In Changsha, Hunan, the King of the Qing Dynasty, Kewang Kewang sat down dejectedly. His head was always drowsy and his heart was trembling. It seemed that a long knife would cut off his neck at any time. He got up from time to time and paced around the hall, but was waiting for someone. Soon, the person he was waiting for finally arrived, but it was Wu Fengsheng, the Zhongshu clan who was originally the king of Guiyang and after his defeat, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with him.

As soon as Wu Fengsheng came in, he said anxiously: "Prince, Shi Lin refused to obey the prince's dissuasion and insisted on leading troops out of the city!"

After hearing this, Sun Kewang stayed for a moment, then he looked up at the sky and sighed: "Shi Lin wants me to die!"

Since the governor of Panyuan Yuan, Yuan Kuoyu surrendered the Taiping Army, there has been no major commander in the military and political affairs of Hunan, which has led to the Taiping Army entering a deserted land in Hunan. The generals of the Hunan Green Camp were also broken by the Taiping Army, and none of them dared to lead the army to fight the Taiping Army.

After the request of the new governor of Huguang, Zhang Changgeng, the Qing court transferred Shaanxi Governor Shi Lin to take over the position of Governor of Panyuan, and changed the Governor of Panyuan to Governor of Hunan. He moved to Changsha together with the right governor of Hunan, and added another Huguang Censorate to Changsha Prefecture.

After Shi Lin took office, she did not pay homage to Sun Kewang, who was the king's title, and asked him for any strategy. Instead, she was ready to lead the army to attack the Taiping Army, saying that the 2,000 Han troops brought from Shaanxi were all elite soldiers and powerful generals, and could kill ten people, and eliminate the Taiping enemy was just a trivial matter.

Sun Kewang was in the Daxi Army's Karen Camp in his early years. Later, he followed his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong to fight in the south for many years. After leading the army into Yunnan, he was commanding and deploying so many major battles. He was much better than Shi Lin's experience in both battlefield experience and life experience. Therefore, he was not optimistic about Shi Lin's move to fight, and he did not have any hope for the two thousand Shaanxi Han troops under his command to defeat the Taiping Army. Therefore, Sun Kewang asked Wu Fengzhi and Changsha Prefect You Taizhong to persuade Shi Lin to stand firm in Changsha and not lead the army to attack.

Unexpectedly, Shi Lin looked down on Sun Kewang very much and did not accept his opinion at all. Wu Fengzhi came to report that at this time, Shi Lin had already ordered 2,000 Shaanxi soldiers and 4,000 Changsha Green Camp soldiers to go out of the city, saying that he wanted to regain Yongfeng City occupied by the Taiping Army, and then led his troops to recover Hengyang and Baoqing, kill the Taiping gang and defeat him.

"Prince, things have come to this point, I just hope Shi Lin can win."

Wu Fengsheng sighed. He did not regret following Sun Kewang to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. He just didn't deserve it. The situation in Hunan is critical now. The wisest way for the Qing court was to value Sun Kewang, entrust him to command troops, and grant him full authority to deal with the war in Hunan, rather than imprisoning him like a prisoner in the palace of the Yi Prince. If Sun Kewang could make a comeback, with his ability and connections and influence in the Daxi Army, it would be like Shang Kexi and Wu Sangui that he had become a true Han vassal like Shang Kexi and Wu Sangui now.

Sun Kewang smiled bitterly. What can he do now?

With the defeat of Luoto, Guangxi and Guoan, the Taiping Army was crisscrossing in Hunan, and the people in Changsha were panicked. Although the Taiping Army had not yet reached the foot of Changsha City, Sun Kewang's fear was no less than when he was chased by Liu Wenxiu on the rainy night and was desperate.

He regretted it, regretted his original choice. If he could make a new trip, Sun Kewang would definitely not go to the Qing Dynasty, and he would not even turn against his brother Li Dingguo into enemies.

However, now it's all too late!

Sun Kewang judged that Shi Lin's attack on Yongfeng was seeking death. If he really wanted to attack, Sun Kewang would rather lead his troops than Shi Lin. Unfortunately, although he was named Yi Wang of the Qing Dynasty, he was like a bird in a cage. Even a censor could step on him. No one in Changsha City except Wu Fengsheng and others took him seriously. Even his farts were taken seriously by what he said!

Sun Kewang was depressed and desperate. Three days later, the bad news came, and Shi Lin's entire army was wiped out in Yongfeng. The 6,000 Qing troops who had left the city with him fled back only more than 300 people.

After hearing the news of defeat, Changsha City was in chaos, and rich people were busy with one thing, that is, quickly clean up their homes and go out to take refuge.

The prefect of Changsha, You Taizhong, was also at a loss and had no idea. With the reminder of his subordinates, he hurriedly found Sun Kewang, hoping that the former King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty could help him guard Changsha.

Sun Kewang agreed to You Taizhong's request because this was also his only choice to protect himself. If the Taiping Army broke the city, Sun Kewang would not have a good end.

At this time, the civil and military officials in Changsha City changed their previous contempt for Sun Kewang, and surrounded him one by one. Whatever Sun Kewang said was what he wanted, which made him find the majesty of being a prince and a king again.

The first thing Sun Kewang did after being pushed out by Changsha officials was to contain the defeated soldiers and rectify the existing battalions and regiment warriors in the city. He brought more than 20 of his subordinates and You Taizhong and others to the military camp. He wanted to find someone to ask about the situation of the Taiping Army, but the scene in front of him made King Yi feel mostly angry.

The defeated soldiers who escaped from Yongfeng were like starving ghosts, and seemed to have not eaten for several days. When Sun Kewang saw them, the group of people were holding the rice ball with stained hands, and then swallowing it into their stomachs without chewing them.

"The King of Yi has arrived, and you haven't come to pay a visit yet!"

Sun Kewang's general Qin Xiaolian roared in the camp, but the defeated soldiers just looked up at them, but no one paid attention to them. Qin Xiaolian was furious and wanted to rush forward to clean up a few people who were not open. Unexpectedly, an officer who looked like a general patted his stomach and stood up, and then cursed at Qin Xiaolian: "Damn it, what's the King of Yi or King of Yi? When the Taiping gang arrived, the king would be the first to be killed!"

"you!"

Qin Xiaolian was not angry and wanted to draw his sword when he acted. As soon as he drew his sword, the defeated soldiers slammed, and the ones who drew their swords, and the ones who drew their swords, were about to fight. It was scared that the prefect You Taizhong of Changsha was so scared that he hurried forward to pull Qin Xiaolian and then said a few words to the general. Perhaps because he recognized the magistrate, the general snorted and signaled his subordinates to retreat.

Over there, Sun Kewang's face turned red. He had already tasted the feeling of being bullied by a dog, but this was the first time he was bullied by a bunch of things that were worse than dogs!

At this moment, Sun Kewang wanted to leave with his sleeves, but when he thought of the consequences of the Taiping Army breaking Changsha City, he still endured the anger. He walked to the general and asked him: "How did Governor Shi lose?"

"How did you lose?"

The always-on nose twitched, then sneered, spit out the rice grains that were not swallowed in his mouth with a "pa", and then said, "How could I know? I only know that when the sound of Taipingko's cannon sounded, everyone here was running, and I didn't even see the shadow of Taipingko!" (To be continued.)
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