However, it was said that Luo Outline led the troops to pursue the defeated troops to Yangzhou City, and found that there were thousands of Qing troops deployed in the dangerous places outside Yangzhou City, so he ordered the forward Xie Jinzhang to send troops to fight a dozen, but found that the Qing army had already been prepared, and the defense was rigorous, and he saw that he could not take advantage of it, and his own Taiping troops were scattered to pursue, and the troops were insufficient, so Luo Outline ordered Xie Jinzhang and other troops to stop the pursuit and return to the Jiangbei battalion to clean up the battlefield.

After the battle, the Taiping army captured a lot, and the Qing army broke and fled, and almost no heavy money and food could be brought out, and even the family letters of Qishan, Shengbao and others were captured by the Taiping army. Under the preliminary calculation, the Taiping army captured tens of thousands of shotguns, more than 1,000 guns, 60,000 catties of red medicine, 40,000 catties of lead, and swords, guns, bows and arrows piled up. Tens of thousands of taels of gold, more than 2 million taels of silver, 70,000 quintals of rice, flour, grain and grass, tens of thousands of quintals of silk, satin cloth, tea and raw silk, salt, wine, groceries, opium, tobacco and other goods were found from various battalions.

Rao is Luo Outline expected to be rich in this battle, but after seeing the seizure inventory reported by various ministries later, he couldn't help but say: "The Qing demon is really rich, but it's a pity that the emperor Lao'er spent so much money and food, but raised a group of self-fattening generals, how can he be invincible?" ”

Subsequently, the various departments of the Taiping Army happily transported the captured materials back to Zhenjiang to hoard, and the grain, grass and gunpowder were replenished to the nearby defenders of Guazhou, and more than 5,000 prisoners of the Qing army were also sent back to Zhenjiang to prepare for transformation and incorporation. Compared with the huge gains, the cost of more than 3,000 casualties paid by the Taiping army is still very worthwhile, and it is unlikely that the Qing army will reorganize the Jiangbei battalion in a short period of time.

When the good news returned to Xiao Yungui's hands, it was already evening, after reading the good news, Xiao Yungui breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Hong Yun'er, who was sitting quietly on the side to help him review the official documents: "The Jiangbei camp is over, and the big stone that is pressing on our southern Jiangsu head has been moved." ”

Hong Yun'er raised her head and said with a smile: "Yes, there is no Jiangbei camp." Let's go back to Tianjing and fool those princes, and it will be easier to send troops to Anhui and Hubei. Speaking of this, Hong Yun'er paused and asked, "Is there a big loss in this battle?" ”

Xiao Yungui said: "Kill 1,000 enemies, lose 800 yourself, there are always losses in battles, but the losses in this battle are still slightly smaller, more than 900 people were killed, and more than 2,000 people were injured." However, the seizures reported by Luo Xuan were pleasantly surprised, these Manchurians were very business-minded, and they were able to do both war and business, and the business was done in a dignified barracks. ”

Xiao Yungui said and handed the battle report to Hong Yun'er, Hong Yun'er looked at it and smiled: "I made another windfall." The life of Emperor Xianfeng in Beijing is really bitter, and sooner or later this country will be ruined by these corrupt officials. ”

Xiao Yungui touched his nose and smiled: "Since ancient times, the collapse of each dynasty started with its own corruption, and the Manchu Dynasty was rotten to the root of the rule of the officials who were not saved, and the so-called Tongzhi Zhongxing in history is just a return to the light, since we are here." ended the Manchu Dynasty in advance. ”

Hong Yun'er nodded, picked up another official document and said, "This is a document that was reported to Tianjing." It mainly talks about entering Beijing to offer prisoners. The names of the Qing Dynasty generals captured by us in the Battle of Suzhou and Hangzhou and Shanghai are all on it, do you want to take a look at it again? Once the official document is issued, these people will be ironclad to be punished. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed, took the list and looked at it carefully. When he and Hong Yun'er came out of Suzhou, they brought Zhang Guoliang, He Chun, Dexing'a, Liu Cunhou, Lai Zhenhai, Li Xinming, Hu Songlin, Hu Yuankun, Feng Zicai, and dozens of other Qing court generals and prisoners, and wanted to bring them to Beijing to offer prisoners. Later, the two received news that Shengbao would bring reinforcements to the Jiangbei camp. Therefore, the two of them took the mighty people into Beijing to Zhenjiang, and now the Jiangbei camp has been broken, and the matter of returning to Tianjing has been put on the agenda again.

