Early morning, northwest.

The sky was full of wind and sand, sweeping through the vast wilderness, several flying eagles circled in the air, staring closely at the prey in the grass, and several fast horses galloped out of the mountain pass towards a small town due west.

The town is called Quting, is a small town in the east of Pingyang Prefecture, close to the mountain pass, is an excellent control point, at this time a reconnaissance of the Ming army was stationed here, led by Chang Yu excavated and single-handedly pulled Li Xingzu.

Dozens of miles away there is also a special force stationed outside the city of Pingyang Prefecture, the reason why this team is special is not how strong it is, but because it has a very special origin, and it belongs to the Jinwuwei of the Royal Guard, at this time, thousands of Jinwu avant-garde people are stationed here.

Li Zicheng fled recklessly and plundered along the way, and the Ming army had to chase after him and expel him, and he was exhausted at the time of the main battle, so Jin Wuwei's cavalry was pulled to use it on the blade.

chased all the way, and the thieves hugged their heads and ran away, but they did not flee west across the Yellow River as Zhou Yuji and others expected, but went directly east from Pingyang Mansion (Linfen) into the mountains to Lu'an Mansion (Changzhi) to find Liu Fangliang to rendezvous.

Chasing the past?

Impossible, there is not enough food and grass, the military strength is thin, coupled with the lack of combat experience of Jin Wuwei, and the front is deep mountains and old forests, which may be ambushed at any time, so he was ordered to stand by in Pingyang Mansion.

Then with Chang Yu returning to Beijing, Zhou Yuji regained military power and discussed with the generals, and withdrew most of the other three guards of Jinwu, the main reason was that there was no order from above, the advance and retreat were unknown, and Pingyang Mansion could not afford so much military rations, and it was troublesome and laborious to transport it from Taiyuan, so it was withdrawn to Taiyuan to recuperate.

During the time that Chang Yu left him, Taiyuan City has not changed much, but it is not original, such as the increasing number of refugees, such as the increasing pressure on grain and grass in the city.

Jin King Zhu Xianxuan and Zhou Yuji, Cai Maode and other bigwigs, while raising soldiers to live, while mobilizing refugees to repair the city and dig canals, Kenting to open up wasteland to resume production, while actively raising grain in the city, and at the same time sending people to the surrounding areas to buy grain, but the effect is not good, after all, during the war, the city can raise donations are almost raised, as for the purchase of grain, the surrounding area has been ruined by thieves, you have no food to eat, how can you have spare to sell to you, far to the west and the south are all enemy-occupied areas, the only one can only go to the north Datong, Xuanfu and other places to purchase.

On the south gate, Zhou Yuji and Zhu Xianxuan went to the city early in the morning to blow the wind, looked at the distance and were silent, looking back at the city tower destroyed by the war, full of devastation and shock, as if the night of the war had just happened.

"The lives are ruined, the lives are ruined" Zhou Yuji looked at Zhu Xianxuan, who was screaming against the wall, his brows were furrowed deeply, he looked up at the dark and oppressive sky, and a memorable face appeared in his mind, what was he doing when he returned to Beijing? Why is there no news, will you come back to fight with me?

At the same time, in a quiet and elegant courtyard in the palace of King Jin, a beautiful woman stood under a tree and looked up at the cloudy sky, looking through the autumn water.

"He's not coming back"

At noon, Zhu Xianxuan sighed: "The Jinyi Guard and the Ming Office of the East Factory in Taiyuan City have all been withdrawn, and some prisoners of war have been taken away."

Zhou Yuji paused: "But Jin Wuwei didn't leave!" ”

Zhu Xianxuan looked dazed: "That's a matter of the imperial court, maybe it's useless."

"It should be about to enter the mountain:" Zhou Yuji took the wine glass and drank it all, although it was a time of exhaustion, but the thief army was not, and after a big defeat, it was the army's unstable heart, if you can take the opportunity to encircle and annihilate it, you may be able to succeed in one fell swoop! ”

"What General Zhou means is that the imperial court will send men and horses south to snipe head-on, and order you to enter from the west and east to block the back road of the thieves, and then ......" Zhu Xianxuan said and made a gesture of clasping his palms.

Zhou Yuji nodded slightly: "If this is the case, it is very likely that he will lead the enemy head-on" A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he spoke: "Does the prince know why the last general likes to fight with him?" ”

"Chang Yu once said that he admires you very much, could it be that General Zhou likes this feeling of being worshipped?" Zhu Xianxuan wondered.

