In Wuchang City, the Yamen of the Huguang Governor's Palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Report! Xiangtan is lost! ”

"Report! Changde is lost! ”

Bad news came one after another, Ao Bai sat on the Taishi chair in the middle, but like an old monk, he was neither shocked nor panicked, half-squinted, picked up the teacup with his left hand, and skimmed off the foam with the teacup lid with his right hand.

Yue Le, Jie Shu and other princes sat on the left and right of Aobai, and on both sides stood a group of important ministers of the Eight Banners, such as Tuhai, Mulima, Zhangtai, Nalan Mingzhu, and Marseille.

The Governor Zhang Changgeng and the Governor Yang Maoxun, the two feudal officials, are high on weekdays, but today they don't even have a place to sit, no, not even a place to sit, they can only stand below! Hearing the continuous bad news, Zhang Changgeng broke out in a cold sweat, trembled all over, and didn't dare to say a word.

The example of Hu Quancai, the former governor of Huguang, being removed from his post because of the disadvantage of exterminating the Kuidong Righteous Army, is vividly placed there, if Hunan is all lost this time, can he, the governor of Huguang, have any good end?

Ao Bai opened his eyes, his eyes emitted a fine light, and he looked at Zhang Changgeng: "Zhang Zhengtai doesn't need to panic!" If the thieves come to fight Wuchang, not only can the thieves break the blood flow in Wuchang, but also take advantage of the situation to fight back and annihilate the thieves in Huguang! This abandonment of Hunan is not Zhang Zhengtai's responsibility! ”

Changsha City, this is a big city, the Huguang right political envoy Yamen and the Biyuan governor Yamen are in Changsha. Zhou Zhaonan, who was the governor of Biyuan at the time, was in Changsha City, and the imperial army decided to abandon Changsha and lure thieves deeper.

But Zhou Zhaonan can't run, he ran away, it is the crime of losing the land, if the governor of the palace commits the crime of losing the land, he will at least be hanged, and his family will be sent to Ningguta as a slave.

Resist to the end? By whom to resist? Is it just those Xiangyong in the city? These Xiangyong are useless except for courage, relying on them to defend the city, don't even think about defending it.

Thinking of the fate of Zhang Qixun, the prefect of Hengzhou, at first he was forced not to surrender by the scholars in the city, and finally he surrendered when the city was broken, and the lives of the family were saved, but he himself had a hanging.

Hang and decisive, leaving a whole corpse, and it is considered dead. But it's better to die than to live, Zhou Zhaonan is really reluctant to give up his skin! According to the regulations of the Ming army, as long as he sacrificed Changsha to surrender, he was still the governor of the palace. How good it is to be alive, to enjoy life, to delicate the mountains and seas every day. If you die, you're gone.

Although people at the time believed that there was a reincarnation theory, but in this life he was a governor, and if he was reincarnated after he died, what would he become in the next life? It's hard to say whether you can be a human being or not. If it is decapitated at noon when the yang energy is at its peak, maybe the soul will be scattered, and there will be no chance of reincarnation.

Mother, the flag people have all run away, why let Lao Tzu stay and wait for death?

After thinking about it so much, there is only one sentence to sum up: he Zhou Zhaonan doesn't want to die.

Seeing the high morale of the Xiangyong in the city, one by one shouting to fight to the death with the thieves who humiliated the scholars, Zhou Zhaonan snorted disdainfully in his heart: "What to fight to the death?" The thieves are so powerful that the cannonballs are fired, and if they go down, they will die in a large area! The Changsha city wall is still strong, but can it be held? There are more than 100,000 thieves, how many Guangdong troops, Fujian troops and Guangxi soldiers have surrendered alone? The cannons bombarded the city, the fire salvos were fired, the cannon fodder took turns, and the ladder cars came up again, and they couldn't hold it at all. ”

The prefect Ren Shaojun said: "Zhou Futai, the thieves are powerful, and the imperial court is unwilling to stick to Hunan, what should we do?" If you surrender to the thief, you are really sorry for the court; If we don't descend, our whole family will be in the city! ”

"The political envoy ran away, and the flag man also ran away! Let us die? Zhou Zhaonan shook his head.

"But the warriors of the scholars in the city are very high, if we surrender to the thieves, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the scholars, and if it is not as good as a battle, it may be able to drag the thieves." Ren Shaojun said.

Zhou Zhaonan said helplessly: "Xiangyong only has courage, his weapons are not as good as people, and his skills are not as good as people, can he hold it?" If we wait until the city is broken, I'm afraid that you and I won't even have a chance to surrender! ”

Ren Shaojun gritted his teeth: "Okay!" For the sake of the family, the lower officials can only be sorry for the court! ”

Outside the city, the Ming army had arrived at the foot of Changsha. The Ming army along the Xiangjiang River lined up outside the city of Changsha, and then someone rode a horse to the city and shouted to the city: "My Ming king can't bear to slaughter the Han people!" If the soldiers and civilians in the city can open the city gates and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, we guarantee that your official positions will not change! I, the king, will never harass the people! ”

Zhou Zhaonan and Ren Shaojun stood at the head of the city and said nothing.

However, the leader of Xiangyong beside him, a person who looked like a scholar, shouted to the city: "Pseudo-Ming Haikou! Hugh came to persuade him to surrender! I was born as a Qing Dynasty person and died as a Qing ghost! Our Sanxiang disciples, swear not to surrender to the thief! Willing to live and die with Changsha! ”

All the Xiangyong at the head of the city waved their weapons together and shouted: "Swear not to surrender!" Swear not to surrender! ”

Wang Xinyu recalled the messenger who shouted, and said to Bai Wenxuan, Wang Yuyou and others: "The Hunan warriors in the city are very angry!" Since they swear not to surrender, then prepare and prepare to attack the city! ”

The Ming army dug trenches outside the city, built camps, and built siege positions.

