The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 105 Three Dads Outside, One Dad Inside

"The rent is heavy, the interest is high, and it is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the gates early to welcome peace, and all the officials will be happy. Kill the Qing demons, slaughter the evil gentry, and open the city gates to welcome peace."

The song of "Welcome Taiping" rang out again, and it was particularly loud and clear, even louder than the last time it rang out in Daozhou City. This was because more people were singing.

After all, Chenzhou City is a provincial capital with a larger population than Daozhou City. It is surrounded by mountains with many private mines. The number of unemployed miners is no less than that from Daozhou. They all gathered in the city to beg for food. They had nowhere to go, and when they saw the Taiping Army coming, they rushed to join them as if they had seen a savior!
It seems that the Taiping Army can expand another 20,000 to 30,000 elite troops in Chenzhou. They have really made a fortune!
In addition to the many people who revolted in Chenzhou City, there were also a large number of Taiping troops coming in from outside the city, a total of 40,000 people!
So many Taiping troops marched into the city in a mighty manner, with strict discipline and without harming anyone, which made the Tiandihui brothers in the city very happy.

Such a large army is clearly the heavenly army and the royal division. Isn't it just a matter of time before they sweep across the world, pacify the eight wildernesses, and destroy the Qing demons?

Since everyone can worship God in Chenzhou, their qualifications should not be too shallow, right?
Luo Yaoguo, Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan entered the city together. They did not take the yellow satin sedan chair carried by more than a dozen people. Instead, they rode horses and entered the city among the Taiping Army's cavalry.

Riding in a yellow satin sedan chair to the battlefield is really a death wish!

Xiao Chaogui was marching towards Changsha, the "place of his life", so he had to be extremely careful and did not dare to sit in his "palace". When he led his troops to attack the city just now, he was commanding from a distance. Fortunately, his generals Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang were extremely brave and broke the city with one sudden attack.

Feng Yunshan had suffered a great loss under the city of Quanzhou, so he was very careful now. Although he had amoxicillin, he would be killed in one shot, and he would not have time to take any other pills!

As for Luo Yaoguo, he was the most approachable person. He would ride a horse or walk wherever he went and did not need anyone to carry him.

"I, Boyong, pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Western King, His Royal Highness the Southern King, and His Royal Highness the Angel."

As soon as Xiao, Feng and Luo dismounted their horses outside the government office of Chenzhou, escorted by a team of cavalrymen, someone knelt down to greet them.

Luo Yaoguo turned over and dismounted to see that the man was Boyong, the former commander of the Green Camp of the Qing army, who was brought in by Jiao Hong after the battle of Daozhou. This time he was ordered to sneak into Chenzhou as an insider. Now he was wearing a red scarf and was standing guard outside the Chenzhou government office with a group of men.

It seems that he has accomplished something this time!
Luo Yaoguo waved at him: "Bo Yong, get up! Tell me the situation. Has the Chenzhou prefect been captured?"

"Reporting to the angel," Boyong said with a look of regret, "I arrived a step too late. The prefect of Chenzhou, Sun Enbao, has already hanged himself."

"Dead?" Xiao Chaogui was stunned, "I didn't expect he was still a man!"

Feng Yunshan snorted: "In normal times, he took bribes and harmed the people, but now he is dead in times of trouble!"

Luo Yaoguo said to Bobo: "Where is the body? Take us to see it."

"Yes."

Bo Yong agreed and led Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan and Luo Yaoguo into the courtyard of Chenzhou government office. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw two straw mats spread on the ground, and on the straw mats were two corpses.

One of the bodies was that of an elderly, skinny man with his tongue hanging out and his eyes rolled up. He was wearing an official uniform and was obviously Sun Enbao who had been hanged. The other was a fat man in a green cap with a scary wound on his neck.

"Who is the one with a knife cut on his neck?" Luo Yaoguo asked.

"He must have been a loyal servant." Boyong said, "He died beside Sun Enbao's hanging body. When we found him, he was still holding a dagger in his hand. He must have committed suicide."

"Committed suicide. I didn't expect that someone would be willing to die with a corrupt official!" Luo Yaoguo nodded gently, "Then bury the master and servant together, so that they will have a companion when they go to hell."

"Yes!" Boyong answered.

Luo Yaoguo walked into the lobby with Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan. After the three of them sat down, Luo Yaoguo sighed, "Third brother, brother-in-law, it seems that there are still some loyal people on the Qing demon side. We have been delayed in southern Hunan for too long. We must march to Changsha as soon as possible."

