The battle situation in Huguang was not only at the heart of the Constituent Assembly, but the Northern Expeditionary Army in Nanking also closely watched the victory and defeat of the Third Army, and the Ming army suffered repeated defeats in the first series of engagements, and soon the Third Army reported that both of its divisions had suffered considerable losses. The 6th Division did not immediately retreat from the stronghold defenders after the defensive line was infiltrated, but ordered to hold on, and at the same time dispatched the main force to counterattack the Shun army, and in seven days, the mobile forces of the 6th Division were ambushed by Li Dingguo five times. In the end, it had to admit that it could not rely on its own strength to complete the two tasks of counterattacking the Shun army and assisting the defenders of each stronghold at the same time, and now it has ordered the whole division to retreat, preparing to gather forces and fight again.

"There should not be two missions at the same time," after hearing the news, the Northern Expeditionary Army Command in Nanjing suddenly complained, and Jin Qiude made a long-range review and said: "The Sixth Division should ignore all its strongholds, desperately lose some defensive troops, and concentrate on counterattacking Li Dingguo's main force." ”

Jin Qiude believed that in this way, the Sixth Division would have the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on a certain unit of Li Dingguo, which was divided into troops to fight, forming a situation of exchange: "The Shun army cannot afford to fight a war of attrition at all!" ”

"Or support the stronghold with one mind, anyway, as long as most of the ferries are kept, even if Li Dingguo's army infiltrates, it will be a tree without roots." Zhao Slow-bear's opinion was relatively conservative, he felt that as long as Li Dingguo's back road and supply line were blocked, and the chaos deliberately created by Li Dingguo would naturally dissipate, and the Ming army could rely on more to win after seeing the situation clearly.

"In the end, both ends missed." The Nanjing Northern Expeditionary Army did not consider itself an afterthought, but that the Huguang Northern Expeditionary Army had made a low-level mistake.

The battle report that came immediately after was not good news, the retreating Sixth Division's stronghold troops were ambushed by Li Dingguo several times, and now the Sixth Division's combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced and it is retreating southward at full speed, and the Third Army and the Fifth Division are not clear whether Li Dingguo is continuing to pursue the Sixth Division, or turning around and planning to cooperate with Yu Shenhe, or is hiding halfway to ambush the main force of the Third Army - if they go to reinforce the defeated Sixth Division.

"Li Dingguo was originally the king of ambushes, and when he was in Henan, Xu Ping always handed over the ambush battle to him to command, and I think he is mostly like an ambush of the Fifth Division."

No matter how the Northern Expeditionary Army on the Nanjing side judged, all they could do now was to wait for the decision and battle report of the Huguang Ming Army.

Twentieth day after the Shun army launched a counteroffensive, the Third Army, which had contracted to Wuchang Province, found itself in a predicament, with about 30,000 Shun troops near them, half as much as the 30,000 troops now at the hands of the Third Army, and the 30,000 enemy forces were divided into two groups. Li Dingguo and Yu Shenhe each led a group, which was rotating with the main force of the Third Army as the center of the circle, calmly sweeping the surrounding area, and the Ming Army and Civilian Regiment that had just been formed were either defected or eliminated, and the Third Army could only stare and watch, although the strength of any of the Shun troops was inferior to the main force of the Ming Army, but the Ming Army was worried that attacking any of them would be attacked by the other.

After a few days of anxiety, the Third Army found that the surrounding prefectures and counties had been replaced with the banners of the Shun army, and they were about to be surrounded by an enemy army that was not much more than itself. The Ming army, which was unwilling to abandon Wuchang and was more worried that the retreat would be ambushed and pursued, finally decided to ask the rear for reinforcements to relieve the siege.

……

"The Sixth Division is being replenished, and all the additional troops are currently replenishing the three reserve divisions in Jiangxi, so I am afraid that it will be difficult for the personnel of the Sixth Division to be gathered for a while." Because the Parliament's determination to expand the army was too ambitious, and three divisions were spread out at once, none of them had completed the preparations, and it seemed that they would not be able to be completed for some time.

"Wuchang is densely populated, but there are not many food reserves, and if there is no food, the Third Army will have to desperately break through."

"This will definitely be Li Dingguo's ambush again, and Wuchang will be abandoned."

