Faced with the fierce bombardment of Ming army artillery and the wavering of the army's morale, the Tongguan defenders scattered after Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou evacuated for less than half an hour.

When the Zhou army retreated, it set a fire in the pass, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses fled westward in mixed arms.

Zhao Ming ordered the dynasty to lead thousands of cavalry to pursue the west, and the troops in Huayin, Weinan, Lintong and other counties were all empty.

After seeing Wu Sangui fleeing west and looting the shops in the city, the Zhou army hurriedly fled. The Ming army continued to chase them until Baqiao Town, and saw the black smoke rolling in Chang'an City in the distance, they stopped.

Outside Tongguan, on the mountain, Jiang Xiang committed suicide by breaking his stomach and Jiang Youguang cut off Jiang Xiang's head.

After dawn, nearly 50,000 Jin troops walked down the hillside, threw their weapons and flags at the foot of the mountain, and surrendered to the Ming army.

In the Ming army commander's tent, Zhao Ming was wearing armor and sat upright in the commander's throne. Jiang Youguang, Jiang Rang and Jiang Xuan shaved their hair, took off their armor, and walked into the tent with a wooden box.

"Regent!" Jiang Youguang and others knelt down and presented Jiang Xiang's head. "The head of the family has committed suicide by separatism, and we are also cutting our hair. We will go to Henan to become a monk. We also ask the Regent to be kind and forgive the Jiang family."

Li Ponu stepped forward, took the wooden box, checked the head, and nodded to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming raised his lips and smiled proudly: "Okay! Since Jiang Xiang died, I will forgive the Jiang family. You write a letter to inform Jiang Zhisheng and make him surrender!"

Everyone quickly kowtowed and thanked him, and then wrote another letter to persuade Jiang Zhisheng, the prince of Jin in Taiyuan, to surrender to the Ming army.

Half a month later, Jiang Zhisheng was promoted to Taiyuan and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Zhao Ming returned to Jiang Xiang's head and allowed the Jiang family to have a grand funeral.

After the Ming army took over Hedong, Jiang Zhisheng married his sister to the Ming Dynasty general Wang Shuang as his wife. Jiang Zhisheng cut his hair into a monk like his uncles and uncles, and went to Mount Wutai to become a monk.

At this point, the Jiang family, a powerful Hedong family that dominated Shanxi for more than ten years, gradually declined. However, because the Jiang family, the main characters all became monks and married the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the fate of extermination was avoided.

More than ten years later, the world was settled. Due to the pleading of the marriage family, Jiang Zhisheng was proud to return to secular life. However, Jiang Youguang, Jiang Rang, Jiang Xuan and other big bosses had already died of illness in Henan.

Zhao Ming stationed in Tongguan for one night and curbed the surrendered Jin army and the Zhou army captives.

On the second day, he led a large army to march westward, and the prefectures and counties along the way were all surrendered.

When Zhao Ming arrived at the city of Chang'an, a large number of Zhou officials had already come to take the thorns and apologize, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

After Wu Sangui left Tongguan, he ran in panic and did not enter Chang'an. He hurriedly passed through Pingliang and surrendered to Gansu.

When Chang'an City learned about the defeat of the Zhou army, some officials and gentry closed the doors of the houses, waiting for the Ming army to accept them, while some hurriedly packed up their belongings and ran out of the city.

Because the retreat was carried out secretly and not blatantly, the movement was slow. There were many people in Chang'an City, and the Zhou army's family members had no time to withdraw, including the Shangyuan Manchu family members.

Wu Sangui ran away in panic, and rumors spread in Chang'an City, which showed that the army burned, killed and looted all the way, and even killed Manchu. It scared a large number of Zhou army's relatives and Manchu remnants, who took their families to leave the city and fled west.

Fengxiang Prefecture, Fufeng County.

Meng Qiaofang held a manifesto with a pale face, which was covered by Zhao Ming boasting that he had defeated Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang, and his army arrived in Chang'an, demanding that all parts of Guanzhong surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming army attacked the Zhou Kingdom in multiple ways. Meng Qiaofang was originally ordered to guard Hanzhong, but Meng Qiaofang knew that the key to victory in the war was not whether he could defend Hanzhong, but the result of the decisive battle in Tongguan.

