Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui's subordinates had more than 10,000 soldiers, thousands of auxiliary soldiers, a total of nearly 20,000 people, and Wang Shangli's subordinates also had more than 10,000 people.

The direction of the heavy mountain is difficult to discern, rashly fleeing into the depths of the mountain, even if you can avoid the pursuit of the Chu army, in the end it is likely to starve to death and freeze to death, only by running back along the way you came, can you return to the camp under the mountain, and most people have a herd mentality, and they feel safe with their companions, but in this way, they got into the pocket of the Chu army together. was blocked by Liu Tichun at the fork in the road, in a dilemma.

Don't stop it!

In order to break through, these Western troops desperately launched an attack on Liu Tichun, but the musketeers of the Chu army were too strong, and the terrain here was too dangerous, after thousands of flintlock muskets blocked the intersection, even a bird could not fly over, and after several suicidal attacks in a row, the corpses of the Western soldiers blocked the road layer by layer, and they were no longer able to break through.

At this time, the main force of Zhou Guodong and Tan Xiao came up from behind, and the western army had no way to escape, and was surrounded between several mountain peaks, Wang Shangli's subordinates on the official road, and Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui's subordinates on the side of the road, with a total of more than 20,000 people, densely squeezed into two big lumps, still resisting stubbornly.

"These thieves don't know whether they are alive or dead, so they just attack them with fire and burn them to death." An officer made a proposal.

The rabbit is anxious and bites, and more than 20,000 Western troops are still fighting, and it is not easy to eat them in one bite, so they can directly set fire to the mountain, but they can be eliminated without a single soldier.

"This is more than 20,000 people, not 200 people, burn them all to death, aren't you afraid of losing your life?" Zhou Guodong glared at him: "Shout and persuade him to surrender, and those who are willing to surrender will be spared death." ”

"General Zhou, Ci is not in charge of the troops!" Another officer whispered: "It is also a trouble to keep more than 20,000 thieves, and it is the cleanest to burn them to death." ”

There are many elite veterans in the more than 20,000 Western Army, if they are released after surrendering, most of them will join the Western Army again, and the Chu Army is the enemy, if they are kept closed, it will be a heavy burden for the Western Expeditionary Army, although they won the Battle of Guiyang, the Western Expeditionary Army cannot always stay here, it is likely that they will have to fight on the move, and it is impossible to always carry a large number of prisoners.

"You're right, but I still can't do it. We were at war with the Tartars, and the Tartars tried not to kill them as long as they surrendered, but these soldiers of the Western Army were righteous soldiers who resisted the Qing Dynasty, and if possible, they should still be given a way out. Zhou Guodong pointed to the western army under the mountain and said: "This is more than 20,000 lives, killing them all can not be covered, Wang Junmen once said that our army is advancing into Yungui this time, it should be both graceful and powerful, attacking the heart first, killing too much, it is not good for our army......"

Killing people is the easiest, but killing too many people will inevitably bring trouble, not to mention anything else, as long as the reputation of the Chu army for brutality and killing spreads, the western army in other places will inevitably resist more fiercely, and in the long run, the casualties of the Chu army will be more.

Under the order of Zhou Guodong, the soldiers of the Chu army shouted together to persuade them to surrender, and the shouts of those who surrendered to avoid death resounded throughout the mountains, some soldiers of the Western Army laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Chu army, but most of the soldiers of the Western Army were still hesitating, and the generals of the Western Army were also trying their best to maintain morale, shouting that they would not surrender, and they killed some soldiers who wanted to surrender one after another, and they were still in a posture of stubborn resistance.

"Toast and don't eat and drink, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Zhou Guodong squinted his eyes, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he was about to order the archers to release rockets, so that the Western Army could taste the power of fire attack, but after all, he was a little hesitant, at this time, he saw a big chaos on the official road in the distance, and a force with a square battle flag beat the war drum and launched an attack on Wang Shangli's thousands of remnants.

"Tan Xiao, this guy is too composed." Zhou Guodong secretly slandered, very disapproving, this attacking force is obviously Tan Xiao's subordinates, eager to solve the battle, so he launched a strong attack on the enemy army trapped in the beast, although it will definitely be able to win, but its own casualties will not be small, rather than this, it is really better to attack directly with fire.

You can't be in a hurry to fight this kind of thing, the Western Expeditionary Army goes deep behind the enemy, every soldier is very precious, every wounded soldier is a heavy burden, and casualties should be avoided as much as possible when the victory is decided, as long as you spend some more time, you can always eat more than 20,000 remnants of the enemy, there is no need to let the soldiers sacrifice in vain.

"Something is wrong...... Although the distance is very far, after the two armies engaged, Zhou Guodong soon found that they were acting a little abnormal.

