Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 4 Bao Yanyan, Wang Yan was captured
Wang Yan was born in Huguang, a land of fish and rice, and knew water since childhood.

When he was young, he would often swim on the Xiangjiang River with the youngsters in his clan. Although the Grand Canal was wide, it couldn't stop him, but now that there were more Xu Yanyan by his side, he was powerless and incapable of taking her across the river.

At this time, Zhao Jun's soldiers had already approached Lu Weidang, and Wang Yan felt desperate. For the fugitives, whether it was Daming or Li Chuang, there was only one way to deal with them, and that was to kill them without mercy.

Looking at Xu Yanyan beside him in a daze, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, Xu Zhizhi's entrustment still echoed in his ears, could he just sit and wait like this, giving up the promise he made?Xu Zhi's pleading eyes appeared in his mind. For several months, he and Xu Yanyan were inseparable, depended on each other, and already had feelings for him. Wang Yan couldn't do such a thing to let him leave Xu Yanyan and run away alone. .

Confucius said to achieve benevolence, Meng said to obtain righteousness!
Although Wang Yan was influenced by many dreams, he was essentially a scholar-bureaucrat in the traditional sense.A gentleman keeps his promise and travels thousands of miles alone. It is impossible for him to escape alone.

Seeing the approaching soldiers of Zhao Jun and the shining sabers, he had already made up his mind. Fortunately, Xu Yanyan followed behind and did not go up to the river, so Zhao Jun should only see him. He must not let Xu Yanyan be in danger again.

At this time, he supported Xu Yanyan's thin shoulders with both hands, making her face him, and then said seriously: "Yanyan, you stay here and hide yourself, no matter what happens, don't make any noise. "

What Wang Yan said made Xu Yanyan seem to feel something, she suddenly raised her head in a daze, and looked at Wang Yan in horror.

This made Wang Yan startled, but he didn't have time to think about it.

He hastily took out a piece of beautiful jade from his bosom, stuffed it into Xu Yanyan's hand and said, "I am a descendant of the Wang family in Hengyang, my uncle Wang Chaopin, and my cousin Wang Fuzhi is a famous scholar in Huguang. If you escape, you can go to Changsha City and find someone to inquire about it." , when our people see this token, they will definitely keep it with you."

After speaking, Wang Yan got up resolutely and rushed out of the reeds. Behind him, two lines of tears had already wet Xu Yanyan's face.

"Stop, don't run."

"Catch him, the general will reward you."

Zhao Jun's soldiers, who had been pressing towards the reeds, saw a figure rushing out suddenly, and immediately chased after them with swords in their hands.

These are the old soldiers around Zhao Yingyuan, very elite, Wang Yan didn't dare to look back, he just hoped to lure them away.

He ran wildly all the way, and Zhao Jun's soldiers chased him closer and closer, but it was not easy to catch him, but at this moment, there was a sound of piercing through the air behind him, and Wang Yan suddenly turned pale with shock.

There was only a "poof" sound, and a feather arrow almost pierced his thigh, and the burst of pain immediately made him lose his center of gravity and fell down.

"It's over, it's over."

The next moment, several soldiers of Zhao Jun had surrounded him, and immediately punched and kicked Wang Yan. "Fuck! Tell you to run for me!"

After all this, Wang Yan was beaten to the point of fainting by merciless fists and kicks.

At this time, seeing that the soldiers were almost venting their anger, and fearing that they would really kill Wang Yan, a junior officer wearing leather armor and carrying a bow and arrow stepped forward and said, "Fuck! Stop, the general will die!"

Only then did the soldiers roughly lift Wang Yan up, and walked back like dragging a dead dog.After a while, he was dragged up the embankment in a daze and brought to Zhao Yingyuan.

Zhao Yingyuan looked at him with a cold face, and many generals behind him also looked like dead mothers. Compared with when they left the camp, the whole Zhao army was like two teams.Their banners were disorganized, the soldiers were downcast, and their morale was low, as if they had suffered a big defeat.

Wang Yan didn't have time to think about these changes, so he heard Zhao Yingyuan say: "You run away when you see my army, but which side will do it carefully, the north or the south?"

Hearing this, Wang Yan was at a loss and didn't understand what Zhao Yingyuan meant, but he knew that he was going to die this time, so he didn't need to waste his words, just closed his eyes and waited for death like Xu Zhi.

Seeing this, Zhao Yingyuan was furious and wanted to draw his sword to kill him.

At this time, a person behind him suddenly said: "This person seems to be Wang Yan from the former barracks. I have seen it before in my humble position, and I have some reflections."

"That's a fugitive!" Zhao Yingyuan's face turned cold, but he didn't draw his sword, but said cruelly with a murderous look: "Take it back, and kill everyone!"

It was getting dark at this time, but the army did not intend to stop. Wang Yan was caught on the horse by a military academy, and without waiting for the infantry, he rushed back to the camp with the cavalry.

Wang Yan could feel Zhao Yingyuan's anxiety, and guessed that something big must have happened, but why should he worry so much when he is dying.

After returning to Daying, Zhao Yingyuan took many confidants and went straight to the commander's tent, while Wang Yan was left aside and guarded.

There was nothing to say all night, because he was worried about Xu Yanyan, and because of his ups and downs, he couldn't fall asleep.

At this moment, enduring the cold night wind and looking at the stars in the sky, Wang Yan felt infinitely sad. He couldn't help recalling his short life that was about to end.

He was born in the Wang family of Hengyang. He moved to Changsha with his father when he was young, and studied with his brother Wang Fuzhi, who was [-] years older than him. However, his qualifications were mediocre. .

