In the Seven Spirals Mountain, after Zhang Kuishan took the remaining more than 900 Donggong Imperial Forest Army to set fire to the mountain, he kept chasing Zhu Cihong and others all the way to the deep mountain, and at the same time, the fire was also burning towards the mountain with the direction of the wind, and Zhang Kuishan was also afraid of burning himself.

In fact, if it weren't for Zhu Cihong's order in advance, Zhang Kuishan would not have dared to set fire to the mountain, because deep in the mountains, arson can only temporarily block the thieves from entering the mountain, and it will not cause any harm to the thieves at all, but they are the most dangerous people in the mountains, Zhang Kuishan can only hope for the crown prince Zhu Cihong, hoping that His Royal Highness the prince will really have a way to get out of trouble!

Zhang Kuishan and the others chased for more than an hour before they found Zhu Cihong in a slightly open place, and at this moment, Zhu Cihong, Empress Zhou, and another five hundred East Palace Imperial Forest Army were resting here.

When Zhang Kuishan saw Zhu Cihong, he immediately stepped forward to pay respects.

"Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, the last general has completed the blocking task, and followed His Highness's orders to set fire to the mountain, temporarily blocking the thieves, but at this moment the fire is also burning here, what is Your Highness's plan?" Zhang Kuishan looked at the fire that kept burning towards this side in the rear, and was a little anxious.

"General Zhang can know that through the mountain in front, there is a sand river, the river is very shallow during the dry season, and even will dry up and break the stream, this sand river stretches for more than ten miles, through dozens of mountains, can go straight to the south of Bazhou City, we can go around Bazhou City along this dry sand riverbed, jump out of the encirclement of thieves, and go straight to the south of Bazhou City." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, is this true? The last general remembers, Your Highness, you never seem to have been out of the capital, how do you know? Zhang Kuishan frowned slightly, and said with some doubts.

"Whether it's true or not, we'll know when we get there, as for how Prince Ben found out, General Zhang doesn't need to ask more, just assume that Prince Ben heard it from the Warlock of Youfang." Zhu Cihong smiled and said with a smile, looking unfathomable.

"The last general obeys!" Perhaps because of Zhu Cihong's performance during this time, Zhang Kuishan chose to believe Zhu Cihong.

To say this place, Zhu Cihong is still quite familiar, in his previous life he served in the army had a military exercise in this mountain, it is because of this that he knew that there is a sand river that will break during the dry season can go straight to the south of Bazhou City, and this time has just entered April, the dry season has not passed, and it is when the sand river is cut off.

It took everyone three hours to climb over a mountain in front of them, and finally arrived at the place Zhu Cihong said.

"Your Highness is really knowledgeable, there really is a sand river here." Everyone looked happy and admired Zhu Cihong even more, which meant that they could avoid the pursuit of thieves and go south safely.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong himself was also suddenly relieved, after all, the environment was separated by hundreds of years, and he was afraid that the Shahe River might not dry up and break due to environmental reasons, but fortunately, there was no change compared to the impression, the entire Shahe River was also in a dry state with the impression, and there was almost only a small stream of water a few inches wide left on the river surface of more than 30 meters, and the dry and bare riverbed was covered with sand and gravel.

In fact, Zhu Cixun is too worried, the end of the Ming Dynasty is in the era of the Xiaoice River, which is rare in history, and there are many years of drought and little rain, the water level of this sand river is not high, and it is normal to dry up in this situation.

"Let's go!" The crowd then walked slowly along the dry course of the Sand River.

A day later, the fire of Qixuan Mountain either burned elsewhere or had been extinguished, and Liu Zongmin began to send people into the mountain to search, vowing to capture the Ming prince alive.

"General, as far as the last general knows, this mountainous area is very vast, with a radius of dozens of miles, and there are many cliffs, and it is impossible for the Prince of Ming and his party to escape from dozens of mountains one after another, they are either trapped to death or starved to death." The general next to Liu Zongmin said.

"Don't be careless, if you want to see people in life and die to see corpses, this general will not allow the Ming prince to slip away from this general three times." That kind of shame must not happen to his dignified Dashun Protector General, otherwise he would still have the face to go back to see His Majesty King Chuang Liu Zongmin had a cold glint in his eyes.

In the south of Bazhou City, in a wood. After a whole day of traveling, Zhu Cihong and the others finally passed through dozens of mountains along the dry Sand River and came here.

"Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, there is a force of about 1,000 thieves stationed in the way ahead." Zhang Kuishan got the news that the scouts had come back and came to report.

"Let people pay close attention to the movements of this bandit, and the rest of the people will rest for an hour to recover their strength, and then follow this prince to kill out unexpectedly!" Zhu Cihong did not hesitate for a moment to decide.

After a day's trek, more than 1,000 Donggong Imperial Forest troops were already exhausted and exhausted, and it was not a wise decision to rush out at this time, and only after recovering their physical strength could they effectively kill the enemy.

After all, the three thousand muskets became a complete burden because of the lack of ammunition, and Zhu Cihong ordered to throw away most of them halfway through, only about five hundred were retained, and each one only had a few twelve rounds of ammunition, and there were only the last thirty or so thunderbolts left.

With the order issued, more than 1,000 Donggong Imperial Forest soldiers all felt that the battle was approaching, and one by one the bloodthirsty licked the corners of their lips, and seized the time to rest, and some pulled out their sabers on their waists to wipe them.

An hour later, everyone had rested.

The thieves were stationed, and a chess boss was patrolling back and forth with his subordinates, when suddenly there was a sound in the woods near the side of the mountain not far away, and the sound was getting louder and louder, it was the footsteps of people.

The chess master was startled, and before he could warn the others, a large figure rushed out of the woods.

"Ah, the Ming army, it was the Ming army who killed it!" The thieves were frightened by the Donggong Imperial Forest Army, which suddenly came out, and thought that Bazhou City had been broken.

"Kill!"

Zhu Cihong rushed out with more than 1,000 East Palace Imperial Forest Army. Zhu Cihong rushed to the front, and his actions aroused the courage of the East Palace Imperial Forest Army even more.

"The brave wins!" Zhu Cihong shouted, and raised the tunnel hair short gun in his hand to knock down the chess player.

"Kill! When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! When the rest of the East Palace Imperial Forest Army heard Zhu Cihong's shout, they immediately boiled and stirred, and they couldn't help but shout out.

Rumble!

The morale of more than 1,000 East Palace Imperial Forest soldiers was amazing, and they entered the garrison of the thieves with an unparalleled murderous aura. Many of them are elite Imperial Forest soldiers who have fought against the Qing captives in the frontier, and they are not merciless in killing thieves.

All of a sudden, the entire thief garrison was full of swords and swords, and blood was flying!

In the face of the tiger-like Imperial Forest Army of the Ming East Palace, a thousand thieves were originally a rabble, where could they stand such momentum, one by one they were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and after a short battle, they collapsed and scattered in an instant after killing more than 100 people.

Qixuan Mountain, the people sent by Liu Zongmin to search for the mountain have returned.

"Report to the general, my subordinates found a dry sand river in the mountains, I don't know where it leads, but there are traces of a large number of people and horses walking on the mud and sand, the prince of Daming and others may have fled along the dry river, please make a decision!"

"Send someone to chase after you immediately, and you must capture the Ming prince alive!" Liu Zongmin gritted his teeth and said.

"Report -----"

"Report to the general, more than a thousand Ming troops suddenly appeared in the mountains and forests south of the city, and after defeating the thousand-man garrison led by the king, they have now fled in the direction of Hejian Mansion in the south!" Suddenly, a slightly embarrassed soldier ran over in a panic.

"What? What did you say? Liu Zongmin glared, grabbed the little soldier's collar angrily, lifted him up at once, and shouted angrily.

"General, the more than 1,000 Ming troops must be the Prince of Daming and others, hurry up and order the pursuit!" The general beside Liu Zongmin said eagerly.

"It's late!" Liu Zongmin's face was pale, and after throwing the little soldier on the ground, he pulled out the saber on his waist and slashed it on a stone, sparks splashed everywhere, Liu Zongmin gritted his teeth fiercely: "This place is more than ten miles away from Bazhou, one north and one south is not less than thirty or forty miles, even if you catch up, it will not help, Hejian Mansion is still in the hands of Daming, the opportunity has been lost, it is impossible to catch the Ming Prince." ”

Liu Zongmin was furious, but there was nothing he could do, so he held back his anger. This is his biggest shame for decades, the dignified general of the Shun Dynasty to protect the country, led tens of thousands of troops to pursue the Ming Prince, and was tricked several times, and let the Ming Prince escape from the pursuit in front of his eyes, such a shame, he must be washed away with blood in the future!

Liu Zongmin is angry!