Due to the civil uprising in the central and southern parts of Tingzhou, Su Chengyu and others could only bypass Tingzhou Mansion from the north side as much as possible, and planned to enter Jiangxi from the ancient city wall through Wuyi Mountain.

When they walked to Ninghua County, they met people running north with large bags and small bags from time to time, and only after questioning did they know that these were all people who dragged their families to escape the mob.

Along the way, only Su Chengyu's team of chariots and horses always went south, which was particularly unique.

When they passed by the Zhixian Yamen, they saw that the gate was closed, and the soap officials were lying on the wall, holding bows, arrows, and firearms and looking out vigilantly.

Su Chengyu summoned Shi Lin and motioned to the county government, "Go and ask what's going on here." ”

"Yes!"

After a while, Shi Lin returned, saying that according to the news of Ninghua County, the rebels were only a hundred miles away from here, and the soldiers and horses of the Ninghua Inspection Division drove to Yongde to quell the chaos.

"Yongde?" Su Chengyu opened the map and immediately said angrily, "Yongde is in the north of Ninghua County, and the chaotic people are in the south." This inspection department was scared away! No wonder the people of Ninghua are fleeing north. ”

"Master, what do you think we are going to do now?" Shi Lin looked at Su Chengyu and asked.

This civil unrest has spread widely, and I don't know when it will be able to be suppressed. Su Chengyu secretly thought in his heart, if he didn't go to the ancient walled city, if he wanted to cross Wuyi Mountain, he would only have to go hundreds of miles north to take Zixi to Jianchang, Jiangxi. Not to mention the detour, it is not certain that Jianchang is not in the hands of Daming at this time.

"How far is it from the walled city?" He asked.

Shi Lin thought for a while and said, "Hui Ye, there are still more than one hundred and sixty miles." ”

"At this time, the rebels are still a hundred miles away." Su Chengyu made up his mind and pointed to the southwest, "Let's speed up our movements, stick to the edge of Tingzhou Mansion, and we will be able to enter Wuyi Mountain Road tomorrow." ”

"Yes!" Shi Lin immediately beckoned everyone to get on the horse and board the car, and hurried to the southwest at any cost.

After walking another forty or fifty miles out of Ninghua County, the carriage and horses encountered fewer and fewer refugees, but there were no mobs. Thinking that the civil unrest should still be concentrated in Tingzhou Mansion, everyone's sense of tension is gradually not as strong as before.

However, Su Chengyu still ordered the guards to load the muskets with ammunition, and the ignition rope must not be extinguished, ready to fight at any time.

This measure quickly paid off.

When the sky was about to darken, several horses rushed towards him.

Shi Lin's eyes were the best, and he saw from afar that the two people in front were wearing Ming army uniforms, and the back was dusty, and about seven or eight horses were chasing after him.

He immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Alert! Protect Your Highness! ”

Two carriages stood on both sides of Su Chengyu's carriage, more than a dozen guards stood side by side in front of the carriage with spears, and about 20 people behind them were either armed with guns or bows, all aiming at the riders on the opposite side.

The rest of the guards guarded the convoy around the convoy to guard against a sneak attack.

Those scholars had never been on the battlefield, and they were not standing anywhere at this time, and they seemed at a loss. In the end, it was the Zhu family, a veteran of the battlefield, who stuffed them into the circle formed by the carriage.

The man on the horse opposite also saw the carriage and horse here, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Help! White Lotus Demon Thief! ”

"Hurry up and report to the Ninghua Inspection Division!"

Before the two of them could finish speaking, a feathered arrow flew past them and pierced the ground twenty paces in front of Shi Lin, the tail of the arrow still trembling.

Shi Lin raised his eyes to look at the people and horses chasing behind, only to see several long knives, iron forks flashing in cold light, and some people carrying fire guns. The person chasing at the front fired his bow and arrows from time to time, but his archery skills were average, and he never failed to shoot the two fleeing Ming soldiers.

These people soon saw the battle on Su Chengyu's side from a distance, and couldn't help but slow down their horses, and read loudly: "The lifeless sages are all in the world. Wait for a small night, and quickly disperse......"

