"Robert. General Li was born in high society and had a higher level of education, while General Li Xiucheng came from a poor peasant family and had a lower level of education, but their military talents were equally excellent, and they were both equally loyal and astute. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Comparing the records of the two, General Lee so-sung seems to be superior. ”

"Robert. General Lee's location in the south was much weaker than in the north. The north is rich in resources, with a population of 21 million, while the south has a population of only 9 million, of which 3.5 million are black slaves. There are 1.2 million industrial workers in the North and 111,000 in the South, and the total length of railway lines in the North is 2.17 million miles compared to 9,000 miles in the South, and the output of agricultural products in the North is much higher than that in the South. ”

"Because of the tight blockade of the southern ports by the North, there is a shortage of all military supplies in the South. In the winter of the turn of 9062-9063, Robert tried to regroup in Virginia. General Lee once described their tragic scene and said: 'In a regiment...... Only 50 people could wear shoes on their feet for a while, and finally, a brigade on alert duty...... Due to insufficient shoes and bedding...... Many fighters had to be left in the barracks. ’”

"And General Lee so-sung seems to be in a worse situation. After the Tianjing Incident, Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang and other kings who were the first to create the cause of the Heavenly Kingdom were killed, and the Wing King Shi Dakai was forced to lead his subordinates to flee, taking away more than 100,000 elite troops, and many middle- and upper-class generals of the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom were also killed in the internal strife. Most of the Shengping troops who remained in the occupied area of the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom were old, weak, sick and disabled, and had no combat effectiveness to speak of. The army of the Qian Empire took the opportunity to launch fierce attacks on the occupied areas of the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom, and the military towns were frequently lost. The commander of the army, Governor Zeng Bohan, claimed that 'Jinling will be conquered in just one day.' ’”

"Robert. General Lee relied only on the courage of the southerners who defended his homeland, and he had to make up for the lack of supplies with speed and surprise attacks. In the Battle of the Seven Days, he faced a man led by George. The Union army led by McClellan threatens the capital city of Richmond. Confederate forces suffered heavy casualties from General Lee's offensive actions and were damaged by the incompetence of General Lee's men in carrying out tactics, but his aggressive actions thwarted McClellan. After McClellan retreated, General Lee defeated another Union army and emerged victorious. ”

"And General Li Xiucheng's situation is even worse. Although General Li Xiucheng was urgently promoted and named the loyal king, he took on the important task of saving the crisis and creating a new situation. However, the king of heaven, Hong Huoxiu, did not trust the king with a different surname, and was widely crowned in the army, causing mutual constraints. General Li Xiucheng faced an army with disheartened morale and low morale. With his outstanding military talents, he twice lifted the siege of the capital Tianjing and broke the Jiangnan camp of the cadre army. ”

"The Confederate Army, led by General Grant, constantly put pressure on the Confederate army. General Grant led the Confederate army to a series of early victories in the early spring of 9062, and in 9063 after careful planning, succeeded in encircling and capturing Vicksburg. Towards the end of the war, General Grant was directed against Robert. General Lee pursued him until April 9, 9065, when he forced him to the point where there were few men left, and General Lee had to surrender to General Grant in the court hall of Abomatox. ”

Since the murder of General Chen Yucheng in 9062, General Li Xiucheng has been even more difficult to support and has been forced to fight fires everywhere. In October 9062, Tianjing was surrounded by Zeng Boheng's army, and the situation was very critical. In the first half of 9064, the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom lost one after another in various battlefields in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. And Zeng Boheng surrounded Tianjing, there was a lack of grain and grass in Tianjing City, and foreign aid could not come. The superstitious Heavenly King Hong Huoxiu insisted on rejecting General Li Xiucheng's correct strategy of 'abandoning the capital to break through and then seek development', and General Li Xiucheng had no choice but to undertake the task of defending Tianjing. On July 19, Tianjing City was breached, and the Heavenly King Hong Huoxiu committed suicide by poisoning, leaving his son to continue the throne, and General Li Xiucheng exchanged his good horse for the young monarch, but he was captured by the enemy because the war horse could not run fast. ”

"It can be said that Robert. General Li and General Li Xiucheng were doomed to failure from the beginning, and although they did their best, they were powerless to return to heaven. ”

"The personal experiences of the two generals after their defeat were also different. Robert. General Lee's offer to Grant was that he would not be taken prisoners of war and would not be tried for treason. He proposed that officers of the Confederate army could keep their arms and luggage, and that officers and soldiers could go home and take their mounts with them as long as they signed the oath 'Never Fight,' and that they would 'not be disturbed by the government of the United States.' General Grant did not allow his soldiers to fire cannons to celebrate victory, and he preferred not to be ecstatic when the brave enemy was defeated. ”

"After the war, Robert. General Lee was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, from October 2, 9065. During his tenure of more than five years, he transformed Washington College from an obscure small school to the first university in the United States to offer business, journalism, and Spanish programs. Lee County in Alabama was named in his honor. Arlington House, also known as Curtis. Lee Mansion, housed in what is now Arlington National Cemetery, is maintained by the National Park Service as a memorial to his family. ”

