The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 173: A military strategy that does not allow for a ransom is not a good military strategy

Feng Zicai suddenly regained consciousness. Hmm, he seemed to be alive because he felt pain on his forehead and nose. He must have been broken! He couldn't move his hands and feet. He was tied up with ropes!
"Boom boom boom"

"Crackling."

There were a few roars that should be from cannons, and also intensive gunfire!
Feng Zicai thought: "My hearing has also recovered. This is the sound of gunfire! It seems that the battle in Jiangshe City is still going on. Is it General Xiang who has brought his army here? General Xiang has 10,000 troops under his command. It should be a piece of cake to defeat a small Jiangshe City. I don't know if he can rescue me?

By the way, where am I now? Why am I so shaky? "

At this time, Feng Zicai felt his body shaking up and down as if he was being carried on a stretcher!

Where are you taking me? Are you going to kill me?

Thinking of this, he wanted to open his eyes, but unfortunately he could not see anything. His vision had not recovered because his eyes were covered with a black cloth.

He wanted to call for help, but could only make a humming sound.

Someone seemed to have heard the noise he made, and reported loudly in his very familiar Guangxi accent: "Li Junshuai, this traitor surnamed Feng seems to have woken up."

A traitor named Feng?

Feng Zicai thought to himself, "Who are they talking about? They can't be talking about me, right? But I'm a traitor of the Tiandihui, what does that have to do with the God Worshipping Society?"

At this time, General Li seemed to speak: "Okay, okay, it's good that he's awake. Just carry him over to Deputy Chief Steward Su for punishment. Deputy Chief Steward Su used to be the head of Guangyi Hall, and he hates those traitors who betrayed the Tiandihui and defected to Qing Yao the most!"

The leader of Guangyi Hall? Su.Su Sanniang?
Feng Zicai was shocked.

If he fell into Su Sanniang's hands, he would be stabbed three times and stabbed six times, right?

Thinking of this, he struggled a few times, probably trying to escape?
At this time, Li Junshuai spoke again: "Mr. Feng, don't waste your energy. We know you can fight. You are Serguleng Baturu, so the hemp rope that binds you is very strong. You can't break free!"

It’s over! It's all over!

Feng Zicai was immediately disheartened. Not only did the other party know that he was a traitor of the Tiandihui, but they also knew that he was Sergureng Baturu, who was conferred the title by Emperor Xianfeng. How did he get the title of Baturu? Wasn't it earned by killing the brothers of the Tiandihui with great effort?
But he had no way to kill his brothers in the Tiandihui!

Back then, he had led a group of brothers who had fought and killed with him to join the uprising of Liu Ba, the leader of the Tiandihui in Yulin Prefecture, and attack Bobai County together. But Liu Ba was not good at fighting, and even with tens of thousands of people, he could not capture a county. The court also sent Sichuan Governor Xiang Rong to lead troops to encircle and suppress the uprising.

That is the famous general Xiang Rong!
The Tiandihui can’t win at all!

If he didn't take his brothers to accept the amnesty from Bobai County Magistrate You Changling, he and his brothers would all die!

But if you accept the amnesty, you have to fight for your life!
Xiang Rong was behind him, so he couldn't bear to miss the old times.
Although he used the blood of his brothers in the Tiandihui to buy himself a Baturu, he did not get a high position, but only a small Qianzong. Moreover, the brothers who followed him as traitors did not even have a formal "organization", but were just "brave" of the Changsheng Yongying.

What is the Ever-Victorious Brave Battalion? It’s actually a militia!

His superior Xiang Rong did not take him and his battalion seriously and often sent them to lead the charge as cannon fodder. Although Feng Zicai had managed to turn danger into safety on the battlefield many times with his martial arts and a group of good brothers, he failed this time and was captured by the hairy child soldiers.

There’s no way out of this!
Just when he was feeling sad about his experience as a cannon fodder, he found that he was no longer shaking, and was thrown heavily to the ground. Then he heard the voice of Li Junshuai again: "Sister, Siyanzi has made a great contribution this time. He caught a Qing demon Baturu named Feng Zicai!"

"Oh?" A woman's voice sounded a little cold, "Feng Zicai? Has that traitor been caught?"

Li Junshuai said, "That's him! The one on the stretcher, who was knocked unconscious by Four Eyes' grenade."

"Pick him up!" the woman said coldly, "Take off his blindfold!"

"Yes!"

Feng Zicai was immediately lifted up by four strong hands, and then forced to kneel on the ground. Then the blindfold was torn off. The dazzling sunlight shone through his squinting eyes, making him dizzy for a while. He quickly closed his eyes, and after opening them again, his vision finally recovered.

