In the night, a fiery dragon was still in the wilderness west of the Grand Canal, rolling forward.

The terrain around Wuqing in Tianjin is a bit similar to that of the south, with many rivers and streams and scattered water networks, which is not conducive to cavalry operations. The official road is not straight, but winds along the river stream, and from time to time there is a bridge.

For Zhu Cihong, who ran away, such terrain was very favorable, as long as a wooden bridge was removed, he could temporarily block the landlubber chasing soldiers from the west - of course, most of the streams on this side of Tianjin were not deep and could be crossed.

The area around Wang Qingtuo is also a very "southern" terrain, twenty or thirty miles away to the east is a canal, called the Lu River, and seven or eight miles away to the south is actually a big lake, called the Triangle Lake. More than ten miles to the west is the Lugou River, which is basically a terrain surrounded by water on three sides. The official road leading from Wang Qingtuo to the Tianjin Acropolis had to pass through a narrow passage between the Triangle Lake and the Lu River (canal...... After passing through, you have to cross the Wei River (not the Wei River leading to the sea, but the canal to the south), and finally you can reach the Tianjin Acropolis.

Therefore, from the perspective of military common sense, Chongzhen's father and son who ran out of Beijing City and the army that escorted them, as long as they arrived at Wang Qingtuo, were basically stable.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong was so tired that he vomited blood tonight, and he must bring the fleeing team into Wang Qingtuo's fortress.

Only when he arrived at Wang Qingtuo did Zhu Cihong dare to sleep beautifully, and then went to Tianjin Wei. When the brigade arrived in Tianjin, it converged with Shen Tingyang and Su Guansheng's sea boats, which was the real dragon entering the East China Sea and the tiger returning to Nanshan.

Under Zhu Cihong's urging, the fleeing brigade also raised its last spirit and advanced at the speed of a rapid march. Everyone walked sweaty, but their footsteps did not mean to stop at all.

Zhu Cihong himself was also driving in on foot, he had already taken off his armor, he was holding a crutch in his hand, and his calf was tied up with a circle of linen, called "leggings", which was a trick he learned when he participated in military training when he was a teenager. It is said to reduce the likelihood of leg injuries during the march, reduce the feeling of fatigue in the legs, and enhance the ability to march on foot. Wu Sanmei also followed Zhu Cihong's example, and also tied her leggings, and followed Zhu Cihong loyally. However, she didn't have crutches, and she still pulled the reins in one hand, and led two well-equipped war horses - this was for herself and Zhu Cihong. If anything, she would ride away with Zhu Cihong!

Around the two of them were all soldiers, all officers and soldiers of the Dragoon Battalion, the Tiger Guard Battalion, and the East Palace Guard Battalion who had taken off their armor. They all carried torches and saw His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujun of the Ming Dynasty measuring the official road to the south with their feet foot by foot. Everyone has a little more admiration for this down-to-earth prince in their hearts.

This prince really eats and walks with the big guys! And a lot of money is given to everyone, and "white strips" (the holy decree of giving land and discussing merit) are really sharing weal and woe!

The prince is like this, who will complain about being tired? What is the identity of the big guy? Is it more noble than the prince?

But he didn't know anyone. Zhu Cihong was already so tired that he was crying bitterly in his heart, but in front of everyone, he still had to pretend to be high-spirited, and when people's eyes came over, he had to wave his hand and say a few encouraging words in the tone of a fearless reactionary.

"Brothers, follow this palace, there will be land, and there will be a lady!"

Although it was a very simple truth, it still lifted the spirits of the exhausted warriors. In the team, shouts of harmony will be heard from time to time.

"Chitose Ye treats us as brothers!"

"With Chitose here, Daming will definitely be prosperous!"

"Chitose Lord and we share weal and woe, let's fight for Chitose Ye to fight the world with our lives!"

"Chitose Lord is Mingjun, Da Ming has saved ......"

