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Chapter 554
In the lobby of the Bingxian Yamen not far from the south gate of Xiangyang Prefecture, Zhang Xianzhong sat and waited for a while, but still did not see Pan Duao coming. !"

Zhang Xianzhong usually has an irritable temper, what's more, he just entered Xiangyang City tonight, he has a lot of things to deal with, and he doesn't want to stay in this military government office for a long time.

He asked Bai Wenxuan again in a slightly reproachful tone, "Didn't you just say that Lao Pan would come to see me soon?"

Bai Wenxuan smiled helplessly, and replied: "Mr. Pan said he was coming to see the commander-in-chief soon. He didn't come over now, or he was caught up in other things, so he can't separate himself for a while."

Zhang Xianzhong waved his big hand and said, "Is there anything more important than coming to see my father!"

Zhang Dingguo said at this time: "Mr. Pan is very popular in the prison, and all the guards watching the prison were bribed by him. He is very casual, so he also made friends with many prisoners in the prison.

Now seeing that the commander-in-chief personally led the troops to break Xiangyang, not to mention some young and strong prisoners in the cell were willing to follow suit, even the old and sick prisoners wanted to follow the commander-in-chief, Mr. Pan couldn't do anything about it.

Hai'er had just seen Mr. Pan standing outside the Donghua Gate of the palace surrounded by hundreds of people, and it was difficult to get out for a while. "

"Hahaha……"

Zhang Xianzhong laughed loudly and said, "Damn it, I'm going to fight a war, I didn't come to Xiangyang to open a nursing home!"

He then ordered Zhang Dingguo to go outside the Donghua Gate immediately and help Pan Duao organize all the young prisoners into the army, and give some money to the old and sick prisoners for dismissal.

Then, he said to Bai Wenxuan: "Xiaobai, you go around with me. I have important things waiting for me, so I don't have time to spend here!"

After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, he strode out, Bai Wenxuan followed closely beside him, followed by a large group of their personal soldiers.

Bai Wenxuan asked as he walked, "Marshal, are you going to execute King Xiang?"

"Humph"

Zhang Xianzhong snorted softly through his nostrils, and said: "I don't have time to kill him right now, and tell that dog king to live longer!"

They got on their war horses outside the Yamen of Bingbei Road, and rode along the street to a place where the fire was brighter. The sound of crowing roosters was heard everywhere in the city, and the eastern sky began to show a gleam of fish belly.

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After dawn, all the fires in the city were extinguished one by one by the civilians under the supervision of the peasant army, and Zhang Xianzhong's Anmin notices were posted everywhere on the streets and at the gates of the city.

He strictly enforced military discipline: Anyone who robs and commits adultery will be punished on the spot.

The notice also mentioned that the current officials of all sizes and household squires in Xiangyang will not kill them as long as they don't get entangled in the rebellion against their own heavenly soldiers.

Several teams of cavalry even held Zhang Xianzhong's command arrows and patrolled the streets and alleys of the city. Anyone who disobeyed Zhang Xianzhong's military orders and disturbed the people wantonly was tied up or killed on the spot.

The city of Xiangyang is quiet, even better than when the officers and soldiers were there. The shops along the street are also ordered to open one after another, and those ordinary people are still lighting incense at the gates, and there is even a red paper on the forehead that reads "obedient people" Two words.

Zhang Xianzhong's rear team in the west battalion consisted of about [-] people, most of them were the hungry people who were captured after the attack on Yicheng yesterday, and they also marched outside Xiangyang at the turn of Chensi.

Zhang Xianzhong ordered this part of the newly recruited troops to temporarily station in the Nanguan area and not enter Xiangyang City yet.

At the same time, he broke up the thousands of officers and hundreds of prisoners who had surrendered in Xiangyang City and organized them into his own old troops. He drove 3000 of them out of the west gate and stationed them on the west bank of Tanxi River until the foot of Xiaoding Mountain. In addition, there are more than 2000 horses stationed outside Yangchun Gate.

The old bandits around Zhang Xianzhong were installed in the two groups of troops as leaders, and the more capable generals were in charge of leading them. They were stepping up formation drills, and they were not allowed to enter the city casually.

Only Zhang Xianzhong's more than 1000 Jingqi old thieves and the family members of the old camp were stationed in Xiangyang City, which ensured the order in Xiangyang City and the people could live in peace as usual.

The people inside and outside Xiangyang City knew that Zhang Xianzhong had been stationed in Gucheng for more than a year, and he did not disturb the civilians at that time, and they were not very afraid of him. Now that his troops came to Xiangyang, the military discipline was indeed strict, and they did not kill people indiscriminately. , Rape and robbery rarely happened, so I felt at ease, but some wealthy families were still terrified.

Because Fancheng, which is only across the river from Zhang Xianzhong, is still in the hands of the army, and Wang Shuzeng, the prefect of Xiangyang, also fled there, so he dealt with some military affairs before breakfast.

He climbed to the head of Linjiangmen City and looked towards the north bank of Xiangjiang River for a while, and then inspected the terrain of the North City. He even ordered that the cannons on Wenchang Gate and West Gate be moved to Furen City and Gongchen Gate to face Fancheng. There are two riverside piers over there.

There used to be floating bridges on the Xiangjiang River, but after Zhang Xianzhong's Xiying troops attacked Xiangyang, they were burned down by the city guards in Fancheng. Therefore, now we only need to use cannons to control the docks along the river on the other side. It is enough to prevent Fancheng from sending people to attack Xiangyang by boat.

Coming down from the north gate, Zhang Xianzhong returned to his old camp in King Xiang's palace, entered through the back gate of the palace city and passed through the back garden, and came to the harem where King Xiang's concubines lived.

Zhang Xianzhong's wives, Ao Shi and Gao Shi, had already changed their clothes. They washed and dressed neatly, and were waiting for him in the palace.

When Ao Shi and Gao Shi saw Zhang Xianzhong coming in, they rushed to greet him, thinking that they would almost never see each other again, they couldn't help crying.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled and looked at the two of them for a while, then looked suspiciously at Ao Shi's youthful and charming face, and then said mockingly: "Aren't you back to Lao Tzu's side again? What's the sore nose? I'm afraid I don't like you anymore?

Don't worry, I will still like you as before.Damn, girls, there are plenty of tears without beards!Your tears will only flow in front of men, why don't you use your tears to fight? "

His last sentence caused everyone on the left and right to laugh secretly.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't take it seriously, he turned to an old battalion leader and asked, "Where is Mr. Pan? Why haven't you seen him yet?"

The leader hurriedly replied: "Back to Commander, Mr. Pan is waiting in front of Cheng'en Palace."

Zhang Xianzhong immediately walked out of the harem, went through two courtyards, and entered the courtyard of Cheng'en Hall through the back corner door, and he saw Pan Duao standing under the verandah, talking with several generals.

As he walked, he shouted happily: "Oh, Lao Pan, it's been a whole year, and I finally saw you again! I came in from the harem, don't you know?"

Pan Du'ao went down the steps to greet him and replied: "I just heard that the commander-in-chief has arrived in the harem. I thought the commander-in-chief would sit in the harem and have a big talk with the two wives, so I waited here and didn't dare to go in and disturb him."

(End of this chapter)