Three hundred and ninetieth chapters under the three abuses
On June 20, Li Xing returned Xiangyang City to Tongzhi of Xiangyang Prefecture. Although the prefect of Xiangyang had been beheaded, Tongzhi was still there. After Li Zhi's army withdrew, Tongzhi took over the city and controlled the order in the city.
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Three thousand cavalry rode out of Xiangyang City on fast horses and headed back to Tianjin. Xue Sanku turned his head and looked at Xiangyang City, which was getting farther and farther behind, and said: "Captain, Xiangyang City is rich and can be regarded as a good base. Let's do this
Isn’t it a pity to withdraw?”
Li Xing said calmly: "Brother said, the time has not yet come. It does not make sense for us to occupy Xiangyang City now."
"And now our Huben Division is scattered in four places, and there is a danger of our troops being dispersed. If the emperor makes a desperate move and mobilizes all the troops from all over the world to attack, our Huben Division in the four places is in danger of being defeated individually. At this critical juncture, we must gather troops in Tianjin
One place is the proper solution."
Xue Sanku was still a little unwilling and sighed.
Li Xing smiled and said: "Don't be impatient. In the future, as my brother's career grows bigger and bigger, our territory will become bigger and bigger, and there will be a lot of cities for you to manage. I'm afraid you won't be able to manage it by then."
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Xue Sanku stopped sighing and laughed.
On July 11, Li Xing's army returned to Tianjin, dragging boxes of silver.
Zhong Feng, who attacked Jinan Prefecture, and Li Laosi, who attacked Suzhou Prefecture, have all returned to Fanjiazhuang, bringing back a lot of money. Twenty thousand Huben divisions have regrouped in the military camp and are ready.
Li Zhi made ten batches and sent all the 1,310,000 taels of silver he had obtained from his house to the capital. The emperor accepted Li Zhi's silver without saying much.
But the imperial court had been arguing for a month about how to deal with Li Zhi's problem, but could not reach a result. There was an uproar in the imperial court, and the news soon spread. All the people in the capital knew: the civil servant of the imperial court asked the emperor to
He characterized Li Zhi's series of actions as rebellion and asked the imperial court to send troops to attack Li Zhi. However, the emperor firmly refused to go to war with Li Zhi and retreated again and again in the face of the offensive of civilian officials, struggling to support him.
Li Zhi learned about the situation in the imperial court from Han Jinxin's informants every day, and was secretly amused. These civil servants kept saying that they wanted to attack Li Zhi's Tianjin, but they had no troops to dispatch at all.
Knowing that Li Zhi's troops were in Tianjin, Gyeonggi Province, they watched him with eager eyes.
If the imperial court concluded that Li Zhi was to be killed, how could Li Zhi just surrender?
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On July 13, Guo Chaotang, the censor of Zuoqiandu, came to Tianjin and found Li Zhi in the General Military Mansion, who was waiting for the court's decision.
Guo Chaotang is a middle-aged man with a fair face and no beard, a square face, big eyes, and a medium build. It is not clear whether he is here on behalf of himself or the civil servants of the DPRK. His identity is a bit subtle, and it seems to be a way for the civil servants to test Li Zhi.
Guo Chaotang swaggered into the General Military Mansion and bowed his hands to Li Zhi as a salute.
According to the status of Li Zhixing, Guo Chaotang should bow ninety degrees to be considered polite. Li Zhi looked at the arrogant Zuo Qiandu Censor and frowned.
However, Guo Chaotang did not look at Li Zhi's face and said to Li Zhi: "General, a big disaster is coming this time, do you know?"
Li Zhi suppressed his anger and asked calmly: "Why am I in such trouble?"
Guo Chaotang said: "The general army sent troops to Xiangyang, Jinan and Suzhou to massacre the scholar leaders, local gentry and imperial officials. It has committed the crime of genocide. When the imperial army launched its attack the next day, the soldiers and horses of the general army were instantly wiped out, and the nine ethnic groups of the general army were wiped out.
It can be destroyed."
When Li Zhi heard Guo Chaotang's impudent words, he sneered and said, "What should I do?"
This was what Guo Chaotang was waiting for. He looked at Li Zhi and said: "Now the catastrophe caused by the general soldier is irreversible. I advise the general soldier to assess the situation and surrender as soon as possible. If the general soldier can appease the soldiers and horses of Fanjiazhuang,
Riding alone into the capital and surrendering, you may be able to avoid the disaster of annihilation of your clan. With one person, you can buy the peace of your clan."
When Li Zhi heard this, he said nothing.
It seems that the civil servants have no choice but to use such a ridiculous Guo Chaotang to convey their message.
The civil servants wanted to capture Li Zhi and kill him to avenge Zhang Pu, but they were also afraid of Li Zhi's tiger warriors. If the imperial court summoned Li Zhi to the capital and ambushed a swordsman to capture Li Zhi, they would probably be able to kill him.
Li Zhi's. But in that case, the panicked Li Xing and others will undoubtedly rebel.
The combat power of the 20,000 Huben Division was astonishing, and the court did not know how many troops it would have to mobilize to quell the rebellion. Under the constraints of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Li Zicheng, whether the court could mobilize 100,000 troops to quell the rebellion is a question mark.
Although the civil servants hated Li Zhi's bone implant, they were not stupid. They knew that Li Zhi had strong soldiers and could not be killed easily. Only by being sure to defeat the Huben division could they take Li Zhi's life. However, after much thought, they could not find a way to escape.
One hundred thousand border troops came to attack Li Zhi.
In desperation, they used ruthless tactics and asked Guo Chaotang to threaten Li Zhi and persuade Li Zhi to appease Master Hu Ben and then go to the capital to surrender.
However, Li Zhi was not a fool and would not fall for such a trap. After hearing Guo Chaotang's words, Li Zhi felt that his IQ was being looked down upon.
Li Zhi pounded the table angrily and shouted: "You go back and tell me who is jumping up and down in the court! Don't take any chances. I, Li Zhi, killed Zhang Pu, two governors and three prefects, but these are all
Those who deserve to die, I, Li Zhi, will kill them with dignity and no one can make trouble for them!"
Guo Chaotang was frightened by Li Zhi's anger and jumped up from his chair, looking like he was about to run away.
After a while, he saw that Li Zhi didn't let anyone catch him, and the panic on his face faded slightly.
"Is the General Soldier going to confront the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?"
Li Zhi glanced at Zuo Qiandu Censor lightly and said coldly: "Get out!"
When Guo Chaotang heard Li Zhi's words, his face turned pale with fright. He looked at the soldiers of the Huben Division standing in the room, his face was full of panic, and he immediately ran away from the door. He ran too fast, and he went out.
At one point, I stumbled on the threshold. I rushed a few steps to regain my balance and almost fell to the ground.
When the soldiers of the Huben Division in the room saw this scene, they burst into laughter, making the Zuo Qiandu Censor's face turn red with laughter.
Li Zhi shouted coldly: "Are the civil servants in the DPRK such dirty and abusive people?"
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After sending away the ridiculous Zuo Qiandu censor Guo Chaotang, Li Zhi held a drill outside Fanjiazhuang.
For this exercise, Li Zhi invited all civil and military officials from Tianjin's first prefecture, two prefectures and twenty counties to observe. Although Li Zhi has now caused great trouble and was attacked by the Manchu civil officials, his future may not be guaranteed, but after all, Li Zhi has 20,000 elite soldiers
Controlling the entire Tianjin Town. Even if the civil and military officials looked down on Li Zhi's future, they would not dare to resist Li Zhi's call in Tianjin Town. (To be continued...)
