Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 251 Broken Bamboo Mountain

This time, Zhu Changyuan gained experience, instead of looking for Zhang Xianzhong in the city, the target is too big and too chaotic, and it is not easy to find. run away.

There is no door in the north of the city, so don't guard it!

As for the enemy army in the city, they were scared out of their wits long ago, and where there were still people organizing resistance, all the soldiers ran desperately out of the city.

Not long after, I received news from Polu: Zhang Xianzhong was found, and he escaped through the south gate.

Zhu Changyuan led the army non-stop to the south gate, looked in the direction of Polu's finger, and sure enough saw Zhang Xianzhong running towards the Han River surrounded by his subordinates.

Polu said: "Master, there are too many enemy troops. I charged and killed several times, but I couldn't charge in."

Although Polu also led 5000 troops, but he alone had an iron horse, so naturally he couldn't rush to Zhang Xianzhong's side. Zhu Changyuan said: "I don't blame you, you stay here and collect the army, and collect all the people left by Zhang Xianzhong. I'll go after it."

After finishing speaking, he got on his horse and led 200 people to rush all the way.

There were many people around Zhang Xianzhong, and he couldn't get close after several shocks, so he could only watch helplessly as he boarded a boat and walked south across the river.

"Alas!" Zhu Changyuan slapped his thigh angrily, and said, "No matter what, he can't escape this time. You scattered to the nearby farmers and fishermen, looking for boats, and you were about to cross the river!"

Xindao, as long as you can cross the river, aren't you, Zhang Xianzhong, the meat of my family?It's a pity that I forgot to bring a speedboat with me, otherwise, would it be so hard to chase that Zhang Xianzhong?

Within half an hour, his subordinates brought a small boat from nearby. Zhu Changyuan put the horses into the system, gritted his teeth, and looked for a few locals who could row the boats, and went to chase Zhang Xianzhong alone.

"Master, I'll accompany you!" Polu felt a little inappropriate when he saw that Zhu Changyuan wanted to pursue Zhang Xianzhong alone.

Zhu Changyuan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, you go back to recruit the army, Zhang Xianzhong only has a hundred people with him, when I catch up with him, I will definitely take his head back."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the boatman to sail, and by the time the boat reached the opposite south bank, Zhang Xianzhong had long since disappeared.

It was dark and the road was not good, so Zhu Changyuan had no choice but to chase after him on his armored horse, asking questions as he walked.Fortunately, his horse was traveling extremely fast, and it took him two hours to finally catch up.

When catching up with Zhang Xianzhong, Zhu Changyuan smiled.

But this time it wasn't a happy smile, but an angry one.

"Hahahaha, my son Zhang Xianzhong, how dare you bully me?" Zhu Changyuan slaughtered everyone in a rage. He chased after him hard, but what Zhang Xianzhong did he see? That's all.

be cheated.

Zhang Xianzhong is really cunning, Zhu Changyuan rested on the spot for a while, calmed down quietly, thought a little bit, and finally got rid of the boredom in his heart. over him.

He patted his buttocks, returned to the river, went to the nearby fisherman's house to find a boat to carry him to Jiangbei, returned to Yunyang after tossing most of the night, ordered people to torture the soldiers overnight, and finally got the real Zhang Xianzhong. where!

Zhang Xianzhong was good at crossing the river, but it's a pity that he didn't go to the south bank of the river, let alone after he broke the city, but before he broke the west gate, he used two big boats full of [-] elite soldiers to leave.

He walked upstream, but it is not known where he went upstream along the Han River.

After a busy night, the interrogation came to such a conclusion that the eastern sky turned white, and a new day began again.

Zhu Changyuan ate a simple breakfast, and ordered Polu to search for two medium-sized boats in Yunxian County, carrying [-] soldiers and horses, going retrograde all the way up the Han River to find Zhang Xianzhong.

Asking questions while walking, stopped and stopped, and finally learned of Zhang Xianzhong's whereabouts at a place thirty miles upstream.

Thirty miles upstream of Yunxian County, there is a large river flowing from south to north into the Han River. After some inquiring, I learned that the name of this river is Duhe, and it is the first tributary of the Han River.

The local people said that last night, someone came by boat from the east, turned the bow of the boat at the mouth of the Duhe River, and then headed south along the direction of the upstream of the Duhe River.

Moreover, the appearance and size of Zhang Xianzhong's team they described was not different from what the soldiers in the city had said before, so Zhu Changyuan abandoned the boat and landed, and led two hundred cavalry all the way south along the direction of blocking the river.

Zhu Changyuan thought that his army walking on land should be far faster than Zhang Xianzhong sailing.However, he was wrong.

The further you go inside, the bigger the mountain and the more rugged the land. Even though the horses exchanged in the system are extremely strong, they can't speed up enough to catch up. What makes Zhu Changyuan even more painful is that many of the banks of the blocked river and valley are swamps No matter how bad the horse is, it can't walk like flying in the swamp.

"It seems that Zhang Xianzhong still doesn't understand the local terrain." Zhu Changyuan sighed, and after walking forty or fifty miles with difficulty, he came across a rather prosperous town: Huanglong Town.

After asking the people in the town, they learned that Zhang Xianzhong had already gone south by boat, and it would take half a day or longer for his troops to catch up with him.

Moreover, if the terrain is still like this all the way to the north, it will be forced, and I don't know if I can catch up!
This time, I didn’t dare to be careless. I asked the locals and learned that the road ahead was even more rugged and difficult. Let alone horses, it would be difficult for people to walk without a boat, and there were many wild animals, snakes and insects in the deep mountains and old forests.

Zhu Changyuan had no choice but to purchase two large boats in Huanglong Town in the name of the government, and walked unsteadily into the mountains.

It takes time to go upstream, not to mention that the section of the river that blocks the river is winding and has no serious shape. It took two days to sail all the way to a county town.

It is said that it is a county town, but it is actually not much better than Huanglong Town, which is dilapidated. Not only are there not many people living in poverty, but even the city defense of the county town can be ignored.

Zhushan County!
A place in the mountains, far more remote than Fang County, so remote that birds can't even fly in.

However, even in such a small place, there are still officials stationed by the imperial court, and there is no banditry here. Although the people are poor, they can live and work in peace and contentment, like a paradise.

But, these days, the tranquility has been broken.

First, a group of troops captured the county seat yesterday, and then today, Zhu Changyuan led two hundred cavalry to arrive.

The city defenses in Zhushan County are very broken, and the gates are also very broken. It is similar to Fang County, or even worse than Fang County. Usually no one comes to this kind of place, and the bandits don't come back.

Let's put it this way, there is a Malan River in Fangxian County, and there is a beach with a radius of several kilometers alluvial in the corner where it can be cultivated, but there are no fields around Zhushan County.

Well, I can't say that there are absolutely none, anyway, there are very few, even a slightly larger bandit can't afford it.

Therefore, generally speaking, it is difficult to spread the flames of war in such places. Once someone occupies Yunyang and Xiangyang, such places will naturally surrender.Therefore, the county seat basically has no defensive power.

Zhang Xianzhong suddenly came over with [-] soldiers, and they fought as soon as they went up. The soldiers occupied the city before they were satisfied with the fight.

However, today, Zhu Changyuan also arrived, and he still brought more than 200 cavalry.

So, Zhu Changyuan started a new round of siege regardless of fatigue.

200 people attacked the city guarded by 500 people. It was still a ruined city. There was not much resistance. Without any fancy means, the cavalry's impact alone easily broke through the city defense of Zhushan County.

"Kill!" Zhu Changyuan has never been a soft-hearted person. Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates rushed to kill, most of the 500 people were killed.

Anyway, they all ran to the depths of the mountain, and Zhu Changyuan didn't expect to recruit soldiers to take care of the government office in Zhushan County. He only had one idea in mind: kill all the soldiers, and then find Zhang Xianzhong, a bastard.

However, the facts told him that he was once again disappointed.

The county seat of Zhushan County was destroyed, the government office was captured, Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates were almost slaughtered by Zhu Changyuan, but Zhang Xianzhong's shadow was still not seen.

Zhang Xianzhong once again told him with practical actions that escaping is a never-ending job.

Interrogating the surviving soldiers, Zhu Changyuan sighed, and said: "Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong, you are worthy of being an old fox, you are worthy of being a generation of heroes, and you would not have died so easily in the first place. "

"But!" He shook hands tightly, clenched into fists, and said, "Unfortunately, I, Zhu Changyuan, you met today, can't you run? Sorry, I can run better!"

The interrogation revealed that Zhang Xianzhong had already run away. He ran away just after taking down Zhushan County yesterday. The five hundred soldiers who stayed here to defend the city was just a trick of suspicion. much time.

"Brothers, let's have dinner in this city." After killing all the rebels guarding the city, Zhu Changyuan chose a rather spacious place in the city and prepared to have dinner.

As for the food?It is impossible to rob the common people, Zhu Changyuan has his own plan.

I originally wanted to go back to the modern society and get some boxed lunches for my brothers, but I didn’t expect the magistrate of the local Zhushan County to hear that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court had arrived and killed all the thieves. Zai Yang prepared the food for Zhu Changyuan and his men to eat.

It was only after the magistrate arrived that he found out that the handsome soldier who quelled the banditry was actually the famous Zhu Changyuan. At that time, he knelt down in awe and said, "My subordinates, my subordinates pay respects to the general!"

Zhu Changyuan's extermination of Sun Xiaofeng in Fang County, and many other legendary stories, naturally spread to Zhushan County. Although Zhushan County is remote, it is not far from Yunyang, only two or three hundred miles away.

After eating, he comforted them, and said: "Thank you for your hospitality, I will not disturb you as the general is on military affairs, please send someone to clean up the corpses of the bandits in the county, and I will take my leave."

Riding his horse away, looking at the upper reaches of Duhe, Zhu Changyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought to himself: Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong, just wait, I will be there soon!

(End of this chapter)