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After everyone left, Li Weiguo returned to the central army's tent.

At this time, two people walked out from behind the screen, which was Su Sanniang's capable general Chen Wu, and the other was Hong Jian, who had been in charge of the contact between Li Weiguo and Hong Xiuquan.

Hong Jian is Hong Xiuquan's nephew and has special trust. This time, the two sides exchanged hostages and could not tolerate any mistakes. Both sides could not trust each other and were worried that the other party would use tricks, so Li Weiguo specially asked Hong Jian to attend their military meeting.

Li Weiguo sat down and said, "How is it, I'm very sincere. You have heard of our military deployment."

Hong Jian nodded and said, "Don't worry, Lord Li, we will cooperate with Lord to perform a good show. When our army retreats, your army can find Miss Fu in our army's military camp. Miss Fu has twenty female guards arranged by Su Shishuai himself to protect her. Adults don't have to worry about safety issues. But how can you ensure the safety of my princess?"

Li Weiguo was grateful when he heard that Su Sanniang personally sent someone to protect Fu Shanxiang. At first, he was worried that the exchange of hostages in the chaos might hurt Fu Shanxiang, but he felt relieved with Su Sanniang sending someone to protect him.

As for the princess in Hong Jian's mouth, it is naturally Hong Xuanjiao. Obviously, Hong Xiuquan is the only person who cares about, and the other party does not mention Liu Shaoting at all. It can be seen that the relationship between Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing has begun to break down.

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Don't worry, Hong Xuanjiao and Liu Shaoting were also arranged by me in the military camp. When our army attacks, we will mainly attack the east and make way out of the west. Your army goes around to attack my military camp. I will give up the military camp. Brother Chen Wu is responsible for protecting Hong Xuanjiao's safety. You should rest assured."

Hong Jian looked at Chen Wu, and Chen Wu nodded, saying that there was no problem.

"Since there is no problem, I will talk about the next cooperation matters." Li Weiguo paused and continued: "If you want to attack Jinling, you must first seize Yuhuatai. Now Yuhuatai is under the control of our army."

Before Hong Jian came, he knew that in addition to exchanging hostages, the cooperation between the Taiping Army and the Li family army was also an important matter. For this reason, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing both explained that as long as they could win Jinling and as long as the conditions for Li Wei's national opening were not excessive, they could agree.

Therefore, Hong Jian said directly: "Master Li, just say it, what price should we pay?"

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Jinling is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the land of kings and dominances. It is an extremely important place for both the Qing court and the noble army. Therefore, I take the initiative to make way out of Yuhuatai. Your army can quickly seize Jinling. In return, your army will give up Anqing and Jiujiang and hand it over to our army."

Hong Jian frowned and said, "Jiujiang and Anqing are important military centers, and they are the retreats of our army. If you are given to you, will our army lose its retreat?"

Li Weiguo replied: "You have to see the form clearly. Now the main force of your army is coming to attack Jinling. Jiujiang and Anqing do not have much force at all. Even if I don't take it, Xiang Rong and Qishan will soon find that your suspicious soldiers will attack in full swing. You will have to lose Jiujiang and Anqing sooner or later, why not give it to me. I will give it to you Jinling. Someone in the court will definitely take the opportunity to hack me, so I will ask you for Jiujiang and Anqing. This is called defeating the merits. Otherwise, you think my foundation is in Shanghai, and I will run so far to Jiujiang and Anqing?"

Chen Wu muttered a few words in Hong Jian's ear. Hong Jian's face changed and then slowed down, saying, "After Lord Li took over Jiujiang and Anqing, will he meet with Xiang Rong and Qishan's three armies to attack Jinling together?"

Li Weiguo knew that this was the question that Hong Xiuquan was really concerned about, so he smiled and said, "Since I cooperated with the Gui army, how could I do that? But after doing enough superficial skills, I will hand over Jiujiang and Anqing to Xiang Rong and Qishan, and then withdraw my troops to Su Songtai. If the court wants me to attack Jinling, I will only act east of Jinling. As long as your army has no plans to attack Jiangdong, there will be no real war between us and we can continue to cooperate."

Hong Jian nodded and said, "Yes, but we need arms, one million pounds of marbles, five million pounds of gunpowder, ten thousand muskets, and fifty cannons."

Li Weiguo immediately responded: "200,000 kilograms of bullets, 500,000 kilograms of gunpowder, 1,000 muskets, and five cannons. This is the first batch of arms for you, and the price remains the same as before. I will give you the second arms for you in one year, with a discount of nine five, and I will give you the third arms for you in two years, with a discount of eight five."

Hong Jian shook his head and said again: "In the early stage, our army will be in a tough battle, and the weapons are consumed severely, so you must give us 500,000 jin of bullets, 1 million jin of gunpowder, at least 2,000 muskets, and at least twenty artillery pieces. The second munition must be delivered within half a year, and the third jin will be delivered within one year. As for the price, we do not need your discount."

"It's true that you are rich!" Li Weiguo smiled and thought for a while and replied: "Yes, but your firearms are not allowed to take the initiative to attack my Li family army. If I find out that you use my firearms to attack my army, don't blame me for turning against you immediately."

