Gong Deshu took out a cigarette stick bag and filled it with a pot of cigarettes, and after lighting it, a cloud of smoke was spewed, and then he slowly spoke: "The new army's way of playing is to deliberately force all the flag horse teams to Yingou Village, which has only two intentions, one is to gather us together and annihilate, and the other is to force us to surrender!" ”

Zhang Lexing couldn't help but say: "The rabbit is in a hurry and bites, gathering the crowd and annihilating?" Aren't you afraid that we will fight to the death? ”

"Gathering the crowd and annihilating it is conducive to the new army to give full play to the power of artillery and muskets, and it also means to screen out the main forces of our army, so as to minimize casualties. Gong Deshu seemed to be talking about something unrelated to him, and his tone was very relaxed, "However, it is unlikely that we will gather a crowd and annihilate us, unless we resist stubbornly, the main purpose of the new army should be to force us to surrender."www.biquge.info ”

Seeing that Zhang Lexing was about to speak, he stretched out his hand and waved, and continued: "The new army should know very well that we are not in line with each other, and it is impossible to resist stubbornly, so its intention should be to force us to surrender!" ”

Zhang Lexing said in a deep voice: "This matter is ambiguous, it is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people. ”

"Although the big boss puts his heart in his stomach, this thing can't be wrong." Gong Deshu said confidently: "The new army has been encircling and suppressing us for two or three years, and it has always been thunder and rain, and we have never done anything to kill everything, and again, how many recruits has the new army recruited in our Huaibei in the past two years?" Fifty thousand! If you really want to kill us all, can the army's heart be stable? ”

These words are a bit far-fetched, Zhang Lexing can't help but be suspicious, but the current situation is that he can't escape if he can't fight, he can only believe it, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Do you want to pass the order, don't resist with all the flags, and abandon the village to come to gather?" ”

"There's no need." Gong Deshu said coldly: "They are all masters who don't cry when they don't see the coffin, they have to let them really see and appreciate the power of the new army, otherwise they will be noisy when they accept Zhao'an." ”

In just half a month, the banner owners of the Twist Army in northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, and eastern Henan - the five main flags of yellow, red, white, black and blue, as well as the border flags of each flag - red flag, white flag, yellow side flag, red flag, black flag, blue flag, white flag, black flag, black flag, red flag, black flag, small flower flag, big flower flag, and other large and small flags have all been broken.

People from all walks of life gathered in Yingou Village just like the Pheasant River Gathering Alliance, but when the Pheasant River gathered the Shanxi Hall to sacrifice the flag, the flag owners from all walks of life were three or two big cats and kittens, and now they are all carrying hundreds of elites.

Tens of thousands of Nanyang Navy, the Yangtze River Naval Division, and the green battalions of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces naturally followed, blocking the water of a Yingou village in Nuoda, and even 10,000 horses were stationed in the vortex river in the north, and the military tents and battalions could not be seen at a glance.

Pheasant River Collection, Shanxi Guild Hall.

“........ The form of the flag itself is to follow a set of practices of the Bagua Sect, and the Bagua Sect is a branch of the White Lotus Sect. Bai Zhi sat opposite Yi Zhicontent, and said unhurriedly: "Since the entry of the Qing Dynasty, the Bagua Sect has begun to spread in the rural areas of Jiangbei, which can be said to have lasted the longest and has the most far-reaching impact.

In addition, Zhang Lexing's title of 'King of the Great Han Dynasty' is enough to show that he has inherited the Manichaean faith ...... advocated by the White Lotus Sect. ”

"The big shopkeeper." Jin Ying smiled: "Now that the army has surrounded Yingou Village like an iron bucket, there is no need for us to go out?" ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled, silent, after knowing that the Twist Army had an unclear relationship with the White Lotus Sect, he deliberately brought the two girls to northern Anhui, after all, the Blue Lotus Sect is also derived from the White Lotus Sect, as for whether the two women have a chance to go out, it depends on the development of the situation.

He was about to say a perfunctory sentence when Lin Meilian came in and said, "Sir, Yan Yangtian and Yin Youcai are asking to see you outside." ”

"Let them in." Yi Zhicontent glanced at Bai Zhi as he spoke, and the two girls immediately got up and retreated.

As soon as Yan Yangtian and the two entered the door, they saluted and said, "Students Yan Yangtian and Yin Youcai have seen the principal. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded as a salute, and then pointed to the chair, "Sit." ”

As soon as he sat down, Yan Yangtian reported: "Principal, all departments have entered the designated position, and two encirclements have been formed for Yingou Village, and the principal is also requested to instruct." ”

"Don't worry, surround them for a few days." Yi Zhizhi said slowly.

