The next morning, Chen Yunying woke up and found that she had not returned, but had slept in the Duke's mansion for a whole night... Li Guodong's mission to Xichuan set off. Li Guodong disguised himself as a businessman, Hao Yaoqi and Han Dashan disguised as two bodyguards, more than 20 personal soldiers disguised as men, Chen Yunying disguised as a businessman's wife, Shan'er disguised as a personal maid, and the group left Guangzhou and took a boat to the north along the Beijiang River.

Although Chen Yunying disguised herself as Li Guodong's wife and lived in the same cabin with Li Guodong, the two had already become husband and wife, and she didn't feel any restraint. She once wanted to keep her rituals for her husband for the rest of her life and never remarry for the rest of her life. However, after being in Guangzhou, she felt more and more attractive to this great hero, and the man took great care of her, and she had long had the idea of ​​following this man for the rest of her life, but she couldn't let go of her face.

After having the reality of being a husband and wife, Chen Yunying was no longer restrained and made up her mind to follow this man for the rest of her life.

The Beijiang River went north, and the territory wherever it passed was already controlled by the Huai Army and Zhongzhen Camp. After the fleet crossed Wujiang, the group got off the boat and rode a horse through a mountain road. After crossing the watershed, they entered the Xiangjiang River Basin. Li Guodong's delegation took a boat again and went down the Xiangjiang River. Along the way, all the territory of Huguang was recovered by Zhongzhen Camp. Some military household offices along the way were also the military household offices of Li Guodong's own people, and they were not obstructed all the way.

The fleet entered the Yangtze River and went upstream along the Yangtze River. The territory that had been arriving in Chongqing was controlled by Zhongzhen Camp, and it was still safe to go all the way. However, the Ming army guard in Chongqing, Zeng Ying, was not from the Chongzhen Dynasty, but from the pseudo-Yongli Dynasty. The only thing Li Guodong was worried about was that he was intercepted by the rebels in Chongqing.

"We cannot take risks. The Badong area is ahead. We can go ashore and ask Zhongzhen Camp to escort us through Chongqing. Otherwise, after passing Kuizhou (now Fengjie), it will be the territory of the rebels. I don't want to risk the lives of so many of us." Li Guodong said.

When Li Guodong fights, he will definitely not take risks without taking unnecessary risks. Since there is Zhongzhen Camp to help, he must have gone to Zhongzhen Camp to help. Anyway, they are all their own people.

The ship stopped at the Badong Wharf. When Li Guodong and his party got off the boat, there were soldiers from Zhongzhen Camp wearing white felt hats and blue arrow clothes coming up to interrogate. Li Guodong revealed his identity, and the soldiers hurriedly led Li Guodong and his party into Li Laiheng's camp.

Li Laiheng was a handsome and powerful boy with Kong Wu. He heard that Duke Chu was coming, so he hurriedly came out to greet him.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Li Laiheng welcomed him.

Li Guodong walked forward with a smile: "General Li, my Duke came here because he had something to ask for."

"Grandpa, please sit in there." Li Laiheng warmly greeted Li Guodong into the hall.

Li Guodong laughed: "Nephew Laiheng, Lingzun and I are also of the same generation. You don't have to call us my grandfather, you should call us uncle."

"Thank you, Uncle Li." Li Laiheng hurriedly bowed and bowed.

After the guest of the host sat down, Li Guodong mentioned that he wanted to go on a mission to Sichuan and surrender the Western Army.

Li Laiheng said, "Uncle Li, it's not to be hiding it. Although the Daxi Army held the banner of righteousness with the late emperor (Li Zicheng) back then, Zhang Xianzhong did not obey the orders of the late emperor. After the late emperor passed away, we all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but Zhang Xianzhong refused to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. We had deep grudges between us, and I'm afraid that if we go, the thiefs refused to surrender to you, Uncle Li."

Li Guodong smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as you escort me through Chongqing."

"Of course there is no problem. Uncle Li is my benefactor of the rebel army. As long as Uncle Li has something to ask for, my nephew will do whatever he wants." Li Laiheng replied.

