The ancient city of Huizhou, which was captured by Zhang Xianzhong, has been destroyed for six months and is no longer what it used to be, there are few pedestrians on the street, and you can see the dying call Huazi everywhere, and the market is depressed, and from time to time the dog that comes out of the alley grows fat and strong, and passes through a few pedestrians from time to time, staring at the passers-by who do not know whether they are dead or alive who fall on the side of the road, they drag their long tongues, saliva flows all over the ground, and their eyes are particularly cold.

The tallest building in the city is naturally the Huizhou prefect's yamen, in the prefect's yamen, there are also the Xuezheng yamen, the Huizhou Terracotta Division, although the building is in, but it no longer belongs to the Ming Dynasty, it seems that no one belongs now.

Previously, Zuo Liangyu, the marquis of Ningnan of the Ming Dynasty, went to Huizhou under the guise of 'Qingjun side', and was scolded by Wang Lanping for a letter to die here.

Finally left behind, but in a blink of an eye, the west thief arrived, Huizhou City was really robbed, which family has been robbed at least a few times, the entire Huizhou City has reached the rich to sell their land, the poor to sell their sons and daughters, a few buckets of millet can easily change a yellow flower girl.

The situation of several counties outside the city is similar, those who can escape have fled, leaving a bunch of old and weak waiting for death, at this time the people of Huizhou hope that the imperial court will send troops to level the thief is really eager to see through, where to hope, half a year has passed, I heard that the prime minister of the court has promulgated the world, the first day of June Wang Shi went west, and I don't know if the prime minister will easily recover Huizhou.

The general of the Western Army guarding Huizhou was Feng Shuangli, the governor of the Rear Army of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Western Armies, who led 20 battalions of the Western Army, each battalion had about 3,000 soldiers, totaling about 60,000 people.

Half a year ago, Zhang Xianzhong went east to the south of the Yangtze River, and even dozens of cities in the Ming Dynasty, and then because of the Azig invasion of Jingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong stopped the pace of the eastward expedition and withdrew to Chengdu.

When Zhang Xianzhong withdrew, in addition to leaving 50,000 or 60,000 people to guard Huizhou, there were 80,000 soldiers in the Xiangfan area, 50,000 in Huangzhou, and the entire middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Weizhen.

But Zhang Xianzhong never expected that as soon as he left, these remaining soldiers would be lawless, and the more than 30 counties they controlled would be like hell on earth, and everyone hated the Western Army so much that they gritted their teeth.

In April, the Qing army Azig captured Jingzhou, breaking the Western Army of 80,000, the defenders of Huangzhou surrendered without a fight, the Western Army was defeated so quickly that Azig was surprised, almost did not take much effort, as soon as the Qing army came, immediately out of the list of Anmin, and announced the removal of the Yi Obedience Order like other occupied areas, but this order was not for all Han people, but only for the officials of the Qing Dynasty.

With the fall of Jingzhou and Huangzhou of the Western Army, Huizhou has become a lonely city sandwiched between the Ming Dynasty, Dashun and the Qing Dynasty, just like a child without a mother, the entire route back to Sichuan has been cut off by the Qing army, unless Feng Shuangli, the defender of the Western Army of Huizhou, has the courage to bite Azig, but unfortunately he knows that he is not an opponent, or he is bypassing Jingzhou City, rushing from the defense area of Huguang Governor He Tengjiao, and returning to Sichuan through Yungui, the success rate of this road is even lower, the mountains and rivers are thousands of miles, and the Ming army is stationed all the way. may not be able to hit Sichuan, and they will all die.

So, Feng Shuangli, who was helpless, chose to stay in Huizhou and wait for help, but even he didn't know what he was waiting for, who would come back to save him, since Azig cut off Jingzhou, Huizhou and Sichuan have been cut off, I heard that the Qing army invaded Sichuan in three ways, and I don't know if this will exist in the West.

60,000 lonely troops were trapped in the city of Huizhou, the soldiers had no fighting spirit and their morale was weak, but fortunately, the Qing army did not continue to come east, but turned around and went to Sichuan, leaving only 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers and the original Huangzhou Western Army to defend Jingzhou.

I don't know when such a worrying day is a head, I heard that the Ming court also announced that the world is going to go west, and Huizhou is the first place for them to bear the brunt, whether it is war or surrender, but Feng Shuangli is stumped.

The former Ming Huizhou prefect's yamen became Feng Shuangli's military camp, and the original prefect had already been cooked in a pot by the army and several Ming nobles.

The days are getting more and more hopeless, and there is no news coming from Chengdu for a long time, so Feng Shuangli is even slacking off in the heart of defending the city, and he borrows wine with the generals all day to drown his sorrows.

Yesterday, there were reports that it seemed that there were signs of Ming army activities in Ningguo, I don't know if it was for Huizhou, so Feng Shuangli, who was drunk, ordered people to take a small battalion to Xiaoyao Valley to set up defenses, regardless of whether the Ming army came to fight Huizhou, they couldn't sit still and wait for death, this Xiaoyao Valley is also the east gate of Huizhou, and it is Huizhou City more than 40 miles south of here.

