Liu Qi arrived, and after two days of running, he finally arrived in Shucheng.

Incredibly, Liu Qi did not find Huang Degong's army, let alone the shadow of the Jiannu army.

Could it be the wrong news, but this is too weird, that is, the Qing army did not go up the river with a false shot, so where did Huang Degong go? He can't fly, does he?

After an emergency rest, Liu Qi hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the nearby people.

The news was not good, just two days ago, hundreds of thousands of Jiannu troops attacked Huang Degong's camp stationed outside Shucheng, and the sound of killing and artillery resounded for a whole morning. According to some people, Huang Degong's troops suffered heavy losses, but unaware of Weishenme, the Qing army, which had gained the upper hand, suddenly stopped the attack, and then withdrew from Shucheng and went straight down to Wuwei Prefecture close to the river. Jingnan Hou Huang Degong's troops left some people to clean up the battlefield, and then chased after them closely.

Liu Qi understood that he didn't see any traces of the battle because Huang Degong's logistics army cleaned up the battlefield.

The news spread too slowly, and Jiannu had already run, two days had passed, and he had run north. Jiannu's escape route did not choose Shucheng, but chose to continue north, and the battle between Jiannu and Huang Degong was also containment, and the helpless Huang Degong could only chase after him.

Undoubtedly, Jiannu chose a difficult route, with water and low hills and hills in front of him, and the best route was to go down to Wuwei Prefecture close to the river, and then enter Hezhou. Hezhou and Nanjing are only separated by a river, but Jiannu definitely did not dare to attack Nanjing, because there were their own troops chasing behind. After passing Hezhou, Jiannu will enter Chuzhou through Jiangpu, and Chuzhou is not far from Yangzhou, Zhou Yuji's base camp, but Jiannu still will not choose to take the initiative to fight, they will pass through the easternmost part of Fengyang Mansion into the area of Jinhu County, and then cross the Huai River to the north.

This route is very difficult to follow, and the whole route must not go west, because the west side is a world of mountains, lakes, rivers and swamps, which is like a labyrinth. It is impossible to pass through more rivers, lakes, swamps and reeds than you can count. As for the east side, don't even think about it, the whole thing is water. Taking this route can only advance to the area of Jinhu County, there must be no mistakes, a small mistake will lead to a dead end, this is a route that is impossible to take without a guide.

Therefore, there must be a guide who is very familiar with this area among the Jiannu.

The traitor's liliang is too powerful! It must be very familiar with the traitors in the neighborhood who are leading the way for Jiannu.

was thrown off by Jiannu, Liu Qi couldn't help it, his soldiers were very tired, the war horse had reached the limit, and there was no other way but to rest.

Behind Liu Qi. The long dragon led by Zhou Huchen is still advancing in the heroic singing, which is shocking to the hearts of the people, so that the people along the way are all happy, and they are full of confidence in the victory of the imperial army over Jiannu. The people are simple, their simplicity is manifested in their behavior, a poultry egg, a piece of dry food, even a bowl of water show the simplicity of the people, these Henan people are not rich. Years of famine and war have left many people just alive. Now, they took out the few things they had, which were insignificant to the soldiers of the well-fed Zhou Yuji army, but these things were the hearts of the people. It's a real recognition.

The love of the people undoubtedly gave the soldiers a great baptism of soul, they had never been so respected, they had never been so loved by the people, and they had never been so proud of themselves.

"We go through this! All this will go down in history! We are loved by the people! We did it. Isn't it!? ”

What more could you ask for! Zhou Huchen is expressing his feelings, there are only a handful of armies in history that can make the people love him so much, and his own army has done it. He's proud of it!

To perform to your heart's content is to be recognized, to be recognized by the people!

Zhou Huchen turned his head, and his passionate voice came out: "I'm proud of you!" Let's sing it again and sing this song to our fathers! Sing to the land of China! Sing to ourselves! Sing to our Motherland! ”

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On the 14th day of the leap month, Zhou Huchen led an army of 80,000 foot soldiers to Shucheng with extremely high morale.

Zhou Huchen was disappointed, the soldiers were disappointed, Nanyang was still too far away from here, a full six days behind, and Jiannu had already left Shucheng for six days.

Azig is so courageous and decisive!

Completely unexpected, the Jiannu army chose an unexpected evacuation route. Being able to easily defeat the Ming army along the road is nothing, but it has to be said that the route was full of creativity and courage. This is a route with extremely empty troops, as long as there is no military liliang that can stop the Qing army along the way through Lujiang County, the only thing that the Qing army is worried about is that this route should not go wrong, and then the chasing soldiers behind them.

It's not that Azig doesn't dare to fight with him, but he can't afford to lose, and once he loses a lot, the foundation of the entire Qing army's military liliang will be shaken. Azig made the most correct choice, the reserve liliang of the Ming army is not comparable to the Qing army, only the main force of the Eight Banners who led the Qing army to return to the north can the Qing army continue to compete with the Ming Dynasty for the capital of the world, this Azig is not simple!

Azig ran too fast, and the Ming army along the way was too incompetent. This is a big distance difference, every day Jiannu is to travel forty miles, six days is also equal to a distance of more than two hundred miles, Zhou Huchen's infantry army is almost out of reach.

