Zhou Xian escorted Namu Zhong first to go north and completely separate from Niu Yong and the others to avoid being discovered by Manhuo. After two days of rapid progress, he turned toward the southwest.

Among the thirteen people in the group, except for Namuzhong and his son and Zhou Xian, among the remaining ten guards, there were five Han and five Mongolians. They were familiar with the geographical environment outside the border and were moving all the way, deliberately choosing a region with few people but no water sources. Although they encountered several gangs on the road, they all hid quietly. Overall, everything went smoothly.

But because the road they chose was relatively rugged and for safety, they took a long way to go and deliberately avoided the crowd. It took only more than ten days to finally arrive at the outer suburbs of Datong.

Zhou Xian looked at the Ming army flag drifting in the distance with the wind, looked happy, turned to the guard beside him and smiled: "It's finally here. We may have a good meal today. What's this place?"

The guard next to him replied, "Young Master, this is the Huyukou in the northeast of Datong, only one day away from Baideng City. This is a natural dangerous land and the most border of the Ming Dynasty. According to normal configuration, this place should be stationed by a general leader of the Ming Dynasty's soldiers leading the three banners."

The three flags, which are only one hundred and eight soldiers, should be enough to escort them to Datong. Zhou Xian suddenly felt that the place of Bai Deng seemed to be very familiar. He asked curiously: "Bai Deng? Is it the place where Maodun Shanyu besieged Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang for more than 40 days in the early Han Dynasty?"

The guard smiled and said, "Young Master Zhou is really knowledgeable, it's that place. But now Bai Deng has already belonged to me in the Ming Dynasty and has built a strong city there. There are currently about a thousand soldiers stationed there."

Zhou Xian nodded, turned his horse's head back, clasped his fists and said to Namuzhong: "Empress Dowager Benzang, I will enter from here in the Ming Dynasty. Should we stay here for a day before we go?" Staying away from homeland, Zhou Xian thought she might be willing to stay here for a while.

Namu Zhong was originally a beautiful woman, but along the way, she lacked food and drink. She wanted to feed Abunai, and she had completely lost weight. Her eyes were deeply sunk inward, and she felt an indescribable fatigue all over her body. When she heard Zhou Xian's words, she turned her head and looked at the vast earth behind her, with sadness in her eyes. She hugged Abunai in her arms, remained silent for a long time, and finally shook her head to Zhou Xian and said, "Mr. Zhou, let's continue to go! Arrival earlier, Abunai will be safer."

Zhou Xian nodded, said nothing more, and waved his hand to order to continue moving forward. Along the way, he had already understood Namu Zhong's personality. He looked weak on the outside, but his toughness was no less than that of any man. She was the great concubine of Lin Dan Khan, and had a high status and had never suffered any hardships. But when she woke up all the way, no matter how hard it was on the road, she never complained and buried everything in her heart. Even Zhou Xian was full of admiration for her at this moment.

After entering Huyukou, Zhou Xian and his friends met the Ming soldiers stationed there. However, unlike what they expected at first, there were no soldiers from the Three Banners, only more than twenty, and they were all old soldiers. Zhou Xian showed off the Qianmaoxia card and asked them for a meal. After asking carefully, he realized that they were not for defense here to block the enemy, but after discovering the enemy, they lit up wolf smoke and reported to the rear. The leftovers here were all useless old soldiers and had no combat power at all. When they first saw Zhou Xian and the others, they thought it was the enemy coming, and they almost lit up wolf smoke.

After drinking and eating, Zhou Xian called an old soldier and asked, "Dad Li, I want to rush to Baideng tomorrow. Are there any spare military horses here?"

The old man was full of wrinkles and shook his head with infinite sorrow and said, "Young Master Zhou, there are only five inferior horses here, and the horsepower may not be as strong as your tired horses! I suggest you still ride your horses to Baideng, anyway, there is only one day in the middle. Feed them today and let them rest for another night, so that they will definitely be alive tomorrow."

Zhou Xian nodded, and thought that this was the only way. He took out the remaining few taels of silver and handed it to the old servant and said, "Dad Li, I'll ask you all. That woman has a special identity. You can prepare some goat milk for her and serve her happily."

When the old man saw Yinzi, his eyes were immediately filled with joy and quickly caught it and said, "Thank you, young master. I understand, I will definitely treat her like an aunt."

There was nothing happening all night. The next day, one day, Zhou Xian and the others galloped all the way towards Bai Deng. The guard of Bai Deng City was Yi Qianzong. After listening to Zhou Xian's narration, he immediately sent two hundred soldiers to escort Zhou Xian and the others to Datong.

After arriving in Datong, Zhou Xian realized that the Xuanfu was in chaos at this moment. Sahalian died after getting a firearm. After hearing this, his brother Yue Tuo, despite Dorgon's dissuasion, he personally led more than 6,000 soldiers of the Red Flag under his command to Xuanfu. The troops were divided into multiple routes, and they rushed to several forts to slaughter the people. Then he surrounded the Xuanfu and forced General Zhu Zhifeng to hand over Abunai and the murderer who killed Sahalian.

Zhu Zhifeng was not good at military affairs, but he was very popular in Xuanfu. He occupied the city and resisted resolutely. At the same time, he sent envoys to the court for help. Emperor Chongzhen ordered reinforcements from Datong, Shanxi and Shuntian to go to Xuanfu. However, Yue Tuo was strong and extremely good at field battles. All the troops were stationed around Xuanfu, but no one dared to move forward easily.

Such a drastic change made Zhou Xian worry about Niu Yong and the others' safety. But after asking, they found out the specific situation, but through their narrative, Zhou Xian learned that more than ten people had indeed fled back to Xuanfu under the pursuit of the Manchus. As for whether Niu Yong and Tuershan were among those people, I don't know.

Zhou Xian stayed in Datong for two days, bored, closed his eyes and lay on the chair to enjoy the afternoon sun. In the hazy state, he suddenly felt a black shadow in front of him. He opened his eyes and found two very strange people standing in front of him.

One person has a square face and short beard, thick eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and is very energetic. He is very tall. Although he is wearing a green plainclothes, he has an indescribable official power. The other person is wearing a purple Confucian robe and dressed as an essayist, and looks ordinary. Only with deep eyes, he seems to be able to see through people's hearts. He should be a figure like a strategist.
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