But fortunately, this situation only lasted for a while, it came and went quickly, and Li Guo and the others quickly stood firm. Everyone looked at each other, and then a word came out: Earth Dragon turned over!

"Damn, my God, this is not going to give you a way to live!" Gao Yigong couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

Li Dingguo suddenly followed and said, "It's raining!" ”

Sure enough, the occasional drop by drop of rain had already begun to fall, and it didn't take much time for the raindrops to begin to get denser and denser, and it was clear that a heavy rain was coming.

"Fucking thief!" Seeing this, Li Guo couldn't help but scold, and then said to the others, "Take advantage of this time, let's hurry up, it's dawn when we turn back, the cavalry is active, but it's not easy to go!" ”

After he finished speaking, a group of people hurriedly began to flee again, regardless of fatigue.

Almost at the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also felt the turning of the earth dragon on the side of the Chinese military tent, but fortunately, he was camped in the wild, and he was basically not affected by the turn of the earth dragon. This is also the first time he encountered it in ancient times, compared to the earth dragon turned over he experienced in later generations, this is really pediatric, it should not be a major earthquake. Therefore, he didn't care either.

When I got out of the Chinese military tent, I found that it was going to start raining. It just so happened that Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, rushed over because the earth dragon turned over, and Emperor Chongzhen saw that he looked tired, and knew that he probably didn't have much rest last night, and was busy arresting the thieves, so he asked casually: "What's the situation?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the cavalry has been divided into two parts, taking turns to hunt down the fleeing thieves. When it was getting dark just now, Bu Jun also rejoined the search team. Chen Qiyu hurriedly replied, "At present, more than 56,000 thieves have been captured. There are cavalry raids, and the remaining thieves will definitely not be able to escape. It is estimated that in two more days, there should be no need to wait for the peripheral troops, and it will be almost cleared! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was still satisfied, he nodded and asked, "How many of those bandit leaders have been caught?" ”

"Most of the bandit leaders caught so far are mid- and low-level leaders in the bandit team. However, there are too many people, and there is no time to sort it out for the time being, so there should be a lot of people who have not been sorted out. Chen Qiyu said skillfully, "But the battlefield is chaotic, and there must be some bandit leaders who have not been caught." Weichen must dispatch troops to chase and intercept all the thieves, this time, the emperor has laid a net of heaven and earth, they will definitely not be able to escape! ”

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen also nodded, and when he saw the rain falling, he entered the Chinese military tent, and said at the same time: "It's also a loss to the weather that is still the end of August, otherwise, this heavy rain will freeze to the soldiers!" ”

"Your Majesty's concern for the soldiers is really a blessing for the soldiers." Chen Qiyu, who followed up, said sincerely, "It's also a loss to Your Majesty, otherwise if the earth dragon turns over just now, then things will be a lot of trouble!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but smile, he wouldn't believe this, the earth dragon turned over or not, and it had nothing to do with him.

Suddenly remembering something, he turned around and explained: "By the way, there are still about 50,000 thieves fleeing outside Nanyang City, and the most important thing is that Zuo Mengeng must be caught!" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen has already sent a cavalry army to search for it last night." When Chen Qiyu heard this, he hurriedly replied.

Emperor Chongzhen has explained that he wants to cut his son with a thousand knives in front of Zuo Liangyu, so that he can taste the taste of the destruction of the people's families. Therefore, he has long been concerned about Zuo Menggeng's arrest.

Sitting back on the throne, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and then asked Chen Qiyu again: "How is the grain and grass situation?" ”

After all, eavesdropping seeds can only convey what Chen Qiyu heard, or what he said himself, as for what he saw, he would not feedback through eavesdropping seeds. Ask in person to get a more detailed picture of the situation.

As soon as he heard this, Chen Qiyu's face became stern, and he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the grain and grass carried by the Weichen army can only be used for ten days, and if the thief's rations are added, even if the gruel is only given once a day, I am afraid that it will only support five or six days at most." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then remembered something, so he added: "These grains are still urged by Weichen from the vassal kings' mansions in various places at the behest of His Majesty, and the food supply in Jiangnan and other places has only been received once so far. Wechen was busy with military affairs, so he didn't have time to carefully investigate the delivery of grain and grass. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his face became stern. Although the thieves have been defeated and so many have been caught, the key to solving the thieves is to have food. Otherwise, even if you kill these thieves, other people will become thieves.