He looked around and found himself on a very narrow city gate tower. Although Jiangshe City was a town, it was also protected by a city wall, but the wall was not as tall and solid as the county wall, and it was not completely surrounded. There were walls on the east, north and west sides. The south side faced the stream and had natural obstacles to rely on, so there was no city wall.

Feng Zicai pondered, "The city gate tower I'm in now should be the north gate of Jiangshe City, right?"

"Boom boom boom"

When the sound of cannons came, Feng Zicai turned his head and saw that the sunset in the distance was yellow with red. South of the stream, the Qing army had already formed several square formations in the wilderness, each consisting of two to three thousand people, with more than ten cannons lined up in front of the square formations.

Those black muzzles had just spewed out thick white smoke, and before it dissipated, more than ten black dots were flying towards Feng Zicai at a very fast speed, drawing an arc in the air, and slamming down into the messy and low buildings in Jiangshe Town. Several of them bounced off the ground, rampaged for a while, and finally disappeared into a pile of broken bricks and tiles.

The battle near the Xishui River Bridge was still going on. A group of Qing soldiers were carrying oversized muskets and firing non-stop at the south of the Xishui River Bridge. The fighting was very lively. In Jiangshe City, near the Xishui Bridge, there seemed to be some buildings in the hands of Feng Zicai's men. The Taiping Army did not rush to fight for them. Instead, they piled up debris on the nearby streets to build an offensive, while shooting at the houses occupied by the Qing Army with muskets.

And deep in Jiangshe Town, you can vaguely see the Taiping Army's flags flying in the wind and the swaying figures of people with red scarves on their heads. Obviously, there are still many Taiping Army hiding in Jiangshe Town!
Feng Zicai turned his gaze back to the beautiful woman in red sitting on a throne opposite him. This woman was tall, heroic, wearing a red scarf and a red robe. She must be Su Sanniang, who was famous in the Guangdong and Guangxi martial arts world for her "two arms had fought more than a hundred battles, and her gun never fell behind a thousand men"!
Although Feng Zicai had never met Su Sanniang before, he was very clear about her status in the martial arts world and her current position in the Taiping Army.

Su Sanniang's appearance in Jiangshe City means that the Taiping Army is also near Jiangshe City! Xiang Rong, this "bad guy", is likely to fall into the Taiping Army's trap and be defeated again.
"Feng Zicai, did you see it clearly?"

Su Sanniang suddenly spoke with a smile, her tone very gentle, and she didn't seem to have any intention of stabbing Feng Zicai three times and six times. "Look, see it clearly." Feng Zicai nodded.

"Then tell me!" said Su Sanniang.

"General Xiang has fallen for Deputy Chief Su's trick again."

Su Sanniang chuckled: "Xiang Rong fell into the trap? Could it be that Senggelinqin fell into the trap? This Mongolian prince can't escape!"

"Ah, this..." Feng Zicai almost told Su Sanniang the news that Senggelinqin had not arrived in Xiangtan area, but fortunately he held it back.

Seeing that he had nothing to say and looked extremely unhappy, Su Sanniang smiled and said to him, "Feng Zicai, you are a traitor who betrayed the Tiandihui. According to the rules of the Tiandihui, you will be stabbed three times and six times. But now I am a member of the God Worshipping Society, so I have to follow the rules of the God Worshipping Society. Do you know what the rules of our God Worshipping Society are?"

It’s going to be bad!
Feng Zicai thought to himself, "If I fall into the hands of the Tiandihui, I will be stabbed three times and six times. The rules of the God Worshipping Society are even stricter! Will I be torn into pieces by five horses?"

Seeing that Feng Zicai was speechless, Su Sanniang smiled again: "Feng Zicai, don't be afraid. We in the God Worshipping Society are reasonable. A Qing demon running dog like you, a traitor of the Tiandihui, will have a way out if you fall into our hands. You can ask your family to pay money to redeem you!"

"Redeem?" Feng Zicai was stunned. "Really?"

Su Sanniang glanced at the "General Li" who brought Feng Zicai. He was the general of the previous army, Li Shoucheng. Li Shoucheng immediately took over Feng Zicai's question and said with a smile: "Of course you can redeem them! Feng Zicai, you don't know yet, the 500 Eight Banners children we captured in Changsha, the demon leader Xianfeng spent 300,000 taels of silver to redeem them all, an average of 600 taels per person!"

And this thing?
Six hundred taels. That’s not expensive!

