Chapter 177: The Incident Settles
The great change in Tianjing, the news of Yang Xiuqing's killing, was spread by Shi Da, who escaped from Tianjing.
The reactions of all parties were different, although the Qing army was elated, celebrated, no longer have to worry about the long hair as a disaster, there are smart people who write a song to boast about how big a victory they have fought, killing countless enemies, the puppet king Hong Xiuquan was furious, and executed Yang Xiuqing, the puppet king of the long hair.
When the soldiers and civilians of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom heard that Yang Xiuqing had been killed, they were already excited, and when they heard that the soldiers of Tianjing had been slaughtered, they all fought hard and led their troops to attack Tianjing and kill the traitors with a roar. Although Yang Xiuqing did not mince words about the high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Kingdom, and the high-ranking officials also knew a lot about the 'Heavenly Father's descent to earth', the low-level generals really believed in Yang Xiuqing's set and worshiped him like a god.
Shi Dakai, who fled to Suining, raised his arms and shouted, and the surrounding heavenly troops responded and marched towards Suining, and 100,000 people came to converge in less than ten days, Shi Dakai was worried about the safety of Tianjing's family, and ordered the rest of the army to rush back to his own defense area to garrison, and he personally led an army of 100,000 to Tianjing.
And the massacre of Tianjing City has not stopped, Wei Changhui not only killed Yang Xiuqing's henchmen, but also those who offended him were also killed, and then no one could kill, so he chased the wind and caught the shadow, and all those who sympathized with Yang Xiuqing were also killed, and the officials and generals of Tianjing City dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, even Qin Rigang, who was also a henchman, also felt that the killing was too much, and secretly ordered his generals to act when they saw the opportunity.
Wei Changhui felt that there was a smell of blood wrapped around his body, so he changed many clothes, but the smell always lingered, and then he had no clothes to change, so he wore Yang Xiuqing's Dongwang suit, which made him feel better, and his subordinate generals saw him so healing. They all looked sideways, and some couldn't help but admonish. was immediately killed by Wei Changhui under the pretext of sympathizing with Yang Xiuqing, and the rest of the people did not dare to persuade each other anymore. This made Wei Changhui more and more proud, and felt that he could be Yang Xiuqing's second.
"Report, Qiqi two highnesses, the Wing King has gathered 100,000 heavenly troops in Suining, and they are coming in the direction of Tianjing, and all the defenders along the way have joined in, and the number is still increasing."
Wei Changhui was dizzy for a while, and shouted frantically: "What Wing King! He is rebellious, rebellious! Come! Drag this man down and behead him. If anyone calls Shi Da Kaifeng again, they will be beheaded! ”
Qin Rigang waited for Wei Changhui to calm down, and persuaded: "This matter is not trivial, Shi Dakai is bewitching the army and civilians outside and marching into Tianjing, it is obviously a bad intention, and we should report to the Heavenly King." ”
Wei Changhui nodded his forehead again and again, and his depression was swept away, and he praised: "What the virtuous brother said is good. No matter how powerful Shi Da is, as long as the Heavenly King has an edict, he will not be captured, let's gather all the generals to go to the Heavenly King's Mansion. ”
Qin Rigang looked at Wei Changhui, who was wearing the East King robe. He stopped talking, sighed secretly, and followed.
"The King of Heaven has an order. All those who enter the palace must unarm their weapons before they can be seen. ”
Wei Changhui, who has been killing continuously in the past few days, will never leave his sword. Subconsciously scolded: "Presumptuous, I am ordered by the King of Heaven." Cut off the treacherous, you want to die! ”
The guards were not afraid, and felt that Wei Changhui did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the Heavenly King's Mansion, and repeated: "The Heavenly King has an order, and all those who enter the palace must unarm their weapons before they can be seen." ”
"Bold!" Wei Changhui saw that he repeatedly disobeyed him, so he couldn't help but pull out his sword and stab him to death.
