For several days, the army of Huangzhen rested in Tongling. On weekdays www.biquge.info, Pang Yue lives comfortably, except for planning his future whereabouts, that is, supervising the training of soldiers or something. It's just that the thought of a fierce battle that is about to come makes him feel no better. After that fierce battle, Huang Degong was martyred, and Huangzhen's 70,000 or 80,000 troops, including the main force of the expedition and the remaining troops in various places, were broken by the Qing army, and the generals and generals at all levels of Huangzhen died or surrendered. Afterwards, in order to completely remove the unstable factors, the Qing army also lured 30,000 troops to kill all the encirclements in Sihe Mountain in the name of reward. But now, Pang Yue is helpless, as a small guerrilla, his strength is really limited.

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On the seventh day of the first month, the emperor's decree was delivered, and Huang Degong, the Marquis of Jingnan, was appointed as the Duke of Jingguo, and the Zuozhu State was added.

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On the evening of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Pang Yue had just had breakfast, and Xu Yuancheng came to report: "My lord, there is a message from the handsome, let you go over"

"Okay, I know" Pang Yue was excited in his heart, he was finally going to see Huang Degong again, although he also met him yesterday, it was a blank in his mind, and he didn't say anything, and it was no different from seeing him.

When I saw Huang Degong this time, what should I tell him? Let him guard against Tian Xiongma? Or persuade him not to fight the Qing army for the time being, abandon the south bank of the Yangtze River to protect Hongguang and retreat to the south in order to make a comeback? Belch... Forget it, as soon as the former is brought up, I am afraid that he will be regarded as a psychopath or completely kicked into the ranks of villains, a small guerrilla to sue the deputy commander-in-chief, or the deputy commander-in-chief who is currently very trusted by Huang Degong, is equivalent to making himself uncomfortable. The latter, huh...... With Huang Degong's temper, he would be cut on the spot by a lobbyist who he treated as a Tartar. Let's talk about these later, let's see what he says this time, Pang Yue has made up his mind.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour with the soldiers sent by Huang Degong to deliver the message, Pang Yue finally came to Huang Degong's Chinese army tent. The personal soldier who brought Pang Yue to the account reported it, and after a while, he came out and replied: "Pang Guerrilla, the marshal will let you in." ”

"Well, I'm tired." Pang Yue nodded at the pro-soldier and walked into the big tent.

After entering, Pang Yue found that this tent was similar to his own, and it was also divided into two halves, but it was larger than his own. Later, when he entered the inner tent, he saw a burly man in his fifties, dressed in a cloth robe, sitting cross-legged behind a low table and reading a book, with a majesty all over his body.

Although his mind was almost blank when they met last time, Pang Yue still recognized who the person in front of him was, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Guerrilla Pang Yue, I've seen the handsome!" ”

Huang Degong raised his head, put the book on the low table, and beckoned: "Taizhi is here, sit down, sit down." With that, he pointed to a cushion across from him.

Pang Yue cautiously sat opposite Huang Degong, almost daring to come out. In the face of this kind of fierce man who was killed from the sea of corpses and blood, Pang Yue, who had the idea of abiding by the law in the 21st century in his head, did not dare to relax at all.

"Haha, Taiyuki, what's wrong with you, you fell off the horse but you lost your guts? You used to be casual with me. Seeing Pang Yue's somewhat nervous abnormal expression, Huang Degong couldn't help laughing.

Pang Yue adjusted his expression, smiled and said to Huang Degong: "Pang Yue didn't know much about the rules before, which made the handsome man smile, but now he is very ashamed to think about it." Although the marshal does not care about Pang Yue, after all, there is a difference between the top and bottom in the army, and this rule is never forgotten. ”

Huang Degong waved his hand: "When did Taizhi also learn the way of a literati?" That's it, there is no need for such a false routine. Was Marco injured before sunset? ”

Pang Yue replied respectfully: "Don't dare to worry about the handsome, Pang Yue is only in a temporary coma, and his body is not seriously ill after waking up." ”…,

"Well, that's good." Huang Degong then took out a few more official documents and put them on the low table, "I came to you today, there are two main things. This is the first thing, and the last time the commander asked for merit for the soldiers, he has already been answered. The official text of the military department has arrived, and these copies belong to your battalion, so take a look. ”

Pang Yue picked up those few official documents-like things, and his eyes were full of traditional Chinese characters and a large amount of nonsense before. There was no way, so he had to jump and look directly for the key part, which made him seem to have regained the feeling of reading comprehension when he took the English level 6 exam.

