I am the system

Outside the city of Yangzhou, a thousand Taiping giants had besieged the city for an hour.I also heard the faint shouts of killing in the city.

At this time, Pei Jingyu also brought the remaining [-] Taiping troops and the Qing army with seven or eight thousand captives to the outside of Yangzhou City.

Hearing the faint shouts of killing in the city, Pei Jingyu's complexion changed, thinking that the Qing soldiers in the city were persecuting the people in the city, and immediately ordered to attack the city.

At this moment, a white cloth was lifted up on the city wall of Yangzhou, and then the city gate opened wide.A group of Qing soldiers came out, and one of the generals shouted loudly: "We are willing to surrender. The people in the city have not suffered from the military chaos just now. Lord Jiang and Lord Di have been captured by us, so I will offer it up."

After finishing speaking, the general waved his hand, and the soldiers behind immediately dragged out Lord Jiang and Lord Di who were bound.

At this time, the two of them were already ashamed, and Master Di hated Master Jiang to death, because Master Jiang had been moaning for half an hour, and the matter of surrender was preempted by his subordinates, and they were tied up and sacrificed. drop.

It's all right now. Under such circumstances, no matter how capable they are, they will have no way out.

"Hahaha······!"

Looking at the generals of the Qing army who came out to surrender, although Pei Jingyu was angry, she had to worry about the future, so she had to show a happy look, laughed a few times, and said, "Okay, since you are willing to surrender, I will not You will be treated badly."

There are still people in the city, as well as Qing soldiers, which must be appeased.The previous blood debt can only be settled after autumn.Now let's use the waste first.

"Huh!" Hearing Pei Jingyu's words, the surrendering Qing army breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let all the soldiers in the city go out of the city to accept our reorganization and dispatch!" Pei Jingyu said to the leading general of the Qing army.

"Yes!" Hearing this, the leading general of the Qing army immediately responded loudly, and then gave some instructions to the soldiers next to him.

After a while, a large number of Qing soldiers lined up and walked out of the city gate, gathering in the wasteland outside the city.But they didn't put down their weapons, and Pei Jingyu didn't surrender their weapons either.

Not long after, all the more than 1000 Qing soldiers in the city left the city, even the soldiers on duty on the city wall were no exception, and they all gathered in the wasteland outside the city.

Looking at these soldiers who left the city to surrender, Pei Jingyu said: "Since you are willing to surrender, I welcome it, but I don't want anyone who still has the idea of ​​returning to the Qing Dynasty."

After speaking, Pei Jingyu stared at the soldiers.

Hearing this, the Qing soldiers looked at each other.

Hearing this, the general who took the lead in surrender strode out and said, "Naturally! The Qing court has always had a decree to keep one's head but not to keep one's head. If the whip is broken, the head will be broken. I have set an example today. To show determination."

After finishing speaking, the general took off his helmet, grabbed his whip with one hand, and pulled out the saber from his waist with the other, and directly raised the saber with his hand, cutting off the whip.As the person who took the lead in surrendering, and gave his boss a vote, he had no way of turning back, so he was decisive.

"Okay!" Seeing this, Pei Jingyu shouted loudly.Said: "In the future, you will still be a general."

Seeing this, the other generals of the Qing army also took off their helmets one after another, drew out their sabers and cut off the whip on the back of their heads to show their determination.

The other Qing soldiers saw that the generals were like this, so they had to cut off their whips. Cutting off the whips also meant that there was no turning back for them to surrender this time.

Looking at these Qing soldiers who cut off their whips, Pei Jingyu also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Since you have all expressed your determination, you can now be assigned."

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In the Qing court, today's court is extremely oppressive.

On the dragon chair, the Empress Dowager Cixi's face was gloomy, and the young Puyi's father beside her did not dare to speak at all.

All the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and no one dared to speak lightly, or even dared to make unnecessary actions.

All this is because of the battle report sent back last night.

Ten days ago, during the Battle of Yangzhou City, Lord Jiang, Lord Di, and Lord Chen, who were in charge of leading the troops to put down the Taiping Army, were killed and two captured.

Yangzhou City fell into the hands of the Taiping Army again. The total number of sergeant casualties exceeded [-], more than [-] were captured, more than [-] surrendered, and the total loss of soldiers exceeded [-].

The enemy is only 2000 people, and there is no damage.

With such a disastrous defeat and such an unspeakable battle report, they all knew that the queen mother must be very angry, and they were afraid of getting burned at this moment.

More importantly, what was mentioned in the battle report about immortals, giants, and terrifying cannons, although absurd, this is a battle report!

At this moment, even those officials who are eager to make contributions in the frontier are watching their noses and noses, fearing that they will be named by the Queen Mother to put down the Taiping Army.

Although the battle report is absurd, it can also show that the terror of the Taiping Army in Yangzhou is definitely not easy to deal with. Although these officials in the frontier have some soldiers and horses in their hands, [-] to [-] will be enough, and any more will be a threat to the court. , How to put down the Taiping Army.

"Why don't you talk, you used to boast and talk, why are you all dumb now!"

On the dragon chair, Cixi spoke in a low voice.

Facing the pressure, Li Hongzhang, who was still in his middle age, stood up bravely and said: "Queen Mother, the Taiping Army was quite strange in the battle of Yangzhou. I feel that now that the Taiping Army's momentum is gone, we can suspend the offensive and encircle without attacking." , Wait until we figure out the situation in the Taiping Army, and then disintegrate the targeted attack to avoid similar situations from happening again."

At this time, Li Hongzhang's official position had not yet reached its peak, and he had no military power in his hands. In addition, he was a close friend of the Empress Dowager, so he was not afraid of being named to put down the Taiping Army in Yangzhou.

"Continue." Cixi said lightly.

Li Hongzhang continued: "Now that the Taiping Army is gone, Hong Xiuquan is panicked and incompetent. The Taiping Army only has the line from Nancheng to Yangzhou. It controls only five large cities, more than ten small cities, hundreds of villages and towns. The battle of Yangzhou is nothing more than a battle." Looking back, only two thousand soldiers of the traitor Pei Jingyu were able to fight in the Taiping Army. As long as they were surrounded so that they could not get supplements from the outside world, it would be difficult to make waves in a short period of time. Multi-line attack, annihilating the remnants of the Taiping Army in one fell swoop."

Hearing this, Cixi didn't make a sound, apparently considering candidates for the blockade.

Now that the situation is unknown, if you send troops to attack again, you may be defeated again, and it will also cause dissatisfaction among the officials in the frontier.What Li Hongzhang said was exactly what she wanted, and it didn't take much time to figure out the situation. After she had figured out the situation and found a way to deal with it, she would send people to fight. It would reduce casualties, and the officials in frontiers would be very happy.

The big officials in the frontier also breathed a sigh of relief at this time.The situation is unknown, they don't want to mess around with the mission, this is something that will cost their lives.But if it's just a blockade, there won't be such a great pressure, and the blockade will certainly not be in charge of only one or two people.