Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 306
Ten miles of banners and flags turn to the wind, and the daily news of the camp is the same.He Buqing's oil painting leisurely, Xu Xu was surprised to return to the painting of Jiaoxiong.A strong man draws his sword when he has a heart, but a benevolent man draws his bow when he has no plans.Tianji turned his hands over and saw Taolin riding the fiery red.

In July, the scorching sun is like a fire, and the trees, flowers and plants are so light that they cannot lift their heads. The birds in the sky are gone, and the animals on the ground are also lying in the shade to escape the heat. Only know that the summer heat is endless. barking non-stop.

On the official road leading from Wuchang to Changsha, a group of Ming troops with urgent flags on their backs flew past, stirring up a large cloud of dust.

In July, when the sun was very hot, the armor on the cavalry was soaked by the Han water, but instead of resting in the shade by the roadside, they galloped to Changsha on horseback.

"Pegasus Express, a great victory for the government and army, and the recovery of Wuchang~"

At the gate of Yuezhou City, the cavalry shouted loudly and rushed directly into the city, causing the crowd to dodge one after another, and then watched the cavalry's back.

When they heard the words of the cavalry, their faces suddenly showed great joy, and they danced excitedly with the people around them.

It has been more than half a month since the Ming army set off from Yuezhou, during which time news came back, many of them were Liu Chengyin's defeat and loss of thousands of people, Li Guo's besieged Jiangxia City and other unfavorable news, which made the government and the people in the rear very worried.

Yuezhou is located in the front line of anti-Qing, and the people of Yuezhou have been poisoned by the Qing soldiers. In the previous city defense battle, they lost [-] young and strong, which can be said to have a bloody feud with the Qing soldiers.

Now they heard that the Ming army captured Wuchang, not only to avenge the dead children, but also to turn Yuezhou from the front line of the confrontation between Ming and Qing to the rear.This also indicates that Yuezhou people will have a relatively peaceful life, and they are naturally happy in their hearts.

The cavalry did not stop in the city, but went directly to the post station, changed into the horses brought by the postmen and postmen, hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of dry food, drank a bowl of tea, changed horses without changing people, and quickly left Yuezhou .

The cavalry came and went like the wind, but they brought the most important news to Huguang officials, gentry, and common people along the way. Daming had won.

The news of the recapture of Wuchang by the officers and soldiers spread to the prefectures and counties where the cavalry passed, as if they had wings.

On the outskirts of Changsha, on the vast paddy fields, groups of peasant women are bending over and standing in the paddy fields, pulling up weeds. The men were conscripted by the government, and they followed Chu Guogong and He Dushi to fight the northern captives. The labor of the fields fell upon them.

This is the second great battle that broke out in Huguang between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The war is not a simple confrontation of troops. Not only the soldiers on the front line have paid a lot, but the people in the rear have also made great efforts for the war. The battle ahead, It also cares about Sanxiang and Sishui, the hearts of millions of people in Hunan.

The victory or defeat of the war is related to the future situation of Ming Dynasty, the future situation of the Hunan people, and even more related to the [-] civilian husbands who followed the army. They are all relatives of the Sanxiang people, and they are all their concerns.

At this time, many people were working in the fields. After the young and strong were expropriated, the old and the weak also had to participate in the labor. Although Dufutai and Zhaozhizhou had arranged for the common people to cooperate with each other, and the government had prepared a lot of tools, but for women For the elderly, the work in the field is still too heavy.

At this time, an old man straightened up from the field, trying to massage his sore waist, but saw a group of Ming army cavalry galloping from the north on the official road in the distance.

The old man had worked in the yamen before, and Zhang Xianzhong had guarded the city when he attacked Changsha, and he knew quite a lot about the affairs of the ranks. He looked from a distance and saw that the cavalry had a small flag of urgently planted behind them, and they came from the north. , immediately ran to the ridge.

In the paddy field, the working people heard the sound of horseshoes and stood up one after another, looking at the cavalrymen rushing to Changsha City, their hearts tensed.

"Old man, what's the matter?"

"I don't know. It seems to be a fast horse coming from the north. It should be the result of the war in Wuchang." The old farmer who ran to the ridge responded to the old woman in the field while squatting by the ditch, washing his face and Then he stood up and said: "You and the baby continue to work, I will go to the city to inquire about the news~"

The distance between Wuchang and Changsha is more than 600 li. Zhang Bilong and his ten knights changed horses along the way without changing men, and did not rest at night. They arrived outside Changsha in three days.

The Ming army captured Wuchang. This is great news. Wang Yan sent him to pass the news back to Changsha. In order to let the people in his hometown know the good news earlier, he drove all the way. Already very tired.

At the gate of the city, countless people found them and immediately surrounded them. When they entered the city, the Changsha people who got the news had already poured in from all directions, and the streets were immediately full of people. Seeing this, Zhang Bilong felt very sad. Excited, although he was out of breath, he still shouted excitedly: "Be happy ~ people, we have won ~"

"Victory~"

After Zhang Bilong finished speaking, the common people were stunned for a moment, and then erupted in applause, many of them burst into tears.

The whole city of Changsha, with Zhang Bilong as the center, spread out layers of joy and excitement. The scholars knew that Zhang Bilong was going to report to Du Yinxi, so they protected him all the way to the Governor's Yamen.

Among the crowd, two men dressed in Chinese clothes were eating in a restaurant next to the street when they suddenly heard cheers erupting from the whole city, as well as the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, and they didn't know what happened for a while Seeing the matter, he came out to watch, and happened to see the backs of many scholars and common people and Zhang Bilong.

At this time, the crowd rushed to the governor's office with beating gongs and drums. One of the two suddenly pulled a scholar from the crowd and asked, "Brother, what happened? Why is the whole city so excited all of a sudden?" stand up?"

Just as they were asking each other, a bunch of firecrackers were suddenly thrown out of the shops on both sides of the street, and the "crackling" explosions continued, making it more lively than New Year's Eve.

The shopkeeper in the restaurant also came to the street at this time, bowed his hands to the people who were still on the street, and shouted loudly: "Today, all drinks in our restaurant are free~"

At this time, the scholar who was dragged had no choice but to retreat to the eaves with them to avoid the firecrackers on the street.

The scholar heard that their accents were not from the locals, so he cupped his hands and said, "Where do you come from, and you don't even know such a big thing? We are celebrating that the Duke of Chu led the Ming soldiers to take down Wuchang, the provincial capital. It is said that Tong Yanghe, the governor of Huguang in the Qing court, was also arrested alive."

Hearing the words, the two couldn't help but glanced at each other, with great joy leaking out of their faces.

(I've been busy these days, and the update time is a bit unstable, please forgive me.)
　(Thanks to book friend 53045, book friend 29499, Yue Dong's nest core, tea and tobacco, and rewards for special battle wounds. I hope that book friends can join the book friend group and push the book "Yao Yuezhu")
　　
　
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