After Yang Fuqing's funeral, King Xi and Li Xiucheng returned to the Xiaolingwei camp together, while Chen Yucheng stayed in Hushu Town to continue to reorganize the prisoners. Leaving Chen Yucheng was considered, when Chen Yucheng led 20,000 Xidian troops in Jiangxi to fight side by side with the Dongdian army for a long time, many soldiers in the East Palace accepted his affection and left him to make it easier to act.

Only then did he return to the Xiaolingwei camp, Zuo Zongtang and other generals who stayed in the camp greeted him at the gate of the camp, Xiao Yungui saw that Zuo Zongtang had a worried face, and knew that he had a confidential report, so he immediately asked Hong Yuner to take Han Baoying to go down to the camp to arrange the residence first, and he pulled Zuo Zongtang into the tent for secret discussion.

After Zuo Zongtang followed Xiao Yungui into the big tent, the first thing he said was: "King Xi, you shouldn't let Shi Da go back to Wuchang." ”

Xiao Yungui took off his cloak and hung it on the copper hanger, was stunned for a moment, looked back and smiled: "Is Zuo Xiang worried about letting the tiger return to the mountain?" ”

Zuo Zongtang saw Xiao Yungui's disapproving appearance, and hurriedly said: "Shi Dakai is a hero in the world, just like Liu Bei back then, and Cao Cao was also careless during the Three Kingdoms, and let Liu Bei go to Yuzhou, and finally returned to the sea like a dragon." Now that Shi Da has returned to Wuchang, he can raise troops down the river to threaten Tianjing, and he can go north to Jingxiang, west to Sichuan, and south to Yungui, which is the situation of free advance and retreat. ”

Xiao Yungui sat down and pinched his chin and thought about it, Zuo Zongtang continued: "The Wing Hall is extremely difficult to penetrate, and now it is far away from Tianjing, and it is bound to be big in the future, even if we win Tianjing and win the big position, we will still have to face how to solve the Wing Hall in the future." I thought that the trapped stone would open in the land of Tianjing, and he would be the dragon trapped in the shallows, but now it is good that His Highness will let him go west, but I am afraid that he will become our henchman in the future! ”

Xiao Yungui shook his head and said, "Zuo Xiang, it is also risky for us to keep Shi Dakai in Tianjing. We will also have to deal with the one from the Northern King and the Heavenly King's Mansion later, Shi Dakai has too many variables in Tianjing, and we can just concentrate on dealing with the others when he leaves. And Wuchang is tight, Zeng Guofan is not an ordinary character, Lai Hanying and other famous generals of the heavenly kingdom all died at his hands, and after thinking about it, only Shi Dakai returned to Wuchang to stabilize the situation. Otherwise, even if we take Tianjing and lose Wuchang, we will be very passive if we fight back in the future. Besides, it really happened that Shi Dakai was forced to jump over the wall in a hurry, and he threw down tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Dasheng Pass and returned to Wuchang alone in disguise. We can't prevent it, so we might as well be a favor and let him go back. ”

Zuo Zongtang was stunned for a moment, then sighed lightly and said: "I only wish that the old man thought about it more, Shi Dakai is a well-known person, and he is only under the King of the West in the kingdom of heaven." Letting go of such a great enemy is always a concern. ”

Xiao Yungui laughed and said: "Shi Dakai will not be Liu Bei, and this king will not be Cao Cao." Because Liu Bei regarded himself as the orthodoxy of the Han family. What does he Shi Dakai have? This king's entry into Tianjing this time is to ascend to the throne and hold great power, so this king will not do Cao Cao's kind of thing as sending down the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Now there are few princes in the kingdom of heaven, who else do I want to go? Although Shi Dakai returned to Wuchang, after this king took charge of Tianjing, could he still disobey the entire kingdom of heaven with a corner of the land? ”

Zuo Zongtang snorted and asked, "I heard that King Yi left his righteous daughter Han Baoying with King Xi?" ”

Xiao Yungui smiled, took a sip of tea and said, "The gossip news of the left minister is quite well-informed. There is such a thing. ”

Zuo Zongtang said with a solemn expression: "King Xi, this woman seems to be the chess piece that the Wing King has ambushed, so she must be guarded against." ”

Xiao Yungui said disapprerovingly: "It's just a female streamer, this king won't take it seriously." Rest assured, this king will pay attention. ”

