"In fact, there is a way out for the godking to choose in front of him, as long as the godking agrees to this matter, Ben Shuai guarantees to return the young king to you safely."
Qiao Zhiqing looked at Hong Renji with a smile."
If Qiao Dashuai wants us to give up Nanjing City, it is delusional, our Taiping Army will all die in battle, and we will definitely protect the safety of the Heavenly King."
Hong Renji slapped the table and stood up, his face full of anger.Qiao Zhiqing chuckled and waved his hand to signal Hong Renji to sit down, stretched out his finger and dipped it in the wine glass, swiped down against the mahogany table, and explained, "King Gan misunderstood, what Ben Shuai wants is only Changzhou to create a stable environment for the implementation of Suzhou's new policy."
Now it is easy for our Qing army to take Changzhou City, rather than letting Li Xiucheng entangle with us here, Ganwang should suggest that he go south to Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and round with Li Shixian, Zhejiang is Zuo Zongtang's territory, he doesn't have so many foreign guns and cannons there, Liu Xiucheng's days there, I'm afraid it will be much more comfortable than staying in Changzhou.In this way, the young king can return to the city of Nanjing safely. ”"You want this king to take Changzhou City and exchange it for the young king with you" Hong Renji stared out his eyes, Changzhou is the gateway to Nanjing, if you lose Changzhou, the Qing army can be more unscrupulous and take Nanjing City."
Does the god king have any other choices" Qiao Zhiqing nodded and smiled indifferently, but his face was full of undoubted looks.Hong Renji thought about it carefully, there was a trace of wavering in his mind, and he pondered repeatedly in his heart, as long as the young king was fine, his position would not be shaken, and it would be a day if he could drag it out for a day, even if there was Changzhou as an escort in Nanjing City, it would not change the fact that Zeng Guoquan was pressing forward step by step in Yuhuatai, and as long as Li Xiucheng's 100,000 soldiers and horses were preserved in Jiaxing Mansion to echo, Qiao Zhiqing would not be able to attack Nanjing again in one go, and he would still have a chance to turn defeat into victory."
Then it's decided, this king will go back to negotiate with King Zhong, and ask Qiao Dashuai not to go back on his word."
After Hong Renji clasped his fists and saluted, he got up anxiously and was about to leave."
Then I can't send it far, I can only give the king three days to persuade Li Xiucheng, if Li Xiucheng doesn't go south after three days, I can only lead the army to wipe out more than ten people, and I don't dare to guarantee whether I will hand over the young king to the court, you must know that it is a great merit."
Qiao Zhiqing and Wang Shumao stood up at the same time, chuckling and clasping their fists.Hong Renji's face was sunny for a while, and he nodded to Qiao Zhiqing with an embarrassed face, and then retreated.Qiao Zhiqing sneered, and called the soldiers outside the door to escort him out of the city again.After Hong Renji went out, Wang Shumao closed the door and asked Qiao Zhiqing puzzledly, "The owner, we did everything possible to get Li Xiucheng here, didn't we just want to kill them all now, why do we want to let them go now" Qiao Zhiqing chuckled and helped Wang Shumao back to the wine table and continued to drink, and explained calmly, "At that time, I didn't expect Hong Renji to go out for this matter, and he is also a very insightful person in the world today, I can't bear to hurt his life, the most important point is that Our forces are now getting stronger and stronger, no matter which side of the force will definitely be careful to watch out for us, there has been news in the palace, and some people have already embarrassed us about the matter of killing back in northern Shaanxi, so I thought about letting Li Xiucheng's more than 100,000 soldiers and horses go south, adding a little trouble to Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, otherwise it will be unfavorable to us to let these handsome men be idle. ”The fire fox has gained a firm foothold in the palace, and the information has been sent back in a steady stream, and I don't know if I don't know it, whether it is the Eight Banners Army in Jiangbei, the Green Battalion, or the Hunan Army and the Zhejiang Army, they all advised the imperial court to be careful against Qiao Zhiqing, and notified all Qiao Zhiqing's new policies in Suzhou.The only thing that comforted Qiao Zhiqing was that Li Hongzhang did not follow the trend, after all, Qiao Zhiqing was still nominally under Li Hongzhang's account, and it was impossible for him to mess with himself."
The owner is really far-sighted, I really admire the old king, this glass of wine respects the owner."
Wang Shumao smiled stupidly and took the wine glass to his heart's content.Qiao Zhiqing smiled and accompanied a cup, when he was with Wang Shumao, it was also the most relaxed time, in front of Wang Shumao, he would never make any scheming to be careful, this is the brother who shares weal and pain."
Dongjia, now that the rebellion in Shaanxi has gradually subsided, when will you let Shijie and them come back" The wine gradually became drunk, and Wang Shumao suddenly remembered his precious nephew.Qiao Zhiqing smiled with a deep smile, "Shaanxi and Shanxi are a cornucopia, since our soldiers have spilled their blood there and finally stabilized the situation, there is absolutely no reason to give it to others, not only can they not come back, but they also want to build it into our military source base and material base." ”"But Jiangbei is the territory of the Manchu generals after all, and it is the important land of Gyeonggi, will the imperial court sit idly by" Wang Shumao's face was full of melancholy, no matter how powerful the Qing army was, it was far from being the enemy of the entire Qing Dynasty, Wang Shumao was worried that Qiao Zhiqing would be carried away by the victory and make a radical decision."
