Qiao Zhiqing expected such a result early in the morning, and promptly informed Gordon of the Huai Army's killing of the prisoners, and Gordon expressed great indignation about this, because the surrender of Nawang Gao Yongkuan was a guarantee made by him, and Li Hongzhang was slapping him in the face by doing so, and agreed to Qiao Zhiqing without thinking about it.Just as Liu Mingchuan rushed into the city, Gordon ordered the Changsheng army to evacuate Qingpu City, and the prisoners of the Taiping army were not guarded by anyone for a while, and the army's heart was shaken, and they had everything to say.Qiao Zhiqing sent a large number of people to mix in the surrender of the army to hype up the propaganda, told the Taiping army the news of the Huai army's killing of the surrendered soldiers, and told each other that if they left the south gate, they would take refuge in the military camp of the Qingzi army, and the Qingzi army would never kill prisoners.For a while, the crowd was excited, and in order to save their lives, the soldiers took up their weapons again and scattered in all directions.Liu Mingchuan put down the rebellion everywhere in the city, and after chasing him to the south gate, he sent additional men to close the city gate and strictly defend the gap in the city wall.The Taiping army, which had time to escape in the city, fought fiercely with the Huai army again, because there was no general command, the Taiping army basically fought on its own, and was brutally suppressed like sheep under the guns of the Huai army, and finally more than 8,000 people fell in a pool of blood.The Taiping army that escaped from the south gate was mixed into the Qingzi army, Qiao Zhiqing had already prepared a large number of camouflage uniforms for the Taiping army to change, Liu Mingchuan traced a circle outside the city to no avail, only Qiao Zhiqing's Qingzi army was stationed outside the south gate, but because of Qiao Zhiqing's situation, it was not easy to trace, and finally saved the lives of more than 10,000 Taiping troops.Qiao Zhiqing got cheap, and it was not good to stay in Qingpu City for a long time, so he led the army to return to Suzhou in a hurry.After Li Hongzhang knew the news, he called Liu Mingchuan to his side and scolded him fiercely, and he also had great dissatisfaction with Qiao Zhiqing's nonsense, although there was no evidence that Qiao Zhiqing did these things, but it happened to be the place where Qiao Zhiqing was stationed at the South City Gate An explosion had to make people suspect him.Now is not the time to turn his face with Qiao Zhiqing, Li Hongzhang endured it and did not attack on the spot, but ordered Liu Mingchuan to continue to kill the fleeing Taiping army.Seeing that what Qiao Zhiqing said was true, Gordon was furious, and scolded Li Hongzhang for not being faithful, and rushed into the marshal's mansion in Shanghai to duel with Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang was frightened and hurriedly dodged, and finally under the mediation of the commander of the coalition army, He Bo, promised to give all the money and food robbed by Qingpu City to the Changsheng army, which dispelled his anger.After this incident, Gordon also severed his personal friendship with Li Hongzhang, and since then he has ceased to serve as the commander of the Changsheng Army.Qiao Zhiqing's actions in Qingpu City won a great reputation among the Taiping army, and small groups of Taiping troops continued to gather in Suzhou, demanding surrender and joining the Qing army.You must know that those who participated in the Taiping Army's rebellion are found to be guilty of a major crime, and everyone needs to find a stable backer for themselves.Qiao Zhiqing's strength gradually increased, coupled with the surrender of troops in Qingpu City, more than 20,000 new divisions were added to the front division and the rear division, the commander of the former division was Chen Bingwen, and the commander of the rear division was Wang Shijie.The strength of the Qing Army exceeded more than 50,000 for the first time, and Qiao Zhiqing couldn't help but worry about military expenses while being happy, and the equipment of the 20,000 recruits was not available.Since the Qingpu incident, Gordon has completely lost confidence in the Qing officials, believing them to be a group of uncivilized butchers and barbarians.Qiao Zhiqing contacted him several times but did not reply, and finally replied directly to refuse, because he did not want to see more innocent people die under the weapons he provided.This incident made Qiao Zhiqing's desire to set up a steel factory even stronger, and he must build his own foreign guns and cannons as soon as possible, and he must be a hundred times ahead of these arrogant foreign devils.Qiao Zhiqing was depressed, and Ma Xun suddenly ran in, shouting with joy on his face, "Young master, there's a letter from home." ”"Show it to me, thank goodness there's finally news."
