It was also late at night, but the Xiwang Mansion in Suzhou was brightly lit and lively, and officials from various departments were still busy in and out. Above the main hall, news from all parties gathered in front of the Xiwang's desk. Bai Zetang and the huge intelligence network of the Intelligence Department began to show its power.

"Yang Fuqing, Jiangxi, still remained still. Within two consecutive days, Yang Fuqing summoned his confidant generals to discuss a way out. Yang Fuqing did not dare to return to Tianjing. According to internal reports, Yang Fuqing's most likely approach was to stay in Jiangxi to protect himself. Five days ago, the Zhongyuan tribe of the Qing Yaojiang Jiang learned about the Tianjing Rebellion and dispatched more than 10,000 troops to force Shanggao County, and Yang Fuqing sent 30,000 troops to take over. Three days ago, another Qing Yao Zeng Guofan tribe sent lobbyists to Nanchang, as if intending to persuade Yang Fuqing to surrender, but Yang Fuqing was the Qing Yao who saw alone at that time, and he still didn't know the content of Yang Fuqing's conversation with Qing Yao." Qian Jiang took a secret report and said, "Your Highness the Western King, will Yang Fuqing surrender Qing Yao?"

Xiao Yungui, sitting behind the table, frowned and his eyes were red. He had not closed his eyes for two days. Since the Tianjing Incident, he has been like this and rarely had a stable sleep. Xiao Yungui rubbed his temples and drank a strong tea. "Yang Fuqing should not surrender to Qing for the time being, but let the insider there hold some. If Yang Fuqing dares to surrender to Qing, he will gather the middle and lower-level generals of Yang Fuqing's army to launch a mutiny. If he learns the news of the mutiny in Jiangxi, he will immediately let the Lin Qirong's army of Fujian's First Army enter Jiangxi!"

Zuo Zongtang added: "When the news is necessary, the next general of the Ministry of War will give Lin Qirong the next general. Once something happens in Jiangxi, he can make a quick decision after getting the news without reporting to Suzhou for a petition!"

Xiao Yungui nodded, and the Minister of War Li Kaifang immediately ordered someone to draft a order to send it to Fujian. These days, the entire Xiwang Mansion has been spending such a fast pace. Every place has new changes, and the West Palace can always respond as soon as possible.

Xiao Yungui asked again: "Is there any new news over Shi Dakai?"

Qian Jiang looked through several pieces of information and said: "Shi Dakai has passed the Wuhu Camp and continues to go to Wuchang. Wei Changhui once sent Qin Rigang to lead more than 10,000 people to pursue him, but was repelled by Shi Dakai's troops in Wuhu Camp. Cheng Xueqi, the guard of the East Palace of the East Palace, led his troops to follow Shi Dakai back to Wuchang. Qin Rigang returned shortly after retreating, and now occupied the Wuhu Camp."

Hong Yuner, who was sitting beside her, suddenly asked, "Is this Cheng Xueqi from Tongcheng, Anhui?"

Qian Jiang quickly found Cheng Xueqi's resume and said, "The Queen of the West said it well. Cheng Xueqi was from Tongcheng, Anhui. He was first a general in the East Palace and was under Ye Yun's army. He once stationed in Anqing, Anhui and later transferred to the Wuhu camp."

Xiao Yungui looked at Hong Yuner and saw Hong Yuner nodding slightly. Xiao Yungui knew what she meant. Cheng Xueqi was Cheng Xueqi who surrendered to the Hunan Army in history. But the history at this moment was beyond recognition. He might not surrender to the Qing Dynasty with Shi Dakai. He whispered and said coldly: "Qin Rigang still wants to occupy the army of the three provinces in Wuhu that resisted Shi Dakai? It's ridiculous! When Shi Dakai returns to Wuchang, he will definitely mobilize Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and other troops to raise troops to support the king. Once the Dongwang dies, the East Palace is in northern Hunan, and the soldiers and horses in northern Jiangxi are headless. With Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai can only be able to control it. With the help of the Dongdian Navy, Qin Rigang's Wuhu camp is undoubtedly a mantis arm to chariot."

