The Yellow Crane Tower in Snake Mountain in Wuchang has welcomed countless historical celebrities and scholars since its construction in the Three Kingdoms period. Today, a group of special guests have come here. It is the summer heat, and the three towns in Wuhan are extremely hot everywhere. Only the Yellow Crane Tower on the top of Snake Mountain is close to the Yangtze River. The river breeze blows, which makes it feel a little cool.

A large number of Taiping Army wearing old-style Taiping Army clothing surrounded the place, with a staircase of three steps and a whistle of five steps. Tourists who wanted to go up the mountain were politely persuaded to return. The soldiers guarding the mountain only said that the Wing King had an important party in the Yellow Crane Tower today and would come to visit again the next day.

The tourists could only return home in a suffocational mood, but no one complained. The King of Wings Shi Dakai was invincible to the three towns of Wuhan. Here, he was a common place with military and political affairs, and he always treated the common people very well, so everyone respected them. Hearing that King of Wings had a conference in the Yellow Crane Tower, it must be a military and national event, and no one would disturb him again.

Standing on the top floor of the Yellow Crane Tower, looking around, the view is wide, nearly 90 meters above the river, the scenery on both sides of the river is vividly visible. In the corridor outside the top hall, Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was wearing a yellow jacket, wearing a wind hat, and the word "Embroidered Wing King", but he was still the prince's clothing before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At this moment, he looked away from the railing, and his eyes were soft and sad.

"Enjoyed Father, are you missing the Queen Mother Huiqing and the children again?" A gentle voice interrupted Shi Dakai's thoughts. When he looked back, it was his adopted daughter Han Baoying. She was wearing a heroic new military uniform with straight trousers and a bronze shoulder strap on her shoulders, and the three medals with different shapes on her chest were very eye-catching.

Shi Dakai was slightly stunned when he saw Han Baoying. He could hardly recognize the adopted daughter after not seeing him for a few years. At this time, Han Baoying was not just a change in her clothes, but the most important thing was the change in her temperament.

"Baoying. You have changed a lot." Shi Dakai laughed. The girl who stopped her horse's head on the official road on the south bank of Hankou, clambered her fists and shouted to join the Taiping Army to avenge her parents has now become something Shi Dakai cannot recognize. The temperament of a soldier and the feminine beauty of women are strange, but it is not inconsistent with him. She also has the arrogance of no one else but me.

Han Baoying smiled heartily, grabbed Shi Dakai's arm and said softly: "Entertainment Father, are you just making fun of me like this?"

Shi Dakai was in a good mood when he saw Han Baoying and said with a smile: "Our fourth girl has cultivated her body and character in the Shanghai Military Academy, of course she has changed."

Han Baoying said with a bitter face: "The military academy is very hard. I wrote to you before, don't you believe it?" Shi Dakai laughed: "Believe it. How can you not believe it?" He followed Sigu and looked at it: "Have the people sent by Tianjing arrived?"

Han Baoying woke up and stood at attention and greeted Shi Dakai with a standard new military salute and shouted: "Report to King Yi, the staff officer of the Tianjin Garrison Command, Han Baoying, came to report. The Minister of War, Li Kaifang, and his group were waiting downstairs to ask King Yi to come and meet him."

Shi Dakai was slightly shocked by Han Baoying's actions. He didn't expect that his adopted daughter would be there for a long time and her actions became like that. Previously, the Wing Hall and the West Hall Water Army had cooperated a lot, and generals such as Zhao Shunping, the Admiral of the West Hall Inner River Water Army, had such etiquette when they saw him. But at this time, it turned out that the person closest to him also performed this ceremony. Shi Dakai was still a little surprised.

Shi Dakai nodded calmly with a cough and said, "Then let's go down. Li Shangshu is a guest. I am here to pay tribute to my ancestors. I didn't go to greet him in person, but I was negligent."

Han Baoying smiled and said, "It was what Shangshu Li said. Just come here to see the Wing King. It would be bad if the Wing King is welcomed by the Wing King."

Shi Dakai nodded and said, "Well, this Li Kaifang is getting more and more tactful in his work. Okay, let's go down."

The two of them came down to the hall on the first floor of the Yellow Crane Tower from several guards who were guarding the Wing Hall. There were many people gathered here, including military and political officials from the Wing Hall, as well as Li Kaifang and others from Tianjing. They were all old people from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After meeting, they naturally became enthusiastic about the past, and the whole hall seemed particularly lively.

Seeing the arrival of the Wing King, Li Kaifang and others naturally shut their mouths and stood aside. The Wing Palace and others all came forward to worship, but Li Kaifang and others all saluted, half kneeling and half standing, which seemed particularly abrupt.

Shi Dakai waved his hands and said flattened. The people in the Wing Hall stood up. Shi Dakai's father-in-law Huang Yukun was the first to speak: "Shu Li, although you are a guest from afar, the Kingdom of Heaven also has the etiquette of the Kingdom of Heaven. Shouldn't you kneel down to worship after seeing the King of Wing?"

As soon as this was said, the people in the Wing Hall looked at Li Kaifang and others with bright eyes. Among Li Kaifang and his group were Zeng Lichang, the Minister of Revenue, and Zhao Shunping, the Admiral of the Tianjin Navy, were shocked when they heard this. Since the Western King took office, these great rituals of kneeling and nine kowtows have gradually been abolished. Everyone is accustomed to military rituals or bowing ceremony. Even if they usually don’t have to kneel down and bow to the West King.

