Li Yunzhong nodded in praise: "What are you saying?"

Qian Duodao: "Weichen is in charge of the Propaganda Department in the Etiquette. Recently, some newspapers have become increasingly unrestrained. They have actually promoted the Western system and encouraged the people to fight for legal rights, especially a newspaper called "** Newspaper".

, said that the emperor was a tyrant and called on the people to raise trouble and establish a country."

Hu Yihuang hated the foreign wise ruler's set and immediately asked: "Why don't you report them to the Ministry of Justice? These people are really bold and dare to slander the great man and the emperor. I ask the emperor to seal the newspapers and arrest relevant people.

condemn."

Lu Jianying looked at Hu Yihuang with approval. It seemed that in the face of major issues, Hu Yihuang and others still stood by their side.

Li Yunzhong closed his eyes and carefully recalled the development of the revolution in his previous life. There were no fighters in the 1850s, and Sun Dapao was not born yet.

Qian Duo replied: "According to Weichen's investigation, these newspapers were published in the Shanghai Concession and gradually spread to the entire Shanghai city. Weichen also sent people to negotiate with foreigners, but they looked left and said that there was nothing.

Right to interfere.”

Li Yunzhong suddenly realized that it was the foreigners who were doing it behind the scenes, but this matter was finally faced. It is better to be distracted than to block it. He should be cautious about all kinds of Western ideas and ideologies.

Hu Yihuang immediately asked for an order: "I am willing to send someone to foreigners to rent and arrest people, please allow the emperor."

Li Yunzhong replied: "Accurate! However, the Publicity Department strengthens its review. Given the important surname of the Publicity Department in the future, I will promote the Publicity Department to the Publicity Department and promote Qian Duo to the second-rank minister."

Qian Duo did not expect that Lu Jianying would make a report and was surprised that he was surprised and smiled happily and bowed to take the order.

Yang Jinlong, who was on duty in the Ministry of War, came to the hall excitedly and reported loudly: "Report to the Emperor, Ruzhou is a great victory! The Fourth Army conquered Ruzhou Prefecture!"

Henan, Li Xiucheng looked at the official document depressedly. He relied on luck in war. Has his luck been used up? Why did Chen Yucheng win repeatedly, but he encountered strong enemies?

Li Chunfa was also anxious and irritated, complaining: "Chen Yucheng's Fourth Army has fully captured Ruzhou and is attacking Henan Prefecture. Our First Army is still wandering around Runing Prefecture. What's this happening! If I had known this, I should have come from Anhui.

North enter Henan.”

Li Xiucheng comforted him: "Didn't Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang have already detoured Anhui? When they send news, we will advance. I don't believe that the elite of the First Group Army will lose to those miscellaneous troops."

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

Li Chunfa was overjoyed. At that time, the cannons that Hu Mengjun escorted from Nanjing were asked to pass twenty of them by Chen Yucheng, and the rest were all taken away by Li Desheng. They did not get a single one of their first army. Now that they have twenty cannons added, they will

It can completely suppress the firepower of the Qing army and no longer have to be restrained when siegeing the city.

Li Xiucheng gritted his teeth and stood up and shouted: "Send the order to attack Ruyang County. If you don't attack Ruyang this time, you will never withdraw your troops!"

The generals also held their breath and took the order loudly.

Duolong, the governor of Runing Mansion, looked at the cannons under the city and showed a look of despair. He was a man of Manchurian Red Flag, so he has been with him until now and vows not to surrender.

Xu Changnian, the co-magistrate of Runing Mansion, advised: "The city is too dangerous, so please go back to the government office to wait for news."

Duolong closed his eyes and scolded Qishan for being greedy for life and fearing death. A few days ago, Short-haired was trapped in the city. He repeatedly asked Qishan to send troops to attack together, but he always rude for various reasons.

"Boom boom boom"

"Boom boom boom"

Xu Changnian saw the cannon jumping into the battlements as if it had eyes. He hurriedly pulled Duolong's arm, pulled it back hard, and persuaded loudly: "Sir, it's too dangerous here, let's go back, the power of the short-haired cannon

Too big.”

Li Xiucheng looked at the cracks that were ten feet wide on the city wall and sighed to the left and right: "This cannon has become more powerful!"

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

"Bang bang"

"Bang bang"

Huang Jinwen ordered the shooting at the city wall fifty steps. In just a few rounds, the Qing army that blocked the cracks were slaughtered.

"Get in! Go in!"

"Kill!"

When Li Xiucheng saw the foreign gun team rushing into the city, he immediately ordered: "The First Army will attack!"

"Kill" Li Chunfa got the order and waved to thousands of people behind him.

Half an hour later, Huang Jinwen pressed Ruyang's prefect Duolong to come to Li Xiucheng and shouted: "Master, this is the leader of the Qing army. It turns out that he is a Manchu. No wonder he wants to defend the city to the death. Master, this person wants

How to deal with it?"

Duolon struggled and cursed angrily: "Bah! All of you rebels must die easily. The emperor will kill you and other nine tribes! You must die happily!"

Li Xiucheng waved his hand and said lightly: "Put down and kill!"

Huang Jinwen excitedly pulled Duolong to an open place. Without waiting for him to speak, he cut Duolong's head with one knife. The head rolled around the ground as if he was unwilling to stop.

