"Since this is what we all want, let's go to the north."

Before dawn, Wang Zhuo stood up and said to the people around him who were obviously out of breath. "When you get to the north, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce can do it. If you don't know how to do it, the original men will teach you. If you are temporarily short of food and clothing, you will be provided by the men."

, In the past, I dare not say that everyone has food to eat and everyone has clothes to wear, but as long as everyone is independent and self-reliant, they will definitely be able to support themselves, and they will never be criticized by others again!"

The fifteen team generals who followed Wang Zhuo immediately responded and shouted "Okay" in unison, while the twenty stewards from Jiangdu also followed suit.

Du Gong Niu was standing by, but his expression was actually not good-looking, because he could see clearly that in the previous decision made by raising hands, the twenty stewards in Jiangdu actually did not have any strong tendencies, and were more influenced and instigated by the people around them...

...During this process, although my own hesitant and cautious attitude was expressed, at most it was able to offset Wang Zhuo and Yu Liao, but it was unable to withstand the fifteen team generals from the north who had already taken a stand and did not take into account their own safety throughout the process.

The attitude is there to incite and incite.

Both sides were old acquaintances and knew each other well. This fierce incitement from nearly half of the people present was self-evident. In the end, a full thirty people raised their hands in favor of going north.

"What do you think, Duke Du?" At this moment, Wang Zhuo suddenly turned around and looked at Du Gong Niu, who looked unhappy.

Niu Dugong looked at each other and was silent for a while.

Not only Yu Huo on the side, but also Wang Zhuo, who seemed to have the initiative, had his heart raised in his throat.

Besides, Wang Zhuo never expected to make a decision by raising his hand... Are you kidding me? The Chamberlain here, especially Jiangdu Chamberlain, is not a gang. There is a tradition that arises when a gang is established, and this tradition also allows

They have won many battles and become stronger and stronger, so they habitually obey... Jiangdu's chamberlain here is talking about the past chamberlain rules and palace rules, and what are the past chamberlain rules?

The answer is that this group is as hierarchical as an army. What matters is often seniority and status. It adopts a system similar to that of a large family. "Men" suppress women, superiors suppress subordinates, and elders suppress younger ones. Only when there is no absolute leader

A certain degree of internal high-level democracy will be enabled only under the circumstances of the leader. However, now that Governor Niu is still here, with his cultivation, qualifications, and identity, he is naturally the leader of this group.

Duke Niu disagrees, everything is nonsense!

Then why does Wang Zhuo still engage in this act of raising his hands? Why does he still want the people below to engage in this incitement method?

The answer is very simple. This hand is raised to show Duke Niu. Wang Zhuo is using this method to express the presence of the inner servants to Duke Niu... After all, the rope of your Duke Niu should not only be tied to it.

Those who are chained to the men of Jiangdu should also be chained to the men of the chamberlain.

The so-called men who serve in the chamberlain are also men!

As long as Duke Niu ties his rope to all the servants fairly, when the servants in Jiangdu lack internal motivation, the servant army can lead Niu Duke to change direction.

This is also the reason why Wang Zhuo took the risk even though Zhang Xing gave him sufficiently loose conditions and Wang Zhuo was determined to stay here.

Not only did he have to carry out the so-called gang's tasks, not only did he need to respond to Chishiro, not only did he want to persuade Lord Niu not to intervene in the war, he also had more on his mind, counting on the fact that Lord Niu had one of the internal servants tied to his heart. Wang Zhuo also has the men of Jiangdu tied to his heart!

The two looked at each other for a while. Although Wang Zhuo was nervous, he did not give in at all. The originally exciting emotions in the building quickly cooled down. Almost everyone noticed the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two.

After noticing, among the fifteen team generals, some people gradually wanted to stand up.

At this moment, Duke Niu turned his eyes to these people, and then suddenly smiled: "Since everyone wants to go north, then go ahead. I am an old man who has nothing to do with you. If I don't go with you, why don't I go with you?" What can we do? There is only one thing left..."

