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The eastern sky has revealed the white belly of the fish.

Dongguang County, south of Cangzhou, is located on the edge of the canal, at this time the ancient canal wharf is also covered with ice and snow, the canal is frozen and only a narrow waterway extends to the north, and the river is also lazy, flowing in the gap of the ice crevice, and in front of the ice crevice, there are still people constantly smashing the ice, and then let the rear fleet pass.

Hundreds of large ships were moored in the crevices of the ice, the largest of which was in the middle of the fleet, and at this time of year there were no boats to be seen on the canal, but now they were all together. The bow of the big official ship was hung with various colored pennants, and there was a pole inserted in the stern of the ship, which read "Victory".

This is the ship of the minister of the Imperial Mission, at this time his brows are furrowed, there is no joy on his face, and he sees that the farther north this ice is, the thicker it becomes, although the ice is broken all the way, but now the ice is getting more and more broken, and now the fleet is stuck here,

"If you can't do it, you will go by land instead!"

Shengbao's mouth said this, he held a fire in his heart, and led the holy decree south to intercept those long hairs, this fire was holding in his heart, originally he thought that with the 10,000 elite soldiers led by himself, blocking this long hair was naturally a hand, but who would have thought that this long hair was slippery like a loach, and he watched it slip through his hand several times.

Now this long hair has not only slid past, but also seized Zhaozhou, which is a place of direct subordination, which actually makes it feel like it has entered a no-man's land.

"It's all those Han officials!"

Almost subconsciously, Shengbao blamed all this on the disadvantage of the local Han officials and regiments to defend the territory, they only knew how to sit in the city, and how could anyone dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy and intercept it? The so-called layers of interception have long become a joke, especially this long hair, which is as slippery as the loach, and when he finds that there are officers and soldiers in front of him, he will immediately turn around and point his finger. Even if he wins, he can only run for his life in the back.

No, there was another bad news from there yesterday - Luancheng and Jinju have fallen into the hands of thieves, and the only thing that is comforting is probably that "thieves trapped the city and did not defend it".

Just when Shengbao was complaining about the inaction of the Han officials in his heart, there was bad news over there, tens of thousands of thieves and rebels divided into two roads, all the way to Baoding, all the way to Shenzhou.

"My lord, this long-haired soldier is nothing more than that!"

As soon as the news came, without even looking at the map, the corners of Cai Shouqi's lips were raised, and his face was full of contempt.

"When the two thieves of Lin and Li invaded, they were divided into troops in Shenzhou, and one of the divisions went straight to Baoding, and the other way there were two thieves leading the troops straight into the exchange, passing through Cangzhou, capturing Qing County, and forcing Jinghai, as for the remoteness of Baoding, it was in Zhang Dengdian to turn east and go east to meet with him in Qingxian County, and now it seems that this person is just copying the way of Lin and Li two thieves to use troops! Don't be afraid! ”

When Cai Shouqi spoke like this, Shengbao's face was a little not very good-looking, when Lin and Li two thieves attacked, he heard that he had entered Baoding, he immediately rushed to Baoding, but who would have thought, but let Lin and Li two thieves wear a loophole, so that it approached Tianjin, and now this thief is redoing it according to the gourd painting scoop, his face is naturally more and more difficult to see.

"This thief is really too deceitful!"

With such a curse in his mouth, Shengbao asked Cai Shouqi.

"Mei Xi, you say, now these two roads are long hair, which one is what long hair means?"

Like any banner general, Shengbao often needs to turn to his staff for help in the affairs of the military aircraft, this Cai Shouqi, the Jinshi of Daoguang in the nineteenth year, was originally edited by the Hanlin Academy, and when he was ordered by the emperor to lead the troops south, he took the initiative to join his account as his staff, and he knew the grain and grass matters, and he was serious about doing things, and he had a lot of ideas in his stomach, which would naturally ask Shengbao about him.

"Then what is the way of the thief?"

Cai Shouqi did not ask directly, but asked rhetorically,

"Hmmm......"

Although he said in his heart, if I knew that I still need to use you, Katsubo still pretended to ponder,

"This time, the thieves are against the Jinzhou soldiers divided into two roads, one points to the north and refers to Baoding, which seems to have a great tendency to enter the Beijing Division, and the other road is along the road of Lin Li and the two thieves, the last time Lin Li and the two thieves are Baoding is false, this Cangzhou is false, then this time, it must be ......"

Shengbao's eyes were staring at Cai Shouqi when he spoke, and when he saw his gaze drifting slightly, he immediately realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly changed his words.

"He must think that I am waiting for me to do the opposite, if the commander will transfer the army to Baoding, then from now on to Jinghai will be empty all the way, when it will meet with Lin and Li two thieves, how can the monk king be the enemy...... Ah! ”

Suddenly yelling "not good", Katsuho said repeatedly.

"I can't wait any longer, if I wait any longer, the big thing has to be mistaken by Long Hair!"

"My lord is wise, and I really admire the lower officials!"

Seeing that Shengbao had figured everything out, Cai Shouqi hurriedly bowed and patted his ass, this is where he is smart, he just guided Shengbao to say what he meant, and then used his actions to influence him and sway him, so that the suggestion became Shengbao's original intention, and how could the staff take away the glory of Dongweng.

"It is a blessing for the court to be able to get adults!"

