The trip to the west was not very satisfactory, especially Wang Jingyuan, who was used to freedom, originally went to war in the Eighth Army on the right, and the former commander-in-chief Zuo Chongji couldn't control him at all, and Hou Yutian, who is now his successor, is his ally to the left, and the two have a civil and military covenant, so naturally they will not impose more restrictions. And after joining the Western Aid Army, it was different. There are also eight national emperors in this army, and there are many inspectors, commanders, and generals under them, and there are even more general systems and supervising troops.

Yes, at the beginning, Lai Hanying, the commander of the Western Expedition, was unfavorable in attacking Nanchang and asked for help from Tianjing, and at the same time, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang in the east of Tianjing were also in a hurry, and Yang Xiuqing had no choice but to put together 10,000 people. And just as he was about to send out, Hu Yihuang, who was guarding Anqing, reported that the Qing demons were gathered in Tongcheng and Qianshan, and Anqing was in danger. Although the king of the east is a superb commander, he cannot conjure up holy soldiers. In a hurry, Fu Xuexian, the secretary of the East Temple Rite Department, came up with a good idea, that is, to transfer the Right Eighth Army, which was not far from Tianjing and stationed in Hezhou.

The Right Eighth Army was originally Hu Yihuang's subordinate, but Hou Yutian, who originally belonged to the East Palace, has been promoted to the Golden Eighth General System. Yang Xiuqing learned everything about the Right Eighth Army through Hou Yutian's secret report early in the morning, and the great victory of Yuncao made him even more impressed by this main force of more than 2,000 people. And Wang Jingyuan didn't know that the king of the east had fallen in love with his team, and he was very optimistic about commanding the only descendant troops.

However, it is not only the Dongwang family who looks at the Eighth Army on the right, but also the two largest forces in the Western Reinforcement Army, Wei and Shi. The western reinforcements were temporarily put together by Yang Xiuqing, and he sent Wei Shi's second surname, but none of his more than 20 godbrothers were sent out, and they never even let them go out of Beijing, the purpose of which was to firmly grasp the center of the Heavenly Kingdom. The treacherous North King and the Wise Wing King didn't know how, but they were also happy to see their brothers and nephews make meritorious contributions to the war, so as to fight for some rights for their families.

Wang Jingyuan maintains a good relationship with all parties, is relatively close to the wing hall, and constantly "loves" all parties. However, others don't see it this way, Shi Fengkui and Shi Zhengang take Wang Jingyuan as his Shi family's general, and shout at will, although Wang Jingyuan is cautious and cautious on the surface, and everything is obedient, but in his heart, he has already greeted the ancestors of his Shi family, and he can't help but be dissatisfied with Shi Dakai's lack of strict family education.

As for the Wei family, Wei Yide hadn't met a few times except for a few military discussions, and Wei Yilin hadn't spoken. And Wei Jun has some contact, this anti-bone boy who is called "anti-bone Wei Twelve" by Guangxi villagers, Wang Jingyuan's preconceived bad feelings are not interested in him, but in conscience, this person is polite, and his written language is modest. is not like his "sinister and cunning, slapsticky" brother. Of course, Wang Jingyuan has not seen Wei Changhui, but later generations have seen it from books.

In fact, Wei Jun is not a big traitor, Wang Jingyuan also knew that although he later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he also had a certain amount of hardship, after all, his own brother was the culprit of the Tianjing chaos, and a narrow-minded and impermanent king like Sect Master Hong may be difficult to let him go in the end, and he also met Chen Yucheng and Yang Fuqing, two enemies as colleagues, and finally Wei Guozong, who broke Wuchang three times and repeatedly defeated Zeng Guofan, surrendered.

On June 29, the western reinforcements of the Taiping Army arrived at the city of Nanchang under the leadership of Shi Wei Baguozong, and Lai Hanying, the commander of the Western Expedition and the deputy prime minister of Xiaguan, Zeng Tianyang, the first inspector of the palace, Lin Qirong, the eighth commander of the palace, Bai Huihuai, the twelfth commander of the palace, and Yu Tingzhang, the general of the second general of Tuerzheng, went to Jiangkou to greet him.

