Yang Xiaoyu waved his hand to rebuke the government soldiers, and hurriedly sent people to send the generals under his command, so that Sun Chuanting and Zhou Tong led the cavalry to rush back to the capital with a baggage, and he led Zhou Heguang and Cao Tai to capture the thief leader Xu Hongru.

Sun Chuanting wanted to follow Yang Xiaoyu together, but was directly interrupted by Yang Xiaoyu with a wave of his hand, ordering him not to disobey military law.

Without waiting for the generals to speak, Yang Xiaoyu put on his armor, put on an embroidered spring knife, and called Cao Tai and Zhou Heguang out of the camp and came to the cavalry camp, only taking 300 cavalry back to the camp and chasing towards the north gate.

Xu Hongru's territory in Shandong was completely wiped out by the official army within half a month, and he fled from the north, I don't know where his goal was?

Yang Xiaoyu led a group of cavalry to gallop through the north gate, investigating the comprehensive plan along the way, and following the whistling horseshoe prints in pursuit.

From Tengxian to the north is Jinan Mansion, as long as Xu Hongru is not stupid, he will not go all the way north.

Along the way, Yang Xiaoyu rode his horse to his heart's content, and after walking for a while, he would get off the horse to check it out.

From noon to evening, after a day of pursuit, only horseshoe prints were seen, and there was no trace of the thief army.

After chasing more than 200 miles, it was late at night, and I arrived at a brightly lit wild inn.

Yang Xiaoyu's mouth was dry, so he ordered Zhongti to get off his horse and go in to drink tea.

This wild inn is mainly to provide accommodation and food for passing merchants.

The shopkeeper was accustomed to seeing officials coming and going, so he nodded and invited a group of people to sit down, and asked everyone what they wanted with a smile.

Yang Xiaoyu glanced at this inn, it was well arranged, there were forty or fifty tables in the lobby, it was very magnificent, and said: "There are three dishes on each table, all the wine and tea, and some more cakes, and the uncle will take them to eat on the road." ”

"Wait a minute, sir!" Xiao Er smiled and nodded in agreement. Hurriedly turned around and went to the backyard to pass the word.

Yang Xiaoyu and Zhou Tong Cao Tai sat at a table, and said with a slightly depressed wry smile at this time: "After chasing for a day, I have seen the horseshoe prints all the way, and I haven't even seen the shadow of the bandit!" ”

"My lord, could it be that the bandits deliberately used a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain, so that we could be fooled?" Cao Tai asked with a wink of tired eyes.

"Your Excellency. Xia Guan felt that the bandits seemed to be deliberately leading us away, from outside Tengxian all the way to the north, we couldn't catch up with the bandits, but we could always see the horseshoe prints along the way, so it can be seen that the bandits are likely to lead us around? Zhou Heguang said in a deep voice.

This is not uncommon!

Yang Xiaoyu thought for a moment, took the route map of the army from his arms, and pointed to the east, south, west, and north of Tengxian County.

Xu Hongru was defeated in Teng County, and he was definitely not willing to fail. We will definitely choose the opportunity to make a comeback.

To the east is Guanwai, to the north is the capital and Hebei, and to the west is Shanxi, all of which are heavily guarded by heavy troops, and the economy is also sluggish, and these places are firmly under the control of the imperial court. Far less relaxed than the south.

From Tengxian County into the south, there are rich areas such as Anhui, Zhejiang, and Qiantang. If Xu Hongru wants to escape the pursuit of the imperial court, he will definitely enter the south of the Yangtze River and hide in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, waiting for an opportunity to get money. In order to prepare for a comeback.

There are two ways to enter Jiangnan, one is to go straight down the canal to Jiangnan, and the other is to walk from the land.

There were soldiers of the Caoyun Yamen on the canal, and Xu Hongru had no road guide and identity credentials, for the sake of safety. He shouldn't be able to walk by water.

Walking from the land, through the southern half of the river, the road is unimpeded, and you can escape directly into Qiantang.

Yang Xiaoyu stared at the direction of Qiantang on the map for a long time, and when the shopkeeper served the food, he came back to his senses and asked, "Can anyone come to eat with you during the day?" ”

The shopkeeper knew that the official who passed by from here must be arresting the bandits, and he didn't hide his secrets, so he replied with a smile: "Official, several groups of merchants came to eat during the day, and only one group came on horseback, and they didn't eat, but only let the little one give them a few jugs of wine, and then hurried away!" ”

Yang Xiaoyu said in a deep voice: "Do they have a carriage with them?" ”

"This little one didn't pay attention, but remembered that one of the guest officers said that he would bypass the front and continue to the north!" The shopkeeper replied blankly.

