On March 23, the Qinghe army began a large-scale search operation, rounding up the scattered leaders of the Miao army and their retinue, and Pan Laomao was the first to be captured. When Zhang Xiumei and Yang Daliu retreated to Wudong Mountain, there were only five or six hundred people left, eating grass roots and gnawing tree bark to get by.

So, Gong Jichang decided to give Zhang Xiumei another chance, and let the Ou Xiu Gang enter the mountain again to lure Zhang Xiumei down, but Zhang Xiumei didn't enter the oil and salt, and continued to play a game of hide and seek with Gong Jichang.

Subsequently, Ou Xiugang came more times, Zhang Xiumei believed it, and he wanted to go down the mountain to see if it was true or not. Yang Daliu persuaded Zhang Xiumei not to have illusions, but he couldn't listen to it, and decided to sit on the table with Gong Jichang to talk about surrender.

Yang Daliu said to Zhang Xiumei: "Galaxiu, you can't go, this is Gong Jichang's trick, you may be deceived if you go down the mountain." ”

Zhang Xiumei replied to Yang Daliu and said: "This is what my cousin-in-law said, he has been here many times, maybe he didn't lie to us, if we don't go, we have no food to eat, and the ammunition is almost finished, so it's not okay if you don't go." ”

So, the two of them went down to Lei Gong Mountain. Yang Daliu and Zhang Xiumei each brought 30 personal soldiers, a total of 60. The two of them came to Rijia, where there was a straight road to Huyang Village, where Gong Jichang was located.

The Qinghe army who was ambushed on the side of the road rushed up, and Hei Dashuai said to Zhang Xiumei and Yang Daliu: "Hey! We don't have any weapons or anything, and you don't have to bring weapons to be worthy of us. ”

Hei Dashuai called Yang Daliu and Zhang Xiumei and they threw away their weapons, and a team of Qinghe soldiers sandwiched the soldiers they brought in the middle and separated them. A team of Qing soldiers separated Zhang Xiumei in front, and another team of Qing soldiers separated Yang Daliu in the back.

Zhang Xiumei and his subordinates knew that they were under house arrest, but they had to bring no weapons to make peace, which was also a common sense, and they had to follow the Qing army from the back gate of Huyang Village into Huyang Village.

When they came to the door of Tang Yejia's house, there was a table at the door, with wine and meat, but the Qinghe army controlled the soldiers they brought tightly.

Zhang Xiumei felt that it was not good, so she said to Yang Daliu in Miao dialect: "Galela, today the two of us were deceived, no matter what, I want a chicken to lead the way, but I don't have an inch of iron in my hand, what should I do?" ”

At this time, Gong Jichang greeted him with a smile: "Two big heroes, after fighting for so long, today I am finally willing to negotiate, please take a seat, please take a seat." ”

Who knew that Yang Daliu's gun was hidden in the leggings, he pretended to trip and fell to the ground, took out a musket, and aimed it at Gong Jichang is shot.

Gong Jichang's guard flew over and blocked it, knowing that the guard died on the spot. Gong Jichang was shocked.

Yang Daliu laughed: "I already have a chicken to lead the way." ”

Zhang Xiumei reprimanded Yang Daliu: "We are here for peace talks, why did you kill someone?" ”

"Gal Show, what is there to talk to them about. Let's run—"

Yang Daliu jumped over the stream in front of the door with one fly.

Zhang Xiumei grabbed Hei Dashuai's neck, took him as a hostage, retreated to the entrance of the village, knocked Hei Dashuai unconscious with one punch, and fled into the mountains.

Gong Jichang didn't chase after him, he just shook his head: "Zhang Xiumei, do you think you can run?" At the door of Tang Yejia's house, as long as I give an order, you will become a hornet's nest! Countless opportunities have been squandered by you. ”

There is no way, the only way to deal with the Miao leader who does not surrender is to wipe out all his subordinates and turn him into a bare-bones commander.

