The captive of Liu Daoyi was Zhang Guisheng of the ninth squad of the first cavalry company.

"Ha Luha, it's a bit backbone." Zhang Guisheng's saber knocked out the short knife in Liu Dao's hand, and also broke Liu Dao's little finger bone, and the severe pain made Liu Daoyi scold, "There is a kind of joy for Lao Tzu." ”

"Old Wen, this guy seems to be an official, go and cover his wounds." Zhang Guisheng, who was riding on a horse, saw Liu Daoyi's bleeding right leg.

Lao Wen's name is Wen Mingming, he is the deputy squad leader of the ninth squad, he agreed to dismount, and a soldier named Xing Fu pressed Liu Daoyi to check that he had no other weapons on him, and then used the bandage in the satchel to tie the wound on Liu Daoyi's leg. It was Xing Fu who was bandaged, and Liu Daoyi, who was bent on death, struggled and scolded, and was not angry after being slapped twice by Wen Mingming.

"Are you an officer or a soldier? The soldiers were taken away, and the officers were summarily executed. Zhang Guisheng asked loudly in Shandong.

Liu Dao, who was in despair, guessed and understood Zhang Guisheng's words, "Lao Tzu is an officer, the turtle's son, you kill Lao Tzu." ”

"Ha Luha, I guessed you were a leader. Rest assured, our Mengshan army will not kill prisoners. Zhang Guisheng smiled happily.

The cavalry marked a large circle of unjust roads, and when they arrived at the battlefield, the battle basically became a competition to capture prisoners, and the rebels who were defeated by the seventeenth standard were divided into many small groups, desperately fleeing to the south or west, and the cavalry was marked by a company, launching a search net to capture prisoners. This is the second battle of the day in Class 9, and seven prisoners have already been captured.

"If it's really a big official, we'll have a bonus to spend." Wen Ming tied Liu Daoyi's hands with a rope, and picked up Liu Daoyi like a chicken and put it on Xing Fu's warhorse. "Brother, you should be an infantryman for a while."

"Look at his youth, he doesn't look like a big official." Xing Fudao.

"Isn't being a big official when you're young? Who told you that? How many old men are there among the leaders of our Mengshan Army? Ha Luha, if only he were the Alliance. Hey, are you an affiliate? Wen Ming tied Liu Daoyi to the saddle with another long rope.

"Mengshan Army? Aren't you the fifth town in Beiyang? Liu Daoyi, who endured two severe pains, couldn't help but ask.

"Hey, do you know the Fifth Town? It looks like you're such a character. Let me tell you, the fifth town is the Mengshan Army, and the Mengshan Army is the fifth town. We are the cavalry standard of the fifth town, and the score is the seventeenth standard, so there is nothing to tell you. Brothers. Bear with me. I'll give you medicine when I get back. Wen saw blood oozing out of the bandage, "Maybe the bullet is still inside." Squad leader, shall we go back? ”

With seven captives, he had to go back. Zhang Guisheng rode on his horse and took a lookout. With a wave of his hand. "Back."

On the way, I met the company commander Cui Pingshan, "How many have you caught?" ”

"Seven. One of them looked like an officer. That kid actually knew that we were the fifth town. ”

"Really? Don't get killed. Hurry up and hand it over to the people of the Intelligence Service. Cui Pingshan said with a smile, "I received an order just now." The commander has arrived in Fenyi, and wants us to go straight to Xuanfeng Town from here, so hurry up. ”

Xuanfeng Town is west of Yuanzhou, and Liu Daoyi, who was tied to a war horse, was shocked, Yuanzhou was defeated? He wanted to ask, but couldn't say it.

After more than ten miles of bumps, Liu Daoyi was almost unconscious, and finally arrived at the old camp of the cavalry target, a large village at the northern foot of Jianfuling. Liu Daoyi was untied from his horse and immediately sent to the infirmary, where the military doctor cut open his blood-soaked pants and immediately operated on him, removing the bullet embedded in the leg bone, and treating his swollen little finger of his right hand. Liu Daoyi was surprised to find that the Field Medical Center of the Fifth Town Army had given him an anesthetic injection. Therefore, when operating on his leg, Liu Daoyi did not suffer.

When Liu Daoyi was carried off the operating table, Chi Chunxian and an officer from the intelligence department rushed over, "That's what you're talking about?" Come, tell him to come in and find out. Chi Chun ordered his guards first.

It was Yu Ge who was brought in, and he was also captured, and under the cold gaze of the officer from the intelligence department, Yu Ge looked at Liu Dao and nodded.

"Something without eggs!" Liu Daoyi scolded. But fear arose. Yu Ge's identification destroyed Liu Daoyi's last illusion, Yu Ge knew that he was an alliance, and what the Qing court would do to the members of the alliance, Liu Daoyi knew it well. Death is sometimes not afraid, but in the last stage of his life, he will endure those legendary tortures that make Liu Daoyi feel terrified, and he thinks of his brother Liu Yuyi, who is still in Tokyo, and his brother will not know that Lu Dao has fallen to such a point anyway, right?

