The square mountain of more than 50 miles southeast of Tianjing, this mountain is square, stands alone, the top of the mountain is flat, so it is called Fang Mountain. Because its four corners are square, like a jade seal falling from the sky, it is also called "Tianyin Mountain". In the Ming Dynasty, the "Tianyin Qiao Song" was listed as one of the "Eight Views of Jinling" and "Forty Views of Jinling", and in the Qing Dynasty, it was listed as one of the "Forty-eight Views of Jinling".

There is also a forty-eight views in Fangshan, it is the famous Fangshan Dinglin Temple, it has a history of more than 1500 years from now, it is a famous temple in Jinling, the tower of Dinglin Temple in the temple is an inclined tower, the inclination of the tower is 7.5 degrees, it is more "oblique" than the leaning tower of Pisa, Italy with an inclination of 4 degrees, and it is still the first leaning tower in the world.

But now, whether it is Fangshan with the royal spirit of Jinling or Dinglin Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, it is a mess inside and outside. The Citi Army of Yang Fuqing of the Jiangxi Taiping Army was stationed here, and the entire Fangshan and Dinglin Temple were camps of the Citi Army.

Although the monks in Dinglin Temple have long been driven away by the Hong sect master, Dinglin Temple has always been used by the Tianjing Taiping Army as a military camp station to guard the southeast, although it is a military camp station, but the previous Tianjing Taiping Army military discipline is very good, and it did not bring too much nuisance to Dinglin Temple, but now the temple is occupied by the Citi Army, making a black miasma.

On the main hall of Dinglin Temple, more than ten leaders of the Citi Army gathered together, and a large pot was set up in the hall, and fragrant beef was boiled in the pot, but I don't know where to grab the cultivated cattle. Among them sat the Citigroup generals Chen Rong, Deng Xiang, Lu Wei, Tan Xing, Tan Fu and others.

Although everyone is a Citi general, but they are also generally dressed in rags, with dishes on their faces, everyone is looking at the fragrant beef in the pot, constantly swallowing saliva, and a pair of eyes full of appetite are staring at the boiling pot, as if they want to swallow the beef in the pot to the point that there is no residue left.

The beard on Chen Rong's face was very messy, and the red scarf on his head was also stained. The red robe on his body was even more dusty and oil-stained, and he did not have the demeanor of a general who commanded tens of thousands of horses. The rest of Deng Xiang, Lu Wei, Tan Xing, Tan Fu and others are no better than him, several leaders of the Citi Army are still so embarrassed, and the situation of the rest of the ordinary soldiers is even more unbearable.

The beef came out of the pot, Chen Rong and the others each got a big bowl of beef, Chen Rong hurriedly put a piece of hot beef in his mouth, and swallowed it regardless of the hot mouth, followed by a long sigh of relief and said: "Damn, I finally have a meat meal." ”

Deng Xiang's face trembled, and he scolded loudly: "What the hell is this called." Others kill officials and rebel, eat fragrant and drink spicy, let's rebel and eat wild vegetable bark, the Manchu dog and we don't share the sky, and it is okay to be chased and killed by the Qing demon. I didn't expect that the Taiping Army, which has a strong reputation, is also like a thief to us. ”

Lu Wei was very bookish, and he was also a down-and-out scholar in his early years. He took a big sip of beef soup and sighed lightly: "It's just that we went to the old house to vote for non-people." I heard that Mr. Chen went to Fujian, but he became a big official there, and he followed the brothers in the past to eat well and dress warmly, but unlike us, it is a team called Huazi that doesn't even raise a stepmother. ”

The two brothers, Tan Xing and Tan Fu, looked at each other and didn't speak, gobbling up their own. Chen Rong was slightly angry when he heard this: "When I left Guangdong last year. Fujian has Li Tingyu, a dog official, with an army of 10,000 to intercept it, can we break through with tens of thousands of old and weak people when we are defeated? At that time, you all agreed to go to Jiangxi to defect to the king of the east, is it interesting to say these words at this time? ”

