After these people finished speaking, they realized that the people who had come over were wearing the same uniforms as the army attacking Hankow on the other side. Suddenly, as if he had seen a ghost, he looked at Dong Erchang and the others in a daze. Zhou Linyuan said with a smile: "Since they have already conquered Hankou, we will not go to support, but a few people don't have to leave, let's go back to Hanyang City with us." ”

Those small officials and businessmen suddenly said hesitantly: "A few military masters, don't use it, we are all small officials, it's useless at all, you let us go, our family is in Wuchang City, if we don't go back, they will suffer." ”

Dong Erchang said: "It's okay, after we beat Wuchang down, we will send you home together." Then he said to the Fuming army behind him: "Take them all back to Hanyang." The two were about to clear the scattered Qing soldiers on the dock of Wusheng Temple, when they heard the cannons on Turtle Mountain start to sound again.

The two hurriedly ran to a high ground and looked in the direction of the Yangtze River. It turned out that Zhang Changgeng of Wuchang saw that someone was attacking Hanyang, and transferred troops from Wuchang City to reinforce him. But they did not expect that the Qing army in Hanyang would be defeated so quickly, and the two artillery positions of Guishan and Fenghuangshan were also lost.

As soon as the Qing army's troop transport ship passed through the center of the Yangtze River, it was discovered by the Restoration Army on Guishan Mountain. Immediately, the cannon turned its muzzle and ran in front of the Qing army's troop carrier. In addition, the Yuehukou wharf had been occupied by the Restoration Army, and the Qing army could not board the shore for a while, so they had to return to Wuchang City in disgrace.

In Wuchang City, in the Governor's Yamen, Yue Le took the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing to the south since he received the will of Shunzhi. After half a month's march, they arrived in Wuchang on April 22. After Zhang Changgeng reported the situation in Huguang to Yue Le, Yue Le said: "It's useless to say these things now, just say what to do now?" The emperor asked you to evacuate the people to Wuchang, De'an and other mansions. How's it going? How many people have not been evacuated? ”

Zhang Changgeng hurriedly said: "Prince An, now as long as it is under the rule of my Qing Dynasty, the state capital is retreating to the east. But the effect is not very good, and these state capitals near Wuchang are better under the supervision of the minions. Far away from Wuchang, it would be good if those officials could remove Minzhuang, or all the men. ”

Zhang Changgeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Now many local officials, I heard that the imperial court allowed them to retreat, and they are not held accountable for their loss of land. There are actually some officials who dare to run to Wuchang with only a few people. It's no wonder that Zhang Changgeng hesitated, so it was his own dereliction of duty.

Yue Le said: "Then how can it be done? The imperial court has a clear decree that only officials who evacuate to Wuchang Mansion with the people or the people will not be held accountable for the loss of land. In my opinion, these officials should be punished immediately to set an example. lest other officials follow suit and become more and more disrespectful to the will of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Changgeng hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, these officials are people who are not sorry to die. But we are now at the critical moment of evacuation, and at this time, these officials will be punished, and I am afraid that those officials who have not yet arrived in Wuchang will not dare to come to Wuchang again. ”

Yue Le said: "What are you afraid of? If you don't come and kill his whole family, tell them who is going to rush to me at this time and do something that should not have happened to me. The emperor will cut off my head when the time comes, and I will let you officials from the entire Huguang accompany you to the funeral. ”

Zhang Changgeng listened to Yue Le's words, and immediately fell into a cold sweat on his back. Now that Yue Le has come over with 10,000 Manchurian Eight Banners, it is not difficult to kill anyone in this Huguang. If you really want to anger Yue Le, maybe you will slaughter the entire Huguang again.

The more Zhang Changgeng thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he was stunned for a while. Yue Le saw that Zhang Changgeng didn't speak, and immediately didn't want to reprimand Zhang Changgeng anymore. Just said that he was going to cut off his head, which made Yue Le suddenly think of Jie Shu. Shunzhi asked him to kill Jieshu, and now that he has come to Wuchang, he has not seen Jieshu to greet him, and he has not even heard from Jieshu.

