On the Meiling trail, the sound of artillery gradually faded away, the smoke of gunpowder was still filled, and the corpses on the ground were like mountains, blood flowed like rivers, and the stench was stinking.

Just an hour earlier, Qi Huan's 10,000 elite Taiping troops had been ambushed by Li Weiguo's Shanghai army, and were eventually outnumbered and annihilated.

On the hillside, Li Weiguo and Su Sanniang stood side by side, looking down at the cruel battlefield below, each with their own feelings.

Su Sanniang sighed: "I didn't expect Qi Huan, one of the top ten generals of the Taiping Army, to die like this, it seems that I overestimated the strength of the Taiping Army!" ”

Li Weiguo smiled faintly and said, "It's not that the eldest sister overestimated the strength of the Taiping Army, but underestimated the strength of my Li Family's army!" As I said, the destruction of the Taiping Army is just—"

"It's just a matter of minutes, right? You know, you've said it tens of thousands of times! Su Sanniang suddenly said coquettishly, glanced at Li Weiguo, and then was unwilling to admit defeat, and immediately retorted: "It's just a sneak attack and an ambush, if it's a head-on battle, maybe who will kill the deer!" ”

Seeing that Su Sanniang just didn't admit that the Taiping Army was weaker than the Shanghai Army, Li Weiguo couldn't help but want to laugh, knowing that Su Sanniang was a dead duck with a hard mouth, and he didn't want to be soft in front of him, and he didn't care.

However, Li Weiguo suddenly said: "Why don't you make a bet with the eldest sister?" ”

Su Sanniang turned her head to look at Li Weiguo, not knowing what the hell he was doing, her eyes rolled, and she said, "What kind of gambling method?" ”

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "If my Li Jiajun defeats the elite of the Taiping Army head-on and wins a game in a dignified manner, what does the eldest sister think?" ”

Su Sanniang thought for a while and asked, "What is the bet?" ”

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "If my Li family wins, how about the eldest sister let me kiss it?" ”

"Begging for a beating! Incorrigible! Su Sanniang was suddenly ashamed and angry, and raised her hand to slap Li Weiguo.

However, Li Weiguo had already prepared, and immediately dodged, and at the same time skillfully buckled Su Sanniang's wrist.

"Isn't the eldest sister scared? If you are afraid of losing the bet, just admit that the Taiping Army is vulnerable! ”

"Do you think the agitation method will work for me? You also underestimate the eldest sister! Su Sanniang was suddenly angry. Then he couldn't help but ask, "What if you lose?" And what is the stake? ”

Li Weiguo smiled secretly in his heart, and said that he was not provoked, and he was clearly already tricked. So he smiled and said: "If I lose, I will reluctantly let my eldest sister kiss me!" ”

"W-what?" Su Sanniang was stunned for a moment, she had seen a scoundrel, but she had never seen a scoundrel like Li Weiguo, she was immediately ashamed and indignant, and said angrily: "If you don't open the house for three days, it seems that you can't control Sister Shanxiang's paper, and today the eldest sister will discipline you for Sister Shanxiang's paper." ”

Su Sanniang was on fire. To hit someone. And Li Weiguo is not muddy, his body has become stronger and stronger in the past few years of military life, plus he is proficient in various modern fighting techniques, and his kung fu is by no means weaker than Su Sanniang.

The two immediately fought each other, and the fight was inseparable.

It's just that neither of them took it seriously, especially Li Weiguo, who was purely teasing Su Sanniang, taking the opportunity to rub oil on her and take advantage of her, with a happy expression.

Su Sanniang didn't notice anything unusual at first. However, as Li Weiguo's moves are always close to hand-to-hand combat, the two limbs are entangled, and Li Weiguo takes the opportunity to hug and hug, and the movements of a pair of demon grasps are getting bigger and bigger. An accidentally hit Su Sanniang's crisp breasts, pinched it a few times, and suddenly felt so elastic.

