Five days later, next to the Yiwang Mansion in Anqing, Shi Dakai was sitting near the river, watching the warships on the Yangtze River. ”

Shi Dakai was stunned: "Who is here?" ”

The soldier said: "The person who came called himself Sand King Feng Yuliang came from the starry night of Tianjing. ”

"Sand King Feng Yuliang? Haven't heard of it, can you confirm it? ”

"It has been confirmed, the person who came has the decree of His Majesty the Heavenly King, and there will be no fake. Do you want to see the righteous king? ”

Shi Dakai thought for a while and said, "It's a little interesting, let him in." ”

Not long after, Su Sanniang, who had been dressed in disguise, came to Shi Dakai's side and said: "See King Yi, Feng Yuliang in Xia, recently loved by the King of Heaven, and was named the King of Sha, although he has the name of the king, but he has long admired the name of King Yi, and I am fortunate to see it today, and my temperament is extraordinary!" ”

Shi Dakai returned the salute and said: "Since the Sand King is from Tianjing, he must have something important to tell him, come, follow me to the Yiwang Mansion and say slowly." ”

The two walked into the hall of the Yiwang Mansion, Shi Dakai beckoned his subordinates to make two cups of tea for the two, and when the two of them sat down, they asked, "What kind of edict did the Heavenly King bring?" ”

Su Sanniang handed over the edict to Shi Dakai, and when Shi Dakai read it, he said: "Since the righteous king left Tianjing, it has been more than four months for a while, and His Majesty the Heavenly King misses the righteous king very much. ”

After Shi Dakai finished reading the oracle, he gently rolled it up, put it aside, sighed and said: "I said when I left Beijing, although I Shi Dakai is not in Tianjing, I will not take refuge in the Qing Demon, and I will not return to the field, no matter where I go, where I fight, I will always be the commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and I will overthrow the Qing demon and establish a small paradise as my responsibility." Although I am now in Anqing, I am always concerned about the war in Tianjing, and I also feel the pressure of His Majesty the Heavenly King...... In this way, I will send Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, Wei Jun and other tiger generals to lead the troops to quickly reinforce Tianjing. ”

Su Sanniang asked, "Dare to ask why King Yi didn't return to Beijing in person?" ”

Shi Dakai said: "In Anqing, several soldiers and horses are also entangled with Zeng Demon Head, and they can't be dispatched, and I hope that the King of Heaven and the King of Sand will understand." ”

Su Sanniang asked: "If you return to Your Majesty like this, Your Majesty will definitely order Chen Yucheng to garrison Anqing, presumably King Yi also knows that His Majesty has always appreciated Chen Yucheng's talent, and once wanted to call him to be a concubine, and His Majesty's main purpose is to let King Yi himself return to Beijing, King Yi wants to stay, dare to ask if there is any other reason?" ”

Shi Dakai thought for a while and said: "Alas, since Yang Xiuqing and Wei Changhui were killed, Your Majesty has been quite wary of the elders of the Meritorious Lord, I haven't gone back, but Your Majesty insists on making the two elder brothers kings, but he has restrained me in every possible way, thinking about it, I, Shi Dakai, have been fighting abroad for many years, and I really don't like palace battles, so I still stay at ease on this front line." I think that since Your Majesty did not issue a holy decree, but only asked the Sand King to bring an edict, it is to imply that there is still room for negotiation in this matter, and I also ask the Sand King to tell me the truth, if I resolutely do not return to Tianjing, what punishment will Your Majesty give me? ”

Su Sanniang knew that this was not Shi Dakai's true thoughts, but she couldn't mention the matter of treasures and demons, and after several hard persuasions, seeing that Shi Dakai still didn't let go, she had to say: "Your Majesty also gave the minister a task, he said, if the righteous king insists on not returning, he will admit that the righteous king's departure is the 'expedition' of the Celestial Empire, and he must stay by the side of the righteous king, assist the righteous king, and create a world outside." ”

Shi Dakai knew that this was just Hong Xiuquan planting an eyeliner by his side, but the two evils were the opposite, as long as he didn't return to Beijing, it was not a big problem, so he responded: "So very good, after several young generals rushed to Tianjing, I just lack a powerful helper by my side, if the sand king does not dislike this simple Yiwang Mansion, and is not afraid of the wandering life of eating and sleeping in the open in the future, I Shi Dakai is very welcome." ”

So, Su Sanniang failed to persuade Shi Dakai to return, but successfully joined Shi Dakai's expeditionary army, but, although the two shared the name of the king, Shi Dakai only gave Su Sanniang the decision-making power of logistics affairs, and firmly grasped the military and political power in his own hands.

