The moon was like a hook, and apart from the sound of footsteps in the camp, there was only the sound of chirping insects.
Hong Xuanjiao was sitting in the camp tent with an excited expression on her face.
Everything depends on tonight's actions.
After Li Zhen and Long Ao left during the day, she did not keep pretending to be comatose, and quickly returned to normal. Then she ordered the soldiers patrolling outside the camp to prepare food, had a good meal, and quietly rested in the big tent, trying her best. She regained her energy. At night, Hong Xuanjiao still lit the oil lamp at first. Later, to cause trouble, she directly put out the oil lamp and sat alone in the tent to wait.
The time is so long, every second is waiting.
Even so, she persisted.
Hong Xuanjiao's spirit began to get excited, and she kept looking forward to it from nightfall until late at night.
Late at night, the campground fell completely silent.
Hong Xuanjiao stood up, stretched her muscles and bones, and looked solemn. She took a deep breath, walked quietly to the door of the camp, gently lifted the door curtain, opened a small gap, and looked at the situation in the camp through the gap, because the tent It was dark, but there were torches shining outside the camp, and no one found her hiding in the tent to peek.
Hong Xuanjiao looked around and found that the patrols in the camp were not strict. There was only a team of more than a hundred people patrolling constantly. However, Hong Xuanjiao was focused on how to escape the camp and had no time to analyze these things. She just I hope the patrolling soldiers will not come here so that she can escape more easily.
A quarter of an hour later, Hong Xuanjiao discovered that the patrol team had just passed through the camp.
At this time, Hong Xuanjiao became completely happy.
There were fifteen minutes, enough time for her to sneak out quietly.
After the patrolling soldiers passed through her tent, Hong Xuanjiao raised the curtain and quickly ran out of the tent. After leaving the tent, Hong Xuanjiao was very vigilant and quickly ran to another tent to hide, checking if there was anyone. There was no one on the road, so he continued to run forward, very fast.
In this way, Hong Xuanjiao kept running forward.
On the way, Hong Xuanjiao encountered soldiers several times, but she avoided them with great difficulty, and came to the edge of the camp without any danger. This place was on the edge of the camp and no one was guarding it.
Hong Xuanjiao stretched out her hand to grab the fence and exerted force, but as soon as she exerted force, the injury on her body was immediately pulled.
"Fight."
Hong Xuanjiao shouted loudly and endured the pain in his body as he climbed up. He turned over and jumped directly out of the camp. The moment she landed on the ground, she did not stand firmly on the ground. She rolled to the ground and fell. Have body pain.
"Endure it, for revenge."
Hong Xuanjiao comforted herself, looked at the camp again, and then walked into the night without looking back.
…
Camp, Chinese army tent.
The oil lamp swayed gently as Li Zhen worked at his desk. He held a quill in his hand and kept writing and drawing. There was also a map placed in front of Li Zhen, which was a detailed map of Yangzhou and Nanjing. Li Zhen Zhen marked many places on the map, all of which were related to the next movement arrangements.
Suddenly, the curtain of the camp tent was lifted, and Long Ao walked in quickly.
"Handsome."
Long Ao's steps were brisk and his face was filled with joy.
Li Zhen put down the pen in his hand and asked with a smile: "How is the situation? Did Hong Xuanjiao escape?"
Long Ao nodded and said: "Yes, he has escaped."
Li Zhen said: "Very good, Hong Xuanjiao has indeed entered the trap. Next, it depends on how Hong Xuanjiao acts. You send people to follow Hong Xuanjiao closely. If Hong Xuanjiao goes to Longtan Town, you can turn around and return. If Hong Xuanjiao does not go to Longtan Town, Instead, he ran directly towards Nanjing and captured her immediately. He failed to exert his effect and could not let her escape."
Long Ao nodded and said: "Don't worry, Commander, I will immediately ask Long Er and Long San to track Hong Xuanjiao."
Li Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand for Long Ao to leave, then turned off the oil lamp and went to sleep.
…
The next morning, Li Zhen summoned the chief generals of the army to the Chinese army's tent.
All the confidants are gathered here.
Li Zhen glanced at everyone sitting in the camp and said in a deep voice: "We have gathered everyone today to discuss how to deal with the 150,000 Taiping soldiers detained in the camp. We only have 8,000 soldiers. Although These 8,000 soldiers can make the bandits obedient, but 15,000 soldiers can't stop them from opening their mouths. They need food."
"It would be too much of a burden to keep prisoners captive."
"Therefore, the purpose of convening you is to discuss a protocol for dealing with prisoners. When we fight the enemy in the future and capture the enemy, we will follow the established regulations and we will not have the headache today. You will be responsible for the military. If there is any solution for the captives, just speak freely and speak out."
After a pause, Li Zhen looked at Ye Chengzhong, who was sitting at the end, and ordered: "Xiaoye, remember the key points."
"yes."
Ye Chengzhong nodded in agreement, prepared the rice paper, and picked up the pen to be ready to record at any time.
Li Zhen looked at everyone and said, "Tell me what you think."
"Commander, let me talk first." Lu Shaochuan took the lead in raising his hand and said loudly: "Although it is hateful to commit bandits, I have to tell the truth. They are a group of pitiful people, a group of common people with no way out. , since they are innocent, can we capture the generals in the bandit army, and then release the ordinary bandits and let them leave on their own."
Lu Shaochuan was usually very carefree, but he took great care of the people.
Long Ao immediately said: "Commander, I don't agree with Captain Lu's opinion. It is true that Captain Lu is well-intentioned and considers the lives of the bandits, but he only considers the immediate solution and does not consider the future of the bandits." Lu, if we let the bandits go this time, they can escape, but what can they do after leaving?"
"Perhaps, they can go farming, but can they make a living by farming? It turns out that these bandits have embarked on such a path of no return because they can't live on the land. They have no skills, and in the end they can only make a living. The bandits may gradually gather in Nanjing and become bandits again. I think it is definitely not feasible to let the bandits go."
Lu Shaochuan said tit for tat: "Brother Long, what are your ideas?"
Long Ao said: "Not yet."
Lu Shaochuan snorted and said nothing, but he understood that his method would not work.
Smith said: "Commander, for the captured bandits, can you recruit some of them into our army? In accordance with the principle of strength and weakness, we will keep the capable people and integrate them into the army to enhance our strength, and then add them to our army." Select the remaining soldiers and let them go. This release should not just be a release, but their livelihood must be taken into consideration to ensure that they can live."
Yang Luchan sighed: "The world is in chaos, and it's not easy to survive. It would be a good idea to let them move to Guangdong, but the process of moving is also very hard."
Li Zhen nodded and kept thinking about ways.
This matter must be implemented and regulations must be formed so that there will be no chaos in the future.