"What do you want the king to promise?" Hong Tiangui asked in a deep voice.

The two looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say for a while.

"This king can tell you clearly, as long as you live up to this king, this king will definitely not fail you." Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness!" The two of them shouted excitedly, and the others knelt down one by one, with a look of hope in their eyes.

"Wang Jian, Xie Yuanbao, this king has appointed you as the deputy captain of the personal guards, tentatively at the brigade commander level, and your task is currently only one, that is, to gather the officers and soldiers who survived the Tianjing Incident and returned to the field. The king will issue an edict to reinstate their officials, and as long as they are loyal to the king, the king will be of great use. Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

Wang Jian and Xie Yuanbao were overjoyed, deputy captains of the personal guards, and suddenly resumed their military positions as brigade commanders, which was nothing more than a reinvention for two men in the army who had been at the bottom for nearly ten years.

The two of them knelt on one knee and gave a military salute very solemnly.

After that, the other eighteen people were also restored to their military ranks, but unfortunately there were no soldiers available in front of them, so they could only wait patiently.

Wang Jian and the others retreated, and Heavenly Sword silently followed behind Hong Tiangui.

"When will your brother come?" Hong Tiangui spoke in a deep voice.

"I use the Flying Pigeon to pass the book, and I will come in three days at most."

Hong Tiangui nodded, "The Heavenly King is seriously injured and needs to recuperate, no one can go to see him without my order, anyone who enters and leaves the Twenty Palaces must be carefully checked, this king doesn't want to make any trouble at this time." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, I have moved the Heavenly King's escort out of the inner courtyard, and the Twenty Palaces have been taken over by the female soldiers of the Young Heavenly King's Palace, and there will be no mistakes in a short period of time."

"That's fine, Heavenly Sword, you don't know the army, you can only serve as the captain of the personal guard by the side of this king at present, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the personal guard, you just need to ensure the stability of the Heavenly King's Mansion." Hong Xiuquan's matter really frightened Hong Tiangui, and so far, there is only one Heavenly Sword Daoist who can be trusted by their side. Hong Tiangui himself didn't know why he trusted Heavenly Sword, and he didn't even ask much about Heavenly Sword's origin.

"Your Highness, rest assured, as long as my Heavenly Sword still has a breath, I will definitely not let anyone harm Your Highness." The Heavenly Sword Daoist also has his own arrogance, fighting alone, and no one in the entire Heavenly King Mansion is his opponent.

On the same day, the news of the assassination of the Heavenly King reached the front line, and the nearest acolyte, Li Shixian, was the first to get the news. At this moment, he was planning to attack Jingning County, which was heavily guarded by the Qing army, and when he saw the report sent by the palace of the king of Tianjing City, the young and resolute face of the king leaked a confused look.

Deputy General Huang Wenjin's expression was also unpredictable after seeing the report.

"Lord Wang, who do you say will do the assassination of the Heavenly King?"

Li Shixian frowned, thought about it and shook his head, "No matter who does this kind of thing at this juncture, I'm afraid Tianjing City will be chaotic again!" ”

"So what do we do?" Huang Wenjin's face was very ugly, the Tianjing Incident killed a river of blood, the Tianping Army was infighting, and the senior generals withered, Li Shixian and Huang Wenjin at that time were just teenagers who had just joined the army. And the horror that hung over the heavens during that time still makes them feel uneasy to think about.

"Let's wait and see! Suspend the attack on Jingning County! "Li Shixian is a very decisive person, Anning County is entrenched in the Qing army of 3,000 people, although the combat effectiveness is uneven, but the geographical advantage. In addition, the new governor of Zhejiang, Zuo Zongtang, issued a strict order at the beginning of his tenure, and the generals of the lost city would be beheaded, and the Qing army general Duolin, even the Manchu nobles, did not dare to abandon the city at this stall to try the knife of the new governor.

Huang Wenjin nodded, as a front-line general, he would rather lead his troops to charge the enemy than return to Tianjing City to participate in the intrigues, although the King of Heaven is revered, but no one can stand the moody personality.

"Serving the King, what about the edict of the Young Heavenly King before? He asked us to send an army into Tianjing City. Huang Wenjin thought of the edict of the Young Heavenly King sent by Tianjing City before, and felt quite tricky.

The squire also felt a headache. He doesn't have much memory of Hong Tiangui, he only knows that he is a quiet child, and at the age of twelve this year, he was somehow pushed onto the stage of the rulers of the kingdom of heaven, and the future of the kingdom of heaven has become even more bleak.

Huang Wenjin saw that the king was embarrassed and understood that the king did not want to divide the army. Now there are five nominal armies in the hands of the king, and the only ones who are truly elite are the army of the king-servant directly under him. In addition, after repeated battles, all armies were not satisfied, and some places were filled with some ordinary people, which could be used as momentum, but could not really go to the battlefield to fight.

"The king, the young king is in power, we as front-line generals can't help but express something, and according to the messenger, the young king didn't just send us to the side, in addition to the loss of the front line, the battle situation is stalemate, the king of loyalty should also get the edict, and even the winged king department in the east of Sichuan may have an edict, what is the young king going to do? Do you want to weaken us by means of this? Huang Wenjin still hasn't figured it out, although Tianjing City is not stable, but after all, there are still 20,000 Imperial Forest Army garrisoned, as long as there are no problems in the several major battlefields on their front line, the safety of Tianjing City is still guaranteed.

