Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The biggest difference between Xiao Letian's new army and the decaying late Qing's army was that they had a conscience. When the pitiful captain kowtowed, the young soldier's heart softened.

General Ding, who had escaped, clutched his chest as he panted heavily, "Xiao Letian, you are so vicious. Killing us once in the summer isn't enough, and now you want to dig us out completely? "I'm going to sue you in the capital, just you wait …"

At this time, the janissaries by his side said softly, "Sir, you can rest assured, the captain is my family's relative, he will not sell us out. Wait till the TIANJIN Wei, we will look for the general of the Manchu, so many people died here.

"Shut up! You forgot what Old General Li instructed before he died, no one knows how big Xiao Letian's power is now, who knows how many soldiers he's hidden in the vicinity of Tanggu? Did you know that the only official that was bought was Zhou Mingkui? "It's not a good idea to show your face here …"

Don't look at how General Ding cursed, he had actually long since lost his courage. He only had one thought in mind now, which was to hurry back to the capital and deliver the news to the emperor and empress dowager. Two massacres a year, this wasn't even human life.

The sound of water splashing could be heard as the ice on both sides of the river was crushed. However, everyone knew that sooner or later, this river would be frozen solid by Zhou Tianhan.

's plan to settle down had worked out in the afternoon. The first were the elderly, weak, and handicapped who did not participate in the night battles, and what they welcomed in the morning light was not Xiao Letian's butcher knife but the organized commoners in the vicinity. There were carts of vegetables, rice noodles, and large fans of pork … Including a load of charcoal.

The ones in charge of transport were the villagers who lost their land in Little Wang Manor. The Chinese people were smart and hardworking, but since the land no longer belonged to them, they had to think of a way to earn money. In addition to the extra care that Xiao Letian had given to the three villages, it allowed them to receive quite a bit of private work.

"Just looking at them and you only know how to stare at them. I wonder if you would be able to help out. Are all of you dead?" Standing on the charcoal cart, the old Village Head had never been so full of herself in her entire life. As the large carriage blocked the entrance of the camp, the old man jumped on the carriage and began to curse with her hands crossed.

"You bunch of big-headed soldiers with heads full of dregs were tricked like stupid dogs by him. That Sun Sanhu confessed everything in the prison, he's a thief in the river, a liar! I wanted to borrow your hands to steal some money, but look at how excited you were last night.

"The has a saintly heart, and knows that you all are bewitched because you are poor to the point of being unable to go on with it. That's why we are the ones to send you all some food that can last through the winter … "What are you looking at like that for? Open the camp door and help me unload the car …"

Good heavens! The old elder scolded until his face turned red, he looked at Green Battalion, who was so scared that he looked like his third grandson, and inwardly vented his anger.

In the three villages that were represented by the Little Wang Manor, manpower had all come out during the night battles last night. Almost all the young men of the village had participated in the battle. It was this night of hard work that had caused some changes to these simple and unsophisticated peasants.

There was no longer any fear in their eyes, only confidence and pride. Clenching their fists tightly, they could feel the power they possessed. After a night of shouting and waving of flags, Xiao Letian had already opened a hole in their hearts and sowed a handful of seeds. As for when they would sprout, that would depend on their luck.

The garrison soldiers could not believe their ears. "What the hell?" Send us food? Or was it sent by the Mr. Xiao? You're not playing with us, are you? "

Pui, the old elder almost spat on his face, "Fuck, I've already brought you all the meat, eggs, and white rice noodles, what else do you want?" What about waiting for the Mr. Xiao to personally deliver them to you? You deserve... "Grandma!"

The villagers didn't wait for the soldiers to make a move and directly rushed over. A few of them lifted up the barracks door and moved it away. The young men were even cursing and swearing.

"Mr. Xiao is truly a living Bodhisattva reincarnation, after the great battle, only then did Yue Yang's guards drink a bowl of legume, even if it's just a meal, in the end, they sent meat and food to you shameless raiders. In your previous lives, you guys did count as burning incense … "Hurry up and set up the pot. Boil the water and stew the meat …"

Under Green Battalion's astonished gaze, the big pot stove was put up, the big axes in the camp were chopped up the hard frozen pork, and on the big wooden board, the tofu and cabbage were sliced up like hills.

In half a day's time, the entire camp was filled with the fragrance of stew and rice, making these soldiers salivate.

The Green Battalion s and Eight Flags Soldier s of the Qing Dynasty were all under the control of the imperial government, and belonged to the most primitive army system. After more than two hundred years, it was needless to say about the quality of soldiers raised by such an old and useless system. Let alone dealing with the foreigners and the Taiping Army, even robbing them was a difficult task for them.

This was a typical example of a soldier eating food. As long as there was a way out, whoever was given the highest treatment would work with that soldier. Of course, this was on the premise that there was no rebellion. Now that Xiao Letian had shown his sincerity, these soldiers had long forgotten about the kindness that the other generals showed him and rushed over to help chop firewood and bring water.

At that time, when the needles were pointed at noon, the soldiers who were retreating back to their campsite appeared to be scattered all over the place. At the beginning, they were all being very careful, but when they saw the guards already starting to eat with bowls in their hands, they completely understood that Xiao Letian's promise was not a joke.

