Two rows of cavalry guarded the old lady's carriage in the middle, Luo Jian and Liu Lan also rode horses in the middle of the team, and hundreds of people marched on the Gulou Street, attracting the people to go out to watch.

Out of the city of Nanjing from the Jinchuan Gate, with the carriage, the speed of the brigade was not fast, but it was safe until noon.

"Brother Luo, they won't scare us, right?" Liu Lan asked.

"It won't be groundless, and it won't be near Nanjing if we want to do it, so we can't be careless." Luo Jian said.

Wang Zecheng was very cautious, and the guards were ready to fight at any time along the way, and the scouts were also sent out from afar.

Liu Lan was bored, got off the horse and got into the old lady's carriage to talk to the old lady, and the team had already marched to Qiaotou Town.

As planned, we had to rest here for lunch, and the horses had to be fed.

The brigade did not enter the town, which was too small to provide food for so many people, and everyone carried dry food with them.

Wang Zecheng commanded the guards to set up a guard, and everyone dismounted and began to fill their stomachs.

Last night, I had already let people buy food, which was specially packed in a food box, and let people send it to the old lady, Luo Jian himself ate dry food with the soldiers, but the old lady was disappointed.

"Mother, don't talk about him, he's like this in the army." Liu Lan said.

"Girl, I'm not saying that Xinghua shouldn't eat the same thing, the old body said that we shouldn't eat it alone, just the same." The old lady said.

"Mother, you're old, you can't gnaw on those dry foods." Liu Lan said with a smile.

"That's just as well." Hearing Liu Lan say this, the old lady didn't speak.

When the people were half-fed, the sentry shouted, "There is an enemy attack!" ”

Luo Jian looked up and saw that it was the direction of the river, and it was not strange to think that Liu Kongzhao was the admiral of the Nanjing Navy Division.

Wang Zecheng stood up and gave the order for all to prepare for war.

The old lady walked up to Wang Zecheng and said to him: "Child, if the situation is urgent for a while, it is important for you to protect the Metropolitan Governor and Miss Liu and rush out, leave us alone." ”

"Don't worry, the old lady is just a group of local chickens and dogs, please see how we clean them up." Wang Zecheng said to the old lady while holding the binoculars and observing.

There were more than 2,000 people who came, dressed in messy clothes, holding knives and guns, and rushed towards Luo Jian and them from the left front.

Luo Jian observed for a while, stepped forward and helped the old lady to sit down by the carriage, took out the spare dishes and chopsticks, filled a bowl of rice, and accompanied the old lady to eat, Zhao Quan led more than a dozen guards to stand on the side.

"You kid, why are you so careless? I'm afraid there are thousands of people coming, right? You take Liu Lan and go first. The old lady said.

"Mother, if Brother Luo runs away like this, how can he still mix around in the future?" Liu Lan said with a smile next to her.

Liu Lan learned what Li Yunlong said and almost didn't let Luo Jian squirt out a mouthful of food, but the more than 2,000 people who came here Luo Jian really didn't take it to heart, if Wang Zecheng couldn't even clean up these people, the training of the Yangzhou army would be in vain.

"You girl, why are you saying this?" The old lady looked at Liu Lan with disgust.

"Mother, you can rest assured, Brother Luo is good at doing things, you see that he has sat down, which means that he doesn't pay attention to these people at all." Liu Lan comforted the old lady.

Luo Jian and the others were not far from the river, and soon the more than 2,000 people would not be able to get half a mile away.

One hundred riflemen lined up in two rows, fifty people in the front row had already raised their Yangzhou Type 1 rifles in their hands, and two hundred cavalrymen led their horses and stood dozens of meters behind.

Wang Zecheng slapped his horse and stepped forward and shouted loudly: "The Duke of Weiguo and the Governor of Huaiyang are here, stop when they come, otherwise they will be killed!" ”

More than 2,000 people did not stop, and a person who looked like a general raised his waist knife in his hand and shouted: "Everyone rush forward, whoever kills Luo Jian will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!" ”

The voice shouted loudly, Liu Lan heard it, turned her head and said to Luo Jian: "Brother Luo, you are really cheap, only worth a thousand taels of silver?" I'll buy you for two thousand taels. ”

"You girl, ordinary people can't earn a thousand taels of silver in two lifetimes, which is a lot." The old lady laughed as she spoke.

Wang Zecheng dismounted and walked to the rifleman, took off the 95 rifle on his back, pulled the bolt and loaded it, looked at the distance, and estimated that it was still 300 meters away.

More than 2,000 people rushed over the mountains and fields, and they ran quite fast, and the general with a waist knife rushed to the front.

Of the two palace maids that Liu Lan brought back, one was so frightened that he hid in the carriage and trembled, but the other was very bold and stood up to watch the battle that was about to take place.

The old lady saw Luo Jian slowly walking to the front, pointed to the palace maid in front of the carriage and asked Liu Lan: "Girl, what's the matter with the two of them?" ”

"Mother, Xiao Liu, who came with us, is so busy in Yangzhou that he doesn't have time to eat, he is not young, we want to find him a partner, these two are both educated, and they are also the daughters of large families, bring them back and let them be with Xiao Liu, if they get along well, they will become a family, and if they don't get along, they will be left to themselves." Liu Lan explained to the old lady.

"That's good, where can we women take care of themselves, Xinghua is a good boy, don't miss it, you're not too young, hurry up and get married when you have time, right? Your eldest brother Shi has no children, and his mother wants to hold her grandson. But girl, you have found a poor girl, and your mother has no good dowry for you. When the old lady said this, she carried Mrs. Shi on her back, for fear of hurting Mrs. Shi.

