Zhang Rui was very pleased that his bandit suppression team was willing to follow him to kill the officers and soldiers. Originally, he thought that he would have to spend a lot of effort to convince the people below him. After all, he was going to kill officers and soldiers, and he was afraid that they would be afraid of the imperial court.
As a result, Zhang Ruidu had not yet decided whether to tell everyone. The three Wuzhou Green Camp Chiefs under him came to him after Zhang Zhishan to report the news of Guangzhou's encirclement and suppression. He also told Zhang Rui clearly that there was no need to be afraid of encirclement and suppression, as long as Zhang Rui could hurt the officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress them.
At the same time, they also said with disdain that they would have absolutely no problem with one against three of the Governor-General's pacesetters in Guangzhou.
Zhang Rui was very grateful to the several thousand people who came to inform him of the news at this time. Originally, he was thinking about whether to let people keep an eye on them. After all, they are now the commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression team. Zhang Rui has to be careful of them "shooting him black" when the officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress him.
Zhang Rui naturally understood what they said about hurting the officers and soldiers. As long as he did not raise the banner of anti-Qing for a day, even if he was a rebel at Qianlong's imperial point, he would not attract the attention of the Qing Dynasty on a large scale. After all, Qianlong was too embarrassed to bring the hundreds of "rebels" he "knew" to the court for discussion. That would be too embarrassing.
Qianlong could not afford to lose this person, nor could the Qing Dynasty.
However, Zhang Rui's understanding was different from what they thought. Their ideas were not that far-reaching, but the result was that once it arrived, there would be no problems.
Originally, Zhang Rui planned to hide it from the bandit suppression team and then take them to fight with the officers and soldiers. But looking at these bosses, they all said it was okay.
So, Zhang Rui summoned the presidents and team leaders of each team around him to discuss the matter.
Zhang Rui told them that he should not stop anyone who wanted to leave, and at the same time told them that he would never blame them. Everyone also got to know each other, and after they were willing to follow their brothers, they would go back to pay them after beating the "official bandits" who were coming to massacre the village.
If he and those brothers died in the battle, the people who left the team would probably not be much better off. All the fields are definitely gone, and they will be lucky if they can save their lives.
Things are far less pessimistic than Zhang Rui thought. Not only did not one of the team presidents and team leaders at the meeting say they wanted to leave, they all knelt down to express their willingness to advance and retreat together with Zhang Rui.
This is the first time Zhang Rui has accepted the kneeling of everyone.
After these CEOs and the team members went back to the team to promote, still no one of the team members said they wanted to leave, and some team members even shouted that they wanted to fight in the Forbidden City and let Sixth Brother come up and become the emperor. Even if there are worried people among them, the power of collective belief always blinds people.
In the next time, Zhang Rui asked people to come over and tell the people in Zhilian Mountain to leave. The result was beyond Zhang Rui's expectation, and very few people fled.
Zhang Rui didn't understand very much and even went to persuade them to leave in person. The answer is: Where is there hope in this world? Finally there is hope to survive here, where are we going to escape now? Where can I escape?
Some people even persuaded Zhang Rui to lead them in the uprising. If we have to continue to be exploited like before, there will be no point in living. Since we can't survive anyway, we might as well start an uprising directly. What if we succeed?
Zhang Rui suddenly couldn't figure it out. Aren't these people afraid of death? Don’t you know that it’s very difficult to succeed in an uprising like this? If you don't succeed, you will be dead.
In fact, he didn't know that the entire history of the Qing Dynasty had been spent in various uprisings and "rebellions" of various ethnic groups.
Let’s not talk about those distant and major rebellions. In a few years, there will be a peasant uprising by Zhu Alou and others in Fengshun, Guangdong. It was just that at that time he met Li Shiyao, the more talented governor of Guangdong and Guangxi among the Manchus, and was wiped out before he had time to grow.
Regarding the people's desire to raise the banner of uprising, Zhang Rui could only temporarily disappoint them. However, Zhang Rui made a team song for his bandit suppression team to unite their morale.
That is the famous "March of the Volunteers", but the Chinese nation was changed to the Chinese nation.
As soon as this song comes out, the effect is more exciting than the discipline song, which makes the bandit suppression team members excited.
The vast majority of the bandit suppression team are young lads, mostly between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, when they are upright young heroes with passion. Especially after hearing Zhang Rui's speech explaining the meaning of "Chinese", some people even cut off the ugly braids on their heads without hesitation.
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"China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; it has the beauty of uniforms, so it is called Hua..."
"We Han people are undoubtedly the most outstanding nation in the world..."
"...Without gorgeous clothes, without moral etiquette, and striving to be slaves all day long, are Han people still Han people?"
"The braids on our heads are not a hair accessory for us Han people, they are a sign that we are ashamed of our ancestors..."
"If we don't resist, one day the Manchus will step on our bones and say to us, look, these are slaves. So in order for our descendants to not continue to be stepped on, we have to resist..."
Zhang Rui felt that his speech was successful because when he asked Liu Muchiu, who had always wanted to escape from him, to leave, he actually chose to stay and advance and retreat together.
The passionate speech excited the bandit suppressing team members. I can't wait to pick up my sword and gun immediately to kill the Manchu and Qing troops who are preparing to encircle and suppress them.
Every time after singing the team song of the bandit suppression team, the bandit suppression team members felt that they were fearless heroes at this moment. Facing the cruel Manchu and Qing soldiers, they still moved forward bravely until they were all eliminated. .
In this way, except for those who have left Zhilian Mountain. Those who stayed were unusually united.
The team members are racing against time to intensify their training. Both the land reclamation team and the building team stopped to help the blacksmiths forge weapons, get gunpowder particles, and load fixed ammunition... Those who really didn't know what to do helped get dry food.
Looking at the busy people, Zhang Rui knew that he definitely didn't have to worry this time.
On the day of the ambush, he also secretly used the iron mold casting method to build thirty cannons that could fire ten kilograms of shells. At the same time, some gunners who can fire cannons were simply trained.
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"Brother Six, they have already entered within five miles, and they will arrive here in another hour and a half." Another scout said to Zhang Rui
"Okay, I got it. You've worked hard, go down and rest first!" Zhang Rui said to the scout team member who reported the news, while thinking in his mind
"We're finally here. It's not in vain that we, the group of people, have been sleeping here in the open air and being bitten by mosquitoes and insects all day long."
Looking at the team members who were hiding in the grass under the scorching sun, Zhang Rui couldn't help but thought proudly in his heart.
"Qianlong, let's see which one is stronger, your elite or mine."
