Chapter 234: Serving the Country? (2nd update, ask for support)

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The first day of the Lunar New Year is the time of the New Year's Day.

In previous years, at this time, it was the most lively time in the Guangzhou garrison flag camp, the flag salary that should have been received, and the emperor's extra month of reward was also received, along with the "old rice" and "winter meat" were also folded into enough silver hair, of course, the dozens of taels of "horse gan" that only existed in the "soldier book" of the "garrison flag Ding three horses" were also sent to the hands of the soldiers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the "foundation of the country", the banner people have been meticulously cared for from birth to death, and it can be said that even in the Chinese dynasties, it is not a policy that can be extravagant except for the children of the clan.

It is precisely because of the "hardcore crops" of more than seven or eight officials who are tens of taels per year that the flag camp of the garrison in the west of the city has always been more lively than Seoul, when the Han people in Seoul thought that the New Year was difficult, the bannermen who received the "New Year's Rice", "Winter Meat" and "Horse Dry" in the city were laughing and laughing, and when the Han people would put a string of five-inch-long firecrackers at the end of the year, the cannons were set off in the flag camp more than ten days in advance, and they were all at least one long "red big flowers".

But this year is different from previous years, and at this time, there is a gloomy fog in the Guangzhou flag camp.

All the excitement of previous years has completely disappeared. In previous years, the shops rented to Han merchants in the banner camp would be deserted. The shops were closed, and the shopkeepers had escaped. The houses that were custom-built were also closed here.

Occasionally, when pedestrians walked by on the street, they all looked at each other, and then sighed helplessly.

The capital is surrounded, and the emperor's whereabouts are unknown.

What about the nearly 30,000 flag people in Guangzhou?

As for Ye Mingchen, although he transferred more than a dozen battalions of regiments into the city in the name of flood control soldiers. But he killed Bai Gui, and he was about to surrender the rebellious guy. As long as you have long eyes, you know what you're thinking.

When the "Cantonese bandits" conquered Jiangning City, they slaughtered the city once, and more than 20,000 people were killed cleanly. In case this Ye Mingchen comes again, he will take the big guy's head and melon seeds as a vote. That's a good thing!

This head is on the top of the head, and no one wants to be plucked like this!

Therefore, there are nearly 5,000 Manchu Army Eight Banners and 23,000 Han Army Eight Banners in the city, of course, all men, women, old and children. In order to save their lives, they could only hold together, the young and strong defended the battlements, the border between the bannermen and the people, and the old and weak patrolled the inner streets. Ding Zhuang, who was guarding the border of the banner people, looked at the border of the Han city with a blank eye-those Han people were all staring at them with knives and guns. There was a great idea of giving an order, and he rushed over.

Although this is very imminent, most of these Ding Zhuang are unwilling.

"It stands to reason that we are also Han, so we shouldn't kill us too......"

Looking at the foreign cannon that sealed the street, the flag soldier at the gate of the fence muttered like this.

This Guangzhou garrison is different from other places, in the early days of the Guangzhou garrison, the soldiers of the Eight Banners were all composed of the Han army, and together with the Fuzhou garrison and the Jingkou garrison, it became the only three garrison areas of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty directly under the province where the Han army was stationed alone. After Qianlong implemented the Han army's policy of "raising the flag for the people", all the Han troops in Fuzhou and Jingkou were abolished, and Guangzhou became the only place in the Qing Dynasty that still retained the garrison of the Han army. It wasn't until Qianlong's meeting that the Thousand Five Manchurian Army and Eight Banners were transferred. It changed the situation in which the Han army was stationed alone.

But no one cares whether they are full of eight banners or eight banners of Han. All these brave men know is that the Governor has a life--around this city! No one can be let go!

If it weren't for the fact that he had more than 6,000 regiments in his hands, I am afraid that Ye Mingchen would not be so bold, and directly transferred the regimental warriors outside the city into the city and sealed the garrison area, in fact, the reason why he did this was to save his life - what if the Guangzhou general Mu Teen sent troops to take his head?

So after begging the immortal master, he immediately made a decision - to transfer troops into the city.

This is to save his life, and it is also to avoid the "one dream is wrong for a lifetime", although the troops were transferred, Ye Mingchen's heart was beating, he was afraid! After all, the garrison of the Eight Banners is 30,000 people, although it is all the number of men, women, and children, but if there is a fight, how can they resist by relying on those 6,000 regiments?

But when it happened, he couldn't help but do it. But what Ye Mingchen never expected was that at this time, the Guangzhou General Mu Tern couldn't take care of him, and the sixteen assistant leaders of the Guangzhou garrison were all staring at the Guangzhou General Mu Tern.

"Don't forget, you're Man! It's the flag man! ”

In the general's yamen, Mu Teen glared at Xiangjie and asked loudly.

"Have you forgotten the emperor's grace?"

There was only one reason why he was so angry - this person actually wanted to negotiate with Ye Mingchen. Not only him, but the other fifteen leaders were all like this, if there were only one or two people, how could he be so helpless.

