"That is to say, the soldiers in Wumeng Prefecture did not mutiny."
"They just want to go home, right?"
Li Xiangjun keenly grasped the key points.
"That's right, they just want to go home." Ma Wanchun nodded and said, "But Madam, we can't let them go back. If the soldiers from Wumeng Mansion go back, the soldiers from Wusa Mansion will also follow them back home.
When the soldiers from Wusa Prefecture return home, it will be the turn of the soldiers from Zhenxiong Prefecture, Gulin Prefecture, and Zunyi Prefecture."
"Yes, now that all the soldiers have returned home, won't we just become bare-bones generals?"
"So they must be resolutely suppressed. The military camp is not their private property. They can come and leave as they please."
Several other generals also spoke out, supporting Ma Wanchun's opinion and supporting the suppression of the mutiny in Wumeng Mansion. This shows that Ma Wanchun still has some influence. After all, he is the direct grandson of Zhongzhen Hou Qin Liangyu.
Li Xiangjun's pretty face turned cold again: "Then what? After suppressing the soldiers in Wumeng Prefecture, will the local soldiers sit back and relax? Will the soldiers in Wusha and Zhenxiong Prefecture not make trouble?"
Ma Wanchun and other generals were immediately speechless when they heard this.
In fact, anyone who is not blind can see that, except for the soldiers in Zunyi Prefecture, the soldiers in the other four prefectures have shown signs of unstable military morale.
After all, the local soldiers in Zunyi Prefecture had been with Li Xiangjun for the longest time.
The local soldiers in other prefectures had only heard of Mrs. Xiangjun's reputation.
At this time, if Jie Xue suppresses the local soldiers in Wumeng Prefecture, the final result will be counterproductive, and the local soldiers in Wu Sa Prefecture and several other prefectures will be forced back in an instant. If Wu Dading of Jianwei takes advantage of the situation to attack again, it will be over. Not only will Xuzhou Prefecture generals
It will be gained and lost again, and even Wumeng Mansion and other five mansions will also be lost.
After a long while, Ma Wanchun asked in a muffled voice: "What should we do now?"
"You all wait outside." Li Xiangjun said and went inside.
"Empress?!" Ma Wanchun and several other generals' expressions suddenly changed when they saw this.
"Don't panic, the local soldiers in Wumeng Prefecture just want to go home. They are not rebelling." Li Xiangjun said, "There will be no danger in this town. You just need to wait outside."
When Ma Wanqin and several other generals heard this, they were filled with admiration and felt even more ashamed.
He thought that he was a tall and handsome man, but he was not as courageous as a female prostitute.
However, Chen Ermei took a step forward and said, "My wife, I will go in with you."
"Okay." Li Xiangjun nodded and took only Chen Ermei into the Wumeng Mansion native soldiers camp.
Seeing Li Xiangjun coming in with only one maid, the local soldiers in Wumeng Mansion stepped aside one after another.
Everything was as Li Xiangjun expected. The local soldiers in Wumeng Mansion simply wanted to go home and had no intention of rebelling. Therefore, even though Li Xiangjun only brought a maid, he did not show the slightest malice.
After seeing Li Xiangjun, more than a dozen local soldiers in Wumeng Mansion were even more frightened.
The chieftains and native officials of Wumeng Prefecture have been defeated by the native people. These military leaders are all prestigious native soldiers.
More than a dozen military leaders repeatedly assured Li Xiangjun: "Mrs. Xiangjun, we really just want to go home. We have never thought about rebellion, and we will not join Wu Dading and other traitors to fight against the imperial court."
Li Xiangjun said cheerfully: "It's natural for people to want to go home, but why didn't you tell this town? When we recruited you to go out, our town had already said that you can leave at any time if you want to go home, but you have to say hello before you leave, right?
Even if it’s just a small gathering between friends, don’t you still have to say hello before leaving.”
After hearing this, more than a dozen military leaders lowered their heads in shame.
I have to admit that these soldiers are actually very simple at heart.
As long as the hostility is eliminated, communication is actually easy.
Of course, if another situation arouses the evil thoughts in their hearts, they will immediately transform into beasts, and it is not impossible to commit anti-human acts. Therefore, humans are complex and advanced animals.
But at least at this moment, the local soldiers in Wumeng Mansion are all simple.
A military leader asked nonchalantly: "Is it too late to say hello now?"
"Of course, there is time at any time." Li Xiangjun smiled and asked, "But can this town know why you want to go home? Is it because too many people have died?"
"Of course not. Since we are willing to follow you down the mountain, madam, we won't be afraid of death."
A dozen military leaders seemed to have been insulted and said with a look of dismay: "We Yi people are not greedy for life, but we don't want to be regarded as fools. If we don't say anything about our own death, we will also have our wives and daughters at home being bullied."
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"Where do you start talking about this?" Li Xiangjun asked, "Who dares to insult your wives and daughters?"
More than a dozen military leaders were silent. Finally, one military leader couldn't hold it back anymore and asked Li Xiangjun: "Mrs. Xiangjun, the imperial court forcibly sent 30,000 widows from the Shidong Xuanwei Division to Huguang to be rationed to Huguang soldiers as wives. Is this possible?
thing?"
"That's what you're talking about? It's true." Li Xiangjun nodded and said, "But it's not."
After a pause, Li Xiangjun told the truth about the widow of Shi Ling Xuanwei Si recruiting men to serve as town soldiers.
