With the arrival of the follow-up army, the last rebel army was quickly annihilated, but because of the preparations made by Yu Chongming early, although the Ming army had used the fastest speed, it ran three or four thousand rebels.

Moreover, when the new army was cleaning up the battlefield, they did not find the body of Yu Chongming.

After Lu Xiangsheng learned of this situation, he sighed, and hurried to let this guy run away again.

Trying to find someone in the 100,000 mountains of Guizhou is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, and then gave up the idea of pursuit.

Not long after, Zhu Xieyuan, Du Wenhuan, Qin Liangyu and others also rushed over, and after learning that Yu Chongming had fled, each of them had different expressions.

While Zhu Xieyuan and Du Wenhuan were comforting Lu Xiangsheng, there was a hint of joy between their eyebrows, while Qin Liangyu was full of regret.

In two days and one night, he galloped more than 60 miles back and forth, fought in three battlefields, and annihilated more than 40,000 enemies.

After this battle, An Bangyan was killed, the main force of the rebels was almost wiped out, and the second rebellion of Lu'an was pacified by more than half, although many cities in Guizhou were still in the hands of the rebels, but the main force was lost, the leader was dead, and the remaining rebels were not worried.

Putting aside the regret of Yu Chongming's escape, being able to encircle and suppress the main force of the rebels so quickly is a great achievement for Zhu Xieyuan, Du Wenhuan and Qin Liangyu.

The generals were also overjoyed, not only did the battle go smoothly, but in addition to dividing up the goods looted by the rebels, the court's rewards would definitely not be less.

That night, Zhu Xieyuan rewarded the sergeants who had been fighting for two days with the materials captured by the rebels.

In Zhu Xieyuan's big tent of the Chinese army, the generals also drank wine and talked happily until the moon was in the middle of the sky, and then they dispersed stupidly.

Lu Xiangsheng, Du Wenhuan, and Qin Liangyu stayed behind, ready to discuss the future route of the march.

The main force of the rebels has been destroyed, and the next thing waiting for the Ming army is mostly siege battles, but in order to reach Yongping Valley as soon as possible, the Ming army did not carry offensive weapons, so the Ming army still needs to wait for the follow-up infantry and baggage troops.

Moreover, the Ming army fought continuously after a long-distance attack, and the sergeants were already very tired, so Zhu Xieyuan decided to rush to Guiyang to rest first, and then wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops, and then regain the fallen cities in turn.

For this decision, Du Wenhuan and Qin Liangyu both agreed, only Lu Xiangsheng was silent.

Through the contact in the past few days and the understanding of the combat strength of the new army, Zhu Xieyuan no longer dared to hold the shelf of the counterinsurgency supervisor in front of Lu Xiangsheng, but relied on it a lot.

At the celebration banquet that night, all the generals lined up to toast Zhu Xieyuan, although Zhu Xieyuan's personal servant replaced the wine with water halfway, Zhu Xieyuan still drank a lot, and he felt a little headache at this time.

Zhu Xieyuan took a sip of the hot drink to relieve hangover, and asked Lu Xiangsheng slowly.

"Jiandou, what do you think?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Lu Xiangsheng stepped forward and gave a salute, and then confided his intention to the three of them.

"What? You're going to Shuixi? ”

Du Wenhuan was the first to exclaim.

"Since he was ordered to go out of Beijing, the teachings of the Son of Heaven are still in my ears: the imperial court set up the Tusi to appease the people, but the Shuixi clan does not think of repaying the favor, and often has different intentions, the hundred-year-old court, the thousand-year-old Tusi, and the Shuixi Tusi are really the root cause of the disaster in Guizhou."

Lu Xiangsheng County quoted Zhu Youzhen's remarks on pacifying the rebellion in Guizhou at the time of departure.

As soon as they heard the holy teachings of the Son of Heaven, Zhu Xieyuan and the others all stood with their heads bowed and listened to the teachings.

"As the saying goes, shoot people and horses first, capture thieves and capture kings first, Shuixi An's repeated rebellions and cruelty to my good people, if An's is not removed, Guizhou will be unstable, eradicate An's, deter Xiaoxiao, it's not too late."

Lu Xiangsheng then explained the attitude of the Son of Heaven towards the Shuixian clan to everyone.

After listening to everyone's rainbow fart for the Son of Heaven, the plan of the new army to attack Shuixi was decided.

Under the banner of the Son of Heaven, Lu Xiangsheng used the captured materials to give priority to replenishing supplies, and parted ways with the Ming army on the second day.

The main village of the Shuixian clan is located in the northwest of Guizhou, southwest of Bijiewei, with many mountains under its jurisdiction, tortuous roads, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the new army's task is really difficult.

However, this is also a sign that Zhu Youzhen used to test whether the new army has become an army, if he simply went to Guizhou to fight with the rabble, it would be too cheap, and even if he won, it will not mean anything.

The level of the rebels in Lu'an is not as good as that of the officers and troops in the southwest and western regions, and it is simply a joke to test the combat effectiveness of the new army by relying on this.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen instructed Lu Xiangsheng in advance that after annihilating the main force of the rebels, he must end the nest of the Shuixian clan, and this is the ultimate goal of the new army going south.

Guizhou has high mountains and dense forests, and it is a test to be able to march safely in it, and if it captures the main village of the Shuixian clan again, then the new army is basically qualified.

Lu Xiangsheng knew this, so he was not too excited after the main force of the rebels was completely annihilated, and the order of the Son of Heaven to capture the nest of the rebels had also been passed through officers of all levels and reached every soldier of the new army.

Moreover, the strategic and tactical significance of it is not hidden by the officers at all, and in the new army, even ordinary sergeants can read some words to some extent, and cultural classes are also part of the military assessment.

Zhu Youzhen knows that the quality of a soldier determines his ability to adapt to changes on the battlefield, and if an army wants to persist in fighting even though it is half damaged, it not only needs a strong physique, but also a firm mind.

Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the New Army, Zhu Youzhen set the tone for strengthening the army with culture.

The soldiers are literate and reasonable, which allows the officers to better carry out the orders they give, and the officers at the grassroots level are willing to exchange ideas with the soldiers, and they can also absorb the opinions of ordinary sergeants in some tactics.

Although the concept of superiority and superiority was greatly emphasized in the new army, the relationship between officers and men was much more harmonious than that of the feudal army.

After learning the purpose and significance of the Son of Heaven wanting the new army to completely annihilate the Shuixian clan, the morale of the whole army was high, and after the mobilization of officers at all levels, the soldiers knew what they were fighting for.

At the time of departure, it was completely impossible to see the fatigue of this army after marching continuously for more than a month, fighting for more than 3,000 miles, and going through several battles large and small.

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng's agitation before the departure of the new army, and listening to the waves of cries, Zhu Xieyuan and Du Wenhuan were silent.

What is a strong army is not in the sharpness of the sword and arrows, but in the morale of the army.

is also the Southwest Ming Army, which has just annihilated tens of thousands of rebels, and if Zhu Xieyuan wants them to follow the new army to besiege the lair of the Shuixian clan, let alone set off, it is estimated that the possibility of mutiny is relatively high.

Therefore, after annihilating the main force of the rebels, in the face of the soldiers under the account who were full of harvest, Zhu Xieyuan could only go to Guiyang to rest first.

The wolf is too full, so he doesn't have the heart to go out to hunt sheep anymore, and if he is in a hurry, it is not impossible to fight back.

Looking at the teams of new army officers and soldiers, lined up in a neat queue, singing the war song that had already spread throughout the Ming Dynasty and heading north, the entire Ming army camp was solemn.