In the siege array of the Taiping Army outside Suzhou, under the banner of the West King, Xiao Yungui slowly put down the monoculars and said hatefully: "Zhang Guoliang is scheming, seeing that the city wall is controlled by our army's artillery fire, he simply does not even defend the city wall, and all the soldiers and horses in the city retreat, presumably relying on the streets, houses and our army in the city to resist stubbornly." ”

Zuo Zongtang on the side had a withered face, his eyes were red, and he seemed to be not resting well, and he hissed: "What the King of the West said is very true, Zuo is ashamed, it took a long time, and thousands of soldiers were killed in battle, but he still failed to conquer Suzhou, and Zuo was very guilty. ”

Xiao Yungui waved his hand and comforted: "Mr. Zuo's words are serious, Suzhou is a big city in southern Jiangsu, and the Qing demon is prepared, and Zhang Guoliang, a thief, has been fighting with our army for many years, and he knows the tactics of our army well, and he is really a strong enemy. The blood debt of the dead and injured brothers, after the city is broken, we will settle accounts with Zhang Guoliang, a dog thief. ”

Zuo Zongtang said hatefully: "This thief is indeed a strong enemy, we sent into the city of Neiying should be all exterminated by him, a few days ago he put our Neiying brothers in the city one by one Ling Chi to death, I waited under the city to see the cracks, provoked our army to attack the city with all its might, only to lead to heavy casualties, after the city was broken, Zuo will not let go of this thief!" ”

Xiao Yungui said gloomily: "The dead brothers are all glorious, although they are dead, but the spirit is alive, like Zhang Guoliang and other traitor lackeys, although people are alive, but the form and god are dead, and after conquering southern Jiangsu, this king will definitely set up a monument here to pay tribute to the brothers who died." Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "Let the artillery team not stop the cannons, be sure to blow up the city wall, and the rest of the gates guard the camp position, and be sure to trap the Qing demon." It is estimated that the reinforcements of Ji Wenyuan and Chen Yucheng will arrive tomorrow, and at that time, we will wave our army into the city and kill the Qing demon! ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded slowly, and Xiao Yungui said again: "Let's go back to the Tiger Hill camp first to see the injured brothers there." ”

On the same day, Xiao Yungui took the waterway to Hushu Pass, then ordered Tang Erniu and others to carry materials, and he and Hong Yuner met with Zuo Zongtang and other generals, and after hearing that the war in Suzhou was tragic, Xiao Yungui immediately went to Hushu Pass, Wenchang Pavilion and other places to visit the injured soldiers in the life-saving hall of the Taiping Army camp. This time when he arrived at Tiger Hill, he didn't have time to see the injured here, Hong Yun'er didn't go to the battlefield and went directly to the life-saving hall of the Tiger Hill camp, and Xiao Yungui also wanted to see the wounded soldiers here. Take it as comfort.

At that moment, Zuo Zongtang led the way, and the two of them rushed to the Tiger Hill camp with a group of West Hall guards, and only then did they enter the Rescue Hall, when they heard the roars of a group of wounded soldiers: "West Wang Niang, you let us go to the battlefield." We can't watch our brothers die and steal our lives in the back! "West Wang Niang. I'm blind in one eye. You can still kill the demons! "I'm the only one left in our army, and I should go with my dead brother!"

The Tiger Hill Rescue Hall was set up by Zuo Zongtang in the courtyard of the Yunyan Zen Temple, a famous spot in Tiger Hill, Xiao Yungui stepped into the gate of the courtyard, only to see that the courtyard was full of temporary beds for the placement of wounded soldiers, and more than 100 wounded soldiers who could still move surrounded Hong Yuner, and were excitedly seeking to fight. Xiao Yungui frowned, coughed lightly, and Tang Erniu beside him shouted: "The King of the West has arrived!" ”

When the wounded soldiers heard this, they looked back one after another, and saw that it was indeed the King of the West himself. One by one, they turned around and saluted.

Xiao Yungui returned the salute in a circle, walked forward, and the wounded soldiers got out of the way, and looked around, only to see that the wounded soldiers on both sides either had broken hands or missing legs, or were injured on the head, or had injuries to their bodies, and there were many soldiers who were burned. Xiao Yungui saw it in his eyes, his heart throbbed, he had also been injured after crossing, he knew the pain of the injury, the pain suffered by these soldiers in front of him was only a hundred times more painful than the injury he had suffered, but they still tried their best to stand up straight, and when Xiao Yungui walked by, their eyes were full of worship for the King of the West.

Xiao Yungui only felt that his nose was a little sour, how could he let these people sacrifice their lives to accompany him? Is it really the unattainable great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty? At this moment, Xiao Yungui suddenly found one thing that he had been thinking about wrongly in the past, that is, in any era, money may be able to buy people's hearts, but what can make people sincerely follow is still the word love! What is Love? Brotherly love, robe! What is righteousness? National righteousness! National righteousness! In the eyes of later generations, it was very bloody, but in this barbaric era, Xiao Yungui's mind was re-stirred, and at this moment he was even ashamed of some of his previous thoughts.

Hong Yun'er stepped forward quickly, pulled Xiao Yungui, who was in a trance, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and persuade everyone, they heard that you went back to Suzhou to supervise the battle, and everyone who could move was clamoring to go into battle." ”

Xiao Yungui's throat choked, he looked up, his simple face was full of unyielding pride, his eyes were filled with the belief in the invincibility of the King of the West, his broken body stood proudly, and the corners of Xiao Yungui's eyes were moist.

