Zhang Xianzhong had just launched the siege of the city for only an hour, and the battle was in full swing above and below the city, and the scouts came to report again, and the Tiance army came from the northeast to cross the water.

It turned out that Wang Yue found it difficult for Zhongguanyi to pass through armored vehicles, so he ordered a detour to cross the river by water to Macheng. In this sortie, the logistics of the Tiance Army were mainly provided by armored vehicles, and all armored vehicles had amphibious marching capabilities. The trouble is the supply of fuel, and the tanker truck can only set points along the way, and how far can it go.

So it is quite possible to go too far, and the armored car will stop advancing. But it doesn't matter, the Tiance Army is also a horse infantry, one person with two horses, and the ammunition is still abundant. Moreover, the horse is a swimming animal, so the Tiance Army easily crossed the water.

The Tiance army crossed the water and quickly attacked Macheng, and there were still more than ten miles away from Macheng, and Zhang Xianzhong ran away.

Before the men and horses in the ambush could play a role, they descended under an artillery bombardment.

Macheng, who turned the crisis into peace, was ecstatic, under the leadership of the county order, the local Jin gentry came to labor with grain, melons, fruits and other things, and heard that it was Wang Sihua, the governor of Yingtian, who personally led the troops to chase and suppress the Liukou, and they were all admired.

The Tiance army crossed the city without entering, but only drank some water, thanked the local elders for their kindness, and continued to pursue the Liukou. The behavior of the Tiance Army not to disturb the people and not to extort the local place made the people of Macheng sincerely admire.

This is also one of the purposes of this pursuit of Zhang Xianzhong, the Tiance Army is a propaganda team, a seeding machine, to let more people know the Tiance Army, know the starting point city.

The Tiance army broke into Huguang to suppress the bandits, and Wuchang Mansion was warmly welcomed. Huguang's troops are empty, Tiance Army pursued Zhang Xianzhong from Nanzhili to Huguang, and did not stop the pursuit, it seems that Wuchang Mansion is safe, at least Hankou is safe.

The prefect of Wuchang hurriedly sent people to send food, chickens and ducks, in fact, there was no need for the government to mobilize, many Jin gentry did this job, and the rogues were their enemies of life and death.

In fact, the Tiance Army is here to brush up on prestige and a sense of existence, and those in the inland areas who have heard of the Tiance Army may have, but they haven't seen it!

Zhang Xianzhong gave up Macheng and went to Hong'an, and the Tiance army gradually caught up. This place is the Dabie Mountains, and there are many places suitable for ambushes. Zhang Xianzhong arranged three ambushes along the way, but none of them worked, mainly because there were eyes in the sky, and the armored vehicles on the ground broke into the ambush circle, and the rogues had no way to take this thing.

After three ambushes, Zhang Xianzhong lost more than 10,000 people, and said that it was a loss, not all of them were killed, but nearly 10,000 people were captured. Although the ambush had no effect, it had an effect on delaying the actions of the Tiance army. These captives were all sent to the vicinity of Macheng to be concentrated, and then escorted back to Anqing, so that Zhang Xianzhong was followed by only one battalion.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong only had 50,000 or 60,000 horses in his hands, and there were about 20,000 people who could fight, and most of the remaining hungry people were young and strong.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the city gate of Hong'an County is closed, Zhang Xianzhong will not be able to succeed in a short period of time, and he will definitely continue to run away. I didn't think that the civil and military officials led by the Hong'an County Commander ran away. The gentry in the city also ran away.

Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed when he saw Hong'an County, which opened the city gate, and he was worried that he would not be able to take Hong'an in a short time. Now it's okay, Zhang Xianzhong went directly into the city, looted, and replenished grain and grass.

A squad of the reconnaissance platoon of the Tiance Army, who first chased over, felt angry and funny, this Hong'an County Order was really a wine bag and rice bag. Their mission was to keep an eye on the Rogue's movements, so they stayed outside the city to continue to observe.

Zhang Xianzhong was frightened by the Tiance army, he rested in Hong'an for the night, and left with the main force early the next morning, and only walked not far before he was caught up by the first battalion of the fourth regiment.

This side is a mountainous area, and neither side can exert it, and a battalion chases after it and fights, eating away at Zhang Xianzhong's tail in one bite. Zhang Xianzhong saw that it was not a solution, and cleanly left more than 10,000 subordinates with impaired mobility and rushed towards Xiangyang.

There were a large number of prisoners, and the first battalion had to gather on the spot and wait for the troops behind to come and meet them.

Running and running, Zhang Xianzhong summed up a truth, as long as he left a large number of prisoners, he could successfully delay the pursuit of the Tiance army.

Zhang Xianzhong ran all the way, crossing the city without attacking, there were bridges to burn bridges, there were ships to burn boats, and Tiance Army dropped a tail as soon as they caught up. The five battalions of the Tiance Army alternately pursued and collected the prisoners, and they were always behind Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong's luck was not bad, the officers and soldiers of Guangshui and Suizhou fled without a fight, and thousands of military households who could not survive joined in.

There are many rivers in this area, which did not play much of a role in delaying the Tiance army, but it was Zhang Xianzhong's trouble. When crossing the Baihe River, Zhang Xianzhong, who was dragging his family and mouth, was caught up by two battalions of the Tiance Army, and was beaten fatly, the old battalion lost more than 5,000 people, and 30,000 hungry people scattered in a hurry.

The more than 10,000 people who crossed the river were basically cavalry (including those with livestock), and Zhang Xianzhong, who was still thinking about Xiangyang, had given up this plan and rushed to Yunyang.

But it turned out that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were not the Red Army, and under the strong pressure of the Tiance Army, they lost all the way, and when they ran to Yunyang, their subordinates added up to less than 10,000 people.

Zhang Xianzhong cried loudly, 500,000 horses, now there are a fraction left, how miserable.

His luck was not bad, at this time, the Tiance army was still catching hungry people everywhere in Baihe, and at the same time, Wang Yue also stopped this thousand-mile pursuit. Zhang Xianzhong threw away a large number of looted goods on the bank of the Baihe River, these things had to be transported back, mainly because the ammunition consumption was too large.

This time, Zhang Xianzhong captured nearly 80,000 hungry people and scattered more than 10,000 people, Wang Yue ordered to screen out about 20,000 homeless people who had just been coerced in Huguang, and return to Anqing with 60,000 hungry people. Among them, the thousands of military households who took the initiative to join Zhang Xianzhong in the Huguang area were also escorted back on charges of congkou, and of course the propaganda for them was to accept labor reform for five years, and the monthly salary during the reform period was two taels of silver.

The more than 2,000 Tiance army was able to escort 60,000 hungry people, traveled more than 1,000 miles, and returned to Anqing safely, and the role of the political propaganda team was huge, especially with the assistance of loudspeakers, which were big killing weapons.

Moreover, Tiance Army also did what it said, the food seized from Zhang Xianzhong was sent ten catties per person, and the silver was one or two per person, which was used as travel expenses, as well as a description of a better life in the future, and so on.

Those hungry people who blindly fled with Zhang Xianzhong from Anqing knew that they were fools who had run so far in vain.