Chapter 30: The Sunset

Da Kui led hundreds of red scarf soldiers to escort King Xiaoming all the way south, and then turned west to Tianchang County. Fortunately, he didn't meet the Yuan soldiers along the way, and he would enter the boundary of Tianchang County, but he came to a valley. Da Kui didn't dare to be careless, so he ordered someone to go and investigate. After a short time, the spies reported that there were no ambushes in this valley, and Da Kui raised his voice and said, "If you have inquired, we should not be careless." Hurry through this valley and follow me!"

Behind him, the red turban soldiers will protect Xiao Ming, and the king rode his horse to follow closely, and the sound of hooves frightened the birds and small beasts on both sides of the valley to run. In the blink of an eye, Da Kui led people out of the canyon, not wanting thousands of people to suddenly appear in front of him. I couldn't see who the soldiers and horses were, and Da Kui didn't want to order: "Protect His Majesty King Ming, I'll take a look!"

After that, Da Kui took his horse and went straight to the thousands of men and horses in front of him, and he couldn't help but secretly plan in his heart: "Once it is the Yuan soldiers, they should take the head of the enemy general first." Thinking of this, Da Kui urged the horse to be more anxious. In a blink of an eye, I couldn't help but be overjoyed when I saw it. The thousands of people on the opposite side were all wrapped in red scarves, but they were their own people.

Da Kui came to the front of the formation and asked in a loud voice, "Is that the road on the other side?" I saw a horse separate and everyone came to Da Kui, and Da Kui saw that this person was standing in time for a while, but he was on par with himself. Although he was dressed in iron armor and wrapped in a red scarf, he didn't know what his official position was.

The general on the opposite side arched his hand on the horse and said: "Liao Yongzhong, the forward general of the red scarf in the south of the Yangtze River, and General Zhang on the other side is the privy envoy Shenwei General Zhang?" Da Kui was overjoyed when he heard this, but he still raised his voice and asked: "Is there a token?" Liao Yongzhong reached out and took out a token from the saddle bag and threw it to Da Kui, Da Kui reached out and copied it and took it to his eyes to look at it carefully.

Dakui didn't recognize the words on the token, but the patterns on the token were somewhat similar to his own. As everyone knows, Da Kui's token is from the first product, while Liao Yongzhong's is from the third product, and it can only be similar in pattern. Because the official system of the Great Song Dynasty was different, the token styles and patterns of the civil and military generals were also different.

Da Kui smiled when he saw the token: "I'm scared, I thought I had met the Yuan soldiers again, hehehehe." As he spoke, he turned around and waved, and the people at the mouth of the canyon escorted King Xiao Ming and galloped over.

As soon as Liao Yongzhong saw that King Xiao Ming was in the crowd, he couldn't help but turn over and dismount and kneel: "The last general Liao Yongzhong will see His Majesty King Ming!" King Xiao Ming was still in shock, and when he saw Liao Yongzhong making a big salute, he just waved his hand and said: "General Liao, please get up." Liao Yongzhong stood up and said: "The last general was appointed by Wu Guogong to pick up the driver, and Wu Guogong ordered that His Majesty King Ming should be sent to Chuzhou safely, Your Majesty, please go on the road." ”

Saying that, Liao Yongzhong returned to his horse and led 2,000 men and horses to open the way first, and the rest of the men and horses delayed. King Xiao Ming was in the middle of this soldier and horse. Da Kui put his mind at ease from this side, although the road to Chuzhou is far away, but it is close to the Yangtze River, especially Tianchang County and Chuzhou have been obtained by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu Guo, and there is no danger on the road.

The team entered Tianchang County, and everyone took a beautiful bath and had a full meal in the Red Turban Barracks, and then went to rest. No one will think crankily anymore, because they don't even have the strength to think at this time. The bloody rain along the way had exhausted the physical strength of these people, and some of them had already fallen asleep in the bathtub.

The team rested in Tianshui for two days and then continued to march westward, because there was no danger so the team has been marching slowly, and the road walked for more than ten days before arriving in Chuzhou. After entering Chuzhou City, King Ming settled in a courtyard in the west of the city. This courtyard covers an extremely wide area and is divided into five entrances, Liao Yongzhong sent a hundred maids and servants to serve the living of King Xiao Ming, and Da Kui and several partial generals and captains lived in the outer house.

