C589 A stalemate in the battlefield (1/2)
”Stop!” ”You're actually looking down on this old man so much …” With a loud smack, Li Hongzhang slammed the table in anger. He really couldn't understand, even if this Xiao Letian had a strong army under him, even if he didn't win anything today, how could he possibly insult himself like this?
”You think you can win today? You are only facing a portion of the one hundred thousand Huai Army s, even if it is me, a hundred thousand Huai Army s, it would be nothing more than a wave among a million troops, do you really think you are the invincible general? ”
”If the imperial government really wanted to deal with you, there are plenty of ways. With five hundred thousand Xiang Army, a million Green Camp would be able to drown you alive …” What's the big deal about you? However, the long-haired man has just calmed down, and the Twisted Army is not set yet. The imperial government will give you a chance to start anew, so don't treat the benevolence of the imperial court as weakness! ”
Xiao Letian turned his head and looked at him, ”You should go back to being a proper official. People like you don't have the dreams of becoming a great nation, you're just a guardian dog.”
”How dare you!” Li Hongzhang's roar almost caused the two armies to go on a rampage ”Great Dream? I know what you're trying to say. Isn't that what I'm trying to say about Xinjiang? ”What's wrong with me? There are Gobi Desert Beach, Snow Region Mountain, and so many poor people in Xinjiang. What can I do to protect them?”
”As long as we Chinese defend the Jiayuguan, we will naturally be like Mt. Tai, so what's the use of wasting money and food in this place? Why don't we put our limited money and provisions on the coast? You must know that the foreign military vessel is our most trusted enemy! ”
”We will gather the money and build a cannon on the coast. We will buy large cannons on the shore, and as long as we can defend the sea, will the foreigners be able to attack us? Didn't we manage to preserve the most important land in the Great Qing Dynasty? ”
Li Hongzhang roared: What am I wrong with this? What's wrong with me! ”
”Hahaha …” Xiao Letian laughed wildly and said, ”Sea defense? Do you know how to defend the sea? What else can you do other than stack up a few cannons with stones and then buy a few outdated cannons? ”Oh right, you guys can still go on being corrupt. You'll need at least half of your manpower to build a cannon embezzlement. Isn't this how the Great Clearance tax you talked about entered your pockets?”
”Of course, you will also buy a few foreign battleship ships to make up for your loss. Although they look extremely mighty and scary, they will only be able to give the imperial government some face …” ”You won't buy the latest cannon, and you won't add any new artillery shells. You'll even hang clothes on the cannon …”
”In your eyes, any funding for national defense can be freely embezzled and misappropriated! ”You guys would even put sand in the cannonball, all for the sake of earning that little bit of black-hearted money …”
Xiao Letian almost roared out, ”In the end, you will lead such a fleet to be sunk under the sea by the weakest enemies, and then the cannons will be destroyed one by one by the enemy armies … There will even be two f * cking foreign armies fighting in the Great Qing Dynasty's land, yet you guys do not dare to interfere at all, and instead remain neutral! ”
”Is this your strategy? I despise all of you … ”
Li Hongzhang was scolded till he became a fool, his hands started to tremble, pointing at Xiao Letian like he was shaking, ”You, you, you …. What are you talking about? 'Could it be that you've lost your mind and gone mad … '
Also, don't blame Li Hongzhang for cursing. Other than him, no one could understand what Xiao Letian was saying, because he was saying things that hadn't happened yet in the future.
Although it would never happen again in the future, Li Hongzhang's attitude towards Xinjiang's rebellion and the Qing Dynasty's habit of thinking, would probably cause history's tragedy to happen again.
Xiao Letian scolded to vent his hatred, but Li Hongzhang was wronged, he had always regarded himself as a loyal official who was capable, and would never admit his wrongs.
”Xiao Letian, you stop right there, what right do you have to sully my innocence? ”Tell me clearly …” Li Hongzhang slapped the table hard. If there was a knife in his hand, he would definitely stab a transparent hole in it.
Xiao Letian pointed at the refugees who were cleaning up the wounded soldiers and coldly said, ”You have already chased the civilians away to use them as meat shields, what else do you have that you can't do? ”You want to be innocent? Tell me where is your innocence?”
With that said, Li Hongzhang's face turned white, he gritted his teeth and said: ”That is an urgent matter! If you do not show mercy and do not show mercy, I do not believe that you, Xiao Letian, would not do such a thing if you met a strong enemy. ”Don't speak too highly of yourself …”
”Pah …” Xiao Letian spat on the ground, ”I wonder if you will have the face to see the previous Saints after your death, I wonder what sort of comment Confucius will give you!”
There are only two paths in front of you Huai Army right now, either to get out of the way or to fight. Don't think that I can't deal with you just because you guys are hiding in the water channel.
The negotiation had reached a stalemate. Li Hongzhang realised that Xiao Letian was as stinky and hard as a rock in a pit. He had already let go of his pride, but he didn't even bother to open the door to the negotiation.
”Xiao Letian! Even if you wanted to rebel, you wouldn't be so domineering! When Wang Mang is not humble... You are seeking your own destruction! ”
Xiao Letian strode towards his primary matrix, not even bothering to look back as he waved his hand and said, ”If you want to fight, then fight, if you want to leave, then leave, how can you talk so much nonsense! You want to rely on Su Qin Zhangyi's sharp mouth to convince me? Save your energy! ”