"It shouldn't be long before you go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, you are young and still a girl." Lu Xiangsheng said sincerely, "Needless to say, how dangerous this trip is. In all the hardships, whether you go out day and night, or travel day and night, or have no sleep at night, or have no food or hunger, you still stay on the island, right? ”

Wei Mulan was sent by Emperor Chongzhen, and he had no right to order. However, he really felt that if Wei Mulan followed, he was afraid that he would not be able to come back, so he had to persuade him.

Wen Mulan listened to it, smiled, and was particularly moving, only to hear her smile and say: "Your Majesty's will is that the lower officials should be by the side of Lord Zhongcheng and convey the news at any time." When I go to the hinterland of Liaodong, I need to know more news. Only by accompanying the lower officials can the actions of Lord Zhongcheng be guaranteed as much as possible. As for the subordinate himself, it's okay! ”

She didn't say that Emperor Chongzhen was actually worried about her and could let her not follow. It's just that she's made up her mind, so there's no need to mention it. Of course, she is also very grateful for Lu Xiangsheng's worries, which strengthens her belief.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that he couldn't persuade her, and he could feel that she had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading and continued to inspect the armies on the island.

Wei Mulan sat quietly for a while, and then reported the situation on the island to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that the preparations were very good here.

Emperor Chongzhen heard this, and waited for the news to be further confirmed before ordering Lu Xiangsheng to attack. He was just about to leave the chat group when someone in the chat group looked for him.

"Pudu sentient beings, group leader, I have something to look for you!"

Emperor Chongzhen took a look, but found that it was Zhang Dingguo, the little kid who didn't seem to have been bubbling during this time. He was curious about the child among the thieves, and at the same time wanted to know about the situation of the thieves, so he said, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"Aren't you connected in the court? Let me ask you something, okay? Zhang Dingguo immediately asked.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he had to think about the relationship between the court and China? He felt a little funny, so he continued to ask, "Tell me something, I'm busy!" ”

If it is changed to the previous one, it is estimated that Zhang Dingguo will be annoyed, anyway, he feels that he is not afraid of the group leader. But at this time, he did not show a rebellious side, but replied obediently: "I heard that the emperor decreed that as long as we are willing to surrender, the officials and soldiers of the court cannot kill us?" ”

What does that mean? Could it be that he was surrounded and intercepted by Wu Xiang, the general soldier of Datong sent by Hong Chengchou, Ma Xianglin and Governor Xuanda, and finally had no way out to surrender?

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, and he was happy in his heart. It would be great if the problem of thieves was solved at this time, and then we just had to focus on disaster relief.

So, he hurriedly replied: "Yes, as far as I know, the emperor does have an order, as long as you are willing to surrender, he will organize you to build water conservancy ......."

As he was talking, the remaining words had not yet been displayed, when he saw Zhang Dingguo burst out of a sentence, and stifled his later words vividly: "Don't talk so much nonsense, I just want to know, kill or not kill?" ”

"......" Emperor Chongzhen was speechless, you little brat, why are you so domineering?

"You are a little child, you have to be polite when you speak!" Wei Mulan acted bravely and stepped forward to remind Zhang Dingguodao.

"It's none of your business, just stay and go!" Zhang Dingguo was still very horizontal, "The leader of the group, if you are a gentleman, you will answer, kill or not?" ”

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen's previous meaning was already very clear, but this little kid was still very persistent, which made him a little helpless. But it's not good not to answer in this matter, besides, what's angry with a little kid?

So, he said according to Zhang Dingguo's opinion: "Don't kill!" ”

Who knew that this was not over yet, so I saw Zhang Dingguo continue: "You promise? ”

"Guaranteed!" After Emperor Chongzhen finished answering, he immediately asked, "If you are still worried about surrendering, in order to avoid misunderstanding, or I can match you up and let you surrender as much as possible, how about it?" ”

After these words went out, Zhang Dingguo waited for a while before he came up with a sentence: "Who said that we were going to surrender, none of the dog officials are good things!" ”

"......" Emperor Chongzhen was speechless when he heard it, and dared to say so much, are you playing with me?

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Then why are you asking this?" ”

This time, Zhang Dingguo also replied quickly enough: "I have a few good companions who can't run, and my father-in-law said that he would throw them to the officers and soldiers, I was a little worried, so I asked!" ”

Hearing him talk about this, Emperor Chongzhen chatted with Lu Ruipeng privately and said, "How is the situation of the thieves over there?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the thieves fled quickly, Hong Zhongcheng could have bitten the thieves, but since a few days ago, a large number of old and weak have been left behind by the thieves, and Hong Zhongcheng has been thrown off in order to accommodate these old and weak." Lu Ruipeng answered the emperor's question, of course, immediately.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he asked Zhang Fengyi again, and found that she was also on her side, the thieves did not fight with the official army, they just ran desperately, leaving the old and weak in the team along the way, delaying the pursuit of the official army. Wu Xiang is left on the road, because there are no members of the chat group, there is no way to know the specific situation, presumably it should be about the same.

He was thinking about it, but he saw Zhang Fengyi chatting with him privately and said: "Your Majesty, when the last general and his wife were chasing these thieves, they found that it seems that many Jindi defeated soldiers have joined the team of thieves. Although the number of thieves has been greatly reduced at the moment, its combat effectiveness is afraid that it will be stronger than before. ”

This was the situation that Emperor Chongzhen was most worried about before, but he didn't expect that some things could not be changed by casually flapping the wings of a butterfly. However, judging from the current situation, Hong Chengchou is from the west, the Baipole army is from the east, Wu Xiang's Datong army is to the south, and the soldiers and horses in other places are strictly guarding on the spot, and the encirclement is gradually narrowing. It is best to encircle and annihilate them, and if they can't, rush to the grassland outside the Guan, and let them disturb the situation in the grassland.

What he didn't know was that in the process of escaping, these thieves had already destroyed several village forts. For example, at this time, the forty-two battalions of thieves were gathering in a village fort that had just been breached by them. This extra thief was a thief from Jindi, who was driven over from the east by the White Pole Army.

The courtyard of the squires in this castle is very large, with bonfires burning, and leaders from all walks of life are sitting around, while Wang Jiayin is sitting on the steps of the lobby, clapping his hands and saying loudly: "Brothers from all walks of life, these days, we have been chased by the officials and soldiers, and we have not had a good rest. This kind of life can't go on forever, otherwise sooner or later, we will be caught up by the official army. ”

"Yes, we have seen the power of the King of Yama. If you want to fight, you will definitely lose a lot! ”

"And the white pole army too, that's the Tusi soldiers who are so scared that they are scared, it's difficult to fight them!"

"Isn't that the general soldier of Datong also transferred, transferred from Shanhaiguan, and it was also an army that fought with Jianyu before!"

“……”