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    Keeping in mind what Kuyang had told him before leaving, Wang Jian carried two jugs of fine wine to the south gate of Guangling City and met his cousin, Wang Liang, whom he had not seen for many years.

    In Wang Jian¡¯s impression, although his cousin Wang Liang was fortunate enough to be included in the main division of the Taiping Army, he had been busy in the rear army.  What is the rear army?  To put it nicely, it is the follow-up army. It is the last force in the army that needs to step forward to turn the tide when the front army and the two battalions on the left and right are severely damaged. However, in most cases, the rear army is simply the organization responsible for logistics.

    While the soldiers of the front battalion and the left and right battalions were fighting bloody battles with the enemy on the battlefield, the rear soldiers were responsible for the storage and escort of grain and grass, and even preparing the ingredients needed by the entire army.  The fire-head soldiers who are in charge of food in the first army are also subordinate to the rear army.

    To put it bluntly, any army will never use the rear army soldiers unless it is a special situation. After all, the rear army officers will be busy tomorrow with tedious things in the army, including food for the entire army.  They have not been on the battlefield a few times, and pushing such an army to the front line is simply asking them to die.

    Wang Jian's cousin Wang Liang is one of the many generals in charge of rice and grain in the rear army. Although his position is not low, he is inevitably looked down upon by others because he rarely participates in battles on the battlefield. Some even  When Wang Jian compared the situation of his two cousins, he couldn't help but feel a little complacent.

    "I want to see General Wang Liang, please go up and inform this brother."

    Under the gate of the south gate of Guangling, Wang Jian greeted the unknown Taiping soldiers who were guarding the gate area.

    "Commander Wu has ordered that the whole city will be under martial law recently, and no one is allowed to approach any city gate! - I wonder what army this general belongs to? What's the reason for coming from the city gate area?"

    The soldiers guarding the city gate said mercilessly that if it weren't for the fact that Wang Jian was wearing a general-specific cloak behind his back, perhaps these soldiers would have driven Wang Jian away.

    "Brothers, please be accommodating" With a smile on his face, Wang Jian took a few steps forward. After looking around, he stuffed a few pieces of silver into the soldier's hands while no one was paying attention, and whispered.  Said, "I also know that the city gates are important and cannot be trespassed, but your general Wang Liang is my cousin whom I have not seen for many years Logically speaking, I should not meet my cousin at this time, but in a few days, Zhou  The army is attacking the city with great force, and the swords have no eyes. I really can't say whether my two cousins ??will have a chance to meet again, so"

    "General Wang Liang is the general's cousin?" The soldier was surprised.  Although he was affiliated with the main division of the Taiping Army and was not under Wang Jian's jurisdiction, so there was no need to be polite to Wang Jian. However, if Wang Jian had such a relationship with his general, he would not be able to offend him.

    Thinking of this, he hurriedly pushed the silver in his hand back to Wang Jian, but Wang Jian grabbed his hand.

    "Please, brothers! - It's not a big deal, brothers, just keep it for the wine" Wang Jian lowered his voice and laughed.

    Seeing Wang Jian's sincere attitude, the soldier was overjoyed. He looked around and said in a low voice, "General, rest a little while I wait for the younger one to go up and report!"

    "It's hard work."

    "Don't dare!"

    Watching the soldier running up the city wall to inform Wang Liang, Wang Jian walked quietly to an inconspicuous corner, looked around, and inquired about the defense situation of the south city gate.

    With just a few glances, Wang Jian realized that what his commander Kuyang said was unnecessary. Wherever he could see, there were hundreds of Taiping soldiers guarding them, not including the soldiers on the city wall.

    [Two thousand peoplethree thousand peopleno, more!  ]

    Wang Jian couldn't help but frown as he estimated the number of guards at the South City Gate in his mind.  In his opinion, the numerous guards on the city gate are secondary. The key is that the city is full of guards patrolling back and forth. Once there is any movement at any city gate, those guards can move inland in just a stick of incense.  Assistance is coming one after another, this is the most difficult thing.