Gong Jichang led his troops into the main peak of Lei Gong Mountain, and soon encountered the remnants of Zhang Xiumei.

Gong Jichang stopped Zhang Xiumei: "Look where you are fleeing, put down your weapons, you and I are both Miao people, this handsome can spare you from dying!" ”

Zhang Xiumei scolded: "Dog thief, you killed more than 100,000 of my compatriots, and you still have the face to say that it is a Miao compatriot, even if you die, I will not surrender." ”

Gong Jichang said with a smile: "It's not because you didn't accept the appeasement early, and you hurt countless Miao people. ”

Yang Daliu said indignantly: "Gong Laoxue, don't be pretty, we haven't been forced out by you dog officials." ”

Gong Jichang said: "I didn't force you, I came with sincerity to strive for a peaceful solution." But you don't cherish it again and again, so you end up like this. I want to learn from the Blue Wolf Country, what is the result......"

Zhang Xiumei said: "Dozens of times better than the Qinghe Imperial Court to which you are loyal!" ”

Gong Jichang shook his head: "Feng Quan is not a bird when he arrives in Jinling, he has married more than 10,000 wives, and his subordinates are not allowed to marry." More than ten years of war have swept through most of China, China has lost tens of millions of people, and the Eagle and French coalition forces are waiting for an opportunity to invade Kyoto......"

Zhang Xiumei said: "Gong Laoxue, stop defending your so-called Tongqing Zhongxing." I think that if we don't rebel, those Qinghe officials and regular army will not still fail and be vulnerable. ”

Gong Jichang was silent for a while, thinking about it, since he entered the Jingyi Battalion, he has been fighting for more than ten years, conquering the east and west, the northern expedition and the southern expedition, defeating the blue wolf country, encircling and suppressing the Xiantong Righteous Army, where are the Eight Banners? ”

Gong Jichang looked down on those regular soldiers of the imperial court the most, and said: "Yes." However, the Jingnan army finally suppressed Feng Quan's bullets, and the war broke out again, and in the end, it was not the common people who suffered. ”

Yang Daliu's "radical general" Gong Jichang said: "Gong Laoxue, you have a little conscience. If you still have blood, then you will be the opposite, drive out the Tartars and lead us to overthrow the mediocre rule of the Tartars! ”

Of course, Gong Jichang knew the incompetence of the imperial court: "When the entire Jingnan army was at its strongest, there were more than 300,000 people, and the Zhongtang Lord Zeng Fan did not dare to rebel. Today, you came to bewitch me, do you want me to be like you, with nowhere to hide? ”

Zhang Xiumei said: "Gong Laoxue, in fact, you and I both know that the old demon Lala clan betrayed the interests of the country, suppressed bloodily internally, and surrendered externally, and the Qinghe Imperial Court has rotted to the bones." ”

Gong Jichang said: "Why not? I'm just a general, do I have the ability to change that turbid officialdom? ”

Yang Daliu said disdainfully: "You have, but you don't dare!" ”

Gong Jichang looked up to the sky and smiled: "Lift me up Gong." The duty of a soldier is to protect the family and the country, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Fighting for the country is to save more people, sacrificing some people in exchange for the survival and tranquility of more people. ”

Zhang Xiumei hugged his fists and said: "The first thirty years of killing people and setting fires, and the results of the last thirty years of cultivation." ”

Zhang Xiu frowned and then raised his double knives, "It's come to this, come on-"

Gong Jichang did not attack directly, got off the horse, pointed at Zhang Xiumei and Yang Daliu and said with a smile: "You two go up together, soldier to soldier, general to general——"

Zhang Xiumei and Yang Daliu were so angry with Gong Jichang that their lungs were almost blown up, and they shouted: "Brothers, rush, I have been a good man for twenty years!" ”

Hundreds of Miao soldiers rushed forward with short knives, fighting with the "Xi Family Army" at close range, with a huge disparity in strength, and these poor Miao troops all died heroically.

