In the evening, the whistle sounded in the port of Singapore, and the sky was smoky, and hundreds of warships of all sizes set sail, accompanied by more than 300 transport ships, and the remaining nearly 700 transport ships were moored in the harbor to replenish ammunition and supplies to the fleet at any time as needed.

Soon after, a small boat broke away from the group and headed for Manila.

And Zuo Zongtang rushed to Nanyang before dark after a while, and what he saw and heard along the way filled his heart with anger!

Centered on Nanyang, there were refugees fleeing in all directions, and upon inquiry, it turned out that the Russians had seized their homes, and they were driven out, all their possessions were robbed, and beautiful or young women were left behind.

Today's Nanyang City, the city is full of drunk Russian soldiers, the Qing army was driven back to the barracks, the streets and alleys are occupied by many homeless, but reluctant to leave their homes, wrapped in felt quilts shrunk on the street corners, their faces are full of fear, anger, and death and despair.

"Plop!" The sound of a heavy object falling into the river came from the water not far away, and Zuo Zongtang could just see a white shadow jumping into the water from the corner of his eye, which seemed to be a woman covered in red fruits.

Sure enough, an old man on the corner of the street sighed heavily: "Another one, it's already the thirty-eighth person who jumped into the river today, it's evil, the red-haired devils can't die well, how can the court let these beasts who have lost their conscience come over!" ”

"I heard that the court is concentrating on the war to the south, and the red-haired devil was invited by the court, at this time. As long as we can win the south, the court is willing to pay any price, how can it care about the life or death of our people. ”

"Shhhh Shut up, who do you see coming? ”

The refugees who were cowering on the corner looked up, and immediately fell silent, hurriedly closed their mouths, and looked at Zuo Zongtang and his party with eyes full of vigilance and uneasiness.

"Bang~~" When Zuo Zongtang was secretly sighing, the gate of a courtyard in front of him was suddenly rushed open, and a naked woman covered her chest. Keep your head down and run outward, bloody between your legs, and look in the direction. It was the river, but immediately after, several Russian soldiers rushed out, several hairy arms. In the midst of the laughter. Dragged the woman back.

"Let go, let go, I want to die, can't I even die?" The woman struggled desperately, kicking her legs back, but who was a few stout Russians against her thin body? The body hangs upside down on the ground. His knees were scratched with blood marks.

The woman was about to be dragged back, and suddenly she screamed. One bite on the nearest arm!

This mouthful, with endless hatred, a wisp of blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, and the person who was bitten screamed in pain, pulled out his arm violently, and a piece of flesh was bitten hard!

After a series of incomprehensible curses from his mouth, the Russian pulled the woman's hair and threw it to the ground!

"Bang~~" There was a muffled sound, and the woman's head hit the hard bluestone slab ground, and suddenly the flesh and blood were blurred, and even the brain pulp flowed out, obviously she couldn't live, but in the eyes that were about to close, there was a ray of relief.

"Stop!" The incident happened suddenly, and when Zuo Zongtang came back to his senses, it was too late, so he could only stare at the Russians with an angry face.

The Russians saw that Zuo Zongtang was wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, but they didn't go too far, but they just smiled contemptuously, and one of them also put his hands on the flat end, made a shooting posture, and slammed his mouth, obviously warning them not to do much, and then returned to the courtyard one after another.

"Bang~~" The gate was closed tightly, there was a deathly silence outside the courtyard, and there was a bloody female corpse lying on the ground, although the face was covered by hair and blood, and the face could not be seen clearly, but from the delicate and tight body, it could be judged that she was only in her early twenties at most.

The refugees didn't speak, they looked at Zuo Zongtang and his party with sad and indignant eyes, Zuo Zongtang trembled, he couldn't imagine that he had witnessed an atrocity with his own eyes, and his hand couldn't help but hold on the waist knife!

"Your Excellency!" One of the attendants could not take it anymore and roared: "Please give the order, we will rush in and kill the Russians!" ”

"Yes, my lord, give the order!" Dozens of other followers chimed in.

Saying this, it reminded Zuo Zongtang that he was a courtier of Lord Xianfeng, his enemy was the Democratic Alliance, and the Russians came to help the Qing Dynasty!

Zuo Zongtang hurriedly shouted: "Don't be too troubled!" ”

"Your Excellency!" Another attendant actually howled and cried, and pointed at the female corpse on the ground: "Although I don't know her, but seeing her being beaten to death by the Russians in front of me, I don't know what's going on, my heart is hateful and sad, I can't wait to kill all the Russians, I want to avenge her, please give an order!" Woo woo woo~~"

Everyone said that the man did not flick when he had tears, but before he was sad, the entourage looked at Zuo Zongtang with red eyes, and the refugees on the street corner also wiped their tears.

Zuo Zongtang looked at the past one by one, he only felt that there was a warm blood burning in his heart, and this blood was constantly urging him to kill those beasts, but then, Xianfengye's haggard and sorrowful face gradually appeared in front of him uncontrollably.

