The broadsword was raised higher and higher until the executioner's back seemed to be under the clenched hands. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The kneeling pirate narrowed his eyes and a wincing look on his face, and the half-twisted neck was faintly about to see the throbbing green tendons. The broadsword slashed down, sending a whistling through the air.

With a crisp slicing sound, the pirate abystruck. It all happened so quickly that after the blade slashed the neck, for a short time, the head was still on the neck. After that, the person who pulled the braid took a step back, and his head fell off.

The execution ground was surrounded by a dense crowd of people who were standing, their necks stretched out. Some are excited, some are relaxed, some are nervous, and some are even laughing and talking, as is the case in any spectacular scene.

The numb and cowardly Chinese people! Chen Wenqiang sighed secretly, he didn't want to create a bloody scene, but after learning about the heinous and inhuman crimes of the pirates, he changed his mind.

Severe punishment may be necessary to complete the law, otherwise it will not be able to deter bandits who commit crimes, and it will not be able to curb the mentality of ordinary people who have become bandits. Taking being a bandit as a profession and being proud of carrying a gun as a green forest, this kind of psychology of the people is terrifying, and it is also the root cause of the endless emergence of bandits. And murder, arson, and accumulate, and the accumulation of crimes can go unpunished, and this strange thing, which may only exist in China, will end here with Chen Wenqiang.

Another pirate was dragged over. The first body lay motionless, its severed head several meters from its body, blood still gushing. The pirate staggered past the corpse, his eyes wide open, his eyes glazed blank, his mouth flably open, his expression as if he were wandering in a slumber.

Suddenly, the pirate tilted his head back. ** muttered to himself. His eyeballs rolled upward, revealing the whites of his eyes, as if they were spasms. The crowd was silent, seemingly dominated by terror and fear.

The executioner's hands stepped forward and grabbed the pirate's braid and dragged his head forward with all his might. The pirate dragged his legs weakly, his steps flustered. The executioner hurriedly raised his broadsword. Because of the pirate's panic, he also became a little flustered and nervous.

Eventually, the pirate gave in and fell to his knees. The executioner snorted heavily, and the broadsword swung down. As the blade fell, the pirate convulsively flinched back, his braid jerking out of his assistant's hand. The blade slashed out of position, slashing into the back of the pirate's head. The pirate fell to the ground, howling loudly.

The crowd fell silent again, and the executioner shouted at his assistant. The two tried to drag the pirate up to his knees again, but the pirate had no strength and immediately collapsed every time he dragged up.

The executioners and assistants kicked, roared, and cursed, but the pirate's head was like grass with a broken stem, and with each kick he twitched and writhed strangely. His eyes widened, rolled upward, and the black eyeballs were almost gone. His mouth was covered in blood blisters. Crooked.

There is no way, the executioner does not kick anymore. He put one foot on the pirate's shoulder, the other beside his head, and swung his broadsword again. Due to the obstruction of the earth, the knife was not neat, and it did not cut off the pirate's head and neck. The executioner had no choice but to bend down and hold his knife flat to slash. It took four or five strokes before the pirate's head was cut off.

No one spoke, and the people seemed anxious, and they continued to watch silently, not even crowded.

"There is a big scar on the head, and Lao Tzu will meet again in twenty years. He's still a good man! The arrogant scolding broke the silence, it was Chen Shun, the murderous pirate leader, who was still shouting at this time, and he was really fierce.

Chen Wenqiang pursed his lips disdainfully, turned to Yu Wenbing beside him, who was his own person who wanted to be promoted as the magistrate of Nanao, and said in a deep voice: "You go and tell the people about it, let them know what a hero is, don't take Chen Shun's stubbornness as heroic." ”

"Yes, sir." Yu Wenbingxiu was born in a beautiful background, and he has to be literary and eloquent, and it is even more rare that he has also undergone military training, so he can be regarded as a civil and military all-rounder.

Chen Wenqiang watched Yu Wenbing walk away quickly, turned his head to look at the bandit Chen Shun who was still struggling and scolding under the escort of the two soldiers, frowned and said, "Lao Yi, go and let this bastard stop." A pirate, what kind of hero? ”

Feng Yi snorted, strode forward, stretched out his hand and pulled out the short sword in his waist, came to Chen Shun, and suddenly stabbed a sword into Chen Shun's mouth, stirring it violently.

Blood mixed with minced meat flowed out of Chen Shun's mouth, and the sound of scolding stopped abruptly, leaving only a muffled whining sound. Feng Yi snorted coldly and turned to Chen Shun's back, the sword light flashed twice in the air, Chen Shun's hamstrings had been cut off, and he immediately collapsed like a pile of mud.

"Throw it there, and cut him at the end." Feng Yi commanded the executioner, turned around and walked away, only to find that Chen Wenqiang had left, leaving only a back.

