readx; That night, Shi Chunhu slept peacefully in Dengzhou, and since he left Jingshi more than two months ago, he had never slept so soundly. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but less than five watches, he was woken up by Sun Yuanhua, it turned out that the flying pigeon of the Beijing division had arrived, so that Mao Wenlong and he immediately entered Beijing to see His Majesty. As for the hundreds of subordinates, they temporarily stayed in Dengzhou to rest and recuperate, and they were allowed to indulge in alcohol and play money every day, but they were not allowed to go out of the camp for half a step.

Mao Wenlong and Shi Chunhu, escorted by thirty light cavalry of the Qi family's army, galloped all the way to Beijing. The 1,200-mile road from Dengzhou to Jingshi is full of plain official roads, and there are post stations every dozens of miles along the way. They immediately changed horses when they entered the post station, and they could travel hundreds of miles every hour, and they had arrived in Wudingzhou, Shandong Province at dusk. After resting for the night, he continued to hurry early the next morning, and arrived at a post station more than ten miles outside the Yongding Gate of Jingshi. However, at this time, the city gate had already been closed, and everyone had to stay at the post station and prepare to enter Beijing tomorrow morning.

Seeing that he was about to enter the Beijing Division, Shi Chunhu's mood was very excited. On the one hand, he was anxious to report to the emperor the results of the war and what he had seen and heard in the past two months; On the other hand, in the "People's Copying of Dong Eun" incident last summer, he personally rescued a young girl named Lu Ying. Since then, Lu Ying's delicate and pitiful face has always appeared in Shi Chunhu's heart. Nearly half a year has passed, and I don't know how Luying is now? Have you ever promised to marry someone?

With this excitement and apprehension, Shi Chunhu hurriedly finished dinner and walked out of the gate of the post station and looked north at the city wall of Jingshi. Mao Wenlong also followed him out with great interest, and pointed to the northeast and said strangely: "What is there, why is there so big black smoke?" ”

Shi Chunhu glanced at it and said, "Oh, there is a new steel mill and a coking plant built by the Ministry of Industry. ”

After listening to Shi Chunhu's introduction to the purpose of the steel mill and coking plant, especially after the emperor was ready to pave the road with coal tar asphalt, Mao Wenlong shook his head in disbelief, refusing to believe that the road surface could be as smooth as a mirror.

While the two were talking, they heard a noise of people from the north, and then a large group of mule carts rumbled over, passing by the post station without stopping, and hurried straight south along the official road. And only the mule carts in front were lit by torches, and the ones behind were followed one by one in the dark, and the tail of the line could not be seen after dozens of cars. In every car there were soldiers with loaded guns, eyeing the silent and desolate wilderness.

Mao Wenlong asked the stationmaster of the post station in surprise: "It's so late, why is there still a convoy on the way?" Where did they come from? ”

The stationmaster didn't know who Mao Wenlong was, but the hundred households who were responsible for escorting the two had already submitted the road guide, in short, it must be an official, looking at the posture or a big official, he hurriedly smiled and said: "This lord, it seems that you have not been to Beijing recently." It's not like there's a rebellion in the south, this convoy is sending food and ammunition to the front. ”

"Can you get out of the city at night when the city gate is locked?" Mao Wenlong said strangely, "Don't stop at night? ”

"How can you take care of it!" The stationmaster said with a smile, "A convoy like this has to come out of Beijing every day for more than a dozen teams, and it is the hour to catch up, and even the third watch in the middle of the night has to leave." They have a pass jointly signed by the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War, and they can also come out of the locked city. I have to rush to Baoding Mansion in one breath, change a batch of mule carts there and continue to go south, so that these people can come back, hard work! There's no way, the front-line battle is too tight! ”

"Oh?" Mao Wenlong smiled with some disdain, "I heard that Lu Xiangsheng, who holds the title of secretary of the military department and is the military affairs of the five provinces and four prefectures, is commanding the counterinsurgency operation. This person has a good reputation, why is the food and salary so tight? It seems that in the past, it was just a mouthful of joy, and when it was his turn, he was not desperately fishing. ”

