In Shouzhou, Huainan Road, the water conservancy project built by Sun Shuao, the Chu prime minister in charge of the South Bank of Shaobi in the Spring and Autumn Period. The boat master who tried hard to shake off the snowflakes was not used anymore and muttered:

"It's considered to be catching up with these Cai thieves and robbers, so they can run away too much..."

In the large messy snow that was trampled in front of him, there were vaguely discarded belongings and the corpse of the mount that was hidden, extending into the dark and silent forest in the distance.

To be careful, Chai Zaiyong, who was dispatched from Jiangdong to the Zhoushi general, actually had a somewhat awkward position and role in this Huainan attack. Compared to leading the cavalry to the western front to attack the army, and becoming the main mobile force and firefighting team in the hands of the main general, he participated in the key interception battles of many round-point aid attacks, and Yang Shihou, who was eventually ambushed on the ice; Chai Zaiyong and his subordinates were a little lackluster.

After all, he brought the soldiers of the boat army who were good at fighting on the water. After the rivers and alleys and waterways across Huainan were frozen due to the severe cold in winter, their range of activities and combat expertise were inevitably reduced, and they became the first-class ordinary second- and third-tier troops, and could only undertake some secondary tasks such as guarding bases, setting up checkpoints, patrols, blockades, and escorting.

Therefore, in addition to suppressing several local changes and unrest as an emergency measure, rescuing a three-detachment in a town that was besieged by hostile forces, and arresting hundreds of deserters from Yangzhou and Chuzhou. The defeated soldiers had no more results, and even the final attack of Zhongling could not catch up.

Because he was ordered to go to the Yangtze River in Luzhou to receive a batch of supplies and escort them to more than a dozen newly established large villages/management areas (special settlements); when he finally managed to collect troops and lead the team to return, the flags and flags of Liu Hanhong, the chief leader of the Huaixi Army, were seized, and the battle and resistance in Zhongling City had also ended.

Chai Yong could only pinch his nose and escort up to tens of thousands of people in batches. After preliminary screening and interrogation, he and his related relatives went to the dock ferry by the river to receive new tasks of being organized and handled separately. This was not an easy task. The prisoners who were constantly trying to escape and seek opportunities to resist on the road made him exhausted and exhausted. He was so tired that he was tired.

Finally, Chai Yieldeng followed him more than a dozen times, and executed hundreds of people in batches to serve as a warning to others, and brought the remaining majority to the destination. Fortunately, the sky was pitiful, so he finally caught up with the last chance of the ending stage of the Huainan Battle. One of the remnants of the Caizhou Army who had given up Chuzhou City and fled out in all directions, also flew westward.

Therefore, he begged Qian Jumei, the deputy general of the army, for most of the day, before he asked for such a hard and tedious task to pursue the remaining enemies. It was to be able to hang a third to fifth-class red bronze medal with the title of capturing life or trapping the battlefield on his chest; instead of just getting a Huainan Battle commemorative medal or a service medal like diligence and ability, just like those of most auxiliary soldiers and armed civilians.

Then he concentrated the snow equipment in the army and specially formed a force that could easily and quickly pursue. He stared at the tail and traces of the largest remaining enemy, chased from Pingyuan Town to Duliang Mountain, and then chased from Duliang Mountain to Tongcheng, Shiliang, Baita and other places. With the cooperation and supplement of local cities and towns, he forced the remaining enemy to chase thin, thin, and tired.

They spent several days, almost in the Chu, Chu, Hao, Lu, and Shou prefectures between the Huai River and the Great River, and circled several large circles in a tortuous and twisted way. They exhausted their troops, frozen to death on the road, or were killed, surrendered, and fled to escape the last bit of enemies, and chased and blocked the nameless wild forest Zili. Now, it was the time for him to reveal the final answer.

"Don't hurry, just rest and prepare for a while..."

However, Chai Zaiyong emphasized to the left and right again:

"Being able to persevere to this point must be the most stubborn and hard-working among the Cai thieves... Don't take it lightly, and even fail!"

“It’s saved…”

The soldiers who could not hide their tiredness and fatigue responded in unison: Then they all became busy separately. Some of them leaned against the horse's scratch, keeping alert and setting up temporary fronts; some of them sat upright on the blankets laid on the snow, and began to keep warm water bags in their arms, swallowing and chewing the fried noodles, oil cakes and other military rations they brought.

Then, the iron barrel stove that was placed on the horse-drawn scratches to keep the remaining fire was added, and more charcoal powder and wood chips were added, and the new coal balls were pressed on and it suddenly became strong. With the light smoke and a slight hissing sound, it began to heat and melt the snow blocks piled in the pot.

