Zhang Xianzhong was defeated in Wuchang, and the combat effectiveness and elite level of the Western Army shocked the Western Army.

With the support of the remaining troops, the Western Army retreated in a hurry to Jiayu County.

Although Zhang Xianzhong still had nearly 100,000 troops, his morale was already lost. Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly crossed the river from Chibi and fled to Jingzhou.

The front line was defeated, and the Western Army occupied Huguang for a short time and people had not yet surrendered.

When the news came, Huguang was shocked. Many gentry and landlords who were bullied by the Western Army were ready to move. Officials from various prefectures and counties followed Zhang Xianzhong to retreat westward, and many important prefectures and counties gave up directly.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and led his army to retreat westward. Wuchang became an isolated city, and it was impossible for reinforcements to come in a short period of time.

The Western Army in the city knew that the main force of the Western Army was defeated, and people were in panic and no longer had the will to fight, so the city would definitely not be able to hold on.

As the leader of the four kings of the Western Kingdom, Sun Kewang may inherit Zhang Xianzhong's great cause. The first thing he thought was to break through, but it was basically impossible to break through.

Then there are only two roads left for him, death or surrender.

Sun Kewang stared at the wastebasket, stood for a while, suddenly squatted down and searched for a while, and found a piece of letter that had been crumpled into pieces.

So Sun Kewang picked it up and opened it to watch it. It was a letter of surrender that Gao Huan had earlier, claiming that as long as he could surrender, he would be the political discussion of Liang State.

At this time, Sun Kewang looked at it again and couldn't help but sigh again.

"Your Highness!" Bai Wenxuan, who had just left, suddenly broke in again and said anxiously: "Gao Huan is back!"

Sun Kewang exhaled a breath of turbid air when he heard the words, stood up and said, "The Lone King knows!"

After the Liang army defeated Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Huan led the army and returned to the Wuchang city wall without stopping.

He was speechless all night. The next morning, Gao Huan ordered the army to come out of the camp and line up to capture Wuchang.

Gao Huan arrived at the city of Wuchang in April. It was now the end of July. Liang's army was blocked by Wuchang for more than three months.

At this time, Gao Huan stood on a horse and looked at the towering Wuchang city walls. He couldn't help but sigh that he spent a lot of money and finally he was about to bite this hard bone and seize Wuchang city.

"King, Wuchang is the mighty city of Huguang, and controls Jianghan. Now that the king has this place, he will have no worries in the upper reaches!" Zhou Yanru and other civil officials who accompanied him were very excited.

For military generals, it may be a victory, but for civil officials, they know the importance of Wuchang to Liang State.

With this city in hand, even if the Liang Kingdom cannot unify the world, it can still rule the southeast for a hundred years.

Such a regime is worthy of their loyalty and work for Gao Huan.

It can be said that the victory of the Western Expedition will greatly change the mentality of the gentry and people in the Southeast and boost the morale of the Liang Kingdom.

At this time, many Liang generals looked into the city and saw that there were still Western troops guards on the top of the city. He Yilong couldn't help but say excitedly: "King! Sun Kewang is obsessed with it, let his subordinates launch an attack and capture Wuchang!"

Gao Huan looked at Wuchang City, and saw that there were Western troops standing on the top of the city, and then nodded slightly: "Prepare for attack!"

At the top of Wuchang City, Sun Kewang saw Liang Jun posing and preparing to attack, but he had no intention of sending someone to surrender, and his lips twitched.

"I can't help it!" Sun Kewang looked at Bai Wenxuan and sighed, "Gao Huan will not surrender, so the Lone King can only take the initiative to surrender."

Sun Kewang asked the soldiers of the Western Army to set up defenses on the top of the city, hoping that Gao Huan would surrender again.

In this way, Gao Huan must put forward conditions, but now the Liang army does not surrender, and Sun Kewang will directly leave the city, so he surrenders unconditionally, and I will be the one who serves as a slaughter.

At this time, all the Liang army units quickly prepared, and the generals of each unit were full of enthusiasm and bet each other that they could win Wuchang in a few hours.

"Huh? Why is the city gate open?" Yang Yan suddenly shouted.

Gao Huan heard the words and looked at it. Sure enough, seeing that the Wuchang city wall slowly opened, a group of figures walked out of the door.

"Does these defeated soldiers still want to go out of the city to fight with us?" Hao Yaoqi was furious and held his fists and asked for his orders: "Master, let Beizhi defeat them!"

Gao Huan picked up the Qianlijing and saw a naked man with shirtless upper body appear in the camera.

"Haha~" Gao Huan smiled slightly and shook his head, "No need, it's Sun Kewang who came to surrender."

Sun Kewang was bare-handed, tied his hands behind his back, carried a rattan strap, and led a large group of Western generals out in a row.

At this time, Yang Yan pulled out his horse and galloped, led a team of people to stop them in front of the formation, and confirmed that he had no weapons, so he led Sun Kewang and others to Gao Huan.

"The King of Pingdong of the Western Kingdom, Ke Wang, came to Xiancheng to surrender, and respectfully asked His Highness King Liang to accept Wuchang!"

Sun Kewang took the lead and led Bai Wenxuan and other Western generals to kneel down and surrender.

