Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 398 Absconding

Of course, these preparations were carried out in secret.Otherwise, if it is made public, it will inevitably cause panic, and at that time, even if you don't want to leave, you will have to die.

Xu Yixian was busy until very late before returning to his house.

His wife was still awake and had been waiting for him.

On the bed, when the two of them had a chance to talk, his wife asked him: "Master, isn't the war in the east not so good?"

Xu Yixian was taken aback immediately after hearing this.He was a little strange, the war in the east was still kept secret, how did she know?
The fast horses who reported the letter went back and forth directly to the Daxi Palace. Logically speaking, no one knew about it, and I didn't tell her!
Thinking of this, he asked curiously, "Why do you ask such a question?"

After hearing this, his wife replied to him: "Today, many family members have gone to temples outside the city to pray for their lord!"

"Who?" When Xu Yixian heard this, he immediately felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly asked.

After hearing this, his wife spoke out the names she knew one by one.Basically all the family members of the generals on the Eastern Front, such as Wu Sansheng, Bai Wenxuan, Wang Zhibang, and even Li Dingguo's family members, have also left the city.

"Master, you said that if the war on the Eastern Front wasn't dangerous, they wouldn't all go to the temple outside the city to pray for blessings, right?" His wife confirmed with concern after finishing speaking.

As Xu Yixian's wife, she has only lived a stable life for a few days, she really doesn't want to be like before, wandering around again.Therefore, the words are full of worries.

After Xu Yixian heard her words, he felt very strange: Logically speaking, it is impossible for the family members of Wu Sansheng and others to know the situation of the battle ahead.Could it be possible that Wu Sansheng and others would send someone to tell their family members about the situation on the front line?
If this is the case, hurry back and forth, why not report to Daxi Palace first!

If it's just a family, it's also possible; but now, so many family members of the generals on the Eastern Front go out of the city to pray in temples, which is not normal!
This is what my wife knows, is there anything else I don't know?

No wonder even my wife can guess that the situation on the Eastern Front may be bad!

Xu Yixian thought of this a little strangely, and was wondering about the situation. Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind, and he immediately thought of something, so he quickly asked his wife: "They went to the temple outside the city to pray, but they all came back. gone?"

"It's said that sincerity leads to spirit, you have to pray for three days, and you probably haven't come back yet?" His wife heard this, and replied speculatively, "Anyway, the whole family went there, otherwise, I'm afraid it won't work!"

"Not good!" Upon hearing this, Xu Yixian was startled, sure of something in his heart, quickly threw off the quilt and rushed out.

This movement of his frightened his wife immediately, and he quickly shouted: "Master, clothes, put on clothes!"

In a hurry, Xu Yixian put on his clothes and rushed to Daxi Palace immediately.

Originally, he always took the sedan chair, but at this time, he thought the sedan chair was too slow, so he rode directly to go.

Zhang Xianzhong just fell asleep, and when he heard the eunuch say that Xu Yixian, the military adviser, was urgently seeking to see him, he knew that there must be something important, so he immediately got up to meet his military adviser.

As soon as they met, Xu Yixian didn't even have time to salute, so he immediately said to Zhang Xianzhong: "Your Highness, immediately send someone to check on the family members of Li Dingguo, Wu Sansheng, Bai Wenxuan, Wang Zhibang and other generals on the eastern front to see if they really have to pray in temples outside the city!"

"What?" Zhang Xianzhong couldn't understand it, he couldn't help frowning and asked again, "What happened?"

Why did you rush to see yourself in such a hurry?

He was startled, thinking that something serious happened!
Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong hadn't reacted yet, Xu Yixian quickly relayed the news about his wife, and then immediately reminded Zhang Xianzhong: "Zhang Wenxiu's family members disappeared for no reason, so I suspected that they had gone to the court. Now there are so many people My family members left the city, and I suspect that they also ran away. If this is the case, it can explain why the Eastern Front retreated so quickly!"

"Impossible?" Zhang Xianzhong said suspiciously when he heard it, "It's possible for one or two to betray, but it's impossible for everyone to betray, right?"

When Xu Yixian heard this, he became anxious immediately, and his voice became louder: "If both Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Dingguo have defected to the imperial court, those are their old ministries, how can it be impossible?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong also panicked, and hurriedly shouted for people to go to the temple outside the city to verify.

If the family members of the generals on the Eastern Front are still there, it means that this guess is wrong; and if the family members of the generals on the Eastern Front are not there, it means that this guess is likely to be true!

Xu Yixian was very anxious. He was basically certain in his heart that there must be no one in the temple outside the city, and the family members of those generals on the Eastern Front must have run away!

In this way, it makes sense why Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion were lost so quickly!
Otherwise, I am still wondering, what is going on at the front line?

