"Oh, what a pity!"

Yu Guangren, who was chasing the pirate ship, suddenly sighed when he saw that the pirates were no longer fighting and his speed returned to normal.

Because of the pirates' fighting, the navy officers and soldiers brought the navy a long distance closer.

If the pirates were delaying for a while, the navy's warship would be enough to chase the pirate ships and attack.

"Sir, the pirates who have been salvaged have confessed!"

At this time, a hundred households walked up to Yu Guangren and reported on the situation.

"Can the Wang family be on the boat?"

Among the pirates who were thrown into the sea, several living people were rescued by Zhejiang Navy.

Yu Guangren, if he didn't know the specific situation on the pirate ship, he naturally had to send someone to interrogate.

"The Wang family and his son were on the boat in front. Their tasting water had already failed, so they killed each other."

Baihu's answer made Yu Guangren completely relieved. After all, after chasing for so long, if he got the wrong goal, it would be more than worth the loss.

"What else did the pirates confess?"

"They are all little pirates at the bottom, and I don't know anything else."

Yu Guangren nodded, then looked at the pirate ship a kilometer away.

At the same time, in Ningde City, Lao Zhou, Han Wu, and Song Tianxiang were sitting together, discussing what.

"Where will he run?"

Lao Zhou was the first to speak, his tone was a bit solemn.

"There is you in the south, I am in the north, and there is Song garrison on the sea, so Ma Yuan could only escape west!"

Han Wu answered, looking at the map constantly, revealing a look of thinking.

As for Song Tianxiang, he didn't say anything because he couldn't speak because of the matter on land.

Yesterday morning, Song Tianxiang led the navy officers and soldiers to Ningde and blocked the coast.

Lao Zhou also arrived in Ningde with his soldiers from the Kiss Camp, preparing to attack Ma Yuan.

However, both of them came late because Ma Yuan in Ningde City had already left early.

It turned out that after Fuzhou was recovered by the imperial army, Ningde soon fell into chaos and the army had no fighting spirit.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Yuan immediately took more than a thousand soldiers and horses and quietly left Ningde City the night before Lao Zhou arrived.

Since there was no sea trip, blocking the navy officers and soldiers along the coast did not play any role.

However, Han Wu discovered some abnormalities. After Ma Yuan left, he launched an attack as soon as possible. In a short time, he took down Ningde City and sent people to find Ma Yuan's whereabouts.

However, at present, there was no clue about Ma Yuan, so the three of them gathered together to discuss the matter.

After all, Ma Yuan is the culprit. If he is allowed to run away, it means that the rebellion will not be fully accomplished.

"There are mostly mountainous areas to the west. Although the roads are bumpy, they are easy to hide their tracks. So we have to determine where Ma Yuan wants to escape before sending troops to chase him."

Old Zhou was a little irritated. He also knew that Ma Yuan could only run west, but the specific location was not clear.

After all, the mountainous areas in the west are vast and sparsely populated, so it is not that easy to find a team of more than a thousand people.

As soon as Lao Zhou finished speaking, Han Wu also frowned, because if he could guess where Ma Yuan would flee, he would have sent troops to chase him.

It was because there was no clue that I discussed with Lao Zhou here.

"General Zhou, Deputy General Han, I have a guess."

Song Tianxiang spoke because the two had no clue. If he didn't speak, he would probably really let Ma Yuan run away.

"What guess?"

"Shouge Song, please say!"

The two of them asked each other in an instant, and their tone was very anxious.

"Now the rebellion in Fujian has been completely put down, and the official documents of sea capture will be issued soon, so Ma Yuan dared not go to the west and north directions.

But he brought more than a thousand people and consumed a lot every day, so Song felt that he would turn to the south and escape to Guangdong and Guangxi, where the court had weak control."

As soon as this said, Lao Zhou and Han Yong immediately looked at the map and nodded quickly.

Because what Song Tianxiang said was very reasonable, Ma Yuan brought more than a thousand people and consumed a lot, and they did not dare to leak their journey, otherwise they would definitely attract a large army to encircle and suppress it.

Although it is a mountainous area west of Ningde, it is difficult to obtain supplies. However, whether it continues to go west or north, it is the territory of the court, which is a way to die.

