In order to find out the details of the army of thieves, Liu Neng took three of his subordinates to watch from afar, planning to find an opportunity to seize a thief and force him to ask some information.

However, just after the night, the camp of the thieves in the distance was in chaos, as if thousands of troops were fighting each other.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and when he took out the clairvoyant mirror and looked carefully, he saw that the camp of the intruder army had indeed been attacked, and an elite cavalry rushed into the camp of the intruders, making a mess inside.

Although the situation in the clairvoyant mirror was vague, Liu Neng could still judge that this cavalry was full of Tartars. He has fought many times with the Manchurians, and Liu Neng has been on the front line at that time, and he is unforgettable about the appearance of the Manchu Eight Banners, of course, he will not be wrong.

The fact that the Mantars had reached the south bank of the Yangtze River and launched an attack on the thieves made Liu Neng extremely shocked.

When he was in Jiujiang, Liu Neng focused on helping Huang Shu usurp the power of the left army, and did not hear any news of Mantar at all. Now it seems that Zuo Mengeng must have taken refuge in Mantar and led Mantar into Jiujiang, so he had the courage to rebel. Even Zuo Liangyu only disobeyed the imperial court, and never thought of betraying the Ming Dynasty, if there was no foreign aid, Zuo Mengeng would not have such courage!

Zuo Mengeng surrendered, Mantar secretly entered Jiujiang, and launched a surprise attack when the thieves knew nothing, and the army of more than 100,000 thieves collapsed in an instant. Looking at the chaos in the camp in the distance, Liu Neng knew that his defeat was decided.

Mantar subdued Zuo Mengeng's nearly 200,000 troops, captured Jiujiang City, and defeated the thieves, where will he go next? Liu Neng thought about it for a moment and knew where Mantar would go next, he must have continued to attack Nanjing in the east, and the Duoduo Department on the East Road defeated the Ming Dynasty!

I can't stay here, I have to go to Wuhu as soon as possible to get to the old marquis. My mission this time can be described as a complete failure, so let's die on the battlefield of Wuhu to resist the Qing Dynasty, and make up for my mistakes a little!

Thinking of this, Liu Neng didn't want to stay any longer, so he took a few of his men back to the river where the boat was hidden, found the boat in the reeds, and rowed west. Now the way down the river to the east is exhausted, and the only way to go southwest is to bypass Poyang Lake to Wuhu. If you don't leave, it will be very troublesome if the thieves or the full Tartars come here.

The boat rowed south along the Fushui River, and the two sides of the river were extremely silent along the way, and the consequences of the crossing of the army of thieves at this time did not dare ordinary people to come out and run around.

Along the river all the way south, in one day, about eighty or ninety miles. Several people took turns rowing, and all of them were tired. But it's easier than walking.

The next day, after rowing some distance forward, Liu Neng ordered the boat to be abandoned and turned east. To the east is the continuous mountains and hills, which is the separation zone between Jiangxi and Huguang, as long as you climb over the mountains to Jiangxi. Liu Neng decided to go to Nanchang Mansion first, buy a few mules and horses for walking, and then head to Wuhu.

After leaving the river and walking east for two hours, I found two farmers bent over the fields.

Seeing Liu Neng and his entourage, the two farmers stood up, their faces full of vigilance, but they did not turn around and flee, because Liu Neng and the others were obviously dressed like people in the government, satin suits, thin-soled fast boots, and nothing on their bodies was cheap. Since they are not rogue bandits, there is no need to be afraid.

"Fellow, what kind of place is this, and how to get to Nanchang?" Liu Neng stepped forward to ask for directions with a smile on his face, and he was already familiar with how to talk and communicate with people. Coupled with his extremely high language talent, after staying in Wuchang Jiujiang these days, there is a local flavor in the official dialect, which makes the two farmers feel more cordial, and they quickly relax their vigilance.

"The official is going to Nanchang, and it is troublesome to go from here, and he has to climb several mountains." The old farmer was on a hoe and said to Liu Neng.

After inquiry, Liu Neng learned from the mouth of this farmer named Cheng Jiu that this place belongs to Tongshan County, Wuchang Prefecture, across the Taiping Mountains in the south and Jiangxi Province, and can reach Jiangxi and Nanchang after crossing the Taiping Mountain.

"From here, follow the road all the way to the east, see that the mountain is not, that is Jiugong Mountain, there is a mountain road under Jiugong Mountain that leads directly to Jiangxi, but the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk. It is said that the best way to go should be from here to the northeast along the Fushui River into the Yangtze River, take a boat to reach Jiujiang, and then go south from Jiujiang to Nanchang, the road is the easiest to walk. ”

Cheng Jiu is very good at talking, and he is very familiar with the terrain of this generation, not a farmer who only knows how to bury his head in the fields, which suddenly aroused Liu Neng's interest.

