The two major camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei were both destroyed. Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, couldn't help being happy. He beat gongs and drums to clear the way and patrolled the city defense proudly. Liu Yang, the official of the Yellow Gate of the Heavenly King's Mansion, blocked the carriage and said, "The noise is so loud that it disturbs the Heavenly King. Please lower your flags and drums and pass by quietly."
Xiu Qing was angry and wanted to kill Liu Yang. Xiuquan doesn't allow it. Suddenly Xiuqing's whole body trembled again, and the Heavenly Father possessed him and shouted fiercely: "Xiuquan boy, you live in a deep palace, indulge in pleasure, and ignore state affairs for three years. You only have the power to punish forty people, and you can't do anything with a millimeter. From now on, brother, every time All matters must be discussed with the compatriots before proceeding. Your Majesty Huangmen, who has no eyes for the Eastern King, will be beheaded immediately!"
All civil and military officials knelt down to plead for Xiuquan, but the King of the East refused.
Hong Xiuquan ate forty sticks and was in pain and injured his body. He secretly summoned Lai Hanying and Meng En to discuss the matter.
Lai and Meng both advised: "Now that the matter has come to this, we must strike first."
Xiuquan said: "Dongbing has been in power for a long time, and his confidants are all in the city. We are single, so it may be difficult for us to accomplish anything."
Mengden said: "Secretly summon the King of the North and the King of the Wings, and give orders at the right moment."
Xiuquan said: "Dakai went to Hubei, Changhui went to Ganxi, and they were all assigned by the east. If they return hastily, the east will be suspicious."
Lai Hanying said: "We can issue a clear edict, saying that Heavenly Father has given me a dream and wants to travel to Suzhou and Hangzhou. What is the meaning of this dream? Call the kings to interpret it."
King Bei and King Yi returned after the imperial edict, and Xiuquan summoned them secretly, weeping and saying, "I am returning to Guangdong to farm and study, and I especially want to say goodbye to my two brothers."
Northern King Wei Changhui gritted his teeth and said: "We have known that Yang Ni was disobedient. Yang Ni is everywhere in the world, how can there be anything like the king of heaven and me! This guy, who has the Jiuchongtian mansion and the great military advisor of Wanguo? He is clearly an insidious and cunning person. Please issue an edict from the King of Heaven, and I will kill this rebel!"
Wing King Shi Da said: "Yang Xiuqing is so domineering that anyone can kill him. However, before the great event is accomplished, the brothers are jealous and the enemy is happy."
Wei Changhui said: "Yesterday the Heavenly King of the Stick was forty, and today the King of Yan, Qin Rigang, and the Marquis of Zuotian, Chen Chengrong, are all demons. They want you to have the crown of my head! Brother Yi Wang, do you want to give it to me?"
Shi Dakai said: "Please issue an edict from the King of Heaven, and I will kill Yang Ni with the King of the North!"
Hong Xiuquan said: "If the emperor regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as his countrymen; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit. Yang Zhi I regard me as a mustard, and I regard Yang as a brother. From the mountains to Tianjing City, decadence and prosperity coexist, how can I not confuse people's minds! Both brothers are my brothers and sisters, and I rely on them."
Wei Changhui said: "Ask the king of heaven, I will hide in the king's palace secretly and serve you at any time."
Hong Xiuquan said: "Yang's minions are all over the world, and your highness, the Six Ministers, have reached the point where my brother and others are in power. The second brother will return to the battlefield immediately and take control of the army. The second brother has military power in his hands. I am safe and the world is safe. If there is any unexpected situation, I will send you a secret edict to my brother. I will tell you what is good and bad, and I will decide for myself."
Wei Changhui said: "Now that the matter has come to this, does the King of Heaven have any strategy to defeat the devil?"
Hong Xiuquan said: "Becoming a king or losing a bandit is a matter of life and death. Haste leads to waste in everything. I am the same, Yang is the same, and the two brothers are the same. Kuang Qing Demon has not been destroyed, and there is an emergency everywhere. You must not lose the big for the small!"
The prime minister Fu Shanxiang who rewarded Yang Xiuqing in the East Palace said: "The stick blames the ruler of the country for his temporary joy and the resentment of both humans and gods."
