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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 48 Entering the City to Find Brother

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    On the banks of the Liuyang River, the originally peaceful flowing water has now become devastated. Several balls of flames are rising into the sky with thick black smoke. The river and the banks are covered with the corpses of Qing soldiers, and the empty corpses are left alone.  The river washed away, sinking and floating in the river.  The chrysanthemum stones on the shore have been soaked with blood and are shockingly red. The choking smell of gunpowder smoke and blood in the air is nauseating.

    Chen Picheng carried two Qing army shotguns on his shoulders, and hung several Qing army waist knives on his waist. The barrels of the shotguns had been bent, and the blades of several waist knives had been curled, but Chen Picheng still took them. They were all iron tools and were melted in the furnace.  It can also be used to craft other weapons.

    "Brother Chen, do you want to dig through the corpses in the river?" Tan Shaoguang shouted to Chen Picheng not far away: "We have gone back and forth several times, and we have found almost everything we want. There is nothing good on the shore."

    Chen Picheng nodded and said loudly: "Okay, let's go down to the river and have a look!"

    The two of them now called on more than a dozen boy soldiers on the bank to go down into the river and search for the corpses of the Qing soldiers soaked in the river.

    Unexpectedly, the body of the Qing soldier that Tan Shaoguang turned up for the first time was only half-cut, with all the internal organs of the lower body hanging outside. The Qing soldier's eyes were open, which was very scary.  Tan Shaoguang was so frightened that he sat down in the water and cursed: "I'm scared to death of that horse!"

    Chen Picheng on the side hurriedly stepped forward to pull him up and frowned: "Be careful, the water in this river is not deep or shallow, don't go too far into it."

    At this moment, more than ten Taiping troops from the shore rushed over, and the leader was Tang Erniu. He stood on the shore with a pestle and knife and smiled at Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang in Hanoi: "Four-eyed dog"  , Tan Yutou, why are you two little devils here? Could it be that Queen Xi and the others have also arrived in Changsha?"

    Tang Erniu was originally the personal swordsman of the King of the West, and Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang were very familiar with each other. Chen Picheng raised his hand and laughed loudly: "Brother Erniu, we arrived in Changsha this morning and heard that you led troops to pursue us.  Qing Yao is gone, how much can we gain?"

    Tang Erniu said with a smile: "We are busy chasing down the clear monsters, but we don't have time to pick up things. But you little locusts are always clearing everything they pass by." Then he suddenly frowned and said: "You guys come up here quickly.  Come on, the corpses in the river are filthy, and they may be contaminated with corpse gas. Even if there is red medicine, it won¡¯t be usable after being soaked in water. Come up quickly.¡±

    Tan Shaoguang said reluctantly: "There are still firearms and weapons that I haven't picked up yet."

    Tang Erniu shook his head and said, "Those heavy objects have long since sunk into the river. How are you going to find them? Come up quickly. You have picked up enough."

    Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang looked at each other and agreed loudly together.  When he was waiting to land, Chen Picheng suddenly saw a corpse moving not far away. Looking at it, the corpse was dressed differently from ordinary Qing soldiers.

    Chen Picheng moved a few steps in the river suspiciously. He stepped forward to turn over the body and took a look, but he didn't expect it to be a woman. He followed him and shouted loudly: "Brother Erniu, Tan Yutou, there is a big girl here, she seems to be an ordinary person!"

    Tang Erniu and others hurriedly entered the water, and helped Chen Picheng carry the woman to the river bank. After checking her breathing, there was no movement. Tang Erniu took a look at the woman and recognized it. However, this woman was in the morning.  The Liuyang peasant girl who almost attracted the Qing army.

    Chen Picheng frowned and said: "What a pity, he is already dead."

    Tang Erniu stretched out his hand and touched the woman's neck, and found that there was still some weak beating in the neck, and said hurriedly: "She is drowning, she can still be saved." Then he put the peasant girl on his shoulders and danced with all his strength.  After a few steps and a moment later, the peasant girl opened her mouth and spat out a few large mouthfuls of water.

    Everyone was overjoyed. Tang Erniu put her down and let her lie on the ground vomiting water. When she had finished vomiting, Tang Erniu took off the water bag from his waist and handed it over and said, "Drink some water. Are you okay?"

    The peasant girl saw a group of bandits wrapped in red turbans surrounding her. Her body was so weak that she could only sit on the ground with her knees in her arms, shivering but unable to speak.

    Tang Erniu frowned slightly, knowing that she was scared and seemed to be unable to understand his Hakka dialect. He immediately stood up and said loudly to Yang Laoyao in the distance: "Yang Laoyao, come here quickly. We will rescue you soon."  That peasant girl from Liuyang."

    Yang Laoyao ran over in three steps at a time, squatted down and said to the peasant girl in Hunan dialect: "Don't be afraid, Xiao Feiman, I am also from Liuyang, but your family is from Zhangshutou Village?"

    Hearing the local accent, the peasant girl nodded slightly, and Tang Erniu said: "Young lady Yang, give her some water and let her go home quickly."

