The decisive assault of Wang Mingde and others did attract almost all the attention of the Ming army, but Daniel Zhang was still in danger, and there were still enemy soldiers chasing after him, and there were still his own routs around him.

"I've come through all the winds and waves, how can I die in this place?" Daniel Zhang, who had already changed into a soldier's uniform, cheered himself up while moving forward bravely. According to Admiral Zhang's experience, as long as the response is done properly, the small soldiers actually have a better chance of escaping. Especially in this kind of heavy encirclement, if there is a group of pro-soldiers around him, it will definitely be the key target of the Ming army, that is, the captured soldiers of their own side, in order to save their lives, they will also report to the Ming army that they saw "a certain general with a large group of people" fleeing in a certain direction, and will not specifically mention that a certain veteran in a tattered military uniform is alone in a certain direction: "When the wolf chases the pig, he knows how to pick a big one, how can Lao Tzu be stupid?" ”

Since Daniel Zhang now gave himself the status of a pig chased by wolves, then he was determined to be as skinny as a pig as possible, he dismissed all his own soldiers and escaped alone, although it did not attract the attention of any Ming army, but this undoubtedly reduced Daniel Zhang's self-defense ability, if he could not avoid the eyes and ears of the Ming army with his rich experience, then even if there were only two or three enemy soldiers, he could easily capture him.

Listening to the voices of people around him, Daniel Zhang had fled two miles away from the original position of the flag, and he did not follow the current to the west, but turned around in a circle to the southeast—a fierce battle had just broken out here, and the victorious Ming army might have simply cleaned the battlefield, and would be attracted away from here because of the war in the west. Daniel Zhang found a fox hole, and while squatting at the mouth of the cave to catch his breath, he carefully observed the movements around him.

Daniel Zhang knew that it was still not 100% safe here, and Yuan Zongdi might pass by nearby when he returned to the division, and it would be best if he could hide in the mountains to the north, and if the situation was not good, he would lurk in the mountains and wait. However, Daniel Zhang's plan could not be realized for a long time, and the cavalry of the Ming army passed by from time to time on the road, and the Ming army auxiliaries were monitoring the captured prisoners. Most unfortunately, one of the Ming army auxiliaries chose to be held close to Daniel Zhang's hiding place.

Seeing that the Ming army had set up a circle on the nearby hill to house prisoners of war, Daniel Zhang's heart was bitter, if this place was established as a temporary prisoner of war camp, there would be a large number of guards around, and soon he would find Admiral Zhang hiding at the foot of the mountain. Where this Ming army went was not good, but set up a temporary prisoner of war camp in Admiral Zhang's hideout, which was really a crime of death for Daniel Zhang, not a war crime.

There were more and more soldiers, and while a large number of Ming army auxiliaries had not yet taken prisoners, Daniel Zhang had to risk leaving his hiding place. The risk he had to take really led to Daniel Zhang being in danger, and when he slipped into the jungle, two Ming army auxiliaries seemed to see the figure flickering, thinking that a prisoner had escaped, so they chased him with sticks to find him.

The battlefield here has been cleaned, and the advantage is that the Ming army will no longer bother to examine the corpses on the ground, and a few people have concluded that it was a delusion just now and has gone back, but there are still three Ming soldiers who still do not give up, and are bent on capturing the prisoner who "escaped".

After circling around a hill with three Ming troops, Daniel Zhang knew that his physical strength was almost at the limit, and he had to hide his tracks as much as possible, and he must not let the Ming army think that there was indeed a Qing army on the run, but he could not be too slow so as not to be followed by trackers. Such a difficult operation is not an easy task even for Daniel Zhang, who has first-class survival skills in the wild. Daniel Zhang's physical strength was rapidly depleted, and at this critical juncture, he did not have time to find the cave of wild animals, and even if he encountered one, he would not have time to expand and camouflage it.

"It's really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs." Daniel Zhang could see that the stalker was definitely a novice, if the experienced veteran could have been sure a long time ago, the whereabouts they saw were all left by beasts and definitely not people, but these three inexperienced auxiliaries could not understand Daniel Zhang's arrangement, and they still had a solid heart, and they were determined to find out the fugitives: "Am I going to die here today?" ”

Daniel Zhang's physical strength is almost exhausted, not far away is the Yangtze River, but he asked himself if jumping down is also the end of being swept away by the river, so it is better to surrender and see if he can hide his identity and escape halfway.

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When Daniel Zhang was in a desperate situation, Wang Mingde's situation was also in a desperate situation, and he and other Qing generals broke through with hundreds of personal soldiers. As Daniel Zhang thought, these blind and arrogant guys had no awareness that they were pigs chased by wolves, and the huge pro-soldier team firmly attracted the attention of the Ming army, and when the Ming army caught up with other Qing soldiers, any one of them could accurately point out the direction of Wang Mingde's escape.

"Damn Yuan thief!" Wang Mingde kept cursing in his mouth, but he didn't know whether he hated Yuan Zongdi more or his teammates more. After discovering the plan, Wang Mingde insisted on resisting for a while, and after realizing that he could not do anything, he threw away the flag and fled—this was his own failure, if the Ming army had other enemies to solve, then it would turn to other battlefields for reinforcements, and Wang Mingde would have more chances to escape.

