As if they had agreed, as soon as Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia left, the eunuch who announced the order came from behind.
"Assist Li Zhi of Tianjin and the generals below the commander-in-chief of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi to guerrilla under the command of Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuan Da, and wait for dispatch!"
Lu Xiangsheng and the generals were lying on the ground. They were stunned when they heard such an imperial edict.
Lu Xiangsheng is known as the governor of the world and the king of troops. He has already been divided once by Gao Qiqian. Now it is only in name. How can he still be divided?
Although Lu Xiangsheng dared to fight, in fact, it was basically all thanks to Li Zhi's charge. If Li Zhi left, how could the three generals Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and Wang Pu dare to fight with the Tatars in the wilderness?
Lu Xiangsheng's focus on war has already made the emperor uncomfortable, and he can only practice his words with a life-and-death fight. If Lu Xiangsheng avoids fighting after Li Zhi leaves, the emperor will definitely take his crime. But as soon as Li Zhi leaves, Lu Xiangsheng takes three people with him.
Who is the Ming general's opponent to the Qing soldiers?
Not to mention that Chen Xinjia was Yang Sichang's follower. He wanted to make peace and had no intention of fighting. Wouldn't transferring Li Zhi to Chen Xinjia be hiding the sword?
Li Zhi got up, accepted the imperial edict on behalf of the generals, and handed ten taels of silver to the eunuch who delivered the edict. The eunuch who delivered the edict also knew that this edict was not a good thing, so he took his leave without stopping after receiving the money.
Li Zhi held up the imperial edict in his hand, turned around and asked Lu Xiangsheng: "Supervisor, is Chen Xinjia advocating war or peace?"
Lu Xiangsheng said: "Chen Xinjia was the first to make peace!"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said: "The governor of Lord He has no intention of killing the enemy. Li Zhi will not go to Chen Xinjia's command! I would like to stay here and kill the slaves with the governor!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, the surrounding generals were startled and all looked at Li Zhi. This was an imperial edict. How dare Li Zhi disobey the emperor? There are many generals who disobey the governor these days, but they dare
There were no generals who openly violated the imperial edict. No matter how brave Li Zhi was and made many military exploits, the emperor would probably be angry if he disobeyed the imperial edict like this.
Lu Xiangsheng's expression changed when he heard this, and he shouted sternly: "Li Zhi, do you dare to disobey the imperial edict? Do you want your life?"
Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's change of expression, Li Zhi said nothing and raised his hands to Lu Xiangsheng.
"The governor ignored his personal safety and served the country with his filial piety. How could Li Zhi care about his foolish loyalty and false reputation? The Eastern Slaves ravaged the Central Plains and the people were in dire straits. Li Zhi had been training the army for many years. Now it was time to use troops. How could he sit back and watch with the peace negotiators?
It is against the imperial edict, and I will kill the slaves together with the governor!"
After hearing Li Zhi's words, the faces of all the generals changed. This Li Zhi was also a tough guy, and he went into conflict with Yang Sichang for the sake of the people's suffering! This disobedience to the imperial edict would not only offend the emperor, but also offend the popular Yang Sichang. Unless Li Zhi could not help but
Stop killing the enemy and perform meritorious service, otherwise I am afraid you will also be punished by the emperor and Yang Sichang.
Under the gaze of everyone, Lu Xiangsheng and Li Zhi did not move for a long time, as if they were frozen there.
For a long time, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Li Zhi in front of him, then took a long breath and said, "Okay!"
"well said!"
Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, Li Zhi, then you stay and kill the slaves with me. If the emperor asks you why you didn't go to Chen Xinjia, I will explain the whole story to you in detail!"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I'm here to help you!"
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On October 26, Yang Sichang, a scholar of Dongge University, sat in the Chinese army tent of Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda University, with a livid face.
