Regarding the practice of Guangxi soldier Li Guobu in Yongzhou, not only Zhang Qinghe, the prefect of Yongzhou, did not understand, but also Ren Jukui, who was the imperial history of the capital and governor of Huguang, did not understand, and the court of the Ming Dynasty who received the news also did not understand.

However, for Li Guo's army to enter Yongzhou, the will of the imperial court is to be held accountable and appeased, not to be exterminated immediately.

This is because it was the tenth year of Chongzhen's reign at that time, and Yang Sichang, the newly appointed secretary of the military department and a scholar of the cabinet, planned in April the encirclement and suppression strategy of "four positives," "six corners," and "ten-sided nets," which were mainly aimed at Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao, Liu Guoneng, and other peasant rebels. If troops were to be sent to recruit Li Guo now, the military and financial resources would be unacceptable to the imperial court.

Therefore, according to Yang Sichang's Jianyì, the war must come step by step, and there must be a master and a second, so didn't Li Guo say rebellion? Then fight the peasant army that is close first.

These peasant armies were mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, in the Yellow River Valley, and in Shanxi and other places. Among them, an important part of the peasant army, Zhang Xianzhong's department was fighting in Hubei, Anhui and other places at this time, and defeated the official army many times. Therefore, the officers and troops in the Huguang area regarded dealing with Zhang Xianzhong's troops as the top priority.

However, it is necessary to ask for the guilt of what the Guangxi soldiers did in Yongzhou.

So, a holy decree reached Guangxi and reprimanded Tu Shaokui and Li Guo.

After Tu Shaokui and Zhao Youbin, who stayed in Guangxi, received the order, they pleaded their defenses according to Li Guo's ideas, saying that Guangxi had always experienced wars, but the imperial court not only did not support it, but also had no military salaries, grain and grass, and that Guangxi's finances at this time had reached a state of exhaustion, and if they did not raise military salaries, it was very likely that a mutiny would occur. Therefore, as a last resort. only to borrow grain across provinces. He also made it clear that the Guangxi soldiers not only had to go to Yongzhou in Huguang to raise money and food. They also had to go to Guangdong to raise money and food.

At this time, Li Guo was not in Guangxi, he had already led a heavy army to Guangdong.

In August of the tenth year of Chongzhen, after learning that Li XII's First Army had gained a firm foothold in Yongzhou, Li Guo led a large team of men and horses to kill Guangdong.

It is not the first time that Li has come to Guangdong, but this time, Li Guo led a heavy army to come, just like a big earthquake. It shook the officialdom of Guangdong heavily.

Since you want to fight, then fight with absolute strength! So this time, Li Guo brought almost all of the main forces of the Tiger Army that could fight.

Among them, Li Guo himself led the Chinese army, about 20,000 people.

The second army led by Gu Ying had about 20,000 people.

In Li Guo's rear army, 10,000 people stayed in the old camp to deal with emergencies, and 10,000 people were responsible for logistics support and transportation. Most of the rest came as a second echelon under the leadership of Niu Cao, about 30,000 people.

Because of the treaty with the Dutch, so. Of the 30,000 men stationed in Malacca, 20,000 were drawn. Thirty thousand people were also recruited from all over Annam. These 50,000 people were mixed together, and under the control of Li Guozhong's army, they were reorganized while fighting with the soldiers and horses.

So. Li Guo brought 120,000 people to Guangdong, claiming to be 500,000, and the momentum was huge.

Macao, Guangdong, and Pengcheng, along the coast of Guangdong, have long been Li Guokongzhì's territory. Therefore, it is easier to enter Guangdong. Close to the coast of Guangdong Sailor Yamen, as well as Leizhou Mansion, Qiongzhou Mansion and other surrounding prefectures and counties. They were all quickly taken down by Li Guo. Moreover, Li Guo's army quickly advanced and advanced. In a very short period of time, Guangzhou Mansion has been surrounded.

At that time, Li Riye, who was then the political envoy of Guangdong, and other Guangdong officials were friendly with Li Guo, and at this time, seeing Li Guo coming to Guangdong in a huge manner and surrounding the Guangzhou Mansion, he was naturally afraid of death, and hurriedly sent someone to contact Li Guo, and first asked Li Guo what he was going to do. Second, if Li Guo really rebelled, they hoped that Li Guo would miss the old feelings and open up the net. Li Riye and others understand that looking at Li Guo's situation, what is it if he is not a rebellion?

However, the envoy sent to Li Guo soon returned, and the first words he said completely relieved Li Riye.

"Li Guo said that he is not a rebellion, and it will not affect the positions of the adults, and the adults still keep their own positions." The messenger replied.

"Oh!" Li Riye nodded, and then asked, "But in his case, isn't it a rebellion?" ”

"He said he came to Guangdong just to borrow some money and grain." The messenger said.

"It would have been nice if I had just asked for money, did he tell me how much it would cost?" Li Riye secretly figured out that although Guangdong was not particularly prosperous at that time, it was not too difficult to take out some silver.

"He said that the city of Guangzhou had to come up with 200,000 taels of silver, as well as 20,000 stone of grain."

"I can afford it!" Li Riye was relieved, this bit of silver could not even be used by the treasury, and it could be distributed among the merchants in the city.

"It's just." The messenger's words were a little hesitant.

"Come on, what did Li Guo say?" Li Riye was a little anxious.

"He said that there must not be a single soldier in the city of Guangzhou, and he must also be responsible for the security of the city." The messenger replied.

"Fuck! There are no soldiers in the city, and he is responsible for public security, so won't we become meat on the chopping block? My lord, we can't agree to this condition! Before Li Riye could answer, a person named Wu Weidao on the side picked up the conversation.

Speaking of Wu Weidao, he is also a hereditary family from a thousand households, and he has some ability to become an envoy in Guangdong. This person is skilled in martial arts, can also drive a hard bow, ride an angry horse, if in the era of pure cold weapons, he can also be regarded as a fierce general.

Therefore, Wu Weidao is very arrogant! It's just a pity that Li Guo doesn't want to fight him with a knife and a gun now, Li Guo is a fanatical firearms maker at this time. Wu Weidao faced Li Guo, and the end can be imagined.

However, Wu Weidao's words made Li Riye and others rekindle hope in their hearts, the city of Guangzhou is so big, and the city wall is also strong, because the news is timely, the soldiers in the city of Guangzhou have reached more than 10,000 people, and they may not lose to Li Guo.

So, Li Riye said, "I will wait for the imperial court to eat and be gracious, and I should serve the country." In the past, although I was familiar with Li Guo, I didn't expect this person to be a wolf, so we must do our best to resist Li Thief! Although you don't have the ability of Yue Wumu, you are united to strangle Li Thief outside the Guangzhou Mansion! ”

These words were impassioned, and all the officials under him praised them one after another, after all, appeasement made the adults good and stable.

Then, Guangdong pacified Li Riye and turned to Wu Weidao, the envoy of the inspection, "Master Wu, you are familiar with soldiers and horses, and this time you are guarding the city, this heavy responsibility belongs to you!" I, Li, will support you wholeheartedly, how about it? ”

Wu Weidao was in high spirits, and replied, "My lord, please rest assured, with my Wu Weidao here, I will definitely let Li Guo, a thief, defeat the city!" ”

This was said with confidence, and the confidence of all the officials was also full.

At this time, the messenger who came back said, "Li Guo has said that if he does not give an answer within three days, he will attack the city!" ”

Wu Weidao snorted coldly: "I'm afraid he won't come!" (To be continued......)