Chapter 158: King Sand and King Zhong (1)
That day, more than a thousand guards who successfully rushed out of Tianjing City with Li Xiucheng and Hong Tianguifu were all excellent cavalry of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Although the Hunan Army did not recognize Hong Tianguifu's appearance, they were very familiar with Li Xiucheng. Not far from Tianjing City, someone in the Hunan Army discovered the abnormality of this group of people and horses, especially one of them who looked like Li Xiucheng, was carrying an old woman on the back of the horse riding horse. There were also a large number of soldiers dressed in the Hunan Army following him and did not take action. Zeng Guofan then drew more than 5,000 cavalry from the army to chase him.
These more than a thousand cavalry of the Heavenly Kingdom were the direct troops that Li Xiucheng followed Shi Da to fight Anqing. Later, Li Xiucheng was sent to Tianjing to support Hong Xiuquanshi and took them away. Later, he followed Li Xiucheng for many years and had already passed on the loyalty and righteous spirit of the two kings in his bones. Seeing that the young king and the Zhongwang were in danger, he volunteered to break the back. In the end, only eleven people left were left to rush and continue to flee to Xiaolingwei.
Among these eleven people, Li Xiucheng's mother Lu also included.
Although Li Xiucheng was one of the most important generals in the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he never forgot that he was born in a poor peasant family in Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Province. He was looking for food since he was a child and lived a very difficult life. When he was eight years old, his uncle took him to the village school where he worked for two years. Because his family was too hard to study, he had to study by himself while helping his parents do some rough work. Spring came, and he went to the barren mountains to plant orchids. In autumn and winter, he went up the mountain to cut trees and burn charcoal. Despite this, Li Xiucheng's help to the family was still limited, but he developed a more resolute personality and a strong body than ordinary people.
One day at the age of 28, his father Li Shigao told him that a "Mr. Hong" came from the village. It is said that the Heavenly Father sent to the world to save the people. Li Xiucheng joined the family and became a holy soldier in the heavenly kingdom that year.
Li Xiucheng's military achievements in the following thirteen years, especially the major military victory such as the Second Po Jiangbei Camp and the Sanhe Victory shocked Hong Xiuquan and praised the world, so he rose to prominence. His father Li Shigao passed away four years ago. At this time, Li Xiucheng had been named King Zhong for a whole year. Because of his mother's age, he took the Lu family to live in the palace of Prince Zhong.
At this time, the eleven people had arrived at a safe area surrounded by camphor trees. Seeing that there were no pursuers behind, Li Xiucheng helped Lu off his horse and knelt down and said, "Mom, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved. Since the son is a loyal minister, it is difficult for him to be a filial son. Today, the capital of Tianjing is broken. The son must shoulder the will of transferring the young king. He should marching quickly and whip the horse. It is difficult for him to beg his mother to separate from his son. He will find a place where no one knows to spend the rest of his life."
Although Lu is over 60 years old, he has lived a good life in the Zhong Palace for a long time in recent years. His legs and feet are clearer than those of the old woman of the same age. On the contrary, Li Xiucheng, who is only 42 years old, is not much older than those of the same age, because of the battles everywhere. The old mother kindly helped Li Xiucheng up, raised her hand to stroke her son's hair, knocked down some dirt on her hair, and said with tears in her eyes: "Xiucheng, since your father led our whole family to the God worship meeting, my mother has always thought of such a day of separation from life and death. However, she is more of a fantasy to say goodbye to your father, but she doesn't want my son to be so outstanding and become the most valued person of Your Majesty. One day she will shoulder the responsibility of protecting Your Majesty.
The important task you have given... Actually, do you know what mom is most proud of? It is not how powerful you are or how prominent your status is. What mom cherishes most is that no matter how high you fly or how far you go, what you think most about is always the lower class. Your salary is mostly used to help the poor, so that more families can be separated, and less hunger. I, an old woman, have enjoyed enough. What are the regrets? Although the late emperor is the emperor, he is also a father. Now Your Majesty is a child who has lost his father. Then my son should not only do his duty as a loyal minister, but also care about Your Majesty as if he cared for his son!"
Li Xiucheng replied: "Son must follow his mother's teachings!"
Lu clarified Li Xiucheng's collar again, but she was already awakened but reluctant to let go, and said softly: "Then, my mother is gone."
At this time, all the eleven people except Hong Tianguifu had already stepped down. Li Xiucheng turned around and bowed to a holy soldier and said, "Brother Qi, my mother, I'll leave it to you."
The holy soldier led the order and said, "As for the order, King Zhong, I will swear to protect the old man to the safety zone and arrange everything properly!"
So, after the holy soldier changed into a commoner, carried Lu onto the horse's back, he also got on the horse, said, "King Zhong, say goodbye!" and drove the horse away first. Along the way, Lu's eyes were whirling, and he looked back from time to time to see his son who had become a hero. Until the horse left, the two could no longer see each other.
Li Xiucheng knew that this parting was a forever parting. He knelt on his knees in the direction of his mother's departure, kowtowed three times, and cried all over his face.
At this time, there were nine people left in the team. When Li Xiucheng was in a stable mood, he stood up and said, "Sorry, it has been delayed for everyone. Let's continue on the road now."
Although Hong Tianguifu was the lord of the heavens, he was also moved when he saw Li Xiucheng saying goodbye to his mother. In fact, since Hong Xiuquan entered Tianjing, he had never left the city for a second. Hong Tianguifu knew nothing about the world outside the Tianjing city. At this time, he finally saw the world outside the wall and couldn't help but sigh: "So, is the world we live in so difficult?"
