The coffin was opened.

It was a few corpses with dark faces, and it was impossible to tell that they were old corpses.

The soldiers defending the city wanted to stab with a knife.

Bian Er immediately went up to block it: "Master Bing, you can't help it, you can't help it." The dead are too big to be alarmed. ”

After a quarrel, an officer's idea was aroused, so he had to give up looking at a few beautiful little girls and walked over with a calm face.

"It's really dead!"

The officer reached under the corpse's nostrils.

Bian Er hurriedly said: "It's really dead." It's been three days, and if you don't have a spirit, you're about to miss the hour. ”

The officer hurriedly asked, "How did you die?" ”

Bian Er said: "It's starving to death, the king and the righteous army are besieging the city, and there is no food." When you starve, you get sick and die. ”

The officer looked at the face of the dead corpse and couldn't help but wonder, sick to death?

At this time, Xie Fei came up and said: "The doctor said that he was infected with the plague, but my eldest brother didn't believe it, so he didn't say that he died of hunger." ”

Blast!

The officer couldn't help but take a step back and leave the coffin far away, no wonder his face was so ugly.

Xie Fei said again: "The doctor said that he would bury it quickly, and it would be bad if he dyed it to others." ”

Yu Jiye said: "That's it." Ahem! ”

He coughed twice.

The officer glanced at Yu Jiye, and couldn't help frowning, he saw that Yu Jiye's face was also a little blue, and when he looked at the appearance of other people, he found that most of them were like this, and he felt more and more weird.

He was a little farther away from these people, and even those women who looked quite beautiful, he felt that his face was not quite right.

Hurriedly waved his hand: "Bad luck!" Let them out! ”

The hearse started again, and the officer couldn't wait to grab the teapot from the table next to him, pour it all into his hand, scrub it fiercely, and sigh in his heart.

The princess couldn't stand the sticky paint on her face, so Bian Er put on makeup for everyone early this morning. Even she didn't let her go, and diluted it with water with lacquer that I don't know what. A light layer was applied to everyone's face, and it was very uncomfortable after drying. Coupled with the sweat from the hurry, it made the face like an ant crawling.

"Don't rub it!"

When Bian Er saw the princess take out a handkerchief, he immediately stopped.

Yu Jiye smiled and comforted: "Princess, forgive me, this rough billet can't speak." ”

Bian Er didn't refute it, he found that he was reprimanding a princess in person, and he was still a little timid in his heart, and the concept of hierarchy was a psychology that ordinary people couldn't get around.

The hearse exited the south gate and turned east.

They plan to go to Tongzhou.

"I wonder if Lord Yang will wait for us in Tongzhou?"

Xie Fei looked at Dongfang and hesitated.

Yu Jiye sighed: "I don't know. If there are rogues in Tongzhou, the adults may not be there. ”

After speaking, Yu Jiye added: "As long as you go south along the canal, you can always meet adults." ”

Under the city of Tongzhou.

Yang Chao sighed in his heart: "I'm late!" ”

After passing through Linqing in Shandong, I saw refugees along the way, and the closer I got to Beijing, the worse the news I received.

But it is also very inaccurate, some say that Li Zicheng has entered Beijing, some say that the city is being attacked, some say that the emperor has escaped, and some say that the emperor is dead.

Arrived in Tongzhou, Yang Chao has been confirmed. Li Zicheng did occupy Beijing, and the news was obtained from a group of peasant troops captured by him.

"Your Excellency, cavalry!"

Several hundred cavalry appeared in front. Li Zicheng claimed to have 700,000 horse troops, but in fact, there were not so many, his core strength was about 100,000 people, but tens of thousands of cavalry were indispensable, especially the three walls, which had been battled for a long time and were not much better than the captive cavalry, and Yang Chao was unwilling to fight with these people in the field.

"Forget it, retire and wait in Xianghe!"

Under the city of Tongzhou. Four or five battles have already been fought, large and small, but there are more and more peasant armies. Yang Chao is like a torch here, attracting moths to pounce constantly.

Withdrawing troops south may be able to join up with their own reinforcements.

"I hope Yu Jiye's small army can succeed. As long as you can bring out a prince. Jiangnan will not be chaotic! ”

Yang Chao secretly thought in his heart, Yang Chao knew that Chongzhen was dead, with this person's character, I am afraid that there is only one way to commit suicide, and he also killed the concubine, but he was very tolerant of his son, and arranged for his son to hide, but it was a pity that he was betrayed by the imperial family, and all the princes finally fell into the hands of Li Zicheng, and then Li Zicheng was defeated and retreated, and they defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but they were killed.

Yang Chao hopes that Yu Jiye and they can bring out at least one prince, as long as a prince arrives in Jiangnan, it will be the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there will be a chance to hold the fire of Ming civilization, as long as the economy of Jiangnan is not destroyed by the war, Yang Chao is confident that within ten years, the chaos in the world will be calmed.

Sitting on a boat, slowly moving south, Li Zicheng's cavalry, which attacked Tongzhou, did not pursue Yang Chao, but sent people to watch for a few miles, and then returned to the army to attack Tongzhou.

Two hours later, Yang Chao camped in Xianghe and sent a fast horse south to check the location of reinforcements.

His own reinforcements have always been in contact with Yang Chao, and the earliest was last night, when a fast horse came to report that the reinforcements had arrived in Texas.

Calculate the distance, and you will almost be able to meet the Xianghe River tonight.

