Chapter 381 Homecoming

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the Central Plains. It is blue and vast, and the water and sky are boundless.

If there is a better choice, Chen Youliang originally wanted to take those tortuous waterways, but in a panic, he plunged into Poyang Lake.

In the tortuous channel, the sails have to be moved back and forth to get the maximum wind power. Naturally, it can't compare with the steam engine ship, but when it comes to Poyang Lake, it's different.

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

Chen Youliang doesn't know that the pursuers behind prefer this kind of open lake.

In this way, aiming is the most convenient.

Two warships, full of horsepower, chase forward.

Due to the use of improved steam engines and improved water wheels, coupled with the reduction of materials carried by the ship itself, the speed of the ship has increased rapidly, and the distance between them is shrinking.

Two ships, one left and one right, adopted a common tactic: two-sided attack.

Arrange the artillery on both sides. Although this method increases the number of Ares cannons and increases the fire density, it can only hit the enemy on the side. If you want to attack the front, you have to turn the bow.

However, it is still very convenient now, because they have caught up with the cargo ship. The curtain on both sides has been opened, and countless muzzle is aimed at the irregular ship. As long as one volley, they can beat the other party without any scum.

"Stop the ship and accept the inspection!" The soldiers in the bow shouted at each other.

Is it true that today is my Chen You's fate? Chen Youliang is disillusioned.

I, Chen Youliang, although I failed, I have fought against the Tatars, been an emperor, and commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. This life is also worth it!

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

"Which of you want my Chen Youliang's life, then come and get it in person!" Chen Youliang stood in the bow of the boat and shouted.

Is Chen Youliang on this boat? When the pursuers of the two ships heard this, they immediately smiled happily. Chen Youliang did not escape the palm of their navy in the end.

Since Chen Youliang is on the ship, it is not convenient for them to use the God of War cannon. Otherwise, after a few shelling, everything will turn into ashes. When they go back, how can they report the battle with the eldest brother?

"Close, use Tianque."

Unexpectedly, before they leaned up, they saw the man in the bow and suddenly jumped into the water.

I really can't think about it. If you surrender, as long as you don't fall into the hands of Chang Yuchun, there is definitely a way to live. How can you dive and commit suicide by yourself?

The soldiers on the two warships felt too much. In this case, they would have to make great efforts to fish up each other's bodies.

After all, there are only a few people who can commit suicide with Chen Youliang. When the warship approached, some people chose to surrender. Although it was confirmed by the surrendering soldiers that the person who jumped was Chen Youliang, they still couldn't be convinced if they didn't get the body.

In this way, the sailors on the two ships searched Poyang Lake for five days before they picked up the body that had been bubbled up. It was the hero in troubled times, Chen Youliang.

As if it was fate, Chen Youliang still died in Poyang Lake.

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

Zhu Yuanzhang is more miserable than Chen Youliang. Behind Zhu Yuanzhang is Chang Yuchun.

Chang Yuchun has become famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and the matter of his killing and surrender has also been rumored to be more and more evil.

Fight against Chang Yuchun, either fight to the end, or run as far as you can. Don't surrender. Surrender is also a dead end!

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

If you are heard by the person concerned, I don't know if you will faint.

Since he was severely scolded by his eldest brother last time and suffocated for such a long time, Chang Yuchun has changed a lot. He also killed the tartars of the Yuan Dynasty. For the same Han people as himself, Chang Yuchun is still more polite.

However, no one is willing to surrender to do the experiment. They are all running hard.

However, the more you run, the fewer people there are. Some of them are killed by cold guns behind, and some of them get lost and leave the army halfway. This is lucky. And those who have been following Zhu Yuanzhang.

There are fewer and fewer people. Except for Hua Yun, there are only about 100 people left in the end.

The pursuers of Chang Yuchun behind don't stop at all. Aren't they human beings?

Chang Yuchun, the tragic training of the King of Yan, at this time, finally exerted his power.

He brought the cavalry this time. Where did the cavalry come from? It's from the infantry. How to rise? The best in the infantry, at least, runs faster than a horse, and can't breathe when running ten miles in one breath.

Now, they can still accept this level of running, which is more relaxed than the training at that time.

In order to completely catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang and capture Zhu Yuanzhang alive, Chang Yuchun not only arranged the pursuers in the back, but also arranged manpower in the front. Although the pursuers have to give up horses and become infantry, other people can still take other roads and set up people and horses in key parts to block each other.

