Speaking of which, Wu Ruxiao, the chief general of the Taiping Army who guarded Jiangyin, actually has a relationship with the Wu Yue family. He has the same surname as Wu, is from Guangdong, and is also from the Guangzhou Thirteen Foreign Company. Although Wu Ruxiao only served as an accountant at the Thirteen Foreign Company and is not worthy of carrying shoes to the Wu Yue family, who have been compradors for generations, in business transactions, Wu Ruxiao had actually met Wu Yue's grandfather and cheap father.???≠

It is precisely because of this relationship that after turning enemies into friends with the Taiping Army and accidentally learning about Wu Ruxiao's life experience, Wu Yue once tried to establish a personal relationship with Wu Ruxiao in private. The first purpose is of course to facilitate the Wu army fleet to pass through Jiangyin River defense, which is very important in geographical location, and the second is to facilitate the recruitment and surrender in the future.

However, it is a pity that Wu Ruxiao, who was loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, flatly rejected Wu Yue's kindness, returned the gifts and letters given to him by Wu Yue intact, and took the initiative to report the situation to Yang Xiuqing. Wu Yue, who gave up his position with high power, was a little embarrassed, and admired Wu Ruxiao, who had made great achievements in military and diplomacy.

Wu Ruxiao was loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This time, he helped Wu Yue. After Yang Xiu gave way and gave orders in the early morning, he received a secret report from the Shanghai Wu army about Wei Jun. Wu Ruxiao, who hated Wei Jun deeply, immediately reported the situation to Yang Xiuqing while strengthening combat preparations to block the river surface, preparing to force the Qing army to hand over the number one traitor of the Taiping Army by force.

However, Wu Ruxiao was not a reckless man who only knew how to act recklessly, and was also worried that the Shanghai Wu army's informant was to sow discord and lure him to fight against the powerful enemy. After careful discussion with his deputy He Zaixiang, Wu Ruxiao, who was quite wise, simply let He Zaixiang, who knew Wei Jun, be an envoy himself, and on the excuse of informing the Qing army about the specific matters of peaceful passage through Jiangyin River Defense, let He Zaixiang go to the Qing army's naval fleet to test whether Wei Jun existed.

Finally, Wu Ruxiao also explained to He Zaixiang: "Remember, you must pretend to be greedy and lustful. If Qing Yao tests whether you are interested in surrendering, you can also be ambiguous and say something that is afraid that surrender will not end well. In this way, if Wei Jun, the thief, is really in the Qing Yao fleet, he will definitely come out to meet you."

He Zaixiang faithfully carried out Wu Ruxiao's orders and took a boat downstream to contact the Qing army naval division. He Zaixiang first informed the Qing army naval division on behalf of Wu Ruxiao about the passing matters such as the waterway and safety. Then he accepted the banquet and entertainment provided by the Qing army naval division without hesitation. He also praised the exquisite wine and food provided by the Qing army naval division, and was thinking of taking the opportunity to get benefits.

The Qing army, who was anxious to divide the Taiping Army, was indeed deceived. With Wen Xiang's permission, the Qing officials responsible for receiving He Zaixiang not only presented a beautiful gift with both hands, but also took the opportunity to test whether He Zaixiang had the intention of abandoning the darkness and turning to the light? He Zaixiang said ambiguous words, deliberately said something like saying that he had not wanted to follow Yang Xiuqing for a long time, and expressed concern that there would be no good end after surrendering to the Qing army. When the Qing officials cited Wei Jun's example, He Zaixiang said: "Wei Jun? Didn't you hear that you have been executed by your Lingchi?"

"Who said General Wei was executed by Lingchi?" The Qing officials said in confusion: "He is living a good life now? He is already a third-rank general in our Qing court."

"Long live our Eastern King in the Imperial Order?" He Zaixiang said with even more confusion: "Some time ago, Long live our Eastern King issued an edict saying that Wei Jun was executed by you in the capital. Our General Wu also said that Wei Jun was the end of the rebel kingdom of heaven."

When the Qing officials heard this, they laughed and asked He Zaixiang to wait for a moment, saying that they wanted He Zaixiang to meet someone. So soon, Wei Jun, a rebel general of the Taiping Army who had met with He Zaixiang, appeared in front of He Zaixiang with a smile on his face...

