Chapter 42 Killing Prisoners
Chapter 42 Killing Prisoners
"Ah! ah! ah—"
Ignoring the blood, Shao Quanzhong personally set and bandaged the soldier whose leg was broken by a rolling log.
A veterinarian is also a doctor, he knows this...
He turned around and applied ointment to his brother who was scalded by the gold juice, pretending not to smell the smell of the gold juice.
These brothers whom he had personally rescued are in danger. They will definitely fight desperately for him in future battles, and the probability of them dying in battle is greatly increased.
What surprised Shao Quanzhong was that the most daring one, the first to rush forward, lit the gunpowder fuse with his own hands, and the last one to retreat, Bo Zai, was not hurt at all.
"Brother, we have suppressive firepower now, and you are lucky to be unharmed. Don't be so reckless in the future.
Our brothers from Lu Village will all become rich and powerful in the future, so we can’t die on the battlefield early.”
Bo Zai nodded repeatedly, but judging from his expression, he obviously didn't hear anything. Shao Quanzhong could only shake his head and sigh.
Shao Hengzhong walked out of the dike quickly, with a piece of gauze on his left arm, which should be the wound caused by the Bagua knife.
He didn't care at all. He came in front of Shao Quanzhong, brushed his sleeves twice, and bowed on one leg, "Reporting to the commander, Qiwei has been captured by me and the remaining bandits have been eliminated. Please inspect it."
The gate of the village had been pushed open. Shao Quanzhong, wearing a tweed coat and white gloves, followed by ten bodyguards, entered Qiwei for inspection, looking like a warlord.
Tian Xinghe and Haiqing personally followed Shao Quanzhong, fearing that there might be an assassination attempt by enemies hiding in the dark.
Tian Xing whispered to Shao Quanzhong, "Second brother, you have to hurry up and find a woman to give birth to a child for you. If you can't find a wife for the time being, you can marry a concubine first.
Our situation is about to get bigger, and by then, the existence of the Huai Army will all be on you, my second brother, and the brothers will definitely feel uneasy."
Shao Quanzhong chuckled, "In China, everyone understands this, and we really can't do anything to you.
We are only more than 200 people now, and the wild geese haven't been shot down yet. Big brother, you should worry about whether to braise or stew them.
Don’t worry, let’s get down to business first.”
In his heart, Shao Quanzhong took Tian Xing's words seriously. Indeed, being a warlord is a dangerous road of no return.
Zeng Guofan wanted to commit suicide by jumping into a lake, and Li Hongzhang was stabbed. Even if you are a general and in charge of the country, you can't avoid some problems...
This time, I must train a qualified successor...
"Reporting to the commander, these letters were found at Liu Erguaizi's residence.
These two letters are evidence of his collusion with Hou Batian and his holding of important positions in the Hong Gang. The rest are evidence of his connections with officials at all levels..."
"Cough cough!"
Shao Quanzhong stopped Shao Hengzhong from speaking any further, took the two pieces of evidence from him, and handed them to Zhang Siwen behind him.
Pointing to the remaining letters, he said, "Let's burn all this garbage."
Zhang Siwen said nothing, picked up a pile of letters and lit them. Haiqing next to him just said half a sentence, "Second brother, I think it's better to--"
Shao Quanzhong glared at him and said, "What are you looking at? You'll get stye if you look too much."
Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and a personal soldier came in to report, "The captured Liu Erguaizi is clamoring to see you."
"Bring it in!"
The lawyer came in and knelt down before Shao Quanzhong, "Boss, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple, we are actually one family."
Shao Quanzhong said coldly, "Who the hell is from the same family as you?"
"Boss, you must let me go. I will be responsible for contacting Master Liu and Master You of the Jingjiang County Office to send money, and Qiao——"
"boom!"
When the lawyer mentioned the word "county government", Shao Quanzhong started to pull out his gun and launched the American style Iai, which left a big hole in the lawyer's forehead, and the red and white splashed all over Shao Hengzhong who was standing next to him.
