C580 The Force in the Rainstorm

"If I go up the mountain, I will be a tiger. If I go down to the sea, I will be a dragon. I will be a great hero in the human world! I wave the rain, I dance to the wind, and look at my rising Chinese dragon in the east. How much thunder rain, how much wind, how much ice, how many winters do I have to fear the wind, what fear the rain, what fear the shaking of the mountains? If I were to soar into the sky, I would be able to devour the rainbow … "After experiencing bloody winds, storms of blood, I have heard thunder and lightning rise and fall, but I do not know if it moves me. I let it float and rise, I let the earth shatter and the sky collapse, I forever yearn for the red sun in the east …"

"If I go up the mountain, I will be a tiger. If I go down to the sea, I will be a dragon. I will be a great hero in the human world! I wave the rain, I dance to the wind, and look at my rising Chinese dragon in the east. The children of Pu Tianlong are twisted into a rope, they do not believe that I will not lead the world's wind, my mighty aura is like the surging waves of the billions of dragons, my dragon is in the middle of the surging winds, although it has also suffered, although it has suffered, it has suffered the pain of the dragons, but it is still extraordinary, I also feel that it is not normal, you and I only believe in the dragon race, it is glorious … "

Amidst the singing, Wang Huaiyuan watched as the new army increased their speed and slapped his horse hard. "Prime minister, don't look down on me, I, Wang Huaiyuan, have also walked out from the mountains of corpses and the seas of blood. I am not afraid of death …" After which, he urged his horse forward.

At this time, the French large nose Molière urged her horse to follow along. "Can you tell me how much power you still have? Perhaps I can help you …"

Xiao Letian did not have time to care about what his two Secret Police s were discussing. He was completely engrossed in the spectacular scene of the man Ma Rulong.

Over a thousand of the new army wore uniform and advanced while singing a vigorous military song. This was an iron army forged with the courage of a good man, and from every bone, it revealed a valiant aura that even the gods and ghosts didn't dare to approach.

"This is the foundation of my, Xiao Letian's, business. These seeds are precious gold mines that can reconstruct the national spirit. With them, China will have an iron spine …"

"Who do you think Li Hongzhang is? Ever since you said you wanted to give up Xinjiang and the words of Annan, you have already exposed your humble heart …" You are not some famous official, you are not some pure scholar, compared to Great Marshal Zeng, you are just an earthworm! "

"Ceng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang at least has a dream of a great nation, but what do you have? Using an attack to destroy the enemy? Are you going to let me do whatever I want with you? You can't even control a little Japan, what kind of famous official of the late Qing you are! "

Xiao Letian looked to the west and spat out. "Pah!" Would a person who was willing to be a slave be a famous official? Can a man without a backbone take on the burden of China? "I'd like to see if you can block my blade …"

At the same time, before the northwest side of Wu Qing City reached the Langfang, the sky and earth had already become a sea of water. Yellow bean sized raindrops rained down like a gale, instantly filling the small channel with water.

The strong gale was bringing up streams of rainwater, whipping the sky and earth like whips. The trees on the plains were shaking helplessly, making 'ka ka' sounds, and were even being uprooted.

Amidst the black sky, the bright lightning, and the deafening thunder, there was an unbelievable scene in Li Hongzhang's camp. In the midst of the world's chaos, the three thousand Huai Army's elites had actually stood up in the rain.

Li Hongzhang's leather boots stepped onto the mud and allowed the rain to hit his body.

"Jiu Hu, you've done well. Last month, you killed two Twisted Army Generals. Not bad …"

"Madman Tian …" You are a veteran who has been with me for many years. Before Huai Army was established, you were my personal soldier, and now you are also a Total.

"Shaving Zhang..." "Back then, you took thousands of lives to fend off thirty thousand long hair's attacks. Kid, you have a set of defenses …"

Li Hongzhang called out his name one by one, and the old soldiers' eyes filled with tears of excitement. It's all thanks to the marshal! "

"Don't thank me, thank yourselves …" It was all thanks to you risking your life for this contribution, but it was I, Li Hongzhang, who wanted to thank you instead! "Bring it up …"

Li Hongzhang gave the order and personally brought out a few chests from the tent and placed them in front of the army. He casually opened one mouth to open a few shiny silver ingots, and the other one to open a few eagles.

Li Hongzhang endured the rain and shouted, Brothers, did you all see that? "This is silver, a total of two hundred thousand silver, yours …"

"You're all veterans now, you should know that there's a war going on when you see the silver. The more you fight, the harder it is to fight, and the more likely you are to die …"

"That's right, I'll tell you the truth. Today, our enemy is Xiao Letian, that so-called Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea. "What the hell? He only has a thousand soldiers and he dares to call himself the strongest army in East Asia?"

"Tell your father, are you willing …"

"I refuse to accept this!" The audience was thunderous.