Li Weiguo was happy, but Su Sanniang was alert. Immediately ashamed and angry, he didn't entangle with Li Weiguo anymore, and made ruthless moves. It is necessary to teach Li Weiguo a hard lesson.

Li Weiguo saw that Su Sanniang was already angry, and knew that it was enough to stop, and he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he had to take his time, so he hurriedly begged for mercy.

However, Su Sanniang didn't pay attention to Li Weiguo's plea for mercy, and was about to beat Li Weiguo severely, Li Weiguo had no choice but to run away.

Su Sanniang chased for a long distance, and when she saw that she couldn't catch up with Li Weiguo, she was so angry that she stomped her feet, so she had to give up for the time being.

In the evening of the same day, after half a day of rest and replenishment of ammunition and supplies, the Shanghai army marched again and marched to Xi'an County, the seat of Hengzhou Prefecture.

The all-night fire in Meiling was even visible at Sanheguan, and naturally it was discovered by the Taiping Army in nearby places, and the news quickly spread back to Xi'an County.

Wei Changhui, the king of the north, still lives in the Tang family's mansion, and he is the eldest lady of the Tang family all day long, and at the same time, the generals of the Taiping Army also continue to plunder beautiful women to give to Wei Changhui, making Wei Changhui chaotic day and night, so unhappy.

The strategist Mr. Liao hurriedly came to see Wei Changhui when he received the news of the accident in Meiling, and he broke into the door, almost scaring Wei Changhui and Yang Wei.

Wei Changhui suddenly became angry, and said angrily: "Mr. Liao, this king's respect for you does not mean that you can be so presumptuous, if you don't give this king a reasonable explanation today, this king will definitely punish you severely!" ”

Mr. Liao hurriedly confessed, and suddenly said: "His Royal Highness the Northern King, something has happened, Meiling has been lost, and tens of thousands of soldiers such as Qi Huan have been wiped out!" ”

Qi Huan only had 15,000 elite Taiping troops, but there were still a large number of laborers, so Mr. Liao deliberately exaggerated tens of thousands of people, intending to attract Wei Changhui's attention.

Of course, even if he didn't say so, the annihilation of Qi Huan's 15,000 troops was enough to make Wei Changhui break out in a cold sweat. After all, in this southern expedition, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing only gave Wei Changhui 20,000 elite soldiers of the Taiping Army, and now there are 15,000 fewer people all of a sudden, how can Wei Changhui's heart not be shocked.

"What the hell is going on? Qi Huan is one of the top ten fierce generals of my Heavenly Kingdom, and there are 15,000 elites in hand, Meiling is dangerous, even if the 100,000 army of Qinggou comes to attack, there will be no annihilation! ”

Wei Changhui naturally didn't believe it, because he didn't know that it was Li Weiguo who made the move, and it was impossible to make a decision with the original local Qing army and regimental training in Zhejiang alone.

Mr. Liao replied: "According to the analysis of the situation reported by the horses, it should be that the Shanghai army attacked Meiling, and General Qi Huan was unprepared and fell into Li Weiguo's treacherous scheme, so he lost Meiling, resulting in the annihilation of the whole army." ”

Wei Changhui suddenly frowned, and asked in disbelief: "Why did Li Weiguo attack Meiling?" ”

Mr. Liao was also puzzled, although he had always suggested that he should be vigilant and precautionary against Li Weiguo, he really did not expect Li Weiguo to suddenly turn his face.

The two of them were silent, and their faces were written that this was unscientific.

Soon, the scientific explanation came, and a herald of the Taiping Army from Tianjing came to see Wei Changhui with Hong Xiuquan's order.

"Report, the king of heaven ordered the villain to come and report to the king of the north!"

Wei Changhui shouted angrily: "What's the matter? Hurry up! ”

The herald then defeated the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Hong Xuanjiao was captured. Hong Xiuquan had to find a way to save Hong Xuanjiao in order to deal with Yang Xiuqing, and happened to know that Su Shun and Li Weiguo had an enmity, so he secretly contacted Su Shun and leaked Li Weiguo's secret deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to Su Shun as a condition for returning Hong Xuanjiao. In order to kill Li Weiguo, Su Shun actually agreed to secretly release Hong Xuanjiao.

