Ji Wenyuan asked foolishly: "In Tianjing, the snow in the clouds is the punishment of Ming Zhengdian, and the meaning of beheading. I have never heard of this rain in the clouds. How dare you ask Your Highness what this rain in the clouds means?"

Li Yunzhong sneered repeatedly, "What do you mean, you can see it yourself!"

At this time, the 100-dollar player had surrounded everyone in the hall, and 50 musketeers stood in three rows to protect Li Yunzhong, all of whom were murderous.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavier. It turned out that what His Highness the King of Han said was true. The clouds and rain meant beheading. Many people had already made up their minds that if the King of Han really wanted to start a massacre, they would temporarily perfunctorily agree to his conditions.

Li Kaifang laughed dryly and said, "Your Highness is joking, and the King of Heaven has not cut off your title. We are still brothers in the same camp. Why do you have to make a big fuss about this little thing? If we die here, the King of Heaven will not be good at making peace. If we start a military campaign, wouldn't it be a waste of time to clear the demons? Your Highness thinks twice."

Ji Wenyuan was really scared. He fought thousands of miles and did not die at the hands of Qing Yao. But he didn't want to die here without understanding. He began to compromise in his heart and said half-spokenly: "King Han, you are the master of the King of Heaven and have the title of Deputy Military Advisor. Logically, we should obey your command. It's just that we have left Tianjing for too long. The King of Heaven is concerned. If Your Highness can explain the situation to the King of Heaven and the King of Heaven, we dare to stay. Otherwise, he would not be able to escape from returning to Tianjing. He would die sooner or later. It would be better to die at the hands of the King of Hang and gain a reputation for loyalty!"

Li Yunzhong told Li Xiucheng, "That's right! I am also the deputy military advisor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It's okay for you to listen to me. Everyone calm down and talk about the past. Don't worry, I will send someone to explain the 'actual situation' to Tianjing!"

Chen Yucheng waved his hand, and the knife player inserted the knife back into the scabbard. The foreign gun team also took the foreign gun back to the attention and slowly left the hall, leaving only twenty people standing on both sides.

Zhu Xikun wiped his cold sweat and finally understood why the King of Han had left the Kingdom of Heaven. Lu Xianba and Ji Wenyuan were all confidants of the King of East Yang Xiuqing. They really wanted to attack the King of Han. If it were not for the King of East, they would not dare to do so even if they were given a few more courage. Thinking of the terrible point, Zhu Xikun was very sad. If the King of Heaven, the King of East would use his talents and the King of South would not be excluded, and the King of Han would not lead his troops to leave, the Qing demon had long been destroyed, and the Kingdom of Heaven would not have to live in a corner of Sichuan.

Li Yunzhong noticed Ji Wenyuan's constantly changing face and had an idea, "I said Brother Ji! Since you are concerned about the Heavenly King, why not go back to Tianjing to the Heavenly King and send a letter to the Heavenly King, and said that the Northern Expedition Army suffered heavy casualties and was eager to make up for remediation, so he stayed in Nanjing for the time being."

Ji Wenyuan heard that he could go back to Tianjing, so he was secretly excited and didn't have to stay in Nanjing for fear all day. He had the same dream these days: the King of Han knew the truth and chopped him up with one knife.

Ji Wenyuan carefully stepped forward and asked, "This... the little one might be inappropriate when he goes back. If the king asks, the little one doesn't know how to answer. Please tell your highness how long the army will stay in Nanjing for repairs, so that the little one can explain."

Li Yunzhong said perfunctorily: "If anyone is willing to go back with you here, I won't force it, but I will lead at most ten people. As for the time? It's better to locate it for a year." Seeing Li Kaifang and others showing excitement, he added: "The ten people must be checked below the point, so as not to cause the idea of ​​clearing the demon."

Ji Wenyuan thanked him: "Thank you for your concern. When I return to Tianjing, I will definitely bring your highness's loyalty to the King."

"Okay, you guys discuss the rest yourself, and I won't participate." Li Yunzhong patted Chen Yucheng next to them and said to them: "This General Chen will send you directly on the boat."

When Fu Shanxiang saw the King of Han coming out of the hall, he stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Zuo Zongtang, the Minister of War, and Zhao Laoqi, the Minister of Works, are waiting in the study. They seem to have important things to report to the King of Han."

Li Yunzhong asked, "Secretary Fu, what day is it today?"

Fu Shanxiang looked through the record book and knew that Li Yunzhong wanted to ask about the itinerary, and replied: "Today is January 1852 AD (I will inspect the preparations for the foreign gun team tomorrow morning, and set out in Shanghai in the afternoon to attend the opening ceremony of the Shanghai-Suzhou train."

Li Yunzhong was very satisfied and praised: "Your secretary's work is getting more and more qualified. Try to arrange some state affairs, and leave some trivial matters to the ministers. After all, I still have to eat and sleep."

