The soldiers who were half-kneeling with their hands clasped into fists did not dare to answer, but glanced at each other, and the general soldier of the Ming Xuan Mansion, who felt that something was wrong, immediately grabbed the cloth mask on the chest of one of the soldiers and asked, "Tell me quickly, what is the situation?" ”

At this time, the soldier had no choice but to answer honestly: "There is wolf smoke everywhere, I'm afraid the situation is very bad!" As soon as the words fell, I heard footsteps outside the door, and the general soldier of Mingxuan Mansion got up directly and pulled out his saber and stabbed two soldiers to death?

As soon as he drew his saber, the generals around him were shocked! Even Ming Wanquan, who came over, commanded the envoy: Chen Yongqing, who was also panicked! He looked at the two people who fell to the ground, and then pointed to the chief soldier of Mingxuan Mansion and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The general soldier of the Ming Xuan Mansion, who took back the saber, spoke: "These two people are sent by the rogue and spies to be alarmist, and they are now killed!" However, the last general implored him to go to the left guard to check the movements of the enemy, and asked the commander to approve it. ”

It is rare to see a general so loyal, Ming Wanquan commanded the envoy very moved, he agreed directly without saying a word, and entrusted the three soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Left Guard, Xuanfu Right Guard, and Xuanfu Avant-garde to him, and held his hands and said, "Lord Wang, you should be more careful when you go!" In case you encounter a large number of rogue people, don't fight hard, it is important to save your life. ”

Seeing that the commander of the capital made the lord care about himself, this further fueled his ambition, and after drinking a glass of wine, he said goodbye to the commander of Ming Wanquan, but when he just walked out of the door, he met the supervisor of the Ming Xuan Mansion: Du Xun, this person is a red man around His Majesty the Emperor who can speak well, so the general soldier of the Ming Xuan Mansion was a little afraid of this person, so he deliberately lowered his head and pretended to walk down as if nothing happened.

Who knew that the Xuanfu Supervisor stepped forward to stop him and said, "I don't know where Lord Wang is in such a hurry?" Can you tell us? ”

The commander of Ming Wandu in the lobby hurriedly explained: "Oh, Lord Wang, this is leading the army to the battle!" "Hear you're going to go on a campaign? It made the Ming Xuan Mansion supervisor feel that the situation was very bad! I'm afraid this is the rhythm that the rogue is coming? He asked in a low voice, "Does the Governor know about this?" ”

The general soldier of the Ming Xuan Mansion, who was frightened, controlled his emotions and replied, "I was about to look for him!" This is not the overseer, and the army is here. ”

At this moment, the Ming Xuan Mansion supervisor, who was beginning to think about the interests in his heart, decided to go with him to the governor to ask for soldiers, and the Ming Wanquan commander sent them to the capital mansion very happily.

Because the two of them carried the token of the commander of the Ming Wanquan Command, the soldiers did not dare to stop them along the way, and soon entered the hall of the Dushi Mansion, and when they walked on the road, the Ming Xuanfu Supervisor also deliberately asked a question? said: "Dare to ask Mr. Wang, do you think we can defend Wanquan Dusi if the rogue attacks?" ”

Hearing Lord Overseer suddenly ask this, he felt that something must be strange? But he still replied very tactfully: "This will not dare to guess!" But under normal circumstances, our army should be able to hold the Wanquan Division? ”

Feeling that he was not too sure, he pretended to say, "Later, if the governor agrees to go on the expedition, then the prison army will go with the chief soldier, I don't know if it is okay?" The general soldier of the Ming Xuan Mansion who was questioned reluctantly accepted this condition.

Then the two entered the lobby together, and saw the governor of Ming Xuanfu sitting in the hall wearing regular clothes and carefully checking the account books: Zhu Zhifeng, which made them a little scared, and the two saluted in unison, "The last general, see the governor, now that the rogue is approaching Wanquan Dusi, the last general implores the governor to give the governor the right to let the last general send troops to resist the rogue to defend Xuanfu Town.... ”

Before the words were finished, the governor of the Ming Xuanfu readily agreed, and granted the soldier talisman to order him to immediately lead the troops to the expedition and asked to drive the Liukou out of the Wanquan Division, in case of emergency, the governor of the Ming Xuanfu also sent someone to contact the Longmen Guard, Longmen Shouyu Qianhusuo, Baoanzhou, Meiyu Shouyu Qianhusuo, Chang'an Shouyu Shouyu, Yanqing Prefecture, Zhenbian City Shouyuyu, Qianhusuo and other places to strengthen the guard, if necessary, send mobile troops to cooperate with the battle.

