MTL - Our Mommy is the Best Investigator!-Chapter 749 fight to the death
Chapter 749 Desperate Strike
After seven or eight days of searching along the official road, Tang Che did not find Chu Nanzhi's mother and son and the others. Instead, he was tricked by the five army commanders under Lin Jinshu's command.
When chasing all the way to the city of Yizhou in embarrassment, they counted the men and horses. Except for the sergeants from the two trails in the southeast and the east, the casualties in the other three trails were not small, and nearly half of the 3,000-man team was lost. There is no gain at all.
In the chilly air, Tang Che was burning with anger.
The young general beside him asked suspiciously: "Could it be that Princess Pingning chose the other two rugged trails?"
"Quickly go to Yizhou City and tell my uncle that he will send someone to investigate Yizhou City. He will definitely catch Princess Pingning and the others."
Tang Che was hopeless, and he was so anxious that he immediately urged his generals to enter the city.
When he saw Tang Yi, the governor of Yizhou, but heard that Prince Xie of Bai Yuguo had appeared in Yizhou, he was disheartened and immediately regained his fighting spirit, and volunteered: "Uncle, please send some troops to my nephew. You must personally lead someone to capture Prince Xie."
Going south, even if you can't catch Chu Nanzhi's mother and son, if you can **** Xie Jingchen back, at least you can do business.
Tang Yi had already heard the news of King Qinghe's mutiny. Although he had not received any letter from his elder brother, he had ordered all the counties and counties to conduct strict inspections and pay attention to the whereabouts of Princess Pingning going south.
Immediately ordered the assistant officer to count 10,000 soldiers for Tang Che to dispatch.
Before leaving, Tang Che thought of his own suspicions when he left Beijing, so he said to Tang Yi: "Uncle, I suspect that Princess Pingning took the water route, but His Highness does not agree with my point of view, just in case, I still Ask uncle to send someone to patrol the water."
"Walk by water?"
Tang Yi stroked his beard, pondered and replied: "It is indeed a shortcut to go south along the Jinglu Canal, but it is also a dead end. I have heard that this lady of Chu is very intelligent, so she should not be so stupid. Three days ago, we received a secret report from Beijing, and in the past few days, people from the capital water supervision department have been strictly interrogating and patrolling the water, and no suspicious persons have been found."
Looking at his nephew's firm eyes, Tang Yi also fell into hesitation.
After all, it was something that King Qinghe himself had confirmed. If he went to the water to investigate again, even if he caught someone, King Qinghe's face would not look good.
After thinking for a while, he could only reply perfunctorily: "That's fine, I'll send some more people to follow along the Jinglu Canal."
"So I feel at ease."
Tang Che was about to go out, but when he thought of King Qinghe's instructions, he couldn't help but remind him: "Uncle, Your Highness has been attacking Jingling City for a long time, so you have to make a decision. The honor and disgrace of my Qinghe clan rests with His Highness." Don't let King Pingning have an opportunity to take advantage of you."
"I heard that King Pingning is the posthumous son of Prince Ting'an?"
Tang Yi was aware of the power of it, but he was a little apprehensive about Lin Jinxiao's identity.
Prince Ting'an's reputation was too dazzling back then, I'm afraid many people still miss his virtuous virtues.
Moreover, the imperial court has announced to the world that they want to welcome this posthumous child back to Beijing. Even though King Qinghe is powerful now, when it really comes to a last resort, he has to make a choice for the safety of his family.
Tang Che was displeased with his questioning, and said coldly: "So what, King Pingning's embarrassment is of great use, even if he is the posthumous son of the former prince, who has been living among the people for many years, he doesn't have half the sage demeanor of Prince Ting'an. Only by helping King Qinghe ascend the throne will the Tang family have a future."
"Yes, yes."
Tang Yi smiled warmly: "Hurry up, the top priority is to capture Princess Pingning and Prince Xie, otherwise how can I make a deal with King Qinghe."
Tang Che was also very anxious at this time, and hurried out of the mansion, heading towards the border of Langzhou.
Chu Nanzhi led everyone on the water for almost ten days, and was about to bypass Yizhou, but was intercepted by two warships.
