Seeing that the soldiers who had been reorganized were all in good spirits, Zhu Dashan couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart. In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Dashan set off with the main force of the three guards and the newly reorganized Fu Mingwei, while the other three guards who had been reorganized stayed in Bishan to rest.

When Li Guoying was beheaded by the Restoration Army in Dingyuan, Hui Yingzhao and Wang Tingxian escaped from the camp with their own soldiers, and the two did not dare to take the main road, so they had to take a small road all the way to bypass Anju and Tongliang, and did not dare to stay in Bishan anymore, so they returned to Chongqing directly. As a result, as soon as Hui Yingzhao and Wang Tingxian arrived at Fotu Pass, they found a sound of horses' hooves coming from behind. The two thought that it was the Restoration Army chasing after them, so they hurriedly shouted at the Buddha Tu Guan: "Brother on the gate, open the door, the Ming army is attacking behind." ”

The Qing army on the gate was a little suspicious when they saw these people dressed in tatters, but now they suddenly saw them shouting and shouting, and said that the Ming army was attacking behind. Immediately, the general flag shouted downward: "Where did you come from called Hanako, hurry up and get away." If you dare to shout loudly, beware that the arrow in your grandfather's hand does not have eyes. Then he saw a group of people coming on horseback in the distance, and shouted loudly: "Quick, be on guard, someone is coming to attack." ”

As soon as the Qing soldiers on the pass stood in their positions, Liang Yixun, the guard of Fotu Pass, also came to the front of the pass, looked at the few people scattered under the pass, turned his head and scolded: "Can these few people come to attack Fotu Pass?" Do you have water in your head? ”

At this time, Hui Ying Zhao and Wang Tingxian were sweating profusely, and seeing a general coming out of the Buddha Gate, Hui Ying Zhao immediately shouted: "It's General Liang Yixun who is closed, I am Hui Ying Zhao, we are defeated in Dingyuan, you open the door quickly." ”

Liang Yixun in the city was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stretched out his head to look down, and the people who came were Hui Yingzhao and Wang Tingxian, and immediately exclaimed: "General Hui, General Wang, didn't you follow the governor to Dingyuan?" Why did the two of them return to Chongqing in such an embarrassment, Lord Governor? ”

Wang Tingxian hurriedly said: "General Liang, you quickly open the door and let us in, this matter is not clear for a while, the Ming army behind is in a hurry, you let us go in." Liang Yixun hurriedly asked people to go down and open the door, watching the door open slowly, Hui Yingzhao and Wang Tingxian didn't wait for the door to open all, just waiting for people to enter, so they quickly flashed into the door, and kept shouting: "Quick, come in, close the door immediately when everyone comes in, and you can't let the Ming army come in behind." ”

The two were urging the defenders to close the gate, and they heard the Ming army behind shouting: "Don't close the door, we are soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, I am Chen Xixian, the governor of Xuzhou, don't close the door." Liang Yixun, who was on the wall, saw clearly that Chen Xixian had a total of about a dozen people, and immediately shouted: "Suspend the door and let them in." ”

The guards below immediately held the door, Wang Tingxian stretched out half of his head and looked out, there were indeed more than a dozen people, all wearing Qing army uniforms, and he was immediately relieved. After a while, these dozen or so people entered the Buddha Pass, and as soon as they entered the pass, these people rolled off their horses and collapsed on the ground, where could they still stand up.

At this time, Liang Yixun walked down the wall, looked at the soldiers lying on the ground, and said a little strangely: "You just said that it was Lord Chen Xixian, the governor of Xuzhou?" Chen Xixian lay on the ground and said without moving: "Yes, the last general is." Liang Yixun said: "I remember that half a month ago, the Governor sent you to Dingyuan to meet, and now you don't go to Dingyuan, why did you go back to Chongqing?" ”

Hui Yingzhao next to him stepped forward and looked at Chen Xixian carefully and said, "Are you Chen Xixian?" Chen Xixian was also a little confused and said: "Yes, I am Chen Xixian, if you are fake." Wang Tingxian also said: "Impossible, isn't Chen Xixian in Dingyuan County?" How did you get here? ”

Chen Xixian said: "What Dingyuan County, we didn't even get along with Hezhou, Hezhou didn't know where a group of Ming troops came from, we have never crossed Hezhou a step, this is not two days ago the Ming army in Hezhou suddenly rushed out, I and Chen Jian, Wang Youjin hurriedly lined up and fought with them outside the city of Hezhou, as a result, the Ming army all did not die, our army only lasted for half an hour and was defeated by the Ming army. If I hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and escaped with my own soldiers, I would have been hacked to death with a knife like General Wang Youjin now. Now General Chen Jian's whereabouts are also unknown. ”

