The spring breeze blows gently on the earth, everything revives, and the warm sunshine shines on the earth.
With the help of Yue Fei's Taiping Army general Shi Dakai, they quickly approached Tianjing City where Hong Xiuquan was located.
Tianjing City was Jiaozhi County, the original seat of Jiaozhi County. After Hong Xiuquan launched a rebellion, Jiaozhi County was renamed Tianjing City and designated as the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
In Tianjing City, the military meeting hall of the Tianwang Mansion was brightly lit. More than a dozen Taiping civil and military officials, including the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, the Southern King Feng Yunshan, and Princess Hong Xiuquan, were sitting in order of priority, discussing strategies to deal with Yue Fei's army.
"Shi Dakai is a traitor. It is in vain that Fei Gu values him so much that he dares to betray the Kingdom of Heaven. Sooner or later, Gu will have to cut him into pieces!" Thinking of his current embarrassment, Hong Xiuquan became so angry that he couldn't bear it. Zhuhenhen cursed.
Feng Yunshan sighed helplessly, cupped his hands and said: "The King of Heaven has temporarily calmed down his thunderous wrath! Now the Sui army is pressing down on the country. If the King of Heaven gets angry because of Shi Dakai's traitor, it will be more of a loss than the gain!"
Hong Xiuquan took a deep breath, and then calmed down the anger in his chest a little, and said in a deep voice: "What King Nan said is absolutely true. The situation in the Kingdom of Heaven is difficult at the moment. How can I be as knowledgeable as a clown like Shi Dakai who doesn't know how to lift up?"
"The Holy King of Heaven!"
Feng Yunshan raised his hand and complimented Hong Xiuquan, and then took advantage of the situation and said: "The King of Heaven, now that the Sui army is powerful, the ministers think that Tianjing City is no longer safe to defend. The King of Heaven might as well abandon Tianjing and lead his loyalists into the jungle. Wait until In the future, when the war between the Sui and Tang Dynasties begins and the Sui army's center of gravity moves northward, they will make a comeback!"
"King Nan is wrong!"
As soon as Feng Yunshan finished speaking, Hong Xuanjiao on the side retorted sharply: "Tianjing City is the capital of our heavenly kingdom and the spiritual pillar of hundreds of thousands of Taiping Tao believers. If we abandon the city and flee before the battle is fought, the people of Lingnan will still be there in the future. Who is willing to trust us and return to the rule of my heavenly kingdom?"
"What the princess said is absolutely true!"
The leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom used to be some charlatans, but they have enjoyed a lot following Hong Xiuquan in the past two years. If they were to abandon Tianjing City and sneak into the jungle to suffer hardship, how could they endure it? Immediately, they all echoed Hong Xuanjiao.
Feng Yunshan saw what these people were trying to do at a glance, and reprimanded with some annoyance: "You can keep the green mountains without worrying about having firewood! Since you are urging the Heavenly King to stay in Tianjing, do you have any good ideas that can help the Heavenly King guard the Heavenly Capital?" The capital?"
Hong Xuanjiao said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "The art of war is to surround an enemy ten times and attack it five times. There are still 40,000 elite soldiers in Tianjing City, more than 500,000 stones of food and grass, and countless strong bows and crossbows. The Sui army only has 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers. Man, as long as we in the Kingdom of Heaven are united and united, we will definitely be able to defeat the Sui army!"
"What's the difference between the princess saying this and not saying it?"
Feng Yunshan gave a helpless smile: "Even a dangerous pass like Yulin Pass will be lost. How can the princess guarantee that Tianjing City will not be lost?"
Hong Xuanjiao snorted disdainfully: "The fall of Yulin Pass was a non-war crime. It was clearly the traitor Shi Dakai who had ulterior motives, which led to the fall. Brother Wang is personally in charge of Tianjing City. How dare any young person dare to commit a crime?"
"What Sister Wang said is true!"
In his heart, Hong Xiuquan was extremely reluctant to give up the prosperous life in Tianjing City. After listening to Hong Xuanjiao's words, he immediately stood up without hesitation, drew his sword in his hand, and shouted sternly: "Tianjing City is the foundation of the Kingdom of Heaven. I have made up my mind. I swear to live and die with Tianjing City!"
"The Holy King of Heaven!"
