At noon on the 17th, Cao Li's 3,000 men also rushed back in time. At this time, the strength of Zhang Xiaowu's Longdu Army reached 28,000, including more than 10,000 Silver Guards, 10,000 Qinglong Army, and Zilong.
There are three thousand troops, two thousand Yulin troops, and Longdu Mansion.
There were 1,000 soldiers and 2,000 Longdu Prefecture government officials. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaowu did not lose a single soldier when dealing with Zilong Army and Jin Yiwei. There were no soldiers around Longdu Prefecture who had surrendered in time.
There are only 10,000 White Tiger Army and 3,000 Suzaku Army.
Whenever there is an easy thing first and a difficult thing later, Zhang Xiaowu immediately defeats the Suzaku Army.
He sent Su Yu, who had served as the March Secretary of the Suzaku Army, to persuade Ji Sheng, the main general of the Suzaku Army to stay. In order to save his life and the entire army, Ji Sheng immediately chose to surrender and expressed that the Suzaku Army was willing to accept reorganization and join the Longdu Army.
On the other hand, Li Tao, the commander of the White Tiger Army's Dragon City, took the initiative to surrender to Zhang Xiaowu and expressed his willingness to support the central leader's safety. Zhang Xiaowu immediately ordered a heavy reward of 100,000 taels of silver to Li Tao. Li Tao was overjoyed and continued to expose Bian Wen's rebellion to Zhang Xiaowu.
After Zhang Xiaowu heard the order, he immediately ordered that all the Kaicheng Bobian family and Dushan Boye family be imprisoned.
During the day on the 17th, the people of Longdu City saw the scene where Uncle Kaicheng and Uncle Dushan were being escorted by the government. They immediately started talking. The people finally understood that they were afraid that there would be a big war next, so everyone responded one after another.
He stayed home and stayed indoors. On the contrary, the students who came to Beijing to take the exam did not know the situation and rushed to the Imperial College to ask questions.
Zhang Xiaowu hurried to the Imperial Academy and promised these scholars that because someone was plotting to rebel against the country at this time and delaying the unveiling of the imperial examination, he would give everyone a food subsidy of ten taels of silver. He hoped that the students would understand. Hearing that there were rebels and traitors,
The students quit one after another, especially those whose minds were full of romantic ideas and believed that war was nothing more than a heroic novel, so they all rolled up their sleeves and prepared to help the court eliminate the rebels.
Zhang Xiaowu felt funny in his heart. If these students went to the battlefield, they would probably hold him back. At this moment, the soldiers sent the order and the main force of the White Tiger Army appeared.
The Seventh Regiment, the main force of the White Tiger Army, actually came from Ping'an County. They originally wanted to catch Zhang Xiaowu off guard, but they didn't expect that Zhang Xiaowu had already seen through their plan. Especially when they got information from Wang Jingzhi, all the troops in Longdu City were uprooted by Zhang Xiaowu.
Since then, even Kaichengbo's family and Yedushanbo's family have been imprisoned.
As a result, the Seventh Regiment of the White Tiger Army immediately warned the forward feint attack force in Longyang County. However, the news they received was indeed true: the entire feint attack force was wiped out. General Chen Qingde, the commander of the Seventh Regiment of the White Tiger Army, was shocked when he heard that he did not
Thinking that the other party acted so quickly and wiped out three thousand White Tiger troops in just one night. He and Luo Xiu looked at each other, with deep worry in their eyes. After all, they had misjudged the ghost guard's combat effectiveness.
Although the White Tiger Army is a warrior capable of hundreds of battles, so are the Silver-clothed Guards composed of Ghost Guards. As for the Green Dragon Army, they were fought out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. After the two armies were united, their combat effectiveness far exceeded them.
imagination.
"Do you want to continue moving forward?" Chen Qing asked.
Luo Xiudao: "Since we have been exposed, we will simply occupy Ping'an County and wait for the main army to join forces."
Chen Qingdao: "I'm afraid that they will now dominate public opinion and lead the people of the world to denounce us as rebels."
