However, it was said that Ma Yin gathered all the generals, gathered more than 5,000 soldiers, and held on to the north gate of Changsha.

Ma Heng and other Changsha officials also came to help with their household servants.

For a whole day, Song Ye and Shi Changyi rushed to kill many times without making any contributions.

At this time, most of Changsha had been occupied by Li Yu, and only the northern city was still in the hands of Ma Yin.

Li Yu asked Li Xiong and Wang Houju to bring reinforcements with musketeers.

For a while, there were bursts of gunpowder smoke in the north of the city, and the thunderous gunshots made people's eardrums hurt.

As soon as the guns rang out, Ma Yin's soldiers couldn't hold on, and although the Ya army took the lead in rushing and killing, they still couldn't repel Jing Xiang's strange troops.

Seeing this, Ma Yin didn't dare to delay, so he asked people to go back to Jiedu Mansion and bring their families out.

"Let's go, go to Hengyang."

He went out of the north gate, turned the east gate, and fled south.

The musketeers and Wuling barbarians followed in pursuit.

One after the other, they went south along the official road.

There was a rumbling explosion behind him, and the defeated soldiers who followed Ma Yin's retreat fell one after another.

Fortunately, the official road can still run cars, as long as you cross Zhaoshan, the pursuers should retreat.

Under such speculation, Ma Yinjun, who only had more than 3,000 people left, panicked south.

But it was said that Ma Hao took a boat from Xiangyin to Changsha.

It was late at night when we arrived at Changsha City.

The city is brightly lit.

The Xiangshui wharf in the west of the city is garrisoned by the Jingxiang army.

Seeing this, Ma Hao sighed.

He knew that Changsha was lost.

He didn't care about his family, and led the army south along Xiangshui, he knew that his brother should be waiting for him to meet in Hengyang.

In the afternoon of the next day, at the confluence of Xiangshui and Shuishui, there was a place where Lukou was fighting, and he saw a group of disheveled troops, and the banner turned out to be his brother Ma Yin.

"Dock."

Ma Jia asked people to go ashore to find out the news. Sure enough, it was Ma Yin.

The brothers all escaped death, hugged each other and cried.

I don't have time to say anything else, let's get on board first.

The two sides joined forces and headed for Hengyang in the upper reaches of Xiangshui.

When we arrived at Huashishu, the river narrowed, the current was turbulent, and it was no longer possible to sail.

The troops disembarked and walked.

The only military resources were carried on their shoulders and marched to Hengshan County, the nearest county seat.

When the army arrived at Hengshan City, it was repaired for a short time, and the county commander was asked to raise grain, grass, chariots and horses to assist in transportation.

Ma Yin went all the way south, crossed Xiangtan, and arrived at Hengzhou Mansion to govern Hengyang City in three days.

As soon as he arrived in Hengyang, he issued a festival order, ordering Shao, Yong, Dao, Lian, and Chenzhou to send troops to garrison Xiangtan and Hengshan to resist Jingxiang's men and horses moving south.

However, it is said that the musketeers pursued Ma Yin, and when they arrived at Zhaoshan, they were also exhausted, so they had to return to Changsha and obey the dispatch.

Ma Hao passed through Changsha in the middle of the night, which alarmed Li Yu.

But Li Yu didn't have a boat, so he had to follow him.

When the sky was getting brighter, the fleet of the old man Zhao Kuangming arrived at the Ximen Wharf in Changsha.

When Weng and his son-in-law met, they were all happy.

"Virtuous son-in-law, I didn't expect that my Jingnan would be able to fight in Changsha one day, thanks to the merits of the virtuous son-in-law."

"Hehe, my father-in-law has won the prize."

Li Yu was humble for a moment, and then said: "Tanzhou is successful, and the southern states are at your fingertips." ”

"Hehe, that's what the virtuous son-in-law said."

The army was stationed in Changsha.

In the afternoon of the same day, a troop of soldiers and horses drove from the direction of Yiyang, which was discovered by Li Yu's sentry and sent troops to intercept it.

The more than 10,000 Wu'an troops did not fight and surrendered directly.

This side has just finished gathering the surrendered troops, and another army of soldiers and horses is coming.

It was Ma Wanli who led the army to kill him.

At this time, Changsha gathered nearly 70,000 troops.

Zhao Kuangming sent his subordinates to capture Huashishu.

All of a sudden, the war raged.

Huashishu, in the north of Hengshan County, was captured by the Jingnan Army.

The counties of Liling, Xiangxiang and Liuyang under the jurisdiction of Tanzhou spread down.

Hengshan County ordered to flee, and soon, the Jingnan Army occupied Hengshan County.

There is only one road to Xiangtan in Hengzhou, and the Jingnan army is built in the middle of the road, and the Ma Yin army and the Jingnan army stand as the village.

No one expected this battle to be like this.

Lei Yangong wanted to recapture Jiangling and continue to occupy Jingnan, but he didn't expect that he would be defeated and die, and his head would be hung on the head of Wuling City for public display.

