The Dadu River in May 1863 is destined not to become the dust of history and will be forever remembered by the world.

Zidadi, the first of the seven fields and forty-eight forts of the river under the jurisdiction of the Tusi of the Fan clan in Songlindi, Sichuan, was originally a little-known place name, because of the arrival of Shi Dakai, the righteous king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it became the focus of the Qing court and the rebel army.

In the past two years, Shi Dakai led his army all the way from Guangxi to Sichuan, and then divided his troops to occupy Guizhou and some areas of Yunnan, when his troops entered and occupied Ningyuan, Sichuan, there were still 10,000 soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom. At this time, Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, learned of Ningyuan's war report, and then he knew that Shi Dakai's main force came to Zidadi from a shortcut, and was about to cross the river, and urgently ordered the troops to come back to help, but except for Tang Yougeng, who was relatively close, the rest of the troops were beyond their reach.

At this time, the Qing army on the north bank was still weak, and the water was calm and slow, so the Taiping army had plenty of time to build a raft across the Dadu River and go straight down to Chengdu......

In the camp of King Yi, Shi Dakai, Su Sanniang and Zheng Yingxiong, the Marquis of Replenishing Heaven, were fiercely discussing the details of crossing the river, only to hear Su Sanniang say: "The plan to cross the river should be based on safety as the first priority. ”

Shi Dakai asked, "Oh? How far is this crow whirlpool from here? ”

Su Sanniang said: "It's not far, it's ten miles away." ”

Shi Dakai couldn't make up his mind, Zheng Yingxiong laughed and said: "Your Royal Highness the Righteous King, I don't think this matter is appropriate!" So why is the old crow whirlpool weak in defense? It is precisely because the Dadu River suddenly turns there, the flood waves hit the stone walls on both sides, forming many huge whirlpools, not only the raft is not passable, even the old crow can only hover on the river, dare not go into the water to hunt for food, so it is called the 'old crow whirlpool'. This place is definitely not a normal place to cross the river, so the Qing Demon has no intention of defending it at all. Although there are some demons on the other bank, the number is only 2,000, and our army still has 10,000 troops, which is overwhelming, and it is the best policy to cross the river immediately. ”

Su Sanniang refuted: "Are the two thousand Qing demons at the mercy of others? What's more, we don't know when the Qing demon reinforcements will suddenly arrive, even if the river crossing is successful, there will be a bloody battle, the soldiers are exhausted, and please ask the righteous king to put the common people first, don't let the blood of his brothers be in vain! ”

Zheng Yingxiong saw that Su Sanniang was fighting-for-tat with him, and he was already dissatisfied with this hairy boy who didn't know where to fight, and he was even more annoyed for a while, and said, "What is King Sha talking about?" When did my heavenly soldiers become greedy for life and afraid of death? We are not afraid of dying on the battlefield, it's a big deal to sacrifice one person and replace a clear demon, but we are never willing to be killed in vain by that whirlpool and dangerous beach! King Yi, I hope you will take the extermination of the Qing demon as your first priority and cross the river here! ”

"Yiwang ......" Su Sanniang wanted to say something, Shi Dakai interrupted her words and said: "Brother Yuliang, I think this time the Tianhou is reasonable, at present, the water in Zida is gentle, and there is no need to transfer, it is a good place to cross the river, as for that little demon, compared to the opponents we encountered along the way, what is it?" It's just tickling. ”

"The Righteous King......

"Okay, don't say any more, I've made up my mind, tonight, cross the river on the spot! Someone, pass on my military orders......"

At this moment, a soldier hurried to the camp and cheerfully shouted: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Righteous King! Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Yi! ”

Shi Dakai was stunned: "I was about to pass on the military order, what do you have to congratulate me?" ”

The soldier said: "Just now, Concubine Li gave birth to a son for King Yi, weighing six catties and eight taels, and in good health, no, I am waiting for His Royal Highness King Yi to go over and name the son!" ”

Shi Dakai was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Oh? Hahaha, it's really a blessing from God, I didn't expect that at my Shi Dakai's age, I could regain the mantle heir, hahaha! Come on, you two, come with me! ”

Su Sanniang had an ominous premonition in her heart, and asked, "What about crossing the river......

Shi Dakai said: "Don't worry, the matter of crossing the river, later, I will make my own arrangements." ”

When the three of them came to Concubine Li's tent, Shi Dakai couldn't wait to walk to the side of the bed and asked, "Concubine Li, where is my son, what about my son?" ”

Concubine Li, who was pale and pale, was lying on the bed, and when she saw Shi Dakai entering, she propped herself up and responded, "Here you are." ”

Shi Dakai hurriedly helped Concubine Li lie down and said, "You have a good rest, don't get up." Picked up the baby in swaddling clothes next to Concubine Li, looked at it again and again, and said happily: "Good, good, what a cute child, Daddy will name you...... Well, since you were born on the bank of the Dadu River, let's call it Shi Qinghe, yes, it's called Shi Qinghe, hehehe. After speaking, he kissed the baby on the face and shouted outside the tent: "Someone, pass my orders......"