"Mother, now we are all busy, but we don't have time to take care of this, ah, they rushed up." When Liu Lan spoke, more than 2,000 people on the opposite side had rushed to a distance of more than fifty meters with a roar.

Wang Zecheng's rifle was always aimed at the general who rushed in front, and seeing that the distance was close, Wang Zecheng pulled the trigger, only to see the general fall in response.

The sound of the gun was an order, and the riflemen in the front row also pulled the trigger in their hands, and at a distance of less than 50 meters, there were almost no shots, and more than 40 people immediately fell on the opposite side.

didn't want the old lady to see such a bloody scene, Liu Lan hurriedly helped the old lady into the carriage.

More than 40 people fell in an instant, and the group ran to both sides and back as if they had blown up a nest.

The gunners in the second platoon had already stepped forward and also started shooting, and dozens more people fell.

The party of more than 2,000 people immediately scattered and fled, and no one wanted the thousand taels of silver.

After Wang Zecheng finished firing a shot, he turned around and took a few steps on the war horse, and the cavalry behind him also got on the war horse.

"The cavalry of the Yangzhou Army attacked!" Wang Zecheng carried a saber and led 200 cavalry to rush towards more than 2,000 people.

"Kneel and surrender without killing!" Wang Zecheng shouted while charging, and the team on the opposite side threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground.

Wang Zecheng and the others captured more than 1,000 prisoners, but dozens of them still ran away on horseback.

Wang Zecheng was about to report to Luo Jian, when a scout in the distance rode over and shouted: "There is a large group of people and horses coming ahead, there are too many people, and the number is not clear." ”

Wang Zecheng suddenly became nervous when he heard this, and the scouts said that they couldn't count clearly, and it was estimated that there must be more than 5,000 people, and his own 300 people could not cope with it.

"How far away? There were probably more than three miles to go, and they were led by cavalry, which came quickly. ”

When Wang Zecheng heard this, he ran to Luo Jian's side in a few steps and said: "Dadu Governor, there are more men and horses in front, as well as cavalry, you can withdraw quickly, we will stop them." ”

"Nervous about what? Do you see it clearly? Didn't you send someone back to inform Senior Commander Liu? Could it be that they are coming? Luo Jian said.

Wang Zecheng reacted at this time, rushed to a high place in a few steps, raised Luo Jian's telescope to look, and ran back after a while, and said happily to Luo Jian: "Governor, it's the captain who is here!" ”

The cavalry arrived in the blink of an eye, and Wang Qiang turned over and dismounted when he came to Luo Jian's side, and said, "Chief, are you okay?" ”

"You're late, it's been solved!"

Wang Qiang saw that the guards were escorting the prisoners to clean up the corpses on the ground, and thousands of people were kneeling aside, and the matter was indeed over.

After a while, Liu Zhaoji also arrived with a group.

Liu Zhaoji saw that Luo Jian and the others were fine, and he was about to leave with a group of horses.

"Brother Liu, why are you going?" Luo Jian saw Liu Zhaoji hitting his horse in the direction of Nanjing, and hurriedly asked.

"Governor, you go back to Yangzhou first, I'll go to Nanjing, I have to slaughter these bastards today!" Liu Zhaoji said hatefully.

"Come back! Isn't that okay with me? Luo Jian shouted.

"Xinghua, that's it?" Liu Zhaoji asked.

"What's the cost of cleaning them up? Now we're busy, let's clean them up when we have time, can we run the monk and the temple? Luo Jian said.

Hearing what Luo Jian said, Liu Zhaoji came back from beating his horse, pointed at a prisoner with a horse whip and said: "You come here, I will let you go back, you go and tell Zhu Guobi and Liu Kongzhao that if you dare to fight the idea of the metropolitan governor in the future, I will kill him and the three clans!" Chickens and dogs don't stay! Remember, I am Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the first division in Yangzhou! ”

After Liu Zhaoji finished speaking, he got off the horse beside Luo Jian, Luo Jian pulled him to Mrs. Shi's car and introduced Mrs. Shi to him, and Liu Zhaoji hurriedly stepped forward to meet him.

"You said it well just now, you have to say this to these villains, don't scare them, they will do it again in the future." The old lady's ears are very good, and she heard everything Liu Zhaoji said just now.

"Old lady, what I said is true, not to scare them. If something happens to Xinghua, our Yangzhou army will have to overthrow the emperor in Nanjing. Liu Zhaoji said.

"You can't talk nonsense, Xinghua is fine." When the old lady heard this, she quickly stopped Liu Zhaoji.

"Thanks to Zhu Quan this time, otherwise we would have been caught off guard." Luo Jian said.

At this time, Zhu Quanzheng pulled his brother Zhu Quan, touched the Yangzhou rifle in his hand, and said: "Brother, the Yangzhou Army is really powerful, and I will also join the Yangzhou Army." ”

The palace maid who was bold just now ran to the side and vomited wildly, Liu Lan saw it, quickly took the handkerchief, and handed her a glass of water.

On the way back, Luo Jian told Liu Zhaoji in detail what happened in Nanjing.

"Alas, Xinghua, I said a long time ago that these guys are not angry at all, I didn't expect Liu Kongzhao and others to even dare to do this, we Yangzhou have to make plans early." Liu Zhaoji sighed and said.

"Yes, we have to base ourselves on our own development from now on, and that small court is unreliable." Luo Jian also felt the same way.

When the team arrived in Guazhou by boat, Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu were already waiting on the dock.