In Taiping Mansion, after Wang Yan rested in Wuhu for a while, the army began to move in the direction of Dasheng Pass, but the march was very cautious.

After all, the emperor and his entourage have been away from Wuhu for eight or nine days, if they are in the city, a month is not a big problem, but in the wilderness, coupled with the deliberate calculation of the Hong thief, what will happen, I dare not imagine.

At this time, the sentry cavalry had been dispersed by Wang Yan, and they went forward for twenty or thirty miles, opening their eyes for the army.

At this time, the army had already left Wuhu and arrived in Dangtu.

At this time, a cavalry galloped over in the direction of the army.

A horse army hundred households stopped not far in front of Wang Yan, turned over and dismounted, and then galloped to the elder, saluting on one knee, "King, the scout has brought back the news of the Great Victory Pass." ”

After Wang Yan was crowned king, the ministers and generals around him mostly called him His Royal Highness, but the soldiers at the bottom called him the king.

This "king" was originally a title for the princes, but later some grass cowards who occupied the mountain as the king also called themselves in this way, so they made this word a little arrogant, not as elegant as "Your Highness", but Wang Yandao liked this title very much, and felt that for ordinary soldiers, the king could undoubtedly unite people's hearts more than His Royal Highness.

Wang Yan listened to the report, his eyes flashed, and while raising his hand, he said, "Bring it here!" ”

Hundreds of households received the order, and after a short time, a general flag with a helmet came over, and it was the scout leader who had detected the vicinity of Dasheng Pass.

Galloping all the way, he was quite tired, and he was undecided, so he reported first: "King, I went deep into Yingtianfu for more than 80 miles, and ventured to explore outside the Dasheng Pass, only to see that the Chinese army camp had been burned down, and a small part of the Qing army was cleaning up the battlefield and carrying the corpses. ”

The camp was broken, and Wang Yan's heart suddenly rose, so it seems that the middle route army was defeated.

"What's going on? Is there any news from Your Majesty? Gao Yigong and the others on the side also changed their faces and asked urgently.

The general banner took out a few military cards from his arms, presented them with both hands, and sighed: "On the wilderness outside the Great Victory Pass, there are human corpses and horse corpses within a radius of dozens of miles, and it can be seen from the situation on the battlefield that the battle situation must be very tragic. The humble post only searched a little, and found so many, but fortunately, the humble post did not find His Majesty and the great of Jindu Town. ”

Wang Yan listened to him, and casually picked up a military plaque from his hand, which read "Commander of the Panshi Battalion of the Wuwei Left Army", and when he turned it over, it was engraved with the three characters "Xu Qiren".

Wang Yan's heart was shocked, and several other generals who picked up the military cards to see them also looked down.

This Xu Qiren is Jin Shenghuan's confidant, and during the Great War in Southern Jiangnan, Wang Yan still rebelled against Jin Shenghuan through his help.

Wang Yan didn't expect that he was killed in battle, and although the scouts didn't find the banner of the emperor and Jin Shenghuan, I'm afraid the situation is not optimistic.

In this battle of Jiangnan, the preparation of the Ming army was relatively hasty, and Wang Yan dragged it out for more than three months, and the preparations were almost complete before going down the east of the river.

He knew that the emperor threw off the left and right wings, and after rushing forward to the Great Victory Pass, he was a little worried, this lone army went deep, if he couldn't tackle the fortifications, when the soldiers were tired, the Qing soldiers suddenly attacked, and the emperor was afraid that he would suffer a big loss, and now his worries really happened.

Wang Yan's eyes became gloomy, the middle route army can be said to be the essence of the Ming army in Jiangxi, they are all elite soldiers, and now that the emperor is defeated, the Ming army will inevitably be greatly injured.

In this battle of Jiangnan, the strength of the Ming and Qing dynasties was already equal, and if more than 40,000 elite soldiers were lost at once, the comparison of troops on the western front would change, and the battle of Jiangnan would probably be very difficult to fight.

Compared with the losses of the Ming army in Jiangxi, Wang Yan was more worried about the emperor's personal safety, if the emperor was captured and killed, the momentum of the entire Ming Dynasty in the past two years would be a thousand miles.

Not to mention, just talking about this dynasty, after the change of Tumubao, the Mongolian soldiers and horses were directly killed under the city of Beijing, and the imperial court was almost ready to abandon Beijing, and after Emperor Hongguang was captured, for a long time, the Ming Dynasty was in a state of division, and there was no power to resist the attack of the Manchu Dynasty.

If the emperor is captured, I am afraid that there will be another battle for reunification within the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Gao Yigong and others on the side asked.

Wang Yan calmed down when he heard this, and now he should think more about what to do, where his army is going.

He will either retreat now, hold Anqing, and prepare to set up another Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven he has established, Jiangxi, Fujian, and King Lu may not buy it, and the Ming Dynasty may have a situation where the three families are contending, and the good situation will collapse.

Continue to advance, and did not find out the situation of the middle route army, in case he crashed in, Jin Shenghuan more than 40,000 people, plus the emperor has all finished, the momentum of the Ming army will inevitably fall below the bottom, and the Qing army is at its peak, in this case, the decisive battle, then he is purely looking for death.

Wang Yan thought about it, the battle of Jiangnan was a battle of national fortune, until now, there is no reason why the situation is not clear, and the army is easy to retreat, but the baggage is not easy to retreat, he and several other Ming armies, for this battle has been exhausted, unless there is accurate news, it is impossible to retreat.

"Scouts probe again, send out all the rampant horse troops, and be sure to find out what the middle route army has become, whether the emperor survives or dies, or is he captured by the Qing army, you must give this domain a quasi-letter."

Wang Shixiu next to him immediately took the order and left, but Wang Yan was still not at ease, his current position was already very forward, and it was very likely to fall into the encirclement.

After the rampant Ma army set off, he ordered his men to check on Sun Shoufa and the situation of Li Guo and Dai Zhifan in Jiangbei, and ordered them to block the Qing troops on the periphery.

If these two forces didn't block the Qing army and let Duoduo or Xiao Qi copy his back road, it would really be dangerous.

Wang Yan was busy with these and gave orders, and suddenly another scout came back to report, but it was the one who rushed to the foot of Ma'anshan, saying that the Qing army was camping under Ma'anshan, and was rushing to attack the Ming army on the mountain.

When the generals and staff heard this, they were trapped on Ma'anshan when they were sure that it must be the defeated army of the Middle Route Army.

The middle route army was raided by the Qing soldiers under the Dasheng Pass, and the east was blocked by the Dasheng Pass, the Qing army was outflanked from the southeast, and ran back and could not outrun the cavalry, and it was very likely to escape along the Yangtze River, taking the opportunity to find a ship to escape, but in the end it did not escape, and was trapped on Ma'anshan.

Since Wang Yan learned that the Middle Route Army was still fighting, he had to go to the rescue.

If the 40,000 elite soldiers are lost, the Ming army will inevitably be greatly injured and will have to go on the defensive again, and within four or five years, do not think about recovering Jiangnan.

If the emperor is captured, the nominally unified central government, which has been formed with great difficulty in the past two years, will immediately collapse.

There is King Gui who can inherit the unification, but the contribution of the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty over the years is also obvious to all, there are many people who support the Tang Dynasty, and King Lu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, who is embraced as the Son of Heaven, there are people who will not be convinced, and the anti-Qing forces are very likely to be completely split.

The blow brought by the emperor's capture to the army and the people will inevitably make the Ming Dynasty people turbulent and morale low.

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