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In the third year of Xianfeng (three years of decay), the twenty-second month of winter is in winter.

At this time, Zhili was shrouded in wind and snow, and under the vast sky was a silver-white world, with thick snow covering everything on the earth, and the whistling north wind was dancing wildly with a whistle. Occasionally, a few hungry jackdaws clucked past the docks, adding a bit of murder to the bleak world.

The Hutuo River is also covered with ice and snow, and the river water that once flowed will have been frozen, and it will be covered with a thick layer of ice, which has been the case since ancient times, and when it comes to the winter solstice, whether it is a big river or a small river, it will form a thick layer of ice.

On the side of the river with thick ice, at a simple ferry, there was a dilapidated boat on the shore, and in the winter months, this ferry was naturally useless, after all, the river was frozen, and the river could be crossed anywhere.

On the frozen surface of the river, it will be full of people neighing horses, and tens of thousands of soldiers wearing red scarves and yellow clothes are crossing the Hutuo River from the pontoon bridge. Although there was wind and snow in the air, the wind and snow could not stop the footsteps of this group of people.

In the past three months, leading the Wanwu Taiping Army from Xiangyang, all the way to the north, all the way to the north, all unstoppable, when they left Hubei, the Wanwu soldiers have become an army of 50,000 people, this way in Henan twist, Yongying has followed, making this support army more and more inflated.

"Report!"

At this moment, with the sound of hurried horses' hooves and the neighing of heralds. When the herald with a small flag behind him rode his horse to Zeng Lichang's side, he jumped off the horse quickly.

"Report to the prime minister, Commander Huang has captured Jinju and seized ten thousand stones of grain, grass and grass!"

"Good! Huang Yiyun has set up an immortal attack for our Taiping Army this time! ”

Hearing that the grain and grass were seized, Zeng Lichang immediately shouted.

Jinju is a small city by the Hutuo River, and it is possible to pay so much grain and grass in that place, for this Taiping army, at least in the next month, there is no need to worry about food, and for the Taiping army that goes deep into the hinterland of Zhili, what is needed most now is food.

"Prime Minister, now that the army has crossed the Hutuo River, it will be able to reach Jinghai in less than five hundred miles, in my opinion, the army should enter Jinju first to repair, after all, it will take a fierce battle to reach Jinghai ......"

Chen Shibao, who followed Zeng Lichang on a horse, as a southerner, naturally did not adapt to the cold of the north, at this time, for him, he just wanted to be able to enter the house and sit in front of the stove to warm his body, which was ...... It's really a bitter cold place, it's really not human!

But this idea in his heart was immediately shattered by Zeng Lichang's words.

"Brothers have just come out of Luancheng, why do you need to enter Jinzhou again?"

Shaking his head, Zeng Lichang continued.

"Out of Jinzhou, to Shenzhou, Jiaohe, Cangzhou, I don't know how many Qing demons along the way, I heard that Shengbao is not also from the Daimyo back to the division, he walked along the canal, faster than us, maybe now to Cangzhou, if we go directly to Jinghai to reinforce Lin and Li The two prime ministers, maybe that Shengbao will lead the Qing Demon to wait for us on the halfway! We'll have to find another way......"

Since he led his troops north in Xiangyang three months ago, Zeng Lichang has gained some experience that he has not had in the past, just like when he learned that Shengbao, the minister of the Qing Demon, led a large army south to intercept him, he did not choose to fight with Shengbao, but directly crossed the Yellow River into Shanxi, like Lin and Li, the two prime ministers, attacked Zhili from Shanxi, thus avoiding the Qing Demon army, and even now, that Shengbao is still chasing behind their butts.

"What do you mean?"

Holding back the dissatisfaction in his heart and shrinking his neck, Chen Shibao asked casually.

"Capital!"

Zeng Lichang, who was speechless and endless, spit out two words.

"Capital!"

Widening his eyes violently, Chen Shibao simply couldn't believe his ears.

"Prime Minister, this ...... Capital, this, this ......"

This is bold, it is clearly delusional, this is still hundreds of miles away from the capital!

"You see, there is now a Baoding between us and the capital, and now the soldiers of the Qing demon are gathered in Jinghai, and there is the Qing demon of the victory and the demon leader, although there are still eight hundred miles from Jinzhou to the capital, but if we go to the capital to fight, the monk and demon will inevitably withdraw the Qing army from Jinghai, and the dilemma of the two prime ministers of Lin and Li will be naturally solved, and then, we will attack with the two prime ministers again, how can the monk and demon escape alive......"

Zeng Lichang's statement also has some truth, but in fact, what he would think about is not to relieve the siege of Lin and Li, but to think about the capital that is close at hand.

Maybe when the time comes, it will be okay to be crowned king! Although the king of heaven said that he would not be crowned king again, he had made a contribution to "destroying the country" after all! If he said that this would still be Henan, then he would definitely not have this idea, but now, he has reached Zhili, and he is also leading an army of 50,000.