The herald said: "The king of heaven asked the villain to tell the king of the north that the Qing court has gained insight into Li Weiguo's private transaction with me and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the king of heaven is worried that Li Weiguo will soon turn his face, and asks the villain to come over and remind the king of the north to be careful!" ”

Wei Changhui almost fainted when he heard this, and said in his heart, what the hell are you looking for? Only now is it informed that Lao Tzu's 15,000 elites have been wiped out.

Mr. Liao suddenly sighed and said, "I see, no wonder Li Weiguo turned his face and suddenly attacked our army's Meiling camp." Now that the Qing court has insight into our private deals, Li Weiguo has only two ways to go, either to rebel immediately, or he is bound to turn against us and move in earnest. Expressed loyalty to the Qing court. ”

Wei Changhui said angrily: "It's too late to say anything now!" If the king had been informed a day earlier, how could such a thing have happened? ”

In front of the heralds, Wei Changhui didn't dare to show too much dissatisfaction.

It's just that the herald is Hong Xiuquan's henchman, and he has already guessed that the king of the north has suffered a big loss from Li Weiguo. So he explained: "The Heavenly King had already sent the villain to inform the North King a few days ago, but when he passed through Ning Guofu, the villain was detained by Yang Jingmin for three days for no reason, which delayed the North King's major event. Please punish the king of the north! ”

"What? It's you who delayed! Do you know that because of your delay, this king lost a fierce general of Qi Huan, and 15,000 elites died in Meiling! I'll kill you! ”

Wei Changhui was furious. Immediately he drew his sword and tried to kill the herald.

Mr. Liao hurriedly dissuaded: "The North King is angry, this matter is obviously intentional by the East King!" ”

As soon as he heard the four words of Dongwang's intention, Wei Changhui was stunned, turned to Mr. Liao, and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Mr. Liao snorted coldly and said, "Isn't this obvious, Beiwang thinks about it, who is Yang Jingmin from Ning Guofu?" ”

Wei Changhui thought about it for a while, and said with some enlightenment: "Yang Jingmin seems to be the nephew of the East King!" ”

Mr. Liao nodded and said: "That's it, if the king and the king of the east are fighting in the dark today, the king of the north is facing the king of heaven, but the king of the east holds the military power, and the 20,000 elites in the hands of the king of the north are his biggest obstacle. ”

Wei Changhui suddenly understood, and said hatefully: "Damn Yang Xiuqing, he actually calculated on the head of this king, causing the king of the north to fold Qi Huan's generals and lose 15,000 elites, this revenge will not be avenged, and I, Wei Changhui, will not be a person." ”

As he spoke, the sword that had been about to slash at the herald withdrew.

The herald suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to rejoice that he had picked up a life, but Wei Changhui's sword was slashed back.

Click!

The herald's head fell to the ground, and blood spurted out more than a foot away.

Mr. Liao was shocked and hurriedly said, "King Bei, why are you doing this?" Let's not say that this herald is the henchman of the King of Heaven, and if you kill him, it is tantamount to turning against the King of Heaven. Besides, this matter is that Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, designed to frame the king of the north, what does it have to do with this herald, how can the king of the north kill him to vent his anger! ”

I saw Wei Changhui wipe the blood on the sword on the herald's clothes, and said: "Mr. Liao, a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, have you ever thought that this herald will inevitably reach the ears of the Heavenly King after listening to our conversation." The Heavenly King was happy, but the Heavenly King was surrounded by Yang Xiuqing's eyeliner, and soon Yang Xiuqing would know that I, Wei Changhui, wanted to seek revenge on him. At present, in the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Yang Xiuqing is a military advisor, holding military power, this king has folded Qi Huan and 15,000 elites, how to fight with Yang Xiuqing? Wouldn't this put the king in danger? ”

