At the head of Xi'an City, Wei Changhui looked at the raging fire in the distance, and was extremely happy in his heart, thinking that the successful sneak attack would definitely be able to severely damage Li Weiguo's Shanghai army.

However, it didn't take long for the dense sound of guns and the desperate shouts of the Iron Bear Cavalry Battalion to come, which suddenly made Wei Changhui's heart sink to the bottom, his fists clenched, and blood flowed out.

Mr. Liao on the side was also shocked, his careful planning, he thought it was seamless, but in the end he lost to Li Weiguo, which was unbelievable.

"His Royal Highness the Northern King, the county seat of Xi'an is no longer defensible, while Li Weiguo has not completely blocked the West Gate, please ask His Royal Highness the Northern King to evacuate quickly!"

Although Wei Changhui was extremely angry at the moment and wanted to seek revenge on Li Weiguo, he was more afraid of death, so he followed Mr. Liao's advice and escaped from the county with his subordinates overnight.

On a small hillside outside the west gate of Xi'an County, Li Weiguo stood with his hands in his hands, looking at Wei Changhui and his party who fled in panic at the bottom of the mountain, silent.

Wu Yong reminded: "My lord, if you don't do it again, Wei Changhui will run away!" ”

Li Weiguo sighed and said, "Let him go!" ”

Making this decision, Li Weiguo struggled for a long time in his heart, he thought that once Wei Changhui was arrested and sent to the imperial court, it would indeed be a great achievement, but it was very likely that Wei Changhui confessed that Li Weiguo secretly hooked up with the Taiping Army, if that was the case, it would be even more unfavorable to Li Weiguo. But if Wei Changhui is killed, it will only increase the hatred value and make the Taiping army hate Li Weiguo even more, and it will not do Li Weiguo any practical benefit.

At the same time, Li Weiguo thought of the Tianjing Rebellion in history, if Wei Changhui died, then who would kill Yang Xiuqing, a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stronger than the Qing court was not in Li Weiguo's interests, it was better to let the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have internal strife, so that Li Weiguo could benefit from the fisherman.

Combining these factors, Li Weiguo finally gave up his plan to ambush Wei Changhui and secretly released him.

Although Wu Yong didn't know why Li Weiguo wanted to let Wei Changhui go. As a courtier, he naturally couldn't disobey Li Weiguo's order, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Is there any special intention for your lord to let Wei Changhui go?" ”

Li Weiguo smiled and said: "Look at it, the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the south, the south, the northwest, and now the king of the south and the west are gone, the king of the east and the king of heaven will fight sooner or later, and the king of the north is the executioner they use, no matter who wins in the end." The king of the north was put to death as a scapegoat. ”

"If that's the case, then the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom won't have to worry about it!" Wu Yong said, but he was extremely surprised in his heart, he was shocked that Li Weiguo had such a vision. In fact, after getting along with Li Weiguo in the past few years, Wu Yong gradually felt that Li Weiguo was extraordinary, and because of this, Wu Yong was afraid of Li Weiguo from the bottom of his heart.

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Yes, as long as there is civil strife in the Taiping Heavens." They're no longer our opponents! Therefore, our long-term plan is to keep an eye on the imperial court, after all, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff. ”

Wu Yong suddenly realized and said, "What the adults said is extremely true! ”

With Wei Changhui's escape. The Shanghai army then covered up the slaughter and easily captured the county seat of Xi'an. In the following days, the Shanghai army swept all the way and suppressed the Taiping army in all parts of Hengzhou Prefecture. Soon all the remnants of the Taiping army were annihilated or driven out of the territory of Hengzhou.

So far, the entire territory of Zhejiang has been recovered, and it is controlled by the Shanghai army.

The news of the victory in Hengzhou spread quickly. Li Weiguo even sent people to 800 li to urgently report the meritorious performance to the capital, intending to appease Xianfeng and the court officials.

It's just that after Li Weiguo's performance was sent to the capital, there was no news, and Xianfeng did not approve it for a long time, which made Li Weiguo's heart sink to the bottom.

