Li Jiang did not enter the town to assassinate the people around Qianlong, but instead cleared out the reinforcements of the flag soldiers on the periphery.
Especially the one with the lightning rod on his head, who was the first to strike.
Without forming a military formation or charging with cavalry, these Eight Banners elite soldiers were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of their masters.
Fighting alone is nothing more than a double-edged sword problem.
After getting the lightning rod, Li Jiang cleared the tents one by one.
After all, they are elite soldiers, and there are always people who can parry a half-move, which gives them a chance to warn them.
In an instant, the entire barracks began to boil like boiling water.
Li Jiang saw that there was nothing he could do and there was no need to fight them to the death, so he stopped and fled away.
Why didn't he go in and face Qianlong directly? Because he wanted to play cat-and-mouse, create psychological pressure on Qianlong, and also be able to surround the area to support him and increase his income.
If you kill the sheep in one go, there will be no more hair left to shed!
This fuss made Qianlong furious. Before the results of the investigation came out, he vaguely knew who was coming.
Sure enough, after setting off during the day, a memorial from Hangzhou was sent from the rear, which mentioned the shocking crime committed by the Taoist priest "Daoxuan" in Hangzhou.
Qianlong heard with his own ears at Liuhe Pagoda that Li Jiang admitted to Chen Zhengde that his Taoist name was "Daoxuan".
Thinking of this demon's unpredictable and powerful martial arts, he became even more worried. He quickly called his guards and wrote a handwritten order to send him to mobilize troops elsewhere.
After calling for reinforcements, Qianlong breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he also felt a little regretful. He should not have mobilized the army to provoke this demon two days ago.
But who would have thought that Yaodao would be so narrow-minded. Killing hundreds of people at that time was not enough, and he dared to target me!
No, he must be put to death. Even if he didn't tell the secrets he knew, Qianlong couldn't sleep even if he was plotted by a man with strong martial arts skills all day long.
A person can only commit a thief for a thousand days, but how can he guard against a thief for a thousand days?
The emperor's pride could not make him so weak! At this time, the perfectly perfect Emperor Qianlong gritted his teeth, became full of courage, and issued orders to his subordinates domineeringly.
The government across the country issued a document to arrest a certain demon. Anyone who kills a demon will be promoted to two levels, both officials and civilians, and will be given a thousand taels of gold. Anyone who provides information about it will be promoted to one level and given a hundred taels of gold.
Below, eunuchs and guards arranged for people to convey the emperor's oral instructions.
The car stopped in Deqing County between Hangzhou and Huzhou, and scouts went out to mobilize troops and convey news.
That night, demons appeared and killed several peripheral soldiers.
Before everyone formed a formation, the evil spirit laughed wildly and disappeared.
Qianlong was now in a dilemma. If he just waited here, the demon would have already come to his door, and reinforcements would not arrive for two days.
You can continue to move forward and join the reinforcements. Although it will shorten the day, it will also give the demons more opportunities to take advantage of in the wild.
After discussing with his ministers, Qianlong decided to wait for reinforcements in Deqing. Instead of trying to figure out the situation in the wild, it would be better to get familiar with it here, where at least there would be no shortage of food and water.
Li Kexiu's family was also among the army and lived in a small courtyard next to the emperor's camp.
Li Kexiu didn't get the poison that night, so he could only make up a reason to reply to Qianlong.
Qianlong was silent for a while after hearing this. He did not blame him for his poor performance, but asked for his opinion in a friendly manner.
Because of Li Kexiu's meritorious service in escorting him, he planned to be promoted to the capital. At that time, Li Kexiu was given two options: one was to be appointed as the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and the other was to become a civil servant, but his official rank would be reduced and he would be appointed as the Minister of War.
Li Kexiu listened to Qianlong's words and meant that he wanted to live under his control. If he didn't want to rebel, he had to obey.
He thought about it and chose the position of Minister of War. Instead of being in charge of the army and making the emperor jealous, it would be better to take a more leisurely position.
Sure enough, as soon as he agreed, Qianlong was overjoyed and ordered to set off back to Beijing at dawn.
That night, Li Kexiu dismissed the servants who were unwilling to follow him, and asked his servants to pack up their things and head north together.
At this time, their family was having lunch.
Li Yuanzhi poked the vegetables on the plate in front of her and asked curiously: "Dad, why haven't you left for the past two days?"
She felt a little strange, because she had been rushing every day in the past few days, but not only did she not rush in the past two days, she even stopped.
"I heard from Commander Fu that I seem to have run into some trouble these past two days," Li Kexiu said casually.
"Oh, who is so bold as to tease the emperor's beard?" Li Yuanzhi became interested.
"It is said that a Taoist named Daoxuan comes to cause trouble every day, killing two people today and several more tomorrow." Li Kexiu said a little confused.
In fact, he should know that "Daoxuan" is Li Jiang, because he is also a party involved in the Liuhe Tower incident. But when Li Jiang said that his Taoist name was "Daoxuan", Li Kexiu was caught in a bolt from the blue, full of heart.
I only had my own future, so I didn't pay attention at all.
"That's it. Dad, do you know what this Taoist priest looks like?" Li Yunzhi's eyes were bright.
Li Kexiu shook his head and said he didn't know. Now that he has been excluded from the Emperor's Guard Corps, no specific information is available.
Li Yuanzhi sighed in disappointment, put down her chopsticks and went back to her room.
Night came again, and all the Qing soldiers guarding the area were trembling with fear, as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
None of them knew their fate next, whether they would be let go by that madman or whether they would be killed casually by him?
As expected, the plague god came again.
But no matter how they pursued and intercepted him, even sacrificing his own people and using powerful crossbows to cover him, he still could not be left behind, leaving behind a field of Qing soldiers who were shot by crossbows and wailing.
Afterwards, they counted the losses and reported the data to Fu Kang'an, which made him dumbfounded. The demon Dao soldiers killed three subordinates in total, but more than forty Qing soldiers were injured by their own crossbow arrows, and seven or eight people died on the spot.
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Fukang'an was now solely responsible for the emperor's security. He felt very embarrassed by the accidental killing of one of his own. In addition to scolding the person in charge, he also suppressed the matter so that the emperor no longer had to worry.
Two more nights passed, but the demonic path changed its approach, launching long-range attacks, throwing hidden weapons around the perimeter, and killed more than a dozen people.
Just when people were panicking, Qianlong finally welcomed the rescuer as if he was looking forward to the stars and the moon.
But there were two waves of people, one wave was another large group of internal experts, led by Zhang Zhaozhong.
The other wave was the front Huzhou Green Camp, which finally arrived after four days of "arduous" march.
The Huzhou Green Camp has about 3,000 troops. Looking at the large number of people, the battle strength is actually quite low. It can only give people psychological comfort. It can be regarded as relying on the large number of people to gain strength.
What reassured Qianlong the most was the master group of royal guards led by Zhang Zhaozhong.