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Chapter 335 Ning and Long Hair

Good things have gone through. After many bargaining with Zhou Xian, the plenipotentiary representative of Wu Chaoyue, many times, Yang Xiuqing finally signed the non-aggression treaty between the Taiping Army and the Wu Army, officially agreed to end the long-term hostility with the Wu Army, and announced that he would turn the enemy into friends with the Wu Army and join forces to attack the Qing court.

This is a peace treaty with great sincerity between both sides, and both made great concessions. Wu Chaoyue agreed to gradually reduce the Jiujiang garrison and agreed to let the Taiping Army establish an office at the Wu army's important military location, let the Taiping Army monitor the movements of the self-armed naval divisions at any time, and voluntarily give up the opportunity to suddenly attack the downstream. He also opened up the Taiping Army's iron and various industries, as well as the Taiping Army's food that is often troubled by food shortages.

After repaying his favor, Yang Xiuqing agreed to allow the Wu army's non-armed fleet to navigate freely in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. He also agreed to reduce the garrisons in Hukou with the Wu army at the same time. They used the existing control land as the boundary, allowing the people and merchants to freely communicate with each other and do not violate each other by force. Even if there is any dispute, they can only be given priority through negotiation and negotiation. First, those who use force must compensate the other party. For the land and city that is currently controlled by the Qing court, Wu Chaoyue and Yang Xiuqing agreed that whoever fights will be quickly returned to whom, and whoever attacks will be whom, and the other party will never seize it by force.

In addition, Yang Xiuqing and Wu Chaoyue also signed a secret treaty, agreeing that the army would first capture the capital, and the other side would have to bow their heads and pay tribute and take the initiative to admit defeat.

As Cixi noticed, Yang Xiuqing did understand what it means to make profits by fighting against the snipe and clam. In order to give priority to dealing with the common enemy, the Qing court, on the day of signing the treaty, Yang Xiuqing issued this treaty in the form of an edict to all parts of the Taiping Army to control the army, and strictly prohibit any further armed conflicts with the Wu army. He also formulated strict military laws to deal with the Taiping Army generals who actively provoked conflicts with the Wu army to ensure that the non-aggression treaty could be implemented.

It was still noticed by Cixi. Although Yang Xiuqing showed sincerity to reconcile with Wu Chaoyue, he also received full support from enlightened generals such as Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng, and cheered and supported. However, the bloody hatred that Wu Chaoyue had previously formed with the Taiping Army could not be resolved by a treaty. Almost immediately after receiving the edict, Taiping Army generals such as Lin Fengxiang, Zeng Lichang, Li Kaifang and Shi Zhenji wrote letters to protest and oppose Yang Xiu.

Qing forgot the deep hatred between the Taiping Army and Wu Chaoyue, and expressed serious doubts about Wu Chaoyue's peace and sincerity, Wu Chaoyue used shameless methods to the Taiping Army, but they still have lingering fears. Yang Xiuqing forced her to reply one by one, introducing Wu Chaoyue's previous secret help to the Taiping Army, and tried his best to defend Wu Chaoyue and whitewash them, persuaded the generals of the Taiping Army to abandon their past grudges and work with Wu Chaoyue to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Lin Fengxiang, Zeng Lichang and others were pretty good. They just cared about the hatred of Wu Chaoyue in killing their companions and subordinates before, and it was difficult for a moment to accept the cruel fact that he turned his enemy into friends with his great enemy Wu Chaoyue. Among the generals of the Taiping Army, the one who felt most sad and angry about this was that Wei Jun had a hatred for Wu Chaoyue to kill his brother. When he received the Yang Xiuqing edict, Wei Jun's first reaction was to yell, "How is it possible? Long live the East King, how could he agree to reconcile with Chaoyue Xiao Yao?"

After repeatedly confirming that the edict was true, Wei Jun cried loudly again, crying that he could no longer avenge his brother in this life, and he could not understand why Yang Xiuqing made such a cruel decision? What's even more unfortunate is that although Lin Qirong, who is currently a partner with Wei Jun to guard Hukou, is a well-deserved hero of the Qing Dynasty, he has been thinking about avenging Luo Dagang, who has sacrificed his life to protect himself from danger. He also cannot accept Yang Xiuqing's decision. He influenced each other with Wei Jun, and was in pain, which made Wei Jun's deputy Zhong Tingsheng, who was still rational, could not persuade him no matter how he persuaded him.

At the same time, as an important part of inducing the full war between the Wu army and the Taiping army, the Qing court also quickly took action. Weng Xincun, who was appointed as the governor of Anhui on the front line, sent an envoy to Hukou with the heavy gifts and Weng Xincun's handwritten letters, and directly handed the precious gifts and letters to Wei Jun. In the letter, Weng Xincun not only tried his best to persuade Wei Jun to lead the Taiping army to surrender to the Qing court, but also repeatedly reminded Wei Jun not to forget the revenge of killing his brother, directly pointed out that Yang Xiuqing and Wu Chaoyue were reconciled by Wei Jun, and encouraged Wei Jun to join the Qing army to continue fighting with the Wu army, and avenge Wei Changhui with his own hands.

