Wu Sangui led several generals and ran all the way through the land of Gyeonggi.

After running for an hour, Wu Sangui felt thirsty. Not only was he thirsty, but the war horse under his crotch was also very tired and thirsty, and he urgently needed to find a water source to drink some water.

However, in the villages passing by, the people of Gyeonggi looked at Wu Sangui and his party vigilantly.

The people of Gyeonggi are different from the people of Gangnam, and the people here have really benefited from the change of the law.

After the Son of Heaven leveled the Tian Fu in the Northern Zhili, those heavy Tian Fu no longer pressed on the powerless and powerless people. Even if it was donated to the gentry's home, the landlord used to collect three or four percent of the rent, but now the gentry basically only dare to collect a small rent slightly higher than the land endowment.

The lives of the people of Gyeonggi are more than twice as good as before.

Therefore, the people of Gyeonggi are very hateful to the rebels besieging the capital. If the rebels really invade the capital and hold the Son of Heaven hostage, then the good life of the people of Gyeonggi will be over, and I am afraid that the gentry will intensify their exploitation of the peasants and rip back the deficit of several years.

Villages of this era were generally built with adobe walls to protect them from thieves. At this time, seeing the Jiangbei army and rebels fleeing from the desert, the people guarded the village one by one, closed the village gate, and guarded the village wall with sickles and hoes.

Occasionally, escaped soldiers would knock on the door of the village, hoping to beg for a bowl of water. But when the villagers heard that it was the rebels besieging the capital who were begging for water outside, they rushed out and killed them. In the end, it is often the rebels outside the gate who are stoned away by the villagers.

So Wu Sangui rode for an hour, but he couldn't find a village to settle down to drink water.

The more Wu Sangui and the generals behind him walked forward, the more gloomy the expression on their faces became.

If you go on like this, you can't even find a place to buy dry food and beg for water and drink, how can you escape to Jiangnan? These Gyeonggi peasants all supported the Son of Heaven's reform, and I am afraid that they were all vying to be the first to be the eyeliner of the Tiger Ben Army at this time. The route of Wu Sangui and his entourage's escape to the south will be told to the pursuers behind by these peasants at all.

The rout in Gyeonggi was very different from the rout in Gangnam.

It seems that it is difficult for Wu Sangui to escape the pursuers behind him and flee to Jiangnan.

Wu Sangui was accompanied by more than a dozen personal generals. Some of these generals were old men under Wu Sangui, and some joined after Wu Sangui became the general of the Jiangbei Army. These people were naturally loyal when Wu Sangui was proud, but at this time Wu Sangui had already fallen into trouble, and these people might not be able to start from the beginning.

While galloping on horseback, the generals behind Wu Sangui exchanged glances with each other, and seemed to have gradually reached a tacit understanding.

Wu Sangui rode as he rode it, and he also felt that the atmosphere behind him was a little wrong.

After looking back at these generals for a long time, Wu Sangui understood that he could no longer escape with these generals.

Wu Sangui stopped his horse, waved his hand and said, "Li Benshen, you and Zhao Zhu and the seven of you will go west to Xi'an." We have two thousand garrisons there, and the seven of you will gather these soldiers and horses, and go south to Xiangyang to join us. ”

Nominally, he asked Li Benshen to transfer troops and horses, but in fact, Wu Sangui wanted to support Li Benshen and other seven generals who had taken refuge in him late, so as not to cause evil in the seven of them in this desperate situation of escaping.

At this time, the seven people have not yet made up their minds, and they should be separated first, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Li Benshen and the other seven people glanced at each other, clasped their fists, and drove their horses to the southwest.

Wu Sangui rode on horseback and stood on the field, watching Li Benshen and the seven people walk away, before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Waving his hand to the five people behind him, Wu Sangui said: "Li Benshen, this idiot, after the soldiers and horses of Xi'an learned that our army was defeated, they had already scattered and fled, where would there be soldiers to give him command?" We continued south and returned to Nanchang as fast as possible. ”

Looking at the three people behind him, Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Don't worry, I still have 900,000 taels of silver in Nanchang." The four of us are rich and prosperous together, and we can escape to the south incognito, and we can also live a rich and noble life without worrying about food and clothing. ”

The three people behind Wu Sangui looked at each other for a while.

One of the personal generals, Han Daren, said: "I didn't expect that the marshal still had a back hand, and the marshal was really resourceful." ”

Wu Sangui laughed and said, "I am this commander in the Jiangbei Army, how can I not make any money and water?" Don't worry, you also have a share of the 900,000 taels, and I will never treat you badly. ”

Han Daren and the other two looked at each other for a while, and said, "It's a pity that the big marshal doesn't have the life to spend this silver." ”

Wu Sangui's body shook when he heard this.

After hesitating for a second, Wu Sangui's face changed, and he shouted: "Han Daren, I have always treated the three of you well, do you want to tie me up to see Li Zhi?" ”

Han Daren looked at the two people next to him and said, "Dashuai really treats us well, so we can't do anything about tying Dashuai." But since Da Shuai has supported Li Benshen's seven people, they will definitely come back to arrest Da Shuai and go to Li Zhi, we are busy running for our lives now, and we can't help Da Shuai. ”

When Wu Sangui heard Han Daren's words, he knew that he had done something wrong in a panic.

If Wu Sangui had left Li Benshen and the seven people by his side, these people would have pondered Wu Sangui's silver, and they might not have turned against Wu Sangui. But since Wu Sangui has already taken them away, these people have no scruples. After they left, they unified their opinions, and they would definitely come back to arrest Wu Sangui.

If Li Benshen and the seven people arrested Wu Sangui and went to see Li Zhi, at least there would be a letter of nomination, and maybe Li Zhi would treat the seven people with courtesy.

Wu Sangui's face turned white, and he didn't talk nonsense with Han Daren anymore, whipped his horsewhip, and fled to the south alone.

After a while, Li Benshen and the other seven people rode back and went straight to Wu Sangui with great momentum.

Wu Sangui ran desperately in front, and Li Benshen chased after him in the back.

Chasing and chasing, Wu Sangui's horsepower gradually became a little exhausted. A general behind Li Benshen jumped up from his horse and landed on the ground, took out a front-loading rifled gun, and shot Wu Sangui in the buttocks.

Wu Sangui's war horse screamed sadly, and the horse stumbled and fell to the ground.

The seven generals rode to Wu Sangui's side and looked at Wu Sangui silently.

Wu Sangui scolded angrily: "You seven stupid talents, with Li Zhi's heart, even if you kid me up, I won't be an official!" ”

Li Benshen sneered and said, "Dashuai, do you still want to be an official at this moment?" Now that the pursuers of the Tiger Army are behind, we are really not sure that we will be able to escape. If we kidnap you and go to the Tiger Army, we can at least save our lives, and we will be content to be a flat-headed common man in the future. ”

"Dashuai, you took the lead in creating the rebellion of the Son of Heaven and Li Zhi, and now it is fate to end up like this, so you can admit it."

Wu Sangui was speechless by Li Benshen, and closed his eyes helplessly.

Li Benshen waved his hand and shouted: "Go, escort Wu Sangui back to the capital and surrender to the Tiger Army." ”