On August 19th, after several twists and turns, the road was bumpy, and coupled with a suspenseless siege, Chen Xi finally led his troops into the county town of Tongdao without any fear.

Hu Qing, the magistrate of Tong County, accompanied Chen Xi into the city.

When entering the city, Chen Xi clearly felt the desolation in the city. The total number of residents in this small town may not even be four hundred households. Chen Xi looked at the destroyed houses and couldn't help but sigh: "I used to think that Ninghua County was already pitifully small, but compared with this, Ninghua is still a big city!"

There was no special ceremony when entering the city. Even after Chen Xi entered the city, a large number of children were blocking the city gate and playing. The soldiers wanted to drive away the naughty children, but Chen Xi waved his hand to signal to be more polite, and then simply led the team around.

Finally, the child was taken away by the adults who rushed over after hearing the news. Chen Xi rode on the horse and looked at the naughty boys who struggled and seemed carefree. He felt that they were almost like a gray egg when he was a child. Chen Xi couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. Times have changed, and the boys in Taohua Village have grown into second-rank officials of the dynasty. I wonder if these children have future Jinshi or become famous people's study seeds?

Hu Qing followed Shen Xi on a horse. Seeing that the Governor was a little distracted, he asked curiously: "Shangshu Chen is wondering where to stay today?"

Chen Xi looked at Hu Qing and said, "It's just stationed in the open space south of the county yamen. Needless to say, the extra matters are needed, and I will naturally make arrangements for it without worrying."

"Remember, this time, you must not disturb the people. I don't need to raise a piece of food in the city. If there is gunpowder, you can send it to the army. The yamen warehouse is probably emptied by the rebels. Your main task is to safeguard the people. You can find some yamen servants to help me open a porridge shop to help the people, but I don't expect that there will be many people left in the city..."

Hu Qing responded to what Chen Xi ordered. In fact, Hu Qing was feeling upset at this moment. What would he do if Chen Xi asked him to raise military rations?

When the three armies entered the city, the troops set foot in the camp. Hu Qing stole the air and went back to the yamen to take a look. It was indeed the same as Chen Xi said. The rebels had already looted the place, leaving nothing left, and the yamen also fled.

Chen Xi held his first meeting after entering the city in the Central Army's tent, and the topic was how to fight the battle to Huaiyuan.

As the head of the intelligence system, Yunliu explained in detail what she learned in front of all the generals: "...The Wukaiwei troops will arrive at the county town in the tunnel in one day. Due to the continuous heavy rains in the junction of Guangxi, Guizhou and Huguang, the Boyang River water surged, and the mudslides, the soldiers and horses in Guizhou were two days later than expected..."

Wang He and Su Jingyang were secretly happy. Fortunately, the troops of Wukaiwei did not arrive early, otherwise the contribution of the recovery of the Tongdao County may not be the result of whom.

"...... Also affected by the heavy rain, we will go south to Huaiyuan next, and the Xunjiang and Fulu Rivers will rise in water. The march of the army and the transportation of food and supplies may be greatly affected."

Chen Xi listened very seriously, because there was no mistake in the war along the way south.

As Chen Xi knew, the rebels were trying their best to avoid encountering the troops he led. Now the rebels already knew the name of Chen Xi, so they simply retreated.

It was like Chen Xi led his troops to attack the county town of Tongcheng. The main force of the rebels fled two days in advance. Only some of the aliens, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, defended the city. As a result, they only resisted symbolically and surrendered.

However, when the main force of the rebels evacuated, most of the young and strong Han people in the city were captured. All Han women, from women in their 40s, and girls about ten years old, were also robbed.

This time, ethnic conflicts broke out and should not have involved ordinary people. However, due to the deep resentment, the Ming Dynasty court always regarded the rebels and their relatives as slaves and exiled them at will. The rebels naturally regarded the strong Han men and women as slaves and plundered them back to the village.

After Yun Liu finished reporting the detailed information, Su Jingyang couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Yun, you have said so much, but you haven't explained where the main force of the rebels is? Now the soldiers of the three armies are waiting for a large-scale decisive battle with the rebels. You can't find out this. It's meaningless to just talk about what's going on on the road!"

Yun Liu's identity has always been a secret in the army.

But Yunliu was highly valued by Chenxi. Even the commander of the second-rank official Su Jingyang would politely call Yunliu "Master Yun" when he saw Yunliu. However, because Yunliu became accustomed to being low-key on weekdays, over time, Su Jingyang lacked the necessary respect for Yunliu, and gradually he wanted to suppress Yunliu.

Yunliu ignored Su Jingyang at all because she was only responsible for Chen Xi.

Chen Xi said to Yunliu: "There are mountains here, so how easy is it to find the main force of the rebels? The purpose of the three armies going south is to resolve the difficulties of Guilin Prefecture, so I won't talk about anything else for the time being!"

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Capital, imperial palace, Xiefang Hall.

Zhu Houzhao held the book "Records of the Grand Historian", crossed her legs and watched leisurely.

It was late afternoon, and it was originally his class, but because Zhu Youzhang's condition improved in the past two days, he started a resumption of the Japanese lecture. Emperor Hongzhi summoned the Japanese lecturer and Liang Chu and other Eastern Palace lecturers went to the Ganqing Palace. Zhu Houzhao was able to rest for an afternoon, so he hid in the bedroom and read a book.

Zhang Yuan served by her carefully and kept fanning Zhu Houzhao.

Now it is the end of the autumn tiger. It has rained a few times in a row, and the weather is much cooler, but Zhu Houzhao has many problems and always feels unbearable. After giving the instructions, Zhang Yuan had to fan Zhu Houzhao without any effort. As a result, the naughty child had no sweat at all, but Zhang Yuan was so tired that he sweated like rain.

But Zhang Yuan didn't dare to say anything at this time. Recently, he could feel the prince's indifference to him. Now the prince is fourteen years old and can be on the stage for many things. Most of the time, the emperor would even take Zhu Houzhao to listen to the affairs. Although Zhu Houzhao basically just hides behind the curtain as an audience, the emperor's intention to pass the throne is already very obvious.

Zhang Yuan didn't want to cause trouble for his future, so he simply swallowed his anger. Even if he had resentment in his heart, he would not dare to explain it to the prince.

But he didn't know that he had actually been included in the list of replacements for the Eastern Palace's regular attendants. Even in the past few days, the Eastern Palace would have replaced a group of regular attendants, and even if he stayed, he would be marginalized.

Gu Dayong and others will take off their errands and go back to the East Palace. These people can be said to be very capable and can completely crush him to death.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly looked up and asked, "When is it?"

Zhang Yuan finally had the opportunity to stop and rest. He wiped his sweat and smiled apologized: "If you say that, it's already the end of the day..."

Zhu Houzhao had a smile on her face and asked, "It's time again. It's almost time for me to leave school at this time... Now I'm going to see my mother, are you going with me?"

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the prince did not need to discuss with him in such matters. Since the prince said this, it actually showed that he did not want him to be with him. If he had to follow him with a stern face, it would be a waste of himself. It would be better to arrange for others to follow him, so he could stay and have a good rest.

Zhang Yuan looked flattering: "Your Highness, the prince, I can't go there anymore, can I send someone else to accompany the prince?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, her expression seemed to be saying... You are cognizable!

Zhu Houzhao said: "Since you don't want to go together, then arrange two eunuchs to go to Kunning Palace with me. Eunuch Zhang stayed and helped me organize the booklets first. I will read it when I come back in the evening!"

After going out to see the world, Zhu Houzhao was very smart, and with Chen Xi, he learned how to deal with people and think of solutions for everything. In this way, if his father and mother asked why he didn't take the eunuch at the Changshou, he had reason to say that Zhang Yuan was sorting out the book book for reading in the evening in Xiefang Hall, and he could say that he had read "Records of the Grand Historian" in the afternoon...
Chapter completed!