In Yong'an, Guangxi, the Taiping Army has just completed the so-called Yong'an establishment. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info However, the Taiping army is currently trapped in Yong'an City by the Qing army, and the Taiping army began to try to break through several times, but they were all blocked back by the Qing army. The war between the Taiping army and the Qing army fell into a state of anxiety, and the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan, had already canonized the four kings of the southeast, the northwest, and the eastern king Yang Xiuqing had the most real power, and the western king Xiao Chaogui followed. At present, the primary task of the Taiping army is to find a way to break through as soon as possible, otherwise once the Qing army is trapped and killed in this Yong'an city, the Taiping army's uprising will be a complete failure.

"Kill!" A female general with a spear shouted.

"Next wipe!"

The female general killed several Qing soldiers before returning to Yong'an City again, and there was a Western-faced man behind her.

"General Su Sanniang, how's it going?" Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, asked.

The female general said: "No, the siege of the Qing army is too tight, and we will not be able to break through the encirclement of the Qing army at all." We can only think of another way! ”

Su Sanniang is a female general in the Taiping Army, and she was also born in the Heaven and Earth Society. However, this Tiandihui is not the Tiandihui of East China, but the Tiandihui of Guangxi. Heaven and Earth will be divided, and many aspects are not subordinate to each other, and there is no direct leadership relationship. And Su Sanniang has been killing her husband more than ten years ago, and has followed the heroes of the Heaven and Earth Society to wander all over the world, and finally participated in the Jintian Uprising in Jintian Village, until now she has killed all the way to Yong'an. Su Sanniang is strong in martial arts, and she uses a spear, which is very powerful, and even a dozen strong men can't get close to her.

"Hey, it seems that we can only find another way!" Yang Xiuqing said.

"Who is this? Is it a foreigner? Yang Xiuqing asked.

"Well, I saw this foreigner on the battlefield. He actually ran into the battle between us and the Qing army, and I couldn't understand the language of a foreigner who was muttering. The Qing soldiers tried to kill him, but I saved him. Because he has a cross on his body, he should be our parishioners. Su Sanniang said.

Yang Xiuqing found a cross on this foreigner, nodded, and then said: "It should be our parishioners in the West, and it doesn't hurt to save it!" Take him in! ”

Hong Xiuquan's god stick organization is the "God Worship Society", this God Worship Association is a faith organization that Hong Xiuquan has reformed in combination with Western Christianity, which has a lot of remnants of Christianity, for example, many people among the believers know the cross, so this foreigner has a cross on his body, and he was saved by Su Sanniang as a believer.

Everyone took this foreigner to Yong'an City, and then met those high-level leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The high-level officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom saw this foreigner, and Hong Xiuquan took the initiative to ask questions in English.

"Who are you?" Hong Xiuquan asked in English.

It has to be said that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was able to achieve the later situation, in addition to the advantages of the geographical environment, the cultural level of their high-level is also an important situation that cannot be ignored. Hong Xiuquan was once a talented man in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but later went to Guangdong to learn culture from missionaries, and even almost became a full-fledged Christian. And he learned a lot of foreign knowledge from foreigners, and Hong Xiuquan's vision is not comparable to ordinary Chinese in this era. Hong Xiuquan knows a lot more than this era, and his friend Feng Yunshan is also from Xiucai and has a very high level of education since he was a child. As for Xiao Chaogui and Yang Xiuqing, although they didn't know much at the beginning, they also traveled south and north to see a wide range of knowledge, and after joining the God Worship Society, they received intensive training and education from Hong Xiuquan and others for several years, and the accumulation of past life experiences has been well highlighted.

Therefore, in this Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there can be a later situation, although the geographical environment has advantages, and the fierceness of the Guangxi people, but it is inseparable from the deep cultural foundation of the Taiping Army. It can be said that the top leadership of the Taiping Rebellion had the highest level of education among the top leaders of the peasant uprisings in China, and this has a relationship that cannot be ignored for their great achievements later.

For example, Hong Xiuquan, although he did not officially join Christianity, he also learned English with foreigners, and he began to ask this foreigner directly in English.

When the foreigner heard this, he immediately said excitedly, "Oh, my God, I have finally met someone who can speak a foreign language." ”

"Who are you and how did you end up here?" Hong Xiuquan asked.

