With a sigh, Li Zicheng leaned back on the big chair, his eyes full of exhaustion, "The Hu people have pursued me from Beijing to Xi'an, and from Xi'an to Wuchang. Now there is no way to retreat, the only way is to fight to the death!"

Song Xiance said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the army should head south quickly, break away from the Hu people as soon as possible, and find a place to stay. When Your Majesty has reorganized the army's morale, established a solid foundation, and has sufficient food and supplies for the troops, horses, and horses, we can then attempt to fight with them."

The barbarians are fighting!"

"We have lost Shaanxi, Henan, and now even Huguang. The world is so big, where can we go?"

Song Xiance said, "Your Majesty, don't you know that from Huguang to the south there are Hunan and Jiangxi, and further south there are Guangdong and Guangxi. The two Guangxi are not the extreme south, and further south there is Annan. This Annan was the Jiaozhi of China during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

The county was recovered when the Ming Dynasty became the founder, but it was mismanaged later, but it lost its kingship again within twenty years."

Li Zicheng only knew a little about what Song Xiance said, "Going to Annan? Then wouldn't we be far away from China?"

Song Xiance smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. Annan is the homeland of China. We are not far away from China when we go there. Moreover, as far as I know, Annan's soil and water are excellent and rice can be harvested twice a year."

Liu Zongmin laughed after hearing this and said, "This is very good. With food, we can gather troops and horses."

Song Xiance said, "Moreover, further south from Annan, there are also Ayutthaya, Champa, and some small countries in Malaya. Your Majesty can send General Liu to lead a partial division to wipe them out. When the army is well-prepared, he can then send his troops north to kill them.

By expelling the barbarians and regaining China by expelling the barbarians, Your Majesty is the most powerful emperor in history, comparable to Qin Shihuang and Ming Taizu!"

The four words "Eternal Emperor" suddenly hit Li Zicheng's heart, and the flame that had been extinguished started to burn fiercely again at this moment.

A man comes to this world for a short trip. Unlike a woman, he can at least leave some flesh and blood. If a man doesn't seek fame and great career, he will be like autumn rain, leaving nothing behind.

King Tu’s hegemony!

Li Zicheng's heart was filled with flames again, and all the generals felt that Li Zicheng's dejected aura changed instantly.

"Here's the order, stay on the city wall tomorrow and don't go out to fight. Everyone, please retreat. The military advisor and Zong Min will stay."

After the generals retreated, Li Zicheng told the two men alone about the retreat. If he wanted to break away from the Hu people, the best way was to suddenly go south. Now that the army was in a stalemate, he needed to be careful in his arrangements.

After the discussion with the two was finished and they left, Li Zicheng was left alone, leaning on a big chair covered with yellow cloth.

Li Zicheng looked at the candlelight in the hall and thought of Chongzhen's incident again.

When Emperor Chongzhen died, he wrote in blood "All ministers may be killed" in blood. Now Li Zicheng slowly understood the meaning.

In the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, with tens of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and tens of millions of people, how could it be that we had no money or food to defend our country?

When we were in Beijing, in just one month, 70 million taels of silver were raised in pursuit of wages. It was not that the Ming Dynasty had no money and food, but that it was all swallowed up by some people. These became private property, and even Emperor Chongzhen could not touch them.

The world is exhausted and the people are starving to death, but these people don't care about the life and death of all the people in the world.

There are intact eggs under the overturned nest. If the whole world is taken away by the barbarians, they will not be fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Li Zicheng couldn't understand why these people were so stupid.

After a long time, Li Zicheng sighed again. Those shameless people actually handed over the entire Jiangnan to the Hu people. Are they afraid that I will go to Jiangnan to chase their wages?

Although Song Xiance's plan is good, can it really be realized with his own strength?

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With the strength of the whole country, Annan can spit out what he swallowed, what can he do?

The water of the Han River has been flowing for thousands of years.

People worry about things that will last for a hundred years, but the moon will be bright again for ten thousand years.

In the long river of history, there are no ancients before and no newcomers after. We can only close our eyes and explore forward step by step.

The next day, the Qing army did not rush to attack Hanyang City. Instead, they divided a group of troops and went to the northeast of Hanyang City to attack and kill Liu Fangliang. Liu Fangliang's troops could not resist and retreated to Hanyang.

The Qing army's Jueluo Bahanabel took advantage of the situation and led his troops to cross the Han River, pursuing and attacking Baiwang's troops along the way.

Bai Wang originally had 70,000 soldiers and horses and had been operating in the Jingxiang area for a long time. He tried his best to dissuade Li Zicheng and asked him to defend the Jingxiang area, but Li Zicheng insisted on withdrawing.

Now, as Li Zicheng went south, he had only 20,000 troops left. After leaving Jingxiang, most of them were demoralized. At this time, they could not withstand the fierce attack of the Hu people. They were defeated all the way and had to withdraw from Hankou and were driven away by the Qing army.

Retreat to the east.

At noon on the second day, the Qing army had completely wiped out all the Shun troops outside Hanyang. In the afternoon, Azig moved the Chinese army's tent to the outside of Hanyang City. Several red-coated cannons were also pushed under Hanyang City. Soon the Qing army's

The red cannons began to roar, and the shells bombarded the city wall of Hanyang. The Shun army could only watch the city wall helplessly as the iron bullets peeled it off bit by bit.

The Qing army did not launch an attack on the city wall until evening, but kept bombarding Hanyang City with red cannons.

Li Zicheng was extremely clear about this voice.

Back in Tongguan, it was the red cannon that completely blew away the fighting spirit of the Shun army.

On the second day, at almost the same time, two battles started in the north and south of the Han River.

At the foot of Hanyang City, the Qing army destroyed a section of the east city wall, and the army rushed into the city. In order to protect the emperor, the Shun army fought fiercely with the Qing army in the streets in the city.

