There are only more than 100 miles from Ezhou to Wuchang, and the train can arrive in an hour and a half, in order to rush to Wuchang before the Ezhou rout, Liu Ziguang requisitioned a train, the Huguang train is not like Jiangnan, which is used for both passengers and goods, and the common people can not enjoy this high-tech product, which is usually only used to transport coal, ore, military rations and soldiers, and most of them are simple open-top carriages or simply flatbed cars.

The railway station was in a mess, and there was no one to clean up the corpses on the ground, Liu Ziguang's subordinates were not lacking in generalists, and it was not a problem to control the steam locomotive, but for the sake of safety, they still caught a few drivers and stokers and brought them to Liu Ziguang, and he comforted him with kind words: "Send the army into Wuchang, and immediately reward you with twenty taels of silver." These workers with black faces were naturally terrified, and one of them saw the Son of Heaven who was boarding the train, Fu Jie, and asked in surprise: "Dare to ask Shangguan, but you are from the capital?" Liu Ziguang couldn't help but pay attention to this person, although his face was black, but his fingernails were very clean, and the color of his neck and face also had obvious demarcation lines, and he was clearly a pretended stoker, he had a number in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "I am waiting for the imperial court to send an order to relieve the disaster, Huguang does not want the Ezhou guards to rob the supplies, so they are killed, and now they are going to Wuchang to find Zuo Dashuai to ask for an explanation." The man immediately bowed down: "I am the former Ezhou prefect Liu Zhijun Zuo Liangyu was dismissed after the invasion of Ezhou, only because I know how to steam machinery, I became the stationmaster of this Ezhou station, and now the imperial court soldiers have arrived, and I am willing to serve and kill the thief." Liu Ziguang heard Peng Jingrong say that there was an official in Huguang who was quite accomplished in steam engines, and later disappeared, so he was a small official on Ezhou Station, and he asked: "How can a beautiful woman be a thief?" Liu Zhijun said: "Xiaguan is also persecuted by the left thief, if he does not obey his family, he will be slaughtered, the left thief is brutal, the people of Huguang are not happy, looking forward to the imperial court, the heavenly soldiers are like a long drought and seedlings, looking forward to rain and dew." Liu Ziguang said: "That's good, Lord Liu will personally drive it, and when you take Wuchang, the official will definitely ask for credit for you." "With people who are familiar with railway transportation, things will be better, Liu Zhijun commanded the drivers to transfer two locomotives, one in front of the pull, one in the back to push, and a few more flatbed cars were added in the middle to move the pig iron piled up on the platform, this batch of goods is Wuchang has been urging to bring them, you can smoothly enter Wuchang Station, the coal car behind the two locomotives are full of coal, the shirtless stoker with a shovel standing on it, rhythmically shoveling coal into the boiler, the boiler burned enough steam out of Ezhou Station.

Liu Ziguang's three hundred men and horses stood in the convertible car with high spirits, cannons and heavy machine guns were fixed on the flatbed cart with ropes, except for a small number of war horses and horses pulling artillery carts, most of the horses were left in Ezhou, Hou Sui with a few retinues and soldiers stood together, hurriedly did not prepare seats, Hou Shangshu was miserable, he complained vigorously, Liu Ziguang should not be rashly engaged in a big fight in Ezhou, destroying the entire plan of action, Liu Ziguang did not think so, the Ezhou army is the more elite of Zuo Liangyu's army, they are all so vulnerable, presumably Wuchang's army combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning, the situation looks complicated, the original plan can not be implemented smoothly, it is better to fight in one go, with three hundred tigersEven if he can't kill Zuo Liangyu, he can turn Wuchang City upside down.

However, as soon as he drove out of Ezhou, he encountered a situation not far away, the front section of the railway was washed away by the flood, the roadbed collapsed, and the railroad tracks were broken, which was difficult for Liu Zhijun, he personally led people to dismantle the railroad tracks behind them, and pad them to the front, hundreds of people went into battle together, and filled the roadbed with stones, soil, and iron, and the locomotive slowly passed this section of the road, and then returned to normal, and marched towards Wuchang.

Liu Ziguang chose the railway for maneuvering, on the one hand, to save time, on the other hand, but also to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, the official road from Ezhou to Wuchang is parallel to the railway, but the roadbed of the railway is high, and the official road of the large section is flooded, even if the water recedes, it has become a quagmire, and it is difficult to pass.

They also caught up with a few soldiers of the Left Army who had fled along the railroad to Wuchang, apparently rushing back to report the news, and when these poor creatures saw the train, they thought it was their own and were killed on the roadbed on the spot.

The distance of 100 miles seems to be very close, but it is not easy to walk, and many sections need to be repaired, so it took several hours to see the outline of Wuchang City, there is an endless refugee shed outside the city, at this time, it is early in the morning, the refugees have already gotten up, lined up in front of the porridge that has not yet opened, they looked at the train from afar with silent eyes, everyone knows that this is the car of Zuo Dashuai transporting grain and troops, and it must not be looted, otherwise it will be difficult to save his life, there are many new graves around the refugee shed, and there are many corpses that have begun to swell in the open air, and the wild dogs are very excited, running back and forth with the intestines of the dead in their mouths, and scattering joy。

"There is still porridge to eat, and after two days, the porridge is finished, and I am afraid that I will start eating people." Liu Zhijun sighed. Liu Ziguang was silent, and Hou Sui was also silent, and more than 100,000 refugees lived in sheds made of branches and rags, waiting for death to come, and the towering city walls close at hand were strictly barrierd, and they were not allowed to step into half a step.