After a moment of torment, the keyword eye in the first one was finally found by Pang Yue, "...... Promoted Pang Yue to Luzhou Staff General, and the commander of the state guard...... "I have the experience of reading the first one, and in the next few photos, Pang Yue easily skipped the nonsense part to find the key, and his four direct subordinates were also promoted, Zhang Yunli was promoted to Luzhou guerrilla, and he knew the same as the commander of the state guard. Shi Youliang, Cui Shoucheng, and Lu Qiwu also added the title of a thousand households.

I didn't expect to be promoted at this moment, this should be one of the last official documents issued by the Hongguang Dynasty, Pang Yue's mind came up with these thoughts, but he still didn't forget the due courtesy. He put down the official document, got up and knelt down at Huang Degong, and kowtowed to the end: "Thank you for your love." The last general thanked the handsome! The last general wrote on behalf of his subordinates! ”

"It doesn't have to be like this, get up." Huang Degong got up and walked to Pang Yue and helped him up: "This is all in exchange for your own military merits, thank me for what I have done." Besides, if you want to thank you, you should also thank the court. ”

Looking at Pang Yue in front of him, Huang Degong seemed to see the shadow of Pang Sheng again, and when he thought of this old subordinate who was loyal to him and finally martyred himself, his tone couldn't help but have a trace of sentimentality: "Taizhi, you are good." If Brother Ziming (Pang Sheng's words) can see your appearance today, he will definitely feel very relieved. Do a good job! After speaking, he solemnly patted Pang Yue's shoulder.

"Don't worry! Pang Yue is deeply favored by the imperial court and by the great handsome, and he will definitely follow the example of his father, swear to follow the great marshal to the death, and be loyal to the country! Pang Yue's tone was very firm.

Huang Degong nodded approvingly: "Very good." The second thing I did to you today is to tell you that our army will soon be drawn again. Speaking of this, Huang Degong's face sank: "The Tartars have advanced to Jiangbei three days ago, and Li Benshen, Yang Chengzu and Hua Ma Liu's group of birdmen who eat inside and outside did not make the slightest resistance, and all surrendered to the Tartars. The Cabinet was also martyred on April 25. The urgent report from the military headquarters was delivered at the hour of today, ordering our army to return to the capital as soon as possible. ”

Pang Yue's heart trembled suddenly, this moment is finally coming! Although he knew this history well, he still couldn't calm down, and all kinds of feelings were violently intertwined in his heart.

Huang Degong ignored Pang Yue's reaction and continued: "Our army has been resting for two days, and the situation in the capital is critical, so we can't wait any longer. I have decided, and tomorrow morning, the army will be ready to move forth. ”

Pang Yue calculated in his heart that he did not want to tell Huang Degong that Emperor Hongguang "maybe" escape from Nanjing tomorrow, and the Qing army would "may" break through the Yangtze River tomorrow. But this idea only appeared for a moment before he ruthlessly stifled it, after all, he is now a military general and not a fortune teller, and he can't use empty words such as "watching the sky at night" to explain. Moreover, even if you tell Huang Degong, what can you change? He didn't have such good eloquence, and he was able to use reasonable grounds to persuade Huang Degong to give up the south bank, temporarily avoid the Qing army, and turn to the south in order to make a comeback.

As a time-traveler, the greatest pain is to watch the tragedy that occurred before the crossing still develop in its original trajectory. Pang Yue sighed in his heart, but he still didn't give up, and cautiously asked Huang Degong: "Great marshal, the Tartars have rushed to the south of the Yangtze River in two ways, and now there are only a few soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Yangtze River who have the strength to fight, except for our military town." When the time comes, if our army loses the battle with the Tartars, how should this situation be managed? ”…,

As soon as he heard this, Huang Degong's two knife-like eyes looked at Pang Yue. Pang Yue was uncomfortable with these two gazes, and he couldn't speak again, so he lowered his head and stood aside.

