Che Liliang heard the sound and went to see the person who was speaking, but saw that the person was Anzhou's pastoral envoy An Kecheng.

An Kecheng led the soldiers and civilians in Anzhou City to reach Pyongyang one step ahead of Che Liliang.

However, after only two short days of absence, the originally graceful and elegant An Kecheng had a hoarse voice, a tired look, and was extremely haggard.

But after Che Liliang realized the meaning of An Kecheng's words, he no longer cared about sighing, and quickly turned his attention to Shen Qicheng, who was known as the Commander-in-Chief.

At present, Shen Qicheng does not have a serious official position in the Li Dynasty. The official title of Jianghua's left-behind deputy envoy that he previously held has been deprived of him long ago.

Including his other identity, that is, the identity of the distant brother of Li Chaobing Cao Banshu and Shen Qi, there are actually countless things that can be done on the surface.

Because as early as on Ganghwa Island, Shen Qicheng had been officially expelled from the Shen family by his eldest brother Shen Qiyuan and cleared out of the Shen family tree.

Therefore, from the perspective of the patriarchal clan or family that was highly valued by the Li Dynasty, Shen Qicheng no longer had any relationship with the Shen family where Shen Qiyuan belonged.

This has long been known to everyone in the circle of the Li Dynasty monarchs and ministers in Hanyang City.

That is to say, there are some places on the North Second Road that are far away from Hanyang City and the information is relatively obscure. Not many people know about it.

As for An Kecheng, Che Liliang, Cai Menheng and others, they know something about this matter.

However, they also knew that there was something fishy about it, and that it was just a cover-up created by their benefactor, Cao Banshu and Shen Qiyuan, to avoid suspicion.

The clan relationship between Shen Qi Yuan Shen Qi Cheng and their brothers can of course be severed, but the blood relationship between them cannot be severed no matter what.

Therefore, even though these people knew that Shen Qi Yuan and Shen Qi Cheng had officially severed ties with him, they did not really take him seriously and still regarded him as their backbone.

In particular, this Shen Qicheng also had the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army under Yang Zhen. Therefore, in the Li Chao North Second Road uprising against the Qing Dynasty, he naturally became the nominal "leader" Big brother".

After the incident, everyone expected him to act as a liaison, contacting both Jinhae Town and Hanyang City, hoping that he could achieve both ends.

In fact, Shen Qicheng has been playing the role of middleman for more than a month since their uprising against the Qing Dynasty.

On the one hand, Yu Liangtai and Lin Qingye only recognized him.

On the other hand, since Pyongyang Fucheng is closer to Hanyang City, several other rebel armies also negotiated and contacted through him.

Now, there is no hope for Yang Zhen, but if they get the support from Hanyang City, they will at least have a safe future and can rely on Pyongyang City to resist resolutely.

This is the fundamental reason why An Kecheng took the initiative to ask about Hanyang City's attitude.

However, An Kecheng's expectant inquiry did not get the answer he wanted.

Just when everyone in the meeting hall of the Second Hall of the Pyongyang Prefecture turned to Shen Qicheng, Shen Qicheng, who was sitting next to Shen Qicheng, suddenly let out a long sigh, and then said to everyone with a lonely expression:

"Gentlemen, let me tell you the truth. Our king cannot point to Hanyang City. Although our king was very dissatisfied with us for arbitrarily raising the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and returning to the Chinese Empire, but I've always had a wait-and-see attitude.

"If we look into it more carefully, we are actually trying to see if Governor Yang can defeat the army of the Qing and Puppet Emperor Yujia at Zhenjiang Fort. As long as Governor Yang and his men win, the king will immediately be on our side. By then, I am a hero who resisted the Japanese invaders.

"However, just three days ago, the news that the Qing army massacred Yizhou Prefecture and Dingzhou City reached Hanyang City one after another, and the king suddenly changed his attitude.

"The king immediately issued an edict that day, expelling Lin Tongyu, Liu Bingshi, Huang Fuyin, Dingzhou Zhang Mushi, and all civil and military officers who participated in the capture of Zhenjiang Castle and participated in the two anti-Qing uprisings in the north from all official positions, honors and titles, and Punish the crime of treason, including all of you here——"

"ah?!"

"this--"

Shen Qizhou's last words were like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, immediately causing an uproar among the civil servants and generals present.

The people present have actually already experienced how ambiguous and complicated the attitude of the Li Dynasty court in Hanyang City towards the anti-Qing uprising of the Second Road in the North was.

As early as when they started to raise the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and returning to the Chinese Empire, they sent messengers to Hanyang City to report the news.

First, it was to inform the lord Li Jian and the court ministers in Hanyang City that they raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty and avenge their humiliation, not to rebel against the court. They were still the ministers of the lord Li Jian.

Secondly, they hope that their leader Li Zhu can seize this golden opportunity to get rid of the humiliating sect-vassal relationship imposed by the Qing Dynasty and return to the side of the Ming Dynasty.

Their wishes were good, but they were hot-faced and cold-blooded, and did not receive any official response from the leader of the country, Li Zhu.

Even the new military officer Shen Qiyuan, who had always supported their fight against the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese invaders, actually remained silent.

At that time, they realized that the situation was a bit delicate.

