When Gao Yang, the guard, saw Zhang Shihua's appearance, he knew that the situation was urgent, and he couldn't help but answer the order. Then, after receiving the order, he couldn't help but take a talisman given to him by Zhang Shihua and hurriedly ran out of the marshal's mansion.

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"The Lord has decreed that the city gates should be closed immediately and the ferry port should be blocked, and no one shall enter or leave without the Lord's decree. The lord has decreed that the city gate should be closed immediately to block the ferry, and no one shall enter or leave without the lord's decree. ...... "Almost two quarters of an hour later, several black-clothed and black-armored heralds couldn't help but pass Zhang Shihua's order to the four gates of Xiangyang and the ferry north of the city at the first time.

When the soldiers guarding the city and the guards of the ferry saw this, although they did not know what was happening, they carried out this order as soon as possible.

Horses were carried out, warships were sailed, and all the gates of Xiangyang City and the waterways north of the city were blocked.

"Hurry up, immediately search me door to door in the city, and be sure to find me a craftsman named Han Ye." In the city, after receiving Zhang Shihua's emergency military order, Shi Shisan, who knew what was going on, couldn't help but gather the garrison in the city as soon as possible.

According to Zhang Shihua's order, he personally led his troops to start searching for suspicious people from house to house in the city.

"Damn, hurry up and find out all the painters in the city for me to paint the portrait of Han Ye, this matter is related to the foundation of our black-clothed army's survival, if we can't find Han Ye, we will not be able to eat and walk around." Do you understand? After waiting for another quarter of an hour, seeing that Han Ye's portrait had only been painted in a few copies, Shi Shisan, who wanted to be calm, couldn't help but scold with a white face.

Seeing his appearance, the black-clothed sergeants under his command couldn't help but start forcibly recruiting painters in the city to paint portraits.

In this way, coupled with the door-to-door search of thousands of soldiers in the city, Xiangyang City, which was originally full of New Year's flavor, could not help but be filled with the murderous aura of Iron Horse Jinge.

"Quick, the lord has an order, order the sailor to chase all the boats that left the ferry this morning, and make sure to find the man in the portrait." After another moment, a herald came to the ferry with Han Ye's portrait and handed it to a thousand households guarding the ferry, so that he could pursue Han Ye.

"The lord said, whether it is the people in the city or the merchants, no matter who it is, as long as you find the person in the portrait, you can be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver." The herald with many portraits on his body gave the two portraits to the officials of the thousand households.

I couldn't help but take out a number of portraits from my bosom and put them on the notice board on the ferry. In order to mobilize more people to pursue Han Ye.

And this approach does have some effect. Under the attraction of a full thousand taels of silver, ninety percent of the people on the ferry couldn't help but spontaneously start to organize a team to find Han Ye in order to compare their wealth like this.

……

However, at the same time, on the Hanshui River, which is only a few miles away from the Xiangyang ferry, the merchant ship with major suspicions is also moving rapidly.

"Big brother, it's really damn too dangerous, when I passed the city gate and the transition just now, I was almost discovered by those black-clothed thieves. But now we are safe, as long as we can send people to Guide Mansion, the Privy Council can reward us with 2,000 taels of silver plus 200 acres of fertile land per person!" ”

A black-faced man who had followed Han Ye this morning glanced at Han Ye, who was tied up by them in the cabin and was still in a coma. I couldn't help but look at their leader, that is, the tall man surnamed Wang, who had also followed Han Ye this morning, and couldn't help but say so.

However, compared to this black-faced man, the tall man surnamed Wang did not look easy at this time.

"Mother, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, although it is easy for us to get our hands on it, but the black-clothed thief will definitely be able to detect it in time. You know, if we want to return to Defu, we must go through Nanyang Mansion. And Nanyang Mansion is also the territory of black-clothed thieves. ”

"So we're going to have to cheer up, you know! Otherwise, once the black-clothed thief finds out, all of us will be dead. The man surnamed Wang said this, and the expression on his face couldn't help but look a little nervous and afraid.

