Outside Jiangling City, among the troops of the government troops who were leaving, Shandong Jiedushi Liu Jurong, who had his hair curled and his eyebrows were injured, took a last look at the "Ping" flag floating on the top of the city, as if he wanted to deeply portray it into the center of his eyes. He suddenly exhaled a breath of depression and galloped away.

The enemy enemies who have fought in the city are really different from the past. They can not only fight in field battles with the official army as if they are decent, but also fight in the chaotic and complicated city, with a basis for advance and retreat and basically remain unbearable. Not only are the equipment well-equipped and complete soldiers, they can also use various strategies and ambushing methods.

Therefore, it is better to say that they are more like some well-trained official army than those who are humble and vulgar.

As for Liu Jurong, since even a strange and true combination can not achieve the advantage and victory, he can only turn in in time and stop the loss quickly and preserve his strength. After all, his enemies are not just the sudden appearance of the thief in front of him; and the cause and effect that led to the failure of Jiangling's strategy are also quite suspicious and problematic, which forced him to leave a hand for himself.

After all, in order to capture the important town of Jiangling, he led the 50,000 troops southwards to lose 30,000 yuan; he divided his troops to recover the Hunan prefectures and the food and the surrounding areas to go 30%; and he also suffered repeated unfavorable losses in Jiangling City; as the governor of Shandong, he was in charge of the military and political affairs of the seven prefectures, and the cornerstone of the remaining eleven prefectures, which was already in danger.

Compared with those prosecutors, the Minister of Rites, the Governor of Xiangzhou, and the General of Right Jinwu, the Shandong Jieshou was the greatest foundation for him to establish himself in the court. As long as he could continue to have authority, no matter how much loss or loss is, he could be restored through the loss and scoop up the court.

The foundation of Shandong's construction yamen is the Ya Army inside, and the camp soldiers outside. Then there are the defenses, guards, and soldiers and horse envoys under the jurisdiction of each branch of the provinces; outside, there are the united children of the Shandong provinces, the local garrison troops (in the u), and the Tumen Army (in the u).

I only regretted that before and after the Battle of Jiangling, more than a dozen generals under his command had been damaged; especially in the battle of kicking the camp outside the city, several generals were trapped in the firearms that were stolen by the thieves.

Among them, from the time when the garrison soldiers of Guilin came to the Yijun Town of Yanqiao Town, Zhang Huchen, who followed the brave general of the village party in front of An, was burned to charcoal on the spot when he rushed into the enemy camp first. There was also a nephew and a personal army guard Liu Congxin, who had been with him for many years, who was killed by a cannon stone several steps away from him and died without a complete body. Then, another clan brother, Liu Yiqiu, also a military commander of the camp, was submerged in the attack of the thieves and cavalrymen when he cut off his back...

This was undoubtedly a painful loss for the Liu family, who had always been in charge of father and son soldiers, killed enemies, brothers and relatives, and was the pillars of the army. Therefore, he could not help but feel a strong desire to retreat on the spot.

However, for Zhou Huaian, who was commanding and finishing the final command in Jiangling City, under the leadership of the Shandong governor Liu Jurong, there were still two or three thousand officials who fought and successfully left the battlefield and escaped from Wangbei, which was helpless.

It’s not that he didn’t want to keep the other party completely in one battle, or try to win the achievements of a military governor of the imperial court; it was just that during this period, the troops had expanded several times, but the corresponding organizational and training level had significantly decreased;

Although it has undergone a lot of combat training and running-in in the previous stage, the problem of difficulty in sustaining high-intensity combat is still revealed. On the other hand, the cavalry units formed in the south gradually reflect the problem of insufficient horsepower in large-scale battles.

Therefore, once the attack time is delayed for a long time, it is easy to show a state of fatigue that is not sustainable; especially when facing an enemy who is determined to break through and escape, an interception and encirclement with more courage and less tenacity, it seems a bit weak and insufficient.

Therefore, when both ends of the city and outside the city were to be held fast, he could only give priority to the part of the dishes in the city that had been brought into his plate, and let go of the enemies that were less likely to be surrounded in the battlefield outside the city.

In the end, the navy "warships" chasing along the river almost wiped out all the cannon stones and arrows on the ship, and the loaded infantry had also landed on the shore before retreating one after another. However, in addition to causing more subsequent killings, they could not leave behind established official troops as before.

