From Xiangyang to Yichang, must pass through Jingmen, is a section of Jingzhou Road, ancient north Haoqiang conquered the south, from Xiangyang along Jingzhou Road south to Jiangling, against the current can attack the country of abundance SC down the river can peep the ancient capital of the six dynasties Nanjing, geography is critical, is the lifeline of each ****** in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as the northern Haoqiang occupies Xiangyang, from then on freely, along Jingzhou Road can be attacked and defended, as long as a few teams of soldiers are sent out to slip around, the south will be like a great enemy, panic can not be all day, if Jingzhou is occupied again, That is equivalent to cutting off the direct connection between central Sichuan and Jiangnan, and there have been many instances in history of the southern court dying soon after the loss of Xiangyang, and the Southern Song Dynasty is a typical example.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xiangyang was not so important, a few years ago the Ming Dynasty lost SC Hongguang Emperor guarding the Yangtze River to live a small life, now the Qing army crossed the Huai River through SDHN, directly hit Nanjing, did not want to go to Jingzhou to cross the Yangtze River at all, Li Zicheng's Dashun army hindered Zhang Xianzhong to occupy the middle of the Sichuan, it is not convenient to grab the territory, and did not develop in this direction, and King Lu ran to Hangzhou to be a supervisor, completely abandoned the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so this Jingzhou Road, but there was a rare quiet, All forces have no idea of fighting this area for the time being, Yichang is still orthodox in Nanming Hongzhi, Nanming Huguang Governor He Tengjiao set up a governor in Changsha, and sent garrison officials to Yichang, echoing the remnants of Nanming in SC.

Wang Huan and the three of them relied on the silver jewelry they snatched from Heshuo Gehai Lanzhu, pretending to be fleeing people all the way, mixed with the refugees, walked slowly, walked for more than ten days, and came to the outside of Yichang City.

Yichang City in this era, is not a big city, although it is on the main road, but has not suffered from the military disaster for many years, the city wall is only one zhang high, rammed earth, only a section of the city wall is wrapped with green bricks, most of the walls are still loess exposed, the guards and officers and soldiers under the city are wearing the tattered mandarin duck battle jackets of the Ming army, not even armor, listlessly coping with errands, only the patrol soldiers at the city gate, in order to collect taxes and corruption, but also energetically inspect the merchants who enter the city.

In order to avoid the risk of Xiangyang, Wang Huan did not dare to stay longer, and did not even approach the city gate, but only looked at it from a distance on the official road, and had a general impression of Yichang City, so he left in a hurry and headed in the direction of the Yangtze River.

Yichang by the river, the state city is only five miles away from the Yangtze River, Wang Huan three-person line not long, just saw a magnificent river, appeared in front of him, at this time it is the season of abundant water, the Yangtze River is vast, the river is wide, the boats on the water are like the carp crossing the river, the stream is endless, there is a wharf built by the river, from time to time there are ships to stay on the shore, merchants shuttle back and forth, large bags of goods are carried up and down by the foot porter. A tea shed inn was built on the shore, the flags of the wine shop and inn were fluttering, Dr. Xiao Ercha was soliciting customers loudly at the door, and there was an earthen kiln mixed in it, and several secular women with thick fat powder on their faces sat on the second floor with their voices pointed out, and their giggling voices seduced the passers-by downstairs.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Wang Huan almost forgot that he was still in a troubled world, and suddenly thought that the war was far away, and life was calm, until he walked into a restaurant shed to eat, and only then did he smell a little smell of war.

The smell came from a few guests at the adjacent table, who were dressed in cloth robes, wearing mille-feuille cloth shoes on their feet, and bast shoes, and speaking in a SC dialect, which seemed to be a merchant from Sichuan.

One of the leaders, with big ears, was in his early forties, and his appearance was very steady, and he seemed to be the head of the people at this table, and the lining of the cloth robe he was wearing, faintly revealing a trace of satin, was talking to everyone about the situation in central Sichuan.

