Chapter 16 Disguise to make money
Although Li Yiwen's words were light, Xiao Yungui and the generals could hear it very clearly. Everyone was stunned for a while. Xiao Yungui stared at Li Yiwen without saying anything for a while. Suddenly, he slapped the table heavily and laughed: "Good you Li Yiwen, this idea is the best!"
Zeng Shuiyuan frowned and said, "But we have no braids and hair. Qing Yao is not a fool, so he will definitely see the flaws."
He Bin clasped his fists and said in a muffled voice: "Your Highness, the brothers we joined along the way have not yet removed their braids. They are all natives in Hunan. You can pretend to be a demonic Liuyang Township brave man who goes to earn the city!"
In the new army of the Pao Brother Association, half of them joined along the way after leaving Liling. Before she could remove her braids, Xiao Yungui pondered: "Brother He's men can draw 300 people out, Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong!"
Li and Lin clasped their fists together and said, "I obey the order!"
Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "You will pick two hundred people to change into Qing Yao's outfits later, cut some braids and put them on, and wear Qing army cool hats that you should not recognize. You should dress up as Qing Yao's defeated soldiers and the brothers of the Pao Brother Association to make a profit together. Remember to be a sloppy person, so that you will be like a defeated soldier."
As Xiao Yungui finished speaking, the generals of Taiping showed joy. They had used to pretend to be the Qing army and the capital city. When they were fighting Guilin, Luo Dagang had done it, but they pretended to be the soldiers of Xiang Rong's army. However, they did not expect that Xiang Rong, the old fox, was in Guilin early in the morning, so they failed.
Only Zeng Shuiyuan frowned and said, "Your Highness the West King, where did you get so many braids in a while? I had known that I would have cut the braids from the corpses of the Qing demon soldiers in Shaanxi just now. The corpse of Qing demons on Jinpenling was buried by the new army again. The excavation of the corpses would be too vicious."
Xiao Yungui grinned and laughed: "It is best to fight less if the dead are the ones. Don't we still have more than a thousand Qing demon prisoners?" The generals burst into laughter when they heard this.
A moment later, a large number of Taiping soldiers came to the camp where they were holding weapons in hand. The Qing army soldiers were squatting on the ground. Dozens of Qing army generals were identified by the Taiping army and tied to wooden stakes beside them. The deputy generals of the generals of Xi'an Town were beheaded. Among these dozens of Qing army generals, from guerrillas, to the commanders, to the commanders of the foreign commissioners, to the lower camps, were all taken.
Seeing the Taiping Army surrounded the soldiers with weapons in hand, the Qing army soldiers were panicked, and they only thought that the Taiping Army wanted to massacre prisoners of war. They had suppressed some other rebels before, and they knew how to massacre prisoners of war. Many smart Qing soldiers hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, and some burst into tears, and they all whined, "Brother Taiping, we are forced to be the brave soldiers. If we have food and clothing, who would have suffered this crime?" "Brother Taiping, I have old men and young people in my family, so I will spare my life."
Amid the crying sound, Li Yiwen stood before the Taiping Army. He was surrounded by swords and guns with cold light. He yelled loudly with one hand: "Heavenly Father and Brother Heaven are merciful to all living beings. Heaven is so kind. His Highness, the commander of the Taiping Army, has an order! You can kneel down and listen!"
More than two thousand Taiping soldiers shouted loudly: "Kneel and listen! Kneel and listen!" More than a thousand Qing soldiers knelt down one after another
Li Yiwen said loudly: "You are helping the evil and joining the Qing demon army, becoming demons and ghosts, and they should have been killed. Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother are merciful to you and others and go astray. He specially ordered His Highness the Western King to influence you and others. So far, he will not be able to become enemies with the heavenly soldiers. Those who are willing to follow the heavenly soldiers are our brothers. Those who do not want to follow will be safe as good people after going home and no longer become enemies with us. Do you know?"
When they heard that they could be put home, a group of Qing soldiers kowtowed like pounding garlic. Li Yiwen shouted: "Those who are willing to follow us to stand up, and those who want to go home stay where they are!"
The Qing soldiers looked at each other, and followed Changmao to rebel and rebellion. They would never turn back and no one stood up for a while.
Li Yiwen shouted: "Bring one hundred people out!" The Qing army soldiers were tied up by one long rope for every ten people. More than a hundred Taiping soldiers rushed up and pulled out one hundred people with ropes.
These hundred Qing soldiers didn't know what the Taiping Army was going to do, but Li Yiwen sneered: "Take them to the front camp and send them home!"
These hundred Qing soldiers immediately understood what it meant to come and send them home. Many people immediately struggled and mourned. More than ten soldiers shouted in succession: "Sir, sir, the young ones don't want to go home, the young ones are willing to follow the heavenly soldiers."
Li Yiwen waved his hand, and several Taiping soldiers stepped forward and pulled out the dozen soldiers who were willing to follow. They stood aside. There were still more than 80 people who were unwilling to go. Among them, several fierce Qing soldiers shouted: "Brothers, fight with them, and there is no way out if they don't fight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the people were killed by the Taiping Army beside him. The restless Qing army immediately calmed down. Li Yiwen didn't look at the bodies and waved his hand and shouted, "Pick up all their clothes and send them home!"
