The Ming army, lacking clothes and shoes, without armor or helmet, received the order and immediately armed himself with everything he could find.

The sharpened wooden spear, the sturdy stick, and even a little unique. They tied stones to the sticks and acted as stone axes and hammers. If they don’t look at their clothes, they have to think that they are returning to the Stone Age. However, for them, they can feel more at ease with their hands. As for whether it is easy to use, whether it is good or not, they don’t have the conditions to pick and choose.

With the hope of having enough food, these defeated soldiers were soon organized by Luo Yunzhang and the remaining officers. Although there was no horse to explore the horse, they still had experience and soon found the town. The army came out together, but the local villagers were no longer able to react faster as local snakes. When the Ming army approached the town, the gentry and wealthy families in the town had already organized a village warrior to guard against bandits and were ready to fight.

"I am Zhang Huangyan, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, and the Minister of War, Hanlin Academy."

Zhang Huangyan shouted outside the town, and the rich gentry and patriarchs in the town looked from afar, believing and skeptical, and soon all looked at the face of the gentry in the head.

"It seems, it should be true."

As soon as he said that, the rich gentry and tribe leaders immediately changed their expressions. People came from the county early this morning, meaning that Chizhou Prefecture is no longer surnamed Ming, and has changed its surname to Qing, so that the rich gentry and tribe leaders of various tribes can watch it. If they encounter the remnants of the Ming army, they will lock them into the county and receive many rewards.

More than ten years ago, Yang Tianzhen's surname was Ming, and his surname was more than two hundred years ago. Later, the Tartars came and had to change their surname to Qing. A few days ago, the gentry from all over the place connected, and the Green Camp of the officials in Chizhou decided to change their past due to the power of the army and the hardness of the manifesto. However, when the news of the Ming army's defeat in Nanjing came, it was immediately changed back.

"Of course what should I do!"

From the heart, they were personally interested in the Ming Dynasty because of the inspiration of civilization. However, there is no airtight wall in this world. If they help the Ming army, they will inevitably bear the punishment of the Qing government and the green camp. Once a dilemma occurs, choice will become inevitable.

"Why give them some food and let them leave quickly."

"I'm afraid it's easy to invite God to send him to God."

"Shangshu Zhang's character is still trustworthy. Have you ever heard of killing a soldier with four cents of silver?"

"So what, can you guarantee that the news will not leak?"

“…”

Zhang Huangyan shouted outside the town for a long time, but there was no response in the town. The village warriors did not put down their weapons. Hesitation was an attitude. The more time went by, the more cold Zhang Huangyan felt. Even though it was already summer, the heat from the outside could not resist the cold from the heart.

"Grand Sima, if you don't have food, you'll scatter."

"No!" Zhang Huangyan turned his head and shouted angrily at Luo Yunzhang: "We are the king's army, not the Tartars, nor the bandits!"

It seemed as if someone heard Zhang Huangyan's words in the dark. A group of gentry and wealthy families and clan leaders from various families came out and walked straight to greet them.

"I would like to forgive my old eyes and other people for being dizzy and negligent. I hope I will forgive you."

Discussed.

Zhang Huangyan thought so, but he didn't care. The current situation was really unfavorable to them. It is true that these gentry have prestige in the countryside, but they also have a large number of tribe members and family members to consider. If they have too many concerns, they will inevitably hesitate. But as long as they can still welcome each other, it means that his efforts during this period have not been in vain.

"It's normal for human nature."

The Ming army did not enter the town, and even Luo Yunzhang did not enter. However, the town still cooked a lot of food to enter the Ming army. Zhang Huangyan and the dozen warriors who acted as guards were invited in by Zheng Erzhi.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Zhang Huangyan asked them to praise some military supplies.

"Please rest assured, Shangshu Zhang, we will never sit idly by the king's side and be trapped in the cold and hunger."

One answer, the others were also echoing each other. Zhang Huangyan put down his heart and raised his glass to toast everyone to express his gratitude. However, he did not spend the night in the town, and at night he returned to a simple camp outside the town to live.

The next morning, the food prepared by the town was delivered to the camp. After Zhang Huangyan thanked him, he took the defeated troops out of the town and marched south to the safer Huizhou Prefecture.

Zhang Huangyan came and left in a hurry. Watching Zhang Huangyan leave with his turn, everyone looked at each other and returned to the place where the common people discussed in the past.

"Have people been sent out?"

“It’s already set out.”

"That's good. It's their business to catch up or not. We have already done all our duties and we can't blame us no matter what we say."

"This matter..."

Hearing this hesitation, the gentry in charge shouted sternly: "The matter has been done, can you still want to renege?"

"No, I have no such intention." The gentry swallowed and then said, "It's just that now that Yanping's vassal is defeated, but Kuaiji's vassal is in full swing. If the killing god knows about it in the future, we may not be able to lose the good."