"Big brother, what are you worried about, we have all left Xiangyang City now, don't talk about it. Even if the black-clothed thieves reacted, by the time they blocked and tracked down, it was estimated that it would be noon at the earliest. By that time, we'd already be far away. At that time, even if he was a black-clothed thief, how could he do it. Seeing that the man surnamed Wang still looked worried at this time, his deputy, the black-faced man, couldn't help but take a pot of wine, ready to let him relax.

However, at this time, he obviously underestimated the reaction speed of the Black Army and the ability to respond to emergencies.

No, just when the man surnamed Wang took a sip of wine to suppress the panic in his heart, a rapidly approaching warship couldn't help but appear in their sight.

"Listen to the ship ahead, stop at the shore and be inspected, or we will attack you. Listen to the boat in front and stop at the shore immediately and be inspected, or we will attack you. Immediately dock and be inspected; Immediately dock and get inspected......"

On the warship behind, a hundred households with an iron horn shouted over and over again.

Hearing such a shout, the hand of the man surnamed Wang shook, and the wine jug in his hand couldn't help but fall on the deck of the ship.

"Big brother, they're chasing after them, we should ...... How? Faced with such a situation, the black-faced man who originally seemed very indifferent couldn't help but brush his black face and became a little white.

"What the hell, damn it. Are you really going to stop and let them check it out now? But whatever, throw away everything that doesn't have on the ship, and let everyone pick up the oars, let the ship sail at full speed, and just get rid of that ship, and we'll be safe!" The man surnamed Wang roared so angrily, and his face was full of hideous looks.

"Hey, okay. I'm going to prepare, I'm going to prepare. was roared by him like this, and the black-faced man couldn't help but come back to his senses. Hurriedly agreed, and prepared to throw all the goods used for camouflage on the ship.

At this time, the warship that had been following them saw this, and naturally clearly sensed that something was wrong with this merchant ship.

So at the same time that the hundred household officials were busy giving their subordinates a look and making them all ready for battle. I couldn't help but pick up the loudspeaker again and shouted: "Listen to the boat in front, immediately dock and stop and be inspected, otherwise we will attack you." ”

"Immediately stop at the shore and be inspected! Do you hear that, stop at the shore immediately and get checked! Stop at the shore immediately and get checked! ”

"The eight achievements of the general are them. You see, these guys seem to have thrown all the cargo off the ship. "Seeing that the merchant ship in front of him not only did not stop, but also threw goods into the river. The black-clothed sergeants who followed closely behind could already be sure that there must be someone they were looking for on the ship in front.

So after confirming this, the hundred household officials on the ship flashed a flash of surprise in their eyes, and at the same time, they couldn't help but roar angrily: "First brothers, immediately drive the boat for me to follow, even if we collide now, I will stop the damn boat for me." ”

And the more than forty soldiers on the boat, hearing his words, couldn't help but shout in response, and then rowed the oars vigorously.

Yes, the ship was specially made. Not only did the boat have sails that allowed the boat to sail on the river with the help of the wind, but it was also possible to work with up to 30 oarsmen at the same time.

So the merchant ship in front, although it had already thrown most of the things on board off the ship.

But on the surface of this Han River, no matter what they did, there was still no way to shake off the warship that followed them closely. After all, the oarsmen on the ships behind them were far superior to them, so they could not take advantage of any advantage in terms of sailing speed.

So just like that, on the surface of this Han River, a chase battle can't help but start like this.

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An hour later, in Xiangyang City, Zhang Shihua was in the Marshal's Mansion.

"Damn, isn't there any news about the craftsman Han Ye?" Zhang Shihua asked. He should have been happy on a good day, but at this time, he couldn't help but accumulate a belly of anger.

Seeing Zhang Shihua like this, Gao Yang, the guard who had just come back from outside, couldn't help but bury his face on the ground, and replied cautiously: "Lord, it's not that there is no news at this time. Now General Shi and the others can already determine when and where Han Ye and Han Craftsman were kidnapped. Now I'm doing my best to track down the clues, and I should ......"

