Sun Youcheng and Guo Jiacheng led a group of people to Jiangbei camp. Immediately received by Li Zhen.

In the big tent, Sun Youcheng said respectfully: "Lord Li, the first step of deliberately releasing grain to the Taiping Army has been completed, and the other party has snatched another 300,000 catties of grain, and then the second step plan will be implemented." Do you have any new ideas for upcoming initiatives? Sun Youcheng had already learned the specific arrangements for the second step of the plan from Li Zhen, but after a while, Sun Youcheng still wanted to confirm it and see if Li Zhen had any new ideas.

Li Zhen shook his head and said, "The second step plan has been finalized, and I don't have much to ask for." Just ask for one point, and make a big noise! ”

"Well, the old man understands!"

Sun Youcheng nodded and said, "I'll go back immediately to organize the relevant personnel to prepare, and I also ask Master Li to prepare." ”

Li Zhendao: "Don't worry, I'm always ready." ”

Sun Youcheng immediately got up to say goodbye and left the Jiangbei camp with Guo Jiacheng. Guo Jiacheng didn't know the specific plan, he was confused, he didn't know anything, and asked, "Old Sun, what is the second step plan?" ”

Sun Youcheng said: "Let's go, I'll tell you halfway." This thing needs to be done together to bring out the momentum. Otherwise, everything is in vain. ”

Guo Jiacheng saw that there was something about him, and immediately laughed.

……

Chen Yucheng returned triumphantly with 300,000 catties of grain and was immediately received by Hong Xiuquan.

In the palace of the Heavenly King, Hong Xiuquan was wearing a dragon robe and a jade belt around his waist, and he was sitting right above the main hall. He had a serious face, but there was a smile in the corner of his eye. Chen Yucheng easily obtained 300,000 catties of grain, and Hong Xiuquan was also quite happy.

Under the main hall, there are Hong Renfa, Hong Renda, and Prime Minister Xu Yuan.

Chen Yucheng stood respectfully in the center of the hall and said loudly: "This time I seized 300,000 catties of grain, but for the soldiers in the army, the food supply is still in short supply, and it cannot meet the needs of all soldiers. Soldiers have to fight, they have to fight physically, and they can't drink porridge and eat pickles all day long. If this is the case for a long time, our soldiers will be so hungry that they will have yellow faces and thin muscles, and they will not need the Manchu army to attack, and they will have problems. ”

Xu Yuanwen also agreed with Chen Yucheng's opinion and asked, "Prime Minister Chen, do you have any ideas?" ”

Chen Yucheng, like Xu Yuan, is the prime minister.

The prime minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not held by one person, but the prime minister was divided into six official prime ministers: heaven, earth, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. For example, in the division of 'heaven', there are heavenly officials and prime ministers, and in the division of 'earth', there are earthly officials and prime ministers...... Not only that, but each prime minister also has four people: 'positive', 'positive', 'deputy', and 'deputy', a total of twenty-four prime ministers, which can be called a prime minister everywhere.

Chen Yucheng smiled and said unhurriedly: "I think the problem of food is actually Li Zhen's problem, and these two things are linked. ”

"Oh, tell me about it!"

Hong Xiuquan showed a hint of interest and asked curiously.

Chen Yucheng said: "Nanjing's food supply, after careful consideration, believes that there are three main sources. One is the taxation of grain produced by the people under its jurisdiction, because there are constant wars, so after all, the collection of grain is a small part, not the focus. ”

"The second is the supply from merchants from Shanghai. Shanghai is the most prosperous commercial location near Nanjing, with countless big businessmen and many foreign merchants in it. These foreign merchants were protected by foreign soldiers, which made Shanghai mixed with the strength of foreigners, but on the other hand, Shanghai was also Li Zhen's territory, because the officials who now controlled Shanghai were still Li Zhen's old subordinates. Once Li Zhen is defeated, Shanghai will have no protection from Li Zhen. If we attack Shanghai appropriately, we can deter the grain merchants, and let the merchants who control the grain release their control over the grain, and Nanjing will be able to get the grain. ”

