On the Meiling Trail, the sound of cannons gradually faded away, and the smoke of gunpowder was still everywhere. The corpses were piled up like mountains, blood flowed into rivers, and the smell was stinking.

Just an hour ago, Qi Huan's 10,000 elite Taiping Army soldiers were ambushed by Li Weiguo's Shanghai army here, and they were eventually outnumbered and wiped out of the army.

On the hillside, Li Weiguo and Su Sanniang stood side by side, looking down at the cruel battlefield below, each with their own feelings.

Su Sanniang sighed: "I didn't expect that Qi Huan, one of the top ten powerful generals of the Taiping Army, would die like this. It seems that I overestimated the strength of the Taiping Army!"

Li Weiguo smiled faintly and said, "It's not that my eldest sister overestimated the strength of the Taiping Army, but underestimated the strength of my Li family army! I said that destroying the Taiping Army is just--"

"It's just a matter of minutes, right? I know, you've said it tens of thousands of times!" Su Sanniang said coquettishly, giving Li Weiguo a glance, and then unwilling to admit defeat. She immediately retorted: "It's just a sneak attack and an ambush. If you fight head-on, who can win!"

Seeing that Su Sanniang just refused to admit that the Taiping Army was weaker than the Shanghai Army, Li Weiguo couldn't help but want to laugh. He knew that Su Sanniang was a stubborn person and did not want to give in front of him, nor did he care about it.

However, Li Weiguo suddenly said: "How about making a bet with his elder sister?"

Su Sanniang turned her head to look at Li Weiguo, wondering what he was thinking about, her eyes rolled and said, "How can you bet?"

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "If my Li family army defeated the elite Taiping Army head-on and won the game with dignity, what do you think?"

Su Sanniang thought for a while and asked, "What is the bet?"

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "If my Li family army wins, how about I let me kiss you?"

"Ask for a fight! I will never change after repeated advice!" Su Sanniang was immediately embarrassed and angry, and raised her hand to slap Li Weiguo.

However, Li Weiguo was prepared and immediately avoided it, and cleverly grabbed Su Sanniang's wrist.

"Sister isn't you afraid? If you are afraid of losing the bet, you will just admit that the Taiping Army is vulnerable!"

"Do you think the provocation method will work for me? You underestimate my elder sister too much!" Su Sanniang was immediately angry, and then couldn't help asking, "What if you lose? What's the bet?"

Li Weiguo laughed in his heart and said that he had not been provoked. He was clearly already trapped. So he smiled and said, "If I lose, I will let my elder sister kiss me!"

"What--what?" Su Sanniang was stunned. She had seen rogues, but had never seen rogues as Li Weiguo. She was embarrassed and angry and said angrily: "If you don't get rid of the house for three days, it seems that you can't control you if you expect Shanxiang Girl. Today, my elder sister will teach you well for Shanxiang Girl."

Su Sanniang became popular and wanted to hit people. Li Weiguo was not a mud. His military life has made his body stronger and stronger. In addition, he is proficient in various modern fighting techniques, and his kung fu is no weaker than Su Sanniang.

The two of them immediately fought, and they were hard to part with each other.

But neither of them was serious, especially Li Weiguo, who was just teasing Su Sanniang and took the opportunity to take advantage of her, with a happy expression.

Su Sanniang didn't notice any abnormality at first, but as Li Weiguo's moves always fight with each other, the two of them were entangled together. Li Weiguo took the opportunity to hug her, but the movements of a pair of demons were getting bigger and bigger. He accidentally hit Su Sanniang's soft breasts and pinched them a few times, and he suddenly felt very touching and elastic.

Li Weiguo was very happy, but Su Sanniang woke up and was immediately embarrassed and angry. If she didn't continue to get entangled with Li Weiguo, she would use a harsh move and teach Li Weiguo a lesson.

Seeing that Su Sanniang was already angry, Li Weiguo knew that it was enough to stop, and was anxious to not eat hot tofu, so he had to take his time, so he hurriedly beg for mercy.

However, Su Sanniang ignored Li Weiguo's begging for mercy and wanted to beat Li Weiguo hard. Li Weiguo had no choice but to run away.

Su Sanniang chased after a long distance. Seeing that she could not catch up with Li Weiguo, she was so angry that she stamped her feet and had to give up for the time being.

That night, after half a day of rest and replenishing ammunition and medicine, the Shanghai army set out again and headed towards Xi'an County, the capital of Hengzhou Prefecture.

The fire in Meiling was visible all night, and even Sanhe Pass was naturally discovered by the Taiping Army's eyewitness in nearby places, and the news quickly returned to Xi'an County.

The Northern King Wei Changhui was still living in the Tang family mansion, and he was humble to the eldest daughter of the Tang family all day long. At the same time, the Taiping generals also constantly plundered beautiful women and presented them to Wei Changhui, making Wei Changhui very happy day and night.

The strategist Mr. Liao hurried to see Wei Changhui when he received the news of an accident in Meiling. He broke into the door and almost scared Wei Changhui and Yang Wei.

Wei Changhui was immediately furious and said angrily: "Mr. Liao, I respect you, it doesn't mean you can be so presumptuous. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, I will definitely punish you severely!"

