At this moment, a row of uniformly dressed soldiers standing on the shore saw a fleet approaching, so they hurriedly ran to the Manchu Quang Ninh Wei General Soldier who was sitting in the tent and waiting: Zu Dale, and reported, "Lord Qiyu General Soldier, there are ships suspected of being North Korean troops approaching this side?" ”

After hearing the news, he was so excited that the Manchu Qing Guangning Guard's general soldiers jumped up, walked to the tent, came to the shore and took a look, and sure enough, they saw a large number of ships, with many (red, blue, and black) three-color tooth flags planted on them, confirming that they were Lee's Korean army.

The Manchu Guangning Guard was immediately on the shore and ordered a formation to greet the Korean soldiers Cao Wuxuansi and other generals, and then led them south with the army.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Ming army stationed in Daxing Fort and Dafu Fort were standing listlessly, and a few soldiers whispered, "I don't know what Commander Wei and Qianhu think?" He actually sent us to guard this place where birds don't lay eggs! This is not as fun as Tashanwei and Ning Yuanzhongzuo Beiyu Qianhu! ”

The soldier standing guard next to him bit a piece of grass and said, "Not really! There is nothing in this place, and there is some game outside the city, is it possible that the Mongols in Monan are still afraid that they will come to occupy this place? ”

The generals in the castle were even more bored, and even played with the soldiers to bet on the size of the bet, and they took it out and bet in front of the soldiers to make people gamble on silver, and the idle soldiers also wanted to try their luck to get a handful of bets.

At first, it was just a few people playing in the fortress room, but later more and more soldiers came to join in the fun and bet on it.

In this way, the city defense was instantly emptied! The fog gradually lifted in the sky, and a flock of birds in the woods outside the city also called and flew away, everything seemed extraordinarily quiet, except for the soldiers in the two castles who were shouting "I bet big, big!" ”

Just as the soldiers were immersed in entertainment, something resembling fire flew in the distance from outside the city? It was so fast that it pierced the throats of the soldiers standing guard at the castle, causing him to fall slowly.

There is still a sound around the castle? Since there were only four soldiers standing guard on the castle, there were now three soldiers left, and one of them seemed to hear something? He clenched his spear nervously and moved slowly towards the castle.

Before he could see anything? He was beheaded and fell to the ground by a Karaqin soldier who climbed and jumped onto the castle wearing armor and cut off his head with a scimitar, and the Karaqin soldier caught the spear to prevent it from making a sound.

But he was still discovered by the Ming army in the battlements in the distance, and he shouted, "What person?" ”

He was killed by the rest of the Karaqin soldiers who climbed up from behind covering their mouths and stabbing them, and the Karaqin Jianchang Daru Huachi under the city looked up at the Monan Mongolian warriors who were constantly climbing up, and he was very happy in his heart and grabbed a rope to climb to the castle.

Before they knew it, the Karaqin soldiers quickly broke through the castle and entered the city, and they gathered around the door to listen to the noise inside, which was very pleasant.

Seeing this, the Karaqin Jianchang Daru Huachi immediately signaled the soldiers to take out the crossbow arrow stand and shoot the Ming army, and after the crossbow arrow was fired, the Karaqin soldiers raised their knives and rushed in to kill the resisting Ming army.

On the other side, the Ming army ships going south also arrived at the boundary of Nanzhili Yingtianfu, and Prince Mingfu and Prince Chongyin of Ming, the county lord of Ming Tai'an and others disembarked one after another and came to the outside of Nanjing.

Standing under the city and looking up at the Nanjing City with many banners, Wu Junzhen felt very magnificent, and he couldn't help but point to the city gate sign and read, "Nanjing City, I didn't expect this city to be very domineering." ”

Liu Ruilin and Yao Qiuyue behind him also came on foot, and before Wu Junzhen could ask, groups of Ming troops holding the Sifang Flag, the Tooth Flag, the Tiger and Leopard Flag, the Vermilion Bird Banner and the Commander's Banner of the Three Armies walked over to this side.

Ma Wei took a closer look at the armor and classes of this army; Ningbo Wei Qi's army, Taizhou Mansion Ming Army, Shaoxing Mansion spear infantry, Fujian Navy Division, Fujian infantry cavalry, etc., among which the Ming Army next to the commander seems to be the soldiers and horses of the guards of the Chinese Army's Governor's Mansion?

