In June 1852, the Taiping Army moved northward from Quanzhou in Guangxi, preparing to go straight down the Xiangjiang River to Changsha, and then to enter Nanjing. Feng Yunshan, the southern king, was injured when he attacked the whole state. He lay on the boat and looked at the dense jungles on both sides of the Strait. He thought to himself: There would be no Qing army ambush here.
The boat went to the CoaI river crossing. The river was very urgent. There was a sudden blockage of trees in the water and the warship could not advance. South Wang Zhizhong is the stratagem, is waiting to be ordered to withdraw from the army, both sides of the Qing army has been ambushed by guns and sharp arrows, like a rain shot over.
Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, commanded officers and men to pounce on the Qing army, but because of the unfavorable terrain, repeatedly attacked and defeated; Nan Wang was anxious, reluctantly supported up, took up the sword, to go ashore to kill the enemy, the guards around him persuaded them not to listen.
The South king held back his pain and jumped to the shore. He cried out in a loud voice, "kill me, my brothers!" The officers and men saw that the South King was wounded in charge, and each of them took the lead and went forward.
The South King did not walk very far. Suddenly, the wound broke into a crack. He cried "Alas" and collapsed in pain. The officers and men hurriedly rescued him.
Two days later, the South King was in danger. Wang and Dong Wang came to visit him and told him that the Qing troops had already retired. The southern King nodded and said, "setbacks will not matter at a time. Keep your strength and land. We must continue to go northward, unite as one heart, and overthrow the Qing Dynasty. Die! "
Feng Yunshan, the first hero of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, sacrificed. Xiao Zhaogui, who was gnashing his teeth, cried out, "go to Changsha immediately and revenge for the South King!" However, some people hold different opinions and think that the Taiping army is badly hurt, so it is better to go back to Guangxi to repair.
People talked one after another, and Dong Wang resolutely said, "Our uprising is to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, neither greedy for life, nor just for revenge, I advocate to expand the strength of the mountains in southern Hunan, and then in accordance with the South King's wishes, March to Changsha, attack Nanjing, not to achieve the goal, vow not to stop."
After the news of the Taiping Army's expansion of troops in southern Hunan, the Qing government continued to deploy reinforcements to prevent the suppression. One day, a commander-in-chief of Shimapu on the outskirts of Changsha suddenly arrived at the Yamen, saying that the governor of Jiujiang led thousands of officers and men to reinforce Hengyang, and was about to cross the border.
Hu Wansheng, commander in chief, greet the team in haste. In a few moments the road was dusty, and a large army of officers and men came, and the herald pointed far away at one of the officers on horseback, and said, "That is our Lord in charge."
Not long ago, Jiujiang officers and soldiers entered the Shima shop. Then the Superintendent, with dignity and dignity, rode his horse before him. Hu Wansheng hurried to dress up and salute. The Superintendent laughed and waved and said, "Come on, come on!"
Hu Wansheng was just about to get up, but he didn't expect the governor's face to change sharply and his eyes were wide open. Huo drew a sword and split him into two sections. He shouted, "Xiao Dynasty, the Western Kingdom of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, will come to Changsha and surrender to avoid death!"
The Qing army in Shimapu had no idea that the Taiping Army would bypass the Hengyang Front Line and strike Changsha from the eastern side, one by one stunned. At that time, it happened that a Changsha general came to Shimapu on business, saw the Taiping Army attack in disguise, and hurried away.
The king of the West took off the gown of the Qing army, replaced the clothes of the Taiping army, and left an army besieged the Shima to clean up the army. He and the generals Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang led the main force straight to Changsha to rob the city, see the Qing military officers fled, know that he is to return Changsha letter, busy patting the horse chase.
The Qing army officer rushed back to the South Gate of Changsha, but when he met the deputy general Deng Shaoliang, who was out of the city for inspection, he pointed out panting to the other side of the road and stammered, "No... Not good... Now, too... Too... Ping Army... Kill... Kill... Come on... Now! "
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