The sun was very strong in the afternoon, and under the scorching sun, the 1,000 Hunan army and the 2,000 Eight Banners army stood opposite each other.

Although the troops were at a disadvantage, the Hunan army had no fear. They lined up in an array of three strikes and began to fire continuously under the command of the officers of each team. Not only did the fire guns fight non-stop, but the pole-lifting and mountain-splitting cannons also joined the ranks of the battle.

Prince Gong's face was full of excitement, staring at the battle between the Hunan army and the Eight Banners. He could see that the swarming Eight Banners Army was completely at a disadvantage under the neat and orderly shooting of the Hunan army. was about to give the order to admit defeat, but saw that the Eighth Banner Army completely ignored the firepower of the Hunan army, so it rushed forward. When the Hunan army was caught off guard, he entered the queue of the Hunan army, and then began to punch and kick the Hunan army.

Zeng Guofan said loudly next to Prince Gong Yixun: "Lord Wang, it's just a drill, you hurry up and tell Baqi to stop messing around!" ”

Prince Gong sighed, in the two days of drills, the Eight Banners Army took the Hunan Army as the simulated enemy, and the competition included marching, queues, spears and stabs, and none of the Eight Banners won any of the games. This is the last actual combat simulation, the Eight Banners Army rushed over in such a mess, if the Hunan Army's rifle was not equipped with empty ammunition for training, the Eight Banners Army was afraid that it would have been completely defeated in the experienced and orderly firepower of the Hunan Army at this time. However, the Eighth Banner Army seemed to have anger in its chest, and even ignored what the exercise had said, so it rushed over and pushed the Hunan army.

Just as he was about to send a military general to order the Eight Banners to return to the team, Prince Gong Yixun saw the Hunan army facing the push of the Eight Banners, and he also pushed angrily. Where did the Eight Banners Army receive such anger, they immediately waved their fists at the Hunan Army. As soon as this kind of struggle began, it was impossible to stop. Although the number of people is less than that of the Eight Banner Army, the combat effectiveness of the Hunan Army is much greater than that of the Eight Banner Army, and the queue of the Eight Banner Army will be dispersed in an instant. Three or five Hunan troops often chased after a dozen Eight Banner Army. The teaching military field was completely chaotic in an instant.

Zeng Guofan and Prince Gong looked at each other, and the two immediately led people to impeachment and suppress their subordinates. It was not easy to calm down the chaotic situation. During this period, more than 1,000 Eight Banner soldiers also joined the battle group, trying to save the Eight Banner brothers who were beaten by the Hunan army. It's a pity that their joining failed to reverse the situation, but made their nose and face swollen.

In the evening, Prince Gong summoned Zeng Guofan angrily, he pointed to Zeng Guofan and asked: "Zeng Guofan, more than a dozen Eight Banners soldiers were seriously injured, how should this matter be resolved?" ”

Zeng Guofan's face was also sinking like water, and he asked: "Lord Wang, the Hunan army has also been injured a lot. How do you count that? ”

Prince Gong Yixun never expected Zeng Guofan's attitude to be so tough, and Zeng Guofan had always shown his deference, Prince Gong Yixun felt that Zeng Guofan had to kneel and beg for mercy. was resisted by Zeng Guofan's tough attitude, and Prince Gong Yixun was a little out of ground. He personally saw how things happened, and naturally knew very well that the incident was provoked by the Eighth Banner Army. Moreover, during the brawl, the Eight Banners Army also shouted the slogan "Kill these Han dogs". That's even more wrong.

In the face of Zeng Guofan's relatively tough attitude, Prince Gong's attitude did not relax in the slightest, "The Hunan army that made trouble must be dealt with strictly!" ”

Zeng Guofan didn't speak immediately this time, he just stared at Prince Gong for a while, and then shook his head, "This matter is not caused by the Hunan army, and I will never deal with it strictly." ”

"This matter must be dealt with strictly!" Prince Gong said without hesitation. He also had a reason for doing this, not long after the brawl happened, many Manchu officers ran to Prince Gong Yixun to demand that the Hunan army be killed as an example. The fierce attitude of these Manchurians put a lot of pressure on Prince Gong.

"We're going to kill those dogs!" At the house of the deputy commander-in-chief Etuhai, someone shouted with a red face and a thick neck. The shouting man was full of wine and seemed to be in a state of extreme euphoria.

On the dinner table, in addition to a few simple meals, there were a few bottles of spirits in glass bottles. Deputy General Etuhai only knew that this was a wine that had recently become popular in Tianjin, but he didn't know where it was produced. Recently, the troops have been moving more frequently, and a friend from Tianjin sent a few bottles of this wine to Deputy General Etuhai. In this environment of skyrocketing prices, the price of this sake is very reasonable "low price".

