Chen Tianan's green robe was torn off his hem. The hat on his head had long been gone, and even his braids ran away. Where was the look of his disheveled hair? The magistrate who was just now waving and full of energy?

Even Qian Ming was not much better than that. The burden of armor on his body had long been lost. He was wearing a blood-stained white shirt, like a coolie. The two of them stumbled and ran slower and slower.

"I...I am...I'm running...I can't move..."

He tripped in the mud pit under his feet. If Qian Ming hadn't been holding his hands up, Chen Tianan would have almost fallen into the ditch. He was gasping for breath, his lungs were burning more like fire, and his legs were filled with lead.

"Sir, hold on for a while, we will be safe as long as we enter Tonglu." Qian Ming was also exhausted, but as a military general, his physical fitness was much better than Chen Tianan. He helped Chen Tianan up and rushed towards Tonglu, and now he was three miles away from Tonglu.

"Tonglu? Safe?" Chen Tianan smiled bitterly, and the two lines of tears couldn't help falling. It was really a waste of life! The strategy that was originally stable after ten attempts finally came to a great defeat. Seeing the enemy in front of him, victory was in his hand, but suddenly the situation changed and everything was different.

Not only did this battle fail to destroy the thief, but instead threw Chen Tianan's soldiers into the wilderness, ending up running away in a panic. Falling from heaven like hell made Chen Tianan feel sad and angry.

"Sir! When you return to Tonglu, you can write to the court to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the enemy. Today, this rebel is definitely not simple. I am a decent official. I will definitely be an elite rebel!"

"That's right!" Chen Tianan suddenly realized that in fact, he had already seen when fighting that ordinary thieves could fight like this with the green camp he led? What's more, after the thieves arrived, the thieves even shouted the slogan of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty. This thieves were not only enemies of his Chen family, but also the enemy of the court.

Thinking of this, Chen Tianan was energetic and hurriedly ran towards Tonglu with the help of Qian Ming. He wanted to return to Tonglu as soon as possible to spread the news. Only with the support of the court can Chen Tianan avenge him.

When Chen Tianan and Qian Ming ran to Tonglu, they almost died. Their embarrassing appearance attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the Tonglu gate. Two soldiers immediately surrounded them.

"This is Lord Chen, the prefect of Changde! I am Qian Ming, the chief general of the Luxing Guard in Hunan! Hurry up! Take us to the county government!"

"Prince Chen of Changde? Lord Wei Qian, Mr. Qian?" An officer and soldier looked at the two of them in confusion. After a long time of recognizing, he did not connect them with Master Guan. Besides, these soldiers had never seen Chen Tianan and Qian Ming before.

Seeing that Xiaobing did not let them into the city as he wanted, but instead surrounded them and showed a warning look, Qian Ming was immediately annoyed. Just as he was about to shout loudly, Chen Tianan, who had a little breath, stopped him.

Take out something from your arms, Chen Tianan handed it to the other party: "This is the official seal of my official!"

The soldier took it and saw that although he didn't recognize words, he had seen what this official seal looked like. Moreover, Chen Tianan's prefect seal was much better than that of the county magistrate. This thing was not forged. Seeing that the official seal was in hand, he was startled and hurriedly handed it back with both hands, calling a thousand to salute Chen Tianan.

"Take me to the county government quickly and ask someone to close the city gate immediately to prevent..."

Before he could finish his words, before the soldiers could help them up, he heard the sound of breaking through the air in his ears. More than a dozen bamboo arrows fell from the sky, and there were also a sound of shouting for killing.

A heart-wrenching scream sounded in his ears. The soldier who had just seen his official seal had already been struggling to fall down. Chen Tianan and Qian Ming were lucky to have not been caught, but this scene scared them so scared that they were frightened. When they turned around, they saw that the dense thief army had chased them. They didn't know where they got the strength. They used their hands and feet to escape to the city desperately without caring about anything for two days.

"There are thieves! Close the city gate quickly! Close the city gate quickly!"

