"His Majesty, the Southern King, is he truly sent by the Heavenly Father Emperor to help the King of Tian conquer the territory?"
"Definitely! The Heavenly Father Emperor is the father of the King of Tian in heaven. It was so difficult for the King of Tian to conquer the territory, and my third son, also sent by the Heavenly Father, almost got killed by the Qing demons today. Therefore, it was right for his father to send people down to help! Moreover, how did this heavenly general come down? Didn't you see it?"
"Saw it... Such a huge lightning ball, purple in color, and it struck him out of nowhere... But how come he fainted? Shouldn't heavenly generals be very powerful?"
"Three Mother, whether he faints or not doesn't matter. Just tell me, did we win in the Battle of Suo'er Crossing?"
"We did win..."
"By the way, the key is to win, and winning means being powerful! Very, very powerful!"
On a shaky wooden boat that was swaying and heading in an unknown direction, Luo Yao Guo faintly heard a man and a woman speaking in the Hakka dialect.
The Hakka dialect is very difficult to understand, but fortunately, Luo Yao Guo is a client of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. He shares the same ancestry with Luo Dashuang from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Luo Fangbo who established the Lan Fang Kingdom in Borneo during the Qing Dynasty.
The man seems to be called something like South King Mansion, and he's the third son of that Heavenly Father Emperor elder... What? The third son of the Heavenly Father's family? Is that not General Feng Yunshan, the South King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
The woman is called something like "Three Mother," might she be the first female general of the Heavenly Kingdom, Su San Mare?
Right, they just fought a battle against a group of people called the Qing demons at a place called Suo'er Crossing. They won... Wait, Suo'er Crossing... The Battle of Suo'er Crossing? Did the Taiping forces win? This is different from what I learned. What went wrong?
Just as Luo Yao Guo thought of this, his previously dazed mind suddenly became much clearer. The image of him charging alone and on a single bike into the Qing army's artillery position at Suo'er Crossing, almost being beheaded by a Qing dynasty warrior, instantly popped into his mind.
This... Is it true?
Is this a dream?
Ouch... Luo Yao Guo secretly pinched himself – it really hurt!
Perhaps it's not a dream!
I can't do it! I need to look at it again carefully......
Luo Yao Guo peeked open his eyes stealthily, taking a surreptitious look around and discovering that he was on a rickety wooden boat. He was lying on a makeshift stretcher made from broken door planks. At the bow of the boat stood a couple dressed in yellow long robes and wearing red wind hats, engaged in conversation.
Among them, the man was also a middle-aged man in his thirties, of short stature, ordinary appearance, pale complexion, and his forehead was wrapped in a bandage. His right hand was still supported by a cane, indicating that he had an injury.
And the woman, perhaps twenty-five or six, was tall and sturdy, with fair skin, sloping brows, a prominent nose, bright eyes, and an aura of dashingness.
Beside the couple, there was a black delivery box at their feet, which had a kangaroo pattern and the words "Meituan Takeaway" printed on it. On top of the box was placed a Xiaomi smartphone and a solar power bank...
He looked back in the direction of the stern and found a rough-clothes man with a red headscarf, aged around thirty, and a thin boy of around twelve or thirteen, who were together rowing. His Meituan takeaway electric scooter was lying on the upper deck there.
Looking further out, there were several wooden boats stranded on the riverbank, belching black smoke. Beyond that lay a bustling sandy beach, where countless "red-headed people" were busy with "civil engineering" – probably in the process of "fortifying our stronghold"?
Luo Yao Guo, who had majored in history at the undergraduate level, was very knowledgeable about the Taiping Rebellion. He knew that "fortifying strong fortresses and fighting stubborn battles" was not an exclusive tactic of Zeng Guofan; in fact, the Taiping Army was also adept at "fortifying strong fortresses and fighting stubborn battles."
In fact, during the whole course of the Taiping Rebellion War, group battles that determine victory or defeat within just a few days, resulting in massive casualties, were very rare.
The majority of battles between the Taiping forces and the Qing demons were fortress battles, guerrilla warfare, sieges, and tug-of-war. The scale of each battle was usually not large, so the casualties on both sides were not numerous either. However, the cumulative losses accumulated over years were quite staggering.
The Battle of Suo'er Crossing was one of the few battles that were decided within one or two days, and it also caused the Taiping Army enormous losses—approximately 2,000 to 3,000 men, along with two to three hundred boats, and even the South King Feng Yunshan!
But now, Feng Yunshan was still alive, and there were not many burning ships on the river. Moreover, the Taiping Army had fortified their stronghold at Shuitang Bay on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River.
