For Azig's sudden retreat, the Ming army and the Great Western Army were caught off guard.

After all, Azig was the attacker, and the main force did not suffer much loss.

Especially Li Dingguo, after hearing the news, let out a long breath, and then, he adopted a conservative strategy and did not order to go out of the city to pursue.

Perhaps it was Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing's second ambush that caused a great psychological shadow to Li Dingguo.

This gave Azig plenty of time to defend after withdrawing to Ruyang.

In the following time, Ruyang City, which had more than 40,000 defenders, became a hard bone, and it was difficult to gnaw easily for a while.

And north of Runing Mansion, most of Henan fell into the pocket of Azig.

The situation in Henan seems to have stabilized for the time being.

But at this time, another more absurd and bizarre event was officially staged.

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If it is said that after Li Dingguo retreated in Azig, the depression in his heart was empty.

Then, the next change made Li Dingguo really want to cry, but he couldn't cry.

Zhu Youlang was captured.

Emperor Yongli was captured, and the news was like a thunderbolt tomorrow, which bombarded Li Dingguo so much that he lost his mind for a while.

Zhu Youlang was captured by Sun Kewang in the north of Macheng and south of Yinshan Pass.

There were more than 10,000 forbidden troops around him, and they were beaten and scattered by Sun Kewang's troops, and they were defeated.

That's right, how can a group of brightly dressed honor guards be the opponents of the field soldiers, these farmers recruited from Yungui accept how imposing and solemn they are, but no one teaches them how to fight and how to resist the enemy in encounters.

Macheng had 3,000 large western troops, less than 100 miles away from the place of battle.

I didn't have time to reinforce it, but you can imagine how the 10,000 forbidden army collapsed in a short time.

Zhu Youlang was caught up and captured by Sun Kewang's cavalry on the way back to Macheng.

The rout of the forbidden army caused huge consequences, not only was Emperor Yongli captured, Sun Kewang took advantage of the situation to capture Macheng, and then captured Huang'an and Liankeluotian.

It is equivalent to cutting off Li Dingguo's retreat, and the real backyard is on fire.

Of course, with Li Dingguo's strength and combat power, as long as he goes south, he can recapture the three cities without much effort, the question is, dare to attack?

Sun Kewang sent a messenger to the mall as soon as he captured Zhu Youlang, and the meaning was very simple - we have to talk!

Otherwise, "rip the ticket".

Li Dingguo's life is the most important, the emperor favored him and named him the king of Jin, in this way, the matter of killing the emperor cannot be touched, once touched, this reputation will stink from then on.

So, Li Dingguo was talking with Sun Kewang's envoy on the one hand, and on the other hand, he urgently sent a letter to Chi Erhan, who was stationed in Gushi to recuperate.

This is asking Yu Blind, Chi Erhan is fighting, but he can't do anything, his countermeasure is to send a message to Changyang Wei, Fengyang Mansion, and report to King Wu urgently.

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When Wu Zheng got the news, he was indeed confused.

Will Zhu Youlang be captured?

Doesn't that make a fuss?

Originally, Wu Zheng thought that after solving the predicament of the mall, the war in Runing Mansion should be calmed down, and the first army was transferred to garrison Fengyang Mansion, and the Great Western Army was the horn of each other.

Wu Zheng had already begun to make arrangements for the march into Shandong, and before the Qing court had yet to make a clear reply on the terms of the peace talks, he could occupy one more city.

But now, it's all gone.

Originally, there were 8,000 men and horses from Chi Erhan, and if one more division was transferred, the garrison strength of Fengyang Mansion would be enough.

Even if Azig was kicked in the head by a donkey and dared to take the initiative to pick up the tiger's whiskers, it would be enough for more than 10,000 First Army to hold Fengyang City.

But now that there are only 3,000 people left in Chi Erhan's hands, at least 10,000 people need to be transferred to Fengyang Mansion.

The First Army, which had been divided into three units, made Wu Zheng feel that his troops were stretched.

If you want to say that Wu Zheng is not heartbroken, it must be false, suddenly heard about the battle of Gushi, the first army lost 5,000 people in the first battle, Wu Zheng regretted making the decision to reinforce the mall.

In fact, the gains and losses of the mall have nothing to do with Wu Zhengmao.

If you want to be involved in the relationship, it will be with Li Dingguo's invisible and intangible affection.

Even if Azig really broke through the mall, Li Dingguo, as the commander of the First Army, would not be in danger of his personal life.

To save or not to save, it's just a thought difference in Wu Zheng's heart, he always feels that he can control the situation, and always thinks that he can help the world.

But as a result, far away from the battlefield, he didn't know the details of the enemy at all, and hastily transferred troops and reinforcements, causing the First Army, which Wu Zheng regarded as the meat of his heart, to suffer heavy losses.

With 5,000 people, the First Army, which spent countless energy and effort on Wu Zheng, gathered a total of 50,000 people, and inexplicably folded one percent in a little-known small city in Gushi.

This is the biggest setback that Wu Zheng has suffered since his career, and it is a setback without any return, can Wu Zheng not be heartbroken?

Originally, Wu Zheng didn't want to pay attention to this matter anymore.

An emperor of the Yongli Dynasty was captured, and he was concerned about his own, if he went to the rescue and was known by the monarchs and ministers of the Jianxing Dynasty, he might not think what he thought, thinking that he was not enough to be a powerful minister, and he wanted to abolish the establishment again, isn't this equivalent to pouring dirty water on his head?

However, at this time, the envoy said that Wang Yongqiang, the chief soldier of the Daimyo Mansion, had returned with a "victory".

The chief soldier of the Daimyo Mansion, speaking of which, Wu Zheng also heard Song An's report before, a few years ago, Song An mentioned a sentence "...... Wu Sangui released Wang Yongqiang, who had been imprisoned for more than two years, as if to show goodwill to our side...... After Wang Yongqiang left Xi'an, he came to the southeast, could he want to come to vote for the young master? ”

Wu Zheng replied casually at that time, "Maybe it's going to join the Yongli Dynasty." ”

In fact, in such troubled times, it is not easy to travel thousands of miles, no matter which side you vote for.

Wang Yongqiang had just left Xi'an, and he was coerced by Li Guohan, the blue flag of the Han army who also broke away from Wu Sangui, and Li Guohan was loyal to the Qing court with an iron heart, and he led the army to break away from Wu Sangui because he received a secret order from the Qing court, not because of discord with Wu Sangui.

After Li Guohan led his troops to break away from Wu Sangui, he entered Shanxi, and his troops were naturally deployed by the Qing court to garrison there.

And Wang Yongqiang, because he was valued by Li Guohan, became the deputy chief soldier of Daming Town, and the position of the chief soldier has been vacant, and Wang Yongqiang acted as the chief soldier.

Now Mao Xiang in the name of King Wu to persuade to surrender, Wang Yongqiang almost no conditions, just agreed to come down, he didn't want to be loyal to the Qing court, but he couldn't find a way to surrender, as soon as Mao Xiang arrived, a few words, this matter was done.

However, Wang Yongqiang suggested that it remain unchanged for the time being, in order to stabilize Li Guohan's heart in the north, and when the time is ripe, when Wang Shi attacks north, he suddenly changes his flag and turns his back on him, which may be a surprise.

Therefore, he hurried back to report the good news to Wu Zheng, and at the same time, to ask for a seal and preparation for Wang Yongqiang and his 5,000 soldiers.

But after arriving, I happened to hear about the capture of Emperor Yongli.