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Walking through Ruzhou, Zhang Huan ordered the caravan to speed up, which was under the jurisdiction of the Qing court.

The group rested at the roadside shop in the evening, and the next afternoon, when the crowd was on their way, four knights came after them on the avenue, frantically whipping their horses.

Zhang Huan sat cross-legged on the car, saw someone coming in the distance, and ordered the caravan to slow down.

The safety of his road from Daming to Nanyang was taken care of by Zhao Yucheng of the East Factory. If he dies in Wu Sangui's barracks, he can only lament that his life is not good, but if he dies at the hands of bandits along the way, Zhao Yucheng will not escape responsibility

Half of the caravan was indeed smugglers, and the other half were all military guards. The caravan's guards secretly prepared their weapons.

The man who came chased him to the front, restrained the war horse, and said with a panicked look: "The messenger is leaving, there are Qing cavalry chasing after him."

Zhang Huan's heart jumped, this person already knew his identity. He asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man arched his hand on the horse and said: "Under the command of Zhao, this morning a team of Pingnan Wang cavalry inquired about the news of the messenger along the way, I asked people to point him to the wrong way, but I couldn't deceive them for many times."

If Shang Kexi hadn't been afraid that Wu Sangui would know, he would have sent troops to take Zhang Huan and the others down for interrogation. Since he had doubts in his heart, he acted more cautiously. He didn't dare to alarm the Ruzhou government all the way, so he only ordered the scouts to lead the cavalry to chase all the way.

The caravan numbered more than forty people, and the target was too big to hide its tracks in Ruzhou.

Zhang Huan hesitated for a moment and asked, "How many chasing soldiers are there?" ”

The man said: "There are 500 cavalry, and I have come here to escort the envoy first."

"Good" Zhang Huan made a decision immediately, he would not be a hero at this time. He was born and died to persuade Wu Sangui that if he died in Ruzhou when the great thing was done, it would be the saddest thing.

The leader of the guard picked four people from the caravan to escort Zhang Huan away first, and the others were still hurrying away. The person who came was familiar with the terrain of Ruzhou, led Zhang Huan and other five people down the official road, and followed him on the mountain path.

Half an hour later, Zhang Huan suddenly wanted to come over and asked the leader: "You are familiar with Ruzhou, can you help me send a letter to Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi?" ”

The man showed an embarrassed look and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the barracks."

Zhang Huan stopped, borrowed a knife from the guard, cut off a piece of robe cloth, cut his finger and wrote the word "Zhang" in blood, then folded the rag and said, "You must give this piece of blood cloth to the king of Pingxi." ”

Seeing that Zhang Huan was solemn, the man knew that the matter was serious, so he stretched out his hand to take it and said, "I just escort the adults out of Ruzhou safely, and when the adults leave Ruzhou, I will go to Nanyang again."

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, if you don't send this cloth away, I can't leave Ruzhou."

Seeing Zhang Huan's resolute attitude, the man instructed his subordinates: "You escort the envoy to Luzhou, and you will not stop all the way" Ruzhou is under his control, and someone else is responsible for Luzhou.

He smiled bitterly at Zhang Huan and said, "It's better for me to go by myself."

After entering the path, Zhang Huan delayed a few more days in the mountains at most, and his safety was guaranteed. But it is not easy for a common person to send a letter to see Wu Sangui.

In the mountain trail.

The hurried iron hooves frightened the birds in the mountains and forests.

Shang Yi scolded all the way, and even a common man dared to deceive him, so he walked around the mountain road for more than half an hour in vain. If there were high-ranking scouts in his entourage, he should be able to find the traces of those people according to the ruts on the road, but unfortunately the scouts could not find clues from the dry official road......

After asking five or six groups of people along the way, he finally determined the direction in which the caravan would flee.

While the cavalry was walking, a sharp-eyed cavalryman pointed to the front and greeted: "My lord, look, the caravan is ahead."

Shang Yi followed the direction of his finger, and the tail of a caravan disappeared around the corner of the big bend.

"That's the group," the scout who had been following him responded.

"Fast"

The galloping cavalry brought out a whirlwind.

After all, there is no escape.

The caravan men saw the cavalry surrounded by them, and there was a desperate look in their eyes. The guards tucked their knives away.

Shang Yi asked, "Which of you is in charge?" ”

An old man in his fifties came out and said, "It's a villain."

"Did you come out of the barracks of King Pingxi?"

"Exactly"

"What kind of goods are you trafficking?"

"Rice and Silk"

Shang Yi sneered and asked, "Then you are from Jiangnan"

The old man bent over like a shrimp and said, "The villain is from Luzhou, and he has been selling goods from Jiangnan."

Shang Yi asked a few more words, but couldn't find fault. Before leaving, Shang Kexi instructed Wu Sangui not to know. King Pingnan just had doubts in his heart, once the suspicion was wrong, if his actions were known to Wu Sangui, the two of them were afraid that they would turn their faces.

Shang Yi said: "You go to Nanyang with me, King Pingnan wants to see you"

The old man was embarrassed and refused: "The villain's goods have been sold, so I can only wait for the next time to go to the prince's barracks."

Shang Yi didn't seem to hear his words, waved his hand, and ordered: "Bring these people back to Nanyang"

The caravan horses were unloaded, the wagons were abandoned on the side of the road, and the five hundred horsemen carried thirty-eight men along the way. No one took the initiative to mention that someone had left the team two hours earlier.

The cavalry was not as anxious as they were when they came.

At the edge of Nanyang Mansion, a group of scout cavalry in Wu Sangui's army came to block the way, and the scout commander Ce immediately stepped forward to greet him: "General Shang?" Where does this come from?"

