Mr. Bo is in a dilemma. He can understand the IOU. What is a guarantee?
Unheard of.
"It's a written guarantee of repayment."
This was Jia Liu's choice of words, trying to be as euphemistic and easy to accept as possible.
"On paper?"
Mr. Bo shook his head, "If this matter were known to others, wouldn't it be evidence that I am collaborating with the enemy?"
Your Excellency is wise!
President Li almost said these four words subconsciously.
Jia Liu quickly explained: "Sir, this matter is definitely not collaborating with the enemy, but a temporary measure to save the lives of hundreds of soldiers. It was done as a last resort."
In response to the current situation, Jia Liu pointed out the importance of retaining strength for the future.
Finally, he further concluded: "If you save money and lose money, everyone will save it. If you save money and lose it, everyone will lose it, sir!"
"this"
Bo Da's heart felt a little relaxed. It sounded so reasonable, but the question of the guarantee was really a scourge. If it fell into the hands of the bandits, it would undoubtedly become a weapon for the bandits to threaten and manipulate him.
If you make one mistake, you can't make a mistake every step of the way.
What if in the future the traitors use this to force him to rebel against the Qing Dynasty?
After much thought, I asked Brother Dongge whether he could discuss it with the thieves. He would not write a guarantee letter, but he could give him an extra one hundred thousand taels.
There are about 400,000 taels, and with his status as the second-grade deputy governor of Manchuria and cabinet bachelor, it is easy to reimburse him.
President Li thought it was almost done, and exchanged glances with Jia Liu, but the latter shook his head.
IOUs are IOUs, and the guarantee letter Jia Liu must get, because if the wise brother does not cooperate with the enemy, how can he, the wise brother, rely on this protective umbrella to rise step by step.
The nature of getting rid of Wen Zhongtang must be thorough, and Vice President Bo will never be allowed to act erratically, be unruly, and work together to make progress in the Qing Dynasty.
But they refused to write it, and Jia Liu couldn't write it as they were told, so he broke into another bandit in the name of negotiation.
After urinating in a deserted place, Jia Liu brought back the ultimatum from the bandits. If they did not see the letter of guarantee and IOU from Deputy Governor Bo in half a stick of incense, they would launch an attack. And the bandits would be there.
A group of troops who besieged Akoli Village were transferred over.
The situation is getting more and more dangerous.
"We can't wait any longer. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the lives of these hundreds of soldiers, please make a decisive decision as soon as possible!"
President Li placed two pieces of white paper and a charcoal pen in front of Mr. Bo.
Mr. Bo had a painful expression on his face and found it difficult to make up his mind. Jia Liu timely mentioned another favorable condition he had obtained.
That is, the Fan army allowed the Qing army besieged in Akoli village to evacuate with Vice-Captain Bo.
"oh?"
Mr. Bo's expression changed, and he subconsciously looked towards Akoli Village where the cannons were rumbling in the distance.
"Sir, only by getting out alive can you have a chance to avenge this!"
Jia Liu picked up the charcoal pen and stuffed it into Brother Xian's hand.
It was quiet all around, except for the rumble of cannons from Akoli Village in the distance.
quite a while.
Mr. Bo finally took up his pen and wrote down the letter of guarantee and the IOU.
Jia Liu breathed a sigh of relief and asked Mr. Bo to press his fingerprints again.
Gu Bi
There is no ink pad, so I can only feel sorry for Master Bo.
"Baba" two bloody fingerprints were pressed on Fucha Boqing's forehead.
Lu Yuanguang kept his promise and took the initiative to retreat for more than a mile, allowing Jia Liu and his team to arrive safely at Akoli Village and "break into" the village that was still holding on as expected.
The cannon fire just now was not caused by the Fan army besieging the stronghold, but by the Shaanxi-Gansu camp in the stronghold.
To Jia Liu's surprise, there were not a few hundred defenders as he thought, but thousands of people in the stronghold.
They were all Qing troops who had been defeated one after another from various places, including the Eight Banners and the Green Camp, and there were several acquaintances among them.
One is Dr. Zhong Guilin, the chief minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other is the old leader Lan Ling and the bodyguard Alan Bao.
Shu Wenqing was also among them, Yuan Jia was always there, and Hong Jia and Debiao were not dead either.
The most senior official is Boling'a, the first-class imperial guard and deputy commander of the Mongolian capital of Zhenglan Banner.
Bo Qing'e and Boling'a immediately exchanged their escape stories. Jia Liu didn't care about reminiscing with the old leader Alan Bao and them, so he called Li Chengzong and asked him to quickly get some food for everyone.
Li Chengzong saw that Mr. Jia and others were all hungry, so he quickly took people to make porridge.
After the porridge was cooked, hundreds of Qing troops who had been hungry for almost three days wolfed down the porridge without feeling it was too hot.
After having food in their bellies, everyone's faces looked a little better.
Mr. Bo let out a long breath and subconsciously looked at Brother Dongge, who was carrying a bowl and "thiefing" around. The latter nodded hurriedly to him, then stood up and asked how many people were in the village and how were the food, grass and equipment.
Another Boda man briefly said that there are about 1,340 people in the stronghold now. In addition to the 500 or 600 originally garrisoned Banner Han troops, there are more than 300 people who have withdrawn from the Jianrui Battalion. The remaining Eight Banners and battalion troops
All.
Except for the more than 300 soldiers of the Jianrui Battalion, the others were all disorganized.
"Has Haidu Tong withdrawn?"
Boling'a knew that Bo Qing'e followed Hailan Chana.
With a sad look on his face, Bo Qing told Bo Ling that Dutong Ahai had died a heroic death for his country in Gonggarla.
"What?!"
This bad news shocked Boling'a. Hai Dutong was the most famous general in the Qing Dynasty!
Jia Liu felt relieved. After Lao Bo's change of mind, he was still on the road.
The two Bo adults exchanged views on the current situation, but the two Bo adults had opposite opinions.
Boling'a believed that Akoli Village had enough food and grass, and they should wait for reinforcements here.
Bo Qingqe, who had already written a letter of guarantee and issued an IOU, definitely couldn't stay here, so he suggested organizing men to break out immediately before the Fan army encircled them all.
In order to unify the opinions of both parties, under the coordination of President Li, the two Masters ordered a meeting of all officers above the eighth rank.
Jia Liu, the sixth-grade pioneer schoolmaster, quickly led people to arrange the venue. He was busy getting dozens of stools, and moved two long tables in front for adults of fourth-grade and above to sit.
The meeting seemed very intense from the beginning, and most of the officers who retreated to Akoli Village did not want to break out.
In addition to the sufficient food and grass in the village to hold on, the most likely reason is that the fleeing officers really did not want to sleep in the open and were frightened.
Bo Qing'e's suggestions for breaking out of the encirclement met with strong opposition several times.
Seeing this, Jia Liu couldn't help it, so he quickly wrote a note and asked President Li, who was sitting on the "rostrum", to pass it to Bo Qing.
After Bo Qing'e took the note and looked at it for a few times, he suddenly stood up and pounded the table, shouting to the Eight Banners and Green Camp officers: "We will never sacrifice lightly before the sacrifice is at the last moment! Of course, if you stick to this place, you can wait for reinforcements, but if
Reinforcements have not arrived, are you going to die here in vain?"
Because I was too excited, I was a little stuck when I said this. I glanced at my hand and waved again: "Today's evacuation is to come back better tomorrow!"
"The Qing Dynasty must win, must win!"
Jia Liu took the lead and raised his arms and shouted.