"Disrespectful, disrespectful, it turns out that he is really a figure of the Alliance." After discussing a few words in a low voice with the officer of the intelligence department, Chi Chun first returned to Liu Daoyi who was lying on the stretcher and squatted down, "Mr. Liu, right?" It doesn't matter, you won't die if you get shot. I'll send you to Fenyi, but our commander has named you. Come on, get some food for Mr. Liu. Send it away immediately after the meal. ”

"Who's your commander?" Liu Daoyi finally spoke.

"You'll know when you go." Chi Chun stood up first and said to Cui Pingshan, the commander of the first company who followed up, "Old Cui, you have made a meritorious service on the dog's day." You take a squad, no, take your company with Staff Officer Xiao to escort Mr. Liu to the headquarters. ”

"Yes!" Cui Pingshan stood up beautifully. Staff Officer Xiao was the officer of the Intelligence Department who had not spoken.

Liu Daoyi didn't eat, and he couldn't eat either. When he was carried out of the infirmary and on the road again, Liu Daoyi found a large number of rebel prisoners squatting in the open space outside, eating under the watchful eye of several armed Qing soldiers. They saw themselves with confusion and sympathy in their eyes.

Liu Daoyi was lifted onto a donkey cart and covered with a gray blanket on him. A crowd of horsemen surrounded him on his way. He closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, thinking about what would happen next, and made up his mind that even if he was tortured to a pile of minced meat, he would not give out a little secret of the Alliance.

When it was dark, Liu Daoyi and his entourage successfully entered Fenyi County. Liu Daoyi, who was lying on the mule cart and trying to raise his neck to watch the scene in the county seat, was not stopped by the soldiers escorting him, only to see that the city had almost become a barracks, full of teams of officers and soldiers, and I don't know how many troops were stationed. Thinking of the news they had heard about their cavalry marching west of Yuanzhou, so many officers and soldiers stayed in Fenyi. Could it be that Yuan Zhou is still in the hands of the rebels?

Liu Daoyi was sent to the Fenyi County Ya, which was set up as the headquarters. From the cavalry to the guards. Liu Daoyi has put life and death aside, let them be at their mercy. A man who looked like an officer held a lantern to shine on his face and muttered a few words to Staff Officer Xiao, "Send him to the hospital for a re-examination of his injuries first." The officer explained to his subordinates.

Liu Daoyi was transferred to the hospital again—in the front yard of the county government, but it was obviously much larger than the infirmary of the cavalry unit, several rows of houses were brightly lit, and there was a peculiar smell wafting through the air, which suddenly remembered the smell when visiting friends in the hospital in Japan. There were many female soldiers busy, and these female soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Fifth Town surprised Liu Daoyi, who couldn't understand that there were female soldiers in the official army.

He was carried into a brightly lit room. Re-lifted onto the local operating table. The leg bandage was opened again, and a female soldier in her thirties carefully examined his wound, "No problem, wrap it up." Then he was carried into the backyard. Placed in an empty house. A guard stood in the corner of the room with a gun and watched him. Soon. A soldier who looked like an orderly brought him food, "Hey, let's eat." ”

Took a look. Seeing that it was a bowl of broth, three flatbreads, and a small pot of meat, I couldn't tell whether it was pork or horse meat.

"Eat it." Liu Dao thought to himself, "Lao Tzu wants to fill his stomach before he goes on the road." So I ate this meal, which was quite oily and watery.

The soldier with the gun in the room kept a wary eye on him. Liu Daoyi didn't look at the soldier. Liu Daoyi, who had eaten, lay on the soft bed, desperately restraining the constant fatigue, thinking about his next fate.

After confirming the identity of his alliance, the chances of survival are extremely small, he knows it very well.

Just when he was about to fall asleep, the sound of boots was clattering, and several people entered the room, Liu Daoyi opened his eyes and saw a big officer led by him take off his military hat and look at him with blazing eyes, "Acquaintance, my name is Long Qian." Commander of the Fifth Town of the New Army. ”

"Long Qian? Fifth Town Commander? Liu Daoyi seems to have heard this name somewhere, but he heard this person's position clearly. The point is that he spoke Beijing dialect, and Liu Daoyi could understand it without difficulty.

"What? Ever heard of my name? Long Qian sat down on a chair that Ouyang Zhong had moved over, facing Liu Daoyi's head lying on the bed.

Come to think of it. When he was in Tokyo, he had heard his brother Liu Kuiyi and Huang Xing count the generals of the domestic New Army, and there was indeed this Long Qian.

"Mr. Liu has fallen to this step in the world, what do you think?" Long Qian smiled and looked at Liu Daoyi, who was full of filth.