That night, Li Laiheng held a banquet to invite Li Guodong and his party. The next morning, Li Laiheng arranged a naval warship fleet from Zhongzhen Camp to escort Li Guodong and his party across the Three Gorges.

Although most of the naval fleets in Zhongzhen Camp were small sampans and small boats, only a few large ships, and the number of artillery was very small, they were much stronger than the Zeng Ying naval fleet stationed in Chongqing. The naval fleet in Zhongzhen Camp escorted Li Guodong had four large warships, one hundred and twenty fast ships, more than two hundred small boats and more than four hundred small sampans. Li Laiheng also gave this uncle enough face to escort Li Guodong with such a large naval fleet.

When the navy fleet hanging on the Zhongzhen Camp passed through Wanxian, Zeng Ying's navy fleet knew it was defeated and did not dare to stop it.

The fleet went upstream along the Yangtze River. After passing Chongqing, the fleet went upstream and arrived at Xuzhou, which is the Yibin of later generations. Going up further, the Yangtze River was divided into two roads, one was the Jinsha River flowing through Yunnan and the other was the Minjiang River leading to Chengdu.

"We don't go to Chengdu, we go west and enter Yunnan." Li Guodong made a quick decision and decided not to go to Chengdu, but to go directly to Yunnan.

Facts have proved that Li Guodong's decision was very correct. After entering the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan, a secret spy from the Jinyiwei came to report that the whereabouts of the Daxi Army were found in the north.

Since the Daxi Army gave up Chengdu, their whereabouts have been under the surveillance of the Jinyiwei spies. If Li Guodong wants to seize time with the pseudo-Yongli regime, he must first find the Daxi Army before the envoy sent by Emperor Yongli to find the Daxi Army.

But the waterway ahead is difficult to walk, the water flows fast, there are many shallows and reefs, and the fleet cannot walk. Li Guodong and his party can only give up the waterway and go by land to find the Western Army.

The Zhongzhen Camp, which escorted Li Guodong along the way, also sent more than a thousand troops from the mainland division to get off the ship and land, protecting Li Guodong and his group along the way.

More than a thousand people walked through the mountain roads opened along the riverside. The road was very difficult to walk. On one side was a high mountain towering into the sky, and on the other side was an unfathomable cliff. Under the cliff, a river was rushing by the rapid flow of water. The river water was whirlpooling on the river surface. Once a person accidentally fell into the river, he would be washed away by the river in a blink of an eye. A small army of more than a thousand people walked carefully along the mountain road by the river, and did not dare to relax his vigilance for a moment.

Hard work pays off. Along the way, there were secret spies from the Jinyiwei to assist. After Li Guodong and his friends gave up the waterway, they walked for less than five days. Ye Busuo, who had been exploring the road ahead, came back and reported: "Report to the Grand Marshal, ten miles away, they found an army heading south. The flag was Zhang Xianzhong's remnants."

"Let's explore again!" Li Guodong ordered. He was careful. On the one hand, he was worried that the Daxi Army was disguised by the enemy (such as the Qing army or the army of the pseudo-Yongli Emperor). On the other hand, he was worried that the only one he met was Sun Kewang and not others.

Not long after, the spy came back again to report that he found that Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ainengqi were all in the army.

"Can Sun Kewang be there?" Li Guodong asked.

"It's also here, Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons are all together." The spy replied.

"It's okay, as long as Li Dingguo is here, we will show our banner and meet them." Li Guodong said.

So Li Guodong led his soldiers openly and took the banner of Duke of Chu and walked along the riverside path.

Not long after, an army appeared on the mountain road ahead, and the flag flying by the army could be seen with the naked eye. So Li Guodong stopped, picked up the telescope to observe, and found that the Western Army was coming.

"Let's come and stop them!" Li Guodong ordered.

When the troops of both sides met, Li Guodong ordered to stop advancing and sent one person to the front to shout.

"We are the Duke of Chu's army. Come to see your commander and discuss the joint fight against Jiannu!" The soldier ran up and shouted loudly to the Western Army.

"Duke of Chu?" Li Dingguo and others were shocked.

But Sun Kewang said, "Drive them away! Don't meet them! Let's go to Yongli, not Chongzhen!"
Chapter completed!