But at night, Yang Chao did not wait for reinforcements, but waited for a bad news, the army had just passed through Texas, and was attacked by the rogues, although the losses were not large, but the boats with the army were burned in half, and the camp of the army was stable, and the raids of the rogues were repelled with the help of the camp.

Yang Chao couldn't help frowning, he couldn't tell which unit he had encountered the Liukou, and he didn't know the movements of the Liukou, and he really couldn't figure out the situation, but he knew that Gyeonggi was now completely chaotic, and the Liukou, the rout, and looted everywhere.

"Set up camp and go south! Kuaima ordered the entire army to converge in the direction of Cangzhou on foot! ”

Yang Chao immediately ordered to go south.

Since the reinforcements were blocked, it was impossible for Yang Chao to resist Li Zicheng's army, and the supplies of the reinforcements were lost, so it was obviously impossible for them to hurry quickly, so they could only go south to meet by themselves, and meet in Cangzhou, which is closer to Texas, it should be said that there is no delay, and the purpose of receiving a small army will be lost in the south, and it is unrealistic to converge in the north, Cangzhou is one of the most suitable places.

"Went south?"

Yu Jiye easily inquired and got a disappointing news that Yang Chao had taken their troops and retreated south.

Is this abandoning them?

"I heard that there were a few battles, and then we retreated."

One of the inquiring men reported.

Yu Jiye nodded, thinking that his godfather's troops were probably resisted. Forced to go south, after all, Tongzhou has been occupied, and they can only suffer the enemy on their backs if they stay outside the city.

"Is there a boat?"

Yu Jiye asked again.

The subordinate shook his head in disappointment: "There is no ship to be found nearby. Either they were robbed by the rogues, or they ran away. Go up in flames. ”

"Can't find the livestock?"

Yu Jiye asked again.

The subordinate continued to shake his head.

The palace maids along the way were better, but the three princes and princesses couldn't walk, and now they were all driven by their own men.

"Throw the coffin away."

Yu Jiye thought about it and made a decision, these coffins have helped a lot, it can be said that without these coffins, they would not have been able to come to Tongzhou smoothly, and they were interrogated several times along the way. It is said that if you have the plague, no one will dare to provoke it.

Throwing down the coffin now is equivalent to fleeing refugees, and it is impossible for several princes and princesses to walk, especially the princess, whose little feet are already swollen, and he has ten soldiers who can't walk now, and the injury is very bad, and he may die at any time.

Throwing the coffin, the princess can finally wash her face. I wiped my face casually in the canal, although I haven't washed it yet, but it's much more comfortable. However, his face was slightly swollen, and Bian Er said that in the end, no one had to shed their skin, compared to being able to live, this was nothing, and the prince and princess did not dare to complain.

After that, the soldiers pushed the cart, and the comrades and princesses were pulled on the cart, and the prince was no longer qualified to ride.

Continue south along the canal.

When I arrived at Xianghe, I still heard that Yang Chao had gone south.

They complained that they had to travel overnight.

At dawn the next day, they felt Wu Qing, but they saw a few fires in the distance.

"Xie Fei. We split up and went up and killed the men. Otherwise, everyone will die! ”

Yu Jiye stopped the car far away and took someone to him. Pointing to this group of thirty or so rebels, he said.

Xie Fei nodded: "You are from the north, I will go to the west, you see me rushing out and hitting their flanks!" ”

Yu Jiye nodded, it is impossible for their weapons to be brought out of Beijing, and everyone is not sure if they don't have a guy in their hands, the most important thing is that everyone has not eaten for a day or two nights, and they really can't hold it.

Soon saw that Xie Fei brought seven people to touch from the west, and after directly touching and killing a few people, the other party reacted, and they all picked up weapons and began to pursue, Yu Jiye shouted loudly, and rushed forward with a dozen or so people.

Killed all the enemies, ate a full meal, captured enough weapons, and at the same time figured out some information.

These people are Liu Fangliang's troops on the South Road of Li Zicheng's army.

Li Zicheng personally sat on the North Road from Shanxi to the east, and Liu Fangliang went out of Taihang, entered northern Henan and southern Jinan, and went straight to Baoding.

Obviously, they intended to make a detour from the south, and if Li Zicheng's frontal attack did not go well, they would go up from the north and south, and at the same time, they would also cut off the connection between Beijing and Jiangnan, blocking the Jiangnan soldiers and horses from going north to King Qin, and preventing the Chongzhen monarchs and ministers from escaping south.

Obviously, Li Zicheng understands very well that Jiangnan is what he has to guard against now, and the north, which has been shattered, has no strength that can threaten him.

This group of people was ordered to cut off the canal, but the road was unfamiliar, they took a fork in the road, and their purpose was Cangzhou.

Cangzhou has always been a battleground for soldiers, not far from Beijing, and backed by Shandong, which can be attacked and defended, and the peasant army also values here, as long as they can cut off here, they will block the support route of Shandong and Jiangnan to Beijing, and after they occupy Gyeonggi, they can take this place as a starting point and attack south.

Yu Jiye couldn't help but worry, not knowing where Yang Chao was now, and whether he would meet Liu Fangliang's army.

At this time, Yang Chao was indeed in Cangzhou and was confronting Cangzhou City, but not with the peasant army, because Cangzhou City was still in the hands of the Ming army, but this Ming army did not let Yang Chao enter the city.

It's not that the civil officials in the city are pedantic, but the military generals want to dedicate the city to Li Zicheng, and after hearing that Yang Chao is the Ming army of King Qin of Jiangnan, he can't open the door if he is killed. (To be continued...... ）。