Qiu Yun had doubts in his heart and no one could answer him. But while Zhang Rui was asking questions, the bandit suppressing troops gathered not far away shouted:
"I do."
The shouts of thousands of people were extremely shocking, and Qiu Yun couldn't help shouting: "I do."
After shouting, Qiu Yun found that Li Laojiu next to him was also shouting.
Looking at the excited Li Laojiu, Qiu Yun thought he was shocked by Zhang Rui's lofty ideal of creating a world where everyone has enough to eat. Little did he know that Li Laojiu was actually moved by Zhang Rui's words about giving his children a better future.
In Li Laojiu's view, he can do whatever he wants, but his children must not continue like this. And judging from the situation on the battlefield, Zhang Rui is not sure that he can really conquer this country.
"Okay, I, Zhang Rui, am here to thank you all. Let's build such a world together." Zhang Rui said after silencing everyone with his hand.
Zhang Rui was very happy at this moment, even though there were still many people who were not convinced by him. However, at least a seed was planted in their hearts, so that they would not cause trouble when Zhang Rui set out.
In fact, Zhang Rui was really helpless about this impromptu performance. If you choose to kill them, it is of course the safest, but your reputation will be ruined in the future, and it will not be easy to get others to surrender.
Zhang Rui suddenly remembered a TV series he had watched before, "Bright Sword". He remembered that there was an episode in which Li Yunlong was beaten until he had no soldiers. Then he went directly to the prisoner camp and said a few words to win over the prisoner soldiers.
So Zhang Rui also gave it a try.
Zhang Rui learned from Li Yunlong's speaking skills. It is a noble honor to speak out their sufferings first, and then sell your own ideas.
Zhang Rui also had bad intentions at the beginning. But so far, the effect is beyond expectations. It can only be said that Guangdong has always had a high awareness of resisting the Manchus, and Zhang Rui also gave them confidence after several battles.
"Everyone knows that Qianlong is determined to destroy me. The Qing army has assembled a total of more than 30,000 troops to encircle and suppress me. You are one wave, and now there is another wave not far from here."
"My bandit-suppressing army is going to defeat them now, but it's more troublesome to capture prisoners. If anyone is willing to be a prisoner with me, stand on the left. If not, stand on the right. I'll give you your travel expenses when I get back."
After facing Zhang Rui's various confusing words, most of the prisoners went to the left side of Zhang Rui's finger, and many people ran to the right side.
Those who ran to the right were looked down upon and despised by others, and many people were insulting them. Let them lower their heads involuntarily.
Time did not delay for too long, and the prisoners each had their own choices.
Zhang Rui left 300 spearmen, 100 cavalry and more than 500 newly transferred captive soldiers to guard the camp, and then set off with the rest of the troops.
At this time, people from the scout camp came to report. Six miles to the north, enemy troops were found encamping.
It turned out that when Li Shiyao had just been defeated, he arranged for troops to stop Qingyuan's troops and not attack for the time being.
Li Shiyao really couldn't figure out Zhang Rui's firepower, so he had to be afraid. If he rashly sends troops to attack again, all of them may be destroyed, and Guangdong will be in real danger.
If this is the case, Li Shiyao's official career has really come to an end. Therefore, Li Shiyao had to be cautious and retain all the people who had not yet contacted Zhang Rui. Li Shiyao planned to figure out the situation tomorrow and then gather his strength to defeat Zhang Rui openly.
"My lord, the rebels have been spotted four miles ahead and are heading towards us." A scout from the Qing army in Qingyuan reported to Wu Sanshui, the commander-in-chief of Qingyuan.
"I know, you go down!" After listening to the scout's words, Wu Sanshui said
"Yes, I'll take my leave, little one." After the scout knelt down and bowed, he retreated.
"What's going on? It's already this hour. Are those rebels still planning to fight?" Wu Sanshui asked the generals around him with some confusion.
"I think they thought they had defeated General Li, so they had their tails raised to the sky, and they were ready to come and attack us after another temporary victory." said Qian Xijin, the green battalion counselor under Wu Sanshui.
"Yes, that group of rebels thought that we were the same as those old soldiers in Guangzhou. Thinking about it, I feel really embarrassed for them. More than 8,000 people defeated three or four thousand others." Deng, another general under Wu Sanshui, said Geely took the words and said
"That's not it. General Li was also frightened by that group of guys, so he ordered us not to move. If we were the ones who took him early in the morning, he would probably be able to drink and eat meat in peace now." Qian Xijin echoed Deng Jili's words.
"Then according to your opinion, this group of rebels is not that powerful? Is it just that the Guangzhou garrison is too unbearable?" Wu Sanshui asked after hearing what the two said.
"Of course, I'm not bragging. Those green soldiers in Guangzhou can't help but fight. Ten of my people here can fight fifty of them." Deng Jili replied
"How do you know they are like this?" Wu Sanshui was a little suspicious of Deng Jili's words.
"Sir, you don't know. When I took people to Guangzhou, I fought with them in private, and they couldn't help but fight." Deng Jili said in a low voice, with a sense of pride on his face.
Wu Sanshui did not expect that Deng Jili would have such a thing, so Wu Sanshui no longer pursued anything about the fact that the army was not allowed to fight in private.
"So what do you mean, we go out and fight with the rebels?" Wu Sanshui asked questioningly.
Wu Sanshui only got this position because of the influence of his ancestors, and because he had some wealth in his family and paid tribute to the people above him.
Since there was no big rebel army in Guangdong and no major wars had taken place, Wu Sanshui felt very uneasy when he received Li Shiyao's military order.
However, when he heard that a 30,000-strong army was encircling and suppressing bandits of less than 5,000 people, Wu Sanshui felt calm again. This is a military merit that comes to your doorstep. If you get this merit, you may not be able to move up.
However, everything was beyond Wu Sanshui's expectation.
When he received the messenger sent by Li Shiyao to set out for an encirclement, Wu Sanshui did not slack off at all.
However, after gathering the troops and marching in a hurry, they were less than six miles away. Li Shiyao's messenger came again to issue orders. The eight thousand people in Guangzhou in front were actually defeated. Let them wait for Li Shiyao's military order.
How long has it been? There were more than 8,000 people. Even if they killed 8,000 pigs, they wouldn't be defeated so quickly.
But this is the case, so Wu Sanshui can't help but not believe it.
Now Wu Sanshui's two generals told him that there was no need to worry at all.
"So, do you mean we are going to fight?" Wu Sanshui asked
