Hu Linyi vomited blood and died so that Hong Tiangui, who got the news, felt a little sorry, he didn't know much about history, in fact, in the original history, Hu Linyi died of illness as early as September last year, at that time Hong Tiangui did not cross over, and he didn't know that the history of this world deviated from that place, Hu Linyi not only did not die, but also lived well to the present, but unfortunately, even if his fate was changed for inexplicable reasons, now he still can't avoid the fate of vomiting blood and dying. Hong Tiangui is not clear about this, but he feels that it is a pity, people who can leave a name in history must have some ability, Hu Linyi is in his forties, it is when he is in the prime of life, if he can be subdued, it will be a lot of benefits for Hong Tiangui.

The surrender became extremely smooth, and the British King Chen Yucheng surrendered on behalf of the Heavenly King, and divided and reorganized the 30,000 Hunan army, of course, the previous promises were naturally fulfilled one by one. After several years of war, the Yangtze River valley has suffered a serious loss of population, and the most important thing is land, especially Hong Tiangui's re-restoration of his rule over the entire territory of Jiangxi, the available resources are extremely sufficient, and it is naturally easy to cash in the land of tens of thousands of people.

The Wehrmacht took over Pingjiang City, and the biggest gain was not the 30,000 surrendered troops, but the mountains of grain and grass materials, which were enough for hundreds of thousands of troops to eat for a whole year, especially food, which was extremely sufficient. The Lianghu area was originally a grain-producing area, and Zeng Guofan continued to hoard grain and grass in order to expand the army, and most of these grains and grasses were concentrated in Pingjiang City, which was strong in the city, but now all of them are cheaper than Hong Tiangui.

The grain was sealed, the Wehrmacht rested for three days, and under the leadership of King Chen Yucheng, he marched westward to pursue the main force of the Hunan army, trying to join forces with Shi Dakai, the winged king of the east, to exterminate the Hunan army. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th armies of the newly reorganized new army, which had not long been reorganized, remained in Pingjiang City for formation and training.

For this new army of nearly 200,000, Hong Tiangui will not completely keep it, with the current financial resources of the Kingdom of Heaven, raising too many troops is not happy for himself, not to mention, the real army needs elites, not a group of rabble. The National Defense Force was able to defeat hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops with 30,000 people, relying on advanced weapons and strict training. According to the previous training method, it is simply unrealistic to train 200,000 people at once. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a complete regime, if you want to develop, you need money in all aspects, most of the wealth Hong Tiangui got from Shanghai armed 30,000 national defense troops, and a lot of the rest was invested in scientific and technological research and development and innovative education, even if he wanted to arm these armies, he was powerless.

Relying on the grain, grass, grain, and grass materials in Pingjiang City, the 200,000-strong army was selected for intensive training and selection, and Hong Tiangui's plan was to organize and train three more armies according to the standards of the First Army of the National Defense Army, and the equipment of these three armies could only be used locally, and relatively advanced weapons could be selected from the captured Hunan army weapons. As for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's own arsenal, although rifles and artillery have been successfully copied, they are limited to the production level, and the production capacity is still not high, and it is believed that with the use of steam power in the Heavenly Kingdom, this situation can be greatly improved.

Everything takes time, and will the Western powers and the Manchus leave time for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

Hong Tiangui frantically marched westward with 30,000 national defense troops, and tried his best to contact the Wing King, stating the benefits and disadvantages, and asking the Wing King to advance eastward and stabilize the Heavenly Defense Line, in order to change the current surrounding environment of the Heavenly Kingdom as much as possible. Hong Tiangui wanted to take the Yangtze River as the dividing line and temporarily rule the Manchu Qing Dynasty. And the realization of all this must be to expel the forces of the Hunan army to the north of the Yangtze River.

When the national defense army advanced westward, the main force of the Hunan army advancing westward with 50,000 people was stationed in Shimen County, Changde Prefecture, and Zeng Guoquan led the army, chose a favorable terrain to ambush him, and prepared to ambush the eastward wing king Shida Kaibu.

Since Shi Dakai left the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he moved to the provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Guizhou, and his troops have also undergone great changes, with more than 80,000 people at their peak, but the defeat of the Battle of Baoqing in 1859 made the Yiwang Department suffer great losses, and the Yiwang army has been fighting on the move, and the army has not been replenished in time after the loss due to the pressure of grain and grass. Now there are only 30,000 soldiers under the command of King Yi, of which 10,000 were left in the land of eastern Sichuan to open up the Sichuan base area according to the original plan, and the remaining 20,000 people responded to Hong Tiangui's call to enter Hunan and participate in the battle to strangle the Hunan army.

Behind the Wing King, Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, led 30,000 new troops and 50,000 "Tian Yong" to pursue in the rear. In Sichuan, Luo Bingzhang is the main opponent of Yiwang Shi Dakai. Although the Wing King is good at fighting, but Luo Bingzhang is not simple, the biggest problem faced by the Wing King is the lack of grain and grass and the lack of logistics supply bases, but Luo Bingzhang has the support of the entire Sichuan Tianfu Country behind him, plus Sichuan is densely populated, there are many strong men, the army is sufficient, and the replenishment is rapid, although the Wing King is good at fighting, but he often suffers a big loss under Luo Bingzhang's encirclement and interception at any cost, it can be said that among the several major battlefields of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Wing King faces the strongest enemy and the least advantage in itself.

The Wing King led 20,000 elites to travel lightly and simply, and the action was extremely fast, these 20,000 elites were all elites who had experienced the battle array, and without the drag of the old and weak women and children, the marching speed of this army was extremely fast, and the combat effectiveness was also extremely strong.

The forward general Zhang Suimou is the confidant general of the Wing King Shi Dakai, and he is also the deputy general of the Wing King Department. Although the Yiwang Department is isolated in the southwest, the Yiwang Department has never said that it is an independent regime from top to bottom, and many of the military operations of the Yiwang are carried out in response to the overall situation of the Heavenly Kingdom, especially the Battle of Baoqing two years ago, in order to resolve the siege of the Hunan army on Tianjing City and reduce the pressure on the Heavenly Kingdom, the Yiwang Department almost fought out. Since they marched north and west last year, they have experienced many battles, big and small, and although they have won more and lost less, their situation has not changed much. The two lakes and Sichuan were both battlegrounds for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the stubborn forces were extremely strong, and the four invasions of the Wing King finally opened up the situation in eastern Sichuan, but now they gave up the opportunity to consolidate and expand their territory for the order of the new Heavenly King.

To say that it is a pity in the heart is false. For the Kingdom of Heaven, from the Wing King Shi Dakai to a small military commander in the Wing King Department, although everyone has their hearts set on the Kingdom of Heaven, they do not want to return to the Kingdom of Heaven, after all, the trauma brought to this army by the Tianjing Incident is far greater than that of other Taiping troops.

Zhang Suimou still remembers how shaken the whole army was when he received the edict of the Heavenly King, and more than half of the officers and soldiers did not agree to march east to Hunan. However, the Wing King finally decided to cooperate with the actions of the Heavenly Kingdom, because he was extremely curious about the new Heavenly King, and was extremely curious about the Wehrmacht that had only 30,000 men but defeated hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops.

Entering the territory of Hunan, they did not encounter any resistance, because the defense force of the entire Hunan has been exhausted by Zeng Guofan, and now the whole Hunan is like a large barracks, a large number of young people have been sent to Fucheng for military training, Zeng Guofan is ready to rely on the Hunan nest to fight a war with the Taiping army.