"However, there are still Qing demons along the way, and the army dares to go deeper, if it is blocked along the way, then what is good?"

"Do they dare?"

Along the way, Zeng Lichang can be regarded as having a thorough touch of the Qing Demon.

"For the Qing Demon, what they are most afraid of is the crime of losing the land, afraid that the demon head will punish the crime, even if we pass from under the Baoding Mansion, the Qing Demon there is just looking forward to us going over quickly, for fear that we will take the city, if not, ......"

After pondering for a moment, Zeng Lichang raised his eyebrows and said again.

"Let's not go to Jinju this time, let Huang Yiyun lead the six...... No, 10,000 horses, along the road of Lin and Li's two prime ministers, reinforcements all the way over, in this way, when the Qing demon learns that our army is attacking from two directions, he will inevitably be suspicious, and when the time comes, he will ......."

The road led by Huang Yiyun was just a suspicious soldier, and with the cover of this suspicious soldier, he could only go straight to the Beijing Division! The scholars around him who defected to Henan Province had talked with him at night when they were in Luancheng, and Li Zicheng did this back then, and he only needed to go all the way to attract the attention of the Qing Demon. In this way, he Lichang will naturally be able to lead the troops to smash the Yellow Dragon!

Snowflakes fell in the sky.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier. Chen Shibao, who was riding on the horse, turned white, although he was wearing a bear skin jacket that Yu Shunde snatched, but he felt that the cold wind was still biting, although he shrunk his neck, but the wind still poured straight into his body, making him shiver with cold.

"Mother's, I'm going to go north this day......"

Scolding like this, Chen Shibao looked ahead, although he couldn't see Zeng Lichang at all, but he thought in his heart, this surnamed Zeng is really crazy, but you are crazy, why do you have to drag others crazy together.

"Prime Minister, do you think Prime Minister Zeng really wants to go to the capital?"

Looking at the prime minister's face, Xu Weiting, a scholar who had reserved a pawn for Chen Shi in Anhui, asked quietly.

"Humph......"

Patting the snow on his body, Chen Shibao glanced ahead and sneered.

"His surname is Zeng, he wants to be a prince and wants to go crazy!"

Although he didn't know if he could become a prince in the capital, he knew that such a great merit would not fall on his head anyway, because he was the one who led the army, he had Lichang! As for him, Chen Shibao is just a green leaf on the side! But even if he is unwilling in his heart, he can only move forward, after all, this military order is like a mountain, who let the surname Zeng let the position of the prince be blinded, if others say nothing, if he turns his face ruthlessly, there is really no way.

Zeng Lichang, who led the troops in front, didn't know that Chen Shibao in the back would already complain, but he looked at the wind and snow on his head, as a southerner, he was also a little unable to hold on, so he said to the warden riding on a horse beside him/

"Mr. Liang, this snow seems to be getting heavier and heavier!"

"Is the prime minister trying to say, let's find a place to avoid and then leave? After all, the snow is a little too big. ”

Liang Zuoshan, who was wearing a leather cotton coat, broke Zeng Lichang's plan in a word, he was just a poor talent, and it was difficult to find even food wrapped in his stomach, when the Taiping Army defeated Henan County, he realized that his opportunity had come, so he took the initiative to defect to the Taiping Army, although these people burned the Confucian Temple and burned the temple, but they had great respect for the scholars who took the initiative to defect, and in the following month or so, Liang Zuoshan repeatedly gave suggestions, so that Zeng Lichang bypassed the Qing Demon Army all the way and went straight to the hinterland. Now that he was only a stone's throw away from the capital, he couldn't make it retreat.

"Hehe, Mr. Liang, let you see it......"

Hehe smiled, Zeng Lichang said helplessly.

"Look at this cold weather, Henan people can stand it, but the old brothers in the team may not be able to hold it!"

This is what Zeng Lichang is worried about, after all, this team still has to rely on the old brothers to support, if there are no old brothers, this team will be scattered.

Hearing him say this, Liang Zuoshan first looked at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, then looked at the sky again, and finally sighed and said, "It's okay, since it's getting late, let the brothers rest and recuperate?" ”

Saying this, Liang Zuoshan followed up and persuaded Zeng Lichang again.

"Prime Minister, now this banner soldier gathered in the hands of the monk demon and the victory demon, the emptiness of Gyeonggi is far beyond your imagination, if the prime minister can seize the opportunity, seize the capital, capture the Qing demon, it is bound to be an immortal contribution to my heavenly country, in this way, wouldn't the king worship the prime minister be in front of you......"

It may be possible to be crowned a king, as for worshipping the prime minister! That's his wish for Liang Zuoshan, as long as he takes the capital, when the time comes, you will be the king, and I will be the prime minister, wouldn't it be wonderful! Thinking of this, Liang Zuoshan's heart couldn't help but feel a frenzy, and when he went to the north, his eyes were full of ambition that could not be concealed...... (To be continued.) )