serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 459 Westerners

A tent stood alone in the prison camp, shivering in the howling wind and snow.

In the tent, William sat on a pile of hay, holding his knees with his hands, looking out the window at the falling snowflakes, motionless.

Others in the Western military tour group huddled together in their clothes to keep warm.

Finally, the Dutchman couldn't help it anymore, stood up, walked to the door and opened the thick cotton curtain.

A gust of cold wind immediately blew a lot of snowflakes in.

Everyone was shivering and looked at the heavy snow falling outside the door.

The Dutchman shouted loudly: "Everyone is dead! Why don't you send fire?"

There was silence, except for the howling of the wind and snow.

The cold wind howled and the breath turned to ice. The Dutch quickly lowered the curtain, turned around and walked back, shouting: "These Han people are so arrogant and rude! I am the envoy of the Netherlands, and they cannot treat the envoy like this!"

William really couldn't laugh or cry: "We are prisoners of war! It is reasonable to kill us now."

The Dutchman almost jumped up: "How dare he! He can't bear the anger of the kingdom!"

William stopped talking to him and closed his eyes.

Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew through the thick door curtain, and Lin San led a few soldiers in.

The two soldiers in the front were dragging two pots of fire, and the soldiers in the back were carrying food boxes.

As soon as the brazier was put down, the Westerners gathered around, lighting the fire and looking at the food boxes in the hands of the soldiers. They had not eaten anything all day and night.

The soldier took the food bowl out of the food box and placed it in front of everyone.

The Westerners' eyes widened one by one. It was just a bowl of rice poured with broth.

The Dutchman stood up suddenly and said to Lin San: "I am the Dutch envoy, and you must give me the treatment that an envoy deserves!"

Lin San glanced at him disapprovingly, then turned his attention to William sitting by the window.

The Dutchman was even more irritated by Lin San's ignorance: "How dare you, a little guard, be so rude! Where is Jia Hu? I want to talk to Jia Hu!"

A slap in the face made the Dutchman take several steps back before he regained his footing.

The Dutchman covered his face: "How dare you hit me."

Lin San ordered the soldiers behind him: "Get my riding crop!" Then he shouted to other soldiers: "Get him!"

After hearing this, the soldiers swarmed up. Two of them held down the Dutchman tightly, while the rest of them tore him apart and stripped him naked in an instant!
At this time, the soldier took the riding whip.

Lin San took the riding crop, stepped forward, and whipped the Dutchman wildly on his head and body.

The whip crackled, screams could not be heard, and the smell of blood filled the tent.

After a while, the Dutchman passed out. His back, buttocks and legs were covered with whip marks and stained with blood.

Lin San stepped forward, raised his foot and stepped hard on his right arm. With a "click" sound, the Dutchman howled like a slaughtering pig and rolled on the ground.
"Pooh!"

After spitting on the Dutchman, Lin San shouted: "Hang it on the flagpole!"

Several soldiers immediately dragged him out.

Lin San slowly turned around, his two cold eyes slowly scanning everyone's faces.

Everyone was frightened and lowered their heads.

Lin San said with a "hum", "Eat the food while it's hot."

Everyone said obediently: "Yeah, yeah." They picked up their bowls and started eating.

"Bitch!"

With that said, Lin San walked towards William who was sitting there with his eyes closed.

William opened his eyes at this time, looked at Lin San, listened to the wailing from outside the tent, thought for a moment, and said, "Can you spare his life?"

Lin San sneered: "We must abide by our rules here. Call His Majesty the Emperor by his first name, and die!"

After hearing this, William was startled for a moment, then stood up abruptly: "Your Majesty, the Emperor."

Everyone else also looked at Lin San with wide eyes and confusion.

Lin Sanyi smiled: "Accepting Zhou Chan, my commander-in-chief will soon ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor."

William sat down a little surprised and bewildered, muttering to himself: "Emperor. Emperor."

Lin San: "Don't be in a daze, our commander wants to see you." After saying this, he chuckled and said, "I have to thank you. Without the information you provided, we would not have gone out of the city to fight the rebels."

As soon as these words came out, those Westerners looked at William together, with angry gleams in their eyes!

William was silent for a while, then stood up and said, "Let's go." He walked straight out.
Heavy snow is falling down one after another.

The four red silk lanterns of "Prince Ning's Mansion" that usually hang under the dripping eaves of the fallen building in the doorway have been replaced by nine bright yellow gauze lanterns.

In the Ning'an Hall, there are four large pots of silver frost charcoal fire with green fire, which is as warm as spring.In front of the sand table, the generals of each battalion were standing.

Jia Yun was flipping through a stack of official documents while calling Jia Heng and Jia Qiang to place red flags on the sand table.

