Bao Meiying and Liu Chang were together last week, but she was so playful when she was young and even pulled Zhu Jiumei, the harem manager around Liu Chang.

Liu Chang also glanced at her slim waist, but reminded her: "Of course you have to come here, but do the serious things first. Now that we have negotiated with the British, we can dig the French's backs. Also, you can urge Jiu Mei to do something about Zhenjiang and Tianjing, and you have to speed up the deal!"

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Zhenjiang.

Although the Qing army suffered a great blow in recent battles, they still maintained considerable strength near Zhenjiang City, and this heroic city is still surrounded by the Qing army.

Since 1853, the city has been under the long-term siege of the Qing army. Their guard Wu Ruxiao and Luo Dagang, who was in charge of Zhenjiang, had amazing endurance and courage, and led thousands of Taiping troops to persevere under the long-term siege of the Qing army.

The battle situation in Zhenjiang this year has undergone extremely twists and turns. First, Zhenjiang City was in an extreme crisis, and the military rations were cut off. Then, Shi Dakai returned from Jiangxi to help, and relieved the siege of Zhenjiang with thunder. Now the battle situation has developed to a new stage.

Under such circumstances, Wu Ruxiao, the Zhenjiang garrison, had to consider the way out of the thousands of Taiping Army in Zhenjiang City: "Everyone, the siege of Zhenjiang has been resolved, but the life and death of thousands of brothers in Zhenjiang has to be put on the agenda, and people from the south have been sent to contact us!"

It is no longer news that Wu Ruxiao and Hongjun have contact, and the Taiping Army officers present know it. Now someone even stood up: "Brother Wu, he said very well, and said very well. Now he is going to find a way out for our thousands of brothers. If we don't find a way out, all of our thousands of brothers will be ruined."

The person who said this was an old brother from Guangxi. Li Shixian, a famous general in the city, said directly: "We cannot move closer to Tianjing. To put it bluntly, it is a dead end!"

"What a dead end!" An old Guangxi brother who is already loyal to Hong Xiuquan stood up: "Li Shixian, you have to be a little conscientious when you say this. What is the King of Heaven sorry for you and Li Xiucheng! If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about Li Xiuquan!"

Li Shixian and Li Xiucheng were cousins. After the Tianjing Rebellion and King Yi's expedition, the civil and military officials of the Heavenly Kingdom elected Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng and Meng Deen came out to preside over the government. Now Li Xiucheng has returned to Beijing, while Li Shixian is responsible for guarding Zhenjiang. However, the Taiguo Heavenly Kingdom is a typical clan society. What Li Shixian does in Zhenjiang will naturally affect Li Xiucheng in Tianjin.

But Li Shixian didn't believe Hong Xiuquan very much. He sneered: "We are trapped in Zhenjiang, and Tianjing can send reinforcements again? Then, when the military rations are finished, the morale of the soldiers is exhausted, and our team is over. We have thousands of lives in our hands!"

His meaning is similar to Wu Ruxiao's meaning, so Wu Ruxiao also replied: "Although Brother Shixian is too impulsive, but where are we going, we have to make a charter. Brother Luo, I know that you are loyal to the Heavenly King and are a real good person!"

The Heavenly Kingdom general, known as Brother Luo, could only smile bitterly, but said: "If there were no Heavenly King, how could you come to this Zhenjiang Flower World from the Kuangshan Valley in Guangxi? Everyone..."

"Without the Eastern King, how could we come from Guangxi?" At this time, someone interrupted and said: "Now the Heavenly King is killing the Heavenly Father, and the country cannot be broken. We don't think about ourselves, but also for our own family!"

"But our family is still in Tianjing!" Another person said: "If we vote for the Qing Yao, I'm afraid our family will inevitably be!"

"Don't be afraid!" Li Shixian is now out: "Even if we voted for Qing Yao, Hong Xiuquan may not dare to do anything to our family. Isn't he enough to teach the Tianjing accident? Besides, we may not necessarily vote for Qing Yao!"

"Red thief?"

"Is it Your Highness, King Yan?"

"However?"

Everyone immediately became concerned about this issue. Everyone was afraid of the King of Yan and the Hong Army, and they were also very close to each other. At least they were more acceptable than the Qing army fighting to the death. So far, the Taiping Army has not yet had a precedent for the whole city to surrender to the Qing army, and everyone was unwilling to open this precedent from their own side.

But the elder brother Luo, who was always loyal to the king of heaven, wiped his tears and said, "Everyone was brought out by the king of heaven, and the pillars of the kingdom of heaven may not be..."

"These words cannot be exchanged for military rations and reinforcements!" Li Shixian was the pioneer of the Hong Army. He shouted: "The key is to solve the life problems of thousands of our brothers!"

Everyone agreed with him when he said this, and Brother Luo immediately said, "I believe the Heavenly King wants us to Zhenjiang and do our best!"

And now Wu Ruxiao has to stand up: "The King of Heaven is doing his best, but what does he do with all his best? Do you know?"

