Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 540
After Du Yinxi stopped his troops outside the city, he only brought Man Dazhuang and a few guards into the city.

He is nearly fifty years old, but he walks very fast, "Where is Fu Shangrui?"

Chen Youlong and others hurriedly followed behind him, their armor rattling loudly, "Reporting to Futai, Fu Bandit and Liu Bandit ran eastward, and they must have gone to join Duoduo."

After hearing this, Du Yinxi stopped, but started to walk quickly again, "Fu Shangrui is familiar with the terrain of Hubei, and also knows that our army is deploying defenses. Letting him go will cause endless troubles."

Chen Youlong lowered his head, "The last general is incompetent."

"It's not your fault." Du Yinxi said as he walked, and suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Where is the Qing army now?"

"Should be leaving Huangzhou Mansion soon." Chen Youlong thought for a while and added: "From Huanggang to Wuchang, there are no soldiers and horses guarding them. Many troops in the east were transferred away by Fu Thief. Duoduo left Huangzhou Mansion. You can drive directly to the city of Wuchang."

"Will the soldiers and horses from Sanjiangkou and Bailuji also be withdrawn?"

"All withdrawn!"

Du Yinxi's face sank when he heard this, and he asked again: "Where are the troops of Governor He?"

"The last general also entered the city today, and he doesn't know the situation of the supervisor."

"Then how many troops are there in Wuchang?"

"There are more than 1 people in one of the last generals and one of Wang Ding. In addition, some people who figured out that Fu thief went to surrender have left Fu thief one after another and returned from the east. We can't count it for the time being."

Du Yinxi stopped again, frowned and said, "How can such a small group of people defend Wuchang? The city walls are not enough."

All the generals stopped immediately, and there was a moment of silence.

Du Yinxi frowned and thought for a while, then said to Chen Youlong: "Chen Zongbing, you immediately send a fast horse to Chengtian Mansion, and urge Governor He to lead the troops across the river as soon as possible. If he is late, I will join him."

Chen Youlong immediately clasped his fists to agree, the only one who could not give He Tengjiao face in this way was Du Yinxi.

At this time, Du Yinxi nodded, and ordered Man Dazhuang: "Mandu Town, you take the navy to the east of Sanjiangkou immediately, and be sure to block the Qing soldiers' ships. When you withdraw, wait for the general's order."

Sailing on the Yangtze River, one is to go down smoothly, and the other is to go up against the current. Needless to say, going up against the current is not only relying on oars, but also sailing. If you don't have this technology, you can only pull the fiber manually like Duoduo.

"Master Futai, don't worry, the final general will definitely fulfill his mission." Man Dazhuang solemnly agreed.

Du Yinxi said again: "Mandu Town is a navy division. Which of the generals is willing to go together?"

Several generals glanced at each other, Wang Ding and Yan Wenjie clasped their fists together and said: "The final general is willing to bring 4000 troops from the headquarters to guard Sanjiangkou."

Du Yinxi nodded approvingly, "At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Lang set fire to Sanjiangkou and defeated Cao Cao. I don't want the two generals to defeat Duoduo, but I want to delay the Qing army for a while. Once Governor He When the soldiers arrived in Wuchang, Ben Fu immediately ordered the two to retreat into the city."

"Don't worry about Futai, but one soldier and one soldier will never let the Qing army come to Wuchang." The faces of the two generals were full of determination.

"Excellent!" Du Yinxi praised, "On the day I return to the city, I will be the two of you leading the horse!"

The three immediately left with fists in their hands, Du Yinxi looked at their backs for a while, then waved and said, "Let's enter the city!"

A few people walked quickly, and felt that the atmosphere in Wuchang City was not right as soon as they entered the city gate, and the further they went into the city, the more strange they felt. Didn't they see anyone on the street?

This is the largest city in Huguang. Although it suffered heavy losses of household registration after several burns and wars, when He Tengjiao moved all the people in northern Hubei, he resettled more than [-] people here.

Seeing Du Yinxi's expression, Chen Youlong quickly explained: "Futai, everyone went to the yamen to petition."

After Du Yinxi heard this, he went straight to the direction of the government office. Now that the governor is not here, the governor has voted, and Wuchang can be said to have no leader.

The few people walked for a while, and two streets away, they heard the voices of people ahead, and when they turned a corner, they found that there was no way.Because the streets are all occupied by the common people, the besieged are impenetrable!
This is the reason why Chen Youlong was eager to invite Du Yinxi to enter the city, and he was almost surrounded in the yamen, and now only You Youlun, the prefect of Wuchang, is surrounded.

In just a few days, the people of Wuchang first heard that 10 troops from the Qing army had entered the bandits, and then Liu Chengyin first fled back to Wuchang, and then Chen Youlong's troops also withdrew, and a fight broke out in the city. How could the people of Wuchang not be alarmed? .

For a while, it was inevitable that all kinds of rumors were flying all over the sky. Some believed that Fu Shangrui had voted for the Qing, some said that Chen Youlong was sent by the Qing soldiers to drive away the governor, and then dedicated the city, and some said that the officers and soldiers were about to abandon Wuchang and retreat to Hunan. In short, the people were shocked.

A year had passed since the last major battle in Huzhou, the people had just settled down, and their hair had just been tied up again. How could they have to shave their hair again, especially the people who had seen the massacre and looting by the Qing soldiers suddenly panicked.

Some people came to the government, hoping to defend Wuchang, because Wang Yan killed the Eight Banners outside Wuchang city, and dozens of important officials of the Qing court died in Wuchang. It will slaughter the city.

Chen Youlong didn't take it seriously at first, and promised to stick to the city, but he didn't expect that the people didn't believe him, and they still didn't want to disperse, and instead gathered more and more.

The general suggested sending troops to disperse them directly, but in this way, I am afraid that the gentry and the common people really thought that he was the one who was going to surrender, so he rejected the suggestion, but he had no other choice but to ask You Youlun, the governor of the state, to come forward to appease the people. Then slip away through the back door and go out of the city to invite people.

At this time, You Youlun at the gate of the yamen was assuring everyone that if it was an ordinary prefectural city, it would be enough for the magistrate to speak, but Wuchang is the provincial capital, so the magistrate's words would not matter much.

At this time, the people's attention was all on You Youlun, and they didn't notice Du Yinxi and his party, but he was wearing a scarlet robe, a jade belt, and a golden pheasant, and there was a group of generals behind him. Knowing that he must be much bigger than You Youlun, he rushed over immediately.

Chen Youlong and the others immediately stepped forward, protecting Du Yinxi behind them, and shouted loudly: "Master Nanfu Du, please don't be rude, if you have anything to say, send some respected gentry into the mansion to talk in detail."

"Nanfu? It's Dufutai!" The crowd exclaimed. He was a scholar, and he might have a reputation. In his 30s, he looks dignified.

There was a commotion among the crowd, Du Yinxi had a high prestige in Huguang, Hubei was devastated by the war, and a large number of refugees were resettled by Du Yinxi. In addition, Hubei has always eaten food from Hunan, so the people are naturally very grateful to him.

"Master Futai, Wuchang can't be lost!" At this time, the scholar stood in the crowd and saluted, crying.The surrounding crowd also echoed, "Please save the Chu people from Futai", and knelt down in an instant.

Seeing this, Du Yinxi was moved for a while, and said loudly: "Although I am Nanfu, I am willing to live and die with Wuchang. You can rest assured that I have sent troops to Sanjiangkou to delay the Qing army. Will return to Wuchang, our government and the people are united, and we will protect Wuchang!"

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