On the Holy Martial Palace, after Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er quietly listened to the reports of Qianjiang and Tong Qiangsheng, Xiao Yungui frowned and said: "Yang Xiuqing transferred Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai back to Beijing, Hu Yihuang handed over the military power to Yang Fuqing, the defense army of Tianjing City has strengthened its vigilance, and the water and land passes are heavily guarded, and the palaces and Hou mansions of Tianjing City are closely monitored?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng responded: "Yes, the Intelligence Department and the staff of Bai Zetang's subordinate halls have analyzed that the East King's move is to move the North King and the Wing King. ”

Qian Jiang continued: "The most likely plan of the East King is to first get rid of the two kings of the North and the Wing, seize their military power, and then force the palace king, and after taking the power of the heavenly kingdom, then raise the army of the whole country to threaten my west hall." ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and said, "Yes, Yang Xiuqing's most likely thing is to fight me in a decisive battle after getting the power of the Heavenly Kingdom first." When the time comes, we have a clear demon in front of us, and an east hall in the back, if the foreigners have any evil thoughts, we will be attacked on three sides, and the situation is extremely unoptimistic. ”

Xiao Yungui's face became solemn, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Preparing for the special train back to Suzhou in the evening, this king and the west princess will rush back to Suzhou to sit in the town." Qianjiang will go back with us, Brother Tong, you will stay in Shanghai. ”

Hong Yun'er added: "From now on, all the secret agents and personnel of the Intelligence Department and Bai Zetang will cancel their vacations, closely protect all important generals and officials, and continue to strengthen intelligence collection in Tianjing." ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "Yes, we must strengthen the protection of important generals and officials, although the East Hall can't help us for the time being, I am afraid that they will come to the yin and carry out some assassinations, and want to disturb the hearts of our army, and at the same time tell Wang Libin that they have strengthened the supervision of major newspapers, and there can be no demagogic news in the newspaper at this time!" ”

After the explanation, Xiao Yungui summoned Li Kaifang, Wang Minyun and others, instructed them to continue to deal with the foreigners, and at the same time ordered Li Kaifang to speed up the reorganization and training of the newly formed Fourth Army. The 150,000 horses in the West Hall have completed the training of more than 100,000 people in the three armies, and the remaining Fourth Army is still in training. As long as the training of the Fourth Army is completed, there will be another new force in the West Temple. After the arrangements were made, Xiao Yungui rushed back to Suzhou by special train with Hong Yuner and Qianjiang that night.

When they returned to Suzhou, it was already the end of the hour, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er returned to the West Palace, Zuo Zongtang and others were also waiting in the West Palace, and the heads of the entire West Hall gathered in the West Palace, it seems that Zuo Zongtang and others also received the news, and they also knew that the matter was urgent, and they were waiting for the West King to come back to discuss major matters.

Above the inner hall of the West Palace, Zuo Zongtang, Hua Yufang, Li Shourong, Xu Shou, Ji Wenyuan, Xu Naizhao, Wang Libin, Qian Jiang and others sat in turn. After several years of ups and downs. The people in the hall have been deeply branded with the West Palace, and they all hope that the Lord West King in their eyes can ascend to the throne, if the West King loses power, then these people in the West Hall will also end up very miserable, so everyone's faces are very dignified.

After Xiao Yungui sat down. Cheering up, he ordered Qian Jiang to tell the ministers about the information and analysis held by the Intelligence Department. The more everyone listened, the more their brows furrowed. After listening. Xiao Yungui said: "What should we do now? The east hall has already begun to sharpen its swords, and if the north hall and the wing hall fall, the Heavenly King will definitely be replaced, and the east hall will turn its spear against us. ”

The word "we" of the West King stirred everyone's heartstrings, Zuo Zongtang was silent, and Ji Wenyuan was short-tempered. He stood up directly and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness the King of the West, now that the sword has been raised, we can't sit still, and the tens of millions of soldiers and civilians in the West Hall support the King of the West." Otherwise, we'll pull the flag back. What is the East Temple, I think they are the demons and monsters who have been tempted by the demon Satan, and they are no different from the Qing Demon, just kill the demon and eliminate the demon together! Let's help the king of the west to enter Tianjing, and the kingdom of heaven under the rule of the king of the west is called the kingdom of heaven! ”

Ji Wenyuan represents the old brothers of the West Palace, after the purge, those who remain are the old brothers who are loyal to the King of the West, Ji Wenyuan and the others have long wanted Xiao Yungui to stand on their own, and in their minds, the King of the West has long been their king.

Xu Naizhao said cautiously: "The King of the West is still nominally the King of the West of Heaven now, and the King of Heaven is not at fault. ”

Ji Wenyuan said angrily: "You scholars like to engage in these famous halls, what is the wrong name, what is not good, how much credit does our West Hall make for the Heavenly Kingdom?" They persecuted us step by step again and again, and they forced us to take this path! ”

Li Shourong persuaded: "Ji Shangshu, Xu Junshou is reasonable, you listen to me, once we rebel, we will lose our righteousness, although the military and civilian people of Sufu Province will obey us, but how will the people of several provinces under the rule of Tianjing think of us?" They will only treat us as rebels against the kingdom of heaven, and once we rebel, if the king of the east and the king of the north and the king of the wings come to quell the rebellion, then we will be passive. ”

Hua Yufang and Xu Shou are good at doing things, but they are not very good at this kind of planning, the two only feel that what Xu Naizhao said makes sense, and Hua Yufang said: "Ji Shangshu, we want to raise troops to stand on our own, then we must be completely prepared, now the supply of guns and ammunition in Suzhou Ordnance Bureau and Shanghai Ordnance Bureau is insufficient, and the Hangzhou Ordnance Bureau is still under construction, and it is estimated that it will take more than a month to put into production. ”

Xu Shou nodded and said: "Yes, Fujian has just been hit by a typhoon, and the roads and bridges everywhere also need a large number of people to repair, and a large number of manpower and material resources are concentrated in Fujian, we are not ready to receive Tianjing, and we also need to prepare a lot for money and food......

