Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 21 Li Yi: No one can escape!

Hearing this, Li Yi raised his head and smiled, then said.

"you guess?"

After saying this, he turned and walked out of the interrogation room.

After saying hello to several believers guarding the dungeon, Li Yi left the dungeon and prepared to meet Feng Yunshan.

……

"Mr. Feng, I would like to ask you a question. After you and the leader returned to Jintian Village from Shanren Village, did you plan to start the uprising?"

Li Yi came up to Feng Yunshan and asked in a humbly manner.

The reason for this judgment is not just because Li Yi is a time traveler, is familiar with history, and roughly knows the time when the Jintian Uprising broke out.

It is also because of Li Yi’s judgment of the current situation.

After the battle of Shanren Village, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom defeated the Qing army and had completely broken off relations with the Qing court.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom now had no other choice but to launch an uprising and formally raise the flag against the Qing Dynasty.

Feng Yunshan heard this and nodded.

"Li Yi, you guessed correctly. The church does have this plan now."

Li Yi clasped his fists upon hearing this.

"Mr. Feng, after leaving Shanren Village, I want to go back to Lijiazhuang first to set up the regiment camp, and then go to Jintian Village to join the main force."

"I hope you will grant my permission, sir!"

Li Yi now has only a hundred people under his command, all of whom are followers of the God Worshipping Society. If he just follows them to Jintian, it will be difficult for him to stand out in the subsequent Jintian Uprising.

Therefore, Li Yi wanted to go back to Lijiazhuang first and form a militia battalion to help him build up his momentum.

If you want to rebel and conquer the world these days, your clan members and fellow villagers will be your natural helpers!

Li Yi naturally would not ignore this.

Of course, in addition to this, Li Yi also planned to take Li Dianyuan’s gold coins.

If he could get this money, Li Yi's next plan could be carried out in an orderly manner.

Feng Yunshan thought for a while after hearing this, then nodded and said.

"can."

"But you must lead the regiment back to Jintian before the eleventh day of the first lunar month of next year, otherwise you will miss the uprising."

Feng Yunshan readily agreed to Li Yi's request.

Because the uprising is about to begin, it is natural to increase one's own strength as much as possible.

Li Yi returned to Lijiazhuang this time in order to organize a regiment to participate in the uprising. To some extent, this was indeed beneficial to the uprising.

Feng Yunshan had no reason to refuse.

The time he was talking about was exactly when the Jintian Uprising started.

This day happened to be Hong Xiuquan’s 38th birthday.

Li Yi speculated that the reason for choosing this day to launch the uprising was probably because Hong and Feng wanted to use this opportunity to build a golden statue for Hong Xiuquan.

They even went a step further by deeply tying Hong Xiuquan to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in order to establish Hong Xiuquan's authority.

Li Yi heard this and nodded.

"Don't worry, sir. I understand!"

Feng Yunshan nodded, then wrote a handwritten order and gave it to Li Yi, allowing Li Yi to lead his team away after the army set out tomorrow.

……

On the second day, before daybreak, the members of the God Worshipping Society started cooking.

After breakfast, they set out from Shanren Village and headed towards Jintian Village.

Halfway through the journey, Li Yi led the team away from the main force and headed towards Lijiazhuang.

On the way, Li Yi rode on horseback, riding slowly while discussing the organization of the regiment camp with Wang An.

"Uncle Wang, I came back to Lijiazhuang this time to organize a regiment. I hope you can give me a hand when the time comes." Organizing a regiment, to put it bluntly, is to raise an army, which is not a simple task.

Li Yi was originally a grassroots military officer.

He himself is just a social animal, although he grew up in the Internet age and has a wider range of knowledge than 99% of people in this era.

But he really had no idea how to raise an army. He was completely in the dark.

But Wang An was different. Although he was a feudal military officer who ate empty salaries, sucked the blood of soldiers, and indulged in drinking, whoring and gambling, he was also a devout and evil officer.

But he had been a captain for twenty or thirty years and was in charge of hundreds of people. He was definitely more familiar with how to raise an army than Li Yi.

Upon hearing this, Wang An did not refuse and nodded.

"You and I have long been one uncle and nephew. We share honor and disgrace. Your business is my business."

"Since you want to organize a group camp, don't just go to Lijiazhuang. Go back to Wangjiaao and organize all the clan members of my Wang family..."

Wang An has now figured it out.

After he was rescued by Li Yi, he had already become a traitor to the court and there was no way he could be cleansed.

If the imperial court could suppress the rebellion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the future, he, the old king, would probably not be able to escape the fate of having his entire clan executed.

In that case, he has nothing to worry about.

Let’s go all out!
If you win over the founding heroes, you will enjoy endless glory and prosperity for generations.

If you lose, all you have to do is die!

Upon hearing this, Li Yi clasped his fists and said.

"Uncle Wang is very insightful!"

"When we have formed a team, I will ask Mr. Feng to guarantee you an official position on behalf of Uncle Wang. At the very least, I can guarantee that I can give you a brigade commander."

The two talked and laughed all the way back to Lijiazhuang.

Li Yi immediately summoned the uncles and elders in the village and proposed to organize a group to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

In an instant, these uncles and elders were furious and raised their objections one after another.

"Brother Yi, what are you thinking? You don't want to be a good officer of the imperial court. Why do you surrender... You are a thief! Hey!"

"Li Yi, this is impossible! Go and get yourself killed, don't think about dragging the entire Li family down with you."

"Oh, Li Yi, are you going to kill the entire Li family? I will never agree to that."

"..."

Li Yi sat upright in the first seat, listening to the reprimands from the elders with an expressionless face, but he did not get angry.

Beside him, Li's mother, Zhao, was also worried as she listened to the elders scolding her son.

Li Yi waited until his uncles and elders had finished speaking and vented their emotions before he spoke slowly.

"Don't be anxious, uncles, because there is no use in being anxious."

"Now that the matter is settled, I, Li Yi, have already abandoned the dark and joined the God Worshipping Church. In other words, in the eyes of the Qing demons, I am already a die-hard traitor."

"If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is defeated in the future, I will kill all nine generations of your clan!"

After saying this, he looked around and continued.

"Well, don't try to escape."

Li Yi's words silenced them.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Yi continued speaking slowly.

"So, there is only one choice before you now."

"That means fully supporting my anti-Qing cause!"

"As long as the anti-Qing cause can be accomplished, we will all be founding heroes, nobles of the Ming Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Our descendants will enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future."

"This is the promise I, Li Yi, give to everyone!"

(End of this chapter)