"King Wu?"
Luo Yaoguo looked at Chen Chengrong with surprise: "Jinling City was defeated by the King of Heaven?
"Exactly!" Chen Chengrong nodded, "It was broken four days ago. The city wall near Yifeng Gate was blown down using hole blasting, creating a hole dozens of feet wide. Yang Fuqing, the division commander of the First Army, Huang Wenjin commanded the dead soldiers to use grenades to clear the way and blast all the way into the city! Lu Jianying, the governor of Qingyao Liangjiang who was watching the battle on Lion Mountain, could not escape and was killed by the holy soldiers. General Houxiang of Qingyao Jiangning fled into Mancheng to hold on. When the official left Jinling , the 9,000-year-old King of the East is personally supervising the army to storm Mancheng!"
Chen Chengrong raised his voice and gave an overview of the Taiping Army's attack on Jinling City. Everyone in the Jade Emperor's Palace heard clearly, and an atmosphere of joy immediately filled the entire hall.
"Very good!"
Luo Yaoguo had actually known for a long time that Jinling City would be destroyed, but he still couldn't help shouting "Hello", and then he took Chen Chengrong's hand and walked into his command room with a smile. As soon as he entered the door, he heard someone shouting "Hello" from outside. There was a burst of cheers of "Long live".
Luo Yaoguo hurriedly winked at Xiang Xun, the chief of staff who came in with him. The latter immediately turned around and left to appease a group of ecstatic officers outside. The officers in the five divisions of the headquarters were all members of the Army Teaching Brigade and worshipers. The God Society Secret Hall and Luo Yaoguo's guard background are the most loyal God Worshipers soldiers. However, the recruits who are receiving military pay outside the Jade Emperor Palace do not know that they are actually Taiping Army soldiers. Moreover, their recruit training has not been completed yet. Well, now is not the time to capture Shanghai Beach, so we still have to cover up.
Seeing Xiang Xun closing the door and walking out, Luo Yaoguo smiled and said to Chen Chengrong: "Chen Check, sit down... You don't need to be so polite here."
Chen Chengrong did not sit down, but took out a yellow satin scroll, smiled and said to Luo Yaoguo: Angel, the king of heaven has a decree! He is to confer you the title of King Wu for five thousand years and order you to collect Suzhou, Songjiang, Taicang, Huzhou, Jiaxing, etc. "It's not convenient for you here, so I won't read it." "Okay, then I'll take the order."
Luo Yaoguo stood up quickly and respectfully took the yellow satin scroll from Chen Chengrong's hand. He unfolded it and saw a limerick on it. Luo Yaoguo recited silently in his heart: Angel Luo Yaoguo, Lord Qi is the heavenly father, and he was ordered to come down to earth to assist the real people. The Holy Lord has repeatedly made meritorious deeds, and is ranked fourth in the Kingdom of Heaven. He should be granted the title of King. After reporting to Heavenly Father, he was granted the title of King of Wu, with the title of five thousand years old, and added the title of Holy Angel.
What a great poem! Because of this limerick, Luo Yaoguo's current official title is "Chief Lecturer of the God Worship Association, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Holy Angel, Five Thousand Years Old King of Wu"!
"Chen Checkpoint," Luo Yaoguo said to him with a smile after reading Hong Xiuquan's edict: "Please report back to the King of Heaven and say that everything is going well for me in Shanghai! I have bought it from the consuls and foreign companies of the three countries of England, France and the United States. Thousands of foreign guns and dozens of cannons, and 5,000 new soldiers were recruited in the name of military training in Shanghai. Now we wait for Sanniang, Tianyang, Shoucheng and others to lead the main force of the upper army eastward, so that they can cooperate internally and externally to capture Songjiang Prefecture Already."
Of course, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing knew about the things Luo Yaoguo did in Shanghai. They also understood the importance of Shanghai as a port - if they take Shanghai, wouldn't the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom be able to contact the foreign brothers? If they can contact the foreign brothers, wouldn't they be able to? Have you bought a large number of foreign guns and cannons? With a large number of foreign guns and cannons, isn't it only a matter of time before peace and unification are achieved?
Therefore, Chen Chengrong came to Shanghai by water this time with the mission of contacting foreigners. He smiled and said to Luo Yaoguo: "His Royal Highness King Wu, Deputy General Manager Su, Chief Zeng, and Chief Li have probably already led the 20,000 elite troops. They are advancing towards Zhenjiang! Qingyao's troops in the south of the Yangtze River are empty, so he should not dare to take the initiative to intercept the troops of the upper army. However, the King of Heaven and the East King ordered Deputy General Su to take down the Dantu in Zhenjiang Fucheng, cut off Qingyao's water transportation, and then return to Zhenjiang. Go east to Shanghai. In one month at most, you can meet Deputy General Manager Su!"