After listening to what Li Xiangjun said, more than a dozen military leaders looked at each other. It turned out that this was what happened, so what were they afraid of? Even if they really died in battle, their surname bloodline would continue.
After all, there are many benefits to fighting for the imperial court. You can earn money and you can also take care of food.
Li Xiangjun went on to say: "There are many widows from Shili Xuanwei Division in the female barracks. You can ask them. If you still don't believe it, you can also ask the local soldiers in Gulinzhou, Zunyi Prefecture. It is impossible to deceive such a big thing."
After all, if this town is lying, it will be exposed."
After hearing this, a dozen military leaders actually believed it.
First, because as Li Xiangjun said, it is difficult to deceive everyone with such a big thing.
Another reason is that Li Xiangjun was too calm and carefree, so they couldn't help but not believe him.
"Mrs. Xiangjun, we believed you, but we were wrong." A military leader said sincerely, "Then we stay and continue to serve the court. Is it okay?"
"Of course you can. You can serve the imperial court anytime you want." Li Xiangjun said happily.
Chen Ermei, who was standing behind Li Xiangjun, immediately let out a sigh of relief. The crisis was finally resolved. At the same time, she was full of admiration for Li Xiangjun and said in her heart that the empress is amazing.
More than a dozen military leaders proposed to let the local soldiers from Wumeng Mansion return to the military camp.
Watching a dozen military leaders turn around and leave the tent, Li Xiangjun suddenly stopped him with a sudden movement in his heart: "Wait a minute!"
"Huh?" More than a dozen military leaders turned around and looked at Li Xiangjun blankly, wondering why Li Xiangjun stopped him.
Li Xiangjun asked thoughtfully: "Do you think the rumors were spread by people sent by Wu Dading?"
"Most likely." Chen Ermei said without thinking, "Because even a fool knows that as soon as the empress has sorted out the local soldiers in the five prefectures, the next target will be Wu Dading."
More than a dozen military leaders also nodded in agreement.
Li Xiangjun asked again: "Then what will happen if the rumors work and the local soldiers in the five prefectures mutiny?"
It was Chen Ermei again: "Then Wu Dading will definitely not miss such a good opportunity. He will definitely launch an attack on Xuzhou Prefecture, and may even launch an attack on Wumeng Prefecture."
"That's it." Li Xiangjun said.
"Then we will put on a good show for Wu Dading."
"Singing opera?" More than a dozen military leaders looked at each other.
We Yi people are good at dancing, but not good at singing.
…
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhengqi No. 1 will conduct its second test run today.
Chongzhen issued an order, and Song Yingxing lit the boiler again.
About half an hour later, the roaring sound of steam was heard again in the boiler, and the barometer also climbed steadily, and soon reached 2 atmospheres.
Then Fang Yizhi opened the cylinder valve.
With a sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, the flywheel weighing several tons began to rotate slowly.
[Note: The flywheel weighs several tons, which does not mean that it requires tons of thrust to make it rotate]
The hearts of Chongzhen, Pascal, Fang Yizhi, Song Yingxing and others immediately rose to their throats.
Especially when the flywheel reached a quarter of a circle, everyone's hearts almost jumped out of their chests.
Because the flywheel was stuck in this position during the last test run, causing the cylinder to almost explode. But I wonder if the same mistake will happen during today's test run?
The tragedy finally did not happen again.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the flywheel rotated smoothly through the quarter-turn node, then half a turn, then a full turn, and then the speed became faster and faster, until the flywheel's banners were only the afterimages of circles.
"Long live Lord, is this done?" Gao Qiqian asked in a low voice in the silence.
"Yes, it's done." Chongzhen nodded vigorously, feeling that his nose was a little blocked.
It was too difficult, it was not easy, and finally the steam engine was built.
Only then did Zhu Cihong, Pascal, and Fang Yizhi dare to cheer.
"It's done! The Zhengqi No. 1 is done! Haha, the Zhengqi No. 1 test run was successful!"
At this time, a young eunuch hurried over and reported: "Great victory in Sichuan Province, long live my lord, great victory in Eastern Sichuan Province!"
"A great victory in the east of Sichuan?" Chongzhen heard this and said with a smile, "This is really a good thing in pairs. The Zhengqi No. 1 has just been successfully tested, and Concubine Li also won a battle in the east of Sichuan. If you submit it, I would like to see Concubine Li win."
What a victory."
Gao Qiqian took the newspaper from the young eunuch, scratched the paint with a dagger and took out the letter.
Chongzhen unfolded the letter and said loudly: "Li Xiangjun, the deputy general of the army to assist in the suppression of Huguang, hereby writes: The traitor Wu Dading sent spies to spread rumors among the army with the intention of creating chaos and causing a mutiny in our army. I know this and will use his plan.
He lured the rebel rebels to attack the capital of Xuzhou and defeated them outside Yibin City. They beheaded thousands of people and captured 20,000 alive. Wu Dading also died in the rebel army."
Chongzhen was once again shocked. Did Li Xiangjun win another great victory? Killed Wu Dading?
This is really strange. You must know that Li Xiangjun led an army with cold weapons, and he actually won consecutive battles.
Although she faced a rebel army and did not have the fighting power of the slave or puppet army, it would be difficult for someone else to achieve the same results as Li Xiangjun, right? The last time Qin Liangyu's army of more than 200,000 returned without success.