On the top of Xi'an city, Wei Changhui looked at the raging fire in the distance and was extremely happy, thinking that a successful attack would definitely damage Li Weiguo's Shanghai army.

However, not long after, the dense sound of gunfire and the desperate shouts of killing in the Iron Bear Cavalry Battalion immediately made Wei Changhui's heart sink to the bottom, his fists clenched, and blood flowed out.

Mr. Liao was also extremely shocked. He carefully planned and thought he was perfect, but he was defeated by Li Weiguo in the end, which was simply unbelievable.

"Your Highness Beiwang, Xi'an County is no longer in defense. Before Li Weiguo completely blocked Ximen, please ask Your Highness Beiwang to evacuate quickly!"

Although Wei Changhui was extremely angry at this moment and wanted to seek revenge on Li Weiguo, he was even more afraid of death, so he followed Mr. Liao's advice and fled out of the county town with his subordinates overnight.

On a small hill outside the west gate of Xi'an County, Li Weiguo stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Wei Changhui and his group fleeing in panic at the foot of the mountain, silent.

Wu Yong reminded: "Sir, if Wei Changhui doesn't do anything, he will run away!"

Li Weiguo sighed and said, "Let him go!"

Li Weiguo struggled for a long time when he made this decision. He thought that once Wei Changhui was arrested and given to the court, it would be a great achievement, but it is very likely that Wei Changhui confessed that Li Weiguo had secretly had a sex with the Taiping Army. If that were the case, it would be even more unfavorable to Li Weiguo. But if Wei Changhui was killed, it would only increase the hatred value, making the Taiping Army hate Li Weiguo even more, and it would not be practical for Li Weiguo.

At the same time, Li Weiguo thought of the Tianjing Rebellion in history. If Wei Changhui died, then who would kill Yang Xiuqing? A Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that was stronger than the Qing court was not in line with Li Weiguo's interests. It would be better to let the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in internal chaos, so that Li Weiguo could benefit.

Taking these factors into consideration, Li Weiguo finally gave up his plan to ambush Wei Changhui and secretly released him.

Although Wu Yong didn't know why Li Weiguo wanted to let Wei Changhui go, as a minister, he naturally could not disobey Li Weiguo's orders. However, he couldn't help asking: "Is there any special intention to let Wei Changhui go?"

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Look, the southeast, west and northwest kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Now the South and the West kings are gone. The East and the Heavenly Kings will sooner or later. The North King is the executioner they used. No matter who wins in the end, the North King will be executed as a scapegoat."

"If this is true, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not be a concern!" Wu Yong said, but he was extremely surprised. He was shocked by Li Weiguo's vision. In fact, after getting along with Li Weiguo in the past few years, Wu Yong gradually felt the extraordinaryness of Li Weiguo. It is precisely because of this that Wu Yong was afraid of Li Weiguo from the bottom of his heart.

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Yes, as long as the Taipingtian domestic chaos is in chaos, they will no longer be our opponents! So our long-term plan is to focus on the court. After all, the centipede insect will die without being stiff."

Wu Yong suddenly realized and said, "What lord said is extremely true!"

With Wei Changhui's escape, the Shanghai army then covered the killing and easily captured Xi'an County. In the following days, the Shanghai army swept across the road and carried out all four-sided suppression of the Taiping army from all over Hengzhou Prefecture, and soon annihilated or drove out of the territory of Hengzhou Prefecture.

At this point, the restoration of the entire Zhejiang territory was controlled by the Shanghai Army.

News of the victory in Hengzhou Prefecture spread quickly, and Li Weiguo even sent 800 miles to report the request for merit to the capital, intending to appease Xianfeng and court officials.

However, after Li Weiguo's memorial was sent to the capital, there was no news. Xianfeng did not approve it for a long time, which made Li Weiguo's heart sink to the bottom.

The Taiping Army did not have much force in Jiangxi. After Wei Changhui lost 20,000 elite Taiping Army and 3,000 elite cavalry of the Iron Bear Camp, the Taiping Army's southern expedition failed. In a short period of time, the Taiping Army did not have more troops to invest in the southern front.