After saying this, Duke Niu also became inexplicably depressed.

Wang and Yu both looked at each other in awe.

Yu Liao was even more impatient: "Master Governor, please speak."

"The Wei Dynasty is actually dead. We actually... have gone our own way a long time ago, but no matter what, the Empress Dowager did not behave immorally. The new emperor, who was originally King Zhao, is just a child. , who grew up in Jiangdu, there is nothing wrong with them... We can't treat them as if they are some exotic goods." Niu Dugong took it seriously.

Yu Liao quickly went to see Wang Zhuo.

The latter hesitated for a moment and gave an answer: "Governor, what I mean is that it is best for us to just move forward and run away when we find an opportunity. We don't care what happens to the Queen Mother and the Emperor! Don't take the initiative. Play with them, and don't change your actions just because they are in danger...because if something goes wrong next, it's not something we can do, and we have to keep our families safe first."

Everyone nodded, but some were hesitant.

At this time, without waiting for Governor Niu to speak openly, Wang Zhuo continued: "However, I can guarantee one thing, that is, there was a real trouble, and then the Queen Mother and the Emperor were kidnapped to the gang's territory, but Chief Zhang was reasonable. We should break up with him and try our best to make the Queen Mother and Her Majesty look decent."

When Duke Niu heard this, he nodded: "That's exactly what it means, that's what it means... Just say this... Just do it."

At this time, Wang and Yu were not overjoyed, but just relieved.

At dawn the next day, that is, the sixth day of May, the main force of the Forbidden Army lingering in Huankou Town also began to set off... A 6,000-strong Forbidden Army led by Zhang Qianda and another general, who are now quite trusted. There are more than two thousand Zhishi troops led by Chishiro, as well as Wang Dugong and his two thousand internal servants who have just come over and insist on seeing Niu Du Gong first, plus the young emperor, the empress dowager, Niu Du Gong, Jiangdu internal servants and the palace. People, civil and military officials.

In addition, there was General Zhao Xingmi, but he was the only one who came with the internal servants.

The rain didn't stop.

Of course, in this season, it doesn't make sense to stop raining for a while, because the sun won't come out, and there is mud and water everywhere on the road. It will be a trouble if your feet or wheels get stuck in it, no matter what material it is made of

The clothes all look as if they have just been washed, with just a pinch of water, not to mention, any items that have been left unoccupied for a while will magically grow hair in just a night or two.

This doesn't count, because they are at the end of the entire main force, and they have to go through more and more troublesome things. It's okay that the road is muddy. Anyway, it's just a little bit of mud. The key is that now the mud is mixed with a lot of human and animal excrement.

, some corpses of frogs, earthworms and the like are also common, so that the moist air that should be fresh is filled with a faintly nauseating smell.

But this is still nothing. The dirt in the mud plus the pieces of armor, wooden spikes, and even blades left and discarded by the soldiers before, are what makes people tremble with fear, what is called paying the price of their lives in order to rush on the road.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, including the palace staff, most of the chamberlains, and officials, were originally planning to continue sailing... According to the plan, they would continue walking along the Huan River for a few days, and when they arrived at the southernmost point of Liang County,

Then break away from the ship and head westward by land to the Huaixi area, and then go north to Dongdu from there.

This was a route that had been planned as early as Jiangdu, and the front was relatively smooth (the obstacles were mainly political and military issues), but who would have thought that, slowly and slowly, this road itself would be so difficult to walk.

Woolen cloth?

If nothing else, I should be the first to sail against the current, but it requires a tracker.

"So, are Your Majesty and the Queen Mother going to take a boat or a car?" In the May rain, Wang Zhuo stood at the harbor at the entrance of the town, his expression gloomy. When he saw Zhao Xingmi appear, his tone became even more impatient. "Please General Zhao, please settle it quickly.