    Even Wang Jian heard that Zhang Hong, one of the only five generals who stayed in Guangling City, personally led his troops to patrol the city twelve hours a day to inspect the defense of each city gate.  .

    Under such circumstances, if Wang Jian and his Niu Zhu Tianshu army had the courage to defect and rebel, they would most likely be blocked by Zhang Hong, the rear army, before they could capture a city gate and let the Zhou army enter.  Death, annihilated alive in the city.

    [It seems that the commander-in-chief is right, he can only be outwitted, not taken by force!  ]

    Wang Jian nodded secretly.

    And at this moment, he suddenly heard a voice full of surprise coming from in front of him.

    "Xiaofu?"

    Unprepared, Wang Jian choked on the saliva in his mouth and coughed repeatedly. After all, it wasA title that made him extremely embarrassed, it was his nickname.

    Looking up, Wang Jian looked helplessly at the general trotting towards him in the distance, his cousin Wang Liang.

    "Didn't I tell you not to call me thatCousin Liang!"

    As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water. Although Wang Jian's first words were full of complaints, his last address was full of concern among relatives.

    "Hahaha!" Wang Jian's cousin, the man who looked half a head taller than him, smiled heartily and held his cousin in his arms.

    After a few breaths, the two cousins ??let go of their embrace. As a cousin, Wang Liang looked Wang Jian up and down, smiled and teased, "I heard, your Niu Zhu army was killed by Zhou Jun."  The beating was quite miserable, and I fled back to Guangling in despair. My brother thought you had no face to see me!"

    "Fart!" Wang Jian rolled his eyes when he heard this and said angrily, "My general defeated Li Xian, the eight wise kings of Zhou State. At that time, in Hengjiang, Li Xian forced himself to cross the Yangtze River several times but was beaten back by my general.  Got it!"

    "Then why did you escape to Guangling?"

    "What do you mean by escaping? This is called a planned retreat, do you understand? Don't engage in meaningless fighting!" Wang Jian defended.  It can be seen that he is indeed loyal to Ku Yang and does not allow anyone to say anything wrong about Ku Yang.

    "Hahaha!" Wang Liang laughed when he heard this, then slapped his cousin on the shoulder, and said in a heavy and sincere tone, "No matter what, just survive! - This is not the place to talk, let's go, you and I go up to the tower.  Please elaborate further!"

    "good!"

    Wang Jian nodded and followed Wang Liang to the tower of the south city gate.  This time, because Wang Liang, the general who defended the city, was personally leading the attack, no one of the guards stood up to stop them.

    Not long after, Wang Liang led Wang Jian to a room on the upper floor of the South City Gate. After raising his hand to invite Wang Jian to take a seat, Wang Liang took out two cups from the table, touched his mouth and said with some embarrassment, "  Sorry, brother, drinking is not allowed here How about tea instead of wine?"

    Wang Jian smiled strangely when he heard this. While Wang Liang was stunned, he took out two bottles of wine from his arms and placed them on the table.

    "Wine?" Wang Liang looked happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to pick up a pot, and poured several large sips of it towards the spout. Then he let out a long and satisfied breath, sat across from Wang Jian and complained, "Not satisfied."  Brother, tell me, I have suffered a lot in the past two days. In the past, when I was in the rear army, it was not a big deal for the brothers to get together to have a drink. But now it¡¯s better, the city gate guards are not allowed to drink alcohol!"

    "Hahaha" Wang Jian chuckled, raised his hand to pick up a pot of wine, and poured a glass for his cousin Wang Liang. During the process, he asked calmly, "Speaking of which, why did cousin Liang become a general guarding the city gate?  ¡ª¡ªI remember that cousin Liang used to be responsible for supervising grain reserves"

    "Isn't there a shortage of people right now?" Wang Liang drank the glass and said in a low voice, "You must also know that Wu Shuai's five generals, the left army general Wei Zhuang, was rumored to have conspired to replace Wu Shuai, so he suffered  Commander Wu was devolved, yes, to your Niuzhu I heard that he died a few days ago, right?"

