62 Several winds and rains 13

A trace of dawn broke through the morning fog and landed in the cold Anlu County. There are no pedestrians on the street, and the people are still hiding at home. The reason is that last night's change, a military disaster came to them without warning.

The Zhang Xiyuan Corps, which escaped here, was besieged and trapped in the county by the revolutionary army last night. Zhanyun piled higher and higher over the ancient county.

On the ancient city wall racing road, these Henan soldiers crowded into piles to warm each other. The bonfire that rose from the race track last night has been burned down, and there are still some ashes with smoke.

There was a sad song outside the city, and the revolutionary army performed a chorus early in the morning. When the Henan soldiers on the city wall heard it, their hearts were suddenly tightened. The familiar tunes were their usual favorite Henan folk songs, Henan pendants, and major tunes. The revolutionary army outside the city sang the most sad tunes. Meng Jiangnu cried on the Great Wall, and Zhaojun came out. Sometimes I also sing a brisk song. Who says that women are not as good as men, a jasmine flower, Luo Cheng's fortune. It's just that such a brisk tune compares with the current situation, which makes Henan men cry.

When the local situation is touched, it becomes uncontrollable. The Henan soldiers on the wall hummed with a runny nose and tears. Finally, inside and outside the wall, Henan sang a sad chorus.

Zhang Xiyuan, who was in the city building, was awakened by this sad tune, and immediately distinguished the origin of the song and his face changed greatly. He shouted, "Come on! Don't sing, don't sing again!"

Several soldiers who served him were secretly wiping their tears. Seeing Zhang Xiyuan, who was so angry, they were so scared that they immediately ran out to stop it.

Zhang Xiyuan gasped excitedly and held the table in front of him, with a map and a burned candle. He looked out of the window and it was already dawn. Last night, he studied the countermeasures to break through the map. He was so tired that he lay on the table and fell asleep. I never thought that when I woke up, I was singing all over the place.

Zhang Xiyuan scolded Li, the leader of the bandit party, in his heart. Why did he do so many tricks? If you want to fight, come and fight happily. The insidious villains who can only play these plots and tricks. When he grited his teeth and cursed, he seemed to forget that he was not a good bird.

On the way to escape last night, I was constantly harassed by the revolutionary cavalry, which was really worse than being targeted by flies. His strength is already insufficient, and he has to transport and protect the stolen wealth, and it is difficult to divide the troops to stop him. After joining the Qing army that broke out from the west gate, the number of troops increased, but the two cavalry of the revolutionary army would also join together, and the sound of hoofs following them made people unsistful. The black lights marched blindly in the middle of the night. The revolutionary army did not know how tired and made some noises behind from time to time. Along the way, it kept rubbing and the sound of gunfire.

Zhang Xiyuan couldn't resist, and the Qing soldiers were on the verge of mental breakdown, so they had to hide in Anlu County for the time being. He thought that there was sanitation on the wall of Anlu, and he could also have a good rest and refresh his spirits before running away. Knowing that the revolutionary army's army was chasing so quickly, as soon as they entered Anlu County, the revolutionary army's army surrounded the small Anlu County again and again. The hills and fields outside the city are illuminated by star-studded torches. The shadows were lingering, and the shouts of tens of thousands of people hit the ancient wall of Anlu County. There were two sentences back and forth: annihilating Zhang Corps and capturing Zhang Xiyuan alive.

The shout hit Zhang Xiyuan's chest. At that moment, he regretted finding a piece of tofu to death. I'm really confused about eating lard. How can I think of coming to Hubei to be greedy for this cheap price? He killed and set fire to people in Xiaogan, and Li Xiang, the leader of the bandit party, would not let him go in any case. He put aside Yuan Shikai's face and went to shoot the flattery of the political prince. He came to Hubei to suppress the bandits so actively, which almost ruined Yuan Shikai's big event. It makes sense. Now that he has lost, what kind of means will Yuan Shikai's party deal with him? Anyway, Zhang Xiyuan didn't end up.

Now Zhang Xiyuan has no way to escape, he is powerless to fight, and he can't defend. He is unable to hold on. What does Li, the leader of the bandit party, want to do with so many tricks? Humiliate him? Zhang Xiyuan's thoughts were in a mess. One of his own soldiers ran in in a panic, disturbing his confused thoughts.

Zhang Xiyuan looked fierce and asked unhappyly, "What's the matter?"

The personal soldier trembled and said carefully, "A letter from the revolutionary army's bow and arrow into the city."

Zhang Xiyuan sneered in his heart. Li Xiang, the leader of the bandit party, really wanted to humiliate himself. He waved his hand and shouted, "Get out!"

