The defenders of Mianyang quickly collapsed under the fierce attack of the Wehrmacht artillery, and coupled with Di Qing's previous offensive plan, the collapse was even faster.

The infantry who rushed to the top of the city began to chase after the rout, and at the same time opened the city gates and lowered the drawbridge, allowing more officers and soldiers to rush into the city.

The defenders scattered and fled, and under the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, they had no will to resist, and surrendered on their knees. While the officers and soldiers were taking in the prisoners, they continued to pursue and kill.

The city was in chaos, and after Di Qing entered the city, on the one hand, he ordered to maintain order in the city and strictly prohibit harassing the people, and on the other hand, he sent cavalry to join the team pursuing the deserters.

From the mouth of the captive, it was learned that Sun Kewang did not die in the artillery fire, but was escorted by a group of personal soldiers and rushed out of the south city gate and fled in the direction of Jinguan City.

Di Qing sent a team of cavalry with a few captives as designators to hunt down Sun Kewang, and told them to only chase them fifty miles away, and if they did not have the hand at that time, they would return immediately.

The life or death of a Sun Kewang will not affect the overall situation, after all, under the pressure of artillery, the meaning of personal martial arts or resourcefulness has been reduced to a very small level.

When it was getting dark, all the soldiers who had been chasing the deserters rushed back, and many of the prisoners were brought back.

According to statistics, more than 34,000 prisoners were captured. Nearly 10,000 enemies were killed, and less than 10,000 escaped.

Sun Kewang escaped with his life, but the soldiers who escorted him to escape lost most of them.

Di Qing didn't care when he heard this, and ordered the prisoners to be placed, and the whole army was buried in the pot to cook, so that they could recuperate and recuperate, and then meet the next big battle.

At the same time, Di Qing ordered that the merits of all the soldiers in this war be counted, and that the time should be given to reward them for their meritorious deeds.

The Wehrmacht is very serious about the verification of military exploits, but the rewards for responding are also very rich, not only in terms of monetary and material rewards, but also in terms of promotion, and his family can also be honored and respected for his meritorious deeds.

This is also one of the important reasons why Jiang Chuan was able to form an elite army of one million in just half a year, because the enthusiasm of the people to join the army was really stimulated.

The most direct impact of this reward system among the people is that many people will give priority to soldiers when choosing a husband for their daughters.

Today's soldiers are not the cannon fodder soldiers of the past, and many people go to serve as soldiers purely because they are coerced or forced to go in desperation to survive. Now as a soldier, not only does you have a rich and affordable reward, but also the probability of surviving on the battlefield is much greater.

After all, everyone knows that the artillery of the official army is powerful and invincible, almost invincible in heaven and earth. In battle, there is no longer a need to pile up human lives as before, but first set up the cannons and bombard them for a while, and wait until the enemy is defeated and the soldiers are defeated and the army is defeated.

Who wouldn't want such an army?

As a result, Wehrmacht soldiers suddenly became the sweethearts of the blind date market, and the thresholds of some young officers' homes were even broken by matchmakers who came to propose marriage.

But after all, the Wehrmacht is the imperial field army, the absolute main force in the regular army. Moreover, the core is composed of soldiers from the fortress base, and the soldiers composed of the children of ordinary people account for only a minority.

Naturally, more monks and less porridge could not meet the needs of the blind date market, so many families had to retreat and set their sights on those soldiers of the National Guard.

Although they belong to the local garrison force, they belong to the second-class army in terms of rank, and they cannot be compared with the national defense force in terms of elite level or treatment and equipment, but after all, they are also the regular army of the imperial court.

Moreover, according to the regulations promulgated by the imperial court, soldiers of the National Guard who performed particularly well in combat could be selected to serve in the Wehrmacht.

This is equivalent to giving these soldiers and their families a hope of rising.

This hot phenomenon in the blind date market has prompted more people to take the initiative to join the army, thus ensuring that the quality of the army's soldiers has been further improved.

In addition, the imperial court published various news stories about the glory and benefits of joining the army in the capital in the Daming Daily, and the status of soldiers suddenly rose a lot in the hearts of the people of the world.

Therefore, the soldiers in the army are eager to fight, yearn for battle, and dare to fight with great spirit, and the atmosphere of rewarding meritorious deeds is even more enthusiastic.

The gold content of military merit is so great, so it is all the more necessary to ensure fairness and justice. In addition to the staff officers who specialize in recording military exploits, each unit must also explain it himself, and three or more people should corroborate it, and finally form a conclusion, so as to ensure that every soldier receives a fair evaluation to the greatest extent.

It is precisely because the atmosphere of war in the army is extremely strong that the cavalry troops chasing and killing Sun Kewang can rush all the way, separate and chase and kill, although they did not kill Sun Kewang, but they killed most of his own soldiers, and also let him himself flee in the wilderness, and the combat effectiveness of the official army is even more terrifying.

Not to mention that Di Qing was reorganizing his military horses in Mianyang City and preparing to march to Jinguan City, but it was said that Sun Kewang fled back to Jinguan City in embarrassment and pleaded guilty to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong is moody, likes to kill, and if he wants to kill, he will find an excuse to kill people.

Sometimes even his henchmen will be killed by him at will.

Although Sun Kewang is Zhang Xianzhong's confidant and righteous son, he suffered a big defeat this time, not to mention the loss of his troops, and he also lost Jinguan City, which is already a capital crime.

Not to mention that he has now given up the idea of being Zhang Xianzhong's successor, he only thinks about how to save his life.

The officers and troops are so fierce, and the artillery is so sharp and invincible, it is difficult for the Great Western Army to resist at all, and the so-called Great Western Kingdom will be finished sooner or later. Zhang Xianzhong, the famous Eight Kings, may not be able to protect himself in the end, who would be interested in being the so-called successor.

In addition, he often belittles Li Dingguo and others in front of Zhang Xianzhong, intentionally or unintentionally, this time he is arrogant, Li Dingguo will definitely fall in front of Emperor Daxi, and it is difficult to say whether his children can live at that time.

But he couldn't help but go back to Jinguan City, because he had nowhere to go, and his wife and children were all in the city. If he escapes like this, his wife and children will definitely die.

Although he followed Zhang Xianzhong and killed countless innocent people, he also had this deep affection for his family and was unwilling to give it up easily.

After Sun Kewang returned to Jinguan City in fear, he didn't even have time to change into clean clothes, and immediately came to the palace to ask to meet the emperor.

Knowing that he was guilty, he found a bundle of thorns to carry behind him, knelt outside the palace, and made a gesture of pleading guilty, hoping to fight for some chance to live.

As for how effective it can be, he has no confidence in his heart at all.

The companion is like a tiger, and Zhang Xianzhong is a moody tiger, and his mind is even more difficult to guess.