"And General Lee Xiucheng and Robert . The biggest difference for General Lee is at this time. He did not encounter an opponent like General Grant, and it was impossible to produce a hero like General Grant in Qianguo. He met Zeng Boheng, the younger brother of Governor Zeng Bohan, a murderous executioner. After the cadres broke through the city, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and set fire to it for more than seven days. After General Li Xiucheng was captured, he was imprisoned in a wooden cage by Zeng Boheng and endured torture by the enemy. On July 28, Governor Zeng Bohan traveled from Anqing to Nanjing, personally interrogated General Li Xiucheng that night, and ordered him to write a detailed confession. Since July 30, General Li Xiucheng has written tens of thousands of words of written confessions (i.e., "Li Xiucheng's Self-Statement") at a rate of about 7,000 words a day. However, Li Xiucheng did not get the enemy's leniency in exchange for all this, and he was brutally killed on August 7. ”

"The historians of the Qianguo state portrayed General Li Xiucheng as a bandit who did all kinds of evil, and those who found fault with history would not let General Li Xiucheng go, because in their eyes, he had betrayed and been killed. But in the eyes of the Americans, General Lee Xiucheng may be forgivable, and there is not even anything wrong with it. General Li Xiucheng was regarded as a late man, while Zeng Boheng, who set fire to Tianjing City for seven days and killed countless innocent civilians, was regarded as a national hero and a great courtier. This may be the Qianguo-style thinking. ”

"There is no doubt that General Lee so-sung's achievements are in no way better than those of Robert Lee. General Lee is worse, even better than him. General Li Xiucheng only revealed a slight sense of survival in his own self-report, and Robert. General Lee signed his surrender to the enemy. And General Lee so-sung was treated the same way as Robert Lee. Compared to General Lee, it is simply heaven and earth. So there will be no Robert in the Qianguo. General Lee's, and there will be no General Lee so-sung in the United States. This may be the real gap between the Qianguo and the United States. ”

Li Sizhu didn't expect that he would read an article related to his father in an American newspaper, and it was an article full of praise for his father.

Li Sizhu suddenly thought of the pocket watch in her pocket, which was handed over to her by the Empress Dowager Renxi.

She recalled the day when Empress Renxi summoned her.

"Hehe, look at the painting in this table, it really looks a little like you, doesn't it?"

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, yes...... Some like ......"

"It seems that this watch is quite fate with you, so I'll reward you!"

"This ......"

"Take it! When the time comes, show him too, and don't let him say I haven't rewarded you! ”

"Concubine thank the Queen Mother for her grace!"

Of course, she understood why the Empress Dowager Renxi gave her this pocket watch, and asked her to show it to Lin Yiqing.

She didn't know what kind of deal had been made between him and the Queen Mother, but one thing she could be sure of was that she was safe.

Since the truth of Ma Xinyi's assassination case was revealed, the Empress Dowager Renxi and Prince Jing were extremely angry, and sent more than 40 officials of Zeng Boheng and his party involved in the case to prison for questioning, including a number of imperial historians who impeached Lin Yiqing on the pretext that they were the daughter of the loyal king Li Xiucheng, and even Weng Zhenghan, the nephew of Weng Shuping, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was directly arrested from his home and sent to prison.

As for the fact that An Weijun, a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, said that he was the daughter of Li Xiucheng, the long-haired anti-king, the imperial court ended with "no evidence", and dismissed An Weijun, who was playing, from his official position and sent him to Xinjiang.

Shimazu Yoko's methods, Li Sizhu can be said to admire the five-body throw.

Now Li Sizhu, somehow, misses her a little.

Somehow, Yoko Shimazu reminded her of her mother again - the enamel portrait on the pocket watch was the only memento that her mother left for her, so that she could always remember her and remember the past when she was a child......

In the train box, she leaned on the sofa and closed her eyes, allowing herself to immerse herself in the memories of the past.

It was also a cold day, in a large bungalow.

Her mother didn't want her to live in her father's palace all the time, so she came here for a while to give her a taste of American life.

The feeling of loneliness is painful. Spring has arrived, but the snow on the ground has not yet completely melted, and the ground looks dirty. The snow slowly melted in the mild sunlight. There are many large and small puddles left in the streets. She stood by the window and looked at the little children on the street. Some of them were jumping in and out of puddles, some were playing hide and seek, and they were all having fun. She especially wanted to play with them. Watching them play, she felt her hands and feet tickle.

She's going to play with them.

Mother and several ladies and maids were in the kitchen. She tiptoed through the living room and walked to the door of the house. Gently twist the golden doorknob and sneak into the stairs.

It was quiet, empty and a bit cold. She was scared. She knew she couldn't do that. But then she heard the laughter of children on the street outside.

She must go!

Gritting her teeth, she walked down the stairs. Her hand slid down the painted handrail of the staircase.

1st staircase, 2nd staircase...... She quickly descended to the first floor.