Mr. Liao hurriedly accused of guilt and immediately said: "His Highness Beiwang, something big happened, Meiling has fallen, and all the soldiers including Qi Huan were wiped out!"

Qi Huan had only 15,000 elite Taiping Army troops, but there were still a large number of labor-serving civilians, so Mr. Liao said tens of thousands of people and deliberately exaggerated them in order to attract Wei Changhui's attention.

Of course, even if you don’t say that, the annihilation of Qi Huan’s 15,000 troops was enough to scare Wei Changhui into a cold sweat. After all, during this southern expedition, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing only gave Wei Changhui 20,000 elite soldiers of the Taiping Army. Now that he has lost 15,000 people at once, how can Wei Changhui not be frightened?

"What the hell is going on? Qi Huan is one of the ten powerful generals of our heavenly kingdom, and there are 15,000 elite soldiers in hand. Meiling is in danger. Even if the 100,000 Qinggou army comes to attack, there will be no complete annihilation!"

Wei Changhui naturally didn't believe it because he didn't know that it was Li Weiguo who took action. It would be impossible to rely solely on the original local Qing army and regiment training in Zhejiang.

Mr. Liao replied: "Analysis based on the situation of horse exploration, it should be that the Shanghai army attacked Meiling. General Qi Huan was not prepared and fell into Li Weiguo's treacherous plan, which led to the annihilation of Meiling."

Wei Changhui frowned immediately and asked in disbelief: "Why did Li Weiguo attack Meiling in a sneak attack?"

Mr. Liao was also puzzled. Although he always suggested to be vigilant and guard against Li Weiguo, he did not expect that Li Weiguo would suddenly turn against him.

The two were silent, and they both said it was unscientific on their faces.

Soon, a scientific explanation came, and a Taiping Army messenger from Tianjing came to see Wei Changhui with Hong Xiuquan's order.

"Report, the king ordered the villain to come and report the message to the king of the North!"

Wei Changhui shouted angrily: "What's the matter? Come on quickly!"

The messenger then failed the Northern Expedition Army and Hong Xuanjiao was captured. In order to deal with Yang Xiuqing, Hong Xiuquan had to find a way to save Hong Xuanjiao back. He happened to know that Sushun and Li Weiguo had a grudge. So he secretly contacted Sushun and leaked the secret transaction between Li Weiguo and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to Sushun as a condition to exchange for Hong Xuanjiao. In order to kill Li Weiguo, Sushun actually agreed to release Hong Xuanjiao secretly.

The messenger said: "The King of Heaven asked the villain to tell the King of Northern. The Qing court had already learned about the private transactions between Li Weiguo and our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The King of Heaven was worried that Li Weiguo would turn against each other soon, so he asked the villain to come and remind the King of Northern to be careful!"

Wei Changhui almost fainted when he heard this, and thought to himself, what the hell was going to do, and now he informed me that my 15,000 elite troops have been wiped out.

Mr. Liao sighed and said, "So that's it. No wonder Li Weiguo turned against us and suddenly attacked the Meiling camp of our army. Since the Qing court has already understood our private transactions, Li Weiguo has only two ways to go. Either rebel immediately or he will turn against us. From then on, he will take serious action and express his loyalty to the Qing court."

Wei Changhui said angrily: "It's too late to say anything now! If I had notified me one day earlier, how could such a thing happen?"

In front of the messenger, Wei Changhui did not dare to show too much dissatisfaction.

However, the messenger was Hong Xiuquan's confidant. He had guessed that the Northern King suffered a great loss from Li Weiguo, so he explained: "The Heavenly King had sent a villain to inform the Northern King a few days ago. However, when he was passing through Ningguo Mansion, the villain was detained by Yang Jingmin for three days for no reason, which delayed the Northern King's major affairs and asked the Northern King to punish him!"

"What? You delayed it! Do you know that because of your delay, I lost a powerful general Qi Huan and lost 15,000 elite soldiers to Meiling! I killed you!"

Wei Changhui was furious and immediately drew his sword to kill the messenger.

Mr. Liao hurriedly dissuaded: "King the Northern King calmed down. This matter was clearly intentional by the Eastern King!"

When Wei Changhui heard the words "Original King" deliberately, he was stunned, turned to Mr. Liao, and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Mr. Liao snorted coldly and said, "Isn't this obvious? King Bei thought about it, who is Yang Jingmin from Ningguo Mansion?"

Wei Changhui thought about it and realized something: "Yang Jingmin seems to be the nephew of the East King!"

Mr. Liao nodded and said, "That's it. Today, the king and the king of the East are fighting openly and secretly. The king of the North is facing the Heavenly King, but the King of the East holds military power. The 20,000 elite soldiers in the hands of the North King are his biggest obstacle. Now, he uses Li Weiguo's hands to eliminate the North King's troops and kill two birds with one stone."

Wei Changhui immediately understood and said hatefully: "Damn Yang Xiuqing actually plotted against me, causing the Northern King to lose a general Qi Huan and lose 15,000 elite troops. If you don't take this revenge, I, Wei Changhui, will not be a human being."

