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Chapter 439 Traces (For Support, For Monthly Pass)

When the rainy season was once again in Zhuxia, the war against the Qing barbarians in Jingnan, the Hindu Kush Mountains thousands of miles away was coming to an end. The once arrogant Qing Dynasty was not only driven out of the Central Plains, but also ushered in the doomsday in the Western Regions thousands of miles away.

Jingnan City is broken!

Millions of Qing captives were buried in their heads.

The only regrettable thing is that when the Jingnan City was broken, the Qing chieftain escaped from Jingnan in the chaos.

After the Ming army captured Jingnan, facing a large number of prisoners, they left a large number of troops to guard the other side, and sent a large squad of cavalry to pursue and suppress the remaining Qing captives. In the process of pursuing, the military commander obtained news about Xuanye through the trial of Wang Xi, and the pursuit troops also found his traces on the same day.

Xuanye, who was dressed up as a woman, escaped from Jingnan at night on the way back. After escaping from Jingnan, he did not stop to rest. Because Xuanye was alone when he fled, he avoided the scouts along the way. Two days later, Xuanye met with a team of Qing soldiers, and the one who led the troops happened to be the former imperial guards. He had seen Xuanye from a distance a few years ago, and then Xuanye, who went south, did not make any statement, and collected Qing soldiers along the way, especially the Qing soldiers stationed in the south. But a few days later, Xuanye, who had originally escaped alone, had nearly 10,000 troops under his command.

Just when Xuanye was confidently prepared to flee to the south, go to the Prince's Army, collect his troops, and then select elite troops according to Wang Xi's plan, retreat to the beach and flee to Africa, his identity was leaked. In fact, when he came to gather the army of cages, the Ming army had already noticed his existence. At this time, the 12th Cavalry Town of the Ming army had arrived near them. The natives who had been hiding near Dali for many years could see clearly the place where Xuanye camped. They thought this was a rare opportunity to avenge. They believed that the end of the Qing army had arrived, and they believed that the Ming army was here to avenge them, so they told the Ming army about the geographical situation in that area and the location where Xuanye's imperial camp was stationed, and led the Ming army to approach the Qing army's camp from a small path.

In this way, the 12th Cavalry Town about 4,000 cavalrymen took advantage of the night to attack Xuanye's imperial camp and attack the Qing army's camps. These 4,000 elite cavalry were only discovered when they were almost near Xuanye's imperial camp. Most of the Qing army woke up from their dreams and had to respond hastily to the sudden attack.

However, although these Qing troops responded hastily, they all tried their best to protect the camp and fought a fierce melee with the attacking Ming army. Although the 12th Cavalry Town broke through the mountain of stones outside the camp, the Qing army still relied on the internal stone wall to block the Ming cavalry.

"There is Jiannu on the left wing..."

The cavalry rushing into the stone wall found that the Qing army was very different from the past. They had a very firm will to resist. Faced with the situation where the stone wall was blasted open, they not only did not take a step back, but even sent troops to attack from both wings. Groups of Jiannu died in counterattacks, but they successfully stopped the Ming army's attack.

The sound of cannons and explosions echoed in the night sky.

Xuanye was awakened by the sound of guns and cannons. When he opened his eyes, he heard chaotic shouts everywhere outside the tent and the rapid footsteps of the soldiers. Nothing even needed to happen at this time. He also knew that it must have been the Ming army who had been attacked. He jumped up from the pavilion and ignored the screams of the newly chosen concubines beside him, and hurriedly put on his clothes, put on his boots, and rushed out of the tent with six sounds of the wheel-turning gun. When he was in the tent, he saw a melee in front of him, and even saw the scene of the stone wall being bombarded by cannons. Many soldiers who were guarding the wall were knocked down into the gravel.

The Ming army is chasing us.

At this time, Narha had already rushed over with a sweaty horse, and he urged:

"Master, get on the horse!"

Without any hesitation, Xuanye jumped onto the horse. When he jumped onto the horse, he could clearly see that the Ming army had already rushed to the stone wall. Although the Qing army on both sides were fighting back desperately, it is certain that the resistance could not last long, and the step against the cavalry itself had no advantage.