"The Zhang family is bold, and they dare to go to Chengdu Mansion to buy Shu brocade at this time, that Zhang Er is really fascinated by money! Can Chengdu Mansion go now? He drank a glass of wine and said slowly: "Don't look at the ZQ Mansion led by General Zeng now, our area is quite calm, but the Chengdu Mansion has long become a pot of porridge, the eight kings are not as good as last year, the prestige has been greatly reduced, and many surrounding states and counties have turned against him, and there is a pot of porridge over there, go there to make a fortune, hehe, I think it is almost the same as sending death." ”

The other people at the table chimed in: "The shopkeeper is careful, we can do business as well as we go here, don't stir up this mud." ”

The leader was flattered and very proud, and then said: "The Onishi Imperial Court heard that the four major generals were sent to suppress them in all directions, and they cut off a lot of heads, which is also majestic. It's a pity that they are mud legs, learning to build an official mansion in the Ming Dynasty, which is ridiculous, which of the surrounding scholars and gentry obeys him? Baoning Mansion, Shunqing Mansion, and Long'an Mansion all erected righteous flags, and they all made friends with Zeng's general army, and asked the Ming officials and troops to launch together to drive the eight kings out of Chengdu. ”

Wang Huan ordered a pot of tea and a few side dishes, just dry rice, and Chen Ergou, Xu Goudan while eating, while listening carefully, nodding secretly in his heart, it seems that the historical development has not changed because of his own crossing, Zhang Xianzhong in the first year of Hongguang after occupying Chengdu, set up a hundred officials, open six departments, called the emperor to change the Yuan, the establishment of the Daxi regime, officially became the emperor, and Li Zicheng established the Dashun regime, there is a trend of two heroes rising together, if it is not for the Qing army to enter the customs, defeat Li Zicheng, I am afraid that these two peasant army leaders will be the world's great treasure in the future, There must be a roommate, a day of life and death.

The pure peasant uprising in history, no matter how much turmoil it set off, even if it occupies the capital and establishes the country, the good days will not last long, and it will definitely be extinguished by the landlord forces in a short period of time, and there are inevitable factors in the class nature of the peasant war, and it is also related to the objective law that the peasant army immediately turned into extravagance and corruption after the succession of the peasant army.

Zhang Xianzhong also can't get rid of this fate, after occupying SC, in addition to robbing Hanzhong with Li Zicheng's general He Zhen, he was hit back in Sichuan, so he was self-contained, sealed hundreds of officials, built a palace, was poor and extravagant, and was widely selected as a beautiful girl, hiding in the harem every day to drink and have fun, guarding the country of abundance and being the emperor for a year.

In the second year, with the Qing army entering the customs, Li Zicheng retreated into Huguang, and the Nanming forces in the SC began to move, and the Nanming general Zeng Ying took advantage of his unpreparedness, marched from Huguang and recaptured ZQ Yang Zhan into Xuzhou, Wang Xiang occupied Shunqing, ****** broke Fuzhou, Ma Yingxuan attacked Luzhou again, and Songpanwei never served, not to mention the stone pillar where Qin Liangyu was seated. In addition to Chengdu, the former Ming Dynasty officials and gentry in other places saw that the momentum of the Ming Dynasty officials and troops was rising again, and they secretly communicated with each other, and the undercurrent was surging.

Of course, after Zhang Xianzhong comes to his senses, he will use thunderous means to carry out a bloody massacre to consolidate his rule, but this is a later story, and it will not happen until the end of the year.

Wang Huan listened and ate, calculated in his heart, sighed, there is not much time left for himself, now at the end of May, in the middle of next year, the Qing army Haoge Department will enter Sichuan in a big way, Zhang Xianzhong will die in this battle, if you don't take advantage of the Qing army to enter Sichuan, I'm afraid it will be much more difficult.

Chewing a mouthful of vegetables in his mouth, Wang Huan was thinking about his thoughts in a daze, but unexpectedly, a person suddenly walked in from outside the door, came directly to the table of three people, sat down with a pat on his buttocks, picked up his chopsticks and went to pick up the vegetables.

Wang Huan and the three of them were startled at the same time, and when they looked up, they saw that this person was wearing a hat, revealing a chin, and found that the three of them looked at him, and a familiar and excited voice floated out from under the hat: "Senator, long time no see!" ”