Along with the telegraph machine, there was also a mimeograph machine, which was inconspicuous but could play a significant role at this time.

Notices needed to be posted in many places in the newly recovered areas, and it was much more convenient to have a mimeograph machine, and a notice could be printed quickly, and Zuo Maodi's revised Dadu Governor's Decree was very much printed with a mimeograph machine, and Luo Jian sent fast horses to start sending them from Beijing to Gyeonggi and Shanxi.

After the work of the Metropolitan Governor was completed, everyone returned to the house where the telegraph was installed.

"Xinghua, with this thing, you can talk directly to Nanjing?" Zuo Maodi looked curiously at the telegraph on the table, and a telegraph operator with a large headset had already sat down at the table.

"I'm Luo Jian, let them receive a reply." Luo Jian said to the telegrapher.

Although the steam engine is not small to generate electricity, but a lot of sound insulation measures were taken during the installation, and now the house is still quite quiet.

"Xinghua, what you just said has been passed on?" Zuo Maodi asked impatiently.

"It's been passed on, but it still has to go through a few stations to relay it, and I won't reply so quickly, let's go outside for a walk, and we'll talk back in a while." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xinghua, you go, I'll wait here." Zuo Maodi said as he stared hard at the telegraph.

Maybe it was all just installed, and the telegraph had no formal business, Luo Jian and the others only waited for less than ten minutes, and the telegraph operator picked up a notebook and recorded it while listening.

Another telegraph operator next to him quickly took the paper and translated it, and handed it to Luo Jian after the translation.

"I'm Shi Kefa, I got it!" Look at the words on the paper. Luo Jian was a little funny.

"Tell the Overseer. I'm Zuo Maodi. I'm here too! Zuo Maodi stretched out his head to look at the words on the paper, and said impatiently to the telegraph operator.

After a while, the telegraph operator began to record again, this time recording was a bit long, and it seemed that Shi Kefa's reply was also a bit long.

"I am very relieved to learn that Brother Luo Shi has been released from prison, and I am very happy to know that Brother Luo Shi has helped Xinghua a lot in Beijing. If the virtuous brother returns to Nanjing, he can return with Xinghua, and the brother is looking forward to it! ”

Zuo Maodi held the translated telegram, his eyes were red, but he still hesitantly turned to Luo Jian and asked, "Xinghua, is this really what the inspector told me just now?" ”

"Hehe, it wasn't the Inspector who said it, that young man, you made it up just now?" Luo Jian said with a smile to the telegraph operator who translated the telegram.

"Governor, this is a translation from the telegram. I don't dare make up the words of the Overseer. The young telegraph operator said with a smile.

"Record! Brother Xian, although the city of Beijing is down. However, there are many follow-up affairs, and the ethnic issue is particularly sensitive, so I intend to leave Mr. Luo Shi in Beijing to preside over the overall situation, and I will return to Nanjing in a few days. Properly or not, I hope to reply. Luo Jian on the same day. ”

Luo Jian was quite happy when he saw that the telegraph was already working, and hurriedly told Shi Kefa his intention to leave Zuo Maodi in Beijing.

In order not to interfere with the telegraph operator's telegram, Luo Jian pulled Zuo Maodi to the outside room and sat down.

"Mr. Zuo, is this thing okay? With this telegraph, we can contact each other at any time. Seeing that Zuo Maodi hadn't recovered from the shock, Luo Jian patted the table lightly and said

"Xinghua, now I know that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was unjustly defeated, and you probably brought something as novel and useful as a rifle and a telegraph, right? With these things, even the ten Dolgons and the Manchu court are no opponents. Zuo Maodi said with emotion.

"Hehe, Mr. Zuo, we brought some concepts and techniques over, but these things were made by Cihuan, I heard them say that Cihuan has already made a practical electric light, and in the future, the history books will not remember such a third prince, but a great scientist will be remembered forever. If Emperor Chongzhen really has a spirit in the sky, I'm afraid he can feel gratified, right? Speaking of this, Luo Jian also had a sense of accomplishment.

While the two of them were talking, the telegraph operator came out with Shi Kefa's reply and handed it to Luo Jian.

"Xinghua, this move is very much in line with my wishes, Nanjing is busy with affairs, and I hope that my brother will return quickly."

The telegram was very long, and Shi Kefa actually gave a brief introduction to the situation in Nanjing, although it was very brief, but the general idea was still there.

Luo Jian finished reading the telegram, took out a pen and signed it, and handed it to Zuo Maodi.

Zuo Maodi was about to hand it to the telegraph operator after reading it, and Luo Jian said with a smile: "Mr. Zuo also wants to sign." ”

The telegraph is a completely new thing in this era, and Luo Jian feels that management must be strengthened from now on, otherwise everyone will come and send a telegram out at that time, and it will be a mess.

With the telegraph, it was convenient to communicate with Nanjing, and the situation on both sides could be reported in time, and Luo Jian's return to Nanjing was not so urgent. Luo Jian was not in a hurry to return to Nanjing, in fact, he was still eagerly looking forward to the news that Ma Yingkui led people to pursue Duoduo.

Ma Yingkui led two cavalry brigades with more than 1,000 riflemen and mortar battalions to pursue Duoduo for four days. Just after crossing the Yudai River that day, the pursuing troops encountered the resistance of the new Qing army.

Despite the lack of fortifications, these well-trained recruits held Ma Yingkui back by the Yudai River for nearly an hour, and without the artillery support of the mortar battalion, Ma Yingkui would have had to spend more time.