So, he immediately instructed Chen Qiyu to immediately send someone to investigate the matter of this grain.

By this time, it was already raining heavily. However, Chen Qiyu did not hesitate, and immediately after receiving the order, he went out of the Chinese military tent and hurriedly arranged the emperor's will.

However, not long after, I saw Chen Qiyu, who was drenched in the corners of his official robe, return, and after entering the Chinese military tent in a hurry and panic, he played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the previous earth dragon turned over, Nanyang City was seriously damaged, and many houses collapsed!" ”

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How is the disaster?" ”

As soon as he finished asking, he felt that Chen Qiyu had not seen it on the spot, and he probably couldn't say it clearly. Thinking of the earthquake he experienced in the afterlife, he didn't say a word, and immediately strode out, and at the same time preached: "Prepare the horse, I want to go back to Nanyang City to have a look." ”

"Your Majesty, it's raining heavily outside!" When Chen Qiyu saw it, he said a little worriedly. Even if there is a poncho, but the rain is too big, it is estimated that when he arrives in Nanyang City, the emperor will get wet.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't stop because of this, and said to Chen Qiyu as he walked out: "This little rain is nothing, I will hand over this place to Chen Qing, and continue to hunt down the thieves." ”

By the time he said this, he had already left the Chinese military tent.

Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard who hurriedly followed, hurriedly put on a poncho for the emperor, but the rain was indeed a bit heavy, and the poncho was actually useless.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen simply pushed the poncho, turned over on the horse, and said, "Go, go back to Nanyang!" ”

Now there are still many thieves outside, although the official army is searching, but also be careful, a cavalry army of 2,000 people escorted the emperor before and after, and immediately braved the heavy rain, and hurried to Nanyang City.

Besides, Li Guo fled with Li Dingguo and others, however, there were teams of imperial court cavalry everywhere, whistling past from time to time, and as long as they saw someone, they would surround them. Therefore, Li Guo and others had an extremely difficult escape.

Thanks to them, these people are all experienced in fugitives, and they are hiding, but they are not discovered.

However, Li Guo was not optimistic, and took the opportunity to hide and whispered: "The cavalry has delayed our escape to the greatest extent, and if the infantry army searches for us, it will not be so easy for us to hide." Therefore, we must flee as soon as possible to avoid being overtaken by the infantry army! ”

He was right, and everyone else nodded.

At this moment, Gao Yigong, who was suddenly in charge of monitoring, shouted in a low voice: "Silence, a large group of cavalry is coming." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly lowered their bodies and hid.

Sure enough, after a while, they heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves rolling in, but without noticing them, they galloped over the official road not far from them.

"Damn, why are there so many cavalry this time?" Li Laiheng peeked at the cavalry in the distance, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice and guessed, "It can't be that the brigade of volunteers was discovered and arrested, right?" ”

In the past, the imperial cavalry was mostly one or two hundred in a team, scattered around to search for them. And just now, there were about 2,000 cavalry troops, so Li Laiheng said this.

This time, it was Li Dingguo who replied to him: "No, it seems to be guarding some important person!" I peeked at it just now, and there is no older one in the middle, it shouldn't be Chen Qiyu's dog official, I guess ......"

Before he could say it, Liu Wenxiu said in surprise: "Could it be the dog emperor?" ”

Hearing his words, Li Dingguo nodded and said, "That's what I think. ”

"When you say that, I think about it now, it's true, there are still Jinyi guards in it!" Li Guo also nodded in agreement, "It should be the dog emperor!" Otherwise, there would not have been more than 2,000 cavalry escorts. ”

Speaking of this, he said with a little surprise: "This dog emperor is in a hurry in the rain, what is it that is so anxious?" It's impossible, it's for the early morning earth dragon to turn over, right? ”

"Of course, the Dog Emperor can't care so much about the lives of the people!" Gao Yigong also spoke, "But don't forget, there is a Tang King over there in Nanyang." He must care about King Tang, after all, it's their own surname Zhu! ”

Hearing this, everyone thought that this was the reason. They cursed the Dog Emperor one after another, and then, under the leadership of Li Guo, they secretly hurried back on their way.

