It's time to leave.

Gao Yingxiang knows this deeply.

Several years have passed since he participated in the uprising, and during this period of fighting in the south and the north, he already has considerable military capabilities. He knew that once the Ming Dynasty army surrounded him, it was very likely that his large force would be reimbursed.

Originally, he had hundreds of thousands of troops, and he was blinded by this false strength, and once felt that he was invincible in the world, but Da Ming was just like that, but after the battles of this time, he finally saw it clearly.

At this stage, they are not Daming's opponents.

The strength of the Ming army seems to be less than theirs, but in fact, the combat effectiveness is far superior to that of the Liukou. From the previous point of view, it can be understood that the reinforcements in Huguang and Jiangxi were only tens of thousands, and they forcibly tore apart their camp of hundreds of thousands of people, and directly exposed a series of fatal shortcomings such as the unorganized and easy to mess with themselves.

Now it is still demoralized because of the siege of the city, and the damage is also very large, it is really not a good time to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army, and it is best to avoid its edge.

Emperor Wuxing wanted to put these rogues in a pot, but Gao Yingxiang was not a fool, if he could take down the city of Nanjing, it would be just that, since he didn't fight, if he still didn't leave, he had to be prepared to face the most ferocious counterattack of the Ming army.

"Tomorrow, we will wait for the camp, enter the Luzhou Mansion from Tianfu, and then go to Henan to meet the Lord of the Wang League."

He said to the leaders of the Liukou, the leader of the Wang League, that is, Wang Er, at this time in Henan to refuse to defend one side, and the imperial army to fight against him, it is also a good choice to defect to him, I don't know if I can have another 36th battalion of prestige.

But apparently, many rogues don't think so.

"It's rare to have such a prosperous place, why stay away?"

The leader of the Liukou said. Obviously, he is not as sober as Gao Yingxiang and others, and he has been dazzled by the wealth of Jiangnan at this time.

"When we were in Huguang, we were often surrounded and suppressed by large armies. We are waiting for our own attack on the city, and the Ming army can't catch up, what is there to fear? If there is really a discord, wouldn't it be better if it flows into other provinces? It would be a pity to leave such a prosperous place. ”

This statement was echoed by many of the leaders of the Rogue Bandits, who had suffered too much damage during the siege and were eager to recoup their capital.

Gao Yingxiang glanced at these guys, and secretly scolded the fools in his heart.

Nanzhili is the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and the rogues here will inevitably be eliminated quickly, and staying here is simply looking for death.

But he just kindly reminded that since these guys didn't appreciate it, he didn't bother to continue, looking at the other party like this, as if he Gao Yingxiang was trying to block their financial route.

He turned his head to look at Zhang Xianzhong, and in his impression this person was also quite anxious. Sure enough, the Eight Kings also had disdain and contempt in their eyes when they looked at those rogue leaders.

"Huang Hu, are you together?" He asked, another nickname for Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then shook his head with a smile:

"I'm not going to be with you."

But he didn't say where he planned to go, and he obviously had his own thoughts.

Seeing this, Gao Yingxiang couldn't help sighing, he didn't expect that the alliance would not be more than a month old, and he would face the scene of falling apart. The hearts of all the rogues were uneven, and when the sixth battalion was in the Chinese New Year's Eve, they all wanted to preserve their strength, which was also an important reason why they were chased and fought by the Ming army.

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and I won't stop everyone."

He took a deep breath and said:

"Everyone, cherish!"

Several of the Rogue leaders said goodbye in unison, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least on the surface, they were still brothers at this time.

So the army of rogues retreated overnight.

Taking advantage of the night, Gao Yingxiang took one last look at the city of Nanjing, the place where his endless ambitions and dreams were held, and then regretfully turned his horse's head and turned west.

Every troubled era has its protagonist, but unfortunately, King Chuang is not.

……

In the early morning, when the soldiers defending the city were once again dressed and climbed the tower with exhaustion, ready to face the next bloody battle, they did not see the banner of the rogue in the distance.

Immediately, someone told the generals who were guarding the city, and after a while, Yan Yinghui personally came to the city wall, and he looked into the distance with a clairvoyant mirror while sending a sentry to investigate.

Half a day later, the sentry returned, with excitement on his face:

"My lord, there is no one in the camp of the Liukou, a large number of people and horses are crossing the river in the north, and the Liukou have retreated!"

When Yan Yinghui heard this, his heart was relieved, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face, and the news kept coming down until there was an excited cheer behind him:

"The rogue has retreated, the rogue has retreated!"

Eventually, the city was transformed into a sea of joy.

The inhabitants of the city are aware of the deeds of the rogues. Changle Bookstore had mentioned many times in the current treatise that some of the things the rogues had done in other provinces, and there were also many homeless people in the city who had fled from other places to speak for them, so they knew very well what would happen to them once the city was destroyed.

Although it is true that there are some rogues who are benevolent and righteous people, and only rob rich businessmen, most of them are not good stubble, and it is not empty talk that the land they pass through is not a single crop.

Now that the rogues have been repulsed, how can they not be happy?

And the creator of all this is naturally the commander who guards the city, Yan Yinghui.

His figure still stood at the head of the city, looking into the distance.

There were countless voices of praise for him behind him.

At this time, the prestige is extreme.

……

It was not until the ninth day after the retreat of the Liukou that the general army of Zhejiang was able to lead the army to the city of Nanjing.

The mobilization took him a lot of time, and he really did not have the ability to organize an army of tens of thousands to move forward, and the army often went wrong, so that it dragged on, and even took the wrong path at one point.

However, it can be regarded as fulfilling his wish and did not participate in the war head-on.

As long as you don't have to fight, everything is easy to say.

With his head held high, he led his army into the city, and immediately received a notice that Lord Yan, the garrison of Nanjing, wanted to see him.

He didn't think much of it, and immediately went to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

As soon as he entered this place, he immediately felt the solemn atmosphere, everywhere there were busy people, and soldiers were constantly hurrying by with military orders, riding horses and galloping away.

It's as if the war isn't over yet.

Even the three top bosses in Nanjing, the Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department, the Nanjing Garrison and the Nanjing Town Guard Eunuch, all had serious faces, standing next to the map and pointing, while the two generals of Huguang and Jiangxi stood aside, nodding their heads while listening, as if they were discussing something.

What's wrong? Didn't you win?

He was puzzled, but the Duke of Yue Guo on the other side looked up and saw him, and the next words that came out of his mouth made the chief officer feel dizzy:

"Mr. Zhang, the thief is in Zhejiang, you better hurry up and take the troops back."

(End of chapter)