The process of the Ningzhou army's attack on Xiangyang was extremely smooth, mainly because Pei Jin's Ankang army, because of the fear of unknown firearms in the hands of the southwest army, took the lead in withdrawing from Xiangyang City, leaving only the Hanzhong army, which had already suffered heavy casualties, to defend the city.

People are comparable.

If everyone stays together to defend the city, the main body is separated from the forbidden army, and the elite Hanzhong army may fight to the death in Xiangyang City, and then it will bring great trouble to the southwest army.

But the Ankang army withdrew directly.

This will inevitably make the soldiers of the Hanzhong Army feel uncomfortable, our Hanzhong Army resisted the southwest thieves on the front line, and suffered heavy casualties.

However, the relationship between the Han Zhong Army and the Ankang Army was at the same level, and Xie Jing had no power or qualifications to restrain Pei Jin, so he could only watch him lead the troops away.

After Pei Jin left, the destruction of Xiangyang City was already a foregone conclusion, the difference was only in when the city was broken.

In a big mansion in the east city of Xiangyang City, Chong Heng, who described the embarrassment, bent down and stood behind Xie Jing, bowed his head and said with a wry smile: "General, General Pei has already led his troops to evacuate Xiangyang, my Hanzhong army is retreating one after another, and the enemy is already moving closer to Dongcheng, and if we don't make a decision, most of the remaining strength of our Hanzhong army will not be able to be saved!" ”

Xie Jing didn't have any ability, he was already in chaos at this time, he was afraid that he would be punished by Yuan Zhao Tianzi after withdrawing his troops back to Beijing, and he was afraid that the Hanzhong army would really be wiped out in Xiangyang City, so the uncle who was the son of heaven gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay to retreat, but you must get the iron pipe in the hands of the Southwest Army, even if you get one, if you don't get that thing and hand it over to Your Majesty, after you and I return to Beijing, we will all be unable to escape the responsibility!" ”

Chong Heng said with a bitter face: "General, those soldiers of the Southwest Army with iron pipes in their hands are protected by their shield soldiers, and now our people don't dare to rush into battle at all, how can we get that thing?" This is not the time to worry about these, there are dead people all the time in front of us, and the general must make a decision as soon as possible! ”

Xie Jing was still a little hesitant, he looked at Chong Heng and said, "General Xiaozhong, I'm in the Hanzhong Army...... How many dead and wounded? ”

"I'm afraid there are as many as twenty or thirty thousand."

Chong Heng smiled bitterly: "The main thing is that the morale of the soldiers on the front line has been lost, no one knows how to deal with those iron pipes of the Southwest Army, and they don't know how those things hurt people, and some people still regard the Southwest Army as gods and ghosts, and they don't dare to rush to kill at all." ”

"Li Shuo of the Southwest Army is leading people to slowly advance towards Dongcheng, at this rate, our people can hold on for two or three days at most, and the entire Xiangyang will fall into the hands of the Southwest Army, rather than this, it is better to withdraw for the time being to maintain combat strength."

Saying that, Chong Heng bowed his head slightly, gritted his teeth and said: "The general is the uncle of the Son of Heaven, and the last general is also the descendant of the family, it is not a big sin to withdraw at this time, we may be able to protect ourselves, if the Hanzhong army is killed and wounded, then the general, your identity as an uncle may not be able to protect you!" ”

Xie Jing lowered his head and looked hideous.

Once he withdraws from Xiangyang City, it means that Hanzhong Army admits defeat, and even if he will be exonerated because of his identity as an uncle, his political career must be over.

He was so unwilling.

In the early years, when he first entered the capital, he was always very polite to Li Xin, but the Marquis of Jing'an, who relied on speculation, did not give him face, and humiliated him several times, so that this uncle has always held a grudge.

He wanted to trample Li Xin into the dust too much.

Li Xin was in the capital when he was in the capital, after all, even now, the imperial court did not have the holy decree to dismiss Li Xin's official position, in the face of the Taifu of the dynasty, Xie Jing naturally did not dare to offend, but now it is different, he Li Changan put the good future of the capital and went to the southwest to be a thief!

As long as he is caught, Xie Jing can be ashamed.

But unfortunately, the heavens do not follow people's wishes.

Even if the Marquis of Jing'an left the imperial court and went to the southwest to become a thief, Xie Jing still couldn't fight him.

Thinking of this, Xie Jing's face was a little distorted.

But in the end, reason prevailed over emotion, Xie Jing, who bowed his head and was silent for a long time, slowly raised his head and said in a hoarse voice: "The order, the whole army of Hanzhong began to slowly evacuate Xiangyang from the East City Gate." ”

Chong Heng was waiting for such a sentence, and when he heard this, he immediately lowered his head and respectfully bowed to Xie Jing: "The last general, let's do it!" ”

"Please also ask the general to move your body and leave Xiangyang City first, otherwise it will be difficult to leave when there are more people."

Xie Jing stood in place, expressionless.

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The general who holds tens of thousands of troops can easily change the situation of the battle when he speaks, for example, after Xie Jing's words, the situation in Xiangyang City immediately changed, Mu Ying, who was standing on the city wall and watching the battle, was very keen to find the change in the situation, he stood behind Li Xin, and bowed his head slightly: "General, look at the current situation, the army of the imperial court, I'm afraid it is determined to evacuate Xiangyang." ”

As a general in charge of tens of thousands of people, it is one of the most basic abilities to predict the entire situation according to the slightest disturbance on the battlefield, Mu Ying is now a very qualified general, even compared with veteran generals like Li Shen and Ye Ming, it is not much worse.

When Li Xin heard this, he also looked at it with a clairvoyant mirror, and then nodded slightly, agreeing with Mu Ying's opinion.

"Fangcai, although these Hanzhong troops are also retreating, they are hesitant to retreat, and the formation is scattered, and now these people have begun to retreat regularly."

Speaking of this, Li Xin waved his hand, summoned a herald, and said in a deep voice: "Give Li Shuo an order, tell him to fight more fiercely, and if the enemy wants to leave, he will rush to chase after him, and try to capture as many soldiers as possible of the Hanzhong army." ”

The reason why an outsider wants to give an order is not that Li Xin doesn't trust Li Shuo, but that some things can only be seen clearly by outsiders like the two of them.

After Li Xin gave this order, Mu Ying stood silently behind him and said in a deep voice: "General, most of this Hanzhong army is from the forbidden army of the imperial court, and he doesn't look down on us thieves. ”

"You can't just go for it."

Li Xin shook his head and said: "Even if you want to recruit soldiers, it will be in the southwest, so that you can use it with confidence, and our current people are basically enough, what we need is elite, as for the total number, it will slowly increase." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin stretched his waist for a long time, walked down from the city wall, turned over and rode on a big black horse, sitting on the big horse, he smiled at Mu Ying and said: "Now that the front line will be successful, Brother Mu Yu will go to Dongcheng with me to take a look?" ”

Mu Ying hesitated a little, and then spoke: "General, the Ningzhou army is bleeding desperately in front, and I am fighting in the back, so it's not good to steal the limelight?" ”

"It's not to steal the limelight, it's to meet old friends."

Li Xin's face was calm: "Let's go and meet the uncle of the Great Jin Dynasty and talk to him about family life." ”

When Li Xin was still in charge of Yulinwei, Xie Jing was in charge of Qianniuwei, and Mu Ying was still an official in the capital at that time, so he naturally recognized Xie Jing.

He smiled when he heard this, and also got on a horse and followed behind Li Xin.

"What Master Hou said is that he wants to meet his old friend."

(End of chapter)