scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 296 Four Killing Order

"Fire! Hit!"

The flag was waved, and nearly two hundred artillery pieces, including the light and heavy artillery seized from the Qing army warships in the decisive battle of the Wu army's naval division in northern Jiangxi, roared together. Amidst the roar of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, rows of shells came out of their chambers , roaring towards the Hongwu Gate of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, which was once the Ming Dynasty, and also the main gate of the current Jiangning Mite City.

Immediately afterwards, earth-shattering explosions rang out from the upper and lower walls of the main gate of Mite City. The bannermen defending the city wall and the Mite people who helped fight in the upper city were splashed with blood and flesh, crying and screaming and running to avoid the bombs, but Wu Jun's blossoming Can shells be avoided by running for their lives?When a shell explodes, at least dozens of pieces of shrapnel can be splashed and shot in all directions. There is nowhere to hide within a radius of two feet. They are either killed by the bomb or shot to death by the shrapnel. There is already a river of blood flowing above, and corpses are strewn all over the ground.But Wu Jun's artillery team did not give in, and just continued to bombard, pouring artillery fire at the city wall of Mite City, as if they wanted to use artillery to blow down this extremely strong city wall.

In the face of such fierce artillery fire, even the main force of the Qing army in Wuchang could not bear it, let alone the mite city flag soldiers who had not fought for more than [-] years and the mite people who seldom even touched the handle of their knives. , under the cover of this devastating artillery fire, flesh and blood splattered, crying and shaking the sky, with no way to go to the sky, no way to go to the ground, and could only run around like headless flies, evading and fleeing for their lives, countless flag soldiers and mite people lost their lives in panic. When they fell down the city wall, their muscles and bones were broken and their seven orifices bleed, while more banner soldiers and banner people were smashed to pieces in the artillery fire, leaving no corpses.

If it was replaced by other cities, covered by the artillery of the fat army, the people in the city who helped the battle would have run away long ago, but still the same sentence, the blood debt owed by the mite people in Jiangnan is too much, how many To the point where the mite people themselves understand that the Han people in the south of the Yangtze River will never forgive themselves.Therefore, no matter how fierce the artillery of the Fat Man Army is, the hope of the little mite city holding on for a long time is so slim. Nearly 1 defenders of the city are still struggling to support the city wall, and the more than [-] mite people in the mite city have no One escaped, struggling with the defenders in the artillery fire, swearing to the death, dreaming of defending Mite City until the Qing army came to rescue them, and rescued them from the sea of ​​suffering.

Some friends must ask, didn’t Fatty Lu say before that as long as the mite people escape from Nanjing, they will not chase or kill them? Now that the Chaoyang Gate leading to the outside of Nanjing’s mite city is still in the hands of the banner soldiers, why doesn’t the mite city guard Organize soldiers and civilians to break out of the city?But the question is, does Raha, the deputy commander of the garrison left wing in Nanjing Mite City, have the guts to do this?Once they leave the protection of the fortified mite city, if the fat army pursues them with all their strength, how many of the more than 1 mite soldiers and civilians in the mite city can escape in the wild?So there is no way, even though the hope of standing firm and waiting for help is extremely slim, Raha can only lead the soldiers and civilians in the city to take a gamble, hoping for a miracle, and refuse to leave the city to break out of the siege.

The fierce artillery bombardment took more than half an hour before it stopped. Seeing that the sound of the artillery stopped, Raha, who was lying on the dead corner of the arrow stack to avoid the artillery, first spit out the sand in his mouth, and then shouted in a hoarse voice: "Han dog artillery stopped!" Now, it must be time to attack the city again, get ready, get ready, let the people and soldiers below the city wall come up!"

The order was conveyed, and the flag soldiers and mite men who fled down the city wall to avoid the artillery rushed to the already bloody city wall. While removing the corpses blocking the way, they rearranged the weapons for defending the city, preparing for the upcoming siege battle of the Fatty Army.But at this moment, Hallehazi, the vice-commander of the Jiangnan army of the Qing army who had fled to Mite City, suddenly yelled, "General Raha, look quickly, the situation is not right. Someone from the Hangou side came over with a white flag, it seems It's about negotiating!"