When the splashes of the pot rolled up slightly and the tea bags with ingredients were added in advance, the third batch of soldiers who had replaced the food one after another and began to join the waiting sequence in the battle. At this time, the wild forest was still silent, but the first batch of Taiping troops on the periphery were ready to attack.

Amid the sudden sound of drum beats, several rows of shooting sounds with long and short guns were lined up into several horizontal lines, slowly passing through the mixed obstacles on the ground; approaching within a hundred steps of the edge of the wild forest. The next moment, a sharp whistle sounded loudly, but a group of players emerged from behind them, crossing the gap between shooting sounds and crossing the gap toward this forest.

I saw these players who were rushing around without stopping to the road, and after a few breaths, they suddenly paused and threw balls with faint smoke, and turned around without hesitation. After several steps and ten steps, they hit the tree trunks one after another, or rebounded on the branches and leaves of falling snow.

The next moment, with the flashing fire and the many shattered fire rains and flames illuminated the wild forest in an instant, and also illuminated the human figure of a thin and withered person, who was still holding a sword and a fight.

Then, the players who were running back turned around with the sharp whistle, but hugged the platoon and swept on the snow. The next moment, a series of crisp sounds of guns and smoke burst out, and countless lead trajectories that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye passed over their heads, and then slammed the number of forests and human bodies, which also shocked the snow on the branches and leaves.

I don’t know how many rounds of shooting team shot and no longer saw the figures and screams that could stand; only then did the player who had replenished rushed forward again, and threw a wave of arson bombs into the depths of the forest under the burning light of the remaining fire. After a while, someone finally screamed in a mess:

"Give up your life..."

"We are willing to surrender..."

"Don't set the fire again..."

"The villain is coming out now..."

"Give up your weapons and kneel down with your head in your arms."

With the yelling of the Taiping soldiers in front of the formation, some Caizhou soldiers in ragged clothes came out of the wild forest one after another. Then, after a few steps, they knelt in the snow with their heads in their arms, allowing the soldiers with licensed warning to go forward one by one. Then Chai then stepped forward with impatient strode forward and sternly said to the general who looked the most neat and glamorous robes:

"Speak quickly, that's your leader..."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, the third general, and the younger brother of General Qin..."

The general kneeled in the snow, wondering whether he was frightened or his frozen teeth trembling:

"Where is that person!"

Chai Zaiyong couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and he actually caught the highest-ranking thieves in Caizhou.

"I was injured by your arms and fell into the woods."

At the same time, on the inside of Gaoyou Lake, which is adjacent to Chuzhou and Yangzhou, there are still dense withered reeds, people and horses trampled into temporary aisles, and finally gathered in a large open space that was also trampled out. On the frozen ice surface in the distance, there are also horse-drawn slashes constantly leaning over from the shore.

As the highest military general present, he had just been transferred from Jiangling to the Huainan aftermath ambassador's office, responsible for subsequent local control and suppression and pacification, and the Lang general Huo Cun, who was in charge of the subsequent local control and prevention and suppression of peace and security organization; he was also staring at a large settlement hidden in the withered reed marsh and silting on the river.

"Okay, if someone hadn't led the way, the river and marsh water was frozen in winter, how could I know that there was such a residence hidden in this reed marsh?"

"General Lang, the thieves in this water basin are very alert and have good shooting skills. The brothers who are trying to touch have been knocked down in a dozen steps in a row..."

Another jumping captain Li Hanran who arrived first said:

"So, we did not attack again, but instead clamored around the surrounding area to pretend to be suspicious to prevent them from escaping, leaving the back team to reinforce...

"You report to General Huo, a good shooter who is good at shooting through Yang in a hundred steps, isn't it that guy An Renyi..."

"No, Lu Shizhou, Zhu Yanshou and others are also there, I'm afraid there will be some stubborn resistance..."

Wang Jingren and Asuna Yuelu, who were prisoners and leaders, both stood aside carefully or cautiously, and said one after another with a smile when they heard the sound.

"It's okay... I specially brought the hunting team and the strike army's artillery team this time..."

Huo Cun, who looks thick and thick, and has a firm look, is confident:

Among the hunting teams that were launched with drum beats, Geshudiqi, who was carrying a long gun and holding a fork rod in his hand, was listed among them; then, five small cannons placed on the snow pads were dragged up hard, and lined up in the open space facing the water wall.

"The gun crew is given priority to bombarding the sentry towers and arrow towers..."

"The Hunter Team is responsible for knocking down the archers who have exposed their heads..."

"The sword player and the Fire-Going Team are mixed up, ready to follow the orders and impact..."
Chapter completed!