The Taiping army did not have many troops in Jiangxi, and after Wei Changhui folded 20,000 elite cavalry of the Taiping Army and 3,000 elite cavalry of the Iron Bear Battalion, the Taiping Army's southern expedition was considered a failure, and the Taiping Army did not have more troops to fight on the southern front for a short time.

Therefore, Li Weiguo left 5,000 Shanghai troops in Zhejiang to sit in Hangzhou, and at the same time reorganized about 24,000 local regimental training troops in Zhejiang, eliminating the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as the diehards who were unwilling to be lay disciples of Longhua Temple and unwilling to shave their heads, and obtained 21,000 people and incorporated them into the Shanghai army.

In terms of the candidates to stay in Zhejiang, Li Weiguo originally wanted Zhang Xiaoliu to lead 26,000 Shanghai troops to sit in Zhejiang, but Wu Yong and Chen Jingnan both suggested that Su Sanniang should be allowed to guard Zhejiang. This is because Su Sanniang used to be the commander of the Taiping Army, this time the Taiping Army went east, and the main force of the Shanghai Army returned to Jiangnan, it must be a vicious battle, Su Sanniang was unwilling to fight with the Taiping Army, so it was better to let her sit in Zhejiang, which could not only avoid a vicious battle with the Taiping Army, but also Su Sanniang had rich experience in leading troops, and the 21,000 recruits of the Shanghai Army in Zhejiang were trained to get twice the result with half the effort.

Li Weiguo thought about it, and it happened that Su Sanniang had recently been angry with him, so he ordered Su Sanniang to serve as the governor of Zhejiang, commanding the elite of the 5,000 Shanghai army and being responsible for the training of 21,000 recruits of the Shanghai army.

Su Sanniang had no objection to Li Weiguo's arrangement, she also needed to be quiet and adjust her body and mind recently, so she agreed.

After arranging Zhejiang's military affairs, Li Weiguo was ready to lead the main force of the Shanghai army back to aid the Jiangdong battalion, and Li Weiguo naturally wanted to take him away from He Guiqing, the governor of Zhejiang.

At this time, the imperial court's holy decree had reached Zhejiang, appointing He Guiqing as the governor of Liangjiang, governing the four provinces of Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangnan, worthy of the name of the first feudal official of the imperial court.

However, at this time, He Guiqing had been controlled by Li Weiguo, and he did not dare to tell the truth to the court envoys on the day he received the order, for fear that Li Weiguo would kill him in anger, so he hid it from the court envoys. That was also the only time He Guiqing appeared, after which He Guiqing was drugged, bedridden for a long time, and did not see other officials, so that the military and political affairs of the four provinces of Liangjiang fell into the hands of Li Weiguo, who took He Guiqing's seal letter of the governor of Liangjiang and He Guiqing's private seal, and issued orders to the four provinces of Liangjiang.

Of course, today's Liangjiang and four provinces, the entire territory of Jiangxi and most of Anhui are occupied by the Taiping army, and the rest of Jiangsu is in the north of the Yangtze River, which is actually controlled by the Jiangbei Yingsheng, even if Li Weiguo has the big seal of the governor of Liangjiang in his hand, it is not easy to use.

In fact, Li Weiguo still really controls only Jiangnan Province, although there is no change from before, but after all, he controls the governor of Liangjiang, even if he can't order others, at least he doesn't have to worry about others causing trouble for him, but he can be regarded as avoiding a catastrophe.

It's just that the imperial court sent someone to secretly investigate Li Weiguo's secret collusion with the Taiping Army, which was like a fish thorn in the throat, which made Li Weiguo very restless.

The fleet carried the officers and men back to Shanghai, and Li Weiguo immediately called Fu Shanxiang to inquire about the matter. Before leaving. After thinking about it, Li Weiguo decided to let his wife Fu Shanxiang temporarily take over the daily work of the China S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau, although Fu Shanxiang may not be suitable for this position, but after all, he is his own woman, so he can rest assured.

Fu Shanxiang hasn't seen Li Weiguo for many days, but now that her husband has returned, she asked about official affairs as soon as possible, she was suddenly a little unhappy, but she is not a person who does not know the importance of it, and she knows that the court sent someone south to secretly investigate her husband, which has a great deal to do. So report it in a hurry.