Previously, Lai Hanying led the army to attack, and the Qing demon got the help of Jiang Zhongyuan, and burned the houses outside the city of Nanchang, and the unique Beilan Temple and Wenxiao Temple still existed. Lai Hanying's camp is located in Wenxiao Temple, and this place has also become a place where enemies and enemies must fight. As soon as the Right Eighth Army arrived, it was placed outside the Zhangjiang Gate, which was the location of the Tengwang Pavilion, and when Wang Jingyuan arrived, he saw countless rubble and rotten wood. The destruction of the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, which are well-known at home and abroad, Wang Jingyuan could not help but regret a little.

In the main hall of Wenxiao Temple, the statues of Confucius and the four matches have long been disposed of, and all the items in the hall that should be Confucianism have been replaced with sacred relics of worshipping God.

"All the national sects have come to help, Lai will remember it!" In the main hall, Lai Hanying still sits on the main seat. According to the rules of the Kingdom of Heaven, Guozong and Cheng are the same, and Shi Xiangzhen and Wei Zhijun lead the troops with the rank of Guozong's brother and the military affairs of the Governor, and they should be the same as Qin Rigang and Hu Yihuang, but Lai Hanying is not an ordinary prime minister, he is the wife and uncle of the King of Heaven, and the uncle of the Young King of Heaven. He was also appointed by the king of the east to lead his army to the west, and he was the undoubted commander.

"Uncle Guo's words are serious!" A cadre of people and others said modestly.

"Our Heavenly Army has been besieging Nanchang for more than a month since May 20." Lai Hanying said in detail: "However, the big wall of Nanchang City is high, and there are also demon thieves such as Jiang Zhongyuan and Zhang Fu. The previous headquarters made the earthen camp dig tunnels, but they were repeatedly destroyed by river thieves, but the excavation was successful, the gunpowder exploded, and the city was on the verge of destruction three times. A few days ago, he also killed Ma Jimei, the chief soldier of Jiujiang Town, outside the Yonghe Gate, but the army was short of food and grass, and was repeatedly attacked by the Qing demons, and the losses were serious. How do you think you can defeat the enemy? ”

"You can besiege the city for reinforcements, or you can besiege the whole army with the strength of 20,000 people on all sides!" Sitting on the lower right of the main hall, the first national sect proposed.

I'm afraid it's too late to besiege the city, now that the grain and grass are scarce, and the Qing demon is gradually trending, it is a good idea to combine the strength of the whole army, and it is a good idea to attack Nanchang City in one go. His Royal Highness only has a seat for all the national sects, Zeng Tianyang and the following are standing behind the national sects, and Wang Jingyuan, who is standing at the end, probed his body, only to find that it was Wei Zhijun who was proposed just now.

"Otherwise, the battle should focus on grain and grass, and now that our army is short of grain and grass, we can send an army to clear the demons and raise grain and grass on the periphery of Nanchang to solve the crisis of the army. and divide troops to stick to Jiujiang in case the Qing demon cuts off my way. The lower left head Guozong vetoed.

If you want to continue to besiege for a long time, you should conquer the nearby city, but at this time, there are more than 20,000 Taiping troops outside Nanchang City, and more than 10,000 Qing troops in the city have not been helped, so they can be attacked quickly. I don't know what the proposed division of troops means by the defenders, Jing Yuan sees it, and Shi Xiangzhen also.

"Shi Guozong, don't you want to attack the city?" Lai Hanying was a little unhappy.

"Uncle Guo, now that the Qing Demon is trapped in a city in Nanchang, he can divide his army to seize other states and counties and raise grain and grass!" Lai Hanying has become famous since the Western Expedition, and Shi Xiangzhen is reluctant to make wedding dresses for others, and deliberately hinders him.

"The king of the east ordered you to help me attack Nanchang, and once Nanchang is broken, why worry about the provinces of Jiangxi not being able to pass it on." Lai Hanying still insisted on capturing Nanchang first.

"Uncle Guo is mistaken, the enemy in Nanchang is like a trapped beast, it can be broken overnight, why not take this opportunity to sweep Jiang Jiangxi, not only to isolate the demons, but also to expand the territory of the Heavenly Kingdom!" Shi Xiangzhen argued.

