The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 285: I know more about conquering the world than Ji Du! (Please vote and subscribe)

The river is surging and the autumn rain is falling.

The first autumn after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its capital in Tianjing came very early. Outside the city of Tianjing, heavy rain fell from the vermilion and leaden sky. The rain fell on the majestic and ancient walls of Nanjing, gathered in the cracks between the stones and in the ditches, and flowed down clearly.

The large-scale construction of the Golden Dragon City and the Palace of the Sun, located on the original site of Jiangning Manchu City and the Ming Palace, was carried out in this autumn wind and rain. Since the Xiaolingwei in the east of Nanjing City no longer had the Jiangnan Camp of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan did not plan to rebuild the Governor's Office of Liangjiang as in history, but chose to build his own imperial city "Golden Dragon City" and the Heavenly Palace "Palace of the Sun" on the basis of the palace where Zhu Yuanzhang once ruled the world.

Hong Xiuquan, wearing a warm fur dragon robe, stood on the Taiping Gate Tower near the Jinlongcheng construction site, looking at the busy construction site in the south, frowning slightly. The progress of the project was still a little slow in the rain. If he had known that he would not slaughter the whole city when he broke into it, wouldn't it be better to have 10,000 or 20,000 more coolies who could be used to death and let them die of exhaustion on the construction site?
It seems that we need to talk to our brother-in-law, Da compatriots, and Guo compatriots who are fighting outside, and tell them not to kill indiscriminately, and to send all those who are captured to Tianjing to work as coolies, to atone for their sins by building houses for the children of God's family.

Just as he was thinking about how to write this doggerel poem about the Heavenly King's decree, he heard hurried footsteps behind him. Someone was coming.

"The King!"

The person who came was Yang Xiuqing. These days, Hong Xiuquan's mind was on the big work of Golden Dragon City and Sun City, as well as the three major events of publishing and spreading the Bible. True Testament and selecting a beautiful woman from Jiangnan as the new queen. The annoying military and secular affairs were handed over to the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing. In addition, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan and Luo Yaoguo, the three "living fathers of the Kingdom of Heaven", were not in Tianjing. Yang Xiuqing became the only "living father" around Hong Xiuquan, and the power in his hands expanded again.

As a sign of Yang Xiuqing's expanding power, when the old and new brothers and sisters of the Taiping Army in the Central, Left and Right Armies under Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai and the Tianjing Women's Camp began to get tired of the system of separate camps for men and women, Yang Xiuqing mobilized the power of God to descend to earth.

In the name of Heaven, he warned all the old and new brothers and sisters in the army: How can we have a home if the Qing demons are not destroyed? He asked everyone to maintain the current spirit. As long as they can hold on for another two years, they can enter Beijing, and then the glory and wealth will be passed down from generation to generation!
Hong Xiuquan chose to acquiesce to this - as long as the Heavenly Father avoided him when he came to earth, he would be happy to see it. Otherwise, wouldn't Xiao Chaogui and Luo Yaoguo join forces to invite Zhen Ji to come to earth and become the highest divine authority in heaven?

"The Qing Dynasty's Prince Gong has already arrived in Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River, and is gathering troops everywhere in an attempt to attack Tianjing!"

Yang Xiuqing bowed his head, looking loyal, and reported the news he had just received from Zhenjiang to Hong Xiuquan.

"Bold."

The roar sounded particularly majestic. Yang Xiuqing's heart skipped a beat and the scene of Hong Xiuquan defeating Senggelinqin in Hengshan County suddenly popped up in his mind.

He quickly shrank back, his attitude particularly respectful: "Heavenly King, I want to lead the troops to go to war, to capture the demon Gong and light the sky lanterns in Tianjing for you!"

"The Western Expedition is underway. Are there any extra troops in the city of Tianjing?" asked Hong Xiuquan.

"Yes!" Yang Xiuqing replied, "The Western Expedition Army sent out from Tianjing City is mainly composed of the left army of the seventh brother of the Wing King, the central army of my brother, and the right army of the fifth brother of the Northern King. At present, they are either resting in Tianjing City or eliminating the strongholds of the Qing demons around Tianjing City. If we want to attack the Jiangbei camp in Yangzhou, we can stop at the points in Hezhou and Taiping Prefecture, and slow down the attack on Gaochun County and Liyang County. This will free up 30,000 to 40,000 people."

The total strength of the Taiping Army at present is certainly much larger than in history. The six major corps, front, rear, left, right, center and upper, each have a field army of 30,000 to 50,000 people, with a total strength of more than 200,000.

In addition, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had many militias organized by the Hunan and Hubei branches of the God Worshipping Society and the Hunan-Jiangxi Border General Hall in its old bases in Hunan and Hubei. There was also a navy on the Yangtze River that was organized similarly to the militia, consisting of Xiangjiang and Yangtze River boat gangs. In Tianjing City, there was also a female camp composed of tens of thousands of sisters from Guangxi and Hunan.

