Chapter 099 Substitute
Zhou Charter took a close look. The two prisoners were not other than others. The leader was Chongming Marshal Zeng Guochang. The thin man around him was his apprentice Zhang Xiaolin!
A Dingwu army officer held a loudspeaker and shouted at the mountain: "Listen, my Dingyuan army has broken through the small black sand on Chongming Island. All the bandits are under siege, and the bandits leaders Zeng Guozhang and Zhang Xiaolin are captured! Now, I decided that the Yuan army will take advantage of the victory, break through the Aotou cliff and capture Sun Wen alive! By the order of General Ye, kill Zeng Guozhang and Zhang Xiaolin to sacrifice the flag and show their colors!"
It turned out that after Ye Tao led his troops into Shanghai, he divided his troops into two routes and took a boat to attack the small black sand of Chongming Island all the way to Dianshan Lake. The Dingwu Army was well-trained, well-equipped and extremely fast-moving. It caught Zeng Guochang off guard. Less than an hour after the battle, the gate of Xiao Heisha was bombarded by the cannon of the Dingwu Army.
The Dingwu army attacked Xiao Heisha. According to Yetao's order, Xiao Heisha was a bandit's nest. The people inside, men, women and children, were all bandits and executed on the spot. As a result, the Dingwu army killed all the 80 old men in Xiaoheisha, from the bottom to the infant babies. Five thousand residents of Little Black Sand were spared. The land of the little black sand was stained red with blood, and the sea was full of floating corpses, which was as tragic as the Japanese atrocities in Lushun.
Only Zeng Guozhang and Zhang Xiaolin were escorted to Dianshan Lake by the Dingwu army, and Yetao used their heads to sacrifice the flag.
Yetao, sitting under the parasol, crossed his legs and looked at the Aotou cliff with a sne smile on his face.
A soul-chasing cannon sounded.
The Dingwu army officer shouted, "Kneel down!"
The executioner on both sides pressed his hand, and Zhang Xiaolin fell to the ground with a plop.
Zeng Guozhang looked up at the sky and roared. No matter how hard the soldiers on both sides tried, they stood without kneeling, like an iron tower: "Qinggou, you want me to kneel under the commander of the Qing Dynasty before he dies, but there is no door! Twenty years later, I will be another good man. At that time, I will follow Sun Wen and kill all the dogs!"
On the Aotou cliff, Ge Yun burst into tears: "Zeng Marshal!"
Jiang Naiwu's eyes turned red, shouted, jumped out of the bunker, waved a big knife, and was about to rush down. Zhou Charter shouted: "Get down!"
Jiang Naiwu stamped his foot and inserted the big knife on the ground hatefully. He gritted his teeth, but he did not dare to move. He has already completely obeyed the Zhou Charter and unconditionally obeyed the orders of the Zhou Charter.
However, more than 100 revolutionary officers and soldiers, led by Xu Xilin and Shi Zhongji, rushed over from the pass with weapons. Even Qiu Jin and Tang Qunying, holding swords, rushed down with the crowd.
Zeng Guozhang was the benefactor of the revolutionaries. Many revolutionaries were hunted down by the Qing court and fled to Chongming Island to avoid disaster. Zeng Guozhang took in all the revolutionaries and funded them to flee overseas. This time, Sun Wen returned to China, and Zeng Guozhang risked his life to escort him in person. Now, the Dingwu army wants to kill Zeng Guochang under the eyes of the revolutionaries. How can the revolutionaries stand it!
Zhou Charter stopped in front of the soldiers: "No one is allowed to go down the mountain. Go back to the position!"
Xu Xilin stared at his blood-red eyes and shouted, "Zhou Charter! Get out of the way!"
"Xu Xilin, this is a trap!" Zhou Charter shouted, "The Qing army has an ambush on both sides of the hillside, waiting for you to drill into you. Open your eyes and see that their artillery has lowered the shooting benchmark, and the muzzle faces the hillside, which is your only way!"
There was another soul-chasing gun below. After three cannons, Zeng Guozhang was about to fall to the ground.
"I don't know any shooting benchmark. All I know is that Marshal Zeng has kindness to my Revolutionary Party. Zhou Charter, even your life, was saved by Marshal Zeng!" Xu Xilin was furious. He raised his pistol and put it on Zhou Charter's forehead: "Zhou, I respect you as a hero in Japan, but if you stand in my way today, I will shoot immediately!"
Zhou Charter lamented in his heart that Xu Xilin was right. Zeng Guochang saved his life and saved his life. Even if he took his own life, it was worth it. However, the so-called sacrificial flag of the Qing army is obviously a trap. They just want to provoke the revolutionary army, expose the revolutionary army to the open land on the hillside and shoot calmly!
If you don't charge, you will watch Zeng Guozhang's head fall, and if you want to charge, you will watch the remaining revolutionary army attack the ambush circle of the Qing army, and the last one will be destroyed by the Qing army!
Zhou Charter gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, but I must organize this charge!"
Xu Xilin put down his pistol: "Okay! Your command, I, Xu Xilin, am willing to be a soldier under you!"
Zhou Charter waved to Qiu Jin behind Xu Xilin. Qiu Jin came over and Zhou Charter said, "Miss Qiu, please talk to Mr. Xu Xilin."
"If there is anything you can't say in front of everyone." Xu Xilin scolded, "Mr. Sun is here!"
Zhou Charter laughed and said, "Sriors, it's a sway! How can you talk nonsense and leak the wind? It's not good." With that, he saluted Sun Wen: "Mr. Sun, please wait a moment."
"I knew Brother Zhou had a way." Ge Yun praised it very well.
Zhou Charter smiled at Ge Yun, turned around and took more than a dozen steps to come under a big tree. Qiu Jin and Xu Xilin followed. Zhou Charter whispered a few words to the two. Qiu Jin and Xu Xilin were both surprised and looked at Zhou Charter in a daze.
Zhou Charter returned to the front, regardless of Qiu Jin and Xu Xilin, and shouted to the revolutionary officers and soldiers: "Stay in four rows to protect Mr. Sun. The first row followed me and attacked from the front, and the second row and third rows charged from the left and right sides. Now, immediately enter the position, listen to my orders, and charge at the same time!"
Ge Yun holds a dagger and follows Zhou Charter, eager to try
"You stay!" Zhou Charter shouted.
Ge Yun pouted: "Brother Zhou, as you said, I can't leave you two meters! That's your order, and I must obey it.
Zhou Charter shouted, "The order has changed. Your current task is to protect Mr. Sun!"
Ge Yun shouted, "What can he protect as a big man..."
"It's good to detain Ge Yun! Others, enter the attack position!" Zhou Charter shouted loudly and handed over Ge Yun's good dagger, and the two soldiers hugged Ge Yun to death.
Qiu Jin brought three people up and hugged Sun Wen from behind. Sun Wen also reacted and was stripped of his coat.
"What are you going to do!" Sun Wen shouted.
Qiu Jin handed Sun Wen's coat to Zhou Charter. Zhou Charter took off his clothes and changed into Sun Wen's clothes. It was a set of straight suits and leather shoes, which were particularly conspicuous in the revolutionary army.
"General Zhou, I'm not worth it!" Sun Wen struggled to shout. Obviously, Zhou Charter wanted to pretend to be Sun Wen to attract the Qing army.