But they are also smart people. They know that neither the leader of the country, nor the important ministers in the court, dare to express their attitude easily before the winner is determined at the front.

After all, the Qing Dynasty's army could not destroy Jinhai Town, but it was enough to destroy the small imperial court in Hanyang City.

But they never expected that Zhenjiang Castle was still in the hands of Yang Zhen, and the war between the Qinglu army and Jinhaizhen had not yet been decided. The king and ministers in Hanyang City had already lost confidence in them. punished with the felony of treason.

Seeing that everyone present looked horrified and inexplicable after hearing the news he conveyed, Shen Qizhou sighed again and continued:

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"Fortunately, thanks to my brother's efforts, the people on the rebel list this time for resisting the Qing Dynasty, including all of you, whose family members are not in the north, have not been arrested and imprisoned so far!"

When Shen Qizhou said this, he paused, looked up at everyone, and saw that some people still looked heavy, while others seemed to be relieved, so he continued:

"Hanyang City has announced the list of people who will be punished this time, and issued arrest documents to your clan relatives. From an official point of view, this matter is irreversible! We have nothing to do with Hanyang City, and the king. relation!

"However, please relax. Although the sea arrest document issued by the Uijeongyo Government has been issued, my brother please rest assured that the arrest operation will not be carried out for the time being.

"If any of your clan relatives are in Hanyang City or south of Hanyang City, please send the right person to send a message to them and ask them to go to Ganghwa Island as soon as possible! There will be ships waiting for them there until the end of the month!"

"this--"

"well--"

Although everyone present was horrified by Shen Qizhou's earth-shattering words one after another, they still had no choice but to accept this shocking reality.

To them, Shen Qizhou was no one else. He was also the younger brother of Bingcao Banshu Shen Qiyuan. Rather, he was higher than Shen Qicheng in the ranking of Shen brothers and was Shen Qicheng's third brother.

There may be some people who believe what others say, but they cannot help but not believe what Shen Qizhou said.

In the past, they had all heard of the saying that the winner was a prince and the loser was a bandit, but they didn't expect that it would happen to them today.

After Shen Qizhou finished speaking, the scene in the meeting hall fell into deathly silence.

At this time, no one is bothering with the crucial question raised by Shen Qicheng at the beginning.

Now that they no longer have the expected support from Yang Zhen's troops in Jinhai Town, and at the same time they have been completely cut off from their relationship with the ruler and ministers of Hanyang City, what should they do?

Whether to defend or withdraw, a decision must be made as soon as possible.

"Gentlemen, the only plan now is to defend! We are already in Pyongyang City, and behind us is Hwanghae Road. Instead of fighting with each other, it is better to fight against the enemy with all our strength! Apart from this, is there any other way out for us?!"

It had been a while since Che Liliang was led into the meeting hall of the second hall of the government office. He saw that everyone present was dumbfounded and looked miserable after hearing Shen Qizhou's words, so he spoke first.

When he raised his flag to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, his three relatives and six old clan members all joined his volunteer army.

On the way to escape outside Dingzhou City, a number of people were killed in battle, and the remaining ones are still with him.

As for the old, weak, women, children and dependents of the relatives, when they fled from Dingzhou City, they were divided into the ranks of the common people.

However, according to the refugees who managed to escape that day, there was a high probability that they had already perished.

Therefore, Che Liliang, who is in his early years, has nothing to worry about anymore. All he thinks about now is revenge.

And his ideas, no matter from which aspect, are faultless.

The banner we use to rally people's hearts is to resist the imperialists and the Qing Dynasty, but now we are withdrawing again and again without fighting a tough battle, which is really unjustifiable.

If we continue to withdraw, not to mention apologizing to Huang Yihao and Cui Xiaoyi, who were already killed in Uiju Fucheng, even the people who followed them in raising the flag to rebel against the Qing Dynasty will probably abandon them and flee.

If this is the case, in the future, if people like myself call on the people of the DPRK to resist the Qing Dynasty under the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and returning to the Chinese Empire, will anyone follow them?

Besides, where else can people like myself retreat?

After passing Pyongyang Fucheng and continuing to the south, there is Huangzhou City, which belongs to Huanghaidao. The officials and people there did not raise their flags to rebel against the Qing Dynasty.

If the refugees had passed, it might not be a big problem.

But if we lead the rebels there, we will inevitably clash with the local government and civilian defenders.

Even if people like myself have no intention of seizing Huanghaidao's foothold, the soldiers and civilians of Huanghaidao will not think so.

After all, people like myself are already on the list of criminals in Hanyang City. The crime is still treason, which is already a crime that everyone can punish.

In this regard, even if the soldiers and civilians of Hwanghaido had some sympathy for people like themselves, they would probably be forced to fight each other.

Everyone had seen Che Liliang's arrival before.

It's just that everyone has their own worries at the moment, and everyone in the panic can't care about greeting each other.

At this moment, Che Liliang suddenly stood up and said something that immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Moreover, Che Liliang's words that sounded like a slap in the face hit their weak and timid hearts, and also caused some of them to reflect.

Che Liliang was right. If people like him retreated without fighting a tough battle, what on earth would they have done by resisting the Qing Dynasty and resisting the rebels?

The only thing people like me can take advantage of is the righteous name of resisting the Qing Dynasty and the rebels.
Chapter completed!