Li Yunzhong nodded approvingly: "What did Aiqing say?" ”

Qian Duodao: "Weichen is in charge of the Propaganda Department in the Ministry of Rites, and recently some newspapers have become more and more unremarkable, even preaching what kind of democratic system in the West, and also encouraging the people to fight for legitimate rights, especially a newspaper called "Democracy Daily", saying that the emperor is a dictatorial tyrant and calling on the people to rise up and establish a democratic country. ”

Hu Yihuang hated the foreigners, and immediately asked: "Why don't you report them to the Criminal Department, these people are really bold and reckless, and they dare to wantonly slander the Han and the emperor, and ask the emperor to seal the newspaper and arrest relevant people for questioning." ”

Lu Jianying looked at Hu Yihuang approvingly, it seems that in the face of major rights and wrongs, the position of Hu Yihuang and others is still on their side.

Li Yunzhong closed his eyes and carefully recalled the development process of the democratic revolution in his previous life, in the fifties of the nineteenth century, there were no fighters for democracy at all, and Sun Dacang was not yet born.

Qian Duo replied: "According to Wechen's investigation, these newspapers were published in the Shanghai Concession and gradually spread to the whole of Shanghai. ”

Li Yunzhong suddenly realized that it was a ghost behind the scenes of foreigners, but this matter must be faced in the end, and it is better to be sparse than to be blocked, and we should be cautious about all kinds of Western ideas and isms.

Hu Yihuang immediately asked for an order: "Weichen is willing to send someone to the foreigner to rent and arrest people, please allow the emperor." ”

Li Yunzhong replied: "Accurate! However, the Propaganda Department strengthened its scrutiny, and in view of the importance of the Propaganda Department in the future, I upgraded the Propaganda Department to the Propaganda Department, and Qian Duo was promoted to the second grade minister. ”

Qian Duo didn't expect to be forced to play by Lu Jianying. There was also an unexpected joy, and suddenly smiled. Bow down and receive the command.

Yang Jinlong, who was on duty in the military department, came to the palace excitedly and said loudly: "Your Majesty." Ruzhou victory! The Fourth Army conquered Ruzhou Prefecture! ”

Henan, Li Xiucheng looked at the official document depressedly, fighting depends on luck, is his luck running out? For what Chen Yucheng's kid has been victorious, but he has repeatedly encountered strong enemies.

Li Chunfa was also anxious and irritable, and complained: "Chen Yucheng's Fourth Army has fully captured Ruzhou and is attacking Henan Mansion, and our First Group Army is still hanging around Runing Mansion, what is the matter!" I knew that this was the case, and I should have entered Henan from northern Anhui. ”

Li Xiucheng reassured: "Haven't Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang already made a detour to Anhui?" When they send the news, we will march in, and I don't believe that the elite of the First Army will lose to those ragtags. ”

Huang Jinwen ran in excitedly and said with a smile: "Good news! Nanjing replenished us with twenty cannons, a thousand muskets, all produced by our arsenal! ”

Li Chunfa was overjoyed, the cannons escorted by Hu Mengjun from Nanjing were asked by Chen Yucheng to pass twenty, and the rest were all taken away by Li Desheng. Their First Army did not receive a single one, and now with the addition of twenty artillery pieces, they can comprehensively suppress the firepower of the Qing troops, and they no longer have to be tied up when attacking the city.

Li Xiucheng gritted his teeth. got up and shouted: "Pass the order, the whole army will attack Ruyang County, and this time it will not break through Ruyang." Never withdraw troops! ”

The generals also held their breath and shouted their orders.

Duolong, the prefect of Runing Prefecture, looked at the artillery under the city. With a desperate look, he was a man with a red flag in Manchuria. So stick to the present and swear not to surrender.

Xu Changnian, the governor of Runing Mansion, persuaded: "It's too dangerous in the city, so it's better to go back to the mansion and wait for news." ”

Duolong closed his eyes, and scolded Qi Shan in his heart for being greedy for life and afraid of death, a few days ago, the short hair was trapped in the city, and he asked Qi Shan to send troops to attack several times, but he always shirked it for various reasons.

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

Xu Changnian saw that the cannon jumped into the battlements as if it had eyes, and hurriedly pulled Duolong's arm, dragged it back, and persuaded loudly: "My lord, it's too dangerous here, let's go back, the short-haired cannon is too powerful." ”

Li Xiucheng looked at the crack on the city wall that was a foot wide, and sighed to the left and right: "This cannon has become more powerful!" ”

"Kill" Huang Jinwen personally led the foreign spear team to rush to the crack.

"Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang"

According to the city wall, he ordered to shoot fifty steps away, and in just a few rounds, the Qing army that blocked the crack was slaughtered.

"Kill it! Kill it! ”

"Kill!"

Li Xiucheng saw the foreign spear team rushing into the city, and immediately ordered: "The first army is attacking!" ”

"Kill" Li Chunfa got the order and waved his hand at the thousands of people behind him.

Half an hour later, Huang Jinwen came to Li Xiucheng with Duolong, the prefect of Ruyang, and said loudly: "Dashuai, this is the leader of the Qing army, it turned out to be a Manchurian, no wonder he wants to defend the city desperately, Dashuai, what should I do with this person?" ”

Doron struggled and scolded angrily, "Phew! None of you thieves will die well, and the emperor will punish the nine clans! You will not die well! ”

Li Xiucheng waved his hand and said lightly: "Pull it down and cut it!" ”

Huang Jinwen excitedly pulled Duolong to an open place, and without waiting for him to speak, he cut off Duolong's head with a knife, and the head rolled on the ground as if unwilling before stopping.

Xu Changnian originally planned to hold on, but when he saw this situation, he immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged for mercy loudly.