It's just that Feng Shuangli didn't expect it, this small battalion of people had just gone through a morning's march and arrived at Xiaoyao Valley, how could there be half a shadow of the Ming army, and they couldn't even find the horse dung, so the thousands of people looked for a shade outside the valley, but they didn't expect that this carelessness would be beaten by the Huaiyuan Battalion of the Ming army.

Huizhou prefect yamen in the drinking dadan, the former majestic hall has become a playground for the soldiers of the Western Army, everywhere in disarray, more than a dozen generals sit around, giggle, staring at the middle of the hall like flowers and jade are dancing with tears in their eyes, some even take helmets as wine jugs, everyone's face is red, it seems that they are not less drinking.

The first general in the hall didn't seem to be interested in these flower girls, I saw him playing with the wine glass boredly in one hand, holding his head in the other, indescribably decadent, he was Feng Shuangli, the governor of the rear army who was the main general of the city and the five armies of Daxi.

The whole of the Onishi regime followed the Ming system, and it was almost completely applied, and Zhang Xianzhong felt that it was easy to do so.

On days like this, Feng Shuangli can't remember how long he has been messing around, confused and depressed.

In the drinking room, a general of Shaanxi also knocked on the wine and roared on the spot, the familiar melody attracted the Shaanxi generals present to join in for a while, the tone was sometimes high-pitched, sometimes deep, sometimes sad and angry, sometimes desolate, a kind of homesick mood quietly wandered among the people, and even the soldiers outside the hall also wept.

The main component of the Western Army was the Shaanxi Army, and for a while, the minor tune of the hometown spread throughout the prefect's yamen in a blink of an eye.

"Stop singing"

Suddenly, Feng Shuangli, who was the leader, kicked the table in front of him and kicked it away, so frightened that all the flower girls knelt on the ground.

"Get out, get out of Lao Tzu" Feng Shuangli smashed the wine glass into the flower girl and roared angrily.

The frightened and trembling flower girl ran out with a roll.

The generals on the ground just looked at Feng Shuangli in the hall with blurry drunken eyes, and some people laughed, "General Feng, there is wine today and drunk today, who does it matter who you give tomorrow, come, drink, and go home when you get drunk."

Then the crowd laughed, fighting, who is still fighting, who is fighting, defending the city? For whom? Perhaps the newly established Great Western Kingdom has already died.

Feng Shuangli stood up politely, "Can drinking solve everything?" Don't you care at all whether you stay or surrender? ”

Someone in the hall stood up and said with a smile, "Guarding his mother's guard, Lao Tzu doesn't know who he is giving his life to now, even if he surrenders, you are the main general, who do you say to surrender?" Who wants us? It's better to surrender to Lord Yan, everything is over, of course, if General Feng can talk to Daming, you say surrender, let's go with you, I'm afraid that the people, officers and soldiers don't want us now."

Feng Shuangli ran down to the hall to take a look at the generals, and he had the heart to defend the city, but if the soldiers had no fighting spirit and would not have the heart to defend the enemy, what could he do.

Feng Shuangli clapped his hands and shouted, "Now you don't have any thoughts? Ah, you don't look at the good things you did in the city of Huizhou, the women in this city have made you all the scourges, the common people are eager to eat our flesh and drink our blood, what do you let Lao Tzu take to surrender to the court"

A person lay on the ground and said, "Look at me, it's better to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, to be a carefree mountain king, in this world, love him, who fights for whom, cares about me, and everywhere he goes, he is a man who sells his life."

Feng Shuangli said, "Do you think that everything will be fine if you fall into the grass, how fierce the Ming army was in the first few months of suppressing bandits, how many people were killed, which mountain can accommodate us"

One person laughed and said, "General, I think that Huangshan is good, maybe you can settle there, and Huizhou City, which is not useful, is too eye-catching."

Feng Shuangli slapped the table, "Fucking sober up Lao Tzu, tell you, even if you want to find another backer, you have to have this money, you look at you one by one, are there any people like you, how to say that Lao Tzu still has 60,000 troops in his hands, and he can fall into the position of a prince wherever he goes, stand up, cheer up, whether it is the Ming Dynasty, the Great Shun or the Qing Dynasty to seize Huizhou, we must first base ourselves on the war before we can talk about the conditions"

At this time, there was a panicked footsteps outside the hall, and several distraught western pawns rushed into the lobby.

"Report, Governor, Ming Army, Ming Army is coming"

This urgent report immediately woke up everyone present, and they all turned over and stood up.

Feng Shuangli stepped forward and grabbed the man's clothes and shouted, "Where is the Ming army, whose banner is it fighting?" ”

"It seems to be Huaiyuan Camp, and there is a 'square' word written on the flag"

Feng Shuangli's face changed greatly, and he muttered to himself, "The elite of Prime Minister Daming, Huaiyuan Camp Fang Guoan is here, impossible, then Prime Minister Wang will get married the day after tomorrow, how can Huaiyuan Camp appear here, you kid is dazzled"

"No, no, everyone on the city tower has seen it, and they are arrayed at the east gate, and they may attack the city at any time."

