Chapter 36 Ferry Pontoon
Seeing Qing Bing leave with the two daughters, Tang Erniu breathed a long sigh of relief, and scolded secretly in his heart: "Damn, if you come over again, you will step on Lao Tzu." β
On the side, Yang Laoqi sighed and said in a low voice: "The two Feimen will not be taken away by the Qing Demon." β
Tang Erniu said curiously: "Feiman? That Yang Laoqi said in a low voice: "Feiman is our local dialect here, which is the meaning of the girl." β
Tang Erniu sighed and said, "Don't worry, didn't you just hear that girl say that her brother is also a demon?" Qing Demon is no longer human, and he will not attack his brave girl. β
The wrinkles on Old Yang's face were squeezed together, and he frowned: "It's not easy to say, if any Qing Demon officer takes a fancy to it, it's not the same as being a small soldier, and he can only eat Coptis chinensis dumbly?" β
Tang Erniu was stunned for a moment, and sighed lightly: "We can't help it, it's important to beat the Qing Demon, go back and kill the Qing Demon and see if we can save these two women." β
After a few small boats and rafts turned back, a group of Qing troops were transported, and as more and more Qing troops arrived on the south bank, Tang Erniu became a little anxious.
Seeing that there seemed to be no trace of long hair on the other bank, the Qing army on the north bank set up a fort along the river, and more than ten copper cannons were lined up, it seems that the Qing army was still extremely careful, and as soon as there was any wind and grass, the copper cannons on the opposite bank would open fire.
When hundreds of Qing troops arrived on the south bank, the Qing army brought several thick hemp ropes to the opposite bank in small boats, and then tied the boats and rafts together, and the few private houses in Liujiadu on the opposite bank were demolished, and the door panels, beams, wooden pillars and even coffin boards were used by the Qing army to build pontoon bridges.
Several Qing military attachΓ©s on the north shore shouted with their teeth and claws, and it could be seen that Bao Qibao was extremely dissatisfied with the capacity of several small boats. After hundreds of people passed, several fast horse sentries sent to Changsha City reported that the Changsha City Gate was closed, and the long hair did not move, Bao Qibao had the courage to order the Qing army to build a pontoon bridge, and the whole army crossed the river as soon as possible to seize the important land on the south bank, as long as he gained a firm foothold on the south bank, he Bao Qibao backed the Liuyang River, and he would rely on the waterway to ensure the smooth flow of the grain road, and stand in an invincible position that could be attacked and defended. The grace of heaven left before the army, and then wait for the Qing army from all walks of life to gather and recover Changsha City, so that he can have a day to turn over. Therefore, Bao Qibao must quickly cross the river before the long hair of Changsha City is discovered, and it is absolutely different from crossing the river to hold on to each other.
Looking at his soldiers bravely building pontoon bridges, Bao Qibao's hanging heart relaxed slightly, and a rough Manchurian general on the side quickly came and said loudly: "Bao Junmen, the front army caught two people's girls on the south bank. β
Bao Qibao sighed, glanced at the Manchurian general, but it was his subordinate Changsha Du Si Taqibu, this person is Manchuria inlaid with yellow flags, Tao Jiashi, the word Zhiting, at the beginning of the Beijing firearms battalion guard, Xianfeng in the early years by the third-class guards selected Hunan to serve as the capital, is the fourth grade of the military attache title, although the person is Manchurian, but the army is very set, Bao Qibao cited it as a powerful arm.
"The folk girl caught on the south bank? Bring them over, the official will interrogate them in detail, maybe they are long-haired spies! Bao Qibao is over fifty years old, and when he heard that he had caught two people's girls, he immediately shouted majestically.
Taqibu took the reins and hesitated slightly: "Junmen, the second daughter claims to be from Liuyang, and their eldest brother is Liuyang Xiangyong, who is here to find her eldest brother, not like a long-haired spy." β
Bao Qibao glared and said angrily: "Such Diao people will definitely be able to quibble, hundreds of Liuyang Township Yong have already fought in Jinpenling, how can they find a brother?" It must have been sent by the long hairs to spy on the reality of our army! Hurry up and bring it up, and this will be known in the first instance. ββ¦,
Taqib shouted the order to go, and in a moment he returned to Bao Qibao with two women.
Bao Qibao squinted his eyes and looked at the two women, only to see that the two women were dressed as country women, one woman was slightly frightened but barely upright, and the other woman was so frightened that she hid behind and cowered.
"Where did you two women come from? But a hairy spy?! Recruit this table from the truth! Bao Qibao's face was cold, and his tone was very harsh.
The latter girl was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again: "Yang Dongqing, a folk girl, a native of Zhangshu Village, Liuyang County, came here today to rinse ramie, not a long-haired spy." Then she pulled the woman who was standing a little stubbornly in front of her, reluctantly pulled the woman to kneel down together, and then begged: "This is the little girl's sister Li Xuanji, who came with the little woman, Sister Xuanji's eldest brother was a village warrior a few days ago, and today I saw the official army, we are here to find the whereabouts of Brother Li, and I ask for mercy." β
Bao Qibao snorted and said, "You keep saying that you are here to find your eldest brother, so who is your eldest brother's surname?" Under which general's command? β
Li Xuanji raised his head and said: "My eldest brother's name is Li Chong, he was pulled into a village a few days ago, and he came to guard Changsha City, I don't know which official he is under him." β
Bao Qibao sighed, looked around at the generals and asked, "Li Chong?" Have you heard of this man? β
How can anyone remember the name of an ordinary soldier, let alone a temporary conscripted Liuyang Xiangyong? In addition, none of the military attachΓ©s who brought Liuyang Xiangyong ran back, so no one knew, so the answer Bao Qibao got was unknown.
Bao Qibao sneered and said: "There is no way to check what your two daughters said, but you two are suspicious, and peeping at our army on the south bank is a bad plot!" β
Li Xuanji gritted his silver teeth and snorted: "Lord Titai, you are all seven-foot soldiers, but the two of us are weak women, how can you plot against you?" β
Bao Qibao shouted: "You are the spies sent by Long Mao to find out the news, do you still have to quibble?" β
Li Xuanji sneered: "Lord Titai, since Changmao entered Changsha, he has sealed four gates, and I and Xiaomin don't even know what Changmao looks like, how can it be a spy of Changmao?" Besides, even if Changmao wants to use spies, he won't use a weak woman like us who is powerless, right, if we are caught, won't it delay the military aircraft? β
Bao Qibao thought about it for a while, and felt that there was some truth, but when he was ridiculed in public by a folk girl, he became even more annoyed, and shouted without relaxation: "What a woman!" Say! Are there traces of long hair on the other side?! β
Li Xuanji replied without panic: "On the other side, only the people of our Zhangshu Village are washing ramie, and then the officials and soldiers all avoided going home, and there is no hair at all. β
Listening to Li Xuanji's words, Bao Qibao breathed a sigh of relief, and with the confirmation of the return of the horse, he was even more convinced that the long hair in Changsha City had not left the city. With secret joy in his heart, Bao Qibao saw that the second daughter's color was very cute, so he had a bad idea and shouted: "The identity of the second daughter is unknown, and her appearance is suspicious, so she will be temporarily detained in the army first, and then make plans after the army crosses the river and camps!" Tazib! You are well guarded, the second daughter is called a soldier and a family, but you can't be bullied, if this is true, then let the second daughter leave! β
Taqib shouted the order, took the two girls to the rear team to settle, Bao Qibao personally supervised the construction of the pontoon bridge by the river, the Qing army brigade gathered on the north bank, just wait for the pontoon bridge to be built and then cross the river in a big way.
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