The time is still early, less than the time to open the city gate, the train temporarily stopped at Wuchang Station, Wuchang Station is very simple, there is only one freight yard, two coal bunkers and a building, the rails do not extend to the city, but towards the river, the destination is located on the Yangtze River Wuchang Shipyard, the station officials were awakened from the bed by the whistle of the train, stunned, now it is the pig iron of Ezhou transported to arrive, quickly called the people to come to carry Liu Zhijun, found the stationmaster of Wuchang Station, and told him that in addition to the pig iron, there are also distinguished guests from the capital - Zuo Dashuai's benefactor, Shangshu Hou of the Ministry of Rites.

The stationmaster hurriedly vacated the house for Hou Sui to rest, and took the handwritten letter written by Hou Sui into the city to report to Zuo Liangyu, this is Liu Ziguang's plan to change temporarily, not mentioning Qincha, only saying that the old man is visiting, anyway, the news of the imperial court will not be spread for a while, if Zuo Liangyu misses the old, he will go out of the city to greet him, and when the time comes, he will start to arrest Zuo Liangyu at this station, even if it is a great success.

Zuo Liangyu was deeply surprised when he heard that Hou Sui was visiting, when the Ministry of Rites Shangshu did not have the emperor's order, how could he easily come to Huguang, and Hou Sui was not from Wuchang, and he would not return to his hometown, and he would not pass through here, the only possibility is that Hou Sui came to defect to himself, I heard that Hou Shangshu has been unwilling in the court, and was often suppressed by Liu Ziguang and resigned angrily to vote for himself, it is not impossible for Zuo Liangyu to be misled by this thought, plus he is convinced that there may be enemy troops deep into his hinterland and not be presented, so he only took a few hundred personal soldiers and went out of the city.

In order to show his demeanor as a corporal of Lixian, Zuo Liangyu specially put on a cloak that can prevent rain, the outer layer is rubber, and the inside is silk, which is expensive, and when the time comes, you can choose an appropriate time to take off the cloak and drape it on Hou Sui's body, why don't you worry, he is not moved?

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Zuo Liangyu went out of the city, there was someone who reported to He Renlong, he immediately ordered to summon his subordinates, the general was promoted, and secretly ambushed the knife and axeman, yesterday he went to He Tengjiao to discuss the mutiny, He Tengjiao advised him to be less peaceful, not impatient, and wait for the right opportunity to do it again, but at night he sent someone to call him to him, and introduced two officials sent by the imperial court, saying that there will be a big move in the imperial court in the near future, and the mutiny can be carried out in advance to cooperate with the actions of the imperial court.

Most of the generals under his command are their own worshippers, brothers, serious officers, and they are already dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu's approach on weekdays, so they can be called to respond at this time, and if they don't agree, they will be hacked to death on the spot.

He Renlong, nicknamed He Maniac, never kills the enemy softly, and leads the troops is also extremely rude, he just said simply: Lao Tzu is also against Zuo Liangyu, who is in favor of the imperial court?

Who is against? As he spoke, he pressed his hand to the hilt of the sword. He Renlong's ten battalion cavalry is the generals he brought out all the way from Shaanxi, they are all his brothers, I heard the boss say that the mutiny, as soon as he patted his chest, he agreed, anyway, over the years, the mutiny has come and gone, and there have been a lot of mutinies, and who is not to eat food and be a soldier, this proposal was quickly passed, and it was He Tengjiao's idea to choose Zuo Liangyu to do it after leaving the city, because Zuo Liangyu's prestige among ordinary soldiers is still very high, in case he calls out the small soldiers on the spot, it will be troublesome.

Zuo Liangyu, who was full of self-confidence, didn't know that his subordinates were already planning a rebellion, he took a team of relatives and went straight to Wuchang Station, at this time, the sky began to rain again, and when he went out of the city, Zuo Dashuai saw the refugee camp full of mourning, and couldn't help frowning, and instructed his subordinates to open a few more porridge sheds, take out hundreds of catties of rice from the official warehouse, cook some gruel and put it for a while, lest Lord Hou see such a bleak scene, and feel that he Zuo Liangyu has nothing to do.

Wuchang Station arrived soon, because it was the ruling hinterland, there were not many soldiers at the station, only a hundred and ten craftsmen, Zuo Liangyu saw Hou Sui standing at the door in a white robe, followed by a few servants, he couldn't help laughing, he grabbed the horse's belly and hurried over, turned over and dismounted in a dashing manner, and said boldly: "Lord Hou, Changping has been separated for several years, you are old and strong." As he spoke, he bowed down.

Hou Sui smiled slightly, and did not come over to support the politeness as Zuo Liangyu imagined, but took out a bright yellow scroll and said loudly: "The general of the flat thief, the prince Shaobao, Zuo Liangyu took the order. Zuo Liangyu was shocked, it turned out that Hou Sui still came with the holy decree, anyway, he was still a nominal courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't react for a while in the face of the old acquaintance who held the holy decree, and involuntarily knelt down and said that Zuo Liangyu took the decree.

Qiu Ba, who had never seen the world behind Zuo Liangyu, watched his marshal kneel down with a blank face, at a loss, at this time, a row of elite soldiers appeared on the wall of the station, holding strange weapons in their hands, and shouted: "Get down!" ”