    "Hmm!" Wang Jian nodded and said in a lowered voice, "That traitor instigated my Niu Zhu army and General Wei Hu's Jinling army to kill each other. When they failed, he was killed by Marshal Kuyang!"

    "What a good Heavenly General" Wang Liang shook his head slightly and continued, "Apart from the dead Wei Zhuang, there are four Heavenly Generals here in Guangling. They are the Chinese Army Heavenly General Zhao She.  , Du Fang, the general of the right army, Mu Guang, the general of the front army, and Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army Oh, by the way, brother, I am under the command of General Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army! How do you say this?  , Wang Liang couldn't help but smile, and said as if he was proud, "When I first saw you being promoted by General Kuyang, the Tianshu General of the Six Divine Generals, I was envious for a long time, brother. Now, brother, I have caught up with you, brother, right?"

    "Hahaha!" Wang Jian chuckled.

    After all, they had not seen each other for over a year. The two cousins, Wang Liang and Wang Jianchang, took advantage of this hard-won time to chat so much that the two bottles of wine were drunk by the two of them without knowing it. Even so, the two of them  Still feeling a little unfinished.

    "Speaking of which," Wang Liang said with a smile, touching his chin which was slightly stained by wine, "Why did you suddenly think of visiting me, my brother?"

    "Didn't I hear that cousin Liang was promoted to the general guarding the city gate, so I came to congratulate him!"

    "What general!" Wang Liang smiled, waved his hand, and said mockingly, "I'm just a temporarily promoted guard general. When I find a suitable one in the future, I will probably return to the rear army My brother is no better than you.  General Sheep respects you!"

    "Heh" Wang Jian couldn't help but smile when he heard this. Then he took a deep breath and lowered his voice and said,?To be honest, cousin Liang, I came here this time because I have something to ask you"

    "Oh?" Wang Liang's eyes flashed with a strange color for some reason. He glanced at the screen in the room calmly and said with a smile, "Please say anything, this is too foreign! - What on earth is going on?  Ah, if it¡¯s borrowing money, my brother will be the first to make ugly remarks, and he doesn¡¯t have much spare money!¡±

    "Look what you said!" Wang Jian rolled his eyes when he heard this, and then lowered his voice and said seriously, "Cousin Liang, if you and I are brothers, I won't hide it from you! - Look at the current situation of our Taiping Army, what Wu Heng has done  , my general is very disappointed"

    "Wu Hengbrother, be careful what you say!" Wang Liang's face tightened and he reminded in a low voice, while a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes.

    Wang Liang glanced at the screen in the room from the corner of his eye. Naturally, Wang Liang knew exactly who the big shot was hidden behind that screen. That was Zhang Hong, the general directly under their rear army, the general of the rear army.

    I remember that a quarter of an hour ago, Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army, suddenly visited the south gate where Wang Liang was guarding. At that time, Wang Liang was confused, but now, he had vaguely guessed Zhang Hong's purpose of coming here and deliberately hiding behind the screen.  .

    [Xiaofu, is this kid going to rebel with the Six Divine Generals and Tianshu Divine General Kuyang?  !  ]

    Wang Liang had a thought in his mind.

    As one of the generals of the main force, Wang Liang obviously knew more than his cousin Wang Jian, including why Wei Zhuang, the general of the Zuo Army, turned against Wu Heng and took his place.  All this is because of the Thirteenth Highness of the Liu Family of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Liu Yan.

    The Crown Prince, who was clearly of the royal family of the Southern Tang Dynasty but had no intention of aspiring to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, once revealed intentionally or unintentionally at a banquet that whoever in the Taiping Army would have the highest merit in the future would support him in the name of a descendant of the Liu family.  The Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, this made many generals present at that time daydream.

