After leaving Zhengyang Gate, Zhou Xian led his troops to travel south until Yongding Gate, where he encountered thousands of interceptors. He fired rockets, and Wu Zhiying led his troops to appear and came from outside the city. The two attacked each other and defeated the interceptors. Zhou Xian calmly left the city.

After leaving the city for three miles, Zhou Xian ordered all infantrymen to remove their armor and abandon their weapons. He distributed silver, and let them dispose of ordinary people to flee in dispersion, and led all the cavalry to gallop southwest.

At dawn, we will reach Daxing.

Zhou Xian ordered to stop and rest for half a cup of tea, and the soldiers fed the horses and ate. He took a few pieces of jerky meat and a bag of water from Wu Zhiying and walked to the carriage, and knocked on the carriage door gently.

A slender hand opened the curtain and revealed a beautiful face. It was Chen Yuanyuan.

In order to win the trust of Wu Sangui, Zhou Xian had sent some Wu family out of the city, most of whom were female relatives. However, two of them were forced to stay. One of them was Wu Xiang's wife, Wu Sangui's biological mother Zu, and the other was Chen Yuanyuan.

It is said that he is angry with the beauty, and Zhou Xian also wants to see if Chen Yuanyuan is really that important in Wu Sangui's mind.

Zhou Xian handed her the jerky meat and clear water, "Madam Zu, Miss Chen, eat some! I will continue to rush forward later."

Chen Yuanyuan took it and nodded slightly, "I thanked the general."

Just as Zhou Xian was about to leave, Zu called him, "Zhou Xian, if you keep walking along the main road like this, you will easily be discovered by the thief army. You should send more scouts to investigate the situation behind and leave enough troops behind the palace. You can give some important people a double horse to let them go first quickly, so that they can escape easily. Moreover, it is too close to the capital, and there is no place or time to rest."

Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment, but he quickly figured it out. She was Zu Dashou's sister. She was born in a military family in Liaodong and was a general for several generations. She has been influenced by her since childhood and has seen herself different from ordinary official women. He smiled faintly and said, "Madam Zu, don't worry, we will continue to set off soon. I don't have too many extra horses. Here are people who follow me and fight out of the capital. I will not abandon them here again. Besides, I believe that Major General Wu will definitely be in front of us. We just need to arrive as soon as possible. The road is smooth and the speed is faster. Two of you have to rest for a while, and I will leave first."

Chen Yuanyuan put down the curtain and handed the dried meat to Zu and said, "Old lady, eat some!"

Zu shook his head and drank two sips of water with only a bag of water. She lifted the curtain and looked out. Not far away, thousands of soldiers stopped along the roadside. Some feed horses, some eat, and some lie directly on the ground to rest, silent. The sun rises and shines everywhere, giving people a peaceful and peaceful state. "A good army with strict military discipline."

Chen Yuanyuan tore the jerky meat into small strips bit by bit, "Old lady, how do they compare with the soldiers under Erlang?" Wu Sangui ranked second at home.

Zu thought for a moment and said, "In terms of military discipline, they are much better than Gui'er's. But when the same number of soldiers fight, Gui'er can kill them without leaving any armor. One is to lick blood from the knife, which is fought through hard battles again and again. The other is to be pampered and has only fought with a few bandits. How can it be compared?"

Chen Yuanyuan smiled sweetly, "Then Erlang is a little stronger. Old lady, now we have escaped from the capital, and Erlang has also been named a marquis by the emperor. No matter what, it is a good thing. Anyway, we were detained by Zhou Xian here, and it is useless to think more. Just wait patiently for Erlang to send someone to pick us up. You have been frowning like this and don't eat anything. If Erlang turns around and sees you lose weight, he will definitely blame me. You are the compassionate Empress Guanyin, so you will be pitiful. Eat a little so that I can explain to Erlang."

Looking at Chen Yuanyuan's aggrieved look, Zu Shi smiled slightly, "Your clever mouth! No wonder Gui'er loves you alone! Okay! For your sake, I'll eat something."

Chen Yuanyuan quickly handed over the meat strips.

Zu took one and sighed, "I have been thinking about what has happened in the past few days on the way. I really don't know whether this edict issued by the emperor is a blessing or a disaster for our Wu family!"

After resting, the army continued to move forward.

Later, the scouts from the rear of the palace reported that more than 10,000 cavalry were chasing from the back under the banner of Li. Zhou Xian had no choice but to order the army to speed up, but just after crossing Dinghe, he was still caught up by the cavalry led by Li Guo.

Looking at the nearly 4,000 cavalry on the other side, Li Guo was shocked and quickly ordered the entire army to stop. He frowned and his face looked a little ugly. He did not expect that at this time, there were so many soldiers around Zhou Xian. Could it be that none of them escaped from the brigade and fled?

Li Laiheng came back and said, "Enjoyed Father, I just checked it and found that there was a shallow bend five miles upstream. The water was shallow and the flow was slow, so the cavalry could step over the water."

Li Guo nodded and said nothing.

Li Laiheng said: "Enjoyed Father, kill him! Our army is twice as good as the enemy, and we can defeat them no matter how hard we do."

Li Guo pointed ahead, "Did you see that there? Birds and birds are frightened and dust is flying. An army must come in this direction. Zhou Xian led the army to stop, fearless, and may be waiting for our army to attack halfway."

Li Laiheng was stunned for a moment, looked into the distance, and asked with some uncertainty in his heart: "Can it be a suspicious soldier who deliberately deployed like Zhang Yide in Changbanqiao?"

Li Guo looked at Li Laiheng and smiled faintly, "Boy, you have made progress! It seems that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not in vain. But here is a plain, and the sound is very far away. The smoke and dust are at most five miles away. You can listen carefully to it, and see if the horse's hooves are numerous or few?"

Li Laiheng dismounted and listened for a while, stood up, and said with an ugly expression: "The adoptive father, there should be thousands of cavalrymen."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of cavalrymen rushed over on the west side. The high-mounted banner of the "King" was particularly conspicuous. Later, more and more gathered, there were actually five thousand people.

Zhou Xian rode a horse to the shore.

Li Laiheng wanted to order a random arrow to shoot, but was stopped by Li Guo. He walked forward alone and said aloud: "You are Zhou Xian."

Zhou Xian nodded and asked, "How about the late emperor? Who are you?"
Chapter completed!