A fierce battle was over the Ziya River. After noon, the convoy left the bombed Erdao Bridge and walked south along the official road connecting Erdao Bridge.

Not long after, I came to a town called Shangqingji. At the edge of the town, there was an escort agency of a large size. Most of the time, the people in the escort agency had escaped, and the flagpole that should have been hung with flags was empty. Only the two large characters "火" outside the yard wall made people see that there was a glorious past here.

From the early morning to gritting teeth and rushing to a great battle by the river, I had to rest for a while. I happened to use this unowned escort agency to use it. Two lieutenants of Jinyi walked in across the wall and opened the gate of the courtyard from inside, and all the cars and horses could enter.

Zhou Shixian, with his worries, first asked Li Banghua to arrange the rest of the emperor and empress, and then called Ruichang and Wei Donglai together, inquired about the situation of his death today, and arranged for rewards and pensions.

Today's battle situation started with the forced marching of the convoy, divided troops to block, fired on the bridge, and blasted the bridge, and finally survived in an almost impossible situation. Therefore, although there were considerable losses, the morale of the entire team still seemed to be high, and many people were still excited.

Zhou Shixian had other ideas in his mind. Although this team was not large in number, it took a lot of effort to build it. Judging from his performance from his departure from the south of Beijing to the present, whether it is morale, loyalty or combat effectiveness, it can be called a powerful army without hesitation.

This team is their basic force. In the original plan, after completing the task of protecting the south, they have to play a greater role. Everyone is as precious as gold, so they cannot be allowed to lose infinitely in such battles again and again.

He calculated that since the battle in Xingning Palace Town, fifteen people have been killed so far. It turned out that a team of more than 170 people, plus Guan Qisheng and the four people who joined Zhou Jiayi, only had one hundred and sixty people.

The key is that the pursuit of them by the crusade army has not ended yet. The explosion of the Erdao Bridge only gave them a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. If the crusade army detours the Shanjia Bridge above the river, it will certainly increase the distance of hundreds of miles, but with light cavalry searching for traces and chasing them quickly, the difference of hundreds of miles is not an unattainable distance.

What's more, the emperor and queen in the car could not bear the unlimited situation of forcing their way through this morning.

As if he was confirming his thoughts, after a while, the palace maid Zhuzi ran over, pulled Zhou Shixian aside, and whispered: "The Empress is sick."

Although he just said in a low voice, Rui Chang and Wei Donglai on the side also heard it and couldn't help but look over with concern.

Zhou Shixian was surprised and followed Zhuzi to the queen's room where the resting place was, and said at the door: "I heard that the Empress is not hesitant, so I will come to greet you."

"Mr. I just coughed a little, my body was heavy, and there was nothing big," the queen inside said with a forced smile, "You see, you fussed, and you even came to you."

Zhou Shixian heard her voice intermittently and her breath seemed rapid and disorderly. She knew that it was an external cold, nervousness and fatigue from rushing to travel, and the symptoms came out, cough and fever.

This disease is not serious, but if you continue to travel like in the morning, then there will be another story. There is no doctor in the army, so Zhou Shixian ordered Ruan Ming to take a few marching beads and ask the queen to take it first.

This episode strengthened Zhou Shixian's original thoughts. He returned to the hall of the escort agency, called Gu Shiba, and explained a list.

Everyone came soon, Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu, Wang Cheng'en, Wei Donglai, Ruichang, Xu Yong, Zhuang Yanchao, Ruan Ming, and there were nine people in total.

There was not much time, so Zhou Shixian was straightforward and used the queen's affairs as an introduction.

"The Empress is sick. If there is a situation like this morning, it will be difficult to support it. We need to find another way."

Everyone can understand it, but they don’t know what the movements of the rebel army are.

"Mr. Concubine, do you think Hao Yaoqi will continue to chase after him?"

"Hao Yaoqi will definitely not chase after him," Zhou Shixian shook his head, "Li Zicheng sent him to station in Tianjin, and the area of ​​Xun is in Jinghai County. Now that we have crossed the Ziya River, it is already the boundary of Cangzhou. We continue to move south not far, and we are about to enter Shandong. No matter how reckless Hao Yaoqi is, he dare not leave the area of ​​Northern Zhili without any chance."

"Wouldn't that be..." Everyone looked happy.

"Hao Yaoqi's main force will not chase, but today the 600-man flanking cavalry will definitely chase. It doesn't matter if he sent a deputy general to lead a sideways and cross-border pursuit." Zhou Shixian said in a deep voice, "I forgot to tell you that the chief officer of this flanking cavalry is called Hao Hucheng."

Everyone was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized that Hao Hucheng was probably the brother of Hao Hutian who died in Zhoujiayi. If he wanted to take revenge, he would naturally chase him to the end. Even if he went around the Shanjiaqiao, it would be no problem.

That means you have to run.

If it is normal, it doesn't matter. Not to mention running, it's not impossible to attack the hundreds of people in Haohu City, but it's a different story for the emperor and empress here.

"Then let's set off as soon as possible after we rest?" Wei Donglai said this.

"The Empress is sick, we all heard it just now." Rui Chang was most worried about the Queen's safety. "If you continue like this, you may not be able to do it."

It's like being in a dead end. This is not OK, that is not OK. What should I do?

Only Li Banghua saw that Zhou Shixian seemed to have some plans, so he said, "Mr. Concubine, you have always been the one who presided over the overall situation. Everyone has already understood the situation now. If there is any way, just give your orders and follow your own actions."

Zhou Shixian nodded, Li Banghua's words were just right. He looked at Rui Chang, Wei Donglai, and then looked at Xu Yong and Zhuang Yanchao.

"I want to divide the troops!" Zhou Shixian said decisively, "Just today, on the ground of Cangzhou, in this escort agency, we will divide a soldier and take away the cavalry of Hao Hucheng!"

Several generals looked at each other and suddenly understood that the prince-consin just now glanced at everyone with his eyes, asking who dared to take on this position. Although he didn't know exactly what to do, no one wanted to be aware of it. He suddenly stood up and shouted in unison: "Baoxia wishes to go!"

Zhou Shixian felt extremely relieved that his subordinates had such a spirit. He waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down and explained his plan in detail.

The key to this plan is that the soldier assigned is not to advance completely lightly, but to bring most of the carriages, so that they can be conspicuous enough and become the target of the pursuers. But at the same time, because there are no emperors and queens in the carriage, they are extremely free and can drive as much as possible, or they can set up suspicious formations, sometimes left and right, confusing the pursuers behind them, but they do not have to have any concerns.

However, no matter what, it is still the target of being pursued. If you are really caught up and fight, death and injury will inevitably occur.

"I understand the mark!" Rui Chang, who had already sat down, stood up again, "This is the work we don't accept at night. Please give the order to the prince."
Chapter completed!