Chapter 55: Ambush (2)
Zhang Rui was very pleased that his bandit team was willing to follow him to kill officers and soldiers. Originally, he thought that he would spend a lot of effort to convince the people below, after all, he was killing officers and soldiers, and he was afraid that they would be afraid of the court in their hearts.
As a result, Zhang Rui hadn't even thought about whether to tell everyone. The three Wuzhou Green Battalion commanders under him came to report to him after Zhang Zhishan the news that Guangzhou had come to encircle and suppress. He also clearly told Zhang Rui that there was no need to be afraid of the encirclement and suppression, as long as Zhang Rui could beat the officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress.
At the same time, they also disdainfully said that they had absolutely no problem with the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture.
Zhang Rui was very grateful to the few thousands who could come over to inform him of the news at this time, and he was originally thinking about whether to let people stare at them. After all, they are now all the general managers and general banners of the bandit suppression team, and Zhang Rui has to beware of them "shooting black guns" for themselves when the officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress.
Regarding what they said about hurting the officers and soldiers, Zhang Rui naturally understood. As long as he did not erect the anti-Qing banner for a day, even if he was a thief of Qianlong's imperial point, he would not attract the attention of the Manchus on a large scale. After all, Qianlong was embarrassed to take the "anti-thief" of the hundreds of people he "knew" to the court to discuss matters, which would be too embarrassing.
He Qianlong can't afford to lose this person, and he can't afford to lose this face in the Qing Dynasty.
However, Zhang Rui's understanding is different from what they think, their ideas are not so far-reaching, but the result is that there is no problem.
Originally, Zhang Rui was going to hide it from the bandits, and then take them to fight with the officers and soldiers. But looking at these thousands of presidents, they all said it was okay.
So, Zhang Rui summoned the hundreds of presidents and team members of the teams around him to discuss things.
Zhang Rui told them: Whoever wants to go, he won't stop him, and at the same time told them that he definitely doesn't blame them. Everyone also got acquainted, and when they were willing to follow their brothers, they would go back to pay them after beating this group of "officials and bandits" who were ready to come to the village to slaughter.
If he and his brothers were killed in battle, it is estimated that those who left the team would not be much better. All the fields are definitely gone, and it is up to them to ask for a blessing if they can save their lives.
Things are far less pessimistic than Zhang Rui thought. Instead of saying that they wanted to leave, they also knelt down one after another to express their willingness to advance and retreat with Zhang Rui.
This is the first time Zhang Rui has accepted everyone's kneeling.
And after these hundred generals and the team went back to the team to publicize, there was still no team member who said that they wanted to leave, and some team members even shouted that they wanted to fight in the Forbidden City and let the sixth brother go up to be the emperor. Even if there are people among them who are worried, the power of collective belief is always blinding.
In the next time, Zhang Rui asked people to come over and tell the people of Zhilian Mountain to leave. The result was still much beyond Zhang Rui's expectations, and there were very few people who fled.
Zhang Rui didn't understand it very much, and even went to persuade them to leave in person. The answer is: Where is there any hope in this world? I finally have hope of surviving here, but where are I going to run now? Where can you escape?
There were even people who persuaded Zhang Rui to lead them to revolt. If you have to be exploited all the time like before, there will be no point in living. I can't survive anyway, so it's better to revolt directly, what if I succeed?
Zhang Rui suddenly couldn't figure it out, aren't these people afraid of death? I don't know how difficult it is to succeed in such a casual uprising? If you don't succeed, you'll have to be in a different place.
In fact, how did he know that the entire history of the Qing Dynasty has always been spent in various uprisings and "rebellions" of various ethnic groups.
Not to mention those far-reaching, big rebellions. Within a few years, a peasant uprising by Zhu Alou and others will occur in Fengshun, Guangdong. It was only at that time that he met Li Shiyao, the more talented governor of Liangguang in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he was exterminated before he had time to grow.
Regarding the desire of the people to raise the banner of the uprising, Zhang Rui could only temporarily disappoint them. However, Zhang Rui made a team song for his bandit team to unite morale.
That is the famous "March of the Volunteers", but the Chinese nation has been changed to the Chinese nation.
As soon as this song came out, the effect made the blood of the bandit members boil more than the discipline song.
The vast majority of the bandits were young men, most of whom were between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, when they were upright young and heroic. Especially when I heard Zhang Rui's speech explaining the meaning of "Huaxia", some people even cut off the ugly braid on their head without hesitation.
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"China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of uniforms, which is called Hua..."
"We Han people are the best people in the whole world..."
“… Without gorgeous costumes, without moral etiquette, are the Han people who strive to be slaves all day long still Han people? ”
"The braids on our heads are not our Han hair accessories, but a sign of our shame to our ancestors......"
"If we don't resist, one day the Manchurians will step on our bones and say to us, look, this is a slave. Therefore, in order for our children and grandchildren not to be trampled on, we must resist..."
Zhang Rui felt that his speech was a success, because when he asked Liu Muxiu, who had always wanted to escape from him, to leave, he actually chose to stay and advance and retreat together.
The enthusiastic and boiling speech made the members of the bandit team excited. I can't wait to immediately pick up a knife and a gun to kill the Manchu army who are preparing to come over to encircle and suppress.
Every time after singing the anthem of the bandits, the bandit members feel that they are fearless heroes at this moment, and they still move forward bravely in the face of the cruel Manchu soldiers until they are all wiped out.
In this way, the people who have left the mountain are removed. Those who stayed were unusually united.
The players are stepping up their training in a race against time. The reclamation team and the building team both stopped, helping the blacksmiths to build weapons, help with granular gunpowder, and help with fixed ammunition...... I really didn't know what to do, so I helped get dry food.
Looking at the busy crowd, Zhang Rui knew that he definitely didn't have to worry about it this time.
When he arrived at the day of the ambush, he also secretly used the iron mold casting method to make 30 cannons that could fire 30 catties of cannonballs. At the same time, it is also simple to train some gunners who can fire guns.
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"Sixth brother, they have already entered the five-mile range, and it is estimated that they will arrive here in another hour and a half." Another scout member said to Zhang Rui
"Okay, got it. You've worked hard, go down and rest first! Zhang Rui said to the scout team member who reported the news, and at the same time read in his heart
"It's finally almost here, and it's not in vain that our group of people have been sleeping here for the past few days, letting mosquitoes bite all day long."
Looking at the team members who were standing still in ambush in the grass under the scorching sun, Zhang Rui couldn't help but say proudly in his heart
"Qianlong, let's see if your elite is strong or my elite is strong."