The Red Lotus Cultivator Army was defeated on the whole line, and was killed by the People's Army, and countless people trampled on each other during the retreat. However, at this moment, Luo Yue asked the various troops of the People's Army to stop pursuing and attacking, which was the only way for the Red Lotus Cultivator Army to escape from the battlefield easily.

Luo Yuexia asked the civilian army to stop pursuing the Red Lotus Cult Army, which was the same as last time. Now that his troops are limited, he doesn't want to capture more prisoners. Anyway, he will only be able to defeat the Red Lotus Cult Army. In the end, he will have to wait until the southwest garrison in Henan arrives and meets in Yingzhou.

However, although the People's Army did not pursue, after the retreat, the Red Lotus Cultivator Army still left corpses everywhere, and many wounded soldiers who fell to the ground and could not move. Of course, the People's Army did the work of cleaning up the battlefield, and finally counted more than 5,000 corpses, including more than 600 wounded Red Lotus Cultivator Army soldiers who were too seriously injured. Because the injuries were too serious, there was basically no hope of healing, or the possibility of healing was extremely low. To be honest, these people could not last a few days even if they were rescued. After all, there is no good medical conditions in the People's Army now, so they can only end their lives and cause them to suffer less pain. In addition, more than 300 Red Lotus Cultivator soldiers who were mildly injured but were unable to move were arrested.

After winning, the People's Army took advantage of the victory to attack and march along the Yingshui River. Shangying County was the first to be hit.

Although Shangying County is just a county town, it is the southeast gateway of Yingzhou Prefecture, less than 50 kilometers away, which is a very important place. Therefore, when the Red Lotus Cultivate Army retreated, more than 20,000 troops were stationed in Shangying County. However, when the People's Army approached Shangying County, the defenders left by the Red Lotus Cultivate Army in Shangying County immediately abandoned the city and fled, mainly giving up Shangying County.

It turned out that the remaining defenders were very strong and were very unwilling to do so. After all, everyone knew that with the terrible combat power of the People's Army, staying in Shangying County was completely waiting for death, but why did they stay in Shangying County and wait for death? The others fled back to Yingzhou Prefecture. Therefore, when the People's Army marched to Shangying County, the Red Lotus Cult Army guards of Shangying County decisively gave up Shangying County and led the army to retreat to Yingzhou Prefecture. Of course, it was impossible to escape the attack of the People's Army when they retreated to Yingzhou Prefecture. But at that time, everyone was together and faced the attack of the People's Army together. No one could escape. If they wanted to die, everyone would die together.

As a result, the People's Army occupied Shangying County without bloodshed. At this time, Luo Yue also received a report that the 6th Division of the 6th Field Army of the Southwest Military Region had entered Yingzhou Prefecture. Although the army did not carry artillery troops, it was equipped with two cavalry barracks, so the total force was more than 12,000. Now it has captured Taihe County, which is only more than 40 kilometers away from Yingzhou Prefecture.

Luo Yue was also very happy, so he immediately ordered the 6th Division to march towards Yingzhou Prefecture, and divided his troops to surround Yingzhou Prefecture in the north, west, and south. He led his troops to make up for it in the east. If he encountered the Red Lotus Cult Army's army along the way, he would not pursue annihilation, but would drive it back to Yingzhou Prefecture. Then Luo Yue ordered the entire army to be dispatched and march towards Yingzhou Prefecture.

At this time, the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect in Yingzhou Prefecture were already in a state of great trouble, because more than 80,000 troops were defeated by about 3,000 people on the bank of the Huaihe River, losing more than 6,000 people and more than 8,000 wounded soldiers. It can be said that it was a big defeat. This was the result of the People's Army not pursuing the victory after winning, otherwise the Red Lotus Sect Army would have great losses.

Moreover, this time the leader of the Red Lotus Army suffered no losses, so the battlefield situation can be introduced in detail to the senior Red Lotus Sect who are guarding Yingzhou Prefecture. Of course, their words are very credible.

However, after understanding the war situation, the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect became even more frustrated because it was simply unsolvable. The People's Army's firepower was powerful, the artillery fire was powerful, and the range was extremely long. The muskets were dense and the firing speed was extremely fast, which was far from comparable to the muskets obtained by the Red Lotus Sect Army. In addition, the soldiers of the People's Army were well trained, so although the number of Red Lotus Sect Army was unable to compete with the People's Army.

But now the People's Army is approaching Yingzhou Prefecture step by step. How can we deal with the attack of the People's Army? Some people advocate recruiting all the troops of the Red Lotus Army and letting soldiers consume all the ammunition of the People's Army. Even if 50,000 is consumed for this, it is even 100,000 troops. The number of the Red Lotus Army is much greater than that of the People's Army. When the ammunition is exhausted, the People's Army will be impossible. Then the Red Lotus Army will get closer to the People's Army and fight with the People's Army in close combat, and you can defeat the People's Army in one fell swoop.

