Upon seeing Emperor Zhu Qizhen, who was paralyzed with fear on the ground, Qi Duchen immediately dismounted, bowed, and said:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have been frightened."
"Rest assured, the treacherous officials have been eliminated by us. His Majesty now has loyal ministers like us by his side, so he need not worry about the threats posed by those treacherous officials."
The emperor, Zhu Qizhen, whom he helped up, was so frightened that he trembled and could not utter a single word.
Because he saw that among the many cavalrymen in front of him, only Qi Duchen dismounted to salute him.
The other thousands of cavalrymen surrounding him were all on horseback, swords in hand, looking at him with fierce or mocking expressions.
He was very worried that these people would come up and chop him up at any moment.
Just after Qi Duchen helped Emperor Zhu Qizhen up, he immediately noticed the eunuch Wang Zhen, whose head had just been smashed by Fan Zhong.
After a careful examination, Qi Duchen immediately confirmed that this was indeed the King's Formation.
No, wasn't Wang Zhen already beheaded during the negotiations, and his head was handed over to his superiors?
It seems that one was fake.
Looking at Wang Zhen's corpse in front of him, Qi Duchen immediately realized that Wang Zhen's corpse was of great use.
He then said to Zhu Qizhen:
"Your Majesty, please mount your horse. This humble general will escort Your Majesty to see Commander Li. Once you are in Commander Li's army, Your Majesty will be completely safe."
He then helped Emperor Zhu Qizhen onto a horse and ordered someone to take Wang Zhen's body and head towards the location of Li Qin's army.
On the battlefield where Peng Jiahu and Zhang Fu had just fought a great battle.
After lifting the siege of Tushubao, Li Qin immediately gathered his army together.
And after watching the army leave from the earthen fortress, he followed behind.
Shortly after Peng Jiahu defeated Zhang Fu's army of over 100,000, Li Qin led his army to the battlefield.
They completely contained the more than 100,000 routed troops.
The more than 100,000 troops, thrown into chaos and losing their command, descended into despair and trampled each other.
They began to surrender to Li Qin one after another.
After all, the emperor had fled, and the commander-in-chief was gone.
He had long since lost the will to fight.
Li Qin rode his horse across the battlefield, watching the large army in front of him take stock of their spoils.
There was no joy on his face.
Instead, his face was full of worry.
Because of this battle, he failed to accomplish the one thing he cared about most.
That is, they actually failed to capture Emperor Zhu Qizhen.
He actually managed to break through.
Fortunately, he had Qi Duchen and his eight thousand personal guards intercept him at that time.
Hopefully, they won't let themselves down.
After all, whether or not the emperor is captured in this battle will directly determine his future plans.
If the emperor is captured, the difficulty for him to conquer other regions will decrease several times over.
If we don't capture the emperor, he'll escape.
Even if I were to wipe out all the elite forces in the capital right now...
The capital city is now completely empty and is within his grasp.
But as long as the emperor is still alive.
No matter how far the fight goes.
In the eyes of the world, the Great Wu still exists.
For countless people who yearn for the Great Wu, there is still one banner.
As long as Zhu Qizhen runs south.
Even if they were to capture the capital, they would still be in an extremely passive position.
To the south lies Zhucheng in Hebei, to the southeast lies Shandong, to the west lies Shanxi, and further afield there are Guanzhong, the Central Plains, Jiangnan, Jingxiang, Bashu, and so on.
Does he really intend to conquer the world all over again?
With just over 100,000 people under his command?
How could that be?
Although he has now annihilated hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital and Jizhou.
However, the Great Wu still has a million troops in various regions.
They can afford to lose.
But I can't afford to lose even once.
As long as Zhu Qizhen escapes and issues an edict ordering all the troops in the land to eliminate him.
Then I would really have to fight against all the armies in the world.
That was a situation I absolutely could not accept.
Therefore, one must keep the emperor under control.
Only by controlling the emperor can one use him to command local officials who hold military power.
That way, the pressure you face will be much less.
In short, having an emperor in your hands has a different effect than not having one.
Just as Li Qin was worrying about Qi Duchen and the others.
A cavalry force galloped rapidly from afar.
Li Qin immediately recognized that it was his personal cavalry unit.
They're back.
Upon seeing their arrival, Li Qin immediately rode his horse towards them.
After all, he cared a lot about whether they had completed the tasks he had assigned them.
Capture Emperor Zhu Qizhen.
Upon seeing Li Qin, the 8,000-strong cavalry force immediately came to a slow halt and saluted him.
"Greetings, Young Marshal."
Li Qin waved to indicate that they should dispense with the formalities.
Qi Duchen immediately rode over with a joyful expression.
Seeing Qi Duchen's expression, Li Qin immediately realized that the task he had entrusted to him had been accomplished.
Then, the weight that had been hanging over me for so long finally lifted off my shoulders.
After Qi Duchen rode up to Li Qin, he immediately dismounted, bowed to Li Qin, and said:
"Your Excellency, I have fulfilled my mission and successfully rescued Your Majesty from the traitors and escorted Your Majesty back to the army."
They heard that Qi Duchen had indeed captured the emperor.
Li Qin immediately dismounted and walked excitedly towards the army ahead, shouting all the way.
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