Changda gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't do it, you don't want to do it, but it's natural." **/.” Xu Changda's voice lowered: "The imperial court is urging the green battalions of various provinces to go to Hunan to rescue Changsha, can't we take advantage of this opportunity to ............" Xu Dachang did not continue, and made a neck cutting motion.

Wang Zhijian picked up the tea cup on the table with trembling hands, took a sip of tea nervously, and calmed down before saying: "This is also a matter of no law, but this matter is very important, the imperial court is probably about to send a messenger, since it is going to be done, we must act as soon as possible, otherwise once the stuffing is exposed, you and I will die without a burial." ”

Xu Changda nodded: "My lord is the governor of Jiangsu, in charge of the government affairs of a province, under the humble post is the 40,000 green battalion in Jiangsu, looking at Jiangsu, no one can stop us, the lord can send people to contact the Ming army in Fujian, while gathering henchmen to prepare for the move, and the humble post will lead the troops to Hunan, and then come to the battle, keep the Ming army victorious, at that time, we are the number one hero of the Jiangnan Campaign." Xu Changda originally didn't think of this idea, but he thought about it slowly, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was good, which could not only save his life, but also make war exploits for the new master, and he was counting on it for the rest of his life.

Wang Zhijian's expression moved, and he said: "Do it like this, the night is long and the dreams are many, I will go to release the food and salary of the soldiers today, and Brother Xu will go out of the city tomorrow." ”

Xu Changda nodded: "Okay, without further ado, my lord, let's prepare separately." ”

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On the second day, the rescue of Changsha's Jiangsu green battalion quickly assembled, along the Yangtze River to Changsha marched, at this time, Jiangsu, Anhui three provinces of the green battalion also successively sent the rescue of the people, half a month later, and Hubei green battalion in Wuchang, at this time to the spring, summer scorching, especially this Wuchang City, is like an iron furnace, nearly 150,000 troops stationed outside Wuchang City. The general soldiers of the four provinces entered the city with their own soldiers.

Wuchang has been an important town in the south since ancient times, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because the fief of the king of Chu was here, it has been expanded on a large scale and has become one of the largest cities in the south. Merchants from Huizhou, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangxi and other gangs have come to operate, with salt, pawn, rice, timber, cotton cloth, medicinal materials as the six major industries, spread to the scale of 20 miles up and down, the main street Hanzheng Street starts from the mouth, down to the embankment (Siguan Palace). At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the three towns of Wuchang, together with Zhuxian Town, Jingdezhen and Foshan Town, were known as the "four famous towns" in the world, becoming "the first prosperous town in Chuzhong", and also a water and land transportation hub, enjoying the reputation of "the thoroughfare of nine provinces". The goods are piled up, the residents are overflowing, and the merchants are spoken.

Its port trade and transportation industry is quite good, and it is the most important port in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

After the four general soldiers entered the city, the governor of Hubei set up a banquet in the Yellow Crane Tower, the four of them climbed the attic together under the support of a pair of pro-soldiers, there were already large and small officials waiting here, the governor of Hubei Kong Jingxiang personally went down the steps to greet him, he was the governor of a province, and hung the title of a second-grade waiter, it stands to reason that the rank is higher than that of these four people, and it can be said that the personal greeting is enough to give face.

In fact, it's not that he Kong Jingxiang has such a big belly. It's just that now the soldiers are in danger. The Ming army besieged Changsha. Once Hunan is lost. Then Hubei is about to be unsafe. These four commanders became his lifesavers. How dare you put on a shelf.

I went up to the top floor of the attic land. Seven or eight tables of wine banquets have already been prepared. The group of people greeted each other according to their dignity and humility. Then they all sat down. The four general soldiers consisted of Kong Jingxiang, the governor of Hubei Prefecture, and several high-ranking officials from the interior of Hubei Province sitting at the round table on the ground. Everyone else was sitting at the other table.

Then Governor Kong Jingxiang began to toast. Several commanders returned the salute. The atmosphere began to push **. After pushing the cup, Kong Jingxiang finally couldn't help but talk. He didn't know the bottom of his heart. The Ming army has already besieged Changsha. Once the recovery of Hunan. Then Hubei will become a battlefield. It's worth it. It's just a bucket of his earth's nest. Finally got to the position of a governor. Faithfully did so many years of errands. How can all the hard work of days and nights be wasted?

"Kong doesn't know much about military affairs. I don't know how far the war has come now. I also have to ask a few more for advice. Kong Jingxiang was extremely modest. I can't wait to burn yellow paper with each other to be brothers. It's time for this mess. What is the most reliable? Of course, it's the generals who hold military power. Only in front of these four general soldiers. Kong Jingxiang felt a little more heartbroken.

The general army of Hubei is Kong Jingxiang's post. Although the two do not belong to each other. I don't look up but don't look down. Therefore, he was the first to speak: "Master Kong don't worry. The Ming army was no more than 100,000. The total number of troops in our four provinces is 150,000. Furthermore. There were still 30,000 troops stationed in the city of Changsha. We have a lot of soldiers. Are you still afraid of the Ming army? Come...... Come...... Come. Drinking is important. ”

Kong Jingxiang still felt uneasy. The general soldier of Hubei knows the land. Except for loving to drink and play with women, he is not good at anything. This kind of person is naturally not trustworthy to Kong Jingxiang.

