Wei Changhui's legs were frightened, and he quickly kowtowed: "The little brother is ignorant, if it weren't for the fourth brother's reminder, the little brother would have a tender belly, and he would hardly know this." He concluded that the more silent Yang Xiuqing was, the greater the killing chance, and Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, and Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, all died in this situation.

Wei Changhui went back to find his brother Wei Zhong and asked about the matter, seeing that his younger brother was so anxious, Wei Zhong didn't dare to hide it, and told him the original story, Wei Changhui suddenly said: "Woe to me, woe to me, the king of the east wants to kill my whole family!" ”

Wei Zhong was shocked, and hurriedly said: "I broke into the disaster alone, what is the matter with my family?" If you want to kill, kill me. ”

After Wei Yuanjie learned about the situation of Lu Dao, he was also at a loss, and the family discussed for a long time before deciding that Wei Changhui would execute Wei Zhong and make amends to Yang Xiuqing.

Wei Zhong also felt that it was better to die than to kill the whole family, and he said to Wei Changhui in private: "The king of the East is arbitrary and ambitious, don't go against him." ”

Wei Changhui tearfully agreed, and the next day he divided Wei Zhong's five horses in front of the city gate, and took the head to the East Wangfu to apologize.

Huang Weijiang met Wei Changhui in the East Wangfu, and hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye, Wei Changhui stepped forward to help Huang Weijiang and said: "Brother Xian wants to say a few good words for me in front of the East King, my brother is ignorant and has offended nine thousand years old." ”

Huang Weijiang said with trepidation: "Your Highness is joking, His Royal Highness the East King has a lot of trust in the North King, how can it be the turn of the little marquis to talk more." ”

Wei Changhui smiled and patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the East Palace.

Huang Weijiang thought that Wei Changhui was so ruthless, so he found Yang Xiuqing and persuaded him: "The king of the north has a grudge against the king of the east, please prepare for the king of the east as soon as possible." ”

Yang Xiuqing snorted heavily, very unhappy in his heart, and said: "Even if he has a grudge, the villain with three swords on both sides, he can't make any waves." ”

Huang Weijiang stubbornly said: "It's better to take out his military power first to prevent him from ...... The villain retired. Seeing Yang Xiuqing slapping the teacup on the table, Huang Weijiang hurriedly retreated, and sighed secretly: Dongwang is becoming more and more arbitrary, and he can't listen to his advice, I am his brother-in-law, and they are all drinking like this, let alone others.

Hong Xiuquan woke up in the morning and had a strong feeling that his dream of heaven was about to come true, and hurriedly summoned all the kings and feudal lords of heaven to his "palace" to discuss matters.

Hong Xiuquan sat on the high seat and said to Yang Xiuqing, who was sitting next to him: "Qing compatriots, when did you say that you sent heavenly soldiers to destroy the Xianfeng Demon Head." ”

Yang Xiuqing tried his best to make himself look majestic, looked at the generals at all levels below and said: "I plan to send a three-way heavenly army to attack the Qing Demon, the first way, there is Sichuan to go north to bypass Shanxi, and go straight to Beijing, the nest of the Qing Demon." The second way was to attack Hubei and Henan from Sichuan to the east to expand the territory of the Heavenly Kingdom. The third way, attack Chengdu to the west and destroy all the Qing demons in Sichuan. ”

Hong Xiuquan smiled happily, Yang Xiuqing's three-way plan scratched his itch, and asked with a smile: "What the Qing compatriots said is exactly what I want, my heavenly army should destroy the demons in the world in one go, and build a paradise together, Qing compatriots, who can lead the troops?" When will the troops be sent? ”

Yang Xiuqing was very satisfied with Hong Xiuquan's attitude, and said unyieldingly: "Lin Fengxiang, deputy prime minister of Tianguan, led the first army on the left, Li Kaifang, prime minister of the local official, led the second army on the right, and Ji Wenyuan, deputy prime minister of Chunguan, led the fourth army on the right to attack Yandu as the first road. ”

Hong Xiuquan was silent, he knew that the first army on the left and the second army on the right were all composed of the most elite Guangxi brothers in the Heavenly Kingdom, and they used to belong to the command of Xiao Chaogui, and he thought that in addition to these two armies, which other troops could attack Beijing? He shook his head and stopped talking.

Yang Xiuqing saw that Hong Xiuquan did not object, looked at Wei Changhui and said: "With Chang compatriot as the main general, lead the army to the east to conquer Hubei." The third way is for me and the Heavenly King. After speaking, he glanced at Lu Xianba.

