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If the final victory of the Celestial Army's westward expedition can control the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and ensure the safety of Tianjing, and at the same time establish a new base area, expand the territory, and connect with Tianjing, so that Tianjing can obtain a steady stream of material assistance. Then, the Eastern Crusade would not only open the Celestial Empire's gateway to overseas and fully control the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also cut off the Manchu Qing's supply channels for the transfer of grain from the south to the north, and fundamentally cut off the Manchu Qing's actual control over the provinces south of the Yangtze River. For the Celestial Empire, this was an extremely heavy strategic action. Its actual value is far more important than that of the Northern Expedition.

According to the instructions of the Military Command, the first division of the Navy, which originally belonged to the Wing King of the Western Expeditionary Army, under the leadership of Tang Zhengcai, the prime minister and the famous ship king of the Heavenly Army, quickly assembled in Zhenjiang and was assigned to the temporary establishment of the Zhenjiang Naval Army.

The various armies stationed in Tianjing also began to move one after another. In the past few days, the men and horses of Zeng Shuiyuan's department have been stationed on the front line of Zhenjiang and Yangzhong, followed by more than 2,000 officers and men of the Red Army's teaching brigade, which has already been organized into five battalions.

And the main force of the Qin Rigang Department had already come out of Jurong and Danyang a few days earlier, sweeping away various Qing army defense points such as Lishui and Jintan, and was almost approaching the city of Changzhou.

Just when the Qing army in Changzhou was in a panic and desperately asked for help from Wuxi and Suzhou, the Celestial Army abruptly stopped the momentum of the offensive and began to build a defensive line. The continuous investigation reports came back, which made the Qing army in Changzhou breathe a sigh of relief, it turned out that the heavenly army was to consolidate the defense of Tianjing, deliberately expanded the depth of the defense, and the main force was to carry out the Northern Expedition.

Lai Hanying, who was stationed in Luzhou, has successively conquered the surrounding Qing demon strongholds such as Lu'an and Chaohu in the past few months, and completely controlled the vast area south of Luzhou. At this time, the various units of the Twist Army, which had already accepted the number of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Anhui Provincial Self-Defense Army, went south out of Wuyang and launched an attack on Fuyang and Mengcheng, stirring up Shengbao, who had just entered Bengbu and Shouzhou (Huaibei), not only was unable to cope, but also had the worries of the northern grain road being cut off. Lai Hanying took this opportunity to send troops to attack Shouzhou on the one hand, contain Shengbao, in order to reduce the pressure on Zhang Luoxing's self-defense army, and on the other hand, he sent another man and horse to Chuzhou and began to threaten the flank of the Qing army's Jiangbei camp.

The heavenly army in Yangzhou, under the command of Li Shixian, was even more unwilling to be lonely, and kept sending small forces to frequently harass the Jiangbei camp in Qishan outside the city.

All of this, in the eyes of Qi Shan and others, it seems that the Heavenly Army is going to start attacking the Jiangbei camp after destroying Xiang Rong's Jiangnan camp. If it weren't for the new people in Anhui Shengbao who called him seem to have some guidance, if it weren't for the emperor's will to force his life, Qi Shan would have smeared oil on the soles of his feet and didn't know where to retreat. In any case, Qi Shan had to think about how to deal with the possible dangers and divide his troops to block the direction of Chuzhou of the Heavenly Army. As a result, Yangzhou's defensive pressure was suddenly reduced.

The erroneous speculation did not only come from the Qing army, but also connected the Red First Army that was stationed in Jurong and Danyang for the defense area of the Qin and Japanese Gang Divisions, and in addition to the commanders above the division level, the following speculation was also about the imminent start of the Second Northern Expedition. The Red First Army has just changed its uniforms, which is something that the officers and men of the whole army have been looking forward to for a long time, and this change has changed into brand new winter clothes, and then think of the trump card of the strongest Red Army Teaching Brigade has gone to Zhenjiang, how can you not think so?

Of course, Lin Fengxiang knew where the next destination would be. Listening to the speculations and questions of the soldiers below, he would always look to the north naturally and unnaturally, and felt some regret that he could not go on the northern expedition immediately. His Royal Highnesses King Dongwang and King An have almost exhausted the horses in Tianjing City, plus the support of Qin Rigang and Zeng Shuiyuan, the Red First Army already has two cavalry divisions, nearly 10,000 elite cavalry, as well as two infantry divisions and an artillery division, especially he has a directly subordinate guard brigade equipped with all new weapons, and now it can really be said that the soldiers are strong and strong. With the more than 20,000 athletes at the moment, if you fight a field battle with the Qing Demon, the 100,000 Qing Demon is not an opponent.

Still, if you think about it, he still prefers to go to the East. It is more interesting to be able to meet foreigners and fight with foreigners in the Eastern Expedition, and when the time comes, it will be enough to capture thousands of big-nosed captives and pull them towards the streets and alleys of Tianjing.

After lunch, Lin Fengxiang inspected his nearby subordinates according to his habits. As soon as he arrived near the station of the Red First Division, he was attracted by the rolling yellow dust and the sound of killing.

