Chapter 228: Hong Tiangui

After the Opium War, China fell into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial world, and the great powers continued to oppress China through a series of unequal treaties such as the Treaty of Nanjing, while the landlords strengthened land annexation and oppressed the common people.

Among them, there is the anti-Qing uprising that includes the Guangxi generation.

In 1844, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan and others were secretly preaching, planning an anti-Qing movement, around 1850, issued a general mobilization, launched an uprising in Jintian Village, Guangxi, known as the establishment of the 'Taiping Heavenly Kingdom', the Qing court heard the news and immediately sent people to encircle and suppress, which was the famous 'Jintian Uprising' in later generations.

Subsequently, the Taiping army developed in the southeast direction, and Hong Xiuquan called himself the 'king of heaven', Xiao Chaogui was the 'former army commander', Feng Yunshan was the 'rear army commander', Wei Changhui was the 'right army commander', Shi Dakai was the 'left army commander', later, because the movement was blocked, the Taiping army turned back to Jintian District, wandering in the Yong'an area, during this period, the king of heaven Hong Xiuquan named Yang Xiuqing as the king of the east, Xiao Chaogui as the king of the west, Feng Yunshan as the king of the south, Wei Changhui as the king of the north, Shi Dakai as the king of the wings, and the kings were all controlled by the king of the east, which was the 'Yong'an system'.

In 1852, the Taiping army broke through in Yong'an, attacked Guilin, and turned to attack Quanzhou, and Feng Yunshan was killed by a cannon. After folding into Hunan Daozhou, here to rectify the team, increase the repair of war equipment, prepare munitions, and make a strategic decision of "dedicated to Jinling, according to the fundamental", in 1853 to capture Wuchang, on February 9, Hong Xiuquan and others led the claim of 500,000 people, the east of the Jiang, Lianke Jiujiang, Anqing, Wuhu, the momentum is like a bamboo, in March to occupy the Jiangnan town of Jiangning, set as the capital, renamed 'Tianjing'!

The two armies of the Xuan faction captured Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, and formed a horn with Tianjing.

Soon after the Taiping army captured Jiangning, the Qing army rushed to intercept it.

Xiang Rong, the minister of the Qincha, led more than 10,000 people to set up a camp south of Jiangnan in the east of Tianjing City to prevent the Taiping army from going eastward; Qi Shan, the minister of the Qincha, led more than 10,000 people to set up a camp in the north of Yangzhou to stop the Taiping army from moving north to the Central Plains. At the same time, it is planned to cooperate with the north and the south, waiting for an opportunity to seize Tianjing. Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing decided to stick to Tianjing, and at the same time sent troops to the north to attack the Beijing division and march west to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

During the Taiping Army's westward expedition, in August 1856, Yang Xiuqing was proud of his achievements and forced Hong Xiuquan to title him "Long live", and Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai to return to Beijing to save him. In early September, Yang Xiuqing and tens of thousands of his subordinates were brutally killed by Wei Changhui.

Soon, Wei Changhui was executed by Hong Xiuquan again.

The civil and military forces of the Hechao welcomed Shi Dakai to Beijing to assist the government. Shi Dakai was suspicious of Hong Xiuquan, so he left in May 1857 and led tens of thousands of soldiers to break away from the Celestial Empire and fight independently. Although he continued to oppose the Qing Dynasty, he stayed away from the base area and was destroyed on the bank of the Dadu River in Sichuan in June 1863, which was the Tianjing Incident!

As a result of this "internal strife," the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom suffered great damage, the military situation continued to deteriorate, Wuhan and Jiujiang were lost one after another, most of the base areas in Hubei and Jiangxi were lost, and only the area controlled by the Anhui battlefield was slightly expanded.

From then on, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to decline and began a defensive war, and in 1858, the Qing army and the West launched a large-scale suppression again, forcing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to retreat!

......

Shen Ye had a flash of memories in his mind, and he roughly figured out the course of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which in normal history began in 1851 and ended in 1864.

And now, around 1864, it is the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"I didn't expect that it had come to such a critical time. ”

Shen Ye couldn't help but shake his head, he didn't reach the peak of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he came to the time when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was at its most defeated, it seemed that he had saved everything.

"By the way, since I am Hong Xiuquan's son, where did he go?" Shen Ye was a little puzzled, and hurriedly searched in his mind for a while, and suddenly there was a sudden shock.

It turned out that after the fall of Tianjing in July 1864, Hong Tiangui escaped from Tianjing and arrived in Huzhou, Zhejiang.

At the end of August, Hong Tianguifu and the local Taiping army left Huzhou, intending to go north to the Central Plains after joining the Taiping army in Jiangxi.

The troops were closely pursued by the Qing army along the way, and on October 9 the troops were routed in Jiangxi and separated from Hong Xiuquan, so they wandered in the nearby area for many days.

"The next normal historical trend should be that I was executed by Ling Chi in Wuchang. ”

And now, it is August, Shen Ye's eyes are clear, he naturally will not go on like this.

"Prince, Prince, are you awake?"

At this moment, the door of the house opened, and several women walked in, their faces were sad, and when they saw that 'Hong Tiangui' had woken up, they immediately rushed over.

A few days ago, Hong Tiangui fled in the melee, and after staying nearby, he was seriously ill and happened to be possessed by Shen Ye.