"The thieves occupied Wuchang, and they were attacking Jiujiang Mansion through the Yangtze River, and the river was cut off, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to Nanchang from here." Liu Neng said with a smile, "Listening to my brother's voice, he is not an ordinary person, and he even knows so well how to go to Nanchang." ”

"That is, I was the personal entourage of the young master of the Cheng family back then, and I followed the young master of the Cheng family to Jiujiang Mansion at that time, but then I ......" Saying this, Cheng Jiu suddenly closed his mouth, and his face showed a twisted look.

Looking at this Cheng Jiu's appearance, he was also awesome when he was young, but why is he reduced to farming now? And who is the young master of the Cheng family? In normal times, Liu Neng would definitely have thoughts coming out of Cheng Jiu's mouth, but now he was not interested in knowing these things at all.

"Brother, look, we've been walking all the way, the dry food has long been eaten, and the stomach is empty, can you get us some dry food?" Liu Neng said and found a silver ingot that was five taels long.

"Of course you can, of course you can!" Looking at the silver ingot, Cheng Jiu's eyes suddenly straightened, so much silver is enough to buy more than a load of good rice, and now the other party is just asking for some dry food.

"If the officials don't dislike it, go to the old man's house to sit down, and I'll let the Hun family get you some food." Cheng Jiu invited kindly.

"Where is your home? Far from it? Liu Neng asked.

"No, from here to the east, about ten miles. No way, the fields close to the village are all owned by Mr. Cheng's family, and it's good for me to have two acres of good water here, so let's go farther. As if knowing what Liu Neng thought, Cheng Jiu smiled bitterly.

Ten miles! It's not on the road to Nanchang, it's twenty miles back and forth, and Liu Neng really doesn't want to run more.

"Why don't you go to the village to get me some dry food, I'll just wait here, and I'll just rest." Liu Neng said with a smile.

"Of course you can, Liuzi, you can go back to the village quickly, let your aunt get some dry food, and go to Tuzi to buy a few catties of braised meat by the way, hurry up!" Cheng Jiu took the silver with a smile and instructed the young farmer.

"My nephew, named Jin Liu, is stupid and can't speak." Cheng Jiu smiled and said to Liu Neng.

Liu Neng and the others sat on the ridge of the field, resting, and waiting for Jin Liu to retrieve the dry food. The escape from Jiujiang was in a hurry, and a few people didn't have much dry food with them, but yesterday they still thought of getting a few fish to roast, and now they are about to enter the mountains, and they can't do it at all if they don't get some food.

Liu Neng was talking to Cheng Jiu while waiting for Jin Jiu to come back with dry food, but before Jin Jiu could wait, he waited for a few uninvited guests.

There were five people in total, wearing shabby military uniforms, carrying knives, guns and weapons, their faces were full of wind and frost and their bodies were tired, and the one-eyed man led by him looked even more hideous.

Judging from the way they dressed, they looked like routs, and this is less than a hundred miles away from the Yangtze River, and it has only been a day since the great battle that took place west of Jiujiang.

Liu Neng stood up vigilantly, put his hands on the weapon, and Liu Neng himself quietly took out his crossbow and groped for a crossbow arrow behind his back. The opponent has more people than himself, and he doesn't have much advantage in the fight. Liu Nengke didn't want to lose one or two of his men in this place.

The two parties looked at each other, a cold murderous aura was permeating, and they both judged each other's identities from their dresses, so there was nothing to say!

The eagle dog of the government! From the other party's clothes, Li Zicheng immediately judged the identity of the other party, he was born as a post officer, and he was used to being sent back then, and he was very familiar with the dress of the people in the official mansion.

Thief, your mother, several eagle dogs from the government dare to be arrogant in front of Lao Tzu! At this moment, Li Zicheng's anger was very uncomfortable, and he was defeated by the Mantar cavalry's sneak attack, so that a wildfire kept burning in his chest, and he couldn't vent it if he wanted to. The four around him were all henchmen who risked their lives to protect him, and he naturally couldn't send evil fire on them.

It's very good now, there are a few eagle dogs from the government in front of me, let me take you out of anger! At this moment, Li Zicheng didn't want to care about the gains and losses, he just wanted to fight a good battle and kill a few people to vent his anger! Although the number of opponents is also about the same, there is a natural psychological advantage in dealing with the soldiers of the Ming army.

There was no extra language, and there was no shouting and scolding, and both sides invariably drew their weapons and rushed towards each other.

Li Zicheng wanted to kill people to vent his anger, and Liu Neng also had an evil fire in his heart that made him unwilling to escape. Several of his subordinates are also the elite of the enemy intelligence department, and it is no problem to kill a few Shun army routs.

Liu Neng flashed his crossbow from behind him, and hooked the machine at a rushing thief, and the crossbow arrow "chirped" into the chest of the thief, and then Liu Neng threw away the crossbow, pulled out the steel knife and rushed towards the one-eyed thief.