Zuo Zongtang was suddenly shocked and took a deep breath: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and this official will negotiate with the Russians!" ”

"My lord! How long will you endure! The attendants were so angry that some even slammed the saddle hard.

Zuo Zongtang sighed bitterly: "My Qing Dynasty has reached the point of life and death, and I must not make any additional trouble, everything should be based on the battle against the short hair, after he is peaceful and destroys the short hair, the emperor will definitely recover the blood debt from the Russians, come and bury the woman, etc., take the official's cloak and wrap her in it." As he spoke, he took off his cloak and handed it over with an expressionless face.

In fact, calm down, the entourage can also understand Zuo Zongtang, after all, he is an official of the court, compared with the major events of the court, what is the death of a few small people? What's more, if he killed those Russians with the courage of the moment, he may not be able to return to Xiangyang alive.

Everyone understands the truth, but the heart is blocked in panic!

Several attendants were silent, took the cloak, jumped off the horse, wrapped the woman, and then took the waist knife and spear to dig a pit by the river with difficulty, and it took half an hour to dig a shallow pit that could only accommodate one person, and bury the woman.

"Let's go!" Zuo Zongtang didn't dare to look at the refugees, so he lowered his head and waved his hand, because he read the disappointment and strangeness in the eyes of the refugees.

The hoof replied, the horse team ran wildly, as if everyone wanted to take advantage of the fierce wind to vent the depression in their hearts, about half an hour later, the Nanyang Mansion appeared in front of him, of course, the sentry post that should have been the Qing army was replaced by the Russian army.

"Who? Stop, if you don't stop, we'll shoot! A Russian officer looked at the slowing horse caravan, clearly without malice, but still warned in broken Chinese.

In an uproar, dozens of Russian soldiers poured out of the gate and aimed their guns at Zuo Zongtang and others.

Zuo Zongtang's lungs are about to explode, whose Nanyang is this, whose yamen? Isn't the Nanyang Mansion from my Qing Dynasty?

But at this time, he can only endure it!

Zuo Zongtang waved his hand and motioned for everyone to dismount, and then stepped forward and arched his hand: "This official is Zuo Zongtang, the commander of the Qing Dynasty Military Department and the chief soldier of Xiangyang, I would like to see Mr. Mulajoviv, the governor of your country's Eastern Siberia, please inform me." ”

A Russian soldier asked impatiently, "What's the matter?" ”

Zuo Zongtang was simply furious, but he could only endure his anger and said: "Naturally, it is an important matter, please don't delay." ”

"Then you wait, don't move!" The Russian soldier looked at Zuo Zongtang vigilantly and walked inside.

After waiting for fifteen minutes, it wasn't until the waiting was burning that Murajoviv appeared unhurriedly, stood on the steps, looked down and asked, "It turned out to be Lord Zuo, what's the matter with coming to Nanyang?" Could it be that the NLD forces have attacked? ”

Murajoviv didn't have the slightest intention of inviting Zuo Zongtang in, 'Patience and patience~~' He said countless forbearances in his heart in a row, and Zuo Zongtang said coldly: "Your Excellency Murajoviv, there has been no movement for the time being, this official came this time to ask why you connived at your subordinates to plunder and humiliate my Qing people, you came from afar to help me quell the chaos, Zuo is grateful, but please also ask Your Excellency to restrain your subordinates, don't damage the relationship between you and me." ”

Muravyov said impatiently: "What's wrong with playing with a few Chinese women?" Our fighters are all young men, with strong physiological needs, and if they are not allowed to vent, they may provoke the consequences of a violent riot, and once it affects the fight against the NLD forces, you may bear the consequences? Aren't you afraid that His Majesty the Emperor of your family will cut off your head?

In the same way, we come from afar, we can't shoot in vain, and the reward given by your court is pitiful, so we can only do it ourselves.

As far as I know, your country has always been known for its generosity, and more than 1,000 years ago, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty of your country asked Hui Hui to assist in the rebellion of the history of Hei'an, and let his troops plunder the capital Chang'an as a price. How generous is that? However, we Russians did not ask to loot Beijing, but only got some money and women in Nanyang and other small cities, which is already for the sake of friendship with your country for more than 200 years. ”

"You" Zuo Zongtang trembled with anger, and it took a long time to say word by word: "The emperor has never allowed your country to wantonly plunder, but you have caused public resentment to boil regardless of the friendship between the two countries, Zuo only asks Your Excellency to restrain your subordinates and take care of the overall situation!" ”

Muravyov chuckled: "The emperor of your country asked the government along the way to do their best to cooperate with our army, so our behavior is the acquiescence of the emperor of your country, if Lord Zuo has any opinions, you can go to Beijing to ask for clarification, I still have important things to deal with, so I will not accompany you, Lord Zuo, please do it." ”

Muravyov looked impatient, and in a moment he disappeared into the depths of the gate. (To be continued......)