The old man was a little surprised when he heard this, this person wearing armor and helmet must be a commander in the army, but why did he talk elegantly like a humble gentleman? has no ordinary military attaché's domineering energy, and he is still a general soldier.

It is not strange that many people are polite, since Chongzhen's attitude is respectful, the old man also eased it, waved his hand to the clansmen behind him, and put down all the weapons he raised. Seeing this, Chongzhen ordered Meng Guess to stay where he was, and walked forward alone, the old man also moved forward, and the two tacitly met in the middle of the road.

But it was the old man who spoke first: "Why did General Jiang come to my Duanjiazhuang?" ”

"Without him, please ask for food and ask for people."

In fact, the old man knew in his heart that since the soldier found here, there would definitely be no good thing, and he didn't want to make a big deal about it. But Chongzhen's words were clear, and the old man couldn't help but ask: "What does it mean to ask for food and invite people?" ”

"Heh, the younger generation is willing to pay to buy grain at market price, if there is no surplus grain in the old village, it is okay to spend money to hire people to do things."

The more he talked about the old man, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help but doubt this person's motives, good guy, robbing is not robbing, it is not robbing, it can be seen how bad the reputation of being a soldier is.

"You said you hired people to do things, can you elaborate?"

"Don't hide from the elderly, the reason why the younger generation set foot in Lingqiu is to deal with the enemy army pursuing our department. Now 100,000 captives have arrived in Datong, the survival of the people of Shanxi is on the verge of death, the younger generation of Guanlingqiu terrain is steep and defensible, and wants to build a soil fortress to resist the enemy, but the soldiers are tired and the people are short of manpower. Chongzhen's tone of voice was subdued, and the few words were very infectious.

Although Duanjiazhuang is located in a remote area, it is not isolated from the world, coupled with the flow of refugees from all over the world, so the old man has more or less heard of the recent events in the outside world.

After hearing this, the old man bowed his head slightly, and said with some interest: "Jiang boy, you just rely on the old man and sell the old man as a dying person, how about calling you a boy?" ”

"The younger generation deserves it."

"Boy, tell the truth to the old man, are you an official or an army?" The old man said closely.

"The younger generation used to be the army and is now the Ming army, supporting Emperor Zhen Zhengshuo and swearing to fight to the death."

"Oh, that's it....." The old man's words were a little meaningful, and he couldn't help but look at the ground and think, and from time to time he picked up the royal staff and tapped it lightly on the ground.

Chongzhen was not in a hurry, and waited silently.

After a while, the old man said solemnly: "Jiang boy, this matter is not small, can you allow the old man to go back and discuss with the clansmen, and then reply tomorrow?" ”

"Juniors say goodbye."

Chongzhen nodded and said no more, said goodbye to the old man, and rode away with Meng Chai on horseback.

"Ancestor, what do the thieves want to do."

"Do it with them, our Duanjiazhuang is not afraid."

"That's it, that's it."

The young man who didn't know what was going on was excited, and the old man picked up the king's staff and knocked it heavily on the ground amid the chatter of the juniors, and then fell silent.

"The old man wants to discuss things, and the men in the village go to the ancestral hall to wait, and the male babies in the family also bring them, and they have to bring everything they bring."

......

On the way back, Chongzhen had been thinking about the speed of the migration of people, he had misjudged before, he knew it was slow, but he didn't know it was so slow. Judging from the current pace of travel, it will probably be ten days before everyone arrives in Guangchang, and the buffer time between him and Jianyu will be five days at most.

If Jianyu had discovered his movements now and pursued him in a hurry, he would have been able to catch up with Tang Tong in two days. The reason why he took a lot of trouble to migrate was to seek the initiative on the battlefield, and after the meeting with the elders of the Duan family Zhuang clan, Chongzhen gradually had a countermeasure.

Civilians walked out of the mountain crossing one after another, and continued to move forward under the signal of the soldiers.