The chief soldier of the Ming Xuan Mansion who got the soldier talisman was obviously not happy! Because there is a fart worm (Du Xun) next to him to supervise, and there are soldiers and horses mobilized by the governor behind him, so he is very helpless, the only thing that makes him happy is that in addition to the Dusi Mansion, the soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town are all his cronies, and now he is also holding the mentality of giving it a try to lead the troops along the Zehe River to Wanquan Zuowei.

I thought there were still some troops in the vicinity to resist? But who knew that along the way, there were many people who fled with their burdens and carts, and some people even took the opportunity to rob food! Seeing that the general soldiers of the Ming Xuanfu were very embarrassed, an old man saw that the Ming army was coming, so he stepped forward and complained, "This officer! You're finally here, please call the shots for us! The rogues invaded our village, and although they did not steal food, they conscripted soldiers and dignitaries! The decrepit eldest son was dragged by them to serve as a soldier, but he was shot by the Ming army that night, and the second son was dragged by them to transport grain, but was whipped to death? The rest of the villagers also have a lot of * arbitrarily occupied by the rogues, we can't stand it anymore and run out, please ask the military master to make the decision for me! ”

Seeing that the old man took the lead in complaining, the fleeing people also knelt down and prayed for the Ming army to repel the Liukou, which made the general soldiers of the Ming Xuanfu feel very stressed, and he asked, "I don't know how many troops the Liukou have come this time?" ”

A few young students replied, "About tens of thousands?" But some of the women next to her said, "More than that!" That pennant is everywhere, it should not be less than 100,000 people? ”

Hearing the constant change in the number of people, the general army of the Ming Xuan Mansion was really frightened, and the accompanying Ming Xuan Mansion supervisor stepped forward and said, "Folks, don't be nervous, go to the capital along the river!" Don't worry about the rogues that we will be able to eliminate. ”

After persuading the people to retreat, the Ming Xuan Mansion supervisor comforted the general soldiers of the Ming Xuan Mansion and ordered to camp on the spot, but in order to find out the details of the Liukou soldiers? The Ming Xuanfu Supervisor still planned to take advantage of the night to quietly approach the nearby Liukou army to understand the situation, and at the moment he only sent a probe horse to Wanquan Right Guard, Wanquan Left Guard, and Huai'an Wei to probe the mouth.

In addition, the southern Qinwang's division, the Ming Fujian General Army and the Ming Fujian Xingdu Commander, as well as the Zhejiang Chengxuan Political Division, Ningbo Wei, Taizhou Mansion and other places have also arrived in the vicinity of Fangshan in Nanzhiliying, Tianfu, walking in this place of beautiful mountains and rivers, the Ming generals began to discuss: "This time we will go north and we will do something great!" Commander of Xingdu, what do you think of the combat effectiveness of the Liukou army? ”

He, who had always looked down on the rogue soldiers, glanced at him with contempt and said, "The little rogue is not a problem. Behind him, the commander of the Ming Ningbo Guard: Wei Zhenhui, the Ming Taizhou general: Lu Zhilin, the general of Ming Shaoxing: Guo Dingning, and other generals also laughed out loud.

At this time, the soldiers in the front line of the march suddenly shouted with joy and cheer? Makes the soldiers in the back feel a little strange? The general soldier of Ming Fujian, who was riding a horse, lowered his head and grabbed a soldier and said, "Go and see what's going on?" ”

The soldier hurried over to the front to check the situation, and he found that everyone was pointing to the small hillside in the distance and was surprised? He walked down the hill and looked ahead to see a sign hanging in the distance.

Because it was too far away, it was not very clear, but when it was dozens of steps closer, it was found that it was hanging on it (setting up a banquet in Shangyuan County, entertaining Qinwangshi) Seeing this word, the soldier was very happy and hurriedly ran back to report the situation.

