Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 644
Jiankang in midsummer, after the rainy season, the haze is swept away, and everything is prosperous and peaceful inside and outside.

In today's Jiankang City, the long street is straight and wide, the streets are orderly, and it has the majesty of a country's capital.

The environment has a subtle binding force on people. When a slovenly person comes to a clean, tidy, open and bright hall, he will naturally feel cramped and uncomfortable, and he will even change himself in order to be in harmony with the environment. collocation.After all, there are still a small number of people in this world who are skinless and shameless.

Although Jiankang City was prosperous in the past, it didn't even have a real city wall. There were stretches of shacks across Changganli, where refugees and thieves swarmed.The government also made efforts to rectify, but with little effect.

But now, with the construction of the Xinchengfang District, refugees have moved in one after another. Even if they cannot be resettled temporarily, they are all arranged to live in several settlements such as Dunan, and they support their families by working in exchange for wages.

So in today's Jiankang City, the atmosphere is severe for a while. Although the people can hardly wear silk and satin, they also strive to be clean and tidy in short brown linen shirts.What people want is food first and then clothes. When appearances are all paid attention to, it is conceivable that livelihood must be guaranteed.

Of course, the environment is not limited to ordinary people alone. In the past, there were many rich and powerful children who drank and reveled, and showed off in the city, but now those libertines are gradually restraining themselves.On the one hand, with the establishment of Fangshi, the management of the city guards is more convenient, and there is less room for exploiting loopholes. On the other hand, because the brothels and gardens have been concentrated and moved to the east of the city near Qingxi, there are not many places to play in the capital.

There was a military turmoil in Jiangzhou at the beginning of the year, and then Yuzhou sent troops to the north. To be honest, it didn't have any profound impact on the people in the capital.The great river flows across and separates two worlds, and the only thing that can arouse people to participate in the discussion is that the price of rice has increased by a few dollars today.

But the lack of disturbance on the surface does not mean that the entire Jiankang city is indifferent to the war in Jiangbei.In fact, there are countless people who are worried about the news of Jiangbei, so that they can't sleep or eat.

Near the stone city in the west of the city, servants from various families in the capital have been gathering, paying close attention to the passing ships.

Because of the turmoil in Jiangzhou, the vitality has not yet recovered, so the number of passenger and cargo ships coming from the west has suddenly decreased and become scarce.But there are also two or three boats arriving every day, and every time a boat sails into the water fence and waits to enter the city, many people will pour out from all directions to ask for news.

If the ship owner didn't know the details, he would have said that the people in the capital are so hospitable.However, every time the source was reported, those who rushed forward to ask eagerly would scatter and leave the boat there, which was very embarrassing.

A similar scenario has played out several times a day since June, rain or shine.So much so that the defenders in Stone City regarded it as a scene, and even bet on how many ships would arrive tomorrow.

Finally, one day in July, the sun was shining brightly, and two light boats sailed from the water gate into the berth port one after another, and similar scenes continued to be staged.Some servants were tired of the scorching sun and moved lazily, or their footsteps were a little slow and fell behind, and they simply turned back halfway through the journey.But they had just taken a few steps back when they heard loud cheers behind them!

what happened?

The people in the rear were still suspicious, but there were already people dancing and rushing towards the city in front of them, cheering with excitement along the way: "Great victory, great victory in Yuzhou! Great victory for Marquis Shen, wipe out all the thieves and captives!"

On this sunny summer morning, starting from the two boats at the Water Gate Wharf in Stone City, the cheers began to spread rapidly, and a large number of people rushed towards the city while cheering.

"Great victory in Hefei!"

"A big victory in Yuzhou, a big victory in Jiangbei!"

"Marquis Shen wins, beheading thousands!"

The West Market is the most prosperous place in the city. It is crowded with people every day, and it is also the first place to be hit by the news of victory.But the majority of the people were still a bit baffled and surprised by the cheers: "My son-in-law, Marquis Shen, beheaded thousands? Is there another disturbance outside the city?"

"Doesn't this old slave not know that Consort Shen has already left the capital and went north to kill slaves, and now the good news has come back, Hefei has recovered, Master Wang has arrived in Huainan!"

Hearing the explanations from those cheering people, the people around couldn't calm down. Before they could ask for more details, people rushed out of the side warehouse and shouted: "The king's master is victorious, the son-in-law has won the victory, all the goods in the warehouse, One hundred coins minus ten, let's congratulate you for your great achievements!"

So the enthusiasm of the people was completely ignited, and they rushed to the shop, shouting in their mouths: "The son-in-law has returned to Huainan, and tens of thousands of slaves and thieves have been besieged!"

Fortunately, the scale of Jiankang City is not too large. Otherwise, when the news reaches Taicheng, it may have become "the son-in-law broke through the court, and the stone thief Shilong has been awarded the head"!
But even so, when the shouts outside the city were heard in Taicheng, the number of beheadings had already been exaggerated to tens of thousands.Several city gate soldiers heard the cheers and hurriedly reported to the military commander, and after receiving the report, the generals of the guards could not calm down. With such a large amount of gains, could it be that the Jienu had already invaded the south on a large scale?
Taicheng, which was originally as calm as the surface of a lake, now seemed to be hit by heavy rain and hailstones. Everyone was restless in the room and ran outside separately, wanting to inquire about some reliable news.

