This is a formal contest between the anti-thieves and the regular army, at least it is not the old army of the guard, but the new army with absolute combat effectiveness.

However, this battle was not very fair at the beginning, and Emperor Chongzhen's urging and Zhang Fu's eagerness to show his way made this battle fall into a disadvantage from the very beginning.

However, Yang Hong's deployment in the center, after experiencing the initial chaos, still brought some minor troubles to the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army, excluding the more than 300 'reserve troops' who died in the beginning, including Li Tong, the Yuejian Tiger, and the 500 missing in the later period, also lost nearly 800 people in the subsequent melee battles.

You must know that at the beginning of the initial battle between the two sides, the Salvation Army directly caused nearly 2,300 casualties to the new army with an absolutely superior crossbow three-stage shot, and the remaining 2,700 people also fell into a brief chaos. The Salvation Army is not a ragtag army, at least even if it is trained by Zhang Hongbin, a half-man, it is no different from the regular army.

However, in the follow-up battle, Zhang Fu took Zhang Hao's generals and another group of henchmen with a total of 1,000 people to break through and escape, leaving 1,500 or so people to resist and still be able to cause such damage to the Salvation Army, which is Yang Hong's power.

But it cannot be denied that the Salvation Army is still not a regular army, at least Zhang Hongbin has to admit that he is only a half-hung instructor.

In this way, Yang Hong is the talent he needs the most at this stage, and in order to get him, he doesn't even need to spend some price!

Yang Hong was eventually captured, but Zhang Hongbin did not restrict his freedom, but only allowed him to attend classes every day. Yang Hong knew that the generals of his defeated army were not brave enough to speak, and it was rare to have a class to listen to, and he also included three meals and lodging, and he was also happy.

It's just that the content of the lecture made him a little afraid to compliment, and the article was full of dissatisfaction with the imperial court, and there were complaints against the imperial court everywhere.

On the first day, Yang Hong scoffed.

The next day, Yang Hong listened a little, and at least he had to admit that some of Zhang Hongbin's views were very innovative.

On the third day, Yang Hong felt that it didn't seem unreasonable, but his own class decided that he had to stand on the side of Daming.

During this period, he was also very strange why Zhang Hongbin did not surrender himself at the first time. He didn't think that Zhang Hongbin would kill him, if he wanted to kill him, he would kill him as soon as possible, there was no need to let him listen to the class. The only explanation for letting him listen to the lecture was to make him suspicious of the imperial court and create a gap. Why did he do this, the purpose was naturally to recruit him.

As mentioned above, Yang Hong's class decided that he would never be able to betray the Ming Dynasty, so even if he felt that Zhang Hongbin's argument was reasonable, he would not choose to betray. Especially he knew that if he betrayed himself, the wife and children in the family would ...... He can't let go of his wife!

On the fourth day, Zhang Hongbin called him to the study.

"How used are you to staying in these three days?" Zhang Hongbin asked with a smile.

For this child, Yang Hong is still very convinced, at the age of a teenager, he was able to train such a good army, and he also made the Ming Dynasty stormy. What's more, Yang Hong knows that Zhang Hongbin's ambition is only afraid that it is different from those rogues, this guy really wants to subvert the Ming Dynasty and become the king!

"Thank you for the care of the King of Redemption, Yang has eaten well and slept well these days!" Yang Hong replied nonchalantly.

"Then I don't know General Yang, look at the people under my rule, how are the teams under my command?" Zhang Hongbin never thought that he would let go of his identity and flattery.

"The people live and work in peace and contentment, which is rare and valuable in today's Shaanxi. But as for the troops under your command, they are really better than the average rogue. The only advantage is that there are a lot of excellent weapons, to be honest, Yang is very greedy when he sees it. Yang Hong said bluntly.

"Yes, after deducting the superiority in weapons, my Salvation Army is indeed not worth mentioning. After all, I'm not a soldier, and none of my subordinates are from a military background. Everyone doesn't know anything about training, and every qiē is trained by me little by little. At present, it may be nothing to deal with the rogues and those guards, but it will be a big problem to deal with the real border army or the Tartar army...... Well, I'm not pretentious. This time I called the general over for one thing, can the general join us? Zhang Hongbin decisively threw out an olive branch.

"Please forgive Yang for not agreeing!" Yang Hong's attitude is very firm.

"Alright, then you can go back!" Zhang Hongbin shook his head.

"You want to let Yang go?" Yang Hong was a little skeptical that he had heard it wrong.

"You are a real talent, and I cherish talent. Da Ming didn't cherish you and pushed you to my side, that's their fault. But I still hope that the general will take the initiative to take refuge, otherwise I don't think it will be meaningful. Zhang Hongbin said regretfully.

Yang Hong had nothing to say, and Zhang Hongbin insulted the imperial court, but he was not completely wrong. If Chongzhen hadn't let them quickly quell the bandits, why would he be in such a hurry to move forward? As soon as people are in a hurry, especially Zhang Fu, who is more anxious than himself, the flaws come out unconsciously.

From the side, he was pushed by the imperial court to the Salvation Army to eat, which is indeed not wrong.

"Since the king wants to let Yang leave, can Yang leave at this moment?" Yang Hong asked calmly.

