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After returning to the base from the meeting, he saw the empty space outside the base filled with brothers who had come out to relax. The brothers looked in the direction of the cannons and were even talking to each other. Seeing Vézé appear, they immediately squatted on the ground and started scribbling as if they were learning how to write.
Vézé didn't point it out. When he was in elementary school, he wasn't much better than these brothers. Teachers and parents were strict, so Vézé started working. Once he relaxed a little, Vézé immediately took all his free time to play.
Back at the encampment, Wei Ze called all the Sima Clan members and those above Sima Clan to his room for a meeting.
"I'm afraid we'll break out of Yongan in a few days!" Vézé said.
"Oh?" Everyone was shocked.
"But these are just my own thoughts. The other kings didn't say anything." Wei Ze explained the contents of today's meeting to everyone. During the meeting, the King Of The East didn't say anything directly. However, Luo Dagang proposed a plan to break out of Yongan City. The King Of The East had Luo Dagang explain the plan roughly. Most of the commanders, division commanders, and brigade commanders didn't have their own ideas, so they all listened to Luo Dagang talk about how to break out of Yongan City.
"What do we do after breaking out of Yongan City?" the current second commander, Hu Chenghe, asked. Hu Chenghe was from Wuzhou's Tian Di Hui. In Wuzhou, Tian Di Hui was very powerful. Between Wuzhou and Yongan, there was a "boat army" from Tian Di Hui. Luo Dagang was a pirate and had a close relationship with the boat army.
"Commander Hu, what do you think?" Vézé asked.
Hu Chenghe said excitedly, "If we break out of Yongan, why don't we go straight to Wuzhou? With our brothers in the Taiping army and the local Taiping army brothers in Wuzhou, taking Wuzhou should be easy."
After hearing this, Vézé's heart moved, but he didn't answer Hu Chenghe's suggestion. He said to the other brothers, "Do you guys have any other ideas?"
No one had any ideas. Breaking out of Yongan City had shocked everyone so much that they couldn't think of anything else.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Vézé continued, "In that case, I need you to do something for me. He wouldn't be able to continue learning this cultural knowledge when the war started. He had to grit his teeth and finish learning everything he needed in three days. Even if he forgot it in the future, he would at least have a foundation when he learned it again. It shouldn't be as difficult as it is now. "
"Ah?" "Ah!" "Okay!"
Those brothers who were driven crazy by learning culture, those who felt that they had not learned well and wanted to continue learning, and those who had it easier and wanted to learn more, all gave different responses.
On the 26th of March, the Southern King, Feng Yunshan, gathered his generals for a meeting and officially proposed the operation to break out of Yong An. Now, Feng Yunshan was in charge of the treasury. Vézé and the others naturally followed Feng Yunshan. However, the weather was unpredictable. From the 27th to the 1st of April, there was another rainstorm. The few skirmishes between the Taiping army and the Qing Army did not cause any significant damage.
On the 5th of April, it started raining again. At half past midnight, Vézé stood in front of his troops. Apart from a few torches in a house not far away, there was no other light in the dark night. "One, two, three …" After a while, the generals of the troops came to report to Vézé.
"Two, one, two, two …" After a while, the generals of the troops reported to Vézé.
"Two, one, two, all 26, 26!"
…
It took more than a month to train them to the point where they could report in the dark without making any mistakes. Vézé did not know what level this was. However, being able to do it was better than not being able to do it. Over the past month, Vézé and his subordinates had made many straw raincoats. In the rain, the simple straw raincoats could barely withstand the rain. Thinking of the second time they robbed the rations, Vézé felt quite proud of himself.
At midnight, Yang Xiuqing and Feng Yunshan led their troops and set off to protect the Heavenly King, Hong Xiuquan. When Hong Xiuquan and the others were in the city, there were people carrying lanterns and torches to find the way. A group of people in more than 20 sedans started to move forward. It must be Hong Xiuquan. At this moment, the curtain beside the sedans was lifted a little. With his sharp eyes, Vézé saw a young woman's face in the sedans. This time, Vézé was shocked! Could it be that there were not only Hong Xiuquan and other high-ranking officials in these sedans, but also women? This was the first time Vézé had seen such an army march. It was not unusual to bring the old and the weak in the army, but to bring a group of women in the middle of the army, what the hell was this!
However, Vézé was just a small brigade commander. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he could not make a sound. At this moment, the curtain was lowered. Vézé could only comfort himself that he must have seen wrongly. It was just a young man who looked like a girl. However, not long after the sedans passed through, a drenched guard dressed in a guard's uniform appeared in front of Vézé and shouted, "Brigade Commander Wei, the South King has ordered you to take out a hundred straw rain capes."
What the hell! Vézé's heart was in turmoil. There were not many people in the army who had straw rain capes. Vézé's straw rain capes did not fall from the sky. Vézé braved the rain and braved the rain to weave them into bamboo leaves, thatch, and rattan from the mountains. So that they could be used when marching in the rain. The South King, Feng Yunshan's request was too much.
He immediately asked, "Is this the South King's order? This brother looks unfamiliar. When did you come to the South King's residence? "
When the guard saw that Vézé did not intend to give it to him, he immediately became furious. Seeing Vézé and the others wearing suitable straw rain capes and bamboo hats, they looked like scarecrows in the rain. The guard was drenched and said angrily, "Do you dare to disobey the order?"
