Lin Fengxiang cried and said, "We put life and death aside, and strived to fight the northern expedition for a lifetime. Unexpectedly, we ended up like this! Unfair! Unfair!"

Li Kaifang was thinking about why the King of Dong regarded them as rebels. Is it because he was guilty? These were things he had never dared to think about before.

The King of Western death was injustice under Changsha City! Thinking of the scene of the suffrage, Li Kaifang burst into tears and murmured in a low voice: "Only share hardships, not wealth and honor! The King of Eastern is so cruel, the King of Western death is injustice!"

Looking at their desperate expressions, Li Yunzhong added fuel to the fire and added some seasoning to the sad atmosphere: "Although I was not good at Xiao Chaogui back then, I admired his bravery and good at fighting. I always led the way whenever I encountered war. I would rather be injured and bleeding than to suffer casualties in the soldiers. These are the things that I am not as good as him!

In the battle of Changsha, Brother Xiao was framed by a villain. At the time of his death, he was still thinking about his subordinates and brothers and advised me to take you in. Unfortunately, he only told me that he had passed away before he could tell you."

If someone else called the name of the King of the West, Li Kaifang and the other two had already turned against each other, but Li Yunzhong was different. The King of the West told them in person that Li Yunzhong was good at fighting and was able to win every battle, and I was not as good as him!

Li Kaifang added: "When His Highness the Western King was injured, he told us that he would stay in the Han King's Palace to serve. At that time, Ji Wenyuan and Lu Xianba interfered. We thought that the Western King was injustice, so we didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, the Western King had the foresight and had already seen through the Eastern King's intentions."

The facts were right in front of him, Lin Fengxiang had to believe that he had never thought that Li Yunzhong, who was the king of a country, would deceive them. Thinking of the past two years of grudges, he suddenly said: "No wonder the army that fought in the Northern Expedition was all the troops in the West Palace. There were 30,000 troops in the West Palace back then, but now there are less than 5,000 left, and one in ten is not left. We are sorry to His Highness the Western King!"

Li Yun was happy and comforted, "Yang Xiuqing will do things in a rebellious way sooner or later, and the Western King's Spirit in Heaven will not make him feel better. Maybe he will send a dream to the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, and Yang Xiuqing will slay him."

Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang looked at each other, nodded each other, and said in unison: "I am willing to defect to the emperor, please accept it!"

After the wish was fulfilled, Li Yunzhong quickly helped the two of them up and promised: "Don't worry, two, I will kill Yang Xiuqing to avenge Brother Xiao and avenge all the dead brothers in the Xiwang Palace! But... there are still many inspections and commands in our army. They don't understand the situation. I hope you can persuade them more."

Before Lin Fengxiang recovered from the attack, he said tragically: "They were all dismissed and arrested by the King of Eastern power, and they had nowhere to go. They will definitely stay and serve the emperor."

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Looking at Li Hongzhang who was still stubborn and unsuccessful, Lu Jianying began to understand why the emperor valued him so much. This person obviously had great talent and ambitions in his heart, but he was willing to kill him. This shows that Li Hongzhang's determination is strong and cannot be compared with those of them who were demoted to him.

The more Li Hongzhang refused to surrender, the more Lu Jianying wanted to persuade him to surrender. He actually saw a sarcastic look in Li Hongzhang's eyes. I don't know if it was his illusion or whether Li Hongzhang, the sesame mung bean official, was really ridiculing him.

"Shaoquan, you are still young and have a small structure. You regard your loyalty as a small loyalty, but you have not sublimated into a big loyalty!"

"I dare to ask sir, what is Xiaozhong? What is Dazhong?" Li Hongzhang respected Lu Jianying. He just now, Chang Dachun was scolded by him and covered his face with shame and left.

Lu Jianying surrendered himself, wishing that all scholars in the world would surrender to the great man together, so he compiled a set of surrender remarks, which was the first time he used Li Hongzhang. He said calmly: "Xiaozhong is loyal to the family and the bigzhong is loyal to the people of the world."

Li Hongzhang couldn't help but stab Lu Jianying and said with a smile: "Sir, this is a bad word. The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is the lord of the people of the world. Being loyal to the emperor means being loyal to the people of the world. Why divide it into big loyalty and small loyalty! Sir, you don't have to persuade you anymore. I know that if you surrender, you can live and be rich, but I have already determined to sacrifice and there is nothing to say."

Lu Jianying was unmoved, but instead smiled and said, "Shaoquan's move is extremely stupid. You think death can be loyal to the Qing Dynasty. You are familiar with this move and you will never be liberated on the charge of Han annihilation."

Li Hongzhang said in surprise: "It's ridiculous. I'm loyal to the emperor. How could it be the Han Dynasty? I should be named after history."

Lu Jianying asked, "You and I have been an official in the Qing Dynasty for decades. You are not as clear as I know the affairs of the officialdom. I do not understand the situation in the people as thoroughly. Do you think the Qing Dynasty can still be protected? The Han Dynasty won every battle. This is a record that the civilian army and the rebel army have never had in history. Even Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang also suffered several defeats. Based on this, it is inferred that the Han Dynasty will unify the world sooner or later!"

Li Hongzhang was not confident enough and argued: "Even if the Han Dynasty unified the world, he could not deny what a loyal minister did. Instead, he should praise me."

Lu Jianying smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If this is the case, I will not surrender. The emperor has ordered people to build a 'Han Annihilation Monument' in Yuhuatai, Nanjing. All officials who worked for the Qing army are famous on the monument, and they are extremely insulting. When the emperor erected the monument, he said that the Han Dynasty existed for one day, and this monument would not move for a day. In this way, it seems that Shaoquan is not only not worthy of the past, but also has been infamous for thousands of years. I heard that Zeng Guofan ranked first and has been carved on it. I still don't have the courage to go and see it."

Li Hongzhang was furious: "What is Li's thief? Mr. Zeng served the country with loyalty and suppressed the rebels. What's wrong with this?"

Lu Jianying said: "Shaoquan, you have surrendered! The emperor attaches great importance to you and says you are a person like Zuo Jigao, so you should take care of it!"

Li Hongzhang asked, "Zuo Jigao? He was the student that Mr. Lin accepted in Hunan, and he also surrendered!"

Lu Jianying showed an envious expression: "Ji Gao is now the general of the Southern Conquest and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. He controls the military and political affairs of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. He is highly valued by the emperor. Xu Da is often used to describe him. Xu Da was named King of Wei by Emperor Hongwu. This is the most famous one. Shaoquan must not mislead himself."

Li Hongzhang was both envious and surprised. He knew Zuo Zongtang. He had never figured out the trick after taking the imperial examination for half his life. Compared with his record of becoming a Jinshi at the age of 24, he was far inferior to his 24-year-old Jinshi. He was the object of ridicule. Unexpectedly, the feng shui changed and he became a magistrate in the border area and controlled the military and political affairs of the three provinces!
Chapter completed!