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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 36: Ferry Floating Bridge

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    Seeing the Qing soldiers leaving with the two girls, Tang Erniu breathed a long sigh of relief and cursed in his heart: "Damn it, if you come here again, you'll step on me."

    On the side, Yang Laoyao ouched and said in a low voice: "It won't be a big deal if the two Fei Man are taken away by Qing Yao."

    Tang Erniu asked curiously: "Feiman?" Yang Laoyao whispered: "Feiman is the dialect here, which means girl."

    Tang Erniu said with an ooh, "Don't worry, didn't you just hear that girl say that her elder brother is also a Qingyao? No matter how inhumane the Qingyao is, he will never attack his brave girl."

    The wrinkles on Yang Lao Yao's face were squeezed together, and he frowned and said: "It's not easy to say. If an officer from Qingyao falls in love with him, wouldn't it be the same as a soldier who can only be mute and eat coptis?"

    Tang Erniu was stunned for a moment, then sighed softly and said: "There is nothing we can do. It is important to defeat the clear demon. Let's go back and defeat the clear demon and see if we can save these two women."

    After several small boats and rafts turned around and went back, another group of Qing troops arrived. As more and more Qing troops arrived on the south bank, Tang Erniu became a little anxious. Why didn't General Li, who was ambushing the troops at Wujialing, send a signal?  Where is the signal to attack?

    Seeing that there seemed to be no trace of Long Mao on the other side, the Qing army on the north bank set up artillery forts along the river. More than ten bronze cannons were lined up. It seemed that the Qing army was extremely cautious. If there was any sign of trouble, the bronze cannons on the other side would fire.

    When hundreds of Qing troops arrived at the south bank, they used small boats to bring several thick hemp ropes to the other side, and then tied the boats and rafts together. The few private houses and cottages in Liujiadu on the other side were demolished, with door panels and  House beams, wooden pillars and even coffin boards were used by the Qing army to build floating bridges.

    Several Qing military attach¨¦s on the north bank were shouting with bared teeth and claws. It was obvious that Bao Qibao was extremely dissatisfied with the transport capacity of several small boats.  After hundreds of people passed by, several fast-horse sentries sent to Changsha City reported back that the gates of Changsha City were tightly closed and Changmao had not moved. Only then did Bao Qibao boldly order the Qing army to build a pontoon bridge, and the entire army crossed the river as soon as possible to seize the fortress on the south bank.  As long as he established a firm foothold on the south bank, raised his leopard and leaned against the Liuyang River, he could rely on the waterway to ensure the smooth flow of food routes. He would be in an invincible position that could be attacked and defended. By the time the imperial decree came, he had already led the way.  By recovering the strategic area of ??Changsha, the soldiers might be able to lessen the emperor's thunderous wrath and pick Tianen, who had been deprived of his official position and retained in the army, and then waited for all the Qing armies to gather together and recover the city of Changsha, so that he could make a comeback.  .  Therefore, Bao Qibao must cross the river quickly before Changmao discovers Changsha City. There is absolutely a difference between facing each other across the river and stalemate across the river.

    Watching his men bravely building the pontoon bridge, Bao Qibao's hanging heart relaxed a little. A rough Manchu general on the side came to the horse and said loudly: "Bao Junmen, the former army captured two civilian girls on the south bank."

    Bao Qibao said "oh" and glanced at the Manchu general, but it was his subordinate Sita Qibu, the commander of Changsha. This man was a man with a yellow banner in Manchuria, Tao Jiashi, named Zhiting. He was the guard of the Capital Firearms Camp in Xianfeng at the beginning.  In the early years, the third-class bodyguard was selected to serve as the governor of Hunan, which was a military attach¨¦ of the fourth rank. Although he was a Manchu, he was very good at leading troops, and Bao Qibaoyin was a great help.

    "The civilian girls caught on the south bank? Bring them here, I want to interrogate them in detail, maybe they are shaggy spies!" Bao Qibao was over fifty years old. When he heard that two civilian girls had been captured, he immediately shouted majestically.