Fortunately, Li Zicheng had secretly arranged the retreat, and the defense behind the city wall was very tight. The large group of Shun troops marched along the streets and fought to the death with the Qing troops who rushed in.

To the north of the Han River, Wan Jun led the Chinese army to march from Sanli Town and accepted the surrender of Baiwang tribe at Shuangqiao Bay.

To say that Li Zicheng refused to stick to the Jingxiang area, another reason was Bai Wang!

Li Zicheng marched south from Shangzhou Prefecture, and his troops were reduced by 70 to 80%. He had 70,000 elite troops at Baiwang in Jingxiang.

Seventy-eight out of ten of the Shun army were Baiwang soldiers and horses, so they were very jealous of Li Zicheng, and because they were not from Shaanxi's old army, they were quite marginalized by Liu Zongmin and other Shaanxi generals.

Now that the military was defeated, Bai Wang had no choice but to surrender to the Chinese army coming from the east.

Wanjun ordered Bai Wang to still lead his original troops to block the enemy along the Jishui River and Houhu Lake north of Hanyang, and sent Zhao Boji with five thousand local soldiers as backup.

Wan Jun personally led his troops and horses to march westward along the Yangtze River, heading straight for Hankou.

When Bai Wang withdrew from Hankou, the Qing army took the opportunity to capture Hankou, but the troops did not stop, and most of the troops continued to pursue Bai Wang's troops.

At this time, the Chinese army took the opportunity to enter Hankou and captured the city of Hankou.

Wan Jun ordered Zhao Boyu to lead his troops to guard the front line of the Han River. He led his troops to the northeast and penetrated directly into the side and rear of the Qing army. In this way, the 20,000 Qing soldiers who came across the Han River to pursue Bai Wang's tribe were surrounded by the Chinese army.

It's Hankou, between Houhu Lake and the Yangtze River.

The Chinese army held red flags and the musketeers lined up in a line, firing at the Qing army in front as they walked. The Qing army was suddenly hit by fire from behind, and the pursuit was in chaos.

Some Qing soldiers turned around and attacked the Chinese army, and suffered heavy casualties from several rounds of gunfire.

Seeing the strength of the enemy forces behind him, Jolupahana ordered all the Qing troops to attack eastward with all their strength, trying to defeat Baiwang's tribe and then retreat eastward.

The Shun army of Baiwang tribe was defeated and was defeated. At this time, the Huaxia army surrendered, but it just changed its banner. Facing the fierce attack of the Qing army, it was quickly unable to withstand it.

At the critical moment, Zhao Boji rushed up with local volunteers and said, "Sir, what's the use of surrendering you? You will only flee. We are coming."

Zhao Boji took the Xiangyong and some local volunteers and quickly crossed the Baiwang tribe to fight with the Qing army. The volunteers fought without rules and were quickly killed by the Qing army. Many people were killed by the Qing army. The Xiangyong were all from the same village.

One person was killed and the others were very angry. With their bloody courage, they managed to hold off the Qing army, but the casualties were very serious.

Zhao Boji came to Bai Wang and said, "You are a new master, and this battle is your chance to gain your trust."

Bai Wang was impressed by the young man in front of him, "Little brother, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhao Boji had already made plans, "Although the terrain is flat to the northeast, within two miles there are large paddy fields and ponds, and the road is very difficult to walk. There is a pine tree hill to the northwest. Although the hill is not big, it is something we can rely on."

The location is favorable, I will lead my troops to retreat there, you gather your troops and follow me so as not to collapse."

"Do as you say."

After Bai Wang said this, he personally led his soldiers and horses to fight with the Qing army, dragging the Qing army to fight and retreat.

Soon, Zhao Boji led his army to set up a formation at Songshugang, and Baiwang's troops cooperated with the rural soldiers to firmly defend the hill.

One part of the Qing army continued to attack Zhao Boji and others, while the other part of the Qing army saw a gap in the northeast and ran northeast along the Hou Lake.

The Qing army had a gap and could retreat, so they had no intention of fighting to the death with Zhao Boji and others. The pressure faced by everyone was suddenly reduced.

The Qing army was originally the elite of the Eight Banners, preparing to cover the retreat of Jialuo Bahan Nabeile. They walked two miles to the northeast and suddenly saw a large paddy field. They could only line up in a line and pass through the ridges between the paddy fields.

This paddy field is intertwined, and the field ridges sometimes go north and south, sometimes east and west, like entering a maze.

After walking for a while, there were rivers and ponds again, and in many places the fields disappeared into the mud, so Jolupahana could only walk through the mud.

The hoof of the horse collapsed when carrying people, almost half of its legs were submerged. Several horses were stuck in the mud and whined. The Eight Banners soldiers tried their best to help but could not pull the horses out.

In desperation, Jolupahana could only let go of his horses and led the Eight Banners soldiers forward in the paddy fields, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Zhao Boji and others relied on Songshugang to block the Qing army. Soon the Chinese army came from the west and attacked. Seeing that they could not break through the defense of Songshugang, some people knelt down and surrendered, while others ran to the northeast.

The Chinese army, led by local volunteers, pursued in the northeast direction. Soon they saw a large group of clear soldiers blocking the road. After two rounds of gunfire, they all knelt on the ground and surrendered.

When the soldiers and horses of Wanjun arrived at the edge of the mud field, they saw a large group of Qing troops struggling in the paddy field. Many Eight Banners soldiers were almost stuck in the mud and could not move. The local volunteers jumped down to the field with knives and captured these Qing soldiers.

Caught ashore.

When Jolupahana was pulled out of the mud by the locals, he almost felt grateful that he finally came out of the damn mud.
Chapter completed!