Therefore, Li Weiguo left 5,000 Shanghai troops in Zhejiang to command Hangzhou, and at the same time reorganized about 24,000 local regiment training troops in Zhejiang to eliminate the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and stubborn elements who were unwilling to be lay disciples of Longhua Temple and were unwilling to shave their heads. They obtained 21,000 people and were incorporated into the Shanghai Army.

In terms of candidates for those who stay in Zhejiang, Li Weiguo originally wanted to let Zhang Xiaoliu lead 26,000 Shanghai troops to seize Zhejiang, but Wu Yong and Chen Jingnan both suggested that Su Sanniang let Su Sanniang guard Zhejiang. This is because Su Sanniang was once the commander of the Taiping Army. This time, the main force of the Shanghai army returned to Jiangnan in the east, which would be a fierce battle. Su Sanniang was unwilling to fight with the Taiping Army, so it would be better to let her stay in Zhejiang, which could avoid a fierce battle with the Taiping Army. At the same time, Su Sanniang was experienced in leading troops, and Zhejiang's 21,000 Shanghai troops were trained twice the result with half the effort.

After thinking about it, Li Weiguo happened to be angry with him recently, so he ordered Su Sanniang to serve as the admiral of Zhejiang, leading 5,000 elite soldiers of the Shanghai army and being responsible for the training of 21,000 new recruits of the Shanghai army.

Su Sanniang had no objection to Li Weiguo's arrangements. She also needed to calm down and adjust her body and mind recently, so she agreed.

After arranging Zhejiang military affairs, Li Weiguo prepared to lead the main force of the Shanghai army back to the Jiangdong camp. For Zhejiang Governor He Guiqing, Li Weiguo naturally wanted to take him away.

At this time, the imperial edict of the court had arrived in Zhejiang, appointing He Guiqing as the governor of Liangjiang, governing the four provinces of Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangnan, and the veritable first chief official of the court.

However, at this time, He Guiqing had been controlled by Li Weiguo. He did not dare to tell the truth to the envoys of the court that day he received the order. He was afraid that Li Weiguo would kill him in anger, so he deceived the envoys of the court. That was also He Guiqing's only appearance. After that, He Guiqing was given medicine and was bedridden for a long time, and no other officials were seen. In this way, the military and political affairs of the four provinces of the two rivers fell into Li Weiguo's hands. Li Weiguo took He Guiqing's seal of the two rivers and the private seal of He Guiqing, and issued orders to the four provinces of the two rivers and the four provinces of the two rivers and the private seal of He Guiqing.

Of course, today's Liangjiang and four provinces, the entire Jiangxi and most parts of Anhui are occupied by the Taiping Army. The remaining Jiangsu is actually controlled by the Jiangbei Daying Shengbao. Even if Li Weiguo holds the seal of the Governor of Liangjiang in his hand, it will not work.

In fact, Li Weiguo still has the only one province in Jiangnan. Although there is no change from before, he has controlled the Governor of Liangjiang in his hands. Even if he cannot order others, at least he does not have to worry about others causing trouble for himself. It can be considered as avoiding a disaster.

However, the imperial court sent someone to secretly investigate the secret affair between Li Weiguo and the Taiping Army, which was like a fish bone in his throat, making Li Weiguo very restless.

The fleet carried the Shanghai army officers and soldiers back to Shanghai, and Li Weiguo immediately called Fu Shanxiang to inquire about this matter. Before leaving, Li Weiguo thought about it and decided to let his wife Fu Shanxiang temporarily take over the daily work of SHIELD in China. Although Fu Shanxiang may not be suitable for this position, he is his own woman after all, so he can use it with confidence.

Fu Shanxiang had not seen Li Weiguo for many days, but now her husband returned, he asked about business matters as soon as possible. She was a little unhappy, but she was not a person who didn't know the importance of it. She knew that the court sent someone south to investigate her husband this time, which had a great relationship, so she hurriedly reported.

"Because Concubine Lan took advantage of the emperor's rest and peeked at the memorials reported by the person who secretly investigated, we already knew the name and whereabouts of the person who secretly investigated his husband."

