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Chapter 451 Westward Shangluo

Guide Prefecture is the easternmost prefecture in Henan. From Guide to Shangluo, it almost crosses the entire Henan, but there are two roads to go.

The first is to go directly from Guide Prefecture to pass through Kaifeng Prefecture directly through Ruzhou Prefecture, and then go directly from Henan Prefecture controlled by the Qing army to Shangluo area.

This route is almost a straight line, seven or eight hundred miles away, and there is a high probability of encountering the Ming army and the Qing army along the way. In addition, this route passes through multiple mountainous areas and is difficult to move forward.

The other is to turn from Zhecheng in Guide to the southern end of Kaifeng Prefecture, pass through Runing Prefecture and head towards Nanyang Prefecture, and then arrive in Shangluo.

This route is hundreds of miles more than the first one. The advantage is that it can bypass the Ruzhou Prefecture controlled by the Ming army. The main force of the Qing army was to trap Li Zicheng's Imperial Camp in the Xinye area bordering Xiangyang in the southern part of Nanyang Prefecture, so it is highly likely that he would not encounter the Qing army when passing through the northern end of Nanyang.

After discussing with Gu Junen, Yuan Zongdi and others, Lu Si decided to choose the first one. Although he would meet the Ming and Qing dynasties when traveling to Ruzhou and Henan, it was undoubtedly the fastest in terms of time.

This road is mountainous, but the Shun Army and the Huai Army were both light and fast. They did not carry any supplies except necessary weapons and dry food, so there may be some delays, but the impact will not be too great. As for the possibility of encountering the Ming Army and the Qing Army, Lu Si only said to kill him.

After setting the route, the seven thousand soldiers rushed westward with a whip of horses.

Soon, the gap between the Huai Army and the Shun Army, which lacked qualified cavalry and war horses, began to emerge. The soldiers of the Shun Army's right camp always pulled the Huai Army behind. Some Shun Army officers and soldiers saw that the Huai Army had poor horsemanship, did not dare to let go of their mules, and only held the mule's neck tightly, and couldn't help laughing.

"It's really amazing, I won't ask us to save it."

Lu Yiliang snorted slightly. In order to prevent himself from falling off the horse, Lu Si's nephew tied his feet to the horse with a rope.

"We all asked my elite cavalry to take away, otherwise how could we ask him Shunjun to make a joke?" Zhao Zhongyi was also frustrated.

"Don't demote yourself here. If the Shun Army really can fight, it will not be possible to ask the Tartars to rush from Beijing to Nanyang, even the emperor was surrounded. Our Huai Army killed two Tartar princes! There is an old saying that if a dog bites, it will bark."

Fan Ba's voice stopped abruptly because it seemed like he had gone around himself.

"We must maintain our strengths, and learn from others' strengths. Shunjun has started a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty since the Chongzhen period, and fought the Ming army and fled, and forced Chongzhen to hang himself on the coal mountain. As for his current dilemma, it was related to Li Zicheng's decision-making mistakes. It was not that the officers and soldiers of the Shunjun could not fight, and these soldiers were still very strong."

It is still very objective that Jia Hanfu, the governor's office, joins the army.

Zhao Zhongyi said in a muffled voice: "Jia joined the army, this is the reason, but the brothers are just frustrated. Look at the look of the Shunjuns looking at us, it seems like we will drag them back."

"Look at it, these people are not all ours in the future."

Jia Hanfu glanced forward, but there was dust flying. He looked as if the right camp soldiers of Shun Army deliberately wanted the Huai Army to eat dust behind him, but he knew that it was not. If he didn't raise dust, he wouldn't be a cavalry. If he wanted to blame, he would blame the Huai Army for not being able to pull up the speed.

Lu Si didn't say anything. Riding a horse was not a comfortable thing. After a long time, the saddle made his legs hurt.

The prerequisite for becoming a qualified cavalry or cavalry general is that the sides of the thighs must be worn countless times, and finally a thick layer of old skin is formed on the inside of the legs.

There were dust flying in front of them, but dozens of riders were staying on the side of the road.

Looking at Li Cuiwei with a dusty face, Lu Si was surprised: "Why did you stop?"

Li Cuiwei didn't say anything, but looked at the Huai Army soldiers who were rushing forward desperately behind Lu Si, and then rode to Lu Si to run with him.

Lu Si took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it over, signaling Li Cuiwei to wipe the dust on his face.

This way, I don't look like Princess Dashun at all.

Li Cuiwei didn't answer and glanced at Lu Si: "I think I'm ugly and sloppy?"

"No, how could it be."

Lu Si smiled, and when he saw Li Cuiwei seemed unhappy, he asked, "What?"

Li Cui hesitated for a moment and said, "Someone in the Right Camp looked down on your soldiers and said that if you knew that you didn't even know how to ride a horse, you would be different from you."

Lu Si said something, waved his hand and said, "Our Huai Army has only been in the army for two years, and there are no war horses in the Jianghuai area. These horses are still captured from the Qing army, which is not as good as your Shun Army."

Li Cuiwei was dissatisfied: "But the soldiers who look down on you are just looking down on you."

"It's okay, whether it's the Huai Army or the Shun Army, as I said before, everyone is a family, it's okay to look down on it, as long as we work together to kill the Tartars."

Lu Si still looked indifferent. There were many people in this world who looked down on him. Sun Wujin reported that Shi Kefa called him "land thief" in front of Hongguang, and did not think about how the "land thief" let him go back to Nanjing with a life.

Li Cuiwei refused to agree and snorted: "No! I look down on you just look down on me. My husband is not something that makes people look down on you, but something that makes people awe. Otherwise, why would I marry you? Will it be embarrassing to follow you?"

After saying that, he glared at Lu Si in a pity, "You must know that you have this temper, so I will not agree to marry you by my father."

Li Cuiqian was also puzzled. How could a great thief who took his hometown Hegong to rebel against the Ming Dynasty so well?

"The temper is used on the enemy, not on his own people." Lu Si shook his head, but found that his own personal soldiers and Li Cuiwei's personal soldiers were behind.

"I know, but I feel uncomfortable when I think they look down on your soldiers." Li Cuiwei leaned his seat to the side, almost walking side by side with Lu Si. The gap between the two could only be stuffed into two fists.

"Cuiwei, do you really want to be my female general of Lu Wenzong, or are you thinking about letting me save your father with all your might?" Lu Si looked at this Dashun princess with a serious face.

Li Cui did not answer slightly, but corrected the mistake in Lu Si's words: "It's my father."

Lu Si nodded helplessly: "Yes, dad."

"If I tell you that I really want you to save my father with all my strength, do you think that as a daughter, I will only consider my parents' family and not consider my husband's family, so I will be very dissatisfied with me?" Li Cui's eyes flashed in her slightest.

"Won't,"

Lu Si thought about it and said again, "It should be like this."

"I don't know if you are telling the truth or lies, but if I die, I will buried your Lu family's land, and the carved Lu Li family on the tomb is also the Lu Li family."

Li Cui looked a little sad, "As long as you do your best, I am grateful to you whether you can save your father."
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