Chapter 109: Speed Advantage in Cavalry Transport

When the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield dissipated, nearly 3,000 people of the Taiping army, which had been disrupted, rushed out, and the Qing army destroyed 1,500 enemies, captured more than 500 enemies, and captured all the baggage of the Taiping army. However, there was no gold and silver treasure that Goxinga had hoped for, and the cart that should have been full of goods was filled with muskets and cannons of mixed types. Moreover, most of these cannons are iron cannons, which are of little significance to Goxinga, who already has twenty-eight Napoleonic cannons, and can only be regarded as a gift to Hechun when he repays his merits.

The captives were all tied up in a row, squatting on the ground in rows, with a company of Qing soldiers guarding them, while other Qing soldiers calmly cleaned up the battlefield. Guo Xing'a, who was dressed in a white robe, walked around the battlefield casually, he always felt that the enemy was a little special this time, but he couldn't say exactly what was special.

"My lord, what about these captives?" Xiande, who was following behind Goxinga, asked.

"Ask if there are any who are willing to submit, and the others ......" Guo Xing'a didn't know what to do with it, and he couldn't take away those who didn't want to submit.

"I'll arrange it!" Xiande is willing to be a wicked person, and he also knows that Guo Xing'a is not ignorant of affairs, but he still has too much patience in his heart. Since Guo Xing'a can't say it, then Xiande will decide for himself!

“…… All right! Guo Xing'a reluctantly agreed.

The two of them spoke in a loud and vague voice, but they were standing next to the captives, and the captives could not be heard. The so-called meaning of speaking and listening, showing virtue, how could the captives not understand.

"My lord, spare your life!" Not far in front of Goxinga, a young captive suddenly burst out crying.

"No one wants to kill you, become an official in the future, and fight hard to make meritorious contributions!" Guo Xing'a comforted casually, looking at the people who cried bitterly, he always couldn't bear it.

"My lord, I don't want to fight, I want to go home!" The captives made their own demands.

"Little cub, it's all up to you!" Xiande scolded from the side.

"This is not good! I let you go, what if you go back to rebel, and you don't have any credit, how can you atone for your sins! "Guo Xing's attitude is much better, and it is a reasonable posture. In fact, he just didn't want to believe that the treasure was gone, and hoped to get some confessions out.

"Adult, the villain doesn't dare to rebel anymore, and the villain is also forced. The villain can make meritorious contributions, the long-haired boss was arrested by you, the villain saw him just now, and the villain will identify you. "The captives showed their lives.

"Oh! You go and point it out! It's true, I'll let you go home, pay you the passage money, and reward you with silver! "Guo Xing'a, who is no longer interested in the division commander or the army commander, is just a number of names in the war report.

The captives were untied and led a few Qing soldiers to search for them in the captive pile. As he passed by, some people cast envious eyes, some scolded, and some were silent. After some searching, he finally found hope for his life.

"It's him, Tianer Horse Zhong Wanxin!" The captive shouted as he pointed to a weeping young man.

Several soldiers pulled the man who had been crying in front of Goxinga and made him kneel on the ground. The man, who was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, did not resist very much, but kept his head down and wept.

"Pony?" Guo Xinga looked at Xiande suspiciously.

"My lord, he is the son-in-law of Hong Xiuquan, who has long hair!" The captive had already come back very obediently and knelt on the side, and seeing that Guo Xing'a was puzzled, he hurriedly explained.

"You are Hong Xiuquan's son-in-law?" Goxinga leaned his face closer to the weeping young man.

"Lao Tzu is Zhong Wanxin, the second horse of the sky, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect!" Zhong Wanxin raised his head violently, and his snot almost hit Guo Xing's face.

"You are Hong Xiuquan's second son-in-law?" Goxinga backed away a bit.

"Lao Tzu is the eldest son-in-law of the Heavenly King!" Zhong Wanxin shook his head wildly, snot and tears everywhere.

"Aren't you a Tianer colt?" Goxinga is a bit of a mess.

"Lao Tzu is the eldest son-in-law, and he is attached to the second horse!" Zhong Wanxin is a little manic.

"The eldest son-in-law, the second concubine ......" is not only Guo Xing'a, but several Qing army officers around him are breaking their fingers, Hong Xiuquan's brain circuit is indeed strange.

"My lord, can the villain go?" The prisoner who was kneeling on one side carefully interrupted Guo Xing'a, who was doing a math problem.

"Wait!" Guo Xing'a's words almost frightened the captive's soul out of the sky, and he thought that Guo Xing'a had repented.

"Reward fifty taels of silver, when we open, you can go again!" Guo Xing'a is in a good mood, this Zhong Wanxin can definitely exchange some benefits for him from the imperial court.

The prisoner who betrayed his teammates followed the Qing soldiers to receive the reward, but Zhong Wanxin was paralyzed on the ground and cried all the time.

"Don't cry, I won't kill you!" Zhong Wanxin's tone was very hard, and Guo Xing'a couldn't figure out why he was crying.

"Phew! Greedy for life and afraid of death, Lao Tzu was raised by you! Zhong Wanxin foamed at the mouth and went straight to Guoxing's door.

He was quite good at it, and he was already on guard, so he dodged it without much effort, but the hem of the cheongsam was still dirty. Guo Xing'a could only let Zhong Wanxin be escorted down, and he watched it with delicious food and drink. He was the first famous Taiping Army general captured by Guoxing'a, and his relative who captured Hong Xiuquan must have contributed a lot.

When Zhong Wanxin was about to be escorted away, Mu Shun, who also followed Guoxing's inspection, noticed something unusual. Zhong Wanxin, who had been crying with his head down, suddenly glanced at a certain place with concern when he passed by the group of captives.

"Who were you looking at?" Mu Shun rushed up in three or two steps and stopped Zhong Wanxin.