Li Xiucheng shouted: "You help the Manchurians to defend the city, according to the crime, you are a first offender, spare your life for the time being, you immediately rush to Shangcai County, persuade the county to surrender, you can live if you surrender, you can not surrender, you have also seen the power of our army's artillery, after breaking the city, the two crimes will be punished together, and Ling Chi will be executed!" ”

Hearing that Ling Chi was executed, Xu Changnian became incontinent and cried: "Don't worry, general! The villain must have persuaded Shang Cai Zhixian to surrender! ”

Li Xiucheng instructed the guards: "Give him a horse and let him go." ”

The next day, Li Chunfa found Li Xiucheng in a hurry, and said in a loud voice: "Shangcai County is self-defeating, that demoted official killed Zhixian, Kaecheng surrendered, Dashuai, should we continue to move forward." ”

Li Xiucheng pulled Li Chunfa to the side of the map, pointed to the map of Henan and said: "This Xuzhou and Kaifeng Mansion are flat and populated, and a county is not as big as a town in Guangxi. ”

Li Chunfa pointed to Guide Mansion and said, "Li Kaifang." Li Fengxiang has already captured Yongcheng County and Nanqiu County, and according to the personality of the Qing army, Kaifeng Prefecture will definitely send reinforcements, so that the difficulty of our army to attack Kaifeng Mansion will be greatly reduced. ”

Li Xiucheng frowned and replied: "I always feel that there is something shortcoming, our army has spent a long time in Runing Mansion because we have not listened to the emperor's teachings, and only focused on military attacks, ignoring propaganda to the people. ”

"Propaganda?" Li Chunfa repeated, then turned to Bai Yinwu and asked, "If you are a common person, what do you want most?" ”

Bai Yinwu touched the back of his head and said shyly: "I used to ask for food, and I hope that I can have a few acres of land and a house, so that I don't have to starve and freeze." ”

Li Xiucheng suddenly realized that he was also a long-term worker before: "That's right, the people are most concerned about whether they can eat enough, didn't His Majesty order to exempt the grain tax for three years, we will publicize it with great fanfare, so that the people of Henan and Hebei will know about it, so that they don't have to worry about helping the Qing army defend the city." ”

Li Chunfa became worried, and reminded in a low voice: "To be exempted from the grain tax for three years, you must join the militia, and ordinary people are exempt from tax for one year at most." ”

Li Xiucheng said: "We can't manage so much, our First Group Army will definitely be the first to attack Beijing." ”

Under the city of Luoyang, Chen Yucheng has been proud of the spring breeze recently, and Gu Jiaxing actually said that the prefect of Ruzhou surrendered, so that he did not have to make a detour to Henan Mansion to march, but led the army through Ruzhou and directly entered the territory of Luoyang County.

Luoyang City Monk Gelinqin looked at Shengbao with a look of expectation: "Lord Qincha, our cavalry is good at field warfare, how can we nest in the city, and we are willing to lead our troops to meet the battle!" ”

Shengbao persuaded: "Why should the prince be anxious, the governor of Zhili, Nar, led 20,000 reinforcements and stationed in Huaiqing Mansion, our task is to hold Luoyang City, and when the governor of Zhili and our army converge, the short hair will naturally retreat, and we all have merit." ”

Monk Greenqin can't tolerate Shengbao's negative attitude, he was a penniless poor boy, the reason why he was able to achieve the position of the prince was all because of the grace of the first emperor, in his heart, he could die for the Qing Dynasty at any time.

"The short-haired rangers are showing off their power under the city, and the morale of the army is low, how can this king sit idly by."

Shengbao does not seek merit but seeks no fault, and disagrees with the words of Monk Greenqin: "The short-haired people under the city have no fear, and the outside must ambush the team, and the short-haired morale is flourishing, and it is not suitable for fighting. ”

Seeing that Shengbao was not there, the Suiyuan general Tuo Ming'a said to the monk Greenqin: "Lord Wang, it is better for us to lead the army to disperse the short hair under the city, cut off a few heads, and boost morale." ”

Xipo A because he suffered a defeat under Lin Fengxiang two years ago, and was relegated to three levels in a row, this time he finally caught the opportunity, how could he give up because of Shengbao's words, seeing Tuo Ming'a asking for battle, he also persuaded: "Although Shengbao is a minister of Qincha, most of the soldiers in the city are subordinates of the prince, and Shengbao is reluctant to fight, because he is afraid that the prince will make meritorious service and his prestige will surpass him." ”

Tomina reacted and scolded: "This Shengbao is sanctimonious, with a ghost idea, the prince is a golden branch and jade leaf, why bother to listen to his orders, we are willing to listen to the orders of the prince of the net." ”

The generals in the city echoed one after another: "I am willing to listen to the orders of the prince." ”

The Heart of the Army is available! Monk Lingqin made up his mind and ordered: "Concentrate all the cavalry in the city, and we will go out of the city to fight." ”

"Obedience"

Seeing that the cavalry in the city was fighting, Zhong Lin hurriedly waved his flag at the hundreds of rangers and ordered them to retreat.

Chen Yucheng put down the single-unified telescope and ordered Zhong Lin: "Let the artillery be ready, as soon as the enemy cavalry enters the ambush, immediately fire the artillery." ”

"Commander, no, the Qing cavalry went in the opposite direction." Tan Shaoguang waited for a long time, and saw that the Qing army did not advance but retreated, and fled.

Chen Yucheng looked at the disappeared cavalry and muttered: "It seems to be a difficult character!" ”

Zhong Lin ran over and said worriedly: "I looked at it just now, the Qing army has about 30,000 cavalry, and our army has a total of less than 30,000, I'm afraid it's not good to let them go." ”

Tan Shaoguang looked at the empty Luoyang and suggested: "It's better for us to attack Luoyang!" (To be continued......)

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