Chapter 8: The Secret Agents Come Out
Sure enough, the leaders of this group of Heaven and Earth Society didn't react much to Xiao Yungui's impassioned statement, but Zuihou was able to eat and drink enough to listen to it, and they roared together, in the final analysis, it was just to fill their stomachs and live.
Tong Qiangsheng bowed down and clenched his fists and bowed deeply: "The King of the West and the brothers of the Kingdom of Heaven are ambitious, and they are willing to follow left and right. The rest of the congregation leaders were clamoring to follow.
Xiao Yungui didn't care if they were staying to eat or really wanted to expel the Tartars, anyway, his goal was achieved, and these people would definitely respect themselves, and that was enough.
At that moment, Xiao Yungui ordered Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang to be responsible for accepting these members of the Heaven and Earth Society, and first organized these more than 1,300 people into three brigades according to the military system of the Taiping Army.
The military system of the Taiping Army was modeled after the Zhou ceremony, with five people in a team and the commander of the army; Five Wu is two, and two Sima are unified; Four taels are pawns, and they are unified by the chief of pawns, and there are subordinate officials at the beginning of the pawns, and there are one hundred and four people in one pawn; The five soldiers are brigades, and there are brigade commanders, and the first brigade has five hundred and twenty-five people; The fifth brigade is a division, with a division commander, and the first division has a total of 2,630 people; The five divisions were set up, with a total of 15,156 troops.
Following Xiao Yungui, he directly ordered Tong Qiangsheng to take a brigade, and his own cronies Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu took over the other two brigades, because the more than 1,300 people were divided, and each brigade was not full, Xiao Yungui ordered Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu to draw out 200 people from their own card knives to supplement them, and let the elite veterans coach and perform in the army, helping these people from the Heaven and Earth Society to familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations of the Taiping Army as soon as possible, but in fact, they were inserting their own people into it, so that they could control this team in the future.
Originally, the Taiping army had to hand over all the belongings on his body to the holy treasury to show that he was fully committed to the embrace of heaven, and at the same time he had to cut his braids and change clothes, and be baptized and religious, but after the reorganization of these people, the night was already deep, and he would set off as soon as possible tomorrow, Xiao Yungui said that he would wait for the war to rest before doing these trivial things, but Li Kaifang still insisted that the military warden tell the people of the Heaven and Earth Society about Hong Xiuquan's book "The Original Way of Awakening the World" according to the rules.
Xiao Yungui was very dissatisfied, but still agreed. He originally didn't want these people to be affected by these strange teachings, and Zuihou became perverted, but under Li Kaifang's persuasion, he reluctantly agreed to let the military warden recite it once and let the army rest, he is still the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and these teachings still have to be observed. The matter of letting everyone take a bath had to be given up because it was getting late.
"There are many men in the world, all of them are brothers, and there are many women in the world, all of them are sisters. How can we have the selfishness of this frontier and the other world, and how can we have the idea of annexing us? ...... "Listening to the warden reciting the "Original Dao Xingshi Xun", Xiao Yungui frowned while smoking a dry tobacco pouch, this "Yuan Dao Xingshi Xun" written by Hong Xiuquan is not all nonsense, but more is still promoting a concept of equality of all beings, which is somewhat similar to the purpose of Christianity to persuade people to be good.
At the other end of the school field, Li Kaifang also frowned and looked at Xiao Yungui, he poked Lin Fengxiang beside him with his elbow and whispered, "Brother Lin, don't you think His Royal Highness the King of the West seems to be different from the past?" ”
Lin Fengxiang glared at him and said in a low voice, "What's the difference?" ”
Li Kaifang said in a low voice: "Don't you think it's strange that the King of the West was able to say those words just now?" ”
Lin Fengxiang shook his head and said, "What's strange?" Didn't the king of the East tell us that all the time? ”
Li Kaifang said in a low voice: "That's how strange it is, the King of the West actually learned to speak in the tone of the King of the East, and he released the cook just now, could it be the stingy King of the West who did it?" ”
Lin Fengxiang said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? Where is King West stingy? Today's king of the west is acting very well, and it should be like this in the future, he is our king of the west. ”…,
Li Kaifang sighed and said: "It's okay if the King of the West concentrates on leading his troops to fight, but if he really becomes smarter, I'm afraid it's very inappropriate." ”
Lin Fengxiang snorted and said: "You are like this, you think about these all day long, I told you a long time ago, do your own business, and don't worry about other things!" ”
Li Kaifang shook his head and said: "Whether it's okay or not, in the eyes of others, a few of us are all cronies of the King of the West, the big dragons fight above, and a few small fish and shrimp below will be trampled to death." ”
Xiao Yungui saw Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang muttering not far away, so he beckoned the two of them to come over, and the second general hurriedly rushed over, followed by Xiao Yungui and called Tong Qiangsheng over.