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

Li Xiucheng shouted sternly: "You help the people defend the city and punish them according to their crimes. I think you are the first offender, so I will spare your life for the time being. You immediately rushed to Shangcai County and persuaded the magistrate to surrender. If you surrender, you can survive and not surrender.

You have also seen the power of our army's cannons. After breaking the city, you will be punished with two crimes and will be executed by Lingchi!"

When he heard that Ling Chi was executed, Xu Changnian was incontinent and cried: "Don't worry, General! The villain must convince Magistrate Shangcai to surrender!"

Li Xiucheng ordered the guards: "Give him a horse and let him get out."

The next day, Li Chunfa excitedly found Li Xiucheng and whispered: "Shangcai County will be defeated without attack. The surrendered official killed the magistrate, opened the city and surrendered, the commander-in-chief, should we continue to move forward?"

Li Xiucheng pulled Li Chunfa to the next to the map, pointed to the Henan map and said, "The terrain of Xuzhou and Kaifeng Prefecture is flat and has a lot of people. A county is not as big as a town in Guangxi. How to guide Kaifeng Prefecture needs to be carefully discussed."

Li Chunfa pointed to Guide Mansion and said, "Li Kaifang and Li Fengxiang have captured Yongcheng County and Nanqiu County. According to the Qing army's surname, Kaifeng Mansion will definitely send reinforcements. In this way, the difficulty of our army's attack on Kaifeng Mansion has greatly weakened.

”

Li Xiucheng frowned and replied, "I always feel that something is short. Our army spent a long time in Runing Mansion but did not obey the emperor's instructions. He only focused on military attacks and ignored propaganda to the people."

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

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

Li Xiucheng suddenly realized that he was also a long-term worker in the past: "It's right. The people are most concerned about whether they can have enough food. Didn't Your Majesty order the three-year grain tax exemption? We will make a big publicity to let the people in Henan and Hebei all be

I know, so there is no need to worry about them helping the Qing army defend the city.”

Li Chunfa was worried and whispered: "The exemption of three years of grain tax must be for militia. This ordinary people are exempted from tax for up to one year."

Li Xiucheng said: "I can't control so much. Our First Army will be the first to attack Yanjing City."

At the city of Luoyang, Chen Yucheng was very proud recently. Gu Jiaheng actually said that he surrendered to the prefect of Ruzhou. In this way, he did not have to detour the Henan Prefecture to advance, but led his army through Ruzhou and directly into Luoyang County.

Senggelinqin, a city of Luoyang, looked at Shengbao with anticipation: "Sir, our cavalry are good at field battles, how can we stay in the city? I am willing to lead our troops to fight!"

Shengbao advised: "Why should you be anxious? The Governor of Zhili, Nar, led 20,000 reinforcements and stationed in Huaiqing Prefecture. Our task is to defend Luoyang City. When the Governor of Zhili meets with our army, the short hair will naturally retreat.

We all have made contributions.”

Senggelinqin could not tolerate Shengbao's negative attitude. He was originally a penniless poor boy. The reason why he could reach the position of the prince was all the grace of the late emperor. In his heart, he could die for the Qing Dynasty at any time.

"The short-haired cavalry is showing off his might and his morale is depressed in the army. How can I sit still and see?"

Shengbao does not seek merit but does not seek any mistakes. He does not agree with Senggelinqin's words: "There is no fear of short hair under the city, and there will be a large group of people outside. The morale of short hair is strong, so it is not suitable to fight. Since the thief has no intention of attacking the city, this official

Let’s go back to the government office first, you are so lucky to guard.”

Seeing that Shengbao was not there, General Suiyuan Tuoming'a bewitched at Senggelinqin: "Prince, why not lead the army to disperse the short hairs under the city, chop off a few heads, and boost morale."

Xipo A was defeated by Lin Fengxiang two years ago and surrendered to the top of the country. This time he finally got the opportunity, how could he give up just because Sheng Bao said. Seeing that Tominga asked for a fight, he also advised: "

Although Shengbao was an imperial envoy, most of the soldiers in the city were subordinates of the prince. Shengbao was unwilling to fight because he was afraid that the prince would make contributions and his prestige would surpass him."

Tominga reacted and cursed: "This is a shameful person, and he has a lot of tricks. The prince is a golden branch and a jade leaf. Why should he follow his orders? We are willing to listen to the prince's orders."

The generals on the city agreed one after another: "We are willing to listen to the prince's order."

The morale of the army is available! Senggelinqin made up his mind and ordered: "Concentrate all the cavalry in the city, and we will go out of the city to fight."

"Abide by the order"

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

Chen Yucheng put down the telescope of the singular unit and ordered to Zhong Lin: "Prepare the artillery. As soon as the enemy cavalry enters the ambush, they will fire the artillery immediately."

"Captain, it's wrong. The Qing cavalry went in the opposite direction." Tan Shaoguang waited for a long time, but saw that the Qing army retreated instead of advancing and fled.

Chen Yucheng looked at the disappearing cavalry and muttered: "It seems like a difficult character!"

Zhong Lin ran over and said worriedly: "I just looked at it. There were about 30,000 cavalry in the Qing army, while our army had a total of less than 30,000. I'm afraid it would be a bad thing to let them leave."
Chapter completed!