"Fine, as long as you are unconvinced. If you are unconvinced, let's fight!" Today, the three thousand of us will beat them up for one thousand and a half years.

I, Li Hongzhang, swear to the heavens, that after we attack Tanggu, I will take out another one million silver to reward everyone … Do you believe me? "

"Letter …" Lord, there's no need to say so much. We are from the same village! "Who do you believe …"

"That's good. We will now begin to split the money. I will personally hand it to you …"

The sound of metal clashing could be heard everywhere in the camp. The heavy rain did not manage to wash away the excitement on the soldiers' faces.

Whether it was the Xiang Army or the Huai Army, they were all powerful armies formed from their blood. The ancient people called them village friends, and in the modern man's eyes, they were called the local warlords.

The whole army had the same customs, the same village voice, and even the taste of eating were the same. After that, they also married their relatives and formed an unbreakable warlord system, this kind of tangled power had a kind of collective exclusion, as long as Leader said that they were enemies, they did not need to think twice to figure it out.

Holding the shiny silver ingots and silver coins, people no longer cared about the heavy rain. They stared at the marshal with murderous looks, waiting for his order.

"Brothers, Xiao Letian is the westernization Evil Demon, his Gun is indeed sharp, and to be honest, we are not his match, but the heavens are beautiful, now with the heavy rain pouring down on them, their fire spears are even worse than fire sticks …"

"Pick up your weapons..." Hide your bowstrings... Today, let us teach them how our ancestors fought … "

"Victory!" Victory! Victory! " Xiang Army's imposing manner was like a rainbow, the officers took the orders and left the camp, heading to the ambush point to wait, no one cared about the heavy rain above them.

As groups of soldiers were leaving the camp, two war horses came galloping down the road from the northwest, but there was only one rider.

"Marshal …" Receive... "Order from the imperial government …" The one who rushed up was a masked Mongolian knight. Only these men who had grown up on horses were able to control them in the heavy rain.

"Reporting to the marshal..." "An urgent order from the imperial government …" The knight jumped off his horse and fell into the mud. The guards beside him quickly helped him up.

"Marshal, under the orders of the empress dowager, the capital has collected three thousand war horses and they are continuously being replenished. However, we don't have that many cavalrymen. The majority of them are meant for you …"

"Not only that, the empress dowager gathered 10,000 elites to support us as we neared the capital. By the time I set off, the army had already assembled at Old Qi Huanmen School …"

"Not only that, the empress dowager has also brought a secret order for your excellency's approval!" As he said that, he handed over the secret letter to Li Hongzhang.

Opening the secret letter, Li Hongzhang's vision immediately turned black. He muttered to himself, "What's wrong with this? What's wrong with this …"

The Mongolian Knight saw the hesitation in Li Hongzhang's eyes and shouted, "Master, this official brought three war horses with me to deliver this letter. In just a distance of one hundred li, one had already died. In the Beijing, the empress dowager had brought out all of her silver to reward Beijing's morale. Furthermore, after the ten thousand elites were transferred out, the capital city was empty … "

"All the strong soldiers have been taken away. I know better than me if the remaining soldiers can fight …" This battle must be won, we have no way out! "

Li Hongzhang glared at him: Hehe, I'm a general, do I need you to teach me how to fight? Someone, come … "Take him down to have some hot soup …"

Watching as the rider walked away, Li Hongzhang spread open his hands and allowed the secret order to be smashed into pulp by the torrential rain. In Li Hongzhang's heart, there was only one sound: "If I were to take this step, I will never be able to turn back …"

It was raining cats and dogs here in Wu Qing City, and it was raining cats and dogs in the capital city.

Inside Kiki's tower, Hairy # 2 stood in front of Ci An and laughed bitterly, "I just received news that Ci Xi ordered 10,000 troops to charge towards Langfang to kill. Seems like she guessed that we were asking Prime Minister Xiao for reinforcements.

A string of prayer beads in Ci An's hand made a "beng beng beng beng" sound. "Heh heh, this little sister of mine is really strong, she's not going to agree to my conditions no matter what? Then why didn't she just send troops over to kill me? As long as I'm dead, what's the point in letting Xiao Letian enter the capital instead of entering the capital … "

Fuqing shook his head. "That won't happen, from today onwards, the empress dowager's life will be as stable as Mt. Tai, because it will drag on for too long. "Impossible …"

"Humph!" So what if he survived? He was just an empty shell without any real power. I finally understood that it was impossible for him to not have a strong army … Now we can only rely on Xiao Letian! "

"If he, Xiao Letian, wins, then I will still be the empress dowager with actual authority. If he, Xiao Letian, loses, then I will have entered the cold palace …" As he said till here, Ci An gazed at Qing San Ye with incomparable bitterness.

San Ye's back was instantly drenched in sweat.