Zuo Zongtang saw that although Xiao Yungui said that he would pay attention, he was disapproving, and sighed lightly: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, we are now looking forward to success, but we must not be proud, how many heroes in history have been defeated because of arrogance." ”

Xiao Yungui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then solemnly got up and waved to Zuo Zongtang and said: "Zuo Xiang Jinshi Liangyan is remembered by this king, and Zuo Xiang is the Wei Zheng of this king, but if there is anything wrong with this king, although Zuo Xiang mentions it, this king must be humbly taught." ”

Zuo Zongtang hurriedly supported the king of the west and said: "The king of the west treats me as a countryman, how can Zongtang not treat the king of the west with all his heart?" After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

After laughing, Xiao Yungui asked, "How is the situation over there in Tianjing?" Is Wei Changhui ready to do it? ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "This thief is also cunning, and he refuses to lead the troops to attack the Heavenly King's Mansion if he says anything. ”

Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "He is not stupid, he can also think that this is this king's plan to kill people with a knife." After thinking for a moment, he continued: "Then let's start according to the second plan, Yang Fuqing has solved it, Shi Dakai has also left Tianjing, there is no strong enemy in the left vicinity, we can enter Tianjing with confidence." ”

Zuo Zongtang bowed his head slightly and said: "It's okay, Wei Changhui doesn't want to borrow this knife, we will force him to borrow it, if he knows that the people of Tianwangfu plan to unite with King Yan to deal with him, I am afraid that he will have to raise swords again in order to protect himself, and when the Tianwangfu, Yanwangfu and Beiwangfu are inseparable, the hundreds of elites of my Xiwangfu in Tianjing can disguise the Beidian soldiers to attack the Tianwangfu, and at that time, none of the three kings of Tianjing will be able to die well." ”

Xiao Yungui laughed predictively, and then said, "Zuo Xiang, are we too treacherous?" ”

Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said: "Whoever is in a position must do whatever it takes, if we and a few people in Tianjing change places today, I am afraid that they will be a hundred times more insidious than us." ”

Xiao Yungui stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay, then we will start tomorrow night as soon as we yin him, and let Tong Qiangsheng and Li Zuoche in the city act according to the plan!" ”

……

In the inner courtyard of the Beiwang Mansion, although there was a table full of delicacies and beautiful female officials beside him, Wei Changhui still had a bitter face, just drinking the stuffy wine cup after cup, and kept sighing in his mouth.

Zhang Chunhou, the secretary of the north hall who accompanied him, said: "Why does Your Highness sigh? ”

Wei Changhui smiled bitterly: "I don't know how long this kind of happy life can last, the West Wangfu can't be beaten, the Tianwang Mansion can't be beaten, and the breakthrough can't be broken, so I really have to sit and wait for death." ”

Zhang Chunhou couldn't help but whispered: "Your Highness, in fact, the conditions proposed by the King of the West can still be considered, we are ahead, with the participation of the elite soldiers of the West Palace, it is still certain to defeat the Golden Dragon City." As long as you follow the instructions of the King of the West, get rid of the one in the Heavenly King's Mansion. I believe that the king of the west will still let us go. ”

Wei Changhui sneered and said, "King Xi's hand is clearly to borrow a knife to kill people, he is a fool to me." If I really killed the Heavenly King, he could just push the charge on my body, and he swaggered into Tianjing to sit on the dragon chair, so Lao Tzu would not be so stupid! Then stared at Zhang Chunhou with drunken eyes and said, "You always persuade me to do it, what is your intention?" ”

Zhang Chunhou's face was as frightened as earth, and he hurriedly left the table and knelt down and said loudly: "My subordinates are loyal and have no intentions, but they are only worried about the king of the north." ”

Wei Changhui didn't dare to kill people indiscriminately at this time, and waved his hand and said, "Let's get up first." We can't act rashly now, we can only wait for the situation to change before making plans. ”

While he was talking, the strategist Liu Naixin walked in quickly, only to see him with a worried face, and he stepped forward in a panic and said urgently: "Your Highness." Something big is about to happen! ”

Wei Changhui sighed, waved away the female officials serving on the left and right, and asked, "What's the big deal?" Could it be that Xiao Chaogui came in? He would have been able to get in a long time ago. But he just wouldn't come in. I plan to see me and the one in the Heavenly King's Mansion die together before I am willing to come in. Anyway, what else could be a big deal? ”

