And in the west of Liupan Mountain in Weizhou (Guyuan City, Ningxia), in the city of Xiaoguan at the east end of Danzheng Gorge. With silver hair like frost, like orange peel, but still strong in spirit and sound like Hong Zhong, the head of Daqi's west camp and privy envoy, Gai Hong, also looked at the imperial envoy from the northwest army outside the Guan with a sneer and sneered. :
"For the sake of not killing the envoys in front of the two armies, let go if you have any farts;"
"Could it be that the surname Zheng can't hold on and wants to beg for mercy like me?"
"But I have a sacred responsibility, so I can't let it go easily"
"If you can't let go, all of you can put down your equipment and let the surname Zheng come down. Maybe you can go back to your hometown alive..."
There was a burst of joyous laughter among the generals surrounding the left and right:
"The old dog Zheng is getting worse and worse now. Now that he is in a desperate situation, he has pulled all the miscellaneous hustle and Tubo slaves from the west to make up the count. Isn't this self-defeating?"
"Gai Shuai is relieved, he will die as much as he can come and be disciplined like this..."
However, in this intersecting ridicule, this envoy of the Western Army who wears a green robe and a falcon tail crown appears to describe Qingjun and even a little delicate, but he is unmoved and unmoved; until these After the clamor gradually calmed down, he opened his voice in a full tone with Luoyin:
"According to the order of the minister, Xiao Yuer, etc. Wang Shi has left the mountain to take the Great Earthquake and An Rong pass, and go down to Huating and Baili City..."
Hearing these words, the scene suddenly fell silent, and only the loud voice of the young messenger remained:
"Lianyunbao defeated the imperial imperial thieves in the first battle of Huangshi Tribe, and killed thousands of them; now the soldiers are approaching (Jingzhou) Linjing, and the thieves are dispatched to cover the entire battle. Li Yanran, the puppet governor, is afraid of the mighty power of the city."
Having said that, he suddenly shouted sharply:
"You are sitting in a lonely city, cut off from the inside and outside, and there are dead bones in the mound. If you don't beg to send the king, when will you wait?"
It was like pouring a scoop of ice water in a pan of boiling oil, and suddenly roaring and screaming among these generals:
"So courageous..."
"Good thief..."
"Nonsense."
"Hurry up and drag it out and chop it..."
However, the frowning Gai Hong suddenly raised his hand, and immediately let the left and the right involuntarily silence. Then, he said solemnly every word:
"Then Old Dog Zheng made you come, are there only these little tricks?"
"Naturally not, there are still proofs here..."
The young messenger, who was forced to kneel on the ground by twisting his arms, said with no fear:
Then a heavy small bag was brought in, and all the contents in it were rudely dumped. It was a piece of old and new body badges stained with blood; the inscriptions of the first year of Daqi Jintong were vaguely visible on it. All the generals present suddenly remembered an uproar in various forms and meanings.
After seeing these things, the wrinkled Gai Hong couldn't help but stand up slightly, and walked to the pile of body cards in person; the next moment, this young messenger who was firmly clamped suddenly spread out. The joints came off with a crisp sound, and they came out of the cloak and outer robe that were held and held by someone almost before the thunder could cover their ears.
The falcon-tail crown on his head fell into his palm as soon as his arm flickered; before he got up in an exclamation and an uproar, he knocked down the Hu bed, Mazha’s roar and anger, and pulled out a few. The sharp things that looked like hairpins were thrown out at the head and face of Gaihong seven or eight steps away.
"assassin.."
"Be careful.."
"Evil thief..."
In the next moment, he was slashed and pierced by the knife from the left and right sides, cut off his arms, legs and feet without hesitation, and staggered through his upper body, and the blood was nailed in place; however, this messenger But as if he didn't realize that the sword was added to his body, he exhausted all his strength and smiled weirdly:
"Everyone kills the courtiers and thieves... Now Ah Pi..." Yanbi was chopped into meat sauce by the anger surged.
"It was a dead man!!"
At this time, Gai Hong was surrounded and greeted by the left and right, and with lingering fears, he put down and covered his arms in front of him; only then did the generals realize that the several spikes thrown out were mostly blocked by the breastplates and handguards he was wearing. After he came down, he fell to the ground with all his actions. Gai Hong couldn't help but sneered loudly:
"These official dogs are already inferior, and there is nothing more like this..."
"You actually lied to me, just for this close assassination?"
"Hurry up and hang the first one on the pole... so that the dog thieves can see it clearly!"
However, after explaining these matters, Gai Hong suddenly shook his body. Only then did he feel a vague sense of strangeness, and he could not help but touch his left shoulder blade and suddenly felt a hard object. But I don't know when the spikes of a fish that slipped through the net penetrated the gap between the shoulder armor and the breastplate, inserted into the inner leather lining and robes, and pierced the inner skin.
