Before dawn, in Yonghe Town, which was already in ruins, hundreds of green battalion soldiers were staggering on the ground, ignoring the humidity on the ground.

This group of Guangzhou green battalion soldiers are too tired, from the Lutou River by the Taiping army all the way to chase dozens of miles, finally the Taiping army was thrown away and ran to this Yonghe Town, originally thought to be able to get some wine and food in the town to pad the hungry croaking stomach, and then occupy some houses to sleep well, nourish the spirit and then run, how do you think that this Yonghe Town a few days ago called Tong Erhan's Han army flag to the scourge, the huge town is now not a living person can be seen, not a grain of grain can be turned over, only a piece of ruins and buried in the smell of charred corpses.

The battalion soldiers were also so hungry that they didn't have the heart to scold the Han Army Qiniang, and they ran all the way down, all of them were so sleepy that their eyelids were together, and they could still top one if they didn't eat, but they couldn't sleep without sleeping, and in the end, no matter how the officers who escaped shouted, they no longer cared about finding a clean place to sleep with their heads up.

The officers saw that the bullets could not suppress this group of battalion soldiers, so they had to let them go to sleep, if they were in a hurry, who knew if this group of battalion soldiers would listen to them, and they could slash you with a knife in a hurry.

Some of the battalion soldiers were so sleepy that they didn't bother to find a clean place, so they just looked for a place to lie down in the ruins, and slept until the second half of the night, and from time to time they could hear the screams of the battalion soldiers, but only then did they find that they were sleeping on the legs of dead people.

Although Wu Sande, the general manager, was also sleepy, he could still maintain a little vigilance, and he got up early, and took two personal soldiers who were awakened by him to patrol around the town, and found no signs of the arrival of the Taiping army, which was a little relieved. After staring at the north for a moment, he suddenly gritted his teeth and went to find Yu Tianen, a guerrilla who escaped together.

When Wu Sande found Yu Tianen, Yu Tianen was still sleeping. After screaming a few times, he couldn't do it, and finally Wu Sande had no choice but to step forward and push him repeatedly a few times before waking him up.

"Lord Yu, Lord Yu!"

"Taiping Kou is here! Come on! ”

Yu Tianen jumped up like a frightened bird after being pushed awake, he was really frightened by the Taiping army, and instinctively reacted to run away, but found that there was no Taiping army around, but his subordinates called Wu Sande, the commander. couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and complained a little: "People can scare people to death, I him. Damn, I thought the Taiping Kou had been killed! ”

"You two go over there and watch."

Wu Sande waved his hand and motioned for the two pro-soldiers to come to the side and watch. Then he whispered to Yu Tianen: "Lord Yu, it's not okay to go on like this, we didn't ask the Taiping Army to catch up, we have to run away first." Look at the way the brothers are doing now. What you want to eat is not eaten. I want to drink but don't drink, I am so tired that I can't walk, how can I go back to Guangzhou? Do you think for the brothers and give them a way to live? ”

Wu Sande had something to say, Yu Tianen was confused when he heard it, yawned and asked him, "What do you mean?" ”

Wu Sande didn't hide it, he simply picked it up and said, he said, "I don't mean anything else." If we are soldiers and eat food, which food do we not eat? As long as there is something to eat. Why bother to get along with yourself, you have to be tired and tired. ”

The corners of Yu Tianen's mouth twitched: "You make your words clearer." ”

Wu Sande didn't speak, but pointed his hand to the south.

"This"

Yu Tianen finally understood what Wu Sande wanted to say, he shook his head and said, "No, no, how can we vote for Taipingkou." ”

"If we don't join the Taiping Army, can we still survive?"

"If you want to live, you can think of another way, you don't necessarily have to go to the Taiping Kou, right?"

"Lord Yu, if the brothers can run out, it is considered fate, and the ancestors accumulate virtue, but if you look at the current virtue of the brothers, can they still run? If you don't come up with an idea, the Taiping Army will catch up, and it's too late for us to vote! ”

"You let me think about this, think about it."

Wu Sande's words made Yu Tianen also hesitate a little, and he couldn't make up his mind. Seeing this, Wu Sande couldn't help but urge, his voice was a little louder, and he said: "It's not that brother, I have to join the Taiping Army, but we really have no other way." My lord, think about it, even if we can return to Guangzhou City alive, but we will trap the general army in the hands of the Taiping army, and will the top of us not want our heads when we go back? ”

"Phew!"

Yu Tianen's scalp is numb, the Qing Dynasty's military law is harsh, and it is a big crime to kill the head if he takes people back like this, Wu Sande's little hand can always save his life, and he is afraid that the guerrilla is difficult to protect his head.