"Because the Lan nobles took advantage of the emperor's rest to peek at the report of the person who secretly investigated, we already know the name and whereabouts of the person who secretly investigated the husband."

Fu Shanxiang paused, and then said: "The person sent down by Xianfeng is named Borzigit Sangkun, who is the king of Doluo County of the Horqin Department, and the brother-in-law of the emperor of the dynasty. ”

Li Weiguo frowned suddenly. Xianfeng looked really suspicious, otherwise he wouldn't let the Manchu Dynasty minister of civil and military affairs not use it, but instead sent his brother-in-law down, so he asked, "Do you know what he has investigated?" ”

Fu Shanxiang took out a document. It was the intelligence secretly collected by agents sent by the China S.H.I.E.L.D., handed it to Li Weiguo, and said: "At present, Sang Kun doesn't seem to have any action, and he is going south all the way to eat, drink, vote and gamble (please understand if you make a mistake on purpose)." Officials along the way complained and scolded him for shaving skin. ”

Li Weiguo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked, "Is this Sang Kun a greedy and womanizer?" ”

Fu Shanxiang asked rhetorically: "Mo Feifujun plans to use gold and silver beauties to bribe him?" ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "If this Sang Kun is really a money-hungry and womanizer. gritted his teeth for his husband, gave him millions of taels of silver, and gave him a scoop of beauties, and it was worth sending him away! ”

Fu Shanxiang suddenly smiled and said: "I can't see it, my husband is really going to spend money this time!" ”

Li Weiguo smiled bitterly: "If you can't appease Xianfeng this time, I'm afraid that my husband will have to pull the flag and rebel!" ”

Fu Shanxiang nodded slightly, she also knew her husband's current situation, so she said: "But it's better not to bribe this Sang Kun, let alone give him a beautiful woman, otherwise it will only backfire, but it will make Sang Kun and Emperor Xianfeng believe that the husband is really secretly colluding with the Taiping Army." ”

"Why does Madame say that?" Li Weiguo was stunned for a moment, looking at Fu Shanxiang confused.

Fu Shanxiang smiled, and asked instead of answering: "Didn't Husband forget the origin of the concubine?" ”

Li Weiguo raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and asked, "Could it be that this Sang Kun has something to do with his wife's maiden family?" ”

Fu Shanxiang's beautiful eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said with a frosty face: "Yes, my father fought with Su Shun and them back then, and he thought that this Sang Kun was greedy for money and lust, so he ordered someone to bribe him with money and beauty, and wanted to borrow him to bring down Xianfeng and Su Shun Yidang, but this Sang Kun deliberately pretended to be greedy for money and lustful. ”

Li Weiguo gasped and was cold to the heart.

I was almost confused by the appearance of this Sang Kun, if he sent gold and silver beauties over, not only would the meat buns and dogs never come back, but it would even be equivalent to wanting to cover up and confirm the crime.

Meow a mi, this Sang Kun is a ruthless character who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger!

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo immediately grabbed Fu Shanxiang's pair of jade hands, pulled them into his arms hard, hugged her and said softly: "Thanks to the reminder from Mrs., otherwise this time I will really have to make a big mistake for my husband and suffer a big loss!" ”

Fu Shanxiang suddenly pushed Li Weiguo, pulled out, and said coquettishly: "I hate it, let go, people are talking to you about business!" ”

Li Weiguo suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "Madame is really cautious, is this revenge for her husband just now, he didn't talk about private matters with his wife first, but talked about business affairs first?" ”

Fu Shanxiang saw that his mind was seen through by Li Weiguo, and immediately said coquettishly: "Yes, I'll be careful what's wrong!" If you have the ability, don't touch me tonight, talk about your business! ”

Li Weiguo was embarrassed, hurriedly apologized, and pulled Fu Shanxiang into his arms, grinding soft and hard bubbles, and coaxing Fu Shanxiang to bed.

On the bed, Fu Shanxiang hugged Li Weiguo tightly, she smiled with satisfaction, and soon fell asleep.

Only Li Weiguo was still thinking about the problem with fatigue, and he thought that since this Sang Kun was a ruthless character, he couldn't let him come to Jiangnan.

There is no other way but to kill him!

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo suddenly made a decision. (To be continued......)