However, the development of things did not go as smoothly as Su Sanniang imagined, Su Sanniang took advantage of the opportunity of Shi Dakai to go out many times, trying to find out the whereabouts of the treasure map in the Yiwang Mansion, but the search has been fruitless, and then forced to follow Shi Dakai to fight in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, and continue to enjoy victories and failures in large and small battlefields. The number of troops following Shi Dakai was sharply reduced from the initial 100,000 to 30,000, but despite this, the expeditionary force still contained a lot of Qing troops and created conditions for Hong Xiuquan's main force to relieve the siege of Tianjing. Shi Dakai and Hong Xiuquan's power went and went, Hong Xiuquan felt at ease again, and gradually had no intention of worrying about Shi Dakai's dominance, so he didn't mention the treasure map again, but Su Sanniang and Shi Dakai survived the tribulation together, and more and more linked their fate with the fate of the expeditionary force. Shi Dakai gradually lifted his guard against Su Sanniang, and was anxious to employ people, so he let Su Sanniang participate in the front-line war.

In 1859, Shi Dakai raised troops from Jiangxi into Hunan and launched the "Battle of Baoqing".

Baoqing has been a traffic artery since ancient times, the danger of the snow peak of the north barrier, the beauty of the five mountains of the south screen, the Zijiang and Shaoshui meet here, the hills are undulating, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. In July, Li Xubin of the Hunan army took advantage of Shi Dakai's main force to attack the Xiangjun East Road Banbian Street and Gaojiachong Qing camp, and captured the Taiping army's Tianjiadu to Qingshuitang first-line camp, at this time, the battle situation has been very unfavorable to Shi Dakai's army.

One day in late July, Shi Dakai and Su Sanniang led a vanguard of 5,000 people, to the south of Baoqing to break through and evacuate, because the march was too fast, when the troops marched to the area of Liyu Pass, only 800 cavalry were left to rush in front, at this time the mountains on both sides were steep, Shi Dakai insisted on going deep alone, and when he reached the halfway point, a group of gunners who had been ambushed on the hillside rushed out, and for a while, the whole canyon fell into a sea of fire. In a short time, more than half of the 800 cavalry had been killed and wounded, and the men and horses in the rear quickly withdrew from the valley, but Shi Dakai and Su Sanniang, together with the more than 100 people who remained on the front line, were surrounded by thousands of Hunan troops.

The leader of this ambush is called Eturhui, a subordinate of the original Li Xubin, seeing that the situation has been controlled by his own side, he took out a pistol and pointed it at Shi Dakai and said: "I didn't expect it, long-haired people, last year, Governor Li's lone army was deeply ambushed and killed by you traitors in Sanhe Town. ”

At this time, Shi Dakai is already a caged bird, it is difficult to fly with wings, rather than fighting the trapped beast, it is better to exchange the life of one person for the safety of everyone, and said: "You want me Shi Dakai to die, but you want to use my head to go to Beijing to receive the reward, the heads of these ordinary soldiers behind me, even if you take it, it is meaningless, if you agree to let them go, my life, will be at your disposal, otherwise, once we both die, even if you can completely annihilate our army, I am afraid that you will kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, what do you think of this deal?" ”

Eturhun and the lieutenant general beside him glanced at each other, and said to Shi Dakai: "Yes, I agree." ”

Shi Dakai smiled slightly, and was about to dismount and surrender, Su Sanniang stopped in front of him and said, "Wait, you are all mistaken, he is not Shi Dakai at all, I am." If you want to change it, you should change my head! ”

Shi Dakai really didn't expect Su Sanniang to come to this show, and shouted: "Feng Yuliang, don't be nosy!" ”

Eturhun's eyes lit up: "Feng Yuliang? Oh...... Aren't you the sand king Feng Yuliang they say? Someone said before that there was a hairy boy in the long-haired army who was promoted by the line of fire, known as the sand king, I thought it was a joke, how could the two long-haired kings work together? When I saw it today, it was really an eye-opener, hahaha...... It seems that the old thief Hong is no longer available, and the gas is exhausted, hahaha! ”

The deputy general said: "It doesn't matter what kind of king he is, as long as he is a long-haired leader, if he takes this head back, it will be twice the bounty!" ”

