Twenty thousand Taiping officers and soldiers in tattered uniforms and scattered banners gathered in their camps.

It is said to be a camp, but it is actually very scattered, and there are not even a few tents. Although it was barely in accordance with the standards of the Taiping army in the past, they dug trenches and set up fences. But the ditch was knee-deep, and there were few pieces of wood in the fence, and the space between the two logs could be run off, not even on the chest.

This Taiping army is the remnants of the 200,000 elites led by Yang Xiuqing, although there are still more than 25,000 people, including no less than 10,000 old brothers, but the battle of Ji Huang Town has been beaten badly, and the morale has dropped directly to zero, and in the process of retreating overnight, all the camping equipment and tents and stoves have been discarded, and they have also been pursued by the Twist Horse Team that only defected to Zhu Ming, and now it is good to be able to barely set up a camp.

This army is now stationed on the embankment of the Yellow River, 30 miles outside Kaifeng. At this time, the Yellow River has not yet thawed, and you can go to the north bank by simply passing through the ice. Yang Xiuqing originally planned to enter Kaifeng City directly and retreat to Beijing with Wei Changhui's soldiers.

However, Tang Ma, who was sent to Kaifeng City to deliver the will of the East King, came back to report that the gate of Kaifeng City was closed, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city refused to open the door to let them in, and said that unless the East King came in person, they would not dare to open the door to greet him, because the vanguard of the Ming army had entered the territory of Kaifeng Mansion!

Hearing this news, Yang Xiuqing almost immediately ordered the troops to cross the Yellow River, but there was not much military rations, and the north bank of the Yellow River was now in chaos. If there is no military ration for the 20,000 troops, how can they run back to Beijing?

So Yang Xiuqing had to let people set up a village on the bank of the Yellow River first. Let his soldiers recuperate enough. Another full meal. Then go to Kaifeng City to see Wei Changhui - to put it in the past, His Royal Highness the East King with eyes on his forehead will not take Wei Changhui, the king of the north, seriously at all, but now that he is newly defeated, the whole army is panicked, so he naturally has to plan for the worst. If Wei Changhui is doing anything wrong, it's a big deal to fight to the death!

Bonfires were lit in the camp, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army gathered around the bonfires and took out the steamed buns that were frozen hard. Stick it on the fire and roast it, and then they devoured it one after another, and some people didn't grab a handful of ice and snow and put it in their mouths and drink it as water.

"His Royal Highness the East King, you can eat some too." Yang Yiqing took two freshly baked steamed buns and handed them to Yang Xiuqing. Now the defeated army led by Yang Xiuqing seems to have returned to the time when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was first established, and the whole army is sharing weal and woe.

Yang Xiuqing hadn't eaten well for a few days, and she was hungry, so she took the hot steamed bun and broke a piece and stuffed it into her mouth, and actually ate some taste: "I didn't expect this roasted steamed bun to be so delicious, comparable to the delicacies of the mountains and seas, why didn't I think of it when I was in Beijing?" ”

Yang Yiqing smiled bitterly: "King Dong." Now, if you have delicacies from the mountains and seas, you won't think the grilled steamed buns are delicious. ”

Yang Xiuqing said half-jokingly: "It's better to bake steamed buns." Yiqing, now the Central Plains is no longer a territory where we can stand on it...... The northwest is a bitter and barren land, how can there be the luxury of the past? In the future, I'm afraid I'm going to have to eat this baked steamed bun from time to time. ”

Yang Yiqing was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to say something to comfort Yang Xiuqing, when he saw Li Kaifang open the curtain of the camp tent and walked in: "His Royal Highness the East King, the King of Heaven has come to Kaifeng!" ”

"Heavenly ...... The King of Heaven is coming...... Kaifeng? Yang Xiuqing's face suddenly turned gloomy, "Have you ever sent an envoy to recruit you?" ”

Li Kaifang shook his head: "It's not an envoy, but I'm here, and the car has already arrived ten miles away from the camp gate!" ”

"The Heavenly King himself has come? How many soldiers and horses did you bring? ”

Li Kaifang said: "I didn't bring many soldiers and horses, only 3,000 female soldiers and 1,000 imperial guards to escort them, and there were many civil and military escorts, and King Wei Bei and Tianmei came." ”

"Only 3,000 female soldiers and 1,000 imperial guards!?" Yang Xiuqing's face became cloudy, Yang Yiqing leaned into Yang Xiuqing's ear, and said in a low voice, "You can make the strong man of the camp kill him!" ”

Yang Xiuqing was silent for a long time, and shook his head at the end: "It's hard to convince the public in the end...... If the country is defeated today, the people are panicked, and they should not act like this. ”

He said to Li Kaifang: "Pick up the soldiers and horses, and follow me out of the camp to meet the king." ”

Now it is a well-known thing that the Heavenly King and the Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are not in harmony, but at this time, Yang Xiuqing is indeed not good at killing the Heavenly King. If Ji Huang Zhen defeated Zhu Jishi in the first battle, then at least half of the northern country must be heavenly, and Yang Xiuqing's prestige is high enough to kill the king and seize the throne. And now Yang Xiuqing let Zhu Jishi defeat him, lost more than 100,000 troops, and he couldn't gain a foothold in the Central Plains, and if he killed Hong Xiuquan again, the hearts of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would be astigmatized, and Yang Xiuqing would not be able to sit firmly on the throne of the Heavenly King.