Fu Shanxiang's face turned slightly red. He remembered that the Han King was placing him for 12 hours a day a few days ago. He was so confused that His Highness was confused and admitted his mistake: "I know my mistake, but I think these things are very important, such as meeting the frontline envoys, listening to them reporting on the war situation, meeting the ministers, discussing state affairs, and trading arms between foreigners and the Han..."

Li Yunzhong stopped, turned around and took Fu Shanxiang's record book, and taught: "For things like the frontline messengers reporting on the situation of the war, they can be allowed to go to the Ministry of War and the General Staff to report, so as not to summon the Chief of Staff, the Minister of War and others to discuss after listening. Foreigners come to trade arms. There are a large number of muskets, and the artillery can be notified, but there are only dozens or hundreds of muskets. You can completely notify the instructor of the foreign gun team Jack to deal with it. Let me approve a note for him to collect the silver and pay the bill at the Ministry of Revenue and it will be over... Do you remember all what I said?"

Fu Shanxiang wrote it down carefully and replied: "I remember it!"

Zhao Laoqi and Zuo Zongtang saw the King of Han walk into the study and bowed and said, "My minister Zhao Laoqi (Zuo Zongtang) see Your Highness."

"No gifts, just say anything if you have anything to do!" Li Yunzhong sat directly in his seat, and Fu Shanxiang stood next to Li Yunzhong, adding tea to his cup.

Zhao Laoqi replied with excitement: "Report to your highness, according to the spy's response, the Qing army in Zhejiang sent 5,000 people to support Jiangxi, and now it is estimated that it has left Zhejiang." Seeing that the Han King was not as happy as expected, his face gradually became gloomy. Zhao Laoqi was frightened and immediately added: "The general of the Qing Yao was the general of the general Hu Songlin, who is quite good at fighting. I have sent people to notify Jiangxi Governor Jiao Liang, the commander of the Third Army Zeng Shuiyuan and others."

Li Yunzhong asked: "Has the Qing army in Zhejiang not changed any other abnormal movements? Just by those tens of thousands of people, they wanted to defend the huge 11 prefectures and 63 counties in Zhejiang?"

Zhao Laoqi tried hard to recall the information sent by Zhejiang, hoping to find clues. "Although there is no evidence, I infer that most of the Qing troops in Jiaxing Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture have evacuated, leaving only a small part of the activities so that they can strengthen Hangzhou City and win time."

"Are you saying that the Qing army is going to stick to Hangzhou? How many soldiers have they deployed in Hangzhou?" Li Yunzhong looked solemn. He was most afraid that the Qing army would assemble the army to one point, which would greatly increase the difficulty of capturing Zhejiang.

Zhao Laoqi secretly estimated and replied: "The Qing general Zhang Guoliang personally took charge of Hangzhou. He had 13,000 green camp soldiers and more than 20,000 rural brave soldiers. Moreover, Zhang Guoliang mobilized civilians to bury a large number of stones outside the city wall! The imperial envoy Hechun led Fujian reinforcements to take charge of Jinhua and the Pujiang line."

Li Yunzhong looked at Zuo Zongtang and asked, "Sir, I have finished listening. Can you conquer Hangzhou in the short term? Just one Hangzhou and Zhejiang will be quickly recovered!"

When Zuo Zongtang heard Zhao Laoqi introduce the military situation just now, he felt that the situation was bad and replied: "Zhejiang is full of mountains and hills. If the army launches a large depth and surrounds and fights, not only will the grain logistics not keep up, but the enemy can also take advantage of the opportunity. Therefore, our army must first capture Hangzhou. Hangzhou has a unique terrain and the enemy is prepared. It can no longer be used to dig holes and blast the city walls. In this way, it seems that only by attacking one way, the army will suffer heavy casualties!"

Zhao Laoqi added: "In recent months, the Qing army has purchased foreign guns and cannons in Zhejiang. I heard that a cannon is set up every five steps on important parts of the Hangzhou city wall, and our army must prepare a large number of firearms!"

The more people listened to Zhao Laoqi's reports, the less confident Li Yun's center was. Zhang Guoliang started fighting with the rebels from Guixian, Guangxi, and he must know much about our rebels. Zuo Zongtang had no combat experience. If he hit a wall in Hangzhou and was defeated... Li Yunzhong did not dare to continue thinking about it anymore.

"I am sending an additional 00 foreign gun team and 100 cannons. We must take Hangzhou at the lowest price!" Li Yun's center has decided to temporarily station in Shanghai to guide the southern expedition army.

Zuo Zongtang handed over a list and said nervously: "I have chosen aide to approve these matters."

Li Yunzhong took a brief look and nodded, "Since the sir is the one who chooses, you can just hand over it with the Ministry of Personnel."

After seeing off Zuo Zongtang, Zhao Laoqi, Li Kaifang, Lin Fengxiang and others, they came to pay their respects.
Chapter completed!