Qin Rigang was horrified, stopped Wei Changhui and said, "Brother Beiwang, be sober, this is the Heavenly King's Mansion!" How can you be presumptuous here! ”
Wei Changhui reacted, returned his long sword, and announced loudly: "This person is the remnant of the East King, this king has long known that he killed this thief today, you have to defend me in front of the king, okay, the traitor is dead, everyone put down their swords, follow me to meet the king." ”
"Obedience"
Everyone waited in the Jinluan Hall for half an hour, but they did not see the Heavenly King appear.
Wei Changhui couldn't help but ask the guards, "Why hasn't the Heavenly King received us yet?" ”
The female guard replied, "The Heavenly King is handling affairs in the harem, please wait for a while, His Royal Highness the Northern King." ”
Qin Rigang was amused and disappointed, they worked desperately to contribute to the kingdom of heaven and risked killing Yang Xiuqing, half a month has passed, and the king of heaven is still in the mood to spoil the harem!
Wei Changhui saw the gorgeous chair in front of him, which was made for Yang Xiuqing when he was in the court, Wei Changhui felt that standing was also waiting, sitting was also waiting, so he simply sat on it and looked around.
Everyone looked at Wei Changhui in horror, is His Royal Highness the Northern King crazy?
Hong Xiu, who had just vented, was refreshed, slowly came to the Jinluan Palace, glanced at Lu, almost didn't scare him into incontinence, and saw Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, in a trance, he was still so majestic, looking at his eyes mixed with a little disdain.
Hong Xiuquan held the royal table, tried to make a sound, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
Wei Changhui saw Hong Xiuquan asking, got up and said, "The King of Heaven doesn't know Xiaodi, I am Wei Changhui, the King of the North." ”
Hong Xiuquan saw him clearly now, it turned out that he was just Wei Changhui who was wearing Dongwang's clothes, and he sentenced Wei Changhui to death in his heart, he was too ignorant, it seemed that he wanted to be the second Yang Xiuqing.
"What are you doing here?"
Wei Changhui replied: "The Heavenly King, who rebelled against Shi Da Kaiju or the Heavenly Army, is now coming to Tianjing, and I ask the Heavenly King to send down an edict and make him bow down and confess his sins." ”
Hong Xiuquan was suspicious and shocked, since he learned that Yang Xiuqing was going to kill him, he no longer believed in the so-called loyalty, and when he heard that Shi Da had marched into Tianjing, he thought he was going to rebel, and said in a trembling voice: "That's right, I will issue an edict to let them return to their respective jurisdictions and not act rashly." ”
Wei Changhui took the edict and sent someone to immediately rush to Shi Dakai's army to read it.
On this day, Shi Dakai's army marched to Tongliang.
Fu Zhongxin, Lai Yuxin, and Yu Zhongfu were the first generals to defect to Shi Dakai, and they were all high-ranking and powerful, all of whom were prime ministers, and each commanded an army of 20,000 troops stationed around Tianjing as a barrier.
The herald found Fu Zhongxin, Yu Zhongfu and Lai Yuxin, and said: "Your Excellency, His Royal Highness the Wing King has something to call. ”
Shi Dakai took out Hong Xiuquan's edict and asked the generals: "This edict has been spread among our army, and three people have already sent it to this king, what do you think?" ”
Fu Zhongxin took the edict, read it roughly, and announced loudly: "This is a false summons, and the king of heaven has been held hostage by treachery. If you don't wait, you should continue to march and destroy the rebels. ”
Yu Zhongfu echoed: "What Prime Minister Fu said is right. I was stationed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Tianjing, and I personally inspected the floating corpses floating in Tianjing. Men, women, and children, all of them died tragically, and if we don't kill the traitor this time, I know that we will not be harmed by them. ”
"What Prime Minister Yu said is right, since we follow the advice of the Wing King, we will definitely persevere to the end." One of the inspectors stood up and spoke out.
"Cut off the treacherous and persevere." Another inspector chimed in.
