The biggest difference between Xiao Letian's new army and the decadent and declining army of the late Qing Dynasty was their conscience. After the poor ship boss kowtowed like garlic, the young soldiers relented, the food packages were not moved, and the ship was finally released.
General Ding, who had escaped, covered his chest with his hands and took a few deep breaths, "Xiao Letian, you are so cruel. You killed us once in the summer and you are not done yet. Now you want to dig up our roots completely? I'm going to the capital." If I sue you, you will just wait to die..."
At this time, the soldiers around him whispered, "Don't worry, sir. The boss of the ship is a relative of my family. He can't betray us. When we get to Tianjin Wei, we will go to the Manchu people. If so many people died in our Green Camp, they deserve the Eight Banners." Uncle Bing is dead..."
"Shut up! You have forgotten General Li's instructions before he died. No one knows how powerful Xiao Letian is now. Who knows how many soldiers he has hidden near Tanggu? Did you know that the official who was bribed was Zhou Mingkui? It would be very dangerous to show up here..."
Despite the fierceness of the curse, General Ding was already frightened in his heart. His only thought now was to return to the capital and bring the news to the emperor and the queen mother. There were two massacres in a year. This is not fucking true. The life people live.
The water in the Haihe River roared loudly, and the thin ice on both sides of the river was shattered, but everyone knew that the weather was so cold that the river would be frozen solid sooner or later.
Xiao Letian's policy of reassuring the people saw results in the afternoon of that day. First of all, the old, weak, sick and disabled who did not participate in the night battle. What they greeted in the morning light was not Xiao Letian's butcher knife, but the surrounding people who had been organized. There are also carts of vegetables, rice noodles, large fans of pork... including carts of charcoal.
The people in charge of transportation are the villagers who lost their land in Xiaowangzhuang. The Chinese people are smart and hard-working. Since the land no longer belongs to them, they should think of ways to make money. Coupled with Xiao Letian's extra care for these three villages, they received a lot of private work.
"Look at it, you just stare and you don't know how to help me, but you are dead?" The old village chief standing on the charcoal cart had never been so arrogant in his life. The cart blocked the gate of the camp, and the old man jumped on the cart and crossed his arms and began to curse.
"You guys are a bunch of big-headed soldiers who are full of shit, and you make people cheat like stupid dogs. Then Sun Sanhu confessed everything in prison. He is a gangster and a liar! He just wanted to steal money by lending your hand. Take a look. Why did the energy you roared with last night fade away today?"
"Mr. Xiao is still a bodhisattva-hearted person. He knew that you were too poor to survive, so he was deceived. That's why he asked us to send you some food for the winter... Why are you just looking at me stupidly? Open the camp gate and let me unload the truck. …”
Good guy, the old village chief scolded with his face glowing red. He looked at the green soldiers in front of him who were frightened like his third grandson. He felt relieved. In the past, farmers would shrink back when they saw the soldiers. Today, It can be regarded as revenge.
The three villages represented by Xiaowangzhuang all contributed manpower to the night battle last night, and almost all the young men in the village participated in the battle. It was this night's fighting that brought about some changes to these farmers who used to be simple and a bit useless.
There is no longer fear in their eyes, but more confidence and pride. They can feel the power they possess by clenching their fists. In just one night of waving the flag and shouting, Xiao Letian had already opened a crack in their hearts and sown a handful of seeds. As for when they would sprout, it would depend on their luck.
The soldiers guarding the camp couldn't believe their ears: "What the hell? Are you bringing us food? Or is it from Mr. Xiao? Are you kidding us?"
Bah, the old village chief almost spat in his face. "Damn it, meat, eggs, vegetables, rice and white noodles have all been shipped to you. What else do you want? Are you waiting for Mr. Xiao to deliver it to you in person? You deserve it too." ...Grandma!"
The villagers rushed over in person without waiting for the soldiers to take action. A few people lifted the gate of the military camp open, and the young men were still cursing.
"Mr. Xiao is really the reincarnation of the living Bodhisattva. After the war, the foreign company's own bodyguards only drank a bowl of tofu and a fried dough stick as a meal. But instead of giving meat and vegetables to you shameless sneak attackers, You were quite a burner in your last life...Hurry up and set up the stove, boil water to stew meat..."
Under the surprised eyes of the green camp soldiers, large pots and stoves were set up, and the ready-made axes in the camp were clattering into hard frozen pork. On the big wooden boards, tofu and cabbage were cut like small mountains.
Within half a day, the entire camp was filled with the aroma of stewed meat and rice, making the greedy soldiers drool.
The Green Camp Soldiers and Eight Banners Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were both the imperial army's traditional military systems and the most primitive military system. After more than two hundred years, it goes without saying what the quality of the soldiers produced by this old military system is. Not to mention dealing with foreigners and the Taiping Army, they have a hard time even suppressing bandits.
This is a typical example of being a soldier. As long as there is a way to survive, they will work with whoever offers the highest treatment. Of course, the prerequisite is that they cannot rebel. The influence of thousands of years of imperial power is still very great. Now that Xiao Letian showed the sincerity of the labor force, these big-headed soldiers had long forgotten the kindness of the generals and hurried over to help chop wood and carry water.
