Chapter 426: The Western Army is defeated
On the western edge of the Hanzhong Basin, in the shade of the Han River, a large crowd suddenly appeared, and the further back, the denser the crowd became.
These people didn't say a word, and all hurried forward against the Han River, looking down from the sky, like ants in a hurry to move before the rain, moving from low-lying places to high places in groups.
On the Hanzhong Plain, there are such figures everywhere.
Get closer, take a closer look, these people turned out to be the army of the Han family, although many people have no weapons in their hands, no iron helmets on their heads, and no armor on their bodies, but it is still not difficult to see their identities.
This army was the Great Western Army, which was raided by Wu Sangui and turned from victory to defeat.
At this time, the soldiers of the Western Army supported each other and walked quickly to the west, and from time to time someone fell down, and their companions did not dare to stop for a while, so they dragged them away.
Zhang Xianzhong's cloak was scattered, supported by a general of the Western Army, and the war knife in his hand was used as a crutch, and he was clubbing the ground, walking forward one foot deep and one foot shallow.
This Emperor Daxi, the golden helmet on his head has long been gone, and the golden armor on his body has long been discarded, leaving only a filthy Ming Huang dragon robe, but there is still a set of skirt armor wrapped around his waist, which looks really embarrassed.
He was covered in blood, his hair was scattered, how could he still have the majesty of Emperor Daxi, even when Emperor Yizong of the Ming Dynasty was forced to a dead end, his appearance was a little better than him.
"Where?" Zhang Xianzhong was panting, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were a little distracted.
"Long live, it seems that if you come to Huangshayi, you should arrive in Mianxian County ten miles ahead." The general of the Western Army also looked like he had lost his armor, he listened to Zhang Xianzhong's question, quickly looked up at the terrain, and replied breathlessly.
From Mian County, you can enter the Golden Bull Road and return directly to Shuzhong, that is to say, they are out of danger, as soon as Zhang Xianzhong heard the vicinity of Mian County, he could no longer walk, so he sat on the ground and gasped for breath.
Zhang Xianzhong stopped, and the soldiers of the Western Army behind him did not leave, they ran for a day and a night from the north of Baocheng, and they were defeated for a hundred miles, and they didn't eat anything in their stomachs, if it weren't for the ** drive of survival, they would have fallen to the ground long ago.
The soldiers of the Western Army all relied on one breath, kept running, and now as soon as they stopped, the breath in their chests was discharged, and they no longer had the slightest strength, and they sat on the ground one after another, except for breathing, they didn't even want to move their fingers, but there were also some soldiers who climbed to the edge of the Han River, buried their heads in the river, and desperately drank the cold river water.
Zhang Xianzhong looked at this tragic scene, his heart was like a knife, thinking about how high-spirited he was when he was more than 100,000 elites, when he went out of Sichuan, but now he was defeated in such a field, and suddenly felt sad, and his eyes slowly blurred.
At this moment, the rear of the defeated soldiers of the Western Army suddenly became commotion, and the soldiers let out a burst of exclamation, and Zhang Xianzhong didn't know where the strength came from, so he jumped out and asked loudly: "What's the matter?" ”
"Long live, it's the Dragon Horse Army!" The general colonel of the Western Army in the back hurriedly replied.
Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry entered Hanzhong, the Western army was defeated, Long Xiang in order to cover Zhang Xianzhong's retreat, entangled with the Qing soldiers, Zhang Xianzhong originally thought that this cavalry was very few, but he didn't expect to escape.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong asked his generals to help him up, and when he looked over, he saw a group of horse troops coming from the east, going west along the Han River, and it was indeed Long Xiang's men and horses.
Of the two thousand dragon cavalry, only four or five hundred remained, all covered in blood, and apparently after a bloody battle, they came to the rout and immediately reined in the reins.
At this moment, there was nothing more exciting than the meeting of the two Western armies for the rest of their lives, and the Western soldiers who had collapsed on the ground got up one after another, paying tribute to the cavalry covering their retreat.