The man's eyes went straight to the cavalry ranks, and the thirty or so cloth clothes could not hide their tracks in the cavalry ranks.

Shang Yi clenched his fists, he didn't know the person opposite, and replied: "I went out to fight the autumn wind and caught a few fat sheep"

"Really?" Someone came to let him out, he was Wu Sangui's cousin Wu Sanrong, but he didn't expect Shang Yi to know him.

Seeing Shang Yi and the others go away, Wu Sanrong led his subordinate scouts to rush back to the barracks.

Wu Sangui's camp is thirty miles south of Nanyang City, and Shang Kexi has half of the soldiers and horses stationed in Nanyang City, and the other half of the soldiers and horses are camped according to the city. In fact, the Qing court's arrangement has already shown that there is a difference between relatives and relatives.

Wu Sanrong returned to the barracks, rushed straight into the big tent of the Chinese army, saw Wu Sangui, and said: "Sure enough, Shang Kexi has captured all the people in the caravan."

Wu Sangui suddenly pulled out his waist knife and scolded: "How dare Shang Thief do this to me" He deliberately befriended Shang Kexi for the sake of the Han people, but he didn't expect Shang Kexi to be a pair of eyes that Dolgon left in Nanyang to stare at him

A man in the corner of the big tent interjected: "The prince knows that the villain really didn't lie to you"

Wu Sangui didn't put his knife into the sheath, walked up to him, and asked, "Is Zhang Envoy safe?" ”

The man nodded and said, "Can you ask General Wu if he saw the figure of Zhang Envoy?" ”

Wu Sangui turned his head and saw that Wu Sanrong was shaking his head.

Wu Sanrong already knew Wu Sangui's plan, and persuaded: "At the moment, the thief is just suspicious, after he interrogates the people in the caravan, even if Zhang Envoy is not there, he can guess a ten-**, if the Qing court blocks the road back to Sichuan, we will be in big trouble."

"Yes, it's just that I invite the thief out of the city now, and he will inevitably have doubts in his heart" Wu Sangui fell into distress.

There was a dead silence in the big tent, and the man did not dare to speak.

After a while, Wu Sangui put the knife into the sheath and instructed Wu Sanrong: "The soldiers are dangerous, and they can only make one move to see if the thief is fooled or not, you immediately send someone to Nanyang City to report, and say that there is a Ming army landing in Jiangbei."

"Obedience"

Wu Sangui turned his head to look at the man and said, "I still have to wronged you to stay here for a while" Then, he strode out of the big tent of the Chinese army.

A quarter of an hour later, the camp of the Guanning army was like boiling water, and the cavalry of the brigade left the camp in batches and headed south.

Wu Sangui's Chinese army marched all the way south, leaving his henchmen Fang Xuanchu and Wu Sanrong to guard the camp.

The soldiers and horses were swimming outside Nanyang City, and Shang Kexi heard that the caravan had been brought back, and immediately received an urgent report from the Wu Ying messenger

He immediately called Shang Yi to inquire, and there was no abnormality in the caravan. Now that this caravan has entered Nanyang City, it is impossible for it to get out alive. If something happens to Wu Sangui, the people in the caravan will inevitably die; Wu Sangui was fine, and he didn't dare to let the caravan leak the news that he was spying on Wu Sangui behind his back.

The military situation is urgent. The first batch of messengers left, and the second batch of messengers arrived, saying: "The Ming army boarded 6 in Nanyang, and the warships in the Yangtze River waterway are like clouds"

Shang Kexi hesitated slightly, so far, all his suspicions were chasing after the wind. If the Ming army crossed the river and he stayed in Nanyang City without fighting, Wu Sangui was afraid that he would be very unhappy. He ordered: "Order 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the city to prepare, follow me to help the king of Pingxi in battle"

The Ming army has been besieging Xiangyang, and this time it suddenly crossed the river without knowing what the intention was.

The defenders in Nanyang City did not move,

Shang Kexi led the soldiers and horses outside the city to follow Wu Sangui's banner to the south.

Shang Yi watched from the city, and saw that the soldiers and horses of the Wu battalion moved later, wrapping Shang Kexi's 10,000 troops in the middle and south, and there was an alarm in his heart. He hurried down the city and ordered the soldiers: "Bring the merchants who have just returned to the city."

People outside the city shouted and neighed, and the sound of guns and cannons could be heard in the distance.

Shang Kexi was anxious and urged the soldiers and horses to move forward. Thirty miles out of Nanyang, a column of cavalry came to announce the news, and it was Wu Sangui's henchman Yang Kun.

Yang Kun dismounted in front of Shang Kexi's horse and saluted, and said: "Lord, the Ming army is landing on the shore, the front camp has been engaged, and the prince of my family ordered me to invite the prince to watch the battle."

"Yes, how many Ming troops are there?"

Yang Kun replied like a stream, and said: "The Ming army that landed on the shore has nearly 10,000 people, and there are hundreds of big ships in the river.

The sound of a gun was loud in the distance.

"Good" Shang Kexi no longer had any doubts, and led five hundred cavalry to gallop out of the battle, first to check the military situation.

After walking more than 20 miles, the cavalry around him was surrounded by black pressure, and the road ahead was blocked and he could not walk. Shang Kexi secretly felt that something was wrong, turned his head and asked Yang Kun: "Where is King Pingxi?" ”

At this moment, the front cavalry was like the sea water meeting the water avoidance god bead to make way of a road, Wu Sangui rode over and said, "I'm here"

Shang Kexi looked at the front and back, left and right, and saw the Ming army, only the Ning cavalry, his face was pale, and he asked, "What do you want?" ”