    The peasant girl took the water from Young Lao Yang and ate it with big mouthfuls. Seeing that she was fine, Tang Erniu took out a few slings of copper coins he had just found from Qingyao, placed them at the peasant girl's feet and said: "  Now that you are full and strong, take the money and go home quickly."

    MeetThe group of thieves and bandits all looked pleasant, so the peasant girl got bold and asked in a low voice: "Are you Changmao from Changsha City?"

    Yang Laoyao hurriedly said: "Xiao Feiman, you should call us holy soldiers or heavenly soldiers."

    Tang Erniu smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, it's better than calling us thieves. Let your hair grow. Girl, we are from Changsha City, what's wrong?"

    The peasant girl hurriedly asked: "Are there any heroes from Liuyang in the city? I'm looking for my elder brother."

    Tang Erniu slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot. You broke into our ambush this morning and said you were looking for your brother. There are Qingyao captives from Liuyang Xiangyong in the city."

    Hearing this, the peasant girl hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, pleading: "Brothers, please take me to the city to look for him. My eldest brother may still be in the city."

    Hearing the pitiful pleading of the peasant girl, everyone looked at Tang Erniu. Tang Erniu frowned and said, "I can take you into the city. We are all Shaggao who killed officials and rebelled. Aren't you afraid?"

    The peasant girl raised her head, shook her head firmly and said, "I'm not afraid."

    Tang Erniu sighed and said: "Okay, then come back to the city with us. Chen Picheng and Tan Shaoguang are calling everyone back to the city!"

    Everyone packed up their things, loaded the weapons, red medicine, money and food into carts and headed for Changsha City.

    As Tang Erniu walked, he asked the peasant girl, "What is your name?"

    The peasant girl hesitated for a moment and then said, "My name is Li Xuanji."

    Tang Erniu scratched his head and said, "It's a nice name, but it doesn't sound like a name for a peasant girl."

    Li Xuanji's eyes dimmed and she said, "My family is originally from Changsha. In the early years, our family was fairly well-off. Later, our family fell into decline and was oppressed by the wealthy gentry in the city. We had no choice but to move to Zhangshutou Village, Liuyang County."

    Tang Erniu groaned and said, "So you come from a wealthy family. Are you literate?"

    Li Xuanji nodded, and Tang Erniu gave a thumbs up and praised: "That's amazing. I only recognize my own name. I only recognized it after reading it on my waistband for a long time." Then he asked again: "That's right.  , is there a woman with you this morning?"

    Li Xuanji's eyes turned red and she said: "We were taken to the north bank by the Qing soldiers. Later, your troops suddenly attacked. She and I were separated in the rebellion. I wanted to swim back to the south, but I drowned."

    Seeing that she was about to cry, Tang Erniu hurriedly comforted: "Don't cry, your female companion will be fine." Although he knew that the chance of a weak woman surviving in the chaos was too small, he could only  I can comfort her like this.

    When the sun set, everyone returned to the city. Tang Erniu was busy delivering the loot, and Li Xuanji actually joined in to help.

    While he was busy, Li Kaifang arrived with more than a hundred soldiers and horses. One look at the soldiers and horses behind him revealed that they were all prisoners of the Qing army. They only had their braids and Qing army uniforms removed, but they were still wearing Qing army uniforms.

    "Brother Tang, these people are under your control. It turns out they are all Qingyao Xiangyong from Liuyang. Give them some weapons!" Li Kaifang shouted to Tang Erniu: "I will tell them about military discipline later. After that,  Only with military discipline can we eat.¡±

    Tang Erniu responded loudly, and immediately ordered all the Qing soldiers to line up, and asked his old Taiping soldiers to step forward and start to separate the men and horses and distribute weapons.  When Li Xuanji heard that these people were Liuyang Xiangyong, she felt happy and began to look for them. However, she couldn't see his eldest brother Li Chong after looking several times, and she couldn't help but feel disappointed.

    After Tang Erniu finished dividing his troops, he ordered the veterans of the Taiping Army to preach military discipline to the Qing soldiers. He turned around and saw Li Xuanji standing aside, very disappointed, and stepped forward and asked, "Why, isn't your eldest brother among these people?"

    Li Xuanji nodded, her eyes turning red again, Tang Erniu hurriedly advised: "Don't worry, Liuyang Xiangyong is still available elsewhere. After dinner, we can look for him slowly."

    While he was talking, the female battalion commander Hu Sister came with dozens of female soldiers, and they also came to hand over the loot they picked up.  Seeing Tang Erniu talking to a woman, Sister Hu walked up to her and said warmly: "Tang Erniu, what are you doing? Do you want to bully a common girl?"

    Tang Erniu shook his head hurriedly and told the story about Li Xuanji. Sister Hu was quite old. Seeing that Li Xuanji was petite and cute, she sympathized with her very much and said, "It's inconvenient for a girl to follow you. Besides, we have peace rules. Men and women have to be together."  For those who are in separate camps, why not let her follow me first? You see, this girl¡¯s clothes are still wet.¡±

    Tang Erniu was worried about how to place Li Xuanji, and he said happily: "It's great that Aunt Hu is willing to help. Miss Li, you can live with Aunt Hu in the women's camp tonight." Li Xuanji could only nod in agreement.

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