Raha wiped off the dirt and gravel from his eyebrows, and when he took a closer look, he saw that there was indeed one person in Wu Jun's team. Bai Qi really looked like he wanted to negotiate under the city wall.Raha suddenly shouted: "Bows and arrows are ready, shoot the Han Dog's emissary to death! We have a blood feud with the Han Dog, and we must not surrender to them!"

"Strike!" Amidst the neat promises, dozens of bows and arrows were drawn, and the shining arrows were aimed at the fat man's army.But at this moment, Halehazi screamed again, "General Laha, wait a minute, listen, he shouted in Manchu, he seems to be our Manchurian!"

"Manchurians, how is it possible?" Raha was taken aback, and thought that there were also Manchurians in Wugou's army, and we were also appointed as lieutenants. How is this possible?But when he listened carefully, Laha was even more surprised to find that the fat man's envoy was indeed shouting in Manchu, and he directly showed his identity, "Don't shoot the arrow! I'm from Manchuria! My name is Yierjueluo Yitanbu, like you, is a Manchurian!"

"It's really us Manchurians!" Raha was even more shocked, and quickly waved his hands and shouted: "Put down the arrow and let him come over!"

The flag soldiers and archers put down their arrows one after another, and let the traitor Itambu walk down the city with a white flag, and the traitor Itambu was indeed very courageous, and shouted from the city in Manchu: "General, please let go!" Get down from the rope and hang me up, and I will discuss it with you face to face. Don’t worry, I don’t have a weapon, and you can do a body search.”

"Put a hanging basket and hang him up." Seeing that Itambu was indeed full of people, Raha was relieved, and agreed to Itambu's request without a word. Tambula went up to the city wall.Immediately after Yitanbu went to the city, he raised his hands high, allowing the Qing soldiers to search him, and asked very politely in Manchu: "Which general is in command here? A man of blue banner, once served as the assistant leader in the Qing army in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and is currently serving as a deputy general under the command of General Lu, the Great Zhou Zhengdong general."

"Are you from Zuoling?" Both Raha and Halehaqi were taken aback. Raha thought for a while, then puffed out his chest and replied: "The deputy commander of the left wing of the Jiangning garrison in the Qing Dynasty, Raha, Zhang Jiashi, Zhenglan Three flags, three flags! Bold Itanbu, you, a slave who flies five flags, dare to betray the court, betray Manchuria, and act as a running dog for Wu's rebel army, are you guilty?"

"A slave deserves to die!" Yitanbu hurriedly pleaded guilty, and then said respectfully: "My lord, please forgive me. The slave surrendered to Dazhou because of his helplessness. At that time, Master Beizi of Zhangtai abandoned the city and fled. , The slave was trapped in Jiujiang City by the Da Zhou army, lost in street fighting, and was forced to surrender to Da Zhou, the slave deserves death!"

"Wu's rebel army accepted your surrender? Didn't make things difficult for you?" Raha raised a little hope, and pulled Itanbu's hands again, and found that his thumbs were not chopped off by Wu Jun as in the legend. perfect.

"Master Dutong, please check clearly. General Lu not only accepted the slave's surrender, but also treated the slave very well. The slave has also made friends with many soldiers of the Great Zhou army. Now they are doing well." Yitanbu is very proud , quickly explained how he surrendered to the Fatty Army in detail, and especially emphasized that after he surrendered, he betrayed again, but Fatty Lu forgave himself again and rewarded himself again, so that Raha, Hallehazi and others understand that Lu The kindness of the fat man.

"What? You betrayed Wu Gou after you surrendered. Wu Gou Lu Yifeng not only didn't kill you, but also forgave you again?" Sure enough, when he learned that Yitanbu had surrendered to the Fatty Army, he betrayed again, but was once again forgiven and reused by Fatty Lu. At the scene, all the mite soldiers, civilians and civilians who heard Yitan Bushu's words were all moved, and the morale of the desperate resistance was suddenly shattered.Raha screamed again and asked: "Lu Yifeng, the thief, is he really so kind to us Manchurians?"