Yue Le said to Zhang Changgeng: "By the way, what about King Kangjun, where did he go?" Didn't you say that he had already arrived in Wuchang? Zhang Changgeng said: "Seeing that the implementation of the retreat in various places is not effective, the king of Kangjun has gone to Changsha to supervise the evacuation of the people. ”

Yue Le was stunned for a moment, and said: "Why did he go to Changsha, the emperor still has a will for him, since he is no longer there, now the war is urgent, let's talk about it after the war." ”

Of course, Zhang Changgeng would not say that it was he who asked Jieshu to go to Changsha, and as soon as Jieshu appeared in Wuchang, Zhang Changgeng knew that something bad was going to happen. I heard that Yue Le led the army south, so he gave Jieshu such an idea. Now the situation is unclear, and the imperial court has not made a conclusion about Jieshu's return to Wuchang without permission.

There is also the fact that because Jieshu retreated without authorization, Dong Xueli's army was defeated, which is a big crime. The court still did not have any will, let alone any punishment. Jie Shu and Zhang Changgeng are not sure, who will bear the responsibility this time.

But at this time, the imperial court asked Zhang Changgeng to preside over the evacuation of the people of Huguang, and the two immediately understood that Shunzhi was going to let Jieshu take the blame at this time. So Zhang Changgeng gave Jieshu an idea, and asked him to go directly to Changsha to urge local officials to go under the pretext of the ineffective local evacuation.

After Yue Le came, he couldn't go directly to Changsha to deal with him, so he had to wait for him to return to Wuchang. With this time, Jie Shu asked Dong Xueli to get some credit. Then let Jieshu come forward to recognize these credits, and the court will not punish Jieshu.

Originally, Yue Le did not agree with the disposal of Jieshu, everyone was a descendant of the Aixin Jueluo family. Everyone will not pose any threat to the throne of Shunzhi, so why be so harsh on their own family? It just so happens that now that Jieshu has gone to Changsha, he can delay it for a while.

What's more, the road from Changsha to Wuchang has already been interrupted due to the evacuation of the people. I had to wait for the Qing Dynasty to counterattack, or when Jieshu returned to Wuchang. Even Shunzhi is not good at urging himself, after all, the reality is in front of him.

You can't let Yue Le run to Changsha with the army now, and then just to dispose of Jieshu. Shunzhi said that he wanted Yue Le to dispose of Jieshu secretly. Going with such fanfare, didn't he tell the world that Shunzhi killed Jieshu? Therefore, for the sake of Emperor Shunzhi's reputation, Yue Le had no choice but to postpone the disposal of Jieshu.

In the following days, Yue Le just urged the troops from all over the country to assemble in Wuchang as soon as possible. The troops withdrawn to Wuchang from all over the country were also all reorganized. In a few days, the Qing army in Wuchang had reached 150,000. This does not include Yue Le's 10,000 Manchurian Eight Banners and the upcoming 30,000 Mongolian Eight Banners led by Badali.

With the addition of the Wuchang Naval Division, the Qing army has reached 200,000 troops. Seeing such a grand occasion, Yue Le was also full of confidence, and waited for the Fuming Army to come. Yue Le even felt that even if he didn't evacuate the people, he could take the 200,000 army and calm the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Yue Le lived in Zhang Changgeng's governor's mansion, and all the servants in the mansion were replaced by young and beautiful women. Yue Le lived in Wuchang for a few days, with great power and beautiful women beside him. In front of Yue Le, all the officials were trembling, sincere and fearful, and even Yue Le had the idea of not wanting to return to the capital.

Last night, Zhang Changgeng came to report that now the people who should be evacuated have been evacuated to Wuchang and other places. It's just that there are too many people around Wuchang now, and Zhang Changgeng asked whether to move these people to Jiangxi or Henan for resettlement. After all, Li Chengdong and Jin Hengsheng rebelled a few years ago, and the main battlefield was in Jiangxi.

