Stay in Qingshan without fear of no firewood, this is the principle that Zhang Xianzhong followed, when the defeat has been decided, there are two options, one is to surrender by fraud, such a method has been used before, it is not a new routine, the other is to abandon the sergeant and flee alone, as long as he can save his life, there is always a chance to make a comeback.

This time, Zhang Xianzhong chose the second way and fled alone, of course, it is not very realistic to escape alone, at least there must be the protection of his own soldiers, as long as there are hundreds of people or even dozens of people who escape from the city, there will be a chance in the future, besides, back to Shaanxi, what the situation is, maybe.

The reason why he didn't choose to surrender by fraud was because the sergeants under his command had completely lost the ability to resist, and at this time, he might have hit the other party's mind, besides, in his heart, he had already decided that this army was the Jiangning battalion, and if he surrendered to the Jiangning battalion, he would definitely not be able to save his life.

Just when Liu Tiehan rushed over with people, Zhang Xianzhong had already thought about everything.

The handsome flag is still there, this is the soul of the army, and at this time, it can also be used as bait.

The lieutenant general beside him had already opened his mouth to ask, put on armor, and pretended to be the commander of the army.

This time, Zhang Xianzhong did not hesitate, with the fastest speed, changed his clothes, with hundreds of personal soldiers, rushed out of the encirclement, and went to the depths of the mountain, of course, not only he Zhang Xianzhong, the first personal soldiers, also changed into the clothes of ordinary sergeants, and escorted Zhang Xianzhong out of the encirclement.

Liu Tiehan has always paid attention to Shuai Qi, and the soldiers of the scout battalion are also desperate to kill Shuai Qi.

There was little resistance around.

However, the sergeants around Shuai Qi still have a certain ability, and although they have suffered heavy losses, no one has surrendered. Raising steel swords and spears, desperately resisting, one of the officers, dressed in gold armor, was surrounded in the middle.

Liu Tiehan didn't care about the sergeants around him, and the scout battalion brothers around him had already made preparations. Rush all the way to kill, protect your own boss to capture the boss of the rogue.

The rogues fell one by one, and the officers in golden armor were right in front of them.

Liu Tiehan has worked hard, if he can capture Zhang Xianzhong alive, it will be the greatest credit.

However, in three or four rounds, Liu Tiehan didn't have much effort to capture the officer wearing gold armor alive, which is strange. The rogue sergeants had no intention of surrendering, nor were they prepared to defend their leader to the death.

The way the scout battalion fights is still a little different, they have always been the commander who catches the opponent, as for the others, they will not kill them all.

Looking at the rogue sergeant who was still desperately resisting, Liu Tiehan felt more and more that something was wrong.

Maybe Liu Tiehan's expression was wrong. The surrounding brothers did not shout the words of capturing Zhang Xianzhong.

When the soldiers of the cavalry battalion poured up. The rogue sergeant, who didn't hold out for long, completely collapsed.

"This person is not Zhang Xianzhong."

An exclamation came from behind, and Liu Tiehan turned around and found that it was He Renlong.

"What, General He. Are you sure this person is not Zhang Xianzhong. ”

"This person is the deputy general next to Zhang Xianzhong."

The captured officer, with a contemptuous smile on his face, spoke.

"Hmph, if you want to capture my handsome, you are dreaming."

Liu Tiehan was so angry that his face was flushed. He raised his steel knife and stepped forward, and in the midst of everyone's exclamations, he cut off the officer's head with a knife.

Obviously, this person pretended to be Zhang Xianzhong and attracted the attention of all the soldiers in the scout camp, and the real Zhang Xianzhong must have taken advantage of the chaos to escape into the mountains.

Looking at the vast mountain, everyone was a little silent, and it was not so simple to capture Zhang Xianzhong in Qiyue Mountain.

When it was time to clean up the results, Su Tiancheng looked serious.

"I don't care about other results, even if it is the 50,000 rogues led by Zhang Xianzhong, all of them have been annihilated, or captured alive, but Zhang Xianzhong ran away, this expedition is a failure, if Zhang Xianzhong returns to Shaanxi, in a short time, he can organize another 50,000 people, or even 100,000 people, I have said many times, the purpose of the Jiangning battalion's conquest, capture the thief and capture the king first, this is the principle, the principle that must be observed."

The surroundings were very quiet, Liu Tiehan lowered his head, and his face seemed to be smeared with pig's blood.

"Don't think I'm joking, the battle of Zhongdu, the Liukou suffered heavy losses, after returning to Shaanxi, it only took a long time, and it was able to attack the imperial army in turn, and achieved an unprecedented victory, this is for what, this is because Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng and others went back unscathed, so it is a matter of time before the Liukou's team grows again."

"The battle of the Jiangning battalion is not over yet, Zhang Xianzhong has escaped, and he can't run out of Qi Yue Mountain, even if he turns Qi Yue Mountain over, he has to catch him."

"Master Bi, you led the artillery battalion, the Shenji battalion, and the three thousand sergeants brought by General He, a total of 7,000 people, to surround Qiyue Mountain and block the exits around, no matter who it is, as long as it comes out of Qiyue Mountain, they will all be detained."

