Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 759 Marching to Jinping

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that the people of Mu Palace could hide so well!" Zhao Daniu slapped the table in front of him with a sneer on his face.

"This time, let me see where you can hide!" Zhao Daniu looked at the messenger in the big tent, and shouted loudly: "Send my order, take a rest for a day, and leave for Jinping tomorrow morning."

The soldiers in the big tent rushed out of the tent and conveyed Song Hu's order.

Zhao Daniu's camp immediately became noisy, making final preparations for the expedition.

At the same time, on the mountain road outside Jinping, a large team was walking on the mountain path.

In this team, there are officials with families, Ming soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, and chieftain soldiers.

These people walked mightily on the mountain road, spreading for several miles.

The leader was a young man in his twenties, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, wearing black and red cotton armor, and riding a war horse.

There is a gun on one side of the horse's back, and a saber on the other end. This man is Mu Tianbo, Duke of Qian.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Mu Tianbo's father was seriously ill and died. At that time, Mu Tianbo, who was only ten years old, inherited the title of Duke Qian and served as the commander-in-chief of Yunnan.

Although Mu Tianbo was in the southern border, one hundred and eight thousand miles away from the capital, but he was a loyal minister.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Tianbo followed the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, and was the right-hand man of the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang.

When the Qing soldiers attacked Yunnan, Mu Tianbo recruited soldiers from Yunnan and local chieftains to lead his troops to resist the Qing soldiers.

After the failure of resisting the Qing army, Mu Tianbo led the remnant soldiers to protect Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang and fled to Burma.

In the end, he was betrayed by the king of Burma. When he was in trouble with the water, he fought hard to protect Zhu Youlang and died.

In the end, Zhu Youlang was also twisted with a bowstring by Wu Sangui, a rebellious boy.

Mu Tianbo is quite capable, this person can still lead troops to fight, but the general trend is rolling in like the water of the Yangtze River, how can Mu Tianbo be able to stop it?
Mu Tianbo rode his war horse, looked at the path ahead, and kept sighing.

This is the first time Mu Tianbo has escaped from Yunnan with his family and officials from the Yunnan government in more than 20 years.

Mu Tianbo looked sad and kept sighing.He really couldn't see where his own way forward was, let alone the way forward for Mu Wangfu's lineage.

The soldiers in the army are basically remnants and defeated generals. They were defeated by Zhao Daniu's soldiers and horses when they were guarding Yunnan.

If it wasn't for the fact that he was familiar with the terrain, and he had already made preparations to escape, Zhao Daniu might have captured the whole lineage of Prince Mu's Mansion alive.

"Brother, are we going to Annan?" A young man who was a few years younger than Mu Tianbo and who looked like Mu Tianbo followed up on a horse and asked.

This person is Mu Tianze, Mu Tianbo's second younger brother.

"We can only go to Annan, now we have nowhere to go.

There are soldiers and horses of Zhao bandits in the north and east. We have almost nowhere to go except Annan.

My Muwang Mansion's 200-year-old foundation cannot be defeated by me. "Mu Tianbo said with a serious face.

"Brother, but what are we now? Daming is dead, the whole world is gone, what's the point of us persevering now?" Mu Tianze asked.

Mu Tianbo frowned, and scolded: "What do you mean by that? What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Let me tell you, we are Daming's ministers in life, and Daming's ghosts in death. Even if we fight Even if we die, we can’t surrender to Bandit Zhao. Bandit Zhao is just a thief who steals the country, and he will suffer retribution.”

Mu Tianze lowered his head when Mu Tianbo scolded him, and obediently followed behind Mu Tianbo.

Mu Tianbo's soldiers and horses totaled about 3, of which [-] were local chieftain soldiers and horses.

In addition to more than [-] soldiers and horses, there are nearly tens of thousands of family members and people.

If Zhao Daniu and Liu Wu were not too fast, Mu Tianbo could still summon a large number of chieftain soldiers.

The past 200 years of Mu Wang's Mansion in Yunnan have not been done in vain.

Under the protection of the soldiers, the people in Prince Mu's mansion, the soldiers' families and the common people headed south.

Because of the steep mountain road, their speed became very slow.

