Chapter 496
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The afternoon sun was scorching hot. Under the scorching sun, the one thousand Xiang Army and the two thousand Eight Banners Army faced each other. As soon as the Eight Banners Army waved their banners, the Eight Banners Army roared and charged forward.
Although they were outnumbered, the Xiang Army was not afraid at all. They lined up in a three-stage formation and began to fire continuously under the command of their respective team officers. Not only did the muskets fire non-stop, but the Mountain Splitting Cannons and Mountain Lifting Cannons also joined the battle.
Dear Prince Yi? His face was filled with excitement as he watched the battle between the Xiang Army and the Eight Banners. He could tell that the Eight Banners Army, which had swarmed forward, was completely at a disadvantage under the orderly shooting of the Xiang Army. Just when he was about to give the order to surrender, he saw that the Eight Banners Army completely ignored the firepower of the Xiang Army and charged forward. When the Xiang Army was caught off guard, he charged into the formation of the Xiang Army and started to punch and kick the Xiang Army.
Ceng Guofan is greeting Wang Yi? He said loudly, "Your Highness, it's just a drill. Hurry up and tell the Eight Banners to stop messing around!"
Dear Prince Yi? He heaved a sigh. For the past two days, the Eight Banners Army had simulated the Xiang Army as their enemy. The content of the competition included marching, formation, and spear thrusts. The rules of the competition were that if a Bannerman committed the crime of using the cane, he would be whipped according to the number of times. If a Bannerman committed the crime of using the cane, he would be exempted from the punishment and replaced by the yoke. The punishment of flogging and caning was replaced by the plank, and there was a method of conversion, so it was called 'reduction of responsibility'. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the wooden planks used for flogging and caning were also known as the rods used in ancient times. They were made of bamboo or wood and were used when a crime was committed. Therefore, the rods were heavier than the flogging ones. When the Bannermen offend the staff, they use the whip instead.
That is to say, if a Han commits a crime that is punishable by exile, exile or imprisonment, a Bannerman who commits the same crime only needs to be caned. Moreover, the punishment of caning would often be reduced to a small matter, turning into a whipping in the end.
Therefore, the specific execution of the whipping could not be judged by the severity of the crime just because it was' only the whipping '. It was said that the cause of this incident was a chaotic fight between the Xiang Army and the Eight Banners Army on the training ground. Since someone from the Xiang Army was killed, it seemed that this was not a small matter.
Vézé ordered a serious investigation into the matter. He felt that there was something fishy about it. In a chaotic battle on the drill ground, as long as no one was killed, no one would kill anyone. The Liberation Army paid great attention to safety during the military exercises, but every time the scale grew and the intensity increased, it was inevitable that there would be sacrifices. What had happened to him that he had to kill someone? Vézé felt that he could not ignore this.
Soon, Vézé was distracted by another task. Another piece of new intelligence stated that Manchu Qing was contacting the Liberation Army, pretending to be foreign businessmen, hoping to buy a batch of rifles. Their numbers ranged from ten thousand to fifty thousand.
Right now, a good rifle was selling for around 30 taels of silver. Vézé felt that he could even consider a lower price. The Civil War was now almost over. After the war, a large number of weapons would enter the international market. Vézé hoped that he could suck the blood of Manchu Qing, but he did not want the money to be earned by foreign devils.
"Order. We can do this business," Vézé said.
"Your Majesty! Sell weapons to Manchu Qing? "Zuo Zongtang was very surprised.
"Yes, we will sell weapons to Manchu Qing!" Vézé said calmly. Looking at Zuo Zongtang's surprised expression, Vézé didn't want to excessively stimulate Zuo Zongtang, so he kept the classic line in his stomach. "If you don't sell weapons to arms dealers who attack the government, you are not a good arms dealer."
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