.Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the Central Plains. It is filled with blue waves, and the vast water and sky are connected by endless water.

If there were better choices, Chen Youliang originally wanted to follow those tortuous waterways, but in a panic, he plunged into Poyang Lake.

In the winding channel, the sails have to be driven back and forth to obtain the maximum wind power, which is naturally not as good as the steam engine. But when you arrive at Poyang Lake, it will be different.

The lake is wide, pull up the sails and run!

Chen Youliang didn't know that the pursuers behind liked this open lake even more.

In this way, aiming is the most convenient.

The two warships drove at full speed and chased forward.

Due to the use of improved steam engines and improved water wheels, coupled with the reduction in the ship's own materials, the ship's speed has increased very quickly, and the distance between them is shrinking.

The two ships, one on the left and one on the right, adopted a common tactic: attacking on both sides.

Arrange the cannons on both sides. Although this method increases the number of God of War cannons and increases the firepower density, it can only attack the enemies on the side. If you want to attack the front, you have to turn the ship.

However, it is still very convenient now, because they have caught up with the cargo ship, and the gun curtains on both sides have been opened, and countless muzzles have been aimed at the irregular ship. With just one volley, they can beat the opponent to the scum.

"Stop the ship and receive inspection!" The soldier at the bow shouted loudly to the other party.

Could it be that today is really the day when I, Chen Youliang, die? Chen Youliang is completely disappointed.

Although I, Chen Youliang, failed, but I have fought against the Tartars, been the emperor, and commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, this life is worth it!

He remembered the days he lived on the boat when he was young, and his body smelled fishy every day. At that time, he was so insignificant. Who would have thought that he would have the status he is today?

"Whoever you want my Chen Youliang's life, come and get it myself!" Chen Youliang stood at the bow of the boat and shouted loudly.

Chen Youliang was on this boat? When the pursuers from the two boats heard it, they immediately smiled happily. Chen Youliang finally couldn't escape the palm of their navy.

Since Chen Youliang was on that boat, it would be inconvenient for them to use the God of War Cannon. Otherwise, if a few guns were bombed, everything would turn into ashes. When they went back, how could they report their war achievements to their elder brother?

"Get close, use the Tianque gun."

Unexpectedly, before they could get up, they saw the man on the bow of the boat suddenly jump into the water

I am really unhappy. If you surrender, as long as it is not in Chang Yuchun's hands, there is definitely a way out. Why do you commit suicide by diving into the water?

The soldiers on the two warships felt that it was too much. In this case, they had to work hard to catch the other party's body.

After all, there are a few who can commit suicide with Chen Youliang. When the warship approached, some people chose to surrender. Although after confirmation by the surrendered soldiers, the person who dived was Chen Youliang, if the body was not retrieved, he still couldn't be sure.

In this way, the sailors on the two boats searched for five days in Poyang Lake before they picked up the already soaked body. They were the heroes of the troubled times, Chen Youliang.

It seemed as if it was fate Chen Youliang, but he died in Poyang Lake.

At this time, another hero, Zhu Yuanzhang, was also on his last journey.

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more miserable than Chen Youliang. Behind Zhu Yuanzhang, he was chasing Chang Yuchun.

Chang Yuchun is already famous in Jiangnan, and the incident of his surrender has been spreading more and more evilly.

When fighting with Chang Yuchun, you either fight to the death or run as far as you can. Never surrender, as surrender is a dead end!

Chang Yuchun likes to drink people's brains the most. If he catches him, he will be fixed on a table that can only reveal his head. He will knock open his head with a hammer and drink fresh brains directly!

If Chang Yuchun heard it, I wonder if he would faint.

Since he was scolded by his elder brother last time and held it in for so long, Chang Yuchun has changed a lot, killing and surrendering, and he killed the Tartars of the Yuan Dynasty. Chang Yuchun is still relatively polite to the Han people who are the same as him.

However, no one was willing to surrender to do the experiment, and they were all running hard.

However, the more I ran, the fewer people were. Some were killed by the cold guns behind me, some were lost and left the army halfway. This was considered lucky. There were also those who were always following Zhu Yuanzhang.

There were fewer and fewer people, except Hua Yun, in the end, there were only about one hundred people left.

The pursuers of Chang Yuchun behind him were not stopped at all. Are they not human?

Chang Yuchun and Chang Yan's tragic training at this time, he finally showed his power.

What he brought this time was cavalry. How did the cavalry come from? It was raised from infantry, how did it? The best of infantry, at least, run faster than horses, and you can still not breathe even if you run ten miles in one breath.

Now, they can still accept this level of running, and they are more relaxed than they did at that time.

