Li Zhi's newspaper is the thing that the Yangban nobles hate the most. The newspaper attacks the Yangban nobles as parasites of North Korea, publicizes Li Zhi's achievements in Tianjin and Shandong, and undermines the foundation of the rule of the Yangban nobles from public opinion. The Yangban nobles believe
, as long as the newspaper propaganda continues for a few more years, Li Zhi will definitely eliminate the landlord class like the two classes of nobles from the economy.
So as soon as the two classes of nobles heard the call of the King of Joseon, they jumped out to attack Li Zhi's newspaper office. Although there was no one in the newspaper office, the two classes of nobles rushed into the courtyard with torches. They could not find any newspaper staff to vent their anger.
, began to set fire to the newspaper building with torches, intending to burn the building to satisfy his hatred.
The wooden house quickly burned, spitting out blazing flames. Finally, the entire yard turned into a sea of flames, illuminating the night sky of Seoul extremely brightly.
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Lei San, the commander of the Huben Army, stood in a small bay in the north of Seoul. Standing next to him were the 200 soldiers of the "Dahan Company" stationed in Seoul, as well as members of the Chosun Ilbo newspaper who were urgently evacuated from Seoul.
The ship coming to pick up Lei San has stopped on the sea two miles away, and five sampans have docked in the bay. Lei San's troops can board the ship and leave North Korea at any time.
But Lei San is still waiting for the arrival of several key figures.
Not long after, three secret guards wearing flying fish uniforms rushed over from the south on horseback. The three horses rode very fast, as if there were pursuers behind them, and as if they were afraid that Lei San would leave early and abandon them in North Korea. Seeing Lei San
Still waiting for them in the bay, the three secret guards were relieved, rode up to the soldiers, and jumped off their horses.
Lei San walked up and asked: "Three brocade envoys, have you got the news?"
The secret guard system under the command of Han Jinxin regarded himself as the Jin Yiwei. If the people under Li Zhi respectfully called the secret guards "Jin Yiwei", they would make the secret guards feel proud.
The leading secret guard wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Don't worry, company commander, we have obtained the exact information."
Lei San asked directly: "How many people are there?"
The secret guard said: "It can be said that the two groups of nobles in southern Korea came out in full force this time and brought out a large number of servants. These servants all brought their own weapons and are now gathering in Seoul. We bribed the North Korean government officials from the Ministry of War
Official, get an estimate."
"I'm afraid there are more than 150,000 North Korean servants assembled into an army this time."
Hearing this number, Lei San's face was solemn. The Huben army was fighting against bandits and gentry in the south. Now that there were more than 150,000 Koreans in the north, how could they fight this battle?
However, Lei San is just a special company commander stationed in Seoul. How to fight is not the concern of people at Lei San's level. Since Lei San has obtained an estimate of North Korea's military strength, it is considered worthy of his trip. He waved his hand
, "Get on board!"
The soldiers filed out, jumped on sampans, and began to evacuate the Korean Peninsula.
A soldier reluctantly looked back at the North Korean coastline, and moved a little slower to get on the boat. His actions resonated with other soldiers, who all looked at the North Korean mountains and rivers in the distance with eyes full of regret.
Seeing that the scene was a bit dull, Lei San said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, we will be back soon!"
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Li Zhi was sitting in the county government office in Yixian County, with generals from the front lines sitting on both sides.
Yixian is located in the southern part of Shandong, between the South Route Army and the West Route Army. The reason why Li Zhi came to Yixian personally was to mobilize troops to go north to suppress North Korea.
North Korea suddenly raised its flag of rebellion, and the servants of two classes of nobles turned into rebels and began to attack newspapers, press stations and schools under construction across North Korea. According to the secret guard report withdrawn from North Korea, the rebellion in North Korea was led by King Lee of North Korea.
He issued the order, and now two groups of 150,000 servants have gathered, which can be said to be a huge force.
Li Zhi needed a team of more than 10,000 people to suppress these Koreans and restore order in North Korea.