"General, I am a man, but I was born in Si, grew up in Si, a family, all the family wealth is in Guangzhou, once the city is broken, it is impossible to escape from the country like an adult, the adult is a loyal minister of the emperor, when the time comes, pat the ass and leave, what should I do!"

Xiangjie's words immediately caused a chorus of echoes around him, but isn't it, when the time comes, this surnamed Mu pats his ass and leaves, what will they do.

In fact, after the news of the siege of the capital came, the Guangzhou garrison was floating, in addition to the situation made them feel that the Qing Dynasty was about to run out, and more importantly, they wanted to save their lives.

Not only did the Han army co-leaders who were Han people want to save their lives, but even the Manchu army co-leaders had no intention of "tying up" themselves with the Qing Dynasty, of course, these Manchu army co-leaders were even more afraid, and they were fighting, and those Han troops surrendered, after all, they were Han people after all! Therefore, this is why they are unwilling to obey orders at this time.

"You...... You Xiangjie ......"

Being told by Xiangjie like this, Mu Teen, who was very annoyed, looked at everyone and said in annoyance.

"When did the Great Qing Kingdom treat my banner people badly, our banner was born with landed silver, flag salary, old rice, horse gan, and rewards, which can be said to be everything, you, you do this, are you worthy of the emperor?"

The reason why this will be so easy to discuss, the reason is simple, except for the accompanying personal soldiers and clothes, how can other people listen to his orders now, if these people are really forced to hurry, maybe they will really take his head as a name, there are many such things in the history books, and now, he can only know the feelings, and move the reason.

"Hmph, the emperor, where is the emperor? The sixth master in the capital is just King Gong! Then again, even if he ascended the throne, how could he change the overall situation, this Qing Dynasty...... I'm exhausted......"

Huang Shijie, who had been silent in the crowd, said coldly. The reason why everyone in this room is unwilling to fight to the death is because they feel that the Qing Dynasty is about to run out.

"That is, even if we fight hard, drive out the Han people's group, kill him Ye Mingchen, and take this Guangzhou city is useless, when the time comes, not to mention the Han army in Huguang, it will be the heaven and earth in Guangdong, how can we stop it, it is in this Guangzhou city, there may be tens of thousands of heaven and earth clubs, Lord Mu, your hometown is in the capital, naturally you don't care about the big guy, but the big guy just wants to save the lives of his own family, as for the ...... of the Qing Dynasty"

Chen Fangli, the co-leader of the White Flag, shook his head helplessly, he couldn't take care of this Great Qing Kingdom, and he didn't want to care about it anymore.

Looking at these co-leaders who were just looking forward to surrendering quickly, Mutern sneered.

"Hmph, don't forget the lessons of Jiang Ning, he Ye Mingchen can descend because he is a Han person, and the Han people can tolerate him, but they may not be able to tolerate you!"

"My lord, this is surprising!"

As soon as Mutern's words fell, a soldier in his uniform came out, and he took off his hat and said.

"Others can't tolerate everyone, villains don't know, but Han Du can tolerate you, I have nearly 20,000 people stationed in Jingzhou, if it weren't for Han Du, how could I live!"

Looking at the soldier who stood up and hearing him say this, Mutern immediately asked loudly.

"Who are you......"

"Qing'a, the former leader of the Jingzhou garrison Zhenghuang Banner Association, has seen General Mu!"

Qing'a gave a fist salute to Mu Teen, he came to Guangzhou five days ago, and the reason why he came here was to tell them about Jingzhou, so that they knew that there was another choice besides fighting to the death. If others say it, the sixteen assistant leaders stationed in Guangzhou may be suspicious, but Qing'a was stationed in Guangzhou before he was transferred to Jingzhou as the assistant leader, and others naturally believed his words.

"Ah......h

With his eyes wide open, Mutern looked at Qing'a, Jingzhou......

"Ladies and gentlemen, before the younger brother came to Guangzhou, Han Du once said, "Those who belong to me will always be in peace in China, and those who carry me will run outside the plug!" "I garrisoned nearly 20,000 men, women, and children in Jingzhou, and after I surrendered to the Han Governor, the Han Governor did not hurt me or kill me, but gave money and food to make ends ......meet."

Qing'a's words were full of gratitude, he said the truth, although the food was only enough to make ends meet, and now everyone was temporarily "guarded" in the camp, but he got the favor of Master Zhang, as long as he could lobby the Guangzhou garrison to surrender, he would not only get a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, but also agree to allow him to take his family out of the "detention camp".

"Now in this situation, everyone has seen it, the emperor, the whereabouts are unknown, the capital is in danger, some people want to be loyal ministers of the Great Qing Kingdom, but we, who have lived here for generations, are it difficult to let the whole family accompany the Qing Kingdom to play! Ladies and gentlemen......"

Holding his fists, Qing'a looked sad and indignant again.

"If the court still has a little point, how can I be like this? But now, can this court still be able to point to it? General Mu, you tell the big guy, where is this court? Can you point to it? (To be continued.) )