    To put it bluntly, it was not just Wei Zhuang. In fact, during this period, there were many people in the main division of the Taiping Army who had double-minded intentions, and some even tried to assassinate Wu Heng. However, Wu Heng was more scheming than those people.  There's just a city.

    [Could it be that Kuyang is another Wei Zhuang?  ]

    Wang Liang looked at his cousin Wang Jian calmly. To be fair, what happened to Kuyang had nothing to do with him, but when Wang Jian, his only cousin, was involved, Wang Liang could not stay out of the matter.

    "Cousin Liang, can you open the city gate and let him in during the war with the Zhou army?" Wang Jian said in a low voice.

    "Zhou Jun?" Wang Liang was stunned. He originally thought that Ku Yang just wanted to imitate Wei Zhuang, but he didn't expect that he was actually on the line with Zhou Jun.  Suddenly, he suddenly remembered that his immediate superior, General Zhang Hong, was still hiding behind the screen in the house. He pretended to be angry and shouted in a low voice, "Let the Zhou army enter the city? Xiaofu, what on earth are you talking about?!"

    "Cousin Liang, please be patient and let me tell you slowly!" With that, Wang Jian told his cousin Wang Liang everything about Ku Yang's dissatisfaction with Wu Heng, including the fact that Ku Yang had been indifferent to Zhou Jun's Dongling people.  Flying contact matters.

    "General Wei Hu dispersed his troops just after his death" Wang Liang sighed slightly when he heard this.

    To be fair, he also felt that Wu Heng's move was quite chilling to the generals, but with Zhang Hongshang, the general of the rear army, behind the screen in the room, how could he express his feelings?

    It¡¯s not like he never thought of reminding Wang Jian that after all, Wang Jian is his only cousin.  The so-called brothers fighting tigers, father and son fighting in battle, the more crisis-ridden the place, the more you need the support of someone you can trust. However, what relationship is stronger and more unbreakable than the family relationship of blood thicker than water?

    But, he didn¡¯t dare.

    God knows whether Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army, was watching the cousins ??through the gap in the screen at this time. Although he couldn't see Wang Liang's actions, Wang Jian could see clearly. Once his cousin Wang Jian was exposed,  No matter what happened, with just one order, the soldiers ambushing outside the house would swarm in and detain Wang Jian as a traitor.  If Wang Jian dares to resist, it will be even more unthinkable.

    And these are things that Wang Liang could not imagine.

    Unfortunately, Wang Jian didn't know the many contradictory thoughts in his cousin Wang Liang's mind, so he kept talking in a low voice, "I'm afraid cousin Liang doesn't know that the commander-in-chief of the Zhou army, Xie An, is my general's brother-in-law, so there is no need to worry at all."  Will Zhou Jun cross the river and burn down the bridge? - And according to Mo Fei, the great assassin, what Zhou Jun wants most is Wu Heng and His Highness Liu Yan. As for the five generals, whether they can be forgiven or not depends on those four  How to treat this matter. As for us we are just pawns, why would Zhou Jun bother to care about it? "

    "Did General Kuyang actually join the Zhou army?" Wang Liang seemed surprised. He moved his right hand and accidentally pushed the cup on the table out of the table. Hearing a snap, the ceramic cup immediately  Shattered.

    "I'll come, I'll come!" Seeing Wang Jian ready to help, Wang Liang took the lead and bent overYao picked up all the fragments and said with a look of shock, "Xiaofu, are you crazy? You actually colluded with Zhou Jun?"

