In the big tent, Xiao Yungui sighed lightly after listening to Hou Yutian's words, the list of captured Qing army generals below Zhang Guoliang had already been reported to him by Zuo Zongtang, and Feng Zicai's name was impressively listed, Xiao Yungui had already known it.

The treatment of Qing prisoners by the Taiping Army in the West Hall has always been a policy of differential treatment between officers and soldiers, and most of the Qing generals above the general level are beheaded for public display. The reason is very simple, most of these Qing generals were loyal to the Manchus, and many of them were also stained with the blood of the Taiping soldiers and civilians on their hands.

Moreover, these people recruited a group of ruffians to control the soldiers and horses in the Qing army, and if they were not removed, many of the captured Qing soldiers did not dare to join the Taiping army, and there would be difficulties in converting the prisoners.

zuihou is to calm the resentment in the Taiping army, before the two armies fight, in fact, everyone is just their own master, say how much hatred is not enough, but with the passage of the war, after the fierce fighting, the more you kill, the more hate, hatred is spread among the soldiers, there are often examples of the victor slaughtering the city after the city is broken in history, there are many reasons, but one of the most important reasons is that ordinary soldiers want to vent their anger, and the commander needs to let the hatred of the soldiers be vented, otherwise his soldiers will not be easy to bring.

The Taiping army in Suzhou was very seriously killed and wounded, but after entering the city, it was necessary to save the people in the city, many Taiping soldiers and generals were holding back an evil spirit, after catching Zhang Guoliang that day, the generals clamored to kill Zhang Guoliang and a group of Qing soldiers to kill all the hatred, Zhang Guoliang and other first evils were to light the sky lantern in public to show punishment.

But at that time, Xiao Yungui still temporarily suppressed these people, and when he came to the West Palace, he was busy solving the plague in Suzhou, and he had no time to carry out any massacres. Second, Xiao Yungui saw that there were people like Feng Zicai in the list of generals, so he had the heart to recruit, so he only said that he would sacrifice Tianjing in the future, and escort Zhang Guoliang and others to Tianjing to be punished, so that the generals could settle down. But at this time, Hou Yutian ran out and begged Xiao Yungui to release Hu Kunyuan and Feng Zicai, which really made Xiao Yungui a little embarrassed, originally thought that it was ordinary soldiers who were kind to Hou Yutian, but he didn't expect it to be these two people.

Hu Kunyuan is a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, with thick characters, and was originally a general under Xiang Rong. Father Tiger Songlin. He is also a general of the Qing army. In the early years of Xianfeng, Hu Kunyuan used Hunan guerrilla to transfer Guangxi to suppress bandits, fought against Bauhinia Mountain from Xiangrong, attacked Yong'an, and relieved the siege of Guilin and made meritorious contributions. The official went to the garrison, and then followed Zhang Guoliang to intercept the Taiping army. Captured in Suzhou.

Feng Zicai's word is Nangan. Haocuiting, whose ancestral home is Bobai, was born in Shawei Village, Qinzhou, and is also a Hakka person. In his early years, Feng Zicai was also a member of the Heaven and Earth Society. In the first year of Xianfeng, Liu Ba, the leader of the Guangdong Tiandihui who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, led more than 10,000 people to attack Bobai, and Feng Zicai took the opportunity to join this team. Subsequently, Liu Ba's attack on Bobai failed. Feng Zicai pulled out thousands of troops, surrendered to Zhixian You Changling, and was reorganized into the Changsheng Yong Battalion, and actively participated in the suppression of the rebel army on the border of Guangdong and Guangxi. The accumulated military merits were promoted to 1,000 totals. Later, he followed Xiang Rong to encircle and suppress the Taiping Army uprising, and chased all the way to Jiangnan, and became a guerrilla.

The experience of the two, Hong Yun'er also told Xiao Yungui that Hu Kunyuan later died at the hands of the Taiping Army, but Feng Zicai became a hero of resistance to France. No matter how high Feng Zicai's achievements are in the future, now they are mortal enemies with the Taiping Army, even if Feng Zicai wants to surrender, but there are many congregations of the original Heaven and Earth Society in the Taiping Army, and those people are afraid that they will not agree to a traitor to join the Taiping Army. So Xiao Yungui has been hesitant, did not kill Zhang Guoliang and others, and did not let them go.

