Chapter 122 Zhou Xiuying's apology
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Wang Feng really stayed in Shanghai for only two days, and in the early morning of 19 May, he took with him, including the members of the Little Knife Society, a total of more than 8,700 people, and escorted nearly 600 smokers to Jiading.
Now the total strength of the whole army is 1,000 in Baoshan, more than 2,000 in Jiading, and a total of 11,700 people in hand, among which Hong Xuanjiao's women's battalion has expanded to 1,500 after incorporating Zhou Xiuying's women's battalion, and Zhou Xiuying has also been appointed as the deputy head of the women's battalion.
According to Wang Feng's original plan, there should be 20,000 troops on hand at this time, but Liu Lichuan spoiled the good thing.
In particular, the annihilation of the whole army of the Green Battalion made him feel distressed, no matter how bad the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was, but he had the most basic military qualities, he could shoot, he would **, only from this point, he was already stronger than the recruits in the Taiping Army, as long as strict training and discipline were imposed, it would not take long to grow into an elite!
In comparison, the knife club is the most authentic local gang organization, there are many people who can't even shoot guns, in terms of discipline, there is no concept of obeying orders and military discipline at all, it is completely based on the righteousness of the rivers and lakes as the organizational link, and all the qiē needs to start from scratch!
But at this point, what else can you do besides killing Liu Lichuan? In Wang Feng's eyes, this rescue operation can only be regarded as barely passing.
At noon that day, Wang Feng entered the county seat of Jiading, and immediately asked people to gather in front of the county government square, and brought Xu Naizhao and all the imprisoned Qing Dynasty officials, and even Fuxing, which was worth 100,000 taels of silver, was allowed to watch from the sidelines.
No one understood what Wang Feng was going to do, including the people of Jiading, who were brought in by the soldiers by various means, and were worried about it.
Hong Xuanjiao couldn't help but ask: "Wang Feng, should you shoot these Qing court officials en masse?" ”
Wang Feng glanced at Fuxing, and said: "There must be a good reason to kill people, except for the worthless banner people, we can't kill people casually, this time, it is to fight local tyrants and divide the land!" ”
"Huh?" Hong Xuanjiao seemed to understand, and after glancing at Zhou Xiuying, they both showed interest.
Wang Feng also looked at it, and the people were already surging, so he pressed his hands and called: "Fellow villagers, I am Wang Feng, the general of the Taiping Army, and I invite you to come this time, there are two things, one is to build the Jiading Three Massacres Monument"
Wang Feng focused on the significance of building the monument, and hoped that the villagers would give their opinions and suggestions, and try to provide the names and deeds of the martyrs that year.
Suddenly, there was a buzz in the crowd, and the people talked to each other, although most of them were not the descendants of the early batch of Jiading people, but they still had a sense of the bloody massacre that happened under their feet two hundred years ago, which was recalled by Wang Feng, and many people wiped their tears on the spot.
After a while, Wang Feng said again: "Fellow villagers, if you have any ideas about the monument, you can go to the county magistrate I am about to appoint, and now, I will deal with the second matter for you!" As he spoke, he drank violently: "Come on, bring the county order!" ”
The pale, trembling county commander was pushed forward, and from Wang Feng's expression and the Taiping Army's style of killing Qing Dynasty officials, he had a premonition that something was wrong.
Sure enough, Wang Feng didn't even look at him, and asked downward: "Folks, our Taiping Army is the people's army, from the people, serving the people, fighting the world for the people, and being the master for the people, since we have taken the county seat of Jiading, we should redress the grievances of the people and give the people a chance to hate them. Everyone will say it, and we will give a fair explanation to the people of Jiading! ”
As Wang Feng's words fell, some people's faces changed greatly when they were neutral, sometimes they looked at the county order with hatred, sometimes they were full of struggles, but no one stepped forward to testify, even if someone was ready to take a step, they were pulled by the people around them and whispered something.
"I don't believe that the people don't hate these dog officials, it seems that they don't have confidence in us!" Hong Xuanjiao frowned slightly, and said to Wang Feng: "You are very good at demagoguery, you can spend more effort to persuade you." ”
"The people of Jiading have some relationship with me, so leave it to me." Zhou Xiuying preemptively arched his hand to the surroundings and said loudly: "Folks, I am Zhou Xiuying, the daughter of Zhou Lichun of Qingpu County, because the Qing court urged the villagers to pay taxes and not give the villagers a way to live, my father organized an uprising of more than 20 villages such as Tangwan and Huangdu last year, after repelling the attack of Li Chuqi of Qingpu County and Zhong Dianxuan, the prefect of Suzhou, he revolted in Jiading at the beginning of this year, and once occupied the county seat, but he fell because of his weak strength, and his father was also sent to Suzhou Lingchi, I don't know if you still remember?" ”
"It's her! I know her! ”
"It turns out that she is Zhou Lichun's daughter!"
The people obviously recognized Zhou Xiuying, pointing and pointing, their expressions were more complicated, and there was not much respect in their tones!
"Good!" Zhou Xiuying took a deep breath and said, "I know what everyone is afraid of, they are worried that we will not be able to hold Jiading and be recaptured by the Qing army, right?" I also know that my father's hasty uprising affected the villagers, and I can't accompany everyone on behalf of my dead father, if there is any resentment, they all come to me, and I will be the daughter's replacement for the father! ”
Zhou Xiuying strode forward, bowed to the end, and didn't get up for a long time.
Gradually, the crowd was silent, in fact, there were people who complained about Zhou Lichun, when the Qing army broke the city, in addition to the annihilation of the righteous army, it also punished many innocent people, Ding Zhuang was killed, some women were taken away, and some were beheaded all over the house, but in any case, Zhou Lichun did not have evil deeds to the people of Jiading, to blame, he can only be blamed for not revolting, but he was exploited by the court to the point that there is no way out, and if he can't pay the rent, he will be late, and if he doesn't revolt, he will die?
What's more, after the failure of the uprising, all the rebels were killed, and Zhou Lichun was also tied to the entrance of the Suzhou vegetable market and cut 500 knives alive, what could be worse in the world? As the saying goes, if a person dies like a lamp goes out, how can he be angry with his daughter?
Unconsciously, everyone's gaze at Zhou Xiuying gradually softened, and an eldest lady shouted: "Zhou girl, I don't blame you, I don't blame your father, I only blame the gods and Buddhas who don't open their eyes!" Get up quickly. ”
"Yes, yes! Old man Zhou is a good person, alas~~ It's a pity to die, what kind of world is this! The people also waved their hands, shook their heads and sighed.
Zhou Xiuying's phoenix eyes contained a layer of mist, and she choked up: "If my father learns about the high righteousness of the villagers in the sky, he will definitely be grateful and cry, thank you." ”
As he was talking, the tears were already flowing uncontrollably, Zhou Xiuying wiped her tears and pointed to Wang Feng: "This is Wang Feng, the young general of the Taiping Army, his achievements, you must have heard of it, the moon came out of Nanjing, there were only more than 3,000 horses, but now, in less than a month, the team under his command has grown to 10,000 people, among which even the battle is victorious, and even the foreigners have suffered a big loss!"
Wang Feng is fully capable of holding Jiading, and the spontaneous braiding of the people of Baoshan is a manifestation of their confidence in Wang Feng, what else do the villagers have to worry about? Today, I, Zhou Xiuying, swear by the sky, if Jiading falls again one day, I am willing to die in the city! ”