After the bold young man in the master's camp set the camp on fire, he also picked up the weapons left behind by the Qing soldiers and bravely pursued and killed the Qing soldiers who were fleeing. Even this group of hungry masters who could barely walk actually forced down hundreds of Qing soldiers.

The Qing army on the northern, southern, and riverside lines all collapsed, and only the Qing army on the eastern front still retained its formation and slowly retreated, and there was no tragic situation of the Qing army in the other directions.

After Chen Qice's department and the Taiping army met, they immediately ordered the elite to pursue the Qing army retreating eastward, and the Qing army retreated eastward with Shang's own soldiers, and protected the retreat of the flag soldiers of the brigade. Chen launched two attacks and were repelled by Shang's own soldiers, and the generals who led the troops gathered their troops and horses to follow up slowly, no longer attacking the Qing cavalry easily, but only trying to drive things away.

Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to meet with Chen Qice, the chief general of the water division, to discuss the follow-up matters, but the personal soldiers who went to contact him reported that General Ling Hai, the chief general of the water division, was arranging to chase the enemy, and he could not meet with Zhou Shixiang for a while. If it is convenient for Zhou Shi, he can go and negotiate with General Ling Hai.

Hearing this, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help frowning slightly, the flag of the commander of the sailor was General Ling Hai, which was obviously the chief military officer of the Southern Ming Dynasty who hung the general number, and he was a unique figure in the Nanming officialdom, which was a higher level than the general army without the general's seal.

Although the general plus number of the Ming Dynasty army has been indiscriminate since the Chongzhen period, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty after Jiashen is even more wanton knighted, what duke, uncle, marquis are innumerable, and even the king with a different surname has been sealed two, and the chief military officer with the general number is really not worth mentioning. However, Zhou Shixiang did not have any official identity of the Yongli Imperial Court, and all he had in his hands was the Luodingzhou General and the Great Seal awarded to Hu Quan by Cheng Bangjun, the staff of the Yongli Imperial Court's Military Department, which led to Zhou Shixiang's identity after leading the Taiping Army was extremely embarrassing, and he was neither recognized by the Yongli Imperial Court to take over Hu Quan's position as the Luodingzhou Counselor, nor did he obtain a new commission from the Yongli Imperial Court, so in essence, Zhou Shixiang is now a common man, and even his newly built Taiping military camp head does not have the official identity of Nanming.

A team of civilians said that the good ones are the righteous teachers, and the bad ones are the bandits, although the Yongli Imperial Court has recognized the righteous teachers from all over the world in recent years. even took the initiative to recruit bandits from all over the world, but this does not mean that the generals of the Ming army really take a fancy to these righteous teachers, let alone that the leaders of these righteous teachers can get the eyes of the Southern Ming officials.

Although Chen Qice had been slow to move his troops before, he led his troops ashore when the Taiping army was dying, and forced the Qing army to retreat, so he was very kind to the Taiping army and Zhou Shixiang in both public and private. Not to mention anything else, Zhou Shixiang should take the initiative to see Chen Qice on this basis, but the words from the soldiers made Zhou Shixiang quite ambiguous, this battle is considered to be won, but after winning, the dominance of Xinhui seems to be quietly changing. Facing the Ling Hai General Headquarters, who had far more troops than his own. Zhou Shixiang must be treated with caution.

After thinking for a while, he ordered Qin Zhisheng and Shao Jiugong to immediately gather their forces, clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded soldiers, and no longer participate in the pursuit of the retreating Qing army. Zhou Shixiang particularly emphasized that those Qing soldiers who surrendered were not allowed to be tortured and killed, except for officers, and were all escorted back to the city to be guarded.

Shao Jiugong hesitated, he knew that Zhou Shixiang had taken a fancy to the Qing army prisoners, but what if the sailors also took a fancy to it.

Zhou Shixiang waved his hand and said, "We'll do ours." The sailor did them, and the two had nothing to do with it. If the sailor interferes in our affairs, there is no need to back down, and it is reasonable to argue. They are all Ming soldiers and horses, and they won the big battle, so it won't be too much if they want to come to the water division. ”

"The Qing demon has been defeated, presumably there is still food left in the camp. Our army has run out of food, and this grain cannot be taken by the sailors. Qin Zhisheng mentioned the most important thing, that is, the grain and grass left by the Qing army.

Zhou Shixiang made the final decision: "Without further ado." You go and search quickly, I want people, I want food, weapons and baggage can be as much as you can get, remember, you must not have a conflict with the sailor, if there is anything to report, I will go and talk to General Ling Hai. ”

After instructing these matters, Zhou Shixiang sent someone to find Song Xianggong, in the matter of how to treat General Ling Hai, he urgently needed the guidance of this "three surnames as slaves" officialdom old fritters, and he also had to explain his next step to this partner in order to get the latter's full support.

Xinhui is not a place to stay for a long time, even if this big victory, Zhou Shixiang does not want to stay in Xinhui anymore. It was a terrible feeling to be in a lonely city, and he needed a new world, a world where he would never have to worry about seeing the sun tomorrow morning

The Qing army retreating east successfully stopped the pursuit of Chen Qice's troops, but when they withdrew to Xin'anpo, they were attacked and harassed by the Tie Yi troops who detoured here from the southern front, which made the Qing army stop retreating.

Tie Yi had less than 200 Taiping troops, and in the face of the Qing army, which was several times their strength, Tie Yi did not blindly launch a frontal attack, but relied on the woods to attack the Qing army. The Qing army continued to retreat, and he led his troops to kill from the flank, and attacked several times, which gave the Qing army a headache.

After being attacked by the Taiping army again, Xiang Guokui personally led dozens of banner soldiers to rush into the forest, but was unexpectedly hit by the last earth-shattering lightning hidden by Tie Yi. In the explosion, Xiang Guokui's war horse stepped into a pit in the forest impartially, and the war horse screamed, throwing Xiang Guokui off the horse and breaking one of his legs.

"Come and save me!"

The pain of his broken leg made him cry out to the national leader, and when he found the sound of footsteps coming from the surrounding forest, he was so frightened that his voice trembled, and he hurriedly ordered his own soldiers to help him up.

Unexpectedly, dozens of flag soldiers who followed him into the forest turned around and went out of the forest when they exploded, and there were Xiang Guokui's personal soldiers inside, and when the personal soldiers found that their own leader was gone, there was already a cry of Xiang Guokui's knife in the forest.

After the battle against the leader of the country, Qin Guocheng was furious and urgently transferred his own soldiers to protect the two wings. Under the protection of the cavalry of his own family, the Tie Yi Department could no longer successfully attack the Qing army, so he had no choice but to retreat and join the brigade.

Chen Bu, who was following in the rear, found that the Qing army did not stop the whole team to counterattack, but also breathed a sigh of relief, and sent someone to report the movement of the Qing army to the east, and after Chen Qice reported the movement of the Qing army to the east, the generals still followed the Qing army cautiously, and only after the Qing army was "sent" more than 20 miles away, the generals gave the order to collect the troops and retreat.

After this battle, the outside of Xinhui City was already a mess, and Zhou Shixiang met Linghai General Chen Qice by the river.

Looking at the white-haired General Ling Hai in front of him, Zhou Shixiang was very surprised, but what surprised him even more was the white-haired veteran's incomparable enthusiasm and praise for him. (To be continued.) )