Mr. Liao was stunned for a moment, then woke up in shock, and suddenly said: "The sins of my subordinates, I didn't think of this layer, and I hope that the king of the north will forgive the sins!" ”

Wei Changhui hurriedly helped Mr. Liao up and said, "What is the crime of Mr., please get up quickly!" ”

Mr. Liao got up and asked again: "His Royal Highness the Northern King did this, it can indeed make Yang Xiuqing happy for the time being, thinking that the Northern King hates the Heavenly King to death." It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that the Heavenly King's side won't give the North King a good face. ”

Wei Changhui sneered: "This king just wants to stay away from the king for the time being, let Yang Xiuqing be happy for a few days, and then take revenge after this king regains his strength!" ”

Wei Changhui paused, and said: "There is also Hong Xuanjiao's stinky girl, if it weren't for her, Li Weiguo would not have turned his face so quickly, and this king would kill this stinky girl sooner or later." ”

Mr. Liao shook his head helplessly, he knew that Wei Changhui had been Hong Xuanjiao's follower, but it was a pity that Hong Xuanjiao loved Xiao Chaogui and never gave Wei Changhui a good face. Xiao Chaogui's death back then secretly also had a lot of credit for Wei Changhui.

As a staff member, Mr. Liao knew these things, but he didn't dare to say more, just said: "The Northern King is wise, temporarily show weakness to the Eastern King, avoid being suppressed by the Eastern King, and secretly accumulate strength, this is the best policy!" It's just that Li Weiguo's house has already turned his face, and now His Royal Highness only has 5,000 soldiers and horses around him, so he still quickly withdrew from Hengzhou Mansion and retreated to Jiangxi to plan for the future. ”

Wei Changhui shook his head and said, "No, if this king just quits Hengzhou Mansion like this, wouldn't he be afraid of Li Weiguo's house!" This king is not convinced, he doesn't give Li Weiguo a little color to see, and get this field back, how will this king mix in the kingdom of heaven in the future? ”

Mr. Liao worried: "However, now that Li Weiguo is powerful and His Highness's troops are insufficient, how can he compete with it?" I hope Your Highness will think twice! ”

Wei Changhui couldn't listen to it and insisted on fighting, but in the end, Mr. Liao couldn't persuade him, so he had to help Wei Changhui transfer troops and arrange troops near Xi'an County, preparing to fight with Li Weiguo's Shanghai army.

At the same time, Wei Changhui sent a letter back to Tianjing, telling Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing what had happened in Hengzhou Mansion.

In the first battle of Meiling, Wei Changhui lost 15,000 elites of the Taiping Army, those are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time since Jintian started the army, and they are the elite of the elite of the Taiping Army. Especially the loss of Qi Huan, it was a pity that he was a strong general in the Taiping Army.

Whether it was Hong Xiuquan or Yang Xiuqing, after hearing the bad news, they all hung their feet and cried. It's just that Hong Xiuquan is really crying, but Yang Xiuqing is proud in her heart. He knew that the king of the north was on Hong Xiuquan's side, so he wished that Wei Changhui's entire army would be annihilated, and it would be best if Wei Changhui himself would die in Hengzhou.

Yang Xiuqing heard that Wei Changhui had slaughtered the henchmen sent by Hong Xiuquan, and he was even happier in his heart, thinking that Wei Changhui had hated Hong Xiuquan to death since then, plus Wei Changhui had lost Qi Huan and 15,000 elites, and the strength of the Northern Wangfu had lost most of it.

Similarly, Hong Xiuquan didn't know Wei Changhui's thoughts, and when he saw Wei Changhui kill his henchmen, he was also unhappy in his heart, and he was estranged from Wei Changhui.

Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing quickly convened a military meeting to discuss countermeasures.

The Taiping army lost 15,000 elites in Meiling, and this revenge must be avenged, so Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing decided to go east. (To be continued......)