Frightened, he shook and muttered: "People are people who go to high places, and water flows to low places, but let's do it well, good officials and soldiers don't do it but go to be thieves, isn't this a way back?" ”

Wu Sande disagreed, and said: "The Taiping Army is not a thief, but a decent Ming soldier and horse, and its commander General Zhou is the chief military officer of the Yongli Emperor." Besides, the Taiping army can really fight, think about it, our Guangdong Green Battalion can't beat them, the governor can't beat them, even the flag soldiers under the King of Pingnan can't beat them, even the new Manchurian soldiers don't dare to fight with them, this kind of soldiers and horses that can fight, we can't follow him in the future? ”

Wu Sande said the truth, Yu Tianen was a little tempted when he heard it, but he still hesitated: "I'm afraid that this is against the dead Lord Lin." ”

"You can't have the kindness of a woman at this juncture, Lord Lin is good to us again, but he is dead, we have to plan for ourselves!"

Yu Tianen's mother-in-law made Wu Sande a little anxious, and when he was in a hurry, the voice inevitably became louder. As a result, the movement was too loud and woke up a lot of sleeping battalion soldiers, and they straightened up one by one and looked at Yu Tianen and Wu Sande with puzzled faces.

Yu Tianen still couldn't make up his mind, and said with a fluke mentality: "Lord Lin's death has nothing to do with the bastards of the superintendent, and we can't do it if we want to do it." ”

Wu Sande couldn't help but sneer: "Lord Yu, are you really confused or fake, you don't see where the superintendent is running?" ”

Yu Tianen was surprised: "Didn't they run to Guangzhou?" ”

Wu Sande stomped his foot violently: "Fart, I can see it clearly, Hu Qili's turtle son led people to run in the direction of Shunde, and he didn't go back to Guangzhou at all!" ”

This time it was Yu Tianen's turn to be strange, and he lost his voice: "What is Hu Shen going to do in Shunde?" ”

He wanted to avoid the limelight, and at the same time pondered how to find a scapegoat to carry it for him! If the surnamed Hu finds out that we have also escaped, he will definitely pour dirty water on us, and then do you say that the boss believes him or us? ”

"General Hu can't just talk about it, right?"

"He's just talking, what can we do with him? He Hu Qili is a close confidant of the Governor, holding the Governor's Label in one hand, and when the lawsuit starts, do you say that the Governor believes him or us? ”

"Could it be that we really have to go down the road to join the Taiping Army?"

Yu Tianen has been persuaded by Wu Sande, but he still has concerns in his heart, "We are just these hundreds of remnants, and we are like dogs all the way by others, if we really vote for them, they are afraid that they will not pay attention to us and others, and maybe they will kill us." ”

Wu Sande didn't have Yu Tianen's worries, he said: "My lord is too careful, and I think of being the opposite of you." The adult is a guerrilla in the green battalion, and my brother is the general manager, although he is not a big man in the green battalion, he can be regarded as a local snake. As far as I know, the Taiping army came from Luo Dingna, and they are not familiar with the place near Guangzhou, and we have similar brothers, so it is too late for them to rejoice, how can they kill us. On that day, by the Lutou River, I really saw that there were many people from our Guangzhou Green Camp in the ranks of the Taiping Army, what does this mean? It shows that the Taiping army will not kill the surrendered soldiers, let alone kill those who take the initiative to vote for them! ”

After saying this, Yu Tianen nodded again and again, but he still said: "That's what I said, but if we lead these hundreds of remnants over, the Taiping Army won't kill us, and I'm afraid they won't reuse us, right?" ”

Yu Tianen has already decided to join the Taiping Army, but he doesn't want to be so embarrassed to join the Taiping Army, he is also a guerrilla from Sanpin in the Green Camp, and he can't become a small soldier after joining the Taiping Army.

This question also made Wu Sande difficult, he said beautifully, but it is unknown whether he can really get the attention of the Taiping Army after joining the Taiping Army, if people really look down on their remnants of the defeated generals, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Wu Sande was in trouble, Yu Tianen was a little shaken in his desire to join the Taiping Army, seeing this, Wu Sande also let go, knowing that it had come to this point, where could Yu Tianen be swaying again, he pointed his hand to the southeast, and said in a deep voice: "How about we give a big gift to the Taiping Army?" ”

"What gift?"

Yu Tianen didn't understand what Wu Sande meant by pointing to the southeast.

Wu Sande gritted his teeth and said: "Zengcheng!" Let's take Zengcheng as a vote for the Taiping Army! (To be continued.) )