Huang Degong retracted his gaze, lowered his head and thought for a while, before breaking the silence in the tent again: "What Tai Zhi said is not unreasonable, this situation has indeed become more and more serious. Tartar has long had the heart to watch Jiangnan, and I don't know anything about it. But I originally thought that the flower horses of Jiangbei, Liu, Li Chengdong and others had more than 100,000 horses, and they could resist for a while, so I was relieved to wave my troops westward to meet the left rebellion. Unexpectedly, those birdmen let the Tartar soldiers reach the north of the Yangtze River without blood. This battle situation is indeed extremely dangerous for our army, but what can we do? Surrender like Hua Ma Liu's group of birdmen? ”

Huang Degong said as he walked along: "What our army can do now is to return to the capital as soon as possible, so that the imperial court has time to gather all the soldiers and horses of the king." If it is true in the future, as Taizhi said, we will have no choice but to protect His Majesty's retreat south. However, Taizhi, don't think too much about these things for the time being, and take care of the things in front of you. ”

Pang Yue didn't want to say anything more, so he hugged his fists and saluted: "Yes, handsome!" ”

At this time, Xu Yong came in and reported: "Marshal, all the generals are here and are already waiting outside the tent." ”

Huang Degong replied that he knew, and then said to Pang Yue: "Taizhi, I also convened other generals to discuss the matter. You go back first, and let your men get ready to pull out early. ”

Pang Yue bowed and retired.

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On the ninth day of May in the first year of Hongguang, thirty miles northeast of Tongling, a small fishing village on the edge of the Yangtze River.

Several fishermen had breakfast and were about to go to the river to start their day's work. Suddenly, there was a sudden overwhelming sound from the southwest, and the earth seemed to tremble. Several fishermen couldn't help but be surprised, and one of the experienced old men shouted directly: "There is a large army coming, let the villagers hide!" ”

In this era when the city head is changing the banner of the king, as ordinary people, no matter which army they are, they have to be vigilant. The world is impermanent, and sometimes it may belong to the team of the king master yesterday, but today it will become a demon king who kills people without blinking. In the face of a heavily armed army, the common people have no capital to resist in the slightest. Unable to provoke but able to hide, the experienced villagers did not dare to slack off in the slightest after getting the news, put down all the work in their hands, and hid as quickly as possible.

It didn't take long for several groups of cavalry to appear side by side on the official road outside the village, and behind them, the red flow of people could not be seen at a glance. The dazzling armor, the spears of the forest, the cold sword and shield, and the majestic and neat footsteps all exuded an almost suffocating murderous aura.

When the army passed by the small fishing village, it did not stop at all, and a large number of men and horses roared down the official road in a neat queue, as if the small fishing village did not exist.

Seeing that the army did not enter the village, the villagers were relieved, and the bold ones poked their heads out of their hiding places to watch.

"Look, there's a yellow letter written on that flag!" A villager with rough writing couldn't wait to tell his companions about his discovery, "That's the soldiers and horses of Marquis Huang Degong of Jingnan, who went to us a few days ago to quell the rebellion, and now that they have returned victoriously, presumably the traitor has also been swept away!" ”

"It's Huang Houye's team! That's the real king! Never embarrassed by our people! ”

"Yes, now that the traitor has been pacified, I think the future will be better!"

"Don't hide it, folks, let's go out and have a look, Jingnanhou's soldiers and horses won't hurt us."

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The villagers were gossiping, and some people were already rushing to the side of the official road in twos and threes. …,

In the marching procession, Pang Yue, who was watching the local scenery at the end of the Ming Dynasty, saw that some villagers ran out of the village on the side of the official road one after another. As soon as these ragged people walked to a place not far from the official road, they knelt down, kowtowed to the army, and shouted something, and their faces were actually full of joy.

"In history, Huang Degong's military discipline is strict, and the people in many places are moved by his morality, and even gave him a new word, it seems that this is by no means groundless." Pang Yue thought silently in his heart, and at the same time, just as he had been touched by the soldiers a few days ago, he was once again deeply moved by these lovely people in this era. The people were more easily satisfied than the soldiers, and as long as they had food to eat without starvation, and shelter from the wind and rain, they would do everything in their power to give thanks, to God, to all those who could give them both. And when foreign enemies invade and force them to change the clothes and hairstyles left by their ancestors, a large number of them will burst out with a force that the enemy does not dare to face. Until later generations, people with a heart can still see the tragic scenes from the historical materials that "slipped through the net".

Looking at the more and more villagers kneeling on the side of the road, Pang Yue's eyes moistened, and he seemed to have a thousand words to express but couldn't express anything, and finally a thousand words were melted into one sentence: "I, the people of China, long live!" ”