After dark, there was a black shadow sneakily sliding down the city with a hanging basket on the head of Changsha City, and took advantage of the night to touch the side of the Ming army camp.

Before the black shadow approached the Ming army camp, two figures suddenly jumped out of the darkness, grabbed this guy, cut his arm backwards, and twisted it behind him.

"Don't hurt me, I'm here to offer a book!" The man said.

This messenger was sent to Wang Xinyu, and the surrender document on his body had already been searched by the Ming army. The envoy of the Qing army was escorted into the camp of the Chinese army, and a personal soldier stepped forward, took the surrender letter from the secret sentinel, and turned around and presented it to Wang Xinyu with both hands: "Marshal, this is the surrender letter sent by the Tartars, please take a look!" ”

Wang Xinyu opened the surrender document, only to see that it was written that three days later, several leaders of Xiangyong in the city would be subdued, and the city gate would be opened and the Ming army would be put into the city. The surrender was signed by Zhou Zhaonan, the governor of Biyuan, and Ren Shaoxu, the prefect of Changsha.

"Dashuai, will this letter be fraudulent? I heard that Xiang Yong was all sacrificing his life and forgetting death, as if he had been brainwashed by the Tartars. Will they trick us into the city and ambush us in the city? Li Rui glanced at the letter and asked.

Wang Xinyu did not answer, and handed the letter to Wang Yuyou.

"The students think that it will not be a fraud!" After reading it, Wang Yuyou said, "The lesson of Zhang Qixun, the prefect of Hengzhou, is there, and the scholars in the city will resist to the end, but the governor and the prefect, they are afraid of death, how can they resist?" Today, during the day, our people shouted, but the governor and the prefect did not say a word, and the most fierce ones were those who read! It's just that the Xiangyong in the city are all formed by the gentry, and the governor and prefect can't control it. ”

Wang Xinyu turned his head and asked the envoy: "It is a good thing that the governor and the prefect are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." It's just that the main forces defending the city in the city are all gentry and scholars, how many people do you governors and prefects have? ”

The messenger replied, "There are 20,000 Xiangyong in the city, all of whom were formed by the gentry themselves. What we adults can control is 1,000 Changsha green battalions, 2,000 Changsha practice bravery, and 5,000 people are strong. The lord decided to invite those gentry over for a drink, and take them all down at the governor's yamen, with fireworks as the signal, the Changsha Green Camp will open the city gate to welcome the king! As long as the king division enters the city, all the Hunan warriors and dragons have no leader, and they can only surrender. ”

When the envoy left, Wang Yuyou said: "Our army enters from the main gate, and at the same time attacks the city!" In this way, you will not be afraid of Tartar fraud! Even if they surrender, they will inevitably concentrate their forces in the urn city to destroy our people, so that the other walls will be empty, and we will take the opportunity to attack the city, and it will be difficult for them to hold it. ”

"Yes! Speed up these days to build siege weapons! When we attacked Hengzhou, there were still three ladder trucks left, which were dismantled and transported by ship! There's no need to build a ladder truck anymore! Wang Xinyu nodded.

The ladder truck has a complex structure, which is extremely cumbersome and time-consuming to build. When attacking Hengzhou, five ladder trucks were burned by Qing army rockets, and there were still three ladder trucks left, which could come in handy when attacking Changsha. In addition to this, there are also some siege weapons that can also be transported by ship. As for some that are too large and inconvenient to carry, but to build relatively simple nest cars, watchtowers and the like, you can build them on the spot.

In order to cooperate with Zhou Zhaonan and Ren Shaojun, who were preparing to surrender in the city, the Ming army outside the city was still arranging siege positions, building forts, and building siege weapons. There were also some large siege weapons built in Hengzhou, which were also transported by boat.

Three days later, when it got dark, the red lanterns hung high at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, and there were Changsha green battalion soldiers armed with spears and knives standing at the door. Changsha gentry and scholars appeared at the gate of the mansion one after another, and they bowed to the prefect Ren Shaojun standing at the door, and walked into the governor's mansion.

In the hall, there are five tables of banquets, in the courtyard outside the hall, there are also ten tables of banquets, lanterns are hung around the courtyard, on the side of each table, there is a floor-to-ceiling transparent glass oil lamp imported from the South Seas, the whale oil in the oil lamp burns with a pale yellow flame, exudes a faint fragrance, the lights in the courtyard are brilliant, as if it is day.

The gentry and gentlemen took their seats one after another, and no one noticed that the green battalion soldiers with their whole bodies and sharp blades had quietly entered the shadows to ambush and surrounded the place.

Outside the mansion, Changsha Lian Yong, who was carrying a weapon, had already surrounded the governor's mansion, and once something happened inside, even a fly would not want to fly out.

South of Changsha City, Zodiac Gate.

Zhang Shun, the commander of the Green Battalion, was a close confidant of the Governor who had picked it up, and he took his five hundred Green Battalion soldiers and walked in the direction of the Zodiac Gate. It is said that he is a thousand generals, but because of the empty salary on weekdays, he only has 700 soldiers under him, and 200 soldiers are currently in the governor's mansion, and only 500 soldiers he brought to seize the door.

Stationed near the Zodiac Gate, there are more than 1,000 Xiangyong.

"I hope that after we fight, the Ming army outside can come to support immediately!" Zhang Shun muttered to himself. (To be continued.) )