Longkodo's Qing army launched a fierce attack on Runan. Although the rebels resisted tenaciously, they were ultimately defeated by the Qing army. First, they were bombarded with cannons and then the northern city was lost. The rebels retreated into the south of the city. The two sides fought fiercely in the city for a day. The rebels, who had suffered heavy casualties, finally had no choice but to withdraw from Runan and fled to the south of the Huaihe River.

After taking Runan, Longkodo did not stop at all and continued to command the army to attack the rebels fleeing south, intending to intercept the main force of the rebels in the Huaihe River and completely resolve the two troops of Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhiqing in Henan.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhi were prepared early in the morning. When they retreated south, they stayed to intercept the Qing army and tried to block the Qing army's pursuit. Although Longkodo's cavalry was mobile, they still delayed for a while when the opponent resisted desperately. By the time the Qing army arrived on the edge of the Huai River, most of the rebels had already crossed the river.

Longkodo's cavalry quickly swept away the remaining enemies north of the Huai River. Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhiqing had already arrived at the south bank and continued to walk towards Luoshan. The Qing army collected ships and quickly crossed the river. When they continued to chase Luoshan, the rebels not only left some resistance, Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhiqing had left Luoshan south. Their goal was very clear, that was, they would go to Hubei from Henan and join the Ming army in Gaojin or Jiangxi.

When Longkodo arrived at Luoshan quickly, the Qing army had just taken this place after a battle and was cleaning the battlefield. Because the three thousand rebels who were left here were depressed and their equipment was not in place, they did not stop the Qing army from being too long.

"Master General!" Luo Jianfu, the general of Guide Town, Henan Province, hurried forward when he saw Longkodo coming.

"How is the battle? Where is the thief?" Longkodo asked directly as he rode his horse whip in his hand.

"Report to the Grand Marshal, the total number of 3,000 enemies in Luoshan was culled and captured, and our army suffered only more than 100 casualties. However, the leader Zhu Jiancai, Wang Zhiqing and his leaders of each unit had fled south. As the last general, the generals estimated that the Grand Marshal was not wrong at all. Their purpose was to prepare to go south to Hubei and leave the battlefield in Henan."

"How long has the thief run?" Longkodo asked.

"According to the captured thief army, it has been more than a day." Luo Jianfu replied with his fist.

"What! More than a day?" Longkodo looked extremely unhappy, pointed the horse whip in his hand at the busy sergeant around him and asked, "Since that's the case, why don't your troops catch up quickly?"

"Return to the Grand Marshal." Luo Jianfu replied: "The Battle of Luoshan has just ended. Our army needs to clean up the battlefield and settle prisoners. Moreover, local affairs also need to..."

Before Luo Jianfu finished speaking, Longkodo asked directly with a cold face: "I'll ask you! Are you the governor of Henan or the magistrate of Luoshan County?"

"This..." Luo Jianfu didn't know how to answer for a moment and was stunned on the spot.

"Luo Jianfu!" Longkodo shouted loudly.

"The last one will be here!"

Luo Jianfu was clever and quickly knelt down.

"What's the matter with you? As for cleaning the battlefield, it's even more a joke! Now that the thief's leader is fleeing south, you don't hurry up and try your best to pursue it, but instead spending time here. Do you want to let the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Hearing such a harsh reprimand, Luo Jianfu was immediately sweating and didn't even dare to say that.

"Since I don't dare, why don't you lead the troops to pursue me?"

"But the Grand Marshal, these prisoners..."

"Kill!" Longkodo said without blinking: "Give you a stick of incense. Once the time passes, if you still cannot gather troops to pursue, don't blame me for asking the king's flag!"

Longkodo's murderous words made Luo Jianfu frightened. Although it was ominous to kill prisoners, how could he dare to disobey at this time? If Longkodo really asked the Wang Ming flag to be released, then the lost head would be his.

Luo Jianfu responded quickly, climbed up from the ground and rushed forward, heading towards the direction of escorting the prisoners. Shortly after he left, there were screams of crying and despair mixed with sword slashes. After only half of the incense sticks, the sounds gradually calmed down. After a while, Luo Jianfu and his personal soldiers rushed back with blood, clasped their fists from far away, and slapped the carriage and passed through the city without saying anything, and chased Zhu Jiancai and others who fled south.

The loss of Jiujiang made Longkodo necessary to deal with Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhiqing's troops as soon as possible. In this case, he had to fight quickly and could not give the other party a chance to breathe. It was Longkodo's crazy tactics that caused the rebels who fled south to suffer. Originally, he thought that the resistance of Luoshan and Luoshan would be fought for time for the main force, but who would have thought that Longkodo's troops would come so quickly. When Luo Jianfu's vanguard took one day to catch up with the rear of the rebel army, Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhiqing, who learned the news, were shocked at the same time and hurriedly arranged for the troops to cut off the rear and discussed countermeasures at the same time.

"King of Han, these Qing dogs are chasing them so urgently. It seems that they must destroy us." Wang Zhiqing said worriedly.