"The third is the supply from grain merchants near Nanjing. There are countless big merchants in Yangzhou, Taicang, and Zhejiang Province, and the merchants in them must have groups that have united to curb the sale of grain to Nanjing, so that we have no food. And the protector of these people is still Li Zhen. ”

Chen Yucheng's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "To solve the problem of food, in the final analysis, it is to solve Li Zhen's problem. As long as Li Zhen is solved, everything will be solved, and the merchants in various places will no longer dare to curb the channels for selling grain to Nanjing. The king of heaven, Weichen asked for battle, and was willing to lead the army to attack the Jiangbei camp. ”

After Hong Xiuquan heard this, he immediately considered the feasibility of Chen Yucheng's suggestion.

What he considered was also the question of whether he could defeat Li Zhen. Just as the veteran Lao Yu under Chen Yucheng considered at the beginning, Li Zhen is a famous general in the world, can Chen Yucheng defeat Li Zhen?

As soon as he thought of defeat, Hong Xiuquan's fighting spirit plummeted.

Hong Renfa has no other skills, but he still has the ability to observe words and feelings. He saw that Hong Xiuquan was hesitant, and he advocated not fighting, so he immediately stood up and said, "Heavenly King, my brother has something to say!" ”

"Say!"

Hong Xiuquan said in a deep voice.

Hong Renfa said: "At the beginning of the year, Shi Dakai defected to Nanjing, which led to a great weakening of Nanjing's strength, and it can even be called stormy. Through the efforts of the Heavenly King and the courtiers, he finally improved and regained some of his strength. At this time, I think the first priority is to develop myself and strengthen myself. Moreover, Yang Xiuqing, Qin Rigang, Hong Xuanjiao, Li Xiucheng and others failed to attack Li Zhen. ”

Immediately, Hong Renda continued: "Heavenly King, the younger brother agrees with King An's opinion and cannot fight. It's not that I think General Chen will fail, but that we can't afford to fail. Once defeated by Li Zhen, the whole army will think that Li Zhen is our nemesis. ”

"Nonsense!"

Chen Yucheng was furious when he heard this, and immediately retorted.

An Wang Hong Renfa immediately said: "General Chen, where is my words wrong? ”

Chen Yucheng snorted and said: "King An is worthy of being King An, and safety is the top priority everywhere!" However, King An's words did not dare to agree. Yang Xiuqing, Qin Rigang and others lost to Li Zhen, don't we dare to go? If this is the case, I think this is a real failure, because everyone is afraid of Li Zhen and does not dare to fight Li Zhen. ”

Speaking of excitement, Chen Yucheng said excitedly: "If the army wants to win the battle, it must have the heart to despise the enemy. No matter how strong the enemy is, believe in your own strength. We soldiers also have brains and flexible brains, so I don't think Li Zhen is invincible. ”

Hong Renfa blushed, hesitant, and didn't know how to refute.

Seeing this, Hong Renda thought that he would be scolded by Chen Xiucheng when he spoke, so he simply stopped talking.

Chen Yucheng said: "Heavenly King, give the order, the minister will raise troops to set foot in the Jiangbei camp." ”

After thinking for a moment, Hong Xiuquan shook his head and said, "Yucheng, this king also believes that the current priority is to develop strength. You have worked hard to train your troops and strive to lead the army to attack the Jiangbei camp in the coming year. Hong Xiuquan also chose to be conservative, because he was afraid of failure and afraid that his prestige would be affected.

After Chen Yucheng heard this, he sighed in his heart.

Hong Xiuquan doesn't know how to forge ahead, how to seize this world?

Chen Yucheng was very disappointed in his heart, he didn't know what to say next, so he left the Heavenly King Hall in a daze, and he was even more listless after returning to the barracks.

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