Big brother, don't worry, I have my own arrangements, Hong Renji went back this time to persuade Li Xiucheng to go south, which will definitely provoke a backlash from the Changzhou guards, after all, they have been operating there for many years, and they will not easily give up their territory, we need to add some spices to them."
Qiao Zhiqing put down his wine glass as he spoke, took the topographic map on the side, and analyzed it for Wang Shumao, "If you hurt the enemy's whole body, it is better to cut off one of his fingers, if we want to beat Li Xiucheng to be afraid, we must pick hard bones to gnaw, the Taiping army deployed around Jinkui City is Zhang Madman's soldiers and horses and still has some combat effectiveness, equipped with about 3,000 foreign guns, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers."
I plan to annihilate this Taiping army by the eldest brother himself, I don't know if the eldest brother thinks this plan is feasible" All the situations in Li Xiucheng's army have already been clearly understood by Qiao Zhiqing, even which general has what preferences, and which woman to sleep with at night, Qiao Zhiqing also knows a thing or two."
It's not difficult," Wang Shumao looked at the topographic map carefully, frowned, and continued to think in his mind, "Although Li Xiucheng has dozens of camps outside the city, supporting each other and supporting each other, but the camp of the madman Zhang seems to be extraordinarily independent, inserted in our rear, and backed by Taihu Lake, we just took advantage of the night to set off from the waterway and give him a kick on the waist of the madman Zhang, even if he doesn't die, he will have half his life, and it also happens to cut off the camp deployed by the Taiping Army, so that they can't care about each other."
At that time, the initiative will be in our hands, and Li Xiucheng will not agree to go south. ”Qiao Zhiqing looked at the topographic map and thought deeply, and said excitedly, "Just do what Brother Wang said, Big Brother will go down and prepare now, start acting after dark, you must pay attention to safety, I am waiting for the good news of Big Brother here." ”"The owner will look at it, I'll go and straighten out the soldiers and horses, and when I come back, we'll continue to drink."
Wang Shumao smiled confidently, took his berets, and after giving a military salute, he strode out of the door.There was silence in Li Xiucheng's military tent in Wuxi City, and the generals of all divisions and regiments were silent after listening to Hong Renji's opinion.After Hong Renji got out of Jinkui City, he rode his horse and galloped to Wuxi, and first discussed Qiao Zhiqing's meaning with Li Xiucheng, after Li Xiucheng listened, he first scolded his mother, and greeted Qiao Zhiqing's ancestors for eighteen generations, and after calming down, he still seriously considered the idea of withdrawing Jiaxing Mansion.His nephew Li Shixian also suggested many times that he lead his troops south, but one is that Li Xiucheng's reputation as the loyal king is indeed not false, although he has a great desire for power, but he has always been loyal to Hong Xiuquan, if he leads the army south, it is difficult to ensure that Nanjing will not be lost.One is that Nanjing is the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after all, if even Nanjing is lost, the Taiping army will lose the foundation of the big tree, even if the local power of the Taiping army is strong, it can only hold on for a while, and finally be broken by the Qing army.Hong Renji saw that Li Xiucheng was hesitant, and thought that he was deliberately embarrassed by himself with other thoughts, their clan forces and foreign surname forces have been arguing for a long time, Hong Xiuquan was dissatisfied with a large number of foreign surname forces after promoting Hong Renji, so he made an exception and promoted Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng, Hong Renji and Li Xiucheng were also quite discordant in the past.Hong Renji finally used the life of the young king to force Li Xiucheng to make concessions, and no one could afford the notoriety of murdering the prince, but most of the generals in Changzhou were Chen Kunshu's cronies, and Li Xiucheng had to ask them what they meant, and then gathered all the generals to the camp and told the plan to withdraw from Jiaxing.As Li Xiucheng expected, after a short silence, the soldiers under the seat objected in unison, and even Chen Kunshu stood up and objected fiercely, "Loyal to the king must not, Changzhou is the gateway to Tianjing, if we give up Changzhou City, then the Qingzi army can drive straight in, and even if the young king is rescued at that time, it will also put the entire Tianjing under the guns of the Qingzi army, at that time, not only the young king, but even the life of the heavenly king will be threatened." ”As soon as Chen Kunshu's words fell, Zhang Madman jumped out and shouted loudly, "Grandma's, you want to withdraw, Lao Tzu is born in Changzhou, and death is a ghost in Changzhou, what kind of ghost is Jiaxing, I am not familiar with the place, that is, I will invite Lao Tzu in a sedan chair, and Lao Tzu will not go." ”Zhang Maniac is a native of Changzhou, he used to be a fish bully in Changzhou, and the entire fish market in Changzhou was controlled by Zhang Maniac, after Hong Xiuquan hit Changzhou, he took people to join the Taiping Army and became a division commander.Most of his subordinates were also locals from Jiangsu, and when he went south to Zhejiang, he was digging his roots with a knife.Li Xiucheng's face was full of depression, and the murderous aura in his eyes flashed.The reaction of these generals strengthened his determination to go south to Jiaxing, as long as the foundation of these people was broken, he could truly control this force.If there are still people in Jiaxing who talk to themselves like this, then stand up and kill one by one
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