In the face of Cai Shouqi's sycophancy, Shengbao said quite usefully.

"Alas, if there is no Mei Xi to help, how can Ben Shuai be so easy, when he returns to the court, Ben Shuai will ask the emperor for merit for Mei Xi!"

"Xiaguan, thank you for your cultivation!"

Hearing Shengbao say this, how could Cai Shouqi not kneel down and thank you, in the midst of the two praising each other, this military order was issued, and 20,000 troops abandoned the ship and went straight to Cangzhou!

On the snow-covered field, a mighty procession came in a mighty way, the marching procession was not very neat but very spirited. There is a jujube red war horse in front of the team, and there is a red-faced man sitting on it, which leads the 40,000 army to avoid the edge of the Qing army, pointing directly at Zeng Lichang in Baoding, at this time after seven days of marching, he has skipped Baoding, just as he initially expected, the Qing demon in Baoding did not go out of the city to intercept, in fact, for less than 5,000 soldiers in Baoding City, Mo said that it was out of the city, I am afraid that I will only try to ask for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas of this sky, and bless the Taiping army not to attack the city.

In response to the prayers of those Qing troops, Zeng Lichang did not capture Baoding, but only surrounded Baoding in the countryside to play a circle of "vanguard", prepared grain and grass for the army, and now he is leading 20,000 horses with 5,000 elite brothers as the backbone to rush to the direction of the capital, and now, he is getting closer and closer to the capital.

The team marched on this white snowfield, their steps seemed a little heavy, everyone seemed a little tired, but although they were tired, they still dragged their footsteps to the capital, and now they were less than two hundred miles away from the capital.

Suddenly, a probe horse came running from the front, and a spy jumped down from the horse, knelt on the ground and said:

"Report to the prime minister, Lvshuai Xu's team has come to the city of Zhuozhou, and the defenders in the city are only a few hundred, and they have fled when they hear the news, and now, they are waiting for the prime minister to enter the city!"

Hearing him say this, Zeng Lichang looked at Liang Zuoshan beside him, which really met his initial guess, the emptiness of the Qing Demon on the way far exceeded his imagination, and it was all like entering a no-man's land. Seeing that he did not object to entering Zhuozhou City, Zeng Lichang nodded and asked.

"How far is our army from Zhuozhou City?"

"Back to the eldest brother, there are still sixty miles."

After thinking about it, Zeng Lichang said again:

"Good! Tell the brothers, hurry up, and when you arrive in Zhuozhou City today, the brothers have a good night's rest! ”

It's time to rest, it's been a seven-day road, it's hundreds of miles!

When Zeng Lichang issued this military order, Liang Zuoshan glanced at the wilderness and sighed.

"It's not far away!"

"Not far away?" Zeng Lichang muttered again, looked at the thoughtful Liang Zuoshan and said.

"It's really not far away, when we conquer the capital, the world will be all my kingdom of heaven!"

At this time, Liang Zuoshan did not echo the other party, and now he even remembered the last time he went to the capital to take the exam.

The corners of his lips lifted at the thought of this.

"When the time comes, the prime minister can be crowned the king and worship the prime minister!"

"Mr. Liang, you can rest assured, Zeng will never treat you badly, when the capital is captured, Zeng will definitely play Mr. Liang's merits to the King of Heaven and the King of the East, and when the time comes, how can the Heavenly Court not remember Mr. Liang's merits! And Hong Tianwang is the founder of the Ming Dynasty, divided into kings to rule the world, with the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties Nanjing as the capital, men and women plough and weave together, everyone is equal, open the department, men and women take the same examination, won the hearts of the people, and now my army is in the Northern Expedition, but also sweeps the thief crown like the wind and clouds, the place where the division is irresistible, the momentum is like a bamboo, and soon the Qing court can be destroyed, and the world will be dominated, and it will be used for Mr. Liang when he is so talented! ”

"With the grace of the prime minister, Liang will not dare to match!"

Regarding Liang Zuoshan's loyalty, Zeng Lichang only nodded slightly, and then looked up to see that it was almost noon, and said to him:

"If you don't order to rest on the spot now, bury the stove and cook, and after you rush to Zhuozhou City, the brothers will rest with you for two more days, I don't know what Mr. Liang thinks?"

Liang Zuoshan just smiled and nodded, looked at the north and said,

"Although this Gyeonggi is empty now, the high walls of the capital city are thick, which is not comparable to ordinary earth cities, and the army has been rushing day and night in the past few days, and it really needs to be repaired!"

"Two days is too long, in a certain opinion, one day is enough!"

"One day, the brethren were exhausted after such a long journey, and they had to rest for two or three days—"

"The soldiers are fast, if my army is resting here, then Shengbao and the others have already come to the capital, what should I do?"

In the face of other people's opposition, Liang Zuoshan just responded in an extremely flat tone, and then stopped talking.

"What Mr. Liang said is extremely true!"

Zeng Lichang waved his hand to stop his subordinates from talking.

"You go and give the order, go and return quickly, and when the capital is defeated, the brothers will have a good rest!"

"Yes! Humble and go to herald! ”

Although he was reluctant, he still had to nod his head and rode out.

After he left, Liang Zuoshan looked at the gray sky again, and sighed slightly,

The day is about to change...... (To be continued.) )