So, before the news came out, Xu Yixian said to Zhang Xianzhong: "The Huangzhou Mansion will definitely not be able to defend it, and the Tianshou Mansion is already in danger. Your Highness, we must be prepared to leave and speed up. The thin line Li Zicheng , don’t worry about it, prepare to go south immediately!”

In fact, if Zhang Xianzhong wanted to leave, he had no choice but to go south.

On the north side, the imperial court officers and soldiers guarded against death, and there was no chance for the army to return north.

To the west is the damn Li Zicheng, and it is obviously pointless to fight him for territory.The only chance is to continue to attack south and escape to Jiangxi.

However, Zhang Xianzhong founded the country in Huguang, and even started a course to recruit scholars and send people to govern the local area. If it was possible, he really didn't want to run away.

Therefore, when he heard Xu Yixian's words, he hesitated instead, and said to Xu Yixian, "Maybe the situation is not that bad?"

When Xu Yixian heard this, he became impatient, and immediately said firmly: "It is definitely because Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Dingguo both voted for the imperial court. That's why this is the case. Your Highness, there is no need to hesitate any longer!"

Speaking of this, he thought of something, and immediately continued to speak, reminding Zhang Xianzhong: "Zhang Kewang, Zhang Nengqi and their families must also be careful, and this kind of thing can't happen again!"

The family members of the main generals in the Great Western Army are all in the Tianshou Mansion.Because this is the core place of the Great Western Army and the most prosperous place, living here is the safest and most comfortable; there is another meaning, naturally, it is used as a hostage to prevent subordinates from defecting.

It's just that such a thing has never happened before, so Zhang Xianzhong didn't deliberately take the family members of his subordinates as hostages.

Zhang Wenxiu's family members disappeared, but Zhang Wenxiu never heard from him, so Zhang Xianzhong was not alerted.

But now, with so many family members going out of the city together, this matter is a bit big.

Even if the news had not been verified, Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to be careless, and immediately agreed to Xu Yixian's proposal, and immediately sent people to strengthen the surveillance of Zhang Kewang and Zhang Nengqi's family members.

Not long after, Kuai Ma came to report back. Sure enough, the family members of those generals on the Eastern Front did not go to the temple outside the city at all.

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately uncovered the case and dropped the tea set.

Damn it, all those subordinates on the eastern front defected collectively, and he is still in a difficult moment when he is being bullied by Li Zicheng!

It's so chilling!
Soon, he concentrated his resentment on the two culprits: Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu!

Cursing the sky, scolding the earth, scolding their two ancestors, vented fiercely.

At this moment, Xu Yixian had no choice but to wait for Zhang Xianzhong to vent his anger before he hurriedly reminded: "Your Highness, the Huangzhou Mansion will definitely not be able to hold, and the Tianshou Mansion will also be difficult to protect. It is better to move it in time!"

The betrayal of the generals on the eastern front was equivalent to weakening a large part of Zhang Xianzhong's strength.In other words, it is tantamount to enhancing the great power of the court officials and army at once.

Originally, the power of the imperial court officers and troops was already very strong, and with the addition of those betrayed Eastern Front troops, Zhang Xianzhong knew very well that there was no way for Huguang to stay anyway.Even without Li Zicheng's shit making trouble, it would not be able to stop the attack of such a powerful enemy.

Fortunately, he is used to running away, or turning into such things.

After hearing Xu Yixian's reminder, he didn't hesitate anymore, and quickly issued an order to pack his luggage and prepare to escape.

I wanted to keep it a secret, but naturally I couldn't keep it a secret.

All of a sudden, everyone in Zhang Xianzhong's lair was panicked.

The old thieves are okay, they are used to running anyway.However, those who later attached to Zhang Xianzhong suffered.

The magistrates appointed by Zhang Xianzhong either hung up their seals and left, or quickly packed up their things and fled with them.

In short, not only the original Wuchang City, but also the affiliated prefectures and counties, everyone panicked at once.

There was nothing unexpected about the development of the war.

Wu Sansheng, Bai Wenxuan and others, after receiving Zhang Xianzhong's military order saying that those who retreated would be cut off, they simply stopped pretending, and showed the flag that they were already imperial court troops, and led Zhou Yuji, Wu Sangui and other imperial court troops into Huangzhou government.

Most of the thieves in Huangzhou Mansion are familiar with Wu Sansheng, Bai Wenxuan and others. The persuasion before the battle, especially the official appearance of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, had the biggest blow to the morale of the thieves, and many people rushed to surrender.

After Zhang Xianzhong heard the news, he cut off his last bit of fluke, and immediately prepared to run away.

However, what he never expected was that when the imperial army was only three or four days away from Wuchang Mansion, they suddenly stopped and stopped attacking.

This can be rushed to Wuchang in one breath, why didn't the imperial court army attack?What the hell is this going to do?
Turning his hips around, Zhang Xianzhong, who was about to turn around and run, was very puzzled under such circumstances, so he quickly sent someone to inquire about the news.

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