"No idea. There is only one death! ”

"Why does Mr. Liu think I'll kill you?"

"Tartar's lackey! I ask you, are you Han or Tatar? Do you remember your ancestors? ”

"I am Chinese. I know that I am a descendant of Yan and Huang. Long Qian was still smiling, "Mr. Liu, you must not know the current battle situation in Lu Dao, right?" Zhifeng, you explain it to Mr. Liu. ”

Wang Zhifeng flashed out of the shadows and coughed lightly, "Following the Battle of Fenyi, the main force of our army marched west to Yuanzhou, and after two not fierce battles, more than 4,000 rebels were annihilated, and the bandit leader Wei Zongquan was captured and the heavy grain and grass collected by the rebels were captured. Now that Yuanzhou has been surrounded by our army, it is now basically confirmed that Gong Chuntai and Cai Shaonan are in the city, and it is estimated that the total number of rebels in Yuanzhou City is less than 3,000 people, and there is a shortage of food and ammunition, and there is no need to even station Fenyi's troops, and the battle will soon be over. ”

Brother Wei was also captured? Liu Dao expected that the uprising had failed, but when he heard the division of the battle situation with his own ears, he still felt like a knife.

"Why doesn't Mr. Liu speak?" Long Qian asked.

"Don't you feel a little guilty about slaughtering almost unarmed rebels with such sharp weapons, surnamed Long?"

"Well said! That's why I came to see Mr. Liu. Everyone is Chinese, and my troops have little interest in fighting their own compatriots, so in order to prevent more casualties under Yuanzhou City, I need Mr. Liu's cooperation. ”

"You want me to persuade me to surrender? Dream! ”

"To look at the problem, we should look at it from multiple perspectives. What do you think will be the result of their non-surrender? ”

"The blood we shed will always awaken more people. You can extinguish this uprising, but you can't extinguish more. Liu Daoyi sat up and looked directly at Long Qian, "Am I right?" ”

"But I still don't want more blood. Behind each of the war dead was a family, parents, wives, children, brothers and friends. Moreover, including you, Liu Daoyi, if you are alive, you can always do more for your family and the country. Am I right? ”

"Life, what I want, righteousness, also what I want. There are people who sacrifice their lives for righteousness, as a lackey of the Manchu Tartars, the ancestors have long forgotten the Ming Xun, right? Liu Daoyi sneered.

"What a sacrifice for righteousness! We can debate the big truth slowly, not in a hurry. The imperial court put down more than one army in the fifth town of Hunan and Jiangxi, let me tell you, the main force of the eighth town of the Hubei New Army has already arrived in Pingxiang, if they appear in Yuanzhou, some things will be difficult for me to do. Long Qian took the teacup handed by Ouyang Zhong and took a few sips, "Mr. Liu, the contemptible people admire your strength in sacrificing your life for righteousness, and you also have some understanding of the purpose of the Alliance. Let's open the skylight and say something. As long as you give up resistance, first, get rid of you, Gong Chuntai and Cai Shaonan and a few others, and the rest of the righteous officers and soldiers, I will release them all! If there is a sick or injured person, I will give treatment, and if there is no entanglement in the hometown, I will pay the travel expenses. Of course, I welcome those who are willing to join our army. Second, a few of you, whether it is the Alliance or the Hongjiang Society, I will not kill any of you, and I will temporarily detain you in my barracks, and when the situation calms down, I will also release you. Do you think such a condition is sincere? ”

"You're not going to kill me?" At first glance, Liu Daoyi was taken aback.

"Ha Luha, Mr. Liu, if I want to kill you, why do this to you?"

"You're just afraid that I'm dead, so you can't give an account to your Manchu master!"

"Since Mr. Liu has put life and death aside, why should he look ahead? Don't even have the courage to make a bet? Whether my words count or not, it will be verified soon. However, there is no time, and I have ordered the troops in the direction of Yuanzhou to prepare for the siege, because Zhang Biao's troops have already marched towards Yuanzhou. I'll give you a night to think about it, agree with my suggestion, and you can think of a way to persuade the rebels in Yuanzhou City to lay down their arms. Tomorrow morning you do not have the answer I hoped for, so I will have to order a siege. Because if Zhang Biao comes in, Cai Shaonan and Gong Chuntai, none of them want to live. Come on, bring Wei Zongquan and let them have a good count. Don't listen to them, let them have a full exchange of opinions. After Long Qian finished speaking, he got up and left.

Liu Daoyi and Wei Zongquan spent half a night, and finally made up their minds. Without waiting for dawn, Liu Daoyi called Wang Zhifeng, "You can follow the method of your dragon control, but we have to enter Yuanzhou in person." ”

"Mr. Liu, you have inconvenient legs. Let's write a letter. Cai Shaonan is the same alliance as you, so he must know your handwriting. Mr. Wei can take your letter to Yuanzhou, and I will arrange it. Wang Zhifeng smiled. (To be continued......)