As he said that, he was about to cut the sword that was about to attack the messenger and retreated back.

The messenger immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to be glad that he had saved his life, Wei Changhui's sword was chopped back.

Click!

The messenger's head fell to the ground, and blood spurted out more than ten feet away.

Mr. Liao was shocked and hurriedly said, "Black King, why are you? Let's not say that this messenger is the confidant of the Heavenly King. Killing him is equivalent to turning against the Heavenly King. Besides, this was the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing who designed to frame the Northern King. What does it have to do with this messenger? Why did the Northern King kill him to vent his anger?"

Wei Changhui wiped the blood from the sword on the messenger's clothes and said, "Mr. Liao is wise and will make a mistake. Have you ever thought that this messenger will definitely reach the ears of the king after listening to our conversation. The king was happy, but Yang Xiuqing was surrounded by Yang Xiuqing's eyeliner everywhere. Soon Yang Xiuqing will know that I, Wei Changhui, are going to seek revenge on him. At the moment, Yang Xiuqing is a military advisor and holds military power. I have lost Qi Huan and 15,000 elite soldiers. How can I fight against Yang Xiuqing? This will make me fall into danger."

Mr. Liao was stunned and woke up immediately, bowed and said, "I have committed a crime, but I have not thought of this. I hope the King of Northern will forgive me!"

Wei Changhui hurriedly helped Mr. Liao up and said, "What's the crime of sir? Please get up quickly!"

Mr. Liao stood up and asked again: "Your Highness Beiwang does this, which can indeed make Yang Xiuqing happy for the time being, thinking that Beiwang hates the Heavenly King to death. But in this way, the Heavenly King will probably not give Beiwang a good face."

Wei Changhui sneered: "I want to stay away from the Heavenly King for the time being. Let Yang Xiuqing be happy for a few days first, and wait until I regain my strength, and then avenge this revenge!"

Wei Changhui paused and said, "There is also that stinky girl Hong Xuanjiao. If it weren't for her, Li Weiguo wouldn't have turned against each other so quickly. I will kill this stinky girl sooner or later."

Mr. Liao shook his head helplessly. He knew that Wei Changhui was once a follower of Hong Xuanjiao. Unfortunately, Hong Xuanjiao fell in love with Xiao Chaogui and never gave Wei Changhui a good face from beginning to end. Wei Changhui secretly made a lot of contributions to Xiao Chaogui's death back then.

As an aide, Mr. Liao knew about these things, but he did not dare to say much. He just said: "The Northern King is wise and temporarily shows weakness to the Eastern King to avoid being suppressed by the Eastern King, and secretly accumulate strength. This is the best strategy! However, the guy from Li Weiguo has turned against him. Now that His Highness only has five thousand soldiers and horses, it is better to quickly withdraw from Hengzhou Prefecture and retreat back to Jiangxi to make a plan for the future."

Wei Changhui shook his head and said, "No, if I just withdrew from Hengzhou Prefecture like this, wouldn't I be afraid of that guy from Li Weiguo? I am not convinced and don't give Li Weiguo some color to see and find this place back. How can I continue to survive in the kingdom of heaven in the future?"

Mr. Liao said worriedly: "But now that Li Wei's country is in great power and His Highness is short of troops, how can he compete with him? I hope His Highness thinks twice!"

Wei Changhui couldn't listen and insisted on fighting. In the end, Mr. Liao couldn't persuade him, so he had to help Wei Changhui dispatch troops and deploy troops near Xi'an County, preparing to fight with Li Weiguo's Shanghai army.

At the same time, Wei Changhui sent someone to send a letter back to Tianjing and told Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing what happened in Hengzhou Prefecture.

In the battle of Meiling, Wei Changhui lost 15,000 elite Taiping Army soldiers. Those who have been through the battlefield since Jintian started the army. They are the elite among the elite Taiping Army. Once they are damaged, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the Taiping Army. Especially if Qi Huan is lost, he is a powerful general in the Taiping Army, which is a pity.

Whether it was Hong Xiuquan or Yang Xiuqing, he would hang his feet and pause his chest after hearing this bad news, and cried loudly. But Hong Xiuquan was really crying, but Yang Xiuqing was proud of his heart. He knew that the Northern King was standing on Hong Xiuquan's side, so he wished that Wei Changhui would be wiped out, and it would be best that Wei Changhui himself died in Hengzhou.

When Yang Xiuqing heard that Wei Changhui had slaughtered the confidant soldiers sent by Hong Xiuquan, she was even more happy. She thought that Wei Changhui had hated Hong Xiuquan to death since then. In addition, Wei Changhui had lost Qi Huan and 15,000 elite troops. Most of the strength of the Northern Prince's Mansion was damaged, which was no longer enough to fear. She also relaxed her vigilance towards Wei Changhui.

Similarly, Hong Xiuquan didn't know what Wei Changhui was thinking. Seeing that Wei Changhui killed his confidant, he felt unhappy and had a gap with Wei Changhui.

Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing quickly convened a military meeting to discuss countermeasures.

The Taiping Army lost 15,000 elite troops in Meiling, and this revenge must be avenged, so Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing decided to fight in the east. (To be continued.)
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