It's okay, Wei Jun hated Wu Chaoyue to the core, but he was always loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Not only did he immediately take down the envoy, he also sent someone to send the Qing army secret envoy to Nanjing to hand it over to Yang Xiuqing to show his loyalty to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, Wei Jun never dreamed that he took Weng Xincun away the secret envoy the day before, and the next day, someone claimed to be the envoy of Ma Xiuru, the governor of Jiangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and ran directly to his garrison to ask for a meeting, saying that there was something important to report.

"The Qing Yao took the wrong medicine? Why did he send people to buy his own sect? They looked down on his own sect so much, thinking that his own sect was a despicable villain who forgot his righteousness when he saw profits? And what did Lin Qirong do for food? How could he let Qing Yao's Seizui get into the lake? Take down Qing Yao's Seizui at the door and take it to the court to behead him!"

Angry at the underestimation of the Qing army at his scruples, Wei Jun also made a decision slightly beyond the expectations of the Qing army and issued an order to kill Ma Xiuru's envoy in public to prove his feelings. At the same time, Wei Jun also ordered the summoning of Lin Qirong, who was responsible for land defense, to scold Lin Qirong, so that Lin Qirong could strengthen his careful prevention against the Qing army.

After a moment, Lin Qirong was reported to Wei Jun, but before Wei Jun could scold him, Lin Qirong asked first: "Guozong, what's the matter with the Qing Yaoshi who was taken to the court? You ordered him to be killed even if you didn't see him?"

"Why should my country's sect see him?" Wei Jun scolded angrily.

"The Qing Yao said that he was here to sacrifice the city for the Qing Yao Jiangxi Governor Ma Xiuru, and wanted to invite us to take over Nanchang City." Lin Qirong said with some confusion: "Whether this matter is true or false, Guozong, should you at least ask clearly?"

"Come and invite us to take over Nanchang City? How is that possible?" Wei Jun's surprise was extraordinary.

"The Qing Yao Xizuo kept calling for justice on the road, saying that he was coming to offer Nanchang City and asked us to send troops to take over the city." Lin Qirong replied: "I heard it on the road, so I quickly stopped the executioner and came to report to you."

Wei Jun was speechless and came back to his senses for a while. He quickly ordered the Qing army's Seizuo to be brought back to meet him. As a result, the unlucky Seizuo was taken back to Wei Jun, and he actually presented Wei Jun with a letter written by Jiangxi Governor Ma Xiuru, explaining that Ma Xiuru would rather present the city of Nanchang to the Taiping Army than to the rebel Wu Chaoyue's attitude and position, and asked Wei Jun to send an army to Nanchang to take over the city immediately. He also said that as soon as the Taiping Army arrived, the Qing army in Nanchang would immediately open the city gate and surrender to the Taiping Army.

"Guozong, my Futai Lord said that the outer barriers in Nanchang have been controlled by the Wu thieves' rebels, and it is impossible for Nanchang to be defended. He has been entrusted with the court's salary for a long time and has received national favors from the country. He would rather give Nanchang City to you than give it to the tyrant rebel Wu Chaoyue, who was so kind to the Qing Dynasty. So as soon as your army arrives, we will immediately open the city to surrender to you."

"After the matter is completed, my Lord Futai will not give any reward. As long as you allow him to take his family back to the north to apologize to the court and allow the Nanchang official army who is unwilling to join you to leave the city, my Lord Futai will be satisfied."

After hearing the cry of the Qing army envoy, he read Ma Xiuru's handwritten letter. Wei Jun, Lin Qirong and Zhong Tingsheng and other Taiping generals were inevitably confused and somewhat ecstatic. Then Wei Jun naturally asked suspiciously: "Really, fake? Ma Xiuru's Qing demon, who is so kind, would rather give Nanchang to us than give it to the transcendent little demon?"

"Wei Guozong, my Lord Futai is sincere." The Qing army envoy cried: "He had refused to rebel with Wu Chaoyue and cut off the food and supplies of the Wu thief army's front line. The Wu thief army hated him to the core. If the Wu thief army invaded Nanchang City, my Lord Futai will definitely be dead. Only by asking you to take over Nanchang City can my Lord Futai have hope of saving his life!"

"Also, Guozong, what qualifications do we have to deceive you now? Fengcheng and Fuzhou have been captured by the Wu thief army. The reinforcements we transferred from Ji'an, Ganzhou and Yuanzhou have also been defeated by the Wu thief army. Nanchang may be captured by the Wu thief army in a blink of an eye. Why are we lying to you to do?"

Thinking that the Qing army envoy's words were reasonable, Wei Jun ordered the soldiers to take him down to drink and treat him first, and then asked Lin Qirong and Zhong Tingsheng for comments. As a result, Lin Qirong replied first: "I think it's true. The Qing demon governor Ma Xiuru is no longer qualified to deceive us anymore, and it has no meaning to deceive us. The army beyond the little demon has surrounded Nanchang City, and the various reinforcements of Qing demons have been killed. When we go to take over Nanchang, we don't have to worry about Qing demons' ambushing, except for being wary of the little demon's sudden turn against each other, we don't have to worry about Qing demons' ambushing at all."

