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It is not entirely unreasonable for Zuo Liangyu to blame Li Daoxing for the defeat.

Although Li Daoxing only lost more than 400 elite cavalry, which was not much compared to an army of 20,000 to 30,000 men, the current situation had a huge impact on the morale of the Ming army.

Of course, the main reason for the defeat of the Ming army in this battle was that the soldiers were not as tough and daring as the Yibu rebels, and the guns, artillery and armor were not as sharp as the Yibu rebels.

The underlying reason is the decay of the entire Ming Dynasty from top to bottom!

Not to mention, the commander-in-chief Zuo Liangyu is really not qualified.

Therefore, when the army's artillery fired again and a shell fell on the left Chinese army's array, the Ming army collapsed unstoppably.

The remaining 20,000 Ming troops, including the civilians behind, all fled in panic!

Liu Sheng was sitting on horseback. When he saw this scene, he immediately ordered: "The whole army is chasing, don't give the Ming army a chance to breathe! Then send the order for Helianyue to lead his troops to attack the Ming army in the east!"

"As ordered!"

As the messengers left, the battle flags were waving, the drums were rumbling, and the shouts of killing from the Weibei rebels filled the sky!

On June 13, the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Ming governor Ding Qirui and the general Zuo Liangyu led an army of 120,000 in a battle with the Yi army in Xinye. They were defeated and fled for 120 miles!

On June 14, in order to appease the defeated army, Zuo Liangyu sent troops to plunder the city and suburbs of Xiangyang, and fought with the rural soldiers.

On the 15th, upon hearing the arrival of the Wei army, Zuo Liangyu led the remaining troops to flee eastwards along the Han River in a panic, heading for Wuchang.

On that day, the Yi army occupied Xiangyang again.

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Coming to the foot of Xiangyang City again, Liu Sheng was quite moved when he looked at this tall and strong city that has been famous for thousands of years.

He originally thought that if the Wei tribe wanted to capture Xiangyang again, they would have to rely on the back-up force they had left behind, that is, those captured rural soldiers who had been released to freedom and some of the Xiangyang civilian warriors who had been trained.

Who would have thought that Zuo Liangyu, whether intentionally or because he really could not control the defeated troops under his command, plundered Xiangyang and completely lost the hearts of the gentry and the people.

Under such circumstances, no matter how tall and strong Xiangyang City was, Zuo Liangyu would not dare to defend it.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand that he chose to abandon the city and escape when he heard that the Yibu rebels were coming.

After all, his current power lies entirely in the soldiers and horses in his hands, not merit or demerit. As long as he still has enough troops, even if he makes a big mistake, the Ming court will not dare to do anything to him.

"See the Marshal!"

Liu Sheng looked in front of him when he heard the sound.

At this time, under the escort of the personal guards, he arrived outside the north gate of Xiangyang. There was a rural soldier guarding "Xiancheng" and a Ming official was arrested.

In fact, Liu Sheng already knew that Zuo Liangyu had abandoned the defense of Xiangyang, and the city was still in chaos. There was no "defender" at all, and no one was needed to dedicate the city.

"What's your name?" Liu Sheng asked.

The rural soldier guard was overjoyed and said: "Come back to the commander-in-chief, the last general is Zheng Shuangquan. He was the commander-in-chief of the local soldier soldiers before. Thanks to the commander-in-chief who spared his life when he went to Xiangyang last time, the last general has the honor to become the local soldier guard."

The rural soldiers considered the general position to be low, and after listening to this man's words, Liu Sheng was really impressed.

Then he looked at the Ming official who was tied up next to him and asked, "Who is this person?"

"The official of the Xiangyang Prefecture is Kuang Yueguang." After the introduction, Zheng Shuangquan did not forget to add: "Since the commander-in-chief went to Xiangyang in February, the prefect has not yet taken office, and the magistrate has escaped with Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu. Among the officials who stayed in the city, Kuang Tui had the highest official position."

In the first government of the Ming Dynasty, officials were appointed, whose powers were under the prefect, tongzhi, and tongjian. They were considered the fourth in command and were responsible for criminal proceedings.

Liu Sheng looked over and saw that this man was in his thirties, of medium height, with slightly dark skin, thin and tall. He tilted his head, not looking at anyone, not knowing what he was thinking.

"How is this person's official reputation?"

Zheng Shuangquan hesitated for a moment, but answered truthfully: "Kuang Tuiguan has been in Xiangyang for more than a year. He is as clean as water and can handle cases fairly. He is known as Kuang Qingtian among the people. The late general once tried to persuade him to surrender, but it is a pity that Kuang Tuiguan did not listen."

Liu Sheng looked at Kuang Yueguang and said, "Really Kuang Tuiguan is unwilling to surrender?"

Kuang Yue Guangzheng turned around, looked at Liu Sheng and asked, "You occupied Xiangyang this spring, why did you withdraw again?"

Liu Sheng said: "At that time, our Wei tribe had few soldiers and few generals, and Nanyang was not captured. How could we occupy Xiangyang?"

Kuang Yueguang snorted after hearing this, and asked again: "If we occupy Xiangyang this time, won't you be afraid of being besieged by the imperial army? Will you have to abandon the city again?"

Could this person be bewildered by the behavior of Wei Bu and Zuo Liangyu who abandoned Xiangyang Fort?

Liu Sheng muttered to himself and then said: "Now we have many soldiers and generals, and we will occupy Nanyang. Xiangyang straddles the intersection of Nanxiang Basin and Hanjiang River, and is an important transportation link between the north and south. Since our Wei tribe occupies Nanxiang Basin, naturally I will never give up Xiangyang Fortified City again."

When Liu Sheng captured Xiangyang City in February, Kuang Yueguang was not in the city.