At this time, Hui Yingzhao shouted: "I know, I see. Liang Yixun and Wang Tingxian asked, "What do you know?" Hui Ying said: "It turns out that it was not Chen Xixian and Cao Chunzhong who went to Dingyuan to support a few days ago, but the Ming army who occupied Hezhou pretended. ”

Wang Tingxian also suddenly realized: "Yes, that's why the defensive army of Dingyuan City was in chaos in an instant, that is, it was attacked by the Ming army that entered the city, causing the defenders of the governor to be defeated. Liang Yixun, who was standing on the side, was shocked: "What? Lord Doge defeated? And what about the Governor now? ”

Hui Yingzhao suddenly said with a low expression: "The Governor was trapped in Dingyuan County, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Liang Yixun suddenly thundered like five thunderbolts, and muttered: "How is this good, the Governor has brought 30,000 troops there." And what about the other generals? What about the army? Wang Tingxian said: "We were originally defending the camp, and Tan Xinchuan, Hou Tianci, Deng Jiushao and others who came out of the camp are also missing, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead. ”

Chen Xixian said: "No wonder, we have confronted the Ming army in Hezhou for four or five days, and we have not seen them go out of the city to meet the battle, but two days ago suddenly rushed out of the two thousand Ming army, and they came up with a lifeless onslaught, General Wang Youjin was beheaded on the spot, our army was in chaos, and General Chen Jian had no news." Speaking of the back, Chen Xixian's expression was very depressed.

Liang Yixun said: "No, I have to report it to Liang Jiaqi, the chief soldier of the Suppression and Pacification Bureau, and now I count General Liang's high rank, and I need him to preside over the overall situation." Hui Yingzhao and the others nodded when they heard this. Liang Yixun hurriedly arranged the matters of guarding the customs, and hurriedly rushed to the Chongqing Mansion with Hui Yingzhao and others.

Fu Dali, the guard sent to Sichuan by Shunzhi, has now lived in Chongqing for nearly a month, has not enjoyed it in the capital, and now has enjoyed it in Chongqing, every day there will be different girls to accompany him, eat the best, drink the best famous tea, Mengding mountain tea, Emei bamboo leaf green, Qingcheng snow bud, Sichuan red gongfu tea, Wenjun green tea keeps rotating. The other guards who came with him also had great changes compared to the hard life in the capital, so Fu Dali did not say that he wanted to return to Beijing, and everyone was happy.

Now that Li Guoying has taken an army of 30,000 and has gone to conquer the anti-Ming bandits in Baoning, I want to believe that it will not be long before good news comes. When the time comes, he will be able to return to Beijing with a full body of glory, how can he let the master add his title to the first rank.

Looking at the flattering woman in front of him, Fu Dali couldn't help but be a little moved. As a result, before Fu Dali could make a move, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Fu Dali had no choice but to give up. Then someone walked in, Fu Dali saw that it was the guard Feiyangu who came with him, this Feiyangu is the son of the Minister of the Interior, the brother-in-law of the current emperor Shunzhi, and now Eshuo is favored by Shunzhi, so this Feiyangu will also come with mixed qualifications.

I saw Fei Yangu come in in a panic and said to Fu Dali: "Lord Qincha, I don't think this situation is right, there are many generals on Liang Jiaqi's side who suddenly came in and out today. Why don't we take a look? "Although Fu Dali is a Qincha, this Feiyangu is the emperor's brother-in-law, and the younger brother of the current imperial concubine Concubine Dong E. Fu Dali didn't dare to be rude to Feiyangu, and immediately smiled: "Feiyangu, it seems that your courage is as young as your age, and they dare to have the courage to be against us?" It was their governor Li Guoying, who saw that we were full of people and had to be obedient in a proper manner. Besides, these little generals, if only I called them over for questioning later, why bother to make a trip? ”

Feiyangu heard Fu Dali say this, he had not experienced any of this, so he had to obey at the moment. Fu Dali saw that Feiyangu listened to his opinion, and immediately pushed the girl in his arms in front of Feiyangu and said, "How is it?" You have to be happy and happy on a business trip, I haven't used this woman either, let you try it first. "Of course, Feiyangu didn't care about this because his sister was the imperial concubine, so he immediately took the girl out.

