The fourteenth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, February 20. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the first half of the year, the officials of Xiangyang and Wang Dou got a report from Tang, and the governor Yang Sichang's sedan car had passed through Yicheng, not far from Xiangyang, and he was accompanied by Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, the eunuch Liu, Lu Jiude and others, so that the officials of Xiangyang were ready to meet them.

Knowing that the superintendent was coming, Zhang Kejian, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, and others did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly came to find Wang Dou to discuss the matter of greeting, Wang Dou thought: "This Yang Mengchang is running so slowly, and how did Liu and the others run together with Yang Sichang." ”

Wang Dou led the general guards, the generals, Zhang Kejian led the officials of Xiangyang, and the celebrities in the city to wait at the Yingguan Pavilion ten miles west of the city.

Waited until the afternoon was punctual in the afternoon, only to see the official road of the huge banner guard of honor coming, a gorgeous eight-lift sedan chair, gathered all kinds of officials and staff, etc., after the eight sedan chairs, there are all kinds of large and small sedan chairs, behind the sedan chair, is densely packed with Huguang officers and soldiers and Beijing camp soldiers.

Seeing the inspector coming, Zhang Kejian hurriedly asked the music class to blow and fight, and then everyone greeted them together on the side of the official road.

The eight-lift sedan chair stopped, the curtain was slightly drawn, and there was a cough from inside, and a pair of eyes looked behind the curtain to greet everyone for a while, especially on Wang Dou for a while, and then a low voice came out.

A staff member next to the sedan chair answered, came to Wang Dou, looked at Wang Dou with strange eyes, and said, "General Wang, the cabinet is invited." ”

Wang Dou was a little strange, whispered to Zhang Kejian and the others, and came to the sedan chair of the superintendent Yang Sichang in the face of everyone's attention, and a tired voice came from inside: "Guoqin, come to the sedan chair." ”

Wang Dou was stunned for a moment, answered yes, and then went to the sedan chair, leaving a surprised look outside. The officials and staff all exchanged glances, whispered, and heard that the cabinet attached great importance to Wang Dou, and now the two saved the vassal king and killed the thief.

Wang Dou got on the sedan chair, and there was only Yang Sichang in it, and he couldn't help but be surprised to see Yang Sichang Wang Dou again.

In Wang Dou's impression, Yang Sichang's beard was black and his eyes were bright, and he looked shrewd and majestic, but now he looked pale and extremely haggard, and he couldn't stop coughing a few times, as if he was seriously ill, how could he still have half of the past style?

Wang Dou said: "Cabinet Department, what are you?" ”

Yang Si waved his hand and sighed: "I'm fine, Guoqin, I've worked hard for you." ”

The guard of honor continued to move forward Yang Sichang couldn't help but look at the scenery outside the sedan chair, he didn't know what he was thinking, for a long time, he bowed his head and said: "Yanmei is going to be the majestic fine willow camp of the admiral of Gancheng today." Sweep away the atmosphere of Kou from now on, and return the period of education and people's livelihood. ”

However, it was a pro-inscription poem given by Yang Sichang and Emperor Chongzhen.

After he finished chanting this poem, he muttered in a low voice, his voice was inaudible, and full of sadness: "The emperor's ministers are deeply gracious, but I am afraid that they will not be able to repay it again in ......the future."

Seeing his sad expression, his heart was complicated, and he couldn't help sighing.

Since the military camps in Xiangyang City were occupied by the Shunxiang Army and the defenders of the city, the officers and soldiers of Huguang and the soldiers of the Beijing Camp who followed were temporarily stationed in the military camps or temples in the suburbs.

Yang Sichang, Huguang Governor Song Yihe, eunuch Liu, Lu Jiude and others, as well as various generals and personal staff, all entered Xiangzai City, and everyone was eager to see Zhang Xianzhong's body.

