Yichang is only two or three hundred miles away from Jingzhou, and Zhang Xianzhong passed through the fiasco of Jingzhou, and the remaining four or five hundred people were all horse teams, and they ran to Yichang City in the evening of the same day.

After Liu Wenxiu got the report, he hurriedly approached his godfather to the city, seeing Zhang Xianzhong and others so embarrassed, Liu Wenxiu was stunned, and Liu Wenxiu was even more shocked when he heard the news of the Yichang fiasco.

Zhang Xianzhong and the others bathed and changed their clothes, and ordered the military doctor to re-examine and treat the wounds for his godbrother Sun Kewang, and then Liu Wenxiu set up wine to suppress the shock of his godfather and brothers.

During the banquet, Zhang Xianzhong and them discussed the military situation, and Liu Wenxiu said: "The situation is too unfavorable for us. Although Yang Sichang died and Zheng Chongjian was also punished by the faint king, Sun Chuanting came back, Jingzhou was newly defeated, and the morale of our army was low, so we had to think of a way quickly. ”

Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing, etc. all bowed their heads and were silent.

One Lin Yi, they can't deal with it, and now there is another Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting They are not strangers, they are as famous as Lu Xiangsheng, one is the founder of the Qin army, the other is the commander of the Tianxiong army, the Qin army and the Tianxiong army are one of the most powerful armies in the late Ming Dynasty, and they and Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry are collectively known as the three major armies in the late Ming Dynasty.

The three major armies of the late Ming Dynasty mainly refer to their combat effectiveness, which were the three most powerful armies in the late Ming Dynasty. However, there were two main enemies of the official army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, one was the Tartars outside the Guan, and the other was the thieves in the Guan, that is, the peasant rebel army.

The main opponents of the Guanning Iron Cavalry were the Tartars outside the Guan, and they also became famous for their battles with the Tartars outside the Guan.

On the other hand, the main enemies of the peasant army in the pass are the Qin army and the Tianxiong army, especially the Qin army can be called the natural enemy of the peasant army.

Because the Qin army led by Sun Chuanting repeatedly defeated Gao Yingxiang, especially in the battle of Meridian Valley, Gao Yingxiang was captured alive. Then Sun Chuanting cooperated with Hong Chengchou and repeatedly defeated Li Zicheng, especially in the battle of Tongguan, leaving Li Zicheng with only 18 people left.

Lin Yi and Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong is enough for Zhang Xianzhong to have a headache, and now Sun Chuanting is here again, in the face of such a powerful opponent, Zhang Xianzhong has to be afraid of a few points, in addition to Lu Jiude and Huang Degong, if he is entangled by these armies, Zhang Xianzhong himself does not dare to imagine what the result will be.

Liu Wenxiu is right, the situation is too unfavorable for them. Fortunately, Li Zicheng and Ma Hui returned to their fierce toss in Henan, which has invisibly relieved the pressure on them.

Zhang Xianzhong thought about it for a long time, drank it all with his wine glass, and made a decision, that is, to give up Yichang, give up the plan to develop along the river, and return to Sichuan by reroute. Sichuan is the land of abundance, the terrain is complex, and there is the soil for survival.

Zhang Xianzhong's plan, his godson and generals did not oppose it. Three days later, Zhang Xianzhong took his four godsons and his generals Ma Weixing, Bai Wenxuan, and a total of more than 20,000 horses, abandoned Yichang City, crossed the Yangtze River, and drove into Wushan.

Facts have proved that Zhang Xianzhong is Zhang Xianzhong after all, and at critical moments, he still has a certain strategic vision.

Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses just withdrew from Yichang City on the second day, the Ming officers and troops gathered around Yichang, the west is Zuo Liangyu's men and horses, the southwest is the Sichuan general Kong Sizhen's men and horses, including the loyal Hou Qin Liangyu Bai's pole soldiers, the north He Renlong's men and horses, at this time Sun Chuanting with his generals Bai Guangen, Niu Chenghu led four or five thousand Qin troops also arrived.

If Zhang Xianzhong can delay Yichang for another day, Yichang will become Zhang Xianzhong's second Jingzhou. The lonely city is difficult to defend, and the turtle in Wengzhong, Zhang Xianzhong and others will be difficult to fly.

Now, Zhang Xianzhong's men entered Wushan, and two days later they arrived in Wanzhou, leaving the official army far behind in the Yichang area......

Zhang Xianzhong abandoned Yichang and fled, and two days later Sun Chuanting entered Yichang with his men.

At this time, Sun Chuanting did not immediately lead his troops to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, but ordered Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, and Lin Yi to immediately rush to Yichang and convene a military meeting.

Sun Chuanting is now the governor of the three sides, and of course these generals are under his command and transfer.

