Above the lobby of the Liling County Ya, after Zhou Zhaoyao introduced He Bin, the helmsman of the Liling Robe Brothers' Association, to Xiao Yungui, He Bin stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and bowed to the ground and said loudly: "The prince of the West is above, please accept the villain's worship, if it weren't for your army's help, the villain and his brothers would only be afraid that they would succumb to death in prison, and the villain is willing to bring more than 1,000 brothers under his command to join him, I don't know if the prince of the West is willing to accept it?" ”

Xiao Yungui was surprised and delighted, he couldn't imagine that he had no intention of inserting willows, and someone came to take refuge, could it be that he really hit a big luck? Under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were underworld gangs everywhere, and there were thousands of people who made a random move, wouldn't it be easy to gather people to rebel?

At the moment, Xiao Yungui hahadaxiao helped He Bin up, only to see that although he was short, he looked very shrewd, seeing his eyes flickering, Xiao Yungui suddenly understood, he He Bin and these leaders of the robes were arrested and put in prison by the Qing Demon Mansion, and now the escape from prison is desperate, and he can only take refuge in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is in full swing.

Since it is to take what they need, Xiao Yungui is not polite, and at the moment he said a good word to appease, saying that he was very happy to accept the thousands of brothers of the Pao Brothers' Association, and then let Tang Erniu take them down to have a full meal, and then summon the subordinates of the Pao Brothers Association to meet in the city as soon as possible.

After He Bin and the others left, Xiao Yungui still couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and walked around the lobby, if the people and horses of the Pao Brother Association joined again, then he, the fake West King, would have more than 4,000 men and horses, which was a lot more soldiers and horses than when the real West King attacked Changsha in history, if he accidentally let him break through Changsha, wouldn't it change history?

You must know that the current governor of Hunan is Luo Bingzhang, it seems that Zeng Guofan, who later formed the Hunan army, is also worried at home, but he doesn't know that he is not in Changsha, and Zuo Zongtang will also help guard Changsha, as well as Luo Zenan, the father of the Hunan army, and Peng Yulin, who is known as Xue Shuai, and Zhang Liangji, the new governor of Hunan who later rushed to Changsha, among his subordinates, there is also the famous Hu Linyi, these people are all famous ministers of the Qing Dynasty who later suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and they may appear in Hunan at the same time, or even in Changsha. If Changsha City is broken, he will be able to kill half of the generals of the future Hunan army if he is not careful.

Xiao Yungui's reverie is not completely impossible, more than ten years after the Battle of Changsha, Xu Yaoguang sighed in the book "Talking about Zhejiang": "In the second year of Xianfeng, the Guangdong Rebellion (Taiping Army) did not break Changsha, and Tianliu thought that the southeast would be restored!" ”

At this moment, Xiao Yungui suddenly felt as if he was standing at a crossroads, and a strong impulse surged in his heart, this inexplicable impulse filled his limbs, and that angry impulse made him almost lose his mind. A bold idea was born in his heart, since he had crossed over, and now he had such an opportunity, why not take advantage of this opportunity to change history and save the country and nation that are suffering so much now? Let the Qing Dynasty enter the history list one day earlier, and then this ancient nation and country will be able to suffer less suffering and humiliation!

Xiao Yungui's face turned red, this thought together, his heart couldn't calm down for a long time, he forcibly suppressed this thought, walked back and forth more than a dozen times, and finally let out a breath and muttered: "Xiao Yungui, Xiao Yungui, you should be realistic, you still have a sharp blade hanging on your head, what do you want to do so useless?" You're not a real fucking mud leg, so you might as well figure out how to go back and continue to be your rich man. ”

When he was talking to himself, he suddenly saw that the east sky outside the hall was reflected red, Xiao Yungui hurriedly walked outside the hall, but saw a large area of fire in the east rising into the sky, reflecting the deep night into blood red. …,

Xiao Yungui hurriedly asked the swordsman guarding the hall, "What happened over there?" ”

The swordsman had not yet answered, but saw a Taiping army with several Taiping new soldiers coming quickly, the Taiping army was about thirty years old, dignified, and took his subordinates to Xiao Yungui and saluted and reported: "Report to Your Highness, General Li Zuoche took us to several large banner households in the city to look for food, but I didn't expect those banner people to refuse to pay food, and also made disrespectful remarks, the brothers of the new army were angry, and killed several banner people up and down hundreds of doors, and began to set fire to the house after moving out the money and grain. General Li was afraid that the armies would panic when they saw the fire, so he specially ordered me to come and report it. ”

Xiao Yungui was stunned, he originally planned to let Li Zuoche lead people to find money and food, but he didn't expect them to kill people, or kill them all over the house, although they are banner people, they are rich and unkind, but are all the people in the family who deserve it? What about the servants, maids, and servants in their households? Are they all to be killed?

But looking at the Taiping army who came to report, the face was a little unbearable, and his eyes didn't dare to look at himself, but the face of the new army behind him was full of excitement, Xiao Yungui sighed in his heart, these new troops of the Heaven and Earth Society must be suffering from these banner people and rich families on weekdays, or maybe they have not received the flag people and rich households in Liling City, but they are only affected by the local rich people in their hometown, but this kind of hatred has accumulated, as long as it is a rich family, they will think that they should die, and killing officials and rebelling and robbing rich households is not one of the reasons why they joined the Taiping Army? To put it simply, this is just the psychology of hating the rich, Xiao Yungui feels like he has knocked over the five-flavor bottle in his heart, and his rich man may also be the object of their hatred.

