Everything happened too suddenly, Xiao Tianjian learned that Gao Jian killed the officers and soldiers who went out of the city to fight against the war, and then supervised the division to kill Yuezhou City, but from a distance I heard that there was a big chaos in the city, and then a scout rushed over to report that a large number of officers and soldiers were fleeing from the south of the city. Where is there such a war, just after a defeat for a while, the whole army is defeated, and even the city is gone, and they have to flee out of the city? He had fought for so many years, and he had never fought such a battle, so he immediately sent scouts to probe again, and at the same time scattered all the cavalry on hand, went around the city, and once he found that the officers and soldiers really wanted to escape, he then covered up and killed.

Li Xin also paused for a while, laughed after pondering for a while, and said to Xiao Tianjian: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord, Yuezhou City has been returned to the lord!" ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced at Li Xin and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"The lord of Qiqi, the officials and soldiers in the city are expected to have different thoughts, some people must want to withdraw the troops from Changsha, but there are also people who advocate to defend the city, they have different opinions, some people led the troops to open the city and escaped, and as a result, the officers and soldiers who stayed behind also broke out, and this time the lord can take Yuezhou City without much effort! Without further ado, the lord should quickly send troops to pursue! If you move quickly, it is estimated that you can block this group of officers and soldiers in Yuezhou, as long as these officers and soldiers are solved, in this case, we might as well put the battle of Wuchang first, and it is not impossible to take Changsha first! Li Xin's brain was very active, and he immediately saw an opportunity in the chaos.

Xiao Tianjian's brain turned a few times after hearing this, and he immediately figured it out, and immediately did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered all battalion generals, with the battalion as a unit, to immediately begin to pursue the officers and soldiers with all their might, so as to block the officers and troops in the area of Yuezhou and annihilate them on the spot, and send Gao Jianjian to lead the troops to seize the south gate of the city, if this goal can be achieved, they can not only take Yuezhou lightly, but even maybe it is really as Li Xin said, even Changsha will be taken in one go!

The victory of the Xingtian army in this battle can be said to be inexplicable, and the defeat of the official army is also inexplicable, no one can tell what the specific reason is, but it must be related to the fact that Li Qiande led his troops to evacuate Yuezhou, and the entire official army was so chaotic without organization, scrambling to escape from Yuezhou City, and after leaving the city, there would be no soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the generals, so they were completely messed up, and then the Xingtian Army appeared around them like a divine soldier, shouting and roaring and rushing towards them, and the sound of guns was practiced into one, There was almost no stopping, and people were constantly knocked to the ground, which added to the chaos of the officials and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers were like headless flies, scurrying around outside the city of Yuezhou, but there seemed to be men and horses of the Xingtian Army everywhere, constantly blocking their way and giving them a head-on blow.

So many officers and soldiers in order to survive, quickly chose to surrender, they served as soldiers for food, not for their lives, and the salary was not paid or arrears from time to time, or they were greedy by the officers, and now the war is like this, if anyone pays back his life to the court, he is a bastard!

So a large number of officers and soldiers were cornered and had to surrender, and at this time, the shouts of the Xingtian army members sounded in all directions: "Surrender and don't kill!" ”

So more officers and soldiers reacted, and they didn't want to run away anymore, so they lost their guys and simply sat on the ground, just waiting for the Xingtian Army to come to receive them, and some people even sat on the ground, and shouted at some officers and soldiers who were running: "I said brothers, don't run, who to eat food with is not food!" I heard that the life of the Xingtian Army is better than ours, and they never owe their salaries! Don't run, sit down with your brother and wait! It's a big deal to go home and farm, but the heroes of the Xingtian Army have long said that if they don't want to be soldiers, they will plant the fields,......"

At this time, more officers and soldiers figured it out, so they sat down, just waiting for the Xingtian Army to come and collect them and give them new jobs.

In order to chase and block the officers and soldiers in the rout, the various departments first pursued separately with the battalion as a unit, and then scattered to chase the company as a unit, and then simply continued to chase with the team as a unit, and finally even ten or eight people scattered everywhere to catch prisoners, and even two or three soldiers of the Xingtian Army appeared, who could catch hundreds of prisoners in one breath and escort them back to Yuezhou City.

Even the soldiers and generals of the water battalion heard the news, and hurriedly sent clippers and local Dongting Lake pirates to chase on the waterway, blocking the rout troops trying to cross the river everywhere on the water, and in the end of the battlefield chaos, even Xiao Tianjian couldn't control it, he didn't even know where his subordinates were chasing, so he had no choice but to send scouts to find his subordinates, reorganize them, and order them to escort the captives back to Yuezhou City as soon as possible.

