The army of thieves was completely defeated in Jianning Mansion, Funing Prefecture, and Quanzhou Mansion, and even Deng Maoba, who was trapped in the city of Quanzhou, also broke through in a hurry, and under the pursuit of Zhou Zongsheng's department, the army of 30,000 thieves and Kou lost nearly 20,000 horses, and Deng Maoba fled back to Tingzhou Mansion with 10,000 remnants of thieves.

At this time, Deng Maoqi, Landeron and Chen Zhengjing joined forces, led 370,000 remnants of the army all the way south, and converged with the 180,000 thieves of Ye Zongliu's department in Yanping Mansion, plus the 100,000 remnants of the army led by Jiang Fucheng, Deng Maoqi was ready to hold Yanping Mansion with more than 600,000 troops, and the official army fought a decisive battle again.

However, Jiang Fucheng, Landlong, and Chen Zhengjing no longer have the high-spirited fighting spirit of Deng Maoqi, and the three of them were beaten by the officials and soldiers, and the rabble under them were defeated one after another, and the courage in their hearts had already been wiped out.

And Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng had already seen the strength of Liu Juntao's troops, and they were even more unwilling to confront the official army, so at this time, all the 180,000 horses and horses of the department were concentrated in the area of Shaxian County, ready to retreat at any time.

Faced with such an attitude of the various ministries, Deng Maoqi had to gather everyone to rush to Yanping Mansion to discuss the matter, preparing to boost everyone's morale.

On this day, in the city of Yanping Mansion, Deng Maoqi impassionedly told the blueprint of defeating the official army and taking advantage of the Northern Expedition, wanting to depict a better tomorrow for everyone.

However, among the Ye Zongliu, Wang Neng, Jiang Fucheng, Landeron, and Chen Zhengjing, who are not ordinary people, where could they be so easily moved by Deng Maoqi's words?

It is estimated that even if Deng Maoba is here, he will not be persuaded by Deng Maoqi!

At this time, Jiang Fucheng said: "Raze the king!" Now let's not talk about the Northern Expedition, our hundreds of thousands of troops are being chased and fought by only 50,000 officers and soldiers, what should we do if this continues? Let's think about what is in front of us first! ”

Landlong also said: "Now that Jianning Mansion and Funing Prefecture have been lost, an official army has gone south to capture Quanzhou Mansion, and it won't be long before it will kill Tingzhou Mansion and wrap our hundreds of thousands of troops into dumplings!" I think let's think about how to survive! ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Fucheng, Wang Neng and Landron shouted that they should immediately retreat south, maybe the official army will leave some flaws in the process of pursuit, and everyone may have a chance to turn the tables!

Seeing this, Deng Maoqi was so angry that he slapped the table and argued with everyone, and strongly advocated continuing the bloody battle with the official army in Yanping Mansion, but he couldn't stand the strength of the other party, and he never had the upper hand.

At this time, Deng Maoqi looked at Chen Zhengjing, who had not spoken next to him, and said, "Chen Shuai! Tell me, how are we doing now? Fight, or retreat! ”

Jiang Fucheng, Wang Neng, and Lan Delong all looked at Chen Zhengjing, and even Ye Zongliu looked over.

Chen Zhengjing pondered for a moment and said: "I think let's withdraw first, the 50,000 officers and troops come from different sources, and under the pursuit, there may be a situation where they are out of touch with each other and lone troops go deep, and when the time comes, we will concentrate our superior forces to gather and annihilate one group, and maybe we will be able to turn the tables around!" ”

"That's right! That's the smart thing to do! ”

"The officers and soldiers are strong, only in this way will we have a chance of winning!"

"You can't be trapped in the city anymore, hundreds of thousands of horses are guarding everywhere, and they can only be broken by the officials and soldiers!"

Deng Maoqi didn't expect Chen Zhengjing to support the withdrawal of troops, and his face turned pale with anger when he saw that everyone agreed.

"If you retreat at this time, the military spirit of these hundreds of thousands of troops will collapse, and then the army will be defeated!"

Deng Maoqi argued in vain, but no one cared about the words of this bulldozing king, and living at this time was what everyone cared about the most!

Ye Zongliu also couldn't help but say: "Before the war, I told the king of the bulldozel that I would train elite soldiers, repair internal affairs, hoard money, food and military equipment, and then rely on various cities to defend it, but the king of the bulldoze didn't care, and now what can I do?" ”

Deng Maoqi waited for Ye Zongliu angrily, and was about to have a seizure, but after thinking about it carefully, people reminded him, but he didn't take it to heart, who can blame him?

"Withdraw!"