Vézé was not to be outdone, "I am the South King's subordinate. I have never seen you in the South King's residence. You say you are the South King's order, but you do not have a warrant. How can I believe you! "
While they were arguing, they saw the Southern Prince, Feng Yunshan, followed by an imperial bodyguard holding an umbrella, walking over. He did not ask who was in the right and who was in the wrong, and directly said: "Commander Wei, take a hundred woven rush raincoats and follow this brother to deliver them."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Vézé did not argue. The guard was furious, but he did not dare to continue to attack Feng Yunshan. He could only run forward with small steps. Vézé thought for a moment and ordered, "Brothers of the first pawn, follow me!" Wei Changrong immediately led his brothers to follow Vézé.
This guard was not the South King's subordinate, but Hong Xiuquan's guard. When they arrived in front of Hong Xiuquan's palanquins, the guard said, "Take off your straw rain capes!"
"Pass the order! Take off the straw rain capes! "Vézé shouted and took the lead to untie the hemp rope around the collar of the straw rain cape.
"Take off the straw rain capes!" "Take off the straw rain capes!" Vézé's troops passed down the order one by one in the dark of the night.
Most of the guards in Hong Xiuquan's army did not have straw rain capes. They ran over to take the straw rain capes from Vézé and the others. However, there were only thirty to fifty guards. They did not need so many straw rain capes. The bearers happily took the straw rain capes of Vézé and the others and put them on.
"Take off the bamboo hats too!" The guard said after putting on Vézé's straw rain cape.
"Pass the order! Take off the bamboo hats! "Vézé shouted.
"Take off the bamboo hats!" "Take off the bamboo hats!" The well-trained voice of his subordinates spread further and further.
Vézé let the rain drench him. The cold rain could not extinguish the anger in his heart. He had seen bullies before, but he had never seen bullies like this.
"Commander Wei! You can leave now! "The guard said after getting everything he wanted.
Keeping the strong emotions in his heart, Vézé led his troops back to his army formation. As soon as they entered the formation, Vézé immediately ordered, "Commander Lin Zu, take out the rest of the bamboo hats! How many straw rain capes do we have left? "
The bamboo hats were easy to weave. Every soldier had two. Everyone's wet heads were quickly covered with bamboo hats. However, there were only thirty extra straw rain capes. There was no way to distribute them evenly among 104 people. Vézé said to Wei Changrong, the first soldier, "Three, four, five, pick any number!"
"Five!" Wei Changrong liked to pick the biggest number.
"Commander, Commander, Sergeant, step forward! The rest of you, please report your numbers. Those who are multiple of five will wear straw rain capes! "Vézé said coldly.
Wei Changrong knew that Vézé was really angry. He was confused by Vézé's anger. But he didn't dare to say anything. The report sounded again. Soon, the lucky ones got straw rain capes. Wei Changrong took one and said, "Commander …"
"I won't wear it. Give it to your brothers!" Vézé ordered. Wei Changrong ran over and gave the straw rain cape to one of his brothers. At this time, it was Vézé's turn to set off. Wei Ze's troops began to march in the rain as soon as the order was given, "Move out according to the night march order!"
The troops were marching towards the east. Once they left Yongan City, they put out the few torches they had. Everyone completely relied on their eyesight to march in the pitch-black night. The further they went to the east, the more rugged the road became. Not only was it rugged, but there were many places on the road where the water was very deep. If they were not careful, they would slip in. In this muddy and rainy night, the Taiping army stepped on the road to Yongan City.
After a month of systematic training, Vézé didn't feel too tired. His brothers were almost the same. The brothers lined up in a column. Each of them held onto the backpack of the brothers in front of them and walked along the road that the brothers in front of them had walked on. When they encountered places that were particularly difficult to walk, the troops would remind them and help them pass through. Even though they couldn't see anything, the troops didn't feel too tired. On the contrary, because the troops in front of them didn't move very fast, Vézé and his men could take a breather from time to time.
The sky was just getting brighter. The troops stopped to rest. Vézé looked around. The road they were marching on was a long valley. On both sides were mountain ridges that reached the clouds. The so-called road was a place that could be walked along a stream in the valley.
"Commander! In the middle of the night, when we were delivering the woven rush raincoats, I took a look. Those palanquins were filled with imperial concubines. I saw three imperial concubines in one palanquin! "Wei Changrong stood beside Wei Ze and began to talk about the rarity.
Vézé glared at Wei Changrong. He was angry that Wei Changrong didn't meet his expectations. The concubines of the Heavenly King were called "concubines." The concubines of the East, West, South, North, and Wing Kings were called "concubines." Wei Changrong obviously didn't feel that the treatment he was receiving was unfair. He was even excited to see the "concubines."
A leader of the entire army had a group of concubines. Not only did his subordinate not feel that there was anything wrong, but he was also quite envious. What kind of bullsh * t world is this! Vézé was extremely disappointed. But he had to admit that it was obviously inappropriate to expect Hong Xiuquan to be as clean as the leader of the Red Army. Compared to the behavior of the senior officials of the Kuomintang in the past hundred years, Hong Xiuquan wasn't any worse!
"Changrong, are you wet?" Vézé calmed his anger and began to show concern for his nephew.
Wei Changrong smiled. "The rules for marching at night are very good. No one fell. It's just their pants that got wet."
"That's good. Prepare to eat!" Vézé ordered. In order to increase the speed of the march, they couldn't carry a large amount of supplies when they broke out of Yongan City. A large amount of food was left in Yongan City. Wei Ze and the others happened to be in a favorable position to enjoy the benefits. Every warrior carried more than ten bamboo tubes, which could supply them with food for four days. Although there was no time to heat them up, they wouldn't starve for the time being.
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