This indicates that the Taiping Army has defeated the ambush by Jiang Zhongyuan's Chu Yuanchao and Hu Chun's Green Camp, and has occupied the riverbank on the west side of the Xiangjiang River. This can provide cover for boat soldiers to remove the wooden piles stuck in the river, allowing their fleet to pass safely... Is history being altered?
By whom?
Could it be... me who changed it?
That's right. Just now, Feng Yunshan said that I must be sent down by the Heavenly Father Emperor to help Hong Xiuquan conquer the territory! Was it me who changed things with a divine weapon, charging alone and on a bike into the Qing demon's gun position... and saving the Taiping Army from impending defeat? It seems like it really happened!
Luo Yao Guo is starting to remember some things!
He thought again: So it means that time travel and changing the course of history are possible? That's a major discovery that could overturn physics and history!
He thought to himself, his whole body trembling with excitement. He felt that two gates to the summit of life were now open to him.
One of the doors was for "changing to the science field," to first study the method of time travel, figure out a way to return to the future, and then go back to delivering takeout, taking the postgraduate entrance examination... for a physics graduate program, aiming to work on time travel research in the future!
The problem is that his current knowledge of mathematics and physics may not be sufficient to support his research on time travel!
Moreover, self-studying mathematics and physics to become proficient is quite challenging......
It seems that to conduct research in this field, one would first need to establish a science and engineering university in the 19th century to cultivate some world-class mathematicians and physicists.
The other door is to continue his original field of study, which is modern history, mainly the history of the Taiping Rebellion. He doesn't need to take the postgraduate entrance examination because he is already an academic authority on the subject.
Other professors in this field of research would not have seen Feng Yunshan or Su San Mare!
Additionally, he could engage in a more cutting-edge historical exploration – that is, changing history after traveling through time!
Since the result of the Battle of Suo'er Crossing can be changed, then the failure of the Taiping Rebellion movement can also be avoided... The reasons for the eventual failure of the Taiping Rebellion movement, Luo Yao Guo, as an undergraduate studying history, still knows some things about it!
In his view, there were three main reasons for the failure of the Taiping Rebellion. The first was "Rebellion army uprising, revolution party nonexistent" — that is, after the Taiping Rebellion rose up, the Shangdian Tzu (a group used to mobilize the masses and organize rebellions) no longer existed!
In fact, the God-worshiping Society was lively and vibrant at first, otherwise where would the Jin Tian Uprising come from? But the problem is that after the Heavenly Kingdom rose up, the God-worshipping Society stopped its activities.
This is undoubtedly a great mistake!
Without the God-worshipping Society this secret society... The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom not only could not develop its strength in Manchu territory, could not win over members of Tianfu Alliance or disgruntled scholars, and even could not consolidate its own territory. This led to the establishment of the Jiangnan Field Command of the Qing dynasty just outside Nanking's Xiaoling Army.
The second reason for the failure of the Taiping Rebellion was the lack of, or inability to implement, the "Tianchao Land System" and the "Zizheng Xin Pian" — first to evenly distribute land, strike at nobles and scholar-officials, and then to use the power of the new state to promote the development of capitalism and industry.
As for the third reason for the failure of the Taiping Rebellion, it was becoming increasingly deranged in issues related to Tiao Da Sheng and smashing Confucianism, alienating China's actual situation and not engaging in competition with individuals like Zeng Guofan, which led to the narrowing of the Taiping Rebellion's path and an increase in support from enemies.
After pondering carefully, Luo Yao Guo had found his goal in life.
Hong Xiuquan, with me by your side, you can relax and win effortlessly!
From now on, as long as you just lie there, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will win!
"Poomph" went a soft knock, and Luo Yao Guo felt that the wooden ship he was on had bumped into something. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and found that it had docked.
Several Taiping soldiers were guarding the dock, and upon seeing Feng Yunshan on the boat, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to pay their respects.
Feng Yunshan only nodded slightly in response, returning the greeting - oh, it's a bit out of touch with the masses, that's not good!
How can you develop the organization if you're out of touch with the masses?
While Luo Yao Guo was mentally criticizing Feng Yunshan, Su Sanlang spoke up: "Where are the Heavenly King, Eastern King, and Western King?"
"Reporting to Su Deputy Director, the Heavenly King, Eastern King, and Western King have already arrived in a town twenty li to the northeast."
Su Sanlang said, "Bring more people to help carry stretchers and flying cars... all of them need to be carried to see the Heavenly King, Eastern King, and Western King!"
"Yes!"
The Taiping soldiers on the dock responded.
Lying on the boat, Luo Yao Guo thought to himself: I'm going to meet Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, and Xiao ChaoGui. This is an interview! I've got to pull off a good con... I've got to get a big position in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
What should I do as an angel of God?