This time Chen Xinjia divided Lu Xiangsheng's troops and agreed with the emperor to divide sixteen thousand. As a result, when the imperial edict came to Lu Xiangsheng, only two generals and one guerrilla were ordered to surrender, with a total of six thousand soldiers and horses. And the most critical Li Zhi was ten thousand.
However, they directly ignored the imperial edict and continued to serve Lu Xiangsheng.
Yang Sichang felt that he had been slapped by Li Zhi and was extremely annoyed.
Chen Xinjia was also very angry and said to Yang Sichang: "Mr. Ge, this Li Zhi is so domineering, do you want to report it to the emperor and accuse him of disobeying the imperial decree and having no regard for the emperor?"
Yang Sichang snorted coldly, thought for a long time, and finally shook his head.
"This Li Zhi has made great contributions and is in the limelight. Now he has wiped out more than 3,000 enemies in two battles. Even if he disobeys the imperial edict and stays at Lu Xiangsheng's place, the emperor will not punish him if he knows about it! If you offend him by interfering with him, he will not be punished when the time comes.
If I retort to you that you're just trying to harm the country but have no intention of killing slaves, you'll just walk away with nothing to lose!"
Chen Xinjia said harshly: "Then let him be so disobedient?"
Yang Sichang took a breath and said: "Wait a minute, wait a month, if he can't make new achievements, then he will violate the order and harm the country!"
Chen Xinjia was stunned and asked, "What if he makes another contribution this month?"
Yang Sichang sighed and said: "If he performs meritorious service under Lu Xiangsheng again, God will support him to the fullest. At that time, not only will we not be able to interfere with him, but we will also have to smooth things over for him for disobeying the imperial edict!"
When Chen Xinjia heard Yang Sichang's words, he choked in his throat and felt unspeakably depressed.
"Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are really too strong." Yang Sichang stood up, looked at the soldiers and horses outside the tent, and said slowly: "Find a way, we must find a way to separate Li Zhi and Lu Xiangsheng!"
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After Lu Xiangsheng was divided into six thousand soldiers and horses, he summoned the remaining Li Zhi and the three generals to discuss matters.
There are only three general soldiers and one Li Zhi left in Nuo Da's Chinese army tent, which looks very deserted.
Sitting in the center of the Chinese army's tent, Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Everyone, I still have 25,000 soldiers and horses left in my army. How should we fight?"
Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, said: "The Dongnu soldiers are divided into many groups and are plundering in the south of the capital. It is better for our troops to take advantage of their scattered forces to find one of them and annihilate them with two troops! It will be a meritorious service!"
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, said hesitantly: "Now we only have more than 20,000 people. If we offend the Qing army and let the Qing soldiers surround us, we will be in trouble!"
Hu Dawei said angrily: "What are you afraid of? Are you just like Gao Qiqian, who keeps his troops but doesn't fight?"
Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, said: "We have General Longhu's 10,000-strong army here. Even if the Tatars come with 30,000 or 40,000 men, they still can't surround us. The Tatar troops are scattered and they can't gather that many troops in a hurry.
Soldiers and horses! Don’t be afraid of them!”
After hearing Yang Guozhu's words, Lu Xiangsheng and the other three people all looked at Li Zhi.
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said: "The general agrees with General Hu. You can find one or two Dongnu soldiers and horses who are alone and attack them, and act according to the opportunity. If you are really surrounded, the general's troops will definitely be willing to be the vanguard and use their big guns."
Artillery and gunfire led the army to break out of the siege."
Now Li Zhi's army is dominated by Lu Xiangsheng, and his family's combat power is stronger than the other four families combined. The generals attach great importance to Li Zhi's opinion. At this time, hearing Li Zhi's words, Lu Xiangsheng and the three generals seemed to
After taking the reassurance, I felt relieved.
Wang Pu said: "Since General Longhu said so, I am not afraid of the Qing army anymore!"
Lu Xiangsheng said: "In this case, our army will go all the way south to chase Dong Nu, trying to catch one or two soldiers and annihilate them!"