Shao Quanzhong put one foot on the stool, blew away the gunpowder smoke from the barrel of his revolver, and looked around at everyone present. "The bandit's master tried to attack this commander, but I shot him dead on the spot. Did you hear anything?"
No matter how dumb the crowd was, they all came to their senses and shook their heads, "We didn't hear anything. We just saw that the master suddenly wanted to rebel."
"Shao Hengzhong, I'm giving you a mission. Don't take any prisoners. Chop them all up!"
Everyone gasped, Master Shao was so cruel.
Shao Hengzhong was overjoyed and ran out to carry out the order. His brothers suffered heavy losses in this siege, with more than 50 close friends dying.
He did not dare to kill the prisoners in revenge because his superior Shao Quanzhong was present. He did not expect that his superior was much more ruthless than him.
None of these lackeys who assisted Liu Erguaizi in bullying the good people were innocent, but they were all beheaded without trial. Only a ruthless warlord like Shao Ye could do that.
Tian Xing next to him secretly gave a thumbs up, hoping that his second younger brother would achieve great things.
Zeng Guofan and Qiao Songnian had done this kind of quick and decisive killing before, and now the second brother did it without hesitation and smoothly. It was obvious that he was a truly ruthless person.
These days, you can’t get ahead unless you’re ruthless.
Uncle Tian didn't know that in another time and space, Li Hongzhang later did even more cruel things in Suzhou. The hats of every rising warlord were stained with blood.
When Shao Hengzhong came back, he was followed by nearly twenty strong men from the Tongzhou militia. They were carrying more than ten boxes of silver ingots and dropped them on the ground with a bang. They were quite heavy.
"Sir, in the entire village, we found a total of about 30,000 taels of silver, which we have handed over to you.
Without your help this time, we would not have been able to capture the dike. Logically, all the silver should be handed over.
However, I would like to ask that I be allowed to take two thousand taels to compensate the brothers who died in this battle."
Haiqing next to him was all smiles. This Shao Hengzhong is quite sensible. Not bad, not bad. Second brother was right about him.
Shao Quanzhong stroked his chin and looked at Shao Hengzhong with interest, "Two thousand taels is too little, isn't it? Don't you have no money to pay the salary? How can you just give the pension?"
"Report to the commander, through this battle, I finally understand.
The masters and gentry of Tongzhou were right. My subordinates are indeed incompetent. If they keep us, we will be defeated when the Taiping rebels come.
Only soldiers like you, sir, can resist the Taiping Rebellion. Keeping useless people like me is a sheer waste of the people's money.
When I return, I will disband the militia and go home to farm."
Shao Quanzhong patted Shao Hengzhong on the shoulder and said, "This village is covered in blood. Your brothers are brave and brave, and they are all heroes.
Brother, you are really good at uniting your troops like this.
Your people are capable, but what's not so capable are their equipment and tactics.
Tongzhou doesn't want you, but I want you. Follow me and these thirty thousand silver coins will be your token of surrender. Shao Hengzhong, listen to my orders!"
Shao Hengzhong's eyes lit up and he knelt down on one leg.
"I appoint you as the commander of the Huai Army's 'Heng' Battalion, with an establishment of 500 men, and a monthly salary of 4 taels and 5 cents.
All junior officers will be appointed by you and will be brave warriors from your hometown. Just report it to me.
From now on, you are all regular soldiers of the Huai Army."
Shao Hengzhong knocked his head to the ground and said, "Thank you, Commander, for your cultivation."
"Don't kowtow all the time. When you wear a military uniform, just salute."
"Shall we go back to Hailing with the commander?"
"Hailing wants to go back, but things here are not yet finished. How can the army take 30,000 silver coins after one trip?"
"Shao Hengzhong——"
"exist!"
"Take the men to move the silver onto the boat, and also load the grain and grass seized from the dike onto the boat, and send someone to watch over it first.
Move the captured weapons and ironware outside the dike and set it on fire! "
"twitter!"
Song Laosan, Lin Bozi——"
"In the!"
"Gather the team and follow me into Jingjiang City!"
(End of this chapter)