Outside the west city of Nanjing, the city gates were wide open, and the civil servants and gentry who welcomed Li Xing's army stood on both sides of the road.
Far away on the road, 20,000 elite cavalrymen with live ammunition slowly came north from the Yangtze River ferry. Each of these cavalrymen wore red standard military uniforms, leather boots on their feet, and strong belts around their waists. They wore new uniforms on their heads.
wearing a steel helmet with a one-meter-high flag on its back.
Looking from a distance, tens of thousands of red flags were flapping in the wind, like a red cloud.
The horses under the cavalry are all fat and strong. The whole team is walking in a long snake formation on the official road. The momentum is difficult to describe in words. It can only be described as aggression like fire and slow as a forest.
The Nanjing people on both sides of the road were shocked and frightened when they saw such an army. They stood dozens of feet away and looked at the place. They gathered so densely that they formed two human walls on both sides of the road.
Li Xing rode his horse and walked at the front of the army, arrogantly.
At this time, Li Xing was riding a European horse captured from the Cossacks. The horse was two meters high and had extraordinary momentum.
Unlike Zhong Feng and Li Laosi, who were both practical and practical, Li Xing was the most pompous. Zhong Feng sent a telegram saying that many European horses had been captured. Li Xing immediately asked Zhong Feng for dozens of them, saying they were for breeding.
In fact, it serves as his own mount.
Not only Li Xing was riding such a big horse, but several regiment leaders and twenty personal guards around Li Xing were also riding such big horses. More than twenty two-meter-high horses came over and let the people in front of the city gate
The civil servants were very nervous and their breathing was somewhat blocked.
Walking close to the city gate, Qu Yingshan, the commander of Li Xing's regiment, said: "Uncle, would you like to get off your horse and meet these civil servants?"
Li Xing spat and said: "I was ordered by the king to guard Nanjing and control the south of the Yangtze River. How can I see these wretched civil servants in my eyes?"
"From now on, when I am in Nanjing, I will act according to the orders of the king and the emperor. Whoever dares to disobey the emperor's edict, I will lead an army to break into the city and arrest them! The whole Jiangnan is my sphere of influence. These civil servants, under my jurisdiction
All he sees are slaves and criminals, and I don’t bother to see them."
Qu Yingshan smiled and said: "Uncle, now that Cui Changwu has entered the court as prime minister, all officials in the world are mobilized according to Cui Changwu. It is Cui Changwu who has the final say on who to arrest. Isn't it true that uncle has become Cui Changwu's front-line instigator?"
Hearing this, Li Xing's face darkened suddenly.
Over the years, the only person in Tianjin who dared not give Li Xing face was Cui Changwu. At that time, the scene when Cui Changwu took down Li Xing in front of Hualou's top card is still vivid in his mind. The whole Tianjin knew that Li Xing and Cui Changwu were at odds.
Unexpectedly, Cui Changwu rose to the top and now went to the imperial court to serve as an assistant minister. The sesame seeds are really blooming.
Li Xing's mission to station in Nanjing to intimidate Jiangnan was changed to obeying Cui Changwu's orders.
Li Xing gritted his teeth and felt a surge of hatred in his heart. He glared at Qu Yingshan angrily and shouted in a low voice: "Qu Yingshan, your skin is itchy, isn't it? Which pot shouldn't be opened?"
Qu Yingshan chuckled and said quickly: "I made a mistake, uncle, don't blame me!"
Li Xing had a dark face and cast a sidelong glance at the civil servants outside Nanjing City, becoming more and more displeased with them.
"These villains! They can all be killed!"
Without saying a single hello, Li Xing suddenly shouted: "Speed up and enter the city!"
The whip hit the European horse's butt, and Li Xing accelerated suddenly, riding towards the city of Nanjing.
The cavalrymen behind saw the general driving ahead and chased after him one by one.
Like a strong wind, 20,000 cavalrymen rushed towards the city of Nanjing.
In fact, the military camp with 20,000 soldiers and horses was outside the city. However, Li Xing wanted to show off his force, so he planned to bring 20,000 cavalry into the city to parade.
The 20,000 cavalrymen raised up countless dust and smoke on the official road, and the gravel flew everywhere, choking the gentry and civil servants on the roadside.
Those civil servants were originally going to greet Li Xing, but they didn't expect that Li Xing rushed over in a blink of an eye, without even seeing the civil servants. These civil servants received nothing but a mouthful of dust.
Ye Shanghan, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, saw thousands of troops rushing towards him from the road. He was so frightened that he took a few steps back. He tripped on a stone next to the official road and fell on his back.
He was over fifty years old, and his bones really fell apart in this fall.
The other officials also retreated in a panic, quickly making room for the galloping cavalry, for fear of being trampled to death by the iron hooves of the Tiger Army.
The civil servants and gentry on both sides of the official road suddenly fell into chaos and were in such a sorry state.
However, although the officials in Nanjing were despised by Li Xing, they did not dare to despise Li Xing at all. The prefect of Yingtian Prefecture looked at the torrent of cavalry blankly, then lifted up the front of his official robe and ran to the band and shouted loudly: "The army is entering the city.
!Blow it up! Blow it up!”
The lively sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded at the city gate, which merged with the sound of iron hooves rolling into the city, creating a unique atmosphere.
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In the third hall of the Zhizhou Yamen of Chaling Prefecture in Changsha Prefecture, local officials from several nearby states and counties gathered together again.
However, compared with the last time when the same enemy was angry, the officials this time were a little discouraged. The atmosphere in the three halls can be said to be gray and withered.
Tang Tonglin, the magistrate of Yiyang County, shook his head and said: "Unexpectedly, Thief Li actually helped the emperor control Jiangnan. As soon as Thief Li released his 20,000 cavalry into the city of Nanjing, thousands of horses in the south of the Yangtze River fell into silence."
When all the officials heard Tang Tonglin's words, they shook their heads and sighed.
This Li Zhi was really the mortal enemy of the civil servants in the world. When the civil servants were competing with the emperor, he had to step in to help the emperor.
Wu Zhigan, the magistrate of Liling County, curled his lips and said: "I heard from friends in Nanjing that Li Xing, Li Zhi's younger brother, is now stationed in Nanjing. He is so arrogant. Officials from Nanjing came to ask for an audience, and even went to the capital of Nanjing.
From the ministers of Jiuqing to the local chief officials of Yingtian Mansion, Li Xing has not seen anyone."
"Li Zhi's troops entered the south of the Yangtze River, and the civil servants in Nanjing were trembling with fear. They were afraid that if Li Zhi got upset one day, he would set off the accounts of the Jiangbei army and liquidate the accounts of the Jiangbei army. The officials in Nanjing all wanted to please Li Xing. Some gave money, and some gave beauties.
There were people who gave gifts of gold and silk. But Li Xing was busy hunting and training troops, so all the officials in Nanjing were turned away."
"Now that Li Xing's 20,000 cavalry have marched towards Nanjing, the situation will be completely different. I'm afraid it won't be long before Li Xing arrests the officials who disobey his orders."
The officials looked at each other for a while, with some panic in their eyes.
Ding Yougui, the magistrate of Chaling Prefecture, sighed and said: "The arrests have already begun. The latest news is that Sun Qingyuan, the magistrate of Jurong County, Yingtian Prefecture, was arrested by Li Xing and sent to the Huben Army barracks because he refused to go to Beijing as an official. It is said that Li Xing had people whip him.
This Sun Qingyuan was beaten to death."
Beaten to death with a whip?
How miserable it must have been to die.
Upon hearing the news about Ding Yougui, the civil servants in the three halls suddenly changed their expressions with shock, and all of them looked panicked.