Fu Shanxiang paused and continued: "The person sent by Xianfeng was named Borjijit Sangkun, the prince of the Korqin tribe, and the brother-in-law of the emperor of the dynasty. He has arrived at Jiangbei Camp. It is estimated that after learning that his husband returns to Shanghai, he will cross the river."

Li Weiguo frowned immediately. Xianfeng seemed to be suspicious, otherwise he would not have let the civil and military ministers in the court be free. Instead, his brother-in-law came down and asked, "Do you know what he has investigated?"

Fu Shanxiang took out a document, which was secretly collected by agents from SHIELD, and handed it to Li Weiguo. At the same time, he said: "Sang Kun seems to have no action at the moment. He goes south to eat, drink, and bet (please understand if he writes a wrong word on purpose). The officials along the way complained and scolded him for Sang Paibei."

Li Weiguo's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is this Sang Kun a lustful person?"

Fu Shanxiang asked back: "Is it possible that your husband plans to use a gold and silver beauty to bribe him?"

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "If Sang Kun is really a lustful person, he will grit his teeth for his husband. Give him millions of taels of silver and give him another gouache of beautiful women, and it is worth it to send him away!"

Fu Shanxiang immediately smiled and said, "I can't tell, my husband is really going to spend a lot of money this time!"

Li Weiguo smiled bitterly and said, "If you can't comfort Xianfeng this time, you may have to rebel for your husband!"

Fu Shanxiang nodded slightly. She also knew her husband's current situation, so she said, "But your husband would better not bribe Sang Kun, let alone give him a beautiful woman, otherwise it would be counterproductive. Instead, it would make Sang Kun and Emperor Xianfeng believe that his husband is really secretly colluding with the Taiping Army."

"Why did Madam say that?" Li Weiguo was stunned and looked at Fu Shanxiang in confusion.

Fu Shanxiang smiled sweetly and asked without answering, "Honey, have you forgotten my origin?"

Li Weiguo raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and asked, "Is it possible that Sang Kun has anything to do with his wife's family?"

Fu Shanxiang's beautiful eyes suddenly turned cold and said with a frosty face: "Yes, my father was fighting with Sushun and the others back then, and thought Sang Kun was greedy for money and lust, so he ordered people to bribe him with money and lust, and wanted to borrow him to defeat Xianfeng and Sushun. As a result, Sang Kun was deliberately pretending to be greedy for money and lust. His father was not careful for a moment and bitten him, which led to the case of the year. The Sixth Master was wiped out and the whole party was wiped out. He died and was exiled."

Li Weiguo took a breath of air conditioning and the coldness reached his heart.

He was almost confused by the appearance of Sang Kun. If he gave him a beautiful woman with gold and silver, he would not only beat the dog but never return it, but he would even be like trying to cover up the evidence and confirm the crime.

It’s a big deal, Sang Kun is a tough character who plays a pig and eats a tiger!

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo immediately grabbed Fu Shanxiang's jade hands, pulled them into his arms, hugged her and said softly: "Thanks to the wife's reminder, otherwise he would really have to suffer a big loss for his husband this time!"

Fu Shanxiang immediately pushed Li Weiguo, pulled out, and said coquettishly: "Hate, let go, I'm talking about business with you!"

Li Weiguo immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Madam is really a petty man. Is this a revenge on her husband, didn't talk about private matters with her husband first, but about official matters?"

Seeing that Li Weiguo saw his thoughts through, Fu Shanxiang immediately acted coquettishly and said, "Yes, what's wrong with me! If you have the ability, don't touch me tonight, go talk about your business!"

Li Weiguo was very embarrassed and apologized quickly. He pulled Fu Shanxiang into his arms, and softened his wits and coaxed Fu Shanxiang to the bed. After working hard, he handed over the public grain as much as possible. Finally, he relieved Fu Shanxiang's longing for many days, which made her angry and laugh.

On the bed, Fu Shanxiang hugged Li Weiguo tightly. She smiled with satisfaction and fell asleep quickly.

Only Li Weiguo was still thinking about problems with fatigue. He thought that since Sang Kun was a tough guy, he could not let him come to Jiangnan.

There is no other way, I can only kill him!

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo immediately made a decision. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!