Xu Dachang, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, has not said anything at the banquet

He also drank very little, but at this time he said, "Don't worry, Lord Governor, come here." As soon as Xu Dachang's voice fell, the Anhui general soldier continued: "Everyone, the Ming army besieged Changsha but did not attack the city, and I don't know what the calculation was, and the Ming army's successive singing and triumphant combat power should not be underestimated, everyone should be careful, according to your meaning, how should we send troops, and how should we save Changsha?" ”

The general soldiers of Hubei were already drunk and a little confused, blowing their beards and not speaking, and the general soldiers of Jiangsu on the other side had a deep personality and were also silent. Xu Dachang said: "Changsha has been besieged for nearly a month, the grain and grass in the city may have been exhausted, we should quickly break through the siege, otherwise once the Ming army invades Changsha, the emperor will be unhappy, Long Yan is angry, no one can explain, Xu means that tomorrow we will quickly send troops, but who is the vanguard, who is the town army, and who will come to the rear team should be discussed." ”

When the drunken Hubei general soldier heard this, he opened his eyes and said: "I am a pioneer, everyone in Hubei is a good man, and it is best for Hubei brothers to be pioneers, if you are my brother, no one is allowed to rob me." ”

The general soldier of Anhui said: "That brother led his department to support in the center." ”

With the vanguard, there is a middle road, then the rest is to leave a general soldier in the rear team, and another general soldier also goes to the middle road, the Jiangsu general soldier still does not speak, Xu Dachang does not say, the two of them stared at each other, Xu Dachang has made up his mind in his heart, he must grab the position of the rear team, and contact the Ming army at that time, the Ming army is in front, he leads the team in the back, come to make dumplings, and the people here don't want to get away.

The general soldier of Jiangsu still spoke: "Since this is the case, let it be behind the palace." ”

Xu Dachang hurriedly said: "It's not proper, let's come here, Xu has been crazy recently, if he gets upset when he is in battle, it doesn't matter if he can't do an errand, how can he explain to the emperor?" ”

Everyone thought that Xu Dachang didn't dare to fight, so he hid in the rear to help, and his face showed a look of disdain, especially the drunken Hubei general soldier, who deliberately spit thick phlegm into the ground.

Hubei Governor Kong Jingxiang was not easy to interject when several general soldiers were discussing military affairs, and when he saw that everyone had finished their discussion, he hurriedly filled his wine glass and said: "Come, everyone get up, and I wish the general soldiers a victory." ”

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The next day, the army outside Wuhan began to set off after eating and drinking, and rushed to the battlefield according to the established goal, leaving Xu Dachang with 40,000 Jiangsu Green Battalion at the end, Xu Dachang was not in a hurry, first found a henchman, let him rush to Changsha City day and night to report the news, and on the other hand, he was ready to carry out a purge in the Green Battalion.

The entire Jiangsu Green Battalion has a total of deputy generals, staff generals, guerrilla divisions, a total of 100 people, a total of 100 people, three associations and nine camps, Xu Dachang really trusts in addition to his own personal team, only one association and three battalions of troops, the deputy general of this association is his brother-in-law, all relying on his promotion to come up, so it is absolutely safe. As for the other two associations and six battalions, they are all deputy generals appointed by the imperial court, although they are respectful to him on weekdays, and they look like they are dead hearted, but at this juncture, Xu Dachang doesn't dare to believe them.

The march along the way was extremely slow, Xu Dachang continued to test the loyalty of the various camps along the way, but unfortunately he still felt uneasy, and finally put his heart sideways, and decided to cut the mess with a quick knife, he found a few henchmen, and let them spread rumors in the green camp, saying that so-and-so ate the brothers' blood, sweat and silver, and so-and-so greedy for the brothers' blood and sweat in the city to wrap up the aunt, in fact, this was originally a very common thing in the green camp, but when it was said in the war, it immediately caused many people to be dissatisfied, and the brothers exchanged their lives for money. You fucking suck Lao Tzu's blood, where to put it is a matter of cutting off children and grandchildren, for a while there was a lot of discussion in the army, and the riots continued, but at this time, Xu Dachang stood up and announced to everyone that each person would be given an additional two taels of silver for a reward, as long as everyone could return to Zhejiang alive, they would be released immediately, which caused countless applause for a while.

Xu Dachang's family background is mediocre, completely relying on the military exploits of the Manchurians, naturally understand the thoughts of the soldiers, if you want to tempt them, you can only use practical benefits, otherwise everything is nonsense, just when the soldiers praised him and were dissatisfied with the guerrilla attacks of the deputy generals of the various auxiliary battalions, Xu Dachang saw that the time had come, and immediately promoted the account to ask for generals, and all the hundreds of officers in the general were invited.

Just when the officers were giggling and laughing, hundreds of pro-soldiers swarmed out, surrounding them one by one, these people had already unloaded their swords and swords when they entered the camp, where were the opponents of the pro-soldiers, and they would be captured with three strikes and five divisions.

Xu Dachang was expressionless and beheaded all the unreliable generals on the charge of greedy ink, and for a time the entire army was shocked, and soon, more than 70 Xu Dachang's personal soldiers took over the dead positions and firmly controlled the entire Jiangsu Green Battalion. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to dianm, more chapters, support work, support genuine reading!) )