After Zuo Liangyu "recovered" Xiangyang, he came back and has assisted Tongpan in handling Xiangyang's government affairs to this day.

As a promotion officer, Kuang Yueguang had a lot of contact with ordinary people, so he had an understanding of the discipline and style of the Yibu rebels, and even some of Liu Sheng's personal affairs.

He believed that Liu Sheng was much higher than Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and the like, and indeed had the possibility to revolutionize the world - if Li, Zhang, and Luo were to take over Xiangyang this time, he would not surrender even if he died.

Of course, there are some personal reasons why he is standing here alive.

At the same time, he was really worried about the fact that Xiangyang Fort was abandoned many times. After listening to Liu Sheng's words, he reluctantly solved the problem and said seriously: "Kuang is willing to surrender, but he wants to change his name so as not to implicate the clan. .”

Another one who wants to change his name and surrender.

Liu Sheng was no longer surprised and said with a smile: "Follow Mr. Kuang - quickly untie Mr. Kuang!"

Zheng Shuangquan was very smart and immediately untied Kuang Yueguang, not forgetting to accuse him. "I was also worried that Kuang Tuiguan would prevent the rebels from entering the city. I have offended him a lot. Please forgive me."

Kuang Yueguang glanced at Zheng Shuangquan and said: "I hope the enemy will attack the city one day, and I hope Zheng Shoubei will not have any other intentions."

Hearing this, Zheng Shuangquan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and looked at Liu Sheng longingly, "The commander-in-chief has clearly seen that the general's heart belongs to the Yibu from the beginning, and he will never dare to have second thoughts!"

Liu Sheng also had some contempt for Zheng Shuangquan's trick of "dedicating the city", but he didn't show it, let alone punish him for it. Otherwise, if word of the matter spreads, who of the enemy officials and generals will offer the city to Weibu in the future?

So he smiled and said: "Zheng Shoubei doesn't have to be like this. I believe you won't be half-hearted about Weibu. Get up quickly."

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Afterwards, Liu Sheng took Kuang Yueguang and Zheng Shuangquan into the city.

"The accent sounds like Mr. Kuang is from Guangdong and Guangxi?"

"A native of Panyu, Guangdong."

"Sir, are your family members in Xiangyang or your hometown?"

"My wife, concubines and two sons are all in Xiangyang."

After hearing what Kuang Yueguang said, Liu Sheng finally understood - Kuang Yueguang surrendered not only because he was optimistic about the Kuang tribe, but also because he wanted to save the lives of his family.

If he dies, he can be loyal to his family, but his family will also die together.

Not everyone can do it when their whole family dies for a country that is still in decay.

What's more, if Liu Sheng can succeed, he will just change the dynasty instead of destroying the world, which is not so difficult to accept.

At the same time that Liu Sheng entered the city, the Yibu rebels quickly took control of Xiangyang's city defenses and began to quell the chaos in the city.

There were already many rabble under Zuo Liangyu's command, but after the defeat of Xinye, there were even more unorganized rabble. Zuo Liangyu left Xiangyang in a hurry, so a small number of Ming troops still stayed in the city.

When Liu Sheng entered the city, most of this small group of Ming army rebels were looting the houses of big families, or had already finished looting and were enjoying themselves in the houses of big families.

There are still a few rebel soldiers fighting and confronting the village soldiers, village warriors and the guards of the wealthy families.

Liu Sheng had only one word to deal with these rioters who took the opportunity to burn, kill and loot in the city - kill!

The same is true for those local ruffians who take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, although the Wei tribe entered Xiangyang City without spending a single soldier this time, after entering the city, they were killed in large numbers!

When the sun went down, all the rebels and civilians in Xiangyang City were wiped out by the Yibu rebels.

After statistics, one or two thousand rebel soldiers and more than a thousand rebels were killed!

However, there are more corpses of innocent civilians cleared out of the city. It is difficult to count clearly for the time being, but preliminary estimates indicate that it is likely to be more than 10,000 people!

In other words, Zuo Liangyu's massive plunder of Xiangyang resulted in a massacre similar to that of a city!

Knowing this result, Liu Sheng felt even more regretful that he failed to kill Zuo Liangyu in the Xinye battle.

Although the Wei tribe won the Battle of Xinye, not many Ming troops were actually killed.

According to post-war statistics, during the pursuit to the outskirts of Xinye City, only more than 15,000 Ming troops were killed, and more than 20,000 Ming troops were captured.

As for the Ming army who fled to Xiangyang with Zuo Liangyu, there were only more than 30,000 people.

In other words, out of the 120,000 Ming army (including 30,000 civilians), about 50,000 people fled!

On the contrary, in order to escape, the Ming army abandoned all the supplies, allowing the Wei tribe to seize a lot - including more than 20,000 shi of grain alone. Other types of materials are even more difficult to count clearly at the moment.

The reason for this situation is that firstly, the Wei tribe does not have enough soldiers and horses, and secondly, the tribes under Zuo Liangyu have too much experience in defeat and escape.

Most of the Ming troops who fled should have fled back to the areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty, but a small number would have stayed in Nanyang, Xiangyang and other places and become bandits.

After occupying Nanyang Mansion and the surrounding areas of Xiangyang City, it may take a lot of effort for the Yibu rebels to suppress the bandits.

In addition, since the Wei tribe is planning to occupy Xiangyang, it is also a big problem which areas to occupy and how to govern Xiangyang with limited military strength.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng prepared to send someone to call Kuang Yueguang to listen to the opinions of this demoted official in the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, Li Weiqi, deputy of the Xunfeng Guards, came in.

He handed over a letter and said with a gloomy expression: "Commander, Li and Luo have captured Nanyang!"

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