Chapter 285 I know better than Governor Ji in conquering the world! (Please vote, please order)
The river is surging and the autumn rain is falling.
The first autumn after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its capital in Tianjing came very early. Outside Tianjing City, there was a vermilion-yellow and lead-gray sky. Heavy rain fell again, and it fell on the majestic and simple Nanjing city wall, gathering on the stone cracks and ditches. , flowing down clearly and brightly.
The major projects of the Golden Dragon City and the Sun Palace, which are located in Jiangning Mancheng and the original site of the Ming Palace, were carried out in this autumn wind and rain. Since Xiaoling Guard in the east of Nanjing no longer had the Qing Dynasty's Jiangnan Camp, Hong Xiuquan did not plan to join forces with him. Historically, the governor's office of Liangjiang was renovated, but it was chosen to build his imperial city "Golden Dragon City" and the palace of the heavenly king "Sun Palace" on the basis of the palace where Zhu Yuanzhang once ruled Liuhe.
Hong Xiuquan, wearing a warm fur robe, stood on the Taipingmen tower near the Jinlong City construction site. Looking at the busy construction site to the south, he frowned slightly. The progress of the project was still a little slow in the rain. If he had known it would break through the city, Stop slaughtering them. There are more than 10,000 to 20,000 coolies that can be used to death. Wouldn't it be better to let them die of exhaustion on the construction site?
It seems that we have to talk to your brother-in-law, Da compatriots, and compatriots who are fighting outside, and tell them not to kill indiscriminately, and those they capture will be sent to Tianjing to work as coolies to build houses for God's children to atone for their sins.
When he was thinking about how to write this limerick about the king's decree, there were rapid footsteps behind him, and someone was coming.
"King of heaven!"
The person who came was none other than Yang Xiuqing. These days, Hong Xiuquan's thoughts were on the major projects of Golden Dragon City and Sun City, as well as the three major events of publishing and disseminating the "Bible. True Testament" and selecting Jiangnan beauty as the new queen. The annoying military and secular affairs They were all handed over to the East King Yang Xiuqing. In addition, the three "living fathers" of Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan and Luo Yaoguo were not in Tianjing. Yang Xiuqing became the only "living father" around Hong Xiuquan, and the power in his hands expanded again. .
As a sign of Yang Xiuqing's expansion of power, some time ago, when the Central, Left and Right armies under the jurisdiction of Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai, as well as the old and new brothers and sisters of the Taiping Army in the Tianjing Women's Battalion, all began to tire of the male-female separation system. He used the power of the Heavenly Father to come down to earth.
In the name of Heavenly Father, he warned all the new and old brothers and sisters in the army: How can we call home before the demon is destroyed? He asked everyone to maintain their current vigor. As long as they endure for two more years, they can enter the city of Beijing and then be prosperous. Wealth is passed down from generation to generation!
Hong Xiuquan chose to acquiesce in this regard - as long as the heavenly father avoided him when he descended to earth, he would still be happy to see it. Otherwise, if Xiao Chaogui and Luo Yaoguo teamed up to ask Zhenji to supervise his descending to earth, wouldn't it become the highest divine authority in heaven?
"Prince Gong of Qingyao, Gong Yaotou, has arrived in Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River. He has also mobilized troops and horses everywhere in an attempt to attack Tianjing!"
Yang Xiuqing bowed, looking loyal, and reported to Hong Xiuquan the news he had just received from Zhenjiang.
"Bold."
The angry shout sounded particularly majestic. Yang Xiuqing's heart skipped a beat, and the scene of Hong Xiuquan's defeat of Seng Gelinqin in Hengshan County suddenly popped into his mind.
He hurriedly shrank his body again, and his attitude was extremely respectful: "King of Heaven, my brother wants to lead the army to go on an expedition. I will capture the demon head Gong in Tianjing for you and light the sky lanterns for you!"
"The Western Expedition is underway. Are there any extra troops in Tianjing City?" Hong Xiuquan asked.
"Yes!" Yang Xiuqing replied, "The Western Expeditionary Army sent out from Tianjing City is mainly composed of the left army and horses of Yi Wang's seventh brother, the central army of Chen brother, and the right army of Bei Wang's fifth brother. They are currently either resting in Tianjing City or in
Tianjing City
Eradicate Qingyao strongholds around. If you want to attack Jiangbei Camp, Hezhou, and Taiping Prefecture in Yangzhou, you can stop for a while. You can also slow down the attack on Gaochun County and Liyang County, so that you can free up three areas.
Forty thousand people."
The current total strength of the Taiping Army is certainly much greater than in history. The six major armies of the front, rear, left, right, center, and upper armies each have a field army of 30,000 to 50,000 people, with a total strength of over 200,000.
In addition, there are many militiamen organized by the Hunan branch, Hubei branch, and the Hunan-Jiangxi border general hall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the old base areas of Hunan and Hubei. There is also a militia on the Yangtze River that is similar in organization to the militia. It is organized by the Xiangjiang River,
The navy consists of Yangtze River boat gangs. In Tianjing City, there is also a women's camp composed of tens of thousands of sisters from Guangxi and Hunan.
