The general of the defeated army is not brave enough. After the defeat of Yueyang, even if there were more than 10,000 people in his hands, Bai Wenxuan couldn't muster the courage to fight again, and led the army all the way to defeat and go to Wuchang.

Zhang Dingguo is now in Wuchang with the main force of the Huguang Army, and as long as he escapes to Wuchang, it will be much safer.

Another reason why Bai Wenxuan didn't dare to stay was that he led his troops to chase after him.

One is to beat the water dogs, and then to contain the Western Army to reduce the pressure on the Jiujiang Ming Army, after recovering Yueyang Mansion City, Plug Yinxi did not stay for long, after a little rest, immediately led the troops to set off, followed all the way behind.

Wuchang City, leading the army all the way to Wuchang, Zhang Dingguo had to stay for the time being.

There are still more than 400 miles from Wuchang to Jiujiang, and the army can reach it in seven or eight days by boat down the river. However, there must be enough ships and adequate food. Fighting in a large army is not a one-man walk, and all aspects must be considered clearly.

Zhang Dingguo's subordinates had more than 80,000 people, and there were more than 100,000 troops in Bai Wenxuan's army, which he sent to block Yinxi. Not long ago, the Western Army occupied most of the southern part of Huguang, and food supply was naturally not a problem. However, due to the sudden dispatch of troops by Gu Yinxi, he captured Changsha Prefecture, which blocked the connection between several prefectures in the south of Huguang and the army, and naturally cut off the transportation of food and materials to the southern provinces.

This is also the reason why Zhang Dingguo sent Bai Wenxuan to attack and block Yinxi to recover Changsha, in order to supply food and salary for the army.

Another problem is the boats, the most convenient road from Wuchang to Jiujiang is the Yangtze River. And to transport 100,000 troops to Jiujiang through the Yangtze River, although some soldiers can choose to take the land route along the riverbank, but also need a large number of river boats, and so many ships cannot be raised in a day.

Of course, it is not impossible to go to Jiujiang completely by land, but it is inconvenient to transport supplies and baggage, and the land march is only 30 miles a day, and it takes nearly 20 days to reach Jiujiang, and it is necessary to cross several mountains at the junction of Huguang and Jiangxi and Jiangxi, and it is really troublesome if there are no ships to transport the army. This is also the reason why both Zuo Liangyu's army and Li Zicheng's Shun army chose to advance by land and water.

Therefore, after arriving in Wuchang, Zhang Dingguo did not sit idle, but sent an army to collect ships on the spot to raise food and wages. How to raise it, naturally, is snatched from the people's homes. The people in the Wuchang area are considered to have reached the blood mold, after Zuo Liangyu's Ming army, Li Zicheng's Shun army, Hao Shaoqi's remnants of the Shun army, Zhang Dingguo's Western army several looting and poisoning, whether it is ordinary people or landlords and gentry, every household is poor, and those who die under the chaos abound, compared to the original dozens of households, it will not slowly recover until many years later.

Zhang Dingguo knew that the battle with the Ming army of Jiujiang was really a decisive battle, and it might not be over in one day and one month, and the vast Huguang was the logistics supply of the army, so he was preparing to send troops to Jiujiang in Wuchang, while anxiously waiting for the progress of Bai Wenxuan's attack on the Ming army, and then got the news that Bai Wenxuan planned the defeat of the whole army.

Zhang Dingguo was shocked and furious, so he decided to personally lead the troops to meet Bai Wenxuan and give the Ming army a little color by the way.

The failure of Bai Wenxuan will inevitably make the power of the Ming army soar, and if it is ignored, I am afraid that the situation in the whole Huguang will be repeated in an instant. Therefore, it is necessary to defeat this Ming army and stabilize the situation in Huguang.

Zhang Dingguo personally led 5,000 elites out of Wuchang City and went to Yueyang to meet Bai Wenxuan.

forced the march all the way, and a day later, Zhang Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, who led the defeated army back, met.

Seeing Zhang Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan was ashamed and couldn't help himself.

At this time, Zhang Dingguo had no intention of taking deep responsibility, but ordered Bai Wenxuan's subordinates to exchange clothes and armor with his own army.

"General Anxi, there are as many as 20,000 or 30,000 Ming troops...... Bai Wenxuan couldn't help but say, he understood the intention of Zhang Dingguo's move.

"After changing clothes, you take them to continue to retreat to Wuchang, and I will be your palace." Zhang Dingguo didn't explain much, and said lightly.

Bai Wenxuan continued to lead people away, leaving behind a ragged coat and armor, Zhang Dingguo ordered his subordinates to wear these tattered clothes and camp in place.

Bai Wenxuan's flag also remained, and the tattered and swelly flag was planted on the ground and fluttered over the camp.

The tattered armor and the soldiers gathered together in groups of three or five looked no different from other routs from a distance.

Zhang Dingguo sat on a rock, and his 200 cavalry were hidden in the woods not far away. He was waiting for the Ming pursuers to come.

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The chief soldier Wang Shicai rode on a war horse and proudly led the troops to march. In the battle of Yueyang Mansion City, he led his troops to attack Yueyang first and recovered Yueyang Mansion City, which can be described as a great achievement.

Compared with the Tusi Dragon Proud Wolf Soldiers, who were ambushed and suffered heavy losses, the losses of his subordinate soldiers were minimal.

However, before he could fully enjoy the taste of plunder, Wang Shicai was ordered by Yinxi to withdraw from Yueyang Mansion City, and led his troops to continue to chase the retreating thief army.

First defeated Changsha Mansion, then regained Yueyang City in another battle, and then defeated 30,000 Western Army, which also made the prestige of Bingbei Dao Block Yinxi increased dramatically, from the ordinary Ming army to the Tusi wolf soldiers, no one dared to disobey his orders.

Although Wang Shicai was dissatisfied, he did not dare to complain at all, but set off with the army as a vanguard and marched in the direction of Wuchang City. And Plug Yinxi followed his army ten miles after the main force, and the two sides were only half an hour away, which shows the urgency of Plug Yinxi to suppress the thief.

The thief army has been defeated, and he has no dissatisfaction with Wang Shicai as a pioneer, because he knows that this is the opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions. Not to mention anything else, there are hundreds of Western thieves killed along the way, even if a person has only a reward of ten taels of silver, it is thousands of taels, and it can be regarded as a small fortune.

And as long as you are careful all the way to prevent the Western Thieves from routing and counterattacking, when they approach Wuchang, he, the vanguard, will be regarded as a completed task, and then it will be a feat.

Wang Shicai joined the army from a hereditary hundred households, and has achieved the post of chief soldier for more than 20 years, with 8,000 direct troops under his command, so he is naturally very experienced. He sent more than 100 scouts all the way to investigate the news in front and on both sides of the army, and the 8,000 soldiers were divided into two parts, except for sending a small force of troops from time to time to kill the western thieves who were scouting the horses, and the army marched steadily in the direction of Wuchang.

Judging from the results of the horse exploration, the thief soldiers are on the verge of collapse, and they may not be able to reach Wuchang before they can catch up with the main force of the thief soldiers. If you think about it, you can understand that after the defeat, you will flee all the way, there will be no material supplies, and it will be strange if you don't collapse when you travel three or four hundred miles!

What Wang Shicai has to do is to catch up with the main force of the thief army and leave all this demoralized thief army behind, and this great merit is enough to make him become an official and become a knight!

Soon, there was a report from the horse, and the main force of the thieves was miles away, as if they were too tired to walk. This made Wang Shicai's spirits suddenly lifted, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to speed up the march.