However, the generals of the Qing army who rushed into the encirclement with Wang Mingde invariably threw away the general flag together, and because there were no other battlefields to reinforce, the Ming army pursued the enemy troops in front of them, and they knew that it was better to resist to the end if they were so unlucky, and they could hold on for a while longer - but Wang Mingde thought about it in a blink of an eye, no, if I was alone with the flag, wouldn't it buy time for other rabbit cubs to escape? Okay, bunnies, everyone threw the flag and ran away, that's much better than leaving me alone, don't even think about running if you can't run.

Leading hundreds of pro-soldiers to rush left and right in the rout, Wang Mingde hated his colleagues who refused to sacrifice themselves and attract firepower to the bone, as for the Zhang Admiral who sent a false signal to the pit, Wang Mingde's feelings for him are almost impossible to describe with the emotion of "hate", which is an instinctive emotion similar to that of bed bugs and mosquitoes that must be put to death and then quickly, but Wang Mingde estimates that it will not be his turn to do it himself, looking at the situation in front of him, Daniel Zhang may have been divided by the Ming army.

"Yuan Jia, where is your old man?" Wang Mingde shouted pitifully, but no matter how much he looked around, he could never find any trace of the Han Eight Banners.

Where Wang Mingde turned, the Ming army surrounded where, and several other companions who threw away the flag had been captured, and the Ming army was surrounded layer by layer, trapping Wang Mingde in a smaller and smaller encirclement, as more routs surrendered, Wang Mingde finally found himself and these personal soldiers around him were about to face all the Ming army.

"Yuan thief! The rogue is so tight with your grandfather! ”

The fear of death shrouded Wang Mingde's heart, he spat fiercely, and the front was blocked again, and the faces of the soldiers around him were all desperate, but where else could they escape, there were already Yuan Zongdi's soldiers and horses everywhere in all directions. Whether they are dead or alive depends on this time, many of the pro-soldiers have a fierce look on their faces, their eyes flashing with hideous colors, and after completely despairing of the situation, the ferocity in their hearts has also been completely aroused.

"Slow, slow!" Wang Mingde stopped his men's dying struggles, there were more than 200 hardcore henchmen less than 300 by his side, and the rest of them were either dead or injured, and they were all gone. Looking at the only remaining subordinates, Wang Mingde suddenly gave up the idea of breaking through, and asked left and right: "We haven't killed the Ming army, right?" Do you have? If there is blood on anyone's knife, wipe it all off quickly, hurry. ”

"Yuan Gong, Yuan Gong." Looking at Yuan Zongdi's general banner that had just appeared, Wang Mingde rode his horse in front of him, and waved a few notes on his raised arm: "The last general is Wang Mingde, this is the death free coupon given by the Yangtze River Admiral Deng to the last general, it is a death free ticket!" ”

Looking at Wang Mingde, who came over alone, Yuan Zongdi frowned and ordered, "Let him come over." ”

A few Qing generals who were captured just now took out something similar, saying that it was a coupon given by Deng Ming, which could be used to redeem his life, and Yuan Zongdi had heard Deng Ming say it before going to Jiangnan last time, but he heard it as a joke at the time, but he didn't expect the Qing army to really keep it.

Wang Mingde honestly came to Yuan Zongdi and gave a military salute, indicating that he did not surrender, but came to negotiate peace: "This is a death free ticket given by the governor of the Yangtze River, and there is the signature of the governor of the Yangtze River below, please take a look at it." ”

Someone had taken out a coupon before Wang Mingde, but Yuan Zongdi had just taken a closer look at this thing, and now he could take a serious look at it.

"It's indeed Admiral Deng's signature." Yuan Zongdi's guards and staff also confirmed the authenticity of this coupon, but a sharp-eyed person pointed out to Yuan Zongdi: "Guogong, looking at this date, it seems to have expired." ”

"No, no." Wang Mingde shouted: "This date is the first time the last general was captured, but then the last general was captured by Admiral Deng again, and that time Admiral Deng said that the date was updated, but it was too late to change it at that time." Presumably Yuan Gong has also heard of this, right? ”

Yuan Zongdi heard Deng Ming say that he caught Wang Mingde again when he passed through Chongqing, and it seemed that there was something about the coupon coupon, but Yuan Zongdi was not too impressed by the specific details.

"Admiral Deng promised a thousand gold, saying that this death free ticket is useful for all Ming troops." Wang Mingde saw that Yuan Zongdi did not categorically veto, so he had more hope: "The last general will return this death-free ticket, and I hope that Yuan Gong will keep his promise and let the end pass." ”

"Hmm." Yuan Zongdi was also a little hesitant, he didn't know what Deng Ming's plan was to send this coupon, but it must have a deep meaning. This thing was not given by Yuan Zongdi, and it was not a breach of the contract if he turned his face and did not admit it, nor could it even be regarded as Deng Ming's broken promise, but he was worried that this would lead to the failure of Deng Ming's preliminary arrangement - no matter how he looked at it, Yuan Zongdi felt that Deng Ming gave Wang Mingde some big plan for them to give this coupon.

And Yuan Zongdi has a very close relationship with Chengdu, and his nephew is also very powerful in Chengdu, and now I heard that he has also been promoted to the prefect of Xuzhou, and almost all the grain, grass and equipment in Wanxian County are given by Deng Ming, although Deng Ming did not ask for it, but Yuan Zongdi cannot ignore Deng Ming's interests.