The three people who were captured alive were escorted to Su Tiancheng.

Part of the nursing home has already found a place to bury the brothers who died in battle next to the official road.

Su Tiancheng looked coldly at the three people kneeling in front of him.

"Tell me where you came from."

After a minute passed, no one answered, Su Tiancheng took the steel knife from Wang Dazhi's hand, walked in front of one person, didn't blink his eyes, and slashed down with the knife.

A stream of blood spurted out.

Su Tiancheng still had a smile on his face.

"I'll ask you again, where did you come from?"

The remaining two were a little stunned, they couldn't imagine that the young man in front of them looked gentle and elegant, but he was so vicious, when he started to kill, he didn't blink his eyes, and he could still laugh.

Still a minute passed, and no one answered.

Without waiting for Su Tiancheng to step forward, Xiong Zijian held a steel knife, which resulted in the life of another person.

There was only one person left.

Su Tiancheng smiled at the remaining one.

"You're the only one left, if you don't want to speak, just say it, so as not to waste time."

A miracle happened, and the man spoke quickly.

"We were sent by King Chuang, to Henan, to contact the righteous army, who knew that Lu Dao met Lu to see you."

"Oh, so you are Gao Yingxiang's subordinates."

"Yes, we are the personal soldiers of King Chuang's side."

Su Tiancheng nodded, the peasant rebel army, during this time, suffered some heavy losses, especially Hong Chengchou served as the governor of the three sides, in the Qingyang area, and Gao Yingxiang and other troops fought fiercely, and achieved a major victory, the center of activity of the peasant rebel army has been transferred to Zezhou, Lu'an, Liaozhou in Shanxi, and the remote areas around Henan and Kaifeng in Henan.

"Who are you going to contact when you come to Henan Mansion, and where are you?"

"Let's get in touch with the mud."

Speaking of this, the man lowered his head, obviously not wanting to say anything about the back.

The original name of the mud was Zhang Cunmeng, Chongzhen surrendered to the imperial court in four years, and now he rebelled again.

Su Tiancheng frowned, the peasant rebel army, in the early days, was fighting separately, until the beginning of the fourth year of Chongzhen, began to slowly unite, Chongzhen four years in July, in the thirty-sixth battalion in Zezhou, Shanxi, is an obvious sign.

"Say, where is Zhang Cunmeng?"

This person raised his head suddenly, the name that is not muddy, few people know the way, how can the young man in front of him be so clear, could it be that he has been prepared for a long time.

Su Tiancheng had a hunch that the mud was nearby, and there was a big mountain more than ten miles ahead, where he could hide, and of course, there was an army that was not muddy.

"Just, in the mountains ten miles ahead."

Su Tiancheng smiled slightly.

"Dazhi, search everyone's clothes, and if you find any drawings and talismans, bring them over immediately."

The person kneeling on the ground had already revealed horror in his eyes, and his body began to tremble.

"You—You know so much about these ......"

"Hehe, Gao Yingxiang asked you to come from Shanxi, how can you know so many details of the road, the best way is to have drawings, letters, and of course, there must be talismans, otherwise, will the mud follow you?"

Su Tiancheng looked at the person kneeling on the ground with a mocking look on his face.

"How about it, do you want to say it, if you don't want to say it, I won't force you."

The man who was kneeling on the ground lowered his head and began to murmur......

Letters, talismans, and maps were all found, along with a lot of silver taels.

All the situation, Su Tiancheng also knew the way, not mud is in the mountains ahead, around him, there are not many sergeants, most of the sergeants, are in Shanxi, do not mud with hundreds of people to Henan Mansion, is thinking of recruiting sergeants here, Gao Yingxiang sent his own soldiers, specially to contact the mud, I didn't think that the mud came to Henan, and the soldiers followed.

Gao Yingxiang's personal soldiers never imagined that in the middle of the night, the sackcloth wrapped the horse's hooves, and they still suffered a catastrophe.

"Young Master Xiong, I have an idea."

"Childe, you arrange, I'll do it."

Xiong Zijian seemed to have guessed Su Tiancheng's idea and was eager to try.

"Arrange forty-five nurses, put on the clothes of Gao Yingxiang's personal soldiers, take letters, maps and talismans, go to contact Bu Mu, and after seeing Mu Mu, kill him, there are only 100 sergeants around him, most of them should be resting."

"Childe, why don't you catch it alive and not get muddy, this is a great credit."

"Kill him, just cut off the head, don't capture him alive, pay special attention, don't alarm the other sergeants."

Xiong Zijian insisted that he would go out in person, he set off with the nursing home, and he went to more than ten miles, and it didn't take long to arrive, according to the time calculated by Su Tiancheng, it didn't take an hour to go back and forth.

