The sky was slightly bright, and on the avenue outside Huai'an City, a team of fast horses galloped forward, the number of people was about three thousand, and dust was splashed along the way, and the army passed for a while, and the dust disappeared for a long time.

Zhou Hao sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain of the window, and saw pieces of woods and ridges flying by, and the vast mountains seemed to rise and fall under the speed of the express car, like a swimming snake, just now he covered his eyes, and swept away behind him in a moment.

Zhu Yousong sat next to Zhou Hao, he had already fallen asleep, he didn't sleep all night last night, and he came to the car to make up for sleep. Zhou Hao took off his robe and covered Zhu Yousong's body. The car was moving very fast, and the thumping car could not shake Zhu Yousong awake, but slept even deeper.

Zhou Hao's own box was beside him, and when he thought of what he was going to face soon, his heart was like a frenzy, and he couldn't calm down for a moment.

Fu Wang Zhu Yousong's clothes didn't have time to change, he was wearing an old cyan robe, and the stains on the scarf on his head were very obvious, Zhou Hao saw how to meet the Nanjing bureaucrats in this outfit, and wanted to remove the scarf on his head and change it for Zhu Yousong, but when he took it off, the scarf he was wearing was dirtier than Zhu Yousong's, and there was a little blood on it. Zhou Hao looked at the little bloodstains, and designated that it was splashed during the battle with the big dart bureau, and he was busy with the affairs of King Fu for a while, and he kept ignoring his appearance.

This scarf was bought by Zhou Hao from Huai'an City when he escaped from Dafeng Village, because his hair was too short, he had to use a scarf to cover it, and he had experienced all kinds of things for more than a month, all kinds of rushes, and he had never washed it. When Zhou Hao touched his hair, he didn't grow long enough to be able to tie it up. The current Zhou Hao has fully adapted to this era in terms of lifestyle.

Zhou Hao smiled bitterly and put the scarf on his head, and continued to open the curtain to look at the passing scenery outside the window.

Due to the urgency of time, Lu Jiude first selected 3,000 fast horsemen, and escorted King Fu to Nanjing by himself, Ma Shiying, Huang Degong and Gao Jie, in order to arrive in Nanjing City in the evening, while Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo led nearly 50,000 horses to Nanjing later. The 50,000 horses that arrived later were obviously to prevent the Nanjing group from temporarily rebelling, and once they opposed King Fu, they would have 50,000 troops as their backing.

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On this day, the city of Beijing was overcast, the sky was flickering and dark, and gusts of wind were rising from time to time.

The Chaoyang Gate was wide open, the officials, gentlemen and people were all neatly dressed, pouring on both sides of the avenue, looking at this formation, almost all the people in the entire Beijing city poured out, and the heads of each person surged, and the people behind surged like a wave to the crowd in front, all vying to look at the middle of the avenue.

The avenue was swept cleanly, and there was an incense case on both sides of five or six steps, and in some places it was covered with cypress branches, as if to hold a grand welcome ceremony.

In fact, on this day, people in Beijing heard that Wu Sangui took the Ming prince to Beijing, for those who have long been fed up with Li Zicheng's torture and miss the gentry of the homeland, it is undoubtedly a great news, once the prince arrives in Beijing, the Ming Dynasty can return to the country, and their good days are hopeful.

When Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, the original Jinyi Wei commander Wu Mengming led a Jinyi guard south to Nanjing, and threw himself into the Donglin Party, and the deputy commander made Luo Yangxing have to come to pick up Wu Mengming's class, but as soon as Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he immediately abolished the Jinyi Wei organization and the East Factory, Luo Yangxing was taken by Liu Zongmin, and he took away 10,000 taels of silver from his body, which was earned by Luo Yangxing for decades from the officials and the people. I didn't expect it to fall into the hands of bandits like this.

He hated Li Zicheng's army to the core, and when he heard that the Ming prince was about to arrive in the capital, Luo Yangxing felt that he had hope again. In fact, the old ministers of the Ming family who were suppressed by Li Zicheng here all had the same idea as Luo Yangxing, and there was no need to say how excited they were at this time.

It was almost noon, and several soldiers galloped in and reported to everyone that Wu Sangui's army was about to arrive, and all the subjects were ready to greet them.

At the sound of the order, all the subjects immediately fell to their knees, waiting for the arrival of the army and the crown prince.

In a moment, a few whimpering sounds came, the music of the ceremonial band in the front honor guard.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this music, this sound was so strange, they had never heard it before, people with a little insight knew that it was the sound of a conch, and someone lost his voice and said: "It's a band of Manchu people!" ”

Soon, a team came, Luo Yangxing quietly raised his head to look, and was immediately shocked, only to see that they were all wearing horse coats, horseshoe-shaped sleeves, with a long braid hanging from their backs, and they were all wearing pointed hats like bowls.

Oh my God, it's the Manchus! Luo Yangxing had been a soldier in Liaodong and knew more about the clothing of the Manchu people, so he was completely stunned at this time.

After the guard of honor in front, a middle-aged man under a yellow umbrella was majestic, dressed in satin-embroidered yellow dragon cloud pattern armor, wearing a Xia Dynasty hat, with a string of beads on his chest, wearing a cloak and moving in the wind, looking ahead, his face was frustrated, and a pair of sharp and cold eyes scanned the welcoming crowd.