With all kinds of people and horses added together, there can always be about 500,000, even if it is said to be one million.
However, the front the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to maintain was quite long!
Among them, the front army and the rear army were both located in Huguang.
Xiao Chaogui's former army wanted to occupy territory and allocate fields in Wuchang, Hanyang, and Huangzhou, and at the same time maintain an offensive state against Xiangyang and Jingzhou. The troops were extremely tight and could not spare any troops to fight against Shi Dakai who was marching westward.
Go forward.
Feng Yunshan's rear army originally only had to defend Yongzhou, Chenzhou, Hengzhou and Guiyang Prefecture and threaten Guangdong. However, due to Luo Yaoguo's continuous deployment of manpower from the area east of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha Prefecture, they took the waterway to Shanghai to supplement.
With the addition of his new army, Master Zhu Jiu in Changsha was unable to withstand the counterattack by Jiang Zhongyuan and Hu Linyi, who had led Qian Yong back to his hometown in Hunan not long ago, and lost a lot of territory. Feng Yunshan had to mobilize the elite rear army to supplement Changsha.
's gap.
At the same time, Luo Yaoguo exchanged Feng Yunshan's capable general Luo Gangyou and more than a thousand old boat army brothers under his command for 2,000 foreign guns, six foreign cannons and 200,000 silver dollars.
Luo Yaoguo's superior army is now on the Su Song Taichang battlefield, occupying territory while still carrying out military reforms.
Shi Dakai's left army was the main force in the Western Expedition. It was still fighting from Jinling to Wuchang. Although the area along the Yangtze River between Huangzhou and Huangzhou was unstoppable, it was not a small area! And after the battle, it would only cover most of Anhui, Jiangxi, and southern Anhui.
Isolate them. Next, they will have to fight against Jiangxi and Wannan, and they will have to fight.
Only the central army led by Yang Xiuqing and Wei Changhui's right army were slightly more relaxed, but they could only squeeze out half of their strength at most.
Hong Xiuquan pondered deeply and asked: "Are you sure about the thirty or forty thousand people? Do you want me to conquer it personally?"
"I would like to issue a military order!" Yang Xiuqing bent down and said decisively, "Although I have fewer soldiers than Gong Yaotou, I have the blessing of my heavenly father and the emperor, and I am also equipped with a group of foreign troops just sent from Shanghai. Guns and cannons, Gong Yaotou is no match for my younger brother.
In addition, Gong Yaotou knew that I was deploying troops in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu. He never thought that I would still have the strength to launch the Northern Expedition.
Therefore, this battle is a surprise, and we will definitely win a complete victory!"
"Northern Expedition?" Hong Xiuquan was stunned and turned back to look at Yang Xiuqing.
"When using troops, we should pay attention to virtual reality. Although our army is not large, the initiative is in my hands. If I want to go north, I can go north. If I want to go east, I can go east. And Gong Yaotou is Xian Yaotou's relative. My younger brother has always had prestige. If the Xian Yaotou is gone, he might be able to take over as the chief demon leader of the Qing Yao. If he dares not to stop my Northern Expedition with all his strength, he will definitely be jealous of the Xian Yaotou, and maybe he will."
Hong Xiuquan smiled and said: "Then I don't have to wait for two years! It's good that I don't have to wait for two years. The two-year period was mentioned by Ji Du when he came to earth, but Ji Du is the legitimate son of Heavenly Father, and I am also the legitimate son of Heavenly Father. We are all legitimate sons, why should I listen to Ji Du?"
Yang Xiuqing originally wanted to respond to him, but as soon as he said this, he immediately shut up and looked at his nose and heart, pretending that he could not hear it. Hong Xiuquan said with some humor:
"Isn't my income since I came down to earth more than what Ji Du earned back then? I know how to conquer the world better than he does! Qingbao, fight well. If you can defeat Gong Yaotou, I will mobilize all my troops next spring to cross the border. Let's go to the north of the Yangtze River to attack Beijing together. If we can succeed, we will ask Brother Tian above to see what our brothers are capable of. From now on, we should be less concerned with the affairs of the world. We should be together with Buddha, Taoist Lord, Allah, and the Immortal God. They are very aggressive."
After saying these words, cold sweat broke out on Yang Xiuqing's forehead. Mr. Ji cares about the affairs of the world, but what about God? God comes to earth when there is nothing to do. Isn't it a bit troublesome? There is a world's affairs. Isn’t it enough that the King of Heaven is in charge?
"What the King of Heaven said is absolutely true. Brother Heaven is indeed too lenient."
Yang Xiuqing agreed in a low voice, expressing her feelings.
Hong Xiuquan asked with a smile: "After you go north, who will you leave the affairs in Tianjing to? Who will you leave the military affairs of the Kingdom of Heaven to? Do you want me to do some hard work?"
Yang Xiuqing lowered her waist lower and whispered: "Would you like to invite Prince Nan?"
Hong Xiuquan shook his head gently: "No need, let me work hard. Fortunately, the "True Testament" has been compiled, so I finally have some free time."
Chapter completed!