At noon the next day, Feng Taichu came to Changsha City with his cavalry troops. This time with the northern cavalry, Bai Shixiong stayed in the north, while he continued to fight south with the cavalry. Bai Shixiong had successfully redeemed his position in Li Yan's heart through his achievements outside the Saiwai, so this time he gave the opportunity to Feng Taichu to compensate for the merits he should have had when he fought outside the Saiwai.

The cavalry rested for only half an hour before setting off again. The ammunition they brought was enough and didn't need to be replenished, but they just had to leave the remaining rockets in Zhou He's army. They used rockets when they forcibly crossed the Xinqiang River, which scared Zhang Xianzhong's defenders away. In order to be able to catch up with Zhang Xianzhong's main force earlier, they couldn't stay too long, so they transferred some from Zhou He's infantry.

Their pursuit was different from that in Saiwai, except for ammunition, they did not even bring food and grass, and they collected them entirely on the spot. Rocket launchers were all launched individually, directly dragged by horses to follow the troops. Although a single launch is not as powerful as a group of eleven, it is more helpful for a pursuit to allow the rockets to keep up with the rapid march of the cavalry.

And their grain and grass are not purchased like Zhou He, but IOUs. They even saved the horses loaded with silver dollars, so that the horses could give full play to their combat effectiveness. Of course, since Huguang is a newly occupied area, the people have not yet fully identified with the Daliang army, so sometimes, collecting grain and grass is not much different from looting. For this reason, it also caused some influence on the officials appointed after the Great Liang, but as the IOUs in the hands of the people were honored one by one, this negative effect was also eliminated.

Feng Cheng led the cavalry to chase Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu all the way to the southwest, and on the way to Changde, Ainengqi's troops happened to meet Hou Guangtai's southbound troops.

Hou Guangtai set out from Jingzhou and headed south. He is considered a partial division, and his goal is to sweep the Xiangxi region and complete local control. Therefore, he continued to divide his troops along the way, and when he met Enench, he had only 8,000 men and horses.

But Enench wasn't much better. Due to the hasty retreat, he only took less than 20,000 horses to the west, and some of the other subordinates scattered in various places were still on the way to the west, and some were annihilated by the infantry led by Chen Yongfu.

Ai Nengqi sent someone to contact Xiao Hui in Changde, but the news of the report from his subordinates made him furious: Xiao Huihui, the successor of Lao Huihui, had already hung the banner of Daliang in Changde, waiting to be Li Yan's lackey.

At this time, Ainengqi had not yet discovered the Hou Guangtai department that was heading south, so he immediately sent troops to attack Xiaohuihui to punish this traitor from Daxi. But Xiao Hui just connected with Hou Guangtai when he returned here, so he naturally resisted desperately, waiting for Hou Guangtai to lead his troops to the rescue. After such a delay, Hou Guangtai grabbed the main force of Ainengqi.

Ai Nengqi didn't expect Li Yan's troops to come so quickly, the troops were entangled with Xiao Huihui in front, but there was another strong enemy in the back. He had no choice but to draw troops to barely cope, while expecting his other men to lead their troops to catch up. I didn't want to be able to annihilate Li Yan's troops, but only to be able to disperse the enemy's forces so that he could withdraw with a large army.

This time, Ainengqi knew that the situation was not good. Originally, he was reluctant to entangle with Xiao Huihui's 4,000 elite soldiers, but after he dispatched troops to block Li Yan's troops, he found that his troops could not block the attack of Li Yan's troops at all. They responded in a hurry, lacking both earthen bags and giant shields, and were bombarded by Li Yan's artillery troops, and the shotguns and flowering shells caused heavy casualties to his subordinates.

However, Ainengqi can also be regarded as a long-term battle-hardened battle, and he made a decision immediately and made a move of breaking the arm of the gecko. He ordered that the troops blocking Li Yan should defend desperately and not retreat, and at the same time let the elite soldiers who attacked Xiaohuihui attack with all their might. Xiao Huihui just wanted to sell the new dynasty at a good price, so naturally he wouldn't use up all the money in his hand, and he immediately shrank back after being attacked by Ainengqi.

It was this opportunity that Ainengqi wanted, and immediately packed up the team and took advantage of the gap. As for the troops that were still blocking Li Yan in the north, he did not notify them at all, leaving this force of 5,000 men to the enemy. This time it was really a mistake to steal chickens and rice, not only did the traitor return to Xiaohui without success, but also lost more than 5,000 subordinates.

But his doom wasn't over yet. Although most of these subordinates were old subordinates who had followed Zhang Xianzhong for many years, seeing their young marshal leave such a large force to the enemy, and still running away quietly without notice, made many soldiers feel cold. Therefore, on the subsequent march, several generals successively broke away from the brigade with more than 4,000 troops and left the team of Ainengchi. As for whether to surrender the girder or go it alone, only they know this.

For the defection of his subordinates, Ainengqi has no choice. He didn't know how many troops Li Yan had sent south, and he didn't dare to stay at all, for fear of being caught up by Li Yan's soldiers and horses. He knew that the morale of the army was now low, and if he was caught up by the enemy again, he might have to surrender to the enemy. Therefore, he did not deal with the detachment of his subordinates, but just blindly marched with his head covered and rushed towards Baoqing.

And the troops who stayed to block Hou Guangtai, looking back, saw that their main general, with the main force, slipped away quietly without a sound, and threw them away as outcasts. So the result was clear, and the force immediately gave up resistance and surrendered all.

Around Changde, plus the troops of Xiaohui, there were 20,000 people in Zhang Xianzhong's old department who surrendered alone. If it is given to ordinary generals, they must first be stationed in place, monitor and control these generals, and wait for orders from the rear. Either they will be trained on the spot, or they will be sent to the rear for further training, and it will definitely not be possible to pursue the enemy.

However, Hou Guangtai was also born as a surrendered general, and he knew the thoughts of these surrendered generals. Except for a few people who don't want to fight anymore, the rest want to perform well to let the new owner see their value and keep their position. So Hou Guangtai left some soldiers and horses to garrison Changde, and then brought all the troops to pursue Ainengqi.

Of course, there are drawbacks to this, that is, Li Yan has never wanted to keep people with bad deeds in the army. He took these people to pursue Ai Nengqi, which can be regarded as a merit to some extent, and when the screening and training is carried out again in the future, it will be difficult to eliminate these people directly. But at this time, he didn't think about this, his current goal was to seize the main force of Ainengqi, get this credit, and get an earl for himself.

Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu also had a hard time, although they fled two days in advance, but most of them were infantry, plus the baggage and the families of the troops, of course, the speed could not be compared with the cavalry. In less than two days, the rear team was caught up by Feng Taichu.

Since Feng Taichu had already caught up, he would naturally not let the enemy run away easily. He led the cavalry in continuous pursuit, scattering the enemy's ranks again and again, and capturing many enemy soldiers. From the mouths of these captives, they finally knew that Zhang Xianzhong withdrew in such a hurry because Zhang Xianzhong himself was accidentally killed by his own rockets.

This news lifted the spirits of the whole army, and the officers and men forgot their fatigue and pursued more vigorously.