The night is deep, and the sky in the sky is like an ancient giant beast. It opens its black hole and is ready to choose people to eat. The tea pavilion under the night sky is dotted with fire, and the Taiping Army's barracks are still very busy.

At the end of the night, the horses sent by Li Yiwen finally returned. The news brought back was that the Qing army in Yuanjiapu was slackening in the garrison, the camps were lax, with only one trench and a camp barn. It seemed that there were not many people in the army's bonfires.

At this time, Hong Yuner and others had already fallen asleep. They had been fighting for a day, and they could no longer support them. After Xiao Yungui and Li Yiwen received the news, they were a little confused after discussing. Judging from the combat power of Hu Linyi and his Miao soldiers, the Qing army should not be so slack, and they had a strong intention to seduce the enemy.

After thinking about it, Xiao Yungui decided to remain unmoved and take a compromise method. As planned, he asked Wang Linyu to send a letter to Zhang Liangji. He would start cutting off local group training tomorrow morning and grab food on the spot. He would wait until there was new news before making a decision.

After this battle, Xiao Yungui felt deeply that he had obtained information and the source of the information was too limited. The Qing court mobilized Guizhou troops to assist in the war. He knew nothing about who the commander was and how many troops he had come. Although he arranged for Tong Qiangsheng and other people from the Tiandihui to collect information everywhere, what they could hear was limited after all, and they could only find out the news in Hunan for the time being. In addition, the way of message transmission was backward, so Xiao Yungui often felt that his eyes were pitch black.

After Li Yiwen left, Xiao Yungui couldn't sleep, so he simply got up, spread out the paper, used bamboo sticks as pens, and began to think about how to build his own intelligence network. If the intelligence thing can be done well, it will be better than a hundred thousand army.

After turning around, Xiao Yungui had many classic intelligence agencies in his mind for reference, such as Dai Li's Central Command, Military Control Commission, underground party organizations of the Red regime, etc., but these seem to require systematic training and rigorous organizations. The quality of the recruited personnel needs to be literate at least. Where can Xiao Yungui go to find so many people who are literate and loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

Although the rice paper in Huizhou on the table was the best paper at this time, it was really unacceptable to writing with bamboo sticks. After breaking several holes, Xiao Yungui irritatedly crumpled the rice paper into a ball and threw it on the ground, lit the tobacco pipe, and quietly thought about how to arrange this matter? I don’t know why, now when Xiao Yungui has something that cannot be decided in his heart, he will first think of going to Hong Yuner to discuss it. But looking at the sky, he thought that Hong Yuner was still resting, so he had to give up for the time being.

After dawn, Xiao Yungui entrusted all the more than 800 troops here to Li Yiwen, and the tasks he had to complete had already been explained to Li Yiwen. Since Li Yiwen was promoted by Xiao Yungui, his position in the army has been rising. He was deeply grateful for Xiao Yungui's kindness and issued a military order in front of the army, and he would definitely handle the entrustment of the Western King.

After explaining the details, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner brought more than 200 personal guards under their command to escort Zuo Zongtang's family and a group of wounded soldiers back to Changsha.

When I returned to Changsha, I passed by Liuyang River. The Taiping Army was already building a floating bridge at the Liujia Ferry entrance. There were also people on the top of Wujialing on the other side of the river who were busy building camps and artillery positions. Only when I reached the foot of the mountain did I see clearly that the Taiping Army and the refugees in the city were busy on the mountain.

Seeing the banner of the King of Western China, someone had already reported to the guard Lin Qirong here. When Lin Qirong came to see the ceremony with several brand-name swordsmen, Xiao Yungui found that Tan Shaoguang was following him.

After everyone greeted each other, they talked about the defeat of the Shapo Ridge and the death of Hu Damei in battle. Everyone sighed.

Looking at the busy scene here, Xiao Yungui had not seen such a situation when he left the city. Unexpectedly, in just two days, the defense ground in the north of the city began to take shape, which surprised Xiao Yungui: "Brother Lin, are these people all refugees who fled to the city?"

Lin Qirong pointed to the people on the mountain and said, "Not all, there are people from nearby villages. Zeng's guard issued a notice to inform the people to help us build camps in heaven and collect rice and grain every day. At first, the fugitives in the city came to help with the work, but later the people in the nearby villages also came. There were always more than 2,000 people working with us. There were more people in the east and south of the city, and tens of thousands of people were working on the work at both ends."

Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "That's good. How long does it take to complete the construction?"

Lin Qirong replied: "It was originally expected to take more than ten days, but more and more people are joining now. It is estimated that the construction will be completed within ten days."

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner looked at each other and saw the excitement in each other's eyes. Looking at the stones, digging trenches, building trenches, and fences, there were endless scenes of passion and enthusiasm, as if they were in a huge construction site.

