In a blink of an eye, it was the tenth day of April of the 17th year of Chongzhen, and it was getting closer and closer to Li Zicheng's expedition to Shanhaiguan. Zhao Peng, who had received food, could finally let his brothers have enough food. The newly recruits of the Jinyiwei Guard who had enough food were stepping up training. Just when Zhao Peng was training soldiers, someone came outside to report: "Captain Zhao, General Gao is here, just wait outside."

Zhao Peng hurried out of the central army's tent and saw Gao Wencai walking towards him with two Jinyiwei lieutenants.

"Brother, why are you here today?" Zhao Peng greeted him and greeted him.

"Of course, there is something to tell me about," Gao Wencai looked around and patted Zhao Peng's shoulder gently, "Brother, it's not convenient to speak here, let's talk later."

Walking into the central army tent, Zhao Peng asked Gao Wencai to sit on the table, and then drank and left.

Gao Wencai then spoke: "The King of Chuang has set a date for his expedition to Shanhaiguan. He will send troops to Shanhaiguan on the 13th. At that time, the King of Chuang will bring the prince and the Old General Wu to send troops to Shanhaiguan. Tonight, the King of Chuang will let you and my brothers enter the palace to see him."

Zhao Peng asked: "Why did the King of Chuang send troops to Shanhaiguan? He brought the prince and the old general Wu?"

"This brother doesn't know. Maybe he ordered the prince to issue an edict to Changbo (Sangui), and at the same time he threatened Changbo with Wu Xiang. After all, everyone knows that the young general Wu Changbo is a filial son." Gao Wencai replied.

Zhao Peng shook his head and tried hard to get some memory from his mind that was very lacking in history. Suddenly he seemed to remember something: a battle of stones! It seemed that Li Zicheng in history took the prince and Wu Xiang to Shanhaiguan. Li Zicheng threatened the prince to issue an edict to Wu Sangui, asking Wu Sangui to open the city to surrender to the Shun army. Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui refused to obey, but instead fought with the Shun army. The two sides fought fiercely and suffered casualties. When the Shun army and Guanning army fought both sides and suffered losses and were both in poverty, the Qing army suddenly came out.

The thing that happened later was that the Shun Army was defeated. Li Zicheng killed Wu Xiang, returned to the capital and killed the entire Wu Mansion. Then the Shun Army withdrew from the capital and fled all the way to Xi'an. More than ten days after the Shun Army left the capital, the Qing army entered the capital.

When the Shun Army was defeated in a terrible situation, the prince Zhu Cixuan was lost in the chaos. Later, he didn't know why he walked back to the capital and defected to his grandfather Zhou Kui. As a result, after the Qing army entered the capital, Zhou Kui sold the prince to the Qing army, resulting in Zhu Cixuan being killed. Zhu Cixuan disappeared when the Shun Army fled from the capital. Shun Army took Zhu Cixuan to Shanxi. Later, after Zhu Cixuan arrived in Shanxi, he was also lost by the Shun Army. Later, Zhu Cixuan was hidden and wandered among the people. He changed his name to Wang Shiyuan. He lived until the 47th year of Kangxi. His whole family was killed by the Qing court because of his identity exposed.

Zhao Peng pieced together the memory in his mind bit by bit, and finally figured out what the ending of Prince Zhu Cixuan was. Since Li Zicheng sent troops to Shanhaiguan to bring the prince, then this is a good opportunity to save the prince. If the Shun Army is defeated, he will not care about the prince at all. At that time, his elite Jinyiwei will take the opportunity to escort the prince and the princess south! If the Shun Army wins, then escort the prince back to the capital first. However, it is estimated that the Shun Army has almost no chance of victory, and even if it can win, it will be a miserable victory. If the Shun Army is defeated, it will be a miserable victory. If the Shun Army takes advantage of the chaos, it will also be a miserable victory. At that time, it can take advantage of the chaos to escort the prince and the princess from the capital and go to Nanjing.

Thinking of this, Zhao Peng suddenly smiled and said to Gao Wencai: "Brother, a good opportunity, the opportunity has come! You can quickly go to Nanjing to contact Zheng Sen and ask him to speed up the fleet to Tianjin to respond! Remember, this matter can only be learned by Damu (Zheng Sen), and you must not let others know about it."

At present, only Zheng Sen is the only reliable candidate left for the prince to leave Beijing and go south to Nanjing. He felt that the others were unbelievable, even the iron-strong Shi Kefa could not be trusted.

Gao Wencai naturally had his own channels to contact Nanjing. He then sent someone to take his own letter to Nanjing, and asked the man to hand over the letter to Zheng Sen.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Peng followed Gao Wencai back to the capital from Tongzhou. After returning to the capital, the two went into the palace to meet Li Zicheng.