Liu Naixin frowned and said: "There is news from the eyeliner of the Heavenly King's Mansion that last night Yan King Qin Rigang, Guozong Hong Renda, Hong Renfa and others gathered in the Heavenly King's Mansion to discuss secretly. They're going to raid us tomorrow night! ”

The wine glass in Wei Changhui's hand fell, and he lost his voice: "What? Hong Xiuquan wants to move me? ”

Zhang Chunhou frowned and said, "How could the Heavenly King suddenly think of raiding us?" ”

Liu Naixin shook his head and said: "The details should not be very clear, but I know that the Heavenly King's Mansion and the Yanwang's Mansion will send troops tomorrow night, and it seems that the elite soldiers and horses of the Western Wangfu will also participate." ”

Wei Changhui's brows tightened. Zhang Chunhou said hurriedly: "Your Highness, the King of Heaven must be unwilling to sit still, and intends to give it a go, since the King of the West does not plan to attack Tianjing." Then he will unite the soldiers and horses in Tianjing City to deal with us, as long as we are eliminated, the King of the West will have no excuse to bring troops into Tianjing again. ”

Wei Changhui sneered: "This Hong Xiuquan still understands, but if he unites with the Wing King and them to do it early in the morning, maybe this king will be really dangerous, and the King of the West will have no excuse to raise troops and serve the king, but it seems that it is not too late to do it now." ”

Liu Naixin said: "Your Highness, for today's plan, we can only strike first, if we are unprepared, we will really be wiped out by the Heavenly King's Mansion." ”

Wei Changhui pondered for a moment and said: "No, we don't take the initiative to attack, order all departments to guard the city gate, our Beiwang Mansion is strictly guarded, and we will never take the initiative to attack." This may also be the conspiracy of the West Palace, once we attack the Heavenly King's Mansion first, maybe the West Palace will play some tricks, once the situation is out of control, we really enter the Heavenly Palace, and accidentally kill the Heavenly King, then I am guilty of killing the lord. If the Heavenly King's Mansion wants to come to fight, let him fight, and we will defend the Beiwang Mansion to the death, expecting that they will retreat when they see that we are prepared. ”

Liu Naixin and Zhang Chunhou inadvertently glanced at each other, and then Liu Naixin said: "Your Highness is really resourceful, and your subordinates will arrange it properly, just wait for tomorrow night to fight." ”

Zhang Chunhou also echoed and then retreated, the two of them went out of the inner courtyard one after the other, Zhang Chunhou caught up with two steps and said in a low voice: "What if this guy plans to be a turtle and shrink in the Beiwang Mansion and not go out?" ”

Liu Naixin sneered: "Tomorrow night, whether he appears or not, there must be a North Hall soldiers and horses to attack the Heavenly King's Mansion, it is good for him to stay here, when the time comes, Zhang Shangshu only needs to let go of an opening and let the Heavenly King's Mansion lead the troops to kill it, and our one will also die in the chaos, so that it will be the best of both worlds." It's just that the soldiers and horses of the Heavenly King's Mansion still need to have a general from the North Hall to lead them, does Zhang Shangshu have a suitable candidate? ”

Zhang Chunhou pondered for a moment and said: "Zheng Guocheng, the second right inspection point in the north hall, can be trusted, and this person is also eager to make meritorious contributions, so he can use it." ”

Liu Naixin nodded and said, "Then go and prepare." ”

Zhang Chunhou said hesitantly: "Brother Liu, are we really not afraid that the King of the West will kill us?" ”

Liu Naixin said impatiently: "The king of the West personally wrote a letter promising us that we would arrange for us to go north to Sakhalin Island to avoid the limelight afterwards, what are you afraid of?" As long as you can save your family and your life, it is nothing to start over in Sakhalin. Are you really going to be buried with the North Temple? ”

Zhang Chunhou shook his head and said, "I'm just afraid that the King of the West will not keep his word." ”

Liu Naixin said: "You don't have to worry, since the king of the west has written the letter, he will not regret it, I have ordered someone to take the letter out of the city, if we are killed, naturally someone will make the letter public, I believe that the king of the west will not do such a stupid thing." King Xi is also a smart man, since he intends to buy us, he will not ruin his reputation, and his handwritten letter is to give us a reassuring pill to eat, and we can ...... according to the plan" (to be continued......