After staying up all night in a row, Lin Yu and his entourage were already exhausted, and they couldn't wait to fall asleep.

However, at present, the situation on both sides of the Yangtze River is turbulent, the Western Route Army led by the Manchu British King Azig sits in Wuchang, and the Qing generals such as Shang Kexi, Aobai, and Tan Tai divided their troops to attack and plunder the prefectures and counties of Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places, and countless local officials surrendered in despair.

The deeds of these magistrates who have just returned their respects and cut off your head in the blink of an eye to defect to the Manchu Qing abound, and Gao Jie, one of the four towns in Jiangbei, was booby-trapped by Xu Dingguo in Suizhou is a living example.

Before Lin Yu went to sleep, he instructed Deng Yan to arrange for four people to take turns to be on duty at night, and not to leave their posts without permission, so as not to become unjustly killed in their sleep.

Deng Yan is not tall, but he looks strong and capable, and he hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the governor is in charge of the whole thing, I sleep well in the car during the day, and I personally patrol at night, if there is any wind and grass, I will not be merciful under the gun." ”

Lin Yu was very satisfied with the little flag officer's statement, turned around and returned to the post house to sleep, and knocked on the door when passing by Gu Jinxi's room to remind: "Little lady, we are not familiar with each other, so we should be careful at night." ”

"Isn't Tongcheng our Ming territory?"

"Remember to be on guard, especially in these troubled times!"

Lin Yu returned to the room with a warning, and spent another three thousand gold coins to buy an electronic watch with the same model as Gu Jinxi, and set the alarm clock for five o'clock tomorrow morning.

At first, Lin Yu listened attentively to the movement outside the window, but soon he snored loudly and fell asleep.

There was nothing to do all night, and after Lin Yu got up, the drizzling rain still did not stop, and he woke up his soldiers to eat breakfast in a hurry, and left the city without waiting for the county order to see him off.

Zhang Adaa proposed: "The villain asked in the post house, after Zuo Mengeng was defeated by Huang Degong, he retreated from Wuhu to Anqing, sent troops to hold the main roads to the east and south, and surrendered to the Tartar king Azig.

Let's go to Tongcheng best detour to Nanyang and Huangmei, and then cross the Yangtze River from Jiujiang, and then go to Ruichang and Wuning to reach the destination. ”

Lin Yu nodded: "Zuo Mengeng has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under him, and he has strong control, so we should really go around." But Jiujiang Town is estimated to have been controlled by the Tartars, our car is too conspicuous, it is safer to go to a small place. ”

After leaving Lujiang Mansion, the road gradually increased, and the road became narrow, in order to avoid taking the wrong road, Lin Yu asked Zhang Adaa to sit in the cab to guide the way, and continued to drive in the rain.

The continuous rain made the roads more and more muddy, and the road conditions in the county were not as good as the state post road, and the speed of the trucks dropped from 40 kilometers per hour to 30 kilometers per hour, and it was not until noon that they arrived in Nanyang.

But even so, it took half a day to travel 360 miles, a speed that even the fastest horses could not match.

When passing through a fork in the road, suddenly a team of about 500 people came from the southeast direction, and the armor looked like the Ming army was wearing, but the banner clearly wrote the word "left" of Douda.

Lin Yu wanted to speed up and get rid of this group of people, but the other party had already quickly pounced, and swarmed under the guidance of dozens of cavalry.

"Traitor, give me a hard beating!"

Lin Yu stepped on the accelerator and drove the truck into the left army formation at high speed, knocking over seven or eight people on board.

Gu Jinxi poked out a sniper rifle from the car window, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the enemy's head, almost no missing shots, and the gun shot the head.

Deng Yan, who was sitting in the back, was holding the Thompson submachine gun, and a shuttle of bullets shot out like harvesting leeks, and the blood of the left army was splashed, and the corpses were rolling.

The other soldiers did not show weakness, a rifle and two pistols fired at the same time, and two grenades were thrown interspersedly, and the left soldier who exploded directly turned on his back and was dizzy.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the leading military attache turned his horse and left, and the remaining soldiers fled with their heads in their hands, leaving only a prisoner cart and fifty or sixty bloody corpses.

"Who are you waiting for?"