Seeing the army that suddenly appeared in front of them, Wu Junzhen and Liu Ruilin and his party felt a little strange?

The curious Zhu Youlan was supported by the maids and stepped forward and asked, "I don't know why the soldiers and horses of the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion were transferred?" ”

Riding a tall horse, the secretary of the military department of Mingnan Zhili: Shi Kefa, after a glance at her, felt that the identity of the group behind her was different, so he briskly introduced, "We are on the Northern Expedition at the behest of the imperial court, I don't know who the girl is?" ”

The maids around her immediately revealed their identities to the generals, and also shook out the Prince Mingfu and Prince Chongyin of the Ming Dynasty together, and learned that it was the royal family who came to the city of Nanjing, and was shocked that the Ming Nanzhili Military Department Shangshu hurriedly ordered the generals of the rear team to dismount together, walked up on foot and half-knelt and saluted, "Nanzhili Military Department Shangshu and the generals will meet His Royal Highness Prince Fu, His Royal Highness the County Lord, and His Royal Highness the Prince, come and rest in the city quickly." ”

When receiving the clans into the city, Ma Wei quickly took Wu Junzhen, Liu Ruilin and others to visit Lord Shi Shangshu, and asked them to join King Qin's army and go north with them.

This move was originally rejected, but after all, they were people related to the clan, and the Shangshu of the Ming Nan Zhili Military Department thought about it for a while before nodding in agreement.

But Prince Mingfu and Zhu Youlan learned that Wu Junzhen didn't aim to stay in Yingtianfu? Rather, you want to participate in the division of King Qin? I was a little surprised! However, His Royal Highness Prince Fu has already come to Yingtianfu Nanjing City to accompany the capital of the garrison, and there is no need for any manpower protection at present, it is enough to have the general guard of Mingtong Pass! So after some chatting, he said goodbye to them and went to the city, leaving Zhu Youlan standing in place and looking reluctant to Wu Junzhen.

This made Yao Qiuyue hate in her eyes, she hated this very much, so she kept kicking her feet next to her (jealous!). ）

Zhu Youlan, who was at a loss, asked shyly, "Wu Gongzi, do you really want to go north?" Wu Junzhen replied hesitantly, "Well, yes, His Royal Highness the County Lord, the last general has sent you to a safe place, don't worry about danger in the future, stay here!" When the war is settled, I will go back to Tai'an. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhu Youlan was even more worried, she held back the excitement in her heart and said a word?

I saw her open her mouth and say, "Since Wu Gongzi is determined to go north, then please accept this gift!" As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Youlan took out a jade pendant from the jade belt around her waist and handed it to Wu Junzhen.

He looked at this jade pendant engraved with two phoenixes playing in the water, and hurriedly refused: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the county lord, for your love, it's just that this phoenix jade pendant is an ornament that can only be worn by people from the clan, how dare you trespass in the end!" He also asked His Royal Highness the county lord to retract his order. ”

It's a pity that Zhu Youlan didn't dare to accept the gift she sent, so she had to take back the jade pendant and continued, "Since Gongzi Wu refuses to accept the jade pendant, then please promise the county lord one thing?" ”

When Wu Junzhen heard this, he thought it was a big deal? He was a little nervous! Who knew that the next moment, Zhu Youlan said: "Please kill a few more rogues for the county lord to comfort the soul of my father in the sky." After saying that, Zhu Youlan turned around.

Wu Junzhen, who got up to receive the order, said goodbye to His Royal Highness the county lord and Ma Wei and Liu Ruilin, they set off with the division of King Qin, and when Wu Junzhen walked away, Zhu Youlan slowly turned around and looked at his back, seeing the infatuation of His Royal Highness the county lord, the general soldier of Ming Fujian who rode over on horseback sighed: "It's really embarrassing for her!" ”

In this way, all the divisions of the southern Qin Wang gathered the team to go north, Prince Mingfu was inconvenient to live in Nanjing City because he was a vassal king, so he had to move to Shangyuan County, and Prince Minglu Min was in Wuxi County, Changzhou Prefecture, all day long.

