? In October, the night had grown longer than the day, and the weather was getting colder.
When Diao Degui and Diao Han were woken up by the bugle, they felt very cold. They had heard that the north was cold, but they finally understood how cold it was when they came to Huaibei. They had heard that the north was cold, but they finally understood how cold it was when they came to Huaibei. If they were in their hometown in Yongxing, they could still wear unlined clothes. But now, they felt cold in the morning without two layers of clothes.
After a quick breakfast, the father and son picked up their weapons and rushed to where their troops were. The officer shouted in Hunan dialect, "Everyone, do you know what we are going to do today?"
"Yes!" Not only were Diao Degui and Diao Han shouting with all their might, but the other Xiang Army soldiers were also shouting with great passion.
The officer shouted, "It's good that you know! Now that you know, let's do it well. As long as we do it well, we can all eat our fill and we won't be short of money. "
Soon, the Xiang Army's troops were mobilized. Although Diao Degui was forty years old, according to the standards of this era, he was halfway into the grave. But he was in high spirits, and his actions were no less than a young man's. Three years ago, Diao Degui was the richest man in Xiangyin Ferry, near Yongxing. Because he colluded with the government to attack a small team of the Liberation Army, Diao Degui had to escape to Yongxing City with his son, Diao Hansan. When the Xiang Army fled from Yongxing to Changsha, Diao Degui and his son also fled to Changsha.
Diao Degui didn't know that his name had been written in the history of the Liberation Army, and became a representative figure in history. He only thought that he would be safe after escaping to Changsha. But he didn't expect the Liberation Army to seize Yuezhou first. Changsha was quickly taken by the Liberation Army.
After taking Changsha, the Liberation Army's first big action was revenge. In the Liberation Army, there was a man from Yongxing called Zhou Jinguo. Zhou Jinguo's family was in the Xiang Army in Changsha. After the Xiang Army got the news, the Governor of Hunan signed the beheading order. So, starting from Mao Hongbin, more than a hundred officials paid for Zhou Jinguo's family with their lives. It was a public execution. Mao Hongbin and the others were hanged on a high platform.
When those people were hanged, they still had pants to wear, but they didn't have belts. These officials at least had some sense of decency. Their hands that were tied behind their backs were tugging at their pants. When the rope gradually tightened, the group of people struggled like dying fish, and their pants slid down.
If a man was hanged, he would have to chop off his skull. This scared Diao Degui out of his wits. Mao Hongbin only signed the death order, and the people killed were not the people of the Liberation Army, but the Xiang Army under Mao Hongbin's command. Just like that, he was treated so cruelly. But he, Diao Degui, had betrayed the Liberation Army, causing the death of dozens of people in the Liberation Army. If he fell into the hands of the Liberation Army, he was afraid that he would be cut into pieces.
He spent a period of time as a captive in extreme fear. Fortunately, the Liberation Army never made things difficult for ordinary soldiers. Diao Degui and his son, who made up a lie, were soon released. They went all the way east to look for the Xiang Army. The Liberation Army controlled Hunan was too scary. The father and son didn't want to stay in Hunan for one more day.
After leaving Hunan, the father and son suffered countless hardships. Because they didn't have much money, they kowtowed at the ferry like pounding garlic, and finally found a boat to cross the river. They caught up with the Xiang Army in Luzhou. The Xiang Army happened to be in the middle of a big retreat, so the father and son followed the Xiang Army to Huaibei.
After retreating to Huaibei for more than a year, the days became more and more difficult. Not long ago, Sir Zeng told everyone that the days in the future would be better. Sir Zeng requested to "restore the well field system." Diao Degui didn't know what the well field system was, but the scholars in the Xiang Army, as well as the landlords and gentry who later joined the Xiang Army, told everyone that it was a very good system in ancient times.
According to Diao Degui's feeling, this well field system was like building a field, and in the field, there were landlords and tenant farmers. The landlords were armed, and the landlords and their army would take care of the fighting. The tenant farmers would take care of the work.
Combining the current situation, Diao Degui believed that Sir Zeng was preparing to build a number of such fields in Huaibei. The landlords of the fields would naturally be the Xiang Army, and the local people would be tenant farmers. The grain and money of the fields would be used by the Xiang Army.
This method was undoubtedly in line with the expectations of the Xiang Army. Everyone came out to fight for their lives, didn't they want to become a landlord, or at least a member of the landlord's regiment? The landlord regiment of the Xiang Army would undoubtedly satisfy everyone's needs.
Even if the march was difficult, Diao Degui and Diao Hansan didn't have any dissatisfaction. The father and son followed the troops and took large strides forward, and the shadow of a village gradually appeared on the horizon. The Xiang Army then stopped.
"I'll say it again, Sir Zeng said to occupy Huaibei and fight our way back to Hunan. Everyone should be clear about this! We still have to go home! "The officer shouted to everyone.
"Occupy Huaibei and fight our way back to Hunan!" "Occupy Huaibei and fight our way back to Hunan!" The Xiang Army roared again and again.
Everyone wanted to fight their way back to Hunan, and thoroughly get rid of the Liberation Army that made everyone unable to return home. Right now, only by establishing a stable territory would they have the strength to fight their way back to Hunan. Occupying Huaibei and building a series of farms in Huaibei was the first step.
Seeing that the Xiang Army's mood had been roused, the officer waved his arm and gave the order. "Move out!"
The Xiang Army was divided into five teams, and four teams of infantry surrounded the village from four directions. The fifth team was made up of cavalry, and they made use of their mobility to circle around the village, ready to cover up any gaps.
Two hours later, Diao Degui and his son were inspecting a house with blades in their hands. Due to his age, Diao Degui didn't have to fight on the frontlines, even though he had participated in the operation. Furthermore, the opponents were just the commoners of Huaibei, and there was no need for everyone to go to the frontlines.
There were many corpses on the road in the village, and there were also corpses in the houses and courtyards. In the past, the Xiang Army had never been lenient to rebels, and they killed them like mowing grass in Jiangxi and Anhui. Ceng Guofan's nickname, Zeng Shaved, was because he killed people like that. In the past two years, people like Diao Degui had joined the Xiang Army in large numbers, and the Xiang Army only had the thought of killing rebels.
Diao Degui and his son, Diao Hansan, went from house to house, searching for any undiscovered people. Because Diao Degui was too serious, he couldn't finish searching three houses even after a while. Diao Hansan was, after all, young, and impatient. He couldn't help persuading, "Dad, let's just take a look. Let's just take a look, I feel that our brothers won't be so careless! "
Hearing his son's words, Diao Degui raged, "Searching for rebels is our own matter. Since it's our own matter, then don't be anxious and search properly! "
After reprimanding his son, Diao Degui turned his head and continued to search.
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