On October 16, Hu Yihuang's troops conquered Liantan Town with Lai Wenxi and Liu E, the commander-in-chief, and destroyed the 600 troops of Tu Anhua, the general soldier of the southern town of Anhui in the Qing Dynasty, and Tu fled to Lujiang alone. On the 18th, Hu Yihuang fought again against the Qing army Lu Xianji's fifth-rank martial arts Zhang Ruiqing, and the former Donghe Tong sentenced Xu Qishan to Daguan, where there is a North Kip Pass, which is the key point in Anhui. Zhang Ruiqing has no military service, Xu Qishan does not know military affairs, both of them are talking about the army on paper, and they belong to the newly recruited township warriors in neighboring states and counties, so they are the opponents of the Right Eighth Army of the Taiping Strong Army. The two sides fought for less than a few hours, Zhang Ruiqing died in the mountain road, and Xu Qishan fled to Shucheng Yilu Xianji.

Tongcheng County is rich in water and soil, rich in products, the villagers are rich and poor to cultivate and read heirlooms, the Ming and Qing dynasties have raised countless scholars, and there are many literary masters in modern times, such as Yao Ying who apprenticed to Long Feng. The Taiping army came from the southeast, and the gentry and gentry in the township all went to the county seat.

Zeng Tianyang changed the old practice of the past, restrained the people, and only recruited the elderly in the township, not breaking the family. He also protects the private society of the township middle school palace, and does not restrict Confucius and Mencius. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom takes the doctrine of worshiping God as the truth, does not respect the immortals and Buddhas, and suffers from Confucianism and Mencius. However, Zeng Tian raised it in Tongcheng, which was unusual, and King Gaiyi reluctantly ordered him to seek virtue and Confucianism.

The Taiping army is famous in the near and far, soon after entering the city, there are two people to vote, one is Tao Chongyi conspired, the other is Tongxi Qian Baishun, Qian Baichun brothers. Zeng Tian raised the Qian family under the jurisdiction of Liang Xiuren, and followed Wang Jingyuan as the general of Hou Yutian, Wang Jingyuan had some impressions of the Qianmou, this person was the commander of the Tongcheng army, and had many achievements. He was born in a scholarly family, studied under Yao Xingweng's disciple Yang Gu and Wangwu Temple scholar Hu Wanxiang, and was very fond of the Taiping Army, and was later killed by Li Xubin of the Hunan Army. And Qian Baishun, Wang Jingyuan is more familiar with his alias Qian Guiren, who was originally a landlord scoundrel, clinging to the Taiping Army, and later became the king, but surrendered to the Qing army, plotted rebellion, and was a traitor who has been infamous for thousands of years. Compared with the two, Wang Jingyuan is of course willing to accept the conspiracy of die-hard loyalty.

Zeng Tianyang established Tongcheng, and Hou Yutian was ordered to deal with civil affairs, and he was at ease. Wang Jingyuan led his troops to be stationed in the north of the city, and asked Long Fengbi about the characters of Tongcheng County in his spare time. Among them, the most noteworthy is the famous general Cheng Xueqi of the Huai Army, who served in the Taiping Army for eight years, and then descended to Zeng Guoquan and was reused by Li Hongzhang.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been in decline after the Tianjing Incident and the departure of the Wing King, and people of insight are all saddened. is also the king of heaven is extravagant, rewards and punishments are disorderly, Cheng Xueqi is subordinate to the famous general Ye Yunlai, and he must not be reused. In the later period, the Taiping army burned, killed, plundered and plundered like bandits, Hong Xiuquan was tyrannical like Yin Xuan, and Cheng Xueqiliang birds chose trees to perch, which is understandable.

Wang Jingyuan wants to achieve great things, and his command has gathered Yuan Hongmo, Lu Yaoling, Wang Haiyang, Hu Yongxiang, Peng Dashun and others.

Unexpectedly, Wang Jingyuan walked around for several days, but no one joined the army, and the households in the city were closed without recruitment. Wang Jingyuan originally wanted to hold another public trial meeting, but Hou Yutian was afraid that it would violate the rules of the heavenly kingdom and did not say no. Just when Wang Jingyuan was depressed, Long Fengwei suddenly invited Wang Jingyuan to visit outside the city. After a day of fighting, it's good to go out of the city and relax. Wang Jingyuan led Yuan, Lu, Jiang, Hu and several others, and invited the newly defected Yumou to travel together.