Judging from the attitude of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom towards the captured Qing demon generals, these people on the list are all inevitably killed. Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and said, "What is the attitude of these people recently?" ”

Hong Yun'er stood up and walked to his side and said, "Zhang Guoliang begged the jailer to say a few words to the king of the west every day, and his desire to live was stronger than anyone else's. Hechun, he didn't say a word all day long, he ate and slept full, slept and ate, as if he had accepted his fate. Dexing'a scolded all day long, Liu Cunhou wrote some poems all day long, but wanted to learn from Wen Tianxiang like a loyal minister and righteous man, and left a poem before he died. ”

Xiao Yungui snorted and said, "He also deserves it?!" ”

Hong Yun'er continued: "Lai Zhenhai is in a mess all day long, Li Xinming is shouting for revenge all day long, the father and son of the Hu family are locked up together, talking about family affairs all day long, but it can be seen that the two are still unwilling to die like this, Feng Zicai seems to be extremely single, and he still practices martial arts in prison every day. Everyone else is begging for their lives, since you were arrested, you haven't interrogated anyone, you haven't killed anyone, you haven't released anyone, these people don't know what you're going to do, your trick is really ruthless, you don't care about it, you have been locked up in that cell for so long, these people's sharpness has long been consumed. ”

Xiao Yungui looked at the list and said slowly: "Zhang Guoliang killed too much, and as the culprit who caused our army heavy losses in the Battle of Suzhou, he must die!" He Chun and Du Xing'a are Manchurian generals, so there is no need to say, damn it! Liu Cunhou wants to be a loyal minister of the Manchurians, and we will fulfill him. Li Xinming wants to take revenge, so naturally we can't give him this opportunity. You ordered someone to bring the Hu family's father and son, Feng Zicai and Lai Zhenhai respectively, and I interrogated them overnight, if they are willing to surrender, I might as well leave them alive. The others, you go and take a look, if the sin is not big and you have remorse and can be used by me, you might as well surrender, and if you can't use it, you will be sent to Tianjing Ming for canonical punishment. ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and smiled: "It's okay, it's still important to have talents in these years, you can determine life and death with one word, don't kill talents by mistake." At that moment, Hong Yun'er ordered Tang Erniu to follow her to the Zhenjiang Mansion Prison.

Inside the cell, there was a row of low mud houses, opposite the stables, dirty and smelly, and there was nothing in the cells, only some thatch. The Taiping army was heavily guarded here, with four soldiers guarding each cell, and torches were lit on the walls outside the cells.

After Feng Zicai ate a big bowl of black beans mixed with rice bran for dinner, he began to practice his fists and feet in the small cell, since he was captured by the Taiping army, he had thought that he would be killed by the Taiping army, but a pass was dozens of days, and none of the Taiping officers and generals interrogated them, and the biggest official he saw was the Taiping army brigade commander who guarded the prisoners. The Taiping soldiers were also given strict orders. Don't talk to the captives, just give them food and drink, don't let them die, because Feng Zicai has relied on martial arts training to pass the time since the sixth day he was captured.

The food he eats is indeed very unlike that of human food, but Feng Zicai is from a bitter background, and he has eaten anything worse than this, so he is not used to it like Hechun and Dexing'a, who are used to eating in brocade clothes and jade. It's just that Feng Zicai is a good wine, he hasn't drunk wine for a long time, and the bird fades out of his mouth.

Sometimes during the day, I heard the Taiping soldiers guarding outside. They would say where the Taiping army was and where it won the battle, and what shocked Feng Zicai was that the Taiping army not only captured Shanghai, but also Ningbo and Xiamen. Whenever he asked in a loud voice, the Taiping soldiers paid attention to each of them.