"You can leave at any time, and I will return your 200 soldiers to you. But I advise you, when you go back to Xi'an, remember to put on makeup and go back. Moreover, it is best to go back in these two days, otherwise I am afraid that your family will be in trouble. Zhang Hongbin shrugged his shoulders and said.

"What do you mean by that?!" Yang Hong's eyes widened.

"Foreigners say that we are 'outsiders and insiders' in Huaxia, Zhang Fu broke through, and he should return to Xi'an at this moment, right? He seems to be the nephew of the prefect, and you are just the son-in-law of the former prefect who has passed away...... Who bears the responsibility for this defeat? Oh yes, the horses and people are out there, you can go and take them over now! In the last sentence, Zhang Hongbin shouted out, just because Yang Hong turned around and ran away when he heard half of it.

Yang Hong had already thought that since Zhang Fu went back, he would inevitably put the responsibility for the defeat on himself. With his prefect's nephew, especially as a deputy general, he can completely pick himself out of this defeat. Since it has been picked out, it must need a substitute for the dead ghost, and it is naturally his own martial artist who has no power and is trapped in the enemy camp.

Perhaps, Zhang Fu already felt that the thief had killed him, and even if he didn't, he would find a way to kill himself when he went back. In order to make a qiē qualitative, I am afraid that my family members will also ......

Thinking of this, Yang Hong couldn't calm down, and he immediately rushed out.

Fortunately, Zhang Hongbin really kept his word and prepared his 200 soldiers and horses. It's just that Yang Hong only wants to return to Xi'an as much as possible at the moment, so he just asked the commander of the family soldiers to go back with people behind, but he rode his horse and galloped back.

After two days and one night of wild running, in the end, the war horse under Yang Hong's seat died directly on the side of the road. Seeing that Xi'an was in front of him, Yang Hong tried to find a way to return there as quickly as possible, and finally even subtly listened to Zhang Hongbin's words, and entered Xi'an in disguise as a homeless person.

When I got home, I found that there were already a lot of soldiers around my home.

These are all soldiers of the former recruits, but they are all Zhang Fu's subordinates. Doesn't their presence here mean ......

There was a scream from inside the house, it was the scream of his wife. The heart-rending cry seemed to indicate something. However, the pedestrians outside are still going their own way, perhaps they have experienced too much, so they are no longer surprised by such things. In other words, I am afraid that I will have something to do with this matter.

Yang Hong gritted his teeth and did not go to the main gate, but entered through the wall at the side door.

Breaking into the hall with a knife in his hand, he happened to see Zhang Fu walking out with his trouser belt and a satisfied look.

"You, you are ......" Zhang Fu saw Yang Hong and recognized him immediately.

"Zhang Fu, you are so bold!" Yang Hong's eyes glared at Zhang Fu fiercely, and then he took a step forward.

"Someone, the anti-thief Yang Hong sneaked into Xi'an with bad intentions!" Zhang Fu screamed.

In only three seconds, it seemed that there were already soldiers in ambush in the house, but they surrounded Yang Hong.

"Husband, go quickly!" A woman who was almost naked**, and covered in bruises, seemed to have been battered, ran out.

Yang Hong recognized her at first sight, it was the lover who got along with him early and late!

"Let's go!" The woman glanced at Yang Hong, screamed, and slammed into the pillar.

"No!" Yang Hong yelled, but he couldn't stop it from happening.

With a muffled sound, Yang collapsed to the ground, his head covered in blood, and he died.

"Zhang Fu, I'm going to kill you!" Yang Hong has completely lost his mind at this moment.

"Kill me? I'm going to kill you! Zhang Fu was fearless.

"Who dares to hurt my general!" But at this time, a large number of soldiers appeared around and killed the soldiers brought by Zhang Fu.

"General, go! If we don't leave, we won't be able to get out! The soldiers of the family led the wind and dust to Yang Hong.

"Wait, I'm going to kill him!" Yang Hong rushed forward, and then slashed out, but Zhang Fu's head was chopped off.

"General, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave quickly!" When the commander saw that the matter was over, he continued to admonish.

"Let's go, where can we go?" Yang Hong suddenly felt that he had no way out.

"Go to the Salvation Army, the general encounters a qiē, is he willing to do it at this moment?" The Commander thought for a moment and gave an answer.

"The Salvation Army...... Yes, join the Salvation Army! I want revenge, I want revenge!! Yang Hong yelled, he knew that Zhang Fu was not the only enemy.

It's just that, with his current ability, there is no way to seek revenge on these enemies. The Salvation Army is his hope of revenge, at least in his opinion, only the Salvation Army has the ability to avenge him.

At the beginning of the breakout, the garrison of Xi'an began to kill one after another, and the soldiers of the family guarded Yang Hong to leave, and in the end, it was finally safe, and only more than ten soldiers of the family were still alive around Yang Hong. Yang Qiang, the most loyal commander of the family soldiers, also died in the process of breaking through.

"Governor Zhang, Ming Dynasty, I, Yang Hong, will come back!" Yang Hong gritted his teeth, roared, and continued to lead the remnants of the horses north.

A day later, he finally returned to Whitewater, the territory controlled by the Salvation Army.