Chapter 26 Xiangyang

Immediately someone came over with a torch, Zhang Xianzhong opened the letter and looked at it, but saw Yang Sichang saying on it: "The march of the thief is often erratic, and Xiangyang Mansion is the place where the army is heavy, so be cautious and not take it lightly." "Wait.

Zhang Xianzhong said: "This Yang Sichang really has some ability, but it's a pity that this messenger is too slow, and it's up to you to set the country." ”

Zhang Dingguo had already changed into the clothes of the Ming Army at this moment and said, "The child is going." ”

The south gate of Xiangyang City is called Wenchang Gate because of the vicinity of Wenchang Temple.

In the middle of the night there was the sound of horses' hooves, and twenty horsemen came to the city gate, shouting, "Open the gate, open the gate." We are the messengers of Inspector Yang, and we have delayed Inspector Yang's major affairs, can you afford it? ”

On the city tower, a few dead wind lamps were hung high, and a person showed his head and said: "What is the noise, in the middle of the night, what is the hurry, I don't know if the city gate is never opened in the middle of the night, either where it comes from, where to go back, or just wait outside the city for dawn, it's the second half of the night, and I can't wait for a few hours." ”

"Okay, let's wait for dawn, but after dawn, I'll behead you." Zhang Dingguo shouted violently, playing the majesty of Shangguan to the fullest.

The one on the top of the tower trembled with fright and said, "Okay, I'll call someone, I'll call someone." ”

For a while, when everyone below thought they had been exposed, an official poked his head out of the city with a lantern and asked, "Who are you waiting for?" ”

Zhang Dingguo also changed his tone and said: "Report to the lord, the next is a hundred households under Inspector Yang, and I will send an official letter on the order of Inspector Yang, and ask my lord to open the door and let me wait to enter the city to rest." ”

"And bring me the official letter."

Zhang Dingguo hesitated slightly, but saw a basket fall from the city, he gritted his teeth, put the official letter in the basket with both hands, and the basket was staggered and slipped up.

The adult above immediately took out the official letter and tore it open, looked at it hastily, and couldn't help laughing: "Inspector Yang is too careful, the thief is still in charge, is it possible to fly over?" Laughing and yawning, he prepared to go back to catch up on sleep.

Zhang Dingguo shouted loudly: "My lord, we ----"

"Yes, let them come in and rest the horses, poor back and forth." The adult said.

The heavy iron-clad bronze door slowly opened.

Zhang Dingguo gestured left and right with his eyes, everyone raised their spirits, held their breath, pressed one hand on the waist knife, and when the city gate was half-opened, Zhang Dingguo shouted and said, "Kill." "With a knock on the horse's belly, the whole horse galloped up.

"Lingchang" sounded, the long knife came out of the sheath, drew a semicircle in the air, and slashed through the neck of the soldier who opened the city gate, and suddenly the person fell to the ground, blood flowed for a long time, and Zhang Dingguo was the first to break into Xiangyang City.

"Huh." With a bang, a flower cannon shot up into the sky and exploded suddenly in the sky, which was very eye-catching.

"Kill." The sound of shouting and killing suddenly sounded, but it was not Zhang Dingguo's here, but in the city, Zhang Dingguo's arranged secret hands all broke out for a while. It is near the left of Wenchang Gate.

Zhang Dingguo rushed near the city gate, with 20 cavalry, fighting back and forth, all the officers and soldiers who stood up, cut down one after another, firmly controlled the city gate, and did not let the city gate be lost.

The ground trembled slightly, and countless cavalry came from the south. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai came so fast. More than 1,000 cavalry broke into Xiangyang City, and the major event of Xiangyang City has been decided, and it will no longer be able to turn the tables.

"The child has seen his father." Zhang Dingguo saw Zhang Xianzhong coming, and immediately saluted Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong patted Zhang Dingguo on the shoulder and said: "Good job, immediately divide troops to control the big and small yamen of Xiangyang Mansion, Brother Luo, how about going to Xiangwang Mansion with me?" ”

"Okay." Luo Rucai said: "My old Luo Pingsheng has killed a lot of people in his life, and he has not killed the vassal king of the imperial court, I want to see if the dragon son and phoenix grandson are different from ordinary people, whether there are dragon scales on the body, or dragon tendons." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "If there are dragon scales, my old Zhang will pick up the dragon scales, and if there is a dragon tendon, my old Zhang will draw the dragon tendon." ”

The two laughed and wanted to go to the palace.

