As night fell, the Taiping Army soldiers smashed the statues of the temple and searched for officials, and were so furious that Daqiao Town, which was temporarily calm, has temporarily returned to peace. The people who did not run away hid at home and didn't even dare to light the oil lamp, let alone go out.

The supper was ready, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army, who had been busy all day, did not bother to gather the military supplies and oil collected along the way, gathered with their respective soldiers, arranged the dishes, chopsticks, and started to recite the "Tiant Notes".

The tablets of the Wang Family Ancestral Hall were all burned down and now they have become the temporary residence of Shishuai.

The eight immortal table was placed in the center of the ancestral hall, two lamps, three cups of tea, three bowls of dishes, and three steaming white rice. The deputy of the commander, Yang Shiwei, the commander of the commander, Li Jianwei, the commander sent by the king, and several envoys (school officials) knelt on both sides like the soldiers outside, and recited in unison: "Boy Liu Jinchang (Yang Mingguang) knelt on the ground, praying for the God of Heavenly Father to be kind and save, and the Lord of Heavenly Father to be merciful and help, and give the Holy Spirit to be blessed, and he will never be misled, and he will never be allowed to be invaded by demons. He will ask the Savior, the Lord of Heavenly Father to atone for his sins and make merits, and ask the Emperor of Heavenly Father to be done in heaven, as if he is in heaven. He will be sure of what he asks and sincerely wishes..."

"Worship the Emperor and God; do not worship the evil god; do not write the name of the Emperor and God; celebrate the kindness of the Emperor and the kindness of the Emperor on seven days' week; be filial to parents; do not kill people and harm others; do not commit adultery; do not steal or rob; do not tell lies; do not be greedy..."

After reciting the "Book of Heavenly Notes", the commander Liu Jinchang opened his eyes and looked at everyone, stood up and bowed solemnly towards Jiangning, and recited "Thank God for the Farm": "Thank you, God, God, I wish you all day long, without any disasters and difficulties, and your soul will ascend to heaven!"

Everyone followed the chanting and sat down to have a meal together.

Dinner was cooked in a hurry and the chicken's feathers were not cleaned. However, since the uprising, they have been fighting and have not had a few good days. Liu Jinchang, who has not had a few full meals, ate with relish.

After eating without saying a word, the three-part meal was finished quickly. As soon as the book envoys cleaned up the Eight Immortals table, Liu Jinchang asked with a gloomy face: "Mingguang, what are the clear demons who destroyed the bridge and burned the boat?"

Yang Mingguang was the pioneer of the journey. He personally led a brigade of brothers to fight the front. He thought that the heavenly soldiers were invincible, but he never thought that the journey was not going smoothly. He said with a bitter face: "Report to the commander of the army, all the Qing Yao who destroyed the bridge, burned the boat and fired the cold guns were from Taizhou. It is said that the Qing Yao who set up camp on the east bank of Liaojiagou is also from Taizhou."

"How many brothers died today?"

"Thirty-seven, those Qing demons had foreign guns, and they could shoot far away with foreign guns, and always attacked through the river. The bridge was destroyed by them, and the boat was burned by them. When our brothers finally crossed the river, they had already run away without a trace, which was very abominable."

"Who is the governor of Taizhou?" Liu Jinchang asked coldly.

"I sent someone to inquire that the head of Taizhou was not the governor, but the Yangzhou co-magistrate Xu Ying. I heard that when Xu Ying arrived in Taizhou, he summoned the young and strong men to repair the city walls. He filled the dam every few miles, not only did he not surrender, but he also wanted to defend it."

"How many Qing Yaos are there in Taizhou?"

"I don't know."

"Don't you know?" Li Jianwei, who was standing next to him, asked suddenly.

Yang Mingguang hurriedly said, "Report to Wei Li, Xu Ying's old man is not easy to deal with. He sent many people to set up cardboard outside the city for interrogation. If he is not a local person, he will not only be unable to enter the city, but he will also be locked. None of the brothers we sent out a few days ago were caught by Xu's old man."

In Liu Jinchang's opinion, it does not mean that he cannot get into Taizhou City, nor does he think it is difficult for Xu Ying to deal with it. He sat down and asked, "Who is the Qing Demon Lord camping on the east bank of Liaojiagou, and how many soldiers are there in the camp?"

"Reported to the commander of the army, the Qing demon general on the east bank is the agent of Taizhou Prefecture and Han Xiufeng. The people said that he had more than 2,000 green camp soldiers and more than 4,000 rural warriors under him. Before I came back, I went to the river to see it. The camp was very strong, with flags planted on the earth wall along the river, and under the flags were full of green camp soldiers, and they also had cannons."

"There are so many soldiers in Taizhou?" Liu Jinchang was skeptical.

Yang Mingguang had never been to the other side, so he could only follow the crowd and said with a bitter face: "I heard from the people that Xu Ying'er was the chief inspector of the Qing army and could manage the Green Camp, so he transferred all the Langshan Town and Cao Model soldiers stationed in Taizhou, Xinghua, Dongtai and other places."

Li Jianwei said confidently: "There are only a few soldiers in Langshan Town. Even if the grain prices are included, Xu Ying can't gather so many soldiers. It's probably a bluff."

Liu Jinchang nodded and sat down and said, "Don't say there are not necessarily so many green camp soldiers. Even if there are, it's not enough to worry about it. But those rural brave men have to be on guard. Mingguang, please send a few brothers to cross the river to inquire. Before dawn, you must find out the reality of the opposite shore!"

"As for orders, I'll go now."

