With the defeat of Zeng, the focus of the confrontation between the Heavenly Kingdom and the Manchu Qing shifted from the southwest to the east, and the successive defeats stimulated the nerves of the Manchu and Qing courts, and the decaying Manchu court became operational, and the soldiers recruited by the northern provinces went south along the coast through the British and French cargo ships, and the silver taels borrowed from the British and French were spent like a tide in exchange for boatloads of weapons and munitions.

Although the smoke of the war between Britain and France and the Qing Dynasty has not completely dissipated, the ruins of the Old Summer Palace are still towering, but for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Britain and France are just robbers, and they will naturally retreat if they have robbed enough, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the trouble of the henchmen, especially after the young Heavenly King Hong Tiangui ascended the throne, the long-haired bandits who were already exhausted miraculously resurrected, not only defeated the hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops of Zeng Guofan, but also completely occupied the land of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, cut off most of the Yangtze River waterway, and opened the entire southwest portal. There is always a danger of loss.

In order to prevent the southern war situation from continuing to erode, Prince Gong? As a regent in place of the young Tongzhi Emperor, he drove the expedition.

At the same time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty formed four major battalions, the eastern battalion with the Huai army general Li Hongzhang as the commander, the northern battalion with the southern Mongolian prince Zeng Lingqin as the commander, the western battalion with the Sichuan-Shaanxi governor Luo Bingzhang as the commander, the Sichuan-Shaanxi coalition army, and the southern battalion with the Liangguang governor Zuo Zongtang as the commander, and the four battalions will seal the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from four aspects.

The Manchus tried to put a shackle on the rapidly rising Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

When the news reached the kingdom of heaven, Hong Tiangui was not worried but happy, and said to the winged king Shi Dakai with a smile. "The Manchu Qing Dynasty set up four major battalions, obviously aimed at our four major front armies, it seems that they are shrinking their fists and preparing to go all out, but in fact they are full of loopholes, especially in the western camp, the Sichuan-Shaanxi coalition army does not even have a shadow, it is just an empty shelf, if this king is now marching west, the land of Sichuan and Shaanxi is at his fingertips."

The Winged King thought for a moment, with the same smile on his face.

"Heavenly King, it is not difficult to see from the four major battalions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty that the Manchu Qing Dynasty almost gave up Sichuan and Tibet, and the monk Gelinqin of the Northern Battalion cannot be underestimated, although the Mongolian cavalry does not have the combat power to gallop the world back then, but the cavalry is highly mobile, and if it is not strictly guarded, it will definitely suffer a big loss."

Hong Tiangui smiled, now this era is an era of alternating cold weapons and hot weapons for China, the Manchu Qing Dynasty closed the country, and the Kingdom of Heaven was also sealed inland, the Han people's fighting was still dominated by cold weapons, supplemented by hot weapons, and in the era of cold weapons, cavalry is undoubtedly a big killer on the battlefield, and Hong Tiangui will not be underestimated without the wing king.

"There is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, it is not easy for Monk Greenqin to come over, don't forget that our navy is rampant on the Yangtze River!"

Hong Tiangui looked at the map in front of him, pondered a little, and said, "At present, the primary task of the Kingdom of Heaven is to develop the economy and ensure the supply needs of the army. The war between countries is to put it bluntly, it is logistics, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty is rotten, but after all, it has been inherited for more than 200 years, plus the Manchu Qing can borrow money in the name of the country, which we can't compare, and our foundation is still thin! ”

"It really doesn't work, we can implement the tactics of fighting to nourish the war, and the Prancing Horse is in the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the pressure on logistics will inevitably be greatly reduced at that time."

Hong Tiangui shook his head and said: "It is indeed easy to feed the war with war, but it is the common people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty who suffer, we are the army of the king, not the bandit army, the world is not just to fight down, and follow-up governance is also needed. ”

The Wing King does not agree with the saying that the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and as a general with troops, he advocates the use of powerful force to crush the enemy.

"This king will inspect the arsenal, this is our strong foundation, and the training of the national defense force cannot be relaxed, I am ready to go to inspect it in the near future, Yiwang, the military administration of the capital will be handed over to you this day."

The Winged King's expression changed, to be honest, after the Tianjing Incident, the Winged King was a little afraid of the military and political affairs of the Commander-in-Chief Heavenly Kingdom. Although Hong Tiangui is not Hong Xiuquan, he is his boss after all.

"Your Majesty, at this time the Kingdom of Heaven seems to be strong, but in fact it is a strong foreign force, from the last time the King of Heaven and the British and French forces fought each other, it is not difficult to see that our army is not the opponent of the foreigners, once the war breaks out in the East, the King of Heaven will not last long, at this time only the King of Heaven can deter all parties in the city of Tianjing. The minister is willing to go to the army on behalf of His Majesty. ”

Hong Tiangui looked at him fixedly, a faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and said: "That's fine, Wing King, this is a plan drawn up by this king during this time, originally this king wanted to implement it personally, but now it seems that you need Wing King to lead." ”

The Wing King respectfully took it, opened it and looked at it, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

"Guan Gong plan!"

This is Hong Tiangui's name, and the specific content is very simple, that is, to send spies to the provinces and cities in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and individual spy scouts, these people are stationed in an organized situation, from the province to the county, including all the important places in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Kingdom of Heaven will not be able to spare so many people to do these things at this time!" The Wing King said with a wry smile.

"Of course, this king knows that it is impossible to do it all at once, we will first send some people to pull up the organizational framework, this king will give these lurking people some blank edicts, and the appointment under the five products will be solved by these people themselves, do you think these things can be done?" Hong Tiangui thought of the underground organization that the G Party had developed all over the country in his previous life, and the Kingdom of Heaven could undoubtedly emulate it.

The Wing King frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Heavenly King, this method may be able to extend its influence to the Manchu Sutra in a short period of time, but the appointment of these officials is not under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Kingdom, and I am afraid that some people with ulterior motives will be included, and I am afraid that it will form a tail when the time comes." ”

Hong Tiangui smiled slightly and said, "The Wing King's worries are not unreasonable, but this is not a contradiction at the moment after all, as long as we handle it properly, there will definitely not be a situation where the tail will not fall in the future." ”

"Your Majesty, with the current development trend of the Kingdom of Heaven, you only need to defeat the enemy in the east, and you will definitely be able to take advantage of the Northern Expedition, overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time, and take charge of the land of China, there is no need to waste a lot of manpower and material resources in this regard at this time." The Wing King did not agree, the biggest threat to the Kingdom of Heaven was in the east, as long as this battle was won, it would be natural for him to go north and overthrow the Manchu Dynasty.

Hong Tiangui shook his head and said firmly: "This king knows that the Anglo-French alliance in the east is the biggest threat to the kingdom of heaven, but our eyes can't just stay at the moment, King Yi, you personally handle this matter, and you have to send a group of people out in the shortest possible time, this king hopes that in a few years, everyone in my Huaxia land will have people from our heavenly kingdom." ”