Li Kaifang smiled slightly and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, even if we meet the King of the West in Tianjin, we only marches and salutes without kneeling down."

Huang Yukun snorted and said, "This is in Wuchang, not Tianjing!" As soon as this said, all the people in Tianjing changed their colors. Some of the people in the Wing Hall turned their faces and dared not look directly. Seeing this, Han Baoying hurriedly said, "It's all old brothers in the Kingdom of Heaven, why do you have to do this?"

Shi Dakai coughed and said, "Brother-in-law, let him go, there is no need to worry about the subtle things." Then Shi Dakai said politely: "Everyone sit down and talk."

After Li Kaifang and others bowed and thanked each other, they each sat down. Huang Yukun, Zhang Suimu, Zhou Zhuqi, Guozong Shi Zhenji, Shi Xiangzhen, generals Lai Yuxin, Li Fuqiu and others also sat down.

After everyone sat down, Shi Dakai said, "Last year, Brother Xiwang sent letters to invite him to Tianjing to assist in the administration, but the terrain of the three towns in Wuhan was dangerous. The Qing demon Hu Linyi tribe threatened the troops in the north, and the demon head Zeng Guofan tribe threatened them in the south. So Shi also wrote a letter to the King of Xiwang to bid farewell. Recently, he heard that Brother Xiwang led a lonely army north alone and went deep into the demon cave capital. He fought against foreigners who were enemies with the demon, but for some reason?"

Li Kaifang said loudly: "Foreigners have ill-intentions. They say they are trying to attack Qing demons in the north, but in fact they want to support the new demon court of pro-economics in the north, and then become enemies with our heaven..." Li Kaifang analyzed the military and political purposes of the British and French coalition forces and the current international situation one by one.

The more Shi Dakai heard, the more he frowned. He asked a few questions from time to time, but no one of the people in the Wing Hall could get in. Zhang Suimu, the first counselor of the Wing Hall, sighed secretly. The Wing Hall was not as good as the West Hall many years ago. Now the West Hall has been operating in Tianjing for many years, but the Wing Hall has always been like watching the sky in a well, and I don’t know how much it is behind the West Hall of Tianjing.

After listening, Shi Dakai touched his beard under his jaw and said, "Brother Xiwang is really a wise and brave man. He is so decisive about taking Li from such a fire. There is few such a courage in the world. If I were to say something lightly, I would not dare to start a war."

Li Kaifang bowed slightly, but smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, thinking to himself: "The Wing King has always been more resourceful and less decisive. He is burdened by his reputation when doing things. He is looking forward to the front and back, and he is stable, but he is unable to keep up with the general changes."

Following Shi Dakai frowned again and said, "According to what you said, although Britain and France are temporarily unable to launch a large-scale expedition, they will still come to retaliate after a year and a half. Our heavenly kingdom is still fighting with the Qing Dynasty and the people of the northern Rakshasa. It seems that the safest way within this year and a half is to use our heavenly kingdom to launch a large-scale military force, and to eliminate the remnants of the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop. After unifying the country, we can only compete with Britain and France with the strength of the whole country."

Hearing this, Li Kaifang still secretly admired him. He is worthy of being the Wing King of Heaven. His vision is still very unique. He can see the overall situation at a glance. He said: "Yes, now Kaifang is coming to Wuchang to meet the Wing King in person, which is to discuss this move that will quell the remnants of the Qing Dynasty."

Shi Dakai nodded and said, "The Qing demon is my enemy, so I will naturally be wiped out. I can tell you what strategy Brother Xi Wang has."

Li Kaifang coughed clearly, and several staff officers following Tianjing were untied, took out a few huge maps and spread them on the floor in the hall. Everyone in the Wing Hall stood up to watch, but they saw that the map was extremely delicate, completely different from the map they used before. The rivers, roads, mountains, lakes, and towns were densely packed on it. At first glance, the people with a little knowledge were secretly shocked. This is the map of the world of China.

In addition to rivers, roads, mountains, lakes, and towns, there are also dense military forces marked with red and blue colors. This can be seen because the red posture above contains the deployment of Wuchang's Yidian military horses.

Seeing this, Zhang Suimu and Huang Yukun were both ashamed. All the deployments of the Yidian army and horses were clearly visible in this picture. It can be seen that Tianjin is well-known to Wuchang. At first, the two of them thought that the Yidian was a solid piece, but they could not have seen the truth clearly without any hesitation.

Li Kaifang saw the map and said, "Next, let Chief of Staff Han explain the current situation of enemy and us."

Han Baoying was not humble, but just saluted the military salute to the people present, then took a long bamboo whip and cleared his throat and said, "This is a national map of one ten millionth of a scale, that is, one centimeter on the map, that is, about one third of an inch is a distance of one hundred kilometers, oh, one hundred kilometers is 200 miles..." Han Baoying said the meaning of the scale on the map and the key points of each place, as well as the mountain elevations marked on the map, and other map elements. Then he looked up and found that the people of the Yidian were like listening to the heavenly book.

Li Kaifang coughed and said, "Chief Han doesn't need to explain these things, just talk about the deployment of the war."

Han Baoying showed off her face slightly red, and followed Beichi to talk about the current military situation of the Taiping Army and the Qing Dynasty... (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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