Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 56: Close Your Eyes

After all the remaining Qing soldiers surrendered, Zhou Shixiang ordered Shao Jiugong and Peng Dazhu to take all the prisoners to the ferry, and then brought Ge Wu and Ge Liu brothers to find the body of Boss Hu, and found his head in a bush. Tears were in his hands, and he asked Ge Wu to hold Boss Hu’s body on his back, and then walked towards the ferry with difficulty step by step.

“Big brother, Brother Zhou brought you home!”

Ge Wu and Ge Liu followed along and cried all the way. The old brothers from Daqiao Mountain that they met along the way all became tearful one by one, and even those Luo Dingbing and Jiangxi soldiers who had no feelings also fell behind. tears.

After arriving at the ferry, Zhou Shixiang asked Shao Jiugong to send his men to the surrounding villages to find needles and threads, and then grabbed a coffin from a family.

Gently placing Hu Quan’s head on his neck, Zhou Shixiang let out a long sigh. Like a woman, he carefully sewed Hu Quan’s head onto the corpse with a needle and thread. The Qing army prisoners who were taken to the ferry were straight-eyed.

“Brother Hu, we Han people pay attention to returning to their roots when they die. Wherever we were born, we will be buried there. Even if we have great prospects in this life, we will be buried with our parents after death. But brother, I have no way to send you back now. In my hometown, I can only bury you in Luo Ding first, and may your spirit in heaven not blame me…”

After muttering silently in his heart, Zhou Shixiang, who was a soldier and learned needlework in his previous life, skillfully tied the needle and thread to a dead knot, then lowered his head and bit off the needle and thread, got up and carried Hu Quan’s body into the coffin, and said to the five brothers Ge who were choking. : “Don’t cry, nail the coffin, and then find a carriage to take Brother Hu back.”

“Hey, good.”

When Ge Wu and Ge Liu heard the words, they stopped sobbing. They both got up and walked to the coffin to close the lid, but when they saw Boss Hu in the coffin, the two brothers stayed there motionless.

Seeing that the two of them didn’t make a move and instead stared at the coffin, Zhou Shixiang couldn’t help but wonder: “What?”

“Brother Zhou, big brother he, he…”

Ge Wu murmured and did not know what to say, while Ge Liu swallowed, unable to speak.

Zhou Shixiang frowned slightly, leaned over to look at the coffin, but found that Hu Quan’s eyes were still open.

In the eyes of the ancients, if the dead do not close their eyes, it is something to worry about in this world. If it is not closed, the eyes will never be closed, or in other words, the breath will not be able to swallow.

Zhou Shixiang didn’t know whether to believe or not to believe in ghosts and gods. If he didn’t believe it, it would be difficult to explain why he came to this era. If he believed it, he would have difficulty convincing himself. However, whether you believe it or not, you can’t let Hu Quan just die like this.

Brothers Ge Wu and Ge Liu stood there for some reason, and both pointed to Zhou Shixiang to solve this problem, but Zhou Shixiang was not a great dancer, so what could be done?

After wrinkling his head and thinking for a moment, he could only lean over into the coffin with an attitude of giving it a try, and then whispered in the ear of Boss Hu: “Brother Hu, don’t worry, as long as I, Zhou Shixiang, don’t die, I will definitely Find your aunt’s remains and bury you beside her old man.”

After he finished speaking, he closed Hu Quan’s eyes with his hand, and then he slowly took his hand away under the gazes of Ge Wu and Ge Liu brothers.

“Really closed, really closed…”

Ge Liu was stunned.

……….

The surrendered Qing soldiers were all escorted to the ferry, a total of 219 people, including 23 armored soldiers. Zhou Shixiang ordered all their upper clothes to be stripped off, leaving only the trousers, and the cloth belts tied to the waistbands were also searched. All of them would droop their heads and kneel on the ground with their trousers in embarrassment and fear.

Peng Dazhu took people to collect the bodies of the Taiping Battalion soldiers who died in battle, and collected all the captured weapons by the way.

Several Jiangxi soldiers sent to guard by Shao Jiugong came over and reported that someone from Deqing City came to look at the intersection, and then ran back.

