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At this time, for Hu Linyi, who had entered the hinterland of Hubei, his heart was extremely proud, looking at the 600 Lian Yong who had been personally selected and trained, and he only felt that the military appearance of this team was extremely neat, and after arriving in Hubei, he would definitely be able to make great contributions.

On this day, Hu Linyi ordered the team to speed up, he himself let go of the reins, the horse galloped, he enjoyed the scenery of the land of Hubei with great interest, Guizhou is a wild land, Hubei is very different, on the road, one after another encountered lakes, rivers, he was full of interest only felt that the scenery here was extraordinarily attractive.

At this time, he has already sent someone to be a pioneer, to Xiangyang to report his own itinerary, his heart can't help but be a little excited, to Hubei, he can show his talents, after making contributions, he can also go back to his hometown Yiyang to see the destination, eight years have not returned to his hometown, Hubei is next to Hunan, a total of Huguang, even up, Hubei is also their own half of the township.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front, Hu Linyi looked forward vigilantly, and when the man and horse approached, he saw clearly that it was Lian Yong, named Liu Yi, who he sent to Xiangyang to deliver the letter.

Liu Yi, who was galloping on horseback, saw the team from a distance, he tightened the reins of the horse, and saw Hu Linyi riding on a horse, he hurriedly parked the horse in front of Hu Linyi, then turned over and dismounted, knelt under his horse, and said breathlessly.

"Humble to your lordship!"

Looking at Liu Yi's pale face and panicked look, Hu Linyi frowned, he hated the soldiers the most that they couldn't be in danger, he often taught his subordinates that for the generals, they had to be able to do Mount Tai without changing their color, so that they could become a great weapon.

"What a system it has become to be so unprepared! Can you report my trip to Lord Wu? ”

Liu Yi, who was reprimanded by the adult, hurriedly wiped his sweat and said.

"My lord, Xiangyang has fallen!"

What the!

Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Hu Linyi was stunned all of a sudden.

"My lord, the city of Xiangyang has fallen, the governor Chonglun has abandoned the city and fled, and the governor of Huguang, Wu Dajun, has ......killed himself in Yicheng a few days ago."

Liu Yi's words only made Hu Linyi's mind blank, and suddenly, he spurted out a mouthful of blood with a "wow", and the whole person shook a few times, and then he fell off the horse, and everyone panicked and hurriedly rushed up to help him up.

"Adult ......"

I don't know how long it took for Hu Linyi to wake up and turn around, he opened his eyes, and found that he was already lying in the room, everyone was around him, he struggled hard, raised himself and asked.

"What about Liu Yi?"

Liu Yi listened to the adults ask himself, and hurriedly approached Hu Linyi, only to hear him ask in a hoarse voice.

"Liu Yi, tell me the details!"

"The villain did not go to Xiangyang, but to Xingshan, after learning the news, two days ago, Xiangyang City fell, the governor Chonglun Chong Daren abandoned the city and fled, half a month ago, Wu Daren had already left Xiangyang, went to Yicheng camp to defend, but the Han rebellion's offensive was too fierce, five days ago, Han anti advanced by land and water, with dozens of gunboats to attack Yicheng, Wu was difficult to resist, after the Han reverses fell into the city, Wu Daren cut himself......"

After listening to Liu Yi with an expressionless face, after a long time, Hu Linyi waved his hand and said.

"Get out, all of you! Let me lie down alone ......"

Everyone withdrew from the tent, Hu Linyi lay quietly, his eyes staring straight at the roof, lying motionless, his thoughts seemed to have completely stopped, his heart didn't want anything, just let time flow little by little.

Suddenly, his heart suddenly hurt, his throat and eyes were a little salty, and after holding his breath for a long time, he came to his senses, and after that period of numbness, he realized what "Wu Wenrong's death" meant to him. It was Wu Wenrong who asked the emperor to transfer him to Hubei, and now, Wu Wenrong is dead, where will he go?

Now that Wu Wenrong is dead, Chonglun has fled.

Hubei is so big, where is your place?

Are you going back to Guizhou?

It's impossible, I've already stepped down, so what's the point if I go back? It's just a shame to make people laugh, and go back to Yiyang's hometown by the way? My mother and wife are all in my hometown, but when I go back like this, how can I take care of my face?

Closed his eyes in pain, on the one hand, Wu Wenrong's death made his future bleak, and on the other hand, he was put on hold like this, and he couldn't help but feel a little resentful of Wu Wenrong, why couldn't he think about it like this? It's okay now, he seems to be hanging in the air, there is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to enter the ground, there is nothing to do, Hu Linyi is lying motionless, he only feels that it is not to advance, and it is not to retreat.

How is it good now?

Now that Wu Wenrong is dead, Hu Linyi has lost the way to enter the Huguang officialdom, he had to order the team to camp on the spot, and then stop, he hid in the tent all day and did not come out, under the pretext of recuperation, because he could not explain to the soldiers, and brought these people out of Guizhou, not only could not give them a future, but even the soldiers could not be paid, Hu Linyi naturally felt very guilty.