Standing in the prisoner car was a Ming Dynasty official about forty years old, dressed in a wet official robe, with a clear appearance and a medium build.

Lin Yu jumped out of the car with an umbrella, and came to the prisoner's car surrounded by Deng Yan and seven or eight other soldiers, looked the prisoner up and down, and asked, "Dare to ask who this adult is?" Where is this going to be taken by the Left Army? ”

The official's eyes were determined, and there was a hint of joy in surviving in a desperate situation: "Yuan Jixian, the governor of Huguang, was first coerced by Zuo Liangyu to go south with the army. After Zuo Liangyu died of illness, he was forced to surrender by his son Zuo Mengeng, and the official swore to die, so Zuo Thief sent someone to send the official to Wuchang to offer Azig to invite merit. ”

"It turned out to be Yuan Butang, and he was polite in Xialin Zhenjiang!" Lin Yu hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.

This Yuan Jixian official worships the governor of Huguang, and he is a member of the two grades of the dynasty, especially after being captured, he would rather die than surrender, this integrity is not known to be many times more noble than Zuo Mengeng, Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou and others, and it can be compared with Shi Kefa, who was martyred in Yangzhou.

In order to facilitate the trip to Hubei, Lin Yu and his entourage all wore civilian clothes, so Yuan Jixian was not sure whether this group of people was friend or foe, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the name "Lin Zhenjiang".

"Could it be that Lin Zhenjiang who repelled Duoduo in Yangzhou?"

Lin Yu instructed Deng Yan to open the prisoner car and let Governor Yuan out, and put an umbrella on top of Yuan Jixian's head to cover the rain: "It's Lin." ”

"Haha...... Great, there's no end to it! ”

Although the rain soaked his clothes and hair, Yuan Jixian was in a great spirit, looked at the green truck and exclaimed: "Could it be that this is the ironclad car of the big broken tartar?" Just now, the official was surprised that your artillery fire was so ferocious, and only a dozen people defeated 500 rebels, and it turned out that Lin Dudu's ironclad car was here, and the old man really shouldn't die. ”

Lin Yu personally helped Yuan Jixian down from the prisoner car: "This is not an ironclad car that defeats the Tartars, this is a truck that can travel long distances and gallop like flying." ”

"This vehicle is already very powerful, could it be that the ironclad car is even more powerful than this?" Yuan Jixian sighed with emotion.

Lin Yu took out a long robe that he carried with him and handed it to Yuan Jixian, asked him to change it in the carriage, and then sat in front to speak.

Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, Lin Yu bought a bottle of "Fenjiu" from the store, as well as a number of dishes, and talked with Yuan Jixian for a drink, which was the right to surprise Governor Yuan.

"Thank you Lin Dudu for the rescue, otherwise this official's life will not be long!"

Yuan Jixian, who had changed into dry clothes, looked much better, and took a sip of white wine and praised it, "Good wine, good wine, I didn't expect that this official not only did not die, but also had good wine hospitality, this world is really unpredictable!" ”

Lin Yu picked up the big bowl and took a sip: "Where was Yuan Butang taken by the rebels?" ”

Yuan Jixian introduced the battle situation while drinking: "Zuo Liangyu asked the official to issue a document with Governor He, but I and Governor He refused, so I was coerced to go east with the army.

Who knew that when the army marched to Anqing, Zuo Liangyu suddenly fell ill and died, Zuo Mengeng did not mourn, and continued to lead the army east to Wuhu, but was defeated by Huang Degong. In desperation, Zuo Mengeng could only retreat to Anqing and station troops there.

When Zuo Liangyu was alive, he treated the official and Governor He well, and as soon as Liangyu died, his son Zuo Mengeng exposed his true character as a traitor, and he had to force the official and Governor He to surrender, but was rejected by the official and Governor He! ”

He Tengjiao was an important figure in the late Ming Dynasty, after the fall of Nanjing, he was appointed as the governor of Huguang by Emperor Longwu, and recruited the remnants of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops and horses, and in his heyday he had 300,000 troops against the Qing army, which was a hero. Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, an era of lack of heroes, it is even more rare.

"Then dare to ask where Governor He went?"

Lin Yu took out a spicy duck head from the vacuum bag and handed it to Yuan Jixian, asking, "It can't be killed by the left thief, right?" ”