Chapter 217: Proud Soldiers, Mourning Soldiers
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Outside Xindu Town, a light rain poured down on the armor, and it was cool to the bone.
Zeng Ying set up a formation, and his soldiers and horses were claimed to be 200,000, but there were actually 80,000. The remnants of the Great Western Army on the opposite side were only fifty or sixty thousand.
The soldiers and horses all over the mountains met on narrow roads, and in the gloomy rain curtain, only the neighing of horses remained. Between heaven and earth, it is cold and desolate, and the two sides are like two dormant beasts, just waiting to devour each other.
Zeng Ying put away his arrogance and began to face this opponent. All along, he thought that this group of people was just thieves who couldn't survive in Shaanxi, and they fled to Sichuan and got a big advantage. But at this moment, he knew that these thieves had fought for ten years, and they were already real remnants of a hundred battles. The fierce battle intent was like a cold awl piercing the face.
The Great Western Army has been from Sun Kewang downward, everyone has the heart of death, in front of them is the enemy of life and death, and behind them are alien iron horses. Retreat is death, advance is death, Zhang Xianzhong insisted on going his own way, sent troops to Hanzhong, and had already trapped his horses to death.
Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi each led an army, Sun Kewang Li Dingguo sat in the middle army, and Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were on the left and right flanks.
The war horse under the crotch snorted, white gas erupted from the tip of its nose, and Ainengqi slapped the horse's buttocks, and the battle began. Calmly in the mountains and wilderness, the sound of shouting and killing shook the earth, like a muffled thunder coming from nine heavens away.
The horses' hooves rolled, the flesh turned into mud, and the swords and soldiers clashed with each other with a piercing sound.
Viewed from a high place, it is like two torrents, colliding together. The mountains and rivers shook, the plants turned scarlet, and the mountain streams, mixed with rain, slowly changed color, and blood stained the land.
Ainengqi took the lead, even picking and thorny, and wherever he passed, there was no one who could. The four princes of Daxi, except for Sun Kewang, all wore armor and went into battle and charged. Everyone knows that it is useless to hide behind you, you can't kill the enemy, and you will die. The world is so big that there has long been no place for the Great Western Army, and from now on, every battle will be a battle to the death. Just like in that era when the demons were dancing, under the leadership of Zhang Xianzhong, they crisscrossed the Central Plains but had no fixed residence, and they were homeless when they broke the state and fell into the government.
The Great Western Army, which was determined to die, gradually suppressed the Ming army in Chengdu, and Zeng Ying on the lookout car of the Chinese army gradually couldn't sit still.
"Beat the drums of war and retreat from the battle, and you will not be forgiven!"
The proud soldiers will be defeated, the mourning soldiers will win, Zeng Ying never thought that his elite soldiers, the elite of the entire Sichuan army, would be defeated so quickly.
He jumped on his horse, raised his sword, and after cutting down a few deserters with his own hands, he rode up.
Inspired by him, the Ming army regained a little morale and struggled to resist the tens of thousands of madmen in front of them.
Liu Wenxiu was in Chongqing Mansion and was defeated by Zeng Ying several times and hated him to the core. Seeing Zeng Ying from afar, his heart was on fire, at this time the Ming army's formation was in chaos, and the personal soldiers around Zeng Ying were scattered by the deserters several times. Liu Wenxiu took off the strength on his waist, took out a feather arrow from the cow leather quiver, pedaled it on the horse, and shot an arrow straight to Zeng Ying's door.
Zeng Ying was caught off guard, at this time, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was difficult for ordinary arrows to shoot far. Carelessly, Zeng Ying turned around and slashed, forgetting to guard against cold arrows.
Only a sound of breaking the air was heard, and the arrow passed through the neck of the back and shot through Zeng Ying's throat.
Tima rushed to find Zeng Ying's Ainengqi, and laughed: "Zeng Ying is dead, Zeng Ying is dead!" ”
Like the last straw that crushed the camel, Zeng Ying died, and the Ming army no longer had the slightest will to fight.
The roar of the Great Western Army was as rapid as raindrops, and the shouting of killing was deafening, Ai Nengqi laughed wildly and pulled out his sword to cut off Zeng Ying's head, provoked it with the tip of the spear, and rode his horse in pursuit.
Zeng Ying's generals Li Dingchong, Hu Mingfeng, and Li Zhanchun were bloodshot in their eyes and hoarse.
"Avenge Zeng Shuai!"
Hundreds of bloody men rushed against the trend to avenge the Lord. Hundreds of people, under the impact of 10,000 people, seem so powerless. After a charge, only rout and slaughter remained.
After the Great Western Army was killed, it didn't stop, and people didn't take off their armor and went straight to Chengdu.
The main force of Chengdu Mansion was exhausted, and when the news from the front came, no one would believe it. Zeng Ying was still able to win a big victory in the battle, but he lost the field battle so quickly.
In a hurry, Ma Gan led the troops to flee, wanting to return to southern Sichuan to regroup.
Chengdu Mansion, which was contested by many parties, fell into an empty situation for a while, and no one was stationed.
At the beginning, Zhang Xianzhong conquered Chengdu and killed a group of people who refused to surrender; Ma Gan recaptured Chengdu and killed a group of people loyal to Zhang Xianzhong, and the officials and families of Onishi were basically slaughtered.
Sun Kewang came with victory, and after entering the city, he found that all the relatives of the officials had been killed.
In this way, Chengdu Mansion ushered in massacres again and again, and the rest of the people were trembling at home.
Liu Wenxiu looked at Sun Kewang with a hateful face, and persuaded him: "Big brother, Chengdu Mansion is not a safe place, the Qing soldiers in the north can arrive at any time, and the Ming army in the south is making a comeback, we have to abandon this place in order to survive." ”
Sun Kewang nodded, this familiar feeling was just like the days when he was a thief in the Central Plains. "Third brother, where do you think we are going?"
Liu Wenxiu closed his eyes and pondered, and Li Dingguo said: "Big brother, the north is already full of Manchu territory, and if you go north, you will definitely attract an army of Manchus." Southwest Sichuan, Qianyungui, has always been the world of the Ming army's weak garrison and the Tusi. It's better to go to the southwest, recuperate, and one day kill back to take revenge. ”
Sun Kewang nodded and said: "Second brother is right, our brothers will go to the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou, where the forces of all walks of life are intricate, attacking each other and guarding against each other, it is a good place for us to show our strength." ”
The Great Western Army was separated in northern Sichuan, and it didn't know about the great changes in southern Sichuan, only when there were still many warlords here, and they couldn't unite to deal with them.
Ai Nengqi's wife and concubine, and her newborn son were all killed by Ma Gan, and she said with hatred: "Anyway, if you want to leave, it is better to kill the lackeys of the Guangming Army, and then burn Chengdu." ”
Sun Kewang's eyes flashed with anger, and he was about to agree, Li Dingguo said: "No, never." ”
The three brothers looked at him together, Li Dingguo thought for a while, and said: "We will fight back one day, Chengdu is the hinterland of Sichuan and Shu, which is suitable for our Western Capital." If it burns, I don't know how much effort it will take to rebuild it in the future. ”
Ai Nengqi insisted on slaughtering the city, since Li Dingguo did not agree, Sun Kewang didn't want to have trouble with his brother just after he became the lord of the country. So he compromised: "Let's kill for half a day and grab some baggage for the road." Half a day later, he put away his swords and abandoned the city. ”
Taking into account Sun Kewang's forces, Li Dingguo sighed and did not dare to oppose again, and Ai Nengqi was also angry and did not dare to insist on slaughtering the city.