"Rents are heavy, interest rates are high, and it is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to worship peace, and all the disciplines will be happy. Kill the demons, slaughter the evil gentry, and open the city gate to welcome peace..." The song "Welcome Peace" once again It rang out very loudly, even louder than the last time it rang out in Daozhou City. This was because there were more people singing.
After all, Chenzhou City is a prefectural city with a larger population than Daozhou City. It is surrounded by mountainous areas. There are many private mines in the mountains. The number of unemployed miners is no less than that in Daozhou. They all gather in the city to beg for food. There is no way out. , when they saw the Taiping Army coming, they all rushed to join as if they had seen a savior!
It seems that the Taiping Army has been able to expand its army to another 20,000 to 30,000 elite troops in Chenzhou. They are really making a fortune!
In addition to the large number of people revolting in Chenzhou City, there were also many Taiping troops marching in from outside the city, totaling 40,000!
So many Taiping troops marched toward the city in a mighty manner, and they were very well-disciplined. Qiu did not commit any offense, which made the brothers of the Tiandihui in the city extremely happy. This large army is clearly the King of Heavenly Soldiers, sweeping Liuhe, fixing the eight famines, and destroying them. Isn’t it only a matter of time before the demon is cleared?
If you can worship God from Conglong in Chenzhou, your qualifications should not be too shallow, right?
Luo Yaoguo, Xiao Chaogui, and Feng Yunshan entered the city together. They did not ride in a large yellow satin sedan carried by more than a dozen people. Instead, they entered the city on horseback separately, mixed in with the Taiping Army's cavalry. They rode in a large yellow satin sedan. Going to the battlefield is too risky!
This time Xiao Chaogui was marching towards Changsha, the "fatal place". Of course, he had to be extremely careful and did not dare to sit in his "king's sedan". When he just sent his troops to attack the city, he was far away and commanding. Fortunately, his subordinates Generals Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang were both extremely brave and could break the city with a single swoop.
Feng Yunshan suffered a lot in the city of Quanzhou, and now he is very careful. Although he has amoxicillin pills, he is really going to be killed in one shot, and there is no time to take any pills! As for Luo Yaoguo, he is the most approachable, and he is always there wherever he goes. He rides on horseback and does not need anyone to carry him.
"The humble post, Bo Yong, meets His Highness the West King, His Highness the South King, and His Highness the Angel."
Xiao, Feng and Luo had just dismounted outside the Yamen of Chenzhou Prefecture, escorted by a group of cavalry, when someone knelt down to them.
Luo Yaoguo turned over and dismounted and saw that the man was the former Green Camp commander of the Qing Army, Bo Yong, who was brought in by Jiao Hong after the Battle of Daozhou. This time he was ordered to sneak into Chenzhou to respond. Now he was wearing a red scarf and was leading a group of subordinates. The man outside the Chenzhou government office was on alert with a lively air. It seemed that he had made a meritorious deed this time!
Luo Yaoguo waved to him: "Bo Yong, get up! Tell me about the situation. Did the Chenzhou prefect capture him?"
"Replying to the angel," Bo Yong said with a look of regret, "I came a little late, and Sun Enbao, the prefect of Chenzhou, has hanged himself." "Dead?" Xiao Chaogui, who was standing next to him, was startled, "I don't think I'm still a man!"
Feng Yunshan snorted: "We usually take bribes and commit corruption to harm the people, but we just die in times of trouble!" Luo Yaoguo said to Bo Bo: "Where is the body? Take me to see it."
"yes."
Boyong agreed and led Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, and Luo Yaoguo into the Chenzhou government office compound. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw two straw mats spread on the ground, and two corpses on the straw mats.
One of them was an elderly, skinny man with his tongue hanging out and his eyes rolled up. He was wearing official uniform. He was obviously Sun Enbao who had hanged himself. The other one was a fat man in green clothes and a small hat, with a scar on his neck. A scary wound. "Who was the one who had a knife cut on his neck?" Luo Yaoguo asked.
"He must have been a loyal servant." Bo Yong said, "He died next to Sun Enbao's hanging body. When we found him, he still had a dagger in his hand. He must have committed suicide."
"Since! I thought that when an official commits suicide, there are still people who are willing to die!" Luo Yaoguo nodded lightly, "Then let's bury the master and the servant together so that they can have a companion when they go to the ground. "Yes!"
Boyong replied.