Zhu Jiancai's face looked extremely ugly. He did not expect that the two consecutive moves could not stop the Qing army, but instead made the Qing army hold their tails hanging. Although he had already left Henan immediately, the Qing army was stationed in Hubei. If he wanted to join Gao Jin's troops in Hubei, there was still a long distance. If the Qing army was bitten tightly during this journey, then everything would be over.

"The Three Saints Kings are right. Longkodo is stinging me and waiting. If this continues, it will be more and more unlucky. I wonder what the Three Saints Kings have? "

Wang Zhiqing hesitated for a moment. Before discussing with Zhu Jiancai, the White Lotus Sect had already discussed it. Everyone thought that if this continued, it would be a dead end. It would be better to break it into pieces and break through each other.

Nowadays, the two rebels have fewer people. These people gather together not only cannot achieve the power to fight the Qing army, but will instead attract the attention of the Qing army. The White Lotus Sect has always been hidden among the people and has its own way of hiding. If the whole is broken into small pieces, the number of people in each department will not be noticeable and the chance of escape will be greater.

The so-called "staying green mountains are there, not afraid of burning firewood". These are basically recognized by the White Lotus Sect. In addition, this time, Wang Zhiqing's tribe knew that Zhu Jiancai had the idea of ​​surrendering to the Ming Dynasty. The so-called "Dao is different and does not conspire with each other, and the White Lotus Sect could not cooperate with the Ming Dynasty at all, so Wang Zhiqing could not continue to work with Zhu Jiancai after entering Hubei.

Therefore, the best way is to break through separately. In addition, Gao Jin's troops are still in Hubei. As long as the breakthrough is successful, Wang Zhiqing and others find Gao Jin's troops, there may be a possibility of reorganizing.

Immediately, Wang Zhiqing proposed the suggestion of dividing troops, and Zhu Jiancai secretly called the other party a fool. In this case, although the possibility of dividing troops was higher, the disadvantages were more.

After all, they are about to enter Hubei. If they do not have enough troops in their hands, they can only hide among the people. Could it be that the Qing army is a fool? They will never relax their search before they catch them.

How did Li Zicheng die back then? Can't this lesson of the past be understood? But it's better for Wang Zhiqing to divide his troops, maybe this would give him a chance. Zhu Jian immediately agreed to this matter after thinking about it, and both sides decided to divide the troops.

No matter what Wang Zhiqing was, Zhu Jiancai led his troops to move south quickly and headed towards Macheng regardless of everything, because he knew that there was only one way to survive now, that is, to escape into Jiangxi through Hubei as soon as possible. As long as he entered Jiangxi, he would be considered a birthplace.

In the battle in Henan, the Qing army won a great victory. Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhiqing troops were chased by the Qing army and entered Hubei. Then they fought fiercely. Two rebels divided their troops in Hubei, heading southeast and the other heading southwest.

Of course, the Zhu Jiancai army heading southeast, while the Wang Zhiqing army heading southwest was Wang Zhiqing army heading to the southwest. Longkodo decisively divided his troops and asked a Qing army to pursue Wang Zhiqing. He had to destroy the remnants of Bailian in Hubei. As for his main force, he personally led his troops to pursue Zhu Jiancai.

Zhu Jiancai was not very good at fighting, but he was indeed quite capable of running away. Along the way, Longkodo not only bit the other party, but also arranged an intercepting force in Hubei. However, Zhu Jiancai's dog had a very sensitive nose and could not surround him. If a loach that was slippery and could not keep his hands closed, there would always be a way to slip away from him at the last moment.

Moreover, at this time, the Ming army that captured Jiujiang had marched northwest, and the vanguard approached Hubei's territory, which made it impossible for the Qing army in Hubei to encircle it with all their might. Longkodo was also helpless about this situation, but it would be better if he could not destroy Zhu Jiancai at once. Anyway, just follow Zhu Jiancai directly from Hubei to Jiangxi and try his best to consume his strength along the way.

Next, what Longkodo really has to face is the Ming army in Jiangxi, which is his real goal. As long as the Ming army in Jiujiang and stabilize the situation in Jiangxi, Zhu Jian, who has lost his foundation, is not afraid. To pacify the world and restore peace, he will eventually defeat Zhu Yicheng in Nanjing.

When the situation of the war changed constantly, Gao Jin, who was in Honghu, keenly felt that the situation in Hubei had changed. Due to the lack of news, he was not aware of the progress of the war in Henan, nor did he know that Zhu Jiancai and Wang Zhiqing had led their troops south to Hubei, and were dealing with the Qing army hundreds of miles away from him.

However, after taking Yueyang, Gao Jin, who had been eyeing Jiangxia, took the initiative to retreat to the Honghu area without failing to attack Jiangxia several times, and used Yueyang as the backing to reorganize the troops and train the army in an attempt to fight again. At the same time, Gao Jin did not relax his surveillance of the Jiangxia area, especially Gao Jin had a navy force. Although this navy was not comparable to the Yangtze River Navy of the Ming army, in Hubei, Gao Jin's navy was still stronger than the Qing army, and in this regard it had a slight advantage.
Chapter completed!