His henchman Bai Guangen retreated and saluted: "Your Excellency Governor, are you going to clean up He Renlong and Lin Yi?"

Sun Chuanting nodded, seeing that Bai Guangen had something to say, and said, "Is there anything wrong?"

"My lord, there are a few words from my subordinates that are not worth talking about."

Bai Guangen was originally also a thief, the original subordinate of the Monkey Monkey, since the surrender of the official army, he has fought bravely and made many achievements, Sun Chuanting values him very much, and regards him as a confidant.

"Say it."

"My lord, with all due respect. My Ming Dynasty is in an eventful autumn, there are slaves outside to disturb the border, and there are thieves inside, and now the Ming Dynasty is short of soldiers. Although He Renlong is guilty, this person is very brave in battle, and he is called He a madman, and he will not die when he fights. In addition, there is that Lin Yi, although this person has a lot of problems, but he is also a legendary figure in the army, and he may not know this person well because he has not been in the army in recent years. This man was a man of great courage and good use of soldiers, and repeatedly defeated Tartars and thieves. From a pawn of the border army in just a few years, he became a second-class military general of the imperial court, and the emperor personally crowned the crown prince and the prince, and hung the rank of general soldier. Wouldn't it be a pity to get rid of these two people? The subordinate means that at the moment when the great enemy is currently employing people, if the governor can be used by me, let the two of them bear the guilt and make meritorious contributions, it will be two sharp blades to fight thieves. Think again. ”

Sun Chuanting's face was gloomy, he sighed, and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back for two steps, "You don't know what you said about these governors, He Renlong has made great achievements since he abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, but now he doesn't listen to the court's support for the army, he and Li Zicheng are fellow countrymen, and the emperor suspects that there are two hearts." The governor surnamed Lin also knew that this was a great figure, not to mention far away, this time he fought against Zhang Xianzhong, first took Xiangyang, and then won Jingzhou, defeated Zhang Xianzhong, and made great achievements. However, this person actually exchanged the felons and thieves of the court for silver flowers, and the court was furious, and the holy order could not be disobeyed, and the governor had to do what he wanted. ”

Bai Guangen didn't dare to say more.

Sun Chuanting ordered Bai Guangen and Niu Chenghu to prepare immediately, and when Lin Yi and He Renlong came, they gave an order and cut off their heads.

After Bai Guangen and Liu Chenghu received the order, they made arrangements at the city gate, and then ambushed heavy troops inside and outside Sun Chuanting's military tent, because they knew that these two people were military generals, and since they wanted to kill, they had to be foolproof......

Jingzhou City.

Lin Yi put up an empty plan, and overnight, Zhang Xianzhong's 80,000 army was wiped out. After dawn, Lin Yi led his men and horses to chase for a while, and collected his troops back to the city.

By this time, the battle in the city was basically over. With the cooperation of 1,000 soldiers and horses in the city, Lin Yi's army in ambush outside the city has now all rushed into the city, and the thieves who rushed into the city plus the thieves who stayed outside the city are added together, and the prisoners of the thieves alone amounted to more than 30,000, and more than 30,000 were killed and wounded in this battle, including those who trampled on each other, and the remaining thousands of people are missing.

After counting the number of people, Lin Yi also paid the price of thousands of casualties in this battle.

Look inside and outside the city, there are dead bodies everywhere, and blood stains the walls red, the moats, and the land outside the city.

There are mountains of corpses, and there are all kinds of dead people. Pieces of broken flags, short knives and arrows, everywhere. The unburned embers were still smoking, and the air was filled with a strong, pungent smell that was a mixture of blood, burnt, etc.

The officers and soldiers were busy for several days after the war cleaning the battlefield, repairing the city defenses, treating the wounded, burying the corpses, taking care of the booty, guarding the prisoners, etc.

Then there was only the matter of dealing with the prisoners, because Hao Yaoqi was injured in the face in this battle, Lin Yi left Hao Yaoqi with 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Jingzhou, while letting him recuperate here, and taught him the more than 30,000 captives to adapt.

Let Wang Jian lead the logistics supply battalion, also stay in Jingzhou, inventory the loot and put it into storage, and assist Hao Shaoqi to reorganize the prisoners.

After Lin Yi's men and horses replenished and rested, he led 30,000 men and horses out of Jingzhou to Yichang to continue to pursue Zhang Xianzhong.

When the troops had just arrived in Zhijiang County, Lin Yi suddenly received an order from the new governor of the three sides, Sun Chuanting, to immediately rush to Yichang and convene a military meeting.

Lin Yi let his men and horses be stationed in Zhijiang, and let the deputy general Zu Keyong be responsible for setting up camp here, and Lin Yi took Zhang Hua and some of his personal guards, a total of more than 100 flying horses to Yichang.