Zhu Hui was ready to escape, and to prevent the news from leaking, he did not say hello to Chen Xi.

Zhu Hui did not bring heavy things such as armor, cloth, wine jars, etc., just to go into battle lightly. He knew that if the wheels were trapped in heavy snow, it would drag the entire convoy down.

Chen Xi ignored it at all.

After Zhu Hui left the city, he was glad and began to think about this question: "Did Shen Zhihou never care about my stay or not, but I was just worried about it?"

Although he was full of doubts, the more he wanted to leave, the more he ignored the more worried he was in his heart.

Before nightfall, the convoy had just arrived at Maquangou, five miles east of Yulin Weicheng, and the sound of horse hooves came from the coming face.

The four horses came in total, not because Zhu Hui expected to come and stop him, but just to inquire about the reasons.

When he arrived in front of Zhu Hui's carriage, one of the four horsemen turned over and dismounted, looking very polite, bowed to the carriage, and asked, "Master, my master asked Xiao to pass the message and asked why you are so anxious? He didn't say goodbye and chose to separate the city at dusk! Isn't it important to have something important..."

Zhu Hui asked the convoy to continue to move forward, then jumped out of the carriage and said to the person who came to pass the message: "Go back and tell you, sir, that after I stepped down, I stayed in Yulin Cangcheng for too long. Seeing that the New Year is approaching, I must hurry back to the capital and report to the court. Before I could resign, I hope he can forgive me."

"As for walking at night, I have thought about it before, mainly because I am afraid that Tatars will attack during the day, and I am worried that camping at night will fill the camp with heavy snow and cannot move forward and retreat, so I decided to make a strategy for walking at night, and camping for rest during the day, so that he doesn't have to worry about it."

The questioner didn't say much, but just saluted, got on the horse, and took the other three riders towards Yulin Guard.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Hui finally felt relieved and said to himself: "It seems that I am too concerned."

The master came over to ask for instructions: "Master, are we still in a hurry tonight? I'm afraid it's not very safe to walk at night."

"Let's go, who said he won't leave?"

Zhu Hui said angrily, "No matter what, you must leave the Yansui territory as soon as possible. If Shen Zhihou knows that the court sends people to investigate the money, food and bad policies, he must send people to chase him... At this critical moment, leave early and worry."

The master looked like he was taught and bowed and said, "Yes, yes, let's make arrangements here."

Zhu Hui got on the carriage angrily, and a cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but tremble. He rubbed his hands hard and complained: "Damn the ghost weather, if it weren't for Shen Zhihou, I would never have returned to Beijing in the wind and snow. I have been thankful to Shen Zhihou for his hard work."

The driver who was driving the car couldn't help but ask, "Master, wasn't it caused by the heavy snow?"

Zhu Hui cursed: "You are just talking too much. If the court hadn't sent a guy like Shen Zhihou to the northwest who was ignorant of the times, I would have been so anxious to leave? It would have been easier for him to deal with anyone."

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When walking at night, the temperature is low, and the vision is seriously obstructed.

The guards and personal soldiers who followed Zhu Hui were all depressed. Although they were wrapped tightly, they still felt biting cold.

People in this era have basically night blindness. From time to time, people cry and fall into the trench beside the road, which seriously drags down the speed of the road.

If it is normal, you can use torches to illuminate and keep warm, but the wind is too strong tonight, and the torch is blown out by the strong wind as soon as it is lit, and everyone is in a state of misery.

In this extremely cold weather, I walked all night and it took me more than thirty miles to walk until the sky suddenly dawned. It was still a few miles away from the frozen Jiahe River in front.

After leaving for another hour, the world was completely lit up.

Zhu Hui got off the carriage, looked at the frozen Jiahe not far away, and looked up at the sky. At this time, the wind and snow gradually stopped. Zhu Hui nodded with satisfaction, looked back at the direction of Yulin Cangcheng, and said proudly: "This is my true elite soldier and powerful general of the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to walk so far in the wind and snow overnight. After this snow, I believe that Shen Zhihou's people will never catch up. Okay, station on the spot, wait for a day to rest, and set off again."

The people who followed Zhu Hui were cursing, but there was no way. This was the order issued by Duke Bao himself, and they could only follow it. Just as the camp was tied up, and before he could bury the pot to make rice, someone suddenly pointed to the snow field in the south and shouted in fear: "No, there are Tartars..."

In one sentence, the entire camp fell into great chaos.

The officers and soldiers took out their weapons in a mess, but found that they were exhausted after a night of march. Not to mention killing the enemy, it was difficult to even hold a gun.

"Zhi Niang, how could he meet the Tartars forever? Could it be that the heaven wants to destroy me? Is the archer ready to shoot a few of them first?"

Although Zhu Hui was also in a panic, his mind was generally clear and rushed out and stood at a high place and shouted.

The master was speechless when he heard this: "Mr. Master, we are in the wilderness, we can't shoot very far, and the Tartar cavalry is like the wind! Master. Don't panic. Look at the number of Tartars, there are not many. It is estimated that there are only twenty or thirty cavalry. It should be scattered soldiers and raids. If you see our team is huge, you may be frightened and flee far away."

"Yes, we have too many people, what are we afraid of! Form a shield formation first... take whatever you have, just protect the carriage, I stand in the middle to command the war."

Zhu Hui was afraid of death and was worried about losing money. He commanded the carriage to circle it in a circle. He jumped to the carriage board of the carriage at the center, and relied on the carriage array and guards to ensure his safety.

Zhu Hui was full of thought that the Tartars did not dare to invade, but things went against their wishes. When the Tatar cavalry saw the messy camp, they thought they were caravans rushing to Yulin Guard against the wind and snow. With the Tatars' conceit, they were not afraid of anyone in the wild, and they never wanted to retreat when they saw the Ming army several times their own.

