After the defeat of Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng died, the 300,000 army of his subordinates were leaderless, and they fled in a rout, under the pursuit of 200,000 imperial troops such as Ying Long's army, as well as nearly 200,000 strong men, the mountains were full of fleeing figures, and countless people trampled on each other.

This chase lasted for a whole day, most of the 300,000 rebel routs were either killed or captured, only Gao Jie and Liu Xian Brown two, one because they were Zuo Liangyu's left and right hands, had a high reputation, and there were many routs gathered, and the other was the first to flee because they had been prepared, so these two fought and retreated, but they supported and escaped smoothly.

"My lord, Huang Degong has caught up again, what should I do?" Gao Jie led the remaining 10,000 Shaanxi troops to retreat to the vicinity of Jiujiang, but before he could catch his breath, a scout immediately came to report.

Gao Jie gritted his teeth: "Damn Huang Degong old dog, so many routs, chasing Lao Tzu." ”

After Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were defeated and died, Huang Dequan led 12,000 people, no one cared, and he saw Gao Jie's Shaanxi army chasing and killing all the way, all day and night, and he followed closely, if it weren't for Gao Jie's fear that other pursuers would chase him together, he really wanted to turn around and fight Huang Degong.

"Keep running, look for an opportunity to cross the river and go north, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, after crossing the river, he Huang Degong's old dog will chase after him!" Gao Jie endured the evil anger in his heart, he just thought about it, no matter what, he couldn't really stop and fight Huang Degong, although he and Huang Degong still had similar soldiers left, and they were also veterans of a hundred battles, so he might not lose! But killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 self-losses, he only has 10,000 Shaanxi soldiers, this is his capital to settle down in the future, and there is no room for loss!

Gao Jie has already thought about it, he followed Zuo Liangyu to rebel, and now it is useless to regret it, he can't go back to the imperial court, let him stand on his own, he also knows that he is not that material, and the current trend of the world does not allow anyone to have the opportunity to stand on his own, so he thought about it and felt that only by going north to join the Manchu Qing Dynasty could he live.

"Kill" At this time, there was a shout of killing all over the mountains behind him, and it was Huang Degong's army that had arrived.

"Where does Gao Jie run against the thief, don't kneel down and die quickly!" Huang Degong was riding on a horse, and although the arrow wound in his left shoulder was not yet healed, he still held a knife in his right arm and personally led the army to chase and kill Gao Jie.

The defeat of Jiujiang in the first battle, Huang Degong couldn't wait to eat Gao Jie's flesh raw, it was because Gao Jie attacked from behind that he lost Jiujiang, and the 150,000 army under his command has now left less than 12,000 people, which is all thanks to Gao Jie, it is a deep hatred in the sea of blood, how can he not revenge! It is precisely because of this that Huang Degong will personally lead the army to hunt down Gao Jie, regardless of the injuries that have not yet healed.

"Damn, that's bad luck! Walk! Huang Degong chased very fast, Gao Jie didn't even dare to engage with Huang Degong for a short time, led an army of 10,000 and began to run non-stop, and at the same time let the mobile scouts look for ships along the Yangtze River, looking for opportunities to cross the river to the north, as long as he crossed the Yangtze River, he was safe!

Also having the same idea as Gao Jie is Liu Xianzhang.

Liu Xian Brown, as Zuo Liangyu's right-hand man, gathered 80,000 remnants of soldiers, fought all the way and retreated, and now there are still 50,000 troops, which are being rectified in a small county town.

"My lord, so far, I can only take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty." A staff officer suggested to Liu Xianzhang.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates also think so, there are Mao Wenlong, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, and then Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, that is not the king and the prince, the Manchu Qing Dynasty treats people well, in the face of the pursuit of the imperial court, it may not be a good thing to take refuge in the Manchu Dynasty!" Another general persuaded him to do so.

Although they don't want to be traitors, they are also very sorry for their lives, the tragedy of Wuchang and Jiujiang shook the world, and they were destined to dare not surrender and return to the imperial court, because they are all generals, and the imperial court may not kill ordinary soldiers, but it will definitely not let them go.

Liu Xian Brown kept frowning and didn't say anything immediately, but there was also intention in his eyes.

Another general noticed Liu Xian Brown's expression, thinking that Liu Xian Brown was still hesitating, and persuaded him even more: "Your Excellency is hesitating, you see the general trend of the world today, the Manchu Qing army is strong, the regent Dolgon is eloquent and strategic, the Manchu Qing and the Ming Dynasty have never been defeated in the war, and now they have just entered the customs less than half a year and defeated Li Zicheng, who has the potential to sweep the world, it can be seen that the luck of the world is in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty dominates the world is the general trend, and will definitely fight with the Ming Dynasty again in the future, do you think the Ming Dynasty is the opponent of the Manchu Dynasty?" ”

Liu Xian Brown shook his head, how could the Ming Dynasty be the Manchu Dynasty's hand, after all, it has been decades, and in the face of the Manchu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has never seen the Ming Dynasty win, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger.

