Liu Daoyi proposed to go to Yuanzhou after receiving the news that the Yuanzhou rebels had surrendered the city, but he was not allowed to do so, on the grounds that his leg was more serious, "If you don't want to be a cripple, it's best not to move." The female military doctor who examined his wounds said to him, "We are the commander of the most important military discipline, let alone killing prisoners, even if we abuse prisoners!" Aren't you a big captive? Have you been abusing you these days? ”

This is true, and there is no abuse at all. The food was good and the place to stay was good. The weather cooled down suddenly, and the hospital brought him in a charcoal fire, and the cold air in the house disappeared. He is a native of Hunan, and he is used to the winter in the south. This charcoal fire gave him the feeling that he was not a captive but a distinguished guest.

And Yu Ge and they have been released, and Yu Ge came to see him before leaving, because of Yu Ge's identification, Liu Daoyi turned his face and ignored the squadron leader.

The staff officer Xiao who brought him to Fenyi told him that Gong Chuntai and the others were alive and intact, and they were about to come to Fenyi, and you would meet soon. Staff Officer Xiao gave him a stack of mimeographed materials, including the "Letter to the People of Hunan and Jiangxi", which was covered with the big red customs of the fifth town. The notice is to tell the people that the fifth town was ordered to quell the rebellion, the queen mother has the virtue of a good life, only investigate the first evil, and the coercion will not be asked, except for Gong Chuntai and several other people, the rest of the participants will be pardoned, so that the people who have been coerced can go home with peace of mind, and now that the rebellion has been quelled, the people who fled from home can return home with peace of mind A colloquial article. He asked the elders of Yuanzhou and Pingxiang not to be instigated by the League and other chaotic parties, to live their lives with peace of mind, to discipline their children not to believe the rumors of the chaotic party, and not to join the elders' association, Hongjiang Association and other parties. so as not to mistake yourself for a lifetime. The report went so far as to say that if a village in the rebel area suffered significant damage to its houses or property, it could report it to the county, and the fifth town would compensate according to the situation.

"Vicious!" Liu Daoyi knew that this report was shown to people, and it accelerated the failure of the uprising even more, and he used small favors to buy the people, but he put the account on the League.

Staff Officer Xiao also brought him a mimeographed copy of the Fifth Town Newsletter. This is obviously a military newspaper, with a four-page layout, because there are issues under the masthead. It looks like it's been released for a long time. The military newspaper immediately attracted him. He read a lot of military information from it, such as the military secrets such as the garrisons of the various departments of the Fifth Town, and he synthesized the eleven issues of the newspaper he brought with him, and sorted out that it was the troops of the Ninth Association that occupied Yuanzhou. And it was the 10th Synergy that was well guarded. The soldiers of the 10th Association apparently did not fight. The officers and troops only sent out one Ninth Association to crush the uprising. A number of news were reported in the newspapers. A certain person in a certain battalion and a certain company captured a certain bandit leader, a certain standard and a certain battalion took the lead in ascending the city to make meritorious contributions, and a certain battalion assisted the people of such and such a village to win praise. He was amazed that half of the article was devoted to the "deeds" of low-level soldiers. The front page of one of the issues published Long Qian's order, urging the whole army to strictly abide by military discipline and maintain the honor of the Mengshan army. Pointing out that this rebellion has brought great difficulties to the lives of the local people, he asked the officers and men of all departments to not only do their best to help the people settle down, but also call on the officers and men to donate military salaries to help the people in need. There are no specific requirements for soldiers, but officers above the battalion level should donate at least three oceans, and officers below the battalion level should donate at least two oceans. Long Qian donated 100 oceans by himself, and all the money was handed over to the Military Judge Advocate Supervision Office, which was especially responsible for carrying out relief matters......

"Disgusting!" Liu Daoyi scolded. He did not believe that the officials and soldiers would pay their own salaries to help the people, but this news would definitely confuse many people who did not know the truth.

"The surname is Xiao," Liu Dao said to Staff Officer Xiao, who was guarding him one-on-one, "You Dragon Commander will brag!" When did you donate money to help the people? ”

"Huh? I donated three pieces of silver. Why, don't believe it? ”

"Oh? In this way, you are not a small official. ”

"No, I'm a deputy company level, and it said that I could donate more, so I donated an extra dollar. Do you want to see the receipt? As he spoke, Staff Officer Xiao took out a note with a red seal from his pocket and gave it to Liu Daoyi, "This is the receipt given to me by the Judge Advocate General's Office." ”

What a receipt. It is clearly printed with "I hereby receive a donation from Xiao Wanxiang to help the people." "Xiao Wanxiang" and "Sanyuan" were filled in with a brush.

