, across the Yangtze River, through Wuhu County, Gaochun, Lishui, and march to Danyang.

Tu Zhenxing and Chen Shizhang, who were sent by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, led 5,000 elite soldiers of the Taiping Army to pursue the defeated Qing army in Jiangnan all the way and arrived outside Jintan City. After hearing that Tianjing was in turmoil and that the East King died tragically at the hands of the North King, Tu Zhenxing and Chen Shizhang were in a state of mind and had no intention of attacking the enemy.

The Qing army that fled into Jintan City, after a few days of rest, under the leadership of Zhang Guoliang, killed the Taiping soldiers outside the city, because Tu Zhenxing and Chen Shizhang and this part of the Taiping soldiers in the east hall have been panicked, no morale, was killed by the Qing army and was defeated, retreated to the south of Jurong City dozens of miles between the mountain beams, according to the mountain guard.