Hope immediately flashed in Feng Zicai's little eyes.

"But you are a Han Chinese," Li Shoucheng said, "and a sixth-rank military officer. Xian Yaotou will not pay for you. Even 600 taels cannot redeem you."

"How much does it cost?" Feng Zicai asked, "I can figure it out myself."

"A sixth-rank military officer should get at least one thousand taels!" Su Sanniang said with a smile.

Fortunately, Feng Zicai breathed a sigh of relief. For the first time since he became a traitor, he no longer felt that his rank as a captain was too low.

But before Su Sanniang finished her words, she said, "You are still Baturu. You have to pay more!"

"Add, how much?" Feng Zicai asked, while in his heart he disliked the unfortunate Baturu Yonghao.

This title of bravery is of no benefit to a captain like him. Many admirals, generals, lieutenant generals and lieutenant generals do not have the bravery like Baturu. He is a captain, and a defector from the Tiandihui, but he is a Baturu. Isn't he hated?
"Add five thousand taels!" Su Sanniang stretched out five slender jade fingers, "I know that you, Baturu, are not fake, you are a good fighter, I must give you five thousand taels!"

"But, but I don't have that much money!" Feng Zicai said anxiously.

"What?" Su Sanniang seemed very surprised. "You have no money? You are an official of the Qing Dynasty, how can you be without money?"

"I really have no money! I am only a sixth-rank official, with an annual salary of 48 taels, and an annual salary of 120 taels, which equals 168 taels. I don't have a penny more!"

"Aren't you greedy?" Su Sanniang asked with her eyes wide open.

Feng Zicai shook his head and said, "I am not greedy. The soldiers of the Ever-Victorious Brave Camp are all my brothers. How can I withhold their military pay and rewards?"

"If you don't want money, why would you be a demon in the Qing Dynasty?" Li Shoucheng suddenly said, "Feng Zicai, I see that you are quite capable in fighting, and you have a group of capable brothers under you. You are not greedy for money, and you are from Guangxi. Why don't you join our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? There are many people from Guangxi in our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! The East King, West King, North King, and Wing King are all from Guangxi, and I am also from Guangxi. It is the right way for people from Guangxi to follow us to conquer the world!"

In fact, Feng Zicai was not from Guangxi, but from Guangdong. However, the place where he became famous was Guangxi, and his brothers were all from Guangxi, so it is not wrong to say that he was from Guangxi.

As a "Guang" person, he did not follow the thriving Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but was still hanging around on the Qing evil's broken ship. Wasn't he just making a mistake?

And now he has been captured by Su Sanniang's soldiers!

If you refuse to surrender and have no money to redeem yourself, can you still have a good ending?

Thinking of this, Feng Zicai immediately made up his mind and said loudly: "Deputy Chief Manager Su, General Li, I, Feng Zicai, am willing to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, willing to worship God, and willing to help Deputy Chief Manager Su and General Li as the vanguard to kill the Qing monsters!"

"Okay!" Su San nodded in satisfaction and waved her hand, saying, "Untie Brother Feng." Seeing that Feng Zicai had been untied and knelt in front of her, she smiled and asked, "Brother Feng, do you know where this evil Senggelinqin is? If we want to capture him, Emperor Xianfeng will have to spend at least 100,000 taels to redeem him."

"Senggelinqin can also be redeemed?" Feng Zicai felt incredible.

"Of course," Su Sanniang said with a smile, "A military strategy that doesn't allow for ransom is not a good military strategy! Whether it's Senggelinqin, Saishang'a or Xiang Rong, if they are captured by us, we can pay to ransom them back!"

If it can be redeemed, there will be no desperate fight or desperate struggle!
Of course, if a person like Senggelinqin was really captured, Luo Yaoguo would not agree to let Emperor Xianfeng redeem him.
"But." Feng Zicai's eyes rolled, and he finally made up his mind and said, "Report to the deputy general manager, General Li, I have important military information to report. Senggelinqin is not in the army here! The governor, the second general, and the third general of the Qing army here are all led by the imperial envoy Sai Shang'a!"

"What?" Su Sanniang's face changed. "Senggelinqin didn't come? Wait, there are only one governor, two generals, and three generals. Who is missing?"

Feng Zicai naturally knew everything and immediately replied, "Missing Jiang Zhongyuan, He Chun, and Guan Wen, the deputy commander of the Jingzhou Eight Banners Army, are the three of them. They have a total of 10,000 elite soldiers under their command, including no less than 3,000 cavalry!"

(End of this chapter)