All the civil and military personnel praised Hong Xiuquan, and Feng Yunshan sighed helplessly. He could only join in with the crowd and praise Hong Xiuquan for his brilliance and martial arts.
Upon seeing this, Hong Xiuquan nodded with satisfaction, sheathed his sword, slowly sat back on the throne, and said in a deep voice: "You are all the pillars of my kingdom of heaven, but do you have any clever ideas to help me guard Tianjing?"
Hong Xuanjiao stood up immediately and said: "Brother Wang, according to my sister's opinion, Tianjing City has a large population, at least 50,000 or 60,000 young people. My sister suggested that brother Wang can use the prestige of Taiping Road to recruit people to the city to help defend."
Hong Xiuquan stroked his beard and smiled and said: "What Sister Wang said is absolutely true! I established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in order to fulfill the orders of the emperor and win the support of all the people. How can a mere Sui dog subvert our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"
Immediately he turned his head and told Feng Yunshan: "King Nan, I will leave this matter to you."
Feng Yunshan cupped his hands and said, "Wei Chen takes orders!"
Hong Xiuquan nodded slightly, then glanced at the civil and military people at the bottom of the steps, and said: "The situation in the Kingdom of Heaven is difficult at the moment. If you have any ideas, just tell me!"
A general behind Feng Yunshan immediately said loudly: "King of Heaven, I do have an idea, which may be helpful in defending Tianjing."
Hong Xiuquan raised his eyes and saw that this man was eight feet tall, with a strong back and a strong waist. He was tall and majestic, and looked majestic. He immediately asked curiously: "This general is..."
Feng Yunshan hurriedly introduced: "King Qi, this is Wei Chen's cousin Feng Sheng. He immigrated to other places with Wei Chen's uncle a few years ago. He just rushed back to Tianjing to join Wei Chen a few days ago."
"It turns out he is Nan Wang's brother!"
Hong Xiuquan nodded and said approvingly: "He is really impressive and talented. I wonder if General Feng has any clever ideas to help Gu Gu defend Tianjing?"
Feng Sheng said loudly: "My King, the Sui army is coming with great force and its morale is like a rainbow. It is really the next best thing for our army to be trapped in the isolated city. The general thought that we should take advantage of the Sui army to set up an ambush out of the city before it arrived, and kill the Sui army's vigor. .”
Feng Sheng walked forward as he spoke, walked to the map hanging on the side, pointed at the map in front of him and said: "Everyone, please see, there is Kuyun Ridge thirty miles north of Tianjing. The terrain is steep and the mountain road is narrow. We can stay here Set up an ambush and give the Sui army a head-on blow!"
"General Feng." Hong Xuanjiao raised her own doubts after hearing this: "Judging from the map, Kuyunling is not a must-pass on the way to Tianjing. What if the Sui army does not go to Kuyunling?"
Feng Sheng smiled slightly and said: "Princess, you can rest assured. Although Kuyunling is not the only place to go to Tianjing, it is the shortest way. Now that the Sui army has won many battles, I would never have expected that If our army dares to leave the city for an ambush at this time, it will definitely choose this shortest road."
Hong Xiuquan's military ability was definitely inferior to that of pretending to be a ghost and deceiving people. Hearing what Feng Sheng said was clear and logical, he immediately agreed to Feng Sheng's proposal and asked everyone: "Which general is willing to accompany General Feng?" Let’s go together to defeat the enemy?”
Hearing this, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one was willing to go out of the city to fight the Sui army. Only the brave barbarian general Utuohan called for battle angrily: "King of Heaven, I am willing to accompany General Feng to defeat the enemy!"
Hong Xiuquan secretly asked Wu Tuohan, who was on good terms with Shi Dakai on weekdays. If Shi Dakai asked him to surrender before the battle, it would be a serious matter, so he waved his hand and rejected Wu Tuohan's invitation to fight: "General Wu is our brave general in heaven. There are still many people in Tianjing City." I need you to take charge, I think it’s better to leave this matter to others!” He then glanced to both sides.
When the other generals saw Hong Xiuquan's gaze, they lowered their heads and said nothing, making Hong Xiuquan's teeth itch with anger.
Seeing that no one was willing to go to war with him, Feng Sheng sighed helplessly, raised his hands and said, "King of Heaven, the general will recommend someone who can go with the general to defeat the enemy!"
