The square under the heavy rain was solemn to the extreme, and tens of thousands of Qing soldiers stood neatly in the rain with guns, all quietly waiting for Qiao Zhiqing's order.Lu Dake and Wu Zekai were tied up by their own soldiers and carried up, and the commander of the right brigade of the middle division had been beaten into pulp in the riots, all of them were shot in the back, and no one knew whether it was fired by the Qing army or by their own soldiers.Now the three regiment commanders of the rebellion are only Lu Dake and Wu Zekai, more than 5,000 people in the three regiments, more than half of them were killed or wounded, and only more than 2,000 people were tied up by the Qing army, kneeling on the ground and crying and begging for mercy.More than 300 people in the city were also killed in the rebellion last night, more than 100 houses were burned, and the fire stretched for miles until the rain was extinguished in the morning, thanks to this timely rain in the world.Some rebels took advantage of the fire to loot and loot shops, and hundreds of women were adulterers.Lu Dake lay on the ground like a dead dog with a dull gaze, and kept spitting out in his mouth, "How is this possible, how is this possible." ”Wu Zekai looked at Qiao Zhiqing helplessly, crying bitterly and begging, "Qiao Dashuai, please let go of Regiment Leader Lu, all this is a subordinate arrangement, and it has nothing to do with Regiment Commander Lu" Wang Shumao raised his cowhide boots, kicked him on the head, and spat angrily, "Treacherous dog, how can you speak here." ”Wu Zekai's face slammed on the ground, his mouth was full of blood, he helped up again, and he couldn't stop buttoning Qiao Zhiqing's head, and kept pleading in his mouth, "Qiao Dashuai, you let go of Brother Lu, I beg you." ”Qiao Zhiqing was still silent staring at the dead corpses, the thunder in the sky was getting louder and louder, and the lightning flashed one after another, as if he was going to split the sky in half.It didn't take much effort, a red-haired and green-eyed foreigner was escorted over by the personal soldiers led by Yan Yuting, Wu Zekai saw that the foreigner's face was even more earthy, and he suddenly collapsed on the ground and no longer made a sound."
Brother Qiao, these are the handwritten letters of Margery fornicating with Li Xiucheng, and there are also some lists of guns and ammunition for sale, you can take a look."
Yan Yuting whispered in Qiao Zhiqing's ear, handed over a stack of materials to Qiao Zhiqing's hand, raised the oil-paper umbrella in her hand and hit Qiao Zhiqing's head."
Qiao Zhiqing, how can you be so rude to me, I want to meet Marshal Li Hongzhang, I want to meet General Gordon, how can you treat a citizen of the British Empire like this."
Margery desperately wrenched away from his soldiers' hands, protesting in his non-standard Chinese.Before he could finish his words, a small hole was drilled in his forehead, and blood ran down his frightened face, and he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, and the Englishman did not close his eyes until he died.Qiao Zhiqing didn't know when there was an extra shell gun in his hand, and there was still a trace of smoke on the muzzle.The square suddenly fell silent, and all the rebels stared at the scene in front of them with wide eyes.Qiao Zhiqing finally stood up and shouted loudly at the Qingzi Army, "Qingzi Army, five military regulations", "Burn and kill looters, women, retreat, disobey military orders, and embezzle war profits." ”The Qing character army shouted in unison, cutting through the sky.As soon as they heard this, the rebels knew that there was no way to live, and once again they struggled hoarsely, and some of them had already peed their pants and were lying motionless on the ground."
Kill" Qiao Zhiqing coldly spit out a word from his mouth, and time and space seemed to have frozen at this time."
Bang, bang, bang" The gunfire lasted for a long time, and not a single one of the more than 2,000 rebels remained.Wu Zekai and Lu Dake died together, and when they died, they kowtowed to Lu Dake, and did not let the Qingzi Army do it, he swung a knife and cut his stomach, and even his intestines were scratched out.Lu Dake's face was hideous, he convulsed, and he was scared to death.After the rain, the sky cleared, and the heavy rain washed the square clean, as if none of this had happened, but more than 5,000 people disappeared from this world forever.Qiao Zhiqing fell seriously ill and was in a coma for three days and never woke up.Basically, all the famous doctors in Suzhou have gathered in the government, and Western medicine and Chinese medicine take turns to treat them, but Qiao Zhiqing just has no signs of waking up.Yan Yuting, Pan Qiaoyu, and Su Sanniang took turns to serve by his side, but who was it, his eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't know how many times he cried, and in the end he couldn't even shed tears.Qiao Zhiqing seemed to have come to a blood-red world, and there was no other color in front of him.His ears were full of the sound of unjust souls asking for his life, and soldiers in camouflage uniforms walked past his eyes with their heads in front of him, and the heads in their hands were actually grinning strangely at him.He wanted to scream, but found that he felt like someone else was choking his throat, and the strong feeling of suffocation made him almost collapse."
Kill, kill, kill" Qiao Zhiqing's eyes suddenly opened when he shouted with murderous energy.The morning sun shone through the window, and at last he noticed that there was a frightened woman looking at him like a devil."