Now, how is it good?

Almost the first day, Hu Linyi was thinking about this problem, and after the team stopped, a day or two...... The soldiers and braves slowly noticed the abnormality, and Hu Linyi himself was more like a hundred claws scratching his heart.

Seven days passed.

In the past seven days, bad news has been coming, Xiangyang has fallen, Shenyang has fallen, and now Hubei has almost all fallen into the hands of thieves except for Jingzhou and Shi Nanyijing, and the situation in Hubei is so bad that it is far beyond their imagination, and the strength of the thieves' troops is beyond people's expectations.

In the face of the constant news, these soldiers who came all the way from Guizhou looked at the camp of the adults with a panicked expression, what should I do now? The adults have said that they will make up their military salaries when they arrive in Xiangyang, and now that Xiangyang has fallen, where should they go? They asked who was going to pay the army?

In the past seven days, Hu Linyi has not left the camp one step, on this day, he finally walked out, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up and looked at him, only to see that he was pale, staggering, he looked sick after not seeing the sun for many days, everyone's eyes followed him closely, Hu Linyi first stretched his muscles, and then said.

"What about Liu Yi?"

Hu Linyi's hand trembled a little, he took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Liu Yi and said.

"Hurry up and hurry to Changsha and hand over this letter to Lord Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan, and Lord Zeng Guofan, the assistant minister of regimental training!"

Liu Yi took the letter and asked.

"My lord, when are we going to leave here?"

Liu Yi is very clever, he doesn't ask where to go, only asks when he will leave, so when he turns a corner, Hu Linyi sounds much more pleasant, he waved his hand and said.

"You don't have to ask, let's go!"

Hu Linyi, who meditated for seven days, knew that this was the last choice, after Liu Yi left, he watched the spring go away, and then slowly returned to the tent, he sat on the chair, trying to sort out his thoughts, he thought about it in the tent for seven days, and finally decided to ask his old friend Zeng Guofan for help, he and Zeng Guofan are fellow villagers in Hunan, when they were in the capital, the two worked together in the Hanlin Academy for a year, and they were very close to each other, when he was in Guizhou, Zeng Guofan and he had many correspondence.

Hu Linyi, who is deeply talented, naturally knows that Zeng Guofan, who is at home, was appointed by the emperor as the assistant minister of regimental training, and has trained a brave training regiment in Hunan, and is now guarding against rebels in Yuezhou. This will be his only hope is to let Zeng Guofan see the affection of his old friend, ask the emperor for instructions, and pull himself along.

After Liu Yi left, Hu Linyi's whole person immediately fell into an anxious wait. When Hu Linyi, who first entered Hubei, was anxious, in Wuchang, hundreds of miles away, the battle report from the front line made the entire Dadu Governor's Mansion feel a wave of joy, and even the atmosphere in this Wuchang city was slightly different from the past.

"A scout team captured Yunyang, this Manchu Qing is really going to end!"

People will always inadvertently change, perhaps, as a talent Zhang Jingtao once regarded the righteous army as a "thief", but on the other hand, after escaping from the Taiping army, he had no food and clothing, but he was not allowed to accept the grace of the righteous army. And what makes him sigh even more is the incompetence of the government - not to mention the more than 10,000 officers and troops led by the governor of Huguang, even if they practice courage for a day, even Yunyang was also taken down by more than a dozen people with bare hands, how can it not make people sigh.

"Zhang Xiucai doesn't understand, in the eyes of Xiao Lao'er, it's all because the popularity of the Qing Dynasty is about to run out......"

Sun Blind who was playing fortune telling on the side talked about the number of qi, which is often the most ethereal, but it is the most convincing to others, although he knows that this Sun blind man is fake blind, and knows that his fortune telling is just to make ends meet, but his sentence "The number of qi will be exhausted" still makes Zhang Jingtao's heart set off a thousand waves.

Could it be that this Qing court's anger has really come to an end?

When Zhang Jingtao, who was only worried about food and clothing all day long, sighed for the Manchu Dynasty, in the stench prison in Wuchang, a middle-aged man with braided hair was furrowed even more tightly when he listened to the jailer's conversation.

"Just wait to seize Yichang, Shinan, and Jingzhou, and then this Hubei will be taken by our Han rebels!"

All the provinces in Hubei are trapped!

The middle-aged man's somewhat haggard face would be full of worry, if so, what about the court?

Worried, he paced back and forth, and with a little light, he could clearly see that there were fewer and fewer people in this prison now, and in the past few months, most of his friends who had been in the same prison had left—not everyone could persevere in the face of prison suffering, and finally they chose to compromise and surrender to those who rebelled.

And what he was worried about at this time was still the imperial court...... (To be continued.) )