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Chapter 305: Defeat (Part 2)

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    Sun Kewang ran away.  Bai Wenxuan also ran away.  Two hundred thousand Western troops fled.  "Chase me!" Wang Sheng gave the order, and 300,000 Chu troops chased and killed them, chasing the Western Army's butt, all the way to the west.  Yes, after full mobilization, Wang Sheng's troops have reached an astonishing number of 300,000. Although most of them are auxiliary troops, there are also nearly 100,000 combat troops, especially the musketeers, who have the largest number, because they rarely engage in close combat.  Therefore, the musketeers of the Chu army only wore light armor or leather armor, or even no armor, and their mobility was much stronger than that of the armored soldiers. They took advantage of this kind of pursuit battle where you were chasing each other. They were surrounded and intercepted from all sides, and they quickly captured them.  The Western Army.  At this time, the Western Army should have turned around to fight, repelled the Chu Army's pursuing troops, and then covered each other and retreated alternately. However, Sun Kewang had already lost control of the troops. All the troops wanted to escape as soon as possible. No one wanted to fight with the Chu Army.  During the battle, the vanguard of the Chu army seemed to be easily wiped out even if it went deep alone. However, the various departments of the Western army were afraid of wasting time, so they retreated and fled in other directions. A Chu army of several hundred people chased thousands of Western troops.  The nest must be blown up, this kind of thing happens all the time.  "Pursue boldly, outflank boldly, don't let Sun Kewang and Bai Wenxuan escape!" Wang Sheng and other Chu army generals knew that the retreat of the Western Army had turned into a complete rout, and immediately ordered all units to speed up the pursuit. Don't worry about going deep alone.  Worried about their flanks, the Western Army is now in no mood to fight and just wants to escape. This is a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy!  Wang Sheng didn't know where Sun Kewang was now, but there were only a few retreat routes for the Western Army's large forces, and some of the necessary roads couldn't be bypassed. Wang Sheng led the elite main force of the Chu Army, with lightly-armed musketeers.  Taking the lead, they quickly penetrated into the depth of the Western Army and advanced rapidly towards Xinhua County Xingmei in Baoqing Prefecture.  At the same time, the defenders of Baoqing Mansion came out in full force and rushed eastward, intending to meet Sun Kewang. Thousands of Western troops marched along the official road. They encountered small groups of Chu and Western troops from time to time along the way, but ignored them.  , about thirty miles north of Baimaguan, and bumped into Wang Sheng.  "It's just a small group of Chu thieves, leave him alone, it's important to support the King of Qin!" When the commander of the Western Army saw Wang Sheng's troops, he thought that the opponent was just a reckless vanguard. He ran too fast and suddenly got behind Sun Kewang.  , it was not worth wasting time for them, and ordered the troops to move on.  "These Western thieves are dizzy and are running to the east. Don't pay attention to them." When Wang Sheng saw the Western army's troops, he thought that the opponent's troops were small and did not want to tangle with them. He just wanted to race against time to get to Xinhua County and block the enemy.  Live on the way to Sun Kewang.  As a result, the two armies faced each other, both thinking that after fully demonstrating their strength, the other party would take the initiative to avoid it, looking arrogant and too lazy to pay attention to you, this trash. However, as the two armies gradually approached, Wang Sheng and the Western Army  The generals were shocked to find that the opponent's troops had no beginning or end. They were obviously an organized army. They quickly ordered to fight, and thousands of soldiers suddenly strangled together.  "It's bitter, it's bitter! I actually encountered Wang Sheng, a thief chief. This time my life is at stake" After a chaotic encounter, the Western Army had already suffered most of its casualties. Only then did the leading general recognize Wang Sheng's true identity.  After raising the flag, Wang Sheng quickly led the remaining defeated soldiers to escape. Wang Sheng also realized that this Western army was somewhat special, and sent a force to pursue them from behind. He still led the main force towards Xinhua County in the northwest.  