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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 114: Worth and Not Worthy

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    Yang Xiuqing's words seemed to be unquestionable as usual. When he looked at Xiao Yungui with his sharp eyes, Xiao Yungui didn't know where he got the courage. He gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay to kill someone who deserves it, but it's not okay to kill a defenseless person!  "After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the tent.

    Yang Xiuqing was slightly startled. He had never seen Xiao Chaogui contradict him like this. In the past, Xiao Chaogui always listened to Yang Xiuqing's ideas. How could it become like this today?  While he was stunned, Xiao Yungui had already walked away. Looking at the swaying curtain, Yang Xiuqing's face slowly darkened.

    After walking out of the big tent, Xiao Yungui took a deep breath. Not far away, Hong Yun'er stood with her hands folded under the apricot yellow banner, looking at him and laughing.  Xiao Yungui walked forward without hesitation and asked, "Why are you laughing?"

    Hong Yun'er still said with a smile on her face: "Just now Li Kaifang came out and said that the East King once again mentioned the matter of asking the soldiers and horses of the West Palace to kill the bannermen. It seemed that you were unwilling, so the East King left you to discuss the matter alone. What?  Does he still insist on you taking action?"

    Xiao Yungui nodded gloomily and said, "Yes, is it really right to kill to stop killing?"

    Hong Yun'er slowly shook her head and said: "There is no absolute right or wrong in things in this world. It's just like Emperor Qin who unified the world. To the people of the six countries at that time, he was a tyrant who killed people without any calculation, but to the future generations of China,  In other words, what he did at that time seemed to be the general trend. Extraordinary methods are used in extraordinary times, and right or wrong cannot be judged in one moment."

    Xiao Yungui asked doubtfully: "Do you support killing? Kill those defenseless old, weak, women and children?"

    Hong Yun'er bit her red lips and said: "Banner people now enjoy privileges that Han people and other ethnic groups do not have. For example, Han people in the Qing Dynasty basically had to pass the imperial examination to become officials. This practice is understandable, but on the contrary, in the Qing Dynasty,  There is no such restriction for Manchus to enter the officialdom. They can go through many channels, such as schools, recommendation, discussion, donation, hereditary, shadow, translation, imperial examination, etc. To name a few. Another example is the official system of the Qing Dynasty.  There are official vacancies, which are divided into Manchu vacancies, Mongolian vacancies, Han army vacancies, and Han vacancies. In principle, official vacancies are filled by people of the same ethnic group, but in reality, full vacancies cannot be filled by Han people. Of course, Han vacancies can be filled by bannermen. After the Eight Banners entered the Pass,  By enclosing land and forcing Han people into slavery, the children of the Eight Banners could be supported by the imperial court without having to pay food. To put it bluntly, all banner people in the world were supported by the Han people. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Manchu leader Duan Fang said that all Han people paid taxes, and the banner people were given the quota of soldiers.  Pay money, there are people who share profits, but there are no people who make profits, this is a true portrayal of this. Banner people even have special laws for crimes than Han people. All these are the unique rights of Manchu banner people."

    "Banner people can enjoy various privileges if they are born with flag status. Marx once said, ahem, maybe I haven't said it yet, but in short, he said that people have social attributes and people are not independent.  An individual is part of the group he belongs to. So if the group you belong to is guilty, maybe you haven't done anything, but you are guilty. This is the fact and you can't change it. This is probably what we have heard about in later generations.  Okay." Hong Yun'er continued softly: "Those old and weak women and children do not have any crime in the eyes of you and me, but in the eyes of the Taiping Army, they are bannermen, the privileged class, and people who eat the flesh and blood of the common people, so they are now  They can only die. Perhaps one day, when the banner people can give up their privileges and become the same as other tribesmen, the Taiping Army will put down the sword in their hands. To put it bluntly, what we want to take away now is their privileges. As banner people, they will definitely not  No matter where they go, they will be the enemies of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regardless of the interests they are willing to lose, so it is their status as bannermen that killed themselves, do you understand?"