Feng Shuangli stepped back and said, "The Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming, someone is coming, pass my general order, close the four gates, and go to the city to defend against the enemy."

A general in the hall sighed, "General, I just remembered to close the city gate at this time, I'm afraid that the Ming army has already appeared on the street."

"Report!" Another man rushed in shouting.

"Report, Governor, the Ming army entered the city together with the defeated army in Xiaoyao Valley, opened the city gate, the Ming army entered the city, and the east gate was lost"

Everyone was shocked, before the war began, the city gate was lost, is there still a way to fight this battle?

Feng Shuangli roared, "How many enemies are coming? ”

"I don't know, the east gate has rushed into thousands of people, and they are killing the prefect's yamen."

As he spoke, he could already faintly hear the sound of shouting and killing, and it seemed that everything was true.

Feng Shuangli's face was like ashes, leaning on the desk in the lobby, and a general came up to help him and said, "Governor, there is no time, abandon the city and break through."

Feng Shuangli pushed him away violently, "Break through? Where to break through, did the Ming army fall from the sky? Quick, send someone to block it, and take back the East City"

"Report! Governor, the people of Nancheng opened the city gate to welcome the Ming army into the city, the south gate guards surrendered without a fight, and the south city has been lost"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was stunned, and sure enough, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered just after the battle, and the general trend was gone.

Feng Shuangli shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I heard it, let you do evil, how do I restrain you on weekdays, do you listen?" Retribution, retribution, haha, retribution"

After saying that, Feng Shuangli turned around and pulled out the saber placed on the desk, and pointed at the crowd, "Lao Tzu followed Zhang Xianzhong to fight in the south and the north, the hero I, but he didn't expect this fate, Lao Tzu will never be humiliated" immediately put the sword horizontally, and made a gesture to wipe his neck.

The generals hurriedly stepped forward, "The governor can't do it, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, this is the Yellow Mountain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack twenty miles southwest, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, it is better to retreat into the mountains, hold on to a few formations, and force the court to recruit peace."

Feng Shuangli held the sword tightly, Huizhou lost it too quickly, even if the court recruited him, he would not get any good status, rather than being humiliated, it was better to die with full integrity.

When the generals saw that he didn't listen, they rushed up, pulled their arms and legs, and finally took his sword down, and some people scrambled to pass the order for him, "Order, the army abandoned the city and retreated to Huangshan in order to fight again"

**

Seeing that the banner of the Western Army at the head of the city was thrown under the city, after more than half a year, the people of Huizhou finally saw the Daming Dragon Banner again.

In the cheers of the people, the commander of the Huaiyuan battalion and the accompanying army Counselor Zhang slowly entered from the east gate, and the people along the way rushed to bow down, and the voice of "the king is coming, the court is coming" rose and fell in the crowd, and the people who cried with joy ran in the city.

Fang Guoan and Zhang joined the army and rode down the streets that had just been cleared.

Fang Guoan said, "Join the army and break through Huizhou in half an hour, let's give the prime minister a good explanation."

Zhang joined the army with a happy face, "The generals are like gods, and they can let people mix in the defeated army of the Western thieves to win the city gate, good plan, good plan"

Fang Guoan laughed, "Try your ears a little"

At this time, a horse came forward.

"Report, general, the enemy defender Feng Shuangli led more than 30,000 remnants of the army to abandon the city to the west, and nearly 10,000 enemy troops in the city surrendered"

Zhang Shenjun heard this and groaned, "Could it be that Feng Shuangli has fallen into the Yellow Mountain?" ”

Fang Guoan said with a smile, "Huangshan has never been armed, tens of thousands of troops have gone into the mountains, and sooner or later they will starve to death."

Immediately, Fang Guoan said again, "Join the army, and this military report for the prime minister will be rewarded."

Zhang Senjun laughed, "It's a matter of duty"

Fang Guoan turned his head to the people beside him again, "Go, send someone to tell Chen Wanliang that Lao Tzu has set up a banquet in the city, don't grind behind like a woman."

**

When it was dark, the eight horsemen galloped out from the east gate of Huizhou, and they knew that this was a six-hundred-mile urgent military report, and they could reach Nanjing City within one day if they changed horses without changing people.

I only heard the Ming army on that horse shouting all the way, "Great victory, Huizhou great victory, Huaiyuan battalion broke through Huizhou City, Huizhou recovered"

……

When the messenger's horse passed through the marching procession of the Anyuan camp, Chen Wanliang shook his head and smiled, saying that he had joined the army beside him, "Yes, this time is enough for the person surnamed Fang to brag in front of Lao Tzu for a year."

Joining the army smiled and did not answer.

At this time, a sentry came to report.

"Report, General Chen, the western thief Feng Shuangli escaped into the Yellow Mountain, and the Huaiyuan camp did not chase after him"

Chen Wanliang laughed when he heard this, "It seems that Fang Guoan still has a bit of a conscience, come, send orders to all towns, speed up the march, it's time for our Anyuan camp to show his face and attack Huangshan."

As soon as the military order was given, the whole army was like being beaten with chicken blood, and there was wind under their feet, so they couldn't let the brothers of the Huaiyuan battalion look down on it. (To be continued.) )