The large number of pirates has been routed, and they are either dead or fleeing. They were no match for the well-equipped and powerful regular army, and the strongholds of Xiongzhenguan and Shen'ao Township were occupied by officers and soldiers, and some pirates fled to the sea on ships that were not searched by officers and soldiers, and were intercepted by artillery shelling by warships, and only a small number escaped by chance; Most of the pirates were scattered and hid all over the island.

If you want to completely eradicate the pirates, there is only one way to clear the countryside now. Sweeping away, Chen Wenqiang just showed his strengths, and he was able to stay away from the southwest battlefield for the time being.

The purge first began in Shen'ao Township, and whether it was a merchant, a gentry, or an ordinary person, every head of household had to report to the yamen for interrogation. The inferior gentry of the bandits, the minced people who harbored bandits, the pirates who hid back home, and the ruffians who secretly hid firearms were all found out one by one, and they were either killed or detained.

The harvest of Qingxiang was also quite abundant, and silk, cloth, tea cakes, gold and silver and other stolen goods were seized in Jinshan Cave and Baishawan, and all the houses and properties of pirates and bandits were confiscated.

There is time, and there is energy. Chen Wenqiang found that although he felt tired when his ability was used so frequently, after resting, it seemed to be more powerful and sharp.

Maybe I should be a god-like modern-day contractor? Chen Wenqiang watched the pirates who committed crimes being brought to justice, showing that there is still justice in the world, and he once had such thoughts. However, he quickly dispelled it, because he knew that if the government's credibility, social environment, living foundation, ideology, and culture did not change, the current crackdown on bandits and clearing the townships would only treat the symptoms but not the root causes, and it would be difficult to completely eradicate the root causes of banditry.

Shenao, Yunao, Qingao, Longao. There were no more than 10,000 permanent residents of the entire Nanao Island, and the officers and soldiers cleared and swept away from town to town, and the last group of pirates hid in a cave next to the Li Cemetery in Qingao Township, and were annihilated by the officers and soldiers in one fell swoop, which basically ended the great clean-up of Nanao Island.

Since ancient times, South Australia is located on the sea at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan provinces. It is the necessary berthing point and transit station for trade along the southeast coast, and it has the title of "maritime mutual market" as early as the Ming Dynasty. From Qiongzhou to South Australia, Chen Wenqiang won another piece of land for the Renaissance Association, and the geographical location is very superior.

"Leave you a hundred people, you manage Nanao Island well, it may be of great use in the future." After more than half a month of suppressing bandits, the pirates on Nanao Island have been completely wiped out, and even the hidden dangers have been eliminated. And Chen Wenqiang was going to set off for Shantou to carry out the final action in order to completely control the Chao, Cheng, and Rao coasts.

"My lord, South Australia has been peaceful, and it is enough to leave fifty people for his subordinates." Yu Wenbing bowed down confidently and said: "You can keep more guns, and your subordinates will organize the militia as soon as possible, and this Nanao Island will be as stable as Mount Tai." ”

Chen Wenqiang smiled faintly, patted Yu Wenbing's shoulder, and said, "Okay." Have faith and courage. I read you right. Well, if fifty people are to be scattered all over the place, your temporary county office is still a little empty of defense. So I will add twenty more to you as your guard. ”

"Thank you, Lord for your care." Yu Wenbing hesitated for a moment and said, "My subordinates intend to form a coast guard. I wonder if I can pump water to a passing vessel? ”

Chen Wenqiang shook his head lightly and said, "I thought about it before, but the operation is too complicated, so it's better not to implement it for the time being." Nan'ao Island is strategically located as a transit point for sea shipping. There is still a lot of potential for development. You should think more about this aspect, and also develop and build from this aspect. ”

"Understood, sir." Yu Wenbing nodded yes.

"Okay, this official will set off to board the ship, you just took over the county affairs, and you are busy with work, so you don't need to send it." Chen Wenqiang got up, waved his hand, and strode out.

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Only one of the three bandit leaders, Wu Pinsan, slipped through the net, and according to the bandits' confession, he went to Raoping and defected to another big pirate Yang Chimney. As a result of the interrogation, Chen Wenqiang gained something else, that is, the patrol battalion stationed in Shantou led Chen Tingxiong to secretly communicate with pirates, provide the pirates with information about the ships entering and leaving Shantou Port, and sit on the ground to share the fertilizer.

To eliminate evil, Chen Wenqiang will never do things that give up halfway. Moreover, on the charge of collaborating with bandits, he also wanted to take down Chen Tingxiong, clean up the patrol battalion, and send troops to Shantou to control the second largest outlet to the sea in southern Fujian.

