The strength of the bandit leader quickly made the subordinates move sharply, and ordered them to throw away everything they had just robbed. Then they ran back into the grass where they had been lying before, and brought out everything that was hidden inside.

The five hundred horses were eventually filled with the wealth that had been plundered from Xi'an, but even though they still couldn't load everything on horseback, and there were still some that could not be loaded again.

The leader of the bandits looked up at the sky, a look of impatience on his face, and then he directly ordered that the rest of the wealth that could not be loaded on horseback should be divided into some of the wealth that could not be carried on horseback. It wasn't until he had brought all his wealth with him that the bandit leader gave the order to set off in the direction of Xiangyang City.

Chen Lan and those guards, when they saw that there were finally no pursuers, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and still rode their horses and galloped towards the direction of Runing Mansion.

Half an hour later, they safely joined the army that had come to meet the Runing Mansion. Knowing that there were bandits attacking the convoy, Li Jie, the general manager of the army, was immediately furious. While arranging 2,000 soldiers and horses to escort Chen Lan and the others to Runing Mansion for a temporary rest, he personally led an army of 5,000 to pursue those bandits.

When he arrived at the battlefield where the two armies were fighting, he saw corpses all over the ground, most of them were soldiers of the Dongjiang Army. And the two generals, Daxi and Da Niu, were both beheaded.

The heads of the two men were put on a tree branch and placed in the center of the official road, which was clearly a provocation.

Li Jie silently stepped forward, waved his knife to cut off the branches, ordered people to find the bodies of Daxi and Da Niu, and then put the heads back on their bodies, and coldly ordered the people around him: "Leave a hundred people, sort out the bodies of our brothers, and bury them alive." ”

After Li Jie gave the order, he immediately summoned the spies who went to find out the enemy's whereabouts, and soon learned that the bandits were heading in the direction of Sichuan.

After learning this news, Li Jie was immediately furious, and it was obvious that most of these bandits were the people he was tracking. A few days ago, he received news from Xi'an, saying that a group of people had made a big mess in Xi'an, and then it was very likely that they would escape to him.

Hong Chengchou told Li Jie at the time that he should keep an eye on any movements and try to catch these damned bandits. However, the whereabouts of these people are secretive, and he has no news at all under the search in many ways, but he did not expect to encounter such a situation, it is obvious that these people are definitely from Sichuan, and they should have a great relationship with Li Zicheng.

After Li Jie figured out what was going on, he immediately ordered someone to go to Xi'an to report the news, inform Hong Chengchou of all the information he knew, and asked him to immediately send troops to escort Chen Lan and them. And he himself immediately led his troops in pursuit all the way.

The bandits were pulling too many things, so although they had a war horse, they could not ride it. All the horses carried heavy gold, silver and jewels, and all the bandits could only lead the horses on foot.

Although this speed is not fast, it can allow them to walk on the wilderness without walking on the official road, so that their whereabouts can be well concealed, and they will not run into the Dongjiang army.

Li Jie pursued for two days in a row, but he still couldn't find the traces of these bandits correctly. He was very angry, and with a wave of his hand, the whip in his hand was whipped the back of the scout.

"Smack......

The scout who knelt on one leg suddenly had his back peeled open and was dripping with blood. But he only let out two dull snorts of pain, and then gritted his teeth and endured it.

Li Jie raised his horsewhip high again, and saw that he was about to draw it again, but he suddenly stopped it in mid-air, and said coldly: "Give you another day, investigate well, if you can't find the true traces of those damn bandits, Lao Tzu will cut your head with a knife." ”

The detective's body trembled slightly, death was not terrible to him, what he was terrible about was that such a senseless death was not worth it!

The scout hesitated for a moment, and then plucked up the courage to say to Li Jie: "My subordinates ask the general to give me another fifty people, if I can't find the exact trace of the bandits before dusk, my subordinates are willing to come and see me." ”

Li Jie glanced at the scouts appreciatively, nodded and said, "Give you a hundred people, you must find the traces of the bandits for me before dark, go!" ”

The scout's face was suddenly happy, the pain of being whipped just now was nothing, and with a hundred people helping to find it, he was completely sure of finding out the whereabouts of the bandits.

Waiting is always tormenting, and just half a day's wait makes Li Jie feel like a century has passed. Just when he was about to lose the anger in his heart and was about to be furious, the scout finally returned.

"General, it has been found, the bandits are still advancing in the direction of Sichuan, but they are not going to the land again, but to the direction of the Yellow River, obviously they want to change the waterway." The scout was out of breath.

Li Jie's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he immediately realized that it was very likely that there should be someone to answer these people on the Yellow River. Otherwise, I would never have set out blindly towards the waterway like this.

After some thought, Li Jie began to divide into two routes, and the others continued to follow the existing trails from the wilderness. He himself led another person to quickly bypass the official road to intercept him.

In the end, 4,000 infantry still pursued from the wilderness, and Li Jie himself took 2,000 cavalry to bypass the pipe. After two days of galloping, he finally found the bandits' tracks on the course of the Yellow River.

To Li Jie's surprise, on the same day, he actually met Mao Wenlong's 6,000 army on the other side of the Yellow River.

Since there were no ships, Li Jie and Mao Wenlong could only tie the letter with bows and arrows, and then shoot them to the opposite side. After some communication, Mao Wenlong learned all the situation, and after confirming to Li Jie that Chen Lan and the others were safe and sound, Mao Wenlong had time to take care of the bandits who had not yet been chased.

Now, Mao Wenlong and Li Jie can already determine that these bandits have a great relationship with Li Zicheng, and they can't even rule out that they are his people in the first place. Therefore, Mao Wenlong was not in a hurry to go back, he made an appointment with Li Jie to pursue along the banks of the Yellow River, bound to catch these damned people.

After Li Jie received the order, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and he immediately led his troops to continue the pursuit.

Mao Wenlong was one step slower than him before continuing to set off, on the way, Chen Jisheng asked Mao Wenlong about the situation, and was furious when he learned that Daxi and Da Niu died in this battle.

"Chief soldier, I will never allow this group of people to escape, please give me 3,000 cavalry battalions to pursue." Chen Jisheng's face was full of seriousness, Daxi and Da Niu were picked up by him, and they were also his cronies. The death of the two made Chen Jisheng almost lose his mind.

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment, nodded and agreed: "Go ahead, remember one and don't let it go." ”