It turned out that his name was Xiao Wanxiang. "Don't doubt it. The commander has always taught us to love the people, and when we were in Shandong, we often made donations. Xiao Wanxiang took back the receipt.

"Donations?"

"yes. Everything that the army eats, wears, and uses is the blood and sweat of the people. When the people are in difficulty, the army naturally cannot stay out of the situation and ignore it. ”

"Why are there restrictions on officers? And, you guys are willing? ”

"Yes. Didn't I tell you the truth? As for restricting the minimum donation of officers, it is because the military salaries of officers are high. Mr. Liu, do you believe it now? Our Mengshan army is different from other armies of the imperial court. ”

Liu Daoyi did feel a lot of novelties in this new army, but he was still a little skeptical of what Xiao Wanxiang said.

Four days later, Liu Daoyi met Gong Chuntai and Cai Shaonan at his residence where he was recuperating from his wounds, as well as Wei Zongquan, who had taken his letter to Yuanzhou. However, Wei Zongquan's one eye was blue, and his spirit was sluggish.

From the time he rushed to Yuanzhou to meet Gong Chuntai and discuss the reorganization of the troops to go south to Ji'an, it has only been more than 20 days since a vigorous uprising failed. Unexpectedly, several leaders of the rebel army met on such an occasion.

"Since you believe them, you go and tell them, why did you kill a dozen of our brothers?" Cai Shaonan shouted at Liu Daoyi with red eyes.

Although out of consideration for the preservation of strength, Liu Daoyi was still a little ashamed of his comrades-in-arms, "Who did they arrest?" ”

"They said they were robbing the people, that's nonsense! The little hairy man next to me has been following me, who will rob me? Cai Shaonan said hatefully.

"Do you say it doesn't count? Are you fooling me? Liu Dao was furious.

"I don't know. Perhaps they did something against the people. Staff Officer Xiao said softly, "The commander has the most important military discipline, not to mention your people, it is our officers and soldiers, those who commit adultery and burn and kill will be shot." ”

Liu Daoyi was choked. In the past two days, he has been out of the county government twice under the care of this staff officer Xiao on crutches, and the county seat of Fenyi is indeed very quiet. The market was open as usual, and the people were not harassed, as he could see.

"Xiao Maozi is wronged at all!"

"What about our people? Released? ”

"Most of them have been released," Gong Chuntai lost his previous pride, "Mr. Liu, I regret that I didn't listen to you, just go south earlier." ”

"The fifth town has entered Jiangxi, even if you occupy Ji'an, what should you do? It's just a lot of evil to the people. Staff Officer Xiao snorted.

"You are the one who has brought evil to the people!" Cai Shaonan yelled at Staff Officer Xiao, "It's you who kill innocents indiscriminately!" ”

Staff Officer Xiao turned his face away and ignored Cai Shaonan.

Several people gasped. I don't know what to say.

"I want to see your dragon ruler!" Liu Daoyi shouted.

"Our commander has gone to Yuanzhou. I want to see you later. I brought them here to tell you that our commander's words count. ”

"Count the fart!" Cai Shaonan scolded.

Staff Officer Xiao snorted. Get up and go out.

"For what are they killing us for no reason?" Liu Dao asked with a snort.

"That's right." Wei Zongquan, who has never spoken, said. "Before the city was broken, the people of the fourth column burned the city and burned more than a dozen houses. Although the fire didn't spread, they still caught the person who was fighting the fire, along with Xiao Maozi," Wei Zongquan glanced at Cai Shaonan, and his eyes were punched like this, "Xiao Maozi was caught by the guy surnamed Wang, and he was escorted out of Lu and shot in front of the people of Yuanzhou." ”

"How many did you kill?"

"Sixteen or seventeen, I don't remember."

"The rest is fine?"

"Nope. Injured and sick, they were all taken to the hospital. Even Liu Zhu'er has been treated......" Wei Zongquan said in a low voice.

Liu Zhu'er is the commander of the second column, a very brave man, and the backbone of the Hongjiang Society, when Gong Chuntai commanded Xiang Fenyi's counterattack, he was shot, his stomach was broken, and his intestines flowed out.

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no fire......wood," Wei Zongquan muttered.

"Shit! They may have spared those brothers, but let's wait and be killed. By the way, the official army of Dog Day actually persuaded our people to become soldiers...... "Cai Shaonan is against surrender, but the rebels who have lost their will to fight cannot resist at all, Gong Chuntai listened to Wei Zongquan's persuasion and ordered surrender."

