Zhu Xieyuan's reaction was much faster and more decisive than Liu Bu and the others imagined.

His rear Yiling was actually captured by the Chinese army within one day. The 100,000 troops were destroyed. His generals were killed and injured. Yiling was lost. His way back to Sichuan was blocked, which reduced his strength by half. This can be said to be a huge blow.

With Zhu Xieyuan's calmness, he was also shocked. While he was having a meal, his chopsticks fell to the ground and could not speak for a long time.

The news quickly spread throughout the military camp, causing a huge wave, and the entire camp was filled with sorrow and miserable.

Zhu Xieyuan's army was dominated by Sichuan and Guizhou people, and Yiling was captured, which means that their way back to Sichuan was blocked. The worse place was that if the Chinese army captured Sichuan, their hometown would be controlled by the enemy. How would the enemy take revenge on their parents, wife and children? And they all became stray dogs and lonely ghosts in a wandering foreign land.

This made many people very scared and frightened. They shouted one after another, demanding to go south to regain Yiling.

In their eyes, under the leadership of General Zhu, who was invincible and invincible, it was not difficult to counterattack Yiling and regain his way back home.

These people all have an idea, that is, people leave their hometowns and lose contact with their hometowns, which means they leave the fish in the river, and have no way out, and they will not live long.

Many people believe that their only way to live and their only way out is to fight back to Yiling.

At the beginning, it was just an ordinary person's idea, but later it slowly spread throughout the army camp, and all the soldiers walked towards Zhu Xieyuan's central army camp and asked him to lead everyone to counterattack Yiling.

This is something that everyone hopes for, but Zhu Xieyuan knew that this was not realistic at all. If you do this, it would be authentic to the Chinese army. The Chinese army's weapons are best at defense. They have red cannons and various light and heavy cannons here. Build a position and will allow you to attack the army in their city, with heavy casualties.

After several days of tragic battle, Zhu Xieyuan knew how many Chinese soldiers were in Xiangyang City, but there were only three or four thousand defenders here, but they resisted the siege of their 100,000 troops.

The most important thing is that Xiangyang City is very dangerous, and secondly, they have placed many cannons on the city wall. These cannons are very powerful. They will kill countless people with one shot.

This made Zhu Xieyuan's people often dare not gather together when siegeing the city. If your army cannot form a group, how can you fight with the enemy? How can you fight with the enemy? As a result, their seemingly fierce attacks are under the enemy's attack, and they suffer heavy casualties and retreat without success.

Zhu Xieyuan sighed that this red-clothed cannon is equivalent to thousands of troops.

He also knew how powerful the Chinese army's military is now. The Ming Dynasty had so many military workshops and so many craftsmen, but he could not make red cannons. The Chinese army reached an amazing level of everyone's armor. It is said that their ability to make steel and armor was very powerful, but their cost was one-third of that of the official army.

Defeat Qingzhou Division and killing many of them, Zhu Xieyuan also obtained a large number of weapons and gained a certain understanding of the Chinese army.

The other party won so many battles and seized so many places because they had a complete set of military mobilization systems and supply systems. Just looking at the common Chinese soldiers, their welfare and equipment, you can tell that they are already a very powerful force.

Since ancient times, a powerful army has first been its welfare system, and secondly, its equipment, such as the Wei Wuzhang and the Qi family army.

Zhu Xieyuan was as arrogant as a scholar and a wise man. Before this, he looked down on the heroes of the world and believed that the Chinese army was just like this. As long as the imperial army came out, it would definitely be able to destroy it. Even after the Qingzhou Division of the Chinese army was eliminated, he had this idea. However, when he was under Xiangyang City and could not capture it for a long time and was bleeding, he realized that he was a little underestimating the heroes of the world.

Who would have expected that he could win the world-famous Qingzhou Division in one fell swoop, but who would have thought that when he had already achieved such a victory, he could not conquer Xiangyang for a long time and could not take it down at all.

If the fight continues to fight at this time, the Liu Bu who is good at fighting, and the other Liu Zhongyong who led a large army, attacked the two armies, and the Chinese army's strength would reach as many as 50,000 or 60,000. How could he be able to fight?

If it were in the past, Zhu Xieyuan would not be afraid because the opponent had too many people, because the Ming Dynasty could also summon million troops, but he knew that the opponent was dispatched by the elite troops, and the real Chinese army was very powerful and capable of fighting. If it was 50,000 or 60,000, the Ming army would not be their opponent.