    Hong Yun'er started talking eloquently, but Xiao Yungui still understood what she meant, and at the same time he also understood the meaning of Yang Xiuqing's words just now. Perhaps his knowledge was limited and his analysis was not as thorough as Hong Yun'er's.  But Yang Xiuqing knew very well in her heart that the struggle for great power and interests had always been a tragic life-or-death situation. The killing would not stop until the distribution of interests was balanced. This is human nature. To put it bluntly, this killing has nothing to do with the righteousness of the clan.  Just because of profit.

    Xiao Yungui pondered for a long time before saying: "Then what should we do? Do we still want to do what Yang Xiuqing wants?"

    Hong Yun'er frowned and said: "Looking at you, you must have contradicted Yang Xiuqing just now. If Yang Xiuqing comes again later, you must not disobey him. If you really anger him, it will be bad if the heavenly father comes to earth."  "

    As soon as he finished speaking, the guards of the East Palace came out of the tent, holding the flag of the East King, got on their horses and galloped into the city, shouting as they ran: "At three o'clock at noon, the flag-sacrifice team will be sent out from the bank of the Xiangjiang River. The soldiers of the East Palace, big and small, will  Kill the demon and sacrifice the flag!"

    The orders of the East King were scattered everywhere, and soon all the soldiers of the West Palace in Miao Peak knew about it. Yang Xiuqing ordered the soldiers of the East Palace to kill the bannermen and sacrifice the flag by the Xiangjiang River. Xiao Yungui secretly breathed a sigh of relief and did not understand Yang Xiuqing.  Why did he change his mind and let his East Palace troops do it himself? It couldn't be that Yang Xiuqing had other plans.?

    While he was thinking anxiously, he saw Yang Xiuqing walking out of the tent, and dozens of guards from the East Hall hurriedly led their horses to follow.

    Xiao Yungui had no choice but to bravely go up to him, and Hong Yun'er also hurriedly followed to hear what was said.

    When they got closer, Yang Xiuqing had already got on his horse. Xiao Yungui stepped forward with some embarrassment and clasped his fists: "Fourth brother, I"

    As soon as the words came out, Yang Xiuqing had a cold face, raised his riding whip and interrupted: "The team is about to leave. I don't want to waste time talking nonsense. You must gather the troops immediately and prepare to go to the bank of the Xiang River to prepare to go out with the army to sacrifice the flag!  "After that, he spurred the horses and led the men and horses without looking back.

    Xiao Yungui looked at Hong Yun'er in confusion, but the four-eyed girl touched her pretty chin and murmured thoughtfully: "Yang Xiuqing has always been straightforward and straightforward, so why did she change her mind today? Could it be that she changed her mind today?"  Is he a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside? He still cares about Xiao Chaogui and his brotherhood? No, when we were in Chenzhou, it seemed that he was the one who wanted to kill you the most. I really can¡¯t figure it out."

    Xiao Yungui secretly smiled. He was afraid that Hong Yun'er would be worried, so he hadn't told Hong Yun'er yet that Yang Xiuqing actually wanted to get rid of her. Now was not the time to talk. He chuckled and said: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it for now.  , let¡¯s organize our troops and get ready to go out.¡±

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    The killing finally began. When the bannermen were tied up in strings and moved to the bank of the Xiangjiang River, they seemed to have known their fate. The screams and cries were unbearable to hear.

    The Xiangjiang River was dyed bright red, and the densely packed corpses flowing down the river made people unable to bear to look at it.  But the Taiping Army burst out with cheers and shouts that shook the sky. Xiao Yungui felt that the shouts were so harsh, but he was unable to change anything. It turned out that the bloody road he was on had nothing to do except the blood of his own people.  In addition, there will be the blood of enemies, and there will also be the blood of many innocent people.  He gradually understood that bloodless change was a foolish dream. In this change, everyone had to endure the pain caused by the change. In order to usher in the kingdom of heaven in his heart, is this kind of sacrifice worth it?  Not worth it?  The team had already traveled a long way, and Xiao Yungui was still thinking about this issue on horseback. Hong Yun'er didn't go out with the army, so no one told him, so he could only think about it by himself.

