After more than two hours, the shouts of killing on the other side gradually weakened, so that they subsided, except for one or two screams from time to time. Ｘ

Although the weather in June is long and the nights are short, it should be evening as usual.

It's just that the mountains and forests on both sides of the Xixi River Valley are still shrouded in a gray-white mist of smoke and rain, and there is chaos between heaven and earth, making people unable to distinguish day and night, and they can't see or tell when it is.

Xu Chengming sat cross-legged under the tree, closed his eyes and fell asleep for a long time, before waking up, looking at the sky, listening to the other bank, and was about to send someone across the river to inquire about the situation, but suddenly heard the officers and guards on the Xixidu pier shouting that there were people on the river.

A moment later, a small boat rowed in the water from the opposite shore and slammed into the shore.

Xu Chengming's guards hurriedly went down the river bank to investigate, and after a while, they led a person to Xu Chengming, who turned out to be a general under Zhao Guoxi.

The general saw his own chief officer and hurriedly saluted.

Next, Xu Chengming listened to the total bamboo tube pouring beans, and said something with sharp teeth.

"Enlighten the town! Yang Zuo, the right governor of the Black Barbarian Thief Army, committed suicide and died, and the Miao soldiers and wolf soldiers under the command of Deputy General Luo joined forces with General Zhao and beheaded more than 10,000!

"Tu Chieftain Huasha, Oh Sha, Aumun, and Awumi are dead, and the heads are all obtained by wolf soldiers!

"The barbarian thief army fell into the water and drowned countless people, and more than 3,000 people knelt down!

"Now the chief of the soil is leading a small group of men and horses to flee west, and Deputy General Luo is leading the Miao soldiers and wolf soldiers to chase to Huangnitang!"

The general finished saying these words quickly in front of Xu Chengming, looked at his own general soldiers, and waited for the military order.

Xu Chengming digested the news slightly, a smile gradually bloomed on his face, and then said, "Not bad! Very good! Go back and order Zhao Guoxi to stick to the standby, and order Luo Ganxiang to chase to Huangnitang, set up camp on the spot, and don't have to chase west! ”

When the boss heard this, he clenched his fists in agreement, and then turned away.

That night, the clouds and fog in the sky suddenly turned into a torrential rain, and it rained all night.

The pouring rain continued until the next morning, when it gradually stopped.

Xu Chengming, the chief military officer of Guizhou, ate breakfast, came out of the best-preserved house in Xixipu, walked into the courtyard, and looked up at the sky.

Although the weather was still gloomy, after a night of heavy rain, the fog like the previous day had long since dissipated.

The air is clean and refreshing, making it very pleasant to breathe.

Just last night, Xu Chengming sent people to brave the heavy rain to send the good news of the battle of Xixi River to Shuixi City.

More than 10,000 enemies were killed, thousands of enemies were captured, and thousands of people fell into the river and died without knowing their lives.

The casualties of the self-army were only about 2,000 people, and most of them were wolf soldiers from Guangxi, and Xu Chengming was particularly satisfied with this.

In any case, this is definitely a great victory for the official army that set out from Guiyang to enter Shuixi.

Seeing that the rain had stopped completely, Xu Chengming left some of his men and horses, waiting for Shi Yongan, the envoy of Guizhou, to send someone to hand over the defense of Xixipu, and then personally took other subordinates to cross the river on a prepared bamboo raft to the luxury fragrance post on the other side of the river.

Xu Chengming docked on the shore, Zhao Guoxi led a team of people and horses to come in a panic, and when Xu Chengming boarded the dock on the side of the luxury fragrance station, Zhao Guoxi hurriedly saluted and said, "Lord Zongzhen!" Is there something I don't know how to say to you? ”

Xu Chengming looked at him and asked, "A good thing, or a bad thing?" ”

Zhao Guoxi said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid it's not a good thing!" ”

Xu Chengming was a little upset at this time, and said: "If it's a good thing, I won't listen to it, the soldiers are fighting hard, and whatever they have captured, it's all yours!"

"But if it's a bad thing, let's hear it, what is it?"

Zhao Guoxi looked at Xu Chengming's serious appearance, pointed to the Xixi River valley downstream of the wharf, and said: "Yesterday, the newspaper told the head town that the soldiers were beheaded more than 10,000, but the heavy rain stopped early this morning, and the last general sent someone to count the heads, and the head was more than 5,100!"

"More than half of them were swept away by yesterday's rising river! The carelessness of the last general made the soldiers' achievements in fighting to the death not be recognized, which is really a big sin!

"The merit of the beheading of the soldiers cannot be buried, and the last general himself is willing to make this past merit, and the special report and the lord of the town know!"