There are not many guards around Hong Tiangui now, and Hong Xiuquan is not there, these women are all Hong Tiangui's concubines, they are naturally very afraid, afraid of being caught by the Qing army, afraid that Hong Tiangui will die.

"What's the matter?" Shen Ye glanced at them, but didn't react.

These concubines were stunned, if it was in the past, Hong Tiangui would definitely pamper them, and then comfort them, but now for some reason, this Hong Tiangui's expression was actually very indifferent, they were stunned, and suddenly cried: "Prince, are you going to abandon us?"

Thinking of this, they suddenly became even more frightened, and even a woman climbed up and wanted to hug Shen Ye.

Shen Ye was a little bored, where would he entangle with them, so he pushed them away directly, and then walked out of the house, completely ignoring the few concubines behind him.

"There are still three days of weakness, which must be passed safely, and after three days, everything can be said. Shen Ye's eyes were different.

......

At this time, in the kitchen, there was a woman who was plotting how to capture Shen Ye.

This woman, named Bai Xiuwan, is also one of Hong Tiangui's concubines, but this concubine is ruthless by nature and has good means, and her vision is far from being comparable to the previous concubines, especially when she saw Hong Tiangui and Hong Xiuquan separated, and Hong Tiangui was seriously ill, she suddenly had a new mind.

This idea is to capture Shen Ye and provide it to the Qing army, so as to get a chance to live.

“... White Princess, are we really going to arrest the prince?"

A sturdy-looking man said with a little hesitation, he used to be Hong Xiuquan's subordinate, and after he was separated, he had been guarding Hong Tiangui, and he was quite loyal.

However, at this time, when he heard that Concubine Bai was actually going to capture Hong Tiangui, he suddenly hesitated a little.

The rest of the people also said with terrifying eyes: "Although the current whereabouts of the Heavenly King are unknown, it is not something we can provoke, once the Heavenly King knows about our behavior, we will not be able to escape." ”

"Yes, after all, we have few people, and we may not be able to successfully capture Hong Tiangui. The other also nodded.

However, Bai Xiuwan snorted coldly and said domineeringly: "Hong Tiangui has no guards around him at all, as long as I go in and give him a little medicine and stun him, I can take it away without knowing it, and then dedicate it to the Qing army!"

"And then?" asked the stout man.

A smile appeared on the corner of Bai Xiuwan's mouth: "Isn't the Qing army offering a reward, Hong Tiangui's life is still a little valuable, if we give it to us, I think the Qing army will be willing to let us go, maybe, there is a reward!"

"This ......"

The strong man hesitated, of course he also wanted to live, but thinking about Hong Xiuquan's methods, he was a little scared, after all, he was a person under the Heavenly King, he knew what his methods were, and he was afraid of retaliation afterwards.

And at this time, Bai Xiuwan saw that the sturdy man hesitated, and suddenly her eyes flashed, and then a touch of charm appeared in her eyes, only to see her come in, on his strong chest, with her own show fingers, lightly scratched, and said: "Brother Hu, you are the person I trust the most, I will not tell you such a big thing at all, do you want to watch me go to death alone?"

"Besides, you can also see the current situation, Hong Xiuquan's whereabouts are unknown, Hong Tiangui's future is gloomy, if we follow him again, it will definitely be difficult to understand life and death, such anxious days, such wandering days, such frightened days, do you want to live like this all the time?"

Bai Xiuwan said seductively, and tempted this 'tiger brother' with her angry body.

This tiger brother, named Fang Hu, is also from Jintian, he has been following Hong Xiuquan during the Jintian Uprising, he is considered an old member, and he is very loyal, even if Tianjing is broken, he is also loyal to Hong Tiangui, but now, under the inducement of this Bai Xiuwan, Rao is he is also a little tempted.

Not to mention the future, the temptation of the beauty in front of him alone made Fang Hu's heart shake.

"Or, do you want to promise her first?" Fang Hu licked his lips, looking at Bai Xiuwan's angry posture, he suddenly became bolder.

And Bai Xiuwan is also a human spirit among human spirits, and she suddenly saw that Fang Hu was on the verge of struggling, thinking of this, she stepped forward again, almost sticking to Fang Hu's body, and then whispered in his ear: "If you promise me, tonight, I will be your ......"

These words were extremely tempting, and the warm air flow rushed into Fang Hu's ears, making Fang Hu tremble, almost unable to hold on.

"Okay, I promise you!" Fang Hu's defense line was completely broken, he swallowed his saliva directly, and immediately answered, for the sake of the beauty, he fought hard, and captured Hong Tiangui with her.

When Bai Xiuwan heard this, her face immediately showed joy, and then she immediately stood on tiptoe, kissed Fang Hu on the face, and finally pointed to the rest of the people and said, "Brother Tiger, look, the others ......"

"Knowing the times is Junjie, now that the matter is now, I plan to capture Hong Tiangui with Concubine Bai, what are you going to do?" Fang Hu said the back, his expression suddenly became awe-inspiring, and the meaning of the threat was very obvious.

Seeing that Fang Hu had already made up his mind, where did he dare to refute, the rest of the people knelt down one after another and said, "I am willing to swear to follow Brother Hu to the death." ”