Hong Yang withdrew from the siege of Guilin, and the army marched north, captured Xing'an City, raised materials and funds, and overflowed the pots and bowls.

Yang Xiuqing said: "The demon army followed, the tail is too big to fall, and the future is endless. The city of Quanzhou, the walls are high and thick, and there is no need to attack. I intend to divide the army into two routes, bypass the Quanzhou capital, and go straight to Changsha City; Recently, heavy rains have been continuous, and the water in Hunan has skyrocketed, and it can be reached in three days. ”

The Taiping army was in the city, and Cao Xiepei, the governor of Quanzhou, was timid and timid, and did not dare to fight, saying that Yang Yinghe, the general of the Quanzhou battalion, and Wu Chang, the commander of the Baoqing Association, said: "The thief does not open fire, he will never provoke, and he will get by." ”

The two sides had a good heart, and they were once safe. The Taiping army took a boat all the way down the river, and the forward had reached Lingyidu. The army on land also crossed the border harmlessly, and in the midst of the ten thousand armies, one eighteen carried a large sedan chair, swaying.

At the head of the city of Quanzhou, a gunner of the Qing army, who had never seen such a shaking yellow sedan chair, was itchy for a while, lit the cannon twist, and the cannon sounded, Feng Yunshan, the main general of the rear army, fell outside the sedan chair, and passed out.

Hong Xiuquan was furious, poured troops to besiege the city, and vowed to avenge the king of the south.

The cause of the disaster broke out, Cao Xiepei couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly released the prisoner to recruit women to help defend the palace. Xie Pei commanded the brave soldiers, shelled and gunfired, slashed and poked with knives, smashed stones and arrows, poured oil on them, and tried his best to resist for ten days. The Taiping army suffered countless casualties, Yang Xiuqing was annoyed and ashamed, and threatened: "This city will be broken, and the city will be broken and bloody." ”

Saizanne ordered Xiang Rong to rescue, and the officials and people of Guilin knelt and wept to stay. Sai had no choice but to send Yu Wanqing, the governor of Hunan, Liu Changqing, the chief soldier of North Sichuan Town, He Chun, the chief soldier of Suijing Town, and Jiang Zhongyuan, the candidate prefect, to help.

The Taiping army became more and more fierce, Cao Xiepei gradually lost his support, and asked for help from Yu Wanqing, Liu Changqing, and Hechun three times. Yu, Liu, and He were afraid of themselves, and Chen Bing was outside the city, watching from the wall, and he could not save each other.

Cao Xiepei knew that he would die, and he left four blood letters: he tried his best, but only one died, and the upper was to repay the king's kindness, and the lower was to go to the people's difficulties.

On June 3, 1852, the Taiping army dug six feet into the ground, gathered 16 loads of goods and ammunition to blow up the wall, the city of Quanzhou was broken, and Yang Xiuqing burned the city and slaughtered the city. The people of the whole city, regardless of the courage of the officials and militias, did not stay. After three days of killing, the knife was sealed. The city of Quanzhou is congested with corpses, and it is not enough for three days; On the fourth day, soldiers stood in the ruins and shouted, "Let the people go." ”

In the huge city of Quanzhou, no one responded.

Jiang Zhongyuan wanted to advance alone, but he endured it after all. He Chun said: "My generation is afraid of the enemy like a mouse, and if he doesn't save him when he sees death, he will be a man in vain!" The ancients fought wars, but they did not kill them, and they did not hurt the innocent. If you rebel and slaughter the city, if you don't leave the women and children, you will be damned! Recently, the Hunan water has skyrocketed, and it has gone straight down the river to Changsha in three days. The city wall of Changsha is being repaired, the work is less than half, and the city is empty and unprepared. If there was no Cao Gong's bloody battle for ten days, Changsha would have been lost early; Changsha is lost, the thief is like a fishman in the ocean, and it is uncontrollable, and you and I have no face to discuss here. Lingyi crosses the pond bay of three miles northeast, the beach is shallow and shallow, the boat is difficult to pass, I cut down wood as a weir, cut off the waterway of Lingling in the north; Lion Ridge on the west bank, the ground is high and dangerous, the dense forest is deep, and the bridgehead of our first army blocks the land route of Xinning to the west. The commander-in-chief will place the army in the east, and at that time, you and I will be flanked, and the bandits will be destroyed. ”

He Chunyu transferred the general Zhang Guoliang to ambush the soldiers to the east of the cloth, Zhang Guoliang was stunned, walked slowly in broken steps, and did not cross the river for a long time.

Hong Yang slaughtered the whole state, dug three feet into the ground, and grabbed all the things that were available; Satisfied, Fang Mou left.

