Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 23 There is no evidence to prove it!

In other words, if Li Yi had only taken out a muzzle-loading rifle, even if he was discovered, the most people would say was that Li Yi had a wide network of contacts and was able to get a foreign gun from foreigners.

Don't think of other places.

But even so, after buying the foreign gun from the mall, Li Yi did not take out the product immediately.

Instead, they were preparing to make some arrangements and try their best to whitewash the origins of these foreign guns.

After thinking for most of the day, Li Yi finally made a decision. He ordered Wang An, Chen Picheng, Li Sheng, Li Liang, Wang Zhiyong, Wang Tiesheng and others to discuss the matter.

Among them, Li Sheng and Li Liang are both uncles of Li Yi, and are also the leaders of two corps composed of villagers from Lijiazhuang.

Wang Zhiyong and Wang Tiesheng were the leaders of the two garrisons composed of villagers from Wangjiaao. Wang Zhiyong was the son of Wang An, and Wang Tiesheng was the younger brother of Wang An.

Chen Picheng was also appointed by Li Yi as a sergeant, responsible for commanding the followers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Wang An was still kept by Li Yi's side as an adviser and was asked questions from time to time.

Although he does not have a real official position now, his say in the team is second only to Li Yi.

After everyone arrived, Li Yi looked around and then spoke.

"When I was in Shanren Village, I asked the leader to punish Li Dianyuan. The leader agreed, and then I participated in the interrogation of Li Dianyuan."

"When interrogating Li Dianyuan, I learned from him that Li Dianyuan had hidden a sum of silver and a batch of foreign guns in a farm outside Xunzhou City."

"My idea is that we can take advantage of this opportunity to go to Li Dianyuan's farm outside Xunzhou City and take out the silver and foreign guns that Li Dianyuan hid there."

"Firstly, we can use it to equip regiments and battalions and continue to expand the army."

"Secondly, we can use this opportunity to conduct a field training and carry out practical training."

"What do you think?"

Li Yi's purpose was very clear. He wanted to use the dead man Li Dianyuan to find out the origin of this batch of foreign guns.

Anyway, Li Dianyuan is dead now, so Li Yi wouldn't mind putting the blame on him.

There is one advantage to doing this, which is that even if someone realizes that something is wrong, there is no way to verify it from Li Dianyuan, a dead man.

What is this called?
This is called no evidence after death!

Also, as we all know, truly elite soldiers can never be trained on the training ground.

The only place where an army can undergo transformation is a battlefield filled with blood and fire.

Upon hearing this, Wang An nodded in agreement.

"I think what the brigade commander said is feasible!"

Chen Picheng raised his hand to express his opinion.

"It's all up to the good commander's orders."

The others also spoke up to express their agreement.

Seeing this, Li Yi no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the army to march towards Li Dianyuan's farm outside Xunzhou City.

A team of nearly 500 people stretched out back and forth on the official road. Although the training time was short, only one or two days, the formation was very messy and they obviously looked more like peasants than soldiers.

But because there are so many people, the momentum is quite intimidating.

……

In Xunzhou City!

Two days after the Battle of Shanren Village ended, the Qing army in Xunzhou City received bad news from the front line.

In the spacious flower hall, the aroma of tea wafts in the air and the incense burner is lit with the finest sandalwood.

There are four braziers at the four corners of the flower hall, making the half-open flower hall warm even in winter.

Xunzhou prefect Cai Bingwen slumped in a royal chair with a gloomy look on his face.

In front of him, his advisor Fan Xiyuan was reporting to him anxiously about Li Dianyuan's defeat.

"Dong Weng, Lieutenant General Li's defeat this time was too tragic." "Not only did he lose his life, but even the magistrate of Pingnan County, Ni Tao, was killed by the thieves, and the entire Xunzhou Association was almost wiped out."

"Next, if the God Worshipping Church raises its flag to rebel, Xunzhou will be engulfed in war!"

Cai Bingwen's face looked extremely ugly. He just sat slumped in the armchair without saying a word.

His eyes were uncertain and his pupils flickered.

After a moment, Cai Bingwen spoke.

"Master Fan, go and invite Guizhou General Zhou Fengqi to serve here."

Due to Li Dianyuan's defeat, Xunzhou Association was almost wiped out. Now the only one he can rely on is Zhou Fengqi and his Guizhou soldiers.

As soon as Cai Bingwen finished speaking, he heard footsteps outside the hall.

"No need to go and ask for it again, I'll come by myself!"

Zhou Fengqi walked into the flower hall while talking.

His gaze stayed on Cai Bingwen for a moment, and then he spoke.

"I'd like to trouble you to immediately prepare food and weapons for our army, and recruit brave civilians."

"I will personally lead the troops to suppress Jintian and eliminate the great threat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for the imperial court."

Zhou Fengqi made the decision to send troops very decisively.

He was sent to Xunzhou, and his main task was to stabilize the situation in Xunzhou and prepare to suppress the rebellion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Today, the Xunzhou Association has suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the God Worshipping Society, which may formally raise the flag of rebellion at any time.

Zhou Fengqi had to suppress the God Worshipping Society before it officially raised its flag and made things worse, otherwise he would not be able to give an explanation to his superiors.

Cai Bingwen heard this and said immediately.

"Okay, in that case, I'll have to trouble General Zhou."

"This government will order everyone in Xunzhou to fully cooperate with the general."

"Please, General, make sure to wipe out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to prevent its expansion. Otherwise, if the imperial court blames us, you and I will both be held responsible."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Fengqi nodded to show that he understood.

Cai Bingwen immediately ordered the government office to prepare for the army to march out.

The whole of Xunzhou was shrouded in the dark clouds of war, and an atmosphere of impending storm permeated and spread throughout the city of Xunzhou.

……

Li Dianyuan's farm outside Xunzhou City is not far from Lijiazhuang.

Li Yi led his men eastward along the Xunjiang River, and soon they arrived at Shiyan Village.

Li Dianyuan's house is located on a flat land facing the river outside Shiyan Village, not far away from a small pier.

After arriving outside the mansion, Li Yi immediately ordered his troops to attack the mansion.

A large group of people and horses rushed forward, shouting and killing.

But before they could do anything, a head popped out from the top of the wall of Li's mansion and shouted at the top of its voice.

"My dear men, please do not take action. Please do not take action."

"This is the residence of Li Dianyuan, the deputy general of Xunzhou. Good men must think carefully about whether it is worth offending my master for some gold and silver money!"

The news that Li Dianyuan was defeated and killed in Shanren Village has not yet arrived.

But even so, seeing a large group of bandits coming to Li's Mansion in a mighty manner, the housekeepers and servants of Li's Mansion did not choose to resist, but prepared to negotiate with the invading bandits.

Li Dianyuan is just their employer, not their biological father.

How could they risk their own lives to protect Li Dianyuan's property?

(End of this chapter)