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Chapter 82 Recruiting for peace

In addition to the nearly a thousand naval troops who were forced by Li Xin, only a few hundred of the prisoners were willing to join the revolutionary army, and they were also bachelors. They were attracted by the temptation of high salaries and their first wife. After all, most of the prisoners' families and relatives were in Huai'an, and no matter how well they were treated, they were hard to give up.

What's more, although the Revolutionary Army won a great victory, its strength was there, occupying only an isolated city, and there were only a few people. What if they came to encircle and suppress it next time? Almost no one had too much confidence in the Revolutionary Army.

But no matter what, this time it was a great harvest. The scale of the revolutionary army reached 9,000 people. The soldiers happily returned to the city with their captured weapons and ammunition, and rushed to tell the surrendered soldiers about the glorious history of the revolutionary army. They looked proud. The Hongniang also asked: "Will the court accept your invitation?"

Li Xin smiled: "I guess Shi Kefa won't report to the court so quickly. It's probably because the yamen recruited me and lured me to Huai'an."

"oh?"

Everyone looked over.

Li Xin was amused: "Li Qingshan, Shandong, everyone has an impression. He pulled up a group of people and rebelled. Later, he was deceived by the court in the name of reunion and led his troops to surrender. He was dreaming that the court would reward him and let him become an official. Unexpectedly, he was taken to Beijing, offered prisoners, and executed by Lingchi. Hehe, Li Xianfeng of that day and Shi Kefa today must have the same abacus."

Huang Hai couldn't help but curse: "The most fucking thing in the court is not loyal."

Li Xin waved his hand and looked at Gao Guiying strangely and said, "It's not all that blamed the court. Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng have also been recruited. Chen Qiyu and Xiong Wencan, who were in charge of the recruitment, treated him sincerely. What was the result? He surrendered and rebelled again, which made the court and the rebel army distrust each other. Recruitment became a means of intrigue. If he fell into a trap, he was stupid and could not blame others."

Gao Guiying's expression was not natural and she hummed softly.

Indeed, she was a witness to the disastrous defeat of the Chexiang Gorge. The Chexiang Gorge was surrounded by mountains and steep mountains, which were easy to enter and difficult to exit. She was surrounded by the army of officials, and was surrounded by stones and blocked roads. She threw stones from the mountains or threw them with torches. The rebels were trapped in the gorge, and the food and grass were cut off. In addition, they were hungry and exhausted for a long distance. But it rained heavily in the sky. It was not clear for more than twenty days. The mountain torrent broke out, the water in the gorge rose sharply, the soldiers were all out of bows and arrows, and the horses were short of fodder. This was really a desperate situation.

So Li Zicheng sent someone to bribe Chen Qiyu, and each one was pacified, and he received fifty taels of silver. Chen Qiyu happily accepted it and bribed Qiyu's generals and commanders with the treasure. He successively sent more than 36,000 rebels from the pseudo-reward, and ordered them to return home, but still returned to his hometown. Chen Qiyu organized each hundred rebels into a team, and each team sent a pacification officer to escort him back to the land.

However, after leaving the southern plank road, the rebel army countered the escorted officers and soldiers, defeated the unexpected generals He Renlong and Zhang Tianli, and then attacked Baoji, Linyou and other places, and regained their lives!

Just talking about the matter, although Chen Qiyu received the money, he was still trustworthy. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were not righteous. Among them, Li Zicheng was a little better and only once in the carriage gorge. Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to Xiong Wencan in Gucheng a few years later, resting his troops and rebelled again. Chongzhen was furious and arrested Xiong Wencan back to Beijing to execute him. From then on, he was very taboo to recruit people. The governors and ministers naturally regarded recruiting people as a means of seduction.

Li Xin sighed: "The lack of faith and righteousness of the predecessors has caused us to sincerely attract peace later on, and we have to have a fight with the court first. Sister Guiying, this is the good thing that Li Zicheng, who is so righteous and unforgettable, did you never forget!"

Gao Guiying said stubbornly: "The court is unjust, what kind of faith does it tell them?"

The Hongniang was dissatisfied and said, "Mr. Li, why are you talking about this? I know you have prejudice against the King of Chuang, but there is no need to ruin his reputation everywhere, right?"

"Okay, okay, let's get back to the point!"

Li Xin shook his head and said, "If I expected it is right, if I refuse to go to Huai'an, Huang Degong will come to attack me, or there will be Zhu Dadian and Liu Liangzuo, and their troops will be several times higher than me. This is our life-and-death battle, and our Nirvana battle. Only after one battle can the court formally recruit me. In other words, not all cats and dogs can be recruited. The prerequisite for recruitment is to have the qualifications to compete with the court, so we must not relax. We must seize this precious gap to train troops and store grain to welcome the arrival of the decisive battle."

Huang Degong had 20,000 soldiers, and Zhu Dadian estimated that there were about 10,000 soldiers, and Liu Liangzuo and Shi Kefa. Han Wenjing led the defeated soldiers to make a comeback. The court could concentrate at least 50,000 to 60,000 troops. When they thought of this, everyone looked a little solemn.

"What? Are you scared?"

Li Xin smiled without taking it seriously: "In Dengzhou, I took everyone out of Li Chuang's pit. In Luoyang, we robbed King Fu and threw the blame to Li Zicheng. Next, we were nothing more than a head-on battle with the court. If we win, we can gain an official position and gain a foothold in the wealthy Huaiyang. If we lose, please forgive me for being arrogant. I have never considered this.

In fact, everyone has seen the performance of the Huai'an soldiers. Taking this as a reference, how good can Fengyang soldiers, Nanjing soldiers and Yangzhou soldiers be? As long as we are not panic, no matter how many soldiers and horses come to the court, there is always a chance to be defeated by us. To be honest, I hope to come more. The more we come, the more weapons and equipment we throw away. When we were in Qi County, we had no guns or cannons. Now we have thousands of guns and hundreds of cannons, all of which are obtained from the court. The court is our transportation brigade leader!"

"The commander-in-chief said it well, damn it, today the commander-in-chief Renyi has released Shi Kefa. He will dare to come again next time. My old man must catch him with his own hands and see if he is ashamed!"

He Hu immediately patted his chest and shouted.

Erju also smiled flatteringly and said, "With the commander-in-chief bringing us, Chongzhen is not afraid of sending 100,000 soldiers!"

"That's right, we also pointed at the commander-in-chief and led us to Yangzhou to marry a thin horse in Yangzhou as a woman!"

Everyone agreed, and the atmosphere was quite warm.

Li Xin waved his hand: "The war has been fought, and the victory has been won. We must celebrate it. Everyone has a good meal tonight!"

Gao Guiying hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Li, everyone has been busy all day and is tired. Let's take a break early tonight. Tomorrow is just New Year's Eve, so it's not too late to put it together to celebrate the celebration."

"Um?"

Li Xin's eyebrows twisted slightly.

In the past, Gao Guiying adhered to her own identity as an outsider and never pointed at military affairs. Even if she couldn't help but occasionally, she would tell herself in private and would not say it out in public. But what's going on?

Li Xin looked at Gao Guiying and caught a little panic on the thriving face.

"Sister Guiying is right, let's celebrate tomorrow night."

The Hongniang also came from the sidewalk.

"Okay, I'll go over there and have a look!"

Li Xin nodded, walked to the side, and gave Erju a wink. Erju quietly squeezed over. Li Xin grabbed Erju and whispered: "Let me find a few clever brothers and stare at Gao Guiying. If there is anything wrong, don't touch her first, come and report me in time."

"I know!"

The second pulp nodded and responded.
Chapter completed!
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