When the needle pointed to noon, scattered troops returning to the camp appeared outside the camp. They were all cautious at first, but when they saw that the left-behind personnel were already holding the sea bowl and starting to eat it, they understood completely. Xiao Letian's promise is really no joke.
"You have to be a starved man even if you want to die. What does the big shots have to do with us? Go back to the camp and eat..." The most important thing in the world is to eat. The defeated soldiers rushed back to the old camp, picked up their rice bowls and started to eat. From yesterday evening until now, it has been eighteen hours since I have eaten enough. Even if I am going to be guillotined in the next second, I still have to eat enough.
Starting from noon, more and more soldiers returned to the camp. By evening, 90% of the soldiers had returned to the camp. Immediately afterwards, Tongzhi Zhou Mingkui, the top civil servant in Tanggu, suddenly appeared.
The soldiers were immediately furious, and some veterans even shed tears with excitement, "Well, the civil servants are here, we are saved. This is not a lie, it really is not a lie..." In the traditional Chinese concept, the civil servants are Mu Shou, military attaches are like steel swords. Now that the Green Camp soldiers have committed such a big crime, the first one to come forward is a civilian official. This shows that the big shots have no intention of killing them all.
"Brothers of Green Camp...you are so unjust...you were all deceived by that liar Sun Sanhu. He has confessed everything in prison. He just wants to use your hands to mess up Tanggu City, and then his gangsters can Taking advantage of the chaos, they looted various shops..."
"It's such a pity that the three generals died so unjustly! Fortunately, we have Lotte Foreign Company in Tanggu to help calm the situation. As the guards of the foreign companies and the armed sailors of the foreigners, together with the guys from other companies, they worked together to finally defeat this Conspiracy, Tanggu has turned the corner..."
The green camp soldiers all looked at each other in shock, and their hearts were shaking. "What's going on? How come the bald soldiers who killed so fiercely last night are guards? How can there be such powerful foreign guards in the world? They are so powerful in combat." Caught up with the British and French forces..."
"Silence, silence, are you desperate for your life? Just say whatever I tell you to say. Just save your own life these days..."
Zhou Mingkui calmed down the soldiers a little, then turned around and got into the tent, and summoned all the remaining officers.
Those who survived the war, including the guerrillas, Dusi, garrison, Qian, and generals, walked into the tent with anxiety and began to listen to Zhou Mingkui's instructions.
"Okay, okay, you are really elite. Fifteen hundred people can't even defeat the two hundred foreign guards? And you even led the foreigners ashore during the chaos. Is this how you guard the emperor's country?"
None of the officers expected to hear such murderous words from Zhou Mingkui as soon as they entered the door, and everyone was stunned. "Master Zhou, what do you mean, why can't we understand?"
Zhou Mingkui sneered and said, "Why didn't the guards of Letian Yanghang kill all the defeated troops? Why did Xiao Letian give you rice and noodles to work for the army? Haha, that's a decapitation meal for you..."
"You are all soldiers. Regardless of whether Sun Sanhu is real or fake, soldiers go to the battlefield to win. There are more than 1,500 people who can't even win 200. Do you think the imperial court will want you?" "
"Now the foreigners have protested to me, saying that the Qing Dynasty is unable to guarantee their safety. Their armed sailors have gathered ashore and sandbags have been piled up in the foreign residential areas. How can you idiots still be able to eat? You have all this in your head. Is it rubbish?"
These officers' faces were pale now. They understood now that Xiao Letian didn't kill them because he was waiting for the court to do it. Zhou Mingkui is right, if the watchdog can no longer watch the door, then there is only one end, and that is to kill and eat meat.
"Please Lord Zhou, please save us..." All the officers fell to their knees, they were completely desperate.
At this time, Zhou Mingkui stood up quickly, helped them up with his own hands, and comforted them softly, "There is still hope, things can still be saved. As long as you cooperate well, there is no problem in saving your life. Not only that, you can also follow Letian Yangxing should ease the relationship. You must know that the richest man in Tanggu business district is Xiao Letian..."
"Time is tight, so I won't go into details about some things. Now you have two main tasks. One is to stabilize the morale of the army. Everyone should stabilize their subordinates. You must not talk nonsense. We will tell you what you should say in the future. And. The other one is the whereabouts of General Ding..."
"We have cleaned the battlefield three times, and only one of the three generals, General Ding, escaped. If he were to send the actual situation to the capital, it would be difficult for me to protect you, so please don't make the mistake! "
Human nature is always selfish. When their lives are threatened, they will not listen to any nonsense. Zhou Mingkui's threat was not nonsense. In the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, if there was such a big mess in Tanggu, and the shame was thrown at the foreigners, the higher-ups would definitely be furious.
By then, Xiao Letian will definitely not be the only one they want to kill. Those idiots who failed to suppress the bandits will definitely be buried with them. If you can defeat one thousand five against two hundred, will the court still support you for free? Kill, kill, kill, the Manchus will never be lenient in killing this kind of trash. They dare not say that they will kill all the soldiers. Anyway, none of the middle-level officers in the big tent will be cured.
"Damn it, we don't care about our lives. General Ding, don't blame us... Master Zhou, if General Ding wants to escape from here, the only way is to take the waterway, and he won't join the Tianjin Guard. He should go directly We went to the capital, we only know these few clues..."
"Okay, okay, if you have a little clue, it will be a great achievement for you!"