Everyone shook their heads. Over the years, the Heavenly King was living in simplicity. Everyone had not seen this spiritual leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for several years. Wu Ruxiao took advantage of the situation and became angry: "What are the new edict issued by the Heavenly King? I didn't give us a grain of rice or a penny in Zhenjiang, let alone a reinforcement!"

Everyone knows this is a fact, but Wu Ruxiao continued to say: "The meaning of the Heavenly King is to change the name of the country from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother, Heavenly King Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If you dare not change the name of the country, all five horses will be dismembered. Please ask you, are you cold?

Even the most fanatical believers of the God-worshiping Church knew that Hong Xiuquan's actions were completely useless. Moreover, after experiencing the Northern Expedition, the failure to conquer Hunan and the Tianjing Incident, the religious enthusiasm within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had disappeared, and everyone was more considering it.

Just as Wu Ruxiao was about to continue speaking, someone from there came an urgent report: "Report to everyone, a big deal is not good. Several steam iron ships suddenly came from outside Zhenjiang, with red flags on them, claiming to be the King of Yan Navy, and asked us to let go as soon as possible, otherwise we would shell the city!"

When Wu Ruxiao heard the news, he was surprised and happy. He asked, "Is it really the Hongjun Navy? Which general is the leader?"

"The leader was Zhang Sigui, the chief of the Rainbow Army Navy. The ship was full of guns and cannons. It is said that the Shanghai foreigners had reached an agreement with them, so their steam speedboat sailed directly into the Huangpu River and headed straight towards Zhenjiang and Nanjing!"

"What a steam iron ship?" Luo Jikun, who was loyal to the kingdom of heaven, asked last: "I want to see it with my own eyes!"

Just over a dozen minutes later, he saw a desperate scene on the city wall of Zhenjiang. Four steamships aimed at Zhenjiang City with black muzzles. Although they didn't know what kind of artillery they were using, according to his military knowledge, this was indeed the first Western artillery, which was enough to suppress all the artillery on the city wall.

They had had a misunderstanding of artillery battle with British and French warships before, but the power of the other party's artillery fire made them desperate, but more importantly, the meaning behind these four warships reaching Zhenjiang.

That means that foreigners support the Yan army and his army, so he lowered his head and said his advice to Wu Ruxiao: "Since the Heavenly King has such an edict, it is normal for us to refuse his life!"

Zhenjiang can change its flag!

The four battleships of the Hong Army started to sail towards Tianjing after just taking a break in Zhenjiang.

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"We, the soldiers of Zhenjiang, will never be subject to chaos. We will change the demonic flag of the Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother, Heavenly King, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There are 3,700 soldiers under Wu Ruxiao, Zhenjiang. I hope to follow His Highness to the King of Yan to calm down the crisis together!"

Liu Chang nodded happily: "If Zhenjiang is solved, then the initiative of the entire Jiangnan will be in our hands. We need to prepare for a big move next!"

Zhu Jiumei on the opposite side continued: "In addition to the Taiping Army in Zhenjiang, our Hong Army Navy traversed within the Yangtze River, defeated 31 red single ships of the Qing army, and went straight to the outside of Tianjing City, which shocked the entire Tianjing defenders!"

This time, Zhang Sigui almost decided to shell Tianjing. You should know that he had been almost invincible in the Yangtze River before. He encountered dozens of warships such as the Qing army, including red single ships, but under the suppression of steam warships and Western artillery, these old Chinese sailboats were almost vulnerable, which gave him great confidence.

However, he had to consider the result after the shelling. Although he had four steam warships in his hand, they were all transformed from merchant ships or made by homemade steam warships. The land forces carried were just a strengthening company. After the shelling, they were not allowed to take down the entire Nanjing city. Therefore, they decided to send a power to the Tianjing City to Zhenjiang and asked the heaven to protect the families of the Zhenjiang defenders.

Under the pressure of gunboats, the defenders of Tianjing City surrendered and they had to surrender, but the subsequent land offensive was a fatal threat.

"Your Highness!" Yu Village asked Liu Chang for battle: "This time, Zhenjiang's flag change is the best time for our army to collect the entire Jiangnan. My Third Division has recovered its vitality, with as many as three infantry regiments of mobile troops, plus the Wu Ruxiao troops who changed Zhenjiang's flag, it is enough to capture Jiangnan!"

"That's right, it's all taken Jiangnan!" But Liu Chang's taste was not ordinary. He said: "But it's not just half of Jiangsu Province, but it should be taken Jiangsu and Anhui!"

Yu Cun had already thought of the result of Liu Chang's combat operation. After he even discovered that such an operation, the Hongjun would control the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. He just said: "Don't let the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sign!"

Liu Chang said with a smile: "Our Hong Army is everywhere, so naturally there should be no grass growing. How can we tolerate weeds like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

He said with great momentum: "Now we have taken over the entire province of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and then the entire Jiangsu and Anhui, it can be said that the Qing demon has removed the weeds of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!