At the foot of the mountain, Feng Shaoguang, who had been waiting for a while, saw that the gunfire on the mountain had stopped, and he had not seen the Qing army break through, and wondered in his heart, such a small mountain, is it not enough for so many oleanders to emit poisonous smoke? Just as Li Kaifang was about to send a few people up the mountain to investigate the situation, Zeng Jinqian, the commander of the First Army on the right, sent someone to report that there was a brother in the first army on the right who was ambushed in the northeast corner and found that hundreds of Qing demons had escaped from the cliff in the east into the water of the Xiangjiang River, and Zeng Jinqian led more than 500 people from the First Army on the right to chase and kill along the river. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Feng Shaoguang patted his head, ah, why did you ignore the place of the eastern cliff? Jiang Zhongyuan and the others must have been poisoned by the smoke, lost their combat effectiveness and wanted to escape, guessing that the Taiping army could not set up an ambush in the direction of this cliff, so they took the risk of escaping from this direction, but they didn't expect him to be right. No, this Jiang Zhongyuan was Feng Yunshan's fateful rival in his previous life, and he couldn't be easily let go.

Feng Shaoguang hurriedly ordered Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Shi Xiangzhen, and Qin Rigang to lead the soldiers of various units to attack the mountain, but the Second Left Army and Luo Gang were missing, so he had to personally lead the soldiers of the personal guard battalion to pursue Jiang Zhongyuan.

Bypassing the lion-shaped mountain range, I rushed to the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, and found that the river was swelling and the water was very fast, but there was no human figure. Continue to rush along the river bank for a while, and find that a team of people and horses are rushing back, but if you look closely, it is 500 soldiers of the 1st Army on the Right led by Zeng Jinqian and several soldiers of the 2nd Army on the Left, kidnapping more than 60 Qing Demon soldiers and walking back bravely.

Feng Shaoguang was overjoyed. It turned out that Zeng Jinqian, the commander of the First Army on the right, received a report that hundreds of Qing demons had jumped from the cliff in the east into the water of the Xiangjiang River and escaped, and concluded that it was the head of the Qing demons who led his troops to escape, so how could he miss the opportunity for meritorious service? While sending people to report to the king of the south, he personally led 500 men to pursue, leaving 500 men to continue to ambush the north side of the mountain range. On the way to pursue, they met eight soldiers of the Second Left Army, and chased more than 3 miles to the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, and finally found that more than 90 Qing demon soldiers who had fled along the river bank were soaked with clothes and no weapons, except for more than 30 people who struggled to jump into the river and were swept away by the water, the remaining 60 people had no power to fight back, and they were all captured alive. Zeng Jinqian led people to chase two miles downstream along the river, passed the Taipingpu, and found nothing more, and then returned to Lingyidu.

One of the leaders of the Second Left Army was Lu Shunde, the commander of the former division of the Second Left Army. He informed Feng Shaoguang that Luo Xuan, the commander of the Second Army on the left, also found that there was a Qing demon on the cliff who used the vines to tie a long rope and fell off the cliff to escape, so he tied a few simple rafts to the trees by the river on the spot, and personally led forty old brothers with good water skills, including a few of them, to drive the simple raft through the obstacles set up by the Qing Demon on the river, and pursued the escaped Qing Demon. The raft driven by Lu Shunde was washed away by the water, and two brothers were swept away by the water, and several of them grabbed two logs and climbed ashore, and happened to meet the brothers of the first army on the right to pursue the Qing demon, and they were together.

I heard that 2 brothers were swept away by the river, and the river was turbulent, and most of them were unlucky. Feng Shaoguang couldn't help but worry about Luo Xuan, this is his future general, don't make any mistakes.

Feng Shaoguang didn't know if there was Jiang Zhongyuan among the more than 60 people captured, after all, he had never seen Jiang Zhongyuan and didn't know what he looked like. When I asked Zeng Jinqian, I learned that Jiang Zhongyuan was not caught, but he had caught his cousin Jiang Zhongyi and one of his staff members, Liu Changyou.

"Liu Changyou! Haha, good, good catch! Brother Jinqian, you have made meritorious contributions, Yunshan will definitely ask the King of Heaven and the King of the North for your merits! Feng Shaoguang couldn't help but be overjoyed.

I have caught the treasure, Liu Changyou, the future important minister of the late Qing Dynasty, the general of the Hunan army, fell into my hands today! This is a modern figure that Feng Shaoguang knows, not only Liu Changyou is loyal and gentle, and is a good official who is close to the people, pragmatic, honest and honest, but more importantly, as early as 12 years before the First Sino-Japanese War, he suggested that the Qing court preemptively attack Japan and recover the Ryukyu Islands, and also suggested that Korea, Siam, Burma, and Vietnam should be sent to prevent the invasion and occupation of Eastern and Western countries. Although Liu Changyou's suggestion was not adopted by the Qing court, his strategic vision was indeed unmatched by that era.