Hearing this, Yin Youcai understood that Yi Zhizhi still wanted to appease this twist army, but in fact, he took deep penetration, division and encirclement, gave priority to attacking the main banner of the village, and forced the elite of the banners to gather in Yingou Village The strategy of obtaining their unexpected results, in his opinion, the current situation, there is no need to appease at all, and it is not difficult to annihilate the elite of the more than 20,000 twist army in Yingou Village with their strength and combat power.

After hesitating, he said: "Principal, annihilate the elite of the more than 20,000 twisted troops in Yingou Village, and the twisted chaos at the junction of the four provinces of Anhui, Suzhou, Henan, and Lu can be completely swept away. ”

This guy is very murderous, if he is to conquer the Japanese country in the future, he is the best choice, after glancing at the two of them, Yi Zhixin said slowly: "Now that the northwest is the time to use troops, instead of killing, it is better to let them go to the northwest to serve." ”

Northwest? Yin Youcai hesitated for a moment before he said: "Headmaster, I'm afraid they won't be willing to go to the northwest, and the way to the northwest is long, and anything can happen along the way, ......." ”

"The situation is stronger than the people!" Yi Zhizhi said: "In this situation, is it their turn to be willing?" ”

Yin ditch village.

Tens of thousands of new regiments are besieged, and people are naturally panicked in Yingou Village, and many large and small leaders of various flags are gathered on the empty playground in front of the stage, and they are talking softly in a bunch, and the topic of discussion is naturally Zhao'an, after seeing the strong and unspeakable combat power of the new army, almost no one dares to propose a breakthrough, and everyone knows that there is no difference between breaking through and sending them to death.

In the ancestral hall, Zhang Lexing walked back and forth in the empty hall with a cigarette stick, it has been surrounded for three days, but there is no movement on the other side, and if it continues like this, the food stock of Yingou Village is empty, and the army of more than 20,000 people is meat on the chopping board, let others slaughter, how can he not be anxious.

Gong Deshu was not in a hurry at all, the old god was sitting on the Taishi chair smoking a cigarette, "The big boss, can you not be swaying, the swaying people are dazzled." ”

Seeing him speak, Zhang Lexing stopped and said, "Does the other party want us to surrender on our own initiative?" ”

"The big boss is calm." Gong Deshu said: "Take the initiative to surrender, and we will fall behind." ”

Zhang Lexing said angrily: "What is inferior or not, if it takes a few more days, those banner owners may have surrendered first." ”

Hearing this, Gong Deshu's heart sank, not only is this possibility, but this possibility is also very big, although Zhang Lexing is said to be the 'leader of the Han Alliance', but this alliance leader actually does not have much binding force on the flags, there is no major war, the flag owners are basically doing their own thing, now it is a matter of life and death, and all the flag owners have been broken, what can't be done?

He was muttering to himself, and Zhang Qing, who was guarding the door, stepped forward quickly to report: "Uncle, Fang Yougui asked to see him, saying that there was something important. ”

Fang Yougui was attached to Yongcheng when he was fighting, he was quite knowledgeable, and he has been very important to Zhang Lexing in the past few years, and when he heard that it was an important matter, Zhang Lexing didn't think much about it, and said, "Let him come in." ”

"I've seen the big boss, Mr. Gong." Fang Yougui strode in and saluted the two.

Zhang Lexing said slowly: "Brother Fang, what's the matter?" ”

"Big boss, it's not a matter ...... go on like this." Fang Yougui pondered for a moment before he said, "I am willing to go to the other party's camp to make them go to the other party's attitude." ”

Zhang Lexing was upset by this stalemate situation, seeing that he took the initiative to ask Ying Yuan to be a messenger, he couldn't help but be happy, this guy has insight, as a messenger to test the other party's attitude is very appropriate, a little muttered, seeing that Gong Deshu did not speak, he nodded and said, "Cheng, take my flag to go." ”

Fang Yougui led a small group of subordinates into the new army camp, and after identifying himself, he was taken to the big tent of the Chinese army, and when he saw him come in, Yin Youcai smiled and said: "Thinking that you should also come, Zhang Lexing can't hold his breath?" ”

"The food has bottomed out, and the porridge I drank in the morning can be seen in the shadows, so I don't have to panic." Fang Yougui said with a smile, "Can you get something to eat first?" ”

"Let's get a few steamed buns first." Yin Youcai said, "I'll take you to see the principal." ”

At dusk, Fang Yougui galloped back to Yingou Village, and was immediately led into the ancestral hall. ”

Gong Deshu handed over a bowl of herbal tea, "Drink saliva and speak slowly." ”

Fang Yougui was also not polite, took the tea bowl and drank a large bowl of herbal tea, then wiped his mouth and said: "Minister of Nanyang, Admiral of the Nanyang Navy, and Grandpa Yi, the great treasurer of Yuanqi, personally met with his subordinates. After a pause, he continued: "Zhao'an is okay, but all the people who accept Zhao'an must move to Ili, Northwest China." ”

Northwest Ili? Zhang Lexing couldn't help but be stunned, he knew in the northwest, where was Yili? He immediately looked at Gong Deshu for help, the other party was coarse and literate, although he didn't even get into Xiucai, but he could be regarded as a scholar.

