Xu Yuan left the Heavenly King's Mansion. After returning to his prime minister's mansion, he immediately conveyed Hong Xiuquan's order.

At this stage, food is extremely important to the Taiping Army, and Xu Yuan attaches great importance to it. This time, he sent troops to rob the 300,000 catties of grain escorted by the merchants, and Xu Yuan thought that he could only succeed and not fail, so he directly sent the elite of the army. An army of more than 1,000 people left Nanjing and went out to carry out the tasks assigned by Xu Yuan.

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Sun Youcheng and other gentry in the vicinity of Yangzhou urgently gathered 300,000 catties of grain and were already on their way to Jiangbei Ying. On October 15, the convoy marched to Gaozi Town, which is in Zhenjiang Prefecture.

Gaozi Town, located in Zhenjiang Mansion, Yangzhou, is a small town adjacent to Nanjing, and is also close to Xiashu Town in Nanjing. This town was founded in the Song Dynasty and has developed to the present day, and has become a well-known place for merchants. The grain raised by Sun Youcheng, Guo Jiacheng and others was transported to Jiangbei Camp in the north of Yangzhou through Gaozi Town.

On the wide official road, horse-drawn carriages loaded with goods drove in a whirling manner. The winding convoy circled and zigzagged on the official road, like a long dragon slowly advancing.

At the front of the convoy, a horse-drawn carriage with people open its curtains.

In the carriage, it was Sun Youcheng and Guo Jiacheng.

Sun Youcheng was wrapped like a big zongzi and a high-necked coat to protect his neck from being blown by the cold wind. He held a stove in both hands, wore a small hat on his head, leaned back against the carriage, and closed his eyes indifferently, looking like an old god at ease. Guo Jiacheng sat next to him, but he couldn't be still.

Jiacheng always has to shake his head, twist his buttocks, and fidget from time to time.

He looked up at the official road outside and said, "Old Sun, we have already arrived at Gaozi Town when we drove all the way. If you go further, you will leave the scope of Zhenjiang Mansion and enter the boundary of Yangzhou. This Yangzhou is controlled by Lord Li, and once it enters Lord Li's sphere of influence, the bandits will definitely not dare to come. You say, will the bandits not come! ”

Sun Youcheng didn't blink his eyelids, didn't pay attention to Jiacheng, and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

Guo Jiacheng impatiently leaned his mouth into Sun Youcheng's ear and said loudly: "Old Sun!" ……”

With a low shout, Sun Youcheng opened his eyes.

He reached out and plucked his ears, glanced at Guo Jiacheng, and said lightly: "What's the hurry?" If the bandits don't appear, let's go directly to the camp in Jiangbei, what else is there to say. ”

After finishing speaking, Sun Youcheng closed his eyes again to recuperate.

Guo Jiacheng sat down, feeling uncomfortable.

However, he was also interested and did not speak again. The carriage continued to drive, Sun Youcheng was still at ease, but Jiacheng was difficult to calm down, and he always had to look at the situation outside. Time passed, and at noon, the warm sun hung overhead, and the sun was warm and comfortable. After Sun Youcheng opened his eyes, he called for the guards and ordered the team to stop and prepare lunch in the same place.

The accompanying guards buried the pot and prepared the broth.

Sun Youcheng sat beside the cauldron, holding a bowl in his hand, and gently took a sip of hot soup. Suddenly, he felt that his slightly stiff and cold body softened, and it was very comfortable. Sun Youcheng drank a bowl of hot soup, ate some food, and put down the bowl. He was old and didn't eat much, so Sun Youcheng sat down and watched the guards around him eat.

After a half-hour rest after dinner, the team moved on.

Guo Jiacheng sat in the carriage and waited, seeing that the Taiping army had not appeared, he also lost interest and began to rest by the carriage. At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and a guard rode to the side of the carriage and said, "Old man Sun, in half an hour, we will arrive at Cuijia Mountain." ”

"Got it, cheer up all the guards."

Sun Youcheng opened his eyes, and a fine light flashed in his eyes. At this moment, Sun Youcheng's expression suddenly became serious, and his whole temperament also underwent earth-shaking changes. Before, he looked like he was about to enter the coffin, but now he has become a wise and sharp appearance.

This change made the next Guo Jiacheng a little uncomfortable.

The guards gave the order, and the rest of the guards immediately stood on guard.

Half an hour passed, and the army arrived at Cuijia Mountain and began to pass through the official road at the bottom of the mountain. The name of Cuijia Mountain is a mountain, in fact, it is a small hillside, except for the dense old trees that have lost their leaves, there is no place to praise. However, the hillside is close to the official road and is also a good place for Tibetans.

On Cuijia Mountain, there is indeed an army hidden.

This army is the soldiers sent by Xu Yuan, who are specially prepared to rob grain. The leader was a young man, and the age revealed on his face was only about twenty years old. But the look revealed in his eyes is extremely powerful, and it is definitely not something that a young man in his twenties can have.

"General Chen, the caravan escorting grain is here."

A soldier ran over and said respectfully.

The soldier is already a veteran of the army for many years and is approaching thirty years old. But the veteran was extremely respectful in front of the youth, and there was endless reverence in his eyes. Because although the young general in front of him is not very old, he has been in the army for a long time, and he can definitely be called a veteran, which makes this veteran admire.

General Chen said: "Tell me to go down, don't rush to attack, wait for my order." ”

The soldier immediately went to report, and a veteran general standing next to the young general said, "Yucheng, this is the second time we have come out to rob." Every time I know that the caravan escorts the grain, I come out to rob the grain, this is not good! ”

Veterans are old people in the army, and they have a lot of relationship with young generals, so they can call them by name.

The general's surname is Chen, also known as Yucheng, and together they are Chen Yucheng.

This person is the famous British King Chen Yucheng in history. Historically, Chen Yucheng's original name was Chen Picheng, but because Hong Xiuquan gave him the name, he changed it to Chen Yucheng's name. Chen Yucheng is only 20 years old now, and he is completely a young man.

However, Chen Yucheng is not very old, but the age of being a soldier is very long.

At the age of 14, he followed his uncle to participate in the Jintian Uprising, enlisted in the army, and at the age of 16, he accompanied the army to the west. When Xianfeng attacked Wuchang in the fourth year, 17-year-old Chen Yucheng led 500 warriors to break through Wuchang City, so that the army rushed into the city and conquered Wuchang. At the age of seventeen, Chen Yucheng was promoted to the right 30th inspection point of the palace, unified the 13th Army of the Army and the 4th Army of the Water Battalion, and moved to Hubei, Anhui and other places.

Because Chen Yucheng is rigorous in governing the army, brave and strategic, and is also good at building fortresses and besieging, copying the back road and killing back the horse pistol when closing the team, there is also a proverb called "thirty checks back to the horse gun". He, like Li Xiucheng, was an important figure in the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history. The current Chen Yucheng, who is not yet the king of England, serves as the former army commander and is one of the five generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Chen Yucheng said: "Lao Yu, you know the situation in the Celestial Empire. Even if you have money, you can't buy food. The merchants in Shanghai hoarded grain and did not sell it, and there were foreigners in Shanghai, and we did not dare to attack Shanghai, so we faced a dilemma. Coupled with the fact that the merchants near Nanjing were protected by Li Zhen, the situation was even more unfavorable! It is already good to be able to grab 300,000 catties of grain. ”

Lao Yu sighed and said, "Is Li Zhen our nemesis?" With him, the Celestial Empire is subject to restrictions everywhere! ”

Lao Yu had an indignant expression on his face, and his eyes were full of helplessness.

ps: The third update, continue to write the fourth update.