After Li Chengdong left, Zhu Yuanzhang took out the Kun Map and looked at it carefully.
After a while, he frowned and said to himself: "Although the checkpoints we passed are a certain distance from Jinan, judging from the distribution, those checkpoints do not seem to be used to deal with enemies in Liaocheng, but rather to defend against attacks from the direction of Linzi."
"If you look at it this way, it is true that Guo Sheng and Ma Chongxi are not compatible, and Ma Chongxi has a past with Gao Jie and others. Could it be that he has surrendered to Gao Jie?"
Then he shook his head and denied: "If Ma Chongxi has surrendered, then Gao Jie will not have to compete with Xie Bi for Liaocheng. It seems that he may also want to withdraw from Liaocheng like Guo Sheng."
"Since they have not reached an agreement, Gao Jie should not withdraw his troops, but if 30,000 to 40,000 people invade Jinan, how can Ma Chongxi arrange so many checkpoints?"
"Could it be that what Li Chengdong said is not the truth... No, what Li Chengdong said before is basically consistent with our information, which means that what he said should be true, but there are some things that he did not say."
"It seems like Master Xing may have mobilized the troops without telling him, but where did the troops go?"
"Could it be that...by the way, Li Chengdong is also a general under Gao Jie. Even his execution of Li Benshen was not investigated by the Xing family. Li Chengdong should not be directly charged with killing our bodyguard."
"And judging from their costumes, they probably want to blame Xie Sheng for this matter, so she will definitely eradicate it, so her troops may have already headed to Texas."
"As long as she takes the opportunity tomorrow to kill Xie Bi and others, and then capture Dezhou, she will also control the western gate of Shandong..."
"But who are those mysterious soldiers and horses?"
"And what's going on with the cavalry?"
...
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time. Although he roughly clarified his thoughts, he still had many doubts.
He knew that there was too little information and further analysis would be useless, so he asked Li Wudi who was guarding the door of the tent: "Is the Jinyiwei stronghold in Dong'a County still there?"
Li Wu heard the words and stepped forward to report back: "Dong'a County is originally a small town, and we only arranged a few people. Due to the continuous wars in Liaocheng area, our people have disappeared."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "What about Anle Town? We remember that we set up a contact point there in order to pass on the news."
Li Wu thought for a while and said: "The contact point in Anle Town has also been interrupted, and many people have moved to Shen County. If your Majesty wants to inquire about information, you may have to go to Shen County."
"It's just that Shen County is nearly a hundred miles away from here, and there are many checkpoints along the way. Even if we set out now, it may not be until noon to get back."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said: "You go to Li Chengdong and ask him to give you a token to pass the customs. Then you and the dead Tiger soldiers rush to Shen County with us."
"As for the remaining Jin Yiwei, let them continue moving forward after dawn, but let Yang Qi's more than 100 people still hide in the dark and monitor Li Chengdong's whereabouts."
"If it is confirmed that there is no problem with him, we will sneak into Liaocheng in batches and monitor the movements of Shi Kefa's mansion."
After Li Wu bowed in agreement, he quickly walked out of the tent.
About half an hour later, Zhu Yuanzhang, under the cover of Zhao Li and others, rushed to Shen County with Li Wu and a dozen other tiger warriors.
In order to reach Shenxian County as soon as possible, they all took turns traveling with one person and two horses.
Because they had Li Chengdong's token and it was late at night, they didn't encounter any obstacles along the way.
But in Guofang Village, which is more than 20 miles away from Shen County, they were stopped by more than a hundred people, and the other party did not recognize Li Chengdong's token.
Zhu Yuanzhang was pressed for time and saw that there were not many people on the other side, so he directly ordered the pass.
Unexpectedly, after they passed the checkpoint, hundreds of people rushed out from the dense forest in front and surrounded them.
Although the Tiger Soldiers were good at fighting, they were unable to rush out for a while due to the large number of opponents.
Just at this moment, there was another sound of horse hoofbeats in the dense forest, and then a cavalry of two hundred people rushed out and charged directly at the group of soldiers besieging Zhu Yuanzhang and the others.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered an all-out breakout. After losing four people, they successfully broke through the opponent's siege.
After that, they encountered several groups of people with unknown origins who blocked them. Fortunately, they were all infantry and their number was not large. They arrived near Shen County without any danger.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Shen County was not safe because of the previous incident, so he sent two tiger warriors to check, while he, Li Wu and others stayed outside the city to wait.
Unexpectedly, the two people had not returned after being gone for an hour, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
Just when he was worried, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the distance.
Seeing that the other party was heading straight to their hiding place, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that it would be difficult to escape at this moment, so he asked two tiger warriors to drive six horses forward, while he, Li Wu and others hid in the dark.
After a while, he saw a cavalry of more than two hundred people galloping past.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he knew that he could no longer go to Shen County.
Then he thought that if he could not find out the situation, even if he returned to Liaocheng to stop the fight between Gao Jie and Xie Bi, he would have no chance of winning if the mysterious man launched a sneak attack.
Just as he was deep in thought, the distant sound of horse hooves sounded again.
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled and was about to tell everyone to mount their horses when he suddenly heard a familiar voice saying: "Your Majesty, where are you?"
"Your Majesty, the person coming seems to be Uncle Mighty!"
At this time, a tiger warrior who had been on guard in the distance ran over and reported.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then listened carefully to the voice. After confirming that it was Li Ruolian, he ordered Li Wu and others to hide in the dark and be on guard. Then he walked out slowly and said, "We are here, is the person coming here Li Ruolian?"
When Li Ruolian heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice, he hurriedly dismounted, ran over quickly and knelt down to apologize: "Your Majesty, the general was eager to see you and was reckless for a moment, disturbing the Holy Master. Please forgive me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved when he saw that he only stepped forward, and that more than two hundred cavalrymen behind him had dismounted and saluted dozens of meters away, and the two tiger warriors who died earlier were also among them.
He stepped forward to help Li Ruolian up and said, "Li Qing, aren't you trapped in Huaxian County? Why are you here in Shenxian County?"
After Li Ruolian stood up, he bowed again and said: "Your Majesty, I still have your blessing to say that I am the general. If you had not ordered me to convince Ren Qi and others before seizing the Henan Passage, I am afraid that I would have died." Huaxian County..."
It turned out that Li Ruolian sent people to negotiate with Ren Qi before dividing his troops to various places in eastern Henan.
Because Ren Qiyi always hated officers and soldiers, he not only refused Li Ruolian's request, but also cut off the ears of his envoy.
When Li Ruolian learned about this, he was furious and immediately led a thousand cavalry into Ren Qi's camp.
Although Ren Qi had more than 10,000 men at that time, they were a mob and lacked training. After Li Ruolian rushed to kill them, they were immediately defeated.
Li Ruolian was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly led his troops to pursue him, and captured Ren Qi in Fan County.
Some people died, but not completely...
