"Jinling to the west of Jiakeduo, there is no wind in the ship. If you want to move the boat near the mouth of the river, the bow of the boat is sacrificed to the gods and poured wine.

Every year, the west is returning to the east, and the name is not in the county register. The farmer's tax is long and hard, and the abandoned business is long for the treasure seller. ”

Zhang's "Estimating Kele".

- I'm the dividing line -

In a battlefield in Xinzhou, Jiangxi, the bloodstained Shaozhou master is Lao Guan; The people in the distance also worshipped in the northwest direction, and their mouths still read:

"Veteran, young master, you can finally rest in peace."

"Now that King Huang has been called the Son of Heaven, Brother Zhou has also become the governor of Dadu; The king made his head the deputy governor,。。 ”

"But all the old brothers who survived in the Fury Wind Army, regardless of whether they were injured, sick or disabled, have the whereabouts and hope for the rest of their lives."

"There is no neck, these young people have also found their mother-in-law and given birth to children, and I am afraid that the days will not be pulled out one by one."

"I also want this life to pick up, and Brother Zhou will continue to overturn this cannibalistic court and the injustice of the whole world. I hope you will watch it well underground, and count on it. ”

After the worship, he turned around, and he was the hearty and open-minded old rebel Guan Xiangying again, as if he didn't care much about anything.

"Report to the captain, in this battle, we beheaded more than 1,500 and captured more than 2,800, and the thieves who rebelled in Jizhou, Qianzhou, and Fuzhou are afraid that they are all trapped here."

A young military academy reported beside him.

"It's just that the dog's day of Jizhou Thorn Shi Wei ran away again; The brothers have already chased along Huaiyu Mountain, and they are afraid that they are going to enter the territory of Quzhou. ”

"But why did we catch the younger brother who was flying his banner, and the soldier and horse envoy Wei Zai, and the Lao Zi Observation Envoy Gao Maoqing, were also left behind in the pursuit."

"This dog thing still wants to pretend to be decent, but after a few hits from the brothers, it finally stopped honestly.."

"Then hurry up and bring someone up."

Lao Guan hurriedly waved his hand. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

This danger was originally a local tyrant in Fuzhou who took advantage of the situation to recruit troops to defend himself, and when he followed the command of Zhong Chuan, the envoy of Gao'an, he defeated Liu Yanzhang, one of the pioneers of the Yellow King; Huang Kesi and Li Daoqian, the generals of the Willow Department, were awarded the title of general in Ivory Pond (now Han Town, Xinjian County).

Later, he successively suppressed the volunteers who rose up in Huang Tianshao, Zhu Congli and other places; Many earthen cities and dock walls were built in the dangerous places. It is considered to be one of the local local forces in Jiangxi, and it can fight and govern relatively out-of-class existences.

When the Huangchao army came back to Lingwai and swept Jiangxi, they were the local forces that tended to the imperial court to be destroyed, surrendered, and fled; The Wei brothers led their troops to flee into the mountains to survive.

Wait until the gradual power of the Taiping army enters Jiangxi Province, and after the various alliances are carried out in Jiangzhou; They have become low-key and dormant again; And the pretend is to submit to the banner of the righteous army and maintain a peaceful situation.

It was only later that he fell out with Zhong Chuan, and between Jizhou and Qianzhou, the Taiping army could not control the place where its influence was weak for the time being, and continued to recruit exile and build forts and sieges, invading and annexing many other large and small local forces.

When Gao Maoqing entered Jiangxi to incite chaos against the Taiping Army, he indiscriminately issued more than a dozen titles of assassins, soldiers and horses, and miscellaneous generals in one go, and the Wei brothers were among them; It's just that he didn't participate in Zhong Chuan's formation of a coalition army to attack Hongzhou, but took the opportunity to go south to seize the territory of Xinzhou and other places.

Therefore, once it is attacked and suppressed against its forces, it will also take a lot of twists and turns;

Because there are many people who are protected and sheltered by him, and they are secretly informed; This generation is also familiar with the nearby geographical environment, and has the advantage of being at home in battle between the gathering and the mountains, forests and rivers.