"If you want to die, you have to be a dead rascal. What does the life and death of the big figures have to do with us? Go back to the camp to eat and eat …" The world was vast and it was the best place to eat. The defeated soldiers rushed back to the old camp, picked up their rice bowls and began to pull. It had been eighteen hours since the evening yesterday. Even if he could get on the guillotine in the next second, he would be full by now.

From noon onwards, more and more soldiers returned to the camp. By nightfall, 90% of the soldiers had already returned to the camp. Immediately after, the leader of the Tanggu's officials,, suddenly appeared.

The soldiers immediately exploded, and some of the older soldiers even shed tears from their excitement. "It's great that the civil servants came. We're saved. This isn't a scam, it's really not a scam …" In the traditional Chinese way of thinking, a civil servant was Mu Shou, while a military official was Iron Blade. Now that the Green Battalion had committed such a heinous crime, a civil servant had appeared first, which meant that the big figures did not have the intention to kill them all.

"Brothers of the Green Camp … You are all wronged … You were all deceived by that swindler Sun Sanhu. He had already confessed everything in the dungeon, he just wanted to use you guys to mess up the Tanggu City, then his bandits would be able to take advantage of the chaos and rob the various merchants … "

"Poor generals, their deaths were so unfair! Fortunately, the Letian Firm helped to stabilize the situation. The armed sailors who are the foreign guards, the foreigners and the servants of the other merchants have worked together to thwart this conspiracy.

The Green Battalion s all looked at each other in dismay as their hearts were in turmoil, "What's going on? How come those bald soldiers that were killed so fiercely last night are just guards? How could there be such a powerful foreign bodyguard in the world? His fighting strength is almost as strong as the British and French combined forces's … "

"Quiet, quiet, do you want to die? "Milord, you can say whatever you wish to say. For now, I'll let you keep your little life."

Zhou Mingkui calmed the soldiers down a little and went back into the tent. He then gathered the rest of the officers.

These survivors of the great battle, such as guerrilla hit, Dusk, Garrison, Chief Escort, and Total, all walked into the tent uneasily in their hearts and started to listen to Zhou Mingkui's orders.

"Good, good, good. You guys are really elites. One thousand and five hundred people can't even beat two hundred guards? And under the chaos, they even lured the foreigners ashore. Is this how you defend the kingdom to the emperor? "

None of the officers thought that they would hear Zhou Mingkui's murderous words the moment they entered the door. Everyone was stunned. Lord Zhou, what do you mean, do we not understand? "

Zhou Mingkui sneered and said, "Why didn't the guards of the Letian Firm exterminate all of the defeated soldiers? Why did Xiao Letian send the Rice Mask Army over? "Hehe, that is a decapitated rice that I have given to you all …"

"You are all soldiers, regardless if Sun Sanhu is real or a fake, once he enters the battlefield, everyone will want to win. Over 1500 people can't even win 200, do you think the imperial government will want you?"

"Now the foreigners have protested to me, saying that the Great Qing is unable to ensure their safety, their armed sailors have already gathered on shore, and sandbags have already been piled up in the foreigners' residential area, how can you idiots eat? Is your brain full of bean curd? "

These officers' faces were pale. They finally understood that Xiao Letian was waiting for the imperial government to kill them. Zhou Mingkui was right, if the guard dog could not watch the door anymore, then there would only be one result, and that was killing them for food.

"Lord Zhou, please save us …" The group of officers kneeled down, they had already given up all hope.

At this time, Zhou Mingkui quickly stood up and helped them up with his own hands, comforting them softly, "There's still hope, there's still hope. As long as you cooperate, saving your lives won't be a problem. Not only that, you guys can also reconcile with the Letian Firm a little. You must know that the richest man in the business circles of the Tanggu is actually Xiao Letian … "

"Time is of the essence, there are some things that I will not elaborate on. Right now, you have two main tasks. The first is to stabilize the morale of the troops. Everyone, calm your subordinates and don't speak carelessly. In the future, we will tell you what to say. And the other is the whereabouts of the General Ding … "

"We've cleaned the battlefield three times, only one out of the three generals managed to escape General Ding. If he were to bring the actual situation to the capital, it would be hard for me to protect you all even if I wanted to.

Human nature was always selfish. In the moment that their lives were threatened, regardless of what bullshit it was, they wouldn't listen to it. Zhou Mingkui's threat was not nonsense, in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, with such a huge disturbance in the Tanggu, and all the humiliation thrown at the foreigners, the upper echelons would definitely be furious.

At that time, the one they would kill would definitely not be Xiao Letian alone. If you could defeat a thousand five hundred against two hundred, would the imperial government still let you eat for free? Killing, killing, killing, this kind of trash, Qing Dynasty would definitely not be lenient towards him. She dared not say that she would kill all the soldiers, since none of the middle ranking officers in the tent would be fine.

"Fuck, we can't care about that for the sake of living, General Ding, don't blame us for this … "Lord Zhou, if you want to escape from here, there's only one way, and that's by the water. Furthermore, he won't enter the TIANJIN Wei, so he should have gone straight to the capital. We only know this little clue …"

"Good, good, good. If you have a clue, consider it your great achievements!"