Under the leadership of Lin Qirong, he inspected the fortifications of Wujialing. Lin Qirong walked and said that the Taiping Army had been fighting in Guangxi for nearly two years. Each soldier was already familiar with building and building camps. Each soldier was busy with his own duties and each process was carried out in an orderly manner. During the work, there were also military officials who were proclaiming the principles of Heavenly Father. These officials were all familiar with the doctrines of the Hong Sect Master, who portrayed the beautiful scenery of heaven, which made the Taiping Army fascinated. Even the people heard and watched, and gradually heard carefully.

"No wonder there will be so many cults in the future. Now it seems that our Heavenly King's methods are not inferior at all." Hong Yun'er whispered in Xiao Yungui's ear: "It's a pity that this doctrine is somewhat useful to illiterate ignorant people, but most scholars are unlikely to accept it."

Xiao Yungui touched his nose and smiled, "New things always take a period of time before they can be accepted, but I always feel that Master Hong, who worships God's religion, is not reliable at both ends, which is very problematic."

Hong Yuner sighed and said, "After all, he is just a failure, and has limited vision and knowledge. It is not easy to be able to create this sect by himself."

Xiao Yungui frowned and pulled Hong Yun'er aside and said, "Yun'er, do you think it's possible that we will give up this doctrine, or that we are separated from church and state. I always think that let religion be above the regime. Sooner or later, if this continues, there will be problems. My paper has summarized the experience of the failure of the kingdom of heaven. Inseparable from church and state is a major drawback."

Hong Yuner sighed and said, "There is already a problem now. You and the two heavenly fathers, brothers, are above the heavenly kings. Once the heavenly king and the east king arrive in Changsha, you don't know what trouble will happen. As for worshiping God's religion, you can't let it go. Once you give up the doctrine, your beliefs will be shaken, and the collapse of the building will not happen."

Xiao Yungui was a little dumbfounded: "What should I do? Didn't you say that if the mistakes accumulate to a certain time, you will be in a dead end? Can we only drink poison to quench our thirst like this and watch ourselves on the road of no return?"

Hong Yuner pondered: "I haven't thought about this carefully yet. Haven't you written a paper on the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Have you ever considered how to solve this problem?"

Xiao Yungui shrugged and answered very simply: "No, I just wrote a paper to analyze history and find out the reasons for the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. I never thought about how to solve this problem."

Hong Yuner had a black line: "If you write a few thousand more words, you will die. Even if you don't understand at that time, you can still ask your mentor. It's better than if we are blind people crossing the river now."

Xiao Yungui said angrily: "How could I know we would travel through time? I just wrote the paper just to get credits. Just pass the qualifications. The genius is willing to think of any solution. Besides, the mentor's method may not be suitable. He has never lived in the Qing Dynasty, so asking is vain. Are you not a woman known as the number one talent in school? Why can't you have no choice now?"

Hong Yuner patted her head and said, "There is no way. Only practice can produce truth. All our imaginations out of thin air may have problems. We can only cross the river by feeling the stones. But, I think the separation of church and state must be done. We cannot be confused. Finally, let the Tianjing Incident be staged in advance."

Xiao Yungui suddenly shook his body and hugged Hong Yuner's shoulders in surprise and said, "Yun'er, you are right. We are all confused by the authorities. We can learn from Shi Dakai and avoid them first and separate from Hong Yang. Even if the Tianjing Incident is staged in advance, it will not affect us!"

Hong Yuner exclaimed: "Separate from Hong Yang?"

Xiao Yungui hurriedly said, "Listen to me, the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan, and the king of eastern Yang Xiuqing are not good at all. I will be killed sooner or later under their hands. It is better to lead the troops out early like Shi Dakai. Whether we go to Sichuan or go south to Guangdong and Guangxi, we can open up a world by ourselves. On the land where we are the masters, we can slowly achieve the separation of church and state. Anyway, my brother Tian said. Even if we really use Christian doctrine, no one would say anything. Let's take a step back and let us take the freedom of faith, or put the worship of God on the shelf, set the threshold for entry into the church very high, and no longer easily gained from Protestants. Those who have to make great contributions can enter the church, so that those old brothers will not feel that it is inappropriate."

Hong Yuner quickly shook her hand and said, "Take it slow, take it slow, your idea is too wild, we have to think about it carefully. First, leave Hong Yang, I have no objection to develop myself, and I don't want to continue wearing small shoes, but will they let us lead the troops? If we don't let us leave, your later ideas will not be true. So we have to think of a perfect excuse first, and not let Hong Yang be suspicious, and we cannot let the soldiers who left us be disloyal. This is a perfect solution."

While talking, Lin Qirong came over and reported happily: "The King of the West, the Queen of the West, and the former soldiers of the Chenzhou brigade, under the leadership of His Highness the King of Wing, have arrived in Liling and will arrive in Changsha tomorrow morning. The person who sent the letter has arrived in Changsha. The guards sent someone to invite the King of the West and the Queen of the West to go back!"

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner looked at each other, and Hong Yuner opened her teeth lightly and whispered: "Don't talk about people during the day. You said that Shi Dakai will leave, and Shi Dakai will come."

Xiao Yungui touched his chin and smiled and whispered: "Let's get along with the Wing King to see if he can abduct him."

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Chapter completed!