Behind him, there were also Manchu Baylor, Wang Ye, etc., some with indifferent faces, some with curiosity, all on horseback scanning the crowd and everything around them.

Luo Yangxing saw a person and was shocked, only to see that this person had a clear face, a Manchu aristocratic costume, it was Hong Chengchou of the year, Luo Yangxing clearly remembered, Chongzhen 14 years, Hong Chengchou led a total of 130,000 troops from Ningyuan all the way to Jinzhou, Lian Zhan, was called the pillar of the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Chongzhen, before the expedition, he was the deputy commander of the Jinyi Wei personally saw him off, just three years, the people who were loyal to the country became the lackeys of the Manchu Dynasty.

Luo Yangxing was thinking wildly, only to hear a soldier say loudly: "The regent of the Qing Dynasty has arrived!" ”

At this time, the man in the yellow robe rolled over from his horse, and soon, several old officials of the Ming Chamber came up and said in unison: "See the regent!" ”

An official said: "Lord Wang, your chariot is ready, tell you to get on the sedan chair and enter the city." ”

At this time, Wu Sangui also turned over and dismounted, walked in front of Dolgon, and said to the official who stepped forward to pick up Dolgon: "Have all the prince's accommodation palace been arranged?" ”

The official said: "Before Li Thief left Beijing, he burned down all the palaces in Beijing, and there were not many people left who could live. ”

Dolgon was most afraid that Li Zicheng would sack the capital when he left, so Li Zicheng retreated, and immediately sent chasing soldiers to follow, but he didn't expect to get a complete imperial city, so he couldn't help but be disappointed, so he said to Wu Sangui: "You look at the arrangement." ”

Wu Sangui said in a low voice: "Don't worry, the prince. ”

At this time, Wu Sangui had changed to the decoration of the Manchu people, his head was also shaved, and there was a small braid behind him, but Wu Sangui's hair was not too long, the braid only hung down to the shoulders, and he wore a Manchu cool hat on his head.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came, scraping off Wu Sangui's cool hat and falling to the ground, and he was suddenly shaved and shiny, and his bald head appeared in broad daylight. Wu Sangui's head was originally big and round, and the hair on his forehead was shaved cleanly at this time, but there was a small braid like a pig's tail on the back of his head, which looked very funny.

Most of the old ministers of the Ming family who greeted Dolgon on the spot knew Wu Sangui, and when they saw Wu Sangui decorating it like this, they all immediately understood that Wu Sangui had already thrown himself into the command of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and their backs were suddenly cold, and their hopes were completely shattered.

Prior to this, many Ming ministers had heard that Wu Sangui would enter Beijing with the Manchu soldiers, and they thought that Wu Sangui was only borrowing the Manchu army to restore the Ming Dynasty......

Wu Sangui had already picked up his hat and escorted Dolgon to the city gate.

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After more than half a day's rapid march, in the afternoon, the army had reached the other side of the Yangtze River.

Zhou Hao got out of the car and saw that the wide river surface was not alarmed, and the afterglow of the sunset sprinkled on the river surface, sparkling and scaly, was very good-looking. The river is very wide, and Zhou Hao can barely see the other side at a glance.

Lu Jiude walked over, went to Zhu Yousong, and said, "Your Highness, wait a while, and the ship sent by Nanjing to welcome you will arrive." ”

Sure enough, the tips of the sails appeared faintly in the distance on the river, and in a moment, I saw dozens of sailing ships speeding towards the shore.

Suddenly, a bright sound of conch was heard in the distance, and several people in the army here also blew the conch, and the rhythm seemed to be in tune with the rhythm blowing from the other side.

Zhou Hao knew that it was the two sides to confirm their identities, and sure enough, the ship on the opposite side heard the sound and rushed towards the place where King Fu's army was, and soon, he went to the shore, and as soon as the ship anchored, hundreds of men in military uniforms walked from the boat to the shore, and when they saw Zhu Yousong, they hugged and said: "See His Royal Highness King Fu for low rank." ”

After Zhu Yousong signaled the excuse of salute, all the sergeants and Lu Jiude, Ma Shiying, etc. met one by one, and soon, everyone got on the boat, except for hundreds of soldiers and mules and horses, they could not get on the boat, and camped on the outskirts of the river, and Huang Degong was in charge.

Zhou Hao and Zhu Yousong share a boat, this is a building ship, three floors up, and it is also very luxurious.

The boat has started, Zhou Hao took the side of the boat, only to see the river slowly flowing eastward, from time to time there are seagulls skimming the river, and a chirping sound comes from afar.

Zhou Hao knew that in two hours at most, he would arrive in Nanjing, and he would be able to see the Nanjing group of officials with his own eyes, all kinds of characters mentioned in the calendar, the brave and loyal Shi Kefa, the leader of the Donglin Party Qian Yiqian and others, and it was very likely that they would deal with these people in the future.

Zhou Hao thought about it again, he is now just a grass people, even if he is an official according to merit, he can't be a big official, and it is almost not big to enter the core decision-making level of Nanming, so he still takes a step at a time, thinking about this, Zhou Hao's original idea of using modern methods to reform the Ming Dynasty has been temporarily stranded and no longer thinks about it.

When Zhou Hao was thinking wildly, the boat had docked, and as soon as everyone went ashore, hundreds of guards immediately came, and it seemed that they had come to greet the blessed king Zhu Yousong.