"Yes, judging from the current situation, the Qing Yao Governor took the initiative to ask for the offer of Nanchang City, which should be impossible to lure the enemy." Zhong Tingsheng nodded, then frowned and said, "But I always feel a little strange. How could the Qing Yao Ma Xiuru suddenly think of giving Nanchang to us?"

"Didn't the envoy of the clear demon just now say it very clearly?" Wei Jun said impatiently: "He offended the Super Little Demon too ruthlessly before, and cut off food and grass to offend the Wu thief army that was fighting Nanchang. When he fell into the Super Little Demon's hands, he would definitely be dead. Only by surrendering to us can he have hope of survival."

Zhong Tingsheng was still a little skeptical, while Lin Qirong suggested: "Wei Guozong, since that's the case, why don't we try our luck? Split a navy into Poyang Lake, and go directly to Nanchang to take over the city defense by taking over the city. If Ma Xiuru, the Qing Yao, surrendered, wouldn't we choose a provincial capital in vain?"

Wei Jun was very moved and nodded immediately to show that he could consider it. Zhong Tingsheng on the other side quickly reminded: "Guozong, don't forget that the army surpassing the little demon is fighting against Nanchang City. We will take over Nanchang. What if they are not happy?"

Hearing this, Wei Jun shook his mind a little, but after a little calculation, Wei Jun immediately cursed and swearing, "Damn it! Long live the East King and the Little Demon signed a treaty that made clear. Who will be the land and city of Qing Yao quickly? The Governor of Qing Yao is willing to present Nanchang City to us. What does it matter to him who surpasses Little Demon?"

After saying that, Wei Jun added a hateful sentence, "It would be better if you surpass the little demon to use martial arts. It would be better for Dongwang Longsui to see who he is. Do you still force us to turn enemies into friends with the little demon to surpass the little demon?!"

After making up his mind, Wei Jun decided not to take care of Zhong Tingsheng's repeated dissuasion and immediately decided to send 1,200 naval troops to Nanchang on a boat to receive the city. At the same time, in order to prevent the Wu army from being alert and blocking, Wei Jun also specially arranged an envoy to cross the lake and go to the Wu army stationed in Jiujiang, claiming that the Taiping Navy went south to transport supplies to the Jimen of Taiping Junshi Town stationed in Anren, and asked the Wu army not to misunderstand the actions of his own army.

In a intensive preparation, he went to Wu's general Liu Kunyi. Bao Chao's envoy quickly brought Wu's reply. Liu Kunyi, a scholar from the escort, not only clearly stated that he would never interfere with the normal military operations of the Taiping Army, but also gave Wei Jun and others a gift, expressing his hope to further expand friendly exchanges with the Taiping Army.

"Dog Qing Yao, the ghost is willing to interact with you in a friendly manner!"

With a sneer, he tore Liu Kunyi's handwritten letter to pieces. Wei Jun then explained the specific action plan to Zhu Changchun, the confidant general in charge of this mission, arranged for Zhu Changchun to calculate the time and set off. He naturally rushed to the entrance of the Ganjiang River when the night fell, and then drove into the Ganjiang River under the cover of the night to head straight for Nanchang City. On the way, he met a small scout boat in Wu army and claimed to be helping the Wu army attack Nanchang, confusing the Wu army's judgment as much as possible, and rushed to the city at full speed to take over the city, and then told the Wu army that he had encountered the Qing army's envoy to surrender on the road that he did this.

In addition, Wei Jun naturally had to tell Zhu Changchun that if this was the Qing army's plan to lure the enemy, there was no need to be polite. He immediately asked the Wu army outside the city for rescue if the Wu army did not rescue him, he could also take the opportunity to complain to Yang Xiuqing. Zhu Changchun received the order and asked again: "Guozong, what if the army that surpassed the little demon fired us?"

"Resolutely fight back!" Wei Jun blurted out, and after a little calculation, Wei Jun reminded him cautiously, saying: "Remember, if the army that surpasses the little demon does not drive, you must not drive first! Otherwise, we can't explain to Long Live the East King."

After accepting the order assigned by Wei Jun, Zhu Changchun led the Taiping Army fleet from Zhang Fan from Hukou to sail into the depths of Poyang Lake under the nose of the Wu Army Navy. During this period, the Wu Army Navy also fulfilled its previous promise without any obstruction and gave way without hesitation.

The journey was unobstructed, and the Taiping Army fleet arrived at the entrance of the lake when it was dark. After discovering that there was no enemy on the shore, Zhu Changchun gave another order, and the fleet immediately turned into the Ganjiang River, shaking the oars and heading towards Nanchang at full speed. At the same time, it was at this time that Zhu Changchun informed the soldiers of his Taiping Army that his troops had the real purpose of his army's trip...
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