Now the weather is still cold, and Zhang Kejian, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, attaches great importance to this matter, and the best companion in the city is transferred to embalm Zhang Xianzhong's body by means of mercury and arsenic, and his body has been properly preserved.

The original superintendent of Xiangyang City, all the officials, and all the generals according to their grades, left and right, all entered the White Tiger Hall and waited for the results.

While waiting, Wang Dou also looked at everyone in the White Tiger Hall.

Yang Sichang was on the top seat, the left and right staff stood solemnly waiting, and the lower left was the first to sit on the prison guard. Although his official position is small, he is only for Dali to comment on things, but he is deeply valued by Yang Sichang and is in front of the discipline army, so he is qualified to sit in the first place, he pays attention to Wang Dou, and looks at it from time to time. …,

Wan Yuan Ji was followed by eunuchs Liu and Lu Jiude, both of whom wore three-mountain hats and python robes. Liu is slightly thin and has a gloomy expression, while Lu Jiude is more obese, sitting on the seat like a Maitreya Buddha.

Below, there is Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, who looks righteous and awe-inspiring, wearing a red official uniform, wearing a black veil on his head, and a jade belt around his waist.

is different from his appearance, Song Yihe has a bad reputation in officialdom, because when he first met the supervisor Yang Sichang, in order to avoid Yang Sichang's father's name, he wrote "Song Yiniao" on his name post, which was passed on as a joke in officialdom.

However, Wang Dou knew that this person was not simple, what he did to Yang Sichang was just a kind of officialdom wisdom, and he was still capable.

After Zhang Xianzhong captured Xiangyang, Song Yihe moved to Xinzhou, burned all the boats and boats, stopped Zhang Xianzhong from meeting with Ge Liyan and others, and cut off the Hengjiang River, so that the thieves did not dare to cross. Later, Li Zicheng conquered Chengtian Mansion, and Song Yihe went down to the city to fight in the streets, wielding his blade to kill several thieves and died.

He paid the same attention to Wang Dou, and from time to time stroked his beautiful beard and pondered.

In the lower right military attache office, there are the former Shaanxi general soldier and the current thief president who is as fierce as a tiger, Zhang Yingyuan, the deputy general soldier of Huguang and the vice president of the pigtailed thief, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong, the deputy chief soldier Zhou Yuji and others in the Beijing camp, and finally Wang Dou.

The above mortal position, either the chief soldier or the deputy chief soldier, is not the governor of the same knowledge or the governor of Jinshi, only Wang Dou is the commander of the same knowledge, the position of the general, but he sits side by side with the chief military officers.

Several of them also looked at Wang Dou again and again, although there was no expression on their faces, their hearts were obviously not so calm, especially Zhang Yingyuan, the deputy general of Huguang, was quite frustrated.

In the battle of Huangling City, the generals Liu Shijie, Wang Zhifeng, guerrilla Guo Kai and others were killed, and they were also shot by stray arrows.

At this time, everyone had no intention of speaking, and the hall was silent.

Soon, there was a commotion outside the second gate, and soon, Zhang Kejian, the deputy envoy of the Xiangyang military garrison, led several sergeants and hurriedly carried Zhang Xianzhong's coffin in.

There was a bang in the White Tiger Hall, and everyone stood up, especially Yang Huchang staggered a few steps, walked down from the main seat, looked at the corpse in Zhang Xianzhong's coffin on the ground, and said tremblingly: "It's a thief, it's a thief, haha, it's a thief......"

Yang Sichang's expression was out of shape, he stroked the coffin with trembling hands, looked at Zhang Xianzhong's corpse inside, and suddenly the past came to his heart: the grace of the saint's knowledge, the disadvantage of the thief, the attack of the official, the fiasco as fierce as a tiger, and the ignorance of his own efforts...... The curtain kept flying.

He was overjoyed for a while, sad for a while, and aggrieved for a while, so many things that he couldn't help but cry like a spring, he staggered to the north and knelt down, choking and shouting: "Your Majesty! Emperor! Suppress the thief, sacrifice the thief to get rid of it, and the minister ...... Die without regrets......"

