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

The group rested in the small shop on the roadside at night. In the afternoon of the next day, everyone was rushing to the road, and four knights chased after the road behind, whipping the horse whip wildly.

Zhang Huan sat cross-legged in the car, saw people coming from afar, and ordered the caravan to slow down.

His safety from the Ming Dynasty to Nanyang was responsible for the East Factory. If he died in Wu Sangui's barracks, he could only lament that he had a bad life, but if he died at the hands of bandits along the way, Zhao Yucheng would not escape the blame.

Half of the people in this caravan were indeed smuggling merchants, and the other half were military guards. The caravan's guards secretly prepared weapons.

The person who came chased him neared and stopped his war horses. The man in charge looked anxious and said, "Envoyee is leaving quickly, and the Qing cavalry is chasing him."

Zhang Huan's heart was thrilled. The man already knew his identity. He asked, "Who are you?"

The man immediately bowed his hand and said, "I am the subordinate of Commander Zhao. This morning, a team of Pingnan cavalry were asking for information about the envoy along the way. I asked someone to point him the wrong way, but I couldn't deceive them for many years."

If Shang Kexi hadn't been afraid that Wu Sangui would have sent troops to take Zhang Huan and others to interrogate him. Since he had doubts in his heart, he was more cautious in his actions. He did not dare to disturb the Ruzhou government, so he ordered the scouts to lead the cavalry to chase them all the way.

The caravan had more than 40 people, and the target was too big to hide his tracks in Ruzhou.

Zhang Huan hesitated for a moment and asked, "How many pursuers are there?"

The man said, "There are five hundred cavalrymen. I came here to escort the envoy first."

"Okay" Zhang Huan made a quick decision and would not be a hero at this time. He was born and died and convinced Wu Sangui that if he died in Ruzhou when the big thing was done, that would be the saddest thing.

The escort leader picked four people from the caravan to escort Zhang Huan first, while the others were still rushing slowly. The people came to know the terrain of Ruzhou and led Zhang Huan and five others down the official road and followed him on the mountain path.

Half an hour later, Zhang Huan suddenly thought to come over and asked the leader: "You are familiar with Ruzhou. Can you send me a letter to King Wu Sangui of Pingxi?"

The man in the lead showed a embarrassed look and said, "I'm afraid I can't enter the barracks."

Zhang Huan stopped, borrowed a knife from the guard, cut off a piece of robe, and then cut his fingers and wrote the word "Zhang" in blood, then folded the rag, and said, "You must hand over this piece of blood to King Pingxi."

Seeing Zhang Huan's serious matter, the man knew that the matter was of great importance, he reached out to take it and said, "I just escort the Lord away from Ruzhou safely. After the Lord left Ruzhou, I will go to Nanyang again."

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

Seeing that Zhang Huan was firm in his attitude, the man ordered his subordinates: "You escort the envoy to Luzhou, and you must not stop all the way." Ruzhou was under his jurisdiction, and someone else was responsible when he arrived in Luzhou.

He smiled bitterly at Zhang Huan and said, "I'll go there myself."

After walking into the path, Zhang Huan was delayed at most in the mountains, and safety was guaranteed. However, it was not easy for a commoner to send a letter to meet Wu Sangui.

In the mountain road.

The rapid iron hooves frightened the birds in the forest.

Shang Yi cursed all the way, and a commoner dared to deceive him, allowing him to wander around the mountain road for more than half an hour. If he had superb scouts in his accompanying him, he would be able to find the traces of those people based on the ruts on the road. Unfortunately, the scouts could not find clues from Yuji's official road...

After asking five or six groups of people along the way, he finally determined the direction for the caravan to escape.

While the cavalry was walking, a sharp-eyed cavalry pointed at the front and greeted: "Sir, look, the caravan is in front

Shang Yi aimed forward in the direction of his finger, and the tail of a caravan disappeared at the corner of the big curve.

"It's that group of people" responded to the scouts who had been stalking before.

"quick"

The Mercedes-Benz cavalry brought out a whirlwind.

What should come will never be escaped.

The caravan saw the cavalry surrounding him, and his eyes showed despair. The guards held the knife close to their bodies.

Shang Yi asked: "Who among you is in charge?"

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

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

“It’s right”

"What kind of goods are you trafficking?"

“Rice and Silk”

Shang Yi sneered and asked, "Then you came from Jiangnan."

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

Shang Yi asked a few more questions, but he couldn't find any fault. Before leaving, Shang Kexi told Wu Sangui not to know. King Pingnan just doubted in his heart. Once he suspected that he was wrong, if Wu Sangui knew about his actions, the two of them would probably turn against each other.

Shang Yi said: "You follow me to Nanyang, King Pingnan wants to see you."

The old man was embarrassed and refused to say, "The villain has sold out the goods, so he can only wait until next time to go to the prince's camp

Shang Yi seemed to have not heard him, waved his hand and ordered: "Take these people back to Nanyang."

The caravan was unloaded, the carriage was discarded on the side of the road, and five hundred cavalrymen were carrying thirty-eight people on the way. No one took the initiative to mention that someone left the team two hours ago.

The cavalry was not as anxious as they came back.

On the edge of Nanyang Prefecture, a team of scouts from Wu Sangui's army blocked the way. The scout commander immediately stepped forward and said hello: "General Shang? Where did this come from?"

