After everyone left, Li Weiguo returned to the Chinese army's big tent.

At this time, two people walked out from behind the screen, it was Su Sanniang's right-hand man Chen Wu, and the other was Hong Jian, who had been in charge of the liaison between Li Weiguo and Hong Xiuquan.

Hong Jian is Hong Xiuquan's nephew, especially trusting, this time the two sides exchanged hostages, there is no room for mistakes, both sides can't trust each other, worried that the other party is playing tricks, so Li Weiguo specially asked Hong Jian to also observe their military meeting.

Li Weiguo sat down and said, "How about it, I'm very sincere, you have heard our military deployment." ”

Hong Jian nodded and said: "Don't worry, Lord Li, we will cooperate with the adults to put on a good show, our army retreats, your army can find Miss Fu in our army's barracks, Miss Fu has twenty female guards personally arranged by Master Su by her side to protect her, and your adult does not have to worry about safety." But how can adults guarantee the safety of my princess? ”

Hearing that Su Sanniang personally sent someone to protect Fu Shanxiang, Li Weiguo was grateful, he was worried that the exchange of hostages in the chaotic army might hurt Fu Shanxiang at first, but with Su Sanniang sending someone to protect him, he was relieved.

As for the princess in Hong Jian's mouth, she naturally refers to Hong Xuanjiao, obviously Hong Xiuquan only cares about Hong Xuanjiao, and the other party doesn't mention Liu Shaoting, which shows that the relationship between Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing has begun to break down.

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Don't worry, Hong Xuanjiao and Liu Shaoting were also arranged by me in the barracks, when our army attacks, we will attack the east and get out of the west, and your army will bypass and attack my barracks, I will give up the barracks, and Brother Chen Wu is responsible for protecting Hong Xuanjiao's safety, so you should rest assured." ”

Hong Jian looked at Chen Wu, who nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

"Since there is no problem, then I will talk about the next cooperation." Li Weiguo paused and continued: "If you want to attack Jinling, you must first take Yuhuatai, and now Yuhuatai is under the control of our army. ”

Hong Jian already knew before he came that in addition to the exchange of hostages, the cooperation between the Taiping Army and Li Jiajun was also an important event, so Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing both explained that as long as they could take Jinling, as long as Li Weiguo's conditions were not excessive, they could agree.

Therefore, Hong Jian said directly: "Master Li, let's just say it directly, what price do we need to pay?" ”

Li Weiguo smiled and said: "Jinling is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the land of the king, whether it is an extremely important place for the Qing court or your army, so I take the initiative to let Yuhuatai go, and your army can quickly take Jinling, and in return, your army will give up Anqing and Jiujiang and hand them over to our army." ”

Hong Jian frowned and said: "Jiujiang and Anqing are important military towns, and they are the back roads of our army, if they are given to you, then won't our army have no back roads?" ”

Li Weiguo replied: "You have to see the form clearly, now that the main force of your army is coming to attack Jinling, Jiujiang and Anqing don't have many troops at all, even if I don't take it, soon Xiang Rong and Qishan will find out that your suspicious soldiers will also attack in an all-round way, Jiujiang and Anqing you will have to lose sooner or later, why not give it to me." I will give up Jinling to you, and someone in the imperial court will definitely take the opportunity to hack me, so I will ask you for Jiujiang and Anqing, which is called a meritorious service. Otherwise, do you think that my foundation is in Shanghai, and I want to go so far to Jiujiang and Anqing? ”

Chen Wu muttered a few words in Hong Jian's ear, Hong Jian's face changed, and then slowed down, and said, "After Lord Li takes Jiujiang and Anqing, will he join forces with Xiang Rong and Qishan and attack Jinling together?" ”

Li Weiguo knew that this was what Hong Xiuquan really cared about, so he smiled and said, "Since I am cooperating with your army, how can I do that?" However, the superficial work has been done enough, and when the time comes, I will hand over Jiujiang and Anqing to Xiang Rong and Qishan, and then withdraw the army and return to Su Songtai. If the imperial court wants me to attack Jinling, I will only make a show to the east of Jinling, and as long as your army has no intention of attacking Jiangdong, there will be no real war between us, and we can continue to cooperate. ”

Hong Jian nodded and said, "Yes, but we need arms, one million catties of bullets, five million catties of gunpowder, ten thousand muskets, and fifty cannons." ”

Li Weiguo immediately responded: "200,000 catties of bullets, 500,000 catties of gunpowder, 1,000 muskets, and 5 artillery pieces, this is the first batch of arms for you, and the price remains the same as before." After one year, I will give you a second arms at a discount, with a discount of ninety-five, and two years later, I will give you a third one, with a discount of eighty-five. ”

Hong Jian shook his head, and said again: "In the early stage, our army will fall into a bitter battle, and the consumption of weapons will be strict, so you must give us 500,000 catties of bullets, 1 million catties of gunpowder, at least 2,000 muskets, and at least 20 artillery pieces." The second shipment needs to be delivered in half a year, the third in a year, and as for the price, we don't need your discount. ”

"Sure enough, it's a rich man!" Li Weiguo smiled, and after a little calculation, he replied: "Yes, but your firearms are not allowed to take the initiative to attack my Li family's army, if I find out that you use my firearms to hit my army, don't blame me for turning my face immediately." ”