Hearing these words, Shi Lin immediately stopped hesitating, the muscles of his arms bulged, he drew a hard bow, and shouted at the two Ming soldiers: "Avoid!" ”

The two jerked the reins, and the crotch-mounted mounts were forced aside.

Shi Lin took advantage of the gap between the two horses to shoot an arrow, and at the same time he gave an order to the guards, "Hit me!" ”

The pursuers did not appear to be flustered, most of them were wearing leather armor, and they were still about ninety paces away from the opposite chariot and horse. At this distance, neither the bow nor the fire gun should have any chance of hurting them.

However, the swish stopped, and one person covered his neck with his hand, blood splashed everywhere, and he turned over and fell off his horse without snorting.

A series of clanging followed, and another man and a horse were shot. The rest of the people were stunned on the spot - how could this gun shoot through more than half an inch thick crust from 90 paces away?!

The fat man with a white scarf on his head was the first to come back to his senses, turned around his horse, and shouted, "Retreat!" ”

The other riders hurriedly pulled the reins, and when they just turned their heads, the word "driving" had not yet been shouted, and there were sporadic ringings behind them, and the loading speed was very fast, which frightened several people into a cold sweat.

But this time they were lucky, and all the buckshot missed.

Shi Lin turned around and took the mount and was about to chase after him, but he was afraid that someone would be unfavorable to Su Chengyu, so he had to order seven or eight guards who were good at riding skills, and ordered them to run away.

At first, the fat man with a white scarf on his head saw that the guards in front of Su Chengyu's convoy were not wearing Ming army clothes, and he only thought that he was a businessman and gentry who fled for their lives, and tried to scare the other party away by moving out of the name of the White Lotus Sect.

Unexpectedly, this "businessman" was not only not deterred, but shot two of himself in a moment, no, it was three people, and even if the one who fell off the horse did not fall to his death, he would definitely not be able to escape.

It's just that he couldn't figure out how he could be shot through the leather armor by the fire gun at such a distance, and that terrifying arrow, at least a two-stone bow could shoot so far, and an arrow hit the throat!

He heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him getting more and more urgent, and when he looked back, he was shocked again - these people were so good at riding that they were more than ninety steps apart just now, and they were about half as close in a blink of an eye.

He looked around, and ran into a forest.

To say that this fat man is really a little wronged, he happened to bump into the only group of people who use granular gunpowder and fixed ammunition in the Ming Dynasty today.

Granular gunpowder can increase the range and power, and at the same time, it is not easy to explode, so these guards have loaded the bird gun, which should have used three-coin gunpowder, into the three-coin powder to fire.

You must know that the Ministry of Industry, known as the "undercover agent of the Qing Army", is accustomed to corruption and shoddy. Who would dare to use the guns they made with two or three percent gunpowder? Wait for the bombing chamber to become crippled.

The full load of granular gunpowder, coupled with the paper skin on the outside of the fixed ammunition, has the effect of reducing air leakage, so the guards can easily burst the leather armor ninety paces away.

It's just that because the distance is too far, the hit rate can't be seen at all, otherwise the two rounds of birds just now, where can there be a living creature on the opposite side?

As for Shi Lin's arrow, he relied on a hard bow in his hand to shoot from a pawn all the way to President Qian in the northern battlefield, and he also relied on this hard bow to become the commander of the palace guards. The distance of more than ninety paces was not yet his maximum range.

A guard brought the two frightened Ming soldiers to Su Chengyu, and the two thanked them for their kindness, and then briefly recounted the situation.

Originally, the civil uprising in the northern part of Tingzhou had been basically controlled, but half a month ago, some people recruited believers among the chaotic people in the name of the White Lotus Sect. Tingzhou checked for a while, but didn't find out why.

These White Lotus Sect people are highly organized and armed, and yesterday they suddenly led a mob north and attacked Qingliu County, which was unprepared. Soon captured the county government and the inspection department.

These two people escaped from the Qingliu Inspection Division to report the news, and only the two of them escaped from the Ming army in the entire Qingliu County.