In the name of suppressing bandits and clearing the township, Chen Wenqiang's plan was to use the police to control Guangdong. If the war in the southwest continues, Guangdong's patrol battalions and the new army will certainly continue to be transferred, the status of the police will become prominent, the armed forces of the army will gradually decline, and the grassroots political power will have to rely on them.

Few people can see so far, and Chen Wenqiang's outstanding exploits in suppressing bandits have made the Qing court and the Guangdong government have no doubts. Think about it, how could an official who was determined to kill "revolutionary aspirants" be implicated in the Revolutionary Party?

In fact, this is due to the early revolutionary strategy of the League, Beichen launched an uprising in Guangdong, repeatedly relying on the Hui Party and the green forest and grass, and once said that "within a month, three or four hundred thousand gangsters will be gathered in the mountains and forests." Although not all of the bandits were bandits, it is an indisputable fact that a considerable number of bandits were involved in the revolutionary movement. It is no wonder that several governors of Liangguang and Guangxi have associated bandits with the Revolutionary Party, and when they were in charge of the Imperial Court, they repeatedly said that "rectifying the Party and disposing of weapons, obviously conspiring against each other," and "colluding with the Revolutionary Party, secretly setting up divisions, hijacking funds and buying weapons, and making appointments to start incidents."

After the Xinhai Revolution in history, Guangdong was indeed a "people's army", and it was difficult to control it for a while. Is this so-called "people's army" really composed of revolutionary-minded people? Pulling out the fog, through the actions of the "people's army" that have been enumerated in various sources to disturb and harm the people, the accurate answer is not far away.

Now, these gangsters are active destroyers of the old order and system, but after the new order is established, will they abide by the law and become good citizens? Isn't it a blasphemy and an insult to the sacred cause if a group of lawless fellows are given their rightful name and clothed in the cloak of justice?

For Chen Wenqiang, the eradication of pirates and bandits is only at this stage, which is a good thing to kill three birds with one stone. The first is to gradually take control of the place; secondly, it has been well received and supported by the people; The last point was to gain the trust of the Qing court and gain more and greater power.

The effect is undoubted, and the most significant is the last point. With the cooperation of the media controlled by the Renaissance Society, Chen Wenqiang had already stood on the opposite side of the revolutionary party and was a loyal lackey of the Qing court. And can the Qing court not reuse such a talented person who has both fame and ability, and is skilled in foreign affairs, and who has also drawn a clear line with the revolutionary party?

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When Chen Wenqiang exterminated the Nanao pirates, defeated the pirates Yang Smoke Pipe in Raoping, and captured Wu Pinsan and Yang Smoke Pipe The news came one after another, Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangguang, immediately grasped this life-saving straw, and had to exaggerate the results of the Qingxiang in the Pearl River Delta region, and used these as bargaining chips to keep his official position.

There was no way, the war in the southwest should have been stabilized, and the Qing army thought that before the end of the rainy season, it was impossible for the rebels to launch a big operation, but the fact gave the Qing army a fierce blow. First, the defense city was stormed down, and then Qinzhou was besieged, and more than 1,000 Guangdong new troops could only rely on the city to hold on to the city in the face of thousands of well-equipped and powerful firepower rebels, and asked for help from outside.

Li Zhun, the commander of the naval division sitting in Nanning, got the news and hurriedly sent six patrol battalions, led by Qin Bingzhi and Guo Renzhang, the commanders of the patrol battalion, to reinforce Qinzhou; At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Guangzhou, asking the two battalions of the third standard, one battalion of the artillery team, and one battalion of the engineer and one battalion of the new army in Guangdong, which had not been transferred to the army for a short time and had not yet been reorganized, to rush to the east to provide reinforcement and flank the rebellious party under the city of Qinzhou.

It is said that this is a good battle plan for internal and external attacks, and if it is really implemented correctly, it can really pose a great threat to the revolutionary army under the city of Qinzhou. But neither Li Zhun nor Zhang Renjun expected that Guo Renzhang, the commander of the patrol battalion, was actually an old member of the Alliance, and even traced back to the time when the Huaxing Society failed in Hunan and fled to Shanghai, he and Huang X had stayed together.

To say that Guo Renzhang's revolutionary will is actually not resolute, it is very much the psychology of observing the wind at both ends. When suppressing the Pingliuli uprising, he still worked very hard and beat the Hui Party rebels to pieces. This time, he was assigned to Li Zhun's subordinates, and when he saw that the revolutionary army was getting stronger and stronger, he hesitated in his heart.

When Huang X sent someone to send a secret letter, although Guo Renzhang deduced that the time had not yet come, and it would be difficult for his men and horses to launch, he had already wavered, and he was afraid that his membership in the League would be known to the Qing court and cause death, so he began to reserve a way back. (To be continued.) )