Chapter 433: The Great Army Approaches

In late August of the Bingchen year, fifteen days after the outbreak of the Tianjing Incident in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Xiao Chaogui, the western king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Sufu Province, issued a letter calling on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to raise troops and kill the northern king Wei Changhui, who had fallen into a demon, and to play the banner of revenge for the eastern king Yang Xiuqing Zhaoxue.

As soon as the text came out, the soldiers and horses of the East Palace, which were originally panicked, were all at ease, and the departments of the East Hall close to Sufu Province surrendered to the West Hall one after another, and the soldiers and horses who defected to the West Hall gathered like rain for a while. Zhenjiang, Huzhou and other places have gathered a lot of soldiers and horses in the East Temple, and according to the situation reported from various places, about 50,000 soldiers and horses in the East Hall have defected to them. However, most of these soldiers and horses were not in order, lacked food and clothing, and many of them were still using cold weapons, so the West Hall temporarily placed these soldiers and horses for subsequent training.

Subsequently, Shi Dakai, who fled from Tianjing, also sent troops from Anqing to respond to the West Wangwen, and the soldiers and horses of the wing hall raised the four-character banner of revenge and hatred, and after the assembly of Anqing, a total of 50,000 troops directly marched to the camp in Wuhu by land and water. Due to the Qing army Xiangyong Zeng Guo Domain's reoccupation of Changsha, Shi Dakai had to leave most of the soldiers and horses to guard Yuezhou, Wuchang and other places, and at the same time, the Xiangfan front line also changed the offensive to the defensive because of this draw, 50,000 soldiers and horses is already the limit that Shi Dakai can mobilize, and some of the soldiers and horses in the east hall attached to the wing hall, if there are too many soldiers, it will affect the entire western front.

Jiangxi's East Hall Sect Yang Fuqing also received the message, but at first Yang Fuqing was in a wait-and-see attitude, mainly because of the unpleasant things that had happened in the East Hall and the West Hall before, which made him fearful. But when he learned that Shi Dakai also responded to the Wenwen army, Yang Fuqing no longer hesitated, and the same army responded to the Western King Wen, and sent 100,000 soldiers and horses to Tianjing.

There were about 500,000 horses in the Yang Fuqing Department in the East Hall of Jiangxi, and although many of them were recruits, the number of people was really terrifying. Yang Fuqing was in Jiangxi to guard against the Qing army Jiang Zhongyuan in the west and the Qing army in Guangdong in the south. It is also necessary to guard against the soldiers and horses of the West Hall of Fujian in the east and Sufu Province in the north, so Yang Fuqing's 100,000 soldiers and horses are also the limit.

Except for the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of Yang Fuqing's department, which are elite soldiers of a hundred battles, the rest are newly recruited soldiers in Jiangxi, with low combat effectiveness, and many soldiers are not even complete weapons, so Yang Fuqing's troops seem to be less than the 50,000 soldiers and horses in the wing hall in addition to the large number of people.

After receiving the news that the two families responded to the text, the king of the west swore an oath in Suzhou the next day. At the swearing-in meeting, the soldiers and horses of the West Temple continued to worship and pay homage to the Heavenly Father. In the end, the king of the west made an intriguing speech. In his speech at the Western King's Oath Conference, the Western King mentioned many times that this Tianjing crisis was a test given by the Heavenly Father, so that everyone could continue to support the true Lord of Life and create a heavenly state together.

King Xi's speech naturally has a lot, but after refining it, these two meanings are met. Those who have a heart know it well, and the first meaning of the King of the West is from the doctrine and belief. This Tianjing King's killing of the king was a test for the Heavenly Father. The intention is to prevent the faith of the military and people of the Kingdom of Heaven from crumbling overnight. Although most of the soldiers and civilians in Sufu Province in Xidian have been brainwashed by Hong Yun'er's Confucianism and Christianity, many people have understood what God the Father is, and the crisis of faith brought about by the king's killing of the king this time has not had a big impact on Sufu Province, but in the final analysis, there is infighting in the kingdom of heaven, and some ignorant and foolish people will still be shaken, so the king of the west will give everyone a preventive shot first.

Chinese people have always had a very bad habit. When praying to God and worshiping Buddha but failing to fulfill their wishes, Chinese people often give up this kind of gods and Buddhas and worship other gods and Buddhas. However, Christianity puts forward the doctrine of original sin, that is, people are born in the world to atone for their sins, and the various sufferings in this world are only the trials given by God. Although the Wang killing incident had little impact on Sufu Province. However, it had a great impact on the military and civilian people under the rule of the Heavenly King, and after discussing with Hong Yun'er, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er decided to first give the argument that the king killing the king was a test of the Heavenly Father God to the Heavenly Kingdom, hoping to minimize the impact of this incident on the belief in the Heavenly Kingdom.

It is not difficult for a discerning person to see that the Western King is already preparing for a rainy day, preparing for the future Shun Lì to receive the rest of the territory and population of the Heavenly Kingdom, after all, if the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to gather.

