Hu Yihuang, Meng Shengsheng, Ling Shiba, Su Sanniang and others came to Li Yunzhong's army. Lieutenant Li Yun told them what had just happened and asked for their opinions.

Su Sanniang agreed: "I have long been unaccustomed to Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui, who are you pretending to be a ghost?" I'll bring the women with me later. ”

Meng Sheng thought about it for a while, and said: "Taking advantage of the low morale of the officers and soldiers, it is better to break through the siege as soon as possible, and I will notify the soldiers and horses on the right and rear outside the city to prepare and receive us." ”

"Okay, let's break through from Yong'an first, get rid of the main force of the Qing army, divide the troops to attack the big and small cities, let them take care of one and lose the other, remember that we are converging in Hunan, you must control the army, don't let Yang Xiuqing and them pull away." Lieutenant General Li Yun told the generals of the rear army the direction of the future march so as not to be separated in the future.

On the second day, Hong Xiuquan issued an edict, enshrined Yang Xiuqing as the king of the east and Xiao Chaogui as the king of the west, ranking first; Li Yunzhong is the king of Han, Feng Yunshan is the king of the south, and Wei Changhui is the king of the north, ranking second; Shi Dakai is the king of wings, ranking third in the ranks, and increasing the ranks of prime minister, inspector, commander, and general. The king of the west and below are all controlled by the king of the east, and Feng Yunshan can be established for the kingdom of heaven, but he will not deify Xiuquan, so he is gradually excluded. In the name of Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother, and Heavenly King, Hong, Yang, and Xiao form a trinity, and fictionalize the separation of powers in a Witch-based religious ceremony, with Yang representing Heavenly Father, Xiao representing Heavenly Brother, and Hong being the Son of Heaven on earth. He also asked the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom to use the celestial calendar founded by Feng Yunshan in the future, determine official positions, and reward meritorious generals.

Li Yunzhong did not accept Hong Xiuquan's reward edict, and went to the women's army to find Su Sanniang at night, it turned out that there were many female generals in the women's army who were unwilling to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and break through alone, Su Sanniang was persuading them, Li Yunzhong saw this, and secretly thought, the breakthrough is set for the second half of the night, then there is still time to talk to you, and said: "Those who are willing to follow the army to break through, and those who have husbands, sons and other relatives serving in the right army and the rear army are going outside to wait. More than half of the women in the room walked out, and Li Yunzhong said to the rest: "You don't want to follow me, and I don't want to force it, we will have a date later." Li Yunzhong hugged their fists and signaled, pulled Su Sanniang out of the army, and said to the soldiers standing outside: "Bring these women to the right army." ”

Seeing that everything was ready, Li Yunzhong ordered someone to open the city gate, and more than 20,000 people went out of the city in an orderly manner in the night, at this time Hong Xuanjiao appeared in front of Li Yunzhong on a white horse, dismounted and asked angrily: "What are you going to do, are you going to lead the army out?" ”

Li Yunzhong said: "Hong Xiuquan has no ambitions, Yang Xiuqing is stubborn and self-serving, Xiao Chaogui is brave and unscrupulous, if I want to obey them, I will be killed by them sooner or later." After speaking, he looked at Hong Xuanjiao again, and saw that she was a lot haggard than before, which showed that she was not having a good time during this time, and looked at her affectionately, and said: "Missionary, my affection for you has never changed, you look at Xiao Chaogui and them, the wife who marries the wife, the concubine who accepts the concubine, when you see the beautiful girl, you will not be happy with them, come with me." ”

Hong Xuanjiao showed a sad look and said: "You men are not the same, with you, you are not the same three wives and four concubines." ”

Seeing that she didn't refuse immediately, Li Yunzhong excitedly held her hand and said, "I will always love you, I won't want so many women, you go with me, I promise to take care of you for the rest of your life." ”

Hong Xuanjiao is a traditional woman after all, shook her head, pulled her hand out, and said: "Although Chaogui is not good to me, he must be my husband, I can't be like that." ”

Seeing that the army had left the city one after another, Li Yunzhong hugged Hong Xuanjiao, regardless of her struggles, kissed her fragrant lips, and let go of her for a while before saying, "You can come to me at any time." Glimpsing Feng Yunshan being led by Ling Eighteen towards this side, Li Yunzhong let go of Hong Xuanjiao, saw her ignorant and dazed appearance, and promised: "I will always like you." After speaking, he greeted Feng Yunshan.