Nearly an hour allowed Duoduo to run farther, although Ma Yingkui was anxious, he also knew that they all used firearms, although the muskets used by the Qing soldiers could not be compared with those of the Wehrmacht, but this kind of musket could play a far greater role in defense than in attack.

Knowing that the two regiments of the Tenth Division were already following behind, Ma Yingkui was not in a hurry, anyway, Duoduo couldn't escape to the edge of the sky, and he would always chase him to the point where there was no way to escape.

Ma Yingkui is not in a hurry, but Duoduo is in a hurry. Fortunately, the area from Kaiping to Luanzhou was still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, although these prefectures and counties could not fully supply Duoduo's nearly 10,000 horses, but they could always supply some grain and grass.

Knowing that the Wehrmacht's pursuers were less than a day's away, Dordor immediately set out with his army after replenishing some food and grass, and did not dare to stay in one place for long. I remembered when I used to lead troops with my eldest brother Dolgon. That's the freedom to come and go. Duoduo didn't expect that it had only been more than ten years, and it would be so difficult to escape.

Dodor was tempted to go back and fight his pursuers, and if he could push them back, he could calmly retreat to the outside of the pass, but this idea was not supported by Thurai.

In the past few days, in order to stop the pursuers, his new army has sent 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people have basically gone and never returned, and some of the soldiers who have fled back told him. The artillery of the Wehrmacht is so powerful that even if there are fortifications, it cannot be defended, let alone intercepted in a hurry.

Duoduo only breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived in Changli, there was still a city wall in Changli County, and the new army could use the city wall to resist the pursuers for a while.

Duoduo carefully counted his team in Changli, there were more than 15,000 people when he came out of Beijing City, and there were less than 6,000 people left in Changli, you must know that these teams were the most elite people in the Qing Dynasty, and Duoduo's ambition to return to Liaodong to regain his strength began to dim.

"If we had known that these muskets and earth-shattering thunderbolts were also man-made, we should have killed them desperately under Yangzhou City that day. Otherwise, why not? It's only been a few years, and I'm already done with the Qing Dynasty. Dodor said in a low voice to Turai, who was standing nearby.

"King Yu. The subordinates thought that we could not be blamed for the situation that day, and for example, the strange car could not be injured by knives and arrows, and if he wanted to leave, we could not stop him. "Turai followed Dord's army south at that time, and also went to the city of Yangzhou, so he also knew the situation very well at that time.

"It's useless to say these things again, even if we return to Liaodong now, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on, and this king doesn't know what to do anymore." Duoduo poured out his bitterness to Tulai, and it was then that he felt that Fan Wencheng's death was really the biggest blow to him.

"Our ancestors lived in the far north, it's a big deal that we go back to the far north, the southerners are not tolerant of the bitter cold, and they don't want to chase them there." Turai came up with ideas on the side.

Listening to Turai's words, Duoduo couldn't help but shudder, he had been accustomed to living a life of fine clothes and food in the Central Plains all these years, and when he thought of returning to the days when he drank blood, Duoduo really couldn't imagine.

Duoduo also thought about simply turning back and surrendering to the Wehrmacht, but when he remembered that the newspapers in Nanjing had repeatedly mentioned the "massacre order" he had issued outside Yangzhou, and repeatedly said in the newspapers that he would severely punish "war criminals", thinking of this, Duoduo's intention to surrender was gone.

However, Ma Yingkui did not leave much time for Duoduo to think about the future and life in Changli, and the scout soon reported to Duoduo that the pursuit of the Wehrmacht was less than eighty miles away from Changli County.

If the eighty-mile road is not spared, the Wehrmacht can rush to Changli in an hour, which makes Duoduo dare not rest in Changli anymore, but fortunately, Changli is a big county, and there is still a little reserve of grain and grass, which makes Duoduo not go on the road empty-handed.

The faster and faster pursuit of the Wehrmacht made Duoduo feel that if he didn't leave anyone to intercept him in Changli, he was afraid that he would be caught up before he could reach Shanhaiguan.

Leaving another 1,500 people in Changli County, Duoduo only took 3,500 men and horses and began to leave Changli and run in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Duoduo didn't expect that the Wehrmacht pursuers did not attack Changli County at all, but bypassed the county seat and chased directly towards Yongping Mansion (Qinhuangdao), only then did he realize that the Wehrmacht pursuers were also cavalry, and the cavalry could not attack the city, Duoduo had no time to regret that he had left 1,500 people in Changli County in vain, so he had to continue to run towards Yongping Mansion with his team.

Yongping Mansion is located in an important pass from Liaodong to Guannei, in recent years it has been managed quite well by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the entire city has been rebuilt, when Duoduo arrived at Yongping Mansion, the prefect of Yongping Mansion also brought people to meet outside the city, which made Duoduo realize that he was still the Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty.

The people of Yongping Mansion did not know that the city of Beijing had been occupied by the National Defense Army, and Duoduo was running fast all the way, and the Manchus who had fled from the capital had not yet run here.

Arrived at Yongping Mansion, Duoduo finally put half of his heart down, here is only more than 30 miles away from Shanhaiguan, although the city wall of Yongping Mansion is not high, but Shanhaiguan is extremely steep, as long as you hold Shanhaiguan, you can always drag on for a few days, there are a few days, you can run back to Shengjing.

Finally had a solid meal in Yongping Mansion, Duoduo rested while waiting for the news of the scouts, once there was news that the Wehrmacht was approaching, he had to run to Shanhaiguan immediately, if the Wehrmacht besieged Yongping Mansion, it would be a failure. (To be continued.) )