Jiannu ran too far undoubtedly affected morale, Zhou Huchen could not continue to chase wildly, he had to adjust, let the soldiers, properly recover their physical strength, and then hope that the cavalry with Huang Degong and Liu Qi could drag the Nu army. The most unsatisfactory, Zhou Huchen also hopes to kill most of Jiannu's foot soldiers, without these foot soldiers, Jiannu will also break his muscles and bones.

This state of rapid march did not require camping, but the summer evenings were good, and a thin blanket was everything.

The Wuhu area is Huang Degong's world, and Zhou Huchen's army stationed in Lujiang County happened to use some of Huang Degong's supplies, and finally ate the only hot meal in recent days. Early the next morning, Zhou Huchen began to prepare, and he was going to exert his strength again.

The order to set off has not yet been issued, and the scout Pegasus has reported.

He Tengjiao, a scholar of Dongge University, with the title of military commander of the Ministry of Reinforcement, and the leader of military affairs in Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, arrived.

He Tengjiao is also a bull, he actually chased after him with nearly 400,000 troops, just twenty miles behind Zhou Huchen, this has to be said to be a miracle, Zhou Huchen can't even figure it out, what do 400,000 troops eat when they fight for hundreds of miles? What about supplies?

What's even more surprising is that Zhou Huchen had just contacted He Tengjiao, and before He Tengjiao could come over, another overseer figure ran over first.

Zhu Dadian came, and the overseer, who also held the title of military department, was still alive, and he gathered some troops to chase after him.

Ruthless enough! Zhu Dadian is ruthless enough! He actually ran over with a broken arm.

"Little Tiger hurry up and chase it! The old man's army has gone up the river, and he can't let Jiannu go, otherwise there will be endless troubles! This is the first time Zhu Dadian has seen Zhou Huchen, and when he saw Zhou Huchen, Zhu Dadian immediately stretched out his hand and pointed to the north unceremoniously.

Zhou Huchen remembered that Zhu Dadian was a historical hero who would never compromise with the Qing army in historical records, and when the Qing army was irresistible, this steel-hearted old man seemed to lead his family to sit on the gunpowder pile to complete his historical mission after desperately resisting in Jinhua Mansion.

Such a person needs to be respected, Zhou Huchen hurriedly saluted: "The boy has seen the boss, the army of Jingnanhou and the cavalry of our Liu Qiliu General have chased up, and the 400,000 troops led by Lord He of Linghuguang and other places are behind him, he is about to arrive, you see if we will pursue Jiannu together after joining forces!" ”

"He Yuncong (He Tengjiao Ziyuncong) also followed? Then wait for him, Xiaohu, how many 400,000 do you say! Zhu Dadian couldn't believe that He Tengjiao actually brought 400,000 troops: "How did these 400,000 troops come from?" How could He Yuncong have 400,000 troops? ”

"Li Zicheng's rout army is almost all owned by Lord He, plus the soldiers and horses of several provinces under his command, I am afraid that there are more than 400,000, and there should still be a part of the army to contain Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan." Zhou Huchen hurriedly explained to Zhu Dadian.

"Li Zicheng seems to be really dead, this time it can be regarded as solving the big trouble of the imperial court, and there is also a Zhang Xianzhong, but He Yuncong's army, there is Xiaohu's army, this Zhang Xianzhong is just a lingering breath! Now is the best time to recover the Northland, and the destruction of Jiannu is just around the corner! ”

Zhu Dadian didn't mention the rout of the army he supervised, and Zhou Huchen naturally didn't mention it. These patchwork armies have some combat effectiveness in addition to the naval army, and the rest of the army was either broken up or surrendered directly by the Qing army in history, and these armies without combat effectiveness are simply useless except for being able to wave the flag and shout in the back, and Zhou Huchen is too lazy to mention them.

"The speed of the navy is faster, if you can catch up with the water and land to jointly attack Jiannu, it would be better, but the escape speed of Jiannu is too fast, the strength of our army along the way is empty, I am afraid it is difficult to leave the main force of Jiannu's Eight Banners, although the water army of the last general is also intercepted on the water in front, but unfortunately, these armies cannot be the opponent of the Jiannu army, and it is not easy to leave the main force of Jiannu!"

Zhou Huchen is worried, this worry is not unreasonable, his naval army has just been established, although there are many ships, but the weapons and equipment and combat power are really not enough in front of the powerful Jiannu army.

Zhu Dadian nodded helplessly, he also understood that Zhou Yuji's army could gallop on land, but the navy and the army were not the same concept, and the hastily created Zhou Yuji's navy could not have particularly strong combat effectiveness, let alone deal with the 300,000 Jiannu army.

"The old man's clairtelescope is lost, this thing is so easy to use, Xiaohu hurriedly prepared one for the old man." couldn't set off immediately, the battle situation was uncontrollable, and Zhu Dadian, who was a little helpless, changed the topic.

Zhou Huchen smiled and hurriedly ordered someone to send a clairvoyant mirror, he understood Zhu Dadian's thoughts, this kind of rout was a shame for him, Zhu Dadian wanted to catch up, he wanted to use the army of Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and He Tengjiao to save face for himself.

Half an hour later, He Tengjiao, who only had a few generals, staff and a few pro-army troops by his side, came up, and behind him, the looming huge army was overwhelming. (To be continued......)