Obviously, this place has been surrounded by the Ming army.

Just when Xuanye was anxious and had no idea what was going on, Li Pengju led dozens of cavalry to rush over, and they protected him. He glanced at him and asked:

"Where is Erdu?"

Erdu was the Qing general that Xuanye met after leaving the city, and was a slave to Shangsanqi.

"Return to the master, General Er is fighting with the enemy. General Er asks Master to leave now. If he doesn't leave, he will not be anxious."

At this time, the battlefield was already extremely chaotic. The Ming army rushed over from all directions. The cavalry of the brigade rushed from the broken gaps, and some of the cavalry surrounded the walls.

The sound of guns, cannons, people, and horse hooves intersected in the night sky, making a mess.

Xuanye, who was riding on the horse, could clearly see the Ming cavalry outside him, compressing the encirclement little by little, and soon they would break through the Qing army's defense.

"Master, Master..."

Listening to the shouts of the woman coming from the other side of the tent.

Xuanye shouted loudly.

"Such a war is like this, commit suicide immediately!"

In a moment, the Ming army's cavalry had already come to kill here. The concubine who had just escaped, actually, was when she met Erdu, and she burst into tears when she heard that she had to commit suicide, and the people were hesitating there.

Seeing that she was unwilling to commit suicide, Xuanye immediately shouted:

"Kill her!"

After all, this is his woman and she will not fall into the hands of the Ming army in any case. She will be humiliated by the Ming people in the future.

Immediately a cavalry rushed over and cut her down on the horse with a knife. At this time, due to the Ming army's attack, many Qing soldiers had already died in battle, some had escaped and some were captured. There were only more than a thousand soldiers who fled abroad. While they fled, some people turned back to fight back from time to time.

Xuanye looked at the melee in front of him, and knew that he had already reached the point of being able to do so, so he ran south without much hesitation.

There were less than 2,000 soldiers from the Qing army who escaped during the melee, some of them were denied a lottery, and some women were all following him and behind him. They were both bannermen and flag-raising to become naturalized. After Xuanye fled south for a long time, he could no longer hear the chanting of the pursuers. At this moment, they were already trapped, hungry and thirsty, and could not leave anymore.

There was no way, Xuanye had to order a brief rest here. He counted the escaped people, and there were almost 1,600 people, and hundreds of women.

After getting off the horse, Xuanye walked among the soldiers for a while. Looking at the exhausted soldiers, he couldn't help but think of the end of the Chu King Xiang Yu and sighed in his heart.

"The remaining little men are probably my Jiangdong soldiers!"

However, unlike Xiang Yu, he has no Jiangdong to return.

I couldn't go back to Jiangdong, so I could only run away in a hurry.

At this moment, Erdu, who had been leading the troops behind, led two or three hundred cavalrymen to follow him in a mess. Erdu got off the horse and knelt at the emperor's feet and cried.

"Master, only a slave has a loath to his master, and he has a loath to his master..."

Looking at Erdu's appearance, Xuanye whispered:

"Don't cry with a sad face, this will only shake the morale of the army. Erdu, get up and talk."

After Erdu stood up, he waved his left and right soldiers, leaving Erdu alone, and asked in a low voice.

"Where is the Ming army now? Are there only so many people?"

"Master, the Ming army is now a hundred miles away. This time the Ming army was led by the natives to kill from a small path. Although the slaves fought to the death, they could not stop them. At least four or five thousand people were captured. Among them, there were inevitably slaves who betrayed their master for glory and wealth. Although they escaped by luck this time, it was thanks to the slaves who fought to the death that the Ming army could not rush in. Although the slaves fought to the death with the enemy, they only temporarily held them back and could not chase the Holy Lord. Master, it seems that it is not advisable to stay here for a long time..."

Wiping away the tears, Erdu said again.

"Master, you must leave here as soon as possible now, otherwise the Ming army will definitely chase after you when you learn that your master is in the army."

"How far is the prince's place away from here?"

