"Jiu Lu, have any Manchu soldiers surrendered this time?" Zhang Rui seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked Ma Jiu Lu.
"Back to Sixth Brother, there are indeed Tatar soldiers from the Eight Banners who surrendered. Do you want the Eight Banners soldiers to take prisoners?" Ma Jiulu asked back.
Ma Jiulu didn't have a good impression of the Manchu soldiers in Jingzhou City. If it weren't for their desperate resistance, the siege battle of the bandit army a few days ago would have made no progress despite the loss of so many soldiers and horses.
Zhang Rui naturally understands Ma Jiulu's thoughts, but it is not the time for the bandit-suppressing army to act as they please, so they should naturally follow their lead.
"Jiu Lu, you have to remember that we always have to choose to fight one after another and be flexible. Even if we are just sitting on the sidelines, it is beneficial to us now." In order not to affect the suppression. As the bandit army grew stronger, Zhang Rui had no choice but to talk to Ma Jiu Lujiao.
As the bandit suppression army grew, Zhang Rui's majesty became more and more important.
Although Zhang Rui didn't feel that he had changed much, when the soldiers below saw Zhang Rui, they were in awe of him unconsciously. This was probably the aura of the superior.
"Yes, I will follow Brother Six's teachings." Ma Jiulu did not dare to ignore Zhang Rui's teachings, so he quickly stood at attention and saluted to answer Zhang Rui.
"You!"
Zhang Rui looked at Ma Jiulu, who was standing upright, sighed, and then said:
"I will ask the surrendered Eight Banners soldiers to go to the gates of the city and call for surrender. If the remnants of the city still dare to continue to resist, no chickens or dogs will be left behind after entering the city."
"Okay, Brother Six." Ma Jiulu replied with a smile on his face.
"By the way, tell the Manchurian soldiers who surrendered. If they don't want my bandit-suppressing army to accidentally injure their families in the city, they have to lead the charge for me. It would be best if they can get their families out in advance, and I will treat their families as well. Let bygones be bygones." Zhang Rui looked at Ma Jiulu who was about to leave and explained again.
"Yes, Sixth Brother." Ma Jiulu no longer concealed his inner happiness at this time, and replied with excitement on his face.
"I told you, Sixth Brother would let the bandit-suppressing troops go so easily if they hurt me so much?"
At noon, the scorching sun was in the sky.
No matter how hot the weather is, it can't stop the hungry people from wanting to fill their stomachs.
As the saying goes, people are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat one meal, you will feel hungry.
Although the bandit-suppressing army had eaten the morning meal, after a tense battle, they were hungry due to the huge energy consumption.
As the heat of the earth stoves built with bricks and stones rose, the bandit suppressing troops were almost ready to have lunch.
The bandit-suppressing army was stationed outside Jingzhou City, in the camp where the Qing soldiers surrendered
"Brother Dawo, the food of this bandit-suppressing army is really good. I just had a big piece of meat and several bowls of white rice."
A young green soldier in Zhang Fangyi's army camp was stroking his round belly at the moment, smiling and saying to another green soldier next to him, with a kind of contented happiness on his face.
These green camp soldiers who surrendered received orders early in the morning that they were not required to attack the entire city. Therefore, after having lunch, they all returned to their station and stood by.
"That's right, Xiao Taozi. If you don't like it, I just ate six big bowls of rice. The fragrant gravy makes it go really well with rice." You Dawo kept swallowing as he spoke. The mouth water seems to be very delicious aftertaste.
"Haha, then I ate one more bowl than you did, and the food tasted very good. Brother Dawo, do you think the food of this bandit-suppressing army has always been so good?" Tao Lin asked with curiosity on his face. road.
After hearing Tao Lin's question, You Dawo suddenly became energetic. He said very happily: "Hey, you didn't know this! I heard from a fellow who surrendered from Jiangling that the food of this bandit suppressing army is indeed good. Compared with our military rations, it is not a little bit better."
"That's good! Just for this food, it's worth surrendering." Tao Lin said excitedly, patting his thigh.
"You just know how to eat. I have inquired, it is not easy to join this bandit suppression army. It does not mean that they will want us if we surrender, and they will also select among us. They will probably be divided into Fighting soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, garrison soldiers, etc." You Dawo told Tao Lin without reservation about what he had inquired about.
"Is it still so troublesome?" Tao Lin asked doubtfully.
"You thought surrendering would be easy. But being able to become a soldier of the bandit suppressing army is a very good treatment. Their monthly salary is one or two eight dollars, which is higher than those of the Eight Banners soldiers in Manchuria." You Dawo took a deep breath. Said in one breath:
"All bandit suppressing troops need to serve as soldiers for five years. Not only that, even the most ordinary soldiers can get at least 20 acres of land after retirement, and have two years of tax exemption."
"So good?" Tao Lin couldn't believe what You Dawo said.
"Of course, but it's not easy to be a combat soldier in the Bandit Suppression Army. So far, there are not many combat soldiers in the Bandit Suppression Army. If we want to become combat soldiers, we have to go through the auxiliary process. However, even their auxiliary soldiers are better than us. Much stronger." You Dawo said as he looked towards Jingzhou City.
suddenly
"Boom..."
"Bounce...bump...bang..."
A series of huge explosions continued to sound.
Shortly after these explosions, shouts came from Jingzhou City.
"Brother Dawo, is this the bandit-suppression army starting to attack Mancheng?" Tao Lin asked after the continuous loud explosions, looking in the direction of Jingzhou City.
"I guess so. I just don't know what kind of cannon they used, but it was so loud. It was as powerful as thunder." You Dawo also looked in the direction of Jingzhou City and answered Tao Lin.
Not only You Dawo and Tao Lin, but almost all the Qing soldiers in the surrender area looked towards the direction of Jingzhou City, wanting to see what was going on.
However, stationing on this battlefield is not a temple fair, you can move around at will. Only generals were allowed to enter the city to watch the battle.
"This noise must be the red cannon! Otherwise it wouldn't be so loud." Tao Lin could only rely on what he could understand in his consciousness.
"I think that's the case. If it's really a red cannon, the whole city will definitely not be able to resist for long. However, listen to the intensive loud noise just now, how many red cannons must there be to make such a shocking sound? This bandit suppression Is Jun really so rich? This red cannon is not cheap." You Dawo couldn't believe his thoughts while analyzing.
after a while
There was some commotion in Zhang Fangyi's camp.
"What? The whole city was captured?"
At this time, the generals gathered in the tent even doubted whether the messenger who brought the news from Jingzhou City was joking. Not long after we finished our meal, the city of Jingzhou was captured by the bandit-suppressing army?
"Tell us quickly, what's going on?"
One of the generals stood up from his seat and asked the messenger who was kneeling on the ground.
