In the history of later generations, in addition to the small knife will be in Shanghai to launch an uprising to occupy Shanghai, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has attacked Shanghai three times, in 1860 after the Taiping army broke the Jiangnan camp, according to the decision of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's high-level, the loyal king Li Xiucheng took advantage of the victory to wave the army east to conquer the Soviet Union and Chang, and entered Shanghai, but after Li Xiucheng broke the foreign gun team, he was jointly blocked by the British and French and Qing troops under the city, and he did not resist for several days, and then Jiaxing was in a hurry and had to retreat. In 1862, Li Xiucheng led his army north from Hangzhou and marched into Shanghai again. However, they suffered setbacks in Baoshan and Gaoqiao one after another, and had to retreat. In the same year, three attacks on Shanghai, Li Xiucheng in Suzhou received Jiading, Qingpu and other places after the report of the loss, immediately assembled the elite three maps of Shanghai, on May 14, led the army from Kunshan to Taicang, on the 17th heavy damage to the Qing prefect Li Qingchen more than 5,000 people, that is, sent troops to force Baoshan, Wusong, personally led the army to capture Jiading, Qingpu and other places, but in the end still failed to capture Wusong, Baoshan and other places, under the fierce artillery fire of the foreigners, the Taiping army suffered heavy losses, Zuihou had to give up.

Xiao Yungui, who has studied the reasons for the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, knows that when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rebelled in the Little Knife Society, it was a major mistake to fail to respond in time to join forces with the Little Knife Society. Shanghai as the only trading port in central China, its geographical location than the other four open ports have an unparalleled advantage, in the history of the Qing army in the case of lack of treasury, it is by virtue of Shanghai's prosperous commerce and trade, relying on import and export tariffs, to maintain the money and grain of the Jiangnan camp, and later is the direct source of money and grain for the Huai army, at the same time, the port of Shanghai is also in the case of Cao Yun, as a large port of shipping, to undertake the base of Jiangnan money and grain to the north of the sea, after the Second Opium War, The port of Shanghai directly became a direct trading port for Britain, France, the United States and other powers to aid the Qing army's weapons, and the foreign gun team formed by Britain, France, and the United States also went directly to Shanghai and began to participate in the war to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

So Shanghai became a thorn in Li Xiucheng's side in the later period. Li Xiucheng was never able to conquer Wusong and Gaoqiao, and completed the blockade of Wusongkou.

Gaoqiao, a Qingxi, is located in the northeast of Shanghai, surrounded by water on three sides. Confronted Wu Song across the river, choked the throat of Wu Song's mouth, and the terrain was rushing. Between Ming Chenghua and Hongzhi, it has become a market, and the merchants are quite prosperous. During the Republic of China. It is also affiliated to the Shanghai Special City, and the business is better. It is distinguished by its geographical location. Whether it was the Taiping War. Or in the later War of Liberation, Gaoqiao was a battleground for soldiers.

After Zhou Lichun finished speaking in the big tent, Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "Old Hero Zhou and the Qingpu Righteous Army are familiar with the geography of Shanghai and can be guides, but can Old Hero Zhou know the deployment of demons in Wusong, Gaoqiao and other places?" ”

Zhou Lichun shook his head and said: "Wusong Fort once fought with Yingyi back then, and Chen Huacheng, the official and military commander, died in Wusong Fort. When Yingyi marched into the army. Admiral Chen mobilized thousands of soldiers, horses, and more than 200 artillery pieces to defend Wusong, and mobilized people to build earthen cities for more than ten miles along the west bank of the Huangpu River estuary, and built artillery mounds on them to strengthen the east and west forts. At that time, the old man was still young. is also a head of the people, so he knows that Wu Song arranged it at that time. However, after the death of Admiral Chen, most of the forts and Tucheng built were destroyed, and the Tucheng has not been restored to its original appearance, but the forts of Wusong and Gaoqiao were still repaired by the government. A few years ago, the old man took a sand boat to Chongming to buy rice and grain, only to see that Wusong and Gaoqiao forts were garrisoned by officers and soldiers. ”

Xiao Yungui touched his chin and groaned, and scolded the ghost demon again in his heart, if someone hadn't made a ghost, when he besieged Suzhou and Hangzhou, he would have been able to contact the knife society to revolt in Shanghai, and those who were not bloodless could occupy Shanghai.