Seeing that Xiao Yungui was silent, Hou Yutian knelt down and pleaded: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, his subordinates know that the crimes committed by Hu and Feng are very great, but the subordinates have received the favor of the two of them from the past, and they can't see death without saving them, so the subordinates are willing to pay for their lives with their lives, and they only ask the King of the West to let the two of them go." ”

Xiao Yungui was furious, stood up with a sigh and pointed at Hou Yutian and scolded angrily: "Hou Yutian, you are confused! The crime committed by the two of them is against the heavenly soldiers, and the killing of our heavenly soldiers is a public matter! They were kind to you in the past, but it was a private affair! How can you favor the public for personal gain?! And when you were captured in Daozhou, didn't I, Xiao Chaogui, have the grace to live for you?! You take your life to repay Hu Kunyuan and Feng Zicai, what do you want to repay my Xiao Chaogui's kindness?! What do you use to repay the kindness of the brother who was born and died with you outside the tent?! Well?! ”

After Xiao Yungui was angry, his voice was like thunder, which frightened Hou Yutian to the ground, and he didn't dare to raise his head, Xiao Yungui squatted down and said angrily: "Both of them are Han, but they helped the Hu people to kill their compatriots, so many times to forget the sect, it is not too much to kill a hundred times!" You let the king let them go? What will those brothers who died in the war think of us?! ”

Hou Yutian didn't dare to speak, he fell to the ground and cried silently, Xiao Yungui stood up and said angrily: "Go out and gather people and horses to prepare to leave, don't cry like a girl here with me!" ”

Hou Yutian stood up and choked with his hands and said: "The subordinates of the King of the West and the Great Grace of the Kingdom of Heaven have nothing to repay, and the subordinates will rest until death for the great cause of the restoration of the Han Dynasty of the Kingdom of Heaven to repay the great kindness of the King of the West!" With that, he clasped his fists and turned around and went out.

Xiao Yungui walked a few steps, suppressed the anger in his heart, and only felt that the people of the country were not good at this, many times there was no distinction between public and private, and they liked to mix personal grievances in it, like Hou Yutian, there were many people mixed with personal grievances in official affairs, Xiao Yungui, as the king of the west, of course could not agree to Hou Yutian's request, otherwise it would be very troublesome in the future, and everyone would come to intercede, so he would not have to be the king of the west.

However, for Hu Kunyuan and Feng Zicai, Xiao Yungui plans to give them a chance, and when the war in Shanghai is over, he will interrogate them one by one when he returns to Suzhou, to see if these people have a clear understanding of their sins, if these people can repent and are willing to follow the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to rebel, Xiao Yungui can accept them, after all, in the past, each was his own master, and it was excusable, but if he picked out the name of righteousness, they were still obsessed, Xiao Yungui didn't mind sending them to Tianjing Ming canonical punishment, Anyway, there are not a few historical figures who died early in Xiao Yungui's hands, Luo Bingzhang and Deng Shaoliang have already paid their accounts in advance, and Xiao Yungui doesn't mind adding another Feng Zicai who is not yet famous.

After Hou Yutian left, someone asked to see him, but it was Lu Shunde, the general of the water battalion, Xiao Yungui planned to bring the water camp over this time, and after the encirclement and annihilation of the Guangdong Navy Division, there should be ships to capture it, and the men and horses of the water camp could take over, and with the addition of the water army, the war could be smoother.

Lu Shunde took a person into the tent, and after the two saluted Xiao Yungui together, Lu Shunde said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, this person is the seventh brother of Zhao Qi, a righteous thief on the water in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Xiao Yungui laughed and said: "It turns out that this is Brother Zhao Qi, a few days ago, this king has been busy dealing with the plague in the city, so that Brother Zhao Qi has been waiting outside the city for many days, but this king is negligent." Zhao Qi and others followed Yao Yuan to Hushu Pass that day, Yao Yuan handed him over to Lu Shunde to receive, due to the plague in Suzhou City, the Taiping Army implemented a strict isolation system, Lu Shunde arranged for Zhao Qi and others to stay in the camp outside the city for a while, today the West King came out of the city, Lu Shunde brought Zhao Qi to meet.