Wang Shangli, the governor of the Western Army, was covered with gunpowder smoke and had a few feather arrows stuck in his armor on his back, he grabbed the reins and hurriedly asked, "Long live?" \u000b The defeated soldiers hurriedly pointed to the front and said, "Long live is ahead~"
Wang Shangli listened, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, carrying the big gun that was still dripping blood, separated the crowd, searched around in the crowd, and finally saw Zhang Xianzhong in the distance, so he hurriedly took three steps and made two steps to run over, bowed to the ground, and cried: "God bless, fortunately, long live unharmed." The minister thought that ~minister~woo~"\u000b Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were also sour, but he calmed down and said: "Shangli, there is no need to be like this, you and I will not die, he will be able to snow today's shame." ”
When Wang Shangli saw this, he immediately put away his crying, but heard Zhang Xianzhong ask again: "Qing covers my retreat to the west, can you know the situation of the kings?" ”
"Long live the return." Wang Shangli thought for a while and replied: "At that time, Wu Sangui suddenly killed, our army was scattered, the establishment of the king of Anxi was the most complete, but it did not block Wu Sangui, the large array was directly killed by the Qing cavalry, Haoge saw that the reinforcements arrived, and immediately led the Qing cavalry to counterattack, long live after the order to retreat, the king of Dingbei in the southern formation immediately left the battlefield to the south, and the king of Pingdong only followed His Majesty, only the situation of the king of Anxi and the king of Funan is unknown. ”
Zhang Xianzhong felt a pain in his heart when he heard this, and at this time, thousands of defeated soldiers came over, and when he inquired, it was Zhang Kewang, the king of Pingdong, who led his subordinates to flee here.
At this time, of his 20,000 troops, there were only more than 3,000 people left, which can be described as extremely miserable, and the division was really collapsed.
This is still because Li Dingguo blocked Wu Sangui, and Zhang Xianzhong's order to retreat was given early, otherwise if there was a little hesitation, the entire Western Army might be surrounded in the north of Baocheng and annihilated by the Qing army.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong called Zhang Kewang in front of him, "Er retreated all the way, can you see Dingguo and Wenxiu?" ”
"Back to my father, the elite of Wu thieves came out, Haoge took the opportunity to fight back, and after the son was fortunate to be Dingguo and Wen Xiu, he escaped the pursuit, but at this time, I am afraid~" Zhang Kewang said in a panic.
Seeing this, Zhang Xianzhong immediately said to Wang Shangli: "Qing is working hard, gather all the horse army, and go down the Han River to see if you can meet the two kings." ”
"The minister has received the order, and the two highnesses will definitely be brought back."
Wang Shangli then led the remaining Longxiang cavalry, as well as Zhang Kewang's more than 100 cavalry, to make up enough for 600, left the brigade, and went east along the Han River.
"I hope you will go to the camp of Dingjun Mountain immediately, let Wang Zhaoling immediately pull out the camp, burn all the grain and grass materials that can't be taken away, and then join me at the entrance of Jinniu Road. In addition, Wudu Mountain will also send people to burn it. After resting for a while, Zhang Xianzhong had recovered a little, so he hurriedly ordered.
Zhang Xianzhong has been dominating the world for decades, and has also suffered many defeats, although this time the defeat was relatively miserable, but he still quickly calmed down.
After Zhang Kewang was ordered to leave, Zhang Xianzhong immediately stood up and urged the defeated army to continue to advance, and the army ransacked Mianxian County, robbed the county seat once before, and robbed it again, and then marched towards the entrance of the Golden Bull Road.
Wang Shangli led six hundred cavalry to the east, he felt that if the two highnesses really broke through, they would definitely go to Hanshui, he knew that the situation was urgent, so he urged his subordinates to advance quickly.
After walking more than 20 miles to the east, Wang Shangli had already faintly heard the sound of shouting and killing, and his heart was suddenly in a hurry, and he desperately whipped the war horse, and walked three or five miles, and finally saw a western sergeant coming from the east sporadically.
He stepped forward to ask, and learned that it was the troops of the king of Funan and the king of Anxi, saying that they were in order to buy time for the main force to retreat, resist the impact of the Qing army's iron cavalry, resulting in heavy casualties, and were entangled by the Qing army, unable to get out, and later the Qing army divided its troops to pursue the king of Dingbei who fled south and the main force of the west rout, and the troops were able to escape, but the Qing army was in hot pursuit, and the two highnesses were personally leading the troops to break off.
Wang Shangli's face was gloomy, "You go west at a fast speed, don't go back to Dingjun Mountain, take Mian County into the Golden Bull Road, and wait there." When he had finished speaking, he grabbed the horse's belly and galloped away.
The six hundred cavalry continued to move eastward, and the further they went, the more defeated the soldiers, one by one they lost their armor and abandoned their armor, and their faces were full of panic, and if they asked, they all said: "The Qing soldiers are chasing very quickly, and the king of Anxi and Funan are bitten by the Qing soldiers and cannot get out." ”
Wang Shangli continued to move forward, and finally saw from a distance that a Western Army infantry army of more than 2,000 people and more than 100 cavalry fought and retreated all the way, and behind them, the Qing army was chasing from all over the mountains. \u000b (Thanks to T World, fly left and fly right, spend a monthly pass full of 66 buildings.) Let's watch three more tomorrow, it's a little late today. )
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