Li Wanrong shook his head, "The soldiers are unwilling to follow the eunuch party to the east, most of the soldiers are Bashu people, their parents, wives and children are here, how can they be left behind?" There was already a wave of exodus last night, about five or six thousand people escaped, and I estimate that there will be still a fugitive, just because the Shence Army is well-trained, and the soldiers are generally more obedient to orders, so they are still holding back for the time being, but once it reaches the extreme, this forbearance will break out. ”

"What about the hundred officials?"

Zhang Yun asked again, "What is their situation?" ”

Li Wanrong smiled disdainfully: "The officials who have a little integrity are basically gone, and the remaining hundreds of eunuchs are all soft eggs, and they dare not resist, where the eunuchs tell them to go, they will go obediently?" ”

Zhang Yun nodded and said to Li Wanrong: "I brought fifty brothers, all of them are the most powerful scouts, we want to rescue the emperor, is there any way for the general?" ”

Li Wanrong lowered his head and pondered for a long time and said: "It must be impossible now, Huo Xianming's henchman Deng Weigong led five thousand troops to surround the Linyu Palace, unless it is a fierce battle and defeat them, but that will endanger the safety of the emperor and queen, I think the only way is to rob the big ship on the road, but the eunuch party also guarded against me and ordered me to lead the rear army, and my army cannot go to the front." ”

At this time, the eldest son next to him, Li Naidao: "Father, in fact, there is a way, you can use the grain testing team!" ”

Li Wanrong's eyes lit up, "This is a good way, why didn't I think of it?" ”

Zhang Yun hurriedly asked, "What is the grain testing team?" ”

Li Wanrong explained with a smile: "The grain testing team is a popular term, it is actually called the preparation team, which is a unique team of the rear army, their duty is to compile the food and needs of the whole army, and they must go deep into each battalion to count, generally three civilian officials and dozens of followers, and the rear army will send food and materials according to the plan they have prepared." ”

Zhang Yun was stunned, and he hurriedly asked, "Can this Beixian team contact the fleet?" ”

"Of course, the fleet also needs to be replenished with food and grass supplies."

Zhang Yun immediately decided: "In this way, I and fifty brothers will be organized into a preparation team!" ”

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As soon as night fell, the queen mother began to board the ship with the young emperor and a large number of palace maids and eunuchs, as well as the eunuchs and their minions, as well as the civil and military officials and their families, although most of them did not want to leave, but they could not help it.

Ju Wenzhen personally monitored the queen mother and the little emperor on board, and he arranged for ten henchmen and eunuchs to monitor and fifty guards to accompany the ship, saying that it was protection, but in fact, they were under house arrest.

The Queen Mother sat in the cabin, staring at the buildings and trees on the shore in a daze, and she sighed softly, "I don't know when I will come back?" ”

"I may not leave this time!" The palace maid who was in charge of taking care of the little emperor opposite her smiled slightly.

The Queen Mother had another glimmer of hope in her heart, "A-Ying, is there really hope?" ”

This A-Ying who made Ju Wenzhen feel familiar was Ying Caihe, she just wore a mask of the Hidden Sword Pavilion and performed the skill of shrinking her bones, making her a little shorter, so that she escaped Ju Wenzhen's poisonous eyes, otherwise how could Ju Wenzhen not recognize her? It just feels a little familiar.

Soon after the queen mother was canonized as the crown princess, it was Ying Caihe who was her personal guard, and the relationship between the two was very familiar.

As for Ying Caihe's sword, of course, he also carried it, and put it in the queen mother's carry-on box.

Ying Caihe said lightly: "These eunuchs have done so many evils, they want to leave?" There is no such good thing in the world, I am sure they will not leave. ”

The Queen Mother was a little worried: "Will it affect us?" ”

"Don't worry, Queen Mother! In addition to me, there is also an army that is also protecting the Queen Mother. ”

The Queen Mother was just about to speak, Ying Caihe waved her hand and pointed outside, the Queen Mother was stunned, there was no one outside!

After a while, there was the sound of footsteps, and a eunuch said at the door: "Queen Mother, the time for dinner has arrived!" ”

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The fleet finally set off, three hundred large ships one after another, stretching for dozens of miles, with 5,000 soldiers on the shore following closely, and 20,000 Shence troops also set off.

At the same time, General Li Bing led 20,000 cavalry in the direction of Yuzhou.