"Okay, that's enough. I don't want to listen to this nonsense right now, I just want to see the results, and you know. Zhang Shihua looked at him and scolded sharply.

"Yes, the subordinates understand, the subordinates understand." Seeing that Zhang Shihua was angry again, Gao Yang couldn't help but lower his head in a hurry, and didn't dare to say a word.

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"Quick, don't let them run away for me, chase and catch them, you must catch them for me." At the same time, on the other side, more than an hour later, the medium-sized Red Horse Boat warship of the Black-Coated Army was still biting the ass of the damn merchant ship in front of it.

And not only did they follow closely, but as time went by, the distance between the two sides continued to get closer.

After all, the medium-sized Red Horse Boat of the Black-Coated Army had more than forty people on board, and even if there were thirty oarsmen working at the same time, it could be rotated. And the merchant ships they are pursuing do not have this treatment.

Therefore, the longer the time drags on, the closer the distance between the two will become.

"Listen to me in front, and now I will immediately stop the boat for the labor-management, and I will promise you for the rest of my life that I will let you live. If you can't get obsessed, then when we catch up with you, we must kill you all and feed the fish. ”

"Front, do you hear me? Now let me pull over at once, and I will let you live, or you will surely die." Ahead, immediately give me a side to stop the boat, immediately give me a side to stop the boat! "Although the distance between the two sides is constantly narrowing.

When the distance between the two was shortened to two hundred paces, Cui Bao, the pursuing black-clothed army officer of the hundred households, couldn't help but shout loudly with a loudspeaker again.

Hearing his shout, the fleeing merchant ships in front of them couldn't help but gradually become hesitant.

"Big brother, why don't we just pull over and surrender as he said. Now it is impossible for us to throw off the black-clothed thieves in the back, and if we encounter another sentry in front, then we will also be caught by this group of black-clothed thieves. ”

"Don't, keep going. It's true that you won't die if you surrender, but are you like you've been mining underground for the rest of your life, living that kind of life where you can't die if you want to! ”

"This ...... Big brother, you're right. Even if my old black horse is dead, I definitely don't want to live such a ghost life. Brothers, we are persevering, if we can't get rid of them, we just fight with them! ”

The thought that the black-clothed army would let the captives go to the mining area to mine, and it was called a labor camp for them. These men, who were about to give up just now, couldn't help but pluck up their courage again, ready to die with the pursuers behind them.

"Damn, you don't even surrender. Hurry up for me, and get my godarm crossbow and watch me deal with these damn bastards. I don't know how many times I shouted at the merchant ship in front of me with an iron horn.

It's almost two hours now, and seeing that the group of people in front of him are not ready to surrender, Cui Bao, the official of the hundred households, has run out of patience at the end. So I saw him throw the iron horn in his hand to the ground, and then roared angrily, so he couldn't help but let his subordinates take the only pair of divine arm crossbows on their ship.

Divine arm crossbow, for this kind of weapon, there are enough introductions in this book, so I won't repeat it at this time.

This pinnacle of the era of cold weapons has a lethality comparable to that of a hot weapon, but the production cost and production process of the Divine Arm Crossbow are also extremely high and long. Even the Black-Cloaked Army still had no way to make any effective improvements to such a shortcoming as the Divine Arm Crossbow.

Therefore, the current god arm crossbow is still a rare treasure in the black-clothed army.

Not to mention anything else, in the current black-clothed army, in the current black-clothed army, the value of a pair of divine arm crossbows is equivalent to six pairs of plate armor. Therefore, the current black-clothed army, all combined, the number of weapons such as the divine arm crossbow is only more than 4,000 pairs.

So in this way, a hundred household officials like Cui Bao, the Red Horse Boat warship he is on is just a pair of divine arm crossbows. But as long as things like the Divine Arm Crossbow are used well, it is a matter of refinement.

Although they only have a pair of divine arm crossbows now, at this time, it is enough.