"The rest of the cavalry battalion, Jianrui battalion, forward battalion, infantry battalion, scout battalion and pro-soldier battalion were all broken down into small groups, went deep into Qiyue Mountain, and searched everywhere."

"There is a village near here, Liu Tiehan, you take the soldiers of the scout camp to the village quickly, ask a group of people from the village to be our guides, remember, the attitude must be good, and the reward will be paid every day."

"Zhang Xianzhong fled in a hurry, did not carry food, it is impossible to hold on for a long time, all the brothers in the Jiangning camp, be patient, now is the spring ploughing season, in the mountains, there is not much food, under such a harsh environment, only in a group, it is possible to survive, so Zhang Xianzhong's side, there must be a lot of sergeants, these sergeants, must have a certain combat effectiveness, so don't take it lightly."

"All the soldiers involved in the search are all equipped with flintlock pistols, and the distance between them is not too far, so as to facilitate mutual coordination, once the traces of Zhang Xianzhong and others are found, they will immediately send out a signal, and the rockets carried by the Shenji Battalion are the weapons you use to send signals."

"If it is possible, in principle, Zhang Xianzhong will be captured alive."

"Zhang Xianzhong's appearance, General He has already described it, this is the appearance just drawn, you all take a closer look, the battalion commander and deputy commander must lead the team, Lord Sun, Lord Xiong and I, each with a team, into the mountains to search."

Su Tiancheng had just finished arranging, and He Renlong spoke.

"My lord, my subordinates ask to stay and participate in the arrest of Zhang Xianzhong, I am familiar with the appearance of Zhang Xianzhong, as long as I see it from a distance, I will definitely be able to recognize it."

After He Renlong finished speaking, Sun Chuanting and Xiong Zijian both spoke, and the meaning was very clear, Su Tiancheng still did not participate in the team to arrest Zhang Xianzhong.

Su Tiancheng agreed to He Renlong's request, but insisted on participating in the search.

This time, he must insist, only if he plays a leading role, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion will grit their teeth and insist.

In the early spring season, the days in the mountains are not comfortable, the snow has not yet melted away, the roads are also muddy, the huge Qiyue Mountain, I don't know how long the road is, to be able to find out Zhang Xianzhong, and even whether Zhang Xianzhong can be caught, or can't say anything.

The 1,000 households and the deputy 1,000 households of each battalion went out to set up tasks, and every 200 people formed a search group.

Bi Maokang took the artillery battalion and the Shenji battalion, ready to go out of the mountain, the road was blown up, they had to make a lot of effort, temporarily opened up a road, people out of the Lang is not much of a matter, the key is that the tiger squat cannon and the Fran machine have to be carried out of the Lu, fortunately, all the carriages and horses are left in them, which is a lot more convenient.

Sun Chuanting and Xiong Zijian remained in the Chinese military tent.

There was no one else, and Sun Chuanting finally spoke.

"My lord, Qiyue Mountain is so big, I don't know where Zhang Xianzhong ran to with the remnants of the sergeants, it is very difficult to search and arrest, if Zhang Xianzhong hides in which corner and does not move, how can it be good."

Xiong Zijian also had a bitter face and didn't say anything, obviously thinking the same as Sun Chuanting.

Su Tiancheng smiled and spoke.

"Two adults, such a large-scale search will definitely have no effect."

Sun Chuanting and Xiong Zijian were even more surprised, they didn't understand that since there was no effect, why did they have to spend energy for it.

"Such a large-scale search is just a formation, under the pressure of such a formation, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely find a place to hide, if he shows up at this time, he is not qualified to be the leader of the Liukou."

Sun Chuanting seemed to understand something, but it was still a little vague.

"Zhang Xianzhong's pro-soldier camp, there are more than 2,000 people, the results of the rough inventory just now, the loss of the pro-soldiers is about 1,000 people, and there are close to 1,000 people, where did they go, even if the inventory is a little rough, it has not been completely figured out, plus 500 people, but there are still hundreds of people, their whereabouts are unknown, these people, needless to say, also followed Zhang Xianzhong to break through."

"So many people, they always have to eat, they don't come out, they can be scattered and hidden, but they must eat, otherwise no one should think about surviving, the grain and grass of the rogue have all been seized by us, even if Zhang Xianzhong carries some grain and grass with him, he can last for two to three days at most."

"There are also horses, horses are not people, they will neigh at any time, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are no longer riding, in the process of searching, hearing the neighing of war horses, you can find the whereabouts of Zhang Xianzhong and others, at least to determine the approximate place."

"The consumption of people and horses always needs grain and grass, the army of the Jiangning battalion searched in Qiyue Mountain, Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to kill horses, killing horses to make fires for cooking, there would be thick smoke coming out, wouldn't they expose their traces."

Speaking of this, Su Tiancheng lowered his voice.

"I took Sun Yuankun and Liu Tiehan to form two of the most important search and arrest teams, these two teams are composed of the scout battalion and the pro-soldier battalion, hehe, we will not search all over the mountains, our focus is on the villages in Qiyue Mountain." (To be continued......)