    "Cousin Liang, to put it bluntly, do you think the Taiping Army can defeat the Zhou Army? - On the boat in the Hengjiang waters, the younger brother and Marshal Kuyang met his brother-in-law, the head coach of the Zhou Army  Xie An, this person told us clearly that the reason why our Taiping Army is able to fight with him on an equal footing right now is just because King Yan Li Mao is here in northern Xinjiang! It is precisely because of the fierce tiger from the north that is eyeing you in Youzhou. This  This made the four towns in Hebei and Beijing dare not move without authorization, and the Zhou State's unparalleled military strength like Liangqiu Wu did not dare to leave the capital without authorization Otherwise, there was no need for the four towns in Hebei and Beijing to come together, and Liangqiu Wu alone would lead the Eastern Army.  How can our Taiping Army resist the Shenwu Camp moving south? - The Zhou Army on the East Route that destroyed our Southern Tang Dynasty conquered three cities in one day and defeated more than 40 large and small towns and counties in Qiandong Town such as Hou Liangqiugong, and  Liang Qiujing, the Marquis of Houdong Town who chased and annihilated our first generation Taiping Army and forced the first generation commander Xue Ren to death in Wuhu twenty years ago, is actually Liang Qiuwu's uncle and biological father!"

    "" Wang Liang was silent when he heard this.

    It has to be said that the two brothers Liang Qiugong and Liang Qiujing are indeed as evil tigers in the hearts of Jiangnan people, especially the Taiping soldiers. After all, the two of them achieved great fame at an age that was not as good as the weak crown.  Under the leadership of his father Liang Qiu Gong, one of these brothers participated in the grand event of overthrowing the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the other almost personally destroyed the entire Taiping Army in Wuhu.  To this day, many people in the south of the Yangtze River worship these brothers, who are regarded as the world's greatest heroes, as door gods to deter evil spirits.

    "The saying that the Zhou Kingdom harmed our people in the south of the Yangtze River is just what Wu Heng deliberately said. Didn't cousin Liang see that the people in many cities and counties such as Jinling and Guangling live and work in peace and contentment under the Zhou Kingdom? Why must there be another war?  ¡ª¡ªPlease give me a helping hand, cousin Liang!" Wang Jian begged in a low voice.

    Wang Liang pondered for a long time after hearing this, then suddenly gritted his teeth and cursed, "Ever since we were little, you have been so annoying!"

    Hearing those familiar words, Wang Jian couldn't help but show a bit of joy on his face, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, cousin Liang!"

    "You" Shaking his head, Wang Liang stood up and said, "I'll give it to you" As he said that, he pulled Wang Jian's sleeve.

    ¡°No, no¡­¡± Wang Jian waved his hands repeatedly.

    Seeing this, Wang Liang did not insist and watched Wang Jian go away.

    And at this moment, Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army, walked out from behind the screen.

    "General!" Wang Liang called, clasping his fists.

    "Well done!" Zhang Hong nodded, and then said with a smile, "As Commander Wu expected, that Kuyang is indeed planning to target the South City Gate It will not be in vain for me to promote you!"

    "" Wang Liang remained silent.

    "What? Because we are cousins, why can't we do it?" Zhang Hong said with a sneer.

    "No! - I will be loyal to the Taiping Army!" Wang Liang said with his head lowered, but his eyes could not help but look at the small pile of broken porcelain on the table.

    "That's good!" Zhang Hong nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said casually, "You go down first! - Since you are already the guard of this city gate, you should be loyal to your duties and remember to come to the city from time to time.  Look over your head, don't let Kuyang notice something is wrongthat kid is very cunning!"

    "Yes! I will retire at the end!" Wang Liang glanced at the small pile of broken porcelain again, clasped his fists and retreated.

    Glancing at Wang Liang's leaving figure, Zhang Hong snorted coldly, picked up the broken porcelain on the table with his hands, and pieced it back into the shape of a tea cup.  However, he found that one piece of broken porcelain was missing for some reason.

    "Loyal Hey!" Zhang Hong put the broken porcelain together and restored it to its original appearance. He sneered and left the room with a puff of sleeves.

    At the same time, Wang Jian, who had stepped off the tower, looked around and slowly spread his right hand. In the palm of his right hand, there was a small piece of broken porcelain from a tea cup.

    Wang Jian remembers that his cousin Wang Liang secretly stuffed it into his hand when he was saying goodbye.

    Narrowing his eyes, Wang Jian looked carefully, but there was a word scrawled on the broken piece of porcelain.

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