Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 319 At the celebration banquet, Ke Yuannan came

A group of Ming troops came galloping from the official road in the south of Yicheng. The leading general was the one-eyed Dai Zhifan. They came to the city gate and dismounted. " Dai Zhifan threw the reins of his war horse to the soldiers, and said with a smile: "Where~ General Yuan captured Yicheng so quickly, but it was much harder than this general."

"Haha~ It's not all due to me, it's all due to that boy Qin Feng's attention." Yuan Zongdi's face revealed a smug look.

"To be honest, we were all waiting to see your jokes, but we didn't expect that you really only took three days." Dai Zhifan sighed. "General Yuan doesn't know yet, Mr. Sun has agreed to organize his troops into the five loyal armies, so I immediately asked the Duke to transfer that kid Qin Feng to my Zhongyong Town as a thousand households. The Duke has already agreed. I have complied with my request, and I will have to take him away later, haha~"

"What?" Yuan Zongdi's face changed when he heard the words, and he stared, "Dai Zhifan, don't you want to pick peaches?"

Dai Zhifan smiled slightly, "Didn't General Yuan not believe in that kid's ability before?"

"You are close to the water and the moon is the first to get the moon, which is not a skill." Yuan Zongdi said unwillingly when he heard the words, and he stopped for a while.

Seeing this, Dai Zhifan was very happy. He looked at Yuan Zongdi with his single eye, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I know you are not here to greet me. The Duke will arrive outside the city in half an hour. You Wait, I'll go and see my new subordinate, Qianhu."

After Dai Zhifan finished speaking, he entered the city with a smile, while Yuan Zongdi stood at the gate of the city with an unhappy face, glaring at Dai Zhifan's back with hatred.

At noon, the main force of the Ming army from Chengtian Mansion rushed to the outside of Yicheng, and the residents in the city were sent to the Xiangyang front line by the Qing soldiers, so if the city was bigger, there would be almost no households left, and the houses would be empty. , but enough for tens of thousands of horses to live temporarily. "The Duke is here!"

At this time, the soldiers watching on the city wall saw the big flag in the distance, and said loudly.

Not long after, Wang Yan came to the gate of the city with a group of generals and staff on horseback. Yuan Zongdi hurried up to meet him, bowed on one knee and said, "Fortunately, the last general did not disgrace his life and took down Yicheng. The Duke is invited to inspect the city."

Wang Yan's face was full of smiles, and within three days he occupied the fortified city guarded by [-] Qing soldiers. Wu Sangui and Azig were probably blown out of anger and pissed in fear.

"General Yuan, you don't need to be too polite. You have made a great contribution this time. The governor will remember it in his heart. When the war is over, I will ask for a reward for you."

"The final general thanked the Duke~" Yuan Zongdi was overjoyed, and then he turned sideways and said, "Please invite the Duke to enter the city."

When a group of people and horses arrived, they slowly entered Yicheng, and under the arrangement of the military officer, they lived in the internalized area of ​​the city according to the battalion number.

That night, in a rich man's compound in the city, Wang Yan summoned generals and staff to celebrate Yuan Zongdi and Qin Feng's achievements.

Several women shuttled back and forth in the courtyard, serving plates of dishes and pots of wine. They were all women from good families captured by the Qing soldiers. After the Ming army broke through the city, the Qing soldiers fled in a hurry, and they stayed in the city. .

"In the battle of Yicheng, although Gao Di and Wu Sanfeng were not captured, the destruction of the city in three days was enough to strengthen our army. Tonight, everyone, drink this cup with the governor to celebrate the achievements of General Yuan and Qin Qianhu."

"The final general thanked the Duke~"

"The final general thanked the Duke~"

Yuan Zongdi and Qin Feng picked up their wine glasses and drank them down in one gulp, immediately attracting applause from the crowd.

While everyone was drinking in the courtyard, on the Han River, a team from Changsha sailed up the river in a small boat.

Du Yinxi persuaded Fu Shangrui in Yuezhou to send Huang Chaoxuan and Zhang Xianbi to lead 2 horses to Jiangxi to welcome them, and then returned to Changsha.

After he went back, he thought about it, and felt that such an important event as the emperor's relocation should be known to Wang Yan, so he immediately wrote a letter and sent his staff member Huang Xudong to Wuchang to report to Wang Yan.

Huang Xudong, whose courtesy name is Keyuan, was born in Wuling County, Changde Prefecture. He passed the examination for ten years in Chongzhen and failed many times. He returned to his hometown to give lectures. He believed in Yangming's philosophy of mind and paid great attention to his conduct.

When Zhang Xianzhong plundered Huguang, he avoided disaster in the mountains. After that, the imperial court was overthrown and the Qing soldiers went south. It happened that Du Yinxi was managing northern Hunan.

Huang Xudong got the order of Du Yinxi, so he sailed down the Xiangjiang River, entered the Yangtze River and arrived in Wuchang, but Wang Yan had already led the army to the north, and he entered Hanshui to look for Wang Yan with the ships transporting grain and grass on the river.

The group of them came to Chengtian Mansion, but they also learned that Wang Yan moved to Yicheng, so they took a boat to go there overnight.

In the dark night, with a few oil lamps on the bow, Li Suiqiu smiled and pointed to a bend in the river not far away: "The Duke asked Mr. Chang Geng to make a large sand table. The mountains and rivers are clear at a glance. Although I have never been to Jianghan , but as long as you take a look at the sand table, you can know the terrain clearly, and after crossing the river bend in front, you must be able to see Yicheng." Huang Xudong nodded slightly, with emotion on his face: "Since the Duke entered Chu , first fought in Yuezhou, then broke Jingzhou, and now captured Wuchang City, the soldiers are pointing at the front, invincible, in fact, I am the No. Really, my heart is very excited~"

"Haha~" Li Suiqiu heard the words and said with a smile: "The Duke is a virtuous corporal, and he loves talents very much. If I see brother Ke Yuan, I'm afraid I'll sigh a lot, and I won't be able to sleep for a long time!"

"Oh? Why is that?"

"Hate, blocking the Futai first, making him lose a lot of talent."

"Haha~ Brother Mei Zhou was joking."

Halfway through the celebration banquet in the courtyard, the grain fleet arrived outside Yicheng. Li Suiqiu ordered people to transport the grain into the city, and at the same time sent someone to report to Wang Yan.

When Wang Yan got the news, he immediately asked the guards to invite Huang Xudong over, but he was a little puzzled, wondering why Du Yinxi sent someone here, could it be that something went wrong in Hunan?
At this time, Wang Yan was thinking on the table while taking another sip of drink, reckoning that people should come outside the courtyard, so he got up and went to the gate of the courtyard.

Not long after, the personal guards led a young man around 30 years old, Wang Yan greeted him with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "This is Mr. Ke Yuan? Yan has been waiting for a long time."

Seeing this, Huang Xudong was startled, and then he knew that what Li Suiqiu said was true, and that the name of Corporal Wang Yanlixian was not false.He immediately saluted, "Huang Keyuan, a counselor under Du Gong's family, pays homage to the Duke of Chu, and is entrusted by Du Gong to deliver a letter for the Duke."

At that moment, Huang Xudong took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Yan with both hands. Wang Yan took it with a smile, put it in his arms, and then said: "The banquet has been going on for a while, if Mr. Ke Yuan doesn't mind, you can Let's go in for a drink with Yan, Mr. Yan Ji and Mr. Chang Geng are inside~"

(Thanks to Hu Daoyi, Yuedong Woxin for the reward)

(End of this chapter)