After all, although the rebel army lost a lot, it still retained a considerable number of elite officials from the Shan (South) East (Dao) camps. Even if they were in retreat and fighting against the trend, they still had enough endurance and resilience and were good at drowning.

Therefore, with their core support, there is only a little stopping, and the defeated official troops can gather again; and the cost-effectiveness and results of subsequent pursuit and harassment will become lower and lower.

After retreating to Jingmen County, he even had the energy to repair the plank road and secretly cross the Chencang style. He left an ambush, and attacked forward and backward severely and defeated a temporary group of follow-up pursuit. Then he was responsible for alerting the Taiping Navy on the River and saw an official army coming to pick up under the banner of Cao Quanzhen, a recruitment envoy from Jiangxi.

In Jiangling City, the Shandong Army's flags and general flags captured on the battlefield outside the city were hung on the top of the city as soon as possible; the remaining official troops who were still encouraging each other to fight hard, as if they had been drawn into the last trace of blood and blood, they cried loudly or yelled in a panic on the spot, and most of them lost their will to resist and stopped.

There are also a very small number of stubborn and strong people who want to commit suicide on the spot, but because of the long-term lack of strength, they even sluggish their necks and stabbing their minds, and they become self-harm with a serious and serious injury.

Therefore, the somewhat annoying and awkward battle in Jiangling was over.

.........

On Jiangxi Road, outside the city of Poyang (now Boyang City, Jiangxi), Yang Shigu, who had just arrived at the local pier by boat, also saw the chaos in front of him, and sighed and was speechless. However, after a lot of effort, he finally found a familiar old acquaintance in the local area.

"Mr. Yang, why are you still here?"

The visitor dressed in an ordinary person was shocked.

"In Poyang Heleping, Yu Gan's battle, the rebel army was defeated several more formations. The left commander of the navy was defeated by Xiang Xianzhen, and the remaining generals all surrendered to the official army."

"Now, Huang Wang's original formation has led his army to Xinzhou (now Shangrao, Jiangxi) to reorganize."

So, their lonely riverboat reloaded a few rebel soldiers who had resigned to the nearest, set off on the anchor and continued to follow the Yushui River. They crossed Yugan County, which was also abandoned, and arrived in Guixi County, Xinzhou. Then they met the first group of rebels who were on-site fortification and the rear guard of the palace. Then they got the news from them that the General's Mansion had already established a formation in Yiyang.

In the General's Mansion temporarily established by Yiyang County Government, it was the second day that Yang Shigu met Huang Chao.

"Brother Shigu, as long as you can come back, as long as you come back..."

Huang Chao, who seemed to have become a little thin and haggard, immediately grabbed his arm and shouted.

"Why don't you settle down for Brother Yang quickly..."

Looking at this scene, Yang Shigu suddenly felt a little touched. He suddenly felt that after losing the glitz, chaotic and confusion brought by wealth and luxury, the Huang Wang who could not beat him up, and became more and more courageous in adversity, was back.

"But I don't know if all the things (stocks) shipped out on the ship are still appropriate."

However, the other party immediately followed, which made his mind sink again and turned into a kind of bitterness. Then Yang Shigu said with difficulty

"It's pretty safe..."

"That's good, these things will be of great use to me next."

Huang Chao continued to say without realizing it at all.

"But you still want to continue to worry more..."

“………”

Yang Shigu nodded helplessly, at least he could continue to contribute to the rebel army.

"You also know that the situation in the military palace is a bit bad now. All those who can escape have fled, and many of them have rebeled from the government army."

"The current plan is not only to find a way to bring back the rebel brothers who were previously divided and work together to overcome the difficult situation."

"I also plan to ask the government army for peace...I think it's a temporary delaying plan."

After exchanging greetings and comforting again, and after explaining the recent situation for a while, Huang Chao stared at him with a burning look.

"Now that the military mansion has withered, I hope you can go on my behalf to explore the reality and reality. I must make Zhang Zhe believe it, and the rebel army is willing to ask for help."

"good"

At this moment, Yang Shigu's heart suddenly felt excited and excited, and there was a million words to his mouth, but in the end he was only the word "heavy". After he turned around and left.

"Why don't you tell Military Advisor Yang that we also echo the side of Zhang Zhe in the official army... "

Someone was transferred from behind the screen wall of the front hall of the county government office, but the right chief Huang Rui asked.

"That's to win the trust better with Zhang Zheitou..."

Huang Chao sighed with a look of distress.
Chapter completed!