Cheng Xiaolian's accidental slip and fall allowed him to seize the advantage on the battlefield, as someone said, on the battlefield, the strength only accounts for seventy percent, and three percent depends on luck.

The iron sword stabbed into Qi Dayong's stomach, Cheng Xiaolian did not hesitate, and stirred it a few times. All recruits have undergone this kind of training, and the fact that the blade is stabbed into the enemy's body does not mean that the enemy is no longer able to resist, and it must be stirred immediately to make sure that the enemy is dead no longer to be considered victorious.

Cheng Xiaolian endured the pain in his shoulder, slowly raised his head, the rain around him was a little lighter, he actually saw Yang Youcai's face, laughed, and saw that Yang Youcai's little life was saved, but Yang Youcai's face was a little anxious, and he didn't have time to think about what happened, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and he wanted to turn back but couldn't go back.

Yang Youcai only felt that his scalp was numb, and he didn't have time to think about anything, so he escaped from his waist and shot out with a crossbow, Wang Tieniu suddenly burst out with great potential, and ran to the front almost without touching the ground, and split the person behind Cheng Xiaolian in half with a single knife.

It turned out to be Ding Ping'an, who had been ignored, and finally gave Cheng Xiaolian a knife behind him when he found an opportunity.

Ding Ping'an didn't have time to react at all, he was split in half by the fierce Wang Tieniu, Wang Tieniu didn't dare to move Cheng Xiaolian's body, Yang Youcai came to the front and hugged Xiaolian into the thatched house inside, and now in this case, if he pulls it down the mountain to save his life, I am afraid that the blood will drain.

Yang Youcai took out a small jade bottle from his arms with trembling hands, poured out all the pills inside, and covered them all into Cheng Xiaolian's mouth with a ruthless heart, not that he was reluctant to take this medicine, but the doctor who configured this pill said that this thing is to stimulate people's potential, and they can't eat more.

Yang Youcai looked at a few brocade guards around: "You guys come and take a look at the wound." ”

Several people used knives to cut Cheng Xiaolian's clothes, and one person shouted happily: "The knife was inserted into the body from top to bottom, and it was blocked by the shoulder blade, and the wound was not too deep." ”

"Then why don't you pull out the knife immediately?"

"I promise that if you pull out your knife now, this man will surely die." The voice came from outside the house, and all the surrounding brocade guards held their knives and stared outside.

Daniel Zhang had already led the army to retreat to Qizhou at this time, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart, his choice this time was the wisest choice, but it was also the most unpleasant choice, if Cheng Xiaolian lived, he could not get benefits, if Cheng Xiaolian died, he could not face the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu. Although he has not been defecting to Daming for a long time, he has already integrated into it, so when he encounters this choice, he would rather give up his honor and disgrace and preserve Daming's strength.

Although this kind of behavior sounds a little silly in later generations, it is very in line with the values of this era.

Secretly, he still quietly sent out elite soldiers to pick up Cheng Xiaolian on the way, the army has withdrawn, although there is damage to the muscles and bones, Cheng Xiaolian's expectations have been achieved, and the rest is to ensure Cheng Xiaolian's safety as much as possible.

Originally, Wang Jiyong didn't want to listen to Daniel Zhang's greeting and was going to the rescue, Shao Lingzhi stopped him: "At the beginning, His Majesty was in Xi'an City, Tuhai could escape with a life under his nose, or even unharmed, now this rainstorm is pouring, Your Majesty will be fine, you are now a general in the army, not the young marshal of the Wang family, we must consider the influence of all aspects, it is easy for us to rush out of the camp, in case Your Majesty is fine, Daniel Zhang does not need to say, I am afraid that other ministers will also have opinions on us." ”

Wang Jiyong stretched out his hand and punched the table in front of him: "Without Your Majesty, this Daming will be over, we have pressed all our net worth on Daming, and there is no way out." In this way, let the elite scouts in the army go to answer, and I will sit in the camp, and no one else can say anything. ”

Although he was kind, he didn't expect to hide the news of Cheng Xiaolian's disappearance, and it didn't take a day for the news to reach Kangxi.

"Are you saying that it was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty who personally led the team that blocked us the day before yesterday?"

"That's right, it's said that he is missing now, and they sent a lot of people out to look for him."

Kangxi stood up suddenly: "Is the news reliable?" ”

"Master, the slave thinks that whether it is reliable or not, we are worth taking a risk, if we really catch the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will be half dead."

Kangxi nodded: "That's right, the reason why the Ming Dynasty has developed so rapidly in such a short period of time is that their emperor has made a lot of contributions, but some swords go off the rails, and they like to study gunpowder, although that kind of thing can take advantage of it at the beginning, but in the long run, it is more important for the soldiers themselves, and quickly pass the order down, block all the roads to Jiangzhou, and rather catch the wrong one than let it go." ”

A day later, Daniel Zhang got the news, and his face was a little cold: "Who transmitted the news to the Manchu Qing side?" Now that they have received the news, let's let them out more, let these soldiers be more flexible, don't focus on fighting with the Manchu soldiers, their mission is to rescue Your Majesty. ”

At this time, Daniel Zhang also knew that there was no point in blaming others, and because of the previous withdrawal action, he had great differences with the generals in the army, and if there was any storm here, the Northern Sweeping Army would have to fluctuate. Even if there is really a traitor, he can only wait for His Majesty to come back and deal with it personally.

Of course, at this time, Wang Jiyong didn't realize that it was his people who leaked the news, and even if he found out about him, he would not admit it at all, this kind of family-style military army is the most protective of shortcomings, this characteristic has advantages and disadvantages, and it cannot be said that it is completely eliminated.

At the same time, Daniel Zhang has already transmitted the news back to Yuan Zonghao in Shaanxi, the recent situation is very dangerous, I am afraid that it will be difficult to suppress it on his own, once there is any news from His Majesty's side, I am afraid that he, the commander, will not be able to get out of the camp.

Cheng Xiaolian may not have thought about this disadvantage when he used Daniel Zhang, but he was in the army at the beginning, and those generals did not dare to disobey Daniel Zhang, Cheng Xiaolian originally planned to let Daniel Zhang establish prestige in the Daming army through this transition period, but he never expected that this situation would occur, and Daniel Zhang could only turn to Yuan Zonghao, who had higher prestige.

Everyone's eyes were all fixed on the surroundings of Taiping Pass, and even because of suspicion that Kangxi's soldiers and horses had arrested hundreds of people, but after identification, there was no Ming Emperor himself, and these people were not released, there was a war going on here, and there were very few normal people who appeared here, not the Ming Emperor, who also came to rescue him, and tortured him.

(End of chapter)