After everyone finished praying, Xiao Yungui smiled and persuaded again, and asked everyone to raise their chopsticks. Li Kaifang was the first to pick up the chopsticks and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, why don't you invite Brother Zeng to eat together." ”

Xiao Yungui secretly scolded in his stomach, damn, Lao Tzu is trying to win over his cronies to discuss countermeasures, what is this spy asking for? But he said quietly: "Brother Zeng has something to deal with, so he won't come." ”

Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang glanced at each other, both of them had a puzzled look on their faces, it turned out that the two of them had just entered the mansion and met Zeng Shuiyuan, he had just finished handling the official business in hand, saying that he was going back to the army to eat, how could the king of the West say that?

Xiao Yungui beckoned everyone to move their chopsticks, and after eating for a while, everyone praised the chef's good skills, and the cook was appreciated, and his eyes narrowed even more with a smile.

Hunan cuisine is spicy and served with rice, Xiao Yungui was very hungry, and he ate six bowls of rice in a row before he was full. This amount of food frightened him, his body before the crossing was not so good, but seeing Xiao Chaogui's body with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, he was relieved, and he ate a lot.

After the meal, Xiao Chaogui ordered a hot tea, he used to be a great smoker, and he had to smoke one after the meal, although his body was changed at this time, there was no physical need, but he still needed it psychologically, so he licked his lips and asked, "Do any of you smoke?" ”

Lin Fengxiang and the others shook their heads in surprise, and the fat cook bowed down and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, the villain smokes a dry tobacco pouch, this is for you to get." ”

After a while, the cigarette pouch was taken, Xiao Yungui took a puff, this tobacco was extremely choking, he couldn't help coughing a few times, barely smoked, there were no cigarettes in these years, and then said to the fat cook: "Well, this tobacco is good, by the way, what is your name?" ”

The fat cook bowed down and replied, "The villain's name is Zhou Zhaoyao, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan." ”

Xiao Yungui took another sip, this time he was prepared, he didn't cough anymore, and said with a long sigh of relief: "This meal is good, the cigarettes are also good, reward you with some money, you go home." ”

Zhou Zhaoyao was very surprised, but he didn't expect Xiao Yungui not only to let him go but also to give him a reward, and then knelt down and kowtowed, Xiao Yungui was very disgusted with this kowtow etiquette, and helped him up and said: "This is your salary for cooking, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom people are fair traders, you don't need to thank me." ”

Zhou Zhaoyao touched the back of his head and smiled stupidly: "That Qing Demon Zhixian Guo Shishi is very tight, he has never rewarded anything, every time he cooks for him, I will add ingredients to him, if he knows, he will definitely not be as magnanimous as the prince, so the villain will definitely kowtow and thank him." ”

Xiao Yungui laughed once, but Li Zuoche on the side said embarrassedly: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, we have no money, the money is in the Holy Treasury of the Army, and it is managed by the Zeng guards." ”

Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly, the bastard's holy treasury, he, the prince's use, is all taken from the holy treasury, this holy treasury seems to him to be like an egalitarian big pot of rice, which is very unreasonable, but his words have been spoken, but he can't be untrustworthy, and he doesn't want to alarm Zeng Shuiyuan in order to reward a cook, and after a while, he said: "You can take whatever you like from the things in this house, and if the Qing demon comes back, you can say that we took it." ”

This trip to Changsha by the Taiping army, the prefectures and counties only intercepted money and grain, although there are a lot of antiques and ornaments in this house, but they will not carry them with them, they are traveling lightly, and they can't bring more things, so the things here are not included in the holy treasury.

Zhou Zhaoyao was overjoyed, and after taking a few vases and antiques, he went with a thousand thanks.

"Brother Lin, why don't you make a sound?" When Xiao Yungui saw that he was having a meal, Li Kaifang, Li Zuoche and others were all talking and laughing, but Lin Fengxiang was sullen, so he opened his mouth to ask.

Lin Fengxiang got up and hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, this time our light army rushed to Changsha, there were not many people and horses, and there were no red powder (that is, gunpowder), muskets, cannons, and ordnance in the army. Do you have to fill it with the lives of your brothers? Back then, the attack on Guilin Mansion was overwhelming and the weapons were sufficient, but it was not captured, and this Changsha Mansion was heard to be much larger than Guilin Mansion. ”…,

Xiao Yungui smoked a cigarette pouch, and in the midst of the smoke, Lin Fengxiang said faster and faster: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, now the brothers are eating brown rice outside, but we are here with big fish and meat, I feel uncomfortable eating it!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Kaifang hurriedly pulled Lin Fengxiang, Xiao Yungui shook off the tobacco in the cigarette stick, took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Lin, you go on, what else am I not like?" ”

This Lin Fengxiang is really a straight gut, he can say it in person when he has something in his heart, and he still remembers his soldiers when he eats, such a person can be reused, and only Xiao Yungui can hear the truth from his mouth.

Lin Fengxiang also seemed to be relieved, he shook off Li Kaifang and took a step forward and continued: "And His Royal Highness the King of the West, there are more than 1,000 people in the Heaven and Earth Society congregation in Shicai who want to serve in our army, but the guards said that the King of the West, you feel that these people of the Heaven and Earth Society are not of the same mind as us, I am afraid that it will be difficult to tame and refuse to accept it, which will chill people's hearts." ”

Xiao Yungui's eyes widened and said, "Did I say that?" Only then did he remember that Xiao Chaogui had indeed said what he said before, but it was Zeng Shuiyuan who said to him, if there is a heaven and earth along the way, it will not be accepted, what do you say Now they are alone and deep, and there are not many troops, if there are too many people in the Heaven and Earth Society, this team will become the Heaven and Earth Society.