"Master Dutong, please check clearly." Itanbu respectfully replied: "Our general has a well-known nickname - Lu Sanhao, who said good things and did good deeds with good intentions, but the first to give him this nickname, It is our Manchurians in Beijing. Even our old general Ao Bai Ao admired him very much. It is said that when the old general Ao Bai was dying, he asked our general to move his hand, because the old general Ao Bai believed that this Among the Han people in the world, only our generals are qualified to take their heads."

"General Raha, I have also heard of Lu Sanhao's name." A flag soldier general who has been to Beijing also confirmed: "When I went to the capital for business in the eighth year of Kangxi, I heard about Lu Yifeng in the Eight Banners Fushou Cream Museum." Miyoshi daimyo, we Manchurians in the capital also say that to make friends, you have to make friends like Lu Sanhao, who will only give charcoal in a timely manner, and will not stab someone in the back."

"Really?" The mite soldiers and civilians present asked one after another, while the banner soldier wearing a collared uniform kept nodding, bragging to everyone that he had heard Fatty Lu's three good names.In this way, one spread to ten, ten to one hundred, not only the morale of the mite city defenders and mite people plummeted, but even Raha and Harlehazi, who had made up their minds to die before, were greatly moved. Zhu asked again: "Then what is Lu Sanhao sending you here for?"

"Our general wants this slave to tell Lord Dutong one thing." Itanbu replied respectfully: "As long as Lord Dutong agrees to one condition, he can accept your surrender and let you choose whether to leave Jiangning City with weapons. Or join the Great Zhou army like a slave, and continue to stay and settle in Jiangning City."

"What conditions?" Raha began to regret the words as soon as he uttered them--this would shake the morale of the army, but once the words were spoken, they could not be taken back, so Raha could only continue to ask: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief proposed What condition?"

"General Lu asked Lord Dutong to hand over a group of people. As long as you hand over this group of people, he will let you go, and allow you to leave Jiangning City with weapons, so as not to be robbed and killed by the people outside the city." Itanbu respectfully replied road.

"Hand over those people?" Raha couldn't help but asked again.

"A group of people from Jiangning Manchurian City." Itanbu said cautiously: "Master Dutong, please hand over all the Manchurians with four surnames in Manchurian City. The four surnames are Aixinjueluo, Tong As long as the Manchurians with these four surnames are handed over to the Jia family, the Niu Colu family and the Hesheli family, General Lu can let all the Manchurians in the city leave. Otherwise, once General Lu breaks the city , the whole city..., chickens and dogs will not be left behind."

"Why did General Lu hand over our Tong Jia family?" A banner soldier surnamed Tong Jia asked doubtfully, "What is he going to do if we are handed over?"

Itanbu didn't answer, but Laha and Hallehazi also questioned, and itanbu said hesitantly: "General Lu said, we Manchurians are also Ming people, and he followed Prince Pingxi to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. It will casually harm the common people of Ming Dynasty, including us Manchurians."

"However, the Aixinjueluo family owed countless blood debts. The Tong Jia family betrayed the country and sought glory, and colluded most closely with the Aixinjueluo family. The Niu Colu family, the Hesheli family and the Aixinjueluo family colluded and killed It killed countless Han people, and indirectly killed Ao Bai and Ao Zhongtang. Although General Lu and Ao Zhongtang were enemies, they respected Ao Zhongtang very much, so wherever General Lu's army went, any Manchurian could Forgive me and don't kill me, but for the Manchurians with these four surnames, he will never forgive..."

"Fart! He won't spare us, and we won't spare him!" The members of the four major Manchurian families who were present at the scene suddenly yelled at Fatty Lu, but most of the mite people with other surnames were silent and just peeked at him. Raja's reaction.Laha, who was born in Zhang Jia's family, was confused and asked, "Is Lu Yifeng really saying that? Does he really hate the Manchurians with these four surnames so much?"

Itanbu nodded silently, and quickly added: "There are two Manchurians with surnames who have preferential treatment. Among our Manchurians, those with the surname Guarjia and the surnamed Yehenala, as long as they surrender, the whole family will not be killed. You can directly join the Da Zhou army without submitting a certificate, and their property will not be confiscated.”

"Lu Yifeng really said that? Why is he so kind to our Guerjia family?" Guarja Halehaqi asked happily.