He couldn't cry on the ground, and the staff around him were all crying. As fierce as a tiger, he burst into tears, beat his chest hard, and cried: "Jie'er, Zhong'er, have you seen it? If you sacrifice the thief to death, you will take revenge. ”

There was a lot of crying in the hall......

Wang Dou walked out of the White Tiger Hall and let out a long sigh, Xie Yike, Gao Shiyin, Wen Fangliang and others who were waiting solemnly outside the second gate gathered up, Xie Yike turned around and glanced at the White Tiger Hall, and said, "The thief is dead, why are everyone crying back?" All of them are high-ranking officials. ”

Gao Shiyin snorted: "They were dragged around by the thieves, and now that the thieves are really dead, of course they have to cry bitterly, this is called crying happily, tears of joy and sorrow." ”

Wang Dou coughed, and everyone immediately stopped, and they all glanced at the generals of the Beijing camp outside the second gate, as well as the generals of Huguang.

At this time, there were many generals gathered in Xiangyang, but only a few people could enter the White Tiger Hall to discuss matters, and the rest could only wait outside the second gate, and the officials could only enter the hall after being summoned by Shangguan. …,

Among these people, there are many guerrillas, generals, etc., such as Ma Wenzhi under Sun Yingyuan, Ma Zhi under the command of Fierce Tiger, and Lin Baoguo under Zhou Yuji, all of whom are generals, but they do not have Wang Dou's courtesy, so they can only stand outside the second gate, watching Wang Dou sit on an equal footing with the general soldiers, and also give seats.

At this time, they all looked at Wang Dou with complicated eyes, everyone traveled thousands of miles, ran from Huguang to Sichuan, lost troops and broke the generals, but the biggest benefit was that they were caught by this Wang Dou, not only killed the thief, but also heard that he also saved King Fu in Luoyang, and made immortal achievements.

Wen Fangliang said in a low voice: "General, what should I do next?" ”

Wang Dou's expression was deep: "Let's wait for the holy decree first, according to my estimate, we won't stay in Xiangyang for long, and we will go home." ”

It was confirmed that the thief was dead, and everyone in the White Tiger Hall was excited at that time, although Yang Sichang was seriously ill, he still supported his body and praised Wang Dou, and inspired everyone to rise up and continue to exterminate the remaining Cao thieves, as well as the Zuoge thieves of Ying and Huoshan.

At this time, the thief died, the thief was defeated, and the remaining thieves became panicked dogs, and the extermination was only between the palms, and it can be seen that everyone in the hall was moved.

Yang Luchang ordered, the whole city celebrated, the three armies, due to poor health, only to wait for the thief general and He Renlong to rush to Xiangyang, discuss again, so everyone resigned, let the Yang Pavilion be quiet

Wang Dou estimated that the next war would have nothing to do with himself, everyone saw that it was cheap, and they were all waiting to grab the credit, and his own credit was too great, and after eating most of the meat, he also wanted others to drink some soup. Anyway, the strategic goal has been achieved, and you can go home.

Yes, go home, from last October to now, it's been almost half a year, it's time to go back.

Before going to war, Wang Dou had set a strategy, probed the thief's reality, and observed his tactics, and now he understands the root cause of the thief's tactics that once swept the world. It is true that they have dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the ruling class, as the history books say, but what about after the heavy blow?

Hearing that they were going home, Xie Yike and the others became excited, and after coming out for a long time, everyone was really homesick.

Now just wait for the holy decree of the reward, and then return to the court, what Wang Dou said, everyone is convinced, the general said that you can go home soon, you can go home soon.

When everyone went out of the gate, there were horses and sedan chairs outside, as well as the guards and attendants of various officials.

While discussing where to celebrate, Wang Dou suddenly heard someone behind him say, "General Wang, please stay." ” 。 ）