Half an hour.

Zhang Qiang escorted hundreds of people out of the cottage.

At the same time, the infantry escorted more than 400 Qing prisoners to follow the rear and slowly move forward.

More than a dozen cavalrymen drove more than 300 war horses, more than 50 pack horses, and horses, pulling the materials transferred from the Xiaoyuan Outer Village, five large boxes of gold and silver, worth about 200,000 taels, cloth, more than 10,000 horses, more than 300 bundles of firewood, more than 3,000 stones of grain, forage, 40 quintals, and so on.

He was followed by more than 100 people of all small and large clans, more than 50 family members and servants, eight of Zhu Yujian's guards, as well as his officials and entourage, and seven family members, who walked out along the official road from the mountains.

When he came, he was a light soldier, but when he went back, he had to protect the materials and people that stretched for more than a mile, so naturally he couldn't go over the mountains and mountains, so he could only walk from the avenue.

Zhu Yujian, his queen and the crown prince sat in the carriage and staggered along the procession.

Zhang Qiang had already put on his helmet and was accompanying the carriage, and his one hundred and fifty chasseur personal cavalry escorted the front and rear of the convoy.

Five hundred cavalry galloped forward and backward sentinels, sweeping, and five hundred infantry and musketeers, accompanying them on both sides, marched on foot.

Su Guansheng and He Kai rode pack horses and followed behind the carriage.

Xiao Yuanwai's family members followed behind Su Guansheng and He Kai, holding rudimentary weapons in their hands, and followed on foot.

In Yanping Mansion, Liu Liangzuo received a warrant from Li Chengdong, ordering him to lead the Qing army in Yanping Mansion to besiege Pingnan County, but Liu Liangzuo was hesitating and hesitating, he knew that the man's army was strong, and he only had 2,000 Qing army Han army flags, 2,000 green battalion soldiers, and 1,000 newly recruited Xiangyong people.

With this amount of troops, he didn't want to touch the 50,000 troops of Zhang Qiang's army that he had already discovered, so he just made a gesture of sending troops, but he didn't move, and just sent a scout horse to explore the situation around Pingnan County.

"My lord, the banner soldiers sent to the surrounding prefectures have reported that three counties have led troops to gather in the prefecture, but there are two counties that have not responded so far."

Liu Liangzuo glanced at the hundred household officials who came to report viciously, "Send someone to urge again, if no more soldiers come, I will definitely write to the governor, and I will not wait for you." ”

Liu Liangzuo also hated, Zhang Qiang's several months of imprisonment drove him to do hard labor, so that he had no prestige in the Ming and Qing courts in these few months, and now the small county officials under him dared to disobey his orders, which made him very angry.

I think he was a 100,000-strong army when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, what kind of courtesy he received, and what a scenery he was at that time.

"Newspaper—"

A scout ran in in a panic, "Report to your lord, Gutian County guerrilla general Huang Haitao sent troops to arrest the puppet Ming Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian, who was defeated by the Jinhua Righteous Army in the mountains, and the whole army was wiped out. I caught some deserters on the way, and I didn't dare to make up my mind, so I came to report it. ”

"Ah-" Liu Liangzuo's face was pale, he sat on the ground, and muttered: "Has the Jinhua Righteous Army arrived at the border of Gutian County?" ”

Liu Liangzuo's fingers trembled, and he pointed at the scout and said, "If you go to investigate again, you must investigate clearly." ”

The scout looked up and said loudly, "Yes, sir." ”

At the same time, the escort force led by Zhang Qiang had approached Gutian County, and he said to Yang Yangyang, who was reporting to him: "Send cavalry to investigate again to see if it is a trap arranged by the Qing soldiers, it is impossible for a whole county town to be empty." Find out. ”

Zhu Yujian raised the curtain of the carriage window, "Zhang Aiqing, there is no need to investigate, immediately bypass Gutian County and return to the army." ”

Zhang Qiang was right to think about it, the emperor returned to the army as soon as possible, so that he could feel at ease.

He said to the soldiers around him: "Order the team to continue to move forward and bypass Gutian County." ”

After two days of travel, they reached a plain and camped for the night.