"The soldiers are fast, Lin Qirong and Zhou Lichun are the first way, leading 2,000 soldiers and 1,000 Qingpu New Army, and in the second half of the night, they marched to Baoshan and Wusong, Li Tianxi and Chen Zhiming were all the way, and the generals of the Qingpu Righteous Army led 2,000 soldiers and 1,000 Qingpu New Army, and marched to Zhoupu, Chuansha and Gaoqiao. Early tomorrow morning, I will lead the remaining soldiers and horses, Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu to storm the south and west of Shanghai, thinking that the soldiers are suspicious, so that the Qing demon can't care about each other. The two of you must quickly capture Wusong, Gaoqiao and other places, and then immediately build forts, strengthen forts, and wait for my orders. Xiao Yungui said slowly: "There is still some work now, let's go down and let the soldiers rest, and set off at the right time." ”

The generals suddenly got up to receive the order, and they were about to leave, but they didn't expect Zhou Xiuying to suddenly say: "King Xi, you forgot to give me the order." ”

Xiao Yungui turned his head to look at the reckless girl, he didn't forget to arrange her task, but deliberately, this little girl was too reckless, afraid that she would be impulsive and bad, it would be better to follow her, anyway, when Hong Yun'er arrived, she would definitely follow the splendid women's battalion, and this girl was still cooking with the female soldiers of the women's battalion in the back, mending clothes, and taking care of the wounded soldiers.

At that moment, Xiao Yungui said gently: "You have only been punished, it is not appropriate to go out of the team, and now the king's queen Hong Xuanjiao has also arrived, it is better for you to return to the women's camp under the west princess." ”

Zhou Xiuying didn't understand what the women's camp did, but she thought that since the women's camp was a separate camp, it should also be able to fight, and it was not bad to kill the demons with her sisters, besides, she was beaten with thirty military sticks, and now she can't ride a horse, and it is inconvenient to move, so she gave up the idea of following her father out of the team, and happily agreed to go to the women's camp.

Zhou Lichun touched his beard and said with a smile: "It's still the King of the West who thinks thoughtfully, this wild girl is mixed with the boys of the righteous army, I'm afraid that I won't be able to marry in the future." ”

Zhou Xiuying said angrily: "Daddy, what nonsense are you talking about? All the generals laughed when they heard this, but the Taiping Army is still implementing the separation of men and women, and they can't get married, Lin Qirong and other generals know about it in their hearts, but they don't break it, and laugh together.

After the generals left, Xiao Yungui closed his eyes and recuperated for a while, and then remembered that Mu Yinghong, Xiaoguandao, that little girl's skin didn't know what to eat, it was so plump, and when she thought of this, she had the idea of interrogating Mu Yinghong again, but then she thought about it, Hong Yun'er, the four-eyed girl, was here, and it was not easy to start. This four-eyed girl is also too domineering, she said that she wanted to fall in love with her, but she didn't even let her kiss her mouth when she talked about it. Don't let yourself get close to other women, isn't this to suffocate yourself to death? No, I have to think about it, I am a normal man, I have the right to pursue happiness, and I can't be forced into a dead end by the four-eyed girl, and the result is to hang myself on a tree.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Yungui leaned back in the chair and fell asleep in a daze, and I don't know how long it was, Hong Yun'er's call came from his ears. Xiao Yungui barely opened his eyes and looked. I saw Hong Yun'er whispering in front of me: "Hey, wake up." ”

Xiao Yungui hadn't woken up yet, thinking that he was still in a dream, he grabbed Hong Yun'er's hand and said, "Yun'er, stay with me tonight." ”

Suddenly, a large red glow flew on Hong Yun'er's face. Then he whispered angrily: "You are sober, there are still others." Then he twisted it on Xiao Yungui's arm. Break free from Xiao Yungui's clutches. Turn to the side and stand.