Hong Jian nodded and said, "We are in a cooperative relationship, so it is impossible to really fight. But sometimes the necessary plays must be performed more seriously. Otherwise, are you going to be fools such as Xiang Rong, Qishan and others? They cannot not doubt it."

Li Weiguo thought about it and the other party was right, so he agreed: "Okay, but it's best for both of you and me to speak in the same way before acting. It would be bad if both sides were both defeated."

Hong Jian smiled and said, "Don't worry, this lord, we are not fools either!"

"That's good!" Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Then let's talk about the first arms deal. When will you give money? I'm still the same rule, I will only give money when I see it."

Hong Jian rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Sir, I am really forgetful. The secret funds of our army in the Shenjia Money House in Jinling have been put into your hands, so I will deduct them from that money."

Li Weiguo patted his head and realized that no wonder the other party had so much first munitions. He was afraid that Li Weiguo would swallow the silver, so he directly exchanged it for arms.

"Okay, then we'll make a decision!"

"Okay, I'll go back and report now!"

After Hong Jian discussed with Li Weiguo, he hurriedly returned and notified the Taiping Army to prepare, and Li Weiguo was also prepared.

The next morning, the entire Li family army was dispatched, leaving only a small number of troops to defend the camp, but there were more than 3,000 people, enough to deal with the enemy with 30,000 cold weapons. They were led by Li Weiguo's elder brother-in-law Fu Xuexian. Once they received news of Fu Shanxiang's safe, they took the initiative to evacuate the camp and handed Hong Xuanjiao and Liu Shaoting to Chen Wu and the Taiping Army.

Li Weiguo didn't fall asleep all night last night because he felt very excited when he thought about seeing his wife Fu Shanxiang today, and he naturally suffered from insomnia.

However, despite not sleeping all night, Li Weiguo was quite energetic.

"The whole army sets off!"

Li Weiguo rode on the horse. With the order, the Li family army immediately set out and marched towards the Dasheng Pass occupied by the Taiping Army.

The Li family army was full of murderous aura along the way, practicing while walking, and doing a strong aura that he would never give up until he won the Great Victory Pass.

Lu Jianying, standing on the head of Jinling City, had a complicated look. He hoped that Li Weiguo could defeat the Taiping Army, but he did not want to see Li Weiguo's victory. On the other hand, the other civil and military officials were all excited and prayed for Li Weiguo's victory, because if Li Weiguo was defeated again, then Jinling would be insured and their family would be completely out of their lives. After all, the Taiping Army killed the rich and helped the poor, especially for the bannermen, and there was no way to leave any living entries.

Before Dasheng Pass, 25,000 Li family troops formed a formation, full of murderous aura. Dozens of cannons aimed at that one, and the black muzzle pointed at Dasheng Pass, which immediately made people feel an inexplicable pressure.

There is a saying that the soldiers are boundless and unobstructed, and they are boundless. The momentum suddenly makes the Taiping Army at Dasheng Pass feel frightened. Many soldiers are already weak before they are beaten and are scared to pee.

It's no wonder they did this. After all, they are not the real Taiping Army, but just a miscellaneous army temporarily armed by the refugees brought by the Taiping Army. Hong Xiuquan didn't want to lose his elite troops, so he let these miscellaneous army be cannon fodder.

Li Weiguo didn't know at first, so he immediately ordered an artillery attack.

In an instant, the cannon roared and the earth shook.

Li Weiguo was serious and dozens of cannons bombarded the Taiping Army at Dasheng Pass without any mercy.

After just a few rounds of artillery fire, the Taiping Army at Dasheng Pass was blown upside down, with blood and flesh flying, and heavy casualties.

"Young Master, Hong Xiuquan's performance is very realistic!"

After Zhang Xiaoliu said this, Li Weiguo immediately understood and sneered: "It turns out that the people are here to be cannon fodder. Hong Xiuquan is really smart."

Li Weiguo paused and ordered directly: "Tell me the order. After five rounds of artillery attacks, the entire army charged and won the Great Victory Pass in one go."

Soon, after five rounds of artillery attacks, the Li family army launched a full-line attack.

At this time, the Taiping Army on the city had already lost its fighting spirit, and the defending general had already received a secret order to give up Dasheng Pass. At this moment, he immediately fled with his personal soldiers. As soon as the defending general ran away, the other Taiping troops suddenly lost the last bit of will to resist and fled in all directions.

The soldiers of the Li family army charged forward, quickly knocked open the city gate, rushed into the city, and cleared out the remaining enemies.

Under the protection of thousands of personal soldiers including Zhang Xiaoliu, Li Weiguo went straight to the Taiping Army camp.

When I arrived at the military camp, I saw that the Taiping Army inside had already been empty, and there were fires everywhere around me, but the corner to the east was safe and sound.

I saw more than twenty female soldiers wearing red clothes and red scarves carefully protecting one of the women.

The woman wore a hat to cover her face, but Li Weiguo knew that she was Fu Shanxiang, and just to prevent someone from seeing the leaked news, she had to cover her face with her hat.

"Sister Shanxiang!"

"My husband!"

Li Weiguo and Fu Shanxiang recognized each other at the same time, and immediately ran towards each other regardless of everything, instantly hugging everything tightly. Time seemed to stop at this moment.
Chapter completed!