Chapter 176: The Tianjing Massacre
Huang Weijiang worried: "This time, His Royal Highness the East King was killed, there are many doubts, how could the Heavenly King capture Wei Changhui so quickly, we still have to be careful." ”
Ji Wenyuan still had tears on his face, and retorted: "How did the Heavenly King lie to us, Brother Huang is too worried. ”
Lu Xianba walked over, pretended to be very sad, and persuaded: "Brothers, don't be suspicious, I saw Wei Changhui, a dog thief, being caught by the Heavenly King. ”
Liu Shaoting did not doubt him, and echoed: "Brother Lu is the henchman of the East King, he won't lie to us, let's go and have a look." ”
More than 6,000 people from the backbone of the East King Palace went to the Tianwang Mansion to watch Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang being tortured.
Walking into the Heavenly King's Mansion, Ji Wenyuan suddenly had a feeling of panic, and suddenly panicked, this feeling only existed when the Northern Expedition was surrounded by the Qing army.
Huang Weijiang saw Ji Wenyuan pulling his sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Brother Ji also feels inappropriate?" ”
Ji Wenyuan dragged Huang Weijiang to avoid Lu Xianba, and also whispered: "I think Lu Xianba is too nervous, there must be fraud in it, let's go back and wait and see before making a decision." ”
The two found Yang Xiuqing's brother-in-law Liu Shaoting, but Liu Shaoting resolutely opposed it, ignored the proposal of the two, and went straight to follow the flow of people and entered the Tianwang Mansion.
Huang Weijiang and Ji Wenyuan returned to the barracks with more than 30 supervisors, inspectors, and commanders, waiting for the results.
Huang Weijiang was already hopeless in his heart, and proposed: "We will lead the army into the Heavenly King's Mansion, chop Wei Changhui and others into meat sauce, and then ask the Heavenly King for guilt?" ”
Guozong Yang Fuqing was still immersed in the shock of Yang Xiuqing's execution, and hated the traitor Lu Xianba, and Yang Xiuqing was killed. As the sect of the Eastern Kingdom, he is bound to die, and I heard that Huang Weijiang advocated asking the Heavenly King for guilt. Immediately refused: "This matter must not be done, we still don't know the thoughts of the Heavenly King." How can you be restrained? ”
"Two marquis, news has come from the Heavenly King's Mansion that Wei Changhui will kill all the people who entered the Heavenly King's Mansion!"
Ji Wenyuan looked at the fine work that the East King had placed in the Heavenly King's Mansion, and stepped forward to ask, "What the hell is going on?" You tell me carefully! ”
Xi Zuo cried: "The generals entered the Tianwang Mansion, and then the guards took away their weapons, Wei Changhui pretended to be tortured, Lu Xianba was bewitched on the side, and the brothers believed it and clapped their hands. Later, Lu Xianba falsely passed on the will of the Heavenly King, suspended the execution, Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang were escorted away, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the square was surrounded by soldiers of the Heavenly Army, and thousands of people watching the execution were surrounded, and then they were driven into two warehouses. ”
Yang Fuqing scolded: "Lu Xianba is so shameless, I can't wait to eat his flesh raw!" ”
Ji Wenyuan asked, "What happened later?" How could all the brothers have died? ”
Carefully stabilized his emotions and said the process in one breath: "Wei Changhui has been prepared for a long time. Many explosives were prepared in advance, and when the brothers were driven into the storehouse, they instructed someone to throw explosives into the storehouse, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties. Wei Changhui sent elite soldiers into the treasury, and all the brothers who entered the city were killed! ”
Huang Weijiang said angrily: "Let's lead the troops into the Heavenly King's Mansion, I must kill Wei Changhui, the dog thief." ”
Ji Wenyuan decided to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom when he left the Heavenly King's Mansion. said to Huang Weijiang: "The brothers of the East King Palace have been slaughtered, how can the sergeants of the army attack the Heavenly King's Mansion?" Maybe the king of heaven said a word. They captured us and offered them to Wei Changhui, a dog thief. ”
Ji Wenyuan laughed miserably: "This must be the order of the Heavenly King." If we go to the Heavenly King's Mansion, we will all be killed, so we have to think of a different way. ”
Huang Weijiang nodded, this situation will definitely happen, and asked Ji Wenyuan, "Then what do you say?" ”
The surviving inspectors and commanders all looked at Ji Wenyuan.