"Because Prime Minister Ao is also surnamed Guerjia, now Prime Minister Ao's son, Namufu, has been conferred the title of Marquis of Shunyi by Prince Pingxi, and he has also rewarded the mansion and Lumi to support his family." Itanbu quickly replied: "Our general I also respect Ao Zhongtang very much, so as long as the Manchurians surnamed Guerjia surrender, none of the generals will be killed, and their property will not be confiscated."

"Ha..." Halle Haqi couldn't help laughing happily, but after laughing out loud, Halle Haqi immediately found countless angry eyes stabbing at him——————————————————————————— Angry eyes, so General Hallehazi can only shut up immediately.

"What about our Yehenala? Why did General Lu treat us so well?" a mite surnamed Yehenara couldn't help asking.

"Among the Manchurians, only Yehenala is Aixinjueluo's mortal enemy." Itanbu was still working hard, and hurriedly said: "The patriarch of Yehenala, Buyangu, swore to the sky before he died. , I, Yehenala, will destroy Aixinjueluo even if there is only one woman left! General Lu respects this spirit, and knows that the Yehenala family and Aixinjueluo family are not the same, so the general ordered , treat Yehenala and Guerjia equally, and treat them with all their strength."

"Shut up!" Raha finally came to his senses, slapped Itanbu on the face, and shouted: "Bold traitors, you dare to help Wu's rebel army to separate the hearts of our Manchurian army, come, come, take this The traitor pushed it down and chopped it down!"

"Lord Dutong, please spare me." Yitanbu screamed, "Lord Dutong, you are Zhang Jia, the general will not do anything to you!"

"General Raha, the two countries are fighting each other, so don't kill them." Guarja Halehazi hurriedly persuaded: "We are surrounded by Wu Dogs now. If Wu Dog's envoys are really killed, we will be with you." Wu Gou's hatred is even deeper. Please, General La, for the sake of these innocent old and weak women and children, please spare his dog's life."

"Yes, yes, General La, we Manchurians never kill envoys, you can't set this precedent." Most of the mite people present persuaded, only the unlucky members of the four evil slave families in Manzhou Roar, "General Raha, cut down this traitor who sows dissension, and fight Wu Gou to the death!"

"Master Dutong, you have to investigate clearly." Itanbu struggled desperately and shouted with grievances, "The slave also came here to tell you these things to save the lives of our Manchurians. The slave is kind! Dutong My lord, do you really want to kill all the Manchurians in the city? General Lu has good intentions, and so does this servant."

"Yes, yes, General Itanbu is also kind." Countless mites yelled, and members of the four evil slave families shouted desperately, rushing up to kill Itanbu, but it was a pity that the four No matter how large the population of the Great Evil Nu family is, it is still a minority here. They were blocked intentionally or unintentionally by other mite people, and they could not get close to Itambu at all. Desperately protecting Itanbu, while shouting that the two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be killed.

"What should I do?" It was also at this point that Raha began to regret not letting Itambu go to the city. At the same time, Raha was also a little bit moved - he was an innocent Zhang Jia, why should he give bloody love? Xinjueluo, Tong Jiashi, Hesheli and Niugulushi were buried with them?Are you wronged?
After thinking about it for a long time, the desire to survive deep in his heart finally prevailed, and Raha finally yelled, "Shut up! Listen to me!" He was debating whether to kill the sobering Itanbu. The arguing mite people from various families closed their mouths, and all turned their eyes to Raha's face.

"The two countries are fighting, don't kill them! I won't kill you now, I will kill you on the battlefield!" Raha pointed to Itanbu, and shouted: "Go back and tell Lu Yifeng, the thief, that I will hand over your life!" Mite City is fine, but he must let everyone in the city leave with weapons, and promise not to hunt down or kill them! Otherwise, we would rather perish with Mite City than surrender!"

"Yes, yes, the slave will definitely convey the words of Mr. Dutong!" Itanbu was overjoyed, and quickly nodded and bowed in agreement. Raha nodded again, and several soldiers of the Qing army immediately carried Itanbu into the hanger. Itanbu thanked him repeatedly, and as soon as the hanging basket landed, he rushed back to the Wu army to report the news, leaving Fatty Lu's words spread, brewing, and fermenting among the soldiers and civilians of Mite City.