What kind of bullshit suggestion is this, they all pulled the flag and rebelled, and beware of this and that, beware of zuihou is to turn people who could have become friends into enemies, Xiao Yungui stood up and asked, "Where are those brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society now?" I'm going to meet them personally. ”

Lin Fengxiang was overjoyed, he didn't expect that the hot-tempered and stingy King Xi would actually listen to his words, so he immediately led the way, and everyone went to the school field in Chaling County

Li Kaifang felt that Xiao Chaogui's behavior today was strange, he walked behind and quietly grabbed Tang Erniu and asked, "Brother Erniu, don't you think King Xi is a little strange today?" ”

Tang Erniu shook his head and said: "I don't think so, we don't have enough manpower now, and it's a good thing to have the gang of the Heaven and Earth Society (the Taiping Army calls ordinary people who don't believe in religion called waixiao) to join." ”

Li Kaifang shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about this, I'm saying that King Xihe actually smoked a dry tobacco pouch." ”

Tang Erniu pouted and said, "Taste it fresh, didn't you see that Xiwang choked on tears when he took the first sip?" ”

Li Kaifang shook his head and stopped talking, and followed behind everyone, looking preoccupied.

The Ya of Chaling County has Xiao Chaogui's 500 elite swordsmen stationed, while the rest of the men and horses are scattered in the city gates and the school yards in the city. After the Taiping army arrived at Chaling today, the county magistrate Guo Shishi had already slipped away, the Qing Dynasty had a strict law, and the ministers who lost their land would be beheaded, and this county magistrate would probably be arrested and beheaded in the future. And the few green battalion soldiers, government officials, officials and others in the city also took off their official uniforms and uniforms and hid in their homes, and the Taiping army can be said to have captured Chaling without bloodshed.

In the afternoon, a large number of congregations of heaven and earth heard the news and came to defect, and the total number was more than 1,000 people. Since its establishment in the early Qing Dynasty, the Tiandihui has always been an important anti-Qing gang among the people, and there are Tiandihui activities in many provinces south of the Yangtze River, especially in Fujian and Liangguang, and the Qing Gang that controls Caoyun and the elder brother in Sichuan are called the three major gangs of the Qing Dynasty, and many gangs are also derived from the three gangs. Even the later father of the country, Zhongshan's anti-Qing Dynasty, also had the support of the triad of the branch of the Heaven and Earth Society, so the process of the fall of the Qing Dynasty would not be clear without these gangs.

There was no shortage of people from the Tiandihui in the Taiping Army, such as Jiao Liang, who was alias Hong Daquan, Luo Dagang, who was brave and good at fighting, and Su Sanniang, a heroic female general, who were all boats of the Guangxi Tiandihui. However, these people were subject to many restrictions when they joined the Taiping Army, firstly, joining the Taiping Army meant giving up their original beliefs and believing in God the Father, and secondly, the Heaven and Earth Society had long been a gang with strong habits, and the Taiping Army had strict military regulations, so a large number of Heaven and Earth Congregations were blocked out. However, the members of the Heaven and Earth Society left by Zuihou, Zuihou can also become the backbone of the Taiping Army. …,

This time I came to Hunan, all the way north Xiao Chaogui's banner was loud, and many local heaven and earth associations in Hunan heard the news and came to take refuge, but Xiao Chaogui marched quickly, until Chaling because Xiao Chaogui fell into a coma, the Taiping Army's partial division only stayed in Chaling for a day, and the congregations of heaven and earth everywhere could also rush to join.

It's a pity that Zeng Shuiyuan was afraid that there would be too many people to take refuge, and he couldn't check these people, so he didn't accept them, and under Lin Fengxiang's persuasion, for the sake of all anti-Qing people, he reluctantly agreed to leave these people on the school grounds for a full meal, and then leave after sleeping out for one night.

When Xiao Chaogui followed Lin Fengxiang to the school grounds, he saw that the small school field was full of people, and several huge bonfires were lit among them, and these heaven and earth congregations were sitting around the fire, some old and young, some strong and some weak, and they were all dressed in a variety of ways, their clothes were very shabby and ragged, and some were even unclothed.

Xiao Yungui understood at a glance that most of them were actually farmers from the neighborhood, and some of them were people from the three religions and nine streams in the city, and a few of them were wearing the clothes of the yacha in the city.

Xiao Yungui asked Lin Fengxiang in a low voice, "Who is their leader?" ”

Lin Fengxiang replied: "There are more than a dozen leaders, and the congregations of the Heaven and Earth Society in the nearby towns have come, and they all have their own leaders or hall masters, most of them have one hundred and ten people, and some have forty or fifty people. ”

Xiao Yungui felt that his head was big when he heard it, there were more than 1,000 people in the congregation of heaven and earth, and there were more than ten leaders and hall masters, these people must not be subordinate to each other, these people really even if they were pulled into the team, they would have no combat effectiveness in the short term, and the untrained peasants were not much different from the long-term corrupt green battalion leaders, but the officers and soldiers were so well-armed, and there were also unified orders, if they wanted to take these people to the battlefield, they really had to weigh their own command.

Xiao Yungui frowned and pondered for a moment and said, "You call them all over, and I will meet them first." ”

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