Two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and it is already autumn. News came from Anfeng that about 70,000 people of Liu Futong and Anfeng's Red Turban garrison were all killed, and Anfeng had already broken the city for several days when the two reinforcements sent by Wu Guogong arrived. The leading leader of the Red Turban Reinforcements is the right general Chang Yuchun, Chang Yuchun and Zhang Shicheng's general Lu Zhen fought for several days, Lu Zhen was defeated, and Chang Yuchun took advantage of the situation to occupy Anfeng.

When the bad news of Liu Futong's death came, King Xiao Ming cried. Liu Futong is the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, and now that he is dead, An Feng has made King Xiao Ming break his liver and intestines and faint several times. Within a few days, King Xiao Ming couldn't sleep at night because of his tea and dinner, and Da Kui and the generals persuaded him for many days but there was no improvement. Liao Yongzhong got Zhu Yuanzhang's order to take King Xiaoming to Yingtian. I don't want King Xiao Ming to be sick, so I linger on the sickbed.

Time flies, and the New Year has passed in a blink of an eye. Xiao Mingwang's condition gradually improved, Liao Yongzhong persuaded Xiao Ming Wang to cross the river to Yingtian, where there is still half of the red scarf in the country, when the mountain can make a comeback.

King Xiao Ming listened to the advice and was escorted by Da Kui and other cadres to the Yangtze River wharf in Chuzhou.

The boats on the dock were complete, and Liao Yongzhong led the way to a carved ship first, and King Xiao Ming and the generals and colonels then boarded the boat. Da Kui was about to get on the boat board with Hongyun, but Liao Yongzhong stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "General Zhang, the front boat is full and can't accommodate horses, please General Zhang get on the boat alone." Da Kui asked puzzledly: "What about my horse?" Liao Yongzhong said: "Naturally, get on the back boat." Da Kui looked at Liao Yongzhong and thought: "King Xiao Ming has a lot of generals here, and he expects nothing to do. I'm not good at words, so it's better not to get on the boat. Thinking of this, he said, "Then I and my horse will go on the back boat together." As he spoke, he led Hongyun to the back boat.

Liao Yongzhong beckoned the ship's entourage to disembark and lead all the horses to the rear boat. Although the ship was large, nearly 100 horses came up and more than 10 boatmen and helmsmen. There was not much space left, so Da Kui had to stand on the bow of the ship with an iron gun.

After the two ships pulled anchor and set sail, Da Kui sat down on the spacious deck and collapsed. Today's Da Kui only feels physically and mentally exhausted and tired of the army, thinking of settling down, King Xiao Ming himself resigned from his official position and buried his name elsewhere. Thinking about it, I fell asleep unconsciously.

I don't know how long I slept, and suddenly I heard a mess around me. Da Kui hurriedly opened his eyes and sat up, only to hear a boatman shouting beside him: "Someone in the front boat has fallen into the water." Da Kui heard the words and looked at the boat in front of him, only to see someone constantly jumping into the river, as if he was rushing to save someone. He hurriedly asked the boatman next to him: "This big brother, what happened ahead?" The boatman said: "The boat is going well, and suddenly I saw someone in the boat in front of me falling into the water." "Da Kui thought, 'Who will fall into the water?' must be the boatman, and the boatman will be in the water. Out of the way. ’

But then I found that the boat in front of me was actually stopped and did not move, and I saw a group of generals standing by the side of the boat, with an anxious face on their faces, knowing that something was not good. He turned his head and hurriedly called the boatman to come up.

When the two boats were close, Da Kui jumped forward and went to the boat. At this time, those generals who had known each other in the past were already full of anxiety, and they all stood by the boat and stomped their feet in a hurry. Da Kui went up and grabbed the arm of a general and asked, "What's wrong?" When the general saw Da Kui, he cried bitterly: "General Zhang, King Xiao Ming has fallen into the water." Da Kui was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he was stunned for a while and asked sharply: "King Xiao Ming is in the cabin, how can he fall into the water?"