Luo Xiu was also deeply worried and said: "I am also afraid of this. There are only 10,000 people in the Seventh Regiment and they cannot attack Longdu. Moreover, they are exposed and cannot make a sneak attack, so we can only use the excuse to go back to the camp to repair. Someone, please send a message to the Ministry of War.
It is said that the 7th Regiment has been fighting hard for many days on the Jiangnan battlefield, and now it needs to return to camp for repairs. However, because there are too many sick people in the army, we decided to repair it in Ping'an County and hope that the Ministry of War will approve it."
Chen Qingdao: "Can they believe it?"
"Whether they can believe it or not is their business." Luo Xiu said with a bitter smile, "It can be delayed for a while. We will use Tengshan Mountain as a prelude and set up camp with 50,000 troops. We will not fight or avoid fighting, and we will defend Ping'an County."
Zhang Xiaowu naturally didn't believe Luo Xiu's excuses. He ordered Su Yu to announce everywhere that the White Tiger Army had ignored orders and used weapons to return to the capital. The whole city of Longdu City was preparing for war. Merchants were not allowed to increase prices. People could take the opportunity to purchase food and other items to avoid war.
Disastrous. After this news came out, the people of Longdu City were immediately angry. They probably guessed that someone was plotting a rebellion, but what they never expected was that the rebel was the White Tiger Army.
Now the empire is peaceful and the people are safe. Since Zhang Xiaowu came to power, the people have finally regained their vitality. Zhang Xiaowu has killed many corrupt officials and shocked the world. Although the people's lives are not that good, everyone clearly feels that their living conditions are improving. The nobles
Treating the people is also better.
The White Tiger Army's rebellion at this time was really risking the disapproval of the world.
"Please kill the entire Dushanbo clan!"
Tens of thousands of students and common people rushed to the palace to petition, demanding that Du Shanbo's family be killed to restore the country's name. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaowu was unmoved. He even felt that someone among the people was stirring up public opinion. He then sent Kang Tianen to investigate, and Kang Tianen said that it was
Hu Yanzhan and other southern students did this, so Zhang Xiaowu called Hu Yanzhan and asked him why he did this.
Hu Yanzhan said: "Uncle Du Shan went against the will of Heaven. Naturally, we should comply with the will of Heaven. Under the will of the people, I will not give anyone any opportunity to take advantage of him."
"Opportunities? What other opportunities do you think they can take advantage of?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.
Hu Yanzhan smiled and said: "If I were Uncle Dushan, I would definitely invite the generals in the world to return the sage to the Qing Dynasty, drive away the common people, and return the nobility to the nobles."
Zhang Xiaowu frowned and began to realize that his civilian origin threatened the interests of the gentry in the world. Now, more than 90% of the sergeants and generals in the world are from the gentry. If Du Shanbo really uses the Qing Dynasty to sideline the gentry to manage politics
For this reason, it is really possible to invite armies from all over the world to conquer Longdu together.
However, once the heroes of the world send troops to fight together, it will inevitably arouse the covetousness of the surrounding foreign races, especially since they always want to take over the Central Plains. If Quan Yi takes the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, he will become the sinner of the world. Suddenly, he appeared
Breaking into a cold sweat, he hurriedly asked: "Why does Mr. Hu Yan teach me?"
Hu Yanzhan said: "Just straighten out the people's hearts. What is the general trend? People's hearts are the general trend. Your Majesty needs to occupy the people's hearts first before it can become the general trend. I suggest that Du Shanbo's atrocities be made public to the public, and his official residence can be used to spread the world. This will be more prominent than Du Shanbo's.
Strive for it one step at a time
People's hearts." In Hu Yanzhan's view, the gentry were the worms of the empire. It was they who made the empire weak and barren, and it was they who ate up the empire's gold, silver and food. If he could be in power one day, he must make the common people and the gentry equal.
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Zhang Xiaowu's brows were locked. He understood that Hu Yanzhan asked him to fight for the hearts of the people. As a civilian student, Hu Yanzhan did not care about the ideas of the scholars. He signaled that Hu Yanzhan left first, and he needed to consider one or two.
Hu Yanzhan retired, and when he saw Kang Tianen rushed, the two nodded and smiled.