A soldier entered the camp tent, and Shi Dakai ordered: "Quickly pass my order: Lonely and dangerous, and make Zhang Shengxiang again, see this water and green mountains, and be willing to play with Zhuqing and get drunk......"

The soldier said blankly: "Your Royal Highness the Righteous King, forgive the little man for his vulgar literary knowledge and don't understand the meaning of the words, and I hope that the Righteous King will make it clear." ”

Shi Da was very happy, and said with a smile: "That's it, that is to say, I, Shi Dakai, am willing to celebrate the three days with the soldiers of the three armies, sing songs night and night, drink and talk, and congratulate the birth of the little prince, hahaha!" ”

The soldier replied, "Yes, the little one will do it immediately!" ”

Su Sanniang was shocked: "King Yi, I thought you were going to give the order to cross the river tonight, why did you delay it for three days, you know, Luo Bingzhang is transferring troops to support, if you cross the river again in three days, wouldn't it delay this God-given opportunity?" ”

Shi Dakai replied easily: "Hehe, Brother Yuliang, you don't have to worry about this, if the Qing Demon reinforcements arrive on the other side in three days, I will follow your plan to cross the river from the unguarded crow of the Qing Demon, now, you can rest assured, right?" ”

Su Sanniang said: "But now the water of the Dadu River is gentle, it is a good opportunity to cross the river, if it rains heavily in the sky three days later, and the flood surges, how can you cross the old crow whirlpool?" ”

Shi Dakai said: "Hahaha, it's not a problem, it's not a problem!" At present, it is the turn of spring and summer, the flood season is far from coming, I look at this day, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and there will be no major changes within three days, and there will never be floods. ”

Su Sanniang was disappointed and said: "King Yi, I have always known that you are a manly man who is righteous and has the world in mind, in order to cross the river before the Qing demon, our army trekked through mountains and rivers, starry nights, but I didn't expect that when the war came, you would also be for the sake of private affairs, regardless of the safety of thousands of soldiers, I, I really lost my eyes!" ”

Shi Dakai was immediately displeased, but he had a deep friendship with Su Sanniang, and it was inconvenient to attack, and sighed: "You don't understand, when I Shi Dakai's family, hundreds of people, let the traitor Wei Changhui kill to the end in the chaos of Tianjing, that kind of desperate mood that called every day should not be called the earth. Now that I am in danger, God has given me a new life for the Shi family at this time, what does it mean? This is a good omen! This shows that God wants my Shi family to flourish and pass on for centuries, how can he let us die here? ”

At the beginning of the argument, the baby suddenly cried, and Shi Dakai hurriedly coaxed the child: "Oh, Qinghe, be obedient, don't cry, don't cry......"

At this time, Zheng Yingxiong, who had not spoken, saw that Shi Dakai chose to cross the river by the crow, he was very unhappy, and he had a grudge against Su Sanniang, so he just took the opportunity to win back a city, and said: "What His Royal Highness the Righteous King said is extremely true, our army is the person chosen by God, more than ten years of fighting in the south and the north, and is in constant danger, but it can always turn danger into relief. Behold, not only shall I rejoice, but shall rejoice with great propriety. As for what the Sand King said, I think it's a bit too unfounded, right? ”

Su Sanniang shouted: "Zheng Yingxiong, you are a demon to confuse the public, and you have a personal vendetta!" ”

Shi Dakai didn't want to spoil the atmosphere, so he persuaded: "Okay, okay, two brothers, Yuliang and Yingxiong, I know that you are all for the good of the great cause of heaven, but when it comes to it, I always have to adopt one side and offend the other." I'm Shi Dakai, I've always taken the word 'righteousness' as the top, what about you, don't make me embarrassed, change your mood, and celebrate for a few days! Yingxiong, this celebration will be arranged by you. ”

Zheng Yingxiong immediately responded: "Obey!" ”

Su Sanniang knew that it would be futile to admonish again, so she was angry, quit the camp, and left alone.

Zheng Yingxiong took this opportunity to say to Shi Dakai: "Hehe, if Your Majesty indiscriminately seals these indiscriminate kings, the kingdom of heaven will be in danger. ”

Shi Dakai waved his hand and persuaded: "Okay, okay, don't say it again." ”