Yang Xiaoyu waved his hand to let Xiao Er go down, regardless of whether the gang was a bandit or not, he decided not to chase north anymore.

After eating.

Yang Xiaoyu asked the shopkeeper to prepare some dry cakes, and each Tiqi had a pot of wine and a pot of water, and walked out of the inn from the south.

From the land to Qiantang, it takes more than four days to ride a horse at the earliest.

wasted a day during the day, Yang Xiaoyu could only take Tiqi to hurry late at night, but fortunately, the road was unimpeded and there were no accidents.

Early in the morning of the second day, Yang Xiaoyu and his party came to the bank of the canal, and ordered Cao Tai to take one hundred and fifty horsemen to follow him from the waterway, and Zhou Heguang to take the rest of the horsemen, one person and two horses to walk from the land, which could save a lot of time and not tire the horses to death.

Meet in Suzhou in mid-July!

Yang Xiaoyu boarded the passenger boat with Tiqi and went down the river to Qiantang.

Jiangnan in July has a different charm.

The scorching summer day with a hint of laziness, the sun shines obliquely on the river, reflecting a pair of golden rivers and lakes, the scenery on both sides of the bank is beautiful, the green mountains and green shades, the boat slowly moves from the river, Yang Xiaoyu stands on the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery on both sides of the river, showing a faint smile.

From the waterway to Suzhou, it will take no more than three days.

Along the way, dry food and water were prepared in advance, and the group took a merchant ship and headed south to Suzhou.

Suzhou has always had the reputation of paradise on earth!

If Yangzhou is famous for its salt merchants and 'thin horses'!

Then Suzhou is famous for its scenery.

There is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, Yang Xiaoyu has been yearning for the beautiful scenery of Suzhou City for a long time.

According to his estimates, Xu Hongru came to Jiangnan by land, and he would definitely not go to Yingtian, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other places, the foundation of the White Lotus Sect in these places was destroyed, and it would not be of much use to go, if he was not careful, it would also arouse the suspicion of the local Jinyi Guard.

Therefore, the most likely place for Xu Hongru to go is Suzhou, because all the way down from Henan, the first place to arrive is Suzhou City.

Suzhou extends in all directions, and the economy is booming, Xu Hongru wants to make a comeback, he has to settle in Suzhou to find a way, of course, he will go to other places.

July 12 at noon.

Yang Xiaoyu took a group of dusty horsemen off the boat and went straight to Suzhou City.

After entering the city, Yang Xiaoyu led people to the yamen of the Suzhou prefect with great fanfare.

The prefect of Suzhou is a civil official of the fourth grade, which is under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili.

Yang Xiaoyu took out the token of the deputy commander of Jinyiwei and ordered the prefect of Suzhou to immediately mobilize the soldiers in the city, impose martial law in the whole city, and drive out the foreign population.

The prefect of Suzhou has been in the officialdom for decades, with a pair of eyes like golden fire, he saw that although Yang Xiaoyu was young, but all the horsemen he brought with him were all dressed in flying fish suits, with short armor on them, and holding rusty spring knives, which were obviously the soldiers and horses of the Jinyi Guard in the capital.

The prefect of Suzhou did not dare to slack off, and was busy serving tea to Yang Xiaoyu and others, and recruited the three chambers to arrest the fast officials, and ordered them to quickly go to the street to check the population with the roster.

At the same time, Yang Xiaoyu was not idle, he sent someone to find the thousands of households in Suzhou Jinyiwei, and ordered Suzhou Jinyiwei to send people to search for men from the north in the whole city.

Suzhou Jinyi Wei Qianhu is under the jurisdiction of Beizhen Fusi, and after receiving Yang Xiaoyu's order, Qianhu did not hesitate to go down to prepare.

Time.

The city of Suzhou was full of rumors, the grass and trees were all soldiers, and groups of people who came from other places were ordered to go out of the city within one day, and those who dared not leave the city in violation of the deadline were all imprisoned.

Many merchants and prostitutes from other places were forced to leave Suzhou City with their baggage.

Yang Xiaoyu took his subordinates to leave the prefect's yamen and guard outside the south gate of Suzhou, if Xu Hongru was in the city, then he would definitely find a way to go out of the city to the south, so he was ready to wait for the rabbit in front of the south gate.

At the end of the day, it was all businessmen and foot force who went out of the city, and there was no one who looked like Xu Hongru at all.

Yang Xiaoyu was not discouraged, and ordered the guards to bring food to the people's houses next to him, and lay on the side of the road in his clothes at night, continuing to guard the official road outside the city.

As soon as the second day dawned, the gates of the city were opened, and groups of merchants dressed in silk and silk went out of the city and came south. (To be continued......)