"If you go back to the master, if you rush to the prince, you will have to travel about ten days..."

Erdu looked at the women and whispered.

"Master, the slave asked the master to lead the cavalry out of this place first. As for the others, they can only leave it to fate..."

Xuanye did not object to Erdu’s arrangement, but it was just some wounded soldiers and women, and he just asked in a low voice.

"What about the future? Have you ever contacted the prince?"

Although he didn't trust the prince very much, Xuanye understood that he had no other choice.

Erdu said quickly.

"Master, two days ago, the slave had already sent someone to the prince's side to report. If nothing unexpected happens, the prince should know the master's news today and tomorrow. At that time, the prince will definitely send troops to the prince's side. Even if the slave fights to the death, he will send his master to the prince's side. However, the slave is afraid that he will not be able to do it, and he will let his master down at that time..."

Speaking of the excitement, Erdu couldn't help but whimper again, and couldn't continue. Xuanye couldn't help but choke and said.

"I understand, I understand, now, Minggou is moving forward step by step. I will be content with being able to meet you and you can still remember your master. If you really can't stop Minggou, it's my fate, and you can't blame you..."

Maybe, this is fate!

Even though he was unwilling to give up, Xuanye had accepted his fate now. At least to a certain extent, his strong unwillingness in his heart drove him to continue to persevere. Of course, the seemingly empty hope that Wang Xi gave him also supported his will.

Erdu continued.

"Master, no matter what, the slave will lead troops to open a bloody road for the master. At that time, the master will just escape and leave."

"Um."

After nodding slightly, Xuanye looked south. Although he was still skeptical about the prince, he believed that as long as he arrived in the army, he would definitely be able to take over the prince's military power. However, this journey was difficult and dangerous. How could he get there smoothly?

"How many garrison troops are there on the way south?"

"Boss, the troops in the south of the garrison have either fled or met with the prince. Even if there are occasionally some flag camps, they are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. Even if there are people in the flag camps, they are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. Even if many of them have not escaped, they are waiting to surrender to the Ming army."

"Oh, I'm so happy when I feel like a real person!"

Although Xuanye was unwilling to waste time on this topic, Erdu still saw the loss in his expression and persuaded him.

"Master, the soldiers in the army fought their own battles last night and they were disbanded for a while. Many people must have escaped. The slave felt that some of them would definitely come to meet with the master."

Xuanye just smiled helplessly for such comfort. Even if they come to meet up, what's the use? It's not helpful to the overall situation!

Thinking about this, Xuanye sighed desperately and said unconsciously.

"This is God's will to destroy me!"

"Let's go!"

Finally, Xuanye sighed, looked at the exhausted soldiers, and said to Erdu.

"Go to the south!"

Once again, Xuanye led more than a thousand cavalry to leave. When the wounded soldiers and women left behind watched them leave, they couldn't help crying loudly. They knew that they had been abandoned and were abandoned by their master...

They could only watch the organization abandoned them and fled to the south themselves. Those who were in desperate situations could only stay there and wait for death. Faced with desperate situations, they chose to surrender one after another, and this choice they saved their lives.

In fact, even those who escaped were not necessarily relaxed. Just when they had just escaped from the encirclement and were about to take a break, the Ming army chased them again when they were wrong.

The Qing army that had just escaped had no time to complete the team, so they were forced to respond hastily, either fleeing or being killed or injured. More lives could only choose to surrender.

At this time, Erdu led some soldiers to fight to the death and once again covered Xuanye's escape. Later, Erdu also broke through the siege under the protection of the Baoyi slaves, but was unable to meet with Xuanye, so he had to flee on another road.

Most of the Qing army and their families who had no time to escape were captured by the Ming army, and there was even the beautiful girl whom the emperor had just enthroned before. Yes, now all this has become the spoils of the Ming army.

However, for them, the real biggest spoil was probably that they learned from the prisoners the whereabouts of the "Emperor", who had been unknown to life and death. After the nurse learned about Xuanye's whereabouts, they immediately rushed to pursue the cavalry troops.
Chapter completed!
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