Captain Wang Hongli ordered to speed up the march, and they ran to receive Xiangtan City, but they didn't want the Hai'an Brigade to fall too far.

Along the way, they saw countless ruined farmhouses, but there was still a hint of popularity.

Occasionally, you can see rice growing in barren fields.

Those rice trees that are constantly swaying in the breeze are the proof that this people has been close to destruction countless times, but they have survived tenaciously and continued their survival with all their might!

They ran in neat lines on the country road.

Some peasants who were watching from afar, after watching for a while, saw the red flag of the double dragon fluttering in the wind, and suddenly screamed, as if their voices were a little out of tune!

"God, Han Tang is here, Han Tang is here!"

"The Tartars ran away three days ago!"

"Why are you here, why are you here? Come early, where will my son die! ”

"Han Tang is here, Han Tang is here, there is no need to pay food!"

In advance, the Lu'an Brigade of the Hantang Group did not deliberately publicize this, they just posted so-called security notices in some places with a large number of people.

Of course, some of the agents' explanations are possible.

In fact, you don't need to deliberately publicize it, the people value things that affect them more than you think.

In fact, before they marched to Xiangtan City, they received a report from the special team.

The report was very detailed.

The 8th Group of the 12th Squad of the Special Agent Brigade starts:

When we infiltrated the Hengzhou Mansion, there were only 500 troops stationed here.

The road passes through Yueyang, Changsha, sneaks all the way, sleeps in the grass at night, eats under the tree during the day, does not see the house in the village, does not see a pedestrian on the road, is horrible, there is no picture to draw.

Changsha was entrenched in anti-Tartar forces in those years, several years of stripping the people, has exhausted the fat, when it was broken in 1648, Fuxing was burned, there were no houses in the city, the people abandoned their homes and fled, to this day, but the recovery of 12 out of 10.

As far as Baling, which belongs to Yue, Xiangtan and Xiangyin, and Hengshan and other counties that belong to Heng, except for Changsha, there are 1,000 soldiers, and the rest of the garrisons are no more than 50.

At this time, all the city walls are incomplete, the city is full of basil, although there are few relics between them, they are all grass and grow, and they are content in the decay and ruin!

That is, the ancient road of thoroughfare, the depression of the post house, the sunset stay, must be surrounded in the deep mountains and poor valleys, there is a Maots cottage, but the wind is still broken, and the moon shines in the empty court.

In the meantime, the fertile soil is turned into thatch, and it is turned into a barren hill, and it is as far as the eye can see!

During the sneaking of the eighth group, they witnessed many high-ranking Tartar officials fleeing north with their families, and their personal soldiers were all in a hurry, and their faces were afraid, but the people did not dare to move.

March 11, 1654

This is murder, and it is really majestic-

Captain Wang Hongli gave a comment when he saw this.

A 1653 Inscription of the Household Department provides a brief summary of the desolation of some southern provinces under the Tartar massacre:

"Hubu Shangshu Gushan Ezhenchen Kadahong and other inscriptions...... If Hunan and Sichuan Xinding places, thousands of miles away, there are no people, according to Fu Shu, Hunan Hengyong and other places, several years have not been reclaimed, Chengdu, Chongqing, Xuzhou, Mahu each belong to the people only 100 remains, the chapter is there.

It can be examined in history, although the territory is wide, there are many open spaces.

As for the election of officials in Sichuan and Hunan, those who have always been elected either because the localities have not yet been decided, or because the localities have been initially decided, and there are no people's offices, they have all temporarily lived in other counties, which is not only beneficial to the remnants of the territory, but also wastes money on the imperial court.

The ministers read the clear decree in front of them, Shu Province withered, and there were only 100 people left in Chengdu and other prefectures and counties. The ministers asked the ministry to cut and merge, and after the acquaintances were thick, they would return to the old system, and they would wither for the rest of their lives, and they would not be sick because of the many officials and the few people. ”

Captain Wang Hongli thought, see it, that is, many people in Hunan and Sichuan were completely slaughtered by the Tartars, resulting in "thousands of miles of people, no one inhabited".

Because all the people have been killed, so-called officials have been appointed in some places, and as a result, there are more officials and fewer people, and they have become meaningless officials who can only live in other places temporarily.

The Tartar minions had no choice but to suggest that these places should not be appointed at all.

When Captain Wang Hongli led the team to Xiangtan, he saw a scene that was even more miserable than the report of the special agents.

The city wall is not complete, it is like there is no city wall at all!

More than a dozen gaps with a width of more than three meters declared zero for the defense here.

There are basically no complete houses in the city, the grass is full of barren grass, there is not even garbage, but there is a smell of rot in the air-

At this moment, there was a sudden shouting in the distance-

They hurried over and found that it was a group of five or six hundred people, attacking the courtyard of a large mansion!

The courtyard of the mansion was guarded by a high wall and a thick gate, but it seemed that because of the small number of people, it was about to be climbed up the wall!

Captain Wang Hongli said: "Shoot the gun, let them all stop, and all lay down their weapons!" ”

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

After the gunshot, those people were suddenly stunned and frozen, and when they turned around, they saw a team wearing two kinds of military uniforms and waving the red double dragon flag, there were also five or six hundred people!

Several security guards shouted, "Everyone, lay down your arms!" Whoever holds a weapon will be shot and killed! ”

"Dangchang!"

One after another, the besieging team threw weapons!

"The Han and Tang armies are coming, the Han and Tang armies are coming!"