Seeing that everyone advocated retreating, Deng Maoqi roared and said: "The armies of all departments immediately retreat to Tingzhou Mansion, converge with Deng Mao's eight departments, and then make a decision according to the direction of the battle!" ”

"Good!"

"Order!"

After Deng Maoba gave the order, everyone hugged their fists to receive their lives, so angry that Deng Maoba wanted to rush up and beat everyone up.

"But the hundreds of thousands of troops can't be withdrawn if they say they can, someone must stay behind to stop the officers and soldiers! Which of you will be left behind? ”

Hearing this, everyone who was applauding just now was silent, and no one even looked at Deng Maoqi at all, all of them bowed their heads and said nothing.

Seeing this, Deng Maoqi was about to turn his face with everyone, but saw Ye Zongliu say in a deep voice: "It's okay!" This time, everyone has already fought a bloody battle with the official army, and there have been a lot of losses, so let me do it now to block the official army! ”

As soon as Ye Zongliu finished speaking, Wang Neng stood up suddenly: "Ye Shuai! ”

Ye Zongliu glared at Wang Neng, ignoring Wang Neng's anxious appearance, and continued: "But the king of the bulldozing wants to leave me enough money and grain to carry the weight!" ”

"It's nature!"

Deng Maoqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to everyone: "Everyone! Since Ye Shuai focuses on the overall situation, then you should send it to each other! ”

Everyone is also interested, and they all said that they would leave money and food to assist Ye Zongliu in blocking the official army.

A few days later, Deng Maoqi, Landlon, Chen Zhengjing, and Jiang Fucheng each reorganized their troops and horses, and the army of more than 400,000 thieves gathered and retreated.

Deng Maoqi and Chen Zhengjing led an army of 200,000 to retreat south from the Tianjie Mountain area west of Yanping Mansion, Lan Delong led 100,000 thieves to the south from Youxi County south of Yanping Mansion, and Jiang Fucheng retreated south through Sha County.

After Ye Zongliu took over a large amount of money and grain, he left Wang Neng to lead an army of 10,000 to garrison Yanping Fucheng, and he rushed back to Shaxian to rectify the army.

Just when Deng Maoqi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go to Tingzhou Mansion to fight with the official army again, he suddenly received that Ye Zongliu led his troops to raid Jiang Fucheng's troops passing through Shaxian, not only killed Jiang Fucheng, collected Jiang Fucheng's 100,000 troops and baggage, but also directly abandoned Shaxian, Yanping Fucheng and other places, and directly led 280,000 troops to flee to the west of Anyuan County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi!

Hearing the news, Deng Maoqi almost fell off his horse in shock, and then scolded Ye Zong for leaving a wolf's heart and lungs, and actually left all the backs of the righteous army to the official army.

At this time, not only was there no obstruction behind Deng Mao's Seventh Division, but Landlong's Headquarters would also be attacked by the official army at any time!

Therefore, Deng Maoqi ordered the army to flee south quickly, and on the other hand, ordered Landlong to immediately rush to Tingzhou Mansion to join him.

At the same time, Deng Maoqi also ordered his younger brother Deng Maoba to reorganize his troops and horses as soon as possible and go north to meet him.

Because Deng Maoqi knew in his heart that the righteous army was stabbed by Ye Zongliu, even if the armies from all walks of life converged in Tingzhou Mansion, they would not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the official army.

Deng Mao's Seventh Division, Landlon's Division, and Deng Mao's Eighth Division, are only more than 400,000 defeated soldiers, and they have lost the ability to fight head-on with the official army, and now for everyone, the only way out is to flee immediately!

Four days later, Deng Maoqi and Chen Zhengjing led an army of 200,000 to Qingliu County, the capital of Tingzhou, and joined the 110,000 troops of Deng Mao's eight divisions, who had been waiting here for a day.

After that, the three of them joined forces and continued south, and arrived in Liancheng County in the south in two days.

At this time, more than 20,000 officers and troops under the command of General Dai Jingkui had already recovered Yanping Fucheng, Shaxian County, and Yongan County all the way, and were marching towards Qingliu County; Liu Juntao's 25,000-strong army also marched westward, recovering several cities such as Zhangping County and Longyan County in Zhangzhou Prefecture one after another, and is now killing towards Liancheng County, Tingzhou Prefecture!

Deng Maoqi originally wanted to stay in Liancheng County for a few days, waiting for the 100,000 troops under Landlon's department, so that the 310,000 thieves army that had already converged could take a breath and rest.

When Kos heard the news that the two lines of officers and troops were biting behind him, he was also heartbroken, so he discussed with Deng Maoba and Chen Zhengjing, and decided to abandon Landlon's troops and horses, and directly led his troops to flee to Jiangxi.