As soon as the two of them spoke, they digressed, and Zuo Zongtang coughed and said: "The deployment of each ministry will be discussed later, and now the general outline will be decided first." ”

Wang Libin nodded and said: "What Zuo Xiang said is good, we have decided where to go in the West Hall first, and then we can mobilize all the manpower and material resources to do our best." ”

Xu Naizhao continued: "I still don't think we can pull the flag and rebel, but we should wait for the East King to do that great rebellion, and we can raise troops into Beijing in the name of the Qing monarch and eradicate the East Palace, and then we can take charge of Tianjing." ”

Ji Wenyuan jumped up and said: "Qingjun side, hum, helped the Heavenly King suppress the East Palace, will we continue to obey the Heavenly King when the time comes?" ”

Li Shourong said with a smile: "Ji Shangshu has a hot temper, by that time, our West Hall can grasp the power of Tianjing, why not let the Heavenly King Zen throne?" Why are you so excited? ”

Hearing this, Ji Wenyuan sat down and said, "You scholars have a lot of ideas. ”

After Zuo Zongtang bowed slightly, he looked at King Xi and said, "Your Highness, it seems that the situation is critical now, but Zuo thinks that my West Hall is actually invincible." ”

Xiao Yungui sighed and said, "Please go on." ”

Zuo Zongtang said slowly: "Now it seems that the deployment of the East King is ruthless and detailed, but we should think about it, how can the Heavenly King, the North King, the Wing King and others sit still and wait to die? With the ability of the Heavenly King, the North King, and the Wing King, they will definitely have their own countermeasures, and when the time comes, it will become a situation where the East King and several princes will be merged. And we can just wait and see what happens, and when the time comes, no matter which one wins, we can immediately send troops to deal with it. If the king of the east wins, we can play the name of the Qing monarch and enter the capital with the army of the king of Qin. If the King of Heaven wins, we can also play the banner of avenging the East King Zhaoxue. Therefore, no matter which side wins, we in the West Temple can have an excuse to send troops to Tianjing. ”

Hong Yun'er clapped her hands and said: "What Zuo Xiang said is good, our West Hall can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for the right time to send troops into Tianjing to quell the chaos in one fell swoop!" ”

Xiao Yungui muttered: "I heard that the North King and the Wing King have been summoned back to Beijing, and the entire Heavenly Kyoto is under the control of the East Palace, I am afraid that the Heavenly King will not have the strength to fight back, and this King is worried that the Heavenly King will be defeated quickly." ”

Zuo Zongtang twisted his beard and said: "Although the East King is powerful in Tianjing and Jiangxi, there are also a lot of foreign soldiers of the North King and the Wing King, although the East King can put the two kings under house arrest in Tianjing, but he must subdue the foreign soldiers of the two kings for a while before he can do anything to the Heavenly King, otherwise there will be a big chaos." ”

Xiao Yungui nodded thoughtfully and said, "How long does Zuo Xiang think it will take for the East King to subdue the soldiers and horses of the two kings?" ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "The north hall and the wing hall are not as iron-clad as our west hall, there are a lot of east hall deployments and dark chess on both sides, Zuo estimated the ability of the king of the east, if he can successfully win some important generals in the north hall and the wing hall, he can complete the control of the two kings' soldiers and horses within three months." ”

Xiao Yungui muttered: "In three months, can we complete the preparations for war?" ”

Zuo Zongtang said lightly: "It's not that it can, but it must be completed!" We will never have a chance again after this opportunity passes, whether it is the victory of the Heavenly King or the Eastern King, they will definitely not let go of our West Temple, and they will definitely get rid of it quickly, so no matter how difficult it is, we must complete the preparations for war, and this time will be the best time for our West Temple to gain power. ”

Hong Yun'er said: "Our internal integration is almost complete, and the current generals of the entire West Hall are confident in fighting this battle, all we need to adjust is the direction of the use of manpower and material resources, and we need to make every effort to prepare for moving into Tianjing." ”

Ji Wenyuan said loudly: "Yes, let's prepare everything, no matter which one wins, let's rush over and pick peaches, Tianjing was originally beaten down by our West Palace, why not get it back now?" ”

At that moment, everyone said a word, I said a word, zuihou Zuo Zongtang looked at the king of the west and said: "Your Highness, back then, you treated Zuo with the courtesy of a countryman, and Zuo said that one day His Highness can do a big position, Zuo will do his best to assist, now is the time to make up your mind, success or failure in one fell swoop!" ”

Xiao Yungui looked at everyone, Zuihou stood up slowly, under the light, the figure of the King of the West looked extremely tall, and he only listened to his deep voice and said word by word: "Okay!" Since God wants me to take this road, I will take everyone to overcome all obstacles and walk through this bloody road! ”

At that moment, Zuo Zongtang and the others knelt down together, and Zuo Zongtang said loudly: "The heavens will be the great responsibility, and I am the king of the west." Ping Demon builds the country and caresses the eight directions. Gong covers the sun and the moon, Debsufo. Blessed to all the people, the world is well. There is no virtue now, and it is replaced. Ministers and other soldiers and civilians assisted by their efforts. Overcoming obstacles and stepping towards a prosperous village! (To be continued......)