In the early morning, the smoke curls up, the birds chirp, and the hooves of war horses continue to echo over the abandoned village.

Occasionally, sighs and sobs could be heard inside the ruins, and a loud horn sounded, and the people who had been terrified all night came out of the rubble of their abandoned villages.

Holding the baby, holding the child, the children with dull eyes around them silently followed, following the footsteps and vehicles of the prepared guards towards the outside of the village.

Outside the village, You Haibo led the family, pushed the cart, drove the carriage, led the cattle and horses, and carried the wounded to Wuyi County first.

The cavalry of the sentinels in front of them ran back and forth, scattering in all directions, and behind, Zhang Qiang led four of his subordinates, with more than a hundred wounded soldiers, to line up, watching the people in front of him walk by, and then followed behind, escorting the prisoners forward.

There were about 300 prisoners, except for a dozen Mongol soldiers, who were more than 200 soldiers of the new annexed army of the Qing army who had surrendered to the Qing army.

Zhang Qiang rode on his war horse, watching the troops who had just defeated the enemy, but their morale was not very high, going down the official road towards Wuyi County, and at the same time echoing Tian Weicheng's words in his heart.

Emperor Hongguang did not die, but only fled temporarily, and disappeared, which made him suspicious of this world, could it be that because of his arrival, it caused the so-called butterfly effect?

Is this something that should be unmistakable in history? How did it get to his ears, but it became a different appearance, it seems that the Ming Dynasty will not be so peaceful in the future.

And the so-called reunification of the Qing Dynasty will not be so smooth sailing.

Maybe it's a different story.

Maybe...... He laughed, he can also become one of the strong forces, as for who belongs to this country, it is not necessarily!

After his thoughts turned around here, he began to worry that Zhu Panpan was here, where did Zhu Panpan go?

Such a chaotic time, such a chaotic scene, she won't really escape, right? But he didn't dare to think about anything else.

So a beautiful woman, in this troubled time...... Forget it, take care of yourself first, your strength is still very weak, and when your strength is strong, you can think about other things, not to mention that there is Zhu Dadian, a high-ranking official, you don't need to worry about yourself, Zhu Dadian's energy is much greater than his own.

The four subordinates around him also rode war horses, and there were some pro-army soldiers who could ride horses, most of them were original infantrymen, and most of these people in the infantry were former veterans of the Ming army, or soldiers who had come into contact with horses in the rebel soldiers.

Thirty-five cavalry, plus Zhang Qiang, five of them, forty cavalry.

Yesterday Zhang Qiang and his team captured about 70 war horses, of which 20 war horses were taken by the cavalry of the sentry to replace their mounts, and their original mounts were all pack horses, and the pack horses were handed over to You Haibo and them to pull carts and carry goods.

There were also more than a dozen war horses handed over to You Haibo, and You Haibo's family went out to explore the road before riding these war horses.

After the common people and the families led by You Haibo had passed, Zhang Qiang led his soldiers and hurried behind.

In the city of Jinhua, Zhu Mansion.

Zhu Dadian walked around in the hall of his backyard, the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty scholar already looked slightly wide, looking at Zhu Dadian carefully, there was a circle of black around his eyes, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and his body looked thinner than before.

"Haven't you looked for a fight yet?" He roared loudly.

The family next to him replied tremblingly, "Yes, my lord, the cavalry of the righteous army in the city searched all over the twenty-mile radius of Jinhua, and found nothing except to capture some soldiers and kill some ruffians and hooligans in the township. ”

Zhu Dadian looked up at the sky and cried: "God, what kind of sin did I create in my previous life, so that the little girl was tortured so much for me." ”

A family member ran in, "Master, Zhang Qiang, the garrison of Wuyi County, broke through the city regardless of the obstacles, and the cavalry team did not catch up with them. ”

Zhu Dadian waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's just a villain, I'll settle accounts with him later, I dare to use witchcraft to hold my body hostage, usurp power and seize the throne, make decisions without authorization, and mobilize the generals in the city,...... But he wasn't too bad, at least, because of his command, Jinhua was saved from being poisoned by the Tartars, alas—he was a talent, and he should be let go at the time of this national crisis. ”