The second is to continue to support the Lord of Heaven and build the state of Heaven together, the King of the West did not say who the Lord of Heaven was, let alone mention that the King of Heaven is the Lord of God, which can't help but make people think about it.

After the oath, the king of the west and the king of the west, Hong Xuanjiao, Zuo Zongtang and other cadres of the Western Palace, will lead the third division of the Fourth Army left in Suzhou to Zhenjiang, and join the soldiers and horses of several other divisions of the Fourth Army there.

Ten days later, the winged king Shi Da opened troops and horses to enter Wuhu, Yan King Qin Rigang only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed, Qin Rigang was afraid of Shi Dakai, did not dare to confront him, and then retreated to Tianjing, and the winged palace soldiers reoccupied the Wuhu camp without blood.

On the same day, Yang Fuqing's soldiers and horses arrived at Ningguo's mansion, echoing Wuhu's Yiwang soldiers and horses. The Third Army of the West Temple of Guangde also completed the assembly, and together with the Fourth Army of the Xiwang Division of Zhenjiang, it was ready to start advancing to Tianjing.

Since then, the 60,000 troops of the West Palace, the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Wing Hall and the 100,000 soldiers of Yang Fuqing have a total of more than 200,000 troops from the southwest and east directions to Tianjing.

Just when King Qin's army was approaching step by step, Wei Changhui staged the final madness in Tianjing.

After the discussion that day, after three days of full preparation, Wei Changhui used forcible means to "invite" the hundreds of civil and military officials in Beijing to the Beiwang Mansion. The female official of Beifu is famous, but Hu Yihuang is missing.

Wei Changhui sneered and asked, "Why didn't King Yu come?" Someone said: "King Yu has been sick in bed for a long time, and he has taken leave from His Highness." Wei Changhui sneered: "I'm afraid it's a heart disease!" If you can't get out of bed, bring it to me! ”

After about a stick of incense, Hu Yihuang was finally "invited". However, it was not carried from a bed, but on horseback. Hu Yihuang held his head high and walked up to the Beifu Palace, Wei Changhui saw that Hu Yihuang's face was like a full moon, his skin was ruddy, and he said with a smile: "King Yu's face is not sick, why is he not sick?" Hu Yihuang replied calmly: "There are hundreds of diseases, and they are different from the outside. Just looking at the appearance, you can't see why. Although Wei Changhui was dissatisfied, in order to buy people's hearts, he still endured it and hurriedly bowed his seat and gave up his seat.

Hu watched with flashing eyes. But inside and outside the main hall, there were two hundred swordsmen. They bowed their bows, and their swords were unsheathed, as if they were facing a great enemy. Behind Wei Changhui, there were twenty big men standing in the shape of a man, one by one, clenching the hilt of their swords, frowning angrily, closely monitoring the every move of the hundred officials. Hu Yihuang immediately guessed Wei Changhui's intentions and made full mental preparations. Looking at the civil and military officials again, they are all trembling. His face was blank, and he stood on both sides of the hall nervously.

After a pause, Wei Changhui pretended to say, "I invited you brothers here today, and I have something to explain." Yesterday, Heavenly Father gave me a dream. He said that I was appointed to the authority of the kingdom of heaven and to assist the king in his great work. I knelt on the ground and prostrated my head. Heavenly Father insisted that it would not be allowed. He said. This is the will of God, and no one is allowed to disobey it. Brother Tian also instructed that Providence cannot be changed. And that I may convey to you the Father's message. Did you all hear me clearly? ”

Yang Xiuqing, the spokesperson of the Heavenly Father, who was recognized by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, is dead, and Xiao Chaogui, the spokesperson of the Heavenly Brother, is a good person in Sufu Province, will they speak for Wei Changhui? In people's minds. It's getting clearer. Everyone understands that Wei Changhui is staring and deceiving people. However, no one dared to expose the truth. The hall was deadly silent, except for Wei Changhui's dry screams. No response.

Zhang Chunhou, the secretary of the North Palace, was afraid that his master would not be able to step down, so he said: "Everyone, do you hear clearly? Six thousand years old said that this is the Father's holy decree and cannot be changed. Please sign your name in the ranks, so that the 6,000-year-old can take over the power of the kingdom of heaven as soon as possible and rule the four directions on behalf of the king of heaven. Which one signed first, huh? At this time, someone had already prepared to go down to the four treasures of the study. In addition, he also spread a piece of yellow silk on another table.

There was still silence in the hall. Wei Changhui's face turned from white to blue, from blue to purple, and the green tendons on his forehead bulged higher and higher. There was a vicious light in his eyes, sweeping at every face. Suddenly, he stopped on Meng Deen's face and said with a smile: "Master Meng, you can take the lead first!" Zhang Chunhou saw it and hurriedly handed the brush over.