The foreigner introduced himself: "My name is Henry Dunant and I am Swiss. I joined the YMCA. Well, it seems that you are also Christians, aren't you? ”

Henry Dunant saw that these Taiping high-ranking people had crosses on their bodies and thought that these people were all Christian. But he didn't know at this time that the Church of God was not the same thing as Christianity.

"Well, I'm kind of too! Welcome, Catholics of the West! Hong Xiuquan said.

A woman next to Hong Xiuquan took the initiative to say: "My eldest brother is the second son of Jehovah the Father and the younger brother of Jesus!" ”

"Huh?" Henry Dunant frowned, obviously very skeptical of this statement.

And Hong Xiuquan hurriedly said: "Xuanjiao, don't say this, especially don't say it in front of Western parishioners!" ”

Of course, Hong Xiuquan knows that it's okay to fool the locals, but it's not okay to fool the foreigners. He claimed to be the second son of God Jehovah and the younger brother of Jesus, but this can only be said at home, and no one can believe it abroad.

Hong Xuanjiao immediately shut up.

"May I ask the Henry parishioners, what are you doing in China?" Hong Xiuquan asked.

Henry Dunant immediately said, "I came to China to find a gentleman surnamed Chen. His name is Chen Dingtian, do you know each other? ”

"Chen Dingtian? We don't know each other, we haven't heard of it at all! Hong Xiuquan replied.

"Haven't heard of it? I heard that he is a great writer and very rich, but are you sure you haven't heard of it? Henry Dunant asked.

Hong Xiuquan shook his head, obviously showing that he didn't know Chen Dingtian. Hong Xiuquan is in Guangxi, and the news is relatively closed, and the news will not spread smoothly in this era. Therefore, although Chen Dingtian's reputation is not small in the West, he has hardly left East China in the East. Even in East China, the name Chen Dingtian is not mentioned if everyone can not mention it, so as to avoid being feared by the Manchu government.

"Henry Dunant, do you have anything to do with coming to the East to find this Chen Dingtian?" Hong Xiuquan asked.

Henry Dunant said: "I joined the YMCA in Europe and was in charge of charity. And I heard through some connections that Mr. Chen Dingtian in China is very rich, and even the British have to spend 200,000 pounds to buy the copyright of his works, and he has 200,000 pounds of funds, and he is a very rich man. So after I heard about it, I took the initiative to come to China, hoping to find Mr. Chen Dingtian and ask him to donate to our Christianity, and I am willing to do charity! ”

"But I have just come to Guangdong, but I learned that Mr. Chen Dingtian is not in Guangdong, and even people in Guangdong have never heard of Chen Dingtian. However, I got a book from a friend in England, which seems to be a book written by Mr. Chen, called The Travels of the Old Disabled. I bought one copy of the English version and one copy of the Chinese version, which was in the backpack behind my back. ”

"Later I heard that our branch of Christianity, God worship, would fight the government in this area, and I wanted to come and persuade you not to fight. War is cruel, and I want to come and persuade you. But you Chinese officials can't understand my foreign language, and you're going to kill me. If it weren't for this young lady who was as brave as an Amazonian warrior to save me, I might have been killed. ”

Hong Xiuquan was speechless, and actually heard that a person named Chen Dingtian wrote a book and made a lot of money, so he came to China so impulsively, hoping to get donations. This Henry Dunant was really bold enough to be so impulsive. Even if there was still a war going on here, he actually dared to come and get involved in the affairs here, and was almost killed by the Manchu Qing official army.

However, Hong Xiuquan suddenly thought of something.

"You say, that Chen Dingtian is very rich, isn't it?" Hong Xiuquan asked.

"Yes, I heard that there are two hundred thousand pounds!" Henry Dunant said moving.

If Chen Dingtian knew this statement, he would definitely want to slaughter the guy who spread the rumors. Where do you have 200,000 pounds, this is definitely a rumor. If Chen Dingtian has 200,000 pounds, then what book will he write and retire directly. However, the so-called false rumors, a word has been spread through many mouths, then it will naturally be spread by falsehood, and even Westerners think that Chen Dingtian has a wealth of 200,000 pounds.

