The frenzied killing at night finally stopped, and the appearance of the banner of the West King became a straw that pressed the morale of the Qing army. At that moment, the Qing army's long-term siege of the city, fear and despair erupted, looking at the surrounding darkness, the torches of the Taiping army reinforcements surrounded like stars in the sky, in the darkness I don't know how many Taiping troops surrounded and killed, after resisting for half an hour, the Qing army began to disperse.

They either dropped their blades and torches and fled, or knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and soon drowned in the pile of torches of the Taiping army.

Xiao Yungui led a group of cavalry to rush into the Qing army array to find Zhang Guoliang, and picked up a few Qing soldiers who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, only to know that the Qing army generals had retreated to Tianling Village in the northeast of Xukou Town to hide. Xiao Yungui didn't say a word, and waved his army to take Tianling Village.

Tianling Village is a small village of more than 100 households, only three miles away from Xukou Town, all the way are the defeated soldiers of the Qing army, the Taiping army roared and coerced, a large number of Qing troops were either killed, or kneeling and surrendered. Corpses, torches, swords, and flags littered the trails along the way.

The Qing army only has hundreds of people in Tianling Village, but they are all Qing army generals Goshha, they eat well on weekdays, and they are more loyal to their masters, and their combat power is stronger than the ordinary Qing army, Xiao Yungui and other cavalry rushed back and forth three times before breaking through the defense line at the entrance of the Qing army's village.

After breaking into the village, Xiao Yungui ordered someone to catch a live mouth and lead the way, and went straight to the ancestral hall in the village where the Qing army generals were hiding. Kicked the door into the ancestral hall, but saw that there were twenty or thirty Qing army generals gathered here in the hall, and saw that it was their own soldiers who came with long hair.

"The general trend has gone, and there is no intention of death." A Qing court official in his fifties walked forward slowly from the Qing generals, he was dressed in a nine-python five-clawed python robe. Wearing a red coral on his head, his chest is a Qing court civil official brocade chicken supplement, although his face is a little tired and withered, but his eyes are blazing, and the three long whiskers under his jaw are shining with the brilliance of the torch, fluttering up, quite a bit of Taoist fairy wind and bones. I saw that the official calmly walked to the front and turned back to the general of Zhu Qing: "After the death of the official, all the princes can escape separately, and the princes can accompany the official so far, and the word loyalty and righteousness have been fulfilled." Later generations of penmen will not be too mean. ”

Xiao Yungui looked at this civil official who didn't seem to be Zhang Guoliang, and walked forward and asked a little strangely, "Who are you?" ”

The official turned his head, and pointed at Xiao Yungui coldly: "Wait for these rebellious ministers and thieves who have no king and no father, let the ancestors and gods and Buddhas not worship, but go to worship the foreign demon sect." It is also used to confuse people's minds and mess with our Qing Dynasty program. Poison the people of the world. For the sake of the world's life, I Xu Naizhao will not let you wait even if I die! ”

Xiao Yungui snorted heavily, and instead of being angry, he laughed and said, "Xu Naizhao, do you want a face?" As a Han Chinese, you don't think about recovering the Qing Dynasty, but you recognize Hu Nu as your father. Is there anything in the sages you read that makes you confess a thief as a father? Worship the foreign ladyboy sect? God the Father is the ancestral god that our ancestors worshipped during the ancient Zhou Dynasty. It is even more ridiculous to poison the people of the world, who burned the originally prosperous place outside Suzhou into a wasteland? Who drove innocent people up the walls to die? Who is it that arranges the army and plunders the people? Well?! ”

That Xu Naizhao was speechless for a while. Then he raised his head and said: "If you want to kill, you will kill, and you will not say much!" Talking to you, a thief, has dirty the mouth of the official! ”

As soon as these words came out, Tang Erniu and other West Hall guards behind Xiao Yungui were very angry, and they drew their swords to each other, and more than 20 Qing generals behind Xu Naizhao also drew their swords to protect each other, and the archers of the Taiping Army on the wall of the ancestral hall raised their bows to aim at the Qing generals, just waiting for Xiao Yungui to give an order to kill these Qing generals.

Xiao Yungui smiled coldly, stood with a knife in his hand and said: "Xu Naizhao, the word Xinchen, the number Zhenheng, is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Daoguang has been a scholar for fifteen years, awarded the editor, and successively served as a scholar and politician in Henan and Guangdong. When Daoguang was appointed as a scholar in Henan in the 21st year, when the Yellow River was decided, Wen Chong, the governor of the river, was blocked by the water because of the recruitment of workers and did not return. At the beginning of the third year of Xianfeng, you took over as the governor of Jiangsu, and also the assistant of the Jiangnan battalion, and prepared to block our heavenly soldiers from the eastward expedition together with Xiang Rong. Although the Jiangnan camp was defeated by our heavenly soldiers before it could be established, you did some good deeds by ordering the reduction of taxes, setting up a refugee bureau, relocating refugees, and creating a method of donating instead of giving money to reduce the burden of the people, and winning the support of the people. ”

Xu Naizhao was a little secretly surprised, the thief in front of him actually knew his life well? As everyone knows, Xiao Yungui is listening to Yun'er Encyclopedia.