Luo Yaoguo walked into the lobby with Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan. After the three of them sat down separately, Luo Yaoguo sighed: "Third brother, your brother-in-law, it seems that there are still some foolish and loyal people in Qingyao... We have already We have been delayed in southern Hunan for too long, we must march to Changsha as soon as possible."
Xiao Chaogui on the side couldn't help but frown when he heard about the march to Changsha: "It's not necessary to march to Changsha... I think it's good to go south to Guangdong first."
"Brother-in-law," Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "the third brother in Guangdong will take action, sooner or later he will be the winner. Let's go north! As long as you pass Changsha, the king of the three towns of Wuhan will be just around the corner... Wuchang and Hanyang are your world! We now have 20,000 elite soldiers! After a few days of rest in Chenzhou, we can always expand to 2,000 more. My brother-in-law, you can also expand your troops to 10,000.
With an army of 22,000, we can surely capture Changsha!"
Historically, an important reason why Xiao Chaogui was defeated in Changsha was that he only brought 2,000 men to fight - so few people, most of whom were tricked by Yang God.
But this time Xiao Chaogui pulled out all 8,000 men from the front army under his command. If he could recruit more miners in Chenzhou, he could make up for 10,000 men. Luo Yaoguo's army still had 12,000 men, so that would be two men. Twelve thousand. That’s a full 20,000 more than the original historical figure of two thousand!
And there is Yu Miaqing, the best leader - he was the admiral of Hunan! Changsha is his own defense zone, so he doesn't know how to fight?
However, Xiao Chaogui seemed to have cast a little psychological shadow on Luo Yaoguo. He shook his head and said: "Let's follow the decision of the Daozhou Conference... Make a false attack on Changsha and lure the demon armies to the north to help, so that the King of Heaven and King of the East can lead the main force. Go north along the Xiangjiang River to benefit the king of the south and conquer Chenzhou, Yongzhou, and Guiyangzhou."
Luo Yaoguo nodded and did not raise any objections. He just turned to look at Feng Yunshan.
Feng Yunshan looked confident, with a smile on his face: "Guangdong Tiandihui has many disciples, far more than Hunan and Guangxi! I am going to ask the King of Heaven and King Dong to appoint Luo Guangyuan as the Minister of War in the Nanwang Palace and the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. With him assisting me, It should be easy to launch the Guangdong Tiandihui uprising."
Luo Yaoguo nodded and thought to himself: "In history, there was a large-scale Red Army uprising in Guangdong, which was launched by the Tiandihui. They almost took the city of Guangzhou, and the rest later went to Guangxi to create a Dacheng Kingdom. .This time, Feng Yunshan, the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, sent troops from southern Hunan. Guangzhou should be able to win!
With Xiao Chaogui taking control of the three towns of Wuhan, Feng Yunshan taking control of Guangfu, and me taking control of Jiahu and Susong, the situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be completely opened!" Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo confidently said to Feng Yunshan: "Third brother, then My little brother should be at the shore of the East China Sea, waiting for the good news to come from Guangdong!"
Xiao Chaogui also touched his beard and smiled: "Third brother, Xuanjiao and I are also waiting for your good news in Wuchang... When the time comes, we will join forces to conquer the entire territory of Hunan and connect Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong into one! Feng Yunshan nodded and said: "That's very good. From now on, your brother-in-law will guard Jingchu, my eighth brother will guard Soochow, and I will sit in Guangdong. If the three of us join forces, why not worry about the prosperity of the Kingdom of Heaven?"
Luo Yaoguo secretly laughed and said: "Feng Yunshan's arrangement is good. The third father is outside and the first father is inside. Now Hong Xiuquan is very lucky! I wonder what this man is thinking now? He seems to be lying very flat these days. Even Yang Xiuqingqing is safe... It would be great if this could always be the case!"
Daozhou, Shuangpai Town.
I don't know if he didn't want to have too many "fathers" around him. Hong Xiuquan stayed in Daozhou City for less than a month, and moved his palace to Yangming on the pretext of finding a quiet place to revise the Bible. Shuangpai Town in the mountains.
He had to change "Ye Huohua" and "Jesus" in the Bible to "Haotian God" and "Xuanyuan Ji Guan", and he also had to make up some "Haotian God" to travel westward to teach the barbarians and "Xuanyuan Ji Guan" "The story of Tuosheng Judea Province, the workload is still quite heavy, so we need to find a quieter place to go.
Yang Xiuqing also felt that staying in Daozhou was boring, so he also moved his Dongwangfu to Shuangpai Town, which was closer to Lingling, in the name of planning to attack Lingling again.
Chapter completed!