Lu Wei smiled and said, "Brother Chen, don't worry, little brother doesn't mean that." Chen Rong snorted and said, "What does that mean?" Lu Wei said: "We came to vote for the king of the east last year." But now that the king of the east has gone to heaven, now this Yang Fuqing is mean and unkind, nepotism, and it is not a long-term solution for us to condescend to him. Besides, yesterday we robbed the Wing King's grain and grass, and I estimate that once the Wing King finds out that we did it, he will definitely come to Yang Fu to settle the accounts. Yang Fuqing, a brave person, will definitely not dare to offend the Wing King, and may sell us. ”

Deng Xiang's face shook and said angrily: "Damn, it doesn't matter if you don't give you food and clothing, we got these grains and grasses ourselves, what kind of winged king, Lao Tzu is also a general of the kingdom of heaven, can't you eat the grain and grass of this kingdom of heaven?" If Yang Fuqing dares to come to us, let him make up for the shortage of our grain and grass first, otherwise he will go back with a knife and a gun, Lao Tzu is fed up, and it is a big deal to go to Fujian to join President Chen! ”

Chen Rong glanced at Deng Xiang, turned his head to look at Lu Wei and muttered, "You mean we go to the king of the west?" ”

Lu Wei nodded and said: "Since I have already done this deal, robbed the Wing King of grain and grass, and offended Yang Fuqing, Yang Fuqing and the Wing King will definitely not be able to tolerate us and wait, it is better to vote for the West King, President Chen can eat well in Fujian, presumably the West King will also treat me leniently." ”

Deng Xiang said with a big grin when he heard this: "Yes, King Xi is a good man, and he sent thousands of ships to Xiamen to rescue those people from the Little Knife Society back then, which shows that King Xi is righteous and thin, and it is right to vote for him." ”

Chen Rong hesitated: "I'm afraid that no one will recommend us, and we have no way to vote." As soon as these words came out, the few people who were originally eager to get cold all went cold, and they ate the meat silently.

While eating, a small school came to report that there were a few people from outside the temple, saying that it was an old man who had visited. Chen Rongqi said: "What old man? The little school said: "The people who came reported their names Zhai Huogu and Ge Yaoming." ”

Chen Rong got up with joy and said, "Please!" Lu Wei also rubbed his hands and smiled: "Brother Zhai is here, it must be the King of the West who came to solicit him, now it's okay." ”

Zhai Huogu is a native of Guishan Dongping, when the Guangdong Tiandihui uprising last year, he united with He Yahuang, a native of Sandong, Shaao, etc., gathered the crowd in the three Shaao Guanqiao to swear an oath, unveil the uprising, and proclaimed himself the generalissimo, what is the king of Pingdong, under the Feilong, Feihu generals, more than 1,000 people. Then the Qing army counterattacked, Zhai Huogu, He Yahuang, Ge Yaoming and others led the righteous army to break through the siege and go north, originally intended to enter Jiangxi, but because of the Qing army's interception, had to be diverted to Fujian, although the most Lu was desperate to kill Li Tingyu's encirclement, the last of the righteous army only a few hundred people were left to reach Fujian and meet with the Taiping army in the West Temple. Although they suffered heavy losses, Zhai Huogu and others were reused by the Taiping Army of the West Palace, and later served as a liaison officer with Chen Kaiyi's army, and their reputation was quite loud in the Heaven and Earth Society of the three southeastern provinces.

Zhai Huogu, Ge Yaoming and several guards walked up to the main hall, Zhai Huogu frowned and looked at the cauldron in the hall, and said: "General Chen, a few of you cook meat and eat it in this Buddha hall, aren't you afraid that the Buddha will blame you?" "Zhai Huogu is a person who believes in Buddhism, although he joined the Taiping Army, he did not change his faith, and his faith is free in the Taiping Army in the West Temple.

Chen Rong got up and clenched his fists and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhai, this is also a helpless thing, we haven't seen any meat for a few months, we don't care about other things, in the future, our brothers will be developed, and we will definitely reshape the golden body of the Bodhisattva of this Dinglin Temple." ”

Zhai Huogu hummed and said, "You said it yourself, but don't forget to do it when you say it in front of the Buddha." ”

Chen Rong was slightly stunned, he just said it casually, he didn't expect Zhai Huogu to take it seriously, but listening to what he said seemed to mean that he would definitely be able to develop in the future. smiled at the moment and invited Zhai Huogu and Ge Yaoming to sit down, and there was no tea to entertain, so he had to serve two bowls of boiled water.