Zhao Qi saw that the King of the West was majestic and mighty, a beard and even mighty, but he spoke very politely, and there was no prince at all, and he immediately had a good feeling, although he waited outside the city for a few days, but he also knew that it was for their good, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West did not hesitate to risk his life in order to save the people of Suzhou, Zhao Qi admired it very much, these days I have heard the rumors of Baixin nearby, and it is said that the King of the West and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are like living bodhisattvas, if they are placed in the Qing court, such a big plague will not die tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people, where will it stop, However, the king of the West led the soldiers and people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to give medicine and open warehouses to release grain, so that the people could be preserved, and the Taiping army was really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. ”

Xiao Yungui smiled, it was worth it to finally get the recognition of the people after a lot of hard work, and it was worth it, after the three of them exchanged a few polite words, Xiao Yungui slightly revealed the intention of soliciting, Zhao Qi immediately hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, the villain lives in the camp these days, what he sees in his eyes and hears in his ears are all words praising the King of the West and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and I heard that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom intends to expel Hu Nu and restore the rivers and mountains of the Han family, the villain is also a Han person, so he is naturally willing to serve his subordinates, even if he is a pawn, as long as he can drive Hu Nu back to the north, It's not in vain to come to the world. ”

Xiao Yungui was overjoyed and said: "Although this king was busy a few days ago, but I heard a lot about your deeds of Brother Zhao Qi, and our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Water Camp lacks the help of you water heroes, so let's do it, Zhao Qi Brother can gather his men and horses, and they will all come under Lu Shunde's command, serve as the commander of the water camp, and lead the water camp to Shanghai with Lu Shunde?" ”

Zhao Qi got up and hugged his fists and said happily: "Thank you for the reward from the King of the West, the villain must swear to serve his life." ”

Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "Brother Zhao Qi has a tuba? ”

Zhao Qi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The villain is poor, and he only has a name, not a tuba." ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "In the future, after the Zhao Qi brothers have made great contributions, it is a little unreasonable to use the name of Zhao Qi when they are the marquis and pay homage to the prime minister, so how about this king change your name?" ”

Zhao Qi was overjoyed and immediately thanked him, Xiao Yungui touched his chin and beard and said, "In this way, Brother Zhao Qi will return to my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom today, so let's call it Shunping." ”

Lu Shunde smiled and said: "This name is good, my name is Shunde, your name is Shunping, let's just get together." ”

Zhao Shunping hugged his fists happily and thanked him, and immediately got up and said: "King Xi, the villain will go back and gather the brothers to come to meet in a boat, and go to Shanghai with the King of West to kill the Qing Demon!" ”

At that moment, Zhao Shunping and Lu Shunde said goodbye and left, and the two of them prepared their own ships and ships.

In the evening, Xiao Yungui ordered the army and horses, he and Tang Erniu led 2,000 soldiers and horses and Lu Shunde's water camp to take the waterway first, Chen Yucheng, Hou Yutian and other generals led 6,000 soldiers and horses to follow by land.

Hong Yun'er, Zuo Zongtang and others came to see each other, Xiao Yungui explained some things to the two, Xiao Yungui saw that Hong Yun'er's eyes were watery and seemed to want to cry, and he smiled in her ear in a low voice: "When I come back, let's have a wedding by ourselves." ”

Hong Yun'er's face turned red suddenly, and in the sound of daxiao, Xiao Yungui waved his cloak and boarded the boat, and the naval ships went offshore one after another, heading towards Suzhou Creek through the canal.

On the Suzhou Creek, Xiao Yungui's waterway soldiers and horses met with Zhao Shunping's hundreds of water bandits and horses, and then headed towards Shanghai. (To be continued......)