Seeing that they were about to make a commotion, several security team members shouted again: "Don't make a commotion, all stand in place!" ”

Those people immediately stopped moving very obediently, and they didn't know who took the lead, and they fell to their knees with a "plop"!

They shouted: "Han and Tang Army, you have come to save me and waited, I have been looking forward to it for three months!" ”

And they prostrated themselves collectively on the spot—

Captain Wang Hongli observed and was completely sure that these people were not in danger, he looked up and saw that there was a row of people standing on the wall and didn't know when, it didn't look like guards, there were people of all ages, young and old.

At this time, I saw that the people on the wall were also shouting in unison, "The Han and Tang armies save me, we are merchants!" ”

In the midst of the crowd that fell to their knees, suddenly a man came out on his knees, and he violently kowtowed on the stone floor, and said in a loud voice: "They are the servants of the Tartars, and they have not had time to escape, and they are blocked in their homes by us!" Adults, please! ”

Captain Wang Hongli and the general of the Zheng family glanced at each other, could it be the so-called righteous man again?!

"My lord, don't listen to his nonsense, the old man has something to say, wait for me to open the door and welcome the Han and Tang armies!"

The people on the wall have all come down the wall, and it seems that the gate is really going to be opened.

Captain Wang Hongli shook his head, and the Zheng family general ran forward with the Zheng family's army, and stood at the gate of two teams of people.

The security team members of the Hantang Group are still vigilant with guns, but they can be guaranteed that this is not a trap, and there are dozens of dead bodies on the ground.

The two gangs are really endless.

The wet gate was really opened, and from the mess it looked like it had been attacked by fire, but it looked like it had been doused with water.

Captain Wang Hongli had seen this kind of gatehouse before, with pores on it, which could be sprinkled with water.

It's just that this gatehouse can also be splashed with water, and the gatehouse is big enough.

This is another people who are constantly promoting each other in robbery and self-preservation, and if their tools of labor are hard enough, then castles made of huge stones will abound.

Then it won't be a civil structure anymore.

The door opened, and a man of fifty or sixty years of age, who could not be seen to be old, came out with a group of people, also unarmed.

This guy really has eyesight, and he actually knew that the army at his door was the Zheng family's army, and with a slight salute to them left and right, he ran directly to where Captain Wang Hongli was.

When he arrived in front of Captain Wang Hongli, before Captain Wang Hongli could speak, the man knelt down again, and also knocked on the bluestone slab.

But only once, and on a stand!

He said: "The villain Huang Kenian, the word Xiqian, see the general here!" Knowing that the people of Hantang Group don't like to kneel, kowtowing only expresses gratitude! ”

Hearing this name, Captain Wang Hongli felt as if he had seen it, at least he was not a bad person, and he set the tone in his heart first.

This person can distinguish the difference between Zheng Jiajun and the security team of the Hantang Group at this time, and he can also find himself accurately, and it seems that he has some understanding.

The man went on to say: "The villain has been in business for more than 20 years, and he has been here for more than 10 years!"

The person who knelt down was originally the Han army that the Tartars had surrendered here!

The villain had an unfortunate enmity with him before, and when the Tartars fled, he led people to attack my house to avenge his personal revenge! I hope you will see it! ”

Captain Wang Hongli nodded, he remembered this person, he was the Hui merchant in Xiangtan, who seemed to have taken the initiative to buy land to bury the corpse after being slaughtered.

Captain Wang Hongli said: "Are you a Hui businessman? ”

The man almost cried, and kept saying, "Adult, adult, villain—"

At this time, the man who had been kneeling suddenly stood up, and he said loudly: "My lord, don't listen to his nonsense, the villain was indeed captured by the Tartars before, but I was forced!"

This profiteer is forced to buy and sell here, and my family's 100 acres of tung trees were forcibly bought and taken away by him! When the Tartars were here, he hooked up with the Tartars, donated military funds, donated military rations, and feasted the Tartars all day long! ”

At this time, that Huang Kenian immediately screamed and shouted: "Your father voluntarily sold my mountain land, and he is willing to gamble and lose!" If I don't donate all kinds of materials, how can I protect myself?! If I don't feast on the Tartars all day long, I won't let you, the one who took the initiative to defect to the Tartars, frame my family with the hands of the Tartars?! ”

"You shameless profiteer, you make your fortune by colluding with the Tartars!"

"You shameless villain, take refuge in the Tartars to harm the good family!"

"If I have taken refuge in the Tartars, why don't I flee north with them? Specially waiting for Han Tang to come? ”

"Phew, you must have seen that Han and Tang are powerful, and you want to speculate, haha, Lord Han and Tang must be really sharp-eyed and see through you speculative villain!

I'm really waiting for the adults of the Han and Tang Dynasties to arrive, if it weren't for that, I would have fled north a long time ago! ”

Captain Wang Hongli felt that his sweat was coming down, he took off his hat and began to wipe his sweat with a handkerchief.

Let's deal with this matter, it won't work if it is not resolved

I really don't know how many people are still alive in this Xiangtan City!

Captain Wang Hongli gave several orders, saying: "From now on, those who walk with weapons, shoot!" Sticks count as well—leaders of both of you, come, follow me. ”

It's an absolute headache.

Thanks to the support of old friend yezhongye, gold alliance leader guozhiyin, silver alliance leader book friend ha1846, alliance leader MM daddy, sweet grapes, Xiao Xiang book friend, Ling Buxu, rocksugar, book friend 5876144, czh300, Qing 1 color, and Liulu stationmaster.