Chapter 543 The turning point of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
When the general beside Yang Xiuqing heard this, he immediately became anxious and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if you want to die together, we will die together, if you want to live together, we will live together. We will fight side by side with you. We would rather die than surrender."
However, Yang Xiuqing shook her head gently.
He took a deep breath and shouted: "Wei Changhui, I have something to say."
The sound was loud, but it didn't come out. It was instantly drowned out by the surging shouts of killing. Wei Changhui was riding on the horse. Although he didn't hear Yang Xiuqing's words, he noticed Yang Xiuqing's expression. He was willing to listen to Yang Xiuqing's words before he died, because Yang Xiuqing was already certain to die, and he was willing to listen to what this dying man had to say.
Wei Changhui ordered boldly: "Send the order and the army will stop attacking. If anyone attacks again, I will behead him."
The order was given and conveyed quickly.
Even though the soldiers in the army were reluctant, they still had to obey Wei Changhui's order. They all stopped, stared at Yang Xiuqing with wide eyes. Not only that, these soldiers were still hostile to each other, and they were all afraid that the people around them would snatch Yang Xiuqing first. head, so he is carefully alert, prepared, and ready to attack at any time.
Wei Changhui saw that the surrounding area was quiet and asked loudly: "Yang Xiuqing, do you have any last words?"
Yang Xiuqing looked lonely and said: "I have nowhere to escape, and I don't want to escape. However, the generals under my command are innocent. I hope you will treat them kindly and give them a way to survive."
Wei Changhui chuckled and said without answering, "Is there anything else?"
Seeing that Wei Changhui did not give a clear answer, Yang Xiuqing was a little disappointed, but continued: "When the king dies today, the power in the court will be lost to you. However, I hope you will cause less killing and develop more people's livelihood. If If you continue to act according to your current temperament, you will definitely lose your head, and it will also have a huge impact on the Celestial Empire. I hope you will keep this in mind."
"Hahaha……"
Wei Changhui smiled and said: "I don't have to worry about my work. Since you only have these last words, I can only say sorry. I can't agree to any of your last wishes. I will kill everyone who has anything to do with you." , leave no chickens or dogs behind, let them know the consequences of following the wrong person, kill them for me, and leave no one in the Dongwang Mansion alive."
"kill."
The shouts of killing were everywhere, and the army, which was watching eagerly, launched a charge.
Yang Xiuqing froze on the spot, looking lost.
He stared at the soldiers and generals beside him, smiled miserably, and said helplessly: "Although I am about to be killed, I cannot die at the hands of others. I cannot let the pawns insult me. You, please wish yourselves good luck." Yang Xiuqing raised her head and looked at her. He suddenly changed and became extremely cold and stern, shouting: "Wei Changhui, I am waiting for you underground, waiting for you to go to hell together."
His voice was shrill, like the shrill wail of an evil spirit.
Yang Xiuqing raised his hand and slashed his sword towards his neck.
"puff,."
The long sword cut the skin of his neck, and blood spurted out instantly.
"clang,."
The long sword fell to the ground, but Yang Xiuqing opened his mouth and roared, with infinite reluctance in his eyes. However, the spray of blood took away the vitality in his body, and his eyes became dim, and with a bang, Yang Xiuqing fell to the ground, and the soldiers around him exclaimed loudly that they were confused and didn't know what to do.
The general under Yang Xiuqing squatted down, looked at Yang Xiuqing lying on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty." However, there was no echo from Yang Xiuqing.
"The final general will swear allegiance to the prince to the death."
The general grabbed the knife, wiped his neck, and committed suicide.
Immediately afterwards, some soldiers with strong temperaments chose to commit suicide, but this was only a small number. More people chose to resist and wanted to fight to the death. However, under the continuous attack of the army under Wei Changhui's command, the soldiers under Yang Xiuqing's command were overwhelmed. The attacks were all continuous retreats, but they were surrounded by densely packed troops and they could not escape.
The soldiers belonging to Yang Xiuqing were killed amidst wailing sounds.
The entire Dongwang Mansion was stained red with blood.
After the warm blood turned cold, it turned into patches of dark purple. Corpses were lying on the ground, losing their breath. Among them, a very small number of soldiers lying on the ground were brought by Wei Changhui and died because of the fighting between the two sides. As many as thousands of corpses lay in the East Prince's Mansion, exuding a disgusting smell.
Wei Changhui's face was filled with joy, and his eyes were full of joy.
Yang Xiuqing is really dead.
King Yan Qin Rigang took a deep breath and said slowly: "King of the North, the King of Heaven asked to capture Yang Xiuqing. Now that we have killed him, how can we explain to the King of Heaven?"
Wei Changhui smiled and said: "Yang Xiuqing resisted to the death, so he was killed. This is the reason."
Xu Yuan nodded in agreement: "The King of the North is wise."
The next day, news came out that Yang Xiuqing had been killed.
The situation in the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom suddenly became strange. An undercurrent surged. Yang Xiuqing was killed, which meant that the power in Yang Xiuqing's hands fell and the power in the court was about to be re-divided. This was the main source of disputes, even if Wei Changhui You have an advantage, but you are not guaranteed to win.
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Jiangbei camp, the Chinese army's tent.
At this time, the army was still confronting Shi Dakai's army. After Huang Shihai took over the army, he fought steadily, not seeking merit but seeking no faults, and never took the initiative to fight.
Shi Dakai was unable to break through, so he remained in a stalemate.
Li Zhen's seat was left vacant directly above the conference table. Huang Qiang summoned the generals in the army. Everyone lined up on both sides. Huang Qiang said slowly: "I just got the news that Yang Xiuqing was killed by Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang. Now, we We must spread the news immediately, then use this news to force Shi Dakai to retreat, and then pass the news to the commander-in-chief."
Lu Shaochuan said carelessly: "Brigadier, is this the news from Lars?"
Huang Shihai glared at Lu Shaochuan and shouted: "You are the only smart one."
Lu Shaochuan was dismayed, lowered his head and curled his lips and said: "We all know, there is nothing to hide."
Huang Shihai sighed in his heart and changed the subject: "So far, everything has gone according to the commander's plan, and everything has been successful. Now that Yang Xiuqing has been killed, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's vitality has been severely damaged. However, the next plan requires the commander. Make sure, otherwise it will be bad if it disrupts the commander's plan. I think we should still focus on defense, what do you think?"
"I agree."
Smith knew that Li Zhen had already begun the layout and did not want to disrupt it. In addition, he could not defeat the Taiping Army too badly, so Smith decisively supported not sending troops.
Immediately, Yang Banhou also agreed, and several people agreed.
Lu Shaochuan reluctantly agreed and could only nod.
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It is twenty miles away to the southwest of Jiangbei Daying.
Shi Dakai's military camp was stationed here. At this time, Shi Dakai also felt a headache, because he once sent troops to attack the Jiangbei camp, but they returned without success every time. In addition, Shi Dakai used various methods to try to The Jiangbei camp was mobilized, but the Jiangbei camp remained motionless. There was nothing he could do.
Shi Dakai was sitting in the tent deep in thought. Suddenly the curtain of the tent was raised, and a soldier rushed in. The soldier said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's bad, something big happened in Tianjing."
ps: Third update, call it a day, it’s the weekend tomorrow, feel comfortable.