Chapter 242: The End of Gao Yingxiang

On October 23 of the second year of Chongzhen, late autumn swept the northwest land, and the cold wind not only cooled the grass and trees, but also chilled people's hearts.

Outside Fufeng City, within a radius of dozens of miles, there were not only Zhou Dingshan's cavalry, but also Yang He, Liu Yingyu, and Wu Guofu's soldiers and horses, plus Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting led troops to press over from the northeast, and for a time the officers and soldiers formed an encirclement of the 50,000 peasant army that failed to cross Fufeng City. At this time, the peasant army still had the advantage in numbers, but its morale had already collapsed.

As the battle deepened, the fighting became more and more brutal, and the casualties of the peasant army increased sharply. In this high-pressure state, a peasant army collapsed first and surrendered directly to Yang He. On Fufeng City, Li Zicheng watched this tragedy be released in front of his eyes, but he couldn't do anything at all. Li Zicheng didn't dare to go out of the city to help, once he went out of the city to help, he would only trap the people under his hands, and if he didn't do it, he would lose Fufeng City.

By the night of 24 October, the officers and men had completed the siege, and Hong Chengchou led his troops to block the city of Fufeng, completely blocking the possibility of the peasant army escaping. Now the situation has become very clear, and the officers and men are determined to destroy the main force of the 50,000 peasant army.

In order to rescue the main force of the peasant army trapped in the east of Fufeng City, Gao Yingxiang could only turn to Wang for help. Before, Wang Ziyong had the intention of letting the imperial court soldiers and horses consume Gao Yingxiang's strength, so as to avenge his previous revenge. However, half of Gao Yingxiang's main force was trapped to death, which Wang Ziyong did not expect. Wang Ziyong hated Gao Yingxiang very much, but he also knew that at this time, if Gao Yingxiang collapsed, it would not be good for him Wang.

Not long after, Wang Ziyong ordered all his troops to start moving south and east, threatening Sanshui County while storming Yan'an Prefecture. Wang Ziyong sent troops everywhere, hoping to attract Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses back, but until Yan'an and Sanshui County were defeated, Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting still did not have the slightest intention of returning to help.

Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion were in a great uproar, but the officers and men were indifferent, but instead accelerated the speed of narrowing the encirclement. By this time, Gao Yingxiang and Wang Ziyong were completely desperate.

On October 25, the sky was misty, and there was a smell of blood in the fog. After three days of slaughter, 50,000 peasant soldiers were killed and wounded, and the corpses everywhere were so shocking.

Since the end of the massacre, Li Zicheng took the initiative to withdraw from Fufeng and returned to Fengxiang, and Li Yangchun also ended the confrontation with De Buhua, followed by Fengxiang. Nearly half of the soldiers and horses were wiped out by the officers and soldiers, and Gao Yingxiang's vitality was greatly damaged. Next, the officers and soldiers will definitely attack Fengxiang, and I don't know what the situation will be when the time comes.

worked hard for a long time to accumulate these family funds, but in a blink of an eye, he was cut in half by others, and Gao Yingxiang's life was also lost. The atmosphere in the government was very depressing, and although Li Zicheng, Li Yangchun and others were there, none of them spoke. It was Niu Jinxing, who arched his hand and said: "King Chuang, the current situation is very unfavorable to us, if the officers and soldiers attack Fengxiang, to tell the truth, Niu thinks we can't hold the ......."

"At present, the most appropriate way is to withdraw to Pingliang, wait for some time to recuperate, regroup, and fight with the officers and soldiers!"

"Feng Xiang, really can't hold it?" Gao Yingxiang is really unwilling to give up Fengxiang Mansion, it is too close to Xi'an Mansion, that ancient city, the ancient imperial capital, has a strange temptation to Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang actually knew in his heart that what Niu Jinxing said was right, Feng Xiang couldn't hold it, but the reluctance in his heart made him hesitate. But at this time, another bad news came. Cao Wenzhao's nephew Cao Bianjiao led the troops to break through Duyang Mountain, all the way to the north, and attacked Pingliang City, because Pingliang's troops were empty and the vigilance was insufficient, Pingliang fell into the hands of officers and soldiers in less than two hours.

When the news came, everyone was shocked, Gao Yingxiang and the others were completely panicked, even if it was Niu Jinxing, their faces were a little white. Cao Bianjiao occupied Pingliang and blocked the way for Gao Yingxiang's army to retreat north, which shows that the officers and soldiers wanted to directly destroy Gao Yingxiang's righteous army in one go. The corners of Niu Jinxing's mouth curled, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart, is the appetite of the officers and soldiers too big?

At the same time, Zhang Dashou, who was full of stars, captured Ganquan City, and Zhang Cunmeng, who was not muddy, also took Sanshui County, and the two advanced south at the same time, approaching Xianyang City. In this case, only Yang He and Hong Chengchou returned to Xi'an Mansion with the main force on the side of the officers and soldiers, and the others still did not move. At this time, Wang Ziyong was also a little anxious.

The officers and soldiers are ruthless, desperately trying to lose some cities, but also to destroy Gao Yingxiang. Although he has a grudge against Gao Yingxiang, at this stage, the two sides are both prosperous and lossy, and Wang Ziyong can't watch Gao Yingxiang be destroyed by saying anything. After thinking about it for a long time, he could only transfer Zhang Dashou back, lead the 20,000 main forces to the west, and storm Pingliang City.

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During the day, it was foggy, Gao Yingxiang led a group of soldiers and horses to the north, and the purpose of his trip was to cooperate with Zhang Dashou to take the damn Pingliang City. However, along the way, Gao Yingxiang was always a little up and down, the surroundings were too calm, and the officers and soldiers actually looked at themselves and Zhang Da being besieged and cool, is this a little unreasonable?

Suddenly, the rear became noisy, and in a few moments, the ranks were completely disorganized. It turned out that it was Zhou Dingshan and the cavalry of the Tuobuhua Division, who killed them in two ways, and directly cut Gao Yingxiang's army into two. At the same moment, a cannon rang out in front of them, and Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting had already been ambushed nearby.

Gao Yingxiang's troops had many soldiers and horses, but their morale was completely lost, and the sudden encounter and cavalry slashing and killing could be imagined. Gao Yingxiang wanted to attack Pingliang City, but was intercepted and killed halfway, so he could only flee back to Fengxiang in embarrassment. After escaping, checking the casualties, more than 3,000 people were damaged, and Gao Yingxiang almost suffocated to death without taking a breath.

Due to Gao Yingxiang's attack, Zhang Dashou, who was attacking Pingliang City, was so frightened that he also retreated twenty miles, for fear that the cavalry would kill him, and he would follow in Gao Yingxiang's footsteps.

Gao Yingxiang's failure this time was not only as simple as losing a little soldiers and horses, but also made Gao Yingxiang see the situation clearly. The officers and soldiers just wanted to trap him Gao to death in Fengxiang, and as for Wang Ziyong's side, they didn't pay attention to it at all.

In fact, Yang He really made up his mind this time, he followed the advice of Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou and others, and exterminated Gao Yingxiang at all costs. For this reason, as long as Xi'an Mansion is not lost, other places are left to the king's own use.

By now, Gao Yingxiang is already a little desperate, perhaps, the near future will be the end of his Gao Yingxiang.

Yang He and the others are in a much better mood, and now they are waiting for the right opportunity to launch a general attack on Fengxiang.

The fall of Gao Yingxiang's peasant army was only a matter of time.