As the day gradually dawned, the 100,000 left troops on the east bank of the Jinshui River disappeared, and except for the men and horses anyway, the rest of the left army was either killed, captured, or fled eastward.

Xu Heihu chased all the way, and the Ma army chased directly to the city of Wuchang, killing the left army to a river of blood before turning back.

In this battle, Wei Wu's army killed 20,000 enemies, captured 20,000, and more than 10,000 people participated anyway, and the remaining left army all fled at night.

However, these people did not flee back to Wuchang, most of them became stragglers, and fled home alone, the small shares fell into the grass nearby, and the large shares occupied a county, they fought separately, but they were unwilling to go to Wuchang again.

Only Li Guoying led thousands of remnants of the army back to the city, scaring Zuo Dashuai so much that he almost suffered a stroke and collapsed.

Zuo Liangyu originally thought that when the Qin mission arrived, the war would be understood, but now Gao Yihuan defeated him with 100,000 people, which made him a little bottomless.

He even had a little doubt that he had made a mistake in his judgment, and this Qin Cha was not here to help him intercede and mediate the conflict between him and Gao Yihuan, but to paralyze him and catch Gao Yihuan off guard.

But after thinking about it calmly, I think it's unlikely, if Gao Yihuan completely defeats him and occupies Wuchang, then Gao Yihuan's strength will immediately soar, be conservative and be a king, arrogant like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, it is not a problem to be an emperor.

It is impossible for the Nanjing Imperial Court to be willing to see Gao Yihuan grow to such a point, so it must be hoped that he can continue to contain Gao Yihuan.

After figuring this out, Zuo Liangyu calmed down, ordered the city gate to be closed on the one hand, and prepared to face the battle, and on the other hand, he flew to Nanjing for help, and at the same time did not forget to join Wang Yan's book and sue him for disadvantage.

The attack on the east bank of the Jinshui River can be said to be quite successful.

For Wei Wujun, the biggest problem is that he is not good at water warfare, and it is precisely because of this that Li Guoying can rely on 100,000 local chickens and tiles to block Wei Wujun on the west bank of Jinshui.

Ma Jinzhong's submission allowed Wei Wujun to cross the Jinshui River directly without interference, and once the army crossed the river, it didn't matter whether there was an internal response or not, even if it was a dignified formation, Wei Wujun had enough confidence to defeat the left army head-on, not to mention a night raid.

In the early morning, the shouting and clamour, which had lasted for most of the night, gradually subsided, and the tents and fences in the destroyed camp were not burned, and green smoke was still rising everywhere.

Gao Yihuan came to the opposite bank early in the morning, surrounded by guards, and saw groups of prisoners gathered together, and soldiers walked between the corpses, cleaning up the corpses and picking up all kinds of weapons.

Gao Yihuan looked at the corpses all over the ground and couldn't help frowning slightly. In this raid, the left army killed a lot of people, but Wei Wujun actually didn't kill much, mainly the left army killed anyway.

For Wei Wujun, population, especially the young and strong population, was a rare resource.

The world's three major granaries, Huguang, Sichuan, Jiangnan, now Jiangnan mainly grows cash crops, Sichuan's grain output is also relatively limited, only Huguang a place, dare to claim that Huguang is familiar with the world.

At this time, Wei Wujun was not short of food, and the population was not a burden, but a resource.

The young and strong captives were able to open mines, cut wood, build water conservancy, and serve as tenants for military households, which were the resources that the emerging military nobles in the Wei Wu army needed to obtain.

Therefore, when Wei Wujun was fighting, in addition to chasing Li Guoying's core men and horses, he didn't pay much attention to other soldiers and horses, as long as they were defeated, but anyway, the people and horses were eager to make meritorious contributions, but they were quite hateful, and they were almost killed.

Normally, when attacking at night, the army is easy to rout, but not many people die, because it is easy to flee in the dark, but this time the left army was killed close to 20,000.

Gao Yihuan came to the burned left army camp, Wang Deren's armor was stained with blood, and he galloped over on horseback, "Dashuai, the left army on the east bank has been routed on all fronts, except for those who escaped and were captured, the rest of the people have been cut down!" ”

When he made a report, Li Hu and others also came over one after another, followed by a few new faces, and it was estimated that they were the generals of the Left Army on the east coast anyway.

"Marshal, most of the left army fled during the night, and only 20,000 prisoners were captured, and there were few military rations and equipment." Li Huyu reports.

At this time, Ma Jinzhong seized the opportunity and stepped forward to salute, "The last general, Ma Jinzhong, meet the marshal." This battle was all thanks to the great handsome Shenwei, who defeated Li Guoying. In this battle, the last general led 10,000 brothers to respond to the internal response, to meet the army across the river, to create chaos on the east bank, now that the war is over, I came to see the marshal, hope that the marshal will take in, and the last general is willing to serve the marshal for the work of dogs and horses. ”

After speaking, he led the generals behind him and stepped forward to salute Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan turned over and dismounted, helped Ma Jinzhong up, and was a little pleased, "General Ma is from Henan?" ”

Ma Jinzhong's face flushed, "I am from Yan'an, Shaanxi, but I have been in Henan for a few years, and Henan is a good place." ”

Gao Yihuan smiled and patted Ma Jinzhong on the shoulder, "There are also many Shaanxi people in this commander's army, and Huchen is from Shaanxi." This time, you raised troops as an internal response and helped the army cross the river, which is considered a great achievement, and the commander will reward you. Now you take your men and horses first, and follow the orders with the army! ”

Ma Jinzhong was overjoyed and hurriedly led his subordinates to salute Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan encouraged a few words, and then reminded: "You have followed Ben Shuai now, and Ben Shuai has to remind you of one thing." Ben Shuai has always loved the people, don't smash Ben Shuai's signboard. ”

The generals' hearts were cold, knowing that Gao Dashuai was worried that they would harm the people, Ma Jinzhong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will definitely restrain military discipline!" ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "From now on, the military salary and food you need will be covered by this commander." You have taken Ben Shuai's money and food, and there are still people who dare to harm the people, then don't blame Ben Shuai for not being humane. ”

"I took the money and food of the big handsome, and I didn't do any personnel, I didn't need the big man to speak, I was the first to cut him!" Ma Jinzhong assured again.

Gao Yihuan was very satisfied, laughed, and patted Ma Jinzhong's shoulder again, "General Ma, you are very good, Ben Shuai is optimistic about you, follow Ben Shuai to work hard, and the future is unlimited." ”

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, Zhao Daxian finally got the opportunity, "Dashuai, now we should rest in place, or gather people and horses, and march to Wuchang." ”

Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "Pack up, let's go straight to Wuchang!" ”

In early March, Gao Yihuan's army entered the city of Wuchang, but the army did not attack the city.

A few days later, Chen Zilong and the Jiang Waterproof Division rushed to Wuchang, clashed with the Wei Wujun's fort, and after an artillery battle, the Jiang Waterproof Division was forced to retreat to the Sanjiangkou, and Chen Zilong took the land route to Wuchang and came to the Gao Yihuan camp.

At the same time, Huang Degong was ordered by the imperial court to go south from Luzhou Mansion to Anqing, and the soldiers entered Susong County, which is at the junction of Huguang and Guangzhou, to support Wuchang.

If the war continues, it will evolve into a big war between Gao Yihuan and Nanjing, Gao Yihuan doesn't want to fight, and Nanjing can't contain Gao Yihuan, and the time is ripe for Wei Wujun to negotiate with Nanjing.

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