Ji Wenyuan asked stupidly: "In Tianjing, the snow in the clouds is the meaning of the Ming canonical punishment and beheading, this rain in the clouds has never been heard, dare to ask Your Highness what does the rain in the clouds mean?" ”

Li Yunzhong sneered again and again, "What do you mean, see for yourself!" ”

At this time, the 100 knife players had already surrounded everyone in the hall, and the 50 musketeers stood in three rows to protect Li Yunzhong, all of whom looked murderous.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy, it turned out that what His Royal Highness the King of Han said was true, and the rain in the clouds also meant killing the head, and many people had secretly made up their minds that if the King of Han really wanted to kill, they would temporarily perfunctory agree to his conditions.

Li Kaifang smiled dryly: "Your Highness said that you are joking, the Heavenly King has not cut off your title, we are still brothers in the same camp, why bother to fight for this little thing!" If we die here, the king of heaven will not be good at resting, and if Xingshi asks for sin, won't it be cheap to clean the demon in vain! Your Highness thinks twice. ”

Ji Wenyuan was really scared, he fought thousands of miles, and he didn't die in the hands of the Qing Demon, but he didn't want to die here in vain, so he began to compromise in his heart, and said half-pushed: "King Han, you are the master of the King of Heaven, and you have the title of deputy military division, it stands to reason that we should listen to your command, but we have been away from Tianjing for too long, and the King of Heaven is worried, if His Royal Highness can explain the situation to the King of Heaven and the King of the East, we dare to stay, otherwise he will not be able to escape death when he returns to Tianjing, and he will die early and late to die, it is better to die in the hands of the King of Han, You can also get a reputation for loyalty! ”

Li Yunzhong nodded to Li Xiucheng, "That's right!" I am still the deputy military division of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, you should listen to me, everyone calm down and talk about the old days, you can rest assured, I will send someone to Tianjing to explain the 'actual situation'!" ”

Chen Yucheng waved his hand, the knife player inserted the knife back into the scabbard, and the foreign gun team also took the foreign gun back and slowly withdrew from the hall, leaving only twenty people standing on both sides.

Zhu Xikun wiped his cold sweat, and finally understood why the King of Han broke away from the Kingdom of Heaven, Lu Xianba and Ji Wenyuan were both henchmen of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, they really wanted to sneak attack the king of Han, if there was no instruction from the king of the east, they would not dare to do it if they gave them a few more dares, thinking of the terrible part, Zhu Xikun was sad, if the king of heaven and the king of the east used their talents, the king of the south would not be excluded, the king of Han would not lead his troops to run away, the Qing demon would have been destroyed long ago, and the kingdom of heaven would not have to live in a corner of Sichuan.

Li Yunzhong noticed Ji Wenyuan's constantly changing face, and he had an idea, "I said Brother Ji!" Since you are worried about the Heavenly King, it is better for you to go back to Tianjing to report to the Heavenly King and the Eastern King, saying that the Northern Expeditionary Army suffered heavy casualties and was eager to replenish and repair, so it stayed in Nanjing for the time being. ”

When Ji Wenyuan heard that he could return to Tianjing, he was secretly excited, he didn't have to stay in Nanjing all day long, and he had the same dream for the past few days: King Han knew the truth and chopped him up with a knife.

Ji Wenyuan cautiously stepped forward and asked, "This...... If the king asks, the little one doesn't know how to answer, please tell His Highness how long the army will stay in Nanjing to repair, so that the little one can have an explanation. ”

Li Yunzhong said perfunctorily: "If someone here is willing to go back with you, I won't be reluctant, but at most I will lead ten people, as for the time?" It's good to be positioned for a year. Seeing that Li Kaifang and the others showed excitement, he added: "The ten people must all be below the checkpoint, so as not to cause the idea of the demon." ”

Ji Wenyuan thanked him: "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, when I return to Tianjing, I will definitely bring His Highness's loyalty to the Heavenly King." ”

"Okay, you can discuss the rest yourself, and I won't participate." Li Yunzhong patted Chen Yucheng next to him and said to them: "This General Chen will send you directly to the ship." ”

Fu Shanxiang saw King Han coming out of the hall, stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, Zuo Zongtang, the waiter of the Ministry of War, and Zhao Laoqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, are already waiting in the study, and they seem to have important things to report to the King of Han. ”

Li Yunzhong asked, "Secretary Fu, what time is it today?" ”

Fu Shanxiang looked through the record book, and knew that Li Yunzhong wanted to ask about the itinerary, and replied: "Today is January 28, 1852, and tomorrow morning I will inspect the preparations for the foreign gun team, and in the afternoon I will leave Shanghai to participate in the opening ceremony of the Shanghai-Suzhou train." ”

Li Yunzhong was very satisfied and praised: "Your secretarial work is getting more and more qualified, try to arrange some ...... State affairs, like some trivial matters, will be handed over to the minister, after all, I still have to eat and sleep. ”

Fu Shanxiang's face was slightly red, remembering that a few days ago, the King of Han was full of 12 hours a day, and His Royal Highness was busy and dizzy, and admitted his mistake: "Wechen knows his mistakes, but Wechen thinks that these things are very important, such as meeting with front-line envoys, listening to their reports on the war situation, meeting ministers, discussing state affairs, and foreigners trading arms with the Han Dynasty......"