Seeing Xu Naizhao's surprised appearance, Xiao Yungui was secretly a little proud, thanks to the fact that he still remembered what Hong Yun'er told him about Xu Naizhao's life, and then snorted softly: "But what you did later was a bastard!" Outside the city, you connived at Zhang Guoliang's ruffian to set fire, inside the city, you connived at Zhang Guoliang's strong Ding to fill the army, and the plague caused you to leave the people and flee, what kind of face do you have to speak in front of this king?! ”

Xu Naizhao's face was pale, and he pointed at Xiao Yungui and scolded angrily: "All this is because you long-haired thieves rebelled!" If it weren't for you, with the wealth of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, why would you end up like this?! ”

Xiao Yungui snorted again: "Before we hit Jiangsu and Zhejiang, did the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang live well?" Will there be no people who will not survive and rebel? It is true that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich places, but there are more corrupt officials than other places, and the people are more exploited layer by layer, just like Qingpu place, even the exempted money and grain have to be called back, and your bird court still has to be faced? Let's talk about Hushu Pass, the people call it the Ghost Gate, and the exploitation is so heavy, you are embarrassed to say! ”

Xu Naizhao was silent, he understood the affairs of Hushuguan, Qingpu and other places, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich, and the officials here can scavenge more people's fat and people's ointment, and the officials here are known as the first fat shortage in the Qing Dynasty, and it costs a lot of money to dredge the officials here.

Xiao Yungui waved his hand, and suddenly shouted: "Put down the blade!" There was no warning of his shouting, and half of the generals were caught off guard, and they were startled, and involuntarily threw the blade in their hands. Xiao Yungui stared at Xu Naizhao and said: "I won't kill you now, this king will give you a chance to atone for your sins, the plague is rampant in Suzhou City, and the people are struggling on the edge of life and death, you give this king back to the city and help the people in the city together with our heavenly soldiers!" ”

Xu Naizhao was silent, it seemed that he had acquiesced in the matter, Xiao Yungui turned his head to look at the silent Qing generals, and shouted loudly with a big knife in his hand: "You are the same, if you want to live, go back to the city to save the people, who dares to say no, Lao Tzu will send you to see the king of Hades now!" ”

All the Qing generals put down their swords and tied their hands to capture, Xu Naizhao let the Taiping soldiers come forward to tie him up, but his eyes were staring at Xiao Yungui and asked: "You evil man is not as unreasonable as other thieves, who are you?" ”

Xiao Yungui grinned and said, "This king is Xiao Chaogui, the western king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, whom you offered a reward of 100,000 taels of silver for capture. ”

Xu Naizhao was slightly surprised, nodded and said, "It turned out to be you, and you are worthy of being the first person among the long-haired thieves." ”

Xiao Yungui was secretly complacent, it turned out that he was recognized by the Qing court as the first person in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, and then asked: "Lao Xu, I want to ask you something, what about Zhang Guoliang, a dog thief?" ”

Xu Naizhao said hatefully: "This bastard deceived the official and said that he would first lead the troops to break through from the northwest and lead away your heavy troops, and then the official would be able to break into Taihu Lake from the southwest and escape, but I didn't expect you to still lead the troops to surround the official." ”

Xiao Yungui was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Zhang Guoliang, you dog thief, you are not cunning, you are still playing this trick with this king!" Then he turned back and shouted to the herald: "Hurry up and report to Mr. Zuo and the guards of Hushu Pass and Wenchang Pavilion, Zhang Guoliang has broken through to them!" ”

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The battle in Xukou Town was lively, and the Qing army that broke through the siege of Hushu Pass and Wenchang Pavilion was also desperate, and they did not want to hit the camp of the Taiping army on the front line of Hushu Pass and Wenchang Pavilion, and the wooden fence in front of the camp and the corpses in front of the trench were like mountains, and the blood flowed into rivers, but the Qing army still rushed forward without their lives, and it seemed that there were more terrible demons behind them to drive them forward.

"Brothers, if you can't get out tonight, you have to go back to the city, instead of getting the plague in the city and slowly dying, it's better to have a good time!" A Qing soldier put the general red on his upper body and shouted loudly, which showed the thoughts of the Qing soldiers, rather than suffering from the plague in the city and slowly dying, it is better to fight to the death on the battlefield.

The Taiping army guards on this side responded calmly, bonfires continued to rise everywhere, illuminating the front of the entire camp, bows and arrows, muskets, and artillery continued to fire at the front of the camp, and the Qing army that broke into the camp was immediately intercepted and killed by the Taiping army that blocked it, and the two armies fought for a long time, and no one took advantage.

At this time, a Taiping army reinforcements arrived outside the camp of Wenchang Pavilion, under the banner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Spring Official and Deputy Prime Minister Zuo, but it was Zuo Zongtang who led the troops to Wenchang Pavilion to help. Zuo Zongtang is an important person in the West Palace, Xiao Yungui initially invited him to the official position of inspection, and with the fight all the way to Nanjing, Zuo Zongtang has been promoted to the position of Chunguan and Deputy Prime Minister.

After this Taiping army approached the Qing army, it shouted the words of surrender and death, and the Qing army, which was already a little frightened, couldn't help but attack, if they could live, who would want to die?

The Taiping army that followed Hushu Pass and Wenchang Pavilion also shouted the words of surrender and death, and the Qing soldiers moved a little and couldn't help but stop and watch. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the Taiping army in the camp took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and under the internal and external attacks, they defeated the Qing army, and finally trapped the Qing army in a depression.

After Zuo Zongtang got Xiao Yungui's report, he immediately led troops to encircle and suppress the Qing army, and after basically exterminating the Qing army, he personally screened the prisoners, but he did not find Zhang Guoliang in the Qing army prisoners, and he did not find Zhang Guoliang in the corpses of the Qing army on the battlefield. It turned out that Zhang Guoliang gave Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang a false reality early in the morning, and first used Xu Naizhao to set up the Taiping Army, and Zuihou gave up his own guards and horses in order to escape for his own life, and fled to Shanghai with a few people. (To be continued......)