"Swish--"

A rain of arrows flew over, and several Ming troops surrounding the carriages cried and fell to the ground. The Ming army rushed back with bows and arrows, but there was no effect. The Tatar cavalry rushed past and rushed from another direction.

After several consecutive rounds of riding and shooting, Zhu Hui had already suffered 20 or 30 casualties, but the Tartars were still coming and going like the wind, and none of them were shot by the bow and arrows that were fighting back in the chariot formation.

The bad thing is that after several consecutive rounds of bows and arrows were shot, the archer was already exhausted.

The Tatar cavalry changed their strategy at this time, carried the bow and arrow on their shoulders, and rushed over with their sabers.

Zhu Hui was so scared that his face was gone, his whole body trembled, his eyes were filled with the shaking tips of the Tatars, and he felt that a disaster was coming.

Just at this moment, a "bang" and "bang" sound came from a distance, which was so sudden that neither the Tatar cavalry nor Zhu Hui's subordinates responded.

"Master, it's the sound of musket shooting. It seems that our Ming army is coming to help!"

"Ming Dynasty army? How could it be coming from the east? Didn't Shen Zhihou give orders to the city blocks before that they could not stand?" Zhu Hui was surprised and said to himself.

Although there were no people, the sound of the fire of the muskets frightened the rushing Tatars. The Tatars immediately changed directions, not facing the east to face the enemy, but fled to the north to the wasteland.

"Oh, oh!"

The officers and soldiers under Zhu Hui shouted loudly.

Zhu Hui wanted to curse, what are you calling now? Could you call the Tatars back?

The sound of cavalry running from the east came, and a large number of Ming cavalry rushed from the snowfield in the east. When they arrived two or three miles away, Zhu Hui finally saw clearly that it was indeed the Ming Dragon Banner.

Zhu Hui looked at the Tatars' backs away, feeling full of fear and feeling like he was escaping from death.

He did not dare to order a pursuit of the Tatar cavalry, so he could only wait for the Ming cavalry to come to the rescue to come.

After about a quarter of an hour, the cavalry crossed Jiahe directly from the thick ice layer and arrived in front of the camp.

At this time, Zhu Hui discovered that there were only more than 100 cavalry in the Ming army that came to aid, and the number was not even as large as that of his subordinates. However, these cavalry were basically equipped with new weapons, and the more than ten officers and soldiers who were dispersed with warnings were holding new muskets sent to the northwest by Shen Xi before.

After all, Zhu Hui was the former three-sided general. He stood on the high ground of the camp and shouted: "Please report your name."

The cavalry were wrapped in thick armor, their faces were covered, and they couldn't see clearly. At present, a white-helmet general came down from the horse and knelt down on one knee to salute: "Last general Lin Heng, see Duke Baoguo."

When Zhu Hui heard that the general who was leading the troops to aid was Lin Heng, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He jumped out of the carriage, walked to Lin Heng, helped Lin Heng up, and said, "Bozhi, I didn't expect it was you. Where are you... coming from?"

Lin Heng is now a general under the General Yansui for his contribution to the Battle of Tumu Fort and the Battle of the Capital.

Lin Heng said respectfully: "When you say to your grandfather, you will be ordered to guard the Qiang Station in the town and be transferred to the Yulin Guard, Yansui Town garrison two days ago. You never thought that you would encounter Tatar cavalry one after another along the way. You have defeated several Tatar cavalry along the way and killed six heads. You are about to return to the garrison to report to Lord Shen."

When Zhu Hui heard this, he completely dispelled the idea that Shen Xi was deliberately causing trouble for him.

"Lin Bozhi was transferred back to Yulin Guard two days ago. He must not know the situation in the capital... Fortunately, he came in time, otherwise he would not even be able to save his life." x5

Zhu Hui smiled and said, "Get up quickly. Thanks to you driving away the Tatars this time, I will ask the court for you to make merit. By the way, the one behind you is General Wang Ling, right?"

On the back of Lin Heng's war horse was a burly young man. Hearing this, he waved his two maces in his hand and replied in a thick voice: "Yes."

Zhu Hui sighed: "I have heard that Wang Jialang is invincible and no one can match the nine sides of the world's bravery. Unfortunately, I have never been able to see him. I finally saw him today."

Lin Heng looked back at Wang Lingyi and said, "General Wang, why don't you get off the horse and meet Duke Baoguo?"

Lin Heng has been struggling in the northwest for many years and is a child of an official. Even though he was once a crime, he had read books and knew the rules of the officialdom very well, for fear that Wang Ling would be revenge for offending Zhu Hui.

Although Wang Lingzhi was a tiger-headed man, he was simple by nature and knew what he was not good at. He usually obeyed Lin Hengyan. He immediately turned over and bowed to Zhu Hui when he heard this, but he didn't have much respect on his face.

Zhu Hui has always been known for his keen eyes to recognize talents. Others like to call him Bole. He was not angry when he saw Wang Lingzhi's appearance. After all, he had just rescued the siege and saved his life.

Lin Heng saluted: "Master, I will go back to Yulin Weicheng to report to Lord Shen. Where are you going?"

Zhu Hui was asked where he was going and didn't know how to answer. He continued to go on the road, so he asked: "Bozhi, you really saw a lot of Tatar cavalry along the way?"

Lin Heng said: "Yes, my grandfather, although the Tatar cavalry has not been established, there are many scattered soldiers and raids along the way. I heard that this year's severe drought in the north, the barbarians had no food to survive the winter, so they could only pour into the border and go to the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty to rob and survive."
Chapter completed!