Hate, wing, north to Beijing, no worries? "
Xiuqing said with a smile: "No problem! I ordered Wei Changhui to send his troops to Jiangxi and Shida to aid Wuchang. Yang Guozong quickly broke out of camp and rushed to Beijing. Anyone who disobeys my order will be punished immediately! What a trip to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and a dream of Huang Liang!" "
Wei Changhui arrived at Hukou again and ordered Huang Wenjin to attack Raozhou and Huang Yukun to rescue Fuzhou.
The city wall of Raozhou was empty and there was no danger of defending it. The elders of southern Jiangxi Province asked Zeng Guofan for help. Zeng Guofan immediately sent Jin Shilian, the capital secretary, He Huchen, the candidate magistrate, and Bi Jinke, the capital secretary, to provide land and water support.
Huang Wenjin led 4,000 troops to set up an ambush to attack. Qiling fell into the trap and was wiped out hundreds of people; at the critical moment, Bi Jinke's troops arrived and defeated the Huang army.
On July 6, 1856, Wei Changhui personally led the army and divided it into five groups to attack Raozhou. Qiling sent troops to attack, but was ambushed again. Chang Hui took advantage of the victory and broke through the city.
Bi Jinke was coerced by the defeated troops and retreated to Nanchang. In anger, he recruited 200 dead soldiers and vowed to capture Raozhou. He also said: "I will not return to the boat until I defeat the thieves on the shore! The morale of Bi's army was greatly boosted, and Rao city was conquered with one drum."
Wei Changhui supervised the troops to attack again and defeated Raozhou again. Jin Ke led his troops to fight again and defeated again. Raozhou fell repeatedly, but Changhui had no intention of repeating it and turned to Jingdezhen.
Huang Yukun sat guarding Linjiang and received Wei Changhui's military order. He immediately divided his troops into 3,000 troops and marched from Tangbu and Qiuxi to Shangdundu on the other side to assist Fuzhou.
Li Yuandu said to Lin Yuan'en: "If you resist the enemy on both sides, you will lose more than you win. Brother Lin besieged the city, and I attacked the yellow bandits' camp at night."
That night, Li Yuandu led 4,000 troops, crossed the river quietly, took advantage of the chaos to besiege, and won in one battle.
At the end of the month, Wei Changhui arrived in Linjiang and directed Huang to attack again.
On August 1, 1856, Huang Yukun personally led 7,000 troops to Shangdundu. Li Yuandu made a sneak attack and won again. Huang Yukun stationed troops for nine days without making much progress, so he asked Fuzhou guard Yu Zian to attack from both inside and outside. On that day, it rained heavily and the Fuzhou defenders came out in full force. Li Yuandu was caught off guard and the defense line was in chaos. Huang Yukun took the opportunity to enter Fucheng.
Jiangxi Xuezheng Lian Zhaolun lamented: "The rebel bandits are becoming more and more numerous, and our soldiers are getting old and tired, and it will be difficult to conquer Fucheng!"
The next day, Huang Yukun was discussing a plan to break the siege with the guard Yu Zian, when he suddenly received an order from Wei Changhui to "go to Linrui to help the troops from the two lakes." Yukun had no choice but to lead his troops.
Yang Guozong, Yang Xiuqing's nephew, was in Ruizhou and received Xiu Qing's secret edict. He was physically and mentally stimulated. He marched north from Yongfeng and in one month, he conquered Huangpo, Guangchang, Nanfeng, Luxi, Guixi and as far as Guangxin. Fang rest.
Zeng Guofan was trapped in Nankang and felt like sitting on pins and needles, so he urgently ordered Li Yuandu to divide his troops and rush for reinforcements.
Guangxin only had 400 Qingyong. Lian Zhaolun and the prefect Shen Baozhen went out to raise wages and recruit troops. There was no commander in the city and the gentry, officials and people were in panic.