The three of them stood in front of Xiao Yungui and saluted together, Xiao Yungui waved his hand and pointed to the stone bench on the side and said, "Let's sit down and talk." ”
After the three of them sat down, Xiao Yungui took a deep breath of dry tobacco, it turned out that this dry tobacco was quite enjoyable to smoke, he coughed lightly and said: "Brother Tong, you are Hunan natives, there is something I want you to bring some people to do." ”
Tong Qiangsheng hugged his fists and said: "In the new Xiaxin, I have not made an inch, and the king of the west has no orders to send it." ”
Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said, "I want you to pick fifty brothers who are quick and familiar with the roads near Changsha to set off tonight to find out the situation inside and outside Changsha before our army arrives in Changsha." By the way, will there be people in Changsha City? ”
Tong Qiangsheng shook his head and said: "Changsha City is the capital of a province, and the government is very strict, so we have no brothers there. The king of the west wants to lead people to listen to the reality of Changsha, and he will definitely be able to do it in the next place. ”
Xiao Yungui hummed and said: "Your braided hair has not gone, just to pretend to be a nearby refugee to blend in, if you can't get in, you can do it, but the reality outside the city must be explored, it is best to divide the manpower, and the passages in all directions of Changsha City will be found out for me." Tomorrow, the army will march directly to Youxian and Liling, and after you inquire clearly, send someone directly to Liling to deliver the news. ”
Tong Qiangsheng hugged his fists and took his life, Xiao Yungui ordered Lin Fengxiang to take Tong Qiangsheng to Zeng Shuiyuan to receive some money and food, and then went on the road.
After Lin Fengxiang and Tong Qiangsheng left, Xiao Yungui smoked a dry cigarette, looked at the Tiandi Congregation who were still listening to the teachings, and asked, "Kaifang, what about what I just said?" ”
Li Kaifang was stunned for a moment, and said with a straight face: "What the King of the West said is reasonable, and the little brother admires it very much." ”
Xiao Yungui snorted but didn't speak, Li Kaifang's face changed slightly, he couldn't figure out what Xiao Yungui was thinking, he clenched his fists and said, "The East King used to tell me like this before. ”
Xiao Yungui hummed and said, "I know this, do you think it's appropriate for me to say this?" This Li Kaifang has a lot more eyes than Lin Fengxiang, and Xiao Yungui is a little unsure whether he is facing himself or the king of the east, so he asks so. If he is directed towards himself, he will definitely express his worries, and if he continues to flatter, then there is definitely a problem.
Li Kaifang's forehead was slightly sweaty, for the first time he felt that the West King in front of him was even more terrifying than the East King, seeing his calm appearance, Li Kaifang gritted his teeth and said: "The West King wants to promote the words of the East King, which is not a big problem, but now it is a little out of place. ”
Xiao Yungui said lightly: "Why is it out of place? ”
Li Kaifang said in a low voice: "This time we are partial to attack Changsha is a bit of an adventure, the king of heaven let the king of the west take risks, the king of the east and the king of the west are like brothers, but there is no obstruction, what is wrong with this, the king of the west has to be carefully considered, if this matter reaches the ears of the king of the east, the king of the east is evil, then the king of the west will be even more lonely." ”
Xiao Yungui breathed a sigh of relief, patted Li Kaifang's shoulder and said, "You and I are old brothers, it's okay for us to say these words, just forget it." If you can talk to me from your heart, I won't hide it. This fight against Changsha is indeed a life of nine deaths, we will not say what conspiracy is behind it for the time being, at the moment we are people in the same boat, I want you old brothers who follow me to trust me absolutely, so that we can survive in the game of the four wars. ”…,
Li Kaifang nodded heavily and said, "The little brother must obey the orders of the King of the West." ”
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It is said that Zeng Shuiyuan inspected the four gates of Chaling City, was inspecting the north gate, and was talking to Ji Wenyuan, another member of the Taiping Army guarding the north gate, but saw Lin Fengxiang walking over with a few people, and looked at the few people behind Lin Fengxiang, who turned out to be people from the Heaven and Earth Association who came to defect at noon, Zeng Shuiyuan couldn't help frowning.
After Lin Fengxiang stepped forward to explain the reason, Zeng Shuiyuan pondered for a moment and said: "Since the King of the West has an order, then I will allocate five days of rations to everyone and pay twenty taels of silver, which should be enough." ”
Tong Qiangsheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly hugged his fists to thank him, twenty taels of silver is already a lot, you must know that in an ordinary family of five people, one tael of silver is enough for three or four months, and you must know that at this time, the annual salary of a six-grade official is only a few dozen taels of silver.
After receiving the money and grain, Lin Fengxiang sent Tong Qiangsheng and others out of the city, and instructed them to hide the money and grain, not to show their whereabouts, and to send the news back as soon as possible once they found out any news. After Tong Qiangsheng received the order, he secretly thought that the King of the West and General Lin trusted him so much, and he would definitely repay him with death, so he immediately took his cronies out of the city.
Seeing this group of local heaven and earth congregations in Hunan disappear into the dark night outside the city, Zeng Shuiyuan, who was standing beside Lin Fengxiang, frowned and said, "The King of the West trusts these people so much, isn't he afraid that they will never return after receiving money and food?" ”
Lin Fengxiang also frowned when he heard this: "That's true, but the King of the West must have his reasons for doing this." ”
Zeng Shuiyuan smiled slightly and said: "Don't say much, I have to hurry tomorrow, rest early, I waited here for a day, and I have to rush more tomorrow, and I can only get to Changsha City after Youxian and Liling." With that, he turned around and went with a few of his guards.
Back at the Chaling Mansion, Zeng Shuiyuan took out paper, pen and ink, hurriedly wrote a letter, and then put it into the letter, sealed the letter with fire paint and whispered to his two cronies: "The two of you pretend to be a fleeing called Huazi, go out of the city to General Zhu Xikun at the south gate, return to Chenzhou quickly, and hand over this letter to His Royal Highness the King of the East in person, without delay!" ”
The two guards took the order and left, Zeng Shuiyuan stood at the door of the room with his hands in his hands, watched the two go away, and muttered: "King Xi, King Xi, don't force your brother to do it." ”
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