"Don't worry, General Wei, after I go back, I will definitely find a way to persuade Wu Ruxiao to surrender to the court. If the Qing court has any arrangements in the future, the crime will go through fire and water and be crushed to pieces, and I will never refuse!"

This was the guarantee made by He Zaixiang in front of Wei Jun while patting his chest. However, after the Qing army fleet returned to Jiangyin and He Zaixiang returned to Jiangyin Fort, the Taiping Army soldiers on the Jiangyin Fort opened fire and warned the river without hesitation. At the same time, they sent people to contact the Qing army and asked the Qing army navy to hand over Wei Jun immediately and unconditionally, otherwise they would never give way!

"Long live your Dongwang when you agreed to borrow a road, you did not propose to hand over Wei Jun's conditions!"

"Long live the East King, because you did not ask you to hand over Wei Jun, but you deliberately brought Wei Jun into the Yangtze River to use him to do shameless things. You are unrighteous first, so you must hand over Wei Jun, otherwise I will never give way!"

"In half an hour, put down the iron chain between the river and let the road go, otherwise we will open fire on you!"

"It takes less than half an hour to fight if you want to fight now! As the general system of the heavenly kingdom, I, Wu Ruxiao, must not let Wei Jun thief pass through Jiangyin under my nose! Let him enter the Yangtze River and harm our heavenly soldiers!"

After some verbal battles, the Qing Navy was forced to fire the Jiangyin Fortress of the Taiping Army, trying to force the Jiangyin Taiping Army to give way and let go. However, the Qing Navy's coercion found the wrong person. Wu Ruxiao, who had fired both British and American ships in history, was firm in his will and decisively ordered the artillery to fight back. Knowing that he was defeated, he still led the Taiping Army soldiers to fight bloody battles, resolutely protect the Jiangyin River without any retreat and tolerance.

The earth-shaking fierce artillery battle continued until the evening. After paying a heavy price, with its geographical advantage, the Taiping Army in Jiangyin not only sank and injured several red single ships of the Qing army, but also repelled the Qing navy's attack that had risen from the 6th. The Qing navy had no choice but to ask the Tsarist Russian fleet to join the war, but naturally he was scolded by Novosiliski, "Damn the yellow-skinned monkey, didn't you say that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had agreed to borrow the way?"

Novosiliski, who was responsible for destroying the Wu Army's industrial base, ordered an attack. As a result, after the advanced Tsarist Russian fleet participated in the battle, the Jiangyin Taiping Army finally couldn't stand it. Not only did the casualties increase rapidly, but the firepower was completely suppressed. The Qing navy took the opportunity to attack the Taiping Army's iron cable defense line blocking the river surface, burned the raft ships connecting the iron cables, and burned the huge axes of the Hongfu burned and chopped them, desperately destroying the Taiping Army's iron cables blocking the river.

The onshore gun caliber was too small, there were no flowering shells, and the turrets with backward tactical ideas were not protected by the iron roof. The firepower was suppressed very strongly. Although the Jiangyin Taiping Army had the advantage of geographical location, it was still unable to stop the Qing and Russian Combined Fleet. Almost all the iron cable defense lines built at large expense were destroyed by the Qing and Russian Combined Fleet, and they also paid a heavy price of casualties.

However, even so, the Taiping Army in Jiangyin still sank five Qing army red ships, injured eleven, severely damaged one Tsarist Russian steam gunship and three, which also cost the Qing and Russian joint fleet a lot. So after breaking through Jiangyin, Novosiliski once again scolded Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei, forcing Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei to send people to contact Yang Xiuqing again, demanding that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's riverside forts stop attacking the Qing and Russian joint fleet.

Wen Xiang was still quite brainy. Knowing that the root of the disaster was Wei Jun alone, he did not rush to send someone to question Yang Xiuqing's betrayal. He chose to send a boat to escort Wei Jun back to the Shanghai Concession first, and then sent someone to contact Yang Xiuqing. He said that he brought Wei Jun to the army to ask him to avenge Wei Changhui with his own hands. However, he did not expect that the Taiping Army would misunderstand. In order to eliminate the misunderstanding, Wei Jun was sent back to Shanghai. Yang Xiuqing asked someone to verify it, and also gave him a generous gift to apologize.