If it's more than an hour, it's a sign of something.

put forward the suggestion of killing the mud, Su Tiancheng did not hesitate at all, not only now, but in the days to come, if he meets any leader of the rebel army, he will do it, and he will definitely not think of any policy of recruiting An, and decisively kill him. Of course, improving the peasants' livelihood and allowing them to live and work in peace and contentment is the most fundamental way to quell the exiles.

This is not Su Tiancheng's cruelty, this is a last resort.

Half an hour later, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the official road.

Xiong Zijian came back with the nursing home.

Xiong Zijian's face was full of excitement, and he was carrying a cloth bag, and under the pocket, there were very fresh blood stains.

"Childe, it went very well, killed Bu Dip and the six personal soldiers around him, they were defenseless, the two thousand taels of gold that Bu Dip carried with him, also found, the rest of the sergeants, are resting, I don't know what to do."

"Okay, hard work, is the body buried?"

"It's buried, and the sergeant who doesn't stick to the mud will not know the way in a short time, and it will take at least a day to find out."

"Well, let's still set off at the end of the day, so let's get ready."

The seven guards who died in battle have been buried, in a vacant lot three miles away from the official road.

Seven grave bags, looking lonely.

These nurseries have remained here forever.

Tombstones are impossible to have, time is too late.

Su Tiancheng walked to the grave and knelt down, and Xiong Zijian, Wang Dazhi and others who followed him also knelt down.

"Brothers, I, Su Tiancheng, am sorry for you, let you stay here, under Jiuquan, you can rest in peace, and soon after, I will take your family members to Jiangning County, so that they can live well."

He kowtowed three times in a proper manner.

At midnight, the team set off again.

This place is not too far from Luoyang City, but Su Tiancheng will not enter the city.

"Xiong Gongzi, arrange for two brothers, with a non-muddy head, as well as Gao Yingxiang's letters, maps, and talismans, to Luoyang City, find Lord Zhizhou, hand over these things, and two seriously injured brothers, stay in Luoyang City to recuperate, and if they are well, they will come directly to Jiangning County.

"Childe, why do you want to make it clear, wouldn't it be better to give this kind of credit to Luoyang Zhizhou?"

"Hmph, I don't need to say that the matter of merit, such a big thing, Luoyang Zhizhou, how can I not be blushing, but the lives of the two brothers are worried, and the matter of killing good and risking merit abounds, not to mention such real merit, I originally wanted to write a letter to Luoyang Zhizhou, but it is still unnecessary to think about it, I think that Lord Zhizhou is smart, if you dare to touch my brother, I will let his official hat and head fall to the ground."

"It's not mud that we killed him, how can he take the credit."

"It's not easy, with letters, maps and talismans, doesn't he know what to do, send an army to exterminate the remaining rogues, isn't this credit theirs."

Xiong Zijian patted his head.

"Oh, I didn't expect it, Childe arranged to bury the corpse that was not stained with mud, I haven't understood the meaning yet, thinking that it's not necessary, Childe is really far-reaching."

On the road after this, Xiong Zijian was more careful, his arrangement, there have been some changes, the team is divided into three groups, the front is generally ten people, according to the practice of the army, these people have the meaning of reconnaissance and pathfinding, that is, scouts, set off at two o'clock every day, if a problem is found, someone will come back immediately to report.

And then there was the big army.

The last is the finale team, and the choice of a sturdy nursing home is generally more than 20 people, mainly to observe, whether there are any people, secretly tracking.

The speed of the brigade has also accelerated a lot, and sometimes, when it is too late to find a place to rest, the brigade camps directly next to the official road, and everyone gathers together.

On April 30, the brigade left Henan and entered the jurisdiction of Nanzhili.

The situation along the way has changed, Nanzhi belongs to one of the richest places in the Ming Dynasty, it is the spring ploughing season, there are many farmers in the fields are busy, basically there are no homeless people.

Seeing this, Su Tiancheng's mood became even heavier.

The imperial court was controlled by the scholars in the south, who defended the interests of the big landlords in the south, no matter how difficult the court was, no matter whether the Ming Dynasty was facing a catastrophe, they would never harm the interests of these big landlords, blindly increasing the burden on the peasants, making it impossible for the peasants to live, and they had to rebel.

Ironically, these big landowners in the south also lost all their wealth, even their lives, while the Ming Dynasty collapsed to the ground.

With the wanton raid of the Qing army, the south suffered a devastating blow, and their wealth was plundered, and the famous Yangzhou Ten Days is the best embodiment of it.

Choosing to go to Nanzhili, Su Tiancheng's idea is to take the initiative against these lands, which is a very dangerous road, but it is also the only way he can think of, the only way, to put it mildly, is to let the big landlords take out part of their wealth, help the poor peasants, so that the peasants can live and work in peace and contentment, and reduce the gap between the rich and the poor to the greatest extent.