"General, can you let me wait to suppress the bandits now?" Geng Shangzhi looked up at Sitku and said
"Suppressing bandits? Suppressing what kind of bandits. Don't cause so many troubles for me. If there are casualties, will it be borne by you or me? Come back with me quickly." Upon hearing Geng Shangzhi's request, Sitku shouted angrily at him.
Sitku didn't know what Geng Shangzhi wanted to do, but his character just muddle along.
After all, he will no longer be the Guangzhou garrison general in about a month, as long as he can leave his post safely. Whoever wants to encircle and suppress Zhang Rui should encircle and suppress Zhang Rui. After all, Zhang Rui is too difficult to deal with.
This time it was barely able to be covered up, and the rest of the matter was left to Li Shiyao.
"General, I heard that a group of bandits have recently taken up residence in Zhilian Mountain, and they are very arrogant. How can I let these bandits run rampant in the Qing Dynasty? And I heard that they have a lot of money." Geng Shangzhi continued without giving up.
"How about this? This time, 50% of the money will be returned to the general. All I need is the general's permission to go and suppress the bandits. If there are any casualties among my brothers, they will all be mine. What do you think?"
If possible, Geng Shangzhi would not give a cent to Sitku. But there is no way, the official level will crush people to death.
If he did not have the permission of General Sitku, if he dared to lead his troops to leave privately, what awaited him would be the confiscation of his family and the extermination of his clan. After all, the laws of the Qing Dynasty are not a joke.
As soon as Sitku heard what Geng Shangzhi said, he immediately had some thoughts in his heart.
"Although we have negotiated, everyone will be in peace before Li Shiyao arrives. But my men privately led troops to attack you Zhang Rui. You can't blame me for this, right?"
"If this Geng Shangzhi really has the ability to kill Zhang Rui, then it will be a great thing. Not only will he get money, but he will also get credit points. Even if Geng Shangzhi is defeated, I will pretend that I don't know. And how many people died are left behind. He kept it secret, and if the court asked about it, even if he led the troops out privately, he would be guilty of incompetence at most."
So Sitku asked Geng Shangzhi: "Is this so? Are you confident that you can defeat that group of bandits?".
"Don't worry, general. I don't think I, a brother of the Eight Banners and Han Army, can defeat those bandits. As long as the general agrees, I will cut off the head of the bandit leader and hand it over to the general." Geng Shangzhi almost patted his chest and faced Sitku. He said, as if he had not issued a military order.
Seeing this, Sitku couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. So he said to Geng Shangzhi
"Okay, you are indeed a warrior of my Eight Banners. But you can go over to suppress the bandits, and you know the conditions. If you win and return triumphantly, then I will guarantee that you will be promoted to another level. However, if you lose, there will be all consequences Arrogant. Do you have confidence?"
After listening to Sitku's method of provoking generals, Geng Shangzhi couldn't help but despise him. I don’t want to take any blame, I just want to take the credit if I have it.
However, officialdom is like this, and Geng Shangzhi has no choice but to say anything.
"General, don't worry, I understand myself. With this bunch of mud-legged people, will my children of the Eight Banners and Han Army be afraid of them? General, just wait for me and wait for good news." Geng Shangzhi replied with great enthusiasm.
"Although I am very confident in the battle led by Geng Shen, I still have to remind you. Pay more attention to everything, do not underestimate the enemy and be careful of others' ambush." Seeing Geng Shangzhi like this, Sitku suddenly remembered that he had The scene when we were about to encircle and suppress Zhang Rui.
"Yes, general." Geng Shangzhi replied with some disapproval.
"Then if there's nothing else, I'll go tell the brothers about our mission to suppress the bandits."
"Go ahead, I'll wait for your news here. I hope you won't disappoint me." Sitku waved to Geng Shangzhi and said
"Yes, General."
At this moment, Geng Shangzhi seemed to have a winning ticket, after kowtow. Then he walked directly back to the camp.
On the hillside, there are several huge pine trees.
The pine branches spread widely and the needles are green and dense. There are bursts of rosin, and pine cones fall from time to time.
Looking at this tall pine tree with spreading branches, people can't help but think of the sentence: "The solitary pine stands on the green cover, but its roots are facing the wide road."
When the sun is scorching, Songyin is a good place to rest.
As soon as Geng Shangzhi returned to the resting place of the Eight Banners Han Army, his three left leaders Li Hengfeng, Liao Jieren, and Wang Shengli came around and asked
"Sir, what do you think? Does the general agree with us to hang that Zhang Rui and his gang?"
"I agree, but I have to give him 50% of the money." Geng Shangzhi replied helplessly.
"It's so damn shameful. He didn't do anything. We have to fight hard. He just sits back and enjoys the benefits, but he wants to split it 50-50 with us."
"that is…"
Listening to what Geng Shangzhi said, the three leaders immediately reprimanded unhappily.
"Shut up, don't talk nonsense here even if you want to die. These words will reach the ears of General Sitku, and you will all have to walk around without food." After hearing what the three subordinates said, Geng Shangzhi quickly stopped them and said
"Don't complain about anything. You can only complain that we don't have a master. Who let others be the yellow flag among the three flags?"
"Hey...no!"
The three assistant leaders could only remain silent after hearing this.
"Okay, everyone, don't be too sad. I've seen it. This shipment contains nearly one million taels of silver. This means that in addition to the 500,000 taels given, we still have 500,000 taels." Geng Shangzhi He said comfortingly, and then ordered
"After a while, you go down and tell the brothers, let them show their true skills this time. If you win, each person will be given twenty taels of silver, and you don't have to hand over the money you used to touch the buns. If you accidentally get maimed, give it to someone." A hundred taels of subsidy, and a home of two hundred taels if you die. But if you are defeated, you will have nothing."
"Sir, is this a little too much?"
Liao Jieren asked after hearing the comfort money given by Geng Shangzhi. The other two people also agreed with his words and nodded.
"It's okay. The key is to win this battle and get money. As long as we win, we will get more, and we don't care about the money." Geng Shangzhi said generously: "Brothers, it's not easy either. If you can give me more, I'll give you more." Give me more.”
"Your kindness and righteousness are an honor for our brothers."
The three assistants boasted to each other about Geng Shangzhi.
Listening to the compliments from his subordinates, Geng Shangzhi felt extremely happy. This is the treatment that a superior person should receive. He then said:
"Okay, let's go and give the order! Although the opponents are just some mud-legged people who have just put down their hoes, there are still thousands of young men, and the number is much larger than ours. And they are the pacesetters of the Green Camp who just defeated the Governor. , it’s when morale is high, but don’t be careless.”
"Your Excellency is wise, please rest assured. If anyone dares not to take our words seriously, we will let him know what is going on. Moreover, mud-legged people are mud-legged people. Even if they defeated those useless green camp soldiers with tricks, It is impossible to defeat my invincible Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty."
