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After the military discussion, a group of hundreds of households and a hundred households went to prepare one by one according to the deployment, but Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong did not sleep, but stood there waiting for someone. When waiting for someone, the two of them were in a heavy mood, especially Zhou Shixiang's face was indescribably solemn, as if he was not waiting for his subordinates, but welcoming a group of warriors who had returned from a bloody battle.

Not long after, more than a dozen figures came to the hall one by one in the night, but the leader was Chen Mo, who was raised to the general flag for his meritorious service in destroying the two eastern and western forts of the Qing army. He and Ge Zheng don't look like good people no matter how they look at it, especially the last time he went out of the city to destroy the Qing army's forts, his face was blown up by a cannon, and his face was concave with a small piece, plus the scars as dense as freckles made him look even more terrifying.

The more than ten sergeants brought by Ge Zheng were all trained by him according to the guidance of Zhou Shixiang, seven of whom had accompanied him out of the city to attack at night, and the rest were either veterans of the Taiping Army since Luo Ding, or the battalion that the Taiping Army entered after the southward advance. There are those who have been bandits before, and there are those who have been in the green battalion.

"My subordinates have seen a thousand households!"

Chen Mo led his subordinates to salute Zhou Shixiang in a standard military posture, and Zhou Shixiang nodded slightly and turned his gaze to Song Xianggong.

Seeing this, Song Xianggong then said: "Calling you here is a big thing for you to do. ”

Hearing this, Chen Mo's cheeks moved, and he said proudly: "This life of the subordinates is given by Qianhu, and the subordinates of Qianhu's order have nothing to say, and please ask Qianhu to order, and the subordinates will take the brothers to do things!" ”

"Don't worry, wait until I'm done." Song Xianggong signaled that Chen Mo didn't need to be anxious, and then said in a deep voice: "This mission doesn't have to be in the past, it can be said that there are ten deaths and nine lives, or even ten deaths and no lives, so when I tell me what the hell is, Qianhu will ask you if you are willing to go." If there are people who do not want to go, the thousand households will not force you to go. ”

After Song Xianggong finished speaking, Zhou Shixiang took over. He doesn't play any tricks with these subordinates, and he doesn't cheat them about anything. Straight said: "I won't hide it from you, this time you are going to do a doomed errand, and the chance of survival is very slim and almost none." Originally, I could have ordered you to go directly, but you and others are all good brothers who follow me Zhou Shixiang, and they are good men of my Taiping Army, so I don't want to force everyone to die, now I give you a choice, if you don't want to go, please take a step back. Don't worry about what you're afraid of, you don't have to worry about what you say, and you will never be embarrassed! After speaking, he stopped talking, and only glanced at the more than ten men one by one.

The men may not have understood what Zhou Shixiang meant, and they didn't react for a while, standing there in a daze, at a loss.

Chen Mo laughed and said: "Thousands of households look down on their subordinates, Hugh said that there is no life, even if his subordinates jump into the oil pot now, their subordinates will not frown!" "Speaking of which. The smile faded, and he clenched his fists and said: "This life of my subordinates was given by a thousand households, and I gave it back twice!" In his early years, his family was poor and could not afford to study. So I don't know what the reader said, but my subordinates know one thing, that is, to be a man, you have to know how to repay your kindness! If it weren't for Qianhu, his subordinates would have died a few months ago, where would he still stand in front of Qianhu and say these words! With these extra months, my subordinates don't have anything to say, and my subordinates take over this errand! ”

Speaking of which, Zhou Shi has two life-saving graces compared to Chen Mo. The first is to rescue him from the Deqing County Yazhong, and the second is to pardon him for the death penalty of arson and plunder. However, in essence, these two life-saving graces were not done by Zhou Shixiang subjectively. It is the result of objective facts. In terms of heart, for this bandit who kidnaps and kills people as a profession. Zhou Shixiang couldn't wait to see one kill another, not to mention that this guy also violated his military order and committed the evil act of taking advantage of the chaos to rob.

If it weren't for the fact that the Taiping Army was first established that day, the quality of the personnel was mixed, and Zhou Shixiang was unwilling to kill his own people so as not to chill the army's heart, I am afraid that Chen Mo's corpse would be rotten, as he said, where would he still stand in front of him. However, fortunately, Zhou Shixiang did not kill this rough man, otherwise there would not have been a night attack on the Qing army and the great victory of destroying the east and west forts in one fell swoop.