Therefore, with the echo and coordination of the soldiers and horses of the North Road from Hongzhou, it still took more than a month of effort, and there were more than a dozen battles in the encirclement, pursuit, and interception in public; Dozens of earthen cities, fortresses, and dock walls were breached and burned;

With the cooperation of the three detachments sent by the Formation, hundreds of families with wealthy surnames, squires, and families of large families were tried and executed; It gradually cut off its foundation for replenishment and rest in the local area, and gradually forced to a desperate road that could only fight to the death.

However, it was a surprise to be able to obtain Gao Maoqing, the fish who slipped through the net in the battle under the city of Yuzhang. Then, Gao Maoqing, who was cut backwards with his arms covered with dirt and blood on his head and face, and even the boots on his feet did not know where to go, was stumbled and dragged over.

"Are you going to slaughter him and sacrifice the flag, Captain."

Suddenly, one of the young generals showed a certain eager expression and made a gesture.

"What do you think, it's an old dynasty Jiangxi observer, and it should be handed over to the leader to decide. . . I'm just trying the first instance and asking about something. ”

was immediately denied by Lao Guan knocking his helmet with a whip, and then turned to Gao Maoqing, who looked already withered and haggard.

"I want all the names of those people with whom I secretly communicated with you in the first place."

"Those who have lost the army only want to die quickly, so why bother with anything."

However, at this moment, Gao Maoqing smiled miserably;

He was full of ambition to go to Beijing, save the last bit of dreams and efforts of Tucun and Jiangnan, and his hopes and ambitions were all hit by defeats again and again after the defeat under the city of Hongzhou. Now that he has been abandoned by his nominal subordinates and subordinates and fallen into the hands of thieves, what else can he expect and expect.

"Because it will make the rest of your time a little better. The rebels have some ways to tell the truth, and I'm sure you won't like it. ”

Lao Guan sat on the Hu bed (Maza), but he looked at him unexpectedly and continued, word by word

"If you have any means, you can just use it."

Gao Maoqing grinned without hesitation; It's just that he wanted to fight hard to make a disdainful act, but because his mouth was too dry, a trace of blood foamed out of the corner of his mouth.

"I only hate the sky and don't fake me, I failed to get rid of thieves for the country, and I never recovered the countryside, nor did I like Zhang Zhongcheng and Yan Changshan, who promised the country and the city to die together, and became a hero. If you can go to the trouble with this remnant body and awaken the still loyal and patriotic heart of the world, then there will be no regrets. ”

"I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. I'm afraid you don't know yet. ”

Lao Guan was impatient to interrupt him.

“”

Gao Maoqing was stunned, and a little uneasiness rose in his heart.

"The descendants of Yan Changshan are unbearable to the persecution of the traitors of the imperial court, and have resolutely defected to our Taiping Righteous Army, and are now teaching in Jiangling. As for the imperial court you are talking about? It wasn't that long ago that it was gone; ”

Lao Guan looked at him with a face half mocking and half sympathetic.

"Now that the Yellow King has ascended the throne in Chang'an and proclaimed himself emperor and told the world, who do you plan to repay the so-called loyalty, righteousness and martyrdom to; Maybe in the future, it's just a legacy of the former dynasty that is not self-sufficient, and the mantis arm is a car. ”

"What..."

With the exhaustion and pain of his body, Gao Maoqing, who was immersed in grief and heroic feelings, knelt in the mud from head to toe as if he had been doused with a basin of ice water.

- I'm the dividing line -

In Xiangyang City, Zhou Huai'an was also looking at a poem "Dedicated to the Governor of Zhou" presented by the painting monk Guan Xiu; But it gave birth to a sense of déjà vu.

"You are not free, and it is difficult to collect the dragon and the phoenix.

The hall is full of three thousand guests, and one sword is frosty and cold in forty states.

The drum horn reveals that the sky is cold, and the wind is turbulent.

The southwest is always a golden pillar, who envies the marquis of ten thousand households at that time. ”

He used it for a while before remembering that this was a poem quoted in many martial arts; It is also from another historical line, Guan Xiu's dedication to the king of Wuyue, and it also triggered the dispute between the fourteen states and the forty states.

It's just that Qian Gumei, who was invested in his command in this time and space, is afraid that he will never have the opportunity to be his Wu Yue Kaizu again; And Guan Xiu also worked under his own hands, so he gave birth to this masterpiece in advance.

At this time, someone from outside again reported it.

"There was an urgent report from Xiazhou, and someone released the boat from the upstream and rushed down."