On the afternoon of 9 February, Yang Xiuqing returned to the Taiping Army camp, about 10 miles west of Jihuang Town. The camp, which was originally home to 140,000 troops, now looks empty. Some people say that the retreat to Beijing has been cut off by the Ming army, some people say that the army will soon attack the village, and some people say that Yang Xiuqing's Heavenly Father's possession is fake, and Zhu Jishi is the "human king" chosen by the Heavenly Father God, so there are heavenly soldiers to help, and these news make the hearts of the remaining defenders in the Taiping Army camp all float.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Xiuqing's eyes were straight, and he sat alone in the tent like ashes, Yang Yiqing just came to report the loss of the troops, no, not the loss, but how many people returned to the camp. In addition, there were less than 10,000 people left behind in the camp, and now the Taiping officers and soldiers in the camp together are no longer enough than 30,000!

And there is also bad news, a group of no less than 20,000 Ming troops has driven over from the southwest, and has just joined Zhu Jishi's main force...... This should be the army from the Guide side, and it seems that Huang Wenjin's 50,000 army is also finished.

The last thing is the news that the Twist Party horse team defected, and now it is known that Su Wanfu and Gong Deshu have taken their horse team to vote for Daming. Zhang Zongyu went to Kaifeng alone, it seems that he went to the north king Wei Changhui, as for the main force of the horse army led by Zhang Lexing, it has long been defeated by the Ming army, that is, the whole army has not been wiped out, and no one has returned to the Taiping army camp in Jihuang Town.

Without the protection of the horse team, where would the 30,000 men in the camp go? How powerful Zhu Jishi's heavy cavalry is, Yang Xiuqing has already seen it, even if the infantry is placed in a hollow phalanx, it may not be able to stop it! Even if you can block it, it's useless, how can you march with a hollow phalanx?

It seems that this big camp is his own tomb.

Yang Xiuqing slowly stood up, walked to the center of the big tent and stood in a daze, pondering whether to wipe his neck or hang himself. The curtain of the camp tent was opened, and Yang Xiuqing slowly turned his head to see that it was his "national sect" Yang Yiqing, and the general Li Kaifang, who was covered in blood. Seeing Yang Xiuqing, Li Kaifang threw himself on the ground with a puff and cried.

"His Royal Highness the East King, His Royal Highness the East King, his subordinates are incompetent, his subordinates were defeated by the pig demon, and the sixty thousand brothers are gone. It's gone......"

Yang Yiqing also walked over with tears in his eyes, "His Royal Highness the East King, let's go quickly, take advantage of the dark to go north, and it will be safe to cross the Yellow River." ”

Yang Xiuqing nodded a little blankly. He suddenly shook his head: "You can't go north...... Tomorrow morning, Zhu Jishi will definitely send elite cavalry to the north to pursue, and we won't be able to walk much in one night. If you catch up, it's all over. ”

Yang Xiuqing didn't believe that Zhu Jishi would really let him go back to Beijing - in his opinion. Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had lost the possibility of competing with Zhu Ming for the world, it was not difficult to sweep away the northwest and divide one side. Although the first battle of Jihuang Town suffered heavy losses, there were at least two-thirds of the old foundation of the Heavenly Kingdom, and the Eighth Army of Tuntian still supported itself, which also proved that the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System" was feasible. After arriving in the northwest, as long as you continue to adhere to the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System". Land is allocated to both the old brothers and the new brothers. At the same time, the people of the northwest were taught to worship God, so that a new Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could be established in the northwest.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiuqing lost his soul and seemed to return to his body: "Pass my military order, now for dinner." Dispatched after dark...... The whole army only had food and weapons for five days, and the rest of the baggage was abandoned. ”

"5 days of rations?" Yang Yiqing was stunned, "King Dong, where can we go in 5 days?" ”

"I can go to Kaifeng," Yang Xiu said lightly, "I have to join forces with the North King." ”

"Beiwang Ke has always been ...... you," Yang Yiqing said in a low voice. The East King and the North King are okay on the surface, but they are both wary of each other in private.

Yang Xiuqing waved his hand: "No, the enemy is now, he knows the seriousness of the way." Besides, I still have 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River who also listen to me, so the king of the north will not be so confused. He paused and said, "And at the moment, I can only return to Beijing through Kaifeng, and it is definitely not possible to go north to cross the Yellow River directly." ”

Yang Yiqing and Li Kaifang glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of worry on each other's faces-Wei Changhui is indeed not confused, but will Zhu Jishi use an edict to draw this King of Weibei over? There is also the Hongda Heavenly King in Tianjing Luoyang City, who is guarding the gate of the Heavenly King's Mansion and does not even come out, at this time, will he stab King Yang Dong in the back?