Tang Sanshui said that there were only 500 Qing soldiers in the city, and all the elites were brought out by Zhang Dade. The 200 Green Battalion soldiers in the city were all masters and should not be of great use. The magistrate, Lu Gongming, was also a master who was afraid of death, and it was impossible to have the courage to lead soldiers to kill. He came here, so Zhou Shixiang was not worried that the Qing army would come again, and asked them to continue to be vigilant.

Although the battle was won, the Taiping Battalion paid a considerable price. The main general Hu Quan was killed in the battle, three corps leaders died, and more than half of the soldiers suffered casualties.

When the bodies of the dead soldiers were brought over, Zhou Shixiang felt very guilty, because it was his decision that made these people die innocently. While blaming himself, he also decided to train the recruits, otherwise he would encounter the armored soldiers of the Qing army and wait for them. It’s still a one-sided slaughter.

If it wasn’t for those unarmored Green Battalion soldiers who were greedy for petty profits and the number of armored soldiers was small, it would be hard to say whether this victory would be won.

“Take the injured and bring back the dead. When we bring them out, we will bring them back. Even if people die, they must be brought back to their relatives.”

How do you bring so many corpses back?

Peng Dazhu, who got this task, looked embarrassed, but Zhou Shixiang ignored him and asked him to find a way by himself. In the end, Peng Dazhu became clever and led his troops to the surrounding villages to catch young and strong people. All the livestock that could pull things were robbed.

After learning that Peng Dazhu was looting and looting, Zhou Shixiang gave a wry smile and did not send anyone to stop him. As long as someone passed the word to Peng Dazhu, it was okay to grab things and pull a strong man, but don’t hurt people, let alone **** women.

Peng Dazhu only wanted to solve the problem of not having people to carry the bodies and take care of the wounded, but he had no intention of committing crimes. In the end, he captured more than 100 young men, plus three mule carts, seven donkey carts, and three oxen with handlebars. Only in this way can we barely solve the problem of insufficient manpower.

When Peng Dazhu took people to Lazhuang Ding, Zhou Shixiang called the five brothers Ge, Bald, and Shao Jiugong together to discuss the disposal of the prisoners.

How to deal with these prisoners, the team was divided into two factions, Shao Jiugong mainly followed their method and branded these Deqing soldiers, so that they could not turn back~www.readwn.com~ Destined to follow the Taiping camp.

Under the banner of revenge for Boss Hu, Ge Wuze strongly demanded that all these prisoners be killed, and then threw their heads under the Deqing city wall, so that the city knew the fate of going against the Taiping Camp.

Ge Liu even shouted into Deqing City and slaughtered all the people in the city to be buried with Boss Hu. Of course, this proposal was not approved by Zhou Shixiang, and even his brother Ge Wu ignored him, because this proposal was too whimsical. The former battalion with only half of the remaining members wanted to break into Deqing City, which is a fool’s dream.

No one paid any attention to him, Ge Liu was so angry that he ran to the coffin of Boss Hu alone and cried bitterly, saying that once the eldest brother died, they would lose their loyalty, so angry that Ge Wu ran over and beat him.

In the end, it was Peng Dazhu who said, “Now that Brother Hu is gone, Brother Zhou is the most powerful commander in the entire battalion, and he has great skills. In the future, the brothers will listen to you, and how to deal with the prisoners will also listen to you.”

Zhou Shixiang didn’t say a word, watching Ge Wu and Baldzi’s reactions calmly.

“When the eldest brother is here, let us listen to Brother Zhou. Now that the eldest brother is gone, we will listen to Brother Zhou.”

Ge Wu and Baldy glanced at each other and nodded, approving Zhou Shixiang’s leadership. Shao Jiugong is an outsider in their eyes, and he is forced to follow him. Naturally, he has no right to speak. He is also wise and keeps silent. Anyway, no matter who is the leader, it will not be his turn.

“Since the brothers listen to me, then I will be the master for the time being, and discuss it when I get back to Luoding.” Zhou Shixiang pointed to the prisoner who was kneeling by the ferry in the distance, “It’s definitely not good to kill people, mine It means to replace them with Deqing.”