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The six of them were well aware of those old debts, and they knew the shabbiness inside them more clearly than anyone else! Gordon returned back to his country. He did not want to deal with him personally, after all, he had to understand the attitude of the British.

However, he could not allow Gordon to go against him. Then, he would just have to sit on the sidelines and watch, and let Li Hongzhang make a scene for him!

In any case, Li Hongzhang knew the conflict between him and Gordon, and he was very clear that once Gordon gained the authority, he would definitely not let him off easy!

Where is Li Hongzhang now? Not far away, his Huai Army was currently residing in Shandong Province!

After Ceng Guofan had pacified the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the imperial government sent him to the north, south of Henan and east of Shandong to destroy the entire Twisted Army!

But it was also strange, that when Ceng Guofan fought the long-haired man smoothly, he actually failed consecutively when he met the bandit Twisted Army, and his disciple, Li Hongzhang, shone brilliantly!

The outsiders did not know the details, but the old cunning fox who was in the palace knew very clearly that Ceng Guofan was hiding his skills!

This official's contribution cannot be too great. If it is so great that the imperial government cannot reward you, then the only thing left to do is to grant you a death sentence!

Anyone who read the history books would understand this principle!

Relying on its flat fur and the Twisted Army's contributions, Li Hongzhang gradually became a pillar of the imperial government. At the moment, he still had Master Ceng Guofan under his control, but if Ceng Shuang was no longer around, then Li Hongzhang's importance would definitely rise rapidly!

This kind of official had finally fallen into Ci Xi's eyes. Through many secret contacts and promises to the future, Li Hongzhang managed to get on Ci Xi's chariot!

This was the reason why Li Hongzhang had led his troops to stop the Chinese army six years ago when the palace had changed!

He was from Ci Xi's faction, so he naturally had to support Ci Xi in his palace changes. He just did not expect the new Chinese army to have such unimaginable fighting capabilities, and to have so many new weapons!

This caused Li Hongzhang to lose his wits!

After being defeated, Li Hongzhang was not discouraged, he retreated to Shandong Province, where he settled down the Twisted Army's base camp to recuperate, and after all these years relying on the support of the imperial government, he began to recruit people from his village!

The Huai Army was getting bigger and bigger, and its training was becoming more and more elite.

A while ago, General Gui Six forced his way into Yangxin Palace and stole 600,000 silver, causing the little Emperor to be completely embarrassed! Ci Xi was his own mother after all, he couldn't allow anyone to interfere with his son's personal affairs!

Under her orders, Li Hongzhang arranged for the daily training of the garrison troops and only brought a few dozen elite riders to the north of the Forbidden City to report for duty!

Ci Xi was clearly showing that he was going to help his son, to support him in the future!

Right now was the time when the power of the evil spirit was overflowing, it simply did not care about a small Li Hongzhang. Other than Ceng Guofan, who he was wary of, he did not care about the rest of the officials in Great Qing!

No matter if it's you or Li Hongzhang, neither of you have cultivated to the level of Great Marshal Zeng, so you are definitely a junior in front of General Gui Six!

This king has already given you the order, what do you dare to do, Li Hongzhang? Do you still dare to defy the king's orders?

When belle Chen picked up his Royal Father's orders, he immediately asked all over the place to find out where Li Hongzhang was. In just an afternoon's time, he had already called back.

Li Hongzhang had already passed through Tianjin, and had reached Yongqing County!

”Yong Qing? ”It's not that far, it's a day's journey …”

”Cough, cough …” ”This capital city … I'll stay here until I'm bored. Prepare a horse for me, I'm going out of the city to play …”

Zai Cheng's subordinates also had a group of Eagle Claw Sons and servants, including En Guang who had recuperated from his injuries and no longer had any duties in the imperial court, and was working together with Zai Cheng!