As soon as Yang Mingguang took the order to walk out of the ancestral hall, Liu Jinchang said sadly: "We only lost eleven brothers to attack Jiangning. Unexpectedly, we lost thirty-seven brothers in this poor and remote area in one day, and they were all old brothers who followed all the way from their hometown in Guangxi. How could I explain to the military commander?"

Li Jianwei was also heartbroken, but as a military supervisor, he could not be soft-hearted and said with a stern face: "There is no immortal in war? The commander of the army is the most urgent task to cross the river quickly and let the blood of the demon Qingyan on the other side pay the blood debt of blood!"

"Crossing the river, how can I cross it without a boat?" Liu Jinchang picked up the oil lamp and walked to the map, staring at the map and said: "The bridges in this area were destroyed by the Qing Yao, and all the boats were burned by the Qing Yao. Where can I find a boat in the middle of the night? If I want to cross the river, I have to wait until tomorrow afternoon as soon as possible."

"If you can't find it, you have to look for it. You can't delay the fighter plane!" Li Jianwei walked up and pointed at the map: "Gu Shishuai captured the Fairy Temple in the afternoon and will lead his troops along the Yunyan River to attack Taizhou early tomorrow morning. If this clear demon on the east bank of Liaojiagou is not eliminated, Gu Shishuai may be cut off from his rear, let alone transporting the money and food collected along the way!"

"Vice Li Jian, do you think they dare to leave the camp?" Liu Jinchang asked back.

"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm afraid of anything!"

Liu Jinchang did not think that Qing Yao, who was stationed on the east bank of Liaojiagou, dared to go out to capture Gu Shishuai's retreat, but he did not want to take a charge of ignoring his colleagues' lives and death. He touched the corner of his mouth and said, "Let's find out the truth and reality of the other side. If there are five or six thousand green camp soldiers and village warriors on the other side, they will defend the river again, and our more than two thousand people are not enough."

"How can you know if it's enough if you don't attack?"

"Even if you attack, you have to find the ship first."

"Okay, I'll go find the boat! Just find the boat and cross the river early tomorrow morning!"

Liu Jinchang didn't want to fight a war that he was inconsistent, and just didn't know what to say, the envoy suddenly walked in and bowed and said, "Report to the commander of the army, report to the supervisor, the food and grass collected by Guan Youpeng were burned by the Qing Yao. Three brothers who guarded the food and grass died and five were injured. The three brothers who died were cut by the Qing Yao!"

"Where are those clear demons?"

"I ran away, Guan Youpeng has led people to chase him."

Li Jianwei stared at Shuzhi and asked, "How did the food and grass be burned?"

The Shuzeng hurriedly said, "There are not many demons in Qing Dynasty, but there are foreign guns. While it was dark, they quietly touched the riverside and set a row of guns at the brothers guarding the riverside, and then rushed up to cut their heads and set fire. When Guan Youwen arrived, they had already taken a boat to the other side of the river."

"The Qing Yao has a ship?"

"There are two small boats. After they ran to the other side, they dragged the boat to the shore and carried it away."

I am not familiar with the place, where can I go to chase after it at night?

Liu Jinchang was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Li Jianwei hurriedly asked the letter to send more people to watch the night. Just when they were in a panic attack, Chen Hu and Chen Biao had already taken more than 20 village warriors to a deserted port, and sat in the reed jungle to rest.

Chen Hu turned around and looked at the bloody heads Wu Sizhu was carrying, and said panting: "Damn it, I finally cut a few heads."

"Brother Hu, we have killed more than three bandits." Jiang Ming said while wiping his sweat.

"No one's head doesn't count. Does this nonsense work?" Chen Hu said helplessly while rubbing his calves.

A village man came over and said, "Brother Hu, Brother Biao, no matter what, the head has finally been cut. If you have the head, you can go back and receive the reward."

"Go back to receive the reward?"

"What are we doing if we don't go back and receive the reward?"

"Didn't I say I don't want to give you money, but I can go back now?" Chen Hu glared at him and looked back at the direction of Daqiao Town and said, "I didn't expect that these bandits would run so fast and chase so tightly that Master Wu didn't have time to pick him up. Now all the ships on Liaojiagou have returned to the east coast, and the west coast is full of bandits. Not to mention that Master Han doesn't know where we are, even if he knows, he can't send a ship to pick him up."

"What should I do if I can't go back?"

"What's there to be afraid of if you can't go back?" Chen Hu asked back, turned around and patted the guide's arm, and smiled proudly: "We are more familiar with this area than the bandits. It's not that easy to find us with Lao Xu leading the bandits to find us. They are in the open and we are in the dark, and it's easier to find them. First, we are in the open and accumulate strength here, and then give them some colors as before."

"Brother Hu is right. If we don't go back, we will make a fortune here!"

"What kind of money do you make?"

"If someone is in charge, you can get rich. If you are single, you will run away as soon as you succeed. See what the thieves can do to me!"

"That's what I mean, four posts, how many bullets are there?"

Wu Sizhu was stunned, then said bitterly: "Brother Hu, there are not many more, at most, you can only do two more votes."

"What are you doing? We are killing bandits, not robbers." Chen Hu kicked him and turned around and said, "If you don't have gunpowder and lead bullets, use a knife and a spear. Anyway, you don't have to fight them head-on."

Chen Biao reminded: "Brother, we have shot them cold guns for a day, and they will definitely be on guard."

"This is because I've been bitten by a snake for ten years and I've been afraid of the well rope." Chen Hu thought for a while and suddenly smiled: "Brothers, do you dare to go with me to Yangzhou, and do you dare to go with me to go out of Yangzhou City?"

Chen Biao was stunned and immediately reacted: "It's a good idea to go to Yangzhou. The bandits would never have thought that we would dare to harass them under their noses."
Chapter completed!