Hearing such a response, Zhu Cihong's fatigue, as well as the pain on his buttocks, inner thighs, and blistered feet, all suddenly alleviated a lot. He thought to himself: The journey from Beijing to Dagukou in Tianjin is only more than 300 miles, which is nothing compared to the 25,000-mile Long March! How can I not walk?

The carriage shared by Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou was not far behind Zhu Cihong, and Cao Huachun, who had rushed from Wang Qingtuo with Zhu Cihong, restrained the horse and walked on the side of the carriage - now in addition to Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, Empress Dowager Zhang, and Li Xuanshi, there were some other elderly officials and family members who could not walk, or wounded soldiers who were wounded in small-scale cavalry battles, were carried forward by carriages. The others were all like Zhu Cihong and walked forward.

The reason for this is not entirely to share the joys and sorrows, but to allow the horses to rest.

This way out, a rapid march of 100 or dozens of miles, is not only a test of manpower, but also a great consumption of horsepower. Now I can enter Wang Qingtuo to rest, so I will save it as much as possible.

Of course...... Zhu Cihong's show is also there!

Now that Zhu Cihong's crown prince authority has been discounted, he has to rely on a show to boost his popularity. In these years, the highest level of great man's show is to undress and push food, and to share weal and woe. Zhu Cihong's previous life was a little person who climbed up from the bottom, how could there be anything that he couldn't put down?

It's just that his actions are very unusual in the eyes of Chongzhen on the carriage and Cao Huachun, who was waiting on the side of the carriage.

Did this prince really grow up in the deep palace? How can the heroic means of winning people's hearts play so well? Which lecturer taught him?

"Your Majesty, the concubine said something that shouldn't be said, Cihong, this kid is really a bit of a Taizu and an ancestor!"

In the eyes of Zhou Hou, his son Zhu Cihong is of course the best son in the world! Without this son, her life would have been given away by now! The husband may be able to run away alone, or he may have died his ancestors. How can you go to Jiangnan home to live a good life now?

In her opinion, when she arrives in Jiangnan, her husband will leave everything to her son and leave it to her son......

Chongzhen snorted, and asked rhetorically: "Is the old emperor still crying?" ”

The old emperor he said refers to Zhou Kui, the national abbot. Old man Zhou pit all the silver for his grandson, and he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so he was left to cry. Crying all the way, that's a heartbreak! But no one sympathizes with him, not even his daughter Zhou Hou doesn't sympathize with him. Emperor Chongzhen was even a little gloating, he, the emperor, fell to this step, in the final analysis, it wasn't that Zhou Kui's royal relatives refused to take some money to save the country when the national disaster was leading?

This country is not Emperor Chongzhen's family, their royal relatives and a group of vassal royal clans also have a share, why do they not pull out a dime, and let their own Ming monarch take the blame? Now it's all up to the prince, right? Deserve!

Zhou Hou was asked by Chongzhen, and he also sighed quietly: "Cihong, this kid is indeed a little ruthless, why should he leave a little silver for his grandfather......"

"It's good to keep your life alive!" Emperor Chongzhen deliberately raised his voice so that Gonggong Cao, who was walking with the carriage, could also hear, "It is said that Cihong acts like Taizu and Chengzu, but who is Taizu Chengzu?" Can the eyes soften the sand? can accommodate the group of nobles, royal relatives, officials and ...... who are greedy for I don't know how much silver Waiter? ”

Cao Huachun heard Chongzhen mention the "inner servant", and his body was trembling. He now knows about Zhu Cihong's "palace mutiny and usurpation of power" and the killing of dozens of people such as Zhang Jinyan, Xiang Yu, Liang Zhaoyang, Zhou Zhong, Wei Xuelian, and Qian Weikun outside the noon gate, and he also killed Shaozhan Zhiyu with his own hands...... It's so cruel when you're only sixteen years old, and when you grow up, you can pay it back?

Just when Gonggong Cao was frightened by the cruelty of the crown prince, Zhu Cihong's somewhat hoarse voice suddenly came from in front of him: "Father, mother, Wang Qingtuo has arrived!" We're out of the cracks! ”