Yang Xiuqing said: "Lingyidu in the east of the city, Tongzhou City, and Hunan, although it is not Guanjin, it is actually a thoroughfare. Hechun 7,000 demon army stationed in Taipingpu in front, Bao Qibao 3,000 demon army in Yongzhou behind, Qinding three demon army is on the way to Chenzhou, and the land route to the north has been locked. In the south of Wu, the Yu Wanqing Demon Department has gone to Daozhou, and this road has also been blocked. After me, Liu Changqing and Jiang Zhongyuan were pressing. Waterway, Sun Yingzhao Demon has choked Guixiang to rush to the Huangsha River and block me from entering Hunan Province. All kinds of demon armies, only the remaining Wan Qing demon ......"

Hong Xiuquan interrupted Yang Yan and said: "This king has besieged the city for ten days, and no demon dares to help; This king slaughtered the city for three days, and no demon came to save him! This king personally led the army, sailed by boat, swaggered into Hunan to see which one dared to stop? ”

On June 5, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing led a fleet of 200 boats to go down the river, cross the Lingyi crossing, enter the pond bay, and at the bend, they were blocked by a wooden weir, and the fleet was dense on the river, and it was impossible to advance or retreat.

Jiang Zhongyuan opened artillery bombardment, the Taiping army fleet was in chaos, and Feng Yunshan was hit by another cannon and died on the spot. After two days of fierce fighting, the Taiping army ships were completely destroyed, their baggage was lost, and they suffered heavy casualties. Yang Xiuqing did not dare to fight again, and landed in the boat. The east coast is empty, there is no soldier, Yang Xiuqing calmly gathers the rout, crosses half of the mountain, wears the flat dan pass, goes straight to the ground of Yongzhou, Hunan, the water in Hunan soars, the boat is less difficult to cross, Yang Xiuqing then abandons Yongzhou, and attacks Daozhou in the south.

Shi Dakai said: "Between Yong and Dao, there are many dangers on the Baili Mountain Road, and there are many dangers. ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "Yu Wanqing, the governor of Hunan, has never sought his side since he took over the war, or has fled from the wind. ”

Yu Wanqing heard that the Taiping army had arrived, that is, he abandoned the Shuangbei Pass and fled to Daozhou, Daozhou only had 500 defenders, Yu Wanqing disdained it, and flew to consult the prefect of Hengzhou: Our department moved to Hengzhou to ensure Changsha. The prefect of Hengzhou refused. Daozhou Zhizhou Wang Yuyi respectfully asked Yu Wanqing to command the war. When the Taiping army arrived, Yu Wanqing opened the city gate and ran away.

Lingyidu was defeated, Hong Xiuquan was depressed, his stomach was stained with the dragon chair, he was still sitting on pins and needles, and while sighing, he suddenly said left and right: "Although Daozhou is occupied today, the demon soldiers are chasing and suppressing, and they are repeatedly poor." The old brothers of Yuegui have little left, and I want to return to Guangzhou; Build a small paradise for all brothers to live in. ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "Qiqi Heavenly King, don't think about it!" has ridden the back of a tiger, how can you have any more concerns? Today's best policy, it is better to ignore Yue, go straight forward, follow the river to the east, slightly castle, give up the key points, concentrate on Jinling, according to the fundamental, and then send the four out, disturb the north and south, that is, it will not work, south of the Yellow River, I can have it! ”

Luo Xuan said: "Qiqi Heavenly King Dongwang, the younger brother has something to say, can you talk about it?" ”

Hong Xiuquan said: "General Luo, speak." ”

Luo Outline said: "Wu Guogui, the general of Wu Sangui in the past, also said this: abandon the south and ignore it, and fight for the world in the north. With an army to map Jingzhou, slightly Xiangyang, straight to Henan; The first army went down Wuchang, went down the river, and passed through the north of the Yangtze River. Don't be afraid of difficulties, don't spare your body, rather than die, don't retire, fight to the death, strip the heart of the Central Plains, cut off the fortune of the southeast, even if you can't mix one, the emperor and the queen of the earth, I should have half. ”

Hong Xiuquan was displeased, and secretly thought: Eryi is a general system, and it is also my will. How high is the sky and how thick is it?

Yang Xiuqing was also displeased, and said: "Mr. Luo's words are ethereal and far-reaching. Now that we have less than 10,000 people, don't talk about dividing our troops. “

People reported: "His Royal Highness the King of the West has arrived." “

Hong Xiuquan said happily: "Brother Xiwang, I can't wait. “

And when they saw the king of the west, they were all glad. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the only east, is still normal.

Xiao Chaogui said: "Qiyu Heavenly King, the younger brother has recovered from his major injury, and he will once again wear his liver and gall, and kill the enemy at the front." “

Hong Xiuquan said: "Don't be stubborn and stubborn, take the lead; Sitting in the front army, strategizing, the duty of the younger brother. Now the south is attacking the northern expedition or the east, what does my brother think? “

Xiao Chaogui said: "Qiyu Heavenly King, Jinling is prosperous, and he is anxious to be here. “