"Haha, let's take care of the present. If it doesn't work, it will be said that it was betrayed by the outsider, and it has nothing to do with us. Besides, I heard that Kuaiji Fen and Yanping Fen, Li Jingluo and others were incompatible, so this time the Yanping Fen marched north. Maybe Zhang Shangshu died in Chizhou and he would be happy."

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The Ming Dynasty had a large number of soldiers, and had seen formations and received special training. The combat effectiveness was naturally far greater than that of those local tyrants. Even if the weapons and equipment were poor, it could not change this result.

The gentry understood this and knew that they could not force it, but they were afraid that they would be reported to the Qing government. They simply used this double-faced method of first treating and then reporting, just to protect themselves. The gentry, these gentry, have close relationships with Chizhou Prefecture, Chizhou Green Camp and Chi Taidao, not to mention the relationship between classmates and classmates in the same year, and are not afraid of encountering the plaintiff and the defendant after eating. However, Zhang Huangyan's troops are much more dangerous, but this is not within their considerations.

The envoy who rushed to Qingyang County to report was moving all the way, and soon arrived at Qingyang County. He was soon received by the magistrate.

However, the reception was received and the news was delivered, but there was no way to Qingyang County. The Chizhou Green Camp discovered the Ming army bombing camp early yesterday morning, and chased a large-scale defeated army, trying to catch Zhang Huangyan's big fish. However, the defeated army was not the one where Zhang Huangyan was located, but headed towards Fenghuang Mountain in the northeast, and was preparing to flee to Taiping Prefecture.

The time was too short. Before the Chizhou Green Camp received the news that the Taiping Prefecture Green Camp had solved the problem of the Ming army stationed there, he thought about it. Zhang Huangyan planned to join the Ming army there, and then fled on the boat and chased him without hesitation. In this way, Chizhou Prefecture became empty. When the Qingyang County Magistrate got the news, he could only send people to find it, but it was not something he could find it just by looking for it.

However, in this era without radio communications and satellite positioning, the unlucky Chizhou Green Camp pursued the wrong direction, and Zhang Yingxiang, who seemed to have been abandoned by the goddess of luck, was once again favored.

"The pirate Zhang Huangyan is in Qingyang County. You led the infantry to follow him. The commander personally brought the cavalry to chase him. We must not let them approach Huizhou."

The Minister of War, Hanlin Academy, served as a scholar, and in addition to the recent recovery of several prefectures, Zhang Huangyan can be said to be the biggest big fish in Zheng Chenggong's defeat in Nanjing. Whether he can turn over is all due to his revenge.

Zhang Yingxiang was very lucky, but he was also anxious. After all, the closer we went south, the closer we were to Huizhou. It was ridiculous that Huizhou was still the place where he guarded not long ago, but now it is as far away as possible, the better.

In fact, when the Ming army chose to give up Huizhou under the military front, Zhang Yingxiang no longer cared about this. Now, his primary task was to capture Zhang Huangyan, which was Zhang Ben when the Qing court held him accountable in the future.

The Iron Cavalry chased the Ming army on foot. Even if it was a few days late, the speed difference between the two sides was really quite large. If Zhang Huangyan's troops had not entered the mountainous area soon, they would have caught up with it long ago.

At night, Zhang Yingxiang and the personal soldiers and cavalry he brought were repairing in a valley. They chased after the wheel marks and footprints, but the forest really blocked the sight and affected the speed of travel. After night, they had to stop and repair them, and then continue to chase them the next day.

"Master, when they discovered the bandits, they camped in a valley about ten miles south."

"good!"

This is the best news. To the south of this place, it is still the boundary of Chizhou Prefecture, which is nearly a hundred miles away from Huizhou. It is impossible for the Ming army there to come in large numbers. It is really God is helping him, but Zhang Yingxiang did not worry.

"Send the order to repair it tonight, and set out tomorrow morning to strive to catch up with the bandits at noon."

Zhang Yingxiang had absolute confidence in winning the battle. After all, his opponents were just defeated soldiers, while his side was all elite cavalry brought from Henan. Since that's the case, it would be better to let them live one more night than to kill them happily, but let Zhang Huangyan's big fish run away at night, which would put the cart before the horse.

The Ming army was camping with fire in the valley. Zhang Yingxiang strictly prohibited the horse from exploring the horse and looked closer to take a look, so as to prevent the snake from being alerted. The night passed nervously. At dawn, the horse came back and reported that it was the Ming army that was setting off the camp and preparing to set off. At this time, we must catch up as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yingxiang had just ordered the departure, and the horse was exploring the horse to catch up, saying that a Qing army had also chased him.

"Damn it, it must be that magistrate talks too much. When he goes back, he will tear up that guy's mouth!"

It was related to the merits. Zhang Yingxiang became angry from his heart, and evil was aroused by the courage. After a moment of thinking, he asked the stalker gloomy: "How many people have come, which mansion, who leads the team, and how about the military preparations?"

