Not to mention that Zhu Youdong led a large army, and after defeating the Qing army at Xiangshui Pass, he slaughtered the Qing prisoners who had surrendered.

On that day, Kachuha and Marsai pursued Zhang Huangyan along the Yangtze River, one south and one north. Who knew that Zhang Huangyan took the downwind boat of Qincha Wang Xi and went all the way west along the Yangtze River into Sichuan. Looking at the rugged road of the Three Gorges in front of them, Kachuha and Marsai had no choice but to converge at Yidu.

As soon as the two met, they discussed, and Kachuha said: "I said where Zhang Huangyan went to find someone to pick him up, Lao Tzu has been chasing this ship for thousands of miles." Mar Raceway: "I'm also strange, but this ship looks like my official ship of the Qing Dynasty, how can it take this traitor?" They are now going along the Yangtze River into Sichuan, and we can't catch up by land. I think it's better to send an official letter to Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan, and let him pursue him in Sichuan. ”

Looking at the soldiers who came with them all the way, they were all tired, and the horses were too thin. Kachuha said: "At present, this is the only way, let's rest here for a few days first, and then enter Sichuan, these twenty days can exhaust me." Hearing that they could finally rest, the Qing soldiers who came with them were all happy.

Kachuha and Marsai took the Qing soldiers to rest in Yidu for ten days in a row, seeing that the soldiers had recovered and the horse's fat had also grown. Kachuha and Marsai prepared to enter Sichuan.

As soon as they left the city that day, a group of rebellious people rushed from the riverside, and when Kachuha and Marsai saw this, they immediately drew their swords and shouted: "Everyone kneel in the same place, and whoever dares to run around is immediately killed." "These people are ordinary people, and now when they see these dozens of people, they are wielding knives viciously, and they dare to move, and they all kneel on the spot.

At this time, a sharp-eyed person saw the armor of Kachuha and others, and said: "That's the real Manchurian uncle, kneel down quickly, otherwise you will die." Hearing someone shouting like this, this group of rioters did not dare to move. Seeing this, Kachuha asked, "What are you running around?" ”

The man who spoke just now said: "Back to the Manchurian master, we all fled from Yiling Prefecture, I heard that in the upper reaches of Yiling Prefecture, there were a large number of Ming bandits, they robbed property everywhere, killed people and goods, and detained ships. We were afraid that they would call, so we ran to Yidu. ”

When Marseille heard this, he went up and put it on the neck of the man who spoke, and shouted, "You dare to talk nonsense? There are Ming bandits in Kuidong, I know, when did Ming bandits appear in Yiling Prefecture. If you dare to lie about the military situation, I will cut you right now. ”

This man had only seen the Manchurian soldiers and remembered their armor. He had heard that Kachuha had spoken kindly, so he had the courage to answer, but who knew that Marseille was not a good man. Now that he was holding a knife to his neck, he trembled with fright, and a sense of urine came, and he urinated directly in his pants on the spot, and kept begging: "Uncle Manchuria, I didn't lie, we really escaped from Yilingzhou, and everyone here knows it." Please, let the little one go. ”

Marseille sniffed the strong smell, frowned, glanced at the man, and saw that although the others did not dare to speak, they all nodded consciously. Then he withdrew the knife and said in front of Kachuha: "It seems that what they said is true, we are afraid that we will not be able to take the waterway into Sichuan." ”

Kachuha was also a little embarrassed: "In this way, we can only take the land route, if we take the land route, I think we will go directly to Chongqing by Shizhouwei, so that we don't have to take a detour." ”

Marseille sighed and said, "That's it." So the two took more than 30 people by land and prepared to go to Chongqing through Shizhouwei. However, this road is very difficult to walk, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, and many times Kachuha and others have to get off their horses and lead the horses to pass.

After more than ten days, Kachuha and Marsai finally led the team to Liantianguan, which is the junction of Sichuan and Huguang, and went directly to the west and entered Sichuan, but then it will enter Shizhouwei in Huguang, and only by going north will it reach Jianshi County in Kuidong.