Feng Shaoguang made up his mind to detain this Liu Changyou, and he couldn't let Zeng Jinqian sacrifice his prisoner to the Heavenly King Dongwang, so it would be a pity to kill him directly, so he patted Zeng Jinqian on the shoulder and said: "Brother Jinqian, these two Qing demons seem to be scholars, so they will be handed over to this king, I will interrogate them in person, but I want to see how much backbone these scholars can have?" ”

King Nan spoke, Zeng Jinqian did not dare to object, so he could only hand over Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongyi to King Nan's personal guard battalion.

Feng Shaoguang approached the two of them, but saw that Liu Changyou's figure was not very tall, although his spirit was sluggish, he was dignified, and his beard was very long, floating on his chest, which was a little daunting, and if he wore an official uniform, he would be majestic. Jiang Zhongyi, on the other hand, is still very young, less than twenty years old, short and capable, and his muscles look like a person who practices martial arts.

Seeing an extraordinary bearing, the long hair in a yellow robe came over, looked himself up and down, and Liu Changyou, who was clasped by the card knife hand next to Nanwang, turned his head and said nothing. Jiang Zhongyi, who was next to him, shouted: "This general, the villain Jiang Zhongyi is willing to submit and follow the general to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Bastard! This is the 7,000-year-old Nanwang of Nanwang, the former deputy military division of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not a general! The guard swordsman on the side reprimanded.

"Yes, yes, the king of the south is seven thousand years old, the villain is willing to submit, and knows some Qing army movements." The young Jiang Zhongyi was afraid that he would be cut by the Taiping army, so he hurriedly threw out the real material.

"What Qing army, it's a Qing demon, a full demon." The knife player reprimanded again.

"Well, he doesn't understand anything, so don't teach him a lesson. I'll give him to you after a while, and then you can teach him some of the rules of our heavenly kingdom. By the way, what's your name? Feng Shaoguang waved his hand to stop the reprimand of this famous knife player and asked.

"Back to the South King, villain Tan Tiyuan."

Feng Shaoguang nodded, Tan Tiyuan, as if he had heard of it anywhere, turned his head to Jiang Zhongyi and said, "Jiang Zhongyi, now you tell me, who are you Jiang Zhongyuan, where is he?" ”

Jiang Zhongyi hesitated for a moment and said, "Jiang Zhongyuan is my cousin. When you caught me, he had already crossed the Xiang River to the other side, and now he must have gone far. ”

"Oh, that little brother, tell me what you know about the movements of the Qing Demon? If you're right, we might let you go! Feng Shaoguang smiled and said seductively.

"Really? Then let me tell you, Yu Wanqing, the commander of the Qing Demon, and He Chun led their troops to be stationed in Taipingpu. That's from my brother. Also, when the elder brother and they retreated, they didn't take away the swords, spears, firearms or anything. The heavy ones can't be pushed, they should still be left on the mountain, and the light knives, spears, shotguns, etc., are all thrown into the Xiangjiang River from one place on the cliff, and I can take you to fish. ”

"Hmph, good you Jiang Zhongyuan, remember not to leave me a weapon when you run for your life! Jiang Zhongyi, the Qing Demon you said has not been stationed in Taipingpu for a long time, and your information is not accurate. Besides, do you think these things alone can cost you your life? ”

"Also, I know that my brother has hidden five or six loads of gunpowder in Xintangping Village, which is not far from here, and I can take you to get it." After speaking, Jiang Zhongyi looked at Feng Shaoguang with a blank eye.

Feng Yunshan blinked and said, "It stands to reason that you shouldn't be spared, but you lead the way, and if you really find those gunpowders, you will be spared." After speaking, let Lu Qi take Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongyi down.

Feng Shaoguang knew that for Liu Changyou, a Confucian scholar who advocated the use of the world, cutting off his head or something could not threaten him, and if he really killed him, he would still feel that it was an honor to sacrifice his life for the country, and he had to take his time to find his weaknesses, and before that, don't pay attention to him.

When I returned to Lingyidu, I saw Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Shi Xiangzhen, Qin Rigang and others leading the soldiers of various departments to escort nearly 300 Qing soldiers, as well as dozens of bird guns, more than 20 small mountain cannons, three nine-section bronze cannons, and more than 100 knives and spears, coming down from the mountains. The Qing soldiers whose hands were tied with straw ropes were all in a state of limbo, and the originally strong soldiers staggered and weakened when they walked.

Qin Rigang, Lin Fengxiang and others came over to salute Feng Shaoguang and said, "Nanwang has a clever plan to make this originally strong and abnormal Qing Demon like a person who has been sick for a long time, and has no power to return it, we will respect it!" ”

Feng Shaoguang waved his hand and said: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, can you see Jiang Zhongyuan?" Although he already knew from Jiang Zhongyi's mouth that Jiang Zhongyuan had fled, Feng Shaoguang still didn't give up without asking.