Suddenly, she heard footsteps behind her. Then someone grabbed her by the collar and dragged her up the stairs and into the house.

She ran downstairs as fast as she could, so she could be caught. At this point, she seemed angry. "Sizhu!" The mother gasped and said, "How dare you do this? You're putting their lives at risk by doing so! ”

She looked up, "I know, but I really want to go out and play." ”

They buried their heads together and discussed. Probably wondering what to do to keep her in the house. But then she vaguely heard a lady mention the garden. Did she mean the garden they had read about in the books? The little girl in the book discovers a mysterious garden. This garden is tucked away behind a tall and thick wall. But she found the key to a small door in the wall. As a result, she can play in the garden all the time, sow flowers and plants, and fully immerse herself in the traffolding. Spring has come, and everything has awakened......

"Sizhu," the mother shook her gently. Is the terrible enemy coming again? But she didn't hear any gunfire. Outside it was still silent and dark. She wanted to go back to sleep, so she rolled over and covered her head with the quilt. "Wake up, Sizhu," the mother whispered, and lifted the covers. "I'm going to surprise you."

A surprise? She immediately became fully conscious and quickly put on her clothes.

"Wear more." Mother admonished. She wore a hat and overcoat and was ready to go out. What is Mother going to do? Are they going to kick them out again?

Mother put her index finger to her lips: "Shhh She nodded honestly. Everyone, the ladies and maids, were still asleep, except for the mother and her awake. They snuck downstairs. She was very excited. What kind of surprise would this be?

A four-wheeled carriage stopped at the door, like in a fairy tale. They quickly sat down, and no one noticed them. Where are they going?

She had never ridden in such a Western-style carriage before, but she saw it often. In Hangzhou, there are many horse-drawn carriages coming and going on the streets. When people have a very urgent matter, they hire a horse-drawn carriage. Are they urgent right now? The carriage clattered forward as it shook. It's like rolling over a pebble. She clung to the leather curtains, stared at a crack in the black canopy, and listened to the clatter of horses' hooves—almost bursting. The mother never spoke, just smiled mysteriously.

Finally, they arrived. They climbed out of the carriage, and the mother allowed her to stroke the brown horse's soft nose. Its nose feels good to the touch, and its breath is moist and warm on this cold winter morning. But she didn't have any more time to spend with it, because there was someone already waiting for them. He was dressed in a military uniform, but the style was completely different from what she was used to seeing, and he had a large bunch of keys hanging from his waist.

He beckoned to them and motioned for them to follow him. The gravel on the road rattled beneath their feet. The man opened the iron door, and they passed through it.

Suddenly, she noticed that they were standing in the middle of a mysterious garden.

She was so surprised that she almost forgot to breathe. Her eyes widened as she gazed at the magical world around them, the silvery frost falling on the rows of straight trees that were neatly trimmed in the shape of square, wooden boxes, and the tall, swarthy pines and cypresses, and the trellises that surrounded the verdant lawns, where the snowdrops and saffron broke through the swarthy soil and opened brightly, and a small pond with a fountain.

So she started running. She wanted to jump, jump, dance, but her legs were heavy and stiff. How she wanted to stand on tiptoe, touch the beautiful flowers in the flower shed, feel the cold water in the pond, and pick up the small white pebbles on the road. She knelt at the edge of the pond and counted the huge goldfish, some red and some white, in the depths of the pond. She loves every snowdrop, every saffron, every big tree here. In the magical world of this mysterious garden, forget everything and almost run out of fun. It wasn't until she heard her mother's call that she was pulled back into the real world.

Mother had been sitting on the bench, waiting. "It's time for us to go back now." Mother said as she pulled her to her.

She put her arms around her, "It's so beautiful! Will I be able to play in the future? ”

Mother nodded and smiled. She was happy because her efforts worked, and she was so happy to see her. The man with a large string of jingling keys urged them to get out, then locked the door. His mother took some money and handed it to him. On the way home, sitting in the carriage, she didn't say a word, but her heart was full of joy. As soon as they returned to the bungalow, her excitement welled up in her heart, and she described carefully to the ladies the mysterious garden that her mother had taken her to discover.

"The idea of taking her to that garden was so good." One lady whispered to her mother, "Melissa, it's a good thing you know people there. I think this trip has brought vitality to Sizhu's child. Look, her cheeks are flushed again. ”

But the days of the happy commoner were soon over, and the father, who could not leave his mother and her, took them back to the palace.

Since then, she has never been to that beautiful, fantastic garden again.

War has destroyed everything.

Then came flight and endless fear.

I don't know how long such days passed, until one day, she met her adoptive mother Lin Puqing, who loved her as much as her mother.

The suffering was over, and although her new home had a beautiful little garden, she still dreamed again and again of the beautiful garden that her mother had secretly taken her......

There was a slight shaking, followed by the long whistle of the train, and Li Sizhu woke up from his dream.

"Ma'am, Washington has arrived." A waiter knocked lightly on the door of the box and reminded her in English. (To be continued.) )