Chapter 20: Catching Up (6)
More than 3oo captured Qing soldiers sat naked on a hillside, surrounded by nearly 100 Taiping soldiers. It's not cold in May, and even if you're naked, you won't be freezing. It's just that this insect has begun to be active, and the Qing soldiers have kept driving away mosquitoes with their hands, and some Qing soldiers have also begun to curse their companions in a low voice. If they hadn't secretly put the money in their pockets when they searched the body, everyone would not have suffered this crime.
However, it must be noted that even if you curse your companion, the content of the curse is not that your companion has hidden money without permission, but that this act of hiding money without permission has actually been revealed. "Not long-eyed!" "Incompetent!" Such words are what they curse.
Seeing that the sun was turning westward, the Taiping army had not yet come to deal with the prisoners, and many of the captives had a sense of foreboding in their hearts. Decide early on what to do with these captives, and the captives can find some way to cope, beg for mercy and wail. None of this is a problem. But if the captives were dealt with only when it was almost dark, the gloomy night would not have been able to bring people any good associations, and perhaps the Taiping army would have executed the captives directly at night......
These thoughts made the captives more and more agitated, and the Taiping soldiers could only force the captives with guns to temporarily suppress the movement.
At this moment, a group of Taiping soldiers carrying muskets and broadswords came straight to the prisoners. A few of them are wearing yellow vests, and they look different. When the Qing army approached, he shouted for one person: "I am Wei Ze, the inspector of the Taiping Army, you wait for a while to eat, and then prepare to go on the road." ”
Eating and preparing for the road are the common language used when executing prisoners. Although it was not explicitly stated that the captives were to be executed, the chill in these words made the captives shudder.
The captive, who had already been more clever, changed from a sitting position to a kneeling position, and began to howl: "My lord, spare my life! ”
There were many Taiping soldiers with spears around these prisoners, and they didn't dare to pounce on Wei Ze, the Taiping army inspection point for Wei, someone took the lead, and the prisoners knelt down and begged for mercy.
And a Taiping army general next to Wei Ze hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted, "Lord Check, if we want to attack Guilin, we should start early, if they are released, they will continue to defend the city, and we will be in trouble." ”
It was a loud voice, and it was clear that it was meant for the captives to hear. The words of the two before and after have made it clear the determination of the Taiping army to kill the prisoners and the reasons why the Taiping army wanted to kill the prisoners. Some of them are not smart enough, and the Qing army is so scared that the and urine are about to come out. They simply kowtowed and begged for mercy. And some clever and clever enough Qing soldiers came up with a way, and someone shouted: "My lord! My lord! If you want to attack Guilin, please spare us, we are willing to lead the way! ”
"Cut!" Wei Ze took a sip, "What can you rats do to help, let you attack the city, can you take it?" ”
Standing beside Wei Ze was Zhang Yingchen, who hurriedly leaned into Wei Ze's ear and whispered: "Wei Checkpoint, it seems that these Qing troops are clever enough. ”
Wei Zeye said in a low voice: "Can you survive until you are captured, can you not be smart?" By the way, let's talk about it for a while, don't let the Qing army see the flaws. ”
Zhang Yingchen suppressed a smile, "Wei Checkpoint, will they believe this trick to the Qing army?" ”
"Ying Chen," Wei Ze said in a very soft voice, but he had a sense of seriousness, "If you talk nonsense, you will say nonsense that is bigger than the sky." Because nonsense that is bigger than the sky will make people can't believe it. Small nonsense and big nonsense bigger than the sky, the common people are more likely to believe the person who tells a big lie. The people themselves often talk little nonsense about small things, and are embarrassed to say big nonsense. Because these people don't have the ability to figure out how to make up nonsense, they feel that it is impossible for others to do this kind of nonsense. The more you listen to untrustworthy nonsense, the more you can often feel that you can't believe it. ”
After hearing this, Zhang Yingchen turned his body completely away from the captive. For if he did not, he was afraid that the captives would see his face a little distorted by holding back laughter. Originally, Zhang Yingchen proposed a deceptive tactic, which was to first spread among the captives the military plan of the Taiping army to attack Guilin, and then release them. In this way, I can finally let out the rumors.
Unexpectedly, after listening to it, Wei Ze praised everyone, and personally revised the plan, and now he has put forward a set of serious rhetoric for making up nonsense. Zhang Yingchen is a very clever person, after listening to Wei Ze's words, he felt that this was a fallacy and heresy, but this fallacy seemed to have a strange persuasive power, which made him feel that he could not ignore it, but should seriously figure it out. This feeling stimulated Zhang Yingchen's feelings again, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.
Finally suppressed the smile, Zhang Yingchen asked in a low voice: "Wei Checkpoint, how did you come up with this?" ”
Wei Ze replied in a low voice with a straight face: "How can I come up with nothing, let's say a few more words, and we can go on." ”
The captives watched as the person who could decide their life and death whispered to each other, but they didn't know what the two were talking about. If they want to kill mercilessly, these two people are afraid that they have already given the order, but they look like they are planning something extremely unfavorable to the captive. This made the captives even more uneasy.
Finally, the man next to the Taiping military inspector, who claimed to be Wei Ze, turned his head, thinking about the prisoners who were kneeling on the ground, and walked a few steps forward, and then shouted loudly: "If we want to let you go, this is not difficult!" ”
"Please spare your life!"
"Good deeds, good adults, spare our lives! We'll never fight with adults again! ”
The captives are wailing! But there was hope in the voice.
Zhang Yingchen shouted: "If you want to live, I will let you go, but you have to sign a note for me, and when you return to Guilin City, you will give us an internal response." We will soon fight under the city of Guilin, and if you don't respond at that time, we will give the admiral who guards Guilin the note you signed, what do you think he will do to you? ”
The captives were stunned, and some of them were frightened by the signature, but some of the clever ones straightened their necks and shouted, "My lord, I am willing to sign the document!" I'm going to give it to the adults. ”
Someone took the lead, and the rest of the matter was much easier, and more than 3oo captives signed notes and pressed their handprints. Then Weeser ordered them to be given clothes and some tattered weapons, and the captives were released.
Looking at the backs of the captives, Zhang Yingchen suddenly asked: "Wei Checkpoint, if we hit Guilin City, will they really give us an internal response?" ”
Wei Ze was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Ying Chen, you want a question, let's fight under the city of Guilin, but how do we find these guys?" ”
Zhang Yingchen thought about it after hearing it, "That's right!" There's no way we're going to find these guys! After finishing speaking, Zhang Yingchen patted his head, "I acted so really, I believe it myself!" ”
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