Because they came from afar, they were not familiar with the place, and there were not too many men and horses under Geng Shang's coalition army, so they were not too greedy, but they were just bounded by Dongting Lake, and they all occupied the north of Dongting Lake and the west of Dongting Lake, and the rest of the land was untouched, which was why Wu Sangui was able to tolerate them.

If they encroach on the boundary south of Dongting Lake, then even if they cut off the connection between Wu Sangui and his hometown in Yunnan, it would be strange if Wu Sangui didn't look for them desperately.

Xiangyang Mansion was originally attacked by Zhang Xianzhong, and the people killed cattle and drank wine to welcome the rebels, so they were spared from banditry. After Li Zicheng took over Xiangyang, he did not start a killing spree, because he planned to take Xiangyang as the capital, and later retreated at Shanhaiguan, and did not fight any hard battles in Xiangyang, so compared to other large cities, Xiangyang is one of the few surviving cities.

This city has no good impression of the Ming Dynasty, when Xiangwang Zhu Yiming stored five provinces in Xiangyang, the people made the people miserable, and the people around Xiangyang have long been eager for the righteous army to break through Xiangyang Mansion, and everyone can still find a way to live. Therefore, when Zhang Xianzhong attacked Xiangyang, the people would hold a feast, in order to ease the relationship with the righteous army and avoid being slaughtered. The second is dissatisfaction with King Xiang.

Although almost 40 years have passed since these things, many people in Xiangyang still remember what it was like when King Xiang received money and grain.

The evaluation of King Xiang in the history books is also very vague, if he is not a good prince, then the history books will be special about his deeds, because the history books of the later dynasties will definitely write the atmosphere of the last king to the fullest, but there is not much evaluation of his history books.

Like the original Fu King Zhu Changxun, there was a record left in the history books, saying that the reinforcements who passed through Luoyang shouted: "The palace has millions of money, but we died of hunger at the hands of thieves." ”

And King Xiang only said that he died in the Nancheng Tower, Zhang Xianzhong waited for him to die, and burned the Nancheng Tower, and people paid more attention to his death, Yang Sichang committed suicide in fear of crime. Yang Sichang was slandered all over the world after his death because of his grievances with the great Confucian Huang Daozhou and the loyal minister Lu Xiangsheng, but at the beginning, the four-square, six-corner, and ten-sided nets really forced Li Zicheng into the mountains, and this strategy must have been successful, and it cannot be said that Yang Sichang was useless.

Regarding the rights and wrongs of King Xiang, Cheng Xiaolian did not have the opportunity to explore, no matter how hard he offended the people of Xiangyang, it was all written off now, because Geng Shang's coalition army came.

At the beginning, King Xiang collected money and grain because Zhang Xianzhong was in the vicinity, and Geng Shang's coalition army was even more excessive, and they wanted to raise armaments in order to attack Sichuan and Shu. The people of Xiangyang City are secretly scolding their mother, what does your attack on Sichuan and Shu have to do with us, and you don't give us the silver, why do you let us give the silver?

For a while, what Daming and what King Xiang, all left behind, and some people even began to say that it was not as good as the original King Xiang, although King Xiang raised armaments, but he still left the food to live, and now it is good, this Geng Shang coalition army is planning to hang three feet of land in Xiangyang before it is stopped.

As soon as this sentence came out, it was immediately recognized by the people around him, forty years ago, the people who remembered it are now at least fifty, most of them are buried in the loess with the passage of time, and the Ming Dynasty has died, who will still talk about those Chen sesame rotten grains at home all day long, even if someone chatters, someone has to be willing to listen, those children have not experienced the things of the year, and after the Manchu Dynasty rode all over the Central Plains, it may not be how good it is for them, so the old hatred is getting weaker and weaker, and the new hatred is getting stronger and stronger.

Cheng Xiaolian almost laughed three times after hearing the news: "Steward Yang, did you hear it, Geng Jingzhong's letter of monk is scraping the ground in Xiangyang City." ”

Yang Youcai patted his head: "My third young master, you can be quiet, although no one cares about us, but it is inevitable that the wall has ears, and you are not afraid of 10,000 just in case." ”

Cheng Xiaolian suppressed his expression and laughed: "Geng Jingzhong's monk believes that this is taking death, they have no foundation here at all, and they have offended all the gentry, once the army attacks, they will be wiped out immediately!" ”

Yang Youcai said lightly: "Yes, they are just taking death, but where is the army?" The Manchus in Henan had no extra troops, the Manchus in Jiangnan and Wu Sangui were inseparable, and the army of the Ming Dynasty couldn't get by, so who could help them. ”

Cheng Xiaolian suddenly remembered something: "You said that if Da Ming secretly transported the soldiers and horses like this, would he be able to take Huguang without knowing it." ”

Yang Youcai scratched his head: "We have a thousand people here, and the chickens and dogs have already begun to jump in the mountains, and when the last two groups of people and horses come over, if they don't send half of the goods, they won't be able to come at all, young master, don't be whimsical, unless Daming plans to kill all the people in the mountain, he won't be able to come at all." ”

Cheng Xiaolian sighed helplessly: "Then we can only act according to the plan." ”

"Young master, I beg you, you must act according to the plan, but if there is a mistake in this batch of goods, I can't explain it to the old lady when I go back."

"Okay, okay, just go according to the original plan."

According to the plan they discussed, these people should be divided into ten parts, go to each prefecture and county, and take the opportunity to stir up trouble, if they can take one or two cities, it would be better, as long as they can hold off the Geng Shang coalition army for ten days and eight days, Yuan Zonghao's army can attack and descend.

Not to mention anything else, the sweeping army is fighting so hotly in Shaanxi, the mountains and rivers army can't help it for a long time, if it's a step late, it will be late, everyone is from a background, and in the end they became a general, and they are still a team, and they feel more aggrieved, so these people are all full of energy to make contributions.

The caravans rushed towards the city in charge according to the plan, and the big mansions in the hinterland of Huguang such as Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Mansion arranged manpower, and Cheng Xiaolian and their destination was Jiangling.

It was originally in Sichuan to discuss, Cheng Xiaolian planned to go to Wuchang Mansion for a trip, but Yang Youcai hugged his thigh and began to cry: "Once there is a mess in that kind of place, there is no place to run, once something happens in Jiangling, go up the river, as long as you arrive near Kuimen, someone will answer, Your Highness, you can have pity on my family." ”

Cheng Xiaolian had no choice but to choose Jiangling City, and then these caravans set off again, these people occupied almost all the big mansions in the heart of Huguang, as long as there was a mess in one of the state capitals, their plan would be considered a success.

Along the way, no matter how good the silver is to open the way, no one in this world may not give face, but the face of the silver can not be given, and Cheng Xiaolian and they rushed to Jiangling on this day.

(End of chapter)