Wang Jingyuan has never been to Tongcheng, and he doesn't know where Long Fengwei is going, but he feels that the road is getting more and more rugged, the closer it is to the mountains, and finally everyone has to abandon their horses and walk.

"Haven't you heard of anything interesting in the mountains of Tongcheng?" Jiang Wan was skeptical.

"Jiang Shuli doesn't know, this is Longmian Mountain, I came to the mountain to find some old people." Since Long Fengwei appeared, everyone knew Jiang Wan's true identity, but they didn't break it.

"Hey, I said you old boy, what are you looking for someone to call us for?" As soon as he heard that Long Fengwei was here to find his old friend, Yuan Hongmo suddenly became anxious.

Then, Hu Yongxiang shouted: "Yes, what are you doing here, climbing the mountain?" ”

Wang Jingyuan coughed lightly and glared at them fiercely. Yuan Hongmo and Hu Yongxiang are famous double-sounding cannons in the Right Eighth Army, and when these two people are brought together, they are either bickering or noisy, although they are annoying, but the boring military life is also indispensable to this pair of living treasures.

Long Fengwei saw that everyone was a little tired, and said: "Yuan Jianjun, didn't you say not long ago that you wanted to worship Yao Yinggong, who resisted foreign protection and protected Taiwan!" This Longmian Mountain is a rare feng shui treasure land, Tongcheng celebrities are buried here, the most famous is the Wenhe Garden of Zhang Tingyu, a famous minister of the Three Dynasties, Yao Yinggong also sleeps in this mountain! ”

"Oh, I said that, but I didn't bring some sacrifices, how can I go empty-handed?" Yuan Hongmo is thick and fine.

"The old man has been prepared for a long time, and he has prepared Brigade Marshal Bu!" After Bu Xingyou surrendered in Tianzhen, he became a brigade commander under Hu Yongxiang's account, and was following behind everyone at this time, Long Fengwei continued: "Bu Brigade Marshal crisscrossed the sea of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Yao Yinggong intended to appease him in Taiwan more than ten years ago!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect Bu Xing to have such a background, so they only heard him laugh and said: "Don't laugh, my lords, I am just a pirate leader, how can I be appeased by Mr. Long, I only robbed the foreigner fleet on the sea!"

Wang Jingyuan was ecstatic in his heart, this is a treasure that has been found, few Han people have floated on the sea in this era, not to mention that Bu Xingyou has robbed foreigners. There are many pirates in Fujian and Guangdong, presumably when Buxing is prosperous, it is also like the pirate king Zhang Baozai. Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, especially this navy.

Although Yuan Hongmo and Hu Yongxiang were brave, they did not dare to underestimate Bu Xing again, and they gave up their hands again and again to show their admiration.

"My lord, it's here! Let's go and say hello first. After asking for instructions, Long Fengwei called for conspiracy.

By this time they were on the side of an unknown hill, where there were almost no people, and there were occasionally a few farmlands in the mountains, and the rest were very desolate with large trees, and there was a cemetery not far away.

"What kind of bird is this? It's a lot of panic here, why don't we just go to the grave......"

"Blind, don't talk nonsense!" Wang Jingyuan stopped Hu Yongxiang and ordered in a low voice: "Let's go and worship the sages immediately, you few should pay attention to what you say, especially the two of you, if you don't have one, I will cause trouble!" ”

Hu Yongxiang and Yuan Hongmo were named and criticized, and their big mouths were tightly wrapped.

After a while, Long Fengwei came back alone and said, "Yao Junchang, please ask the chief lord to worship Mr. Xingweng!" ”

"Well, there's Mr. Laulong!"

Yao Junchang, in his twenties, is a typical weak scholar. He is the son of Yao Ying, the word Meng Cheng, Yao Ying returned to his hometown and set up a house by the tomb to guard filial piety. When Wang Jingyuan and his entourage arrived, there were still five or six students sitting in the house, some old and some young, and when they saw Wang Jingyuan, a guest wearing Taiping Army costumes, their expressions were different, and these people may be the purpose of Long Feng's invitation.

"I haven't heard that Xianyan has a reason with the general, how dare you bother to drive?" Yao Junchang said very politely.