In order to completely catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang and capture Zhu Yuanzhang alive, Chang Yuchun not only arranged pursuers behind him, but also arranged manpower in front. Although the pursuers had to give up their horses and turn into infantry, other people could still take other roads and set up people and horses in key areas to block the opponent.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no idea how many layers of encirclement he had broken through. He only knew that in the past few days, he had not only run but also ran, but even had to eat and get rid of it while running.

You can't sleep at night, so you can keep a certain distance from the other party at night. It's safe

When will it end when will it run like this?

And now, because they did not see the road during the running at night, they no longer knew where they had gone, which means they were lost.

"Brother, let's take a rest first." Hua Yun said.

Looking at the tired soldiers around you, seeing that the army that was no longer as powerful as before, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed.

This is a small village. On the outside of the village, several soldiers went to the village to collect water and prepared to cook some food. These days, they had hardly eaten a hot meal. Today they left the pursuers far away and dared to have a hot meal.

"Brothers, hold on. As long as we can go back to Chuzhou, everything can start over." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

Start over? The low-level soldiers believed Zhu Yuanzhang's words, but Hua Yun did not think so.

What should I start over? People have already died in battle. There are not many generals left in total. The money is gone. The territory is not taken down. No one has no money or territory. Now they are still chased by people like wolves chasing rabbits. They are still shouting to start over?

More importantly, even with these, he still couldn't start because Chen Youliang had been wiped out and his territory was occupied by Zhang Shicheng. His side had lost the best opportunity to develop, and he would eventually be annexed by Zhang Shicheng if he developed.

That Zhang Shicheng, inadvertently, already had the ability to dominate the Central Plains and no force could compete with him. Even if Genghis Khan came out, he might not be his opponent.

No matter how brave he is, he is not as good as advanced weapons. Xu Da is powerful enough? Wasn’t he destroyed by a musket? How can any flesh and blood body gain an advantage in front of the firearm?

Zhu Yuanzhang also understood this truth, but he knew that if he did not arouse morale, then maybe the army would collapse in the next moment. Then, how could he return to Chuzhou alone and how could he make a comeback?

Suddenly, a few muskets sounded in the small village.

Oops, the enemy is in the village! Needless to say, as long as there are muskets, Zhang Shicheng's army will definitely be nearby!

Go away quickly!

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers were scattered, and Chang Yuchun's soldiers were divided into small groups to pursue the scattered enemies. In the village, there were just two soldiers.

If Zhu Yuanzhang was bolder, no one of these two soldiers could escape. Even if they had muskets, Zhu Yuanzhang still had more than 100 people. Moreover, it was night now, so it was inconvenient for the other party to aim.

Zhu Yuanzhang then fled.

However, there was no chance of escaping again.

Zhu Yuanzhang was separated from Hua Yun while running away.

Hua Yun could not find Zhu Yuanzhang. When he returned to search, he encountered Chang Yuchun's large army. There was no suspense. Hua Yun was shot several times and was shot dead by Chang Yuchun's men.

Zhu Yuanzhang became a lonely man and fled to a mountain.

This mountain seemed to be very familiar with it, and had a kind feeling.

Where is this?

On the hillside, Zhu Yuanzhang saw a familiar temple, and all his impressions suddenly reminiscent of them.

This is where I became a monk, Huangjue Temple! I also received Tang He's letter and embarked on the road of resisting the Yuan Dynasty.

After walking around outside for a long time, he finally returned here.

Are there anyone else in the temple?

Zhu Yuanzhang pushed open the door, and there were weeds inside.

Where is the person? Why is there no one? Zhu Yuanzhang is a little strange.

He still remembered that there were some monks inside who often bullied him, the newcomer, and asked him to cheer for the oil lamp. He stared at the Buddha and felt that things in the world were unfair.

It has obviously been deserted for a long time and there is no one left.

Due to war and famine, all the monks in the temple went out to beg for alms, leaving only the oldest monk to protect the Buddha.

Zhu Yuanzhang came to the back hall and finally saw the only monk, Emptiness.

"Master of Emptiness." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Rujing, you are finally back." Kong Xing stood up and said, "In the future, the task of cheering for the Buddha's eternal lamp will be handed over to you." When Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk at Huangjue Temple, his Dharma name was Rujing. Now, he was called back by the old monk and felt very uncomfortable.

"But..." Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say that he came here just to avoid the pursuers outside for a while.

"Everything is illusory. Fame and fortune are ultimately dust, the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and it is the shore. Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the ground. Just like purity, you will immediately have such a long temple, but you have not understood this principle yet?" said Kongxing.

Everything is illusory. Fame, fortune and wealth are ultimately dusty. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly saw things in front of him for the past few years, but found that everything was like passing clouds.
Chapter completed!