[1034 Rescue Dong Fuxiang and Prince Chun]
Seeing that Dong Fuxiang was so stubborn, Zuo Zongtang really wanted to kill Dong Fuxiang now. He finally held back his breath and snorted heavily.
Dong Fuxiang was detained by Zuo Zongtang, and his men left the city and arrived at Yili's camp.
Yi Li sighed, "I told him not to go, but to go, now I have accompanied Prince Chun, and now I have been arrested Dong Fuxiang. You go down first and stabilize the Thousand Horse Team. I will find a way."
Now Dong Fuxiang and Yi Li are brothers, so Dong Fuxiang's subordinates are willing to obey Yi Li and bow together and said, "Yes!"
What could Yi Li do? Hurry up and find Xuan Jianzhang, the commander of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army who was camping fifty miles away.
The command from the cute president that Xuan Jianzhang received was that, not to care about Yili's actions, let the Qing army handle it by itself, even though the unified army formed by Yili was controlled by the Chinese army and the Chinese state, in fact, it was still considered the Qing army, and its clothing and weapons were still the clothing and weapons of the Green Camp soldiers.
Yi Li informed Xuan Jianzhang of Dong Fuxiang's detention.
Xuan Jianzhang was furious, "This Zuo Zongtang doesn't know how to live or die! He actually dared to detain people who have already powered to join our country. This is obviously going to fight against the Chinese army. I will send troops to attack Xi'an City!"
Yi Li waved his hand. Although he was not as good as Xuan Jianzhang in war, he was better at dealing with things, especially those of the Qing court officials like Zuo Zongtang. "I know the strength of the Chinese army, but the president told me before that it is best not to fight. If the fight starts, then in the future, every place you go to will have to fight. In a few years, where can you fight to Sichuan? If you fight back to the capital from Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the two lakes, how long will it take? You can't use arbitrary weapons, general."
Xuan Jianzhang clenched his fists, "What else would you do? Should I ask someone to notify the emperor and let the emperor talk to this Zuo Zongtang in person? What is Zuo Zongtang? He is worthy of talking to the president, so what do we need to do?"
Yi Li really wanted to ask if the president had any instructions to Xuan Jianzhang, but Yi Li thought that even if he asked Xuan Jianzhang, he might not have said it, so he didn't ask.
Yi Li nodded and said, "It is necessary to tell the president. As for what the president does, let's ignore it for now."
At this time, you can call it a cute president, or an emperor, because these are all positions of a cute president. In the system, there are still many people who call it a president. However, everyone calls it an emperor, and they also know that it refers to the president.
"Then what do you think you should do now?" Xuan Jianzhang frowned.
Yi Li smiled and said, "It's not difficult. I'm here, just to ask the general to send someone to talk to Zuo Zongtang. Zuo Zongtang's status is no match for the general. The general is willing to write a letter to him personally, which is already giving Zuo Zongtang face. He said that if he doesn't release Dong Fuxiang and Prince Chun quickly, we will contact the Gansu army immediately and attack Zuo Zongtang, giving him only one day, and he will not let him go in one day. The general will announce it in the newspaper to kill Zuo Zongtang!"
Xuan Jianzhang nodded, "Okay, if he refuses to let anyone go, even if I want to kill him, I have to wait for the president to agree and cannot use newspapers without authorization."
Yi Li smiled and said, "General, I still don't understand the matter in the officialdom. This is a secret letter between the general and Zuo Zongtang. It's not really necessary to disclose it in newspapers immediately. The general wrote the letter and told the president about this matter. The president will definitely praise the general's intelligence."
Xuan Jianzhang smiled and said, "The president praises you for your intelligence, right? Okay, I will write this letter, and I will tell the president truthfully that it was your idea. The president is the emperor of the Chinese Empire. You must not hide anything from the president. Don't use your officialdom to the president. The Qing court's officialdom will not work in China."
Yi Li said seriously: "What the general said is, I naturally know this."
Xuan Jianzhang's letter was quickly delivered to Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang coughed and slapped Xuan Jianzhang's letter on the table.
Liu Jintang took it and said with a hatred: "It seems that the Chinese army can't help it. We have to fight with us in person? Sir, we are not afraid of them. Their Chinese army can fight, but we have 30,000 troops, and the city walls of Xi'an City are high and thick. Although the more than 20,000 Chinese army are the elite of the Chinese army, they did not bring heavy weapons to attack the city, so there was no way for us to do anything about it."
Zuo Zongtang waved his hand, "What I fear most is that this is not only Xuan Jianzhang's idea, but also that Xuan Yuemeng nodded behind him. Moreover, among the Chinese army, Xuan Jianzhang's status is extraordinary. The first field division of the Chinese army is also the elite among the elites of the Chinese army. If we offend Xuan Jianzhang, we will completely turn against China!"
"But, sir, now we are unwilling to accept the surrender of China. What's the difference between this and turning against each other?" Liu Jintang asked in confusion.
Zuo Zongtang shook his head, "The difference is big! Now there is no fight, and there is no fight. Is there any difference?"
Liu Jintang nodded, "But, just let Prince Chun and Dong Fuxiang go, what should I do with the face? What should I do with our Chu army? Isn't it obvious that our Chu army is afraid of their Chinese army? Or, otherwise, I would pretend to release people. As soon as people leave the city, I will send cavalry to kill them all, and by the way, I will also give Yi Li's promise!"
Zuo Zongtang sighed, "Why do you think so? If you really do this, the fool will know what I mean. What is the difference between this and going to war directly? You can come up with such a bad idea."
"What should I do now? I can't breathe." Liu Jintang sighed and lowered his head. "Sir, otherwise we will kill these two guys now?" He told Hua Jun that we have killed them. If they want to fight, they will take action first. They will refuse to negotiate peacefully first!"
Zuo Zongtang shook his head and patted Liu Jintang on the shoulder, "You, it's okay to fight. If you want to do these kung fu, you are really inferior to Yili. Not to mention you, I am not as good as Yili! It's useless. Tomorrow's newspapers will know the whole world that has passed. By then, the Chinese army has not yet attacked, and we will be drowned by the spits of the people in the northwest. Do you understand? China is best at winning over the hearts of the people, and we cannot give up on the hearts of the people."
"Then, let me release you like this?" Liu Jintang looked at Zuo Zongtang in shock and suspicion.
Zuo Zongtang nodded in pain, "What else should I do? A hero will not suffer the loss in front of him, let him go!"
"Oh!" Liu Jintang sighed heavily.
Chapter completed!