Only Shen Baozhen's wife Lin Puqing came to the city in person to reward the three armies. I also heard that Rao Ting selected a huge army in Yushan, Zhejiang. Pu Qing was pleasantly surprised. He broke his finger with a sword and wrote with bloody hands: General Rao's achievements in Zhangjiang, the population, and the women and children in the area don't know that there is a male in the sea! This general is famous throughout the world for his ability to assist troops. The prefect here heard the news of Ji'an's fall and prepared to defend the city. He and Lian Shilang went to the mouth of the river to raise wages and recruit soldiers. But the situation is overwhelming, and recruitment may not be possible; even if the hastily recruited people return, it will be particularly difficult to drive the people from the city to fight. I came here to check the news and found out that Guixi was lost yesterday. People's hearts were in a state of great joy. All the shops and households of the officials and people were emptied out. The children and servants in the department were all reported to have left. The righteousness of clinging to death is not enough to blame this person, so I have to listen to it, and I just rely on the sword and the well for my life. The prefect will return to the county tomorrow morning. The couple has been so kind to the country and cannot repay it. They will only die and take the blame. When the general hears this, can he not feel pity? The general stationed the Zhejiang army in Yushan to strengthen Zhejiang's defense. Guangxin is shielded by Yushan, and thieves can gain access to Guangxin and take advantage of the victory to reach Yushan. Sun Wu cannot plot, Benyu cannot defend, and the Quyan area may not be questioned. Quan Guang believed that he wanted to protect Yushan without waiting for wise people to judge. The officials of Zhejiang Province could not blame the general by crossing the border. He was bleeding and begging for help, and he was waiting for help. He was alive and dead and had flesh and bones, all hoping for the general's will. The late Gongbao Wen Zhonggong was ordered to leave the army and follow the middle path. I still feel deeply painful. Now I have to die here to kill thieves fiercely. The spirit in heaven is based on it. The scholars and people in the countryside came to greet him with their chariots, and went to the Forbidden Mountain to avoid the thieves. They pointed their swords and wells to show him, and they all left in tears. After the prefect returns home in the morning after receiving his salary, he will send a special letter to you again. When you have to pull out the team to confirm the sound, you can use the basket to eat the juice from the pot to reward the emperor's tribe. You dare to bow to the envoy a hundred times and ask for the lives of the seven towns. In the past, Suiyang Yingcheng was immortalized in Xu Yuan. The prefect is loyal and iron-hearted, and he is the one who does not hesitate to share with the general. Otherwise, Helan's army will have the same roots for thousands of years, but the general will act according to his own interests. The blood-piercing statement is willing to hear the fate.
Rao Tingxuan, the commander-in-chief of Anyi Town, was an old subordinate of Lin Gongze Xu. When he saw Lin Nu's blood letter, he burst into tears and ordered two thousand elite soldiers to march off at night under the stars. When it rained heavily, we drove quickly by boat and arrived at Guangxin. The Taiping Army has arrived at Taiping Bridge in the west of the city. Ting Xuan and Baozhen opened the city and attacked vigorously from morning to dusk, destroying its long siege and making a great noise in the army. On the second day of Yue, Yang Guozong led his army to retreat and marched north to Dexing.
Li Yuandu's troops arrived at Liufang, and upon hearing that Guangxin was encircling them, he divided his troops to attack Yihuang and defeated them in one battle. Five days later, he attacked Chongren and defeated them again.
Fuzhou garrison general Yu Zi'an heard that Lin and Li divided their troops and flew to Jingdezhen to attack Xu Wan. He then personally led an army out of the city and attacked Li Yuandu's camp, killing the Hunan army camp officer Geng Guangxuan.
Li Yuandu and Lin Yuanen were both panicked. The two armies gathered together and retreated four to five miles to camp. They also flew Yihuang and Chongren's divisions back to protect the old camp in Fuzhou. Xiangyong in Ercheng was busy eating, drinking and having fun, and refused to be transferred.
At that time, the Jingdezhen Taiping Army arrived at the outskirts of Xuwan, which was the Qing army's supply and donation bureau. Li Yuandu did not dare not to rescue them, so he immediately divided his troops into 800 troops and rushed to rescue them.
Lin Li's old camp was torn apart and its troops were empty. Yu Zian took the opportunity to leave the city and attack again. The Jingdezhen Taiping Army also abandoned Xuwan and crossed the river at Ziliufang to attack Lin and Li.
There was a melee between the two armies, and Lin Yuanen was shot and killed. Seeing that the situation was over, Li Yuandu set fire to the camp and killed himself with a knife. He was stopped by his own soldiers and fled to Xu Wan. Most of his seven thousand troops were lost.
Zeng Guofan ordered Li Yuandu to move his army to Guixi to rest and standby; he asked Rao Ting to retain his troops to garrison in Guangxin, while Wu Shenxiu's troops remained in Fengxin and postponed their transfer to Guangxin to relieve the situation.
He Guiqing, the governor of Zhejiang, heard about this and impeached him: Zeng Guofan's tribe in Jiangxi had not started a major war for several months. In mid-September, only a few hundred thieves came out of Fuzhou City, but the entire army had fled!
