On the banks of the Liuyang River, the originally clear and gentle river water has now become devastated. Several balls of flames soared into the sky with thick black smoke and dust. The banks of the river were covered with corpses of Qing soldiers. The empty bodies were washed away by the river, sinking and floating in the river. The chrysanthemum stones covered on the shore were invaded by blood, which were shockingly red. The choking smell of gunpowder and blood in the air were jealous.

Chen Picheng carried two Qing army bird guns on his shoulders, and several Qing army waist knives hung around his waist. The barrel of the bird gun was bent and several waist knives had been curled. However, Chen Picheng still took it, all of which were iron tools. When it was melted back into the furnace, it could also be used to create other weapons.

"Brother Chen, do you want to go over the corpses in the river?" Not far away, Tan Shaoguang shouted loudly at Chen Picheng: "We have been back and forth several times, and we have found almost everything we can. There is nothing good on the shore."

Chen Picheng nodded and said loudly: "Okay, let's go down the river and take a look!"

At that moment, the two of them called more than ten boy soldiers on the shore to go down the river to check the bodies of the Qing army that were soaked in the river.

Unexpectedly, Tan Shaoguang's first body was only half of the body, and his lower body was hanging outside. The Qing soldiers' eyes were still open, which was very terrifying. Tan Shaoguang was so scared that he sat in the water and cursed: "Check that horse, I'm scared to death!"

Chen Picheng hurriedly stepped forward and pulled him up and frowned, "Be careful, the river water doesn't know the depth, don't go too far."

At this moment, more than ten Taiping troops on the shore rushed over, but Tang Erniu was the leader. He stood on the shore and looked at Chen Picheng in Hanoi. Tan Shaoguang and the others smiled and said, "Four-eyed dogs, Tan Yutou, why are you two little ghost heads here? Could it be that the Western Princess and the others have also arrived in Changsha?"

Tang Erniu was originally the Western King's personal guard card knife player, and Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang were very familiar with each other. Chen Picheng raised his hand and laughed loudly: "Brother Erniu, we arrived in Changsha this morning. I heard that you have led your troops to pursue the Qing Yao. How many of them have you won?"

Tang Erniu smiled and said, "We are busy chasing the Qing Yao, but we don't have time to pick up things. But you little locusts are everywhere you pass by." Then he suddenly frowned and said, "Come up quickly. The corpses in the river are dirty. Be careful of being corpse gas. Even if there is red medicine, they can't be used. Come up quickly."

Tan Shaoguang said unwillingly: "There are still firearms, but the weapons are not picked up."

Tang Erniu shook his head and said, "Those heavy objects have already sunk into the river. How do you find them? Come up quickly, you have picked up enough."

Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang looked at each other and responded loudly. Just as they were about to get ashore, Chen Picheng saw a corpse not far away moving in a blink of an eye. Looking at it, the body was dressed differently from the ordinary Qing soldiers.

Chen Picheng walked a few steps in the river suspiciously, stepped forward and flipped over the body, but unexpectedly it was a woman, and shouted loudly with him: "Brother Erniu, Tan Yutou, there is a big girl, she seems to be an ordinary person!"

Tang Erniu and others hurried into the water, helping Chen Picheng carry the woman to the river bank, and when he looked at her breath, there was no movement. Tang Erniu glanced at the woman and recognized her. The woman was the farm girl from Liuyang who almost attracted the Qing army in the morning.

Chen Picheng frowned and said, "What a pity, he is dead."

Tang Erniu reached out and touched the woman's neck. He found that there was still a slight jump in his neck. He hurriedly said, "She is drowning and is still saved." He immediately carried the farm girl on her shoulders and carried the woman hard for a few steps. After a while, the farm girl opened her mouth and vomited a few big saliva.

Everyone was overjoyed. Tang Erniu put her down and let her lie on the ground to vomit water. When she vomited all the sewage, Tang Erniu took off the water bag on his waist and handed it over and said, "Drink some water, you're fine."

The farmer saw a group of thieves wrapped in red turbans surrounded by her side, and her body was sore and weak. In fear, she could only sit on the ground with her knees in her arms, trembling, but she couldn't speak.

Tang Erniu frowned slightly, knowing that she was scared and seemed to be unable to understand her Hakka dialect. He stood up and shouted to Yang Laoyao in the distance: "Yang Laoyao, come here quickly, let's save the farm girl from Liuyang in the morning."

Yang Laoyao rushed over in two steps at a time, squatted down and said to the farm girl in Hunan dialect: "Don't be afraid of Xiao Feiman, I am from Liuyang, I am from Zhangshutou Village,"

Hearing the local accent, the farm girl nodded slightly. Tang Erniu said, "Yang Laoyao, give her some food and let her go home soon."

The farmer's girl took the water handed over by Yang Laoyao and started eating it in big mouthfuls. Seeing that she had nothing to do, Tang Erniu took out a few hangings of copper coins he had just found from Qing Yao, put them at the feet of the farmer's girl, "I'm full and strong, take the money and go home quickly."