A murderous aura came, and the provocateur swallowed and replied quickly: "Report to the general, there are less than 300 people coming, all of them are cavalry, and they are all good at armor and weapons. It is not clear which mansion is exactly, but the officers in the head are wearing the armor of the Eight Banners Army."

"What?!"

It was not the Green Camp, but the Eight Banners Army. Zhang Yingxiang was immediately sweating. Fortunately, the Green Camp was the emperor's slave, and his status was far higher than the Green Camp. He, the general of the Green Camp, was not a general who held heavy troops and dominated the important land. He was just a stray dog ​​who lost his trust. The gap was really large. What's more, there were no less than 300 cavalry, and although the number was less than that of him, if one and a half were really running out, he might as well surrender to Zhang Huangyan directly.

The situation was stronger than that of others, so Zhang Yingxiang had to take his personal soldiers to ask for a visit. However, when he saw these Qing troops, he was glad that he had made his choice.

The people who came were tall horses, their armor was brand new, and their weapons were all equipped. The cavalry were standing straight on the horse, without looking at them, obviously they were elite soldiers who had been strictly trained. However, the Eight Banners Army headed, from the armor, had blue bottoms and red edges.

"Blue Flag?"

Without hesitation, Zhang Yingxiang hurriedly came to the Eight Banners officer, regardless of the other party's official position, and respectfully bowed.

"The last general, Zhang Yingxiang, general of Huizhou, dare you ask what the general calls him?"

The Eight Banners officers looked arrogant and almost all their nostrils were facing the sky. When they heard Zhang Yingxiang's question, they said a lot of rumbling in their mouths, which made Zhang Yingxiang confused.

"Look, you don't understand Manchu dialect. This general is the Han army's blue flag and the Han army's blue flag is divided into Shiku Li Ming. My uncle is the Han army's third-class guard Li Guohan, the guard of Melgen, the third-class guard of Gushan Ezhen, Gushan."

This face was not the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but better than the Eight Banners of Manchuria. With the Liaodong accent, Zhang Yingxiang immediately believed it. After hearing the next half of the sentence, Zhang Yingxiang's face suddenly became stiff.

Who is Li Guohan? Among the Han military flags, one of the most trusted military generals from Huang Taiji to Dorgon to Shunzhi, the Melgen guards were granted by Huang Taiji back then. Now they are third-class marquis. They are nominally the deputy of King Wu Sangui of Pingxi, but in fact they are equivalent to the military supervisor. Such a big man, a nephew, must be offered a priest even an ordinary flag lord.

"That, General Li, can you give your waist card a long experience?"

Zhang Yingxiang was humble, but Li Ming's men were very unhappy, but Li Ming did not refuse. He just threw the waist card to Zhang Yingxiang as if he had never seen it before.

After taking the waist card, Zhang Yingxiang had never seen it. Since he dared to give it to him, he just looked at it symbolically and then put his hands back with respect.

"Really now?"

The local bun, who has never seen the world, looked at the expression and tone, didn't need to say it at all, but Zhang Yingxiang understood, and Li Ming had no intention of concealing it at all.

The issue of identity came to an end, and Li Ming asked Zhang Yingxiang: "Can you find the pirate Zhang Huangyan?"

It's true that I came to grab the credit.

However, behind the little Han military officer in front of him was a big shot who could not be offended, Zhang Yingxiang could only tell the truth.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and lead the way and catch the pirate Zhang Huangyan. It won't help you."

The great achievements became someone else's, and Zhang Yingxiang was furious, but when he thought of this guy's background, his anger was immediately splashed with a basin of cold water.

However, after thinking about it, if he could get in touch with such a person, it would be a good thing in the future, so he hurriedly called his subordinates to go straight to the Ming army.

The infantry riding on horseback and chasing the carriages were finally much faster, and soon they caught up with the Ming army under Zhang Huangyan's troops.

The Qing army's cavalry suddenly came, and the Ming army was already a frightened bird. Even though they had rested in the town and their morale had recovered a little, they saw a brigade of Qing army cavalry appearing in front of them with their own eyes, panic was inevitable.

"Soldiers, if we defeat this Tartars, we can move to Huizhou to repair it."

Zhang Huangyan tried his best to boost morale, but it was useless. If Luo Yunzhang and his follower Yang Guanyu were not stopped, he would have been to the formation long ago.

Before the war was seen, the Ming army had begun to collapse. Zhang Yingxiang, who was sure to win, quickly ordered the entire army to attack, fearing that Zhang Huangyan would escape in the chaos.

Zhang Yingxiang's subordinates began to charge, while the Eight Banners Army was supervising the battle behind them as if they were watching from the wall. When the Ming army in the distance saw the Qing army coming, they suddenly fled in all directions, without any intention of resistance. But at this moment, a cough beside them, Zhang Yingxiang suddenly remembered, and a man was waiting to serve him.
Chapter completed!