The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 207
In Xiangyang City, the three brothers parted ways in the end, and no one could convince the other. After some hesitation, Ainengqi finally chose to follow his elder brother Sun Kewang.

And 6 of the more than [-] people also chose to follow Sun Kewang, which shows Sun Kewang's skill in buying people's hearts.

Sun Kewang didn't dare to delay at all. Before dawn the next day, he hurriedly led 4 people on board hundreds of ships, and at the same time replenished a large amount of food and grass.

"Big Brother, Fourth Brother, the river in the downstream section of Yicheng has been blocked by Wu Sangui. You can find a pier between Xiangyang and Yicheng, and take care of yourself along the way."

Although Sun Kewang had expected it long ago, he was still very disappointed when he heard that the river was really blocked and he couldn't go directly to Wuchang. After thinking about it, he still didn't give up and asked: "Sir, are you really not thinking about it anymore?"

Liu Wenxiu didn't answer, but shook her head, obviously she had made up her mind to stick to Xiangyang and negotiate with the Ming Dynasty.

"Third brother, take care too!"

"Third Brother, take care!"

After the three brothers bid farewell to each other, the sky was already dawning. After Sun Kewang and Ainengqi boarded the boat, hundreds of boats of all sizes set sail and headed downstream.

And this scene was reported to Zuo Menggeng on the north bank and Wu Sangui on the south bank by the Ming army spies who were watching on the bank almost immediately.

Sun Kewang was quite surprised that the Daxi Army would continue to escape. After all, this was the case, and there was no point in escaping any longer.

This is also the reason why he didn't come directly to the city of Xiangyang, but deliberately let the opponent enter the city, because he wanted to besiege them all in the city of Xiangyang and solve them all in one fell swoop.

Who ever thought that the other party would never die until the Yellow River, and would not shed tears when he saw the coffin. For this, Wu Sangui also admired the tenacity of these rogues.

After Wu Sangui arrived in Nanzhang, he not only blocked the river, but also sent 2 people to the east bank of Xiangyang, so he was not worried at all that the other party would escape.

"Report to the general, not all the bandits have left, and some troops are still staying in Xiangyang City, endowed with tenacity!"

"Oh? That's weird. How could you choose to divide your troops at this time?"

Wu Sangui was astonished. He was worried that the rebel army would set fire to burn Xiangyang City when they left. Who would have thought that the rebel army would split into two groups to disperse their forces in such a desperate situation? Could it be that Sun Kewang wanted to defend Xiangyang and defeat his own army? ?
"Send someone to persuade you to surrender first!"

Wu Sangui thought for a while and said, obviously he had already guessed the intention of the bandit army staying in Xiangyang.

The city of Xiangyang has a large population. Although Wu Sangui wanted to kill all the bandits in the city, he also knew that under such circumstances, the imperial court would most likely accept the surrender of the bandits to reduce unnecessary losses.

at the same time.

Sun Kewang led his army down the river, and after traveling only about thirty li, he had to stop at the shore.

The Ming army on the east bank, who was always paying attention to the movement of the fleet, immediately rushed over from south to north.

As soon as the [-] troops disembarked and completed their formation, the [-] Ming troops arrived. Sun Kewang had anticipated this situation, and immediately drew his sword and shouted, "Brothers, kill me!"

"kill!"

"Suppress the rebels, today is the time for brothers to make contributions, kill me!"

Although the strength of the Ming army is only [-], its morale is like a rainbow. Inspired by the students in the martial arts hall to take the lead in charging, each and every one of them is full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit.

It seems that those on the shore are not thieves, but military exploits one by one, waiting for them to get them.

Both sides were in a hurry, without any bells and whistles, and fell into a melee as soon as they fought.

Although the Ming army was also chaotic, the rigorous training on weekdays still maintained the Shi as a unit, and ten people cooperated with each other to fight.

However, the formation of the Great Western Army has long been chaotic, and without the strict training of the Ming Army, it has completely fallen into a melee.

So even if the strength of the Ming army is twice that of the Ming army, the two sides only fought for a quarter of an hour before they began to lose.

"Brother, the Ming army is too strong, we are defeated, let's go!"

Ainengqi said anxiously, let alone defeating the opponent if the battle continues, I am afraid that none of them will leave.

At this time, Sun Kewang had blood on his face, looking at the army that had begun to collapse, he still couldn't believe it.

Although they traveled long distances, lost soldiers and lost generals, and the morale of the army has dropped seriously, but these 4 people are almost all old brothers who have been fighting for a long time.

If the Ming army has such combat power, it would be a fart rebellion.

"go!"

Little life is of the utmost importance, after stabilizing his mind, Sun Kewang had no choice but to wave his hand and flee towards the east with his personal guards and Ai Qi.

This caused a partial collapse, which turned into a rout of the entire army in an instant. Countless Great Western Army scattered their feet and fled towards the east, and some even threw away the weapons in their hands and ran wildly.

But most of them were killed by the Ming army from behind the moment they turned around under the collapse of their minds.

There was no need to order at all, the Ming army naturally chased and killed all the way, and all the Daxi army who were caught up along the way were all hacked and killed, resulting in corpses everywhere.

Under such circumstances, the Ming army had long since turned red-eyed, and there was no such thing as surrendering prisoners.

On the way of running and chasing, even if the Daxi army reacted and knelt down and surrendered, the Ming army would subconsciously strike and would not stop.

Fortunately, the cavalry battalion of the former army stayed in Nanyang, and Huguang was mostly paddy fields, and finally pursued until dark before the Ming army stopped and began to gather soldiers and horses.

After running wildly for more than fifty miles in a panic, Ai Qineng and Sun Kewang also collapsed on the ground with lingering fear when the Ming army finally stopped chasing them.

At this moment, there were only two thousand people left around the two of them, and the forty thousand troops were either killed during the pursuit or ran away.

"Damn, if I had known that the Ming army was so powerful, I might as well have stayed in Xiangyang City with my third brother."

Seeing that only about 2000 people had escaped, Ainengqi felt regretful. With such a small number of people, no matter where he went, it would be difficult to make a comeback.

"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let the brothers rest for an hour, and let's talk about it after entering Dahongshan!"

Sun Kewang waved his hand and panted.

"Brother, why don't we disguise ourselves and sneak back to Sichuan." Ainengqi came to him and whispered, obviously wanting to slip away alone.

Sun Kewang glanced at the brothers who were lying on the ground, most of the knives and armors were not lost, and said in a low voice, "I haven't reached that point yet. I heard that the little emperor implemented a new policy in the south of the Yangtze River. After crossing the Dabie Mountains and arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not impossible to make a comeback."

Apparently at this point, Sun Kewang still hadn't given up, and was still delusional about going to the south of the Yangtze River and making a comeback.

After resting for an hour, under the bewitching of Sun Kewang, the two thousand old thieves finally cheered up again and moved towards the mountainous area to the east.

(End of this chapter)