Zhou Shixiang observed his words and looks, and saw that Li Shutai seemed to be afraid that he would do this, so he said: "That's uncertain, you can't see people in life, you can't see corpses in death, who knows if your governor is greedy for life and afraid of death and surrendered my Daming?" As a bandit, you still know how to accept a vote, won't you, Lord Li, accept a vote from my Daming? Therefore, your Lord Li accepted the name of Mancheng to my Daming, and the Mancheng was also deceived by your Lord Li, which is deeply convinced by this point, and your emperor will also be convinced, and the princes of Manchuria, Baylor, will also be convinced, Your Governor, you can't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River. ”

"You, shameless!"

Li Shutai swallowed so angrily that he couldn't say a word, what the thief Xiucai said sounded so ridiculous, but every sentence seemed to be true, which made him terrified.

Rumors are so terrible, obviously false, they sound ridiculous, but there are too many ignorant people who don't think about the truth of this rumor, they will only take it as true, because only in this way can they prove that they are smarter than others. If someone argues with him and tells him that the rumors are false, he will be anxious with you. The rumors opened their mouths and broke their legs to refute the rumors.

Li Shutai was bitter in his heart, the thief Xiucai really wanted to make his rumors, and he couldn't solve this knot.

"Actually, I really want to slaughter the city, so that Shunzhi Xiao'er knows that there is a more terrible army in this world than his Manchurian Eight Banners. However, this does not seem to be a good thing, after all, the city is full of old and weak women and children, and Ben Shuai kills them a bit of a sense of victory. However, if the Governor thinks that this is the only way to do, then the commander is also receptive. Anyway, it was you Li Shutai who carried out the massacre, and it was your subordinate who killed the people, not me Zhou Shixiang. It's not my Taiping Army! ”

Zhou Shixiang laughed, played with the jade carriage in his hand, and the more he touched it, the more he felt the good thing, thinking that it would be better to give this thing to Lin Wan'er, she must be very happy to see it, and she still owes a lot to that girl.

"If you slaughter the whole city, you will not share the sky with me. The court will never let you, and will send a large army to destroy you! ”

Li Shutai gritted his teeth, he didn't want to take advantage of the thief Xiucai anymore. didn't think about the disaster that the stigma behind him brought to the Li family, he just wished that he could eat this thief Xiucai alive.

"Yes, no one in this world dares to slaughter the city, if I do. The Manchurians are definitely going crazy. Your Emperor will be crazy too, but there's no way the Governor doesn't know the current situation, right? Where do you think your court and your emperor should send troops to destroy my Zhou Shixiang? Oh, by the way, there is one thing you don't know yet, I have to tell you, Hahamu and Kalai Daoga's heads have been sent to Xiangshan, which will be afraid that Geng Jimao Monk Zhixin has already known the news of Hahamu's defeat. ”

General Jingnan and Kalai Ezhen are dead? Could it be that the army in the middle lane has been wiped out!

This news made Li Shutai's eyes darken. I was unsteady on my feet, and my heart was becoming more and more frightened. Hahamu is dead. Shang Kexi is also dead, the Taiping army that occupies Guangzhou City is invincible, Geng Jimao and Shang Zhixin's two yellow-mouthed children absolutely do not dare to come to seize Guangzhou City, the only thing they can do is run. As a result, the Qing army in Guangdong fell apart and could no longer control the situation in Guangdong. It is conceivable that after the thief Xiucai stabilizes the situation in Guangzhou, he will inevitably unite with the Ming army in Xinhui to clean up the Qing army on the Sanjiangkou defense line, and even without the Ming army's action, the Qing army in Sanjiangkou will also run with Shang Zhixin.

Shang Zhixin will run to Zhaoqing, Geng Jimao can't go back to Guangzhou, he doesn't dare to run west, the only place he can go is Huizhou. It is likely that the thief Xiu will attack Geng Jimao immediately, after all, his left army is too weak and easy to eat.

Li Shutai's thoughts flashed quickly, and he had roughly analyzed the whereabouts of Geng Jimao's monk Zhixin, the Taiping army controlled Guangzhou, and the connection between Zhaoqing and the Qing army in Chaozhou would be cut off, and Xu Erxian was alone in Zhaoqing, even if Shang Zhixin could bring the Qing army on the right and the soldiers and horses of the Sanjiangkou defense line to Zhaoqing, he could not have the courage and the ability to attack Guangzhou. Even Shang Zhixin was probably frightened by his father's death, abandoned Zhaoqing and fled to Hunan, so that Wu Liuqi of Chaozhou would be even more difficult to support alone, and the Qing Dynasty's rule in Guangdong would be completely gone.

When the imperial court heard about the great changes in Guangdong, where did it transfer troops south?

Li Shutai knew that the thief Xiucai's words were not bluffing, the imperial court did not have the energy to deal with the great changes in Guangdong at the moment, the Qing army in the Hunan battlefield and the Sichuan battlefield was the two most important roads in Hong Chengchou's three-way Pingdian strategy, Nanming Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo were in internal strife, and the victory or defeat between the two would soon be decided.

Hong Chengchou is good at using troops, he can't let go of the opportunity to eliminate the Yongli court in one fell swoop, he will only write to the court to continue to implement his strategy of leveling Yunnan, and then use troops in Guangdong after Yungui is pacified.

