Because of wading in the water just now, not only did Mandado and dozens of other thieves get soaked, but Chen Xin couldn't avoid it, they were also soaked, and because of this, Chen Xin woke up from the coma.

As soon as Chen Xin opened his eyes, he knew his situation, he was kidnapped by thieves.

"My lord, Chen Xin has woken up!" Someone went to tell Mandardo that Chen Xin had woken up.

"Who are you, why did you kidnap the little old man!" Seeing Mandardo coming over, Chen Xin knew that Mandardo was the leader of this group of thieves, so he looked at Mandardo and asked.

Mandardo smiled, snorted slightly, and said: "We are Qing warriors, and I intend to take you to meet our regent, don't worry, as long as you cooperate with us well, I promise not to hurt you a single hair." ”

Mandado didn't care if Chen Xin knew their identities, in fact, even if he didn't tell Chen Xin, along the way, Chen Xin would definitely be able to guess by himself, he was just a little old man, what tricks could he play in front of him.

"Tartar?" Chen Xin was shocked.

In just a moment, Chen Xin was bitter, full of pessimism, and was captured by the Manchurians, he had a premonition that he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to survive this catastrophe, not that he was afraid of death, but that after his death, his granddaughter was not too old, what should he do alone.

Out of some consideration, Mandado did not stun Chen Xin again, but fled to the mountains and forests with a sober Chen Xin.

Although Mandardo knew that it was unlikely that they could escape the Ming army's search, as a wolf, he also had the quality of never giving up until the last moment, so he would act according to his plan before he was really cornered, and now it was up to them to escape from this riverside mountain forest before the Ming army formed a siege.

Mandala and dozens of other thieves began to hold Chen Xin hostage, fleeing in a direction that seemed likely to escape quickly from the mountains.

This mountain is not very large, less than ten miles in radius.

Closer and closer to the edge of the mountain forest.

However, before Mandardo and the others could show any excitement, a large group of Ying Longjun's figures suddenly appeared at the edge of the mountain forest.

"Thief! Where to go! "This is Zhang Kuishan, commander of the Fifth Army.

Zhang Kuishan didn't expect that he was the first to collide with the thief, and immediately pounced with joy.

"Ying Longjun!" Mandardo's face was blue.

"You guys, stop Ying Longjun!" Mandardo gave an order, and more than a dozen thieves stepped forward to stop the rushing Ying Long army, while Mandardo and more than forty other thieves held Chen Xin hostage and fled in another direction.

"The thief is gone!" There were only a dozen thieves, fearless of death, although they blocked the more than 300 Ying Long troops around Zhang Kuishan for a moment, but Zhang Kuishan didn't want to just let Man Daduo and others go, and took a few Ying Long soldiers to bypass the dozen thieves who came to stop and continued to chase Man Daduo and others.

The entire mountain forest is not very large, and the encirclement of Ying Long's army is gradually shrinking.

At this moment, in the face of the encirclement of tens of thousands of troops, Mandado and others could not escape.

"The thief is gone!" No, Mandado and the others didn't run far from the other direction, and they encountered another Ying Long army, which was led by a staff general of the Second Army.

"Stop them!" Mandardo also ordered more than a dozen thieves to stop him, just like last time, while he continued to run in the other direction with Chen Xin.

"Haha, thief, look where you're going!" Zhang Kuishan was hanging not far from Mandaduo and the others, seeing that Mandaduo was blocked in front of him, he had to change directions again, Zhang Kuishan laughed, burst into cheers, and accelerated the pursuit.

As time passed little by little, the probability of Mandaduo and others encountering Ying Long's army became higher and higher, and even Jinyiwei appeared, indicating that the Ming Emperor Zhu Cijiao was also nearby. There were fewer and fewer thieves around Mandarta, and in the end, only a few thieves were left with him.

Mandardo's face was gloomy, and he watched countless armies encircling him from all directions, and now that he was appointed, he really couldn't escape.

Of course, although the matter has come to this point, Mandado is still unwilling to fail, he has not yet reached the last moment, and he still has Chen Xin's shield in his hand.

Thinking about it, Mandado held Chen Xin hostage in front of him, and the dagger was on Chen Xin's neck.

"If you dare to come here, I'll kill this old man first!" Mandardo had a hideous face.

Mandaduo's move really made the Ying Long army jealous, and all the Ying Long troops who surrounded him stopped at a distance of ten meters from Mandado.

Suddenly, a gap was opened on the east side, and Zhu Ci walked out of here and faced Mandado. In addition, there is Chen Xiuxiu, since Zhu Cicheng promised to bring her to find Chen Xin, he followed his promise to take her with him.

"Thief, let go of Old Chen!" Zhu Ci shouted.

"Grandpa!" Looking at the grandfather who was held hostage by thieves and drove a dagger around his neck, Chen Xiuxiu's heart was about to stop, and she wanted to run up without thinking about it, but fortunately she was stopped by Zhu Ci in time.

Seeing that Chen Xiuxiu also came, Chen Xin was quite excited.

"Hahahaha, Emperor Ming, are you willing to let me go! If he refuses, he will die before me!" Mandardo laughed wildly, and at this moment, he still did not give up, as long as there was still the slightest chance he would seize.

Zhu Ci hesitated: "As long as you let Chen Lao go, I promise to let you cross the river in the name of Emperor Ming!" ”

Zhu Ci made a promise, compared to Chen Xin's importance, a few thieves such as Mandaduo were insignificant, and it was not impossible to let them cross the river.

"Hahahaha, Emperor Daming, what I want is not to cross the river by myself, what I want is to cross the river with Chen Xin, don't worry, after crossing the river, I will definitely release Chen Xin back." Mandardo laughed again and grinned.

Although Mandado believed that Zhu Ci would definitely keep his promise and let him cross the river, Chen Xin was also bound to win, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the regent, and if he could not complete the task, the wolf would be a waste, and he would have no shame to go back to meet the regent.

Mandardo was undoubtedly a model of not being afraid of death, and everything he did was to accomplish the task given to him by Dorgon.

Hearing Mandaduo's request, Zhu Ci was silent.

Don't look at Mandaduo who said that Chen Xin would be released after the river, but as long as anyone with a little bit of brains knows that this must be a pretext, as long as he really crosses the river, it will never be possible to let Chen Xin go.

As the director of the Firearms Bureau, Chen Xin personally participated in the research and development of all projects, and his importance to Daming is self-evident, and in the same way, Zhu Ciji could not allow the Manchus to really get Chen Xin anyway, even if he believed that even if Chen Xin fell into the hands of the Manchus, the Manchus would not want to ask any secrets from his mouth, but he did not dare to fight, nor did he want to watch an old man who was nearly sixty years old being tortured by the Manchus.

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