Mond stood in the middle of the crowd, crossed his hands over his chest, and said coldly, "I don't sign!" "Smack!" Wei Changhui slapped the table: "You dare to disobey the Holy Father's decree?" "I didn't hear the words of the Father. All I heard was the whispers of madmen. "Who do you say is a madman?" "You! It's you Wei Changhui! Meng Deen suddenly raised his voice, pointed at Wei Changhui, and said, "The country will prosper, and there will be good generals; The country will perish, and evil will come out. Our good Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be bad in your hands. You were born in a bookstore, and you oppressed the township, and you have long been guilty of the people. I, the Heavenly King, the Heavenly Father, have the virtue of a good life, and I will accept you without blaming the past. In terms of military exploits, you are not as good as the four kings of the east, west, south, and wing; In terms of morality, you can't compare to the generals in the camp. However, under the heavy use of the Heavenly King, you have only ascended to the 6,000-year-old throne of the Northern King, and anyone who has a little flesh and blood can not engrave his heart to repay his kindness? I just met the scum of you. You have taken advantage of the danger of others, stirred up trouble, falsely preached holy decrees, harmed innocents, and committed countless bad deeds. Today, they are brazenly plotting to usurp power, and they are vainly trying to drag us into the fire pit. Hmph, how poisonous the intentions are! You remember, evil is rewarded with evil, and good is rewarded with good. What you do will definitely leave a reputation for a thousand years and a stench for thousands of years! ”

"Presumptuous!" Wei Changhui was so angry that his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I want your life first!" Look at which of us dies without a place to be buried! Meng Deen said, "What joy is the husband's life, and what is the fear of death." As long as I die innocently, I will smile at Jiuquan! ”

"Kill him!" Wei Changhui roared: "Disemboweled, digging out his heart!" When the knife hand rushed up, he was about to make a move, and Montdeen shouted, "I will go myself!" After that, he hugged his fist at the hundred officials: "Everyone, I'm one step ahead!" Then he flicked his sleeves and strode out of the hall.

The hall was silent again, and it was frighteningly quiet. After a short time, the knife hand came in to report that he had disemboweled. Wei Changhui was not at ease, so he asked his henchmen to ask Liu Naixin to inspect it, and ordered someone to feed Meng Deen's body to the dogs.

After a tragic killing, Wei Changhui seemed to have received a little comfort. He faced Hu Yihuang and asked, "Your Highness, please take the lead in signing a name!" Hu Yihuang said very calmly: "May I ask 6,000 years old, what is the use of signing?" Wei Changhui saw that Hu Yihuang's attitude was calm, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his heart, and said: "This has three meanings. The first is to show loyalty to the Father, the second is to let all the subjects know, and the third is to show that all the officials are of the same opinion, so that they can follow me in their faithful work. ”

"I think in the final analysis, there is only one point, and that is to unanimously support your mastery of Tianjing and outside!" "Yes, yes, it can be explained like that." Wei Changhui nodded awkwardly. Suddenly, Hu Yihuang laughed loudly, and the more he laughed, the louder he laughed, and the more he laughed, the more crazy he became. Wei Changhui hurriedly asked, "You, what do you mean by this?" Hu Yihuang said word by word: "I laugh at you for being naΓ―ve, ignorant, and ignorant!" ”

"You-" Without waiting for Wei Changhui to speak, Hu Yihuang hurriedly said: "It's a pity that you have been studying for many years, but you don't know etiquette, you don't know what to do, you don't understand people, and you don't know how to smell and smell." I know that I am fighting for power, insatiable, and what you do can be called unprecedented! It's hard for you to think so cleverly, let us accompany you to usurp power. Hmph, it's a ridiculous joke. You haven't thought about it, can I obey you? You can kill, you can disembowel, but you can't bring me to my knees. ”

After hearing this, Wei Changhui stepped in front of Hu Yihuang and sneered: "So, you are tired of it?" Hu Yihuang said: "Please!" "Do you sign or not?" "I just said it, why bother asking again!" "I'll give you another chance." "This opportunity is the greatest shame for me." Wei Changhui said: "You really don't know how to lift!" "Raised by you, three generations of my ancestors have felt disgraced!" "Presumptuous!" Wei Changhui stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword: "Are you really not afraid of death?" Hu Yihuang tore off his clothes: "I'm not a hero if I'm afraid of death!" "Yikes!" Wei Changhui roared, and the sword pierced Hu Yihuang's chest. Hu Yihuang's body shook violently, his eyes rolled round, his eyebrows were spurted, and a mouthful of blood sprayed onto Wei Changhui's face. After that, he died a heroic death. Wei Changhui hurriedly wiped away the blood stains and ordered someone to carry the body away.

After these two attempts, Wei Changhui was also discouraged. He ordered people to imprison the hundred officials in the Beifu Flower Hall, and did not let any of them go. Then he shouted, "Bring the wine!" A ginseng brought a pot of "Jinling Daqu", four dishes of side dishes. Wei Changhui drank the wine dry, and shouted: "Pass on my commandments, gather all the soldiers and soldiers, and attack the Heavenly King's Mansion with me!" (To be continued......)