Hong Jian nodded and said: "We are a cooperative relationship, so naturally it is impossible to really fight, but sometimes the necessary drama has to be played more seriously, otherwise you should be Xiang Rong, Qishan and others are fools?" It is impossible for them not to doubt. ”

Li Weiguo thought about it, and the other party was reasonable, so he agreed: "Okay, but it's best that both you and I are in the same voice before acting, it's not good to lose both." ”

Hong Jian smiled and said, "Don't worry about this adult, we are not stupid!" ”

"That's good!" Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Then let's talk about the first arms deal, when will you give the silver?" I still have the old rule that I only give arms when I see silver. ”

Hong Jian rolled his eyes and said angrily: "My lord is really forgetful, our army's secret funds in the Shen family money village in Jinling have all landed in your hands, so just deduct it from that money." ”

Li Weiguo patted his head, and then he realized that it was no wonder that the other party wanted so many arms for the first time, because he was afraid that he Li Weiguo would swallow the silver, so he directly exchanged it into arms.

"Okay, then we're done!"

"Okay, I'll go back to my life!"

After Hong Jian discussed with Li Weiguo, he hurriedly returned to inform the Taiping army to make preparations, and Li Weiguo's side was also prepared.

Early the next morning, the whole army of the Li family army was dispatched, and only a small number of troops were left in the barracks to defend, but there were more than 3,000 people, enough to deal with the enemy army of 30,000 cold weapons, they were led by Li Weiguo's brother-in-law Fu Xuexian, once they received the news that Fu Shanxiang was safe, they took the initiative to evacuate the camp and handed over Hong Xuanjiao and Liu Shaoting to Chen Wu and the Taiping army.

Li Weiguo didn't sleep all night last night, because when he thought that he would be able to see his daughter-in-law Fu Shanxiang today, his heart was quite excited, and as a result, he naturally lost sleep.

However, although he did not sleep all night, Li Weiguo was quite energetic.

"All the troops are leaving!"

Li Weiguo rode on a horse, and with an order, Li Jiajun suddenly marched to the Dasheng Pass occupied by the Taiping army.

Li Jiajun was murderous along the way, practicing while walking, and he had a full momentum of never giving up until he won the big victory.

Lu Jianying, who was standing at the head of Jinling City, had complicated eyes, hoping that Li Weiguo would be able to defeat the Taiping army, but also did not want to see Li Weiguo's victorious expression. On the other hand, the other civil and military officials were all elated, praying for Li Weiguo's victory, because if Li Weiguo was defeated again, then Jinling would not be protected, and the lives and property of their family would be all over, after all, the Taiping army would kill the rich and help the poor, especially the banner people, and it would be impossible to stay alive.

Before the victory, 25,000 Li Jiajun lined up and was murderous. Dozens of cannons were aimed at that one, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the Great Victory Pass, which suddenly made people feel an inexplicable coercion.

There is a way that the soldiers are boundless, tearing the ground and the sky, as far as the eye can see, that kind of momentum suddenly makes the Taiping soldiers who won the pass feel frightened, and many soldiers have weak legs without fighting, and they are scared to pee.

It's no wonder they are like this, after all, they are not the real Taiping Army, they are just a ragtag army temporarily armed by refugees wrapped up by the Taiping Army, Hong Xiuquan doesn't want to lose his elite troops, so let these miscellaneous troops be cannon fodder.

Li Weiguo didn't know it at first, so he immediately ordered an artillery attack.

In an instant, the cannon roared and the earthquake trembled.

Li Weiguo was serious, and dozens of cannons bombarded the Taiping army that had won the pass, showing no mercy at all.

After just a few rounds of artillery fire, the Taiping army on the Dasheng Pass was blown up, with blood and flesh flying, and heavy casualties.

"Young master, Hong Xiuquan's acting in this play is quite real!"

As soon as Zhang Xiaoliu said this, Li Weiguo suddenly understood, and sneered: "It turned out that the common people were used as cannon fodder, and this Hong Xiuquan is really smart." ”

Li Weiguo paused, and directly ordered: "Pass my order, after five rounds of artillery bombardment, the whole army will charge and win the big victory pass in one go." ”

Soon, after five rounds of artillery bombardment, Li Jiajun launched an attack on all fronts.

At this time, the Taiping army in the city has already lost its fighting spirit, and the guards have already been ordered to give up the victory pass, and at this moment they suddenly took the lead in escaping with their own soldiers, and the guards ran away, and the other Taiping troops suddenly lost the last trace of resistance and fled with them.

The soldiers of the Li family army charged with the whole army, and soon smashed open the city gate and poured into the city to clear the remnants of the enemy.

Under the protection of Zhang Xiaoliu and thousands of other personal soldiers, Li Weiguo went straight to the Taiping army camp.

Before coming to the barracks, I saw that the Taiping army inside had already been empty, and there were fires everywhere, but only the eastern corner was unharmed.

I saw more than 20 female soldiers dressed in red and wrapped in red scarves carefully protecting one of them.

The woman wore a hat to cover her face, but Li Weiguo knew that she was Fu Shanxiang, and she had to wear a hat to cover her face just to prevent others from seeing and leaking the news.

"Sister Shanxiang!"

"Xianggong!"

Li Weiguo and Fu Shanxiang recognized each other at the same time, and immediately ran towards each other regardless of Yiqi, and instantly hugged each other tightly, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.