When Zhang Xuan came to Xiangyang Mansion, it was already daytime on the second day.

The team galloped more than 300 miles in one night, although it was a horse team, but not everyone could do it, some people in the old camp were obviously left behind, and Zhang Xuan Luo Yufeng and his party were the ones who fell behind. At this moment, he entered the Xiangyang Mansion.

"What a magnificent ancient city wall?" Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan has not seen many county seats, nothing more than two small county towns of Yuan'an and Dangyang. And these two small counties are far from being compared with Xiangyang Mansion. He still has a delusion now, this Xiangyang, which is known as the iron beating, has fallen into Zhang Xianzhong's hands like this?

"Although the city wall of Xiangyang Mansion is good, it is far from comparable with the north and south capitals, Fengyang Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, Luoyang Mansion, and Xi'an Mansion. Cao Zongyu said.

Zhang Xuan suddenly sighed and said, "Soon it will be the ancestor of the previous dynasty." ”

The group entered Xiangyang Mansion, but the streets and alleys in Xiangyang Mansion were very depressed, and it seemed that they had come to a dead city. Zhang Xianzhong's name can simply make children stop crying, and when the people heard that Zhang Xianzhong was coming, they didn't dare to go to the street.

Zhang Xianzhong is obviously not manpowered, and to control a city, he not only needs people who can fight and kill, but also people who can handle general affairs.

As soon as Zhang Xuan and the others entered the city, he was called over by Luo Dain and said, "There is an order in charge of the plate, ordering us to open a warehouse and release grain." ”

Zhang Xuan was taken by Luo Dain to a large granary, which was Changping in Xiangyang Mansion, and it was also the military rations that Yang Sichang hoarded here.

Each granary was cylindrical, and the top was still pointed, and Zhang Xuan didn't know what this thing should be called.

Zhang Xuan learned from Luo Dain to pull out his long sword and stab it into the granary, cutting a hole, only to see the white rice flowing out along the big opening.

Zhang Xuan had never seen so much grain.

The modern state-level granary must have much more grain than here, but Zhang Xuan has never had the opportunity to enter these large granaries, and the grain bags at home are only 25 kilograms of flour bags, and they will be replaced after using one.

Never paid attention to food.

It is also very easy to open a warehouse and put grain.

Rodain ordered: "Open the gate, let everyone take as much as he can." ”

Immediately, there were also soldiers on the street who struck the gong and said, "The eight kings have opened a warehouse and released grain." ”

I don't know if this soldier was on duty before, and the voice he shouted was the same as the night watchman shouted: "The weather is dry, be careful of the candle." "It's the same thing.

I just shouted, no people came, but there were always hungry people, and they couldn't help but raise their heads, when a hungry person's tattered pockets, in the granary, resisted a whole bag and went home, the whole Xiangyang City was boiling.

Hundreds of people came from all directions, and for a while, the crowd surged, and Zhang Xuan and the people could barely be suppressed.

It seems that these people have changed from silent lambs to hungry mad dogs in an instant. Cao Zongyu immediately made a decision, and he didn't know where he escaped from a firearm and fired a shot into the sky, saying: "Give me all the good team, otherwise you will be killed." ”

This loud shout can be regarded as calming these people, and they line up honestly.

But even so they were very excited, and there was an old man, after seeing the rice, without saying a word, he reached out and grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth, and shouted vaguely: "I have eaten rice." I got the rice. ”

There was a thin man who was as thin as dry firewood, and he put three bags of rice on his body, but he was not satisfied, and he had to continue to put it, but when the fourth bag of rice was put up, he fell to the ground with a thud, and when Zhang Xuan went to see it, he was already out of breath.

When someone saw so much rice, they didn't grab it, but where they hugged their heads and cried, it turned out that their wives and sons had starved to death yesterday.

Zhang Xuan saw more beings at the door of this warehouse than he had seen in the first half of his life, and different people had different forms of grabbing rice, which taught Zhang Xuan a deep lesson, Zhang Xuan knew that since this time the warehouse was opened to release grain, the people of Xiangyang had been loyal to this Zhang.

The people's hearts of the Ming Dynasty were almost lost in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.