At this time, they have to thank the heavy rain, although it caused them inconvenience, but it also caused inconvenience to the cavalry search.

It took more than an hour for Emperor Chongzhen to rush outside Nanyang City.

The thieves here have long since dispersed, and the fire camp left by various thieves outside the city can also be seen that there were countless people gathered here before. The corpses outside the city should have been cleaned up as soon as possible yesterday, but there was still a faint smell of corpses.

The cavalry rushed over, and the defenders at the head of the city had already been alarmed.

Seeing the Jinyi guards huddled, he knew that it must be the emperor, and hurriedly came over to meet the driver.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw the generals coming from Nanyang City, he didn't stop, and while driving his horse to the city, he asked first: "This morning, Dilong turned over, how is the disaster relief situation in the city?" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the Tang Palace's Mansion is fine!" When the general heard this, he hurriedly said.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, but after waiting for a while, there was no follow-up, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look at him, frowned and asked, "What about the others?" ”

"Other ......" When the general heard this, he was slightly stunned, came back to his senses, and hurriedly added: "The mansions of the adults in the city are only damaged at most, and the people are basically fine, Your Majesty does not need to worry!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he finally understood that daring to love was a matter for the common people, and it didn't exist here at all.

Thinking like this, he became a little angry, and his voice was a little louder: "I asked how the people of Nanyang were?" ”

After finishing speaking, he clamped his legs, drove the horse away, and entered the house to see the situation.

When the general heard this, he was a little dumbfounded, he really didn't expect that the emperor would care so much about the affairs of the people!

The heavy rain had been falling all morning, and by this time it had slowly subsided.

Entering the city, Emperor Chongzhen saw at a glance that many houses in Nanyang City were collapsing. At first glance, you can tell that it is a bungalow, mud wall and the like.

Obviously, these houses are simple enough to live in, and nothing else. Therefore, although the magnitude of the earthquake was not high, many of them collapsed. And those wealthy mansions have few collapsed.

On the side of Nanyang City, during the Zhengde period, there were five or six consecutive earthquakes, almost once every one or two years. Therefore, it is likely that after that, the wealthy also paid attention to the sturdiness of the house.

In the collapsed houses, at a glance, you can see the poor people in Nanyang City, busy in the ruins of their own houses, digging with their hands, moving hard, maybe digging people, or looking for their own belongings.

In some ruins, there are still people crying holding the corpses of their relatives, and some are injured, without exception, all in the rain.

Emperor Chongzhen just glanced at it, but he didn't find that there were officials and soldiers helping, and it was the people themselves who were saving people.

Seeing this, he was a little angry. There are many collapsed houses in Nanyang City, and in the early morning, when the sky is just dawning, the earthquake must have buried many people inside. How can it be too late to rely on people who have escaped from their own homes to save their relatives?

At this moment, I saw a bunch of civil and military officials hugging over, and the person headed by was the young Tang King. Apparently I got the news and rushed to pick it up.

While they were saluting, they were worried about the dragon body, and they asked the emperor to go to the Tang Palace's palace to change clothes and keep warm.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them coldly, and found that in their eyes, he didn't even glance at the ruins on both sides of the street.

He sat on his horse, looked down at them, and suddenly exclaimed, "Are you blind to this calamity?" The people are in urgent need of manpower to rescue, can you lend a hand? ”

Hearing this, the governor of Nanyang was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, if you don't save your ministers, you really don't have the manpower to save it." The people who can use it have already been sent out to the city to hunt down the thieves! ”

"What about you?" Emperor Chongzhen angrily pointed at them and shouted, "The servant is holding an umbrella, is he still drinking and having fun before he comes to see me?" Do you have the heart to be a parent? ”

When he said this, he naturally saw that these people must have been having a feast before they came. If it doesn't work, it is to celebrate the liberation of Nanyang, and they persevered until the arrival of the emperor, and they have done a great job.

"If you don't make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes!" Emperor Chongzhen stared at the governor of Nanyang, and snorted coldly: "Come on, take off his black gauze hat!" ”