Trapped in Jiangkouwei for three months, lacking food and drink, Hong Xiuquan was depressed, and said Yang Xiuqing: "20,000 horses, we must quickly determine the way out, and then consume here, that is, if the enemy does not attack, I will be chaotic." ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "What does the sect leader mean? ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "To the west, Jintian Bauhinia Mountain, it is not suitable to be reweighted." East, Zhang Zhao's navy stuck on the way. North, a lot of mountains. In the southwest, the Xunjiang River and the Qianjiang River meet, Jedi. I intend to force the Xunjiang River, occupy Xunzhou, and go straight to Nanning. ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "Don't, the river is wide and the water is urgent, more than half of my old and young women and children, and there is no sailor warship, staggering across the river, if the demon is besieged, I can't take care of it, it's dangerous." I intend to return to Jintian, cross the wind and pass through the gate, go straight to Wuxuan, occupy Xiangzhou, and pound Guilin. ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "The mountains are stacked in the west, the sheep intestine path is tortuous, and my women and children accompany me, and they are staggering. ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "It's okay, you can make Xiao Chaogui quickly occupy the wind gate; The odds of winning are three percent. After the Luo outline is broken again, the ambush is heavy on both wings, and the thief is eager to make meritorious contributions, and he will enter the ambush circle, and if he is defeated again, he will not dare to chase after him, and the chance of winning is sixty percent. In this way, I stumbled and calmly, and the whole army crossed the Fengmen Pass together, and it was done. ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "Wuxuan, Xiangzhou, and Guilin are all important places for Qing demons, and Guilin is also garrisoned by the governor of Qincha, and a place is not occupied, how can it be said that it is done?" ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "The main forces of the Qing demons are gathered here, and there are no more than 1,000 soldiers in Wuxuan, Xiangzhou, and Guilin. ”

Hong Xiuquan: "It's so good, pass on my order, Xiao Chaogui leads the front army, Wei Changhui is the vanguard, and quickly occupy Fengmen Pass." Hu Yihuang and Meng Deen quickly prepared boats and boats, feinted to cross the Xunjiang River, Yang Xiuqingzhong, Feng Yunshan on the right, Shi Dakai on the left, Qin Rigang and Luo Gang after the break, the armies quickly made preparations and moved their camps in the middle of the night. ”

On March 7, 1851, Hong Xiuquan personally went into battle, concentrated artillery, and bombarded the military camp. Xiang was stunned, couldn't guess the full intention, and reported that there were more than 100 bamboo rafts and boats hidden on the north bank of the Xun River.

Xiang Rong said: "If you go against the sound and attack the west, you must cross the river to the south." The three armies were ordered to quickly deploy along the Xunjiang River. ”

He Chun, the deputy general of the Yongsui Association, said: "It is necessary to prevent the west from going to Jintian and going over the mountains into Wuxuan." ”

Xiang Rong said: "In the past, Liu Bei fled with the people, acted slowly, and was killed by Cao Cao's army. Rebelling to the west, I can't ask for it, and I have more than 10,000 troops, and we will destroy the thieves in the mountains and mountains. ”

It was night, the gongs and drums in the Jiangkou polder were noisy, the cannons were roaring, and the people were roaring and the dogs barking, until the fourth and a half watch.

Xiang Rong strictly ordered, stick to the position, and cut those who are good at fighting. I don't want to be at the fifth watch, and the Jiangkou Wei is empty. Hong Xiuquan golden cicada shed its shell and went west to Jintian. Xiang Rong's anger was vented, the arson burned and looted, and then turned to chase. At noon, I finally saw the rear of the Hong army. Unexpectedly, the gongs and drums on both wings sounded in unison; Xiang Rongzhi was ambushed again and retreated in a hurry. When Li Nengchen and Zhou Fengqi's army arrived, they dared to chase again, but only if they were separated.

Hong Yang approached Wu Xuan, and Zhou Tianjue, the governor of Guangxi, said to Li Xingyuan, the minister of Qincha: "Xiang Rong disturbed the people and set up thieves, lost his fighter plane, and caused thieves to flee west, and the crime is unforgivable!" The lord sat in Guilin, strictly ordered Xiang Rong to march, I led my own soldiers, galloped to Wuxuan, and must arrive before the thief. If Wu Xuan is lost, there will be no barrier in Guilin, and there will be no place for you and me to die! ”

Li Xingyuan said: "A hundred soldiers, how can you fight more than 10,000 tigers and wolves!" There were eight hundred soldiers in the city, and the adults took half of them. I immediately issued a 100,000 fire emergency order, ordering Xiang Rong and others to arrive at the army within a time limit, and those who are late will come to see him. ”

Li Xingyuan was originally ill, but he was so angry that he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Zhou Tianjue said: "My lord is sick! Langzhong, where is Langzhong? ”

Li Xingyuan said: "Don't get in the way, this situation has been repeated many times recently, just rest for a while." ”

Zhou Tianjue said: "The huge provincial city, with 800 soldiers, it is still difficult to defend the city." Take care, my lord, I'm desperately going! ”

After Tianjue finished speaking, he ordered a hundred personal soldiers, rode a horse and galloped to Wuxuan, and recruited another hundred villagers on the way. When I went to Wuxuan County, I saw Liu Zuosu sitting in the public court, crying silently.