Li Yunzhong stopped, turned around and took Fu Shanxiang's notebook, and taught: "For example, if the front-line envoy reports on the battle situation, it is completely possible for them to report to the military department and the general staff, lest I have to convene the chief of staff, the secretary of the military department and others to discuss after listening, foreigners come to trade arms, there are a large number of muskets and artillery that can be notified to me, there are only dozens or hundreds of muskets, you can completely notify the foreign gun team instructor Jack to deal with it, let me approve a note for him to go to the household department to collect the silver and pay the bill...... Do you remember all of this? ”

Fu Shanxiang wrote it down carefully and replied: "Weichen remembered!" ”

Zhao Laoqi and Zuo Zongtang saw King Han walking into the study, bowed down and said, "Weichen Zhao Laoqi (Zuo Zongtang) see His Royal Highness." ”

"Excuse me, just say anything!" Li Yunzhong sat directly in his seat, and Fu Shanxiang stood next to Li Yunzhong, adding tea to his cup.

Zhao Laoqi replied with excitement: "Your Highness Qiqi, according to the report of the spies, the Qing army in Zhejiang sent 5,000 people to support Jiangxi, and now it is estimated that they have left Zhejiang. Seeing that King Han was not as happy as he expected, but his face gradually became gloomy, Zhao Laoqi was frightened, and immediately added: "The general of the Qing Demon Leader is the chief soldier Hu Songlin, who is quite good at fighting, and Weichen has sent someone to inform Jiao Liang, the governor of Jiangxi, Zeng Shuiyuan, the commander of the Third Army, and others. ”

Li Yunzhong asked: "Is there no other movement in the Qing army in Zhejiang?" With only those tens of thousands of people, they want to defend the huge 11 prefectures and 63 counties in Zhejiang? ”

Zhao Laoqi tried hard to recall the information sent by Zhejiang, hoping to find clues, "Although there is no evidence, Weichen deduced that most of the Qing troops in Jiaxing Mansion and Huzhou Mansion have been evacuated, leaving only a small part of the activities, so that they can gain time to strengthen Hangzhou City." ”

"Are you saying that the Qing army intends to hold on to Hangzhou? How many soldiers and horses did they deploy in Hangzhou? Li Yunzhong's expression was solemn, he was most afraid that the Qing army would gather the army to one point, which would greatly increase the difficulty of capturing Zhejiang.

Zhao Laoqi secretly estimated and replied: "Zhang Guoliang, the general of the Qing army, personally sat in Hangzhou, with 13,000 green battalion soldiers under his command, more than 20,000 people in the regiment training township, and Zhang Guoliang mobilized the people to bury a large number of stones around the city wall!" He Chun, the minister of the Qin Mission, led Fujian reinforcements to sit on the front line of Jinhua and Pujiang. ”

Li Yunzhong looked at Zuo Zongtang and asked, "Mr. has already listened to it, can you capture Hangzhou in a short period of time?" As soon as Hangzhou, Zhejiang can be quickly recovered! ”

When Zuo Zongtang listened to Zhao Laoqi's introduction to the military situation just now, he felt that the situation was bad, and replied: "Zhejiang is mountainous and hilly, if the army launches a large-depth and large-scale encirclement operation, not only will the grain logistics not be able to keep up, but also give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of, so our army must first capture Hangzhou, and the terrain of Hangzhou is unique, and the enemy army is prepared, and can no longer use the method of digging holes and blasting the city wall to break the city, so it seems that there is only one way to attack, and the army will suffer heavy casualties!" ”

Zhao Laoqi added: "In recent months, the Qing army has purchased foreign guns and cannons in Zhejiang, and I heard that there is a cannon every five steps on the important section of the Hangzhou city wall, and our army must also prepare a large number of firearms!" ”

The more he listened to Zhao Laoqi's report, the more bottomless Li Yun's center became, Zhang Guoliang began to fight with the righteous army in Guixian County, Guangxi, and must know a lot about our righteous army, Zuo Zongtang has no combat experience, if he runs into a wall in Hangzhou, he will be defeated and return...... Li Yunzhong didn't dare to continue thinking about it at all.

"I'm sending an additional 2,000 foreign guns and 100 cannons, and I must take Hangzhou at the lowest cost!" Li Yun has decided to temporarily stay in Shanghai in order to guide the southern expeditionary army.

Zuo Zongtang handed over a list and said worriedly: "The staff I have selected for these things, please ask Your Highness for approval." ”

Li Yunzhong took a cursory look and nodded, "Since Mr. was chosen, you can hand over to the officials." ”

Zuo Zongtang and Zhao Laoqi were sent away, but Li Kaifang, Lin Fengxiang and others came to see them again.