Xu Chengming turned his head to look at the rising Xixi River, sighed, and said, "This is a natural disaster, not your fault!" And the good news has been sent back, if Zhu Buyuan is to blame, I will take care of it! ”

Xu Chengming's words made Zhao Guoxi very moved in his heart, it is very rare to have such a Shangguan who is not greedy for merit, does not blame, and is willing to take responsibility for his subordinates and support his subordinates.

On the morning of the same day, Xu Chengming, the chief military officer of Guizhou, crossed the Xixi River, accompanied by Zhao Guoxi, and after a cursory inspection of the gains in this battle, he led the army to stay at the luxury fragrance station.

At noon, Luo Ganxiang, Mo Keji, and Wei Ang also took some guards and returned to the luxury fragrance post to see Xu Chengming, and asked for instructions to stop on foot.

Because Yang Zuo and the four Tumu leaders under his command were killed, the 20,000 troops led by them were almost wiped out, and the large quantities of grain and materials they worked hard to collect and transfer stored in Huangnitang, Luxiangyi, and Waterwheel Dam also fell into the hands of the officials and soldiers intact.

The Yi people of Luxiangyi and Huangnitang fled westward as early as the beginning of the war, so those who did not flee or ran away have now become prisoners, and together with the Shuixi Yi soldiers stationed in Luxiangyi who disarmed and surrendered, they cleaned up the battlefield and buried piles of corpses that had been cut off.

The next day, Zhao Guoxi led his army to monitor as many as 5,000 captives and Yi people, cutting down giant trees on the west bank of the Xixi River, building wharves along the river, building official and military camps, and at the same time using bamboo rafts to build pontoon bridges on the Xixi River.

On the Xixi River between Xixipu and Luxiangyi, it soon became a busy construction site in full swing.

At noon on 21 June, Zhu Xieyuan, accompanied by Shi Yongan and An Long, was supervised by Liu Zhaoji's subordinate to surrender troops from 3,000 Shuixi City, and along the spacious post road that had been renovated and widened, he transported the general's cannon and a large amount of heavy grain all the way to Xixipu on the east bank of the Xixi River.

At noon, he rested in Xixipu for a while, and in the afternoon of the same day, he led the army to cross the river and arrived at the luxury fragrance station.

The water level of the Xixi River, which suddenly swelled due to heavy rainfall, dropped sharply two days later, and returned to its docile and calm appearance.

This also allowed the pontoon bridge built on the Xixi River with bamboo rafts connected in series and covered with wooden planks to withstand severe tests.

The artillery wagons of ten great generals' guns and a large number of quartermaster wagons were pulled by horses, and one after the other, passed safely from above.

In the vicinity of the luxury fragrance station, there is a palace of the lady of luxury fragrance in the past, and the luxury fragrance station is named after this.

It is said that it is a palace, of course, it is a kind of encroachment, Mrs. Xiangxiang is just a lady of consolation, where is there any qualification to build a palace for herself.

Therefore, it is said that it is a palace, but in the eyes of those who understand, it is actually just a mountain residence.

Muoge Mountain City, built on the Wuzhi Mountain on the bank of the river near Dafang, because the terrain is higher, so it is very cold in winter, and Mrs. Xiangxiang, who can't stand the cold, sends people to other places near Dafang to find a place with low terrain and suitable for winter living.

The request of Mrs. Xiangxiang in this place on the bank of the Xixi River, and at the same time in the middle of the nine posts in Longchang, it is convenient for Mrs. Xiangxiang to control the entire post road, so she chose this place to build a courtyard, and in winter, she came here to live and deal with the military and civilian affairs of Shuixi.

Over time, this place, which was originally called Xixi Station, became the so-called luxury fragrance station in the Nine Stations of Longchang.

After Zhu Xieyuan crossed the Xixi River, the governor's ministry was set up in the courtyard of Mrs. Xiangxiang.

That night, in the courtyard where Mrs. Xiangxiang lived back then, Zhu Xieyuan convened Xu Chengming, Shi Yongan, Luo Ganxiang, Liu Zhaoji, Mo Keji, and Wei Ang to discuss and set a plan to destroy the Shuixian clan.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Xieyuan took Luo Ganxiang as the vanguard, and asked him to lead the Miao soldiers and Guangxi wolf soldiers who had just made great achievements in the luxury Xiangyi, and set out from Huangnitang, sent more sentinels, searched all the way forward, and rushed to the Jinji Station located in the Golden Rooster Field, and Dafang, which was only 20 miles away from the Golden Rooster Station.

Then Zhu Xieyuan personally led Xu Chengming, Liu Zhaoji, and An Long's subordinates, and then escorted artillery and grain to the west, and the troops were forced to be generous.

At the same time, Shi Yongan was left to lead the camp and sit in the luxury fragrance station, supervising more than 7,000 prisoners.