Qiao Zhiqing couldn't wait to take the envelope from Ma Xun's hand, he had heard about the rebellion in Shaanxi in the past few days, and he had been worried about the safety of his second brother.In the letter, Qiao Zhiyuan gave a detailed account of what had happened recently, as the power of the Twist Army in Henan was getting bigger and bigger, and it spread westward to Shaanxi.The Hui people in Shaanxi took the opportunity to riot, and the grievances accumulated by the Hui and Han nationalities all broke out for a while.Under the organization of the Islamic Doctrine, the Hui people soon grew to 200,000 people, calling themselves the "Eighteen Battalions of Shaanxi Hui".They were organized in mosques and squares, and they stood up very desperately united, because Islam advocates that the dead of jihad go to heaven, so the Hui people fight without regard for life and death.However, the Han people were accustomed to the organizational system of their family villages, and the two were opposed, and the Hui army was often able to break through the Han regimental training of each and carry out a massacre from village to village.Qiao Zhiyuan's Yan'an Mansion has been captured by the Hui army three days ago, and the Han people in the city, regardless of men, women and children, have all been bloodily slaughtered for no reason, and the entire Yan'an Mansion has become an empty city, full of severed limbs and stumps, and blood mixed into a small river, which flowed for a day.Qiao Zhiyuan's temporary organization of more than 2,000 regiments was defeated as soon as they exchanged hands with the Hui army, and it was only after the last person was exhausted that Qiao Zhiyuan disguised himself as a Hui and escaped from the city.Now in the north of Ansai County, the surrounding regiments have gathered to train and pull up a team of people, waiting for help, tens of thousands of people have gathered in the city one after another, the situation is very critical, once the city is broken, it will be a human tragedy."
What should have happened happened happened."
Qiao Zhiqing slapped the letter on the table and sighed, and couldn't help but blame himself, he was still a step slower after all."
Young master, what did you say in the letter, why is your face so ugly" Ma Xun asked with concern on the side."
The Hui people in Shaanxi have rebelled, and my second brother is now besieged by the Hui army, and I am afraid that he will not be able to hold on."
Qiao Zhiqing closed his eyes and took a long breath."
This gang of mongrels, non-my race will have different hearts, I often deal with Huihui when I go to Gansu with the eldest young master to do business, they have always been bloody and cruel, they don't use chopsticks to eat, either with their hands or with knives, rebellion is also expected.What are we going to do now, do we want to rescue the second young master" Ma Xun echoed a sentence, when he was doing business in Gansu, he was not less bullied by the Hui people, but the government was always afraid of the Hui people making trouble, and he didn't dare to care more every time."
You go and gather all the division commanders to the council hall for a meeting, I have something to announce."
Qiao Zhiqing opened his eyes and flashed a trace of killing intent."
Yes" Ma Xun received the order, exited the door, and soon went to the army to summon the commanders of the five divisions into the council hall.Qiao Zhiqing came out of the study and sat down on the handsome seat with an embarrassed face, except for Ma Xun, several division commanders looked at each other, not knowing what was happening."
Boss, what's going on, let us come here in such a hurry."
Wang Shumao glanced at Qiao Zhiqing suspiciously.The other division commanders were also full of curiosity.Qiao Zhiqing stood still in front of the map of Daqing Kun, pointed to the direction above and said, "There has been a riot among the Hui people in the Shaanxi and Gansu areas, and now it has become a climate, and there are ten eight battalions.They and the Taiping army only deal with the government is different, every time they capture a place, as long as they are not Hui people, they will slaughter all men, women and children, there is no room for negotiation, now there are corpses everywhere, ten rooms and nine empty, the Han people will be killed by them. ”Qiao Zhiqing said halfway, and his words were a little choked."