The first order of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Nanjing was to prepare the naval divisions anchored at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the Northern Expeditionary Army asked them to be ready to forcibly break through the river defenses of the Yingtianfu Shun Army.

"This is the surface of the river, and the battleship will be used as a target on it." Zheng Chenggong knew that Xu Ping had personally asked about the defense of the river, especially the Ying Tianfu generation, where the forts were dense, and in order to blockade the Yangtze River, Xu Ping also specially cast several 66-pound guns and a batch of 54-pound guns and transported them to the forts. Given the width of the Yangtze River, these anti-river guns would pose a mortal threat to Zheng Chenggong's large sea vessels. Originally, before the army occupied these river defense batteries, Zheng Chenggong did not plan to send sailors to bombard Nanjing City or to support upstream transportation, but orders are orders, Zheng Chenggong complained twice, or ordered the sailors to prepare for departure, and he ordered each ship to double the timber reserves this time.

While the naval division was preparing, the Northern Expeditionary Army on the Nanjing side decided to send reinforcements to Huguang, considering the use of the Fourth Army, which was now surrounding Anqing and Luzhou, and they first joined up with the Sixth Division after they reached Huguang, and then went to relieve the siege of Wuchang with nearly 50,000 men - the Northern Expeditionary Army did not think that this was a force that Li Dingguo could resist.

However, the Shun army that was surrounded in Anqing and Luzhou could not let them run, and the Northern Expeditionary Army ordered the Fifth Army in the middle to immediately take over the position of the Fourth Army to the west.

The last worry was that Xu Ping, who had already taken over the military power in Nanjing and Shandong, would take the opportunity to jump out and make trouble for the Northern Expeditionary Army, so the Northern Expeditionary Army Command urgently ordered the Sixth Army to quickly move north into the war zone - before He Feihu's Sixth Army was still in charge of local security work by the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In this way, the Northern Expeditionary Army in front of Nanjing still had the strong strength of four armies, and the Northern Expeditionary Army thought that it would be difficult for Xu Ping to piece together 50,000 field troops, that is, these troops were still scattered on the entire front - only the ability to parry, and there was no power to fight back.

……

Time passes,

“…… Whenever people think of the ancient wars, people can't help but see such a picture in front of their eyes, a brave general with armor and armor, commanding his loyal group of warriors, fighting in and out of millions of enemy troops, and even alone, wielding a silver spear across the millions of enemy formations - his heroic posture even won the secret admiration of the enemy. But all this will never happen again, because the king of Qi has built an army that can no longer compete with individual bravery and martial arts, and the battlefield will always be dominated by dense infantry phalanxes and bayonets, no courage, no resourcefulness, only more supplies and frantically produced munitions. Any brave general of the ancients would be like a moth to a fire when he fought against such an army.

The same is true of the bureaucratic system established by the King of Qi, and we will never again read the story of a wise and wise man who relied on amazing wisdom to defeat his enemies, and since then, there has been no such admirable story in China for future generations to read. In the battlefield of officialdom, there was also no courage and wisdom, and the officials trained by the king of Qi on the campaign were among the infantry, and they used arithmetic as a weapon, holding cold bayonets made of numbers and icons, turning the battle of wits and courage into a boring calculation.

The officials of Dashun were crushed by this ruthless bureaucratic machine, and they failed without suspense, which is really a sorrow, and it is a sad ...... for the brave generals and wise ministers that our China has lost at the same time."

"Hopelessly pessimist," said Li, who still had on the table the bestseller he had just given him, "The Late Ming Dynasty and the Early Qi Dynasty" written by Wei Zaode, the son of Wei Zaode, the last chief assistant of the former Ming Chongzhen Dynasty, and he did not think there was anything sad about it, because the election system made every politician first and foremost able to run his own small team, be able to use his funds efficiently, be good at negotiation and communication, and know how to compromise - at least better than his opponents. In Li's view, the bloodline selection mechanism is worse than the philosophical level, at least the philosophical test can also partially indicate a person's intellectual level.

"Are you so idle?" Boss Chen walked in with a tiger face and scolded loudly: "Am I spending money to support idlers?" It seems that you are confident, my small temple can't accommodate your true Buddha! ”

"I've got all the lawsuits at hand done." Mr. Lee replied nonchalantly, completely ignoring his employer's reproach.