When Hong Xiuquan heard this, his eyes suddenly looked like a hungry wolf. This Hong Xiuquan is not the kind of closed person, he has learned a lot of Western things from foreign missionaries, and he naturally knows that the West is currently adopting the gold standard system. And the pound sterling also represents gold! One pound represents five taels of silver, and this 200,000 pounds is a full one million taels of silver!

As for the other high-ranking members of the Taiping Army, especially those who can speak English, they are also red-eyed! Even if it is a woman like Hong Xuanjiao, her eyes are shining, after all, women are dragons and like shiny things. Especially when you think about 200,000 pounds, if you put it together, how much gold it would be! I'm afraid it's more than a ton, so much gold, who doesn't blush!

"Is he really that rich?" Yang Xiuqing asked.

"Yes, I heard that this is the case, so I came to him to raise donations! But I heard that he is in Jiangsu, not here. I have come here because I have heard that there is a war going on between the believers and the government of our God, and I want to come and persuade you to make peace. Henry Dunant said.

The high-ranking members of the Taiping Army who could speak English at the scene all showed a pity one after another, 200,000 pounds sterling, which is equal to one million taels of silver! If there is so much money, with the current poverty of the Taiping army, it is enough to arm an army of more than 100,000. Of course, this can only be done in the backward situation of the Taiping Army, and if it is advanced equipment, it will naturally not work. At least 100,000 troops, who wouldn't be blushing like this! Even the current Taiping army has not reached the scale of hundreds of thousands in the future. If there are 1 million taels of silver, it will not be a problem to arm the Guangxi army of 100,000.

Guangxi was very poor in this era, and the poor mountains and bad waters produced ruthless people, and the people of Guangxi did not want to die when they fought in the war. Guangxi has always been a place to produce elite soldiers, from the wolf soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to the powerful armies of the Taiping Army in the early days of the Taiping Army, which were dominated by Guangxi people, and then to the Gui Army on the battlefield of resistance against Japan in the future, they are all famous for their powerful troops. Moreover, Guangxi's soldiers do not have high requirements, and the requirements for economic treatment are not high, and it is an army with a very good cost-effectiveness ratio.

And if there are 100,000 Guangxi soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army will be greatly improved, and it will not be a problem to break through Yong'an.

"Heavenly King, what shall we do?" Yang Xiuqing asked.

The current Yang Xiuqing is not the king of the East who is in power and can even overthrow Hong Xiuquan, and the current status of Yang Xiuqing has not reached the point where it is enough to override Hong Xiuquan. What's more, the status of Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, and Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, are also very strong, and Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, is the person who founded the God Worship Association with Hong Xiuquan, and it can be said that he is a person of the same generation as Hong Xiuquan, and his status is respected. As for the West King Xiao Chaogui is Hong Xiuquan's brother-in-law, Hong Xuanjiao is the leader of all female believers, so the West King Xiao Chaogui is also very influential. So although Yang Xiuqing's power seems to be not small, but with Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan here, it is not his turn to be the dominant family, and he still has to take the initiative to ask Hong Xiuquan's opinion.

"Forget it, we can't control so much about things far away. We haven't even broken through Yongan now, and we can't control things in Jiangsu. Hong Xiuquan replied.

And that Henry Dunant obviously didn't know what these Oriental "parishioners" were talking about, because Henry Dunant was not familiar with the Chinese language, and he also ran to China on impulse, and he didn't think about it so much. Henry Dunant began to look around, and then saw some wounded soldiers not far away. These wounded soldiers were obviously the wounded soldiers under Su Sanniang just now, and even many of them were women, which made Henry Dunant feel heartbroken.

Henry Dunant hurried to the side of the wounded female soldier, and then he took out his medical kit, opened it, and took out some medical tools. Henry Dunant was quite skilled at pinching out the arrows from the female wounded soldier with tweezers, then applying alcohol to disinfect them, and finally bandaging them with gauze. Soon the wounded female soldier succeeded in stopping the bleeding and recovered a little in spirit.

"Oh my God, war should make women go away, how can you let all women come to war!" Henry Dunant said.

Henry Dunant then went to treat the other wounded soldiers, who were not seriously injured, and under Henry Dunant's treatment, the bleeding also stopped and began to recover. And all this made Hong Xiuquan and them all look at it, and Hong Xiuquan also made a thoughtful look.