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When Itanbu saw Fatty Lu again, Fatty Lu had already lived in the former Liangjiang governor's yamen, and after hearing Itanbu's cry, Fatty Lu smiled and comforted: "It's hard work, today is too hasty , I didn’t have time to announce my new policy to the world, and I won’t let you take such a risk in the future. Go down and rest, and the rewards will be distributed together at another day.” Itanbu, who escaped from death, thanked him repeatedly, and left.

After thinking for a while, Fatty Lu quickly announced a new strategy for attacking Mite City. After a while, when Fatty Lu's order was conveyed to the Wu army team in front of the main gate of Mite City, Li Guodong and Han Daren, who were in charge of attacking the city, immediately According to the order, a hundred soldiers of the Wu army with loud voices were selected, and they were asked to shout slogans collectively in front of the battle. Siege - To be honest, the imperial city built by Zhu Yuanzhang and Shen Wansan was solid, but it was not a problem for the Wu army who had experienced many battles and had an absolute advantage in military strength. The most important reason is that the soldiers of the Wu army who have just gone through thousands of miles of raids are too exhausted.

"Aixinjueluo, kill! Hesheli, kill! Niu Gulu, kill! Tong Jiashi, kill! Guarjia, don't kill! Yehenala, don't kill! Aixinjueluo, kill—! "

The sound of slogans shouted by hundreds of people rhythmically and neatly echoed in front of the main gate of Mite City.Hearing this voice, the defenders immediately understood that Fatty Lu had rejected Raha's conditions, and the morale of the army would inevitably be weakened again. However, driven by the will to survive, the mite city defenders could no longer work together.The four evil slave families wanted to take all the mite people to be buried with them, and most of the mite people hoped that the terms agreed by Raha and Hallhazi would exchange the lives of the four evil slave families for their own lives. The lucky ones of the Erjia and Yehesheli families were determined, planning to wait until the fat man's army invaded the mite city, and they would kneel down and surrender immediately to save their family property and lives.Fatty Lu has already torn apart the dying mite city defenders without a single soldier.

The slogan teams whose voices were hoarse changed from batch to batch, and the sky was getting darker and darker. When the sky was about to be completely dark, the slogan squad of the Fat Man Army stopped shouting and retreated to eat and rest. A man came out, ran to the city gate with a white flag, and shouted: "The Great General Zhou Zhengdong has an order. You only have one stick of incense time. After the first stick of incense, if you don't hand over the four major Manchurian evil clans, I will kill you!" The army immediately fired artillery to attack the city! Remember, it's time for a stick of incense!" After shouting, the Wu army soldier quickly ran back to the Wu army team.

"General Raha, what should we do?" On the tower, Halehaqi whispered to Raha: "Our army's morale has been weakened. Once Wu Dog fires the artillery to attack the city, I'm afraid the mite city will be destroyed."

Raha kept a straight face and didn't speak, just nervously calculating and thinking, Halehazi said in a low voice again: "Also, General Raha, have you noticed? Our team is splitting up. Those with the surname Guarja and those with the The soldiers and civilians of Yehenala are already forming a group quietly, if Wu Gou breaks through the city wall, I'm afraid they will immediately put down their weapons and surrender."

"General Ha is also surnamed Guarja, what do you think?" Raha asked with squinting eyes.

This time it was Halehaqi who stopped talking, and after a while he said in a low voice: "Perhaps, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is a man who keeps his word. As long as we hand over the four people with the surnames in the city, Lu Yifeng's dog thief will really know." Let us go."

"After leaving, how do you explain to the court?" Raha asked with a sneer, "Have you forgotten, what is the last name of our master Long Live?"

Hale Haqi didn't dare to speak anymore, and closed his mouth completely. Raha sighed again, and murmured: "Let's keep on guard, the inner city is so strong, it's not so easy for Wu Gou to break through, and it really can't be defended. Let’s break through Chaoyangmen, and keep as much as you can. Anyway, I didn’t lose Jiangning City, as long as I can go back alive, the master will not do anything to me.”