The soldier was so scared that his legs and feet were weak and he almost fell to the ground. Zhang Xiyuan was in a bad mood to the Nantianmen on the top of Mount Tai. In the past, there were short-sighted soldiers, but he was killed by him with a knife. The soldier used all his will to stabilize his body and was not scared. He bent down to the extreme, and his feet flew backwards like small steps, as fast as the lost master of the world: transition and changing position.

Zhang Xiyuan, who was very unhappy, suddenly shouted again, "Sht up!"

This personal soldier stopped reflexively, but he couldn't stand still and fell to the ground. He closed his eyes and thought of bad luck in his heart. He was going to give his life to Zhang Xiyuan today. He closed his eyes and waited for a while, but heard Zhang Xiyuan sighing and said, "Bry the letter."

Zhang Xiyuan opened the letter, and the arrogant writing in the letter was so arrogant that his eyebrows were beating, but it also reflected his current sinister situation.

The letter is an article written by Li Xiang and Zeng Gao in super vernacular. Li wanted to be afraid of writing simplified Chinese characters. Zhang Xiyuan didn't know him. He said that he would be ugly if he made a typo. The content of the letter is as follows:

Zhang Xiyuan, surrender!

You have no way to escape. Open your eyes and see. Anlu County has been surrounded by us. You labored on an expedition, and on the way to escape, you abandoned your brother's troops and ignored them, so that the army was separated. At this point, there were a lot of casualties. The soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the soldiers fought in other provinces and were homesick, and their morale fell to the bottom. You are already mindful and powerless to fight again.

You are doing something that is worse than a beast in Xiaogan. It is the anger and resentment. Don't fantasize that you can escape the sanctions of the people of Hubei. The people of Anlu County will not obey your orders and will not fight against the revolutionary army with you, because you have been abandoned by the people.

The army has repeatedly postponed the attack time, but hoping to solve it peacefully and give you a chance to go home for the children of Henan, but the general has not been able to see that your general has a sense of repentance so far.

As a war criminal, if you still want to obtain the understanding of the people of Hubei and reduce the guilt of being a war criminal, you should follow the instructions of the general at this last opportunity to seek self-redeem.

It should be noted that the only way out for your general is to get closer to the people and to our revolutionary party; to surrender to the people, to our revolutionary army, and to our General Li.

If your general and your subordinates brazenly ignore the proposal of my commander-in-chief, on the day the city is destroyed, your generals and his subordinates, and the leaders of the reactionary forces, will be severely punished and will never be forgiven.

Zhang Xiyuan read the arrogant words in his heart, but the letter seemed to have come back to life and turned into an audio note, and the voice clearly penetrated into his ears. Zhang Xiyuan was shocked, and the letter was dropped to the ground. Only then did he notice that the sound came from outside the city. It was not enough for these revolutionaries to send a letter to humiliate him, and they also sent people to read it out of the city.

Zhang Xiyuan suddenly got up and ran outside the corridor of the city tower. Just entering the sun from the dark, the dazzling sunlight stimulated me to close my eyes and took a while to get used to it. When I slowly adapt to the scenery under the sun, I see that the sun is shining again today, and the trenches have been dug out outside the city. In just half a night, the revolutionary army has built a tight encirclement outside Anlu County.

The revolutionary army no longer sings Henan pendants and major tunes, but reads the persuasion letter written by Li Xiang, the leader of the bandit party. Outside a trench closest to the gate, a crooked-necked white iron roll horn was stretched out, and the loud voice of the revolutionary army was reading the letter of persuasion. Zhang Xiyuan's face on the tower was pale, and he pinched the railing with ten fingers, as if to squeeze out the milk, which was more energetic than grabbing Sister Yao's squint.

"Zhang Xiyuan must be crazy now." Li wanted to laugh after saying that. Li Xiang and they built a command post on a conspicuous hill in the south of Anlu County, looking far away from the Nancheng Tower where Zhang Xiyuan is located. In the command post, Li Xiang, Zeng Gao, Liu Jing and Song Que held a bowl of hot and sour beef noodles and ate it.

Zeng Gao and the others were also funny for a while. Li thought like this. To put it nicely, it was to talk and laugh, and to put it to put war as a joke. However, the revolutionary army will win every battle under his children's command, just like the miracle in the legendary novel, which is inevitable by chance. Just like now, with the honest siege of the city, a few shots can blow up the gate and rush into Anlu County, and Zhang Xiyuan can't escape. He had to play Chu Ge on all sides. Seeing that Zhang Xiyuan's military heart had dispersed, he could hardly be bloody, and he added another persuasion ceremony. Zhang Xiyuan, who was going to be stimulated, went crazy and was entangled to fight to the death, and they had to fight the siege honestly. Li wanted to play around, and it became an overdoing.