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't know how many layers of the other party's encirclement have been broken, and he doesn't know how many people have been damaged. All he knows is that in the past few days, in addition to running, he has also run, and even eating has been solved in running.

You can't sleep at night. At night, you can take a certain distance from the other party, which is safer.

When is the end of running like this?

Now, because they didn't see the road clearly in the process of running at night, now they don't know where they have gone, that is to say, they are lost.

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

Looking at the tired soldiers around him and seeing that there was no army that had the same momentum as before, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed.

This is a small village. They are on the periphery of the village. Several soldiers went to the village to get water and prepare to cook some food. These days, they have hardly eaten a hot meal. Today, they threw away the pursuers away, so they dared to eat a hot meal.

"Brothers, hold on. As long as we can go back to Chuzhou, everything can start again." Zhu Yuanzhang gave a good time to his men.

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

What to start over with? People have been killed in the war. There are not many generals left in total. The money is gone. The territory has not been taken down. No one has no money or territory. Now he is still being chased away like a wolf chasing a rabbit, and still shouting to start again?

More importantly, even with these, he still can't start, because Chen Youliang has been destroyed, and his territory has been occupied by Zhang Shicheng. He has lost the best opportunity to develop. If he develops again, he will eventually be swallowed up by Zhang Shicheng.

That Zhang Shicheng, who inadvertently, has the strength to dominate the Central Plains, no longer has any power to compete with him. Even if Genghis Khan comes out, I'm afraid he is not his opponent.

No matter how brave I am, I can't compare with advanced weapons. Xu Da is powerful enough, right? Wasn't it extinguished by the fire? How can any flesh and blood body have an advantage in front of firearms?

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't understand this truth, but he knows that if he doesn't agitate morale, then, maybe, in the next moment, the army will collapse. So, how can he return to Chuzhou alone and make a comeback?

Suddenly, there were several fires in the small village.

Damn, the enemy is in the village! Needless to say, as long as there is a fire, Zhang Shicheng's army must be nearby!

Hurry up!

This time, it was a pure coincidence that Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers were scattered. Chang Yuchun's soldiers were divided into some teams to chase the scattered enemies, and there were just two soldiers in the village.

If Zhu Yuanzhang is bolder, neither of the two soldiers can run away. Even if they have fire, Zhu Yuanzhang still has more than 100 people after all. Moreover, it is night, and it is inconvenient for the other side to aim.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to escape.

However, there will be no chance for this escape.

Zhu Yuanzhang was separated from Hua Yun in the process of escaping.

Hua Yun couldn't find Zhu Yuanzhang. When he returned to look for him, he met Chang Yuchun's army without any suspense. Hua Yun was shot several times and killed by Chang Yuchun's men.

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

This mountain, as if he is very familiar with it, has a kind feeling.

Where is this?

On the mountainside, Zhu Yuanzhang saw a familiar temple, and all the impressions were immediately recalled.

This is the place where you became a monk, Huangjue Temple! It was also he who received a letter from Tang He and embarked on the road of resisting the Yuan Dynasty.

He made a big circle outside, and finally, he came back here.

Is there anyone else in the temple?

Zhu Yuanzhang opened the door, which was overgrown with weeds.

What about people? Why is there no one? Zhu Yuanzhang is a little strange.

He still remembers that there were some monks who often bullied him as a newcomer and asked him to refuel the oil lamp. He stared at the Buddha and felt that the world was unfair.

Obviously, it has been desolate here for a long time, and there is no one left.

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

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

"Master with empty surname." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Rujing, you're finally back." Kong stood up and said, "In the future, the task of refueling the Buddha's lantern will be handed over to you." When Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk in Huangjue Temple, the Dharma name was Rujing. Now, he has been called back by the old monk, and he feels very uncomfortable.

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

"Everything is illusory. In the end, fame and fortune are all dust, the sea of suffering is boundless, and turning back is the shore. Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha. Rujing, you have been in the temple for so long, haven't you understood this truth yet? The empty surname said.

Everything is illusory. In the end, fame and fortune are all dust. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly flashed the things of the past few years in front of him, but he found that everything was like a thing of smoke.

"Master, Rujing is willing to accompany the Buddha."

(to be continued)