The news they got from the post station that they had not met the king of Gaoyang County for the time being.

Qu Neng chased after the son of the world and didn't meet Zhu Gaoxu, so there are only two possibilities, either Zhu Gaochu didn't leave Zhuozhou, or he hasn't arrived yet.

At this time, the three fathers and sons were by the Lugou River, and they were going along the river in the direction of the Lugou Bridge Division.

The eldest son, Qu Tao, is nineteen years old, about the same age as Zhu Gaoxu, the same height and length, and is good at riding and shooting.

"Father, will the king of Gaoyang County bypass Zhuozhou and not leave?" Qu Tao asked at this time.

Jin Neng pondered: "The king of Gaoyang County is going to Chuzhou, which is mountainous in the southwest of Shandong, which is not conducive to his thousand-mile BMW, and the waterways are dense, and he is afraid that we will chase him by boat, so I guess he will definitely go from Henan." ”

"The Central Plains is a large area of flat land, and his thousand-mile BMW is extremely fast."

"From Henan to Hebei, it is Shunde or Guangping Mansion."

"He rode a thousand-mile horse, confident that no one could catch up, and it was impossible for him to make another long detour in order to avoid the pursuers."

"So Zhuozhou and Gu'an are the routes he must take."

"There are three guards and horses in Zhuozhou, near Beiping, most of them were once subordinates of King Yan, we can't do it here, and we can't mobilize these guards and horses, as long as there is one person who informes, all the work will be wasted."

"And the Lugou River Division is the intersection of Zhuozhou and Gu'an."

The history books say that Qu Neng is a talented and good general, which is really not an exaggeration, Qu Neng calculated a little and quickly found the best ambush location.

Whether Zhu Gaoxu came from Zhuozhou or Gu'an, he had to take the Lugou Bridge in the end.

You have to cross the river as the king of Gaoyang County.

And the one guarding the Lugou Bridge is the Lugou Bridge Division. (Daming's unique inspection department)

The local inspection department of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to the local dispatch in later generations.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty was located in all parts of the country, and there were inspection divisions at important road intersections, wharves, and bridgeheads.

Some places can have several inspection divisions.

The inspection of the inspection department was not in the stream at first, and later it was from the nine officials, and most of them were held by local heroes.

The personnel of the Inspection Division are called archers (just a title, not a bow).

Basically, they are composed of local young people, or even hooligan green skins.

They are subordinate to the county government, but they are also under the control of the military department, and they are actually doing all kinds of work that the army should do, such as anti-smuggling, interrogation, intelligence gathering, and suppression of bandits.

Speaking of this, Qu Neng looked at his two sons and sighed: "Success or failure is here, if this place can't be blocked, God won't help us." ”

With that, he slapped the horses heavily and quickly went to the Lugou Bridge Division.

That night, the father and son stayed in a place in Liangxiang County for one night, and came to Lugou Bridge Division early the next morning.

Qu Neng took the order of the Chinese military governor's mansion to find a local Wang surnamed for inspection.

It was claimed that there were important prisoners in the capital who had escaped, and asked them to cooperate with the arrest, and if they could make meritorious contributions, they would be rewarded heavily, and at the same time, they would be given ten taels of gold to the king for inspection.

The king was overjoyed and immediately summoned more than 20 archers.

Although the inspectors are called archers, they rarely use bows.

Qu Neng asked him to bring all the bows with him, only to find that there were only three archers.

Qu Nengjue used a bow a little less, but if you think about it carefully, Xu Huizu asked him to be arrested, but he didn't say kill it?

As long as there are two archers threatening Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu has brute strength, and he can only be restrained.

What's more, they also brought more than twenty people.

With so many people catching a Zhu Gaoxu, even if there is no bow, there is no problem.

Qu Neng thought of everything, but he didn't expect Zhu Gaoxu to be not alone.

He had thought about the place to arrest Zhu Gaoxu on the way to come.

On the trail south of Liangxiang County, it is about ten miles away from the Lugou Bridge Division.

Originally, there was an official road through Liangxiang County.

However, Liangxiang County has Xingzhou Zhongtun Wei, and Zhu Gaoxu is running on the territory near Beiping, and he will definitely enter Liangxiang from the official road.

Because this is the territory of King Yan.

And this trail is the only path that connects Gu'an official road to Liangxiang official road.

To put it simply, as long as Zhu Gaoxu comes from Gu'an, this is the way to go.

On the afternoon of May 11.

Qu Neng's father and son hid in a forest with more than 20 inspection department personnel.

This side is a good ambush point, with the Lugou River to the east, two rows of trees on the river, and woods on the west.

The path in the middle is about a zhang wide.

Two miles behind Qu Neng is Xingzhou Zhongtunwei, and he is Zhu Gaoxu, who is about to go to Xingzhou Zhongtunwei, which must be more relaxed.

Because about thirty miles further north is Beiping City.

The weather was very hot today, and Qu Neng's father and son were all fully armed, hiding in the woods with the same heavily armed patrol archers, and they began to sweat after a while.

They kept hydrating and waited quietly.

In order to appease them, Qu Neng said a few words to Inspector Wang from time to time, probably because as long as people are caught, the saints will personally reward them in the future, and they will be promoted and rich.

Wang Inspector was very excited, and he estimated that it was a big fish in his heart.

He also cheered up with the people below from time to time, everyone should not be afraid of the heat, and there was a heavy reward for catching people, two taels of silver per person.

Inspector Wang is a local hero, he is not short of silver, and he cares more about whether he can be promoted.

When the brothers below heard that there was a reward, they could only grit their teeth and endure it.

I waited for a day and didn't wait for anyone.

But everyone's mood didn't matter, they slept here at night, and there were still people watching the night.

When I got up the next day, I had breakfast and continued to wait.

Originally, Qu Neng was very confident in himself, and they ran from the capital to the vicinity of Beiping in one go, thinking that they could get ahead of the king of Gaoyang County.

But the first day didn't wait, and he suddenly began to doubt himself a little.

Am I guessing wrong? Or is the king of Gaoyang more cunning than Wei Guogong said?

He guessed that we used 800 miles of express post road? So a detour?

Impossible?

Qu Neng thought again, if he was Zhu Gaoxu, in extreme cases, he might go to the guards along the way, such as the three guards in Zhuozhou, and transfer a team of soldiers and horses to escort him? Of course, Zhu Gaoxu has to be sure that the scene of the town is right, or will he know that someone is coming to arrest him?

For a time, he suffered from gains and losses in his heart.

He was afraid that he would not be able to defend Zhu Gaoxu, and he was also afraid that a team of armored soldiers would appear in front of him to protect Zhu Gaoxu.

Little by little, time passed.

Just when Qu Neng was a little worried that he was wasting his scheming.

Suddenly.

Somewhere on high ground more than a hundred paces to the west of them, Qu Tao ran towards them on horseback and waved frantically at them.

Everyone was at the edge of the woods, and they didn't see it at first, until they heard the sound of horses running.

Qu Tao's face was full of ecstasy: "It's coming, it's coming, it's alone." ”

"Okay." Qu Neng was ecstatic.

When Wang Xunjian and the others heard this, they were also excited.

Only alone? There are so many of us, it's a bit of a knife to kill chickens.

"Don't be careless." Qu Neng said at this time: "This little thief is fierce, and everyone still acts according to the original plan." ”

Inspector Wang saw that he was serious, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he turned his head and said: "Brothers, have you heard it, cheer up, get promoted, and make a fortune, it's up to now." ”

"Huh" many people whispered softly, their expressions were very excited.