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Chapter 149
The two sides launched a big melee outside the east gate of Nandu.

However, the scuffle here didn't last long. The commander-in-chief, Jiao Ting, learned that both the West Route Army and the Central Route Army had been defeated. It was too unexpected. The situation took a turn for the worse. When he came, he dared not fight any more, so he had to order the withdrawal of troops, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp chased after him, and Liu Liangzuo's three-way army soon joined forces.

The meeting place was of course their temporary camp, but Zheng Hongkui, Liu Zhaoji, and Jiangyin Sangong did not stop chasing and killing them because they fled back to the camp. According to Song's decree, this time the Judgment Army will not be withdrawn unless it is completely wiped out.

Due to the unexpected defeat and the location of the defeat was so close to their camp, Liu Liangzuo's three-way army had already fled to the gate of the camp before they had time to arrange for the remaining troops.

Liu Liangzuo has led the army for many years, and now he is an advocating uncle, so of course he would not make lowly military mistakes. Of course, there are thousands of soldiers guarding the camp at this time, but these generals who guard the house are also confused at this time, because Their Marshal Liu's troops joined forces with the Beijing soldiers who were chasing after them. Naturally, the bows, crossbows and blunderbusses could not be used, so they had to rush out to meet them.

In short combat, they naturally cannot gain the upper hand.It turned out that there were only a few thousand of them, and Liu Liangzuo's army was doomed. How could it be possible for a few thousand housekeepers to save them?Therefore, these generals who guarded the house and guarded the village had to be defeated together with Liu Liangzuo's three-way army that went out to attack the city.

As a result, Liu Liangzuo's troops fled into the camp, and Zhu Yousong's soldiers from the Beijing camp and the imperial camp also chased into the camp. The fighting continued, and they couldn't resist outside. When they entered their camp, Liu Liangzuo's troops still resisted. Can't help it, the Beijing camp soldiers will not give them a chance to breathe at all, as long as they don't abandon their weapons and surrender on their knees, they will be killed without mercy.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp and the imperial camp were still in hot pursuit. Liu Liangzuo, who didn't care about many people, had no choice but to give up his car to protect the commander, and let the commander-in-chief Jiao Ting lead the troops to stay behind. Under the protection of the guards, Liu Liangzuo beat the horse like flying, He took some people and horses to flee for their lives in a hurry.As soon as he walked through the stronghold, Liu Liangzuo found that the number of soldiers following him decreased sharply.
But this time he didn't run far, Liu Liangzuo didn't run away, the surging river cut off the way, there were warships when they came, after more than 7 horses crossed the river, he left a guard guard here to guard the warship, this is him The retreat route on the river was also used to meet the Qing army who then supported them, but he found that there was not even a single boat on the river bank, and the 5000 men and horses were also empty.

Terrified out of his wits, he rode his horse to the river to have a look. There were bloodstains on the bank, and there were a few messy broken blades and broken flags. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here not long ago.

Thousands of men and hundreds of warships just disappeared out of thin air?Liu Liangzuo was shocked. He flew up to a high slope, and set up an awning to watch the opposite side. The weather today is exceptionally clear and the visibility is high. The river here is not too wide, and the opposite side of the river is unobstructed.

Liu Liangzuo soon discovered that all his warships had sailed to the north bank of the river at some point.The warships lined up neatly were full of soldiers and horses. Due to the distance, the faces of the soldiers were not very clear.

At this moment, someone handed him a single-tube telescope, and he could see clearly that these warships belonged to him, but the warships had already changed owners, and his thousands of soldiers would be scattered among the warships. , all became captives under surveillance.

Those who guarded these captives were soldiers from the imperial court, Liu Liangzuo still knew a few familiar faces, they were Liu Kongzhao, Chengyi uncle of the Caojiang Navy, and Xu Wenjue, Duke of Wei, the former Nanjing soldier.Beside the two chief generals, there is a young military general. Judging by his style of dressing, he has a high official position, but he does not know him.

Liu Liangzuo didn't know that this young general was Zheng Cai, the brother of Zheng Hongkui's family. He was also a historical celebrity. The young man was young and promising.

It turned out that Liu Liangzuo led 8 horses to attack in three ways, and the Caojiang Navy had already received Zhu Yousong's imperial edict. At the beginning, the edict was also not to wave wars and let thieves in.Therefore, under such a sacred will, Liu Liangzuo's men fought against the Caojiang Navy, and the [-] Caojiang Navy collapsed at the first contact, and dispersed the Caojiang Navy, so that they were able to cross the river smoothly.

However, the good times didn't last long. After Liu Liangzuo's men and horses crossed the river, only more than 5000 men were left here to guard the warship, and the rest of the main force went to Nanjing City.As soon as Liu Liangzuo's main force left here, according to Zhu Yousong's plan, Xu Wenjue, Liu Kongzhao, and Zheng Cai led the navy battalion to fight back, and more than 5000 people rushed to fight.

But this time they discovered that the Caojiang navy was just pretending to be cowardly in the battle just now, and now that they have shown their true skills, Liu Liangzuo's 5000 troops are no match for the Caojiang navy at all.

The reason is that the current Caojiang navy is not what it used to be. The admiral of the Caojiang navy has been replaced by Wei Guogong Xu Wenjue. Zheng Cai served as the technical and tactical director and consultant. Zheng Cai, like Zheng Hongkui, was also a pirate. A master of the water.

It's just that Zhu Yousong asked them to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers. They were a little puzzled and depressed when they pretended to be defeated at first. Unexpectedly, the disastrous defeat made them feel the unique refreshing feeling of this kind of tactics.

A fierce battle without any suspense ended in just half an hour. Except for some of Liu Liangzuo's 5000 men who were beheaded at the bow of the Jiangxin ship, the rest were surrounded by nearly 2000 people and had to raise their hands and surrender.

According to the order, Xu Wenjue and others did not kill the prisoners, but scattered them on the warships. After cleaning the battlefield, they drove all these warships to the north bank of the river.Next, there is no need for the sailors to do anything, just wait and see on the other side of the river.

After Liu Liangzuo understood it, his heart was completely relieved. He will lose everything in this battle.

At this time, the dust rose up behind him, and accompanied by the thunderous shouts of killing, the imperial court's Beijing camp soldiers came overwhelmingly.

In just such a short time, after Liu Liangzuo stayed in the camp, the troops had already been cleared away. The commander-in-chief, Jiao Ting, resisted stubbornly and was beheaded by Zheng Hongkui. The rest all surrendered. Mingyu and Feng Houdun dealt with the affairs of the enemy camp, and took Yan Yingyuan to the river to chase.

There is a big river blocking the way in front, and there are chasing soldiers biting at the back, and then look at the remnant soldiers and defeated generals around them, short helmets and armor, covered in blood, in a state of distress, and even those who have been killed do not exceed 1000 at most. There are more than [-] men and horses. In just one day, they were defeated to this point. The Qing army who relied on their backing was nowhere to be seen. Even Liu Liangchen, his brother who crawled out of a mother's belly with him, was nowhere to be seen. .

Facing the torrential river flowing eastward without a word, this warlord boss couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "The sky has no eyes, why did you kill me, Liu Liangzuo!"

(End of this chapter)