Raha's unintentional murmurs immediately reminded Hallehazi, causing Hallehazi's heart to jump wildly, "Wait, Jiangning City was lost in the hands of Lao Tzu and Ashish, now Ashish My whereabouts are unknown, even if I managed to escape from Jiangning City, my master will spare me when I return to the capital? Anyway, my surname is Guerjia, so why not surrender to Lu Yifeng's gangster Kaicheng, save his family and life, like Yi Tan Bu got promoted and made a fortune like that?"

"General Ha, the time is almost up, go down and avoid the artillery fire." Seeing that the time stipulated by the Fatty Army is approaching, Raha sighed again to remind Halle Haqi, and took the lead to stride down the stairs, while Halle Haqi's heart was beating wildly , followed Raha quietly with his hand on the handle of the knife. When he walked down the city wall and Raha and Hallehazi's personal soldiers came to follow him, Hallehazi didn't know where a burst of courage came from. Pulling out the waist knife, swinging both hands, he slashed fiercely at the back of Raha's neck. Raha's back was facing Halehaqi and he couldn't avoid it. As soon as he heard the wind in his ears, his head was already separated.

"Protect me." After cutting down Raha, Halehazi rushed back to his own soldiers before the panicked Raha's soldiers reacted, and shouted at the team not far away: "Brothers from the Guerjia family and the Yehenala family, all come to protect me. I have already killed Raha. Come and surrender with me, and invite the Zhou army to enter the city!"

"Protect our General Guarja!" The soldiers and civilians of the two surnames Guarja and Yehenala, who were quietly discussing how to surrender, immediately rushed up to escort Hallehaqi to the lower city and open the gate. There was a sudden chaos, and the four members of the evil slave family howled in despair and rushed towards the Harlehazi team, while the mite people with other surnames fought on their own, either shouting to open the city to surrender, or shouting to kill the traitors , completely confused.

With such chaos in the city, it is naturally impossible to escape the eyes of the generals of the Wu army. The only thing that is strange is why Fatty Lu's trick took effect so quickly - including Fatty Lu himself.However, Li Guodong and Han Daren did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the bombardment of the city to further expand the chaos in the city, and at the same time, all the siege teams were ready to charge.Amidst the sound of rumbling artillery fire, the Hongwu Gate, the main gate of Mite City, which had been closed for a long time, finally opened, and all the soldiers of the Wu army, who had exhausted their energy, shouted in unison and rushed up like a tide.

"Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing!"

"Master Zhou, I am a Manchurian with the surname Guerjia. I surrender! I surrender!"

"Master Zhou, I am a Manchurian from Yehenala's family. Our Yehenala family and Aixinjueluo's family are rivals. Tong Jia's and Niu Gulu's gang of bastards ran to Chaoyangmen Hurry up! I'll show you the way——!"

"Master, there is a bastard from the Hesheli family here, come and kill him!"

In the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, on April 13, [-], the dying city of Nanjing was destroyed without a fight in the civil strife. The Wu army, which was sure to win, took the city at a very small price and completely captured the whole city of Nanjing.Afterwards, under the order of Fatty Lu and under the guidance of the mites in the city, the soldiers of the Wu army slaughtered all the mites in the city with the four surnames of Aixinjueluo, Tong Jia, Niu Gulu, and Hesheli!The notorious Four Killing Order of the Fat Man Army also spread throughout the world, breaking the courage of the people all over the world, separating the hearts of people of different surnames, and completely shaking the ruling foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, Fatty Lu's four-kill order also opened up a way of thinking for the anti-Qing rebels all over the world. Anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty will expel the Tartars and kill the mite people all over the world, which will make the mite people all over the world unite and fight to the death , but if we don’t kill the mites, we can’t achieve the ultimate goal of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, rejuvenating the Han Dynasty and destroying the Manchus. It’s a dilemma and contradicts itself.

Since it is a dilemma and self-contradictory, why can we divide and divide the mite people like Lu Fatty, killing some and keeping some, which can not only disintegrate the enemy's fighting spirit and reduce resistance, but also achieve the goal of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty and expelling the Tartars Purpose?So soon, the rebels from all walks of life followed suit and issued their own four-kill order, five-kill order or seven-kill order.But no matter how many killing orders it is, the four major families of Mi Qing who were listed as the four killings by Fatty Lu have completely become rats crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats them!The same is true among mite people.

(End of this chapter)