On the bank of the Liuyang River, the original clear and flowing river has now become devastated, several flames with thick black smoke and dust rushed to the sky, the river and the bank are covered with the corpses of the Qing soldiers, and the corpses that have been empty and unfounded are washed away by the river, sinking and floating in the river. The chrysanthemum stones covered on the shore have been infiltrated with blood, and the red is shocking, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke and blood in the air makes people nauseated.

Chen Picheng carried two Qing army bird guns on his shoulders, and hung a few Qing army waist knives on his waist, the barrels of the bird guns had been bent, and several waist knives had also been curled, but Chen Picheng still took them, they were all iron tools, and they could also be used to build other weapons when they were melted back to the furnace.

"Brother Chen, do you want to turn over the corpses in the river?" Not far away, Tan Shaoguang shouted at Chen Picheng: "We have been back and forth a few times, and we have found almost everything we want, and there are no good things on the shore." ”

Chen Picheng nodded and said loudly: "It's okay, let's go down to the river to have a look!" ”

At that moment, the two beckoned more than a dozen boy soldiers on the bank to go down to the river together to investigate the corpses of the Qing soldiers in the river.

Unexpectedly, Tan Shaoguang's first corpse of the Qing soldier was only half of it, and the lower half of his body was hanging outside, and the eyes of the Qing soldier were open, which was very terrifying. Tan Shaoguang was so frightened that he sat in the water and scolded: "Hold that horse, scare me to death!" ”

On the side, Chen Picheng hurriedly stepped forward and pulled him up, frowning and said, "Be careful, this river doesn't know the depth, don't go too deep." ”

At this moment, more than ten Taiping soldiers on the shore came quickly, but the leader was Tang Erniu, only to see him standing on the shore with a pestle and slashing at Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang in Hanoi and smiling: "Four-eyed dog, Tan Yutou, why are you two little ghosts here?" Could it be that the West Princesses and their sisters have also arrived in Changsha? ”

Tang Erniu was originally the swordsman of the West King's personal guard, Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang were extremely familiar, Chen Picheng raised his hand and laughed loudly: "Brother Erniu, we arrived in Changsha this morning, I heard that you led the troops to pursue the Qing Demon, and you won a lot?" ”

Tang Erniu said with a smile: "We are busy chasing and killing Qing demons, but we don't have time to pick up things, but you little locusts are all clear and slippery everywhere you pass." Then he suddenly frowned and said: "Come up quickly, the corpses in the river are filthy, be careful of the corpse gas, even if there is red medicine, it can't be used in water, come up quickly." ”

Tan Shaoguang said reluctantly: "There are still firearms and blades that haven't been picked up." ”

Tang Erniu shook his head and said, "Those heavy objects have long been sunk in the river, how can you find them?" Come up quickly, you've picked up enough. ”

Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang glanced at each other and responded loudly together. When he was about to go ashore, Chen Picheng saw a corpse not far away move, and when he stared, the corpse was dressed differently from ordinary Qing soldiers.

Chen Picheng moved a few steps in the river suspiciously, stepped forward to look at the corpse, but he didn't expect it to be a woman, and shouted loudly after him: "Brother Erniu, Tan Yutou, there is a big girl here, it seems to be an ordinary person!" ”

Tang Erniu and the others hurriedly went into the water, and helped Chen Picheng carry the woman to the bank of the river, but there was no movement when they sniffed, Tang Erniu glanced at the woman and recognized it, but this woman was the Liuyang peasant girl who almost attracted the Qing army in the morning.

Chen Picheng frowned and said, "It's a pity, it's already dead." ”

Tang Erniu reached out and touched the woman's neck, and found that there was still a slight throbbing in the neck, and hurriedly said, "She is drowning, and she is still saved." At that moment, he put the peasant girl on his shoulder, and jumped a few steps with the woman on his shoulder, and after a while, the peasant girl opened her mouth and spit out a few big saliva with a wow.

Everyone was overjoyed, Tang Erniu put her down, let her lie on the ground and vomit water, and when she vomited out of sewage, Tang Erniu untied the water bag on his waist and handed it over and said, "Drink some water, you're fine." ”…,

The peasant girl saw a group of bandits wrapped in red turbans around her, and her body was weak and weak, and she dared to sit on the ground with her knees crossed in fear, trembling, but unable to speak.

Tang Erniu frowned slightly, knowing that she was scared, and she didn't seem to understand her Hakka, so he stood up and said loudly to Yang Laoqi in the distance: "Yang Laoqi, come over quickly, let's save the peasant girl in Liuyang in the morning." ”

Yang Laoqi took three steps and made two steps and rushed over, squatted down and said to the peasant girl in Hunanese: "Don't be afraid, Xiaofeiman, I am also from Liuyang, and your family is from Zhangshutou Village?" ”

Hearing the local voice, the peasant girl nodded slightly, and Tang Erniu said, "Yang Laoqi, give her some water, let her go home quickly." ”

The peasant girl took the water handed by Yang Laoqi, and ate it in a big gulp, seeing that she was fine, Tang Erniu took out a few copper coins that he had just found from the Qing demon, put them at the peasant girl's feet and said, "You are full of food and strength, take the money and go home quickly." ”

