On the desolate ancient road, Wang Jian walked in the front, followed by Ma Sanhe.

A wool soldier was driving a mule cart, with an orphan and widowed mother left by Zhao Zongqi, whom he had never known each other.

Following the car, there were a hundred Mao Hulu soldiers, who were joking and alerting the surroundings.

Ma Sanhe had a dark face at this time and his heart felt a little painful.

Originally, Wang Jian wanted to hire ten people, but unexpectedly, after Ma Sanhe picked up the people, the remaining people passed through ten and ten to hundreds. All his brothers knew that a boss had paid twenty taels of silver a year to hire people, so they rushed from the mountains.

Wang Jian didn't have much money, and Ma Sanhe wanted to take the opportunity to appease the others, but he didn't expect that Wang Jian would say that as long as he followed him, it would be twenty taels a year, but now he doesn't have much money, but when he arrives at the place, he will pay double compensation.

This was even more furious, and Ma Sanhe's words didn't work at all.

So, one morning, more than a hundred people gathered around Wang Jian. After a simple rectification, Wang Jian took these people to set off.

Ma Sanhe told him that after crossing Tianzhu Mountain and walking to Manchuan, he could reach Shangjin by water and enter Huguang.

Wang Jian said he was going to Hangzhou, and Ma Sanhe suggested that he would go to Changsha first. Now Wuchang Prefecture has been occupied by the Qing army, and the Ming army only controlled half of Huguang. Huguang Governor He Tengjiao is now stationed in Changsha.

Because he was unfamiliar with the situation, Wang Jian agreed to Ma Sanhe's suggestion and prepared to enter Huguang and head south from Xunyang Prefecture to Changsha.

After entering Tianzhu Mountain, after walking a few steps, you can see the rotten corpses lying on the mountain road, as well as bags, clothes, weapons and flags scattered on the roadside.

After a closer look, Ma Sanhe recognized that it was an object from the Dashun Army.

Wang Jian asked everyone to collect the dead clothes while walking, and disguise them all before leaving the mountain.

At night, everyone found a valley and sat around the fire to rest.

Ma Sanhe called the rabbit from somewhere, and after baking it, he handed it to the mother and son.

Wang Jian sat on a huge rock, staring at the bright stars in the night sky, dazed.

"The boss, the road behind is difficult, and the mule cart is no longer used. I will carry them and my son tomorrow and will never delay my footwork."

"Don't call the boss, call the general."

Ma Sanhe was stunned. The man named General was Zhao General. At that time, the court wanted to suppress Li Zicheng, and Zhao General Qi was summoned and ordered to recruit them, such as the Maohulu soldiers who grew up in the mountains, to stay at night.

I still remember when I first met, he respectfully called General, and General Zhao smiled like a child. Later, in the army, he took good care of him.

When the imperial court recruited them, the mountain people, they were half-defensive. The soldiers from the town camp looked down on them, and Shangguan even squeezed and excluded them. Only Mr. Zhao treated them as brothers.

But later, he suddenly suffered a sudden disaster...

At that time, Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, besieged Li Zicheng in the Chexiang Gorge and sent pacification officials to recruit the surrendered bandits. However, these bandits pretended to surrender and killed all the pacification officials on the way to be deported, rebelled again, and destroyed Baoji, Fengxiang, Linyou and other places, and the prefectures and counties were in a hurry.

Chen Qiyu was afraid of the court's crimes due to a mistake in decision-making, so he began to shirk responsibility. After the army broke out of the plank road, he invaded Baoji and was defeated by the magistrate Li Jiayan. However, in order to shirk his responsibilities, Chen Qiyu impeached Li Jiayan and Fengxiang Township official Sun Peng to kill and surrender and incite, destroying the important matter of the court's amnesty.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was unaware of the truth, was furious and ordered the arrest of more than 50 people including Li Jiayan, the magistrate of Baoji.

Among them, there is General Zhao, who was responsible for sending the rebel army back to his hometown in Baoji.

He noticed that there was something wrong with the rebel army, so he reported it to the appeaser who was traveling with him, but was scolded and said that he was criticized for his national policy.

He reported to the superior households, but the households didn't care.

In desperation, General Zhao secretly sent someone to warn the neighboring county town. The reason why Baoji County Magistrate Li Jiayan was able to defend the county town was because he made preparations in advance.

But in the end, the appeaser who rebuked him was only verbally scolded, and the hundred households were only dismissed, and only he, the general banner, was pulled out and chopped off his head.

Since then, Ma Sanhe has brought his brothers back to the mountains near the small village where Zhao Zongqi’s family is located, secretly protecting Zhao Zongqi’s wife and children.

