Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 512
In mid-June, when the Ming army on the west road made great progress, the army on the east road also advanced along the Dejiang River after pacifying Shiqian.

The Houyong Battalion of the former army, led by the chieftain who is familiar with the terrain, walked along the river beach to open eyes for the army.

On both sides of the Nade River, there are densely packed soldiers in armor, the battle flags fluttering in the wind, and the team transporting food and supplies stretches for several miles, which is extremely spectacular.Under the handsome flag, Gao Yigong sat proudly on his horseback, while a chieftain of the Miao village was introducing the terrain ahead to him. "Twenty miles ahead is the intersection of the Dejiang River and the Yujiang River. Pengshui County is located here. The army can spend the night in the city. Tomorrow, go north and enter the Shizhu Xuanfu Division, which is the place of Qin Taibao. The army You can pass through with confidence, and after another five days, you will be able to face the Yangtze River, and Wanxian is across the river."

Gao Yigong nodded. Now, besides the 4 troops from Hunan, he also has 2 troops from the Zhang and Huang Ming armies under Shiqian, plus the chieftains from western Hunan and eastern Guizhou. 7000 people, and 10 civilian husbands, a total of nearly [-] horses, even stronger than the Central Route Army.

Fortunately, Gao Yigong and Li Guo had experience in commanding more than 20 Shunjun troops before Gao Yigong, and everything was in order.He is very ambitious now, but the only thing that worries him is that after there are too many people, the food and grass will start to become tense.

Hearing what the chieftain said, Gao Yigong nodded. He had to admit that it was good to be close to the chieftain in Qiandong. Without the support of the chieftain, his march would not have been so fast.

"It's been a month or so, and I don't know the situation in Wan County. What's going on? The Xi Army and Zeng Ying have been wiped out by the Qing soldiers, right?" Liu Tichun said casually.

"It's really hard to say! Although Wan County is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once Zhang Xianzhong dies, no one knows what will happen to the Western Army. As for Zeng Ying, he originally had four or five thousand soldiers and was still in Ba County. After losing the battle, the result is really hanging in the balance!" Gao Yigong said flatly, not caring about Wanxian's result, this was not because the Shun Army had a feud with the Western Army back then, but because he had 10 troops in his hand, Confidence, so what if Wanxian is lost, I will call back directly, or it will be done.

"Report" came at a gallop.

Gao Yigong and the generals drove their horses aside, reined in the reins, and the knight rushed forward to report: "Report to Governor Town, General Wang found that a large number of troops are coming along the river more than ten miles ahead."

Could it be Qing soldiers?
"How many soldiers and horses are there?" Gao Yigong asked.

"It is estimated that there are nearly ten thousand people, who seem to be fleeing for their lives. The team dragged on for a long time, with mixed clothes and armor, no banners, and very panicked!"

Gao Yigong and the others glanced at each other, and frowned, "Stop the army! Then order Wang Ji to ambush the soldiers on both sides, and strangle the bandits immediately!"

"No~"

After Sun Kewang abandoned Wanxian County, he fled south into Shizhu. Wu Sangui's pursuers crossed the Yangtze River without a breather. They had boats from Chengdu and Chongqing, and they crossed the river very quickly.

The [-] Western Army fled quickly, and was about to be bitten by Wu soldiers. They happened to meet the soldiers and horses led by the three brothers Tan Wen, Tan Yi, and Tan Hong, the hereditary guards of the Zhongzhou Guard of the Ming Dynasty who were active in Zhongzhou, and were going to Wanxian to help the guards. city.

Seeing that he met more than 3000 friendly troops, Sun Ke decided to launch an ambush to prevent the Qing soldiers from chasing after him. However, the cooperation between the two armies was unfamiliar and there was no tacit understanding. The Qing army was defeated.

The Western Army and the Ming Army mixed together and fled in a panic. The only good thing is that the terrain is not conducive to the pursuit of the cavalry, making it difficult for the Qing soldiers to catch up even if they are defeated.

At this time, they ran for a long time, and it was estimated that the Qing soldiers would not be able to catch up for a while. The exhausted remnant soldiers found stones on the river beach and sat down, but at this moment, there was a sudden sound of artillery fire. There was a sound, and from both sides of the river beach, a large group of soldiers and horses rushed out.

The soldiers were frightened half to death by the sound of the guns, but when they saw the soldiers and horses rushing out, they stood up dumbfounded.

The Sun Moon Bright Flag fluttered with the wind, and the Ming army in Santan was very familiar with it. The Western Army and the Ming army had fought against each other for many years, so they naturally recognized the flag.If it was a few years ago, they must have been terrified when they encountered this situation, but now they saw the flag of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Western Army who were chased and killed by the Qing soldiers almost cried out.

Sun Kewang was taken aback when he saw this, he looked around the river beach, there were nearly [-] horses, could this be the Ming Dynasty reinforcements that the Western Army had been waiting for.

Gao Yigong and many generals came to the front, and saw that there were marching stoves everywhere on the river beach. The soldiers of the Ming army had already made hot soup and rice. Eat and drink.

Sun Kewang and others were sitting on the shaft of a chariot, holding a bowl of broth in his left hand and eating a piece of meat and bone in his right. There were soldiers sitting or squatting everywhere around them. There was no sound, only eating and drinking.

At this time, Wang Ji led Gao Yigong and others over, and said as he walked, "Captain, General Sun is ahead."

When Sun Kewang heard the sound, the four stood up together. He already knew from Wang Ji that this team was one of the three-way aid to Sichuan, with 10 people, and the leader was the former general Gao Yigong.

Originally, because he didn't want to be recruited, he intentionally avoided Chu, where the Ming army was strong, and wanted to sneak into Guizhou to seek a chance to make a comeback, but unexpectedly, he plunged into the arms of the Ming army.

The three-way Ming army, the East Route Army as a partial division, has 10 people, so there are more soldiers in the middle, Sun Kewang can't believe it, why did the Ming Dynasty have so many soldiers and horses at once? Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty would rest assured that a surrendered general who was born as a thief would lead an army of [-] troops.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves. Sun Kewang and others are the kings of Daxi, but now this king is obviously insignificant, but he is unwilling to make a low profile in front of Gao Yigong, so he is very conflicted.

Seeing Gao Yigong and Liu Tichun approaching, the four of them just cupped their hands, still wanting to maintain the majesty of the Western Army: "General Gao, thank you for your help."

Before Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng rebelled against Ming Dynasty together, before the two turned against each other, they had been cooperating a lot, so Gao Yigong and Sun Kewang had met a few times.

Gao Yigong didn't pay attention to these details, he looked around and saw the appearance of the fierce and skilled soldiers from the west, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "We are old acquaintances, brother Sun doesn't have to be like this, what happened so that ..."

Hearing his question, Li Dingguo and others remained silent.After quite a while, Sun Kewang let out a long sigh and said, "Master collapsed like a mountain."

After hearing this, Gao Yigong exchanged glances with the generals, and then asked, "What's the situation in Wan County? How many Qing soldiers are chasing them?"

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