However, this suggestion has also been opposed by many people, because this method may be used when fighting the People's Army for the first time, but it is not used now. The continuous defeat of the Red Lotus Army to the People's Army not only caused a serious blow to the morale of the Red Lotus Army, but also the confidence of the soldiers of the Red Lotus Army in the top management is greatly shaken by their confidence in the so-called supernatural powers of the Red Lotus Army. Therefore, even if the Red Lotus Army gathers the army to fight against the People's Army, as long as they suffer a slight setback, they will be defeated on the whole line. It is impossible for the soldiers to ignore the losses in the battle and launch a continuous attack.

Some people also suggested that they simply break the pieces into pieces, and everyone leads one army to break through, leave Anhui Province, develop in other provinces, and avoid the People's Army. However, this suggestion was opposed by most people, because the Red Lotus Sect is now a first-class achievement, and the senior officials do not have to live a low-key life of hiding. At least in Yingzhou Prefecture, it is a perfect match. Not to mention the wealthy clothes and food, but life is indeed much better than before. Once it is broken into pieces, it will return to the wandering and unpredictable life at the time of the original life. However, the People's Army did not attack the city of Yingzhou Prefecture, and the situation of the Red Lotus Sect has not reached the critical survival. On the surface, it still controls most areas of Yingzhou Prefecture. Therefore, most senior officials are unwilling to give up their life in Yingzhou Prefecture at this time.

In addition, even if you escape from Anhui Province, it does not mean that you have escaped the People's Army, because the disaster resettlement camps established by East China now cover all provinces in Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Therefore, no matter where you escape, you will encounter the People's Army.

Some people advocated surrendering to the People's Army, and as long as they could spare their lives, they would just wash their hands. Anyway, the Red Lotus Army had plundered a large amount of wealth in Yingzhou Prefecture, Lu'anzhou and other places, and gave this wealth to the senior staff. Each of them could get tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was enough for everyone to be a rich man, spend the rest of their lives, or wait for a favorable opportunity to do things.

But will the People's Army accept surrender? What if the people's army agrees on the surface and wait for the senior officials to leave, or disband the army, and turn against each other?

Just when the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect were unsure, the troops stationed in Shangying County retreated to Yingzhou Prefecture. Although the general claimed that after a fierce battle to defend the city, the army suffered heavy losses, he had to give up Shangying County, but looking at the army, it didn't seem like they had fought fiercely, because there were basically not many wounded soldiers in the withdrawn army, and the soldiers' clothes were neatly tidy, and they looked like they had fought a war. They clearly retreated without fighting and voluntarily gave up Shangying County.

As a result, serious differences arose from the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect. Some advocate severely punishing the chief generals stationed in Shangying County to serve as a warning; but some believe that now is a critical moment and is the time to use people. At this time, it is not advisable to coax internally, but should be united and jointly to the outside world.

Just when the two sides were arguing, news came again that a People's Army came from Henan Province and had entered Yingzhou Prefecture. There were many people, with tens of thousands of people. At this time, Taihe County had been captured. Of course, due to the lack of experience in reconnaissance of the Red Lotus Army, the number of People's Army killed in Henan was overestimated a lot.

But after receiving this news, the senior staff of the Red Lotus Sect were shocked again. It was really surprising. No one expected that the People's Army would come from the Henan direction. Now Yingzhou Prefecture is trapped in a ground-south attack; and there are tens of thousands of people from Henan. You should know that the Red Lotus Sect's Army cannot even defeat the more than 3,000 People's Army led by Luo Yue, so how can we deal with the tens of thousands of People's Army? Therefore, the senior staff of the Red Lotus Sect no longer quarreled or severely punished the head generals of Shangying County, but negotiated how to deal with the People's Army's north and south attacks.

Obviously, it is impossible to fight, because it is impossible to defeat, so you can only choose one of these two routes, but now it is broken up into pieces, breaking through and surrendering, and the danger and difficulty of breaking through are also increased. First, the People's Army on the north and south lines have approached Yingzhou Prefecture, and the space for the Red Lotus Cult to move has been greatly reduced; secondly, the People's Army in Henan did not take action in the past, and the People's Army had only more than 3,000 people and limited troops. Once the Red Lotus Army was dispersed, it would be difficult to guard against one another. The high-level personnel of the Red Lotus Cult have a high chance of breaking through, but now the People's Army has increased. Even if the Red Lotus Army breaks through in pieces, the People's Army will have enough troops to scatter and pursue. In this way, most senior personnel of the Red Lotus Cult are unlikely to escape.

In fact, surrender is the best choice for the Red Lotus Army at present. It’s just that the problem is the same as before. I don’t know the attitude and credit of the People’s Army. Therefore, after a few days of negotiation, there was no result and I was unable to make the decision to break through. However, during this period, the Red Lotus Cult ordered other troops stationed in various places to withdraw to Yingzhou Prefecture and strengthen the garrison force of Yingzhou Prefecture. Although at this time, the senior officials of the Red Lotus Cult also understood that the number of people in the battle with the People’s Army was not very meaningful, but after all, there were more troops guarding Yingzhou Prefecture, and they would feel safer in their hearts. Moreover, even if they finally decided to break through and have more troops, the chance of breaking through is naturally greater.
Chapter completed!