Although the artillery transferred by Shang Zhixin from Guangzhou was still not enough to pose a substantial threat to the Taiping army in Xinhui City, the existence of the two forts still affected the morale and morale of the Taiping army to a certain extent, and it was the first hurdle that the Taiping army had to face when leaving the city. If these two forts are not destroyed, the Taiping army will definitely suffer heavy losses in the future. Facts have proved that the destruction of the Qing army's forts did greatly boost the morale of the Taiping army, and it also caused the morale of the Qing army to be low, and since then there has been no offensive posture, only a desperate death, and even a tentative attack is no longer carried out, so that the Taiping army can have a chance to breathe.

When destroying the east and west forts, Chen Mo played a major role, he was the first to desperately break into the Qing army forts, relying on brute force to cut several Qing soldiers in a row, frightening the rest of the Qing troops to flee in a hurry, which enabled the Taiping soldiers who followed up to ignite gunpowder to blow up the forts. In this battle, Chen Mo suffered several wounds, and everyone in the general banner army was dissatisfied. Zhou Shixiang also added to his blue eyes after the war, and deliberately cultivated it, wanting to make it an ordinary figure like Zhang Fei in ancient times.

Chen Mo also had the consciousness of dying as a confidant, which made Zhou Shi even more favorable, so when Song Xianggong proposed a candidate for a night attack on the Guangdong Navy, Zhou Shixiang was the first to think of this bandit who was not afraid of death. The result did not surprise him, Chen Mo really took over this lifeless task quickly

"What about you?"

Zhou Shixiang moved his gaze to Chen Mo's men.

The first sergeant standing behind Chen Mo was the same as Chen Mo, but his appearance was quite delicate, and when he saw Qianhu looking at him, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he said: "I'm single, I have nothing to worry about, and I am willing to go with the general banner!" ”

The other sergeant next to him had a very dark face, and it seemed to be very dirty, so that people couldn't see the true expression on his face, but he said: "My whole family has more than a dozen people to kill the Qing Demon, and I swore that this life and the Qing Demon will not be over the moment I crawl out of the pile of dead people!" As long as it is to kill the Qing demon, I, Shen Daqing, will be the first to sign up! ”

After the two of them responded one by one, the rest of the sergeants also spoke one after another, saying that they were not afraid of death and life, and were willing to follow the general banner to do this errand to send them to death.

Zhou Shixiang was very moved by the statement of the men, and his eyes fell on the remaining two, and when he thought they were willing to go, he saw one of the slightly shorter young men squeaking and saying, "I, I, I"

Seeing him like this, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help frowning. But Xuan even let go and said to the young man, "You don't have to be afraid, say whatever you think in your heart." This mission is all voluntary, if you really don't want to go, just say it. Ben Qianhu said that you will never be embarrassed, and you will never be embarrassed! This is said to be categorical, even if Song Xianggong glanced at him on the side, he still said so.

"Me"

The young man seemed to be scared in his heart, and seemed to be thinking about something, his face was very hesitant, and after more than ten seconds, he still gritted his teeth and said: "I still have an old lady and sister in the back camp." I'm afraid that if I die, my mother and sister will have no one to take care of, so I don't want to die. ”

As soon as he heard this, Chen Mo was angry and shouted: "Our Taiping Army has already set the rules, even if you die, your mother and sister will be taken care of, what are you afraid of?" Grandma, I think you're just afraid of death and don't want to go! ”

"General Flag, I"

Chen Mo is usually quite fierce with his subordinates, and this will accumulate power. Suddenly, the young man's heart trembled, and he was speechless.

Chen Mo's actions naturally made Zhou Shixiang a little unhappy, but he didn't blame Chen Mo. Instead, he waved his hand and said to the young man: "You go out, report to the camp from now on, and turn into the public treasury from now on." ”

When the young man heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he knelt on the ground excitedly: "Thank you for the success of thousands of households!" ”

Seeing him like this, Chen Mo was so angry that he spat on his face, and the rest of the men also showed disdain, ashamed of this person's company.

Zhou Shixiang didn't pay attention to this young man who was afraid of death. Instead, he turned to another person and asked, "Do you also think about your relatives?" ”

When the man was about to speak, he saw his companions' eyes fixed on him. Especially the general banner's eyes were as big as Niu Ling, and he wanted to change his mind for a while. But thinking of the dead father, he still shook his head and said, "The little one doesn't have any relatives, but"

"But what?"

"But the three generations of the little ancestors are all single-handed, and the little one is afraid that if he dies, my Bai family will be broken, so" This sergeant surnamed Bai was transferred by the Green Battalion, and he couldn't say anything about it, because he felt that the gaze of his companions around him could kill him.