Wen Xiang made the wisest choice. In fact, before Wu Ruxiao used a trick to confirm that Wei Jun was hiding in the Qing Navy Army, he had just received a letter from the Shanghai Wu Army. Yang Xiuqing had already ordered the army to prepare for war with red eyes and was preparing to force the Qing Navy to hand over Wei Jun with force. However, after seeing Wen Xiang's letter of explanation, Yang Xiuqing regained some calmness. While sending people to verify whether Wei Jun had really returned to Shanghai, he recalculated whether to do his best to block the Qing and Russian joint fleet.

"Long live the Eastern King, you must not let Qing Yao off! They deliberately brought Wei Jun's rebel thief, which was clearly intended to use this rebel thief to instigate our generals. This account must be settled with them!"

"It's not okay to send Wei Jun back to Shanghai! We must hand over Wei Jun to us before we can lend the road to them!"

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Yang Xiuqing, whose anti-Qing stance is unswerving, still has a lot of calls to punish the Qing army around him. However, Yang Xiuqing, who has a more irritable temper than anyone else, turned out to behave and killed this time. On the contrary, he looked hesitant and could not make up his mind.

Meng De'en, a new favorite who is good at flattery, first saw through Yang Xiuqing's thoughts, stood up and said, "Long live the Eastern King, a gentleman takes revenge, it's not too late for ten years. The Qing Yao navy came all over the nest. The Rakshasa people's ships and cannons are powerful, and they will only waste the strength of our heavenly army along the river. Let them fight with Yue Xiao Yao first and suffer both losses, and then try to take revenge."

Yang Xiuqing still didn't say anything, but his heart was already shaken. Hunting Encha's words and expressions, he hurriedly said: "Long live the Eastern King, this is not a question of whether it is face or not, but a matter of interests in our heaven."

"If Zhu Yuanzhang had not been humble and begged for alms, he would have starved to death in Fengyang long ago. How could he have ascended the throne and become emperor? If Emperor Gaozu of Tang Li Yuan did not submit to the Turks, then the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the later Tang Dynasty? Long live the Eastern King, you are so wise and powerful, can you learn from these two sages?"

The successive battlefield defeats have wiped out Yang Xiuqing's countless ambitions and ambitions. The huge gap in strength is placed in front of him. Yang Xiuqing, who has never bowed his head to the Qing court, had to consider such a realistic problem and order the Yangtze River Fort to resist with all his strength. It can gradually weaken the strength of the Qing and Russian joint fleet to take revenge. However, in this way, the Taiping Army will only suffer heavy losses, and the Wu Yue who is still hiding in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, after hesitation for a while, Yang Xiuqing, who was once extremely arrogant and arrogant, betrayed his dignity for the first time for the sake of profit and gritted his teeth and said, "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge! Tell Qing Yao and the Rakshasa people that I will forgive them!"

After saying that, Yang Xiuqing ordered Meng De'en to write a document, and ordered that the Taiping Army's fortresses in the Yangtze River should not fire at the Qing and Russian coalition forces without authorization, and that they must give way to the road without condition. Meng De'en agreed respectfully, but he was secretly proud in his heart and said, "This time, the generals outside will definitely regard you as the King of the East."

After being exposed, although Yang Xiuqing's decision to give way and let go was no longer correct, the hardliners in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were in an uproar. Whether it was Wu Ruxiao, who had just fought with the Qing and Russian joint fleet, or Ye Yunlai, who was ready to fight against Zhenjiang, Lin Fengxiang, Anqing guard general, Pengze guard general, and Huang Wenjin, and Hukou guard general, Lin Qirong, no one could believe that this order came from Yang Xiuqing, and no one was cursing.

What's worse for Yang Xiuqing is that in fact, these Taiping Army's hardliners are his biggest basic foundation in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The most critical reason why Lin Fengxiang, Wu Ruxiao, Ye Yunlai and others can tolerate him under house arrest and dominate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was that Yang Xiuqing's firm anti-Qing stance was their appetite. Now, for the sake of interests, Yang Xiuqing decided to lend a way to the Qing army navy, and even took the initiative to give up the opportunity to punish the traitor Wei Jun. In addition to being shocked, these Taiping Army's hardliners naturally felt dissatisfied, contempt, and even disgusted with Yang Xiuqing.

"Long live the Eastern King, long live the Eastern King, not the former Eastern King!" Huang Wenjin, who had become the direct general of Yang Xiuqing during the Jintian uprising, roared like this.
Chapter completed!