Standing on the side of the ship, looking at the banners fluttering in the wind in the distance, with the words "Yizhou Navy" impressively reflected on it, she couldn't help being startled:
Could it be that someone noticed his whereabouts so quickly?
Seeing this, Chen Chuan immediately ordered his soldiers and the Zhao Family Nursing Academy to go around the side of the ship to defend against the enemy.
Chu Nanzhi was worried about the safety of the little ones. Taking advantage of the time when the soldiers were preparing to defend, she hurriedly called Tang Weiming, and said kindly: "If there is any change later, you must protect the old lady, the second elder and the others. The little princess, the little princess king, and the little prince of the Shen family."
After finishing speaking, he hurriedly asked the boss of the boat: "How many flat boats are there on the boat?"
"If you go back to the princess, you will prepare a small boat for escape."
The boss of the boat replied in fear.
Although they walk on the water all year round, it is usually just a routine inquiry by the capital water supervisor or the waterway transfer envoy, which alerts the navy to come. This is the first time such a big battle has occurred.
"enough."
Chu Nanzhi reluctantly smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, if something really happens, you just need to listen to the manager Tang and send my family members out. I will keep you safe."
"Princess."
Both Tang Weiming and the boss of the boat felt a little sad and didn't know how to answer.
"We will enter the territory of Langzhou immediately. The grass people immediately go and order the sailors to rush out. We are going downwind, and they can't stop us. As long as we break through the obstacles, the grass people will be able to **** the princess to Langzhou safely."
The boss of the boat has been traveling in the south of the Yangtze River for several months, and he has long heard of the reputation of this thin woman in front of him. This weak woman defies power and dares to avenge the grievances of the people at the bottom. admire.
He resolutely bowed to Chen Chuan and the soldiers and said: "Please protect the safety of the princess and resist the attack of the Yizhou navy. The grass people will protect everyone to reach Langzhou today even if they die."
Chu Nanzhi was about to stop her, but Xie Jingchen stopped her calmly. Seeing that everyone faced the menacing Yizhou Navy without any fear, he was deeply moved for a while, and said with a smile:
"Maybe let the boss of the boat try it. It's winter now, the wind is in our favor, and there are thin ices on the water surface. The hull of the Yizhou navy is heavy. Even if we risk our lives, they want to catch up. In this cold inland river It is also very laborious to turn the bow of the ship on the waterway.”
Afraid that she would disagree with his suggestion, Xie Jingchen immediately added: "The boss of this ship secretly escorted you out of Beijing, causing thousands of people to go south to chase after it, and now it has shocked the whole Yizhou. It’s not going to end well either.”
These words reminded Chu Nanzhi, who heard that Lin Jinke dispatched 5,000 cavalry to the south in order to hold her, delaying the pace of attacking Jingling City. It can't be eaten alive.
She didn't hesitate anymore, she immediately agreed with Xie Jingchen's proposition, and ordered everyone to prepare for the fight, intending to rush out from the gap between the two warships approaching.
Although spring has already begun, the air is still extremely cold, and the whistling cold wind blows down the side of the ship.
Xie Jingchen took off his robe and put it on her body, hid behind the planks of the ship, quietly watching the movement of the enemy ship opposite.
Li Shiyao looked a little unhappy, and hurriedly went into the cabin to get a thick robe to dry and handed it to him, and said sullenly: "It's a long way to Shita City, Your Highness should take care of your body. "
Xie Jingchen took the robe, just smiled indifferently, looked back at Chu Nanzhi, and begged embarrassingly: "Little Zhizhi, I will accompany you to the past today, if something unexpected happens, please ask that Manager Tang to take Shiyao with you." Take her away from the shore and send her back to Shituo City."
After all, Master Xiangguo is kind to him, and he doesn't want this woman to ruin her life with him.
But Li Shiyao felt even more sad when she heard it.
She only wanted to share the honor and disgrace with His Highness the Crown Prince, but at this juncture, he would give up himself to die with the princess of the enemy country, which is really unreasonable.
Just as he was about to talk, he saw a dense rain of arrows falling from the sky.
(end of this chapter)