Seeing that the bandits were all in a friendly manner, the farm girl became bold and asked in a low voice: "Are you the long-haired people in Changsha City?"

Yang Laoyao hurriedly said, "Little Feiman, you should call us holy soldiers or heavenly soldiers."

Tang Erniu smiled slightly and said, "It's better to call us bandits, just grow hair. Girl, we came from Changsha City, what's wrong?"

The farmer asked hurriedly: "Is there a Liuyang Township Man in the city? I'm looking for my elder brother."

Tang Erniu slapped his head and said, "I forgot that you broke into our ambush in the morning and said that you were looking for your prince. There were Qing Yao prisoners from the brave Liuyang Township in the city."

Hearing this, the farmer hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, begging: "Brothers, please take me into the city and look for it. My elder brother may still be in the city."

Hearing the peasant girl begged pitifully, everyone looked at Tang Erniu. Tang Erniu frowned and said, "It's okay to take you into the city. We are all long-haired people who kill officials and rebel. Are you afraid?"

The farmer raised his head, shook his head firmly and said, "I'm not afraid."

Tang Erniu sighed and said, "Okay, then let's go back to the city with us, Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang, please welcome everyone to go back to the city!"

Everyone packed up their things, brought the weapons, red medicine, money and grain they picked up onto a large cart, and came to Changsha City.

Tang Erniu asked the farm girl while walking, "What's your name?"

The farmer hesitated for a moment and said, "My name is Li Xuanji."

Tang Erniu scratched his head and said, "This name sounds really nice, but it doesn't look like the name of a farmer's woman."

Li Xuanji's eyes were gloomy and said, "My family was originally from Changsha. In his early years, his family was quite wealthy. Later, his family was ruined and he was bullied by the gentry in the city. He had no choice but to move to Zhangshutou Village, Liuyang County to live."

Tang Erniu said with an oh, "So you are from a wealthy family, are you literate?"

Li Xuanji nodded, Tang Erniu raised his thumbs up and praised: "It's so amazing, I can only recognize my name. I will write it on my waist card for a long time before I know it." Then he asked: "By the way, there is a woman who is with you in the morning?"

Li Xuanji's eyes turned red and said, "We were taken to the north shore by the Qing soldiers. Later, your troops suddenly attacked. She and I were separated from the chaos. I wanted to swim back to the south, but I didn't expect to drown."

Seeing that she was about to cry, Tang Erniu hurriedly comforted her: "Don't cry, your female companion will be fine." Although he knew that the chance of a weak woman living in the chaos was too small, he could only comfort her like this.

At the time of sunset, everyone returned to the city. Tang Erniu was busy delivering the spoils, and Li Xuanji actually helped.

While he was busy, Li Kaifang arrived with more than a hundred soldiers. The soldiers behind him knew at a glance that they were originally prisoners of Qing soldiers. They just went to braids and Qing army clothes, and were still wearing Qing army clothes.

"Brother Tang, these people are under your control. It turns out that they are all the Qing Yao Township Warriors in Liuyang. Give them some weapons!" Li Kaifang shouted at Tang Erniu: "I will tell them about military discipline later, and we can only eat after the military discipline."

Tang Erniu responded loudly, and immediately ordered the Qing soldiers to line up, asking his old Taiping Army to come forward and start to distribute troops and distribute weapons. Li Xuanji was happy when he heard that these people were all brave men in Liuyang. He began to look for them, but after seeing them several times, he could not help but feel disappointed.

After Tang Erniu finished splitting the people, he ordered the Taiping Army veterans to preach military discipline to the Qing soldiers. He turned to see Li Xuanji being on the side and walked up to ask, "Why, aren't your elder brother among these people?"

Li Xuanji nodded, his eyes turned red again, and Tang Erniu hurriedly advised: "Don't be anxious, there is still somewhere else in Liuyang Township. After dinner, I'll find it later."

While talking, Hu Damei, the coach of the female camp brigade, came with dozens of female soldiers, and they also came to deliver the spoils they picked up. Seeing Tang Erniu talking to a woman, Hu Damei came over and said with a gentle voice: "Tang Erniu, what are you doing? Do you want to bully the women?"

Tang Erniu shook his head hurriedly and told Li Xuanji about Li Xuanji. Big Sister Hu is quite old. Seeing that Li Xuanji is petite and cute, she sympathizes with her very much, and she said, "It is inconvenient for a girl to follow you. Besides, there are rules in our peace and peace. Men and women need to separate camps. Why not let her follow me first? Look at the girl's clothes are still wet."

Tang Erniu was worried about how to resettle Li Xuanji, and said happily: "It's great to be helpful to Aunt Hu and I. Miss Li, please follow Aunt Hu in the girls' camp tonight." Li Xuanji had no choice but to nod and respond.

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