    Taqibu held the reins and hesitated slightly: "Junmen, the two girls claim to be from Liuyang, and their eldest brother is Liuyang Xiangyong. They are here to find her eldest brother. They don't look like long-haired spies."

    Bao Qibao glared and said angrily: "Such unscrupulous people will definitely use their words to quibble. Hundreds of soldiers from Liuyang Township were wiped out in a battle at Jinpenling. How can I find a brother to talk about it? They must be sent by Changmao to spy on the strength of our army!"  Bring it up quickly, I will tell you after the first trial."

    Taqibu loudly accepted the order and returned to Bao Qibao with the two women in a moment.

    Bao Qibao squinted his eyes and looked at the two women. He saw that both women were dressed like country girls. One was slightly frightened but still managed to stand upright, while the other was so scared that she hid behind and shrank.

    "Where did you two women come from? Are you spies with long hair?! Give me a platform to recruit them!" Bao Qibao's face turned cold and his tone was very sharp.

    The latter woman was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Yang Dongqing, a folk girl, is from Zhangshu Village, Liuyang County. She came here to rinse ramie today. She is not a long-haired spy." She followed her and pulled the front of her body.  The woman, who was standing stubbornly, reluctantly pulled the woman to kneel down together and then begged: "This is the little girl, Li Xuanji, the sister next door. She came with the little girl. Sister Xuanji's eldest brother became a local hero a few days ago.  , I saw the officers and soldiers today, we are here to find the whereabouts of Brother Li, please be merciful."

    Bao Qibao snorted and said: "You keep saying that you are here to see your eldest brother, but who is your eldest brother's name? Which general is he working for?"

      Then Li Xuanji raised her head and said: "My eldest brother is called Li Chong. He was made a country warrior a few days ago, and he came to guard Changsha City. I don't know which official he is under."

    Bao Qibao let out an ooh, looked around at the generals and asked: "Li Chong? Have you ever heard of this man?"

    How can anyone remember the name of an ordinary soldier, let alone a temporary soldier from Liuyang?  In addition, none of the military attach¨¦s who led Liuyang Xiangyong came back, and no one knew about it, so the answers Bao Qibao received were all about "I don't know."

    Bao Qibao sneered and said: "There is no way to verify what you two women said, but you two are acting suspiciously. You are spying on our army on the south bank, and you are planning something evil!"

    Li Xuanji gritted her silver teeth and snorted: "Sir Titai, you are all soldiers with a seven-foot-high hide, but the two of us are weak women, how can you plot evil?"

    Bao Qibao shouted: "You are the spies sent by Changmao to find out the news. Do you still want to make excuses?"

    Li Xuanji sneered and said: "Master Titai, since Changmao entered Changsha, four gates have been sealed. I and other common people don't even know what Changmao looks like. How can we be Changmao's spies? Besides, even if Changmao is  If we use spies, we won't use weak women like us. If we are caught, won't it delay the military affairs?"

    Bao Qibao thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. However, he became even more angry after being ridiculed by a folk girl in public. He shouted with no trace of relaxation on his face: "What a cunning woman! Tell me! Are there any traces of long hair on the other side?!"

    Li Xuanji replied without panic: "On the other side, we, the people of Zhangshu Village, were the only ones washing ramie. Later, when the officers and soldiers arrived, they all fled home. There is no long hair at all."

    After hearing what Li Xuanji said, Bao Qibao breathed a sigh of relief. With the confirmation of the horse inspection report, he was even more convinced that the Changmao in Changsha City had not left the city.  Feeling secretly happy in his heart, Bao Qibao saw that the two women looked very lovely, so he had evil thoughts and shouted loudly: "The identities of the two women are unknown and their behavior is suspicious. They will be temporarily detained in the army until the army crosses the river and sets up camp!"  Taqib! You are under good custody and the two girls claim to be brave warriors and family members, but you cannot bully them. If this is true, let the two girls leave!"

    Taqib loudly accepted the order and took the two girls to the rear team for resettlement. Bao Qibao personally supervised the construction of the pontoon bridge at the river. The Qing army gathered on the north bank and waited for the pontoon bridge to be built before they crossed the river in large numbers.

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