Every day before going to bed, Feng Zicai thinks about something. To be honest, he really didn't want to die like this, and his husband stood up to the sky. It's about doing something big. I died before I became famous, and I was really unwilling.

After practicing his fists and kicks for a while, Feng Zicai sweated, he lay on the thatch, and thought about his future again, but he didn't take a bath for a long time. It was already stinking, and the smell of horse manure wafted from time to time outside the arm-thick columns of the cell, making it difficult for him to concentrate on it.

While he was thinking, a burst of fire shone outside the cell. The crowd was boiling, and more than 100 Taiping soldiers guarding it shouted in unison: "See Xiwang Niang." ”

Feng Zicai got up suddenly, crawled to the door of the cell and looked, only to see dozens of Taiping soldiers holding torches and embracing a heroic female general to the open space outside the prison. Under the firelight, I saw that the female general had a good face and a graceful posture, which shocked Feng Zicai, who had not seen a woman for dozens of days. In Feng Zicai's words, even the rats in this prison are male, when did you see such a beautiful woman coming? In an instant, Feng Zicai's desire to survive became even stronger, yes, as long as he lived, he would have money and beauties, but if he died, he would have nothing.

Feng Zicai was about to open his mouth to ask for help, but he didn't expect that Zhang Guoliang next door had already opened his throat and cried: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, this beautiful Guanyin Bodhisattva, please save me, I don't want to die." ”

The female general's beautiful eyes were cold, and she instructed her subordinates: "Tie up the demon head for me and plug my mouth, I don't want to listen to his noise!" ”

Several Taiping soldiers rushed into the prison like wolves, cleaned up Zhang Guoliang, and after beating him, tied him up, stuffed a nuclear hemp in his mouth, and scolded while beating those Taiping soldiers: "Dare to disturb our Xiwang Niang, you dog demon head don't want to live?!" ”

Feng Zicai was startled, and endured the words that came to his lips again. Then I listened to the nightingale-like voice of the West King Niang and said: "Bring out Hu Songlin, Hu Yuankun, Feng Zicai, and Lai Zhenhai, and the West King will personally interrogate." ”

Feng Zicai's heart beat wildly, he knew that he had hope of life, his name could be said from the mouth of the beautiful Xiwang Niang, Feng Zicai only felt that half of his body was numb.

Zuihou He was set up out of the cell by several Taiping soldiers, and when he walked past Naxi Wangniang, Naxi Wangniang looked at him with a smile and said, "This is Feng Zicai, it's quite young, take them over." ”

Feng Zicai felt dizzy in his head, and he could smell the faint fragrance of Xi Wangniang's body in his nose, and he only felt that he was in the clouds, and let others carry him away.

After a while, when he came to his senses, Feng Zicai found that he had been thrown on top of the hall of Zhenjiang Mansion, where a man with a yellow turban was sitting, and the Taiping Army guards on the side shouted: "Why don't you hurry up and meet my Royal Highness the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" ”

Feng Zicai no longer hesitated, knelt down and kowtowed: "Sinner Feng Zicai see His Royal Highness the King of the West." ”

The king of Naxi sighed and asked coldly, "What are you guilty of?" ”

Feng Zicai said loudly: "The villain should not serve Hu Nu with his body, should not betray the Hongmen, should not help the abuse, and the villain deserves death." ”

King Naxi smiled and said, "You have thought it through, are you willing to be a pawn of this king?" ”

Feng Zicai was overjoyed, bowed down to the ground and said: "The villain is willing to return to Zhengshuo, and win a wife and a shadow under the King of the West, even if he dies, he will not change the court!" ”

King Naxi smiled and said to the Taiping Army guard beside him: "Tang Erniu, this Feng Zicai will be handed over to you, now you will be a card tail in the personal guard, and you will be promoted again if you have merit in the future." ”

Feng Zicai breathed a long sigh of relief, he was able to reincarnate as a human being, he had a feeling of being in a different world, at this moment he was very grateful to this king of the west, his complex psychology was very similar to a disease in later generations, this disease is called Stockholm syndrome. (To be continued......)