The rest of the people shouted:
"Cut off the treacherous. Stay the course! Cut off the treacherous and persevere! ”
"Cut off the treacherous and persevere! Cut off the treacherous and persevere! ”
Shi Da opened the secret path when the time was ripe, got up and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and said fiercely: "Tianjing City was slaughtered, Wei Changhui's head is missing, this king will never retreat!" ”
When the news of Shi Dakai's stationing in Aoki Pass reached Tianjing, Wei Changhui could no longer calm down.
Qin Rigang hurriedly came to the Beiwang Mansion. Handing over the edict, he asked in fear: "Since we led the troops into Tianjing, the Heavenly King has never summoned him, why hasn't Shi Dakai attacked Tianjing yet." And the king of heaven summoned us? ”
Wei Changhui had already seen Hong Xiuquan's true face, and his face was ugly: "If you and I are regarded as outcasts, Shi Dakai will lead an army of 100,000." We only have 5,000, and of course the Heavenly King will have a choice. I'm afraid that as soon as we enter the Heavenly King's Mansion, we will be separated. ”
Qin Rigang also thought so. Hurriedly asked: "Brother Beiwang has a good plan, why don't we also lead our troops back to our respective jurisdictions, the king of heaven sees that we are obedient, and may go around our lives." ”
Slowly shook his head, Wei Changhui didn't want to pin his hopes on Hong Xiu's body, he suspected that Yang Xiuqing's efforts to force Wan Sui to be sealed were all instructed by Hong Xiuquan, and he single-handedly planned to kill Yang, but unfortunately he didn't expect Shi Da to hold a meeting to enter Tianjing.
"We have fallen into the hands of the Heavenly King, no matter what, the Heavenly King will not let me go, Brother Qin now has only one and two endless, let's take the opportunity to attack the Heavenly King's Mansion and take Hong Xiuquan's head to clear it!"
Qin Rigang waved his hand and shook his head again, and persuaded repeatedly: "Brother, think twice, Hong Xiuquan has a deep prestige in the army, I'm afraid that the generals below will not agree to act like this, let's change the way." ”
Wei Changhui continued to persuade: "Brother Xian is too worried, there are only some bigfoot girls left in the Tianwang Mansion, how to stop the elite soldiers under his command, let's take Hong Xiu's head and take a boat to Hubei, we can keep safe." ”
Seeing that Wei Changhui was resolute, Qin Rigang rolled his eyes and nodded, "Okay, I'll go and transfer troops." ”
Half an hour later
Hong Xiu's face turned red and asked Qin Rigang, "Is that really what Wei Changhui said?" ”
Qin Rigang clasped his head and replied: "What the junior brother said is true, and he doesn't dare to deceive at all." ”
'Bang' Hong Xiuquan laughed angrily, and said hatefully: "The kingdom of heaven is unfortunate, first Yang Xiuqing came out, and then Wei Changhui came out, this rebel still wants to murder me!" Hurry up and bring him to me, and I will put him to death. ”
"Oh no, the Heavenly King, the Northern King led his troops to surround the Heavenly King's Mansion!" Xie Wanmei, the leader of the female soldiers, came in in a panic to report.
Hong Xiuquan said lightly: "I already know the way, and there will be heavenly soldiers to help me kill the enemy later, and your female army will take precautions first, don't let the people from the north kill in." ”
Xie Wanmei immediately calmed down and bowed and retreated.
Qin Rigang looked at Hong Xiuquan with wide eyes, waiting for the order.
Hong Xiuquan said with a smile: "Wei Changhui is perverse, I expected that today, you will send people to surround the Beiwang Mansion, capture the prisoners alive, and wait until I capture Wei Changhui and execute them together." ”
Qin Rigang whispered: "Wei is rampant, and the junior brother is willing to take his head and dedicate it to the Heavenly King." ”
Hong Xiu was the first to be the first, and seeing Qin Rigang's sincerity, he finally smiled and said, "You sent troops to attack Wei Changhui, and I only punished Wei Changhui alone." ”
"Obedience"
Wei Changhui was angry, he didn't expect these girls to be so resilient, and they were no less than the elite people under his command.