Liang Yixun and the others hurriedly came to the yamen of Liang Jiaqi, the chief soldier of the Suppression Bureau, and broke in without waiting for a report. Liang Jiaqi was looking at the official letter sent by Li Guoying urging grain and grass, and when he saw everyone coming in, he said: "Liang Yixun, you are not good at guarding the Buddha Pass, what are you doing when you run back?" Then he saw Hui Yingzhao and Wang Tingxian following Liang Yixun, Liang Jiaqi stood up violently and said, "Why are you coming back too?" What about the Governor? Two days ago, the Governor also sent a letter urging grain and grass, how could he defeat the traitors of the Restoration Army so quickly? ”

Hui Yingzhao looked at Liang Jiaqi and said: "We have been defeated, the whereabouts of the governor are unknown, and the 30,000-strong army has been wiped out. Liang Jiaqi was shocked: "How is it possible, the Governor is not said to be a god with soldiers, how can he also be a battle-hardened person." It's only been a few days, why is it that the whole army has been wiped out, what about the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou and other places? ”

Chen Xixian, who followed behind, said: "The armies of Xuzhou, Luzhou and Jiading were also defeated by the Ming army in Hezhou, and now they have only escaped from their humble positions." When Liang Jiaqi heard this, he suddenly seemed to have no strength in his body, and sat down directly on the chair, and said for a long time: "How is it possible?" Did this traitor of Boryeong have God's help? Just yesterday, Du Xue, who rushed to Yanting, sent a battle report that Lu Guang's ancestors attacked the south and were surrounded by the Ming Army in the south, and were defeated and killed. Now the Governor's three-way army has been defeated. ”

Liang Yixun, Hui Yingzhao and others still didn't know about Lu Guangzu's killing in the south, and they couldn't believe it when they heard it, and the 100,000 army deployed by Li Guoying was inadvertently wiped out by the Restoration Army. Hui Ying said: "Such a big matter, I'm afraid it has to be reported to the imperial court as soon as possible." Otherwise, when the time comes, the court will blame us, and we can't afford it. ”

Chen Xixian said: "Of course, it is necessary to report to the imperial court, but now that the Ming army is close at hand, we need to think about the strategy of retreating from the enemy immediately, and Chongqing also needs to make plans early." Liang Jiaqi said: "Now that the whereabouts of the Governor are unknown, who can preside over the overall situation?" ”

Hui Ying said: "Now of course, it is the general who can take on this important task, and only the general can coordinate the overall situation." Liang Yixun and Wang Tingxian both immediately agreed. Liang Jiaqi also knew that he would definitely take the blame for coming out at this time, and in this case, of course, Liang Jiaqi would not take this responsibility. He immediately said: "Now that the Qincha Fu Dali is in Chongqing, we can go and ask him to preside over the overall situation." ”

Chen Xixian is a person who is accustomed to seeing officialdom, and immediately said: "The general can't, if the general doesn't say it, we may still have room for maneuver, if the general goes to say it, I'm afraid this responsibility will only be borne by us." ”

Liang Jiaqi said: "Why do you say this? Chen Xixian said: "Let's not say, this Lord Qincha has the responsibility of supervising the war in Chongqing, and if the war is unfavorable, they can't escape the responsibility of not supervising the war." If the general goes to tell me about the current situation, I am afraid that this Fu Dali will return to the capital immediately, and then put all the blame for the unfavorable war in Sichuan and the loss of the division and land on you and me. Then we will have no place to die. ”

Liang Jiaqi thought for a while and said, "The general is right, you can't let them know about this." And General Liang Yixun, you return to Fotu Pass immediately, you must defend Fotu Pass, as long as Fotu Pass is still in our hands, we can keep Chongqing. I immediately sent 500 sergeants to the Buddha Pass to assist in guarding the pass. ”

Liang Yixun also knew that the situation was grim now, and he was going back when he heard Liang Jiaqi's arrangement. At this time, Hui Yingzhao stopped: "The general can't send troops to reinforce, if the army in this city moves, Fu Dali will definitely know." Liang Jiaqi said: "But now there are only 1,000 defenders in Fotu Pass, how can 1,000 people be the Ming army?" Hui Ying said: "The general can transfer the water division's people to go up for reinforcements, so that Fu Dali will not find out." ”

Liang Yixun said: "Yes, the people of the water division will come up, and all the warships of the water division will be transferred to the upper reaches of Ba County, and Fu Dali must be left in Chongqing after he knows about it, so that we can be safe." ”

Liang Jiaqi said: "Okay, I'll transfer the water division to Ba County, let them go to Fotu Pass and put another thousand soldiers down to guard the pass." Then Liang Jiaqi said to Hui Yingzhao and others: "Don't stay in Chongqing City these days, either go to the barracks or go to Fotu Guan, don't let Fu Dali and others find out." Everyone felt that it was reasonable, and everyone went back to the Buddha Tuguan at the moment.