Song Que dragged his nose and said inexplicably, "Zhang Xiyuan is the best to be crazy. Just practice knives for me. I haven't fought enough of this battle.

"Zhang Xiyuan wants to fight crazily, but he may not be successful." Li wanted to say that he thought the sour and spicy beef noodles were not spicy enough. He picked up the small clay pot with chili on the table, scraped it with a spoon, and scraped out a few minced peppers. Take the spoon and wash it directly in the soup powder, and then you will be happy. He is from Hunan and has a strong taste.

Liu Jing and Song Que felt too spicy. They snored and ran into tears. They saw Li Xiang and Zeng Gao trying to add chili to the soup powder, which looked extremely delicious. The pepper was simply a peerless seasoning treasure, and they couldn't help but be curious to add a spoonful to the soup powder.

"Is there any trick that the marshal hasn't been used? But handsome man, you are injured. It's better to eat something light. If you leave a scar on your forehead, it will seriously affect your powerful and glorious image. Zeng Gao said, and he didn't think it was spicy enough. Just pick up the chili jar and pick up the rice noodles and marinate it.

"Zeng Gao wants to pay attention to hygiene. Have you read your family's Zeng family motto?" Li wanted to point at the chopsticks and curse. As soon as he mentioned the wound on his forehead, he couldn't help but start to curse. His wound has been treated by the barefoot doctor who came with the army, and now he has a piece of dog skin plaster. The wound on his forehead is very conspicuous. With the medical medicine of this era, it is impossible not to leave scars. This pair of Li Xiang, who has always been stinky, is like waking up in a dream and finding that the stock full of stocks has fallen into waste paper. From now on, you can only wear a big-brimmed hat to look cool every day. Only in this way can you barely cover the scar on your forehead. Li's scar has become his forbidden area.

They also know Li Xiang's personality and like to find faults when they are in a bad mood. But his bad mood also changes quickly. If no one spends time with him, he will get better in a while. Zeng Gao was silent and continued to lie down in the sea bowl to eat rice noodles.

What Liu Jing is worried about now is that Li thought that he had any other tricks, "Marshal, are we going to fight or not?"

Song Que asked urgently, "When will you call?"

Li wants to put the bowl and wipe his sleeve to the corners of his mouth. The highest level of using troops is to subdue people without fighting. Our revolutionary army should convince people with virtue. Don't shout and kill all day long, and let the people think we are bandits. Of course, Zhang Xiyuan, it's useless for you to reason with him. But there are always sensible people under his subordinates. Seeing that we have such a big battle, they dare to resist is a dead end. Will they still be stupid enough to accompany Zhang Xiyuan to be buried?

Zhang Xiyuan on the city tower finally made up his mind to be jade rather than tile. Judging from the letter of persuasion written by Li, the leader of the bandit party, there will be no benefit in surrendering the revolutionary army. If he succeeds in breaking through and returning to Henan with the remnants, the end may be more miserable than Zhang Biao. There is no way to advance or retreat, then die here. A hundred years later, someone will write history, and he will also remember that he died for the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Xiyuan waved his sleeves and was dusty. He was ready to summon his subordinates to fight to the death with the bandits. But when he heard a burst of eager footsteps in the tower, Zhang Xiyuan hurriedly turned around and took a look, and all his subordinates came. Looking at the expressions of these former subordinates, Zhang Xiyuan immediately felt that something was wrong and reached out to touch the Bo Langning revolver hanging around his waist.

Zhang Xiyuan's former subordinates had been alerting him for a long time and pointed the black hole at him. My lord, please put down the gun. We won't embarrass you.

"Are you going to sell it to the bandits?" Zhang Xiyuan himself felt that the question was for nothing, and the current situation could not be more obvious. His hands were frozen at his waist. If he moved again, his subordinates would really shoot him. In order to survive by any means, this is what he taught by Zhang Xiyuan. All they can kill and set fire in Xiaogan, do everything, but also plant today's retribution.

"We have no way to escape, and the soldiers have no power to fight, only surrender." As the Qing army general said, two people went up to disarm Zhang Xiyuan, and even rudely took out a pair of Luo ropes to tie him tightly.

Zhang Xiyuan, who fled to Anlu County, disarmed and surrendered, and Zhang Xiyuan was bound out of the city.