Of course, Kachuha, Marsai and the others would not go to Kuidong, so they decided to go directly to the west and enter Shizhouwei. But the general guarding the pass told the two that they couldn't leave now. Kachuhachi said: "It's strange, the road is here, why can't it be walked?" ”

The guard said: "Just three days ago, more than 6,000 Ming troops suddenly came from Jianshi, mixed with the remnants of the Ming army on Shizhouwei's side, and now there are more than 10,000 Ming troops outside Shizhouwei. "At this time, the Ming army outside Shizhouwei, of course, did not have more than 10,000, at most more than 6,000 people from King Guangxing, the prince of Jingguo, but at that time, the army was being reorganized, and the number and scale of sorties were much larger than usual, so the guards of Tiansheng Guan would have the illusion of tens of thousands of troops.

But for the guards who have been stationed here for a long time, of course, he knows the specific number, but he saw that there were only more than 30 people in Kachuha and others, and he was afraid that if they went out, the Ming army would be wiped out, and when the time came, Shangguan would investigate it, and he would also be implicated, so he exaggerated so that Kachuha and others would dispel the idea of leaving the customs.

Kachuha and Marsai really hesitated when they heard this, seeing that there were so many Ming troops outside, it was difficult for the two of them to enter Sichuan directly. The two asked the defenders to go out to inquire about the specific movements of the Ming army, and they themselves stationed at Tianshengguan to wait for news. This guard did not scare people away, but caused trouble to himself, and he had to serve like an uncle every day.

The guard general was also bitter and couldn't speak, so he had to send someone out to find out the news. The people who went out two days ago came back and said that it was okay, and the Ming army that was hovering outside Shizhouwei was just marching back and forth, and had no intention of attacking Shizhouwei.

In this way, the guards of Tianshengguan were also a little puzzled, and they didn't understand what the Ming army was doing. In addition, in the past few days, he has been bullied by the Manchurian uncle who lives in Guanli every day, and he used to be here before, and he was always served by others, but now he goes to serve others, which makes the guard feel uncomfortable.

Now that he saw that it was okay outside, he said: "Since there is nothing to do outside, it is better for these plague gods to be sent away earlier, so as not to be unhappy that day and cut me down, wouldn't I be very wronged." Then he secretly said in his heart: "But it's only been five days, and I just told them that Shi Zhouwei is very dangerous outside, and now I go and say it's okay, isn't this a slap in the face?" No, I can't go now, I'll wait two more days before I go, I asked people to run a little farther and let them go to Chongqing to investigate, but then they can't say that I delayed. ”

After the guard made a decision, he said to the man who had just returned: "You run farther away, run in the direction of Chongqing, and see how the situation is over there." When the spy heard this, he had to go out again with a bitter face.

At this time, Kachuha came over and said, "Isn't the person you sent out just now the person you sent out a few days ago to inquire about the situation?" Why did you go out again? The guard general hurriedly smiled and said: "If you return to the general, it is indeed him, I asked him to inquire about the situation, but he went out and went north, and the Ming army in the north moved frequently." He did not go to the west, and he did not inquire about the way the generals were going, but I let him go and investigate. ”

When Kachuha heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Such a person, you still let him be a spy to find out the military situation?" You are looking for death, and when you come back, you will engage in military law, you slaves have no ability at all, you know flattery, begging for mercy. has no backbone at all, it's all some sluts. ”

Ka Chuha scolded and left, and the guard also scolded: "The things of the dog's day, Lao Tzu has been serving well all day long, but he can't leave a good one, you are the dog tartars who have been killed by the sky." Turning to look at Guanwai, he said with a wry smile: "No matter how bad he is, I can't kill him." I killed him, my daughter-in-law and his mother's family don't do anything, she is such a brother, if I dare to kill him, my daughter-in-law will not kill me when I go back. ”

After saying that, he shook his head and walked down, thinking that he might either wait for his brother-in-law to come back and let him go out to hide for a few days. Wait for these Manchurians to leave, and then let him come back. Just now, I was thinking about waiting for my brother-in-law to come back and let him go out to hide, but I saw that my brother-in-law seemed to be running for his life, desperately running to Tianshengguan, and because of the hurry, he also fell a few times.