After receiving an urgent report from Yang Xiuying and Zhang Yun, Guo Song immediately dispatched troops, and this time he led 70,000 troops to the south, plus the 8,000 troops surrendered at Jianmen Pass, making his army close to 80,000, but the number was still not enough, and he recruited 30,000 troops among the refugees in Chengdu to be responsible for guarding Chengdu.

Li Bing accepted the trust of Guo Song and led 20,000 cavalry to chase after the Southern Tang court, which was preparing to flee.

The night was deep, and the army was running through the black rumbling fields, not very fast, and each cavalry held a torch in his hand, like a flaming dragon swimming across the earth.

The army entered Meizhou directly from Yazhou, and arrived in Yuzhou after passing through Lingzhou and Zizhou, and the cavalry had to walk for about two days to reach Yuzhou.

At this time, they had already entered the territory of Zizhou, and the general Chen Feng caught up and said: "General, the brothers have been running for five hours in a row, I'm afraid the war horses can't stand it, take a rest!" ”

Li Bing nodded, "Yes, the herald army rests on the spot!" ”

'Woo-' the long trumpet echoed through the wilderness.

As the trumpets sounded continuously, the cavalry stopped moving, turned over and dismounted to rest, they removed the water bladders, fed the horses, and let the horses eat grass in the bags.

The soldiers also sat down cross-legged and ate dry food, their dry food was a bit like a meat bun, two thick pieces of wheat cake, sandwiched with minced mutton and fried eggs, and then poured a layer of fragrant sesame paste, wrapped with lotus leaves, when eating, you can directly hold the lotus leaves and bite them, this kind of dry food is very sufficient, one can be full.

Li Bing was also eating dry food while thinking about how to pursue the enemy.

There was still a long way to go west from Yuzhou, and it would take at least ten days to get out of the Three Gorges Road, and he was confident that he would catch up with the enemy in three days, and his only worry was that the road was narrow and he could not open the battlefield.

But Li Bing had no choice, he promised the King of Jin that even if he chased Jingnan, he would definitely recover the emperor and severely punish the eunuchs.

Li Bing got up again and looked around and asked, "Where is this?" ”

A local humanitarian: "General, this is the boundary of Panshi County, Zizhou, with the Zhongjiang River in front, and there is a bridge over there, and after the bridge is the county seat." ”

Li Bing was a little uneasy, and sent another thousand soldiers to the bridge to protect the bridge.

At dawn the next day, the army was in good spirits, the soldiers got on their horses and set off, walked less than ten miles, and there was a bridge in front of them, which was a wooden bridge that was some years old, across the Zhongjiang River, quite imposing.

Zhongjiang is Tuojiang, the army crossed the bridge, in front of it is Panshi County, the capital of Zizhou, and the assassin who got the news led a group of officials to wait at the city gate.

The history of the assassin is called He Wenkai, and he is also an old official, about sixty years old, he has been rolling in the officialdom for 30 years, and he has long practiced slippery hands, no matter who is in charge of Xichuan, he resolutely supports it, even Song Chaofeng and Ju Wenzhen praised him for his general knowledge and taking care of the overall situation.

"We look forward to Wang Shi going south every day, rescuing the Tang Society from danger, and rescuing the people of Zizhou from fire and water, our necks are sour, and finally Wang Shi is looking forward to coming, I would like to write a poem to clarify my intentions."

The officials behind him were already numb to his shamelessness, but Li Bing couldn't stand it, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Your poem can be dedicated to His Royal Highness King Jin, I don't need it here, I need forage or black beans here, can He Tingshi arrange it?" ”

He Wenkai was stunned for a moment and asked, "I don't know how much the general needs?" ”

"I need 10,000 loads of forage and 5,000 buckets of black beans, do you have them?"

He Wenkai looked back at Changshi, Changshi thought for a while and said: "There are tens of thousands of loads of good materials in the warehouse, but there are no black beans, otherwise I will search the market, I remember that there seem to be sales." ”

Li Bing was afraid of delaying time, so he said: "I don't want black beans, just forage!" Prepare 20,000 quintals for me, and if you want to hurry, we will take them directly. ”

The Jin army had good luck, and found 20,000 quintals of cut fine material in the warehouse, and the soldiers directly put it into the horse feed bag, Li Bing found that there was still a lot of flour and dried meat, and he ordered each soldier to take a bucket of flour and two catties of dried meat.

An hour later, the soldiers all packed up and continued to kill Yuzhou in the southeast.

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