"Brother Xiangzhen, Jiangxi Province is located in Nanchang, why bother to abandon the original and chase the end" Lai Hanying still insisted.

Seeing the two of them like this, Shi Fengkui helped and shouted: "Uncle Guo, Nanchang Qing Demon is at the end of the road, when it is besieged but not attacked, we can raise food to fight here for a long time!" ”

"Go!" Shi Zhenlun replied loudly.

"The national sect also goes!" Wei Yide rushed to say, he chose to stand on the side of the Shi family, just like his cousin Beiwang, he often chose between the East King and the Heavenly King, only the Eastern King was the first to look forward, Guy was a neighbor of Penghua Mountain, and the Heavenly King and Lai Hanying were outsiders.

"You Shi Guozong are fighting for the Celestial Empire, how can we be a watcher" In the face of Shi Xiangzhen's constraints, Lai Hanying was helpless and unwilling, and could only believe in his old partner Zeng Tianyang, and ordered: "Where is Zeng Tianyang?"

"Humble duty!"

"Order you to lead your troops with Zhenlun and Zhenchang to attack Fengcheng first and then Ruizhou! Quickly raise grain and grass, and ask Brother Xiangzhen, Brother Fengkui, and Brother Wei Jun to watch the enemy in Nanchang with me! ”

"Yes, Prime Minister!" The veteran Zeng Tianyang made a promise.

Shi Xiangzhen, Shi Fengkui and the others were noncommittal, Lai Hanying dragged them and Wei Jun back, and couldn't fight with him openly, after all, he was still the commander, so he acquiesced to his arrangement.

On the first day of the seventh month, Zeng Tianyang led the army to Fengcheng, Shi Zhenlun, Shi Zhenchang, Wei Yide, Wei Yilin accompanied the army, and Hou Yutian and Wang Jingyuan led the right Eighth Army under the command of Shi Zhenchang.

Hou Yutian has been in the Taiping army for a long time, and he is not surprised by the common struggle between the major mountains, but he regrets that the Nanchang city is close at hand and does not attack. The kingdom of heaven must be restructured, the rights must be unified, the kings have their own subordinates, the situation of competing for power and profit must be changed, there can only be one person in power, and this person in power is none other than the king of the east.

Fengcheng is one hundred and fifty miles away from Nanchang in the north, the distance is not close, but it is on the side of the Ganjiang River. Zeng Tianyang used a large number of ships in the hands of the Taiping army to go up the river. Fengcheng is a small county, and there are not many garrisons except for the defenders of a sentry. Thinking that the Taiping army besieged Nanchang for a month and did not see the attack, how could the Qing demon defending the city know that the Taiping army came in an instant. In less than an hour, the heroic Taiping army broke through the county seat, and more than 200 people were killed.

After the city was broken, the generals of the Right Eighth Army, who had never seen the scene, were busy restraining their subordinates, while the Second Army skillfully searched every corner of the city. First of all, all the officials were arrested, and all the Qing soldiers who did not surrender were killed. Most of the households in the city have long since disappeared without a trace. However, the latter second army did not let go of those wealthy giants, jumping over the wall, smashing the door, trying to enter these mansions, what to take, you are not polite at all. However, he was much more lenient to the common people, and a large part of the money and food was distributed to them, and he was very popular.

The efforts of the holy soldiers of the Second Army were not in vain, and soon the materials in front of the county government were piled up, especially a lot of grain and grass were collected. As for the right Eighth Army, nothing was found, and the old man Zeng also praised and criticized it, but Liang Xiuren, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, showed some disdain. Wang Jingyuan didn't care, the real army was to make the enemy fearful on the battlefield, not to show off its might in looting money after the war.

Zeng Tianyang did not stay in Fengcheng for more, but attacked the east and west, returned north the next day, went to the downstream city, and suddenly traced the Jinjiang River upstream, and the army came to the city of Ruizhou. Ruizhou Mansion and Gao'an County are in the same city, and Hu Guangfu, the magistrate of the county, led the township to resist bravely, and the Taiping army entered the city. Ruizhou after Jiujiang, Nankang after Jiangxi the third city was breached, the grain and grass is not comparable to such a small county as Fengcheng, the Taiping army in Jiangxi momentum, Hunan Qing Demon had to cross the border Yuanzhou defense.