"That's not it, my lord." The stationmaster of the post station hurriedly said, "Governor Lu is not a corrupt official, that battle is really fierce!" There was a river of blood on the battlefield in the Pengcheng area, and once the battle passed, not to mention how many thieves died, just the cannons and bird guns that were damaged by the officials and soldiers were pulled back one by one! ”

"Pengcheng is more than a thousand miles away from the Beijing Division, how can you know what the battlefield is like?" Mao Wenlong laughed mockingly, "This trick is actually nothing new, there is a hundred, otherwise how can you ask the court for money." ”

The stationmaster made Mao Wenlong choke a little angry, took a stack of papers and said, "This lord, if you don't believe it, you might as well take a look for yourself." ”

Mao Wenlong saw at a glance that there were words on the first page of "Dangshan Victory of the Officers and Soldiers", and immediately alerted: "How can there be a Tang newspaper in the post station?" ”

"This is not Tang Daily, this is the "Beijing Times", two copies of five cents, and the people can see it." The stationmaster smiled smugly, "It's written in detail!" ”

Mao Wenlong unfolded it and took a look, and sure enough, it was not a Tang newspaper, but it was printed with movable type, and the printing quality was average, but the content was very rich. In addition to the front-line battle reports, there are also prices in Beijing, poetry explanations, craft technology, etc., and even store advertisements. Of course, what Mao Wenlong was most concerned about was the battle report, and I saw that it read:

This newspaper reported from Fengyang Mansion and published it with the approval of the Ministry of War: On the fifth day of the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, the official army broke the rebels near Dangshan County, Fengyang Prefecture. The rebels were mainly the 'Thirteen Families' of thieves, including the 'Grim Eye', 'Breaking the Sky', 'Shooting the Heaven' and other units, with a strength of about 50,000. Governor Lu gave full play to the superiority of the officers and soldiers in firearms, and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy with powerful firepower. After a day and night of fierce fighting, the rebels suffered heavy casualties and abandoned the city and fled. According to preliminary statistics, nearly 10,000 thieves were killed, more than 10,000 were wounded, more than 20,000 were captured, and only a few thousand escaped. This battle gave a great deterrent to the thief army besieging Pengcheng, and the thief army has now fled south, and Pengcheng has been besieged. On the part of the officers and soldiers, twenty-six were killed and seventy-seven wounded..."

"!" As soon as Mao Wenlong saw this, he shouted loudly, "The rebels have suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and the officers and soldiers have suffered more than 100 casualties? Is it possible? Who wrote this thing, so bewitching the public, the court didn't care? ”

"My lord, you can be quiet!" The stationmaster hurriedly pulled Mao Wenlong into the courtyard and said, "You don't know about the Beijing Times? It was founded when Concubine Yuanniang did not enter the palace, and the news is absolutely reliable, and it has an excellent reputation in Beijing. Moreover, the reports on the war were only issued with the approval of the Ministry of War, so isn't it clearly written, who dares to joke about this kind of thing? ”

Mao Wenlong saw that Shi Chunhu nodded affirmatively to himself, so he read the report again suspiciously, and muttered: "With one enemy against a hundred, is the thief too stupid, or is Lu Xiangsheng too powerful?" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside, and then someone knocked on the door and said, "Open the door quickly, Jinyiwei!" ”

The stationmaster hurriedly went over to open the door, and someone came to ask: "Is there any from Dengzhou, Shandong?" If not, we will hurry to the next post station to meet you. ”

"Wang Guozheng!" Shi Chunhu exclaimed in surprise, "I'm here!" ”

It turned out that the person who came was Shi Chunhu's former subordinate, and Wang Guozheng, who has now been promoted to Jinyi Wei Qianhu, he was also very happy to see Shi Chunhu, but he hurriedly said in a deep voice: "Holy Message: Mao Wenlong and Shi Chunhu will meet you immediately after arriving in Beijing, thank you!" ”

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