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September 22nd, 1854, Zhenjiang.
Prince Of Qi Vézé led 30,000 troops and stationed them in this city. The troops originally stationed in Zhenjiang crossed the Yangtze River and entered the Anhui region.
A meeting was held in the General Staff Headquarters.
"That is to say, the King Of The East wants us to strictly adhere to the Taiping army's rules. Whatever we do now is not in line with the rules and needs to be corrected?" Wei Changrong frowned and asked in a disgusted tone.
"Yes." Vézé answered slowly while holding a teacup.
"That is to say, the King Of The East wants Hu Chenghe to bring 5,000 troops from Shouzhou to Zhenjiang. Our troops in Anhui belong to someone else? "Ke Gongyu's eyes widened as he asked in disbelief.
Vézé first blew the foam on the surface of the teacup and smelled the tea. Vézé replied in a calm tone, "I have already sent Lin Asheng to pick up the munitions factory in Luzhou. As for the others, we also have two female battalions. "
After hearing Vézé's words, Ke Gongyu pressed his trembling hand against his mouth and scratched his chin forcefully. It was as if he was afraid that he would say something nasty if he loosened his grip.
"That is to say, we have to offer 20,000 fire hats to the King Of The East in three months and 500,000 fire hats to the King Of The East in half a year?" Lei Hu didn't dare to show his hatred on his face. He looked like he was smiling but not smiling.
Vézé had already taken a sip of tea. He sighed slightly and inhaled again. After tasting the tea, Vézé replied, "I have told the King Of The East that I can only do my best. I don't think I can accomplish it. "
After Vézé's words, the General Staff Headquarters fell silent. The generals looked at each other and didn't know what to say. There were all kinds of expressions on everyone's faces. Some were angry, some were puzzled, and some were guilty or ashamed.
Ju Junfeng's face turned red, and he finally shouted, "Chief of General Staff, we've made such a great contribution, how can this be? Someone must have spoken ill of us in front of the King Of The East! "
Looking at Ju Junfeng's indignant expression, Vézé suddenly remembered something. In Lu Xun's' The True Story of Ah Q ', there was a line in an opera called, "I regret that I wrongly beheaded Zheng Xiandi when I was drunk." It was a part of the Peking opera "Beheading the Yellow Robe".
Vézé did not like Peking Opera, but Vézé's father loved it very much. Vézé's mother did not have much interest in Peking Opera. One time, she was forced to go with Vézé's father to watch "Beheading the Yellow Robe". When she came back, she said that when she listened to the storytelling, she thought that Zheng En's death was a grievance. After watching the play, she realized that Zheng En's death was not unjust at all. She had seen arrogant troublemakers who took credit for themselves, but she had never seen such a troublemaker.
Vézé had never seen this play before, but he liked to listen to storytelling when he was young. Killing meritorious officials had always been a tradition in China's feudal dynasties. Therefore, he only had a vague impression of it.
Now, looking at Ju Junfeng's expression as if he had suffered a great grievance, a sentence appeared in Vézé's mind. "Thank you for not killing me, my roommate!"
People died every year in college. There were cases of people stabbing people to death with a fruit knife because of a disagreement. There were cases of people fighting over a girl's affections and beating people to death. This was a regular event in college every year. There were cases of people playing games on the Internet. Because they met an incompetent teammate, they scolded the incompetent teammate after they were unhappy, and the incompetent teammate dared to scold them back. In the end, several people took the train from different places to the incompetent teammate and beat the incompetent teammate up.
Compared to this, the King Of The East, Yang Xiuqing, treated Vézé very kindly. One had to know that the North King, Wei Changhui, was in charge of the defense of Tianjing City, which was equivalent to turning the North King into a garrison commander. He had personally confirmed that the King Of The East distributed rations to the North King every two days. It was clear that the North King's life in Tianjing City was not easy at all. Before receiving the information from Qi Yuchang, Vézé really did not know that the North King, Wei Changhui, was often called to the King Of The East's residence by Yang Xiuqing to be scolded. After being scolded, Wei Changhui still had to obediently kneel on the ground and say, "The King Of The East is right. I am really too inexperienced and insensible!"
Other than the North King, Wei Changhui, whenever Yang Xiuqing played with the Descent of the Heavenly Father, he would make the Heavenly King, Hong Xiuquan, kneel and listen to his orders. He would even beat Hong Xiuquan and scold him. Compared to this, if Yang Xiuqing really played with the Descent of the Heavenly Father and then killed Vézé, so what?
Even the Wing King, Shi Dakai, who was heavily relied on by Yang Xiuqing, had to let the Wing King plan everything. But it was said that when Shi Dakai handed over the things he had planned to Yang Xiuqing, he was also trembling with fear and did not even dare to breathe loudly. Later, when the Western Expedition suffered a serious setback, Yang Xiuqing then ordered Shi Dakai to become the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition. But every few months, Yang Xiuqing would call Shi Dakai back to Tianjing City for a period of time.
Compared to these people, Vézé felt that Yang Xiuqing was already very polite to him. Not only did he not scold or beat him, but he also did not restrict Vézé's freedom of movement. This was based on the fact that Vézé was sensible and tactful. If Vézé and Ju Junfeng felt wronged when they encountered trouble, Yang Xiuqing would probably have taken care of Vézé a long time ago.
At this thought, Vézé smiled and said, "Although we have left Anhui, the King Of The East has ordered us to move east to Jiangzhe. Jiangzhe is a good place, much better than Anhui. Also, I have already asked the King Of The East for instructions. After we conquer Jiangzhe, we can all get married. There are many beauties in Jiangzhe. When the time comes, everyone will have beauties to marry! "
Ju Junfeng still looked unrelenting, and Vézé did not want to do anything too extreme. With regards to these subordinates, Vézé was not particularly reassured. Although they were happy on the surface, they might not be so resolute if they were to choose to break off relations with the King Of The East at a critical moment.
Vézé simply used the future beauties as an excuse, and a mediator appeared among the generals. At the very least, Ruan Xihao smiled and said that last time he didn't get a beautiful woman, but now he finally had the chance to get a wife as he wished.
After the storm on the surface had passed, Vézé revealed his plan to the generals. The best quality guns in Vézé's army were all modified from imported guns. Therefore, the purpose of Vézé's eastward advance was to attack the vicinity of Shanghai as soon as possible, so that the army could import guns from Shanghai.
This was part of the deal between Vézé and Yang Xiuqing. Vézé said that he could supply Yang Xiuqing with a large number of firearms. But this was on the basis that Vézé could import a large number of guns. Although Yang Xiuqing was smart, he was a layman when it came to making guns. It was always accurate for an expert to trick an outsider.
Vézé's real intention was to give the firearms that were modified from Manchu Qing's muskets to Yang Xiuqing. Vézé himself was equipped with the modified firearms.
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