In the Heavenly King's Mansion, Hong Xiuquan, who was sitting in the middle, swept over Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui and others with his gaze, his expression was extremely serious. At this time, Hong Xiuquan's eyes were a little dark and puffy, his eyes were covered with scarlet bloodshots, and his face was tired.

However, the tiredness on Hong Xiuquan's face was not caused by insomnia and anxiety about the unfavorable war. It was because Hong Xiuquan stayed in the deep palace all day after the Taiping Army settled in Nanjing, busy taking care of his wife.

As the saying goes, there is a knife on the head, and Hong Xiuquan is like this.

At this time, Hong Xiuquan had long since lost his original burly and heroic spirit, and was replaced by a figure like a smoker who had been smoking for a long time. Regarding the number of wives and concubines of Hong Xiuquan, some say 88, some say 99, and some say more than 100, but it is only a lot more, which has caused Hong Xiuquan's current situation.

After Hong Xiuquan's gaze swept around, he finally fell on Yang Xiuqing, and said in a deep voice: "King Dong, the war situation in the north is unfavorable, and the situation in Hunan and Hubei is also worrying. If the situation is not reversed, it will be detrimental to the Celestial Empire, what does the Eastern King think? ”

When Wei Changhui heard this, there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and he said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "The decision of the Northern Expedition was made by the King of the East, and now that something has happened, the King of the East must take full responsibility." ”

Yang Xiuqing snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "What the Northern King said is a little wrong, the resolution of the Northern Expedition was proposed by this king. However, the king also informed all the generals of the decision of the Northern Expedition, and obtained the consent of all the generals before sending troops to the Northern Expedition. Now that something has happened, the king of the north has left himself clean, it seems that something is wrong! If the Northern Expeditionary Army wins the battle, I am afraid that the first person to come together to grab the benefits is the King of the North. ”

"Yang Xiuqing, you deceive people too much!"

Wei Changhui's eyes widened, and he stood up suddenly, with a desperate posture.

Shi Dakai hurriedly got up and grabbed Wei Changhui, and shouted in a deep voice: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, the Northern Expeditionary Army is defeated, and it will be won next time." The discussion is not about who is responsible, but about how to change the situation. ”

"Humph!"

Wei Changhui flicked his sleeves, and then sat down.

Shi Dakai apologized to Yang Xiuqing, and then returned to his seat and sat down.

In fact, Shi Dakai also has a lot of criticism for Yang Xiuqing.

When the Northern Expedition was proposed, Shi Dakai thought it was inappropriate, but Yang Xiuqing was 9,000 years old and took over the power of the government, and Hong Xiuquan was not very in charge of affairs, so Yang Xiuqing's decision was easily passed. Moreover, Yang Xiuqing is proud of his achievements, which is also where Shi Dakai despises Yang Xiuqing. Even though Shi Dakai did not mention responsibility on the surface, he thought that Yang Xiuqing was mainly responsible.

Hong Xiuquan saw Wei Changhui sit down, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

However, Hong Xiuquan's expression remained unchanged, and he said unhurriedly: "The words of the Wing King are reasonable, what we need to discuss now is how to turn the situation around and change the current erosive situation of consecutive defeats. King Dong, tell me what you think. ”

Yang Xiuqing pondered for a moment and said: "The situation is unfavorable, and it has become a problem to want the Northern Expedition or even the Western Expedition. Even, the two big camps in Jiangbei and Jiangnan outside Tianjing City have become climate. When the capital of Tianjing was set last year, the camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei were not worth mentioning, and the king's intention was to take Beijing first, and the Qing demons besieging Tianjing would not be defeated. Now that the Northern Expedition has failed, the strength of the Liangjiang battalion has increased rapidly, and this king thinks that it is necessary to take these two battalions first. ”

After Shi Da listened, he also nodded in approval.

It's too late to save the situation!