King Pingdong? What a big tone! Gao Huan rode down at Sun Kewang and others on the war horse, and found that Sun Kewang was in his thirties, with a dark skin, a white body, and a little fat.

Gao Huan stroked his beard and looked at it for a while, but he was actually quite entangled inside.

Sun Kewang must have the ability to serve as prime minister, but this person is very ambitious. Once he becomes prime minister, he may not be far from usurping the throne.

Gao Huan was very hesitant about whether to use this person.

"King?" Zhou Yanru, who saw Gao Huan lost his mind, couldn't help calling out lightly.

"Hahaha~" Gao Huan came back to his senses, immediately laughed and covered up, then turned over and dismounted, helped Sun Kewang up himself, untied the rope for him, and said loudly: "I am very relieved to be able to surrender to General Sun, as if I had an arm!"

In a moment, Gao Huan had made a decision. Sun Kewang surrendered, and he could not refuse.

As for whether to use Sun Kewang to exchange for Jingzhou with Zhang Xianzhong or to use Sun Kewang in the future, that's another matter.

Although Sun Kewang has ambitions, a man is not good enough to have no ambitions. How can a person who is so weak can help me to unify the world?

Gao Huan needs a group of fierce people to assist him. Of course, Gao Huan can give Sun Kewang a chance, but whether Sun Kewang can make Gao Huan feel at ease depends on Sun Kewang's wisdom.

If Gao Huan was allowed to notice his ambitions and threaten him, then Gao Huan would have to kill him.

Nanjing, the Council of Ministers.

Li Yan was alone, working in the public room, but the papers were placed in front of him, but the brush in his hand did not move.

After a closer look, I had been distracted and was stunned and motionless.

Since Gao Huan's Western Expedition, the Qing Dynasty, the pseudo-Ming Dynasty and Zheng Zhilong have been ready to move.

Recently, news from Huguang that King Liang was still confronting Zhang Xianzhong, but the Qing army, the puppet Ming army, and Zheng Zhilong had already attacked from multiple ways to attack Liang State.

Although Zheng Zhilong, who was in the south, only stationed troops to engage in some minor frictions on the border and did not make any big moves, the Qing army and the puppet Ming army had already crossed the Yellow River, attacked Hulao Pass and threatened Luoyang, and the army invaded Henan.

The situation in the north is now critical, and the Zheng army in the south will launch an attack at any time.

As a left-behind leader in politics, Li Yan could not go to the front line and could only wait for news from all parties, which made him very worried.

"Li Yizheng!" A shout brought Li Yan's thoughts back. He looked closely and couldn't help but get up quickly.

"Gao Ge!" Li Yan hurriedly put down his pen and stood up to greet him, and bowed with a smile: "What wind has blown you!"

Gao Youcai had dark circles, obviously not sleeping well recently. Seeing Li Yan smiling relaxedly, he couldn't help but waved: "I can't let go of the situation on the front line. I just came here to ask you if there is any news from Huguang?"

Li Yan looked calm and asked his subordinates to pour tea for Gao Youcai. He also took a sip and shook his head and smiled: "There is no news yet, but the old master does not need to worry. The king is brave and good at fighting. He expects to defeat the thief to be criticized!"

When Gao Youcai heard this, he put down the teacup he had picked up and said restlessly: "Li Yizheng is so relaxed, the Qing soldiers are about to enter Luoyang, how can I not worry?"

Li Yan was actually worried, but he was a left-behind leader in the political affairs, and he could not show it any more than he was panicked, otherwise all officials in Nanjing would be in a panic.

Li Yan held the teacup in his hand, and his hands were so steady that he took another sip: "It's useless to worry about the Lord. You must have confidence in the king and the soldiers. This time the king led me to be the elite of my Daliang, and there is no reason to be invincible!"

Gao Youcai said, "It is because the Western Expeditions are all elites that I worry. It has been four or five months now, and there is no result yet. If there is a mistake, wouldn't Liang State be~?"

Speaking of this, Gao Youcai couldn't continue to say it, and it could be seen that the old man was really worried.

Li Yan was panicked when he said this, but he needed to say something and comfort Gao Youcai.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw Xia Wanchun, who was in the military department, hurried in. Seeing Gao Youcai also present, he was slightly stunned and immediately saluted Gao Youcai and said, "I have met Gao She Lao."

Gao Youcai nodded, but Li Yan saw that he was holding a military newspaper in his hand and couldn't help asking: "But the front-line military newspaper?"

Xia Wanchun showed excitement on his face and saluted Li Yan again: "Report to discuss politics and report good news to Wuchang!"

As soon as he said this, Gao Youcai immediately stood up, grabbed the military newspaper from Xia Wanchun, opened it, and laughed out loud, "My son is brave, now I can sleep peacefully."

After speaking, he felt that he was rude. After all, he was not an official from Liang State, so he hurriedly reported to Li Yan.

Li Yan took the military newspaper and glanced at it, but just smiled slightly.

Seeing this, Gao Youcai sighed in his heart that he is worthy of being the person my son likes, he is so steady! He can be the leader of all officials.

At this time, Gao Youcai received the news that Gao Huan won the victory and went back to bed with peace of mind.

Li Yanze picked up the military newspaper again and read it again, then sighed: "A great victory! Wuchang is in hand, the world is settled!"

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