The Ming and Daxi Army were caught off guard against Ajige's sudden retreat.

After all, Ajige, as the attacking side, did not suffer much loss.

Especially Li Dingguo, after hearing the news, he let out a long sigh. Next, he adopted a conservative strategy and did not order to go out of the city to pursue him.

Perhaps it was the second time that Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing had a great psychological shadow on Li Dingguo.

This gave Ajige enough time to defend himself after withdrawing from Ruyang.

In the following time, Ruyang City, with more than 40,000 defenders, became a tough bone and could not be easily chewed.

And most of Henan, north of Runing Prefecture, fell into Ajige's bag.

The battle situation in Henan seems to have temporarily stabilized.

But at this time, another even more absurd and weird event was officially staged.

....

If Li Dingguo's heart was empty after Ajige retreated.

So, the next change made Li Dingguo really want to cry, but he couldn't cry.

Zhu Youlang was captured.

Emperor Yongli was captured, and the news was like a bolt from tomorrow, which knocked Li Dingguo out of his mind for a moment.

Zhu Youlang was captured by Sun Kewang north of Macheng and south of Yinshan Pass.

More than 10,000 imperial guards beside him were defeated by Sun Kewang's nearly different troops and broke down.

Yes, how could a group of well-dressed guards of honor be the opponents of field soldiers? These farmers recruited from Yunnan and Guizhou accept how powerful they are and how solemn their manners are. Only no one teaches them how to fight and how to resist the enemy in encounters.

There are three thousand Western troops in Macheng, less than a hundred miles away from the battleground.

He didn't have time to reinforce, and it was conceivable how short the ten thousand imperial guards were defeated.

Zhu Youlang was captured by Sun Kewang's cavalry on the way back to Macheng.

The defeat of the imperial guards caused great consequences. Not only was Emperor Yongli captured, but Sun Kewang took advantage of the situation to capture Macheng, and immediately captured Huang An and Crotian.

It was equivalent to cutting off Li Dingguo's retreat and the real backyard caught fire.

Of course, with Li Dingguo's military strength and combat power, as long as he goes south, he can regain the three cities without any effort. The question is, do you dare to attack?

As soon as Sun Kewang captured Zhu Youlang, he sent an envoy to send a message to the mall. The meaning was very simple - I have to talk about it!

Otherwise, you will "tear the ticket".

Li Dingguo was the most righteous in his life. The emperor favored him and appointed him as King of Jin. In this way, he could not get involved in the matter of killing the emperor. Once he got involved, his reputation became bad from then on.

So, while Li Dingguo was in a vain and talked with Sun Kewang, he rushed to send a message to Chi Erhan who was resting in Gushi.

This is a question about Yu Biao. Chi Erhan is in war, but he is unable to do anything. His countermeasure is to spread the news from Changyangwei, Fengyang Prefecture, and urgently report to the King of Wu.

....

When Wu Zheng received the news, he was indeed confused.

Will Zhu Youlang be captured?

Isn't this a mess?

Originally, Wu Zheng thought that after resolving the trap in the mall, the war in Runing Mansion should be quelled. He transferred one of the First Army to garrison Fengyang Mansion and support each other with the Daxi Army. When the situation in Henan officially stabilized, it was time to transfer Chi Erhan to come back.

Wu Zheng had already begun to deploy the march to Shandong. Before the Qing court made a clear reply to the terms of peace talks, one more city would be the same as one city.

But now, nothing is counted.

Originally, Chi Erhan's eight thousand troops were transferred to another side army, and the troops stationed in Fengyang Mansion were enough.

Even if Ajige was kicked by a donkey and dared to take the initiative to pick up the tiger's beard, it would be enough to have more than 10,000 first army defending Fengyang City.

But now Chi Erhan has only 3,000 people left, so at least 10,000 people need to be transferred to Fengyang Mansion.

The first army, which had been divided into three groups, made Wu Zheng feel that his troops were in short supply.

If Wu Zheng was not heartbroken, it must be fake. I heard that the Battle of Gushi suddenly lost 5,000 people in the first battle. Wu Zheng regretted making the decision to reinforce the mall at that time.

In fact, there is no relationship between the gains and losses of the mall and Wu Zhengmao.

If you are involved in a relationship, it will be Li Dingguo's invisible and intangible affection.

Even if Ajige really broke through the mall, Li Dingguo, as the commander of the first army, his personal life would not be in danger.

Whether to save or not is just a difference in Wu Zheng's mind. He always feels that he can control the situation and always thinks that he can help the world.

But the result was that he was far away from the battlefield and had no idea of ​​the enemy's background. He rushed to send troops to reinforce, causing the first army, which was regarded as the flesh of Wu Zheng, to suffer severe damage.

Five thousand people, the first army, which had spent countless efforts and efforts on Wu Zheng, had a total of 50,000 people, and inexplicably, it was 10% lost in an unknown small town in Gushi.

This is the biggest setback that Wu Zheng suffered after he became rich, and it is a setback without any reward. Can Wu Zheng not feel heartbroken?

Originally, Wu Zheng didn't want to pay attention to this matter anymore.

An emperor of the Yongli Dynasty was captured and had nothing to do with him. If he went to rescue the emperor and his ministers of Jianxing Dynasty knew about it, he might think, thinking that he was not a powerful minister enough and wanted to depose and establish another matter. Isn’t this equivalent to throwing dirty water on his head?

But at this time, Mao Xiang, who was on an envoy to surrender to the general of Daming Prefecture, Wang Yongqiang, returned with a "victory" return.

The general of Daming Prefecture, speaking of it, Wu Zhengye had heard Song An report before. Before the New Year, when Song An reported the movements of Wu Sangui's army, he mentioned a sentence, "...Wu Sangui released Wang Yongqiang, who had been imprisoned for more than two years, and his intention seemed to show goodwill to us... After Wang Yongqiang left Xi'an, he came southeast. Could he want to come to join the young master?"

Wu Zheng answered casually at that time, "It might be that he went to the Yongli Dynasty."

In fact, in such a chaotic world, it is not easy to travel thousands of miles, no matter which party you invest in.

Wang Yongqiang had just left Xi'an and was swept by Li Guohan, the Han army's blue flag capital gun, who also left Wu Sangui. Li Guohan was loyal to the Qing court. He led his army to escape from Wu Sangui because he received the secret order of the Qing court, not because he was incompatible with Wu Sangui.

After Li Guohan led his troops to escape from Wu Sangui, he entered Shanxi, and his troops were naturally deployed to the local garrison by the Qing court.

Wang Yongqiang was also valued by Li Guohan and became the deputy general of Daming Town. The position of general has always been vacant, and Wang Yongqiang took over the position of general.

Now that Mao Xiang is recruiting and persuading surrender in the name of King Wu, Wang Yongqiang has almost no conditions and agrees at once. He doesn't want to be loyal to the Qing court, but he just can't find a way to surrender. Once Mao Xiang arrives, the matter will be done after a few words.

However, Wang Yongqiang suggested that he remain unchanged for the time being, to stabilize Li Guohan's heart in the north, and when the time is ripe and the king's army attacks north, he will suddenly change his flag and turn against him, and may be surprised.

So, Mao Xiang rushed back to report the good news to Wu Zheng, and at the same time, he asked for a title and organization for Wang Yongqiang and his five thousand soldiers.
Chapter completed!