Chapter 16: Xiang Rong
Yi Yan is not a killer person. He will not show mercy for those who are determined to want their own lives and can take their own lives.
Mu Yangzi is a disciple of Longhu Mountain, and Longhu Mountain is Zhang Caiwei's sect, so he just cut open his robes and peeled off his Taoist crown. It means that he saw through his external appearance, and the reason for cheating himself into the formation was broken.
After joining the Taiping Army, Zhang Caiwei sent him a special message and gave her the code of conduct on her behavior that her master gave her when she went down the mountain, so that Yi Yan could rescue Hu Yuan, at least in Yi Yan's heart, although he felt that he didn't need that.
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Xiang Rong, whose courtesy name is Xinran, is from Daning, Sichuan. He is from Guyuan, Gansu. He was born in 1792. He is fifty-nine years old this year. He was born in the army and copied the temple established by practitioners on earth in his early years. He obtained a manuscript of eating evil spirits from it. However, he did not hand it over. Instead, he practiced this way. After many years of stumbling, he encountered difficulties in practicing cultivation several times, but was overcome by his own tenacity.
Finally, he slowly emerged. When he followed the uprising of Shaanxi and Gansu Governor Yang Yuchun, the Tianli Sect of Hua County, Henan Province, he obtained some methods of practice. When he later suppressed Zhang Geer's uprising in Xinjiang, he was looking for some experience in practicing. Although the methods of practice were incomplete and different, he had to slowly understand it.
Later, he became the general and even looked for ways to practice. In 1847, he became the admiral of Sichuan. In 1850, he was transferred to the admiral of Hunan and suppressed the uprising of Li Yuanfa in Xinning. Yi Yan once passed by Xinning and was captured by Wu Lele in a place where he was finally found by Wang Su and killed most of the people. Those people were Li Yuanfa's subordinates.
In the same year, Xiang Rong was transferred to the position of admiral of Guangxi and participated in the suppression of the Tiandi Association.
Now, he is one of the highest generals to suppress the Taiping Army.
He walked at the top of Pingle City, which was one of his habits. He liked to walk along the city and ponder the problems in his heart. Since the Taiping Army broke through Yong'an, he had led his troops to pursue him, but was ambushed.
This is nothing. Although he has been in the army for so many years, he has not won every battle, but he has not been defeated. However, this Taiping Army uprising was much bigger than every previous one. The surging rebellion made him very shocked.
He has killed many monks in the nest and killed many monks who want to break into the military camp. He has obtained some manuscripts and experience in practicing from them, and has also met some monks and talked to them. When talking about the interweaving of monks and ordinary people on earth, many monks have said: Cultivators who practice eating evil spirits on earth will inevitably lead to chaos in the world.
This is an unprecedented change in the world of practice in thousands of years.
Xiang Rong thought that this wind brought about by the worship of God would become more and more intense, and eventually all the monks in the world would be involved, and then the real chaos in the world would be.
"The fire must be put out as soon as possible and not let it burn."
What Xiang Rong thought in his heart was that the Taiping Army was wandering around in Guangxi, with uncertain whereabouts and it was difficult to encircle and annihilate them. Instead, he had to beware of being ambushed by them during the pursuit.
"Since he has established a country and claims to establish a peaceful heavenly kingdom in the world, he must not be able to wander around like this, and he must be attacked and defended. Then which city will be his first target?"
In his heart, he passed all the places where the main force of the Taiping Army had been, and he deceived some of the scattered Taiping Army in his heart.
However, the conclusion drawn was messy and unpredictable. The Taiping Army was completely wandering, and they would go wherever the Qing army had fewer troops, and sometimes they would lure the Qing army into an ambush circle.
But these days, the Taiping Army seemed to have lost its movements all at once, and there has been no specific movements of the Taiping Army for three consecutive days.
He also thought that if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wants to grow and grow, it must be based on population and go to a wider place. Guangxi is the border province of the Qing Dynasty. To the south, it is a foreign world. To the east is Guangdong. When Guangdong faces east, it is the sea, and it is still a border. There are many foreigners eyeing the border. If Xiang Rong himself was, he would not choose to occupy Guangdong too early, because it would be equivalent to taking Guangdong from the Qing Dynasty.
This is extremely unfavorable for the early development of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Further west is Yunnan, which is still a border province of the Qing Dynasty. Although it is mountainous and the people do not attach to the Qing Dynasty, it is known as the foreground of the demons. Yunnan is the province with the most demons, and it is not an ideal place and is easily besieged until death.
Those who have fought for the world in all dynasties have spoken, with a golden edge, silver horned grass belly. They believe that entering the middle belly too early will inevitably attract attacks from enemies on all sides. Only by defending one side first and occupying a safe and secure place that can we strive for the Central Plains. But now the pattern of the world is different, because there are sharp blades from foreign countries hanging high in the corners of the world.