Therefore, after learning that Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang gathered 200,000 troops to fight Zhao Ming in Tongguan, Meng Qiaofang led the main force and entered Guanzhong from Dasanguan, waiting for the result of the Tongguan battle.

At this time, Meng Qiaofang put down the manifesto, sat on the back of the chair, and asked with her eyes closed: "Your Majesty is defeated. It is said that even Chang'an has not entered, so she left Pingliang and Longxi. What do you think I should do now? Should I surrender to Zhao Ming in Chang'an or retreat to Qinzhou?"

Meng Xiongchen said with a gloomy face: "Father, Wu Sangui is out of the way, I think it's better to surrender to Zhao Ming!"

After the Jiashen year, the Qing army entered the pass and occupied Guanzhong. Meng Qiaofang became the governor of the Three Borders of Shaanxi as the right assistant minister of the Qing Dynasty.

Since then, Meng Qiaofang has never left Shaanxi and Gansu. The Meng family also used his identity to purchase a large number of industries in Guanzhong and became a wealthy family in Guanlongzhong.

Now, let them give up their accumulation for more than ten years and follow Wu Sangui and start over again, the Meng family is not very willing.

This is also the reason why Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou decided to escape but did not inform Meng Qiaofang. The Meng family had too much property in Guanlong, so it was unlikely that they would leave their homes and leave their businesses and follow them to start a business in the Western Regions.

After hearing what his eldest son said, Meng Qiaofang looked at the others and asked, "That's what you mean?"

Everyone looked at each other and nodded one after another. The younger brother Meng Qiaorong said, "Brother has experienced the Qing Dynasty, the Western Qing Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms without falling. It depends on the ability to judge the situation. Now, the Ming Dynasty's unification of the world has become a foregone conclusion. It is better to surrender. Maybe Zhao Ming still needs to rely on his brother to appease and govern Guanlong."

Meng Qiaofang heard the words and pondered for a moment. This was actually his idea, but he was not confident about his choice, so he needed his tribe members to push him.

"Okay!" Meng Qiaofang sighed when she heard the words, "Then listen to your words. I will raise an army and go to Chang'an to surrender to the Regent."

At this moment, the army orders were passed, and more than 30,000 Zhou troops drove the camp eastward and sent their eldest son Mengxiongchen to go to Chang'an to pay homage to Zhao Ming first, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

The next day, Meng Qiaofang led a large army and marched along the Wei River in a mighty manner. As soon as the army reached Wugong, Meng Xiongchen rushed back and stopped the army.

At this time, on the side of the road, Meng Qiaofang stopped his horse and stood up. Meng Xiongchen galloped over and rushed to everyone.

"Aren't you asking you to pay homage to the Regent?" Meng Qiaofang frowned and asked, "Why did you come back suddenly?"

Meng Xiongchen gasped and said, "The father cannot move forward."

Meng Qiaofang felt a stern and couldn't help asking: "Why? What happened?"

Meng Xiongchen said anxiously: "Jiang Xiang surrendered to Zhao Ming, and Zhao Ming ordered Jiang Xiang to commit suicide by separatism."

"What?" Meng Qiaofang was shocked and asked with a pale face: "Zhao Zamao is so cruel, leaving no trace!"

When he heard that Jiang Xiang surrendered, Zhao Ming asked Jiang Xiang to commit suicide by separatism. Meng Qiaofang was afraid and became the name of the Regent and changed back to Zhao Zamao.

Meng Xiongchen said: "How dare my son hide it? The news is absolutely true!"

Meng Qiaofang's muscles twitched. He was no more than Jiang Xiang. He valued the continuation of the family. He was as shameless as him, who could serve various forces and pay more attention to his own life and death.

"Let's go! Go to Longxi and meet with the Lord!" Meng Qiaofang immediately pulled out his horse's reins, changed his attention, and shouted loudly: "Send the order to the army, the rear team will become the front team, and march towards Qinzhou!"
Chapter completed!