So Ma Yuan only has one way to live, which is to go south to Guangdong and survive.

After all, Guangdong is not a prosperous area in later generations, but the location of exiled prisoners.

Even many places in Guangdong Province are filled with miasma, which makes it difficult for ordinary people to survive. If Ma Yuan escapes there, he may really survive.

"I'll send someone to chase him!"

After guessing Ma Yuan’s destination, Han Wu immediately made a decision. After all, with a broad direction, things would be easier.

"Fujian is mountainous and not conducive to cavalry pursuit. Let the soldiers of the Kite Camp go!"

The arrest of Ma Yuan was a great achievement, so Lao Zhou had some thoughts.

But Han Wu was not Song Tianxiang. Even though his official rank was lower than that of Lao Zhou, the cavalry he commanded were formed alone and were not under his command. So after a smile, he turned around and left.

What does this reaction mean? How could Lao Zhou not know? His face suddenly became a little bad.

Song Tianxiang, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but sigh, but said nothing.

After all, the generals are unable to solve the problem of competing for merit, and he is no longer surprised.

Half an hour later, two teams of thousands of cavalry left Ningde City.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of soldiers from the Kiss Camp followed, and the directions of the two sides were basically the same.

To the northwest of Ningde City, on a mountain bag about fifty miles away, Ma Yuan was taking his troops and resting here.

"Sir General, where are we going?"

Sun Changbo asked, his tone of confusion.

The other generals also looked at Ma Yuan and waited for his answer.

"We continue to go west, then take the path and turn to Guangdong!"

Ma Yuan gave the answer, but he looked a little worried.

"Why don't you take a boat to go south?"

Someone asked, with a little confusion in his tone.

"The Zhejiang Navy is on the coast, and we don't have anyone familiar with the sea feelings. It's too dangerous to walk the sea rashly."

In fact, Ma Yuan also wanted to go on the sea route, but his subordinates didn't know much about the sea situation. Without the assistance of pirates, they didn't dare to go on the sea route at all.

As soon as Ma Yuan finished speaking, his subordinates fell silent and stopped talking.

These generals are all Ma Yuan's direct descendants. More importantly, they are all alone and have no worries at all, so they are willing to follow Ma Yuan and go to the dark.

"Sir General, we can still hide our travels in the mountains. If we turn to the south, we will soon leave the mountains and will be easily discovered by people!"

At this time, Sun Changbo spoke again and asked a difficult question.

After all, there are too many plains in central Fujian that they cannot avoid at all.

"Don't worry, when we leave the mountainous areas, we can lie down during the day and go out at night, so we should be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the government."

As the general of Fujian, Ma Yuan knew the situation in Fujian very well, so before leaving Ningde, he had already thought about what to do.

He paused and continued to speak: "As long as you cross the Minjiang River, it will be safe. Even if you are discovered at that time, no one can catch up with us!"

Hearing Ma Yuan say this, the few generals felt a little relieved, only Sun Changbo, and felt that things were not that easy.

But the situation is not good now, and many things are difficult to ask about, otherwise it will affect morale and you can only remain silent.

After some rest, the lonely army set off again, walking in the mountains with difficulty.

But what they didn't know was that more than a thousand cavalry were chasing behind them.

More than a thousand cavalrymen went straight south and prepared to intercept them in front of them.

The situation in Fujian is considered to be determined, but Nanjing City feels like it is panic.

In the past few days, the news that the Yuan Dynasty emperor Ye Hezhen commanded the army to the south had spread throughout the city.

This move immediately made the court officials nervous and visited He Yuansheng and asked how to deal with it.

Even the little emperor summoned He Yuansheng several times in the palace to ask for countermeasures.

The answers to the court officials and the young emperor were naturally to prepare for the war, withdraw the Northern Expedition Army, and defend Shangqiu, Bozhou and Xuchang.

But in secret, He Yuansheng sent an order to Li Zongting, and slowly retreated before the Yuan Dynasty army arrived and joined the defenders of Bozhou.

Then he walked to Fuyang, passed through Lu'an, finally retreated to Anqing, went down the river, and returned to Nanjing.

As for the Xuchang defenders, they went straight south to Wuhan, and then returned to Nanjing by boat.
To be continued...