Feng Yunshan saw Li Yunzhong and said excitedly: "Yunzhong, what is not negotiable, the enemy is currently the enemy, you are doing this to make the relatives hurt, and the enemies are fast!" ”

Li Yunzhong looked at Feng Yunshan calmly, and said: "Mr. Feng, the Tao is different, don't conspire with each other, in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, I only admire you, you have to pay attention to Yang Xiuqing and their ......" Thinking that he was going to continue, he couldn't help but be suspected of sowing discord, so he let Feng Yunshan look down on him, and swallowed what he was about to say.

"General, it's almost time to go." Li Chunfa walked over and said to Li Yunzhong.

"There will be a period later, take care" Li Yunzhong glanced at Hong Xuanjiao deeply, saw that she always lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him, sighed, rode on the horse led by Li Chunfa, regardless of Feng Yunshan's call behind her, and went out of the city.

"General Qiyu, the striker found a few suspicious people, and the leader claimed to be the Heavenly King's brother Hong Daquan." A pawn said to Li Yunzhong.

"Temporarily detained, let them move with the army first." Li Yunzhong had never heard that Hong Xiuquan had a brother named Hong Daquan, who was a fake, and when he was out of danger, he was interrogating them.

"Report ...... The general's vanguard has captured Lipu County. ”

"What, Luo Outline has arrived in Lipu?" Li Yunzhong asked in surprise, this area is all mountainous, but he didn't expect Luo Xuan to capture Lipu in such a short time.

Seeing Li Yunzhong's surprised and incredulous look, Su Sanniang explained to him: "Brother Luo's forward has been living in the mountains for a long time, so the march is not slower than on the main road. ”

Only then did Li Yunzhong feel relieved, thinking that southern China was mountainous and hilly, and Luo Xuan's regiment could play a great role.

Ling Shiba, who was serving as the defender, ran out of breath and said to Li Yunzhong: "I found a lot of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom flags in the rear, are they here to chase us?" ”

Li Yunzhong thought for a while and said: "It seems that they broke through in advance, don't worry about them, let's go to Lipu County to repair, reorganize the rear army, and go north to Hunan." ”

In view of the fact that the rear army was deeply influenced by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Yunzhong did not dare to promote those who had a good face, or use his sworn brothers to rest assured, the right army was renamed the first army, the rear army was changed to the second army, the female army of 8,000 plus Li Chunfa's guard battalion was renamed the fourth army, and the remaining old and weak women and children set up another battalion, marching and fighting to let them in the rear.

The commander of the First Army was Hu Yihuang, with two regiments under its command, with the Luo Outline Regiment as the vanguard, and the whole regiment was expanded to 3,000 people, with 1,000 people in each battalion. Li Desheng's regiment was still 2,000 people.

The commander of the Second Army was Zhang Suimou, and the division commanders were Ling 18 and Meng Sheng, with 4,000 men per division, a total of 8,000 men. In order to appease Meng Shengsheng and Ling Eighteen, Li Yunzhong added division levels between the army and the regiment.

The commander of the Fourth Army is Su Sanniang, the deputy commander Lin Daji, and the three regiments under his jurisdiction, Li Chunfa, female generals Xiao Meiyun, and Yang Changmei.

Li Yunzhong only had the Boy Scouts and the demolition battalion under his direct jurisdiction. The whole army numbered 23,000 men.