He walked quickly to the front, hugged his fists and bowed deeply to the wounded soldiers, bluffing the wounded soldiers into kneeling, Xiao Yungui shouted: "Don't kneel!" No one is allowed to kneel! You can afford to worship Lao Tzu! You are the pride of my West Temple, the pride of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the pride of our Han people! ”

As soon as these words came out, the wounded soldiers began to choke, and many of them even cried loudly.

Xiao Yungui said loudly with moist eyes: "You shed blood and sweat for the kingdom of heaven and the people, and the kingdom of heaven, the people and the people of the West Hall will remember your exploits!" At this moment, you must first take care of the injuries on your body with peace of mind, leave a useful body, and in the future, you can also kill the demon to avenge the dead brother and robe! The rest of the troops are coming one after another, brothers, you have done a good job, let us do the rest! I, Xiao Chaogui, am here, thank you brothers! ”

The hearts of the wounded soldiers were stirred, they had been bullied by corrupt officials, rich and inferior gentry all their lives, they were always dwarfs in front of people, and they had to bow their backs even when they spoke, when had they ever received such courtesy? After being stunned for a moment, the wounded soldiers burst out with a scream that soared into the sky, "Long live the kingdom of heaven, the king of the west will win!" Long live the kingdom of heaven, the king of the west will win! ”

Zuo Zongtang in the crowd also had tears in his eyes, and said secretly: "People's hearts are available, people's hearts are available." Hong Yun'er looked up at Xiao Yungui, at this time she felt that Xiao Yungui's image suddenly became taller, and she couldn't help but shout with tears in her eyes.

After calming the emotions of the wounded soldiers, Xiao Yungui checked the things in the life-saving hall here one by one, and explained that the life-saving officers here must take proper care of these wounded soldiers. It is worth mentioning that the monks of Yunyan Zen Temple, these monks in the heart of compassion, there are also many monks here to help take care of the wounded soldiers of the Taiping Army, the West Hall soldiers under the influence of Xiao Yungui, the monks Taoist Confucian scholars and other figures of the three religions and nine streams have not been persecuted as in history, the monks and Taoists everywhere still give great support to the Taiping Army, but the Taiping Army does not enter the temple and Taoist temple because of different doctrines.

The annex of this Yunyan Temple is used to entertain those pilgrims from afar, and the bad environment is good, so Zuo Zongtang borrowed it to house the wounded soldiers, and the host of the temple is very supportive, and every day he also sent a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits produced in the temple field, Zuo Zongtang also ordered the Taiping Army to give money according to the price. And when those monks were taking care of the wounded soldiers, they also kept silent about the taboo words of the Buddha and the Taiping army, so there was nothing wrong with getting along with the two sides.

Xiao Yungui saw this, his heart was secretly happy, it seems that the first doctrinal reform he took has been effective, he doesn't want the Taiping Army to become a group of paranoid fanatics, he hopes that the embrace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can be bigger, and a tolerant doctrine and kingdom can accommodate more, isn't it?

In the courtyard of Yunyan Temple, Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er, Zuo Zongtang and others had lunch with the wounded soldiers, Zuo Zongtang arranged it very well, and the meals of the wounded soldiers were much better than those of ordinary soldiers. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has always attached great importance to the treatment of wounded soldiers, and their slogan is "everyone must be safe", and the Xidian army attaches great importance to this, and the care of wounded soldiers is even more meticulous.

Xiao Yungui knew that only in this way would the soldiers not have any worries when they were fighting, and many Qing soldiers were worried that they would be abandoned like the Qing army treated the wounded soldiers after being injured on the battlefield, at this time, it seemed that some of the Qing soldiers who surrendered in Wuxi had no worries, and even some Qing soldiers also joked that they would kill the enemy early, be injured early, and heal their injuries in the rescue hall early.

An army can only form its own military soul when it is repeatedly beaten in blood and fire, Xiao Yungui suddenly understood Liszt's words, an army should be trained to become a strong soldier, in addition to the gist of the tactics, there are many things that others cannot teach you. An army needs many factors to support it in order to become a strong army, just like the care of wounded soldiers, this is only one link in many factors, as well as logistics, staff officers, military merits, training, and so on. And after these wounded soldiers recover, they will be the backbone and soul of this army, and with them, the soul of the army will be there. Xiao Yungui planned to write these valuable experiences into the West Hall Infantry Drill Code one by one, and the protection of wounded soldiers began to become a very important part of the West Hall army.

After lunch, Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er, and Zuo Zongtang checked the preparations of the Tiger Hill Battalion again, the artillery team in front was firing artillery, and the soldiers in the back were busy preparing for the siege. After dark, Ji Wenyuan, Chen Yucheng and others rushed to the Tiger Hill camp with more than 10,000 reinforcements.

Xiao Yungui took Hong Yun'er, Zuo Zongtang and other generals to catch, after the generals met, they were overjoyed, after the two armies met, tens of thousands of soldiers cheered and shouted, the momentum was majestic, and the Qing army trembling in Suzhou City to avoid artillery fire even heard the cheers of the Taiping army. Zhang Guoliang climbed to the top of the Miluo Treasure Pavilion of the Mystical Temple to watch, saw the Taiping Army's vast army, and his face was like earth, and said slowly: "When the sun rises tomorrow, it will be my time to die." (To be continued......)