Zhai Huogu said straight to the point: "Yesterday, your Citi Army robbed the Wing King's grain and grass, and the Wing King has already led his troops to Yang Fuqing to ask for an explanation, and when he came, I heard that Yang Fuqing had gone to see the Wing King, and robbed the friendly army of food and grass, no matter how you say it, it's a few of you, how do you plan to deal with it?" ”

Chen Rong frowned and said: "Grabbing grain and grass is a last resort, I can't just watch my brothers eat some wild vegetables and bark and go to fight with the Beidian Army, Brother Zhai, you must have seen the tragic situation of our Citigroup Army all the way." ”

Zhai Huogu came all the way, passing by several Citi Army camps one after another, and sure enough, everyone was hungry and ragged, which made people unbearable to look at it. In the past, when Zhai Huogu and others broke through the siege, they tried to be even more embarrassed than this, but after all, it was when they were besieged by the Qing army, but now Chen Rong and their Citi Army are the soldiers and horses of Yang Fuqing's troops, walking on their own territory and crusading against the rebels, they are still so desolate, which is indeed a little indignant.

Zhai Huogu also tried to endure starvation, that kind of taste is really uncomfortable, people can do anything when they are hungry. At that moment, Zhai Huogu sighed lightly and said: "I also know your difficulties, since there are difficulties, why don't you borrow food from the king of the west?" ”

Chen Rong smiled bitterly and said, "What identity am I waiting for?" How can I see the king of the west to borrow grain? Brother Zhai Hugh is about to make fun of him. ”

What Chen Rong said is also true, they belong to Yang Fuqing's department, and if they want to borrow, Yang Fuqing personally went to borrow grain from the king of the west, how could any of the subordinate generals go to the king of the west to see the king?

Zhai Huogu didn't ask about this anymore, but said: "Since the matter has been done, let's think of a way to solve it, this time Ge Yaoming and I came on the order of the King of the West, just to give you a few points of the way." ”

Chen Rong was overjoyed, and he was waiting for your old man to be recruited by the King of the West, and said urgently: "Brother Zhai, say it quickly." ”

Zhai Huogu said: "Although the King of the West intends to accept you, after all, you are Yang Fuqing's subordinates, and I am afraid that accepting you and the 30,000 Citi Army without authorization will ruin the friendship between friendly troops." ”

When Deng Xiang heard this, he hurriedly said: "The bullshit Yang Fuqing doesn't even let people eat with a full mouth, why don't you let us go elsewhere?" ”

Lu Wei hurriedly said: "Second Brother Deng, listen to Brother Zhai first." ”

Zhai Huogu smiled slightly and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, and listen to me, the West King has already rushed to see the Wing King and Yang Fuqing, but I am afraid that the Wing King and Yang Fuqing are worried that once the precedent of the West Hall accepting friendly troops is opened, it is difficult to guarantee that no one else will defect." Therefore, we need to make some noise when the West King and the Wing King and Yang Fuqing are negotiating. ”

Chen Rong touched his chin and said, "Please Brother Zhai to say it directly, what do you want us to do?" ”

Zhai Huogu said lightly: "You will move the remaining grain and grass to Yang Fuqing's camp, and then gather all the brothers to ask Yang Fuqing for justice, at least you have to make up for the grain and grass you owe, and let the Wing King see the tragic situation of the Citi Army. At that time, Yang Fuqing would not blame the King of the West for accepting friendly troops without authorization, let alone spoil the friendship between friendly troops. ”

Chen Rong and the others clapped their hands together, but Lu Wei was secretly frightened, King Xi's hand played beautifully, after using the Citi Army to set this precedent, I am afraid that in the future, more other soldiers and horses will defect to King Xi, and King West is going to start digging other people's walls. (To be continued......)