In the 15th year of Chongzhen (1642), he went to Wuchang to participate in the Huguang Township Examination with Wang Fuzhi and others, and he was ranked last. In the same year, he went to Beijing to prepare for the Kwai Wei Nian Examination. Lulu failed to go to Beijing for the exam.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), Wang Yan failed in the Kuiwei test, and the road to the south was blocked by Li Chuang's army, so he stayed in the capital and worshiped Liu Lishun as his teacher.

But then the situation deteriorated rapidly, most of the people in the court were corpses and vegetarians, he suddenly felt that there was no way to serve the country, his will was depressed, he drank all day to relieve his sorrows, and almost fell into the water and drowned, fortunately a woman in a brothel rescued him. After waking up, he had strange dreams again and again, and composed a lot of strange words and songs, which made him famous in the capital for a while.

In the year of Jiashen (1644), Li broke through the capital, and all twelve members of Liu Lishun's family died in the ring.Wang Yan wanted to die together, but he listened to Liu Lishun's words: "I am not a mediocre person. It is the grace of the emperor to be the champion. Now that the mountains and rivers are broken, the emperor died for the country, and I am a minister. I have to die! My sixties are old, and if I die, I will die. There is nothing in the country." However, Shi Heng is weak and crowned, but he has the talent to support the country and a useful body. How can he lightly talk about life and death. The old and the present are still there, half of the country is still there, and there is still something to do. Go south quickly. willing."

Then he fled all the way south until now.

This night, many characters and many pictures were like floating light and moon shadows in his mind. It was not until a ray of morning glow appeared in the sky that he slowly withdrew his thoughts.

At dawn, the first person Wang Yan saw was Li Mazi, the old fire leader.When he appeared in front of Wang Yan with a bowl of rice, Wang Yan was actually happy in his heart. It seemed that the escape did not affect the old man, so Wang Yan smiled.

But Li Mazi looked at him with a sad face. He put the bowl of rice in front of Wang Yan, and said sadly, "I'll eat it! I wanted to make you a good meal, but King Chuang ate it in Shanhaiguan. After losing the battle, we have now retreated from Beijing to Shanxi, and the officials and gentry in Henan and Shandong have launched a rebellion, and the army has no food and grass, so I can only cook you this bowl of plain rice, old man."

"Hey, let's go all the way!" Li Mazi couldn't help sighing, he didn't know whether he felt sorry for Wang Yan or worried about Zhao Jun's future.

After losing the battle at Shanhaiguan, didn't Wu Sangui surrender?Hearing Li Mazi's words, Wang Yan couldn't help being stunned, and the smile on his face froze instantly.

Seeing this, Li Mazi thought that he was frightened by this bowl of rice with severed heads, and didn't know how to comfort him, so he simply gave him more time, so he sighed again, and walked out.

At this time, Wang Yan's original mood of calmly waiting for death no longer exists, replaced by the shock of the waves hitting the shore.

Although he didn't know what happened in Shanhaiguan, after thinking about it, he already understood.

Since the Chongzhen Dynasty, there has been a war on two fronts. There is such a phenomenon that those who have made great achievements in suppressing thieves and performed well will be sent to conquer Jiannu, and then they will be defeated by Jiannu.Lu Xiangsheng, who defeated Gao Yingxiang, and Hong Chengchou, who beat Li Chuang to only eighteen riders and escaped in Shangluo Mountain, were all like this.

At this time, pictures of mountains of corpses and seas of blood kept appearing in Wang Yan's mind. He finally believed the prophecy in the dream. Hell, those who don't follow will be cut off!"

It was not a nightmare, it was a revelation from the heavens, but he had never done anything.

When he was in the capital, he used the excuse that he had no way to serve the country, indulged in the brothel all day long, and did not think about the danger of the country, which caused his father to die in the country.Now I am suddenly awakened, and I want to change the fate of the Han people and prevent history from repeating the disaster of Meng Yuan, but I am already a dying person, and I am powerless.

For a moment, Wang Yan's heart was full of remorse, and two lines of tears poured out, "Oh my god! What have I done?" How could he eat this bowl of rice with severed heads?
More than half an hour later, Wang Yan was dragged outside the camp by the soldiers.

Thousands of Zhao troops had gathered here, news of Li Chuang's defeat spread like wildfire, rumors spread in the army, morale was low, and the soldiers talked to each other, and the scene was really chaotic.

Zhao Jun is now in a deadly situation. Northern Zhili is occupied by Jiannu, Shandong and Henan officials and gentry have launched a rebellion, and they have raised the flag again, arresting officials appointed by Dashun everywhere, and chasing and killing Dashun's army.

Looking around, Zhao Jun was already the only Dashun army within a radius of hundreds of miles, and it was already an abandoned and lonely army, which could be said to be enemies on all sides.

At such a moment, the army needs to rebuild their morale, and Wang Yan's head can be used just in time.

"Let's start!" Zhao Yingyuan said to the little school beside him with a frosty face.

The soldiers carrying Wang Yan saw Xiao Xiao winking and threw him before the army.

The arrow wound was not treated yesterday, Wang Yan lost a lot of blood now, and fell to the ground as soon as he threw it, but how could he die like this, he gritted his teeth and sat up, only to see a warrior holding a big knife Coming, he knew that the last moment had come.

Well, then bid farewell to this world!
Enduring the pain, Wang Yan found the right direction, changed from sitting to kneeling, and solemnly bowed to Emperor Taizu Gao to the south, then to the high hall in Huguang, then turned around and bowed to Emperor Daxing to the north, and finally sat down to drink the blade.

Wang Yan's actions stunned the warrior holding the sword, Zhao Yingyuan couldn't help but frowned when the sword didn't come down, and the man in official robes behind him also made his eyes shine. It must be my Confucian disciple who can have such a bearing!
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