The Houtu Camp, which threw away the baggage, finally arrived at the battlefield at the last moment. Luzhou was even more advanced than Fengyang. He should have arrived before Jiergalang, but the heavy rainstorm over the past few days dragged down the marching speed of the Houtu Camp.

Seeing the smoke rising from afar, Yan Yingyuan was anxious. As far as he knew, there were not many troops in Jinling, and the Duke of the Kingdom crossed the river and made a northern expedition.

Yan Yingyuan knew best about Jiergalang's military strength, and therefore knew that if Hou Xuanyan encountered them, he would be in danger.

The Houtu Camp could not see the friendly forces of the Northern Expedition Army. They didn't know that they were in the woods. Looking at the corpses everywhere, they thought the Qing soldiers had already been killed. Yan Yingyuan's face was dark. After the battle, the Qing soldiers were still there. That Duke? Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan tightened the hilt of the knife and said sternly: "Kill!"

The scorching sun above his head was approaching dusk, but the remaining power of the heat was still there. Yan Yingyuan looked down at the battlefield from a high place, but his heart seemed to fall into an ice cellar. Luzhou Prefecture was close to Fengyang. If the Qing soldiers headed south from Fengyang, causing irreparable losses, he and Houtu Camp would be blamed.

Jiergalang sighed, it was still one step late. The Northern Expedition Army in the forest was too tough and dragged to the Houtu Camp. In this way, the strength of the Northern Expedition Army was greater than that of the Qing soldiers. In addition, the Qing soldiers had fought for a long time, Jiergalang gradually became interested in retreating. With the sound of the horn of the troops withdrawing, the Qing soldiers fought and retreated, and retreated from the woods in an orderly manner.

"Haha, reinforcements have arrived, Duke Yue is indeed a clever plan."

"Reinforcements are here, fight out and fight for military achievements!"

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The Northern Expedition Army, which rushed out of the jungle, had already exhausted its physical strength and relied on its physical inertia. When they saw the enemy retreating, not only did no one fall to the ground to rest and cheer, but instead rushed out howled. Jiang Jianxun stared at Hou Xuanyan with bright eyes for a while, turned around and said to Wang Da: "Let's go out and fight for fame, our master and servant will be colleagues in the future."

Yan Yingyuan rode on his horse and looked here when he heard the sound. He saw a warrior full of blood rushing out from the woods on the southeastern suburbs.

"General, we are our own brother, the Northern Expedition Army."

Yan Yingyuan's eyes lit up and he regained hope. As long as there are still people alive, the Duke may not have died in battle.

Jiergalang did not drag the water at all and ordered the withdrawal of troops and returned to Chuzhou. The "beheading" operation had failed, and it was meaningless to stay here to fight. Moreover, Zhu Dadian's Water Battalion should have arrived soon. The Qing soldiers fought and retreated, without any sign of defeat, and even killed many Northern Expedition Army. However, after all, they were the repelled side, and there were many bodies left behind under the shooting of the Northern Expedition Army along the way.

Hou Xuanyan tightened his armor in the woods, wiped the sword clean and inserted it back into the scabbard. The maroon horse he had used to riding was already injured. He barely stood on his front hooves and digged the soil. His head wanted to rub his head from time to time, and his mane made him feel uncomfortable. Hou Xuanyan turned around and saw that there were three or four blood marks on it, and his knife edge was very deep. After removing the saddle, Hou Xuanyan led it out. Qin He had already fallen to the ground. At this time, he struggled to get up, cut off two wooden sticks with one knife, and walked out with Hou Xuanyan one by one.

The Maotu Camp outside was still chasing him relentlessly. Hou Xuanyan saw Yan Yingyuan leading several generals from afar through the woods, throwing the wooden stick at random, and straightening his back.

Yan Yingyuan turned over and got off the horse, bent down and clasped his fists and said, "It will be too late in the future, and the Duke of the State will suffer."

Hou Xuanyan raised his head and laughed: "Haha, everything is as expected. How many Qingdogs have they killed this time?"

The generals around him looked admiring, and only a few personal soldiers knew how dangerous it was just now. If the Duke of Yue, who had always been cautious, would never have had the dangerous situation just now. The only explanation is that the Duke of the State is fooling people again.

Yan Yingyuan took everyone up to the high and looked into the distance. Hou Xuanyan looked at the Qing soldiers retreating in an orderly manner, with a lot of arrangement, and he was very moved. In such a retreat, he could also ensure that his subordinates obeyed the orders, which required strong binding force. Strict military discipline and the majesty of the chief general were indispensable. The Eight Banners had not completely fallen, and they still had the most stringent military law in the world at this time. Jiergalang also had enough prestige, and whether it was status or record, he could completely restrain the defeated soldiers. This time, he was originally planning to win a big victory, but now it seemed impossible.

"Cover all the things and kill them, recover lost land as much as possible, and kill and injure the Qing soldiers."

Jiergalang's Inlaid Blue Flag retreated decisively and almost retreated without any luck, but the other Qing soldiers surrounded the mountain did not have such good luck. They were too far away from the central army and were surrounded by the signal of withdrawing troops. The torn opening of the Inlaid Blue Flag was immediately blocked by the Thousand Earth Camp, and these people became captive soldiers.

Liu Zhong was in it and had already taken off his general's uniform, wore a soldier's clothes, and was taken to Jiangpu City with his subordinates.

In Jiangpu City, nine out of ten rooms are empty, and there are corpses of women who are not covered in clothes, as well as old, weak, infants and young people. Not only are the whole family dead, but the more miserable deaths are extremely ugly, and they are all tortured and killed.

The Northern Expedition Army consciously buried the bodies and cleaned the streets, and survivors who hid kept going to the streets.

Zhang Huangyan ordered to open a shed in the city to set up porridge so that survivors could gather. Zhang Huangyan looked at the less than two hundred people left in the city, his eyes were red and he felt very uncomfortable.

At this time, Hou Xuanyan happened to lead the crowd by, dismounted and stood aside, listening to the tears of the two hundred people crying.

He had seen the massacre of the city many times. The first thing he saw was Jiading, who was slaughtered. However, after working for so long, the city was slaughtered and the Han people in the city were killed. This feeling made Hou Xuanyan feel nauseous and retching, and his mind was dizzy. A huge feeling of powerlessness eroded his nerves.

Qin He just thought he was exhausted and hurriedly stepped forward to support him. He moved a chair from somewhere. Hou Xuanyan sat behind the survivors, his eyes closed and listened to their experience.

An old man tells the story of Liu Zhong hiding in a haystack and hearing about Liu Zhong killing Jiang Pu Huang Yi and Jiang Qin. Hou Xuanyan suddenly remembered himself Hou Dongzeng and Huang Chunyao. There were so many righteous men in Jiangnan. If there were not too many traitors, this nation would be invincible. As long as there were powerful authoritative figures or courts, even if the Han people themselves made a fuss during the Three Kingdoms, they could free up their hands to impose the barbarians.

At this time, the Northern Expedition Army escorted the prisoners into the city, wanting them to clean up the streets and rebuild Jiangpu City. The Northern Expedition Army fought on its own for a day and was exhausted, so they asked these prisoners to work as coolies.
Chapter completed!