Ji Wenyuan said: "Lead the troops to leave Tianjing, let's go to Guizhou, where there are many old departments of the Eastern King." ”
Huang Weijiang smiled bitterly and said dejectedly: "What about Guizhou? As soon as the edict of the Heavenly King arrives, we are not yet captured! ”
All the inspectors and commanders agreed, and their faces were like ashes.
Ji Wenyuan looked around and whispered: "Don't hide it from all the brothers, when the Northern Expedition failed, I led the remnants of the army to retreat to the Han Kingdom, you all know about this!" ”
Yang Fuqing, Huang Weijiang and others nodded.
Ji Wenyuan continued: "Although the Northern Expeditionary Army was detained by the King of Han, when I left Nanjing, the King of Han gave an explanation, guess what he said? ”
Yang Fuqing had a premonition that the vitality was in the words of King Han, and said hurriedly: "Brother Ji, don't sell the lawsuit, what did His Royal Highness the King of Han say?" ”
Ji Wenyuan admired: "King Han told me at that time that the king of the east would not know how to restrain himself, and he would be framed by the villain!" ”
Huang Weijiang was stunned and muttered: "King Han is a god!" How could he have expected what was happening today! ”
A group of inspectors and conductors also discussed:
"King Han is a heavenly master, and it is not surprising that Wei Changhui wants to kill His Royal Highness the King of the East."
"But why didn't the King of Han remind His Royal Highness the King of the East, did he watch His Royal Highness the King of the East being killed just because of a little suspicion in the Northern Expedition?"
"What do you know as a little conductor? By the way, you are from Sichuan, and you don't know the relationship between the king of the east of Lu Dao and the king of Han. ”
Huang Weijiang waved his hand and said angrily: "Shut up, now is the time for life and death!" Brother Ji, did His Royal Highness the King of Han say anything else? ”
Ji Wenyuan said: "King Han asked us to defect to him, he doesn't care about his previous suspicions, what do you think?" ”
Huang Weijiang put his mind at ease, being able to defect to the King of Han is also a blessing in disguise, he is not optimistic about the future of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he is reluctant to make a name for himself, and now that the East King has been killed, he has also become a thorn in the side of the King of Heaven and others, and the Kingdom of Heaven cannot tolerate him.
"Let's dedicate Guizhou to the King of Han!" Huang Weijiang stared at everyone's eyes and said word by word.
Ji Wenyuan had already had this intention, and immediately praised: "That's right! The king is unkind, don't blame us for being unfaithful. ”
When Wei Changhui heard that Ji Wenyuan and Huang Weijiang had returned to the barracks halfway, he waited in fear, for fear that they would lead troops to attack the Heavenly King's Mansion and kill him.
Qin Rigang heard that Ji Wenyuan was gathering the old department of the East King, and he was anxious: "I regret that I shouldn't have killed Yang Xiuqing, Ji Wenyuan and Huang Weijiang have prestige in the East King Palace, this, how can this be good!" ”
Wei Changhui sneered: "We have already formed a mortal enmity with His Royal Highness the Eastern King, even if we want to reconcile now, do you think Ji Wenyuan will agree?" We're still waiting for news, it's a big deal, let's kill Tianjing. ”
"Report, His Royal Highness the King of the North, Ji Wenyuan and Huang Weijiang led 100,000 soldiers and civilians out of Tianjing City and collected all the ships to go south along the Nie River."
Lu Xianba asked, "Is there a remnant of Yang Xiuqing in the city?" ”
"There are still a few thousand people in the city who do not want to follow."
Wei Changhui asked with murderous intent: "Ji Wenyuan, they really came out of Tianjing City?" ”
"The little one investigates in person, and there is no mistake."
