The sound of the wind and the cranes

"Wow—"

"Xilulu..."

In Yanshan, when a whistleman stopped in front of Lin Danhan, Lin Danhan also took his eyes from the mountains around the river valley, looked at the whistleman and asked, "How?"

"Khan, no one discovered that mountain road, but other mail cavalry reported that the two Ming troops often walked on the mountain roads in the north and south had traces of marching."

"From the traces, they should have rushed towards Yanshan County and set off an hour ago, but most of them were infantrymen, and there were also traces of Ming army artillery artillery."

The thousand-human whistle cavalry reported to Lin Dankhan. As for Lin Dankhan, he looked around and then asked:

"Walking on that mountain road, can we arrive in front of the Ming Emperor and arrive in Yanshan County before dawn?"

"This...is probably not possible." The Qianhu, the siege, answered hesitantly, but Lin Danhan did not give up his thoughts when he heard this, but was convinced that Zhu Youxiao's march could not get fast.

"Zhu Youxiao is not as good as Zhu Youjian. He can't march faster. Even if we can't stop him before he arrives in Yanshan, we can stop him before he arrives in Anjiang Town."

"As long as you stop him and offer him conditions, this Ming emperor who is reluctant to give him power will always give us gold, silver and jewelry."

After saying that, Lin Danhan raised his whip and ordered in the dark: "Start according to the original route, be careful to avoid the Ming army's whistle."

"yes!"

Upon hearing this, the generals around commanded their troops to rush towards the original mountain road. At the same time, after another two hours of retreating south, Wei Zhongxian and Wei Liangqing protected Zhu Youxiao and retreated to Jiming Town, forty miles from Dading Palace.

Zhu Youxiao, who had been riding a horse for more than twenty miles during the day, was exhausted and rushed for sixty miles overnight. He was already hungry in his belly.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian forced the general flag officer of Jiming Town to open the gate of the town fortress and bring the five hundred Jinyiwei and a hundred chefs into the town.

The supplies from the imperial shop in the town were recruited, and the mayor who managed the town was ordered to forcibly buy hundreds of poultry and hundreds of pigs and sheep in the town.

Because there were too many Yiluan Guards, they were ordered to form a car outside the city to defend, while Zhu Youxiao took Zhu Ciran into Jiming Town.

The mayor Zhang Shide was a ninth-rank official from Yanshan. When the emperor came in person, he decisively gave up the town yamen in the town.

The yamen in the town, which covers an area of ​​only about 300 square meters, is very shabby, but at present, Zhu Youxiao just wants to sit down and eat a hot meal.

The Jinyiwei took over the entire Jiming Town, and the soldiers stationed here of Yanshan Camp were responsible for assisting in defending the city.

After being busy for most of the day, when Zhu Youxiao finally sat in the head of the yamen hall in the market town, it was already an ugly moment (1:15).

It was dark late at night, but fortunately, the night in Yanshan in April was not cold, so neither Zhu Youxiao nor Zhu Ciran caught a cold.

Perhaps because they were too tired, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Ciran and his son took a nap while sitting.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian quickly asked someone to clean the backyard and put on clean bedding, and then arranged for the father and son to go to rest.

As soon as the father and son lay on the bed, they fell asleep soon after. Wei Zhongxian watched them fall asleep and closed the door gently.

But when he walked out of the backyard, his nephew Wei Liangqing said anxiously:

"Uncle, you should be on the road now. Why not arrange a carriage for Long Sui and His Highness to go south?"

"Anyway, after the mansion is built, it will not be uncomfortable to walk on the carriage."

"Absurd!" Hearing his nephew's words, Wei Zhongxian said with a stern look:

"Long live so tired, how can I get on the way?"

"What's more, this place is less than forty miles away from Yanshan County, and the king-supporting troops will arrive soon. Why should we let Long Live suffer this?"

"Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter..." Wei Zhongxian waved his sleeves and turned around and left. Obviously, he was very tired, and now he just wanted to find a place to sleep.

Seeing this, although Wei Liangqing was helpless, he could only respond.

The day is long in the north, but it is very early in summer.

Zhu Youxiao slept very lightly. When he noticed that the house was a little gray, he forced himself to stand up with a headache due to lack of sleep and spoke to the door:

"Come!"

"Long live……"

Wei Liangqing kept guarding the door, but he didn't expect the emperor to get up after less than two hours of sleep.

"When is it now?" Zhu Youxiao asked with his eyebrows pinched, and Wei Liangqing bowed through the door when he heard this and responded: "Around seven o'clock in the hour of Yin (4:45)."

"Are the meal ready?" Zhu Youxiao felt hungry in his stomach, and thought of the Beilu knocking on the gate. He always felt that he could not stay outside the gate for a long time, so he was ready to continue his journey after dinner.

"It's ready, just wait for the meal to be delivered." Wei Liangqing responded, and Zhu Youxiao also stood up and said, "Let's pass on the meal."

After saying that, he didn't care that his image was a bit messy, but walked to the door and opened the door, and ordered Wei Liangqing, who was lowering his head:

"I'll ask the prince to get up and have a meal. I must return to the capital today."

"I... receive the order!" Wei Liangqing quickly responded, and then ordered someone to wake up Zhu Ciran and Wei Zhongxian, and then asked someone to pass on the catering hall.

Afterwards, Wei Liangqing led the way to the hall for Zhu Youxiao, and the tables in the hall also prepared the meals.