Zuo Zongtang smiled and said, "This is Wei Changhui's wishful thinking. He just thought that he could hold on to Wuhu and rest assured. When we faced the troops and horses of the Yidian, he would know that they were powerful." He then said, "Ma Haocheng and others are by the Yidian. I believe Shi Dakai can be more at ease. At least he knew that the Western King was doing everything he did openly and would not plot against him."

Xiao Yungui nodded and smiled, "Shi Dakai was burdened by benevolence and righteousness. He knew that the resignation would be dangerous to be annexed by our West Palace in response to the manifesto, but he still had to pinch his nose and jump in."

Zuo Zongtang sighed softly: "A son is wrong and he is all in trouble. Hong Xiuquan chose Wei Changhui as the first official to kill Yang Xiuqing. Even if he chose Shi Dakai, Tianjing would not end up like this. With Shi Dakai, he could only kill Yang Xiuqing and gather his subordinates to the heavenly king, it would be difficult for our West Palace to deal with."

Hong Yuner smiled and said, "If there is no if, Hong Xiuquan is also very afraid of Shi Dakai's ability. He thought Wei Changhui was better at mastering it, but he didn't expect to shoot himself in the foot with a stone."

The generals of the West Palace in the hall laughed together, and after laughing, Zuo Zongtang suddenly said: "The city of Tianjing is temporarily controlled by Wei Changhui. Except for the Heavenly King's Mansion and the West Palace, the other city gate passes are controlled by the North Palace. The only thing Zuo is worried about now is the safety of the West Palace of Tianjing."

Due to the prosperity of the West Palace in Sufu Province, neither the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, nor the Wei Changhui now dared to touch the West Palace in Tianjing. For example, the West Palace in Beijing today has hundreds of families including Xiao Youhe, the Prince Xiao Chaogui of the West Palace, and Xiao Yungui's confidant Li Zuoche led more than a thousand West Palace to guard. There were dozens of dead soldiers in Baize Hall in the West Palace in Tianjing and more than a hundred people from the Intelligence Department to assist. Together with the West Palace in the small and small areas in the city of Tianjing, it should be safe. But Zuo Zongtang said it at this time, and was still worried that Wei Changhui would be so anxious that he would bite people. Although the West Palace in Tianjing has layers of connections to guard it, it is difficult to guarantee that Wei Changhui would not do anything crazy before the demise.

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner looked at each other. The families of the Xiwang family in the Xiwang Mansion of Tianjing had no feelings for them, but to outsiders, those people were all the families of the Xiwang. If they could not be kept, as the saying goes, the master was humiliated and the minister died, and they would not have a good life.

Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The security of the West Prince's Mansion in Tianjin has been arranged before. All the powers that can be thought of in the West Palace have been used. If they cannot be protected in this way, they can only say that there should be such a variable in their fate. But they have to put absolute pressure on Wei Changhui. If he dares to touch the West Prince's Mansion in Tianjin, I, Xiao Chaogui, will swear that the Northern King's family and all the relatives who have taken action to join us!"

Everyone in the palace was moved, feeling that the Western King had done his best to do so, and in the end they could only leave their fate. But everyone felt that if they could not protect the Western King's family while having the advantage, all the ministers and generals of the Western Palace would feel their faces were dull. At this moment, everyone secretly decided to instruct their subordinates in Tianjin to protect the Western King's family at all costs. The Western Palace could not achieve great achievements, but the Western Palace lost their small family.

After a while of silence, the weak voice of a Bo Shu in the Intelligence Department broke the silence in the hall. "The news sent by Anqing, Shi Dakai did not return to Wuchang, but stopped in Anqing to preside over military affairs and attack the northern traitors arrived in Anqing. Shi Dakai had officially replied, responding to the Western King's proclamation to fight the king and attack the northern traitors, and decided to raise 50,000 troops to Wuhu in five days."