However, after carefully pulling it out, he did not feel any pain. Instead, another burst of hot and cold alternated, spreading across the wound; he looked at this sharp thorn again, except for a little bit. In addition to the pierced blood, there is still a vaguely dark color, and I can't help but feel surprised:
"The damn thief, he puts medicine on a sharp weapon..."
"Hurry up and call Doctor Yingzhong,"
In a blink of an eye, the camp fell into chaos again. Gai Hong tried to stop their panic-stricken clamor, but couldn't restrain the rising dizziness a little bit, and fell to the seat, Hu** shouted with the last bit of strength:
"Don't panic, lock it up right away...... Stop."
And in Lianyunbao, dozens of miles southeast of Xiaoguan. The new cruising envoy of Gyeonggi, who was claimed by the Western Army's envoys as reinforcements, the commander of the front squad, and the deputy envoy of the arch guard and Hou Huangshi of Yongning, also looked at the enemy's situation in the wind and snow outside the city with anxious face. In fact, he retreated here after being attacked by the sudden appearance of Western troops on the way many times when he lost his way and walked in the wrong direction.
It's just that at the beginning, the food and equipment were still well-known as 30,000 horses, and they had 23,000 posts; now there are only a handful of more than 4,000 people who still follow him. Coupled with the local transit grain guards and the expropriation of civilian husbands, it can only be worth more than two thousand Ding Zhuang. In the retreat, he lost most of the equipment and food, which can be described as exhausted and extremely weak; therefore, he can only count on the support and response from Xiao Guan.
It was just that among the warning beacons that were ignited one after another, he did not wait for the reinforcements from the front, but first ushered in an uninvited guest in the blizzard like a tent. The fellow villagers and old friends who used to work under Eyue Observation Envoy made money and seek virtue. I saw him dressed in a furry fur cloak, and was slowly led to the city.
"You and I belong to the enemy camp, so don't say more if you reminisce about the past. If you see it, go back and see the truth!"
But Huang Shi was the first to speak:
"Because of this, I want to get rid of my deceased and distress, and give me another great fortune!"
However, Jin Qiude smiled slightly and said unhurriedly:
"Joke, I am now classified as the Great Qi sect, and I am trusted and favored by the sage, am I still a little richer than you... Now that I said that, I would like to thank you for bringing it to the door yourself..."
Huang Shi sneered: With a look from the left and right, he staggered and drew his sword and the admiral surrounded him.
"It's okay to give this leader to you, but I want to ask."
It’s just that Jin Jude is facing the swords coming from the left and right to Canada, as if turning a blind eye and continuing to laugh.
"You are from a small official, slave and maid-servant, and you are of the same clan as Huang Ni, who is a local salt owl. Why is there so much trust and heartfelt call? Why?"
—I am the dividing line —
In Gangneung City, the sky was just getting bright, and the streets outside the branch of the large training center were already crowded with wind and snow. People of all colors who arrived here in advance with lanterns and food boxes waited. Then, with the sound of gongs and drums on the wall and wooden billboards hanging down from high places, the crowd suddenly boiled.
And squeezing among these eagerly anticipated crowds, carefully looking at the corners of the list that have been put on the list one after another, then two inconspicuous names, once the patriarch of the Du clan in Xiangcheng, could not help but shed tears:
"My son of the Du family in Xiangcheng, after all, he has come back in the new dynasty."
At the beginning, he did not hesitate to split up the big family and the industry, and donated all the tens of thousands of family books accumulated over the generations to the big seminar; only in exchange for a few special admissions places, not for the sake of At this moment.
In fact, since the establishment of the six states in Jiangbei in Huainan, the Metropolitan Government has begun to select and appoint existing grassroots personnel and trainees from the lecture, and conduct corresponding training and assessments in batches for future selection and transfer. Preparation.
However, the current situation of the Taiping Army in Huainan is like the Qiantang spring tide that has been accumulating for a long time. It collapsed in the sound of billowing thunder, completely opening and smoothing the situation in Huainan. Therefore, the demand for various grassroots responsibilities and the personnel requirements of the government structure at all levels suddenly became stretched.
Therefore, this additional addition was used to supplement the special additional tests in the local area, responsible for the follow-up cleaning and the dispatch of management personnel; one after another was also held in Jiangling City. Although these new recruits who were specially tested cannot go directly to the newly occupied area, they can only be used to solve the vacancies and gaps left by the existing personnel who are in danger and ordered to transfer to the north; but it also means a formality. It is the threshold and starting point to enter the Taiping Army's governance system.
Therefore, in a sense, these all kinds of people who are willing to contribute to the new dynasty are also one of the most powerful and radical advocates and promoters of the Taiping Army's continuous expansion and even enterprising public opinion in the world. Because this also means more opportunities and positions; or more possibilities to break through the birth prohibition. (End of this chapter)