A sharp pain struck, Xiao Yungui was a little sober, raised his eyes, and saw that in addition to Hong Yun'er, there were two British missionaries in the tent, Luo Weilin and Maadows, and the two looked at the Xiwang couple with a smile, as if they didn't care about the intimate behavior of the Xiwang couple. Come to think of it, foreigners are much more open than Chinese people at this time.

Xiao Yungui straightened up without changing his face, moved his slightly numb hands and feet, and said seriously: "What's the matter with the two priests not going to rest?" ”

Luo Weilin bowed slightly and said, "Your Excellency the King of the West." In addition to having the same purpose as Fr. Yan Matthew, our British Minister, Lord Windsham, has asked us to come and convey a few words. Lord Wenhan said that the current situation in Shanghai was still under the control of the Qing government, and it was inconvenient for Britain to remain neutral, but the premise was that the interests of the British concessions, merchants, and missionaries were not infringed upon, and he hoped that His Excellency the King of the West would guarantee the treaty that had been signed earlier. At the same time, Lord Wenhan also said that although the mercenaries hired by the Qing court with money also included British people, they had nothing to do with the British government, and those people were all volunteers, all of whom were people who did things for money. If the King of the West is able to defeat the Qing army and occupy Shanghai in a short time, Lord Wenhan will be happy to discuss the follow-up cooperation with His Excellency the King of the West. But if the situation in Shanghai continued to be chaotic and the commercial interests of the British Empire were to suffer, Britain would not sit idly by. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed and understood, Lord Wenhan, the old fox, while wearing the same pants as France and the United States, and sending armed personnel to interfere in the war, he didn't want to offend the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so the two of them carried Yan Matai and the others on their backs, and turned back to see the King of the West alone. As for who the British who participated in the mercenary army, Xiao Yungui could think of it with his ass, they were the mercenaries of the British colonies, with India being the most, Xiao Yungui did not believe that these people would join the mercenaries with the weapons of the British Empire without the permission of Lord Wenhan.

Wen Han is testing the strength of the Taiping Army, if the Taiping Army can take Shanghai in the hands of this mercenary army, it means that the Taiping Army has the strength to defeat the Qing Army and unify the whole country, and it is natural to cooperate with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, if the Taiping army could not attack for a long time, it would mean that the Taiping army was not strong and it would be difficult to defeat the Qing army and unify the whole country, so the British would naturally use the Taiping army as a bait to force the Manchu Qing to spit out greater benefits and turn to support the Manchu government.

Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and then said, "You go back tomorrow and tell Lord Wen Han, and ask him to warn those British who joined the mercenaries that as long as they dare to use force against our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will resolutely fight back, and if these captives are caught, we will treat them as Qing Demon captives." I forgot to tell you that when we catch the Qing Demon captives, they are usually killed. Lord Wenhan warns those men to leave the mercenaries as soon as possible, or our blades will not care what country they are from. Zuihou, tell Lord Wenhan that within a month, I will be in full control of the situation in Shanghai, and when I enter the city of Shanghai, I will personally visit him to discuss the follow-up cooperation, but I will also visit the French and American ministers. ”

Luo Weilin and Maddos were taken aback, they didn't expect the Xiwang's reply to be so tough, Luo Weilin hurriedly said: "Your Excellency the Xiwang, we have a treaty with your army to protect the interests of all British in China, according to the "Jiangning Treaty", the British crimes in China can only be handed over to the British for trial, if there are British captured, it is better to ask the West King to hand over the people to the British consulate for trial and conviction." ”

Xiao Yungui patted his head and said, "Yes, how did I forget this." When the two missionaries heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and Xiao Yungui then said lightly: "Okay, I'll tell my soldiers, don't leave prisoners, and kill them as enemies on the battlefield, so that there is no problem of handing over criminals." ”

Luo Weilin was taken aback, and Maddox couldn't help but say loudly: "Your Excellency the King of the West, you can't do this. ”

Xiao Yungui slapped the table and shouted: "You go back and tell Lord Wenhan that you are my friend to the King of the West, I will treat him like a warm spring breeze, and if you are my enemy, I will make him feel the cruelty of winter!" I will definitely order that no mercenary prisoners will be left, I don't care what country he is from, on the battlefield, I can only see the enemy and the dead! (To be continued.) )