After hearing this, Xiao Yungui slapped the table and laughed: "The big thing is settled. Once the Wing King rises up, the swaying Yang Fuqing will follow. He expects that the news of Yang Fuqing responding to the revival manifesto will come tomorrow, and orders the Third Army, which is on standby in Zhenjiang and Guangde, the Fourth Army, ready to attack. The King and the Left Prime Minister, Xiwangniang and others will rush to Zhenjiang to enter Tianjing early tomorrow morning, and Li Kaifang and Li Shangshu will be in charge of Suzhou. Each department will make arrangements according to the strategy. Once the King enters Beijing, each department will be ready to move to Tianjing!"

All the ministers and generals all shouted to accept the order together. Everyone's faces were full of excitement. After waiting for so long, they finally got back what belonged to the West Palace. For example, today, Wang Mengchen, the East King was dead, and the North King lost his virtue. King Yi responded to the imperial edict, and the rest of the Yan King and King Yu were not worth worrying. As long as the army in the West Palace enters Tianjing, the center of the Heavenly Kingdom will be controlled by the West Palace. The West King will replace the East King to take charge of the Niuer of the Heavenly Kingdom. After obtaining the world in the future, the West King will definitely ascend the throne. These people in the hall are all due to the dragon's merit.

Just as the people of the West Palace were about to retreat and were busy, an intelligence department staff rushed into the hall again and said loudly: "The British and French notes were issued. Yesterday, Britain and France officially delivered the letter of declaration of war to the Governor of Qing Yao and Guangdong, and Ye Mingchen, the Minister of Trade in the Five Ports. Britain and France officially declared war on the Qing Yao! Now Britain and France have issued a note to us, hoping that we can remain neutral!"

As soon as the words were finished, the palace became silent again. After Britain and France suffered the first defeat in Dagukou, everyone knew that Britain and France would send troops to retaliate. But they didn't expect that they would declare war so quickly. You should know that although Britain and France had strong maritime power in the Far East, the British Marine Corps had only a few thousand people, and they had to station in Hong Kong and embassies at various trading ports. The troops were obviously insufficient.

The only explanation for the reason why Britain and France were so confident to declare war was that they mobilized the British and Indian mercenaries in India. Thinking of this, Xiao Yungui couldn't help but forget Hong Yuner's glance, and Hong Yuner also looked at him. Both of them saw a questioning look in each other's eyes. I wonder if Cixi and Ronglu would provoke a major uprising in India?

His eyes flashed. Xiao Yungui had no time to pay attention to the declaration of war between Britain and France on the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, it would take time for the Indian British army to reach the Far East. At present, he could only deal with the seizure of power in Tianjing. Success or failure was here. At this moment, Xiao Yungui looked at Zuo Zongtang and said inquiry: "Left Prime Minister, since Britain and France inform us that we will remain neutral, how about we stay neutral?"

Li Kaifang interrupted, "Your Highness the Western King, the foreign brothers declare war on the Qing Yao is a good time for us to send troops. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better for us to join forces with the foreign brothers to deal with the Qing Yao?"

Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said, "The Qing Yao culture is similar to me, and the language is similar to that of us. Although the races are different, it has finally been assimilated by our Chinese. However, foreign brothers have their own cultural customs. If they drive away Qing Yao but let foreigners take advantage of the situation, that is the real disaster of the country and the race of the country. If we don't help each other, or if foreigners fight against foreigners, we can't unite with foreigners."

Xiao Yungui stood up and said slowly, "What the Zuo Prime Minister said is right. When we fight Qing Yao, we will close the door and fight our own family. If foreigners come to the door, they will be bullied by outsiders. We can't do anything for the time being. Once the foreigners want to expand the war, we will definitely not be out of the matter. After all, the land under our feet cannot be lost from us because of the civil war, otherwise we will be sinners for the eternal sinners!" Everyone's hearts were trembling, and then they realized that they didn't want to drive Qing Yao away and foreigners, and they took the order together.

So after Britain and France declared war on the Qing Dynasty, Xidian did not reply to the declaration of war. Instead, he chose to remain silent and abide by a neutrality, but did not make it clear that he would remain neutral. Xiao Yungui knew that sooner or later the Taiping Army would still fight with foreigners. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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