Xiao Yungui coughed lightly, let out a long breath, and pretended to be casual: "Order Li Zuoche not to disturb the people and the rest of the rich Han families, let them send people to put out the fire quickly, and do not harm the pond fish, if the fire spreads to the houses of the people next to it, it will not be good, remember that we only kill the flag people, not indiscriminately kill and not plunder!" ”

The Taiping army received the order loudly and was about to turn around to leave, when Xiao Yungui suddenly asked, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

The Taiping army turned around and bowed and hugged his fists and said: "The subordinate is Li Yiwen, the two northern Sima under the command of the former battalion brigade of the new army." ”

The Taiping New Army of the Heaven and Earth Society is also organized according to the weekly rites, with five people in a team, and the commander of the army is in charge of charging, breaking the enemy, winning, and winning four soldiers; Five Wu is two, and the two Sima Guan are strong, brave, majestic, resolute, and mighty; Four taels are pawns, and the chief is in charge of the east, west, south, and north four Sima; The five pawns are brigades, and the brigade commander is in charge of the five pawns of the first, second, third, fourth, and Wu soldiers; The five brigades are divisions, and the division commanders are in charge of the front battalion, rear battalion, right battalion, left battalion, and middle battalion, and the five divisions are the army, and the army commander is in charge of the front battalion, rear battalion, left battalion, right battalion, and middle battalion. This Li Yiwen turned out to be his elite swordsman, and he did two horses and managed twenty-five people.

Xiao Yungui snorted, waved his hand and said, "You hurry up and give the order." Xiao Yungui saw that Li Yiwen was extraordinary, and he was a famous person, but when he heard the name, he asked him to pass on his life, but this rich man didn't remember it at all, this Li Yiwen was actually the later famous loyal king Li Xiucheng, Li Yiwen was just his former name.

Soon after Li Yiwen took people to go, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang came quickly, but saw that the two were followed by Tong Qiangsheng, Xiao Yungui was overjoyed, and sent Tong Qiangsheng to take people to inquire about the news, he was also sweating, he was really afraid that Tong Qiangsheng and others would bring money and food and not look back, then he would be a chicken and an egg, but fortunately, Tong Qiangsheng came back.

Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and Tong Qiangsheng stepped forward to salute, and Xiao Yungui said, "No need to salute, Brother Tong, what have you found out?" Let's go inside and talk about it. As he spoke, he pulled Tong Qiangsheng into the lobby of the mansion. …,

When he arrived at the lobby, Xiao Yungui walked to the front of the table of the main hall of the government, waved his hand, and lifted the shocking wood, signing order arrows, and file copywriting on the table to the ground together, and then took out a map drawn by cooked sheepskin from his arms, this map was originally Xiao Chaogui's thing, but a paper map that Xiao Chaogui got before he sent out the army, which only marked the roads, rivers, and the location of several county towns, and was extremely rough drawn, but it was like a map drawn by primary school students. It would be nice to have this picture.

After Xiao Yungui laid out the map, he beckoned the three of them to come forward, looked at Tong Qiangsheng and asked, "Brother Tong, what did you find?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates spent a few taels of silver, and invited a fellow villager who was a subordinate to be a Xu official in the Hunan Governor's Yamen to inquire about a few things, Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Qing Demon Hunan, has been dismissed by the Qing court, and the new Qing Demon Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji has not yet arrived, Luo Bingzhang temporarily took his place, Luo Bingzhang heard that our army Lianke Anren, Chaling and other places, has ordered two thousand green battalion soldiers transferred from Shaanxi to rush out of the city to Changsha to garrison outside the city, and at the same time he is mobilizing the nearby Qing demon to the provincial capital Changsha to help guard, I heard that the eight hundred township Yong of Liuyang have arrived in Changsha, Sent by Luo Bingzhang to garrison Jinpenling, seven miles south of Changsha City, the Qing Demon in the city is recruiting young people, it seems that there are three or four thousand young people recruited, and Bao Qibao, the governor of Qing Demon Hunan, originally had four or five thousand green battalion soldiers, and it is estimated that there are more than 10,000 Qing Demon soldiers in the city. ”

Xiao Yungui snorted, this was similar to what he expected, but Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's faces changed slightly, you must know that the attacking force must be far greater than the defender, at this time, they only have three or four thousand people at best, how can they face a fortified city with more than 10,000 people stationed?

Xiao Yungui touched the beard on his chin, he now likes to touch this beard, and asked, "Where are those Shaanxi soldiers deployed?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng replied: "The subordinate townsmen said that these soldiers from Shaanxi were flying and domineering, and Luo Bingzhang asked them to go to the stone horse shop ten miles south of Changsha City to garrison, but these Shaanxi soldiers drove out of Changsha City, but they didn't leave when they arrived outside the city, saying that they had to pay money before leaving. These soldiers made a fuss, but Luo Bingzhang was in a hurry, Luo Bingzhang was recruiting from the rich families in the city, those Shaanxi soldiers had not left, and his subordinates estimated that it would be two more days before they would go to Shimapu. ”

Xiao Yungui asked again: "Has Liuyang Xiangyong of Jinpenling arrived in Jinpenling?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng nodded and said: "Zhu Han, the deputy general of the Qing Demon Yuanzhou Association, has arrived at Jinpenling with eight hundred Liuyang Xiangyong, and there are a lot of firearms. ”

Xiao Yungui smiled gloomily and said, "Don't put the one who came out of the city back, but there is a path that can bypass the stone horse and go straight to Jinpenling?" ”