Qin Rigang replied immediately: "King Nan, the mountains are full of ordinary Qing demons, all of whom are deeply affected by the poisonous smoke, and they are unable to escape, so they are captured by us. According to these Qing demons, Jiang Zhongyuan, the head of the Qing Demons, and his brothers and other cronies led hundreds of people to escape from the eastern cliff. King Nan, send someone to pursue it as soon as possible. ”

"Brother Rigang, there is no need to send people to chase after you, Brother Jinqian has already chased after the right army, look over there, sixty people have been captured. However, he still let Jiang Zhongyuan and the other demon heads run away. Feng Shaoguang said regretfully.

I thought that with more than 160 years of insight and vision than people of this era, and I knew in advance that Jiang Zhongyuan would ambush here, and I would surround it by myself, coupled with the poisonous smoke of oleander, I would definitely be able to catch turtles in an urn and wipe out Jiang Zhongyuan's Chu Yong. I didn't expect to miss the flaw of the eastern cliff, you know, in the modern war of my own later generations, this kind of cliff is not an obstacle at all. It seems that in the future, when it comes to battles in a specific environment, it is better to let generals like Liang Litai and Li Kaifang command more. And himself, using cross-era vision and thinking, will learn from the great men of later generations and the historical Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, and be a military commander who is only responsible for the overall layout. However, he still changed the course of history, at least, the Taiping army's fiasco at Lingyidu will not happen again.

"King Nan, since we have defeated the Qing Demon, let's first clear the obstacles on the river of Lingyidu, so that the ships of the Heavenly Kingdom can navigate." Li Kaifang came over to remind.

"Well, yes, Brother Rigang, Brother Kaifang, you two lead the holy soldiers of our rear army to uproot the hidden stakes in the river as soon as possible, and within two hours, the river near Lingyidu must be dredged." Feng Yunshan ordered.

"Yes!"

"Brother Lin, Brother Jinqian, please let the two of you personally rush back to Quanzhou City, annihilate my holy soldiers in the Qing Demon River Zhongyuan Department, and report the information of the Lingyidu to the Heavenly King and the Eastern King, and ask the armies of the Heavenly Kingdom to start the expedition immediately. As for those captives, I'll just have them all dealt with, and I don't have to report them again. Feng Shaoguang ordered Lin Kaifang and Zeng Jinqian again.

Lin Fengxiang and Zeng Jinqian were separated, and Feng Shaoguang distributed the seized knives, spears, firearms and other weapons. The commanders of the front army and the right army were not there, so Feng Shaoguang naturally unceremoniously only gave them a few knives and spears and a few shotguns. Ten shotguns and four small mountain cannons were respectively divided into Qin Rigang's Later Army and Left Army, and the remaining fifty or so bird guns, fourteen small mountain cannons, and three nine-section bronze cannons were all returned to the Later Second Army.

Feng Shaoguang dispersed nearly 400 ordinary prisoners and temporarily handed them over to the women's battalions of the Third Army and the Fourth Army.

In less than an hour and a half, Qin Rigang and Li Kaifang came to report that the giant trees and underwater hidden piles lying on the river had been cleared, and the ships could be navigated.

As he was talking, he saw a group of figures appear on the east bank of the river, and it was more than 30 people including Luo Xuan. Li Kaifang sent people to set up a raft and take them to the west bank.

It turned out that Luo Gang led forty old brothers who had been water Kou back then, all of them were very good in water, and drove a bundled simple raft down the river to pursue the Qing Demon, except for Lu Shunde's ten-person raft scattered into the water, the remaining thirty people chased to Jiangjia Village, which was 6 miles northeast of Taipingpu, downstream, and sure enough, they found that more than a dozen Qing demons were hiding in the woods by the river, but they fell behind when they fled with Jiang Zhongyuan and Chu Yong, and were caught up by Luo Outline and others. More than ten Qing demons saw the Taiping Army and wanted to run away, but were killed on the spot by Luo Outline and others, and the remaining one said that he was Jiang Zhongyuan's own brother, so Luo Outline left him alive and escorted him back.

Luo Outline said that this Jiang Zhongshu, who was only 20 years old, was Jiang Zhongyuan's third brother, and he loved him the most, taught him to read and write, and was admitted to Xiucai. According to Jiang Zhongshu's unintentional disclosure, Luo Outline guessed that Jiang Zhongyuan led more than 300 Chu Yong to cross the Xiangjiang River from the shallows of Taipingpu and fled in panic from the mountains and forests on the east bank. When Jiang Zhongshu and more than ten others crossed the river, they were swept downstream by the water, scattered with Jiang Zhongyuan and others, and happened to be bumped into by Luo Xuan and others.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhongyuan was allowed to escape, and took nearly three hundred Chu Yong with him, thinking about it, he was really a little unwilling. Feng Shaoguang couldn't care about this guy named Jiang Zhongshu at the moment, and threw him to the guard battalion to join Jiang Zhongyi. What he thought was that he had finally broken Feng Yunshan's historical fate, and history began to change from here. But then, what should the Kingdom of Heaven, which had no place of its own in history, do? Feng Shaoguang fell into deep thought.