Su Sanniang saw that her identity had been revealed, so she said sharply: "Since this is the case, you will take me and King Yi and let those ordinary soldiers go!" ”

Eturhun said: "Oh, this is very difficult, if there is any king among the people who let go, we are not at a loss?" ”

Seeing the situation, a soldier in the Taiping army shouted: "King Yi, King Sha, don't be lucky with the Qing Demon, since we have left Beijing with King Yi, this head has long been sent by King Yi!" Trapped here today, we only want to live and die together with the righteous king Shawang, and fight to the last man! Everybody said, right? ”

The morale of the soldiers was boosted, and they shouted: "Yes, yes, live and die together, exterminate the Qing Demon!" ”

Seeing this, Shi Dakai immediately burst into tears and recited aloud the "Praise Sutra of the Holy Father": "Praise God as the Father of Heaven, Praise Jesus as the Savior, and Praise the Holy Spirit as the Holy Spirit......"

This move was really exciting, and in the valley, there was a chorus of Taiping soldiers:

"Praise God as the Father of Heaven, Jesus as the Savior, and Holy God as the Holy Spirit. The truth is the same as the way of the world, which can save people's souls and enjoy infinite blessings. The wise are enthusiastic, and the blessing is followed, the fool awakens, the path to heaven is open, the heavenly father is blessed, the vast and boundless, the prince is not spared, and the mortal world is resigned, and the soul is repentant, and the soul is ascended to heaven......"

The two armies were close to each other, the Taiping soldiers regarded death as home, kept repeating the "Holy Father's Praise Sutra", cut down to the Qing army, they had heaven as their destination, and their combat effectiveness suddenly increased greatly, every time they died, they could always replace the lives of one or two Qing soldiers, even so, the enemy was outnumbered, and the chanting sound in the valley of Liyuao was still decreasing.

Su Sanniang, as a female general, is very good at kung fu, after killing six people in a row, she was still stabbed in the chest and abdomen, and was kicked in the abdomen in the duel with the deputy general, and fell to the ground.

"Sand King be careful!" Four Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers immediately surrounded Su Sanniang, who fell to the ground, and a large number of Qing troops suddenly attacked this side, and after fighting seven or eight people, four soldiers were also killed on the battlefield. At this time, Shi Dakai's arm was also cut off, and he was too busy to take care of himself, seeing that Su Sanniang was about to die under the knife, he shouted: "Shawang, see you on the Huangquan Road!" ”

But at this moment, a pillar of sky blue light fell from the sky, shining on Su Sanniang's body, Su Sanniang's body suddenly flashed with a sky blue arrogance, and suddenly felt that the whole body was full of strength, and then looked at those Qing soldiers, their every step was so slow, and in an instant, a fish jumped up and shouted, shaking away the Qing army that surrounded it.

Eturhun and Shi Dakai shouted almost at the same time: "What's the matter? ”

At this time, Su Sanniang's purification power awakened, she was already a military general, her strength and speed were greatly improved in an instant, and under the confrontation with the Qing army, it was as if a strong man with infinite strength was facing a group of young children, just a knife was chopped off, and the heads of the three Qing soldiers had already landed.

Another group of Qing soldiers surrounded them, Su Sanniang skillfully dodged their moves, brandished the Pu knife, shuttled between the Qing soldiers, and the knife fell, and seven or eight Qing soldiers were cut to the ground.

At this moment, the Qing army was shaken, if the opponent was just infinitely powerful, only the tactics of the sea of people could win, but once the enemy made a move faster than the naked eye of the human eye, then I don't know how he died, no one dared to step forward again, and they all showed a tendency to retreat, so anxious that Turhun shouted: "Don't retreat...... No refund! Violators will be killed! ”

Seeing this, Shi Dakai also moved closer to Su Sanniang, and while defending against the enemy, he asked, "Who are you?" ”

Su Sanniang said: "I don't know what's going on, but there's no time, my strange power is fading rapidly, run!" After speaking, he shouted to the Qing soldiers blocking the road in front of him: "If you don't want to die, get out of the way!" ”

There was a gap in the middle of the Qing army, and when Eturhun saw this, he personally patted the horse and killed the general, only to see Su Sanniang's sword qi come out, and Eturhui was cut in half with the people and horses.

Su Sanniang gasped for breath, but at this time, the Qing army was already frightened and didn't notice this abnormality. The gap in the middle was still there, Su Sanniang released her strength to the maximum, shouted, and quickly carried Shi Dakai out of the gap, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.