A woman shook three times in one step, holding a red cloak in her hand, walked over, and draped the cloak on Zhu Dadian's shoulder, "Master take care of your body, look forward to the appearance of the child, it will be fine." ”

Zhu Dadian made a mistake, patted the woman's hand, and leaned over, "I hope God bless her." ”

A general of the Volunteer Army, wearing the uniform of the Ming army garrison and carrying a long sword, walked in, clenched his fists and bowed: "Lord Prefect, how to deal with the prisoners in the city?" And that Ruan Dacheng shouted vigorously, I want to see you, master, I don't dare to claim it without permission, so I came to ask my lord. ”

Zhu Dadian thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "After the prisoners are screened, the ordinary soldiers are scattered and incorporated into the righteous army, and the generals will pick some of the most heinous crimes and take them to the vegetable market to be beheaded, and the rest of the generals, together with the captured Mongolian Tartars and Manchu Tartars, will be escorted to Fuzhou together, and ask Your Majesty to cut them." Ruan Dacheng......"

"This kind of disloyalty, unfilial piety, disloyalty and unrighteousness,...... Forget it, let's take it to Fuzhou and let Your Majesty dispose of it! ”

"Yes, my lord." The garrison bowed and retreated.

At dusk, Zhu Dadian was holding a volume of "The New Book of Ji Xiao" inherited by the famous general Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty to read, only to hear the noisy voices outside the door, he couldn't help frowning, and shouted: "Who is making noise? ”

A family member was full of joy and pushed the door in, "My lord, hurry up to the door to receive the decree, His Majesty the Emperor Longwu sent his father-in-law and the hundred households in brocade clothes and adults to come to announce the decree." ”

Zhu Dadian hurriedly changed his clothes under the service of the maidservant and pushed the door out.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the scholar Zhu Dadian was brave and fearless, led the whole city of the army and people to resist the Manchu rebellion, a great victory, and wounded its main general Bo Lobele, so that he fled in embarrassment, this great achievement, hereby order the scholar Zhu Dadian to take over the prefect of Jinhua Mansion, add the title of the right attendant of the military department, and the officials of the counties under their jurisdiction should be appointed by him, and report to the officials for the record.

Chin this. ”

Zhu Dadian was full of joy and politely received the messenger.

Accepting the official position of the Longwu Dynasty means that he rejoined the big family of the Ming Dynasty and became a Ming official again.

Zhu Dadian, who was eager for power and wealth, was already in a mood at this time, and the previous haze was swept away.

"Father-in-law, you see that this time, you have brought labor and army materials, Jinhua soldiers and civilians have been besieged for several months, their lives are devastated, there is a lack of food and clothing, and the court can have relief?" Zhu Dadian's eyes were full of joy.

Secretly took the silver ticket handed over by Zhu Dadian, stuffed it into his sleeve, and said in embarrassment: "Lord Zhu, I won't talk to you about meat, the court is also struggling at the moment, all kinds of materials rely on the Zheng family, and the soldiers are all controlled by the Zheng family, what the emperor can do for you is to restore you and appoint you as the prefect of Jinhua, and the rest, the emperor is also powerless, and the other ministers in the court have said a lot for you, but the Zheng family and other attitudes are ambiguous,...... Alas, you can only support yourself, barely support yourself, and independently support the current situation in Jinhua Mansion. ”

Zhu Dadian's face was as gray as iron, and he trembled, this was not the result he wanted to hear.

"Then can you send generals to help?" He asked unrelentingly.

Gonggong shook his head, "Li Chengdong, the general of the Qing army, has led the army to break through Xianxia Pass and destroy Hangzhou, and will soon be transferred to Fujian to attack the area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. ”

Huigong whispered: "I heard that Lu Jianguo also sent people to ask for help, after all, the Qing army is Shaoxing, Lu Jianguo makes three envoys a day, and the court is helpless." ”

Late at night, Zhu Dadian looked at the lilies blooming in the garden and fell into deep thought.

Twenty miles away from Wuyi County, Zhang Qiang led his troops to set up camp.

Today I walked another twenty miles. He really wanted to enter his own territory in Wuyi County immediately, but there were too many people, some people who fled along the road, and the people from nearby villages also followed his troops, and the whole army became bloated, and rough statistics showed that more than 3,000 people had joined Zhang Qiang's Ming army.