"Kill"
Xie Wanmei shouted loudly to the siege troops below: "Brothers outside the city, listen, Wei Changhui rebelled against the kingdom of heaven, and the king of heaven only punished Wei Changhui alone, and those who captured Wei Changhui alive will be rewarded by the king of heaven." ”
The besieging troops were already suspicious of attacking the Heavenly King's Mansion, and they retreated one after another when they heard the words.
Wei Changhui saw that the matter was irreparable, and fled towards the North Mansion with 200 cronies.
"Capture Wei Changhui alive!"
Qin Rigang just blocked Wei Changhui's way, and easily captured Wei Changhui alive.
After Wei Changhui was captured alive, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan ordered him to be divided into five horses, and cut off his head and sent it to the army of the Wing King Shi Dakai to take Shi Dakai back to Beijing. In order to vent the anger of the soldiers and civilians of the Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan ordered again: Wei Changhui's body was chopped into pieces of meat, each two inches square. Hung on the grille in Tianjing City to show the public, it was marked: "Northern traitor meat, only allowed to see, not to take." ”
Shi Dakai saw Wei Changhui's head, cried bitterly, left the army at Aoki Pass, and entered Tianjing with several prime ministers.
Hong Xiuquan saw Shi Dakai enter Beijing alone, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately met him in the Jinluan Palace.
Hong Xiuquan saw that there was not one out of ten people in the Jinluan Palace, and he cried pretendedly: "This time, I have granted the Northern King to be hostaged, so that Tianjing has a bloody storm, and it has affected the family members of the Da compatriots. ”
After entering Tianjing, Shi Dakai learned that his family had all been killed, endured his grief, and persuaded: "Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts, Wei Changhui is so heartbroken, it is beyond our expectations, such as today's national traitor is gone, but it is also a great injury, the king of heaven needs to be diligent in government and love the people, and can no longer hide in the harem to favor the beauty." ”
Hong Xiuquan was furious in his heart, these old princes relied on their merits and didn't take him seriously, it seems that this Shi Dakai can't be kept, so he has to find a way to get rid of him.
"This time, the king of the north was executed, and there are still many cronies serving abroad, what do you think should be done?"
Shi Dakai sighed and replied: "The Kingdom of Heaven has been greatly injured after this catastrophe, since the first evil has been punished, it is not appropriate to kill again, the younger brother suggests that they should not be taken care of, and ask the Heavenly King to adjudicate." ”
Hong Xiuquan saw that Shi Dakai bought people's hearts, and became more and more annoyed, and said with a smile on his face: "I heard that Da compatriot is respected by the army and the people as the 'righteous king', this is a happy event, what do you think?" ”
Qin Rigang had the intention to please Shi Dakai, and stepped forward and said: "Qi to play the Heavenly King, the Wing King is loyal to the liver and courage, both civil and military, why not add the Wing King as a military advisor, so that it is also a good name to assist the Heavenly King in handling political affairs." ”
Hong Xiuquan's eyes flashed with murderous intent, the position of military division is not trivial, he can not only mobilize the army, but also deal with the affairs of the kingdom of heaven, Hong Xiuquan deliberately removed the military divisions one by one, how could he be sealed again.
"The secretary thinks so too?"
"The Wing King is highly respected, and he should be named a military advisor!"
"The Winged King is named a military advisor, and we will be convinced"
Shi Dakai hurriedly excused himself: "The younger brother is still young, I am afraid that he is not enough to take on the heavy responsibility of the military advisor, please ask the Heavenly King Mingjian." ”
Hong Xiuquan pushed the boat smoothly and pretended to laugh: "Since the brother has resigned, then I will talk about it after a while, this time I ordered you to be in charge of the military and political affairs of the Heavenly Kingdom, you can't refrain from resigning, otherwise everyone should say that my reward and punishment are unfair." ”
Shi Dakai bowed down to receive the order. (To be continued......)
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