If it were Xiang Rong, he would not choose to go to Yunnan or Guangdong.
Then the only direction is to go north and towards the heart of the Qing Dynasty. There are two provinces in the north, namely Hunan and Jiangxi, which are the hearts of the heart. Which bridgehead city can be used to enter these two provinces?
Xiang Rong's heart suddenly lit up - Guilin. Guilin is in the north of Guangxi. If Guilin occupies Guilin, it can go north to Hunan and Jiangxi at any time. At least in Xiang Rong's view, seizing Guilin is the best choice, and neither Liuzhou or other cities occupying the center of Guangxi, there is such a good strategic prospect.
When he thought of Guilin, he thought about the Taiping Army wandering around him and found that few Taiping Army appeared near Guilin. The whereabouts of the Taiping Army three days ago actually showed signs of gathering in Guilin.
He immediately got off the city, then took his evil troops to Guilin, and sent someone to Ulantai, who was a Zhenghong Banner, with the name Suojia family. He was defeated one after another before Xiang Rong participated in the encirclement and annihilation of the Taiping Army. Xiang Rong privately laughed at him as Fangmei, saying that he would be weak when he saw the man. Somehow it reached Ulantai's ears, and since then he and Ulantai were no longer in dealing with each other.
When the letter sent by Xiangrong to Ulantai was delivered to Ulantai, he just glanced and threw it aside, and said to the person beside him: "He Xiangrong actually said that the Taiping Army was going to besiege Guilin. The day before yesterday their main land was still in the area of Liuzhou. It was really funny."
Xiang Rong didn't know that Ulantai did not take his orders as a return, and maybe he could guess it, but he still sent such a letter. It seemed that Xiang Rong was a bigger official position than Ulantai, but in the officialdom, it was not necessarily effective if he had a higher official position. Ulantai was the Sojia family, who was born in the Hongqi, and was born to be superior.
Yi Yan is now bringing his evil soldiers to Ganwei Prefecture, which winds for dozens of miles. If he takes his evil soldiers to Guilin for a long time, it will be enough.
At this time, the evil soldiers were sitting cross-legged on the ground, while Yi Yan stood in front of them.
"I think everyone may want to obtain the method of practice and become a real practitioner, instead of relying on other people's talismans forever to grow and become stronger." At this point, Yi Yan paused and swept his eyes over the group of evil soldiers sitting in front of him. The three rows of people sitting in front were the evil soldiers who followed him at the beginning, and then the evil soldiers who were thrown in the back, and finally the evil soldiers who still did not redirect him to his seat. Those evil soldiers came from various monks in the Taiping Army.
"I can guarantee you here that as long as you follow me for ten years, I will definitely give you a freedom. During these ten years, I will continue to teach you the methods of practice. After ten years, as long as you want to leave, I will not stop you." Yi Yan said, his voice was not loud. The vast river water not far away, and the river water was beating the bank embankment. There was a camp where women and children lived not far away. Their voices could not be heard at all, and they were all covered by the sound of the river water slamming the bank.
However, Yi Yan's voice clearly reached the ears of every evil soldier. There was a group of children squatting beside them. Their clothes were inconsistent, some of which looked extremely luxurious, but they were wide and dirty. Although their faces were full of curiosity, they were also exhausted.
However, now they sat not far away and listened, but could not hear anything. They only saw Yi Yan's mouth open and close, and the adults listened very seriously, but they could not hear a single word.
A child ran back to his mother and said, "Mom, mom, why can't the Lord Fu say anything?"
"Of course you can't hear it, because you are not the evil soldier of the Fu Master. After you become the evil soldier of the Fu Master in another two years, you will be able to hear the Fu Master's words."
"Then I'm going to grow up soon."
They looked at the evil soldiers and envied them.
At this time, someone asked among the evil soldiers: "Our weapons cannot withstand the sun's essence fire. I wonder if the Lord of the Talisman can find some good weapons for us."
Ordinary weapons are not suitable for them at all, only magic weapons can do it. This is indeed something Yi Yan has wanted to do for a long time, but he himself cannot refine magic weapons. In this regard, Yi Yan can only talk about this after meeting with Hong Xiuquan and the others. He believes that other monks' evil weapons must also need magic weapons.
When urgent demands appear in the world, an industry will surely emerge to meet this demand.
Yi Yan talked about some methods to mobilize the sun's essence fire collected in the body through his mind, and let everyone practice more.
On this day, the sun sets.
A messenger came.
"At noon tomorrow, we will meet at the city of Guilin."
However, just after this order was issued, many evil soldiers who did not originally belong to Yi Yan expressed their intention to turn to Yi Yan.
Chapter completed!