"The Duke of Ying led his men to encircle and suppress him, but they couldn't capture him. People from all over the country have been looking for this Xu Hongru, but they haven't found him. Now that we know Xu Hongru has run into us, we must not let him get away!"

"Tell them to capture him alive. This is a great achievement. After this achievement, His Majesty will naturally reward him handsomely."

"Yes, General." The men quickly agreed excitedly.

As for the new army, they were very confident in themselves and were not worried about not being able to defeat the rebels. Qi Jin's words did not make them feel that they were underestimating the enemy, but instead made them feel confident.

Besides, many of the people in front of him were members of the Qi family army, and some of them were veterans of battles, so naturally they would not be afraid.

So after Qi Jin gave the order, the army set out and rushed directly towards Xu Hongru.

The new army was well-trained, had good food, and therefore good physical fitness. They also practiced forced marches on a daily basis, and even leg wraps had become popular in the army.

They marched very quickly, and a group of people moved towards Xu Hongru overnight.

At this time, Xu Hongru was also urging his men to speed up.

He knew that there were pursuers behind him. Once the news of his heading towards Jining spread, the pursuers would chase him at all costs.

We must speed up the march to gain time, after all, we still have to attack Jining City after arriving there.

If Jining City cannot be captured in a short period of time, the army behind will definitely catch up, and all my plans will be ruined.

At noon the next day, the scout came back to report to Qi Jin that they were less than thirty miles away from Xu Hongru's team.

Qi Jin looked at the scout in front of him, his face sullen and his voice cold, "Did the other party send out scouts?"

"General, the enemy has indeed sent out scouts, but only ten miles away. We have tried our best to avoid contact and prevent them from discovering us. Once we are ten miles apart, I will arrange for someone to strangle their scouts." The subordinate quickly said, "We will definitely not delay the general's affairs."

Qi Jin nodded and said, "Then let's choose a place to start the decisive battle."