In less than half a month, Li Zhen had led his army to Calcutta.
The army was invincible and was invincible all the way.
Arriving outside the city of Calcutta, Li Zhen hadn't asked Prawandin to step forward to persuade him, but he saw that the city gate of Calcutta had opened, and a huge group of people came out. The leader was Prawandin. Gulzali, the interior minister under Wang Din, led Calcutta officials, large and small, out of the city to surrender.
Prawangdin felt uncomfortable when he saw this. From Prawangdin's perspective, although he surrendered to Li Zhen, he hoped in his heart that the people below would be loyal, and hoped that the people below would wait for him to persuade him to surrender before he could surrender. .
But what Prawandin didn't expect was that Gulzhari led his men to surrender directly.
No face.
Prawandin had a dark face and cold eyes.
Li Zhen looked at Prawangdin and said with a half-smile: "Your Excellency Prawangdin, your ministers are very aware of current affairs."
In a word, Prawangdin's face was even more ashamed.
Prawandin had to smile and replied respectfully: "President, the officials in Calcutta must know that I have surrendered to the President and know the general trend, so they made preparations in advance, especially the Home Secretary Gulzhari, who He is my right-hand man, the best at figuring out what is going on, and a person who can see the situation clearly."
Li Zhen smiled, feeling like a mirror.
The so-called seeing the situation clearly means that the good words are like this, and the bad words are just a straw.
Gulzari didn't know that Prawandin was giving him eye drops. At this time, Gulzari only wanted to get Li Zhen's respect and let Li Zhen see his contribution. Gulzari took Officials of all sizes walked to the center of the road. He put down his crutches and knelt down on his knees. Then all the officials knelt down, knelt on the ground, and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the President."
The shouts were uniform, and the mountains roared and the tsunami roared.
Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Gulzari to create this scene.
Obviously, it was prepared in advance.
Li Zhen fainted without encountering this scene. He looked at Guo Songtao and calmly ordered: "The army is camped outside the city. You take a regiment of soldiers and take over Calcutta."
"clear."
Guo Songtao nodded and immediately mobilized his troops.
With Li Zhen's status, it is impossible for him to risk his life to take over the city.
Guo Songtao has rich experience and is the most suitable person to lead troops and take over.
When Gulzhari saw that the person who came to take over was not Li Zhen, he felt disgusted for a while and was quite disappointed, because he also thought about meeting Li Zhen in person, but he did not expect that Li Zhen did not show up. He was just a man from the army. The soldiers had a brief conversation with him, and then the soldiers who entered Calcutta began to take over Calcutta.
Gulzari was dissatisfied with this situation, but he had no choice but to hand over his rights one by one and wait for news at home.
Li Zhen camped outside the city, while Guo Songtao was busy inside the city.
In three days, Guo Songtao sorted out the city of Calcutta, took control of all key checkpoints, and re-appointed all officials in Calcutta and assigned them new positions. At the same time, only those who had no ability among the officials were He was a person who was just messing around, so Guo Songtao immediately dismissed him with thunderous means, and those who dissatisfied were directly executed.
After things in the city were on track, Guo Songtao came to the military camp outside the city.
He gave a detailed report to Li Zheng, and then said: "President, I have sorted out the officials in Calcutta City and made reappointments, but there is still one person who has been pending and has not been decided yet."
Li Zhen asked: "Who."
Guo Songtao replied: "Gulzhari."
Li Zhendao: "Gulzhari, was he the one who led the people to surrender that day?"
Guo Songtao nodded and said, "That's him."
Li Zhen frowned and asked, "What does it have to do with Gulzari?"
Guo Songtao looked serious and said slowly: "According to my investigation in the past few days, I found that when Gulzhari was loyal to Prawanddin, he was a deceiver and a big sycophant. This man maintained a private army. Qu, corruption, in the fish and meat village, he once drafted Prawangdin twice, but in fact he drafted himself first, and then gave the rest to Prawangdin. He is already over sixty years old, but his wives and concubines are no less than Hundreds of people are all young women selected from the draft. The people hate Gulzari so much that they want to eat his flesh. I think Gulzari should be executed to give an explanation to the people, but because he surrendered to the city, so Come to ask for your instructions."
After hearing this, Li Zhen was also quite hesitant.
At a time when we are still attacking various parts of India, if such meritorious people are executed, the rulers of major cities who have committed certain crimes in the future will definitely not be willing to surrender in Kaicheng.
However, not killing Gulzari would be unfair to Baixin.
Two choices were placed in front of Li Zhen.
"kill,."
After thinking for a long time, Li Zhen made a decision in his mind.
Guo Songtao said: "President, I support execution, but the consequences..."
Li Zhen waved his hand and said: "I know what the impact will be, but our foundation is not this group of powerful and vicious people, but the most basic people. If Gulzari is killed, we will be attacked by some in the future. The powerful people resisted with all their strength, but what they got was a solid foundation, the full support of the people, and the support of the righteous."
Li Zhen's eyes were firm and he said resolutely: "If we don't kill Gulzhari, a vicious circle will be formed. The road will become narrower and narrower. We will gradually become the opposite of the people and become the second largest in the UK. We can only support puppets and kill Although it will be a little difficult for the time being to gain the support of Gulzhari and the people, the further we go, the more support we get from the people, and our road will become smoother and smoother, gradually forming the banner that we are the army of justice. , won the support of the people wherever he went."
Guo Songtao nodded and said: "The President's words are reasonable. This is like cutting off a strong man's wrist. Although it has a temporary impact, in the long run, it will definitely help us unify India."
Li Zhen nodded, his eyes firmer than ever before.
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Gulzhari Mansion.
In the study, Gulzhari walked back and forth irritably. In the past few days, the local officials who had submitted to China with him had all been arranged, whether they were demoted or promoted, but there were arrangements, but he was left alone. On the other hand, this made it difficult for Gulzhari to remain calm. He had already started to make connections and even sent someone to contact Prawandin, hoping to get information from Prawandin.
"Dong, dong,~"
A knock on the door came from outside the study.
"Come in."
There was expectation in Prawangdin's eyes. This must be the person who came to find Prawangdin.
The door opened and a middle-aged man walked in.
The middle-aged man looked disappointed and said: "Sir, I went to see Prawangdin outside the city. Unfortunately, Prawangdin didn't know anything. He chatted with me for a while and then asked me to come back."
"Asshole."
Gulzari slapped his hand on the desk, startling the middle-aged man.
"Sir, it's not good, a large number of troops have appeared outside the house."
A frightened voice came from outside the study, and a guard rushed in directly, looking anxious. Gulzari was so frightened that his legs weakened. Fortunately, his hands were on the desk, so he did not fall.