The remaining Qing soldiers were stripped of their clothes by the Taiping Army, which was like wolves and tigers, and followed them to the front camp. Along the way, the Qing soldiers lost their clothes and lost their desire to resist. They were all crying and turned around several camp tents and finally couldn't see them.
After a while, there were screams from the front camp, and the Qing soldiers squatting here all looked terrified.
Li Yiwen shouted loudly again: "I'll ask again, those who are willing to follow us and those who want to go home stay where they are!"
This time, many people stood up, and more than 800 of the more than 1,200 surrendered Qing soldiers came out. The rest were still asking for advice, and they were all stripped of clothes by Li Yiwen and taken to the front camp.
Not far away, Xiao Yungui saw this scene and sighed slightly. The soldiers of the Qing army's green camp were corrupt and extremely weak in their will. As long as they could survive, they would not hesitate. The remaining ones might really want to go home. He also knew that these people might not be following them sincerely, but he now needs manpower. These prisoners are the best manpower, but the best way to make them afraid when they work obediently is to make them afraid.
After dealing with the prisoners, Li Yiwen led his men to select more than a dozen Liuyang Township Warriors who surrendered first, and brought the stripped Qing army clothes and rushed to the front camp.
When they arrived at Qianying, the village warriors saw that the Qing soldiers brought here were still alive, but their braids were cut off. Li Yiwen asked hundreds of Taiping soldiers to change into the clothes of Qing soldiers.
Li Yiwen said coldly to the dozen or so village heroes: "You guys listen. Let's go back to the city later as defeated soldiers. You guys go with us to earn the city. Follow our instructions!" The dozen or so village heroes were the first to surrender, with the softest bones, and they hurriedly agreed.
After everything was dressed up, the weapons and Qing army flags were ready-made. The five hundred Taiping Army changed their Qing army robe clothes, cold hats, and clothes were all tilted, which looked like they had been defeated.
Li Yiwen, Lin Qirong, He Bin, and Zhou Zhaoyao changed the military uniforms of the Qing army and took the "Qing Army" to the north to the camp gate. At the entrance of the camp, Xiao Yungui took Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and others to wait there.
The four of them stepped forward and bowed to Xiao Yungui. Xiao Yungui waved his hand and said, "After leaving the camp, your army should not be so neat. You can divide it into several batches to reach the city. In short, the more chaotic the better. But you should pay attention to the dozen or so village warriors. You should take them to the front. When you arrive at the city, you should let the Qing Yao see a few familiar faces. In a while, I will lead the horse team to chase after you. Let the Qing Yao in Changsha see the pursuers, and you will let you enter the city without being able to tell them carefully. After entering the city, you should quickly seize the city gate, guard the city gate, and wait for our horse team to arrive. Remember to let the brothers go out of the cold hat when they enter the city to fight, and you still have a red scarf on your head, so that you will not hurt your own people by chance. In short, everything is adaptable and be careful."
The four of them took the order loudly and set up the camp with their men. After everyone watched them go away, Xiao Yungui said to Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Zeng Shuiyuan, Ji Wenyuan and others: "Let's go and prepare too. Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and you two follow me to follow the 600 horse team to grab the city. Zeng Shuiyuan, Ji Wenyuan, Zhu Xineng, you three lead two thousand teams and then rushed forward. Li Zuoche, Tang Erniu, Tong Qiangsheng, you three take a thousand new troops and stay to guard the Qing Yao prisoners. Since they are willing to follow us, let them help us work, carry food, and give them the heavy work of transporting food, supplies and other things. You will follow the brigade with guns and cannons and red medicines. "The generals took the orders one after another, and each took the orders and prepared to go.
A moment later, Xiao Yungui took Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and 600 cavalry out of the camp. At the gate of the camp, he turned to Zeng Shuiyuan and Ji Wenyuan laughed and said, "Brothers act according to the plan, let's see you in Changsha City!" After that, he led his troops down the mountain.
Looking at Xiao Yungui's flag of the Western King, Zeng Shuiyuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "The Western King is really a talented general. It's just a pity that he is not under the Eastern King."
Ji Wenyuan patted his shoulder and said, "Guard Zeng, let's lead the army to set off too. The horse team is fast, so we must catch up quickly." Zeng Shuiyuan came to his senses and immediately got on the horse and Ji Wenyuan. The second general Zhu Xineng led a large army of infantry and followed.
However, Li Yiwen, Lin Qirong, He Bin and others fled to the south gate of Changsha City with dozens of Taiping Army and more than ten Liuyang Township Men in a very "missing" way. At this time, the south gate of Changsha City was not closed yet, and there were still people who could enter the city freely, but when they only saw those who entered, they did not see any people leaving the city. The people who entered the city were also packed with their children, and they seemed to be thinking of going into the city to avoid the thief.
Among the solid houses in the south of the city, the Qing army set up many sheds and sentries to investigate the people entering the city. There were already no people in the houses in the south of the city. The two stone bridges, Jinji Bridge and Xihu Bridge, on the moat in the south of the city, were also guarded by the Qing army. It seems that to approach the city gate, you must first deceive these sheds and the Qing army on the bridge.
"Run quickly! The long-haired thief is here!" Zhou Zhaoyao saw Li Yiwen winking at him, and with more than a dozen people from Hunan local robes, he pulled away from Hunan dialect and shouted loudly from a distance.
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