Brother Qiao, you, don't scare me" The woman suddenly sobbed, as aggrieved as a wounded kitten.Qiao Zhiqing finally came to his senses, laughed, gently hugged the frightened woman in his arms, and whispered in her ear, "I'm fine, Yuting, your big brother Qiao can't die yet." ”"You scoundrel, you scared me to death, you scared me to death."
The woman lay on his chest, but she cried even louder, as if it was a river bursting its banks, and it did not calm down for a long time.The generals outside the house all entered the house in a hurry when they heard the noise, and soon Su Sanniang and Pan Qiaoyu also rushed in from the side room, and the two people who hugged the bed in disbelief also cried.A red-faced young man came out of the crowd, walked to the side of the bed and kowtowed heavily to Qiao Zhiqing, and hissed to plead guiltily, "Young master, it was my lax management of the army that caused such a disaster, I am not worthy of being the division commander, you can punish me." ”Qiao Zhiqing was silent with a cold face."
Marshal, please forgive Master Ma once."
Wang Shumao led all the generals to kneel down at the same time and pleaded."
Forget it, get up."
Qiao Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, stood up with Yan Yuting's support, and walked around the ground."
Xie Dashuai."
Ma Xun and the generals behind him all happily clasped their fists and saluted, and then stood up."
Ma Xun, which girl are you looking at, why haven't I heard you say it for so long" Qiao Zhiqing's expression finally returned to his previous appearance, moved his body slightly, and sat down on the edge of the bed.Ma Xun blushed and touched his head embarrassedly, and said ashamedly, "She is the youngest daughter of Feng Guifen, the dean of Huaxing Academy, Feng Shuya." ”"Very good, Dean Feng is a generation of Confucianism, her daughter must be no worse, is your kid's vision still quite high.""
The young master made fun of me again," Ma Xun smirked with a red face, and said embarrassedly, "I met Miss Feng at the Suzhou temple fair, and there would be a few thugs pestering him.Later, I dated her a few more times, and we both felt very good, but after Dean Feng found out about this, he strongly objected and did not let Miss Feng come out to see me.I really had no choice, so I stayed at the door of his house every day, trying to ask Dean Feng's consent, but Dean Feng refused, saying that he would never marry his daughter to an uneducated soldier.I didn't know what to do, so I wanted to see Miss Feng every day, so I spent a month outside Feng's house.As soon as I heard the gunshots that day, I knew something bad, and hurriedly returned to the army to know that Lu Dake's bastards had turned against the water, and later after stabilizing the situation in the army, he hurriedly led the troops over, and you had fallen ill at that time. ”Ma Xun told Qiao Zhiqing the reason with a bitter face, and his heart was full of guilt."
Silly boy, if you want to chase the girl and come to me for help earlier, if the young master goes out, Dean Feng is afraid that he will marry his daughter to you earlier."
Qiao Zhiqing chuckled and handed the soup bowl to Yan Yuting, and the generals in the room looked at Ma Xun and laughed."
Boss, if there is nothing to do, we will step back first, there are still a lot of things to deal with in the army."
Wang Shumao took the lead and the generals stood up and hugged their fists to resign.Qiao Zhiqing nodded and ordered, "I'm fine, let's go and get busy." ”"Yes, Marshal."
The generals replied, and they all stepped back, and the three beauties also laughed and exited the house, leaving Ma Xun alone."
Ma Xun, this rebellion has made me understand a lot of things."
Qiao Zhiqing walked to the couch at the window and sat down, motioning for Ma Xun to sit down in the guest seat."
If the young master has anything to say, just say it, Ma Xun will never complain."
Ma Xun sat down calmly, ready for everything."
You grew up in Qiao's family, and what you have heard and witnessed are some business truths, and it is indeed difficult for you to let you lead a military horse."
Qiao Zhiqing paused, took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth."
The young master is right."
Ma Xun blushed and hung his head."
There are still various problems in our Qingzi Army, you are too soft-hearted, and it is inevitable that you can't control your subordinates, I think about it or give you a more important thing, its importance is worth ten Qingzi Army, there must be a reliable person to do."
Qiao Zhiqing looked at Ma Xun with expectation."
The young master just orders, Ma Xun is duty-bound."
Ma Xun's heart suddenly brightened, since Qiao Zhiqing is so serious, the errand must be not much worse than the division commander."
That's right, I'm going to build a modern steel plant, and all the equipment is imported from foreigners.Of course, there will also be professional foreigners as your technical consultants, and you can consult them if you have any questions.There are too many treasures buried under the ground in Shanxi, including all the rare metals such as coal and iron ore needed to make steel.What you have to do is to coordinate the forces of all parties, and train me steel as soon as possible, our guns, ammunition, artillery, and warships are all waiting for this thing.I'll draw up a detailed plan for you in the next few days, and you'll have to have some snacks, and the day is not far off when we're going to start our army. ”"Young Master, when you leave, can you ask Dean Feng to allow me to see Miss Feng again" Ma Xun lowered his head a little sadly."
Don't worry, I will help you convince Dean Feng to let him marry his daughter to you."
Qiao Zhiqing smiled easily."
Is it true, young master, you won't lie to me, will you?"
Ma Xun's eyes widened with excitement
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