Syllable! Erlengzi, who was intoxicated with fantasy, was woken up by the big bull, opened his eyes suddenly, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's not okay to have a good dream?" You've got to wake me up! ”

Da Niu said: "What a dream." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIt's better to act directly! He turned his head to the sentry commander Zhu Tieqiao and said: "Uncle Tieqiao, I didn't want to talk about it, but when I changed the guard in the middle of the night, I secretly sneaked out of the city with my cousin and a few of them and went back to my hometown in Xiangxiang directly." Now seeing Erleng like this, I feel uncomfortable, anyway, Uncle Tieqiao is not an outsider, so I will secretly tell you to listen. ”

"I heard my cousin say that many old brothers in Xiangxiang in the city want to escape from Wuchang and return to their hometown. There are also people in the Pingjiang camp, Liuyang camp, and Ningxiang camp who want to return to their hometown in Munan, especially the old Xiangying led by Luo Shi, and a large number of old brothers in Xiangxiang want to rush back to their hometown in Xiangxiang. My cousin and they followed Lao Xiangying, preparing to leave Wuchang City when they were ugly. ”

Da Niu told an amazing secret, which surprised the sentry commander Zhu Tieqiao, and Erlenzi was also stunned, his mouth grew and he couldn't speak.

He also complained and said, but he really didn't expect that so many Xiangxiang brothers would escape from Wuchang and return to their hometowns. Suddenly, his heart stirred, and a voice shouted in his heart: I want to go back!

So, he looked at his uncle with blank eyes, and was about to speak, but Zhu Tieqiao pulled him, only to see the captain and two shotgunners come over and say to Zhu Tieqiao: "Sentry chief, the Cantonese thieves won't come to attack the city tonight, why don't you take Erleng to the side and squint for a while?" ”

"No, you don't! Captain Wang, you have also worked hard. In this way, you and these brothers will go to lie down and sleep under the wall over there, this ghost weather, it's so late and so hot, I can't sleep, you go to sleep first! Zhu Tieqiao couldn't help but push the captain and the other three shotgunners into the distance.

The captain was about to resign, but Zhu Tieqiao's eyes widened: "Captain Wang, this is an order!" You must rest well, and when it's time to get down, this whistle will wake you up, take turns! ”

The captain surnamed Wang was helpless, so he hurriedly thanked him, and led the three shotgunners to find the wall buttress and lay down the corpse, and after a while, the snoring sounded.

The second stunned looked at his uncle a little blankly, not knowing why he did this.

However, Erniu on the side was clever, and he could see it clearly, and said with a happy face: "Erleng, what are you still doing?" Uncle Tieqiao agreed to leave Wuchang City and deliberately broke them up! Hurry up and take a look, no one is paying attention, let's go clean up and get ready to get out of the city. ”

The second stunned looked at the uncle, Zhu Tieqiao sighed and said, "Not bad!" Now that even Luo Shi has left Wuchang, what are we still doing here? Besides, I have vaguely heard that those so-called Cantonese thieves are not bad, and they treat the people much better than the Manchus. Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is weak, it seems that sooner or later it will be replaced by this holy country, so it is better to go home and be an ordinary person. ”

"Great! Brother-in-law! Erleng's face was happy.

……

At the same time, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain in the north of Wuchang City. In a Hunan army barracks.

More than a dozen black shadows quietly got up from the straw mats on the ground and came to the outside of the tent, and one of the big men said in a low voice: "How is it, the battalion officer surnamed Li, is he asleep?" ”

"Just fell asleep. This Li Yuandu has already slept so late, and he has been reading books for half an hour. Hurt Lao Tzu waited until now. Brother Dashan, how to get it, you say! We all listen to you! One shouted in a low voice.

The rest of the people chimed in.

"That's good! Brothers, listen to me! We are all fellow villagers in Liuyang, why should he let Li Yuandu, a Pingjiang guy, take charge? Moreover, now that this Wuchang City is about to be breached by the captive army of the Holy Kingdom, we can't follow this 'God to Li' and 'Zeng Shaved' to die for the Manchu Qing! ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Brother Dashan was a little excited, and his voice was much louder: "You don't know yet, right? The messengers of the Holy Kingdom brought their proclamations, which said that even if we had fought with the captives before, they would not be blamed for the past. As long as we descend to the holy kingdom and make meritorious contributions, we will also be allowed to join the captive army, you know, now they are very good at begging for the army, not only can the family share more land, but also can save half of the food tax for the whole family. Simply, we didn't do anything, tied up this bullshit 'God to Li', and went out of the city to surrender to the captive army, which is also a great achievement. Everyone can become a captive army, even if they don't want to be a soldier, when they return to their hometown, the holy country will give them land, and it is not a problem to start a family. ”

"Great, Brother Dashan, just do it! Everyone just wants to go back to their hometown! Originally, we were asked to defend Liuyang and Changsha, but now they have fled to Wuchang, what is the matter? ”

"Yes, Brother Dashan, a few days ago, our brothers heard you talk about the matter of Liuyang's hometown, and only then did we know that the holy kingdom that has always been scolded by us as a thief in Cantonese turned out to be the most considerate of us poor. It was unbelievable that we were given the fields to our family and helped them cultivate the fields and harvest the rice! ”

"You kid believe it now! What kind of person is Brother Dashan, when did his words ever leave? Another added: "But it is true, I have lived for more than 30 years, and I have never heard of such a good government." ”

Hearing this, this big mountain brother also sighed with emotion.