In the open space temporarily used as a training ground, various straw targets of different heights were erected in a depth of 200 paces. Two columns of cavalry galloped from afar, holding their sabers alof, and their sabers were almost in a straight line with their bodies, forming an angle of forty-five degrees to the horse's back. In the afternoon sun, the sword was shining, the horse's hooves were windy, and a rider rushing to the front held a red flag with the words "The First Brigade of the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." As they approached their targets, the mighty knights swung their sabers to the left or right, and then slashed right or left, and the "human heads" rolled down in the light of the swords.

Lin Fengxiang smiled with satisfaction. The 1st Red Division was stationed in Danyang just yesterday, and it is commendable that it will be able to conduct such formal training immediately. However, he believed that all his subordinates would be like this, and the Red First Division was just a microcosm. "Sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime", the words of His Royal Highness King An can be recited by almost everyone.

While the whole Heavenly Army was making various preparations for the Eastern Expedition, Hong Xiuquan was living his palace life peacefully, and he didn't seem to care about what happened outside.

Wei Changhui always likes to come to the Heavenly King, but he rarely speaks bluntly. It's not that he likes to detour around the bend, but he's afraid that once he makes a mistake, he will bury himself. He tried his best to make the Heavenly King understand that the so-called new "Temporary Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" was a blasphemy against the original intention of the Heavenly King's uprising, but Hong Xiuquan ignored it. He didn't care who the land was distributed to, as long as he had the income from the Holy Treasury, he was a good fellow. Didn't Yang Xiuqing say it, this can increase the national strength, and the holy treasury is abundant, and it will be easy to spend. If it's really bad, it's your Yang Xiuqing's sin anyway.

However, Hong Xiuquan was full of approval of Wei Changhui's idea that he had always wanted to command the Eastern Expeditionary Army. He knew that Wei Changhui wanted to use himself to achieve the purpose of intervening in the army, and having a gun was the king of grass. But he really didn't believe that Wei Changhui would be loyal to him. It's a pity that my two uncompetitive brothers, if they have a chance, they won't embarrass me. In any case, it is still right to cultivate Wei Changhui's strength, which is called mixing sand to balance the power of the DPRK. Because, Lin Haifeng's power must not be made stronger. This guy is actually the toughest guy.

Hong Xiuquan is a little unsure now. He had slowly seen that if the Celestial Empire wanted to be strong, it had to have people like Lin Haifeng, and he had to make good use of them. However, when it comes to leaving Lin Haifeng in Tianjing or sending him out from afar, he thinks that it is better to stay away, and it is less troublesome to stay away.

Therefore, at the regular meeting, Hong Xiuquan first looked at Lin Haifeng with great concern, "Brother Haifeng has lost a lot of weight recently, if the body can't bear it, you might as well choose another general to command this expedition, I think it's the same for Brother Haifeng to stay in Tianjing to command." ”

"The little brother said by the Heavenly King is very grateful," Lin Haifeng arched his hand, his face showed a very tired look, "The little brother is feeling a little tired." Besides, the younger brother suddenly had the idea of starting a family recently. ”

Hong Xiuquan smiled in his heart, and I said, how can there be people in the world who don't eat the fireworks of the world? Even if he Lin Haifeng came down from the sky, he would have seven emotions and six desires. "Alas, it's not that I don't care about you, it's just that the monogamy you want to promote makes me hesitate. is just this one princess, once the choice is not good, won't it become a burden and a heart disease? ”

Wei Changhui hurriedly smiled and made fun, "Actually, that monogamy is still for others to hear, and the Haifeng brothers don't have to mind." If Brother Haifeng needs it, brother, I will choose a concubine for you first. Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something again, and looked at Lin Haifeng puzzled, "Brother Haifeng, there are ready-made candidates in your palace, why did you find a horse while riding a horse?" ”

Lin Haifeng looked at Wei Changhui blankly, "Who?" ”

Wei Changhui glanced at the Heavenly King and shook his head at Lin Haifeng, "Did Brother Haifeng deliberately pretend to be confused with his brother?" That Liu Xianghe is not bad. Of course, if you are a good room, it is a little worse, but it is still appropriate to marry a concubine. ”

Lin Haifeng sighed, "It's a pity that people are famous flowers." ”

"You're not kidding, are you?" Wei Changhui smiled, "The people in the palace of my brother, can they still be preempted by others?" ”

"What the little brother said is true," Lin Haifeng seemed to be helpless.

Looking at Lin Haifeng's performance, Zheng Nan almost laughed in his heart. He glanced at Yang Xiuqing, whose face was getting more and more ugly, hehe, it's going to be soon, Dongwang is in a hurry.

Wei Changhui smiled. He also saw the ugly face of the East King, but he still had to continue, "What's so difficult about this," he turned to Hong Xiuquan and arched his hand, "As long as the Heavenly King makes a will, no one in Liang will dare to pick up a bargain in the elder brother's Anwang Mansion." ”

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