Gong Deshu said softly: "Ili is a place where prisoners are exiled. ”

Seeing Zhang Lexing's face was wrong, Fang Yougui hurriedly said: "It's true that Yili is a place where prisoners are exiled, but Ili is also an important town in Xinjiang, and the Ili General's Mansion is located in Yili, and Yuan Qi has deployed tens of thousands of troops in Yili, and there will be a big war in the northwest within two years, and Grandpa Yi will send troops to recapture the northwest territory occupied by the Russians." ”

"It is worthy of being the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi, this abacus is really good." Zhang Lexing said angrily: "This is to let us go to the northwest to work for him." ”

Gong Deshu said softly: "Isn't it two more years before the Northwest War breaks out? ”

This is half a sentence, but Zhang Lexing understands that if you don't go to the northwest, you will be ruthlessly annihilated now, and you can live at least two more years if you go to the northwest, this trick is really ruthless.

"The two leaders are thinking left." Fang Yougui said with a smile: "Grandpa Yi said that when you arrive in the northwest, you will be selected, and all those who are qualified will be included in the Northwest New Army sequence, and they will be treated equally, and they will enjoy the same treatment as the Northwest New Army, and there will be no difference." ”

Zhang Lexing asked, "What about the unqualified?" ”

"Resettle on the spot and enjoy the treatment of immigrants in the northwest." Fang Yougui said: "Next year, Yuanqi will specially arrange to pick up and drop off relatives and family members, and Grandpa Yi also personally guaranteed that Yili is more livable than northern Anhui, with a vast and sparsely populated land, a suitable climate, fertile land, and few disasters, which is known as Saiwai Jiangnan." ”

In recent years, Yuanqi has organized large-scale immigration from the northwest, not only has an edict in the imperial court newspaper to encourage immigrants from the northwest, but also the newspapers of Yuanqi are also overwhelmingly publicizing the immigrants from the northwest.

After pondering for a moment, Gong Deshu said, "What's going on with the Northwest War?" ”

This is a long time, but since the two asked, Fang Yougui did not hide it, and briefly said the outbreak of the Russian-Turkish war and Yi Zhi's plan to take advantage of Russia's defeat to expand in the northwest, and then continued: "The imperial court has always had the most important military merits, and the northwest has expanded its territory, and the imperial court will inevitably have a reward, which is a rare opportunity to increase the official and enter the knighthood." ”

After a slight sigh, Zhang Lexing looked at Gong Deshu and said, "Convene a meeting of all the flag masters to discuss." ”

Life and death, this is a very simple choice, although none of the banner owners are willing to leave their homeland to go to the northwest, which is thousands of miles away and is known for its bitter cold, but in the situation that if you don't go to the northwest, you will be annihilated on the spot, all of them have wisely made the right choice.

On the morning of the next day, Zhang Lexing, accompanied by Fang Yougui, took a few relatives and horses to gallop to the Pheasant River Jishan Hall to meet Yi Zhicontent, and on the eighth day of April, Zhang Lexing led more than 23,000 twisted troops to march out of Yingou Village, surrender all weapons, and surrender to Yi Zhishan.

On the second day of the fifth month, Jiang Tailing, Cheng Dawei, and Liu Tianfu led more than 18,000 twisted troops to surrender in Tai'an, Shandong.

So far, the four provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan and Lu have basically been wiped out, the news reached the Beijing Division, Xianfeng was overjoyed, and then issued an edict to abolish the ban on the imaginary border, encourage immigration to the real side, the northeast local ban on reclamation, open Heilongjiang Hulan, Bayan, Jilin Shulan, Fengtian Hunjiang and other areas, and set up the Northeast Qingfu Waste Affairs Bureau, release the wasteland and reclaim, encourage the people to freely immigrate to the northeast reclamation.

In the Xuzhou camp, Lin Meilian read the newspaper over and over again, looked at Yi Zhicontent, and said with a puzzled face: "Sir, how can it be a great achievement to eradicate the chaos, why didn't the court reward it?" ”

Yi Zhishu smiled and said: "The local ban on reclamation in the Northeast is the best reward, adding officials to the knighthood, that is not called a reward, it is called adding blockage!" ”

Lin Meilian frowned, "Although the ban on the Northeast was proposed by the lord, it was for the sake of the imperial court to consolidate the Northeast, and it was not the ...... that the lord did not have the slightest benefit." ”

Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "After the ban on the Northeast is lifted, it is to decentralize power and supervise!" ”