"Your Majesty, the minister is loyal to the kingdom of heaven, and attacking Shanghai is also to open up the situation for the kingdom of heaven, the minister doesn't know what is wrong?" King Chung said in a deep voice.

"King Zhong, do you think it's over if you occupy Shanghai? Will foreigners watch you occupy Shanghai? Will the Manchus sit idly by? You should know the combat effectiveness of the foreign army, not to mention, the real terrible is not the strength of the foreign army, but their strong industrial base, even if they are far away from the ocean, they can also send weapons and ammunition to the battlefield in a steady stream, their navy can use ship-borne heavy artillery to bombard Shanghai City at any time, if you defend it, the result will inevitably be that Shanghai City is bombarded into ruins by foreigners, have you ever thought about the soldiers under your command, have you ever thought about the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Shanghai City? King Zhong, do you still think that Shanghai City can be defended? Hong Tiangui said with a sneer.

King Zhong's face was covered with cold sweat, if he hadn't fought with the foreign army, Hong Tiangui's words would only be taken as a deaf ear by him, but seeing the strength of the foreigners' firepower, especially the power of the ship's heavy artillery, it caused a huge panic to the entire Zhongwang Department, if they held on to Shanghai, the result was likely to be destroyed together with Shanghai City.

"King Zhong, this king has received the news that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has issued an edict to borrow troops to suppress bandits, and is ready to borrow troops from Westerners to exterminate us, and Shanghai must be the strategic center of gravity of Westerners, and they will recapture Shanghai at all costs, so this king hopes that you can see the situation in front of you clearly, and don't lose your eyes for temporary interests." Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

King Zhong was silent, and said with a bitter expression: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to know who will command the army when I leave here?" ”

"The army retreated fifty miles back and gave up this area."

"What?" Li Xiucheng was shocked, and the others were also full of disbelief. It took a lot of time and energy for him to capture this area, and now the foreigners are about to give up before they call, even Li Xiucheng is a little difficult to accept.

"Your Majesty, we can't stop the attack of the foreigners, but now that the foreigners haven't come yet, wouldn't it be a pity to give up?" Mai Dongliang was a little unacceptable.

"Everyone loses the land, everyone loses the land, everyone loses the land, the king is loyal, the important thing in the kingdom of heaven now is not the land, but the army that can fight tough battles." Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

Everyone is a little confused, isn't fighting a war just to grab territory, the more territory, the more population, now Hong Tiangui's theory seems to be a little contradictory!

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the troops to retreat fifty miles to garrison, the minister does not return to Tianjing, the minister wants to fight with the foreigners again, and the minister wants to be ashamed." Li Xiucheng said unwillingly.

Hong Tiangui frowned, Li Xiucheng's military talent is beyond doubt, but the soldiers under his command are too poor, coupled with the huge gap in weapons and equipment, even if the population is several times larger, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the attack of the foreign army. Hong Tiangui has the intention to reorganize several military divisions under his command, but looking at the current driving, Li Xiucheng is not willing to lose.

Hong Tiangui sighed and said: "Since King Zhong insists on this, this king will not continue to say more, this king can lead the army back to the division, I hope that King Zhong can retreat fifty miles to build a defense line, according to our expectations, at most three months, foreigners can gather more than 10,000 troops, whether you can resist it, it's up to you." ”

After that, Hong Tiangui led the guards out of the city.

Li Xiucheng sent him off, but was rejected by Hong Tiangui.

The Wehrmacht departed, and after contemplation, King Chung decisively ordered all the troops to go to the city of Shanghai.

At this time, Shanghai was an undefended city, and when the Zhongwang army arrived, the gate of Shanghai was full of fleeing people.

"Enter the city, and those who resist will be killed!"

King Chung waved his hand and gave the order gloomily. Zhong Wangjun rushed into Shanghai City excitedly, but to their surprise, the Shanghai treasury was empty, valuable things had been swept away, things that could not be taken away such as grain and cloth were burned, and even because of Hong Tiangui's abnormal behavior of pretending to be the Qing army before, many rich people temporarily fled Shanghai City, leaving Li Xiucheng with not much to use.

"Lord Wang, I have just learned that the main targets of the Heavenly King's looting are the Manchu officials and various factories in Shanghai, but there is not too much nuisance to foreigners and rich people in Jiangnan, if we want to get rich, I am afraid we can only attack foreigners or Jiangnan businessmen!" Mai Dongliang said in a deep voice. He didn't know how the Heavenly King transported that large amount of supplies, and looking at the empty treasury of Shanghai City, Mai Dong's conscience was full of unwillingness.

Li Xiucheng's expression is uncertain, do you really want to fight with foreigners? Li Xiucheng has no bottom in his heart.

"Forget it, aim at those rich businessmen in Jiangnan! Arrest them and don't hurt them. This king is still of great use. Li Xiucheng said in a deep voice.

The Taiping army wantonly arrested people in Shanghai, and the whole city of Shanghai was in chaos. Many people left the city of Shanghai through various means, and the news of the fall of Shanghai quickly spread in all directions.

On the way back to Tianjing City, Hong Tiangui received the news, and the look on his face was quite strange.

"Heavenly King, I didn't expect us to capture Shanghai, but it made King Zhong out of the limelight." Heavenly Sword Daoist said with a smile.

"Forget it, we are not optimistic about the war in Shanghai, but King Zhong is the prince of heaven after all, and although the soldiers under his command cannot be adjusted, they cannot be indifferent. The king left him all the weapons and ammunition that he could not use for the time being, and also left the Wehrmacht drill code that the king had trained, hoping to help him. Hong Tiangui thought about using force to force Li Xiucheng to return to Tianjing. He believed that with the might of the Wehrmacht's previous battles, he would inevitably be able to force Li Xiucheng to become a fan. But he didn't in the end, he understood that although Shanghai was unacceptable, the eastern front of the Kingdom of Heaven could not be defended, and in the current Kingdom of Heaven, it was really difficult to find a suitable person like Li Xiucheng.

Li Xiucheng has a large army under his command, and there is also a Sufu Province as a logistics base, and the soldiers and baggage can effectively guarantee that the gap in weapons and ammunition is not impossible to make up for one or two, and I believe that Li Xiucheng, who has suffered a heavy loss from foreigners' artillery, will definitely be prepared.

"Heavenly King, if the army of foreigners invades, can King Zhong block it?" The Heavenly Sword Daoist was a little unconvinced. King Zhong really has that ability, and he doesn't have to chase foreigners to Songjiang Mansion like a rabbit.

"It can't be stopped, not even by the Wehrmacht, who have changed shotguns for guns. In three months, at most three months, the army of foreigners will be gathered in the Far East, and the Manchus will also send a large army to jointly strangle the kingdom of heaven, leaving us not much time! Hong Tiangui sighed. His original plan was to train officers, popularize culture, and gradually increase the strength of the Wehrmacht. It's a pity that the actual national conditions don't give him this time at all, and now it's May, after the rainy season, I'm afraid it's the time when the enemy is attacking on a large scale, Hong Tiangui has to use the method of training while fighting, as for cultural learning, under Hong Tiangui's request, even if the training during the day is hard, he has to spare an hour to study at night.