A lot of times, fighting a war is just a breath. If you can hold this breath, you may not be without hope, on the contrary, if this breath is vented, no matter how many troops there are, you will only be defeated.

Although many warships were sunk, Xu Chengming still had more than 100 ships in his hands, and the army added up to at least 20,000 people.

However, the retreat of Fang's national security department instantly crushed the morale of Xu Chengming's ministry and also crushed Xu Chengming's fighting spirit. The friendly troops in charge of the flanking attack fled, and from Xu Chengming to ordinary rebel officers and soldiers, there was no hope of victory.

Since you can't win the battle, the casualties will be even greater if you continue to fight, so it's better to retreat directly, and you can still save more strength.

At this moment, no one wanted to fight again, and all the rebel ships turned around and fled.

Zheng Zhilong naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity and ordered the whole army to chase and kill.

A pursuit battle was fought on the lake, and the fighting lasted until evening, when the battlefield stopped.

According to statistics, a total of 21 rebel ships were destroyed in this battle, 45 ships were captured, more than 4,000 rebel soldiers were killed and drowned, and more than 7,000 rebel soldiers were captured. Xu Chengming's troops lost more than half of their troops.

Zheng Zhilong's troops did not continue to advance, but camped on the unnamed island near the battlefield, treating the wounded and digesting the results of the battle, while sending people to deliver good news and ask for instructions on what to do next.

Supervisor Hong Chengchou's order soon came, telling Zheng Zhilong to rest in place and wait for the army to meet.

At noon the next day, I saw an overwhelming shadow of sails coming from the north, and the army finally arrived.

"The last general will knock before Your Majesty." Zheng Zhilong respectfully saluted Zhu Youzhen.

"General Feihuang has worked hard, so I'm exempt from courtesy." Zhu Youzhen said kindly.

"Your Majesty, Commander Hong, the rebels are weak and demoralized, and the last general thinks that if he quickly launches an attack on Kanglang Mountain, he will definitely be able to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop." Zheng Zhilong suggested. Yesterday's battle gave Zheng Zhilong a lot of confidence.

"What does Hong Aiqing think?" Zhu Youzhen said to Hong Chengchou. Since the command has been handed over to Hong Chengchou, Zhu Youzhen no longer cares about the specific combat methods. Because he knew that he did not have the ability to command operations, and if he interfered too much with the command of the commander-in-chief, it would be bad.

"Your Majesty, since the plan has already been decided, it is necessary to follow the established strategy, and there is no need to change course because of a victory." Hong Chengchou said, but he insisted on appeasing him.

"In this way, the next matter will be handled by Hong Aiqing." Zhu Youzhen nodded and didn't say anything more.

Hong Chengchou ordered dozens of supervisors to be transferred to the army, responsible for carrying out ideological work on the prisoners, preaching the discipline of the Praetorian Guard, and the emperor's will to carry out the Juntian reform in Jiangxi next, and brainwashing these rebels in order to carry out psychological warfare.

"You don't know that the provinces of Jiangdong and Jiangnan have already implemented Juntian. The so-called whole world is the king's land, and all the cultivated land is naturally His Majesty's, but now it is maliciously occupied by the gentry and landlords, oppressing and exploiting the tenant people. Your Majesty decreed that all cultivated land should be recovered and distributed equally among all the people, so that the tiller might have his land, and all the people might live and work in peace and contentment......

In the prisoner camp, the prison guards were talking about the next policy, and the prisoners listened to it one by one, and they were very happy. In the past, most of them had heard about the Praetorian Guard, but the gentry told them that it was all false, it was all rumors, and the Praetorian Guard would snatch away their last grain when they came, so that they could be obedient and not think about it.

For generations, he has worked for the gentry and landlords, and has long developed the habit of being obedient, so he can only choose to obey the words of the gentry and landlords without brains.

And now, the words of the prison guards seemed to open a door for these captives, opened a new field, and let them see that they could still live like that, and they were all excited and full of yearning for the future.

After a few days of brainwashing, Hong Chengchou will order all these rebel captives to be released, and at the same time, he will send a large number of small works to lurk in them.

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Xu Chengming led the remnants to flee back to the camp of Kanglang Mountain, and was about to complain to the supervisor Lu Peng, but he didn't expect that side of the country to be safe

The wicked man sued first, accusing him of being greedy and reckless, and falling into the trap of the Praetorian Guard.

"If I hadn't seen Zheng Zhilong's trick and sent someone to inform General Xu to retreat, I'm afraid I would have lost more soldiers. I just didn't expect General Xu to do things too closely and underestimate the enemy, so that he lost his troops and lost his generals." In the Chinese military account, Fang Guoan said.

"Nonsense, it's clear that you are afraid of the enemy like a tiger, fleeing without permission, and sabotaging my plan to attack from both sides, otherwise, you will be defeated by the Praetorian Guard." Xu Chengming pointed at Fang Guoan and shouted angrily. He didn't expect Fang Guoan to be so brazen in reversing black and white, and he wanted to put the responsibility for the defeat on his head.

"Defeated Praetorian Guard, do you know how many red-coated cannons the Praetorian Guard has, at least a hundred, and hundreds of various artillery, and our army was sunk dozens of warships before they could get close to them. General Xu, if it weren't for your greed for merit, why would our army have suffered such heavy losses, if it weren't for my quick decision, I'm afraid I would have lost more brothers. I saved you on the battlefield, and you bite me in turn, it's a revenge!" Fang Guoan said angrily.

Xu Chengming was so angry that he almost vomited blood: "Supervisor, Fang Guoan's escape from the battle led to the defeat of our army, and please behead him to correct military discipline!"

"Alright, let's not say a word!" Lu Peng slapped the table angrily and said angrily.

Twice the troops, but they were defeated by the other party, and Xu Chengming and Fang Guoan still had their faces to bite each other in the hall! Lu Peng couldn't wait to order both of them to be pulled out and beheaded.

However, the time of the Great War was not the time. It's easy to kill these two, what about the army in their hands? At the moment of the great enemy, if their subordinates make trouble, I am afraid that they will fall into a place of no return......

"The Praetorian Guard is coming, and the enemy is now, so let's put these things aside and discuss how to repel the Praetorian Guard." Lu Peng said.

Xu Chengming and Fang Guoan glared angrily a few times, and they both turned their heads, it was obvious that Lu Peng was fighting with the mud, and it was useless to talk about it.

Everyone talked about it for a long time, but there was nothing they could do. The main force of the Praetorian Guard has arrived, and the strength is very strong, and no one is sure that they will defeat the Praetorian Guard. It is not advisable to take the initiative to attack, so you can only defend passively.

The so-called disaster is not a single line, with the arrival of a piece of news, Lu Peng is not calm at all.

According to the report from the sentinels, the 30,000-strong Praetorian Guard did not delay after capturing Jiujiang City, but went to Nanchang by land, which was less than 100 miles away from Nanchang City.

It is said that it is less than 100 miles, and it will take time to transmit information, and now I am afraid that it is only dozens of miles away from Nanchang City.

Ren Guocheng