When Zhou Xian returned to his residence, he quickly attracted Jimu and briefly told him about the discovery of the Song village leader.

After hearing this, Jimu's face was solemn. "Zhou Guzhe, do you want me to take someone there to investigate?"

Zhou Xian nodded and waved his hand to signal a person next to him to come forward and said, "This is the servant of the Song Village Master's family, named Song Yi. He is very familiar with the local terrain of Monkey Pass, so he will take you there. You must be careful. If there are really bandits there, don't let them know in advance that we have discovered their whereabouts."

Jimu hesitated for a moment and bowed, "Don't worry, Zhou Juejie, I will definitely do this. But there is a saying that my subordinates don't know whether to say it or not?"

"you say."

"The guerrillas in the Zhou Dynasty, the bandits and bandits come and go quickly. They may be there today, but after tomorrow, everything will not be certain. As for the following, you should still inform the supervisor in advance. In this way, even if the bandits escape, the supervisor will not blame you for this. Moreover, it will take time to reorganize the troops to the Monkey Pass."

Zhou Xian pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "I will rethink this matter. At present, you only need to do what I have told you. This time, I will ask Kai Li to accompany you, and he will cut off the back for you at the critical moment."

Jimu knew that Li Kai and Zhou Xian had a very special relationship. He was very moved when he heard his decision. He bowed and replied again: "I will definitely not disappoint you."

Zhou Xian sent Jimu and his group of five outside the village, watching them slowly disappear into the vast mountains of the river. He couldn't help but pray in his heart, hoping that Zhang Xianzhong would really hide in that place!

The Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong and the King of Rebellion Li Zicheng can be said to be a pair of happy enemies. They both value each other very much, but they have always been disagreeable. When Li Zicheng lost power, he went to Gucheng to seek Zhang Xianzhong's assistance. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to kill him directly to eliminate future troubles. Later, when Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, he relied on Li Zicheng. If Luo Rucai, another leader of the peasant army, was more loyal and gave Zhang Xianzhong some cavalry and asked him to escape, he would have been killed by Li Zicheng long ago.

But saying this does not mean that the two will not cooperate with each other. Faced with repeated encirclements and suppression by the imperial army, they were defeated again and again, and gathered forces to fight again and again. These are not things that can be accomplished simply by perseverance, but also require skillful survival skills. They resist the disgust in their hearts and choose to cooperate with everyone who can cooperate.

Zhang Xianzhong is in the south and Li Zicheng is in the north, and each other is in the corner. They support each other at critical moments and jointly push the Ming Dynasty to destruction step by step. If Zhang Xianzhong can be completely defeated this time, the court can concentrate on its efforts to eliminate Li Zicheng. Perhaps in the future, they can really pacify the world in one fell swoop and realize the Ming Dynasty's rejuvenation.

The snowflakes in the sky began to slowly fall down again, flying like chaotic catkins in the air, and like beautiful women's dance skirts.

Zhou Xian stretched out his right hand, and snowflakes fell on it from time to time. After a while, it turned into drops of transparent water marks, which were cold and refreshing. He couldn't help but remember the first time he met Princess Kunxing Zhu Mai. At that time, it was also flying all over the sky. However, at that time, the golden yellow leaves were flying all over the sky.

He sighed silently in his heart and walked towards the camp. Before the matter was clear, it was indeed not advisable to let Yang Sichang know, so as not to find out that it was not Zhang Xianzhong there in the end, which made him feel surprised and disappointed, and aggravated his condition. But now, Wan Ji can know in advance that he can make decisions and arrangements for some things.

Zhou Xian came to Wanji's residence account and found out that he had gone to Yang Sichang. After thinking about it, he turned around and walked towards Yang Sichang's central camp tent.

Wan Ji touched it and placed it beside the bed, but still had the remaining warm chicken soup. He picked it up and said to Yang Sichang: "Supervisor, drink a little more! You have been working hard recently and should replenish your body more. Besides, this is Zhou Xian's intention, so it should not be disappointed."

Yang Sichang moved his body, and the guard beside him immediately stepped forward, put a pillow behind him and let him lean on it, trying to be more comfortable. He waved his hand gently and said, "I have drunk half a bowl, and I really can't drink the rest. Ji Ren, is there any of Zhang Zhe's latest moves?"

Wan Ji sighed, put the bowl of chicken soup back on the small table in front of the bed, shook his head and said, "Our army scouts finally discovered that Zhang Xianzhong's whereabouts were in Wanzhou five days ago. Later, our army followed their traces and chased them all the way to Fengjie. But in the end, it was only a small number of Zhang bandits who deliberately led us to come, and most of his troops had long disappeared. Although I had sent many scouts, I never found out their movements."

After hearing this, Yang Sichang sighed and closed his eyes for a long time without saying anything.

Wan Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "Gei Department, have you reconsider the suggestion that Zhou Xian put forward in the past? Divide the entire army into several parts so that the generals do not have to obey orders and pursue them freely. In this way, the speed of travel will increase a lot, and the possibility of finding the whereabouts of the bandits will be greatly increased. Moreover, this will also avoid the trouble of sending orders back and forth. The generals have more autonomy and can also quickly make corresponding responses based on changes in the situation.

Yang Sichang waved his hand, his tone was full of anger, and he said sternly: "Zhou Xian is too young. He only thinks about the good side of things and never thinks about bad things. These generals are extremely arrogant and I will be slightly afraid of them. Once they are allowed to pursue them freely, I can guarantee that most of them will hide in the place to seek leisure, and where will they pursue them with all their heart? Killing good people and cheating their subordinates and concealing their superiors are their usual practice. This soldier cannot be divided."

When Wan Ji heard Yang Sichang's determination, he stopped persuading him and continued, "I will send more scouts to you again, and I will definitely find Zhang Zhe as soon as possible."

Yang Sichang nodded and said, "By the way, are there any new trends in the court?"

"There are two important news. One is that Huang Taiji ordered Dorgon and Jirhalang to attack Jinzhou City in turn. Zu Dashou reported that the Manchus were likely to attack Jinzhou again. Second, after Li Zicheng escaped from Shangluo Mountain, he detoured from Xunyang to Henan, conquered more than ten cities including Yiyang and Xin'an, and recruited nearly 100,000 thieves, and his momentum revived."
Chapter completed!