Zhou Tianjue said: "Rebellion is coming, can you do defense?" ”

Liu Zuosu howled: "There is no prevention, there is no prevention, there is no resistance, only a rope to hang the neck." ”

Zhou Tianjue sighed: "There are only 800 Confucian soldiers in the provincial capital, and Wu Xuan is only an official who can't participate, could it be that the sky is going to kill me?" ”

It is reported that there is no long hair in a radius of 100 miles. Zhou Tianjue was temporarily relieved, leaving a hundred townships to defend the city bravely, and bringing his own soldiers to spread doubts outside the city, even if he hit the stone with an egg, he had to fight hard.

Tianjue arranged it properly, and sighed again: "Three miles, thirty miles away, easy to defend and difficult to attack, an excellent place, but there is a lack of soldiers and no generals, so you can only pretend here." ”

The next day, Wei Changhui led the right army of 2,000 to arrive at Sanliwei, and seeing Zhou Tianjue's violent, Changhui did not dare to act rashly, and stationed on the spot to wait for reinforcements.

Xiang Rong and others received Li Xingyuan's urgent order, galloped 200 miles in one day and one night, circled the main army of Hongyang, and finally arrived in Wuxuan on March 12.

When Zhou Tianjue saw Xiang Rongzhi, he was excited for a while, and tears welled up in his eyes. The next day, Li Nengchen, Zhou Fengqi, Liu Jizu and others led the army to arrive. On the third day, Zhang Jingxiu, the prefect of the revolution, and Qin Dingsan, the chief soldier of Guizhou Zhenyuan Town, also led the army to arrive.

On the 15th, Governor Hong Xiuquan led the main force to Dongxiang Town, and immediately summoned Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan and others to discuss the strategy of attacking the enemy.

Yang Xiuqing said: "Xiang Demon is lonely outside Wuxuan City, and he will be surrounded and killed!" ”

Xiao Chaogui said: "Why bother to besiege and kill, I will bring an army and capture it immediately!" ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "In Wuxuan City, Zhou Tianjue has 200 personal soldiers, Zhou Fengqi and Qin Ding have 4,000 Qianqian troops, Zhang Jingxiu Yueyong has 300, and Liu Jizu Shui Yong has 700; To the north of Sanliwei, Li Nengchen and the two thousand Dian demons were stationed in Yulin. The demons are still far away from the demons, and the soldiers are fast, and the whole army immediately poured out, surrounded and killed. ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "Among the demons, I especially hate Xiang Mou, I hate this for a long time, I want to personally go into battle and kill this demon." Brothers, slash with me at once. ”

Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yunshan and others came to the battle in person, and Xiang Rong did not dare to slack off, and personally accompanied the deputy general and Chun to meet the attack.

The Taiping army was like a hurricane, and the Xiang army was about to collapse at the first touch, Guan and Wu Yishu were killed, Zheng Kuishi and Deng Shaoliang were seriously injured, and Xiang Rong and He Chun were trapped and encircled.

Zhou Tianjue said: "The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, I order, Zhou Fengqi and Liu Jizu guard Wuxuan." Qin Dingsan and Zhang Jingxiu followed me to save the water and fire from the military gate. ”

Zhou Tianjue said, drew his sword and rushed.

Qin Dingsan said: "The lord is the commander, and you can't charge into battle; If there is a mistake, the three armies will be defeated. Moreover, more than 1,000 soldiers entered the huge battlefield, fearing sheep into the tiger's mouth. ”

Zhou Tianjue said: "If you are afraid, you can retreat." ”

Zhang Jingxiu said: "My lord take a break, my three hundred Dongguan warriors, roaring in, roaring out, and will save the commander." ”

Zhou Tianjue said: "Nanyue is a good son! Really! Remember, this battle is only to save the military gate, before and after, fast in and out! ”

Zhang Jingxiu led three hundred Dongyong, and the momentum was violent, and he tore apart the battle group in an instant and roared forward. Zhou Tianjue's 200 personal soldiers were like eagles, and no one dared to fight. Zhou Tianjue stabbed the two of them, and the soldiers only moved.

Hong Xiuquan waved the flag, and in an instant, Zhou and Zhang Erbu were wrapped in the circle. Fortunately, Zhang Jingxiu was brave and brave, first rescued Xiang Rong and Hechun, and then together with Xiang He, he found Zhou Tianjue. The four of them worked together to fight their way out of the encirclement.