Shot and killed a thief, and now the number of people on both sides is equal, and now they are fighting each other, dancing with knives and guns.

On one side is the soldiers of the Enemy Intelligence Division, the elite carefully selected in the Pingnan Army, and on the other side is the elite of the battle-hardened army, the guards around Emperor Dashun, after the battle, both sides realized that the other party's difficulty was not as easy to deal with as imagined. It's not easy to kill the other person easily and win.

Liu Neng swung his sword to block Li Zicheng's sword, and when he was about to take advantage of the situation to slash the opponent, a vicious wind swept towards his waist and abdomen, but it was Li Zicheng who raised his foot and kicked it hard. Liu Neng hurriedly deviated from his body, but was swept to his thigh by Li Zicheng's legs.

Staggering back, the one-eyed thief on the opposite side was raising his sword again. Liu Neng hurriedly swung the knife to block it, but he couldn't use his strength and was chopped away by the other party's knife.

raised a kick and kicked the chest of the official eagle dog in front of him, kicking him to the ground at once. Li Zicheng smiled and raised his sword to catch up, and stepped on the chest of the eagle dog.

I'm going to cut off his limbs first, and then stab him to death with a sword, Li Zicheng thought with a cruel smile.

From the time the battle suddenly started, the farmer Cheng Jiu was stunned all of a sudden, Ben was secretly happy to make a small fortune, and in the blink of an eye, there was a fight in front of him. Naturally, it was an official who talked to him about giving him money, but the group of people who suddenly appeared looked like bandits.

Seeing that the official in front of him who was kind to him was knocked to the ground, and the one-eyed bandit stabbed with his sword, for some reason, Cheng Jiu had a sense of courage in his heart. This courage made him lift his hoe, take a quick step, and slam it at the one-eyed bandit who was facing him sideways.

When Li Zicheng was about to pick up his sword and cut it down, he felt his head shook, and the sky swirled for a while, and blood flowed out of the back of his neck, flowing into his neck cold. He turned his head to see a thin farmer with a hoe looking at him in horror.

"Thief, your mother, Lao Tzu has been dominating the world for more than ten years, but I didn't expect to fall into the hands of a farmer!" This was Li Zicheng's last thought, and then his majestic body fell heavily into the mud with a "bang".

"Your Majesty!" Seeing this scene, Zhang Nai, who was fighting with a soldier of the Enemy Intelligence Division, roared angrily.

Liu Neng got up, glanced at Cheng Jiu gratefully, picked up the sword on the ground, and slashed at Li Zicheng's neck, where the head rolled down, blood splattered out.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Nai seemed to be crazy, and waved his knife to force back the enemy intelligence soldiers in front of him, and he was about to kill Liu Neng.

"Big brother, let's go, Your Majesty is dead!" One of the guards stepped forward, blocked a knife from behind for Zhang Nai, and shouted hiss. And he was slashed and fell in a pool of blood.

Zhang Nai suddenly woke up, three of his own people had died, and he and another guard were left, while the other party counted that the farmer had five people, and he couldn't avenge His Majesty today. Escape first, and then come with a large army to take revenge!

Thinking of this, Zhang Nai no longer fell in love with the war, shouted at the other guard, and ran back and forth.

For the fleeing enemy, Liu Neng did not chase after him, he was thinking about a problem.

Your Majesty, when the one-eyed man in front of him was killed just now, the escaped thief called him Your Majesty. I have heard for a long time that the thief Li Zicheng was shot blind in one eye when he opened the seal, could it be said that this is the bandit leader Li Zicheng?

A great surprise surged into Liu Neng's heart, if this person was really the bandit leader Li Zicheng, killing him could be said to be avenging the blood of the Ming Dynasty, and even Emperor Chongzhen had to reward himself greatly.

Leaning over the corpse and examining it, he soon found a package around his waist, opened it, and saw a large gold seal. However, with Liu Neng's half bottle of water, he naturally did not recognize the seal engraved on the gold seal. However, since it was a golden seal, and the one who was killed was a one-eyed man, and the person who fled called him Your Majesty, Liu Neng was already nine points sure that this person in front of him was the bandit leader Li Zicheng!

As long as this golden seal and the head are sent to the imperial court, presumably Emperor Chongzhen will greatly reward himself, and the Hou Ye will also be very happy.

However, Liu Neng stopped again, even if this is Li Zicheng, what can he do? But it is completely unable to solve the current dilemma. The Qing army has already occupied Jiujiang, and the next step will definitely be to attack Wuhu and Nanjing, which are still very critical.

I can't just go to Wuhu! Since Li Zicheng is dead, Dashun is also dead, so Hao Shaoqi must not hesitate anymore. As long as I go to Wuchang, I should be able to persuade Hao Shaoqi to surrender to the Marquis, so that with Hao Shaoqi's tens of thousands of troops, maybe I can relieve the siege of Wuhu, isn't it better than returning to Wuhu alone?