"How is the preparation for the lawsuit entrusted by Marquis Yu?" Boss Chen put away his pretended angry expression, sat at Lawyer Li's table and asked with concern, "This matter must not be negligent. ”

"Of course I know that the person who came is not trivial, even if I don't have Yu Hou's care, I will never be careless," Li Judge still looked leisurely, and he couldn't see the tension at all.

"What kind of lawsuit is it going to be? Have you ever inquired? ”

"Nope." Lawyer Li shook his head, as if he was doing a relaxation exercise: "It's nothing more than challenging the law of the country, or going against the Qi Palace, what other lawsuit can you have against me?" ”

"Don't be careless." Mr. Chan reminded him once again that Mr. Lee was a powerful client and that it was important for Mr. Lee to satisfy the other party – if Mr. Lee did not leave Mr. Chan Kee, but if he did...... Boss Chen added: "It's also important to you. ”

Saying that Cao Cao and Cao Cao had arrived, just as the two lawyers were talking, the man came running to report that the client they had been waiting for for many days had arrived.

"Mr. Jiang, your arrival has made the contemptible line shine, and the contemptible people are also deeply honored." After inviting the client into his office, Mr. Li personally handed the high-quality Longjing to the other party, then walked back to his seat and sat down, and said confidently: "No matter what kind of problem Mr. Jiang encounters, he will definitely be able to handle it for you." ”

"I'm going to sue the Secretary of State." The other party said straight to the point.

A smile froze on Lawyer Li's face, and after a few seconds, he nodded slowly, no longer leaning on the back of his chair leisurely but sitting up straight, and at the same time opened the notebook and asked the other party, "What is the lawsuit against the Secretary of State?" ”

The other party seemed to be a little surprised, and instead of answering immediately, he asked rhetorically: "All the lawyers have told our court that the court cannot be sued. ”

"Theoretically, it is true that the House of Secretaries has complete immunity, but I believe that since you have come to complain, it must be reasonable and confident."

"I would like to sue the House of Secretaries that the proposal to 'allow women to vote' was never proposed and passed."

"I see," Lawyer Li nodded, although he appeared calm on the surface, but in his heart he was actually stirred up by the other party's request: "You want to sue the Secretary of State for not proposing and passing a bill that meets your heart, right?" ”

"Yes, women are not allowed to vote."

"Yes, I understand." Lawyer Li nodded again, raised his voice slightly and asked, "On what grounds do you plan to file this complaint?" ”

"Isn't that up to you?" The other party looked very surprised: "I'm not a lawyer, how can I know?" ”

"Oh." Lawyer Li asked calmly, "Does Uncle Yu know your intentions to sue?" ”

"I know, my uncle said that challenging the law of the country is Mr. Li's specialty, so he recommended me to come to you."

"Uncle Yu really praised me too much." Li Litigation finally showed a wry smile on his face, although it was fleeting, but in the end, it was a wry smile.

"Did Mr. Jiang consider a compromise...... "Considering the gender and age of the other party, Mr. Li thinks that the other party may only be angry for a moment, and he can make a big fuss: if the reporters hear that someone has sued the Secretary of State, they will definitely rush to find out the news. Counsellor Lee pondered that he could prolong the preparation time, make the world known, and let more people know the young lady's heart, and try to persuade a few doctors in the Secretary of State to issue some sympathetic declarations, and then get satisfied clients to withdraw the lawsuit—Counsellor Lee knew that if a complaint could only be rejected by one court, any criminal officer would reject such a complaint without thinking.

"I can accept the proposal of the House of Secretaries to put forward and pass the proposal to allow women to vote." The customer replied, "I would be okay with some qualifications." ”

"In other words, the bottom line of your compromise is that the Secretary of State will propose and pass a proposal that meets your heart?"

"Yes."

The client waited for a moment, saw that Counsel Li was silent in thought, and asked, "I heard that Counsel Li intends to run for the post of Doctor of the Secretary of State. ”

"This has nothing to do with your lawsuit." Mr. Li felt insulted, and the other party seemed to imply that he had rejected her case for the sake of his future, which was a disparaging of his professional ethics.