Zhou Shixiang waved his hand at him indifferently: "Passing on the ancestry is the top priority of my Han people, since your family has been passed down for several generations, and this thousand households are also the sons of man, and you don't want to cut off your Bai family incense, you can also go out, just like him, and turn to Kuding on the same day." ”

"Thank you Qianhu!"

The sergeant surnamed Bai hurriedly kowtowed on the ground a few times like the young man, and did not dare to glance at the chief banner Chen Mo and his companions, and then hurriedly withdrew from the hall as if he had been granted amnesty.

After the two of them retreated, Chen Mo scolded with a "phew": "The two have no eggs. Don't let me see you again, or I won't be able to spare you! ”

Zhou Shixiang stopped Chen Mo's complaining and said to them: "Okay, those who stay are willing to go, and now I will ask Mr. Song to tell you what you are going to do." ”

Later, General Song Xianggong sent them out of the city to attack the Qing army's Guangdong naval division at night, and explained how to get out of the city, how to use gunpowder, and how to approach the enemy ships, and told them that there would be four people with them.

Chen Mo asked which four people it was, and Song Xianggong told him that he was Qi Hao and others who had entered the city not long ago. Hearing that it was Qi Hao, Chen Mo didn't say anything, obviously reassuring about this person.

After Song Xianggong explained the matter, Zhou Shixiang shouted: "Do you understand?" ”

Everyone responded: "Understood! ”

"Mr. Song has said everything that should be said, what else do you have to say?" Zhou Shixiang asked for the last time.

The men had nothing to say, but Chen Mo lowered his head and thought about it, then raised his head and said: "The subordinates have nothing to say, people are hanging from the sky, it's not a big deal, but before the subordinates go down, please ask thousands of households to fulfill the wishes of the subordinates." ”

Zhou Shixiang said: "What wish?" You say, but what a thousand households can do will do for you. "I have decided in my heart to meet whatever Chen Mo asks, after all, this is dangerous, and I am afraid that we will never be able to meet again in the future.

Zhou Shixiang was guessing what Chen Mo's wish was and how to meet it, but he didn't want Chen Mo to make a request that he didn't expect.

"My subordinates want a woman!"

Chen Mo made this request head-on, and after finishing speaking, he seemed to be relieved in one breath, lowering his head and not daring to look at Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong.

"Women?"

Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong both stayed there, neither of them expected Chen Mo to make such a request, and they were a little at a loss for a while, not knowing whether to agree or not.

Chen Mo saw that Zhou Shixiang didn't speak for a long time, and muttered there: "The subordinates are thinking that this is a dead end, so they don't have any other thoughts, they just want to hug a woman and have a good life, so it is not in vain to die." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Shixiang sighed secretly, he was indeed hesitating before, and even wanted to refuse, because the morality of his previous life made him unable to accept this kind of thing, just as he couldn't accept the trafficking of women in the city. But he couldn't refuse Chen Mo's request, because this was a man who was about to die. Is it true that the demands of the dying man, or the man who died because of his own decision, cannot be satisfied?

The Taiping Army is not the iron army of later generations, and every member of it is not a soldier of later generations, they are all living people, living people created by this troubled era, they are flesh and blood, and they are the simplest people. Simple people have simple thoughts, except to live for pleasure and happiness, this is not wrong, because they are not Zhou Shixiang, they have no faith, they are simply spending their lives. If even the simplest requirement of living cannot be met, why should Zhou Shixiang refuse their other requests.

Perhaps, this is just a wish, and the wish should be fulfilled.

It didn't take long to think about it, Zhou Shixiang nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "I will fulfill this wish, not only you, these brothers who are willing to send them to death each have a woman, I will allow you to do nothing for twelve hours, specialize in it. Woman. ”

The time of the night attack was set for the night after tomorrow, after Chen Mo took people out, Song Xianggong walked to Zhou Shixiang's side with a look of embarrassment, and said: "Qianhu, I'm afraid that women's affairs are troublesome, but the women in the back camp are all our Taiping Army's own small family, so it's not easy to handle." ”

"If it's not good, it has to be done! I'll leave this matter to you, I don't care what method you use, in short, you have to find these women and hand them over to Chen Mo. ”

Zhou Shixiang's words were unquestionable, and Song Xianggong was not allowed to shirk it, so Song Xianggong had no choice but to go to Liao Ruixiang to discuss and see how to provide women for these dead soldiers. (To be continued)