Adding up all the various people together, there would be about 500,000 people, or even a million.

However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to maintain a very long front line!

The front and rear armies were both stationed in Huguang. Xiao Chaogui's front army had to occupy territory and divide land in Wuchang, Hanyang, and Huangzhou, while also maintaining an offensive against Xiangyang and Jingzhou. The troops were extremely tight and could not spare any troops to fight against Shi Dakai who was on the westward expedition.

Feng Yunshan's rear army was originally only responsible for defending Yongzhou, Chenzhou, Hengzhou, and Guiyangzhou and threatening Guangdong. However, Luo Yaoguo kept withdrawing troops from the east of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha Prefecture to Shanghai by water to supplement his new army. As a result, Zhu Jiutaiye in Changsha was unable to withstand the counterattacks of Jiang Zhongyuan and Hu Linyi, who had recently led the Qianyong troops back to his hometown in Hunan, and lost a lot of territory. Feng Yunshan had to withdraw the elite troops of the rear army to fill the gap in Changsha.

At the same time, Luo Yaoguo exchanged Luo Dagang, a capable general under Feng Yunshan, and more than a thousand old brothers in the boat army under Dagang for two thousand foreign guns, six foreign cannons and 200,000 silver dollars.

Luo Yaoguo's upper army is now stationed on the battlefields of Susong Taichang, occupying territory while carrying out military reforms.

Shi Dakai's left army was the main force of the Western Expedition. They were still fighting along the Yangtze River from Nanjing to Wuchang and Huangzhou. Although they were unstoppable, this area was not small! Moreover, after the battle, they only separated most of Anhui from Jiangxi and southern Anhui. Next, they would have to eat Jiangxi and southern Anhui. There would be more fighting to do.

Only the central army led by Yang Xiuqing and the right army led by Wei Changhui were slightly more relaxed, but at most they could only squeeze out half of the troops.

Hong Xiuquan thought deeply and asked, "30,000 to 40,000 people. Are you sure? Do you want me to lead the army in person?"

"I am willing to sign a military order!" Yang Xiuqing bent over and said firmly, "Although my soldiers are less than those of Gong Yaotou, I have the blessing of the Heavenly Father and God, and I am equipped with a batch of foreign guns and cannons just sent from Shanghai. Gong Yaotou is no match for me.

In addition, Gong Yaotou knew that I was deploying troops in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu, and he never imagined that I still had the strength to launch a Northern Expedition.

Therefore, this battle is unexpected, and we will definitely win a great victory!"

"Northern Expedition?" Hong Xiuquan was stunned and turned to look at Yang Xiuqing.

"The use of troops requires the use of both real and fake tactics. Although our army is small in number, we have the initiative in our hands. If I want to march north, I can march north. If I want to march east, I can march east. And Gong Yaotou is Xian Yaotou's younger brother and has great prestige. If Xian Yaotou is gone, he may be able to take over as the chief demon leader of the Qing demons. If he dares not to do his best to stop my northern expedition, Xian Yaotou will definitely be suspicious of him, and he may..."

Hong Xiuquan smiled and said, "Then I don't have to wait for two years! I don't have to wait for two years. The two-year period was mentioned by Ji Du when he came down to earth. But Ji Du is the legitimate son of Heavenly Father, and I am also the legitimate son of Heavenly Father. We are all legitimate sons, so why should I listen to Ji Du?"

Yang Xiuqing was about to respond, but when he heard this, he immediately shut up, looking at his nose and pretending not to hear. Hong Xiuquan said humorously:
"Hasn't what I have gained since I came to the mortal world been greater than what Ji Du gained back then? I know more about conquering the world than he does! Qingbo, you fight well. If you can defeat the demon Gong, I will mobilize all the troops next spring, cross the river and head north, and we will attack Beijing together. If we succeed, I will also ask Brother Heaven above to see our abilities and ask him to stop interfering in the affairs of the mortal world and fight Buddha, Daojun, Allah, and Changshengtian."

After saying this, Yang Xiuqing's forehead was already covered with cold sweat. Ji Du should not meddle in the affairs of the mortal world, but what about God? God would come down to the mortal world whenever he wanted, isn't that a bit too much? Isn't it enough to have a king of heaven in charge of the affairs of the world?
"What the Heavenly King said is absolutely right. Brother Tian is indeed meddling too much."

Yang Xiuqing murmured in agreement, expressing his feelings.

Hong Xiuquan asked with a smile: "After you go north, who will take care of the affairs in Tianjing? Who will take care of the military and national affairs of the Heavenly Kingdom? Do you want me to work hard for you?"

Yang Xiuqing lowered his waist even lower and whispered: "Should we invite the Southern King to come?"

Hong Xiuquan shook his head gently: "No need, I'll just have to work hard for a while. Fortunately, the True Covenant has been compiled, and I finally have some free time."

(End of this chapter)