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The sun rose from the horizon, and Zhao Daniu's army set off.

The mighty soldiers and horses marched on the mountain road, heading towards Jinping.

Because of the steep mountain road, Zhao Daniu left the general's firewood car where it was and did not bring it with him.

As for the materials in the army, they are consigned by livestock such as war horses or cattle.

Song Hu rode a war horse and rolled up his sleeves high.

There is no winter in the south, especially in Yunnan, where the temperature is still relatively high.

Although Song Hu was riding on a war horse, his body was covered with sweat after walking for a short time.

Before Song Hu set off, Song Hu's vanguard had already set off.

The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and mountain birds are circling on the treetops, chirping non-stop.

The soldiers walked quietly on the mountain road, no one spoke.

Song Hu's army walked for almost two days, and the vanguard encountered Li Zicheng and the others.

In Li Zicheng's big tent, a soldier stood in front of Li Zicheng, and said anxiously: "King Chuang, it's not good, the pursuers are coming up. A group of people and horses appeared fifty miles to the east of us. Zhao Wen's soldiers The horse is coming up."

Li Zicheng was taken aback, he stood up from his chair, and hurriedly asked.

"Is what you said true? Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses really caught up?" Li Zicheng's eyes widened with disbelief.

He has not been repairing here for a long time, and he thought he had escaped Zhao Daniu's pursuit, but who knows, he still couldn't escape.

"King Chuang, the little one has only one head, how dare you lie to King Chuang!" The soldier was afraid that Li Zicheng would not believe him, so he swore with his right hand pointing to the sky.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng had to trust the soldier.

Fortunately, this is Yunnan, and the mountain roads are rampant. If it is on the plain, the distance of fifty miles can be reached in an instant.

"Are these people dogs? Dogs have such good noses?" Li Zicheng slapped the table in front of him and scolded Zhao Daniu viciously.

"Uncle, now is not the time to scold them, what should we do now?!" Li Guo asked anxiously.

Liu Zongmin also stared at Li Zicheng with wide eyes.

"What else can I do? Pack up your things and run for your life!" Li Zicheng shouted and rushed out of the camp.

"I ordered everyone to throw away all the unimportant things. Don't take them with you. Our lives are at stake. We've been heading south. I don't believe it. We can't escape." Li Zicheng shouted loudly. with.

Not long after, Li Zicheng led Li Guo and Liu Zongmin to the south on a war horse.

Some of Li Zicheng's subordinates took advantage of this opportunity to escape.

It is impossible for the soldiers in Li Zicheng's hands to be absolutely loyal to him, so it is not surprising that some escape now.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Li Zicheng no longer cares about them and allows them to escape.

It is rainy in the south. Although it is not the rainy season, it does not mean that it does not rain.

Song Hu was wearing a raincoat and walking in the light rain in Yunnan.

When it rained, the mountain road became slippery. To be on the safe side, Song Hu had to slow down his soldiers and horses.

The rain slowed down Song Hu's speed, and it also slowed down Li Zicheng and Mu Tianbo's speed.

The marching speed of the three parties slowed down in unison.

"Order the entire army to go as fast as possible while ensuring safety!" Song Hu looked at the team that had slowed down, and couldn't help becoming anxious.

He yelled loudly at the orderly beside him.

The messenger who followed Song Hu hurriedly ran back with Song Hu's order.

It rained heavily for three days and three nights. Song Hu's army carried a lot of warming materials and medicines, so there were not many non-combat casualties.

But Li Zicheng's team did not have so many supplies and medicines.

Some people in Li Zicheng's army kept getting colds and fevers, and these sick people were directly abandoned by Li Zicheng.

For Li Zicheng, these people are a burden to him. In order to survive, Li Zicheng will not care about the life and death of these people.

For a while, the number of Li Zicheng's team was reduced again, and they came directly to the stall of 1 people.

This is nearly ten times worse than the number of people Li Zicheng entered Yunnan.

In the middle of the night, Li Zicheng's camp was set up on a flat ground.

Li Zicheng sat in the simple tent with a gloomy face.

"Damn it, these chasing soldiers didn't intend to save us at all." Li Zicheng sat on the main seat, yelling and cursing non-stop.