The response troops of Baoqing Mansion were defeated, which made Sun Kewang feel that things were getting worse. His plan to gather troops in Shaoyang was also shattered. He simply passed through the city and raced against time to continue escaping westward. However, not far after he walked out,  After receiving a report from the scouts, the official road leading to western Hunan was blocked by Wang Sheng in Xinhua County.  This road is blocked!  Find another way out!  Wang Sheng crossed to the front so quickly and blocked the road leading to western Hunan. This made Sun Kewang more and more aware of the gap between the Western Army and the Chu Army. The Western Army tried their best to escape, and all the troops were scattered. In the end, they  Falling behind the Chu army, what is even more frightening is that the Chu army can still maintain a complete organizational structure. In other words, it has maintained its basic combat effectiveness. The already defeated Western army is definitely not his opponent. Sun Kewang has no idea of ??defeating Wang Sheng and forcing a breakout.  , changed to a small road, trying to bypass Xinhua.  How could Wang Sheng let him get what he wanted? He immediately pursued him from all sides. Sun Kewang clashed with the left and right, but was still unable to break through the Chu army's blockade. He was forced to retreat into Shaoyang again. Wang Sheng immediately mobilized his army and surrounded Shaoyang impenetrably.  After Sun Kewang entered the city, he quickly organized the city defense and recruited young men to prepare for a stubborn resistance. Shaoyang is the capital of Baoqing Prefecture and is the only way to retreat to western Hunan. After the various departments of the Western Army dispersed, many troops rushed to Shaoyang in unison.  They were all put into an encirclement by the Chu army. When Sun Kewang broke out from Xinhua County, he only had more than 20,000 troops left with him. However, now the strength of the troops has not decreased but increased.Adding up the miscellaneous, the total number exceeded 40,000, but most of the people in Shaoyang City had fled, leaving only a few, and there were not enough young men to help the Western Army defend the city.  Fortunately, Shaoyang was originally an important stronghold of the Western Army. There was still some food stored in the city. More than 40,000 people could save some food and last for about a month. Sun Kewang had food in his hands and did not panic. He simply squatted in Shaoyang and held on to the city.  Hoping for a miracle to happen and finally escape successfully.  What if the Chu army runs out of food and retreats?  What if Bai Wenxuan leads his troops to help?  Although he knew that hope was slim, people always have to give themselves some hope to survive. Seeing that the encirclement of the Chu army was getting thicker and thicker, Sun Kewang gave up his plan to break out and could only place his hope on these illusory possibilities.  After the Chu army besieged the city, in just a few days, they not only built a continuous large camp, but also dug trenches and built high walls in circles. They completed the first ring and the second ring of Shaoyang City, and the second ring and the third ring.  Huan, seeing the size of the Chu army camp, with at least 150,000 troops, probably more than 200,000, and strong camp fortifications as support, Sun Kewang didn't even have the courage to go out of the city to fight back, so he just closed the door  By holding on tight, it would also allow the soldiers to save some food.  After Wang Sheng surrounded Shaoyang, he was not in a hurry to attack the city. Shaoyang was also a government city. The city was strong and not so easy to fight. Even if the city wall was blown open with gunpowder, there were still tens of thousands of Western troops in the city who had no way to escape. They were desperate and desperate.  This would bring unnecessary casualties to the Chu army. Secondly, except for Sun Kewang, the largest force, the rest of the Western army had also been completely defeated. After Wang Sheng trapped Sun Kewang in Shaoyang, he freed up his hands to pursue and kill the others first.  The Western Army strives to catch them all.  Bai Wenxuan broke through from southern Hunan to Guilin, and like Sun Kewang, it turned into a large-scale rout. He was fiercely intercepted and killed by Zhang Jiayu in the Changning area. He was forced to divert to Yongzhou Prefecture, trying to get on the boat from Lingling and evacuate along the Xiaoshui River.  