On the other side, the fierce Gong Jichang danced his armor-piercing gun weighing more than 100 pounds, and fought with Zhang Xiumei and Yang Daliu.

Gong Jichang was majestic, swallowing mountains and rivers angrily, killing Zhang Xiumei and others without the power to resist. In less than twenty rounds, these two overly hungry Miao army commanders were no match for Gong Jichang at all, and they were soon beaten to the ground and couldn't move.

So, Xi Jiajun rushed up and captured Zhang Xiumei and Yang Daliu. In the subsequent mountain search operation, Pan Laomao, Jin Dawu and others who escaped were also arrested one after another, and the remnants of Zhang Xiumei were all wiped out......

When the Qing army imprisoned Zhang Xiumei in a wooden cage and escorted him to Hunan, the people cried and shook the wilderness, waving their hands on both sides of the road and shouting: "It's you, isn't it, Brother Xiumei?"

After Zhang Xiumei heard it, she sang fiercely in the cage: "It's my brother, it's my brother." I went in this life, and the second came again, and then came to kill the officials, take back the hillsides and plant trees, recapture the fields and plant crops, and the descendants prospered like fish cubs, and the heavens were ......happy for generations."

After Zhang Xiumei was escorted to Tanzhou, Xi Qitian, the commander of the Xi family's army, lured him to surrender during the interrogation: "Do you surrender? If you surrender, you will be crowned King of Miao immediately, and your brothers will return to their hometowns as usual, and the big ones will be big officials, and the small ones will be small officials. ”

But Zhang Xiumei scolded sharply: "You want me to surrender, don't dream, you lure me as an official, and become a tiger and wolf as an official, just like you." I am beating you alive, and I will beat you when I die. I am gone in this life, I will come back in the second life, I will come back to kill you, I will come back and crush you to pieces! ”

Xi Qitian was silent for a long time before he said: "Zhang Xiumei, you have disturbed Miao Jiang for ten years, the Battle of Huangpiao, you killed more than 18,000 of my people, and I don't care about you." General Ben thought that you were a man, so he gave you a chance to mend your ways, but if you are stubborn and don't cherish it, I can't help you. ”

"Xi Qitian, you, the eagle dog of the imperial court, have the blood of your Miao compatriots on your hands, don't cry here. If you want to kill me, give me a knife and let me go and reincarnate as soon as possible. Zhang Xiumei roared.

"Come on, good wine and good food to entertain Zhang Xiumei." After Xi Qitian finished speaking, he shook his head and walked out of the cell......

Xi Qitian and Liu Kun, the governor of Jingnan County, tried to persuade Zhang Xiumei to surrender in vain, and finally used torture to "light the sky lantern" to execute the unyielding Miao leader.

After the bad news of Zhang Xiumei's sacrifice came out, the people were very sad, thousands of people cried, and thousands of people were angry. His head was hung on the city tower of the state capitals for public display, Gong Jichang couldn't bear it, so he asked the Ouxiu Gang to secretly send someone to take it down and send it back to Zhang Xiumei's hometown for burial, which is Gong Jichang's admiration for this opponent who is still glorious even though he is dead.

Gong Jichang made the first contribution in the process of clearing the Guimao Miao army, and the Qing Peace Court awarded him the head to wear, gave him a yellow coat, and awarded the town of Yuanfu to defend the Miao River, responsible for the defense and pacification of the Miao people, and began the process of "30 years of practice".

At this time, the officials of the Qing and He Dynasty rode on the heads of the people again, continued to encroach on the farmland, and ran rampant as usual, and the life of the Miao people became even more miserable.

Within the scope of his duties, Gong Jichang decided to readjust the farmland, and said to the state officials who reprimanded the common people: "Lao Tzu finally eliminated Zhang Xiumei and other anti-thieves, and you have begun to act as a prestige again, do you want the officials to force the people to rebel again!" ”