Seeing this, the guard did not dare to let him enter the customs directly. Hurriedly got off the wall, went to the gate and asked, "What are you doing in a hurry?" The Manchurian Tartar just said that it is not good for you to investigate the military situation, and you will be involved in military law. I think you'd better go out and hide for a few days, and then come back when they're gone. ”

The spy ignored him, and as soon as he arrived at the guard's side, he said breathlessly: "Brother-in-law, it's not that I want to come back, but now I can't come back." Chongqing is lost. The guard general was still complaining: "Don't call me brother-in-law, if the Manchurians know, I won't be affected by you." ”

After speaking, he reacted, and his voice immediately raised several times and shouted: "What did you say? Chongqing lost? How is it possible, Chongqing has a governor stationed there, and there are also Chongkui General Soldiers, and the General Soldiers of the Suppression and Pacification Department are all in Chongqing, how can they be lost? ”

The spy said: "It's not that I'm lying, now many people in Chongqing have escaped, and they are saying everywhere that the Ming army is still spreading propaganda to make local governments surrender." ”

At this time, the guard was not surprised, he felt that he didn't know how to stand, and he didn't know what to do when he was spinning in place. After turning around a few times, he suddenly remembered that there was still a Manchurian uncle living in the pass, and he immediately helped his brother-in-law and said: "Quick, help me into the pass, I want to inform the Manchurian masters." ”

The general, supported by his brother-in-law, came to Kachuha's residence tremblingly, coughed vigorously a few times, cleared his throat, and then shouted inside: "Lord Kachuha, the military intelligence you asked for has returned." Then after waiting for a long time but not waiting for a reply, the guard shouted twice, but no one answered.

After this period of adaptation, the guard has recovered, and when he asked the people who were doing chores in the courtyard, he learned that Kachuha had not come back at all. At this time, the guard's brother-in-law said, "Did you go to Marseille?" ”

The guard woke up and said, "Yes, let's go quickly, we must have gone over there." The two of them went all the way to Marseille's quarters, and Kachuha was there. Kachuha and Marsai were asking if they had sent someone out to inquire about it, when they saw the guard come in with his previous spies.

When Kachuha saw it, he immediately came to his anger and said: "Why is this person back again, it is so unfavorable to inquire about intelligence, and he will be beheaded directly if he doesn't push it out." The guard general immediately stepped forward and said, "Lord Kachuha, no, the information from this investigation is very important. ”

Marseille didn't know what had happened at the wall before, but when he heard that there was important information, he said, "Okay, let's hear it, what kind of information do you have to inquire about?" When the general heard this, he immediately recounted the information.

Kachuha on the side said angrily: "Okay, you dog, now you dare to lie about the military situation? So saying, he was about to pick up his knife and cut down the spy. When the man saw this situation, he immediately "pounced" and knelt on the ground and said: "Back to the two adults, the little one doesn't dare to lie, it's really Chongqing lost." ”

Marseille couldn't believe why Chongqing was suddenly lost. said: "If you talk carefully, if you really have a reward, if you find that you have lied about the military situation, I will behead you now." ”

The spy suddenly kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said: "Yes, it's me who said that the Ming army sent a message to let the counties of Chongqing surrender." It is said that on the tenth day of the first month of September, the governor Li Guoying was defeated in Dingyuan, the 30,000 army was annihilated, and most of the generals who followed together were killed, only Hui Yingzhao and Wang Tingxian fled back to Chongqing with their own soldiers, and then the Ming army immediately went south, and was recruited by Li Guoying Chen Xixian, the governor of Xuzhou, Cao Chunzhong, the general of Luzhou, Hao Chengyi, the deputy general of Jiading, Wang Youjin, Chen Jian and others were defeated by the Ming army in Hezhou. Only Chen Xixian, the governor of Xuzhou, fled to Chongqing, and the army he brought with him was also wiped out. ”

Kachuha and Marsai didn't believe that this was true, and it took a long time for Marsai to say, "You mean that Li Guoying and the army he brought were defeated?" Or is it all annihilated? The spy said, "Yes, that's what they wrote." ”

Kachuha said, "And then? How's it going? The spy said: "Just three days ago, on the 19th day of September, the Ming army raided the Fotu Pass on the city wall at dawn. The defender Liang Yixun did not hold it, the Fotu Pass was breached, and Chongqing was also lost on the same day. All the officials in Chongqing were killed, and now the Ming army is circulating documents to get the counties to be annexed. ”

Kachuha still didn't believe it, and said: "Li Guoying is also a battle-hardened person, how could he suddenly be wiped out?" Marseille disagreed: "What is the accident of this, wasn't the Prince Nikan a battle-hardened back then?" ”

When Kachuha heard this, he immediately stopped talking and asked, "Then what should we do?" Still going to Sichuan? Mar Track: "Now the situation is unknown, I can't go, I think I will send someone to investigate, and then make plans." ”