Xiangyang City.

It is no more than 800 miles away from Wuchang.

Although Wu Sangui did not send a large army, he only sent 10 masters such as Maha Zhi to break into Wuchang.

In their minds, as long as they can clean up Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, everyone else is fine.

Their men and horses can drive straight in, and they can still continue to chase and kill Li Zicheng and avenge the destruction of the door.

Wu Sangui now also recognizes the decisive role of Jianghu martial arts people in the war, there are many things that cannot be done by thousands of troops, but Jianghu martial arts masters can do it easily.

Since Wu Sangui fought at Shanhaiguan, he has experienced too many battles, large and small, won a lot of battles, and suffered a lot of defeats.

Every time, he won at Li Zicheng, but he was defeated by Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

He has learned his lessons.

They pursued Li Zicheng all the way, from the land of Gyeonggi in the Ming Dynasty to Hebei, from Hebei to Shanxi, and from Shanxi to Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng fought a battle and lost a battle, and after the battle of Tongguan, he ran to Hubei through Henan.

But in the process of chasing and killing Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui had already realized that their main enemy was not Li Zicheng, but Chongzhen, Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty.

Since Wu Sangui successfully coerced the 50,000 horses of the Manchu Dynasty for his use, Wu Sangui was no longer satisfied with just chasing and killing Li Zicheng to avenge his annihilation, and his ambitions began to swell.

He wants to look at the whole world, anyway, he has broken with Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, is he not as good as Ma Shiying?

Now what they have to do is to accumulate strength, expand their territory and strength, and the most important thing is, of course, to gain the support of martial arts masters.

Therefore, when they were in Shanxi and Shaanxi, Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen calculated countermeasures and spared no expense to ask martial arts masters for help.

Whether it is decent or evil, whether it is domestic or foreign, as long as he is willing to work hard for him Wu Sangui, he will reuse them all.

This time, all the 10 martial arts masters he invited were sent out, as long as these 10 people's trip to Wuchang could bring Chongzhen's head back, it would be done.

Therefore, after the 10 martial arts masters of Mahazhi left, Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen sent a large number of nights to inquire about the news of Wuchang Chongzhen along the way.

Rather, they stood still in Xiangyang.

Seeing that Wu Sangui's heart was still not so steady, Fang Guangchen smiled indifferently.

"Master Hou, with the skills of these ten people, it should be foolproof, as long as the faint monarch dies, Master Hou can throw off his arms and do a great job."

"What Ting Xian said is very true." Wu Sangui couldn't help nodding, but there was still hesitation on his face, he still didn't have the confidence to go head-to-head with Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

"Has Ting Xian ever heard of the Battle of Jiujiang?" Wu Sangui said.

"Of course. The first battle of Jiujiang was invincible on the battlefield of Chongzhen, the martial arts masters invited by Ma Shiying and Zuo Liangyu were defeated, what Maoshan Ersheng and Ziyang Zhenren, the dead died, the fleeing fled, and the surrendered, Zhu Yousong and Zuo Liangyu both died in Jiujiang, Ma Shiying and others fled to Fujian, and the generals and martial arts masters under their command were scattered like birds and beasts."

Fang Guangchen talked about Chongzhen's battle of Jiujiang like a few treasures, gushing endlessly.

It turned out that he and Wu Sangui were always paying attention to the battle situation of Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, and they had long regarded Li Zicheng, an opponent, not only as the main opponent.

I feel that Dashun's military strength is exhausted.

They had been preparing for a battle with Chongzhen for a long time.

"You said that the Taoist priests of Maoshan are so powerful, plus there are monks from the South China Sea faction, and I heard that there are also masters of the Demon Sect, they are not even the opponents of Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, when did the Duan Jun practice such martial arts, it is really incredible."

Wu Sangui was worried.

"Master Hou, there are only things that you can't think of, and there are nothing you can't do. The faint monarch embarked on the path of cultivation and alchemy, and it was by no means a matter of a few days. However, Zambek's national teacher is a first-class martial arts master in the Western Regions, and the masters of Xixia Yipintang are also all powerful people, Hou Ye can rest assured, there will be good news."

"I hope they can succeed immediately, by the way, we also invited the Demon Sect's Sect to teach Heavenly Master, why not

Message?"

"The time for this letter to be sent is not short, go back to your subordinates and urge it again, the Demon Sect and Emperor Ming Wu are mortal enemies, and all enemies of Emperor Ming Wu are our friends. Master Hou only needs to give them benefits, and they can be used by me."

Wu Sangui couldn't help nodding, "It is said that this Demon Sect Leader once fought with Dum Jun Chongzhen in Jiujiang, and the two of them won or lost, if Sect Leader Zhang comes, we will have one more chance of winning."

At this time, someone came to report that the leader of the Demon Sect was in retreat and cultivating, and he could get out of the customs after a month, and then he would come to Xiangyang to wish Hou Ye a hand.

Wu Sangui was overjoyed, as long as the Demon Sect was willing to help, it was better than thousands of horses.

Three days later, the bad news came, and Maha Zhi's group of ten returned from Wuchang.

The three absolute Tianshan Mountains all died, the master of the Xixia Yipin Party, the pig iron Buddha, was killed, the two elders in the north of the border were seriously injured, and the presiding monk of the Reclining Buddha Temple, the leper monk, was blinded in both eyes.

Liu Daotong and He Daoming are nowhere to be found.

Only 4 of the 10 people came back, three of them were seriously injured, and only the national teacher of Zambique, the number one master in the Western Regions, Mahazhi, retreated.

Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen were shocked, this is really how much disappointment they want.

Maha Zhi explained the process of this trip to Wuchang, and the cultivation of Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty was on par with him, and they suffered heavy losses in the first battle of Wuchang.

Mahazhi's face was full of frustration, and the leper monk and the bald man who was blind and seriously injured scolded endlessly, and they threatened to stand against Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen looked at each other, comforted them with kind words, and let them go down to rest and recuperate, and did not dare to complain and criticize too much about the defeat of this kind of Jianghu martial arts master.

Because these people are from the rivers and lakes after all, they are not the generals under them, and after losing the battle, they will be beheaded or beaten according to the routine law of the three armed forces.

If you make people unhappy, they will stomp their feet and leave.

They paid a lot of money to bring it in.

There is no master here, and there is a place to stay here.

Therefore, Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen did not dare to offend these people.

Sending these martial arts masters out, Wu Sangui sat down on the Taishi chair, sighing and frowning sadly.

Fang Guangchen didn't expect things to turn out like this, how could he lose in the hands of Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty? It was almost wiped out.

"Master Hou, we only have to retreat?"

"Tingxian, where to retreat?"

"Only retreat to Tongguan, Tongguan is dangerous, since ancient times, the soldiers must fight, you can attack, you can retreat. The Demon Sect Leader is still a month away from leaving the customs, and only when the Demon Sect Leader and the Zambican National Teacher join forces to deal with Chongzhen can he be sure. Next, the faint king's brigade will definitely come to capture Xiangyang, and the Hou Ye will have to give up to get it."

"Okay, just follow the court and withdraw the troops!"

Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

On the second day, they contracted the peak of the army, took 100,000 horses, and retreated to Tongguan, Shaanxi.

Yuan Jixian and He Tengjiao's soldiers won Xiangyang without blood.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen