"That old thing really has more than 20,000 troops?"

"Yes chief, the brothers are counting according to the method you taught, you should not be wrong, according to their speed, they should arrive by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Hmph, I've scavenged enough of the things that Lao Tzu should have looted, and I'm almost resting, that old dog is only here now, do you think I'll wait in the city to fight him again?"

Qin Yu sneered, he would have rested for another month or two, and the supplies were still sufficient, but the old dog actually wanted to fight him, and he naturally would not be satisfied.

As the saying goes, when the enemy advances, I retreat, when the enemy retreats, I chase, and when the enemy is tired, I fight... There is another sentence although I don't remember, but it doesn't matter, these three sentences alone are enough to kill Hong Laogou.

So, he immediately ordered the battalions to pack up and prepare to run away.

The next day, the army marched westward, and although the number did not increase much, the number of mules and horses increased to thirteen thousand.

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"My lord, the thief army has fled, and they are heading west this morning, and the target should be Shangnan County."

"How can this be justified, the Governor does not move, they do not move, and when the Governor moves, they flee, it is really hateful!"

As soon as Hong Chengchou punched the cotton, he felt like swallowing a piece of, which was extremely uncomfortable.

"Overseer, why don't you lead the iron cavalry to pursue and intercept it?" Cao Bianjiao was also annoyed and hugged his fist.

"No, although there is an official road from Xichuan to Shangnan, but this is a mountainous area after all, you take the liberty of leading the cavalry to pursue, once you encounter an ambush, it will be too late for the governor to rescue."

Hong Chengchou hurriedly waved his hand, their more than 20,000 cavalry troops were cautious, not to mention the cavalry chasing alone?

These three thousand Guan Ning Iron Horsemen are his killer weapon, so they will never take the slightest risk.

"But the overseer, the horse probe returns, the thief army fled in a very hasty, the team is in chaos, and the opportunity must not be lost!"

"Hmph, such a little trick dares to show off in front of the old man, is it really that the old man is Zuo Liangyu's vulgar martial artist?"

Hong Chengchou sneered.

"What does the Inspector mean is that King Xiaohua deliberately fled in such an embarrassment, wanting to lure me into leading the cavalry to pursue?" Cao Bianjiao was taken aback.

"Yes, it must be the last time that the thief saw the power of Guan Ning's iron horse, and now I'm afraid that he has already regarded you as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and wants to pull it out quickly."

Hong Chengchou nodded, if Cao Bianjiao's three thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry were damaged, with the current strength in his hands, he really didn't have much certainty.

Hong Laogou guessed correctly, King Qin is indeed racking his brains now, wanting to defeat Cao Bianjiao's Guanning Iron Horse.

So after learning that there were no cavalry catching up, he also scolded, after all, if he didn't get rid of the three thousand cavalry, he could really only keep wandering around the mountains, how could Qin Yu not be annoyed?

If it weren't for the fear of the 3,000 cavalry, he would not have gone west, but northeast into the plain.

Hong Chengchou chased in a hurry, and Qin Yu did not attack Shangnan County this time, but went around the city directly.

The people in the city looked at the overwhelming thief army outside the city, and they were trembling when they closed the city gates and hid in the city, and it was even more impossible to go out of the city to intercept them.

Two days later, Hong Chengchou hurried to Xichuan City, looking at the ruined mess of the county, and suddenly became so angry that his nostrils smoked.

In fact, more than a dozen large households were copied, the heads of the county orders were hung at the gate of the city, the bandit cottages in the territory were extinct, and most of the ordinary poor people had some money and food in their pockets.

But when he learned that the thief army had passed Shangnan County at dusk today, the old dog almost fainted directly.

Gritted his teeth and roared: "That is to say, they ran out for more than 120 miles in two days, and we only walked 80 miles?" ”

"Yes, my lord, this Xiaohua King is different from other thieves, almost all of his men and horses are young men and women and a few young people, never coercing the old and weak, and there is no need for bulky and useless things, and the excess food and silver are distributed to the local people."

Qian Gao sighed helplessly, this pursuit of the thief army, but chasing farther and farther, is really ironic.

"Tomorrow the march must be quickened, or in a few days the thief will surely attack the city again."

Hong Chengchou hammered on the bookcase, obviously knowing that if he continued to chase like this, it would be a joke.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Pianpian was an era of jokes, the thieves had three meals a day, but the officers and soldiers had two meals a day, and there were even some people who couldn't eat enough.

Where can you run away from the thief?

As the governor of the suppression of bandits, Hong Chengchou was worried about the military salary, money and food, and the yamen of the counties he went to, the treasury was empty, and before he could speak, the gentry in the territory rushed to cry poor.

As a result, as soon as King Qin arrived, although the treasury was empty, the county order and a group of officials were fat.

The grain in the granaries of the gentry who wept poor was moldy, the silver in the cellars was blackened, and the wives and beautiful maids in the family were almost innumerable.

As a result, King Qin had a lot of silver to use as stones, and if he couldn't take away a lot of food, he had to distribute it to the people, and the delicate beauties were not enough for mules and horses to pull.

On the one hand, you can do whatever you want.

On the one hand, if you are a little out of line, countless people will jump out and stand on the moral high ground to impeach you.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was really the best era of rebellion.

After half a month, Hong Chengchou was led by the nose by King Qin, running from Nanyang Mansion to Xi'an Mansion, and from Xi'an Mansion to Henan Mansion, and more than 20,000 troops were tossed with complaints and exhaustion.

In the end, he had to stop and repair in Lushi County, otherwise the army would have to mutiny.

At this time, although the king of Qin was already sleepy and tired, he had already run to Song County, three hundred miles to the east.

More than 10,000 cannon fodder stormed and went to the city to eat fragrant food and drink spicy food.

Knowing that Hong Laogou stopped, Qin Yu also stopped and continued to recruit troops, train soldiers, and use the bandits and bandits in the territory to temper the young soldiers.

Hong Chengchou saw that he was taking a little breath, and the other party attacked Song County, angry and screaming, but helpless.

The cavalry pursued for fear of being ambushed, divided into troops to intercept, and feared that the other side would break through one by one, and the guards everywhere were even more paper-paste, and they would collapse at the first touch, not only could not play the slightest role, but instead helped them, followed by the rebellion, and increased the strength of the other party.

"My lord, it's better to let Governor Sun lead the troops out of the customs and work with the superintendent to encircle and suppress!"

Qian Gao knew that with only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the superintendent, he might be able to defeat the little Huawang, but if he wanted to encircle and suppress others, it would be a joke, and in the end, he was afraid that he would have to be surrounded and suppressed by others.

But Hong Chengchou didn't think so, waved his hand and said: "No, Shaanxi has just settled down, once Sun Boya leads the troops out of the customs, I'm afraid that the northwest will be full of smoke again, and the situation will only worsen at that time. ”

Obviously, although Hong Chengchou was angry and disgusting, he never lost his mind.

It is also true, no matter what tricks Qin Yu plays, the old dog just does not divide the troops and does not let the cavalry get into danger.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was embarrassed by King Hua's nose in the mountainous area at the junction of northwest Henan.

Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, was also tortured to death by the Eight Kings and Cao Cao in the mountainous area at the junction of Huguang and Sichuan.

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