, I’m going to see the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and we’ll set off immediately.”

Zhao Xingmi, who had just walked over, took a deep breath when he heard this. He already regretted following him yesterday... It was not because of Wang Zhuo's dream of returning to the time when the governor of Beiya was in the Eastern Capital, but because of the question he asked.

It is indeed a problem!

And when faced with this problem, Wang Zhuo could just sit back and watch, but he, the spokesperson of the Sima family and the core of the coup, had to intervene.

"Wang Du Gong." Zhao Xingmi said bravely. "I asked. It is said that it was possible to go boating on Huanshui during the plum rain season, but they were scattered merchants. Now that the army has passed by, the roads are broken. If you want to go

It is really difficult for such a large fleet...and it is really impossible to find and have no time to find so many trackers, unless all the chamberlains are allowed to get off the boat to pull the trackers..."

"Then you go talk to Mr. Niu." Wang Zhuo interrupted him directly with his hands behind his back. "What are you talking to me about? Our internal servant army battalion is a regular battalion. Now that we are here, we are also soldiers. We don't do anything.

.”

After saying that, he turned his head away.

"That would be troublesome." Zhao Xingmi was extremely helpless. "Those servants in Jiangdu can't pull the ship at all..."

Wang Zhuo simply remained silent.

Zhao Xingmi became increasingly helpless: "In this case, we can only explain it clearly to His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and then invite them to get in the car."

"Then hurry up, it's your business anyway." Wang Zhuo became more and more impatient. "Prime Minister Sima entrusted the rear army to you, and you, Zhao Xingmi, are dragging your feet like this?"

Zhao Xingmi finally got angry, but after he got angry, he realized that it was useless to lose his temper with the person in front of him, because he did not have the means to suppress the opponent at the moment... He had it before. When he just surrendered, two thousand People were crammed into tens of thousands of the main army, and they were nothing. They could be flattened or rounded at will. Otherwise, the Wang Du Gong would not have been so cautious about Sima Huada. He almost burst into tears and said that he only wanted to gather in the former palace. Partner; I also have a few ways to deal with Duke Niu, because Duke Niu himself needs respect, but the servant of Jiangdu below is typically powerless and can always be bullied.

But now, Wang Zhuo and Niu Dugong have joined together, and the internal servants and Jiangdu internal servants have merged together. They have both high-end combat power and serious organic troops, and they also have control of some supplies. This is a bit troublesome. .

Vaguely, Zhao Xingmi seemed to have figured out the other party's intention. This should be the plan of the chamberlains. He even vaguely felt that the Wang Dugong was deliberately irritating him in order to take the opportunity to have an attack, whether it was to force the chamberlains to attack him. To work as a tracker, it is better to let Jiangdu's chamberlains do it. They will immediately join forces with Governor Niu to come out to establish their authority and gain the right to decide the itinerary... A governor has been wandering for many years, although it is his luck to meet someone like Zhang San. , maybe he can survive in a pack of tigers and wolves, but why would he be so arrogant and ignorant now? He must be pretending.

At this thought, Zhao Xingmi simply sneered and left.

However, things are not that simple.

The logic of this morning's trouble is clear:

The boat ride required trackers, but the roads and embankments were soaked during the rainy season. On the one hand, it was difficult to pull the fibers, and on the other hand, trackers could not be found at the moment. So I went to find the internal servants, hoping that the internal servants would come to pull the fibers; but the internal servants refused to do it. Zhao Xingmi and other imperial guards were afraid of the now powerful chamberlain, so they had no choice but to abandon the ship and go ashore; however, was it easy to travel by land? How could there be so many vehicles to load things and people on the ship in such a hurry? Moreover, the road conditions were not easy for vehicles to travel!

So, Zhao Xingmi and Zhang Qianda, the two people who could make the decision, discussed it. Zhao Xingmi had a headache, but Zhang Qianda simply decided to throw away the useless objects! Even the ship sank!