Wuwei steamed chicken, Yuanji sheep bones, Husan vinegar waist, steamed fresh fish, mutton crystal dumplings, silk goose noodles, three fresh soup, mung bean chess noodle, bean soup, tea brewed...

Seeing the combination of five meat, two soups and one staple food, Zhu Youxiao did not say anything simple, but sat down and started to turn on his chopsticks.

At this time, he didn't care about etiquette and just wanted to withdraw back to the capital after finishing his work.

However, while he was eating, Zhu Ciran was also woken up and came to the conference hall in a daze for a mechanical meal.

As for Wei Zhongxian, he didn't show up for a long time, and he didn't come late until Zhu Youxiao's meals were over.

"Okay, let's go."

After dinner, he wiped his mouth. Zhu Youxiao, who had not eaten a bite of food, took Zhu Ciran's hand and left under Wei Liangqing's escort.

Wei Zhongxian had not had a good sleep at all. When he saw that the emperor left without waiting for his meal, he immediately felt bitter.

I wanted to eat some leftovers on the table, but found that the father and son had eaten all the food and left only a little soup.

"Manager, this is the meal that Commander Wei gave to you."

Wei Zhongxian felt bitter, but fortunately, a Jingjun next to him brought a simple three dishes and one soup.

"This kid is very interested, and he still remembers our family..."

He couldn't help but praise Wei Liangqing. Wei Zhongxian didn't care about this simple meal and started eating it out in a mess.

When he wiped his mouth and walked out of Jiming Town, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Ciran had already taken the carriage that Wei Liangqing found and walked three miles south.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian had to lead the remaining people to chase after him on horseback.

However, although Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Ciran barely gained their energy to eat and get on the bus, they kept hypnotizing the sound of horse hooves as the carriage drove on the road, and they still leaned on the bus and fell asleep.

As the sky got brighter and brighter, the two of them slept deeper until...

"Wow—"

Suddenly, the carriage stopped and Zhu Youxiao was awakened. Zhu Ciran opened his eyes in a daze, but after just turning over, he continued to fall asleep.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him, then opened the car window, and asked Wei Liangqing, who was talking to his thousand households not far from the carriage, and said, "Why did you stop? How far did you go?"

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao woke up, Wei Liangqing quickly rode his horse to the carriage and bowed: "I walked thirty miles, and I only arrived at Dading Palace in just twelve miles."

"But the Tangqi in front said that he had seen the cavalry in Gongwei Battalion, but Yanshan County did not have the cavalry in Gongwei Battalion, so I asked the army to stop and wait until the people in front were discovered before continuing to rush."

"Well..." Zhu Youxiao slightly turned his head when he heard this, and then closed the car window.

About a quarter of an hour later, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, and Wei Liangqing also took the cavalry of Yiluan Guards to guard.

Hundreds of cavalry rushed out from the corner of the flat valley, under the banner of Miyun Camp.

Seeing this, Wei Liangqing breathed a sigh of relief, and the hundreds of cavalry also stopped in front of the army. Then a gang general wearing gang armor came to the front of the formation, and Wei Liangqing also rode his horse and leaned forward.

"Miyun Camp gang General Jin Hu, dare you ask Commander Wei, how can you live the Dragon Body Saint?"

"Long live the dragon body is still safe. I dare to ask General Jin Gan, where are the remaining troops in Miyun Camp? What is the situation in Yanshan County? Is the Palace Highness back to Beijing?"

Jin Xiao and Wei Liangqing bowed for more than ten steps to exchange information. Jin Xiao was relieved when he heard that the emperor had nothing to do, and then bowed:

"The palace highness and the imperial heirs, all the empresses, all the emperors returned to Beijing by train. At present, there are less than 100 guards in Yanshan County. There are only 500 Jinyiwei in the Dading Palace. Please ask the commander of Wei to pass on the second general of the Dai Dynasty. Long live the last general of the last general."

"Please wait for General Jin Chan. I will send someone to pass on the news."

Wei Liangqing responded and then sent thousands of households around him to communicate.

Qianhu passed the news back to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao naturally would not refuse to receive Jin Yu because he remembered that Jin Yu was Jin Hyun's younger brother.

Kim Hyun is a Shishi, so even if his only younger brother Kim Yoo is not a Shishi, he is unlikely to be a frank person because Kim Hyun’s family tradition is good.

With Zhu Youxiao's nod, Jin Yu and Wei Liangqing quickly rode their horses to the carriage, and then the two of them turned over and got off the horse and walked to the carriage.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Jin Yu and had to say that he looked similar to his brother Jin Hyun, with a wide nose and wide face, thick eyebrows, long eyes and a loyal minister.

"I, the general Jin Yu of Miyun, bowed to you, please go up and rush to Anjiang Town. I will stay in Yanshan County. While supporting each department, I will organize troops and horses to stop the enemy for Long Live."

It’s not a family, it’s not a family.

The first thing Jin Yu did after seeing Zhu Youxiao was to kneel down and salute, and the second thing was to give Zhu Youxiao a clear suggestion to withdraw from the south.

There was no problem with his words at other times, but Zhu Youxiao was not sure whether the Shangzhi Guards could be as loyal as he did, so he hesitated.

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was hesitant, Wei Zhongxian was furious and pointed at Jin Xiao and scolded:

"How can you, a little gang general, know how to retreat south? Before Commander Wei spoke, you are talking nonsense here."
To be continued...