Jia Hu, who was wearing casual clothes, was sitting in front of the big case, looking down at the account books.

His face was not very pretty. The battle results and battle damage reports came up. The total number of casualties was more than 15, nearly [-] were killed, and nearly [-] were captured. More than [-] rebels fled, and the rest of the rebels died among themselves. In the midst of massacre and pursuit.

A tragic victory. In this battle, all the elites of the Liaodong Army and the Southern Xinjiang Army were lost. The Yongwei Battalion and the border troops were also severely damaged. More than [-] veterans died under Jinling City!
Li Chengyang, this bastard!

With a "pop" sound, Jia Hu slapped the case with his palm, shaking the inkstone and pen holder on the big case!

Wang Dalei, Wang Yaozu, Zhang Cheng, Jia Yun, Jia Qiang and others were all startled and couldn't help but turn their eyes to Jia Hu.

Jia Hu stood up, walked to the sand table, looked around on the sand table, and said after a while: "Xie Qiong wasted too much time in Hubei. Send him a reply and tell him to lead his troops south immediately, and take advantage of the Annan people. No news has been received. In the worst case scenario, the Annan people must be blocked in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the war must not be spread to Hunan!"

Jia Yun: "Yes!"

Jia Hu turned his attention to Liu Xianglian again.

Liu Xianglian understood and bowed: "Commander, we have selected [-] old soldiers and [-] new troops from the Southern Xinjiang Army."

Jia Hu looked at him: "From now on, you will be the deputy general."

Liu Xianglian was startled at first, then overjoyed, and immediately knelt down: "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your kindness!"

Jia Hu: "I will allocate another [-] veterans of the Jiangnan Camp for you." After saying that, he turned to Wang Dalei and said, "Your Pioneer Battalion will be expanded to [-]. You can ask Marquis Baoling for the missing men."

Wang Dalei was delighted: "Yes!"

Jia Hu: "Two days later, you will take the Yangtze River Navy's warship to Hunan to cooperate with Xie Qiong in the battle."

Wang Dalei and Liu Xianglian shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Jia Hu: "I am going to write a letter to the King of Zhennan and ask him to bring a message to Wu Chengxian. You will be going south soon, so you should also write a family letter to your great-uncle."

Liu Xianglian was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Yes."

Jia Hu looked at the northwest corner of the sand table, where there were also Jingying, Datong Guard and Gansu Guard. He hoped that Shi Ding and Zhao Yi could focus on the overall situation.

At this moment, Lin San walked in covered with snowflakes: "Commander, the Frenchman William is here."

Jia Hu: "Bring it in."

"Yes." Lin San turned around and walked out.

After a while, Lin San led William in.

At this time, Jia Hu sat on the chair again and looked down at the official document.

Looking at Jia Hu sitting at the top, William showed a complicated look on his face, and then knelt down: "The envoy from France meets His Majesty the Great Emperor!"

Jia Hu slowly raised his head and said, "Please get up."

William: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor!" He kowtowed, then stood up and stood with his hands lowered.

Jia Hu smiled: "I haven't thanked you for the information yet." After speaking, he pointed to the stool next to him.

Lin San quickly moved the stool: "The commander-in-chief gives you a seat."

"Don't dare!" William hurriedly knelt down.

Lin San smiled secretly, this guy is so timid, and looked at Jia Hu again.

Jia Hu: "Sit down."

Lin San helped him up, and William tried hard to recall the etiquette taught by the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette when he first came to Beijing, and sat down with difficulty next to the edge of the stool.

Jia Hu didn't follow him around: "I invite you here because I want to know about the situation in Annan and southern Xinjiang."

After hearing this, William felt relieved and hurriedly took out a folded paper abbreviation from his arms and stood up. "All the things His Majesty the Emperor asked are in this." He handed over the abbreviation.

Jia Hu glanced at him appreciatively and nodded gently to Lin San.

Lin San understood, took the brief summary from William's hand, and forwarded it to the major case.

Jia Hu picked up the book and looked at it briefly, then nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at William: "We will discuss the alliance and trade later. What do you want now?"

William: "Please ask His Majesty the Emperor to give us a warm place to live. In addition, please His Majesty the Emperor to be kind and allow us to bury the body of the Dutch envoy."

Jia Hu looked at Lin San doubtfully.

Lin San stepped forward and told what happened in the prisoner of war camp.

Jia Hu looked at William and then at Lin San. After a while, he nodded and said, "Then bury him."

Lin San: "Yes."

William knelt down again: "Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor, for your grace!"

Jia Hu was happy. It seemed that when dealing with these Westerners, one still had to rely on the knife in his hand. When someone died, he immediately became honest.
(End of this chapter)