It’s not like the imperial palace has never been thrown away. Back then, the Queen Mother and the Duke Wang had thrown away more!

Moreover, there was no need to give the thieves an advantage this time, so they simply threw them all into the Huanshui mouth to block the river.

Zhao Xingmi instinctively felt that something was wrong... After all, the Huanshui River had been dredged many times and was a major channel that connected the Central Plains, the Eastern Border, and the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. If the Huanshui mouth was sunk, the east line of north-south transportation would be cut off, and the only way to go was through the Han River. The water was gone...so I tried my best to persuade him.

Of the two Zhao and Zhang, it was Zhao Xingmi who had a higher level of cultivation, was more effective in the coup, and was more dominant. Therefore, although Zhang Qianda felt that the other party was pretentious, he still endured it and agreed to just throw the object down and not do anything unnecessary.

So, after struggling for a long time, they finally got on the road, but they asked the young emperor and the empress dowager to get off the boat and ride in a curtained ox cart. Several older officials among the hundreds of officials also rode in the car, and the rest of the palace servants , including the low-ranking officials, all accompanied him on foot.

At first, Duke Niu still wanted to maintain royal dignity, but Zhao Xingmi said seriously that after hearing what he said, the Grand Master Governor was also helpless... If royal dignity could only be exchanged for the internal servants in the mud at this time, then there would be no It's necessary.

In this way, after struggling for a long time, they finally abandoned the ship and changed cars. When Wang Zhuo ran over to meet the Queen Mother and the Emperor in a hurry, saluted, and then officially set off, it was already noon. As a result, those few cars could not make it. Seven or eight miles away, if a car breaks down, it's okay to just throw it there. The key is that the quality of the silk on these curtain cars is so good that the roof of the car is quickly filled with water. If you shake it again, the car will be removed immediately. The person on the bed was thoroughly doused.

Several older civil servants couldn't bear it at first, so they simply pulled the curtains from the cart and hurried on in the rain. The Queen Mother was also rained on twice, and it was difficult to withdraw the curtains. The little emperor had no choice but to stand on the bullock cart. He stood up, held up the curtains on the roof of the car, and made a human-shaped umbrella handle for his grandma. Unfortunately, he was young and lacked endurance. He stood for a while before sitting down, and then did it again and again. His funny look attracted the attention of people on both sides. Look back from time to time.

In the end, Duke Niu couldn't stand it anymore, so a burst of immortal energy came over and covered the carriage from the outside, allowing the little emperor to sit down.

Not to mention, we walked all afternoon. Because the journey was too slow, we didn't arrive at the scheduled campsite when it got dark... In this environment, we didn't dare to sleep in the open in the rain, so everyone had to brave the rain and start the night journey.

However, as soon as they left, resentment came, especially from the 6,000 people of the Forbidden Army.

After spending the whole night, Zhang Qianda arrived at the camp in the middle of the night. He immediately jumped up and said that he would leave behind these burdens and the miscellaneous people and head westward on his own tomorrow. Anyway, the job of guarding the emperor should be that of Chishiro.

Zhao Xingmi came to persuade him, saying that the imperial guards and the Zhishi army were all descendants, and they could not be left alone until the end.

Zhang Qianda became increasingly frustrated and reluctantly agreed.

Zhao Xingmi had no choice but to write a letter on the spur of the moment and have someone send it to the front in advance, asking Sima Jinda to get an official Prime Minister's Warrant from Sima Huada so that he could restrain Zhang Qianda. After all, he only went to the back alone. The Imperial Guards on the side are all Zhang Qianda's men.

However, when this letter was sent, it took almost two full days for the reply warrant to arrive, that is, the evening of May 8th. At this time, the team was dragging its feet and had only walked fifty or sixty miles away from Liangjun. The turning point at the southern end is still more than half way away.

This speed is unimaginable for ordinary marching.
To be continued...