"No, that's not what I meant, I think the campaign must have cost a lot of money, especially the doctor of the Secretary of State," the client smiled brightly at Mr. Li: "I happen to have a little money." ”

A little money? Remembering that two years ago, when his client's stepless uncle passed on his estate to his niece, even a niece with a different surname, he was ridiculed by almost everyone, and his acquaintances in the business world predicted that the young girl, who was still in her early twenties, would soon lose his uncle's business and make every shareholder destitute. But now everyone has flatly denied that such a prediction had been made, and there have been recent rumors that the merchant group she controls is preparing to buy the prestigious Fung Leather Company and enter the arms manufacturing industry.

"I know that Li Advocate is very powerful," the customer changed the topic: "Although Li Judge is so young, many princes and princes have helped you in your campaign, and I heard that Earl Chen of Shandong also publicly expressed his support for you the day before yesterday. ”

The implication in the other party's words made Li Yishi very unhappy: "I won this opportunity by my ability, not my background. ”

"Of course," said the other party with a smile, "I have always admired your talent, and I also have some friends who may be able to help you." ”

Li Lawyer slightly avoided the other party's sweetness and with a hint of charming smile, he felt that his heart was involuntarily speeding up, he couldn't help but think of some rich people for their children to ask for marriage to the opposite customer, those people all admitted that she was older, almost twenty-five years old, but rich and powerful, still a beauty, if the son can marry such a daughter-in-law, it will be considered a talent.

"Lingtang is the first to open a generation of atmosphere, and the contemptible people are also very admired." Li Zhishi knew that there were many celebrities who had studied in the school run by Jiang Qingyue, and now these people had become a relationship that customers could take advantage of, that is, her power - many people regarded her as a junior sister.

"But this lawsuit ......" Mr. Li felt that based on the experience and identity of the other party, such an unreasonable and certainly unsuccessful lawsuit should not be filed.

"When Jia Tzu first opened the girls' school, no one cared about it, and everyone doubted that women could understand mathematics as well as men, and have the ability to really use words, rather than just writing mournful poems." The client said to Lawyer Lee: "Soon, everyone realized that women could do this, and that was the beginning of a disaster......

Without waiting for Jiang Qingyue to recover from the joy of the first batch of students finding jobs, the first thing that the powerful people who began to face up to women's work ability was not to hire a group of female subordinates, but to buy the female students trained by Jiang Qingyue. Whether it is a wealthy businessman or a political dignitary, they all feel that it is far more cost-effective to spend a lump sum to buy a concubine who can write and calculate than to hire a female accountant or a female clerk.

Buying female students who can read and write as concubines soon became a craze in the south, and Jiang Qingyue once beat some school visitors out with a stick: I run the school, not the bustard!

However, Jiang Qingyue's lack of doing this does not mean that others are not doing so, and soon a group of girls' schools were established, operating according to the same model as raising thin horses before, using mathematics and writing as skills such as piano art and embroidery that can increase the price of goods.

“…… Jiaci's school has been set on fire several times, and Jiayan and Jiaci have been threatened by fanatics many times...... "He has also heard what the client told Li Lawyer, and Jiang Qingyue was once synonymous with moral turpitude, and had to relocate the school several times to deal with the repeated complaints." Because not only did she stubbornly refuse to turn her school into a concubine factory, but she even taught her students to try to marry someone they liked. Although these female students and their husbands have now become a great help to Jiang Qingyue's daughter, she took a huge risk when she said such things.

"There's General Xu's influence here, right?" Li Zhishi knew some stories about Jiang Qingyue and Xu Ping.

"Yes, without General Xu, there would be no brothers and me, although I don't know where General Xu is, but we still have to wish him good luck and good life and health during the New Year's holidays." The customer paused and said, "And my uncles and uncles are the same." ”

"Did they all participate in the Northern Expedition?"

"Yes, my eldest uncle has participated in the Third Northern Expedition, and my second uncle has participated in the First Northern Expedition...... Two distant cousins participated in the Seventh Northern Expedition, and they both believed that General Xu would be a good man and a good reward. ”

Lawyer Li nodded: "Okay, Mr. Jiang, I took this case, and what you just said made me think of a reason." ”

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