Hong Xiuquan clasped his hands together and said calmly: "The East King is preparing to attack the Jiangbei camp and the Jiangnan camp, do you have any specific attention?" ”

Yang Xiuqing replied: "To deal with two large battalions, it is not suitable to use the method of attacking at the same time, and they should be broken one by one. First, concentrate superior forces to attack the Jiangbei camp, open up the main road between Yangzhou and Tianjing, and change the current situation. Capture the Jiangbei camp, and then attack the Jiangnan camp with all your strength to destroy the threat to the south of Tianjing. As long as there is no Liangjiang battalion, the Celestial Empire can be as stable as Mount Tai, and it is impossible to be affected by the defeat of the front-line battle. ”

Hong Xiuquan glanced at Wei Changhui and asked again: "Who is the coach?" Who is the deputy marshal? Who is the pioneer? ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "The younger brother is willing to serve as the commander, the king of Yan, Qin Rigang, as the deputy commander, and Li Xiucheng leads the army as the vanguard. ”

"Li Xiucheng?"

Wei Changhui's voice suddenly screamed, and he said loudly: "Li Xiucheng led his troops to attack Shanghai, and he lost his troops. How can a defeated general go out again? ”

Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng knew each other, and the two sides also had a relationship, so they didn't speak.

Hong Xiuquan saw Wei Changhui's expression in his eyes and said directly: "Okay, follow Dongwang's instructions." ”

Qin Rigang saw that the matter was finalized, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

When he led his army north to rescue the Northern Expeditionary Army, he became the general of the defeated army, and now he is going to go on an expedition again, and Qin Rigang's heart is even more bottomless. Especially Yang Xiuqing was arbitrary and arbitrary, it was impossible to follow Qin Rigang's advice, and completely regarded Qin Rigang as a doll in his hands Yang Xiuqing, so Qin Rigang was very depressed in his heart and didn't want to go out at all.

Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing reached an agreement, and Qin Rigang had no room for refutation at all.

After discussing the matter, Hong Xiuquan yawned, drank everyone back, and hurriedly ran towards the harem. Obviously, the charm of the harem woman is far more important than the court to discuss state affairs.

Yang Xiuqing left haughtily, and Qin Rigang, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai walked behind. Wei Changhui looked at Qin Rigang with a bitter gourd face, and said with a smile: "Brother Yanwang, congratulations, this is a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”

Qin Rigang laughed twice, but his mood was very heavy.

Wei Changhui looked at Shi Dakai again, and said with a smile: "Brother Yiwang has excellent talent, Dongwang will definitely reuse it, don't worry!" As for Hu Yihuang, who has been playing soy sauce, Wei Changhui also comforted him.

Immediately, Wei Changhui said: "The big thing is supported by the East King, go back and sleep." ”

Shi Dakai and Qin Rigang looked at Wei Changhui's departing back, thoughtful, and then said goodbye.

……

Shanghai, Concession.

After Ye Chengxin packed up Li Zhen's study, he took the task assigned by Li Zhen and hurriedly came to the place where Gu Lina lived. At this time, Ye Chengxin is not the business tycoon who has spoken fluent bird language in history. Fortunately, Gulina has a translator who can speak Chinese at home, so there is no language barrier.

Ye Cheng said to the female translator who greeted him: "Miss, I have been entrusted by Master Li to come to discuss with Mrs. Gu Lina, please pass it on." ”

When it came to Li Zhen, the translator didn't dare to delay and said, "Wait a minute, I'll notify you immediately." ”

The translator asked Ye Chengxin to sit down in the hall, then went up to the second floor and told Gu Lina about Ye Chengcheng's intention.

A moment later, Gulina staggered downstairs.

Gu Lina looked at Ye Chengxin, who still had a hint of immaturity on her face, with a smile on her face, but she wondered in her heart Li Zhen's intention of not coming in person but letting such a young man come.

Seeing this, Ye Chengxin stood up and bowed slightly: "Ye Chengxin has seen Madame!" ”

Gu Lina listened to the translator's relay, her eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of excitement flashed in her eyes.

Ye Chengxin's etiquette is different, if Gu Lina is regarded as a countess, it is impossible to bow down like this. Therefore, the 'lady' in Ye Cheng's mouth is obviously not a countess, but Li Zhen's wife. Ye Chengxin, who is young, knows what he likes, and as soon as he comes, he poured ** soup into Gu Lina, which increased his impression in Gu Lina's eyes.

Gu Lina secretly praised Ye Cheng for being sensible in her heart, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ye, what is the matter with the general asking you to come?" ”

ps: two of the three watches;