In a matter of moments, the group had already killed to the south of the city, chasing the ass of the rout, as if entering a no-man's land, and in the distance behind them, at a glance, smoke and dust were billowing out, and it was obvious that a large group of reinforcements were in the middle of the city. lā

Sun Kewang was discouraged, and said dejectedly: "Defeated, withdraw!" ”

Before the words fell, suddenly a shell fell not far under the mound, bursting into a cloud of fire and smoke, and the soldiers who were densely arrayed under the mound were blown up, several severed limbs flew into the air with blood, and even a piece of black shrapnel fell on the mound.

Seeing this, the guards around him hurriedly escorted him off the mound and helped him flee all the way to the west.

This is Duan Zhenghong's cannon fired at this place, because the distance is too far, he only fired a tentative shot, and as a result, Sun Kewang was scared half to death.

The Chinese army brigade lined up not far from the mound saw that the commander had run away, so why were you standing stupidly? With a bang, they pushed each other and ran for their lives.

For a time, the whole army was scattered, and tens of thousands of rout soldiers poured westward like a tide, swords and guns scattered all over the place.

Lin Xiao took more than 20 horsemen to chase after him, ignoring the lone stragglers, and the bullets poured into the crowd.

Seeing this, the defenders in the city also opened the city gate and chased them out, especially the cavalry of the forbidden army, who followed Lin Xiao and them all the way to pursue, and cut down when they saw a lone rout, leaving not a single live mouth, and killed the corpses all over the field, bleeding and drifting.

So many rebels crowded on the not very wide mountain road, blocking each other and trampling on each other and killing countless people, many people were even squeezed into the boiling river, and some people saw that they were about to be left alone, so they had to drill into the mountains and forests, and they couldn't care about the roads in the mountains.

After chasing all the way for more than ten miles, Lin Xiao saw that the sky was getting dark, and estimated that the magazines on the soldiers were about to run out, so he reined in the horses and ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Although the rebels have been defeated, after all, there are many people, and the terrain in front is becoming more and more precipitous, and it may be unnecessary risks to chase them in the dark.

It is expected that the rebels will not be able to run far overnight, so it is better to return to Guohua first to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded, and then it is not too late to pursue after the arrival of the large army tomorrow.

After returning to Guohua City, although he had been mentally prepared, Lin Xiao was still extremely shocked after getting the casualty report, he was not interested in how many corpses were left by the rebels outside the city, but nearly half of his more than 90 subordinates were killed, and the remaining 50 or so people were also wounded, and none of them were intact or unpainted.

The casualties of the Ming army were extremely heavy, half of the 2,000 cavalry at the time of departure remained, and the battle loss rate of 5,000 infantry soldiers of the new army was as high as 70%!

What a brutal battle they must have experienced!

However, the real bad news is still waiting for Lin Xiao.

Guo Jingyun, whose hands were wrapped in bandages, looked at Lin Xiao with a slightly frightened gaze, and said with difficulty: "...... Commander-in-chief, Nanyang Hou ...... He ......"

"What's wrong with Nanyang Hou? Where is he? Lin Xiao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, yes, why didn't you see Uncle Yuan?

"Nanyang Hou...... He...... He...... Killed ......"

After Guo Jingyun finished speaking, he lowered his head and waited for the thunderbolt to sound over his head, although he himself was almost killed in the city, but he was still very guilty about Li Yuanyin's death.

"What?" Lin Xiao was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning.

The thunderbolt didn't sound after all, and after a while, I only heard Lin Xiao slowly say three words in a hoarse voice: "Take me there!" ”

Standing in front of Li Yuanyin's body, Lin Xiao's heart was like a pinprick in a pinprick, and he fell into deep self-blame.

Since the crossing, he has known a lot of heroes of the Ming Dynasty, but the only generals he really appreciates are Jiao Lian and Li Yuanyin, even if Qu Shiyun has been protecting him, he also knows very well that there is more or less a trace of mutual use between each other.

And Li Yuanyin, since he snatched him back from the hands of death three months ago, has repeatedly expressed his desire to follow Lin Xiao to fight, no matter what the reason, he really doesn't want to return to the camp of the small court of Nanming.

However, it was Lin Xiao who personally persuaded him to go back, which finally led to this tragic scene, thinking of this, Lin Xiao suddenly felt remorseful.

He helplessly felt that the trajectory of history was not so easy to be rerouted.

No matter how hard his little butterfly flapped his wings and desperately turned the wheel of history in the direction he wanted, to this day, none of the major events that should have happened have fallen.

At this moment, Lin Xiaobei came from it, and for the first time in his heart, a deep sense of powerlessness was born.

……

Lin Xiao was blaming himself, but Sun Kewang was angry.

Due to the rout of the whole army caused by the commander taking the lead in escaping, Sun Kewang's rebels fled for more than 20 miles in one breath in the dark night before finally stopping.

After a while, after collecting and counting, except for the basic integrity of the guard Bai Wenxuan's department, all the units of the Chinese army suffered heavy losses, and Ma Jinzhong's forward battalion only collected back about 2,000 people, completely losing its combat effectiveness.

Coupled with the more than 7,000 people of Zheng Guobu who were completely annihilated before, nearly half of the losses were lost in this battle, and there were only more than 20,000 people left in the whole army.

Fortunately, Bai Wenxuan's mood was quite stable, not only set up camp overnight, constantly collected You Yong, and arranged patrols, and later welcomed Sun Kewang into the big tent.

"It's really annoying to think that I am a hero in my life, but today I was defeated in the hands of Li Yuanyin." Sun Kewang sighed hatefully after sitting down.

"Lord Wang, according to the opinion below, today's defeat is completely caused by the collapse of the forward battalion,"

Gao Lehou, who had been following the maggot of the tarsal bones all the time, hurriedly comforted, "After observing below, the reinforcements brought by the Marquis of Qinchuan are not much, the prince can send scouts overnight to investigate Guohua, if this is the case, the prince can reorganize the army and fight again tomorrow." ”

"You're speaking lightly,"

Sun Kewang glared at him resentfully, "Do you know that the spirit of the three armies is invincible?" Now that the army has been defeated and retreated, the morale of the army is already unstable, and it is not so easy to regroup in just one night. ”

"Lord, judging from today's situation, it is rumored that the Marquis of Qinchuan had annihilated Kong Youde with only a few thousand people before, I am afraid that this is true,"

Seeing this, Feng Shuangli already knew Sun Kewang's thoughts, and then said slowly: "I think that just relying on our army to fight hard with this fang, I am afraid that it is beyond the ability to ...... Return to Guizhou first, hold on to the risk, and wait for ...... The army of the Celestial Empire is going south, and then slowly ......"

When Sun Kewang heard this, his face froze slightly, and then he raised his head and looked at the rest of the generals: "You can talk about it, what should I do?" ”

Ma Bao, who was sitting at the bottom of his hand, immediately answered when he heard the voice: "Lord, the last general thinks that what the deputy marshal said is very good,"

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Gao Lehou, "Didn't you say that as long as the anti-Ming banner is erected, the Qing army will not violate our territory, since our army can't take Nanning, let your Qing army attack it." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, we have tried our best, and we can be considered to have explained it, we can't go all the way to the dark, or preserve our strength."

"Yes, the last general also thinks that it is important to return to Guiyang now, so that there is more than ...... advance and retreat."

Seeing that Sun Kewang didn't say anything to Ma Bao, the generals guessed that he was seven or eight points in mind, and they all opened their mouths to echo.

(Question: Chen Yiming drove the Longsheng across the Pacific Ocean to South America, what was the main purpose?) ）