The beautiful Li River, the boats on the river seem to be a little lighter than other places, several warships rowed the river, all the way to the north, soon left Guilin far behind, and arrived in Lingchuan County that night.

Tanma had already reported to Lingchuan, Zhou Guodong led two thousand soldiers and horses to pick up at the dock, the ship went to the shore to anchor and stopped, Emperor Longwu was not in a hurry to get off the ship, and summoned the freshly baked Yangshuo Marquis on the ship.

As early as when Tingzhou rescued the driver, Zhou Guodong and Tan Xiao had seen Emperor Longwu, but they were just ordinary generals under Wang Kefan's account, they knew Emperor Longwu, but Emperor Longwu didn't know them, in recent years, the Chu army has gradually become stronger, Zhou Guodong and other major generals are getting bigger and bigger, and the court has paid attention to them, the Chu army has reorganized and promoted a large number of new generals, but Zhou Guodong and Tan Xiao are still division commanders, which is equivalent to standing still, many people, including Emperor Longwu, feel that this is a rare opportunity to take the opportunity to win over and divide them, Take it for yourself.

Generals like Zhou Guodong and Tan Xiao and the Chu army have long been inseparable, just one Yangshuo Marquis wants them to change their camps, how can there be such a simple thing in the world, besides, Zhou Guodong and Tan Xiao are both Chinese qualifications, and they have a strong feeling that they are unable to do this position now, knowing that they have a few catties and taels, and they also know that they are nothing without leaving the Chu army, how can they be easily co-opted by the imperial court, and more importantly, Wang Kefan's control over the Chu army is far greater than that of the ordinary Ming army leader, if Zhou Guodong betrays the Chu army and betrays Wang Kefan, he will immediately become a loner. Except for a few henchmen, don't try to pull the entire army away.

After seeing the car, Zhou Guodong saluted Emperor Longwu and the others and said, "There are many soldiers and horses in the west. And brave and good at fighting, Liu Wenxiu is a famous general for a while, Lingchuan County is not a place to stay for a long time, please also ask Your Majesty to go north to Lingqu as soon as possible, enter Huguang, and get out of danger only in Yongzhou, Lingqu has Tan Xiao to drive. The last general will stay in Lingchuan County to block the pursuit of the Western Thieves, and he will be able to protect His Majesty. ”

By this time, most of the ministers around Emperor Longwu were lost. There are only a few important officials, including He Wusu, Wen Anzhi, Chen Zizhuang and Du Yinxi, who just caught up, seeing that Zhou Guodong directly made arrangements for the emperor, several people's faces changed slightly, and Chen Zizhuang couldn't help but be the first to come out. Frowning his brows, he said sternly: "Now is a time of crisis. How His Majesty stops advancing and retreating is a matter of great importance, and it should all depend on the Holy Judgment, and the Marquis of Yangshuo does not need to say much. ”

Zhou Guodong has a stubborn temper, but he is not unfamiliar with the world, he understands the bones in Chen Zizhuang's words very clearly, his eyes narrowed suddenly, but his voice is three points higher: "Since the last general has come to meet him." The safety of His Majesty and the adults rests on my shoulders, and Chen Xiang does not know the danger of the war. Please don't open your mouth! ”

The cabinet in the middle and late Ming Dynasty has a lot of power, the cabinet scholars have no name of prime minister, there is the fact of the prime minister, although the status of the Southern Ming military generals is constantly improving, but in front of the cabinet scholars is still too far behind, Chen Zizhuang did not expect to be in front of the emperor to be heeled, the skin rose red at the moment, pulled his throat and quarreled with Zhou Guodong, Zhou Guodong was not to be outdone, the two fought in front of Emperor Longwu.

Wen Anzhi sighed lightly and persuaded: "I have heard for a long time that the Marquis of Yangshuo is quick to talk and has an upright temperament, what he said just now is just for the sake of His Majesty's safety, there should be no other thoughts, Mr. Qiu Tao (Chen Zizhuang) is too worried...... However, however, His Majesty has just left Guilin, and the ministers, engineers, soldiers and horses in front of him have run away, and it is still good to wait for two days in Lingchuan, and there is no sailor on the left and right of the West Thief, and Lingchuan can calmly escape even if he loses His Majesty. ”

Wen Anzhi is a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and there are countless protégés in the court and the opposition, and he has been living in seclusion in his hometown in Yichang, Hubei Province over the years, and has a deep relationship with the big Tusi in eastern Sichuan and western Huguang, Zhou Guodong heard his name when he was young, and respected him very much, frowned and thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, stay for two days, stay for two days, but Your Majesty must stay on the ship, and you can't go ashore at any time, just in case." ”

Guilin was lost, and Emperor Longwu and the ministers had not yet decided where to go next, and they were unwilling to easily set foot in Huguang. Huguang is the nest of the Chu army, and it doesn't matter if Emperor Longwu goes to take a trip in peacetime, but now he is on the way to escape, and he runs over in a panic and becomes Emperor Han Xian, everything is subject to the Chu army, so he would rather take some risks and wait in Lingchuan County, and then make a decision after collecting the soldiers and horses.

If Zhou Guodong used force to coerce everyone to go to Huguang, Emperor Longwu was now powerless to resist, and everyone was greatly relieved to see that he was still abiding by the rules of his courtiers.

The battle in Guilin entered the final stage, the remnants of the Longwu army and the Western army continued to pour into Lingchuan County, and at the same time brought a lot of true and false news, two days passed in a flash, Liu Wenxiu finally determined that Emperor Longwu was in Lingchuan County, with tens of thousands of troops killed, under the persuasion of Zhou Guodong many times, Emperor Longwu finally decided to leave Lingchuan, temporarily avoid the edge of the Western Army.

Sailing fifty miles to the north, there was the Lingqu in front, and at the insistence of He Wusu and others, the fleet temporarily stopped, and sent scouts to Guilin to inquire about the news, waiting for further clarity of the battle situation.

In the middle of the river, the night was dark, but He Wusu did not feel the slightest sleep, and stood at the bow of the boat with the eunuch Wang Kun, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, holding the side of the boat, the expression on his face was uncertain, and he lowered his voice to say something, and several attendants stood far behind him.

"Your Majesty enters Huguang, and it is a far cry from Guangzhou, Yuanfu should go and persuade the emperor again." Wang Kun is the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, the first person among the eunuchs, known as the internal minister, and He Wuyu has been very close in the past two years, and they have advanced and retreated together in several major events, which can be regarded as relatively loose allies.

"There's nothing you can do!" He Wuyu sighed happily: "Since the Zhengde Dynasty, I, the first assistant, is probably the most deserved, not to mention the martial arts and foreign domains, even the six departments and the six departments cannot be commanded, and Your Majesty has already lost the holy family, so there is today's predicament." ”

The civil officials have been suppressed over the years, and the advantages of the martial arts have been decreasing, and the civil officials of the Longwu court are lined with mountains and infighting. According to the original intention of the Southern Party, when the Western Army invaded Guangxi, of course, he hoped that Emperor Longwu would go to Guangzhou, but the development of the situation was not under their control at all. (To be continued......)