"Okay, I agree to surrender to the Manchus!" Liu Xian's brown eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile.

In fact, Liu Xian Brown had the idea of surrendering to the Manchu Qing from the very beginning, but after all, this kind of thing is a betrayal of the national righteousness, so naturally he can't open his mouth, otherwise if something goes wrong in the future, these former subordinates will inevitably blame him, and now they have opened their own mouths, and he Liu Xian Brown is the Manchu Qing who was forced to surrender helplessly, and no one can blame him.

After Liu Xian Brown made his plan, he led his 50,000 remnants to rest only for a moment in this small county town, and then fled again. The strongest Ying Long army in the imperial court only pursued for less than a day, and then withdrew early, plus the pursuers behind Liu Xian Brown were not as undying as Huang Degong was to Gao Jie, so Liu Xian Brown was able to calmly order his army to cut down wood and make boats, and cross the river to the north one step ahead of Gao Jie.

Gao Jie was much more unlucky, and he fled sleeplessly for most of the day to collect more than a dozen boats to cross the river in one place, but his 10,000 troops only had time to cross 6,000, and they were caught up by Huang Degong again, and the remaining 4,000 men and horses were all annihilated by Huang Degong, and Gao Jie almost vomited blood!

"Huang Degong old dog, hateful! If he doesn't take revenge in the future, I swear not to be a man! Seeing the 4,000 army on the other side of the river being annihilated, Gao Jie was so angry that he almost crushed his teeth, his eyes stared at Huang Degong on the other side of the river, and said hatefully.

"Let's go!" Gao Jie gritted his teeth and led the last 6,000 soldiers and horses to flee north!

On the other side of the river, Huang Degong had no choice but to stare helplessly at Gao Jie and lead the army away, and also swore that he would take Gao Jie's dog head one day!

Huang Degong immediately led the army to return to Jiujiang City, and the other armies that pursued and killed the rout also converged in the direction of Jiujiang City, which was the will issued by Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Cihong was not in a hurry to return to Nanjing City.

"Good news! Good news! Anqing victory, the emperor led the army to defeat 700,000 anti-thieves in one fell swoop, the thief leader Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Mengeng and others were subdued on the spot, Jiujiang, Wuchang were all recovered! A cavalryman with a command flag in his hand ran from the main gate of Nanjing City towards the direction of the palace cabinet, and reported his victory all the way.

The people of Nanjing City were all shocked and couldn't believe it, the emperor only led more than 200,000 troops to go, and in less than a month, he defeated 700,000 rebels in one fell swoop, which is incredible! Then the people rejoiced, and the city of Nanjing was full of joy and encouragement! The Broadcasting Department published another newspaper today, and there is only one thing on it, that is, the great victory of Anqing, this newspaper has printed hundreds of thousands of copies at a time, and it is widely distributed all over the world, and the whole world celebrates!

The cabinet, Ma Shiying, Liu Zongzhou and others were handling official business, and suddenly received the news of the victory in Anqing.

"The emperor won?" Ma Shiying and the others were stunned, and immediately reacted, bursting into tears: "The emperor really won, and he also wiped out most of the defeated soldiers, this is a real victory!" God bless the Ming! ”

All the officials are excited, for decades, the Ming Dynasty was defeated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty many times, and then the city of Beijing was broken by Li Zicheng, the first emperor hanged the coal mountain, this is how many years have not had a big victory, the emperor only ascended the throne less than a year to change the decline of the Ming Dynasty, and won many battles!

Although since Zhu Cihong went south, the two major battles fought by Daming were to destroy the anti-thieves, but the officials subconsciously ignored these, Daming needs victory too much, especially this battle of Anqing, winning more with less, is a real victory! Because of this big victory, no one is talking about Zhu Cihong's personal expedition, and it has also laid the foundation for Zhu Cihong's successful personal expedition in the future.

From Jiujiang to Wuchang City, after Zuo Liangyu's rage, the original prosperous place has long become dilapidated, the reason why Zhu Cihong did not return to Nanjing City immediately is that he plans to sit in Hubei for a period of time, formulate a series of policies on the spot, and restore the vitality of Hubei!

Zuo Liangyu's army ravaged most of Hubei, but no matter what ordinary people or gentry and heroes, all of them suffered, and today's Hubei is almost like a blank piece of paper, Zhu Cihong can do whatever he wants.

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