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Several cavalrymen ran over.
One of them said: "Captain, after asking, everyone ran away, and they didn't escape together. The Yuan family and his son were the first to escape. The general here, Wang Hu, had also prepared dry food and horses. The Yuan family and his son escaped. Soon after, he fled with his cronies, and the remaining generals of the Ming army fled when they saw something was wrong, and all the ordinary soldiers were abandoned in this Qianhushe."
As he spoke, he glanced at the captured Zhenwu guardsmen not far away.
"How long did it take to escape?" asked the cavalry captain.
The person in front of him replied: "It's been about half an hour since the last batch of people escaped. It's probably been an hour since the Yuan family and his son escaped from here."
"It took too long to escape, and they all escaped on horseback. It's hard for us to chase them." A nearby cavalry officer said to the cavalry captain Zhou Shuiqing.
Zhou Shuiqing bit his lips and said: "Chasing, we must not give the Yuan family, his son and Wang Hu a chance to gather troops. Even if we can't catch up, we have to chase them and they will have to keep running for their lives."
"Do you want to send someone back to ask Wang Shizheng for his opinion?" the officer asked.
Zhou Shuiqing thought for a while and said: "Leave a team of people to guard these prisoners. Let's go after the Yuan family and Wang Hu now. By the way, we will arrange for people to return to Daizhou City and tell Wang Shizheng the situation here. I believe Wang Shizheng will understand. "
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." The officer turned and left.
The Tiger-Character Banner Army has always done things vigorously and resolutely. With a single order, everything in the army started to move, without so much prevarication and procrastination.
Soon, the people sent to Daizhou City to deliver the message had already left, and the team left behind to guard the prisoners at Qianhu Station was also determined.
Zhou Shuiqing led hundreds of cavalrymen and galloped away from the Qianhu Station. Along the way, they began to clean up the Qianhu Station and Baihu Station in Daizhou City.
As soon as the Tiger Banner army in the direction of Daizhou City received the news from the cavalry, they immediately dispatched soldiers to assist the cavalry in capturing the Ming army garrison in Daizhou City.
One day later, the Yuan family and his son entered Nao County.
"Father, take a rest! The bandits' cavalry won't be able to catch up for a while." At this time, Yuan Chong looked dusty, and the armor on his body was replaced by a leather jacket.
Yuan Chaoju on horseback nodded.
Yuan Chong hurriedly jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the soldiers, and helped Yuan Chaoju off the horse.
Yuan Chaoju got off the horse with difficulty, was helped to the side and sat down slowly on a leather mattress.
After all, he was getting older, and he kept urging the horse to run away along the way. Now he had no strength at all, and his lips were even chapped and peeled, with several cuts.
"Father, drink some water." Yuan Chong untied the water bag on his waist, pulled out the stopper, and handed it over.
Yuan Chaoju took the water bag, put it to his mouth and drank several gulps.
"Father, eat some pancakes." Yuan Chong took out a piece of hard sin and handed it over.
Yuan Chaoju waved his hand gently and said: "I can't bite anymore, you can eat it yourself."
As he spoke, he took another large gulp of water into his mouth.
"Fortunately, we planned to come to Nao County from the beginning, otherwise we would have been blocked by the bandits' cavalry in Daizhou. However, Wang Hu was done this time. He actually wanted to gather troops from several thousand households and hundreds of households, and was directly blocked. The bandit cavalry is blocked inside, and now there is no chance of escaping to Guo County." Yuan Chong said with lingering fear.
In Daizhou, they were intercepted by the cavalry of the Tiger Banner several times, and they escaped with great difficulty. They also slept with their horses in the wild at night, and did not dare to spend the night in a crowded place for fear of being targeted.
Yuan Chaoju gasped and said, "We can't stay in Guo County for a long time. It's too close to Daizhou. The thieves may attack at any time. If we enter the county and find your second brother, we'll leave immediately to Yangqu."
"The people below are all exhausted. Why don't we stay in Guo County for the night tonight? The thieves won't come for a while, and the war horses need to rest after running all day." Yuan Chong stammered with the pancake in his mouth. explain.
"No." Yuan Chaoju immediately refused and said immediately, "I know everyone is tired, but since the traitors are using troops against Taiyuan Prefecture, they will definitely not end after taking down Daizhou. Once the traitors appear outside Guo County, let's think about it again. It will be difficult to escape, don't forget, your second brother also brought a lot of things, if you don't leave in advance, these things will only make it easier for the thieves."
"Listen to father." Yuan Chong nodded vigorously.
Yuan's accumulated wealth is all in Nao County, and he cannot afford to take this risk.
In Daizhou, a hundred-household residence very close to Guoxian County was surrounded by a group of tiger-shaped banner cavalry and a group of soldiers.
Baihusuo is a larger village, and the highest chief executive in the village is a Baihusuo. However, after Wang Hu and his soldiers arrived here, the highest chief executive became Wang Hu.
Several village entrances were blocked by deer villages, and soldiers from hundreds of households were hiding behind the houses on both sides and courtyard walls.
Outside the entrance of the village, there are four four-pound cannons with the tiger flag, placed side by side. The gunners stand aside with torches in their hands, waiting for the order to be issued before they can bombard the village in front of them.
"My general is willing to accept surrender, but I hope you can abide by your promise and ensure my general's family fortune. My general has served as a commander in Zhenwuwei for many years and can also help you appease the people, but I want you to give him an official position." ." Wang Liang looked nervously at the bandits in front of him.
He was sent by Wang Hu to find the people of Tiger Flag to seek peace.
Because they all know that a hundred-household settlement like a village cannot stop the bandits' cavalry and artillery fire.
Standing in front of him was Cavalry Captain Zhou Shuiqing.
After Zhou Shuiqing heard the conditions proposed by Wang Hu, he snorted coldly and said: "Go back and tell Wang Hu that his only option is to surrender unconditionally. I will give him a quarter of an hour to think about it."
As he spoke, he took out the pocket watch in his jacket pocket and took a look.
"Do you really want to destroy everything?" Wang Liang glared at Zhou Shuiqing.
Zhou Shuiqing glanced at the hands of the pocket watch in his hand and said, "You'd better go back quickly and bring my words to Wang Hu. Time can't wait for you, let him go."
Seeing this, Wang Liang knew that he would not be able to gain anything if he continued to stay, so he still had to pay close attention to the conditions of the thieves and bring them back.
"I only give you a quarter of an hour to think about it. In a quarter of an hour, the army will attack the village where you are hiding." Zhou Shuiqing said to Wang Liang who was about to leave.
Wang Liang returned to the village without looking back.
When the soldiers guarding the entrance of the village saw Wang Liang coming back, they hurriedly moved away the Luzhai blocking the way and let the people into the village.
In Baihu's home, Wang Hu is waiting anxiously.
Seeing Wang Liang coming back, he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "What did they say?"