Li Xiucheng politely said, "That is, Your Majesty is the son of God, just like the late emperor. I hope that one day Your Majesty will make a comeback, and he will keep the people in his heart. As long as my great heaven is favored by the people, the pure demon will never be able to defeat us!"
"Come on the way..." Hong Tianguifu sighed, "There is a question. When I asked my father, he always smiled and didn't answer. Now, I want to ask King Zhong, you, is there really a God in this world?"
When Li Xiucheng heard this, he was shocked and said, "Of course, Your Majesty must not be suspicious of God! We have not heard of this today. In the future, please never ask your Majesty again! Also, when you ask Your Majesty to call him, you should call him "I", okay?"
Hong Tianguifu nodded and said, "Okay, I still don't understand many questions. In the future, I hope all the soldiers will give me more advice. Now, let's get on the road."
Everyone started to get on the horse one after another. Suddenly, someone in the crowd exclaimed: "Wait a minute, it seems that a Hunan Army has discovered us over there!"
The crowd immediately tensed their hearts and looked towards the fingers of the caller. Sure enough, in the sparse camphor tree forest, a man dressed in Hunan Army walked away. The man was lifeless in his walking posture and was alone. When he saw the nine people, he did not change any movements. He still walked towards this side slowly. He could not imagine that this would be the force sent by Zeng Guofan to chase and kill everyone.
"How could he come here alone?" Su Sanniang was used to fighting monsters. She immediately discovered that this fact was strange, so she found out whether the other party had demonic energy. Shao Qing said in confusion, "I am alone, not a monster. What's going on with this person?"
The crowd just took out Park Knife and did not make any substantial moves, because it was not ruled out that this person was a nearby villager who picked up the clothes of the Hunan Army's corpse to wear, but he could not remain indifferent. So Li Xiucheng rushed over to the person and warned sternly: "Who are you? Don't get close anymore, otherwise don't blame us for being polite!"
The man was still silent and walked closer and closer. After everyone hesitated, the man walked directly to a place where there were only a few positions away from everyone. Then he took out the musket and wanted to shoot at the nine people.
"Damn it!" Seeing this, Li Xiucheng could no longer hesitate, so he stepped forward and took a knife to cut the man's head off. At the same time, the man had pulled the trigger, and his mind was tilted when his body and head were separated, hitting a horse, and the horse fell down and died instantly.
When everyone broke through Taiping Gate, eleven people rode ten horses. Later, the holy soldiers surnamed Qi and Lu left on a horse, leaving nine people and nine horses. After a gunshot, a group of birds in the forest flew away and one horse died. The other eight horses were immediately frightened and became restless.
Seeing that the person coming was dead, Li Xiucheng stopped caring about him and called out: "Everyone, please calm the horses, let's leave here quickly!"
Everyone adjusted their thoughts back to the horse, but only Su Sanniang felt something was strange and stared at the body of the person who came.
Sure enough, a boy's voice came from the body without a head: "Hehehe, guns are really not good..."
Li Xiucheng said in a daze: "Who is talking?"
At this time, looking at the man's body, red blood flowed out of the broken neck, and another blood-red sticky object flowed out of it. Although the two reds were mixed together, the sticky objects gradually gathered together and finally became the head of a boy!
Su Sanniang said in surprise: "Everyone should retreat quickly, back up, it turns out that this thing is still a monster!"
The boy smiled and said, "Hahaha, it turns out that you lords are so panicked when they see monsters? It's so satisfying, hahaha..."
At this time, the holy soldiers who were not used to encountering monsters were already scared to death. They did not escape out of loyalty, but instead surrounded Hong Tianguifu, who was also terrified. Only Li Xiucheng could still stabilize his position and asked, "Sha King, what's going on?"
Su Sanniang said: "This must be a monster. Moreover, this monster is different from a monster, and it is not a traditional human-type monster. In my experience, it seems to be transformed from a child."
The boy laughed and said, "Hahaha, I guessed it right. When I was a human, I was beaten and scolded by my bastard father for many years because I didn't like to study. I had long wanted to kill him. Unexpectedly, after he was cursed by the Red Yaksha, he died, but I became a monster with great powers. It really made me excited!"
After saying that, the boy's head quickly turned into a sticky object and drilled into a camphor tree next to him.
The camphor tree shaking violently, but there was no other attack. Then, the boy's voice came from the camphor tree: "The trees seem to be uncontrollable... Forget it, let's change the host."
After saying that, a hole was automatically cracked on the trunk of the camphor tree, and the fishy red sticky object oozed out again, forming the boy's head.
"I've killed you, a ghost!"
At this time, someone among the holy soldiers couldn't help but shouted and then took the Park Knife and wanted to chop the boy's head.
The boy's head had turned into a pool of sticky objects before Park Dao hit him. Because the holy soldiers were close, the sticky objects suddenly flew towards the holy soldiers' face and wrapped their heads.
Although Su Sanniang was a purifying messenger, she secretly complained about this attack method. If she attacked the face of the holy soldier, not to mention whether the sword and arrow could cause damage to this sticky object, she could be sure that she would have taken the holy soldier's life.
While hesitating, amid the screams of the holy soldier, the sticky object had penetrated into the holy soldier's body through the mouth and nose!
"Brother Zhang Zhiang!" Li Xiucheng was even more helpless. He could do nothing except shouting his name.
Chapter completed!