In Daozhou, at this time, Wang Sheng divided his troops and sent Lu Renqing and Teng Shuanglin's elite troops to go south first, defeating the Western army that came to Lingling to meet Bai Wenxuan, captured Qiyang, and cut off Xiaoshui. Bai Wenxuan's army had no fighting spirit and low morale.  Not daring to quarrel with the Chu army, he again detoured to the north of Yongzhou Prefecture, hoping to withdraw from the west of Lingling to Quanzhou, Guangxi.  The Chu army pursued fiercely, and Zhang Jiayu, Lu Renqing, Teng Shuanglin and other Chu army units formed an encirclement. After several rounds of pursuit and interception, Bai Wenxuan's remaining defeated soldiers were surrounded in a narrow mountainous area on the border of Hunan and Guangxi. Seeing that the situation was over, Bai Wenxuan disguised himself as a soldier that night.  , abandoned the army and fled with several personal guards.  This disguised escape was very successful at first. Not only was the Chu army unaware, but even the thousands of soldiers under Bai Wen's command were concealed. After dawn, Zhang Jiayu launched a general offensive and broke into the last small mountain village occupied by the Western Army.  The soldiers hurried over to seek help from Bai Wenxuan, but the door to Bai Wenxuan's bedroom was always closed. A bold general broke in and found that his coach had gone and the room was empty.  The Western army was leaderless and laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Chu army. Zhang Jiayu and Teng Shuanglin interrogated the prisoners and asked about Bai Wenxuan's whereabouts but no one knew. He immediately sent people to search around and found a long rope tied to a big tree on the cliff of the back mountain.  It hangs down to the bottom of the cliff. There are still traces of people climbing and trampling on the cliff. It is obvious that Bai Wenxuan ran away from here.  Zhang Jiayu sent people to continue searching forward, but too much time passed and Bai Wenxuan was lost shortly after chasing him. Zhang Jiayu had no choice but to withdraw his troops angrily, led his troops to the southeast, and launched a fierce attack on Lingling.  They took it out on other Western troops.  Bai Wenxuan and several of his personal guards climbed over mountains and ridges, and worked hard all night in the mountains. At dawn, they had escaped more than ten miles to the southwest. After climbing an unknown mountain, Bai's eyes suddenly opened up.  Wenxuan waved his hands excitedly, pointed to the front and said: "Everyone, the front should be the boundary of Guangxi. As long as we reach Guangxi, we will be safe." In front is a plain covered with mountains and forests, and in the distance is a small village. Surrounding the village  It is a large field, with a small river flowing through it. The village is peaceful and quiet, with a faint smoke. It seems that it has not been affected by the war, and it is like a paradise.  Bai Wenxuan and several guards felt lucky to have escaped death. They wanted to go down the mountain immediately, go to the village to eat some food and have a good rest. However, the hillside was very steep. They searched for a long time and couldn't find anyone going down the mountain.  the way.  With a rumble, Bai Wenxuan lost his footing and suddenly slipped and rolled down the hillside. Several guards rushed up to rescue him, but they bumped into each other and fell down the hillside with Bai Wenxuan.  "Get up! Get up! Someone fell down from the mountain. It seems to be the rout of the Western bandits." "West bandits? How many people are there?" "They all broke their legs? Then what are you waiting for, brothers, get your knives together.  Come on!" "Damn it! A Western thief's head can be exchanged for two yuan of military notes"   In the woods at the foot of the mountain, a group of dozens of Chu army auxiliary soldiers were resting. They got lost last night and ran all the way here. They slept in the woods all night. At this time, many people had not gotten up yet.  Zhang San drank too much cold water and had a stomachache. He ran outside the woods early in the morning to practice Asian squats. He was grabbing two leaves and enjoying the gushing happiness, but he was shocked to see Bai Wenxuan and others falling down the hillside.  He hurried back to report the news without even raising his trousers. These auxiliary soldiers, who also carried simple weapons, drew their swords and guns one after another, and rushed back after Zhang San. When they saw Bai Wenxuan and others, they shouted to sit on the ground to avoid death.  Go up.
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