Li Zhi took a sip of green tea and said calmly: "The North Korean rebellion needs to be mobilized from the South Route Army and the West Route Army to go north to suppress it!"
After hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Xing, Li Laosi and Zheng Kaicheng looked at each other with troubled faces.
Zheng Kaicheng raised his hands and said: "My lord, the front line in Huai'an is very tight. Not even a single soldier can withdraw."
Li Zhi asked: "Is Jiangbei Army pressing hard?"
Zheng Kaicheng said: "Jiangbei Army is watching with eager eyes, always looking for loopholes in our city defense. If the force is slightly weaker, I am afraid Jiangbei Army will seize the weakness."
Li Zhi nodded and looked at Li Xing and Li Laosi.
Li Xing shook his head and said: "Brother, the intruder army did not attack our West Route Army's camp, but only harassed it on the outside. It's just like Henan has seen a ghost now. Not only is there no drought, but there is also light rain. Our soldiers and horses are in the camp.
You can still fight under the protection of an awning, but if you go out and encounter light rain, you will be blinded. When it rains, the fire door will get wet, the gunpowder bag will also get soaked, and the rifle cannot be ignited."
"We went out to attack the intruders twice, but Xiaoyu escaped in embarrassment both times. The intruders already despised us because we couldn't fight in the rain."
"Originally, our 30,000 men were still able to contain the intruders' hundreds of thousands of horse troops and hundreds of thousands of infantry. Now the intruders despise our inability to fight in the rain and have already withdrawn half of our troops and headed north. It seems that they are going to attack Shanxi."
"If we continue to withdraw our troops, I'm afraid the invaders will send more troops north to attack Shanxi. Our strategic purpose of restraining the expansion of the invaders in this battle may fail."
When Zhong Feng heard this, he said angrily: "According to your words, wouldn't it mean that not a single soldier can be mobilized? Then let's watch North Korea raise its flag to rebel and attack Liaodong Province?"
Li Xing and Zheng Kaicheng looked at each other and were speechless.
Li Laosi stood up, raised his hands and said: "My boss, if we give up the war on the West Route and mobilize the West Route Army to go north to conquer North Korea, it is okay. But then the invaders will sweep through Shanxi. By then the invaders will number millions.
With so many people, I’m afraid things will become even more uncontrollable.”
Li Zhi looked at Li Laosi and took a breath.
It seems that things are more difficult than imagined.
Li Zhi said: "Okay, I will find a way."
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Li Zhi led his guards and generals on the city wall of Huai'an City, looking at the soldiers of the Southern Route Army who had been fighting bloody battles for a month. Wherever he went, the soldiers on guard with their guns turned around and saluted Li Zhi.
Zhiyi returned the favor one by one.
Li Zhi came here to find a way to mobilize troops to go north.
He walked up to a veteran and asked, "Soldier, how did you fight?"
The veteran saluted Li Zhi and said: "My lord, each of our soldiers will guard a crenel. If the enemy rushes up, we will load the bullets behind the crenellation wall. After loading the bullets, we will stuff some old material into the bullets."
Newspaper to prevent bullets from falling out of the barrel when shooting under the city wall. Then..."
Li Zhi asked: "How long does it take to stuff a newspaper?"
The veteran replied honestly: "Three or four seconds are needed."
Li Zhi looked at Zheng Kaicheng and said, "In this case, the firing rate of the soldiers on our city wall will be almost the same as that of the Jiangbei Army?"
Zheng Kaicheng said: "My lord, there is nothing we can do. If you shoot down on the city wall, you must stuff newspapers. If we don't stick to the city wall, the casualties will be even greater without the protection of the wall."
Li Zhi looked at the city wall again and asked, "Can this city wall protect against Jiangbei Army's artillery?"
Zheng Kaicheng replied: "It is better to have the protection of the wall than to have no protection. However, the shells hitting the wall will break into pieces and fly around, which will still cut the soldiers behind."
Li Zhi looked at the wall that was riddled with holes by cannonballs, nodded and said, "It's time to eliminate the city wall."