The distance between Nanjing and Shanghai is actually not short, covering more than 500 miles in a straight line, with a dense network of rivers and numerous towns and cities. Moreover, because the distance between Nanjing and Shanghai has been one of the most prosperous places in the world for hundreds of years, the local The financial resources are not weak, so it is no problem to organize a group to practice and build a city wall.
Therefore, most towns in southern Jiangsu are protected by brick and stone walls, and these towns are built along rivers and water. Although there are no natural barriers, it is very troublesome to gnaw them down one by one. If you want to gnaw down each town one by one Come here, just rely on the 20,000 people in the army, and you may not be able to finish it in a few months.
However, the biggest obstacle for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to seize the prosperous land in southern Jiangsu was the foreigners in Shanghai. As long as they continued to provide foreign guns to the landlord regiments in southern Jiangsu, the few old brothers of the Taiping Army could not withstand the consumption.
Therefore, the plan Luo Yaoguo submitted to Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing to capture Southern Jiangsu was to "attack Shanghai quickly and close the door to defeat the dogs"!
According to the plan, the main force of the upper army led by Su Sanniang should attack Shanghai directly after breaking through the outer city of Nanjing!
However, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing changed their plans temporarily. They obviously wanted to use the army in Su Sanniang's hands to destroy the Dantu in Zhenjiang Fucheng, which might become an important stronghold for Qingyao to counterattack Nanjing. This was also Yang Xiuqing's layout in history. Nanjing first, then Nanjing. Then Zhenjiang, then Yangzhou, relied on the limited strength of the Taiping Army to deploy an "iron triangle" defense.
There would be no problem with this layout in an era when imperialism had not broken through, but unfortunately times have changed...
"Okay, just one month!" Although Luo Yaoguo was a little dissatisfied with Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing's change of the battle plan they had drawn up long ago, he was doing well in the Qing Dynasty now, so it wouldn't hurt to join forces with Su Sanniang later. He nodded and said: "Check it out, to be honest, it is quite convenient for me to cheat and kidnap in Shanghai as the leader of the Qing Yao Group. During this time, I have defrauded Wu Jianzhang of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars and four thousand foreign currency." Gun...if Sanniang captured Zhenjiang, I guess I can deceive more!"
"Hey, how can it be called cheating when King Wu asks for a little silver and a foreign gun from Wu Yaotou?" Chen Chengrong said with a smile, "That's why you gave him a chance to atone for his sins.
"Hahaha..." Luo Yaoguo laughed and said, "That's right, this Wu Yaotou man is quite good. He gave me so many good things. If I catch him later, I would be too embarrassed to kill him."
"Then let's save our lives for the time being. Didn't God say: You can't choose the origin of a demon, but you can choose the path of a demon?" Chen Chengrong understood the meaning of Luo Yaoguo's words, so he followed him and said that Luo Yaoguo is here. What Etang said when he collected Yu Wanqing made Luo Yaoguo laugh again.
Seeing that Luo Yaoguo was in a good mood, he took out a small yellow cloth scroll and handed it over: "King Wu, this is the order given to me by King Dong. King Dong ordered me to contact the foreign brothers in Shanghai. But the official is so I’ve never seen foreigners since I was a kid, and I can’t speak foreign languages. I wonder if I can ask this Wu Yaotou to help me?”
Luo Yaoguo took Yang Xiuqing's order, opened it and saw that it was a limerick, the meaning of which was similar to what Chen Chengrong said.
"Okay," Luo Yaoguo nodded, "I happen to be going to Tongshun in the Shanghai Concession today to collect a batch of New Army uniforms. You can go with me. Meet Wu Jianzhang first, and then meet the foreigners together if there is a chance. .”
"Okay, King Wu, you can arrange it."
"Don't call me King Wu here, call me Lord Luo." "Yes, Lord Luo." "Ren Luo, you came at the right time. There is good news!"
In the British Concession in Shanghai, outside the gate of Tongshunxing, Luo Yaoguo had just got out of the carriage and met Wu Jianzhang who was smiling. Wu Jianzhang also said that he had some "good news", and Luo Yaoguo heard that he was Startled.
The fall of Jinling in Wu Jianzhang's place can't be considered good news, right?
Seeing Luo Yaoguo in a daze, Wu Jianzhang hurriedly smiled and explained: "The Mingfa edict I just received...the emperor has promoted you!"
official?"
"Promoted again?" Luo Yaoguo asked happily, "Promoted to what?"
"Jiangnan salt method and the prefect of Jiangning!" Wu Jianzhang said with a smile, "You are a fourth-rank official!"
Chapter completed!