The man looked straight into the cavalry queue, and more than thirty common people could not hide their tracks in the cavalry queue.

Shang Yi bowed his fists, but he didn't know the person opposite and replied: "Go out to fight Qiufeng and caught a few fat sheep."

"Is that true?" The person who came made way out. He was Wu Sangui's cousin Wu Sanrong. Unexpectedly, Shang Yi didn't know him.

Watching Shang Yi and others walk away, Wu Sanrong leads his scouts to fly back to the camp.

Wu Sangui's camp was thirty miles south of Nanyang City. Half of Shang Kexi's soldiers were stationed in Nanyang City, and the other half were established in the city. This arrangement of the Qing court actually showed that there was a difference in closeness and distantness.

Wu Sanrong returned to the barracks and rushed straight into the central army's tent. When he saw Wu Sangui, he said, "It's true, Shang Kexi captured all the people in the caravan."

Wu Sangui suddenly pulled out his waist and cursed, "How dare Shang Thief treat me like this?" He deliberately made friends with Shang Kexi because he was all Han people. Unexpectedly, Shang Kexi was Dorgon staying in Nanyang and staring at him.

A man in the corner of the big tent interjected: "Your Majesty knows that the villain did not lie to you."

Wu Sangui didn't get into the sheath, walked up to him and asked, "Is Zhang safe?"

The man nodded and said, "Do you ask General Wu if he saw Zhang Zhi's figure?"

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

Wu Sanrong already knew Wu Sangui’s plan and advised: “So far, Shang Thief is just suspicious. After he interrogated the people in the caravan, even if Zhang Zhi was not there, he could guess that if the Qing court sealed the road back to Sichuan, we would be in great trouble.”

"Yes, but now I invite Shang Zhe out of the city, he will inevitably be suspicious." Wu Sangui fell into trouble.

The tent was silent, and the man dared not speak.

After a while, Wu Sangui put the knife into the sheath and ordered Wu Sanrong: "If the army is in danger, you can only use one move to see if the thief is fooled. You can immediately send someone to Nanyang City to report, and it means that the Ming army has landed in Jiangbei."

"Abide by the order"

Wu Sangui turned his head to look at the man and said, "You have to feel wronged and stay here for a while." Then, he strode out of the central army's tent.

A quarter of an hour later, the Guanning Army camp was like boiling water, and the cavalry team went out of the camp in batches and headed south.

Wu Sangui's central army flag traveled south, leaving behind his confidant generals Fang Xuanchu and Wu Sanrong to guard the camp.

The soldiers and horses were swimming outside Nanyang City. Shang Kexi heard that the caravan was brought back and immediately received an urgent report from the Wuying messenger.

He immediately called Shang Yi to ask, but there was no abnormality in the caravan. Since the caravan entered Nanyang City, it was impossible for him to go out alive. If Wu Sangui had something to do, the people in the caravan would not escape and die. If Wu Sangui had nothing to do, he would not dare to let the caravan leak the news that he was monitoring Wu Sangui behind his back.

Military situation is urgent. The first batch of messengers left, and the second batch of messengers arrived again, reporting: "The Ming army landed in Nanyang, and warships were like clouds in the Yangtze River waterway."

Shang Kexi hesitated a little. So far, all his suspicions were catching up. If the Ming army crossed the river and he guarded Nanyang City and did not go to fight, Wu Sangui would be very unhappy. He sent an order: "Order ten thousand soldiers outside the city to prepare, and follow me to help the King Pingxi to fight."

The Ming army has been besieging Xiangyang, but this time it suddenly crossed the river and didn't know what it was intended.

The defenders in Nanyang City remained motionless,

Shang Kexi led the troops outside the city to follow Wu Sangui's banner to the south.

Shang Yi watched at the top of the city and saw the Wu camp's troops moving, wrapping Shang Kexi's 10,000 troops in the middle and traveling south, and a warning came to his heart. He rushed down to the top of the city and ordered the soldiers: "Bring those merchants who have just brought them back to the city."

People outside the city shouted that horses were neighing, and the sound of guns and cannons came from afar.

Shang Kexi was anxious and urged the troops to speed up. Thirty miles away from Nanyang, a row of cavalry came to announce the news, and the leader was Wu Sangui's confidant Yang Kun.

Yang Kun dismounted and saluted in front of Shangke Xi horse, saying, "Prince, the Ming army is landing, the front camp has already fought. My prince ordered me to invite the prince to watch the battle."

"Is that true, how many Ming troops have?"

Yang Kun answered seriously and said, "The Ming army landed on the shore has nearly 10,000 people, and there are hundreds of ships in the river road. Because the Ming army warships have artillery, my soldiers and horses dare not approach it."

The guns sounded loudly in the distance.

"Okay" Shang Kexi had no doubts anymore, and led 500 cavalrymen to rush out to check the military situation first.

After walking for more than twenty miles, the dark cavalry around him were wrapped up, and the road ahead was blocked and could not move. Shang Kexi felt something was wrong in secret and turned to Yang Kun, "Where is the King of Pingxi?"

At this moment, the cavalry in the forefront met the water-avoiding god bead and made way for a way. Wu Sangui rode his horse and said, "I'm here."

Shang Kexi looked around, left and right, and saw no Ming army, only Ning cavalry, he looked pale and asked, "What are you thinking?"
Chapter completed!