He was not afraid of the enemy like a tiger, but was self-aware. Therefore, Zhu Xieyuan did not follow everyone's thoughts and what everyone expected. Instead, Qian Gang made arbitrary decision and ordered on the spot: "Closing his luggage immediately, retreating northward, and retreating to Nanyang."

When the officers and soldiers heard Zhu Xieyuan's order, they basically couldn't believe their ears.

Zhu Xieyuan was a strong man. During his decades of office, his style of being an official is just as strong as his style. When he quelled the She'an Rebellion, he always used the strong against the strong, attacked against the attack, and never showed weakness. If he was afraid of the enemy and did not dare to fight with the enemy, no one could believe that he was a real strong man.

Many people thought that he would lead a large army to quickly move south and regain Yiling as everyone expected. Who knew that he would forcefully order the troops to retreat north at the risk of opposition from everyone.

Everyone knows what this means, which means that they gave up Yiling, Xiangyang, and the entire south. It is estimated that such an order, without the emperor's consent, would be impeached by officials in the court with all their might. He was afraid of the enemy and abandoned the city and land. The emperor would also kill his head, but Zhu Xieyuan did this without hesitation.

Zhu Xieyuan, a hero who dares to fight and fight, has become a person who is afraid of the enemy and dares not fight?

Zhu Xieyuan was a strong man, and his loyalty was also recognized by the royal family and the court, so the emperor never sent eunuchs to him as a military supervisor.

However, there were still donations from the military censors in his army. Censor Li Ruowang said loudly, saying, "Mr. Zhu really wanted to hand over the entire Jiangnan capital to the Chinese thieves. Where was the place to place the Ming Dynasty? Where was the price to place the emperor?"

Zhu Xieyuan said: "I am the general to preserve more strength for the Ming Dynasty."

Li Ruowang Senran said: "Is this just afraid of life and death?"

Zhu Xieyuan said coldly: "I, Zhu Xieyuan, are you afraid of death? You can't comment. Since the order was issued today, you will implement it. All responsibilities will be borne by me."

Zhu Xieyuan knew that if it were other troops and officers, they might not dare to do this, because they would face the counterattack of the entire civil service group and the emperor, which not everyone could bear.

But Zhu Xieyuan understood very well that Xiangyang could not capture it for a long time, and Liu Zhongyong's army had arrived in Suizhou, and based on it, it was only a hundred miles. What was even more terrifying was that Liu Bu's army also captured Yiling and cut off their retreat.

The Chinese army sent troops very quickly and fiercely. As he imagined, he thought that the opponent would take half a month or more to arrive at the fastest time, but the opponent arrived within a few days, which was like a cavalry speed.

The Chinese army was far above the Ming army in terms of equipment and quality. This time they dispatched a large army and came in a mighty way, just for him, Zhu Xieyuan. If he did not withdraw in time, he would have left all the 100,000 troops here.

Zhu Xieyuan understood that the Chinese army could defeat Yiling overnight and defeat Zhang Youwei's 100,000 army, and also defeat his 100,000 army. Zhang Youwei's personal abilities and military quality are not inferior to Zhu Xieyuan's 100,000 army.

But their Chinese army easily defeated and defeated them. Zhu Xieyuan understood that he should not scold Zhang Youwei for being stupid and incompetent. Even if he was replaced with him, the result would probably be the same.

By the way, he had the vitality and preserved more strength for the court, so he decisively ordered a quick retreat.

After Zhu Xieyuan ordered the retreat, all the officers and generals unanimously opposed it, and they did not understand such a practice.

The Ming army has always been soldiers and officers who are greedy for life and fear of death, while the generals want them to fight to the death. Now, the soldiers want to fight to the death, but the generals dare not fight to fight.

In this way, there were many discussions in the military camp. Everyone said: Marshal Zhu has changed? He has become greedy for life and feared death? He has become afraid of the enemy like a tiger?"

Zhu Yuan was still as strong as ever. The order he issued, saying: "I have issued a military order, so I have to execute it immediately. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without any hesitation."

There are also only Zhu Xieyuan who can be so strong and so fierce. If it were Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang, they might not be so strong, but he would have done this.

The army originally disagreed and was unwilling to do this. They knew that once they retreated north, it would be no more difficult to give up the entire south and return to Sichuan.

The Chinese army is not like bandits, but unlike the previous rebels. The previous bandits were wandering around. They gave up their territory today and could be taken back tomorrow. However, the Chinese army is different. They aim to capture cities and plunder land. Once they are allowed to capture them, it will be difficult for you to retake them.
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