Seeing that this group of thieves and bandits were all kind and pleasant, the peasant girl became bold and asked in a low voice, "Are you the long-haired people of Changsha City?" ”

Yang Laoqi hurriedly said: "Xiao Feiman, you should call us holy soldiers or heavenly soldiers." ”

Tang Erniu smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, it's better than shouting that we are bandits, let's grow hair if we grow hair." Girl, we are from Changsha City, what's wrong? ”

The peasant girl hurriedly asked, "Is there still a Liuyang Xiangyong in the city?" I'm looking for my big brother. ”

Tang Erniu patted his head and said: "I forgot, you broke into our ambush place in the morning, and said that you were looking for your elder brother, and there are Qing demon captives in the city who are brave in Liuyang Township." ”

When the peasant girl heard this, she hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and pleaded in her mouth: "Brothers, please take me into the city to find out, my eldest brother may still be in the city." ”

Hearing this peasant girl's pleading, everyone looked at Tang Erniu, Tang Erniu frowned and said: "It's okay to take you into the city, we are all long-haired officials who kill officials and rebel, aren't you afraid?" ”

The peasant girl raised her head, shook her head firmly, and said, "I'm not afraid. ”

Tang Erniu sighed and said, "Okay, then let's go back to the city with us, Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang, beckoning everyone back to the city!" ”

Everyone packed up their things, loaded the weapons, red medicine, and money and grain they had picked up into a cart and headed for Changsha City.

Tang Erniu asked the peasant girl as he walked, "What's your name?" ”

The peasant girl hesitated for a moment and then said, "My name is Li Xuanji." ”

Tang Erniu scratched his head and said, "This name is really nice, but it doesn't look like the name of a peasant girl." ”

Li Xuanji's eyes darkened and said: "My family was originally from Changsha, and the family was quite solid in the early years, but later the family fell into the middle of the road, and was pinned by the wealthy gentry in the city, so I had to move to Zhangshutou Village, Liuyang County. ”

Tang Erniu said with a sigh: "It turns out that you are from a rich family, are you literate?" ”

Li Xuanji nodded, and Tang Erniu gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's so amazing, I also know my name, and I still know it after reading it on my waist card for a long time." Then he asked, "By the way, there was another woman with you in the morning?" ”

Li Xuanji's eyes were red and said: "We were taken to the north bank by the Qing soldiers, and then your soldiers and horses suddenly attacked, and she and I were separated in the chaos, I wanted to swim back to the south, but I didn't think of drowning." ”

Tang Erniu saw that she was about to cry, and hurriedly comforted: "Don't cry, your female companion will definitely be fine." Although he knew that the chances of a weak woman surviving in the chaos were too small, he could only comfort her like this.

When the sun set, everyone returned to the city, Tang Erniu was busy delivering the spoils, and Li Xuanji actually followed to help.

While he was busy, Li Kaifang arrived with more than 100 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses behind him knew at a glance that they were originally prisoners of the Qing army, and they just went to the braids and Qing army uniforms, and they were still wearing the clothes of the Qing army. …,

"Brother Tang, these people are in charge of you, it turns out that they are all Qing Demon Xiangyong of Liuyang, give them some blades!" Li Kaifang shouted at Tang Erniu: "Later, I will tell them about military discipline first, and only after talking about military discipline can we eat." ”

Tang Erniu responded loudly, and immediately ordered all the Qing soldiers to line up, and asked his old Taiping army to step forward and start to distribute men and horses. Li Xuanji heard that these people were all Liuyang Xiangyong, and he was overjoyed, and began to stare at it, but after looking at it several times, he couldn't see the figure of his eldest brother Li Chong, and he couldn't help but be disappointed.

After Tang Erniu finished the distribution of manpower, he ordered the veterans of the Taiping Army to preach military discipline to the Qing soldiers, turned his head and saw Li Xuanji on the side was very disappointed, and stepped forward and asked, "What, isn't there your eldest brother among these people?" ”

Li Xuanji nodded, his eyes turned red again, and Tang Erniu hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, there are still places in Liuyang Township, wait for a while, and look for it slowly." ”

While talking, the female battalion commander Hu Damei came with dozens of female soldiers, and they also came to hand over the loot they had picked up. Seeing Tang Erniu and a woman talking, Sister Hu leaned forward and said warmly: "Tang Erniu, what are you doing?" But you want to bully the people's girls? ”

Tang Erniu shook his head busily, and told Li Xuanji about it, Sister Hu is quite old, and she sympathized with her when she saw Li Xuanji's petite and cute, so she said: "It's inconvenient for a girl to follow you, besides, we have rules and regulations, men and women have to be separated, it's better to let her follow me first, you see that the girl's clothes are still wet." ”

Tang Erniu was worried about how to settle Li Xuanji, and said happily at the moment: "It's really good that Aunt Hu and Ken help, Miss Li, you will live in the women's camp with Aunt Hu tonight." Li Xuanji had no choice but to nod in response.