Now in 1864, Xianfeng is dead.

The current chief of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the Tongzhi Emperor.

Of course, Emperor Tongzhi is only eight years old now, this kind of age is too young and too small, that is, pretending to be the emperor's shelf, so the person who is really in power is actually Tongzhi's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Yes, it is the strange woman who has held the power of China for 50 years and said that she would rather give foreign countries than domestic slaves.

The woman who created countless jokes, was horribly stupid.

Early morning hour.

The little emperor of Tongzhi sat in the emperor's position pretendically.

But there is a bead curtain not far away, and Cixi hangs the curtain to listen to the government.

Below, are the many ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Haven't you caught the young king of the Taiping army yet?" Behind the bead curtain, Cixi's words came.

The Taiping army still has tens of thousands of horses, and there are still many believers among the people.

If you don't hold the Young Heavenly King, the Taiping Army will not be finished.

The Taiping army made a big fuss, and when it was strong, it occupied half of China, which made the Manchu high-level people afraid.

"Back to the Queen Mother. Zeng Guofan said in a deep voice below: "This young heavenly king is not difficult to catch. But with him, it seems, something weird is happening. ”

Zeng Guofan is in his forties this year, he is in the prime of life, and when he looks at Cixi, his eyebrows are deferential. However, if you encounter the Taiping Army, or other people of lower status, you will frown your brows and become angry.

And those who were close to him could even smell a faint smell of blood.

Zeng Guofan is known as Zeng Shaved Head, he killed an unknown number of people, beheaded an unknown number of people.

"Oh, something weird happened? Empress Dowager Cixi said in a deep voice.

"Yes, we have already scattered all the troops of the Taiping Army, so that he fled alone to a barren mountain in Shicheng, Jiangxi. Originally, he had reached the end of his life. At this time, there were 2,000 soldiers of the green battalion, rushing up the barren mountain, but he was defeated by himself. These green battalion soldiers all spread that the Young Heavenly King is an enemy of a thousand people. ”

"After that, more than 2,000 people in our Hunan army, led by Xi Baotian, a powerful general in our army, rushed up the mountain, but something strange happened, the first to attack was the troops with knives and spears, but knives or spears could not stab the young king of the Taiping army. It seems that he is not bad. At that time, the young king said to himself, he had been descended by the Holy Father. ”

Xi Baotian and the others didn't believe it, so they took out their guns and shot them, five hundred guns, which hit the Young Heavenly King, but only injured him. But this man was really fierce, at least dozens of shots, but he still quickly approached the musket troops, killing most of the musket troops. ”

"This matter is too ghostly, and the minister does not dare to report it. ”

"But recently, Nan Xiangwen, the son of the former deputy helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society, came to vote for us, and he said that the chief helmsman of their Heaven and Earth Society was also washed by the Young Heavenly King. This young king was also defeated by one person, and hundreds of people were killed. He was shot several times by the former deputy helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society, Nan Xiangtian, and there was nothing to do, and the bullets only went in a little bit. ”

"The young king of the Taiping Army, claiming to be the Holy Son and the Holy Father, is one and the same. ”

"And such strange things?" Cixi couldn't help but wonder.

The courtiers in the hall, after hearing this, also talked about it.

"Something strange. ”

"It's really weird. ”

"There are still people who can fight thousands, and they are only persuaded to be injured when they are hit by Western guns?

"You haven't heard that the young king claims to be the Holy Father and the Holy Son, if that is the case, then he is not a human being. It is said that the God of the West, God, is what they call the Holy Father. This young king thinks he is a god. An official who knows a little about Western culture said.

"What a self-confidence to think of yourself as God. The officials were dumbfounded.

Zeng Guofan has always been safe, and he will not tell such a big lie to deceive everyone.

"What a Father and a Son are one. What can I do about this?" Cixi couldn't help but be surprised: "Do you have any good ideas? ”

The ministers below were silent, and for mortals, they had a way. But if it's a god on the other side?

"Actually, the old minister has a way. Zeng Guofan said in a deep voice, and after getting Cixi's nod, he said in a deep voice: "Now the young king of the Taiping Army, known as the Holy Father and the Holy Son, is a god. But in fact, he is not a god yet. ”

"With his performance, he can not be afraid of swords and spears, but he is also afraid of Western muskets. Every time a Western musket hit him, he was wounded. Therefore, he has been hiding between the mountains, and he does not dare to come down the mountain. ”

"And if we can lead him down the mountain, we can kill him. ”

"But how can we lead him down the mountain? He must have known his own weaknesses, so he never went down. Cixi asked with a frown.

"There's a way. Our army captured Li Xiucheng and Xia Hou Shang Yanyan. ”

"In the early stage of the Taiping Army, it was Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui, Xiao Chaogui, Shi Dakai and other five kings who were the most famous. In the later period, the most famous were Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng, who were the most capable of fighting in the Taiping army. Chen Yucheng died early, and Li Xiucheng was loyal and dedicated to protecting the Lord. ”

"As for the summer queen Shang Yanyan, she is the second concubine of the Young Heavenly King. ”

"After I caught these two people, I didn't torture them, and treated them like a child. ”

"Now, you can use it as bait. ”

"We prepared a trap and gave it a month, and after a month, let Li Xiucheng and Shang Yanyan be punished by Ling Chi. Ling Chi's punishment was so cruel. Come to think of it, the Taiping army will come to the rescue. ”

"And the best thing is to attract the young king. ”

"As long as you attract the Young Heavenly King, you can ambush him with a musket force. ”

When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard this, she couldn't help nodding: "Good plan, good plan." But what if the young king doesn't come?"

"Don't come, hehe, Li Xiucheng and Shang Yanyan were tortured by Ling Chiling and died in pain. and the reputation of his young king will also be tarnished. We can think of other ways to deal with this young king. ”

"This Hong Tian Guifu must die. If he doesn't die, the party will be in turmoil!"

"Good. Cixi nodded: "Well done." That's it. ”

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What has He Xuan been doing lately?

He found a man in the new helm of the Heaven and Earth Society, held a gun, and shot at him.

First, get used to the feeling of being shot.

Second, see if you can use your sword to cut off the bullets that are coming at you.

The first point is that I gradually got used to it.

But the second point, there is no way, the bullet comes too fast, sometimes simply by feeling, to feel the sword, swing the sword in advance, but the bullet itself is metal, and then such an acceleration of the impact force is so great, the sword blocks more bullets, and the sword body will be broken.

It seems that the Western muskets of this era are still too restrained.