Yang Cheng should pacify Yangzhou Mansion, and immediately sent Lang Tingzuo to take up the post of Governor of Liangjiang in Yangzhou Mansion, exercise the powers of the governor, and post a proclamation to stabilize the people.

At the same time, the main force of the army was withdrawn from the city of Yangzhou and stationed outside the city.

For several days, the gentry and the common people, who were all in the woods, sent representatives to Yang Chengying's camp with wine and meat to reward the three armies.

Yang Cheng should not accept any of them, and only told them to follow the instructions of the governor of Liangjiang.

The Governor of Liangjiang was an official appointed by Yang Chengying, in charge of the military and civilian affairs of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, and was stationed in Nanjing.

The rest of Gao Jie's troops were killed and wounded by more than 100,000, and the five major soldiers were killed one after another, and they were completely out of breath.

Yang Cheng needed to clean up the remains of soldiers in Yangzhou Prefecture, so he temporarily stopped going south and was only stationed in Guazhou, Yizhen and other places south of Yangzhou Mansion to threaten Nanjing.

At the same time, Azig commanded various Liaodong armies to surround Wuchang.

Because Li Zicheng pursued You Shilu with all his might, the materials that were placed in Xiangyang and did not have time to be transferred were easily obtained by Azig.

Coupled with the grain and grass offered by Wang Guangen to show his loyalty, the Azig army became the most chic, eating and drinking all the way.

He is not worried, what he is worried about is Li Zicheng.

To what extent Li Zicheng was worried, he took the risk of snatching food from the Liaodong Army.

The result is naturally a failure.

In the Liaodong Army, the people who were responsible for escorting grain and grass were not ordinary people, but auxiliary soldiers.

It is still an auxiliary soldier who has been trained for a year and a half, and his combat effectiveness is stronger than that of ordinary armies.

The Dashun army snatched the grain they were responsible for escorting, which did not mean that they had sent their military merits to the door.

After several confrontations, the Dashun army lost troops and lost generals, and it also made morale low.

The first person to notice the change in the battle situation was the forward general Hao Shaoqi.

He once served as a prisoner in the Liaodong Army, and with his unique talent, he learned some training tactics of the Liaodong Army and applied them in the Dashun Army.

It is precisely because of this ability that Hao Shaoqi fought with Li Guo and Liu Zongmin several times as a general, and he had quite a lot of military achievements.

Until they met the Liaodong Army again.

After failing to grab grain again, Hao Shaoqi took the initiative to find Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, it can't go on like this. Our army has lost its troops, but the other side is getting happier the more they fight."

Li Zicheng had also thought about this question a long time ago, so he asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

"Azig led the army to besiege Wuchang, and our army might as well take the initiative to withdraw from Wuchang. Anyway, Wuchang is a ruined city, and it doesn't make much sense to defend it or not."

Hao Shaoqi said: "Duobu Jingqi is a suspicious soldier. Taking advantage of the enemy's siege of Wuchang, our army went down the river to attack Anqing Mansion and Chizhou Mansion and take grain from the Ming army."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, thinking that it made sense.

These days, Li Zicheng is confused. Since the defeat of Shanhaiguan, it has been defeated repeatedly, and has not achieved a major victory.

The only one who can fight is the Ming army.

Now that Azig has deployed to besiege Wuchang, it will be too late for him to withdraw again.

"Immediately send an order, let Liu Fangliang, who is stationed in Wuchang, transport five hundred ships of grain and grass out first, and talk about the follow-up later."

Since it was to be withdrawn, Li Zicheng believed that the grain that had already been loaded by the 500 ships left in Wuchang should be transported away.

When the herald heard this, he turned to leave, but as soon as he reached the door, he stopped, and his face was surprised.

Li Zicheng saw him like this, and was about to speak, when he saw a ragged and embarrassed general break in.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is incompetent, and he has been entrusted by His Majesty!"

The person who cried and knelt on the ground was Liu Fangliang.

Li Zicheng hurriedly helped him up: "Hurry up, you didn't come here in Wuchang, could it be Wuchang......