"In Xia Liu'an Prefecture, Wang Jingyuan, I have long heard that Yao Weng is a great Confucian in the world, a famous minister in the domain, and I have been young and junior in the province for a long time. Mr. Wen was not on vacation, crying and weeping, wanting to lay but not being introduced, for fear of being abrupt. Today, I was fortunate to have Mr. Weng Gaozulong praise the painting, so I made an appointment to sacrifice. Wang Jingyuan sincerely expressed his respect for Yao Ying, and also hinted that Long Fengbi had been used for his own purposes.

As soon as Wang Jingyuan's words fell, he suddenly heard a person in the Lu say in a loud voice: "Since the general calls Yao Weng a famous minister, he thinks that he worships the Qing Dynasty as the dynasty, why do he use strange clothes to manipulate the soldiers." ”

Wang Jingyuan thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Dare to ask Mr. Gao's name?" ”

Hearing this, several people in the house no longer sat idle, and went down the stairs. One of the elders said: "My surname is not high, and my name is not big, and I am sincere in the west of the city." ”

Fang Zongcheng, the word is preserved, is the person at the helm of Tongmen after Fang Dongshu and Yao Ying. Wang Jingyuan saw that he was trimming his beard and loud, and his appearance was dignified. He waved his hand and bowed: "I have heard the name of Mr. Fang Cunzhi for a long time, and I am fortunate to see Wang Sansheng today!" ”

"Don't pat yourself on the back there? Mr. Fang asks you something! Another elder scolded.

"Dare to ask who this is?"

After saying "Yougongsheng Ma Sanjun", this Ma Sanjun hinted that the rest of the people reported their names, saving Wang Jing from asking.

One of them reported: "The Chinese side of the city is diving".

Another person reported: "Zhu Daowen".

There is also a young man who said: "Xixiang Qin Ruji".

In the end, there were two boys, one was named Fang Shouyi, the son of Fang Zongcheng, and the other was called Wu Rulun, Fang Zongcheng's student.

The different self-introductions of several people explain their attitudes. Ma Sanjun was keen on officialdom and repeatedly opposed the Taiping Army and was killed in Shucheng. Fang Qian was proficient in learning, and later analyzed Lu Wang's heart with Wu Tingdong, a master of Confucianism. Zhu Daowen and Qin Ruqi were indifferent to fame and fortune, and took teaching as entertainment, but Wu Rulun eventually became a grandmaster of Confucianism.

"Haha, today, the sages are all here, the young elders are gathered, and the civil and military forces of Anhui Province are gathered in one place." Wang Jingyuan said with a smile.

"I think that I take Confucius and Mencius as my teacher in Huaxia and the supreme of Confucianism, why should the general succumb to the Xiyi cult?" Fang Zongcheng asked.

Wang Jingyuan saw that the other party had been entangled in faith, so he said: "Confucius and Mencius and Christ are both faiths, and King Hong Tianwang started an incident by worshiping God, and he also established a country because of it." ”

"That being the case, the lord has already controlled half of the south of the Yangtze River, why don't you abandon the cult and follow the Confucian and Mencian Avenue!"

"This ......" Wang Jingyuan was depressed, Hong Xiuquan now takes criticizing Confucius and destroying Confucianism as a national policy, wouldn't it be difficult to ask him to change it!

"The lord started an incident with a crooked demon and evil way, and he died because of it after all!" Unexpectedly, Fang Zongcheng hit the nail on the head, and actually concluded that Hong Xiuquan was finished, which is really worthy of being a university scholar.

"Hmph, if you don't worship Confucius and Meng, why do you still come to worship Mr. Yao? Is it possible to salute first and then soldier? Ma Sanjun reprimanded.

Although Fang Zongcheng is inquisitive, he is polite and thoughtful, and this Ma Sanjun has an arrogant attitude, which is obviously a thorn.

"I have great respect for Mr. Yao, and I am a disciple of Mr. Yao, Mr. Long, and I study Mr. Yao's learning in the morning and evening, in the name of having a re-transmission, how can a disciple not worship the teacher?" Yao Ying is famous for her practical learning, and her classics cover various aspects such as economy, education, and defense, and are also advocated by the later Westernists Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang. Wang Jingyuan attached great importance to the Confucian scholars in Tongcheng in order to recruit this group of wise men who were both learned and had the ability to experience the world. I only heard him say: "Don't hide it from you, under the order of the Wing King of the Heavenly Kingdom at the age of 5,000, I will be stationed here with the division of the Northern Expedition, and I have heard for a long time that you are all great talents in the province, and you have won the true inheritance of Fang Yao's predecessors, so I have come to ask for advice from you sooner or later." ”