A bunch of brutes, are they bullying us Han people without men" Gu Yunfei had a strong temperament, and stood up angrily as soon as he slapped the chair."
Commander, just say what to do, I, Chen Bingwen, am willing to enter Shaanxi to quell the rebellion."
Chen Bingwen then stood up and clenched his fists and begged for his life."
Commander, the last general is also willing to go to quell the rebellion."
Wang Shijie also held his breath and stood up."
Everyone sit down first," Qiao Zhiqing waved his hand at the division commander below, pointed to the map and continued, "Now the battle situation in Nanjing is unknown, although most of the Taiping army in Jiangsu has been exterminated, but at the gateway of Suzhou to Nanjing, Changshu Mansion, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of Li Xiucheng stationed in the north, although there is nothing to do with us now, but it is difficult to guarantee that Li Xiucheng will not turn defeat into victory, defeat Zeng Guoquan, and return to the south, so the commander can only send one division of troops to Shaanxi." ”"Dongjia, let us go, we are from Shanxi, and we are familiar with northern Shaanxi.""
Dashuai, let me go, my subordinates promise to complete the task.""
Boss, leave it to me."
The five division commanders all stood up and scrambled for orders."
Don't fight," Qiao Zhiqing waved his hand and ordered, "Wang Shijie obeys." ”"The end will be.""
This commander sent you to immediately lead the cavalry regiment of the special operations brigade as the vanguard, and led the troops to cross Wuhu from the west by boat, Yingshan and Huoshan in northern Anhui into Macheng, Hubei, and transferred to Xiangyang through Wuchang, and after entering Shaanxi, bypassed the small group to return to the army, and rushed to Ansai County in the starry night to assist Qiao Zhiyuan, the prefect of Yan'an, to hold on and wait for help."
Qiao Zhiqing had already investigated the military situation in various places and designed the best route, which was also the route taken by Duo Along, the general of the Hunan army who entered Shaanxi to quell the rebellion."
The last general commands."
Wang Shijie clenched his fists and bowed out.Qiao Zhiqing continued to order, "Gu Yunfei obeys orders. ”"The last general" "This commander sent you to immediately lead the artillery of the right division and a battalion of the special operations brigade to the north, gallop to Ansai in the starry night according to the route, and take advantage of the situation to counterattack after gaining a foothold in northern Shaanxi, all military affairs are cheap, there is no need to report and ask for instructions, and the rebellion will be quelled in the shortest time, this commander doesn't care what method you use or how many people you kill, understand" Qiao Zhiqing reminded him, and clearly asked Gu Yunfei to let go and kill."
The last will obey."
Gu Yunfei's face was full of joy, he thought that Qiao Zhiqing would not worry about himself, but he didn't expect that he completely ignored his identity as a Taiping Army, handed over the army to himself, and after a trembling reply, he was about to retreat."
Wait a minute, Ben Shuai has a bag for you here, and you will open it after you lead the army through Wuhu, remember."
Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly called out to Gu Yunfei and handed him the bag in his hand.Gu Yunfei was slightly puzzled, took the bag, nodded at Qiao Zhiqing, and quickly retreated."
Wang Shumao, Ma Xun, Chen Bingwen, obey orders."
The three of them led the order in unison."
You lead the Qingzi army to continue training, Wang Shumao temporarily serves as the commander of the rear division, you must train the combat effectiveness of the recruits as soon as possible, and wait for the order to go to battle at any time, don't slack off.""
The last general commands."
The three of them clasped their fists and saluted, exiting the door.Qiao Zhiqing turned around, slammed it against the map, and spit out word by word, "The sins of heaven are forgivable, but the sins of oneself cannot be lived, and those who mess with my Huaxia will be killed." ”: