Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, two princesses, and four ministers quickly boarded the carriage, and the army of guards set out immediately, leaving Yongqing City, and heading straight for Dacheng County.

Although the Shun Army occupied the Baoding Prefecture City to the west of Shuntian Prefecture, just like the small cities around Baoding Prefecture, Li Zicheng had not had time to send troops to guide the situation in Yongqing, Dong'an, Wen'an, and Dacheng Zhuxian in the south of Shuntian Prefecture.

The capital was too chaotic, and Zhou Shixian ran so fast. Until noon that day, Emperor Dashun continued to send additional personnel to find Chongzhen's hiding place in the capital.

Zhou Shixian led the convoy to the north of Wen'an that night, but he did not stay overnight in Wen'an City. He just sent a scout to reconnaissance and confirmed that the Shun Army had not sent anyone to make a strategy, and at the same time, he also sent a scout to the big city.

The big city is located between Wen'an and Qing County, seventy or eighty miles away from Jinghai County, where the troops of the Shun Army Hao Yaoqi were stationed. Zhou Shixian planned to reorganize the army there and then plan to seize the ship from Qing County and move south.

Although Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, Kong Tao and Liu Xin have all surrendered, if they do not rectify them properly, such troops will still be useless, or they will not be trustworthy.

In other words, in the battle under Yongqing City, Zhou Shixian had established unquestionable authority in the hearts of the old brothers in the escort of the carriage. However, except for the one hundred strong men controlled by Zhang Hong, the rest of the people who were gathered were probably not commanded by Zhou Shixian at critical moments.

This is a total of 1,500 soldiers and horses, while Zhou Shixian now only has 400 elite soldiers. Although the former still lacks military armor, it will still have to be equipped sooner or later. Otherwise, it will be difficult to resist when the Shun Army pursues troops.

Among the various hub nodes of the canal, there will inevitably be soldiers who will be sent to the north due to the chaos in the north of Zhili, Jiangnan, Shandong and other places, but they will be stranded in the local area, or be corrupted by local officials and want to resell.

Although it is not realistic to raise troops to 1,500 troops at one time, from Qingxian to Jining, Shandong, Cangzhou, Linqing and Dongchang on the way are all important places in the canal, and Linqing is even rich in the country, and there are still some real goods in the warehouse.

Zhou Shixian is not an honest person. Instead of leaving some things to Li Zicheng, he would have taken them away by himself and could still use them to fight against the Qing Dynasty in the future.

Therefore, the army reorganization in Dacheng County became a key step. Only in this way can the entire escort team with Zhou Shixian as the core of the leadership can be established.

At noon the next day, Zhou Shixian led his army into Dacheng County. The county officials had already fled, and only the township heroes organized by the city and some wealthy businessmen were protecting the city.

Li Banghua's identity as an "instructor minister" played a role again. Although these wealthy businessmen had never seen this old minister, the other party's name was well-known at that time. In addition, Zhou Shixian was strong in his troops, so they dared not stop him.

Wang Chaodong still brought half of the Jinyi Guards to protect Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, and two princesses in the county government, Xue Laoer was still responsible for the city defense, and Wu Xingye replaced Zhang Hong, responsible for the surrounding vigilance and sending scouts to reconnaissance of Qingxian in the southeast.

Although Zhang Hong, Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, Kong Tao and Liu Xin who arrived that night were not late, they were divided into sequence.

Zhou Shixian did not let them enter the city, but ordered five teams of troops to camp outside the city on the grounds of not disturbing the people, and his own tent was moved outside the city to show that he had no other intentions.

Of course, Zhou Shixian was not alone outside the city. There were both powerful soldiers and horses led by Zhang Hong, more than 20 Jinyiwei, and Mr. Li Banghua, who held Shangfang swords and had a strong aura.

Under Zhou Shixian's strict order, the four military leaders did not know that they were guarding the Holy Divine. Before the army was completed and the unstable factors were eliminated, Zhou Shixian did not intend to disclose this news in advance to avoid accidents.

After the soldiers outside the city set up a simple camp, Zhou Shixian immediately fulfilled his promise and paid these soldiers and generals.

There are two parts of military pay, first of all, these soldiers and generals owed a year, and secondly, they were rewarded for driving. However, as latecomers, they naturally did not have the treatment of more than 300 old brothers. Each soldier was fifteen taels of silver, while the officers ranged from twenty to fifty taels.

Although different treatment will cause anger and dissatisfaction, it will also form differentiation and divert contradictions. This is the technique of controlling people.

Everyone is the same for owing salary. Repaying a year and starting a reward is a surprise. More or less, the soldiers will not be so sensitive, not to mention that the most important thing in the army is to pay attention to qualifications and come first and then arrive, which is also only based on strength.

Although some people are dissatisfied with this difference, there will be no chaos. These subtle differences are that Zhou Shixian and Li Banghua can control the ability of the whole audience.

Of course, in addition to the differentiation between the new and old guards and generals through rewards, there is also competition among the four soldiers. The first two soldiers arrived, Sun Hu and Kong Tao, each soldier received another two taels of silver and one tael of silver. The two leading officers each received an additional reward of one hundred taels and fifty taels.

Similarly, by personally paying military salaries, Zhou Shixian figured out the reality of the four soldiers and horses, and let these soldiers know who paid them the military salaries and who they should be loyal to!

After paying the military pay and the whole army was in full swing, it was time to have a full meal. Although there was no surplus grain in the government offices of Dacheng County, there was no shortage of warehouses and cellars of wealthy merchants.

Zhou Shixian spoke, so they were naturally happy to serve the army's food and grass in the next few days. A large household even sent more than 30 pigs, saying that they wanted to reward the army for the imperial envoy.

Li Banghua was not vague and immediately accepted it all. However, there was a wealthy businessman who was very brave and thought of giving away women to the young general, and three more at a time.

These big and wealthy businessmen are all talented. They see Zhou Shixian's power in this team and think that this is the son of a certain nobleman.

In front of everyone, Zhou Shixian dared not accept this favor. If this was passed on to the ears of Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, and especially Princess Kunxing, he would not be able to wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Of course, he can beat three at a time, and there is no doubt about this.

However, after Zhou Shixian righteously rejected the kindness of the wealthy businessman in Dacheng County, the other party proposed to give him two maids who warmed his bed. After all, in March of Shuntian Mansion, the tent outside the city was indeed cold at night.

Although this persistent wealthy businessman was sincere, thoughtful, and had sufficient reasons, Zhou Shixian could only refuse.

In fact, if Li Banghua hadn't been seventy years old, these wealthy businessmen knew that the old man could not withstand the trouble, so how could he have Zhou Shixian's turn!

At the second hour of Xu, the chef finally prepared the meal. More than thirty pigs were already stewed in the pot, and the meat was full of fragrance.

These soldiers usually eat meat, but they can't eat enough at all times. When they smell the smell, everyone's saliva flows out and they are swallowing constantly.

Seeing this, Zhou Shixian and Li Banghua, who was holding the Shangfang sword, suddenly looked at each other and exchanged glances.

This meal tonight is the time for them to take the opportunity to reorganize the army. It is better not to be too late!
Chapter completed!