Inspecting the defense of the city is Meng Qiaofang's daily routine work, since the rebellion in northern Shaanxi, he has not been able to take a look at it every day, and he has no appetite, and he always feels that something is missing.

However, since the Manchu and Han reinforcements came from Henan, Meng Qiaofang's heart has become much more steady, although patrolling the city is still a routine, but there is no longer that feeling of fear, and his temper is much better, no longer beating and scolding the people's soldiers, and even occasionally praising his subordinates who perform well.

The governor's temper is the weather vane, those who are familiar with him know that this is a sign that the situation is improving, the control of the Qing Dynasty in the northwest is not as good as a day, and the discerning people can see it, if the Qing court does not make great efforts to solve it, sooner or later the entire Hexi will change the sky, not to mention the return to the hands of the Ming court, at least countless indigenous heroes will take advantage of the opportunity, and the huge area will be divided into many small pieces, and it will be difficult to clean it up in the future.

Now that the Qing Dynasty's strong reinforcements have arrived, everyone knows that Li Zicheng's powerful army could not withstand the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army, and the people in the city followed Meng Qiaofang to relax their hearts, and the streets that were originally depressed because of panic became lively again, and the shops opened their door panels, and small merchants and vendors poured into the streets, and even the grain trucks that kept driving in from the outside began to gradually become sparse, and they were no longer as crazy as a few days ago to transport grain to the city day and night.

But on September 21, things changed.

A sweaty horse galloped in from outside the city, panting like an ox, apparently galloping for a long time.

The sergeant who was carrying it immediately was covered with dust, covered with flying ash, and the leather armor on his body was covered with loess so that he could barely see his true color, and three small yellow flags were planted behind him, indicating that this was an eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger.

The horse entered through the north gate and went straight down the long street to the governor's yamen, where the messenger shouted in a hoarse voice, "Get out of the way!" "Don't dare to get out of the way, if the blind man is killed and injured by the eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger, the government will not only compensate you, but will also punish you.

The people in the streets watched the messenger rush into the governor's yamen, and then they talked about it, speculating about something important happening.

There was no need to guess, Meng Qiaofang knew it immediately.

"Smack!" The fine blue and white porcelain tea cup fell to the ground and shattered, and the emerald green tea leaves before the rain had not yet been brewed, and they splashed down with the splash.

"What did you say?" Meng Qiaofang tore her voice and roared, "Say it again!" ”

The messenger knelt on the ground, chapped his lips and glanced at the tea on the ground, then licked his lips, and reported loudly: "Yaozhou Defense Officer Lord Chen urgently reported that Wang Yongqiang, the rebel general of Yan'an Mansion, gathered 100,000 troops, gathered 150,000 people in the nearby state capital, and gathered 150,000 people, and was coming in the wilderness, and the soldiers had reached the Tongguan City of Yaozhou, looking at the posture, it seemed that they were going straight to Xi'an Town, please prepare as soon as possible!" ”

Meng Qiaofang stood up, staggering, and stretched out his hands to support a square table beside him, barely so that he could barely fall.

"One hundred and fifty thousand?" He muttered to himself, his face pale, and he almost fainted: "One hundred and fifty thousand! One hundred and fifty thousand! Where did so many rebels come from, impossible, impossible! ”

The cronies and entourage around him hurriedly stepped forward, waved their hands to let the messenger down, and at the same time supported Meng Qiaofang, and slowly put him on the chair.

As soon as the cold water was poured into the mouth of Meng Qiaofang, whose eyes were straight, before the second mouthful, he suddenly woke up, his eyes widened, and he jumped up like a spring, his face knocked the water bowl away, and the porcelain piece split his mouth with a bloody hole, which frightened his cronies.

Meng Qiaofang didn't realize it, ran out with a few steps, ran a few steps and turned around, and yelled at his cronies with a bloody mouth: "What are you doing stunned?" Hurry up and prepare a horse for the master, and go to Hahamu! ”

A moment later, at the gate of a large mansion in Xi'an City, Meng Qiaofang staggered and jumped off the horse, and ran into the gate with a vigorous posture in the surprised eyes of the guards.