He has only changed in the last month. Originally, he, like everyone else, listened to Shangguan's words and thought that the Cantonese thieves were raging and causing trouble to his hometown, and he couldn't wait to kill him back to Munan as soon as possible.

But a month ago, a famous fellow from Liuyang came to him from time to time to tell him about his hometown, and he knew that after his hometown was occupied by the Holy Country, his relatives in his hometown not only did not suffer, but lived a better life than before. He also brought a message from his relatives at home, telling him not to be obsessed and to return to the holy kingdom as soon as possible.

So, he privately persuaded the villagers in Liuyang, preparing to find an opportunity to escape back to Liuyang.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense! We went to capture that Li Yuandu and forced him to open the city gate. Brother Dashan shouted, and led the people towards a camp next to it.

……

In the backyard of the Huguang Governor's Office, Zeng Guofan, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, was suddenly awakened by a nightmare, he couldn't sleep anymore and got up.

recalled that in the dream, Luo Zenan and others led Xiang Yong, opened the city gate and let the Cantonese thieves outside the city enter the city, and rushed into the governor's palace with the Cantonese thieves to kill themselves, Zeng Guofan was frightened awake. Now that I think about it, I'm still a little scared.

Thinking of Luo Zenan, I didn't know if Lao Jiu had chased him back, so he called people and asked: "Someone is coming." But it was the younger brother Zeng Guobao who brought the two of them in.

"Guobao, has Lao Jiu come back? Can you catch up with Mr. Roshan? Zeng Guofan asked.

"Big brother, didn't Brother Jiu tell you?" Zeng Guobao looked strange: "He came back yesterday morning, saying that he had just left the city not long ago, and he encountered a Cantonese thief and had to return to the city." ”

"What!? Hey, this Guoquan, it's a big deal for me! He must not want to embarrass Mr. Roshan, alas, something bad! Zeng Guofan's face changed, and then he thought about the nightmare last night, and his heart was even more uneasy, and he said to Zeng Guobao: "Guobao, go, accompany Brother Wei to go out to the city tower to have a look, I am always a little frightened tonight, and I am very uneasy." ”

The two of them took more than 30 personal soldiers, and as soon as they left the governor's office, they saw their friend Liu Rong running over with a few people in a panic, and when they saw Zeng Guofan, they said breathlessly: "Brother Disheng, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!" ”

Zeng Guofan chuckled in his heart.

Liu Rong grabbed Zeng Guofan, couldn't take any breath, and said anxiously: "There are more than 100 brothers in the Xiangyong Battalion under my command, who secretly left Wuchang City last night and fled. Among them were 2 sentry officers and several captains......"

"Ahh Zeng Guofan, who heard the words, shook his body, but fortunately he was supported by Zeng Guobao next to him so that he did not fall.

"How so? These are all our Xiangxiang soldiers, how can they still be deserters? Seeing that he was beating his brother Zeng Guofan's face sadly, Zeng Guobao on the side asked for him: "How did they get out of the city?" Without the permission of the garrison officer, the city gate cannot be opened. ”

"It's all hanging ropes, and they come out of the city......"

"What!?" Zeng Guobao exclaimed. He understood that there were still hundreds of people who came out of the city, which meant that the other soldiers on the head of the city who did not leave the city not only did not stop them, but also helped them get out of the city.

Zeng Guofan bit it, forcibly stood firm, and said: "It seems that these people know about Luo Zenan and the others, so they will be like this." Maybe these children from their hometown want to be deserters, so let them leave early. With that, he staggered to the city gate.

At this moment, Bao Chao and Taqib each brought a team of people, and more than 100 people hurried over, saw Zeng Guofan, and hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Lord Futai, the big thing is not good!" ”

"Damn it, there are more than 200 battalions in the subordinate Baoqing Battalion, who secretly left the city last night and escaped."

"Bao Chao is a capital crime! The same is true of Bao Chao's Bao Yong battalion, where nearly 100 Xiang Yong slipped away in the middle of the night. ”

"Li Yuandu, the commander of the Liuyang battalion, was held hostage by hundreds of Liuyang battalion bravery, opened the Wusheng Gate in the north of the city, and also fled from Wuchang."

“……”

"Ahh Hearing this, Zeng Guofan's eyes darkened, he couldn't restrain himself anymore, his chest hurt for a while, and then his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of angry blood spurted out, and he didn't wake up and fainted. Let everyone be in a hurry, and hurriedly call the army to take a look.