"Wuchang is lost!" Liu Fangliang cried bitterly.

"Ahh All the generals present were taken aback.

"Azig opened the battlements with heavy artillery, and our army could not resist and was forced to retreat." Liu Fangliang was ashamed and ashamed.

The walls of Wuchang City are still there, and it stands to reason that it can be used for ten days and eight days, but it didn't hold a day in front of heavy artillery.

"And what about five hundred ships of grain?" Gu Junen was anxious.

This is the lifeblood of the Great Shun Army.

"No...... Nope. Wang Guangen, the eighth lamb of the king, is familiar with the geography of Wuchang. He led the way to lead a Liaodong army to the west of Wuchang, attacked the docks, and seized the grain."

Referring to Wang Guangen's behavior of leading the way, Liu Fangliang was indignant.

It's too late to say anything.

Li Zicheng said: "Go! Hurry up, this is not the place for us to stay."

The main force of the Dashun army is stationed in Bailuji, which is very close to Wuchang. Look at the book

"Where?" The generals were a little confused.

"Go to Jiujiang!" Gu Junen said, "It used to be You Shilu's territory, we went directly to grab it, and we can also replenish supplies because of food to the enemy."

The Jiujiang area is full of You Shilu's old generals, such as Hui Dengxiang, You Gongji, etc., as well as the southern soldiers of the Ming army.

These people plus one piece is not enough for Li Zicheng to fight.

In order to boost morale, Gu Junen said: "When we take Jiujiang, we can take advantage of the characteristics of the northern army that are not good at water warfare, use the rivers south of the Yangtze River to block the enemy, and then take advantage of the eastward trend to seize Nanjing and other places."

Historically, this was the territory of the Southern Dynasties.

As a result, the morale was greatly increased, and the Dashun army quickly marched down the river.

Then, they had a big problem.

Gu Junen forgot that the Dashun army was also a northwest man and was not used to water warfare.

Failure to practice water warfare mainly refers to the inability to be familiar with local hydrological changes and the inability to effectively organize water transportation.

Yang Chengying had already thought of this.

He sold illicit salt in the Yellow River area, opened workshops in Jiangnan and porcelain in Jingdezhen, and even sent people to transport goods from Jiangnan several times.

The purpose is to collect hydrographic data and accurately grasp the experience of ship transportation.

There was a fork in the water transportation of the Dashun army, coupled with the continuous spring rain, and the entire army encountered great difficulties in its march.

In the second half of the first month, the Dashun army was caught up by the Azig division of the Liaodong Army and was crushed at the first touch.

Li Zicheng fled east along the Yangtze River with his army, passed through Huangzhou Mansion and Qizhou, and arrived at Fuchikou to rest temporarily.

He and his family had just rested on the straw mat when they received a report from the herald: "Your Majesty, the Liaodong Army is here."

"How can it be so fast?" Li Zicheng got up with the support of Empress Gao, shook it a few times, and walked outside the house.

He stood on the hill near Fuchikou, looked west from a high position, and saw that the Liaodong army was advancing by land and water, in a neat and orderly manner, towards Fuchikou, where he was.

"Your Majesty, withdraw quickly! If we don't withdraw, it'll be too late."

Li Shuangxi urged behind him.

"Withdraw!" Li Zicheng decided to retreat without thinking about it.

He couldn't figure out two things in a short period of time, one was how could the artillery of the Liaodong Army hit so far and so accurately, and the other was how could the Liaodong Army have a sailor?

However, the Liaodong Army came too quickly, and Li Zicheng was forced to form a formation to fight back.

The outcome of this battle can only be described in three words - one-sided.

Li Zicheng was forced to flee in a small boat, three of his concubines committed suicide by jumping into the water, and dozens of Dashun officials also jumped to their deaths.

The remaining Dashun officials, some of whom were themselves Ming officials, were willing to surrender.

But was executed by order of Azig.

The only lucky one is Niu Jinxing, his son Niu Quan has long taken refuge in Yang Chengying and is an official in the northwest.