On the other side, the governor of Ming Jiliao, who had already left the Shanhaiwei Pass: Wang Yongji, immediately sent a herald to rush to the Ningyuan Acropolis to deliver the decree, and the Ming Ningyuan Guard General who received the letter in the Wei command post: Wu Sangui, after checking the letter, he looked anxious?

The curious Ming Ning Yuanwei general next to him: Yang Kun, hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Lord Wu, what is written in this letter?" Why do you look so pale...! ”

The general soldier of Mingning Yuanwei hurriedly turned around and did not speak, but handed the letter to General Mingning Yuanwei, and he was surprised when he took the letter and read it! Hurriedly asked, "Lord Wu, this Governor of Jiliao actually asked us to give up Ning Yuanwei and withdraw our troops to go back to Gongwei Jingshi?" Could this be the will of the imperial court? Where do we go from here? Please also ask General Wu to send down. ”

I saw that the general soldiers of the Mingning Yuanwei closed their eyes, lowered their heads and were silent for a while, before they opened their eyes and said, "Immediately order the soldiers and horses, the commander wants to protect the people to retreat south, we are the soldiers and horses of the imperial court and cannot disobey the holy order, since Your Majesty let us go back, then we have to make some preparations, first protect the people from retreating south into Guangning's front guards." ”

After all, the imperial court conferred the title of Wu Sangui (Earl of Pingxi), so that he had no reason not to enter the king of Jingqin, but the generals still had a question? That is, under the rule of Ning Yuanwei, Ningyuan Zhongyou Imperial Thousand Households, Guangning Central Reserve Imperial Thousand Households, and Linmu Chong Fort, Shaheer Fort, Changling Mountain Fort, Baitayu Fort, Xingshui County Fort, Zhai'er Mountain Fort, Xiaotuanshan Fort, Jinchuan Camp Fort, Xianling Temple Fort, Heizhuang Wo Fort, Gaotai Fort, Pingchuan Camp Fort, Sanshan Camp Fort, what to do with the soldiers and horses of these 13 castles? If all of them are withdrawn, then it is equivalent to giving them to Dongyu Jiannu for nothing, and if they are not withdrawn, then Dongyu Jiannu will also take the opportunity to attack, which has a greater impact! If you don't do it, you will sneak attack their rear, causing the Guanning Iron Cavalry to not be able to go south smoothly.

In this regard, the general soldier of the Ming Ning Yuan Guard thought carefully for a while and said, "This commander has also thought about it, we only need to leave the garrisons of the two places of Ningyuan Central Reserve Imperial Thousand Households and Guangning Central Reserve Imperial Thousand Households, firstly, there are still troops to contain the Dongyu cavalry, and secondly, there are also Guangning Qiantun guards who can take care of it, but the people must be sent to the pass, so that they can live a stable life!" Otherwise, they will definitely be robbed of food when they come. ”

This decision was unanimously approved by the generals, and the general soldiers of the Mingning Yuanwei did not hesitate to pack up their things and prepare to evacuate.

So the general of Mingning Yuanwei and the deputy chief of Mingning Yuanwei: Hu Shouliang, and the generals walked out of the military tent and ordered the trumpeter to pick up a big rhinoceros horn and blow the horn (woo, woo, woo), and soon batches of well-trained troops ran out of each battalion, arranged in turn according to their ranks.

Under the instructions of the flag waver, the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Ningyuan Guard infantry lined up, the whole scene looked very domineering and magnificent, like a long dragon swinging its body, until the soldiers were lined up, the deputy chief soldier of the Ming Ning Yuanwei did not run to the direction, and the general soldier of the Ming Ning Yuanwei who was walking towards this side reported: "Lord Qiyu General Soldier, all the soldiers of Ning Yuanwei have been arranged and assembled. ”

Then the general soldier of Ming Ning Yuanwei strode to the stage and looked at the soldiers under the stage, and said loudly: "Soldiers, you have been guarding Ning Yuanwei for many years, some are soldiers and military families who have joined the army here for generations, and some are Guanning warriors who followed Ben Shuai and the rest of the generals to the north to fight Donglu and Hulu, and even more are local people from Ning Yuanwei, I know that everyone is a little reluctant to leave their hometown in a hurry!" But today, the imperial court issued a holy decree to entitle Ben Shuai as Ping Xibo, and let Ben Shuai leave Ning Yuanwei with you and go south to enter the king of Jingqin. ”