"Recruited from among the captured brothers?" Liu Daoyi noticed the meaning of this sentence.

"Yes. I know that many people in the Fourth Column have already joined the army......"

"It's a good thing...... Liu Daoyi chewed on the meaning of the matter.

"As long as you save the lives of the brothers, you will admit it if you kill Lao Tzu." Gong Chuntai showed the heroism of the big man in the rivers and lakes at this moment.

"Alas," Cai Shaonan sighed, not knowing what to say.

When Liu Daoyi and Gong Chuntai and Cai Shaonan "reunited after the catastrophe", Long Qian was discussing the military situation with Situ Jun in Yuanzhou.

"As the commander said, the imperial court will not allow our army to return to Shandong for the time being, then, at least, we must occupy Luling." Situ Jun pointed to the map, "Actually, a more reasonable development should occupy Pingxiang and Liuyang, since the commander does not want to clash with Zhang Xiangshuai, then he must occupy Luling." With Luling, Linjiang and Yuanzhou as the three fulcrums, the troops were deployed and reorganized......"

Linjiang and Yuanzhou were already under the control of the Mengshan Army, and Long Qian touched Hessensen's chin, "In what name do you capture Luling?" Who to send? ”

"This kind of work, Wang Xietong can't do it well, or Feng Guozhu, or Feng Lun. As for the name, the suppression of bandits is the biggest reason. If you give them a little power, Luling will be under the control of our army. ”

"Okay, let Feng Lun take the twenty bids and the cavalry mark to Luling! The Ninth Association is stationed in Yuanzhou, and the Tenth Association is stationed in Linjiang, so let's go to Linjiang. The 'good news' to the imperial court was quickly prepared, and I asked Cai Ye in addition, didn't he come to Yuanzhou? Let's see if he can go to Beijing, and if he returns, let him take the report to the military department. Don't push him if you don't go back. ”

"Yes."

"You should grasp four things together, one is the post-war analysis and aftermath. This time it was generally good, but it also exposed some problems, which should be seriously summarized. It is necessary to organize detachments with companies and platoons as units to go deep into the countryside to suppress bandits, and use the crackdown on bandits to defeat some bullies and expand the influence of the Mengshan Army. The second is to provide for food, and explain that Lian Shupeng must do a good job, so that the troops can eat and live well, and be ready to celebrate the New Year in Jiangxi. Third, it is necessary to train troops, and to carry out targeted exercises in the southern mountain warfare, so that the troops must not be left idle. It's a rare opportunity. Recently, I have heard some complaints, what is not good to eat, too much walking, etc., I can't see the opportunities and challenges brought by this crackdown on bandits to our army, and I always want to go back to Shandong to nest comfortably, so how can I do it? Before I go to Nanchang, I want to hold a meeting above the battalion commander to give a lecture. This can be done in conjunction with the suppression of bandits, and I guess you have noticed that fighting in the south is not at all the same as fighting in the north. The last thing to do is recruitment. It is a good opportunity to change the composition of the troops in a planned way. As for the captives, try to recruit them as much as possible. At least 5,000 people will be recruited this time! In addition to the reinforcement of the troops, two additional regiments were formed. ”

"Understood. The commander is going to Nanchang? ”

"Yes, you have to knock on the bamboo pole in Jiangxi." Long Qian smiled, "Oh, I still have to pay attention to the issue of military discipline." At the meeting, I would like to say that after the meeting, you will organize several inspection teams to inspect the troops' stations. When the army is outside, military discipline must be tightened. ”

"Yes." Situ Jun asked later, "Those bandit leaders?" ”

"Didn't you get shot as an impostor? The report to the imperial court said that in order to prevent future troubles, he was categorically shot. I have already sent Wang Zhifeng back to Fenyi, he will deal with this matter, you have a lot of things, so you don't have to worry about them. ”

"Guys, for your safety, change your name." A few days later, Liu Daoyi finally met a "powerful" Qing army officer again, he was Wang Zhifeng, who always gave people a kind of coercion.

"Why?"

"A few of you are Qin criminals named by the imperial court. I've already reported to the court to shoot the four of you on the pretext of putting an end to the trouble! The government also sent someone to examine the body, and now, you are no longer alive. You can't do it without changing your name, right? ”

"Shot?"

"Caught a couple of you arsonists and put you in the tank. I see? Wang Zhifeng explained with a sneer on his face. (To be continued......)