Xiao Chaogui, who was standing by, couldn't help but frown when he heard about the march to Changsha: "It doesn't have to be Changsha. I think it's also good to go south to Guangdong first."

"Brother-in-law," Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "With my third brother's help, Guangdong will be ours sooner or later. Let's go north! As long as you pass Changsha, you will be the king of the three towns of Wuhan in no time. Wuchang and Hanyang will be yours!

We now have 20,000 elite soldiers! After a few days of rest in Chenzhou, we can still expand our forces to 2,000, and expand your army to 10,000.

With 22,000 troops, we can capture Changsha with confidence!"

Historically, one of the important reasons why Xiao Chaogui was defeated and killed in Changsha was that he only led two thousand people to fight - with such a small number of people, most of them were tricked by Yang God.

This time, Xiao Chaogui had brought out 8,000 men from his front army. If he could recruit some more miners in Chenzhou, he could make up 10,000 men. Luo Yaoguo's upper army still had 12,000 men, which meant 22,000 men.

A full twenty thousand more than the original two thousand in history!

And there is Yu Mieqing, the best guide - he used to be the governor of Hunan!
Changsha is his own defense zone, how can he not fight?

However, Xiao Chaogui seemed to have left a psychological shadow on Luo Yaoguo. He shook his head and said, "Let's follow the decision of the Daozhou meeting. We will attack Changsha in vain to attract the Qing army to the north for assistance, so that the Heavenly King and the Eastern King can lead the main force north along the Xiangjiang River, and help the Southern King to pacify Chenzhou, Yongzhou, and Guiyangzhou."

Luo Yaoguo nodded without raising any further objections, but turned to look at Feng Yunshan.

Feng Yunshan seemed confident and smiled: "The Guangdong Tiandihui has many followers, far more than Hunan and Guangxi! I plan to ask the Heavenly King and the Eastern King to transfer Luo Dagang to be the Minister of War of the Southern King's Palace and the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies. With him assisting me, it will be easy to launch an uprising of the Guangdong Tiandihui."

Luo Yaoguo nodded and thought to himself, "In history, there was a large-scale uprising of the Guangdong Red Army, which was initiated by the Tiandihui. They almost took Guangzhou City, and the rest of the troops later went to Guangxi to establish a Dacheng Kingdom. This time, the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Feng Yunshan, is sending troops from southern Hunan, so Guangzhou should be able to be taken!
With Xiao Chaogui occupying the three towns of Wuhan, Feng Yunshan in charge of Guangzhou, and me controlling Jiaxing, Huzhou, Suzhou and Songshan, the situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be completely opened up! "

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo confidently said to Feng Yunshan: "Third brother, I will stay at the coast of the East China Sea, waiting for the victory report from Guangdong!"

Xiao Chaogui also stroked his beard and smiled, "Third brother, Xuan Jiao and I are also waiting for your good news in Wuchang. When the time comes, we will join forces to conquer the entire Hunan Province and connect Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong into one!"

Feng Yunshan nodded and said, "That's great. From now on, your brother-in-law will guard Jingchu, your eighth brother will guard Dongwu, and I will stay in Guangdong. If the three of us join forces, there will be no worries about the prosperity of the Heavenly Kingdom."

Luo Yaoguo smiled secretly and said, "Feng Yunshan's arrangement is not bad. With three fathers outside and one father inside, Hong Xiuquan is very lucky now! I wonder what this gentleman is thinking now? He seems to be lying very peacefully these days, and even Yang Xiuqing has been very well behaved. It would be great if it could always be like this!"

Daozhou, Shuangpai Town.

Perhaps it was because he didn't want too many "fathers" around him, but Hong Xiuquan stayed in Daozhou City for less than a month, and then he moved his palace to Shuangpai Town in Yangming Mountain on the pretext of finding a quiet place to revise the Bible.

He had to change "Ye Huohua" and "Jesus" in the Bible into "Haotian God" and "Xuanyuan Ji Du", and also make up some stories about "Haotian God" traveling west to teach the barbarians and "Xuanyuan Ji Du" being reborn in Judea. The workload was quite heavy, so he had to find a quieter place.

Yang Xiuqing also felt that staying in Daozhou was boring, so he moved his East Palace to Shuangpai Town, which was closer to Lingling, under the pretext of planning another attack on Lingling.

Now Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, the "father, son and brother", can finally depend on each other.
(End of this chapter)