"Phew!" Zhong Wanxin's answer was just a mouthful of foam.

Guo Xing'a, who found that something was wrong, also walked over, stopped Mu Shun, who was about to move, and Hatan, who ran over to join in the fun, protected Zhong Wanxin's cute face, and then began to search the captives with his eyes. But my eyes were a little sore, and I still didn't get anything. The captives were all haggard, all dressed as soldiers, and there was nothing special about them.

"Who else wants to go home, come out! As long as the senior officials are identified, there will be a heavy reward, and you will be released home immediately! "Guo Xing'a, who has no choice, can only hope that there will be another captive anyway.

Although it is true that there are many people who want to go home, what they identify is only some brigade commanders, captains, etc., which are of little value. Goxinga gave a bounty of silver, and after sending them away, he watched the crowd begin to make trouble. Mu Shun is absolutely not mistaken, Zhong Wanxin must be looking at a very important person, but what kind of person could this be?

"Bang!" Feng Sheng'a suddenly fired a shot at the captive.

"What are you doing?" There was a commotion among the captives, and Goxinga was also taken aback.

Feng Sheng'a didn't reply to Guo Xing'a's words, but walked quickly behind Zhong Wanxin, almost put his face on Zhong Wanxin's face, and looked at the group of captives from an angle.

"There!" Feng Sheng'a pointed firmly at a few people, and several soldiers hurried over and circled those people.

"What are you doing?" Goxinga asked again.

"My lord, you told me that when people are most nervous, they will definitely look at the people they care about the most, I tried it just now!" Feng Sheng'a explained.

Guo Xing'a suddenly realized that this method was really told to Feng Sheng'a during a small talk, and Guo Xing'a told Feng Sheng'a a suspense movie that time. Now that they had found the approximate target group, everyone hurriedly escorted Zhong Wanxin to come over to identify them.

There were four or five people who were circled, all of them in their twenties, and they all looked like prisoners. One of them was apparently knocked unconscious by a shell and was largely in a semi-conscious state. Except for the one who was unconscious, several people looked at everyone with a contemptuous look, and they looked at death as if they were at home.

"Is that the one?" Guo Xing'a looked at Fengsheng'a, and Fengsheng'a looked at Zhong Wanxin. Zhong Wanxin, who knew that his eyes might have betrayed his teammates, simply closed his eyes and cried.

The screening was at an impasse for a while, these people are too young to look like senior generals, but there are many young brave generals in the Taiping Army, and no one is sure if there are any high-ranking cadres who have just been promoted among these people. Guoxing'a asked Fengsheng'a for advice, but Fengsheng'a had no choice.

"Damn, pull people over and interrogate them one by one, and I don't believe that no one knows him." Bo Ritu became irritable and grabbed a colt, and he also realized the bright future of following Guo Xing'a.

"Your mouth is hard!" His old buddy Ji Young reminded.

"If you can't recognize it, kill it, I see if you're not afraid of death!" For the big fish that has been hooked, Bo Ritu is impatient.

Several people began to come up with ideas one after another, and they all made a noise, but they all remained the same, that is, they tortured the captives and forced them to come out and identify them.

"You don't want to implicate others, Lao Tzu is the person you are looking for, Tan Shaoguang, the loyal king." The young captive, who had been semi-unconscious, sat up with force.

"Brother, I hurt you!" Zhong Wanxin even cried loudly.

I don't know if Guoxing has a good life, or Tan Zhong and the others are unlucky, coincidents have happened one after another on this magical battlefield. It stands to reason that most of the Taiping army broke through, and the two of them, as the main generals, had almost no possibility of being captured, but the coincidence happened so strangely. Hearing that the rear army was ambushed, Zhong Wanxin rushed back with the front army in a hurry, and then collided with the rear army that broke through, resulting in an out-of-control defeat. The two of them, who were no longer powerless to turn things around, changed their clothes with their own soldiers, preparing to break through first. As a result, the pro-soldiers dressed in conspicuous general's clothes rushed out, but the two of them in ordinary soldiers' clothes were blocked in the valley. A shell just exploded beside him, and the brave Tan Shaoguang was knocked unconscious on the spot. Zhong Wanxin rushed left and right with Tan Shaoguang, who was seriously injured, and finally ended up being captured. came to the rescue and disrupted their own team, changed their clothes, but people didn't chase the generals, and they were stunned by shells in a desperate battle, it can be said that Tan Zhong's lifelong bad luck broke out today.

"He's Tan Shaoguang!" Guo Xing'a asked Zhong Wanxin excitedly, he was deeply impressed by the generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, that is, Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng, Chen Yucheng and Tan Shaoguang. Needless to say, Shi Li and Chen are all characters in the history books, but Tan Shaoguang is because of a fierce incident. Tan Shaoguang once defeated the foreign spear team led by Gordon with his cold * mixed troops.

"Humph!" Zhong Wanxin stopped talking.

"All the army assembled! Pull out now and get back to base camp as fast as you can! "Guo Xinga must not let the famous generals in his hands make any mistakes.

"My lord, the battlefield hasn't ...... yet" Xiande felt that there were still many valuable things confiscated.

"Don't even want it, just one word, run! Run back as fast as you can! After saying this, Goxinga turned around and left.

The Qing army abandoned more than 300 captives who were unwilling to surrender, and then the whole army began to run wildly, crossing the Guxi River in half a day, and rushing towards their hometown with all their might. After two days and nights, he shook off the three Taiping troops that had caught up, and Guo Xing'a finally fled back to his base camp in the deserted village. However, the Taiping army that pursued him could only stop at Danyang, and the speed advantage of the cavalry infantry was always beyond the reach of the infantry, even if it was a cavalry transport team with countless carts, it was not a two-legged pole that could catch up.