Li Shutai was silent, Hong Chengchou's choice was correct, and he would do the same. But this means that the thief Xiucai can develop without any threat in Guangdong, and will eventually become another fierce rival of the Qing Dynasty.

defeated the Han two feudatories, defeated the Taiping army of the Manchurian Eight Banners, and obtained a province to support, he will become a confidant of the Qing Dynasty one day!

Li Shutai's heart was like a knife, not for himself, but for his Manchurian master, worried and afraid.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said to Zhou Shixiang: "The women and children in the city are not stained with the blood of the Han people, you let them live, not only can make them feel your kindness, but also show the name of your Taiping army's benevolence and righteousness, why do you have to kill them and give them a tyrannical name." ”

Li Shutai's voice became smaller and quieter, obviously, he did not think that Zhou Shixiang would be able to accept his dissuasion.

Zhou Shixiang was stunned, laughed, and said, "Is the governor of Liangguang in the Qing Dynasty begging me to let Mancheng go?" ”

"Sort of."

Li Shutai Tie blushed and nodded slightly, he had to do the last thing for his master, even if it didn't work, he had to do it.

"When you were in Yangzhou, did you persuade Duoduo to let go of the 800,000 soldiers and civilians in the city?"

"When you killed the hundreds of thousands of Jiangyin people in Jiangyin, did you ever be soft?"

"Did you pity the innocent people in the city when you were in Datong?"

"When you joined the New Church, did you shed a tear for the innocent people in the city who were eaten alive? You must know that there are my Zhou Shixiang's parents, wife and children in it! ”

"It's the city of Guangzhou under your feet, have you ever burned half a stick of incense for those hundreds of thousands of unjust souls?"

"You have nothing! You never had a soft heart when you killed my Han people, and now why do you want me to let those Manchurians go! ”

Zhou Shixiang's every question made Li Shutai speechless, he wanted to say that it was understandable for the Qing Dynasty to enter the customs and slaughter the Han people, otherwise how would the Han people everywhere be willing to return to the Qing Dynasty and enjoy peace. The slaughter of a few cities was just to make more Han people dare not resist, and the original intention was also to save the lives of more Han people, which is a great evil for a great good. As for the death of Zhou Shixiang's parents, wife and children, it was a complete tragedy, he didn't know about it, and he couldn't stop it.

But Li Shutai couldn't open his mouth at all, after all, he was a human, not a beast, otherwise when he entered the new meeting that day, he would not be angry that the defenders had to eat the people in the city if they had food and grass, and Shangshu's impeachment was still gratifying.

"Are you Li Shutai Han or Manchu! Your father, Li Yongfang, doesn't seem to be from Manchuria, right? But what did you and your son do? Don't you really feel guilty! ”

"Ben Guan"

Li Shutai wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhou Shixiang, he said: "That's it, Ben Shuai is not a man of beasts, I will let them go and give them a way to live with the women in the city, but men are to be killed, and Master Li must have no opinion on this." ”

Compared with what the Manchurians and he did back then, Zhou Shixiang's decision was already very benevolent, but Li Shutai still whispered: "If you haven't reached Dingkou, please let it go." ”

He thought that Zhou Shixiang would laugh at him, but he didn't want the other party to say "um", nodded and said slowly: "Back then, the Mongols all had those who were lower than the wheels and did not kill, can my Taiping army still be inferior to the Mongols, don't worry, I will also let them go and follow the methods of the Mongols, so that you can rest assured." ”

Li Shutai did not say anything, how could he survive hundreds of Manchurian children just this point, he knew about this in Beijing, and the whole of Manchuria would feel his Li Shutai for saving him, so as to dispel the rumors that Zhou Shixiang might create. He was willing to bow his head and plead with the thief Xiucai, in order to protect his reputation as Li Shutai.

"The matter of the city is so decided, you can go down too, Ben Shuai will not kill you for the time being, it is useful to keep you." Zhou Shixiang waved his hand a little tiredly, ordered the soldiers outside to come in, and said to them: "Take this man down and take care of it, don't let him go on a hunger strike, don't allow him to commit suicide, if he refuses to eat, you will pry open his mouth for me and feed!" ”

Hearing this, Li Shutai was so angry that he trembled, and he couldn't help but want to scold, but he heard Zhou Shixiang say again: "In order to prevent Lord Li from biting his tongue and committing suicide, you knocked out all his teeth for me." ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

The guards were happy, looking at Li Shutai's gaze was not vicious, but Li Shutai couldn't help but shudder, and before he wanted to bite his tongue, the guards on the side punched him off his chin.

Under the great pain, Li Shutai was shocked to find that his mouth did not obey.

"Hmm, you!"

Li Shutai, who was slurred, angrily pointed at Zhou Shixiang and wanted to scold, but was held down by the guards.

Zhou Shixiang glanced at him, then ignored it, and continued to play with the jade carriage in his hand, and when Li Shutai was dragged to the front steps of the palace, he suddenly called the guard, and then pointed to the jade carriage in his hand and said to Li Shutai: "I forgot to tell the governor just now, the wheels mentioned by this commander refer to the wheels of this carriage." ”

Zhou Shixiang slowly raised his palm, and the jade carriage in the center of his palm was really amazingly carved. (To be continued.) )