"What the Inspector said is that the lower officials have been taught!"

Zhong Yue replied solemnly.

Gao Jie asked, "Master Inspector, how will we fight in the next battle?" ”

Sun Chuanting smiled slightly and replied, "Wait, wait for a big gift from the front line!" ”

Front?

Gao Jie and Zhong Yue were stunned for a moment, a little surprised, what is the big gift on the front line?

Just as he was about to ask carefully, Sun Chuanting waved his hand and replied: "It's useless to talk more now, and look at the movements of the Great Western Army, there is no need to storm it, as soon as the news of Zhang Xianzhong's defeat and capture spreads, everything will be known!" ”

Sun Chuanting's two towns in Nanjing were overjoyed and their morale was soaring, but the Great Western Army was now two heavens of ice and fire, and it was gloomy and bleak.

As early as a few days ago, Zhang Xianzhong's defeated army fled back to Jiujiang Mansion to meet Liu Wenxiu.

When Liu Wenxiu was thinking about how to break the enemy in the army, General Zheng Wending hurriedly walked into his room and said urgently: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid things are a little wrong......

Liu Wenxiu was shocked and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zheng Wending hurriedly said: "There is a group of routs in front of the camp gate, saying that they came from the Taiping Mansion, the emperor encountered an interception by the imperial court sailors on the Yangtze River, the whole army was annihilated, the emperor's life and death are unknown, only more than a hundred people fled back, I ask to see you immediately!" ”

Liu Wenxiu was shocked, stood up and shouted, "How is it possible? The emperor is leading 50,000 elites to the east, even if we have an army of 100,000, the combat power may not be able to catch up with the emperor's main force! How is it possible to annihilate the whole army? ”

Zheng Wending's face was bitter, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, it doesn't seem to be fake, one of the last generals still recognizes it, it is the captain of the guard next to the emperor Xingfa, and there are a few familiar faces, the prince called them in, and they will know the truth when they ask!" ”

"Quick, tell them to come in at once!"

It didn't take long for Gao Xingfa to stumble in with a group of people.

"The last general will be happy to see the prince!"

"Happy hair? It's really you! ”

Liu Wenxiu's face was full of shock, and shouted: "You, how did you become like this? Your Majesty! ”

"It's over, it's all over!"

Happy to lose his voice in pain, he finally saw the backbone of the Lord's heart, and cried: "Lord, the emperor led the army down the river, passed Anqing, just entered the territory of Taiping Mansion, in the Wuhu area, encountered a surprise attack by the imperial court sailors, nearly 100 warships, hundreds of artillery launched an artillery bombardment on us, the army was suddenly attacked, all the large and small ships were all sunk in just one day, and almost all the 50,000 elites were buried in the Yangtze River!" ”

"Fart!"

Liu Wenxiu scolded angrily: "Are you all dead? Even if you encounter a surprise attack by the sailors, you can't beat you, won't you retreat immediately? It's not going to be wiped out, is it? What's more, no matter how many of these cannons and shells are, they are all lumps, and our hundreds of ships, where do you say that they are sunk, and they can all be sunk? What the hell did you do, Your Majesty? Where is the emperor now? ”

"Lord Wang, this, we were suddenly attacked, and before we could understand it, a fleet of the imperial navy division rushed from our flank to our flank and the rear, and in just two quarters of an hour, it was inserted behind us, sealing our retreat, and there was no way to retreat, and on the naval battleship, not only solid shells and artillery, but also a large number of flowering bombs and rockets, huge rockets, more than a zhang long, the power was huge, everywhere we went, the flames burned the sky, the explosions were repeated, and they were specially aimed at our big ship, Only a few rockets and flowering bombs, the flames rose, the soldiers on our ship could not extinguish the fire at all, as for those small boats, they could not stand the smashing of other people's shells, one shell was enough to more than 20 catties, falling from the sky, even the deck was directly pierced, smashing out a huge hole, it is difficult not to sink! In the midst of the chaos, the emperor, under the protection of General Liu Jinzhong, fled to the shore, but was attacked by the imperial court musket battalion, and we were completely dispersed, General Liu Jinzhong was killed in battle, and the emperor's whereabouts are unknown......"

Liu Wenxiu's head was buzzing, and the words behind him could no longer be heard, the 50,000 elite army, together with the emperor, was all finished! The Great Western Kingdom is coming to an end, the Great Western Kingdom is coming to an end, there is no emperor in charge to deter all the princes, I am afraid that it will not be long before the entire Great Western Kingdom will fall apart!

Liu Wenxiu's body was shaky, he slammed his hand on the table, and roared: "Damn Zhu Jie, Lao Tzu is not finished with you, this revenge will not be avenged, and he will not be a man!" ”

"Lord, Lord, Lord's anger!"

Zheng Wending hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, now we are confronting Sun Chuanting, once the news of the emperor's defeat and his whereabouts are unknown, it will definitely be a big mess in the army, the top priority is to control the news as soon as possible, don't let the people below know, otherwise, the army will be discouraged, and we will definitely be defeated!" ”

Liu Wenxiu's heart woke up suddenly, under the anger and attack, he was almost confused, at this time, the most important thing is to control the news, and it must not be leaked, once it is leaked, his army of more than 100,000 will be miserable, and he will definitely be defeated, you must know that Sun Chuanting and Gao Jie on the opposite side are battle-hardened generals, and they are extremely powerful!

"Zheng Wending, immediately pass the order, it is strictly forbidden to leak the news, and those who dare to talk about it will be killed!"

Liu Wenxiu shouted.

Zheng Wending hurriedly bowed down and retreated.

Liu Wenxiu's eyes flickered, even if the news was blocked, it wouldn't take long for the news to spread, after all, if you block the news, you can only block the spread in the camp, but 50,000 elites, you will definitely not flee back with only more than 100 people, and in the future, there will definitely be routs fleeing back, and the rumors will definitely spread, not to mention, once the imperial court captures and kills the emperor, it will definitely be publicized to stabilize the situation in Jiangnan.

Liu Wenxiu shouted: "Come on, pen and ink are waiting!" ”

Soon someone brought up the pen and ink, Liu Wenxiu waved the wolf in a hurry, wrote a letter, called the general who came to his henchmen, and shouted: "Dong Xuanwen, immediately send this letter to Sun Kewang, ask him to immediately give up attacking Wuchang Mansion, move closer to us, do not delay, attack Huguang, the plan to pass through Jiangnan has failed, now we must preserve our strength and withdraw to Sichuan as soon as possible, otherwise, more than 100,000 troops will all die on the battlefield of Huguang!" ”

Dong Xuanwen agreed, picked up the letter, rode on a fast horse, and galloped away.

Liu Wenxiu looked at the generals around him and shouted in a low voice: "Brothers, the time has come to test us, not only how the emperor is alive and dead now, but our Great Western Army is definitely going to return this time, at this time, we must be united, once shaken, no one can live!" Do you understand! ”

(End of chapter)