After one cup of stomach, the personnel of the Eight Banners Army who came to gather here with Deputy Chief Soldier Etuhai began to be confused, and after three cups, everyone was drunk. Two of these guys have scars on their faces that have been beaten, which is a memento left by the fight with the Hunan army during the day. One of them, with red eyes, pointed to his face and said loudly: "Now the Han people dare to hit our banner people in the face!" It's a game-changer! ”

When the other heard this, he also shouted, "We serve the master, but the master can't just sit back and watch us being bullied!" Brothers, I'll just say so, if I don't kill the Han dogs of the Hunan army, I ...... I'm not sending troops! ”

This was obviously agreed by several other people, and they shouted together: "If we don't kill the Han dog, we won't send troops!" ”

The man who spoke first immediately jumped up, blushed and shouted, "Let's kill those Han dogs!" ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Etuhai didn't speak immediately, he hadn't drunk wine happily for a long time, this kind of wine in glass bottles was clear and transparent, and it was likable to look at. The taste is even more intense, and people immediately feel drunk after the stomach. Just drank one cup after another, feeling that the whole person was fluttering, and the consciousness began to be subtly thin. This is a sense of relief that Deputy General Etuhai has not felt for too long. From more than a year ago, when he found out that the Eight Banners Army was likely to go into battle, the mood of Deputy General Etuhai became heavy. Now with the help of the power of wine, he finally regained his relaxed feeling, so Deputy Chief Etuhai didn't want to get involved in this controversy. He just wanted to continue like this, and in this feeling, there was only one thought in the chaotic mind of Deputy General Etuhai, who would die if he fought, and he didn't want to go to war.

"Brother Etuhai, what do you say we should do to kill all those Hunan troops?" It was as if an ethereal voice from an extremely distant place had reached Etuhai's ears.

“…… That...... That's ...... Let's look for the prince together...... Just say it! Etu replied in a daze. After that, everyone said, but Etuhai never heard it again. He was lying on the kang, already snoring like thunder.

"Governor, there is still food left, but the wine has been sold out." The comrades of the intelligence department showed the list to Weeser, "not once, but every time I went, the wine was sold out." ”

In Guangdong, the Guangfu Governor's Office fermented zuò alcohol from bagasse, and the alcohol was blended into spirits. In the cities, especially among the body lì laborers, the market is very good. After all, it was a hard day, and after drinking two glasses, I didn't feel tired, and I fell asleep when I lay down.

In order to achieve the purpose of extracting as much gold and silver as possible from the northern market, the Guangfu Army also brought a large number of products to the north. To everyone's surprise, even if the products of the Liberation Army are sold in the north at the same price as those in the liberated areas, these products are still cheap compared with local goods. Compared with the sales of such products as grain, the sales of alcohol and cigarettes and cigars can be said to be surprisingly good.

Wei Ze didn't comment after reading it, he said: "In this case, I will bring so much alcohol and cigarettes with me next time I go." The price doesn't have to be high, just maintain such a price. ”

When people are under great pressure, they always need links. The north would have been more interested in growing spirits, and in this era of war and chaos, there is really wine today and drunk today, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow. It would be strange if the tobacco and alcohol that can soothe the nerves do not sell well.

Weser didn't care about that, and drawing blood from the market wasn't a quick job. What really surprised Wei Ze was the news from the city of Beijing. The Hunan army cut off the heads of a few people, but the banner army whipped some people.

The laws of the Manchu Qing Dynasty stipulate that if a banner person commits the crime of flogging a cane, he shall be punished with a number of lashes; Criminals who commit crimes of the army, exile, and imprisonment are exempted from repatriation, and are replaced by shackles. The punishment of flogging and cane is replaced by a board in execution, and there is a conversion method, so it is called "depreciation". At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the board used for flogging and cane, that is, the ancient communication staff, was made of bamboo or wood, and it was used immediately if the crime was not accepted, so the communication staff was heavy and the flogging staff was light. The bannerman commits a cane and replaces it with a whip.

That is to say, if a Han person commits a crime that requires a sentence of confiscation, exile, or imprisonment, the banner man only needs to be punished with a rod if he commits the same crime. Moreover, in the end, the cane is often turned into a big thing and a small thing, and it becomes a whip.

Therefore, the specific execution of whipping cannot judge the size of the crime just because "just the whip was drawn". It is said that the cause of this incident was the chaotic fight between the Hunan Army and the Eight Banners Army on the teaching military field. This matter caused someone in the Hunan army to be beheaded, and it seems that the matter is not small.

Weser ordered a serious investigation into the matter, and he always felt that there was something strange in it. Teach the military to fight in a brawl, as long as there is no death, generally do not say to kill. The Liberation Army has already attached great importance to security in its military exercises, but every time the scale is large and the intensity increases, it is always inevitable that there will be sacrifices. What happened to the point where you were going to kill someone? Wei Ze felt that he really couldn't ignore this.

Soon, Weeser was drawn to another job. Another new piece of information suggested that the Manchus were in contact with foreign merchants posed as by the Liberation Army, hoping to buy a batch of rifles. The number is probably between 10,000 and 50,000.

Now the price of a good rifle is about thirty taels, and Wei Ze feels that he can even consider it lower. Now the Civil War is essentially over. After the end of the war, a large number of weapons will enter the international market, and Wei Ze hopes to be able to suck blood from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but he doesn't want this money to be made by foreign devils at all.

"Order, we can do this business." Weeser said.

"陛xià! Sell weapons to the Manchus? Zuo Zongtang felt very surprised.

"Yes, we are selling weapons to the Manchus!" Wei Ze said calmly. Looking at Zuo Zongtang's surprised expression, Wei Ze didn't want to overstimulate Zuo Zongtang, so he held that classic line in his stomach, "If you don't sell weapons to weapons dealers who fight against your own government forces, you are not good weapons dealers." ”R1058