Many people climbed onto the city wall of Taicheng and listened to the cheers of the people below the city. However, the cheers became more and more exaggerated and distorted. The shouting between the front and back of one person had already moved from regaining Huainan to Nanyang and even Yanzhou, which made people messy Incomparably, I don't know whether to believe it or not, and I don't know where these little people have heard so many place names!

The whole city of Tai was in a mess, and the ministers of Taiwan also had different opinions when they asked each other, and they didn't know what to believe.The so-called recovery of Yanzhou is like that, even if there is no fight, there is no way that the son-in-law will rush there in such a short period of time!
Finally, in the confusion and confusion, the melodious bell rang outside the Taiji Hall in the north, summoning those with more than [-] shi in the hall to enter the hall.So everyone no longer cared about asking each other, no matter how high or low they were, they all went to the Tai Chi Hall one after another.Many ministers who were not of high rank were naturally blocked by the guards, but they did not disperse. They just shouted at the officials who rushed into the palace to remember to send a message later.

"Prime Minister Wang is here!"

"Chu Zhongshu is here!"

"Yu Hujun is here too..."

A group of important ministers in Taiwan also left their own official offices. The middle-aged people strode forward, and the old ones jumped three times.But at this moment, the crowd didn't smile much. Those who came first looked around one by one, trying to get a clue from the expressions of the Taifu princes present, but they didn't get anything.

"Has the messenger entered the station? Is there any conclusive news?"

Director Wang walked all the way, and he didn't care to answer the inquiries of the people along the way. He met several other Taiwan assistants in front of the palace, but saw that the expressions on their faces were not lacking, and then turned to Yu Tan and asked.

Yu Tan is in charge of the Hujun Mansion, if it is to be believed, the Hujun Mansion must be the first to get it, not to mention that no one in Taiwan knows that this old guy is Shen Zhezi's backer in Taiwan.As for Wen Qiao, who is openly covering up, but recently recuperating at home due to an old illness, he is not present at the moment.

Following Director Wang's question, everyone looked at Yu Tan.Yu Tan is still lowering his head and rubbing his legs at the moment, his old bones are exhausted from running all the way, when everyone looks at him, Dang even shakes his head and smiles wryly: "There is no success report in the department yet..."

When everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded. Even the Hujun Mansion hadn't received the news, so where did the news of victory come from?Could it be an own goal?
"Based on the day when Shen Weizhou left the capital, the Wang Shi must have arrived in Hefei right now. In terms of how many days of stalemate, the results of the battle should arrive in the capital in the near future. How will the outcome be..."

Chu Chong groaned, and his brows were already furrowed tightly. Regardless of the outcome, the source of the unidentified news has already caused a sensation in the city. If there is news that the war is unfavorable, how will it end?
After everyone heard the words, there was a helpless smile on their faces. Although they didn't want to admit it, they still felt that it should be fake news.After all, there is time here, even if you rush directly to Hefei to quickly defeat the Hefei defenders, sort out the results and report back to the capital, this time is not enough!

Of course, these people don't know that the real battle is not in Hefei, but upstream in Tushui, and the straight-line distance from them is only a few hundred miles!
"Although the news is undecided, all the people in the capital are happy to spread the news. It can be seen that Shen Weizhou has high expectations and everyone is eager to win! I hope Shen Weizhou can live up to everyone..."

Director Wang sighed, and then said that although the conflict between him and the Shen family was already irreconcilable, he sincerely hoped to win when it was raised to a major military issue.After all, if Jiangbei wins, Jiangdong will be more stable. Once it loses, the situation will become more turbulent, which will be of no benefit to anyone.

However, before Director Wang finished speaking, shouts came from behind the crowd outside the hall: "Good news, good news from Yuzhou!"

"it is true?"

Several people looked at each other with shock in their eyes.Especially Yu Tan was so old that he jumped three feet high and saw the shout coming from somewhere, and quickly ordered the general standing beside him to say: "Hurry up and lead the victors into the palace!"

Big win, real big win!

The undoubted battle report in black and white was placed in front of everyone, and the hearts of everyone were relieved.While breathing a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The clamor outside had already reached Huainan, beheading more than ten thousand people. How could the result of the battle report be so small?
While feeling a little lost in their hearts, everyone couldn't help laughing. Before, they didn't think this good news was true, but now they are also affected by the crazy words of those stupid people!Could it be that in their subconscious, they also feel that those absurd exaggerated remarks are not impossible to complete?
It turned out that unconsciously, no matter how they felt about that kid, they already had an inexplicable trust in him.

"Shen Weizhou, a true national scholar!"

This battle report not only explained the specific battle gains, but also detailed the war process.So everyone also understood why the good news came so quickly. It turned out that the battle location was not in Hefei, but in the water!Shen Zhezi's brigade took part in the division and wiped out thousands of captives under Huang Quan's troops, and even the chief general Huang Quan was beheaded!

The content on paper is naturally difficult to cover everything.Seeing the process of the battle, everyone couldn't help but feel a little weird in their hearts. They all felt that this slave general was really tired of working. He didn't want to stay in Hefei, but he wanted to go to Tushui, but he ran into an even more terrifying opponent!Doesn't he know that this kid is even more difficult to deal with than Yu Yi?He probably doesn't know...

(End of this chapter)