"From Lingqiu to Guangchang, set up 200 soldiers along the way to guide the way, let the 100 households under your command go to watch, you take the remaining 800 people back to respond, there are accidents to solve accidents, and there are no accidents to assist civilians in pushing carts."

"Mengchai's Manchu soldiers are not suitable for too much contact with other people now, and this matter can only be handed over to the regimental training battalion."

Chongzhen sat on the stump of the tree that had just been cut down, used as a temporary office point, and carefully admonished Yang Boxian.

"Your Majesty, aren't we going to Guangchang?"

"Let the civilians go first, and I will set up a line of defense in Lingqiu first, in case of interception of the pursuers."

"No."

"Boxian, restrain your soldiers, you must not make trouble with the people, and if there is a offender, I will not be forgiven." The tone at the end is categorical.

"Mark the order!"

Since the army chose to stay here, it is urgent to set up a military fortress, and the full soldiers under Mengchai are cutting down trees everywhere for this, taking advantage of this gap, Chongzhen asked Mengchai: "If it were you, how long would it take to catch up with me?" ”

Mengchai thought about it seriously, and then gave the answer: "Three days." ”

......

The Qing army did not stop in Datong Province, according to the original plan, the troops were divided into three routes, one route was led by Azig himself, Wakda was accompanied, and after joining up with the follow-up Shang Kexi Division, Yanchang City went down to attack northern Shaanxi.

Wu Sangui went to the southeast, first conquered the areas of Hunyuan Prefecture and Ulzhou, and then went south to protect the eastern flank of most of the country and guard the grain road.

Dolgon and the rest of the soldiers and horses went directly south, with only one goal, Taiyuan.

For someone, it's just a lottery, compared to this, Dolgon values the overall victory or defeat more, and he has self-confidence, or it won't be long before that person will have nowhere to hide in Shanxi.

......

Since the beginning of the establishment of the Fu Domain, the commanders of the four towns in Jiangbei who were knighted for their decision-making merits, namely Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, and Liu Zeqing, have become increasingly rampant but no one can control them. There is no enterprising heart, only focusing on the southern Zhili to fight for the "beautiful land" to enrich itself, and then use it to hold the imperial court hostage, its momentum is not lost, and the Hongguang court has completely become a warlord plaything.

Among the four people, two are defeated generals who flee from the wind, and two are mediocre people who have no merit to record.

On the same day that Chongzhen rushed to Lingqiu, Gao Jie was ordered by the imperial court to settle his family outside Yangzhou City, and then led the army to the north. But how could Gao Jie, who knew that Yangzhou was rich, listen to orders? shouted that he wanted to settle his family into Yangzhou City.

Gao Jie's notoriety, the people of Yangzhou have been afraid for a long time, and his subordinates looted and burned the villages, so the people have to strike (ba) the city and never let Gao Jie's army enter the city.

Annoyed and angry, Gao Jie immediately ordered an attack on Yangzhou City, and a Jinshi named Zheng Yuanxun saw this, so he made an appointment with Gao Jie to discuss in the hope of mediating from it, and the condition given was that the families of the officers and soldiers were allowed to settle in the city, but the soldiers were still stationed outside, and both sides took a step back.

But there was a big incident, Zheng Yuanxun was about to ask for merit from the top, but unexpectedly, the angry people killed him with a cane on the spot.

Seeing that the matter was big, Shi Kefa, a scholar of the Inspector University, hurried to Gao Jie's camp, and after all the good things were said, Gao Jie agreed to give up Yangzhou and asked for the nearby Guazhou to garrison. In the eyes of others, the reason why Shi Kefa is so tolerant is because of the current situation, but it is not.

On the first day of June, Shi Kefa received a letter from the person who signed the letter was Tong Yangxing, who had been stranded in the north, and the eight big characters in the letter were shocking.

"Your Majesty is not dead, but you are trapped in Shanxi."