While running, they shouted, but unfortunately the incident happened too suddenly. In addition, Tonglu's elites had been taken away by Chen Tianan from County Magistrate Liao this time, and only the elderly, weak, sick and disabled were left behind. Except for the officers and soldiers guarding the city gates who were shot dead and injured, the rest of the people were stunned when they saw this situation, and then they scattered, and they didn't even care about closing the city gates.

Dong Dashan rushed into Tonglu County. He saw Chen Tianan and Qian Ming, who were fleeing in a panic, immediately overjoyed and chased after him with his men. In a short while, he captured the two of them.

"Hahaha! Lord Chen, I didn't expect the feng shui to change, did you?" After grabbing Chen Tianan, Dong Dashan asked with a smile as he looked at the two of them tied up.

"Bah! Rebel! If you want to kill, kill. I will never frown!" Chen Tianan knew that he had no luck in falling into the thief's hand, so he immediately cursed.

"Kill? How easy is it?" Dong Dashan sneered: "Prepare me first and wait for Mr. Hong to deal with it. Brothers! Come with me! Kill Qinggou! Restore the Ming Dynasty!"

"Kill the Qing dog! Restore the Ming Dynasty!"

A series of shouts of killing sounded in Tonglu County. Dong Dashan led a large group of people to the county government. Chen Tianan and Qian Ming, who were tied up, looked pale. They knew that Tonglu was no longer safe, and their final fate was destined to fall into the enemy.

Tonglu County, which was almost vulnerable to what Zhu Yicheng expected, had no defensive power at all. Except for the slightest troubles when attacking the county government, the entire Tonglu County fell into Zhu Yicheng's hands in less than an hour.

When Zhu Yicheng arrived in Tonglu, the battle was almost over. Not only Chen Tianan and Qian Ming were arrested, but even the county magistrate Liao Huanzhi did not escape. Officials at all levels in Tonglu were beaten up.

After taking down Tonglu, Zhu Yicheng did not see Chen Tianan and others who were captured for the time being, and directly asked someone to take all of these people into jail. The most important thing is to accept and control Tonglu. Orders were issued from the temporary command center, that is, the county government. Under the implementation of Dong Dashan and others, the entire Tonglu County was not completely controlled until midnight.

In the early morning of the next day, the last force that came from behind the mountain arrived in Tonglu, which further strengthened its control over Tonglu. Zhu Yicheng, who had not slept all night, was grateful and ashamed when he saw Li Juan, who was exhausted.

"Thanks to you...if it wasn't for you, I'm afraid..."

"As long as Brother Hong is fine, this is what Juan'er should do." Seeing Zhu Yicheng, who was injured but in good spirits, Li Juan'er finally breathed a sigh of relief. She immediately called someone to wrap Zhu Yicheng's injuries and change the dressings. Looking at the busy little girl, Zhu Yicheng felt a lot of emotion and lowered her head to her ear and said solemnly: "Juan'er, I swear that I will never let you down in this life!"

"Brother Hong..." Li Juan'er's ears turned red, and she quickly lowered her head, but her hands didn't stop. She quickly changed the medicine for Zhu Yicheng.

Although Tonglu is just a small county, its location is relatively important and it is the transit point of the Yangtze River Transportation Road. This is also one of the main purposes for Chen Tianan to come to Tonglu by the grain officials.

Taking down Tonglu not only cut off the transportation routes in the upper and lower reaches of the river, but more importantly, Chen Tianan mobilized all the military rations and weapons from other places in Tonglu. Due to Tonglu's fall, all these important strategic materials fell into Zhu Yicheng's hands.

After counting, the military rations piled up in the dock warehouse can provide tens of thousands of people with half a year, and the military supplies are also enough to equip 5,000 soldiers. These piles of materials made Zhu Yicheng overjoyed. He never expected that there would be such an unexpected surprise to take down Tonglu County.

The joy of victory slightly diluted the pain of suffering heavy losses before. With these supplies, Zhu Yicheng decided to expand his army immediately. Just like in Chenjia Town, he raised the recruiting flag to recruit food workers... Of course, the necessary means were still needed. One day later, Zhu Yicheng successfully expanded his army more than 1,000, and the veterans in his hands reached 2,000.
Chapter completed!