"God help me!" Wei Changhui smiled proudly: "Everyone, there are still remnants of the East King in the city, let's go and arrest them, we would rather kill a hundred wrong ones than let one go!" ”
"Yes, it's better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots than to raise a tiger!" Lu Xianba has also been killed, and now the people in the East Hall know that he lured those thousands of people to come to the Heavenly King's Mansion, and he has no way out.
Qin Rigang couldn't bear it, the thousands of people killed in the early morning were all old brothers in Guangxi, and many of them were still mining with him, and if he killed him, he would attack women, children and children.
Wei Changhui patted Qin Rigang on the back and asked coldly, "Brother Qin, you are scared!" ”
Qin Rigang looked at Wei Changhui's weird smile, shook his head again and again, and argued, "What is the little brother afraid of?" Everything is up to my brother! ”
"Kill"
Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang personally inspected the streets, and the crazy slaughter of people related to Yang Xiuqing rushed in to kill the whole family, and the killing lasted for two days and two nights, and there was a bloody atmosphere in the sky over Tianjing City.
Shi Dakai heard that Wei Changhui led his troops to Tianjing, and immediately rushed to Tianjing single-handedly, he didn't want to miss the credit of Yang Xiuqing, and he didn't want to miss the division of Yang Xiuqing's subordinates.
Lu Xianba, who was in charge of Tianjing City's defense, received Shi Dakai, and he said proudly:
"His Royal Highness the Wing King is a step late, Yang Xiuqing has been killed by His Royal Highness the Northern King."
Shi Dakai smiled reluctantly: "Then congratulations to Brother Beiwang, the younger brother has been away from Tianjing for too long, so go back to the palace first." ”
Wei Guohou Huang Yukun heard that Shi Dakai had returned, and his frightened thoughts finally let go.
Shi Dakai saw that the palace guards were all equipped with swords and were ready to fight at any time, and asked Huang Yukun, "What does Lord Yuezhang mean by this?" Yang Xiuqing has been killed, why are you so nervous? ”
Huang Yukun hurriedly told Shi Dakai in detail what happened in Tianjing.
Shi Dakai said angrily: "How can the North King kill innocents so indiscriminately, I'll go to him to theorize!" ”
Huang Yukun hurriedly grabbed Shi Dakai and persuaded: "You shouldn't come back, now that the Northern King and they have killed the red eyes, as long as the people who have spoken to Yang Xiuqing will not let go, if you go alone, won't you fall into the net." ”
Shi Dakai shook his head, he didn't want the killing to continue, and said to Huang Yukun: "There are five hundred foreign guns in the palace treasury, which were given to me by Brother Han Wang, you go and let the guards take them out and guard the palace." ”
"His Royal Highness the King of the North, the Winged King asks to see"
Wei Changhui greeted him with a smile and said to Shi Dakai: "Why is the virtuous brother only here now!" Yang Xiuqing has been killed by me, and this credit can fall on the head of my brother. ”
Shi Dakai frowned and asked: "The Heavenly King only planned to kill Yang Xiuqing at the beginning, but now the city is like hell, with tens of thousands of dead and injured people, so let's stop quickly and ask the Heavenly King for guilt!" ”
Wei Changhui's smile slowly faded, and he asked rhetorically, "Excuse yourself from the Heavenly King?" Hum! This king kills all the people who deserve to die, what a crime! Virtuous brother should think about it! ”
The two parted unhappily, and Shi Dakai left the Beiwang Mansion angrily.
When Qin Rigang heard that Wei Changhui wanted to intercept and kill Shi Dakai, he was scared, so he secretly sent someone to report the news to Shi Dakai.
Shi Dakai found out that there was really a large army in the North Wangfu to kill the Yiwang Mansion, and he was panicked, and immediately ran to the Yiwang Mansion, crossed a few streets, and found that Wei Changhui had sent someone to set up a roadblock to intercept the road, hesitated for a moment, and took advantage of the fact that the city gate had not yet received the news, and went out of Tianjing City. (To be continued......)