And Gao Jian led the troops to seize the south gate of Yuezhou City, but when they reached the west gate of Yuezhou City, they saw that the west gate was opened by the officers and soldiers, and a large number of officers and soldiers flocked out, so Gao Jian couldn't take care of the south gate, so he simply pounced directly on the west gate, without much fighting, Gao Jian led his troops to seize the west gate, and the officers and soldiers who were fleeing in the city saw that the west gate was blocked, so they all ran towards the south gate, and Gao Jian sent troops into the city to chase and kill behind, and the chaos inside and outside the city was a mess.

After Xiao Tianjian completely controlled Yuezhou City, it was already the evening of the next day, and a large number of Xingtian military troops also began to escort their respective prisoners back to Yuezhou City one after another, and enclosed the prisoners in a place surrounded by water on three sides outside the city, until the morning of the third day, all the troops and horses returned to Yuezhou City.

Xiao Tianjian's face was very dark, he had never fought such a battle, he originally let his men go down to pursue the enemy, and did not let them chase so far, but according to the men and horses who came back at the end, they actually chased nearly 100 miles away in a day and two nights, in short, as long as there were officers and soldiers in front, they did not stop, until after capturing these officers and soldiers, they could not see anyone in front, so they turned around and returned.

Listening to the words of the generals, Xiao Tianjian felt very ridiculous, this battle was too ridiculous, such a big and important Yuezhou would actually be defeated in this way, and there were not many casualties on both sides, the Xingtian Army could almost be said to have no serious casualties, there were dozens of people who twisted their legs, and there were not many dead officers and soldiers, at most they killed a few hundred people, and the rest basically surrendered directly on their knees, taking stock of the captured prisoners alone, there were seven or eight thousand people, including the defenders of Yuezhou, Although it is not clear how many people fled back to Changsha, at least in terms of the number of prisoners, most of the more than 7,000 horses brought by Li Qiande in Changsha were basically lost in Yuezhou.

On the evening of the third day, someone informed Xiao Tianjian that a big man had been found among the captives, and that Li Qiande, the governor of Biyuan, and Xu Xu, the prison guard, were actually wearing the clothes of a small soldier, and they were also among the captives, and they were finally identified by the captives, and now they have been taken out separately and detained in the city prison.

In addition, after Gao Jian invaded the city, Huang Mingxuan, the prefect of Yuezhou, committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, so calculated, the main officers and generals and officials in Yuezhou, except for Kong Xigui, did not know where to run, and were basically killed by the Xingtian Army.

When the people in the Yuezhou area heard that the Xingtian army had captured the city of Yuezhou, they also rushed to join the army, Xiao Tianjian immediately opened a warehouse in Yuezhou to give relief, and at the same time recruited thousands of men and horses.

And most of the thousands of officers and soldiers also expressed their willingness to follow the Xingtian Army, so after Xiao Tianjian defeated Yueyang, his strength instantly more than doubled.

"My lord! Can't hesitate! Now can be said to be the best time to capture Changsha! Li Qiande, the governor of Biyuan, was captured, most of the defenders of Changsha were annihilated here, and the troops in Changsha City were very empty at present, although it was good to take Wuchang first to take Huguang, but now General Luo and General Liu Shao have already led their troops to attack Wuchang, even if the lord delays the attack on Wuchang, it is worth it! Please don't hesitate! The soldiers are fast, and Changsha can't be prepared! Send troops as soon as possible! Li Xin said to Xiao Tianjian anxiously.

Xiao Tianjian lowered his head and thought for a while, although he has a lot of troops now, but the main force is less than 10,000 people, most of them are just recruited soldiers, and recruits recruited on the spot, these people are very weak in combat effectiveness, with such soldiers and horses to fight, a bit not in line with his taste, he has been insisting on taking the elite route for a long time, but after going south to Huguang this time, because the territory of the troops is too large, so that the quality of the soldiers in the army has greatly declined, and Changsha is also a strong city, With such soldiers and horses to fight Changsha, he was a little hesitant.

But after listening to Li Xin's words, he still made up his mind, nodded and said: "Your staff department's opinion is good, but this is an excellent opportunity, it's a pity to give up, it's important to go to Wuchang, but it's not bad to take Changsha first!" That's what you think.

It's just that if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the new army won't have time to train! ”

Li Xindao: "The lord is not unreasonable to worry, but although the training of recruits is important, but the officers and soldiers are not strong at the moment, at the moment we have a few battalions as the core of the main force, and then with the new army as a supplement, on the road while walking and training, although the new army's combat effectiveness is not high, but there will be no problem, the big deal is that after the capture of Changsha, to the Hanyang area, and then step up the training of the new army, after all, there are so many new troops, and the logistics department can not provide enough self-generated guns to equip the new army in a short period of time, so I think that It's better to hit Changsha first! ”

This time, Xiao Tianjian's plan was slightly disrupted, but thinking about such an important city as Changsha City, once it was taken by hand, it would play an extremely important role in capturing the entire Huguang in the future, Xiao Tianjian finally made up his mind to move south and approach Changsha.

(Today's thanks to a drunken person, a white cloud passing through a gap, a dream watch, a dead heart, and a few brothers for their rewards!) ）