Seeing that he was distracted, Wang Jian gently patted his shoulder: "Watch the eve of the past, you guard the eve of the next night."

"Yes, boss." Ma Sanhe leaned over and bowed.

Wang Jian smiled and shook his head, saying nothing more. The moon shone brightly for thousands of miles. I wonder if you are okay with him?

......

Ah snee!

Zhu Changqing sneezes for no reason, rubs his nose gently, and asks Li Bao beside him, "Have the Qing army rested?"

"I returned to the governor and just repelled the Tartars' attack, but it seemed that the Tartars did not withdraw their troops. It seemed that they were preparing to fight at night." Li Bao replied with a sad face.

After Zhu Changqing arranged for the Xia Yunyi Supervisor Chen Hongfanjun, he stayed under the North City.

Chen Zilong, who was left behind, felt it was too dangerous and persuaded Zhu Changqing several times, but it was useless.

"Are the casualties serious?" Zhu Changqing asked.

"I'm afraid I can't hold on to the next attack..." Li Bao's face was solemn. The 6,000 people in the Fang camp were less than 2,000. The troops of Yang Tinglin's troops were all injured and killed. If Zhang Guowei had not urgently transferred the two general commanders of Wulin Gate and Qiantang Gate to the city to support, he would probably not have been able to hold on at this time.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Changqing stood up from a bench, moved his muscles and bones, and the armor on his body rustled.

"Summon Yang Tinglin to see you!"

After a while, Yang Tinglin ran over with blood and was about to bow, but King Lu waved his hand and said, "The war is urgent, there is no need to be polite. I will hand over five thousand direct guards to you and climb the city to guard!"

Yang Tinglin, who was thinking about how to ask King Lu for troops, was immediately overjoyed. Zhang Guowei had no reserve troops to be dispatched.

The Qing army's Qing army's troops had been transferred to the east of the city and joined forces with Liu Liangzuo's troops. It seemed that they would soon launch an attack on Dongcheng.

The Tartars were using surrender to consume the power of the defenders.

"Thank you, the country!" Yang Tinglin bowed his hands solemnly and immediately led his army to the city to deploy under the order of the king.

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On the East Canal, there were endless boats coming and going, and the entire river was filled with the wailing and crying of wounded soldiers.

Qi Biaojia is organizing civil servants to transport materials to the city to transport the city guarding.

Zhu Changqing looked at the sky and said, "Let's go, the time is almost over. Tonight, the good show should be about to begin."

Chen Zilong, who was following King Lu, was confused. He was called in the afternoon. King Lu closed his eyes and rested without saying a few words to him, which made him feel a little nervous.

Now what are you talking about opening the show...

......

At Fengshan Gate, Chen Hongfan stood on the city tower with a expressionless face.

Behind him, the military supervisor Xia Yunyi stood.

Since Xia Yunyi arrived, Chen Hongfan kept holding his face and said nothing.

A floating cloud covered the moon halfway, and two official ships sailed on the waterway, with flags of the Ministry of War hanging on it.

The soldiers guarding the Water Gate stepped forward to intercept them as usual.

Xia Yunyi was a little surprised. What did the ship from the Ministry of War come here?

"I reported to the general that it was the ship sent by the Cabinet and the Ministry of War to Jiangyin to send official documents, and there was a token of the royal palace."

"A careful inspection, if it is correct, you can let it go."

Chen Hongfan shouted in the city.

At this time, Fangying, who was originally ordered to station in Fengshan Gate, reminded the general manager: "Do you send someone to verify?"

"Bastard! Do you dare to question the Lu Wang token?" Chen Hongfan scolded.

At this time, Xia Yunyi stepped forward, bowed and said respectfully: "General Chen Shen, it is better to be cautious at this time. You might as well try to verify quickly, which will not delay much effort."

Chen Hongfan glared at Xia Yunyi and said sternly: "Have you checked it out? If you checked it out, let it go!"

Seeing that Chen Hongfan was stubborn, Xia Yunyi had no choice but to go forward, took out the token of Lu Wang Mansion, and shouted to the soldiers under the city: "I am the order of the Jianguo, and Xia Yunyi, the military service in Jiannan City, temporarily suspended the release!"

After saying that, he turned around and ordered the general of the Fang camp: "Send a quick horse to the cabinet to verify!"

"Abide by the order!" The man glared at Chen Hongfan fiercely and replied loudly.

The soldiers of the royal guards brought by Xia Yunyi under the city quickly controlled the waterway gate and surrounded the two official boats in small boats.

Chen Hongfan's face turned pale, but he had no choice but to deal with Xia Yunyi. Who would let this army supervisor have troops...
Chapter completed!