"Brother, these pursuers didn't intend to save us at all. But, what can we do? Now that it's raining continuously, we can't go fast. I'm afraid that we will be overtaken by these pursuers sooner or later." Liu Zongmin said solemnly .

Although Liu Zongmin came from a humble background, he has been with Li Zicheng for so many years, and he also knows some things about marching and fighting, and now he can see many things clearly.

"Okay, don't say these words for now, go to bed early, and have to hurry tomorrow morning!" Li Zicheng waved his hands at the people in the big tent with an irritable expression.

The people in the big tent withdrew from the tent, leaving only one Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng sat in the tent and kept sighing, the fire in the tent was burning quietly.

It's just because it's not too dry, so the smoke is relatively large.

In this place of Yunnan, although it does not snow in winter, if it rains, the temperature will drop.

Li Zicheng is fine, at least he still has a waterproof tent.

However, the soldiers under him were not treated so well.

Especially when escaping, in order to speed up, some things were thrown away.

In addition, there were not many camps in the army, so now many people can only eat and sleep in the open, living in simple camps built with branches and leaves.

This kind of tent is called a soil nest. A hole is dug in the ground and a roof is built on it to prevent rain.

A group of about 20 soldiers came to Li Zicheng's side in the rainy night.

These soldiers were Ye Bu Shou sent by Zhao Daniu's vanguard. These Ye Bu Shou found Li Zicheng and the others this morning, and they followed Li Zicheng all the time.

Those who fell behind in Li Zicheng's team were almost all captured by these nights.

"According to the interrogation, these people are not from the Mu Palace at all, they seem to be Li Zicheng's soldiers.

This Li Zicheng used to be a thief. After being defeated by His Majesty, he fled all the way, but he didn't expect to run here now. "The leading soldier whispered as he walked forward.

The rain hit the raincoat on his body and flowed down the sides of the raincoat.

These soldiers were wearing raincoats, waterproof cowhide boots, and woolen military uniforms under the raincoats. They were not afraid of the cold at all.

"Brothers, these people are just some rogues, let's first find out their camp and find out their exact number.

The large army is still two days away from us. During these two days, we must bite these people to death.Wait for the big troops to come up and try to wipe out these thieves. "The leading soldier turned around and shouted at the soldiers behind him.

The sound of the heavy rain covering the soldier's voice could not be heard very far.

Taking advantage of the darkness, these soldiers groped towards Li Zicheng.

In the silent rainy night, these soldiers came outside Li Zicheng's camp.

"The thief is worthy of being a thief, but he didn't even arrange a sentry post, what a thief!"

The leading soldiers touched around Li Zicheng's camp, swaggered around in a big circle, but didn't see a sentry post.

It's not that Li Zicheng didn't set up a sentry post, Li Zicheng set up a sentry post, but the soldiers on guard deserted after standing there for a long time.

How could these thieves stand guard in the heavy rain in such a cold day?

These nights, he walked around Li Zicheng's camp and left before dawn.

During the period before dawn, the rain in the sky not only did not decrease, but increased a bit.

Li Zicheng lay on the bed, his eyes suddenly opened.

"Hoohoo!"

Li Zicheng sat up, panting heavily.

Li Zicheng's forehead was covered with sweat, and his clothes were wet with sweat.

Just now Li Zicheng had a dream. He dreamed that he was in Henan.

He dreamed that when he met Zhao Wen in Henan, he dreamed that his army was defeated by Zhao Wen, and he was captured alive by Zhao Wen.

The sound of rain hitting the tent reached Li Zicheng's ears, and Li Zicheng's mood became much calmer.

"How could you have such a dream? How could you have such a dream?" Li Zicheng kept muttering to himself.

In the dream, he was stepped on by Zhao Wen. He crawled under Zhao Wen's feet, begging for mercy, but Zhao Wen didn't give him any chance, and directly trampled him to death.

Li Zicheng stood up and came to the door of the tent.

The rain didn't stop, falling on him.

Li Zicheng looked at the rain in front of him, and said to himself: "Shouldn't I rebel? Is it a mistake for me to rebel?"

The night was thick, and no one could answer his question. Li Zicheng didn't know where he was heading home, nor how many years he had left to survive.

(End of this chapter)