Wang Shangli's remnants were still desperately resisting just now, but suddenly they seemed to have lost their fighting spirit, where the Chu army rushed, where the Western Army would be defeated on all fronts, and a large number of soldiers surrendered to them, the performance of the Chu Army was also very strange, the style of the troops was not like the Chu Army, but more like the Western Army, Zhou Guodong was inexplicable, Liu Tichun came with a few people to solve his doubts.

"That's not our soldiers, ah, they're also our soldiers now, otherwise how could they be flying the square flag?" Liu Tichun said with a smile: "That's Miao Zhenzong's soldiers, he was trapped by Tan Xiao by the river just now, so he had to defect to the battle, and then he fought back against the Western Army, wanting to earn a ...... for himself."

After Miao Zhenzong and Wang Shangli separated, he led his troops to break through from the river beach, but the Chu army quickly transferred a large number of men and horses to surround him by the Nanming River.

He was a general under Wang Shangli, and suddenly turned into the Chu army, and the last bit of fighting spirit of Wang Shangli's remnants was also destroyed, and a large number of troops surrendered to Miao Zhenzong in formation, Miao Zhenzong did not refuse, and in a blink of an eye, he pulled up thousands of troops, and killed all the soldiers of the Western Army who were unwilling to surrender, and after his hands were covered with blood, he returned to Tan Xiao's side, and his waist was a little straighter.

"The last general will abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and from now on he is willing to smear the liver and brain of Wang Junmen, only General Tan and General Zhou are the first to look forward!"

"Brother Miao is really a good man who dares to be a hero, and we will all be our own brothers in the future!" Tan Xiao laughed, patted Miao Zhenzong's shoulder very affectionately, and suddenly frowned again, and said: "I have seen Brother Miao's loyalty, but you brought back thousands of people at once, and after a long time, these thousands of people will be difficult to protect all of them. ”

"It doesn't matter! Now that the Chu army has been surrendered, no one should think of half-heartedness...... "Miao Zhenzong asked for an order again, and led the troops that had just been pulled up to fight again and launched an attack on the remnants of Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui.

After a fierce battle, the remnants of Lu Mingchen and Gao Wengui were all wiped out, more than 10,000 people surrendered, and thousands were beheaded.

Captives are a burden to the Chu army, Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun discussed, decided to reuse the surrendered general Miao Zhenzong, who could not turn back, and promised him personally that he could form an independent force with surrendered Western Army soldiers, of course, this independence is also relative, the Chu army will definitely send a group of officers in the future to control this army, and the surrendered Western Army soldiers must also carry out the necessary screening and purging, even so, Miao Zhenzong is also very excited, and once again swore to express his allegiance, and asked for orders to pursue Wang Shangli.

"The last general is unwilling to be an enemy of the King of Shu, and he also asks a few generals to complete it, but Wang Shangli's house is different, I have endured him for a long time, as long as a few generals give an order, even if the last general chases him to the ends of the earth, he will be broken into thousands of pieces!"

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When Wang Shangli fled into the mountains and forests, he had more than 3,000 soldiers under his command, but soon after entering the woods, a large number of people fell behind and attrition, and when he met Zhou Wuding, there were only about 2,000 soldiers left.

Zhou Wuding is a master who is good at defeating battles and running away, when he blocked Tan Xiao, he fled with a hundred and ten personal soldiers, and while fleeing all the way, he continued to gather the rout, and after joining up with several scattered small troops, he actually gathered more than a thousand people, but most of them were bare-handed, or only holding a stick, not so much a weapon for self-defense, but a crutch for walking on mountain roads.

"The last general is willing to follow Gu Yuanhou and go to Wei Qingwei together." After meeting with Wang Shangli, Zhou Wuding breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of his personal personality, he was the most unpopular under Wang Shangli, and those dangerous tasks that no one wanted to do always made him take the blame, but he carried the blame a lot, and Zhou Wuding got used to it, and he was still very happy after seeing Wang Shangli, hoping to break through with him to Wei Qingwei in the northwest direction, and strive to join Bao Shengting.

"No, our goal together is too big, or should we break through separately, I will continue to Weiqingwei, you immediately rush to the camp under the mountain, Weiqingwei is far away, but the camp under the mountain has tens of thousands of strong troops to respond, it is safer......" Wang Shangli couldn't look at these stragglers under Zhou Wuding, he just wanted to blow all these burdens away, and cover his whereabouts by the way, but he was still saying beautiful words on his lips, as if he had left the danger and difficulties to himself, but he gave up the hope of breaking through to Zhou Wuding.

"What about fools?!" Zhou Wuding scolded in his heart.

Wei Qingwei to the northwest broke through, although the road is farther, but you can try to stay away from the battlefield, and you may also encounter Bao Shengting's troops, which is the safest direction.

On the contrary, to break through to the southwest, you must try to return to the camp under the mountain, and then you can get out of danger, but after the Chu army wins this battle, it will definitely take advantage of the victory to attack the camp under the mountain, and run over with great difficulty, and it is likely to run into the main force of the Chu army.