So Yang Xiuqing ordered all the 25,000 soldiers and horses under his command to come out to greet Hong Xiuquan, after all, Hong Xiuquan had 3,000 female soldiers and 1,000 guards around him, Yang Xiuqing didn't think Hong Xiuquan dared to do anything to him. And he, Yang Xiuqing, also has the killer feature of Heavenly Father!

Seeing the Hongda Heavenly King surrounded by a bunch of bright colors with veils on his face, Yang Xiuqing's heart was one hundred and eighty people who couldn't look down on him.

It's not wrong to be lustful, how can a king have to have dozens of wives to be like words, that Daoguang Emperor and Zhu Jishi only have a few wives that are obviously not strong enough, but there are thousands of beauties in the palace like Hello Hong, right? Are you the king of heaven or a breeding pig?

Yang Xiuqing, who endured not having God possessed to educate Hong Tianwang, bowed slightly, even if it was a salute to Hong Xiuquan: "Brother Yang Xiuqing see Brother Tianwang." ”

"Show compatriots are exempt from courtesy." Hong Xiuquan smiled and walked down from his sixty-four-year-old Xiulong Huangyu, and affectionately called Yang Xiuqing "Xiu Brother", which means Ah Xiu's younger brother.

Although one of them is surnamed Hong and the other is surnamed Yang, they are all regarded as God's sons, Hong Xiuquan is the second, Feng Yunshan is the third, Yang Xiuqing is the fourth, the dead Xiao Chaogui is the fifth, the northern king Wei Changhui is the sixth, and a little sister is Hong Xuanjiao...... Of course, there is also Zhu Jishi who is the son-in-law and archangel of the Heavenly Father, and in the theocratic system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, under God, Jesus and the Virgin, they are the seven largest.

Yang Xiuqing didn't plan to really worship Hong Xiuquan, and when he heard the "flat body", he quickly straightened his waist, and just wanted to open his mouth to ask Hong Xiuquan for military rations, he saw Hong Xiuquan suddenly fall to the ground on his back in front of a group of heavenly civil and military officers without standing firmly, and then his eyes rolled and his hands and feet twitched......

This one...... Why is it so familiar? Yang Xiuqing was obviously stunned by the scene in front of her, and felt that Hong Xiuquan's movements seemed to be crazy, and she seemed to have seen it somewhere. At this time, the female officials behind Hong Xiu's body suddenly shouted, and they didn't know where Lu Dao found a gong and knocked it: "Heavenly Father has come down to earth!" Heavenly Father has come down to earth! ”

What the!!! Heavenly Father descends to earth!?

When Yang Xiuqing heard this, his head suddenly went blank! At this time, Wei Changhui immediately knelt on the ground with a group of Wenwen and Wuwu in the North Palace, Hong Xuanjiao also knelt down with the officials of the Heavenly Kingdom brought by Hong Xiuquan to greet him, as for Yang Xiuqing's subordinates, they had already knelt on the ground because of the greeting of the Heavenly King, and now only Yang Xiuqing stood there stunned and did not move.

At this moment, Hong Xiuquan stood up suddenly, rolled his eyes and shouted: "I, the emperor God, have come down to earth today." Not for anything else, just talk about Zhu and Yang. The two of them have never been harmonious. It turned out to be a trivial matter, and the amount of Xiuqing was narrow. He also falsely decreed the Heavenly Father, and vainly used the sword soldiers. Siblings kill each other, and hatred is rejoicing. Tens of thousands of troops were lost, and three provinces were lost. This mistake was unforgivable, Xuanjiao brought him. Heaven came to see me, and listened to the teachings every day. ”

After saying this long limerick poem, Hong Xiuquan pointed at Hong Xuanjiao again: "Don't take Xiuqing to heaven quickly!" ”

Ascend? Yang Xiuqing's face was gloomy and she looked at Hong Xuanjiao, who stood up with a smile: "Sister Xuanjiao, how are you going to let me ascend to heaven?" ”

The atmosphere at the scene became tense all of a sudden, and Yang Yiqing, who was kneeling behind Yang Xiuqing, pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, just waiting for Yang Xiuqing to give an order to cut people. Although Hong Xiuquan was able to suppress the ordinary Heavenly Kingdom generals through the Heavenly Father, Yang Xiuqing's warriors didn't eat this, they only knew that Lu Dao worked hard for Yang Xiuqing, and they didn't know anything else! (To be continued......)