Zhou Yuji shook his head: "Without him, just because it is enjoyable, it is especially enjoyable to fight with him."

It's not just enjoyable, it's just enjoyable! On the small martial arts training ground in the backyard of the Dongchang Yamen, Chang Yu breathed heavily, sweated on his forehead, and his face was a little bruised, but with satisfaction, he looked at Wu Zhong, who was also gasping for breath opposite, and smiled: "If it weren't for the hand injury that hasn't healed, you'll bow down in minutes."

Moreover, Wu Zhong vomited blood: "If you weren't that kind of scoundrel fighter, ten of you would have been carried out long ago."

It is said that these two people got up early and practiced in the morning, and they were safe and sound at first, but who knew that they would not like each other when they practiced, and then they had to compete.

Both of them are not good at stubble, a mixed martial arts master, a bajiquan master, as soon as they move, they are not the ones who said before, they move to defeat the enemy, and their subordinates are ruthless.

Wu Zhong is burly and powerful, coupled with the eight-pole boxing method that has just reached the yang's big opening and closing, and after he is a famous master, he forced Chang Yu to be embarrassed in more than ten rounds.

He is the first fierce opponent Chang Yu encountered when he crossed over, the two are not the same level according to their physique, but they don't want to go up and down according to their strength, and Chang Yu's hand injury is not at the peak of his strength, and it is normal for him to be forced by Wu Zhong.

However, Chang Yu is the kind of person who is born not to admit defeat, the innate belligerent factor in his blood, the stronger the opponent, the more excited he is, and he can't beat Wu Zhong when he stands, so he lies down and fights.

So whenever he couldn't stop it, he directly used ground tactics, so that Wu Zhong was about to be driven crazy later, and there was a shadow when he saw Chang Yu close to him, because he knew that as long as he was entangled in the ground by this guy, he would be 100% locked inexplicably.

"Two masters, breakfast is ready, can you eat it now?" Just when the two of them were dissatisfied with each other and wanted to play another game, Fang San came over.

Breakfast is over, it's still early, Chang Yu plans to leave Beijing today, the matter at hand has basically been resolved, and there are people who are handling the things that have not yet been solved, such as military rations, the twelve Taibao have been preparing for him all night, for example, Tang Tong rushed back to Changping overnight to transfer people, and now he is still waiting for one thing.

Chongzhen personally did it for him.

That is, can the Shenji Battalion be taken away? He's still waiting for news.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen may be discussing this matter with the ministers of the early dynasty, and Chang Yu, who has nothing to do, decided to go to the grass fence to watch the eunuchs' morning exercises, and decided to invite Wu Zhong to observe together.

"In the future, if you make contributions with this governor, getting an official and a half-position can be regarded as a glorious lintel, which is hundreds of times better than you being an unsightly killer."

Wu Zhong nodded heavily: "Thank you Lord for giving me this opportunity, I am grateful to my humble, and I want to be a person, otherwise I would have escaped yesterday."

"Get out?" Chang Yu smiled: "You should be the governor of this yamen is a spring building, you can leave if you want, come if you want?" ”

Wu Zhong looked arrogant, and said with some disdain: "Although this yamen is heavily guarded, and there are a few good hands, there is not a single one who can go through five moves under the humble hands, and no one can stop him if he wants to leave."

Hahaha, Chang Yuxiao's tears are about to come out: "If your martial arts are high, you are awesome" and then his face turned correct: "Bet no, you go out of this back house and walk to the mouth of Dongchang Hutong, if you are still healthy and your head is still there, this governor will recognize you as the master."

Wu Zhong was stunned, then raised his eyebrows, and looked out of the door, but suddenly found that so many knives and axes appeared from nowhere, all of them were fierce and vicious, looking at him provocatively.

No matter how high the martial arts are, they are afraid of kitchen knives, not to mention that the guys in the hands of these people are much faster than kitchen knives......

At this time, a chill rose from the soles of my feet, and I couldn't help but shiver, but I still said stiffly: "If I have a knife in my hand......"

"You can give it a try!" Chang Yu smiled again, snapped his fingers, and suddenly another group of people poured out, all with strong crossbows in their hands, and some with firearms.

Wu Zhong was silent.

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