With a bang, a jade bowl shattered in response, and He Tengjiao's face was angry.

He Tengjiao, who was originally eating, listened to the report of the prefect of Changsha Prefecture in front of him, and almost squirted out the rice he had just eaten.

"You mean, the two of them killed my own soldiers and swaggered out of Changsha City?"

Although the name of Changsha Prefect Tuesday Nan is strange, it is an authentic professional background, and it is the Jinshi background of Chongzhen's eleventh year. He caught a glimpse of He Tengjiao breaking the bowl in his hand, but he didn't panic, and said slowly: "Your Excellency, calm your anger, and listen to the officials, they killed people at the foot of Yuelu Mountain, and the perpetrators and the deceased are your own soldiers." In a hurry, how can our yamen know about this murder. Lord Yuan is the former governor of Huguang, and his reputation is very high, he wants to go out of the city and be protected by your personal soldiers, who dares to stop him? ”

A hint of hatred flashed in He Tengjiao's eyes, but he said in his mouth: "It's me who is too angry, don't mind Lord Zhou." ”

Tuesday Nan's face showed a slight smug color, and he pretended to cough, covering his chin with his hand to cover it. These all fell under He Tengjiao's eyes, he looked at Zhou Nan and said calmly: "You go down first, Yuan Jixian's escape this time is mostly because he is afraid of the strength of the Qing army and has defected to the enemy." ”

As soon as Nan left the governor's office on Tuesday, He Tengjiao sent people to summon his henchmen, Zhang Kuang and Fu Shangrui. The two men came to the door of the governor's yamen, exchanged a few words of greetings, and walked into the yamen with their arms in hand.

Zhang Kuang and Fu Shangrui wrote into the house, only to see He Tengjiao's face gloomy, and there was a broken jade bowl on the ground. He Tengjiao's face was calm and he didn't speak.

Zhang Kuang guessed at a glance, he rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Yun Cong, who made you angry?" ”

He Tengjiao stood up, stopped talking, and Zhang Kuang said: "Yun Cong, if there is anything you can do, just ask." ”

He Tengjiao told the scene just now, Zhang Kuang pinched his beard and said: "These officials in Changsha Mansion, relying on their own power in Huguang, easily don't take us seriously. If we continue to tolerate it like this, I think it will cause trouble sooner or later. ”

Fu Shangrui rolled his eyes and said: "Brother Yun Cong, we have soldiers and horses in our hands now, if we don't get rid of these local snakes now, when will we wait." ”

He Tengjiao had already had this intention, but he still had some concerns in his heart, so he brought in two henchmen. Now that he heard that the two people's meanings were the same as his own, He Tengjiao suddenly relieved his heart. He pondered for a moment, and the usual elegance on his fair face gradually disappeared, and an indescribable yin owl floated up. He paced and said: "The Qing people are in Huguang, if we do this, will we be killed..."

Zhang Kuang said in a low voice: "It is precisely because of the current national disaster that we can't tolerate these villains, otherwise the war will burn to Changsha in the future, what will we do to resist." ”

Fu Shangruihe opened his mouth to persuade: "Yun Cong, don't hesitate, you should continue to suffer from it!" ”

He Tengjiao slapped the table and said, "Okay! Summoning Wu Chengzong and the strong Governor to enter the city, let's kill! ”

When Changsha's "anti-rebellion" movement was vigorously underway, on the outskirts of Jingzhou, Hou Xuanyan leaned against a big tree, panting tiredly.

After Wu Sangui came to Jingzhou, he commanded his soldiers and horses to surround Jingzhou, and launched a siege to help in Jingxiang.

Hou Xuanyan looked at the guards who were desperately escorting him out, everyone had blood on them, but they were all holding steel knives and looking around vigilantly.

"Qin He, come here!" Hou Xuanyan shouted loudly, and after a while, Qin He walked briskly from a distance, holding a kettle in his hand.

"Commander, are you looking for me?" He handed the kettle he had just filled to the spring into Hou Xuanyan's hand, panting heavily.

Hou Xuanyan unscrewed the kettle, poured a few sips of cool spring water, and was refreshed. said to Qin He: "Send someone to contact our scattered soldiers and horses, and let them find a way to return to Yuezhou." ”

Qin He didn't care about resting, turned around and left.

Wu Shengzhao on the side lowered his head and asked, "Commander, don't fight?" ”

Stretching out his sleeves and wiping his mouth, Hou Xuanyan said in a deep voice: "On the periphery of Jingzhou, there are so many Tartars gathered, it is obviously impossible for our little force to kill them. Fortunately, these Tartars are bent on conquering Jingzhou, and they are mixed and do not belong to each other. If they had a person with a big official position and high prestige to suppress and command, we would have died outside Jingzhou City a long time ago. Hehe, fortunately, Hong Chengchou, the old thief, is dead, otherwise this person would be him. ”

Wu Shengzhao's face was worried, and he frowned and asked, "What about Yinxi?" ”

Hou Xuanyan took a sip and scolded: "The Tartars continue to increase their troops, but He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, has not sent a single soldier or horse to the front line so far. Our army still has to guard Jinling Suzhou, it is impossible to transfer them all, we will go back to Yuezhou first, and wait for He Tengjiao's people to arrive, and then come together to relieve the siege. The 200,000 troops under Du Yinxi are all veterans who have fought in the Central Plains for more than ten years, and after the high walls of Jingzhou City, they should be able to support it for a while. ”

Wu Shengzhao has been messing around in the Ming officialdom for a long time, and he is ridiculous about the absurdity here, which can be cleared than Hou Xuanyan's understanding. He smiled bitterly and said, "Commander, this He Tengjiao's army, I'm afraid we can't easily look forward to it." ”

Hou Xuanyan looked at the army that had already begun to move, stood up straight, and led the guards on the road. While saying to Wu Shengzhao beside him: "The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, how can He Tengjiao not even understand this simple truth, once Jingzhou is lost, won't he and his Changsha be next?"

Wu Shengzhao sneered and said: "Although these civil officials of our Ming Dynasty have always despised our military generals, to be honest, we also look down on them. These people have reached the point of going crazy in their struggle for power, even if the Manchu butcher's knife is about to fall on their necks, as long as there is still a breath left, they will be intriguing and thinking about the idea of harming others. ”

Hou Xuanyan listened to Wu Shengzhao's words, and only regarded it as a few complaints that he, as a military general, had been suppressed by civilian officials for a long time. In his opinion, although He Tengjiao is stupid and selfish, how can the enemy stand by and watch at the moment.

Looking at Wu Shengzhao's depressed face, Hou Xuanyan smiled and encouraged: "Old Wu, don't worry, if He Tengjiao really doesn't know what to do, we will cut him." Carry his head and bring his army to a decisive battle with the Tartars. ”

PS: Push the book "Chongzhen Empire", the more popular nowadays crossed over to become Emperor Chongzhen, and a Ming fan traveled to Chongzhen for eight years and became Zhu Youzhen. Since then, the story of reforming the government and turning the tide. The author's writing is very good, and the style of writing is witty and relaxed, which is worth a look.