The squire Li Shixian groaned for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision. "We are the vassal kings of the kingdom of heaven, and we are both prosperous and lossy with the kingdom of heaven, and we cannot but obey the orders of the young king. I am going to transfer a brigade from each of the five armies under my command, and then cooperate with those newly recruited strong men to send them to Tianjing City. ”

"Who is the king going to let lead his army back?" Huang Wenjin nodded, the transfer of a brigade from each army will not affect the combat effectiveness of each army, and with these five brigades to lay the foundation and fill in some strong men, I think it will not be bad in terms of momentum, and it will definitely satisfy the Young Heavenly King.

"What do you think of Lu Shunde?"

"Lu Shunde? Yes, this son is good at controlling boats and water battles, but unfortunately my heavenly navy is lacking, and it is indeed a bit condescending to stay among the foot soldiers. Huang Wenjin also thinks it is appropriate, now many generals on the front line cannot be transferred at will, but Lu Shunde is quite idle, he has a brigade of soldiers under his command, most of them are recruited by him from along the river, each proficient in water, in Lu Shunde's words, this is the foundation of the future naval army of the Kingdom of Heaven, how can he die in vain. And for the army's offensive battles, Lu Shunde is notoriously slack, even if the king orders him, he will resolutely resist. Li Shixian also felt laughing and crying about his idea of creating a navy across the rivers and oceans, he didn't understand the importance of the navy, but it was a pity that where did the kingdom of heaven now have the strength to build a navy, and some navy formed by peasant ships only dared to act between rivers and lakes.

"Since that's the case, then it's decided, let Lu Shunde come to see me. The Young Heavenly King ascended the throne, it is the time to show his strengths, whether he can seize the opportunity, it depends on his Lu Shunde's ability. The squire said in a deep voice.

Neither he nor Huang Wenjin thought that Lu Shunde, who could only be used as a foot soldier general under him, finally found a platform to show his strengths in the hands of Hong Tiangui, and the future naval fleet of the Kingdom of Heaven was born from him.

The king sent troops to prepare to enter Beijing, but Li Xiucheng, who was stationed in Songjiang, also received the news of the assassination of the king.

Unlike the embarrassment of the king, the loyal king Li Xiucheng is angry.

He is now in a large army, and the city of Shanghai can be broken in the future, and at this time, the assassination of the Heavenly King, the backyard is unstable, and there is no benefit to the overall situation of the entire Heavenly Kingdom. What's more, the Young Heavenly King, who had just ascended the throne, actually wanted to transfer an army from his command back to Tianjing City. And it is pointed out that he must be elite and cannot fool him. Is the Hundred Battles Elite so easy to bring out? From Jinglu Sufu to the present, there are only five elite armies under his command, and the rest are some miscellaneous rebel armies, which can be used but cannot be reused.

After the anger passed, he came to his senses again. Li Xiucheng is not a simple character, after the Wing King Shi Da drove away, the power of the Heavenly Kingdom to command the army basically fell into his hands, if it were not for the suspicion of the Heavenly King, his achievements would definitely be more than that. Even so, it took him countless efforts to open up Sufu Province and enter Shanghai. Shanghai must be won, as long as Shanghai is mastered, Li Xiucheng believes that his achievements can be expanded tenfold. But on the other hand, he was also extremely worried, the Heavenly King was assassinated, the Young Heavenly King was in power, and the Heavenly Kingdom was undergoing the most violent power exchange. At this time, as a few existences among the kings of the heavenly kingdom, leading troops outside suffered a big loss.

"Bring the messenger!" Zhongwang Li Xiucheng said in a deep voice.

Although he knew the situation in Tianjing City, after all, he had been fighting abroad all the year round, and his understanding of many things was very incomplete, especially at this moment, once he made a mistake in decision-making, the consequences were not something he could bear, nor could the entire Heavenly Kingdom bear.

The messenger was brought, and after a day's rest, he was completely refreshed.

"This king wants to know, why did His Royal Highness the Young Heavenly King want to draw an army from this king?" Li Xiucheng asked in a deep voice.

"Lord Zhongwang, I don't know what His Royal Highness the Young Heavenly King is going to do, but the adults should know that the Imperial Forest Army is no longer good, and the old people who fought back then walked and died, and there were also several princes' subordinates, and the remaining Imperial Forest Army was quite reluctant to defend Tianjing City. Moreover, His Royal Highness the Young Heavenly King explicitly asked King Chung to stop attacking Shanghai, and at this time, the confrontation with the Zeng State Domain on the Western Front was the top priority of the Heavenly Kingdom. The messenger talked eloquently, he was a member of the military department, and because of his eloquence, he was specially received by Hong Tiangui before leaving, so the king of Zhong saw the messenger later than the king of servants.

"There is a British king on the Western Front, where is it so easy for thieves to get in. This king has now swept away the demons around Shanghai, and when the army is in place, he will definitely be able to capture Shanghai in one go, and the meat that is put in his mouth can not be given up at will. King Chung said in a deep voice. Shanghai, the Pearl of the Orient, the largest city in China, as long as it is defeated and receives the financial support of Shanghai, the troops under his command will no longer worry about military salaries, and they can devote themselves to fighting in all directions and strengthening Sufu Province.

"Lord Chung, think twice, His Royal Highness the Young Heavenly King asked me to tell your lord that His Highness wants to set up a command department to fully command all the military forces of the entire Heavenly Kingdom, and among the kings of the entire Heavenly Kingdom, only the two of you, the Winged King and His Royal Highness the Chung King, have this qualification. The Wing King is far away in eastern Sichuan, and he is not in harmony with the Heavenly Kingdom, so King Zhong is the only candidate, and His Royal Highness expects His Royal Highness King Zhong to immediately lead the army back to Tianjing City. ”

"The High Command? It's just that the original Zhengjun division has changed its words! This kind of thing did the Young Heavenly King do the Lord? Li Xiucheng sneered.