At night, inside the tent, Zhang Qiang, Su Guansheng, He Kai, and Xiao Yuanwai faced Zhu Yujian, the Emperor of Longwu.

After a period of recuperation, although there was a moment of shock in the first two days, the fright of the cycle of life and death, but at this moment Zhu Yujian has calmed down, he sat on the main seat, and said to Zhang Qiang and the three people on both sides: "Ladies and gentlemen, is this Ming country still saved?" ”

Su Guansheng stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, but don't worry, wait until you arrive at General Zhang's territory, and then discuss this matter, at this time, Your Majesty should rest at ease and recuperate, focusing on the dragon body." ”

A look of disappointment flashed in Zhu Yujian's eyes, and Zhang Qiang was keenly aware of Zhu Yujian's disappointment.

But he won't remind Su Guansheng, after all, the relationship between the two is not very deep, and Su Guansheng is not loyal to him.

Zhu Yujian looked at He Kai, there were only these two ministers left by his side, he hoped that these two people could become his right-hand men, and they could play a role in containing Zhang Qiang at a critical time, but at this moment, he saw that although Su Guansheng was loyal, he was always worried about his life, and he also thought of a way for him, and at the same time he did not hesitate to take risks to go to Zhang Qiang's army to ask for help, but his governance was too unsuccessful, so he could be a little mediocre, so he hoped that he could have some performance with He Kai.

He Kai did not disappoint him, "Your Majesty, at this time, Your Majesty should have a stable place, and then send out the news that you have escaped safely, and send an edict to the people and officials loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the world, military generals, gather in Jinhua, make great efforts, wait for the opportunity, and when the time comes, the world will respond, even if the Ming Dynasty cannot be restored for a while, it can also be like the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty, such as Zhao Gou and other emperors, and the Qing court will divide the river and rule, and continue for a hundred years." ”

Zhu Yujian was a little excited when he heard this, and asked: "Then what does Aiqing think of King Gui, Lu Jianguo and others?" ”

He Kai paused slightly, and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, there should be no distinction between orthodoxy and non-orthodoxy at this time, we need to recuperate, straighten out the soldiers and horses, and wait for the soldiers to be strong and strong, and then think about other things." After speaking, he secretly glanced up at Zhu Yujian, this is a bit against his will, maybe Zhu Yujian has beaten him into the ranks of Ming officials who are half-hearted and waiting to be sold at a price.

Zhu Yujian stood up excitedly, "Okay, He Aiqing is talented, you know my mind." ”

Su Guansheng secretly glanced at He Kai, a little disgusted, but he didn't dare to show it, he was just a little disappointed in his heart, he was in danger before and after the saddle, but he couldn't resist the words of others that could guess the holy will to be more effective, and he couldn't help but wonder if he was too incompetent.

Xiao Yuanwai smiled at this moment and said, "Your Majesty Shengming, we admire it. Zhu Yujian smiled, turned to Zhang Qiang and said, "Zhang Aiqing, now that the Qing troops are attacking from all sides, our army may return to Jinhua Mansion safely?" ”

Zhang Qiang sat up straight and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, although it is a little difficult, but Weichen's army is not tofu, and it will definitely let the invading Qing soldiers touch their heads and bleed, not to mention," he smiled, "Fan Shaozu is a defeated general under Weichen, Zhang Cunzhe is just a stunned young man, such an opponent, Weichen is not in his eyes." ”

Zhu Yujian said with a smile: "I can rest assured, Zhang Aiqing, I trust you, you will definitely be able to defeat the Qing soldiers, I will wait and see, if you get out of danger this time, I will crown you as the governor of Zhejiang Province, I hope Aiqing can do his best to serve the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhang Qiang sneered in his heart, if it weren't for your signboard, gather some Ming generals for me, and gather people's hearts, I wouldn't have come so far to do such a dangerous thing, I would have developed my territory well, and when the time comes, train hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, even if the Qing Dynasty comes with troops, I can also beat them back to the white mountains and black waters, so that they can return to the state of savages and enjoy the cold and hunger in the Northeast.

But on the surface, Zhang Qiang still looked loyal, "Yes, the emperor can rest assured." Wechen must do his best to serve the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I'm tired, go down!" Zhu Yujian had regained his posture and confidence as an emperor, and said softly but majestically.