This mansion was originally the private residence of the political envoy of Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, and the owner had already run away, and now it has become Hahamu's line.

Ha Ha Mu is sitting comfortably by a pond in the yard, leaning on the rockery, leaning on the bamboo shadow, sitting on a bamboo chair and fishing with a fishing rod.

This Ming Dynasty official will enjoy it, and in this northwest place, he made a yard in the south of the Yangtze River, a huge pond, a pond full of fat fish, Mei Ji on the side, flowers and wine in hand, the days are long, and the race is over the gods.

Ha Ha Mu thought so, immersed in the good life, and then was awakened by a howl like a ghost.

"Ha-sama, Ha-sama, it's not good, it's not good!"

Ha Ha Mu suddenly had blue muscles on his forehead, stood up on the ground, and shouted at the Eight Banners Baya Horn soldiers on duty: "Who? Who trespassed on the book? ”

The person on duty hurriedly agreed to go out to check, and before he had gone far, he came back with Meng Qiaofang.

Seeing this elderly Han official running over with a panicked face, Ha Ha Mu's anger disappeared in an instant, he is not a fool, what can make Meng Qiaofang so out of shape must not be a trivial matter.

"Take a seat for Lord Meng and make a cup of tea!" Hahamu said in a deep voice.

Unexpectedly, Meng Qiaofang raised his eyebrows, directly waved his hand, jumped in front of him and shouted, "When is it, what kind of tea are you drinking?" Lord Ha, the king thief of northern Shaanxi has arrived in Yaozhou! ”

This is headless and brainless, and I was stunned when I heard it.

Meng Qiaofang continued to shout: "The king thief went south from Yan'an Mansion, led an army of 250,000, and went straight to Xi'an along the official road, and now that he has passed Yaozhou, he will be in Xi'an City!" ”

He changed his words and added Wang Yongqiang 100,000 people.

This is of course to attract Hahamu's attention, and at the same time, it is also a foreshadowing for the future development of things, after all, it is beneficial and harmless to exaggerate the number of enemies. If you win, of course, the credit is doubled, and if you lose, it is also a huge disparity between the enemy and us.

Hahamu understood, and his sturdy body immediately jumped up from the bamboo chair.

During this time, Hahamu looked at the map, Yaozhou is just north of Xi'an, only a hundred miles away from Xi'an City.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand?" Hahamu was incredulous: "You're not mistaken? ”

"No lie!" Meng Qiaofang swore an oath: "The letter sent by the Yaozhou defense officer to report to me at the risk of danger will definitely not be wrong." ”

Hahamu touched his head, and then became angry: "What about Wu Sangui? Didn't he lead the troops to roam around Huazhou, looking for an opportunity to set up an ambush to exterminate the rebels? Now that the thieves have arrived in Yaozhou, where did he go? ”

Meng Qiaofang took a breath and said with a white face: "I just inquired, the leader of the Pingxi King left Huazhou a few days ago and went to Sanyuan County. ”

"Mihara?" Ha Ha Mu's eyes widened in surprise, and he was surprised and angry: "Isn't that in the west?" ”

"Exactly!" Meng Qiaofang said: "Two hundred miles away from here, my lord, I have to call the king of Pingxi back quickly, the soldiers in the city plus the eight banner soldiers of the lord, there are only more than 20,000 people, and they can't resist the great momentum of the king and thief." ”

Ha Ha Mu's face turned purple, obviously angry, shook his hand suddenly, and strode towards the house, while walking, he scolded angrily: "Wu Sangui, this fool, actually went back on his word, what idea did you have in your head?" I have to impeach him to the Regent!" ”

Rolling his eyes, he shouted an order to the soldiers who followed him: "Order, send an urgent general to the king of Pingxi, let him rush to the aid of the town, there must be no mistake!" ”

(End of chapter)