To the south of Jingzhou, on the ground that stretches for hundreds of miles, the crowd is like a surge. Under the miserable sky, hundreds of thousands of troops lined up and retreated south. The 200,000 horses and horses of the loyal battalion were originally Li Chuang's Dashun army, these people were a group of grass thieves ten years ago, but they fought for more than ten years, and they formed their own army after a long war. Of the 200,000 people, half of each of the Ma Bu Army, under the leadership of Du Yinxi and Li Jin, they went south in an orderly manner.

Behind them was the Agni Battalion, wearing black helmets and red tassels, and armor, which looked like a torrent from a high place. The middle and lower-level generals of the Agni Battalion did not know the intention of going to Changsha for a decisive battle, and they were indignant when they wanted them to retreat. Especially in the Jingzhou defense line, they suffered a lot of losses, and almost all of them were defeated by the Qing soldiers several times. Although it is not a big battle that breaks the bones, they hate each other.

The Qing soldiers, who often harass on weekdays, dare not do it at this time. In the past, the Ming army, which had spread out the entire Jingzhou defense line, had gathered together, and it was a suicide attack to attack and harass at this time.

Wu Sangui, who was across the river, was overjoyed after getting the news, and sent someone to report to Haoge and Azig on Pegasus.

Hauge and Azig were both Manchu princes, and they had a deep grudge against each other. Although Haug is inferior to Azig, he is a prince, and Azig has not been promoted to prince. Therefore, the two of them do not belong to each other, and they do not fight together on weekdays, and Wu Sangui, who is caught in the middle, does not dare to offend anyone. When encountering things, they are all asked for instructions at the same time, and they will never be left behind.

Although Hauge and Azig are fighting among themselves, they have always been able to distinguish between the important and the important when they encounter this kind of problem. The two of them decided at the same time to cross the river in pursuit. No matter why the Ming army on the other side abandoned the Jingzhou defense line, they did not intend to let go of this opportunity.

In this way, Hou Xuanyan was in the middle of his arms, and he was afraid that the Qing soldiers would not chase him, but began to send troops to garrison the city and occupy the county. In that case, his calculations will be all in vain. Not only did he give Jingzhou away, but the initiative in the decisive battle with the enemy was no longer in his hands.

The men and horses under the command of Wu Sangui were the first to cross the river, and they once had a name: Guanning Iron Cavalry.

The 200,000 troops of the Loyal Battalion and this group of people are mortal enemies.

At the beginning, in order to raise Liao, the Ming Dynasty sent it to Guanning Tieqi, so he desperately collected taxes. Shaanxi, which has natural and man-made disasters, is because it can't stand this, and it has risen up one after another, and there are anti-kings everywhere. Among them, the biggest disturbance was Li Zicheng's Dashun Army.

And every time the imperial court was disgraced by the Shaanxi thieves, it would transfer the Guanning army into the customs to suppress the bandits, and almost every general of the Guanning army was stained with the blood of these rebel thieves.

Later, Li Zicheng entered the city of Beijing, and the Guan Ning army, under the leadership of Wu Sangui, first decided to surrender. Later, Wu Sangui suddenly turned his face and fought with Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin in a piece of stone. It also opened the Shanhai Pass and let the Manchurian Jiannu enter the customs. Only then did Li Zicheng lead his troops to flee south, and the men and horses of the loyal battalion also fled with Li Zicheng at that time.

Wu Sangui had never taken these people seriously, and in his opinion, these people had made a mistake with soft bones and decided to flee further south. After his soldiers and horses crossed the river, they quickly caught up, Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses, the main force is the Han Eight Banners and the Green Battalion Han soldiers, among which there are 50,000 people, who are their own descendants, the elite Guanning Iron Cavalry. After crossing the river, Wu Sangui looked at the remaining traces of the Ming army on the Jingzhou defense line, and sneered on his fair face.

The military generals under his command said: "Lord Wang, I see that these people are withdrawing strangely, we might as well follow them south, occupy the city along the way, and report to the imperial court." ”

Wu Sangui, a world-famous traitor, although he grew up in the frosty Liaodong, he looked like a Jiangnan scholar. Wu Sangui, who became famous at a young age, once stayed in Beijing for a short time. In the circles of high society, he almost caused a sensation with his legendary experience and handsome demeanor. Famous princes and even literati were proud to have met him. His rough and elegant temperament made the great poet Wu Meicun very overwhelmed, and left him with the sentence "fair-skinned and waiting for the least number of years".

Such people are often extremely conceited, and Wu Sangui is no exception.

He looked at the Green Battalion general who spoke with disdain, and said, "That's the skill of you people, but it's not my Wu Sangui's means. What is the difference between living by picking up things left by others and beggars? Hou Xuanyan is guilty of a lot of crimes, he has repeatedly killed my Qing clan, don't take the opportunity to catch up with this thief, and capture this thief alive, but also covet this little merit and divide troops to occupy the city? ”

The generals around him laughed one after another, and the general in the green camp was full of shame, nodding his head and pleading guilty.

Wu Sangui was even more proud, with two hearty eyebrows and a straight nose bridge that fully provoked the heroic style of a man. He waved his hand and said, "Chase me, capture Hou Xuanyan alive, and the reward will be 10,000 taels." ”

Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses are gearing up, everyone wants to get this bounty, they know that Wu Sangui has always been trustworthy, and the reward he said was a lot of money. At this time, a small soldier, holding a piece of white cloth in his hand, with a strange face, came to the generals.

"Lord, in the big tent in front... Found a white cloth, the content of the painting on it, a great disrespect to the prince. ”

Wu Sangui's face sank and said, "What is it?" ”

The little soldier suddenly knelt down and said, "The villain doesn't dare to say it." ”

Wu Sangui kicked him down and said angrily: "Unfold!" ”

The little soldier slowly unfolded the white cloth with trembling hands, and saw a young woman with hairpins and sideburns painted on it, and her clothes were half-dissolved. Several men beside her had lewd smiles on their faces. On the top of the head of the man in the painting, names are written on each other. There are Zou Shu, Gong Ruofu, Mao Xiang, Tian Hongyu, and Liu Zongmin.

Wu Sangui's lungs exploded when he saw it, it turned out that these people were all the former masters or concubines of his concubine Chen Yuanyuan.

Looking below, there is also a line of small poems, the handwriting is crooked, the rhyme is incomprehensible, and it looks like a limerick poem. wrote: Talking about the ancient and modern heroes, I said that Sangui is the most kind. The switch forgets the grace of the monarch, and the fragrance of Qinhuai water surges. I don't know who picks the round round and takes the red in the pear orchard in Suzhou. Chong Guan is angry, and the Oiran lady is paired with a rice bucket.

There is a line of small words written at the signing place: I yearn for Hou Xuanyan.

After reading it, Wu Sangui's face sank like water, and he didn't say a word. After a long silence, a word squeezed out from between his teeth: "Chase!" ”