Hong Xuanjiao looked confident. With infinite arrogance in his eyes, he took Li Xiucheng away arrogantly, without even looking at Fu Shanxiang. After Hong Xuanjiao left with Li Xiucheng, the hall became noisy again.

The officials exchanged heads and ears, all discussing whether Hong Xuanjiao could win.

Yang Xiuqing looked at Hong Xuanjiao's departing back, her eyes full of helplessness. Although Hong Xuanjiao has a certain ability and good martial arts, the person facing him is Li Zhen! This person is as cunning as a fox, scheming, and never plays cards according to common sense, Hong Xuanjiao is likely to fail when he goes to face it.

After all, Yang Xiuqing himself was defeated by Li Zhen, and he knew that Li Zhen was powerful, and he had a strong fear of Li Zhen.

Yang Xiuqing looked at Fu Shanxiang and asked, "Prime Minister Fu, do you have any opinions?" ”

Fu Shanxiang sighed and said helplessly: "Xiao Wangniang has a strong temperament, and she will never repent when she makes a decision. Now that she has made a decision, it is absolutely impossible to change it. There are two things to do now, the first thing is to send soldiers to inquire about the situation of Xiao Wangniang and Li Xiucheng, and be ready to rescue Xiao Wangniang at any time. ”

Yang Xiuqing nodded and said, "What about the second thing?" ”

The corners of Fu Shanxiang's mouth turned up slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "The second thing is what Xia Guan said before, immediately transfer the Wing King back to Tianjing, and let the Wing King lead the army to fight with Li Zhen." Nowadays, only Li Zhen is the only capable man in the Tartar army who is capable of fighting, and the Yiwang on our side has defeated the Qing army again and again, and they are all great generals. I think that the only way to solve this problem is to bring back the Wing King to face Li Zhen. ”

After Yang Xiuqing heard this, he pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, and said, "Okay, this king agrees with your suggestion, transfer Shi Dakai back from outside, and deal with Li Zhen with all his might." ”

Fu Shanxiang suddenly smiled and said happily: "The prince is wise, and now the Tartars are counting on Li Zhen to support the scene." As long as the Wing King led the army to destroy Li Zhen, all the problems could be solved. ”

Yang Xiuqing thought so and agreed with Fu Shanxiang's statement.

……

Jiangbei camp, in the barracks.

Li Zhen led 8,000 soldiers to garrison and set up camp. This time, the army led by Li Zhen brought enough weapons, not only carrying new guns, but also equipped with metal eggshell bullets, as well as grenades, mines and a series of new weapons belonging to the 'Shanghai army' under Li Zhen's command.

In the big tent, a rectangular conference table was placed. Huang Shihai, Qi Zhenhai, Yang Banhou, Lu Shaochuan and other generals in the army lined up on both sides and sat neatly.

The way to use the conference table was personally requested by Li Zhen.

According to the way the Manchu generals discussed, the commander must sit high above, and the left and right sides below are the positions of the generals in the army. Li Zhen felt that this method was too far away and easy to cause estrangement, so he resolutely banned this way and turned it into a way of using the conference table. At this time, everyone had already arrived, but Li Zhen did not arrive.

Huang Shihai and the others were not in a hurry, chatting with each other and talking casually.

"Handsome!"

Suddenly, there was a loud shout from outside the big tent.

When Huang Shihai heard this, he stood up, raised his head and chest, and straightened his body. Immediately afterwards, Qi Zhenhai, Yang Banhou, Long Xi and others all got up and stood, looking at the door of the tent with their eyes brushed. The curtain of the door was raised, and Li Zhen and Ye Chengxin walked in. Li Zhen walked to his own position, raised his hand to salute everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone sit down!" ”

After finishing speaking, Li Zhen took the lead in sitting down.

Immediately, all the people sat down. Ye Chengcheng found a place to sit down at the end, although he was not a general in the army, he had to assist Li Zhen in handling things, which was equivalent to Li Zhen's confidential secretary. Li Zhen looked around at everyone and said slowly: "I convened everyone today to discuss the matter of fighting with the Taiping Army. Everyone expressed their opinions and expressed their opinions. Huang Shihai, as a brigade commander and the highest general in the army, expressed his opinion first. ”

"Yes!"

Huang Shihai nodded and said, "Marshal, I think we have an absolute advantage in exterminating bandits. First of all, our 8,000 soldiers are elite, a mighty army, which is incomparable to a rabble of bandits. Secondly, we have far more weapons than bandits. As soon as the two sides exchange fire, they can defeat each other immediately. Even if it is an attack on Nanjing, it is enough to break through. ”

"Dashuai left Beijing alone, and now his wife is still staying in Beijing. Therefore, I think that the marshal must make a quick decision and solve the bandits as soon as possible, so that he can go to Beijing to reunite with his wife one step earlier. ”

"Therefore, I propose to storm Nanjing and exterminate the bandits."

Huang Shihai's hands on the table were clenched into fists, and his eyes were full of excitement.

Attacking Nanjing, this is a big deal.

If the bandits are exterminated, he will definitely be able to follow Li Zhen to become an official.

"Marshal, I don't think the brigade commander's suggestion is feasible."

When Huang Shihai was extremely excited, Smith's voice came from below. Smith also looked serious and disagreed with Huang Shihai's suggestion.

Huang Shihai was not annoyed, and asked, "What does Captain Smith suggest?" ”

Smith said in a deep voice: "I agree with Brigade Commander Huang's words, we have enough strength to defeat the Taiping army. But there is an ancient Chinese saying called the cunning rabbit is the dead lackey, to put it mildly, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the cunning rabbit, and the handsome is the lackey under the emperor. If the commander destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he would be deposed and returned to Beijing to take up his post, or he would be killed and killed. ”

Yang Banhou was a little unconvinced, and said, "Smith, your words are serious. ”

Yang Luchan snorted and said coldly: "Head Yang, the old man agrees with Smith's statement. Because this is not only about the dead lackeys of the cunning rabbit, but also about the identity. We are Han Chinese, not banner people. If the marshal made a monstrous achievement, had unparalleled prestige among the Han people, and even overpowered the Manchu ministers, would the emperor let the marshal go? ”

Long Xi also continued: "I agree with Elder Yang's suggestion. ”

Dong Haichuan frowned, and said with a grin: "It's not okay to attack the bandits now, and it's not okay if you don't attack." Tell me, what do you do now? Should it be fought or not? ”

Li Zhen's gaze swept over everyone, his face was expressionless, but his heart was happy.

Smith's words hit Li Zhen's heart.

His words finally pierced the skylight and told the story.

Lu Shaochuan is a staunch supporter of Li Zhen, and he only recognizes Li Zhen, and he said indifferently: "Dashuai, you are the smartest person among us, what do you think." If you say what to do, I will do it. ”

Huang Shihai nodded and said, "I retract my opinion just now and agree with what Captain Smith said. If he made meritorious service, he would be deposed, and it was better to stay in Guangdong. ”

Long Xi didn't speak, staring at Li Zhen with burning eyes, waiting for Li Zhen to speak. He listened to the words of the generals in the army and already saw some clues. The generals under Li Zhen's command did not take the emperor in their eyes at all, and they were all people who supported Li Zhen.

Li Zhen nodded and said, "I listened to everyone's opinions, and I also have certain ideas in my heart. ”

Huang Shihai said loudly: "Please show the handsome!" ”

Everyone asked Li Zhen to speak, and they all wanted to hear Li Zhen's opinion.

ps: The third shift, call it a day;