After learning that someone was holding a banquet, the commander of the Ming Fujian Xingdu immediately ordered the army to speed up, and the Ming Fujian general began to guess; The people who can hold a banquet here must be powerful people, and there are only a handful of people who can entertain King Qin's army, not Lord Shangshu Shi of the Nanzhili Military Department? Is it Lord Yang, the governor of Nanzhili? Or is it a banquet for the officers of the Houjun Governor's Mansion and the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion? But when I think about it, I don't think it's right! They all have their own armies to raise, and they don't have anything to spare, how can they have a banquet? The more he thought about it, the more curious he became, and decided to enter Shangyuan County to find out.

At the same time, the general soldiers of Mingtong Guanwei and Wu Junzhen, who escorted Prince Mingfu, Prince Minglu Min, Prince Chongyin of Ming, and the county lord of Ming Tai'an to the south, had just passed Yizhen County, Yangzhou Prefecture, and came to the vicinity of the wharf.

Looking around, there are ships moored on the dock everywhere, some are used by sailors, some are used by merchants to cross the river, Ma Wei is very curious to take a look around, one of them looks more peculiar with two sharp ends? Ma Wei couldn't help but ask the soldiers on the dock, "Hey! What kind of ship is this, brother? ”

The soldier glanced at him and replied, "This is the Eagle Boat, which is relatively light and mobile, and our army is often used for water training, and was used to sneak attack the enemy troops hiding on the island during the anti-Japanese war. ”

Prince Mingfu on the carriage had just been supported down by the soldiers, and the general guard of Mingtong Pass next to him reported, "His Royal Highness Prince Qifu, if our army wants to cross the Yangtze River urgently, I am afraid that we will have to give up some materials, and I am afraid that so many of us may not be able to fully carry the river, and it is estimated that it will be divided into batches." ”

As soon as he heard this, Prince Mingfu asked, "How many people are in the entourage?" ”

The general guard of Mingtong Guan replied, "In addition to the three frame personnel of 60 people, there are 1,000 soldiers of our army, 2,000 people of the Fuwang Mansion Honor Guard Division, 58 people from the Luwang Mansion, 500 people from the Chongwang Mansion Honor Guard Division, and dozens of maids. ”

I thought that Prince Mingfu would order the requisition of ships from the local prefects? Who Cheng thought about it, but he ordered: "Except for your soldiers and the honor guards in the Lone King's Mansion, the rest of the subordinates and maids will all be abandoned, and all heavy materials will be discarded, including food, and when it comes to Ying Tianfu, the Lone King will naturally be indispensable to you." ”

See the ruthlessness of the vassal king! The commander of the Mingtong Pass Guard had no choice but to do so, and he reluctantly ordered the maid and his men to be abandoned at the dock, while the rest of the soldiers were responsible for collecting the boats, but despite this, there were still not enough boats.

The boats had to be divided according to the number of people, and the people who were left behind had to watch the others leave in the boat, so many maids and men began to kneel and weep, and the rumors spread that from time to time they would hug the feet of the people who boarded the boat, but they were kicked off the boat!

This move quickly attracted the attention of Zhu Youlan, Wu Junzhen and others, and a group of maids also ran over to hug their legs when they were on the boat, but Zhu Youlan, Wu Junzhen, and Liu Ruilin felt very strange? Why would anyone come to hug their legs?

Only Ma Wei and Yao Qiuyue kicked away impatiently, but the maid and the subordinates continued to hug their legs and said, "Take us away!" ”

Zhu Youlan, who felt that something was wrong, said, "You don't have a boat to sit on?" Didn't Uncle Fu make arrangements? ”

Faced with the inquiry of His Royal Highness the County Lord, the subordinates and the maids replied, "If you go back to His Royal Highness the County Lord, General Gao ordered us to be lost, and only for those with status, and said that we are a burden!" ”

Hearing their complaint, Zhu Youlan felt very angry, and she plucked up the courage to say, "Don't be afraid! The county lord will go and let Uncle Fu Wang take you. After saying that, she walked towards the deck of the main ship that was about to depart, and Wu Junzhen followed for fear that something would happen.