The casualties to the people in Jiangxi are also very large, and if these people can be relocated to Jiangxi, then Jiangxi can quickly resume production. If you move to Henan, it is also promising, after all, the northern refugees have rebelled for more than ten years. Later, the Qing Dynasty went all the way south, and there were no fewer people in Henan, which was the time when the people's livelihood withered.

Faced with Zhang Changgeng's opinion, Yue Le didn't bother to pay attention to it at all. According to Yue Le's idea, there are many Han people, and now there is nowhere to put them, just kill them. In a few years, a large number of Han people will naturally come out. Besides, if the Han people are killed, there will be no more Han people to rebel, and the Qing Dynasty will be more stable.

Of course, Zhang Changgeng will not directly do what Yue Le said, and to ask, it is just a process. If these Manchurians were really allowed to govern the people's livelihood, it is estimated that all the people in the world would be killed in a few days.

Early the next morning, as soon as Yue Le got up, Li Mengzu, the outgoing former governor of Huguang, came to visit. Li Mengzu is a slave of the Han Army's Qizheng Yellow Banner, and he can be regarded as a flag man. Now that Yue Le, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, is here, he has to serve him well. That's why I often come to visit Yue Le.

Yue Le is also willing to have another banner man in front of him, he speaks well, and he can come up with some ideas for himself. After Li Mengzu came in the morning, Yue Le talked about Zhang Changgeng last night, and said: "These Han officials, obviously they are not here to listen to instructions, but they want to bother you with these things." It's still our banner people's sons and daughters, and they can't learn their twists and turns at all. ”

Li Mengzu said: "What Prince An said is that these are all the shortcomings of Han officials. They always have to find a few people to take responsibility, and if they don't, they don't dare to do anything at all. Li Mengzu took a sip of tea and said: "But in this world, these Han officials are required to govern the Qing Dynasty, and the princes don't have to worry about it." Let the minions watch these Han officials for the master. ”

Yue Lezheng wanted to keep Li Mengzu in Wuchang for a few more days, so that he could come up with ideas. I heard that there seemed to be a shouting of killing, but Yue Le didn't care about it before. After talking to Li Mengzu for a while, he saw Harha running in after Shuncheng Junwang, and his expression was a little flustered.

Yue Le saw it and immediately said, "You are also a child of the Qing Dynasty, why are you so flustered." What's the matter? "Yue Le is the seventh son of Nurhachi, the son of Abatai, and he is the same generation as Shunzhi in terms of generation. But Harha is the grandson of Daishan, and this generation is a generation behind. What's more, Daishan is only Nurhachi's nephew, and he is more intimate than Harhachi.

So in the face of Yue Le's reprimand, Harha didn't dare to refute. I had no choice but to reply in a proper manner: "I was in the city just now, and I heard that the army was coming, and now they are attacking Hanyang." Zhang Changgeng was about to send troops to the rescue. ”

Yue Le just said that Harha was unstable, but when he heard the news, he also stood up. He asked Harha, "You said that the army is coming?" How is it possible, it's only been a few days? Yesterday, Zhang Changgeng also explained that the army has not made much movement and has been operating in the vicinity of Jiangling City. Why did they suddenly run under Wuchang City, they couldn't fly even if they couldn't fly. ”

Harha only heard a message on the street, so she hurried to report the news, and she knew the specific situation. was asked by Yue Le, but he couldn't answer it at all. Li Mengzu next to him said: "Don't worry, Prince An, even if the Ming army fights, we still have 200,000 troops, not to mention that the situation is unknown now." ”

Yue Le said: "Yes, go and call Zhang Changgeng here." Li Mengzu said: "It's useless to call Zhang Changgeng now, if the Ming army really calls, he will be busy supporting Hanyang now." To organize an army to attack the Ming army, there is simply no time to explain. If not, now he also has to deal with rumors, if it's just rumors, we don't have to worry, as long as Zhang Changgeng deals with it, he will naturally come to explain to the master. ”