This Kaifeng City is close to Luoyang and far away from Beijing!

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"Long live the Heavenly King, Long live the True Holy Lord, long live, long live!"

On the afternoon of February 9, 1850 in the Gregorian calendar, at the same time that Yang Xiuqing was preparing to lead the remnants to retreat to Kaifeng City and join forces with Wei Changhui, the king of the north. The streets inside and outside the gate of Kaifeng are full of "red-headed people", all of whom have their backs to the streets, shouting long live over and over again. A Xiulong Huangyu carried by sixty-four people, under the guidance of hundreds of flags and more than 1,000 yellow-robed and red-headed spear-wielding guards, slowly passed through the Kaifeng Daliang Gate. Behind Xiulong Huang Yu, there are 128 female officials with gauze scarves and masks, all with horses on their hips and swords hanging from their waists. After the female officers, there were 5,000 female battalion soldiers, all of whom carried foreign guns on their shoulders and lined up in a strict line. After the female soldiers, there were two large sedan chairs carried by sixteen people, followed by the civil and military officials of the Heavenly Kingdom who rode horses, wore yellow robes, and wore hoods. After these civil and military officials, there were endless marching columns, all red and yellow battle skirts, red scarves on their heads, and foreign guns on their shoulders, and the procession meandered and stretched to the horizon, with tens of thousands of people!

Seeing such a posture, everyone knew that the sixty-four people sitting on the top of the Dao were carried to Xiulong Huangyu was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Heavenly King True Saint Lord Hong Xiuquan! This otaku king in history is not only out of Luoyang Tianwang's Mansion now, but also came to Kaifeng with great effort, which is really impressive.

However, the otaku king is naturally not as able to endure hardships as Zhu Jishi, the emperor who likes to imitate Napoleon, even if he goes out, he is indispensable to be accompanied by bright colors. It is now in this big sedan chair, in addition to Hong Tianwang, there are several black, white, and yellow stunning women. Except for Hong Xuanjiao, who was sitting opposite him, the rest of the women were all pinching their shoulders and knocking their legs around the king, and there was a blonde Slavic Lori sitting on the lap of the king, letting the king knead and pinch her, and let out a burst of coquettish panting, which was really obscene.

"Second brother (according to the ranking of God's family)," Hong Xuanjiao glanced at Hong Xiuquan and said cautiously, "The emperor's letter said that as long as you don't fight him, he is willing to make you the king of Taiping, and take the land of Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang and Xinjiang as the Taiping Kingdom, and the two families will not invade each other in the future, and each will defend one side......

"I, the Heavenly King, was sealed by the Heavenly Father, what does it have to do with him? On that day, I also made an agreement with him to enter the king of Beijing first, and he relied on it, why did he still want me to be his courtier? Xuanjiao sister, don't respond to the sky, just stay and work with Renji, Renfa, and Renda to assist me in governing the country. ”

Hong Xuanjiao frowned: "Second brother, my sister was given to the emperor by the second brother, and she has long been the emperor's person, why do you still say such things?" ”

Hong Xiuquan smiled and didn't get angry: "If it's a girl who is outgoing, it seems that Zhu Jishi treats her well...... However, I am different from you, I am the true lord of the Heavenly King, and I am the lord of all nations who has been appointed by the Heavenly Father to govern the world, how can I be a vassal to the Ming Dynasty? You don't need to persuade me anymore, I won't change my mind. ”

Hong Xuanjiao lowered her head and didn't speak, the Hong Xiuquan she saw this time was even more abnormal than the last time - it seemed that she was completely lost in the worship of God, opened her mouth to the Heavenly Father, closed her mouth to Brother Tian, and passed on her son Hong Tianfugui to Jesus as a son!

Seeing that his sister didn't speak, Hong Xiuquan smiled and said, "Is that Heavenly Ascending Ball really going to work?" ”

Hong Xuanjiao was stunned, she knew that the "Ascension Ball" that Hong Xiuquan said was a hot air balloon, which was a plaything that Zhu Jishi got from the West, and gave it to Hong Xiuquan to play with with those Western slave girls. (To be continued......)