    There are three post roads leading from Changsha to the county seat of Xiangtan County. One is from Taling, Mapoli and Shanshu Lane in the west to Xiangtan Zhanyue Gate; one is from Hutou Ridge to Gongji Gate, the north gate of Xiangtan;  Xichunmen is the east gate leading from Fangping to Xiangtan.

    To go west, you need to cross the Xiangjiang River. Xiao Yungui did not consider this route. The entire army of more than 8,000 people was divided into three groups. Xiao Yungui led two generals, Ji Wenyuan and Zhu Xineng, and more than 3,000 people to take the leader of the lake to attack the north gate;  Lin Fengxiang and Lin Qirong led more than 2,500 troops to the east, preparing to attack the east of Xiangtan City; Li Kaifang and Li Yiwen led more than 2,500 troops to support the rear troops.

    The Qing army guarding Xiangtan was Deng Shaoliang, who had been defeated previously. In the battle of Jingtang Village, Deng Shaoliang's Qing army suffered heavy losses, with only more than 400 men left.  After retreating to Xiangtan, Deng Shaoliang had no choice but to recruit new soldiers. He called on local officials and gentry in Xiangtan to donate wages and set up regiments to train and assist the defenders. After many efforts, the newly recruited soldiers and the original army of Xiangtan could only pull up a force of more than 1,000 people.  His team, plus more than 400 veterans under his command, totaled more than 1,500 Qing troops.

    For many days, the Chenzhou Taiping Army marched toward Changsha in a mighty manner. Deng Shaoliang was very nervous in the city, fearing that the Taiping Army would suddenly turn around and attack Xiangtan. With the troops in his hands, he could not defeat the Taiping Army.  Fortunately, the Taiping Army was in a hurry and did not commit any crimes, which allowed Deng Shaoliang to breathe a sigh of relief.

    Recently I received news that Zhang Guoliang, the forward of the Hengzhou official army brigade, has arrived in Liling.  Deng Shaoliang was born in the Green Camp Army, and originally looked down on Zhang Guoliang, a thief general from the Tiandihui.  Zhang Guoliang, whose first name was Jiaxiang and courtesy name Dianchen, was from Gaoyao, Guangdong (now Zhaoqing).  He once participated in the Tiandihui uprising in Guixian County, Guangxi, fought side by side with Luo Gang, and was active in Hengzhou, Lingshan, Qinzhou, Binzhou and other places.  He even fled to Vietnam to deal with the Qing army. In the 29th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Guoliang returned to Zhennanguan and was appeased by the Qing army's Guangxi inspector Lao Chongguang, and finally surrendered to the Qing army.  Later, Zhang Guoliang was assigned to the garrison position under Xiang Rong's account, and he followed Xiang Rong to suppress the bandits. He was familiar with the bandit fighting style, and his methods were vicious and most ferocious. By massacring his former comrades, Zhang Guoliang had been promoted to the rank of general.

    Deng Shaoliang has always despised Zhang Guoliang as a person, looked down upon Zhang Guoliang's background as a bandit, and even looked down on Zhang Guoliang's Qing army for committing crimes of burning, killing, looting, and robbery along the way, but he forgot that Deng Shaoliang's subordinates often did the same thing.  But at this time, Deng Shaoliang had no choice but to send someone to contact Zhang Guoliang, hoping that Zhang Guoliang's troops could move closer to Xiangtan.

    Deng Shaoliang's messenger had only been gone for half a day when he received news that the Taiping Army from Changsha was leaving.  Deng Shaoliang was shocked. He never expected that the Taiping Army would come so quickly, so he had to mobilize troops to prepare to defend the city, and at the same time sent eight messengers one after another.?Zhang Guoliang asked for help.

    Early that morning, in the early morning mist, Deng Shaoliang did not wait for the reinforcements from Liling, but saw the apricot-yellow flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom raised on the leader of Chengbei Lake!
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