"Two my dear friends, please be flat!" Li Zicheng sat on the dragon chaise and looked at Gao Wencai and Zhao Peng with a smile.

The two stood up, and Li Zicheng looked at them with a smile: "The two beloved ministers are loyal and righteous people, and they are righteous and have a bad moral character, which makes me admire them very much! Three days later, I will personally send troops to Shanhaiguan. I will take the prince and Wu Xiang to Shanhaiguan together. I heard that the two ministers are loyal to the prince, and they both ordered you to send the prince to Shanhaiguan to ensure the safety of the prince!"

Gao Wencai and Zhao Peng quickly knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you for your help, please help me! I will repay His Highness the Crown Prince as I wish!"

Li Zicheng smiled and said, "I heard that the two ministers teach nearly 2,000 new army in brocade clothes. The two ministers can lead the new army in brocade clothes and escort the prince to see him. The two dear ministers will return to prepare, and even though the army will go to Shanhaiguan in three days."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" After the two of them thanked each other, they said goodbye to Li Zicheng.

When he returned to Gao Wencai's home, Zhao Peng, who was extremely excited, did not care about etiquette and rushed directly into the princess's boudoir.

"Who is so rude!" Hearing that the people were rudely knocked away, Fei Zhen'e scolded angrily, and when she looked up, she saw that it was Zhao Peng, she quickly changed into a smile and blessed him, "So it's General Zhao Xiao! But is it coming to find His Royal Highness the Princess?"

"Miss Fei said very well. I am trying to report the happy event to Your Highness the Princess." Zhao Peng bowed and said.

Fei Zhen'e said: "General Zhao Xiao, Your Highness, the princess, is not here. She heard that Zhou Guogong was seriously ill and went to Zhou's mansion to visit him."

Zhao Peng's face changed and he said unhappily: "How did Mr. Zhou treat the former emperor's family? His Royal Highness actually visited this old thing! He should let this old thing fend for himself!"

Fei Zhen'e said: "No matter how bad father-in-law Zhou is, he is also the princess's grandfather. May I ask General Zhao Xiao, my grandfather is seriously ill, so what's wrong with the granddaughter going to fulfill his filial piety?"

"Miss Fei, you are too naive. I am very afraid that Mr. Zhou, the old man, will hold the princess, and will not let the princess come back!" Zhao Peng said anxiously. He was about to go back to the south. Don't have anything to do at this critical moment. If the princess is detained by the old man, then Zhao Peng will try his best to save the princess. After all, he has already swore in his heart that he will not marry Princess Kunxing in this life.

After saying that, Zhao Peng immediately rushed to Zhou Kui's mansion.

Zhao Peng arrived at the gate of Zhou Mansion and knocked on the door. After a long time, a white-haired, sick old man walked out and opened the door. He asked clearly that the person was Zhao Peng and came to find the princess. The old servant quickly put Zhao Peng in.

When I walked into the Zhou Mansion, I saw that the Zhou Mansion, which was robbed by the Shun Army not long ago, was already devastated. The rockery pavilions inside were smashed to pieces. The flowers, plants and trees were ruined and the ground was covered with broken branches and leaves. The pool was dug into a pool of mud, and stones were thrown around it.

Seeing the Zhou Mansion's appearance, Zhao Peng secretly praised in his heart: I deserve it! This old and stingy stingy man is also very lucky. I heard that he was dying by Li Zicheng's personal punishment and was not dead yet! He didn't die sooner!

When he walked to the door of the house where Zhou Kui lived, he saw a beautiful woman with a tall figure walking out of it. Who is this woman not Princess Kunxing? When he saw the princess, Zhao Peng was delighted and stepped forward, holding the princess' right hand: "Your Highness Princess, please go back with me quickly. I have something important to report to Your Highness Princess."

"What's the matter with Brother Zhao? " Princess Kunxing said.

Zhao Peng said anxiously: "Your Highness, the matter is urgent. This is not a place to talk. Let's tell you when you go back."

Princess Kunxing pursed her lips and shook her head gently: "General Zhao, if my family doesn't leave, my grandfather is seriously ill, and I'm afraid he will die soon. My mother wants to stay by my grandfather's side to fulfill her filial piety!"

When this old man died, I don’t know when he will die! Zhao Peng was so anxious that he hugged Princess Kunxing and attached himself to her ear and whispered: “Your Highness, the thief is going to take His Highness to the Prince to send troops to Shanhaiguan. I want to take this opportunity to take His Highness and His Highness away and escort you to the south together.”
Chapter completed!