Ma Yin originally wanted to follow Lei Yangong's ass to pick up cheap, and wanted to come up with a strategy of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches, but who knew that stealing chickens would not make it impossible to lose rice, and he lost the danger of Yuezhou that he had just gotten, lost the danger of Dongting Yangtze River and Jingjiang River, and also lost his foundation Tanzhou.

Now he is surviving in Hengyang.

Thinking about the reason, Ma Yin wanted to cry without tears.

I have worked hard in Hunan for so many years, and it is not easy to open up the situation. Now the trend has been lost.

Alas, what a futile thing!

Although Ma Yin still has the land of Wuzhou in his hands, he understands in his heart that these places, most of them are mountainous areas, and there are not many fields that can be cultivated, so where can he afford to raise many people and horses.

The five states can raise up to 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, all of which have to be frugal.

In addition, there are no skilled craftsmen, and the armor is used less and less.

At the beginning, it was these places that were barren and had few soldiers, so he was able to fight down smoothly, and now he is facing such a situation.

In Hengyang Thorn Mansion.

Ma Yingao sat on the couch and looked at the civil and military forces in the hall.

Speaking of which, these civil and military officials are loyal, and most of them followed them to Hengyang.

"Tell me, all of you, what are we going to do now?"

All the ministers in the hall frowned and pondered, and for a while, the needles in the hall could be heard.

Seeing this, Ma Yin's heart was sad.

Think of my Wu'an Army, how mighty it was at the beginning, swept through Hunan, invincible.

It's good now, let the family take the old nest, and now live in the mountains and wilderness, it's really annoying!

"Brother, in my opinion, I can only negotiate peace now."

Ma Hao spoke first.

He didn't say no.

My brother's foundation is about to be gone, and I must actively come up with ideas.

"The ministers seconded the proposal."

Li Duo, Ma Hui, Li Qiong and other civil and military personnel all echoed it.

What can I do now?

Hit?

If you want an army without an army, if you want grain and grass without grain and grass, the remaining states and counties are all narrow states and narrow counties, and the land is narrow and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to become a big tool.

It's still peace first.

"Okay, let's make peace first. Which one is the boss to negotiate peace?! ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't want to go.

It's not that they're afraid of death, it's a thankless matter, it's good to talk about it, it's because the Ma family has residual authority, and if it's not good to talk about it, it's because they don't have the ability. It's hard to understand that Jing Xiang and Jing Nan didn't kill themselves, and the Ma family killed themselves first.

Seeing that no one came forward left and right, Ma Hao had to volunteer, after all, he was a member of the Ma family, and there was someone to take care of the good and the bad.

At this time, Li Duo came out of the class and said: "Lord, the minister is willing to go." ”

Li Duo was originally the main battle faction.

But he didn't expect Changsha to fall so quickly.

He was still in Shaoyang to defend it strictly, but who knew that the lord was defeated all the way back to Hengyang.

He couldn't believe it when he got the news.

When Ma Yin saw Li Duo out of class, he felt a little comforted.

His henchman veteran Yao Yanzhang was thrown in Yudi Mountain, and he didn't know if he could return to Hengyang.

"Okay, you are going to Changsha for peace talks, first of all, I ask to withdraw the generals of Yudi Mountain, and Cui Ying will also come back, so that he can continue to follow you for peace talks."

Li Duo responded to the order, packed his bags, and prepared to go to Changsha for peace talks.

At this time, Changsha City celebrates in the city.

It was not that the common people of Changsha welcomed the rule of Jingxiang Jingnan, but that Li Yu issued a proclamation to reassure the people and rectify military discipline and manage public order.

Above the four gates of Changsha City, there are bloody heads, which is a powerful explanation of strict military law.

Just yesterday, Li Yu beheaded hundreds of barbarian soldiers.

Some not only robbed the people of their property, but also harmed people's lives and committed adultery with women.

was captured by Jun Sima, convicted of the crime in public, and directly beheaded for public display.

Even Song Ye and Shi Changyi's pleas didn't work.

Under the strict military law, public order in Changsha quickly improved.

Anyone who dares to take advantage of the fire to rob, no matter who, will be beheaded!

Bloodshed for three days in a row, with hundreds of heads, let the people of Changsha know that this army is different.

At the beginning, Ma Jieshuai's soldiers were also chaotic, if it wasn't for the fact that the Jieshuai's Mansion could still be suppressed, those big-headed soldiers who were short of food and salary would have been looted on a large scale.

When Li Duo came to Changsha City, the depression and chaos he imagined did not appear.

The defenders at the city gate did not squint, and the people entering and leaving the city gate were leisurely.

"Eh, brother, how can you go in and out of the city gate at will and not charge money?"

"Hehe, big brother, I heard that your accent is local, just came back, right? Now Changsha is the territory of Jingnan, and the entrance fee has been canceled, and you can enter and exit casually, without money. ”

"Huh? It's true? ”

Li Duo's mouth was open, in disbelief.

You know, in this era, there is no place that does not charge entrance fees. Could it be that the Zhao family is not afraid that there will be enemy troops infiltrating the city?

Just in doubt, a team of honor guards walked out of the city gate, and a handsome boy dressed in a python robe, sitting on the saddle bridge, walked out slowly.

Who is this man......

Could it be the legendary King De?