Lu Xianba got Yang Xiuqing's hint, got up and bowed to the Heavenly King and said, "I'm afraid that there are too few heavenly soldiers in the Eastern Expedition, so it's better to find a strong reinforcement!" ”

Huang Weijiang continued: "Hubei is a major land of demons in the Qing Dynasty, and there must be a large number of demon soldiers stationed in it, if Li Yunzhong, the king of Han who is entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, sends troops to support, my heavenly soldiers will be able to occupy Hubei." ”

Hong Xiuquan's face quickly turned blue, he deliberately stayed in Jingzhou, Hubei Province for half a month, just hoping that Li Yunzhong would invite him to Nanjing, but he didn't expect to wait for a letter that humiliated him, which made him angry, and even Shi Dakai, who always spoke for Li Yunzhong, complained about it, according to his ideas, he would deprive Li Yunzhong of the title of King of Han if he had the opportunity, and let him fend for himself.

Yang Xiuqing saw that Hong Xiuquan did not agree to contact Li Yunzhong to jointly send troops to Hubei, so he immediately danced with his hands and said something in his mouth.

All the princes knelt on the ground together, shouting in unison: "Welcome to the Heavenly Father", and even the Heavenly King Hong Xiu, who was sitting at the top, walked down and knelt down.

"Heavenly Father" said: "Personal grievances are small, and the elimination of demons is big, Xiuquan, I know that you resent King Han, but you are all my sons, you must work together to build a paradise on earth, remember to remember, I will go." ”

Hong Xiuquan tried his best to put a smile on his face, and asked Yang Xiuqing: "Who do you think the Qing compatriots will send to contact the King of Han to send troops." ”

Yang Xiuqing pretended to think about it for a while, looked at Shi Dakai and said: "It's more appropriate for Da to go, Da Hu has a lot of friendship with the King of Han, and he will definitely be able to persuade the King of Han to send troops." ”

Shi Dakai hurriedly said: "The junior brother must do his best to persuade Brother Han Wang to send troops." ”

After Yang Xiuqing went back, he summoned Shi Da to meet him, and said to Shi Dakai who was confused: "Li Yunzhong will definitely agree to send troops this time, after you come back, you will go directly to Hubei to find Yang Fuqing, and I will leave an edict with him, appointing you as the chief general of the Eastern Expedition, and letting the Northern King return to Tianjing to make other arrangements." ”

Shi Dakai said worriedly: "Brother ...... of the King of the North"

Yang Xiuqing interrupted him and said, "You don't have to worry about him, okay, you can go down." ”

Shi Dakai walked out of the Dongwang Mansion with a full stomach, secretly thinking that Brother Beiwang has always been cautious in front of the East Wang, how could Brother Dongwang deprive him of his military power, Brother Beiwang wants to go to Hubei, and it is bound to hand over the military power of Tianjing City Defense, and when I replace Beiwang to sit in Wuchang, won't Brother Beiwang ......

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Jiao Jing escorted a group of people to Nanjing City, the women, old and young added up to more than 100 people, many of whom were tied up, and there were about 1,000 people on the left and right escorts.

Zuo Zongtang angrily found Li Yunzhong and said angrily: "Your Highness has trapped me in injustice!" My reputation was ruined in forty years. ”

Li Yunzhong wondered: "Why is Mr. so angry, I'll teach him a lesson." ”

"Why did Your Highness force my relatives and friends to come to Nanjing, and some people were tied up, this is not for me to ...... Cough...... cough ......" Zuo Zongtang asked breathlessly.

Li Yunzhong hurriedly stepped forward and patted him on the back, and said unscrupulously: "Jiao Jing is so bold!" I obviously told him to invite people over 'respectfully', but he actually ......, and the gentleman was angry, so I went to appease them. ”

Zuo Zongtang stopped Li Yunzhong and said: "It's useless, I was just scolded by them, Your Highness, if you go again, won't it add fuel to the fire!" When they are gone, I'll try to persuade them again. ”

Looking at Zuo Zongtang, who was thinking about him, Li Yunzhong was really moved, and he didn't think about it when he was dizzy: "Mr. doesn't have to be like this, let me go, maybe they will scold me and be angry." ”

Zuo Zongtang was really worried that his fellow villagers would be angry with Li Yunzhong's scolding, and he ordered them all to be beheaded.

Li Yunzhong saw Zuo Zongtang's uneasy look, and said: "I promise that I won't fight back, and if I don't scold back, Mr. rest assured that I'm waiting for my good news here." He didn't want Zuo Zongtang to see him embarrassed.

Walking to the door of the post house, Li Yunzhong already regretted it, and secretly scolded himself for being cheap, and he didn't have anything to do to be scolded! Nervously entered the post house, drove all the errand personnel inside out of the post house quietly, and forbade others to enter and leave the post house.

"Brother Zhao, how can you excuse the anti-thieves, now the chaos and the misery are all caused by these anti-thieves!"

"No, Brother Yang, now it is the inaction of the imperial court, allowing foreigners to bully, and the people of the world can't survive, so they rebel."

Li Yunzhong nodded when he heard this, this "Brother Zhao" can be taken for his own use.

"Brother Yang, why bother talking to him, the surname Zhao is not our Hunan people, it must be a spy planted among us by the thief, hum...... I don't think you're going to waste your time. ”

"Yes, Brother Yang, the eldest brother is right, the surname Zhao is uneasy and kind, and he speaks for the anti-thief."

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