Chapter 242 Gao Yingxiang’s Doomsday

On October 23, the second year of Chongzhen, late autumn swept across the northwest land. The cold wind not only cooled the plants and trees, but also cold people's hearts.

Outside Fufeng City, within a radius of dozens of miles, not only were the cavalry of Zhou Dingshan, but also the troops led by Yang He and Liu Yingyu, Wu Guofu, and Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting led troops to come from the northeast. For a moment, the officers and soldiers formed an encirclement of the 50,000 peasant troops who failed to cross Fufeng City. At this time, the peasant army still had an advantage in number, but their morale had long collapsed.

As the battle deepened, the battle became more and more cruel, and the casualties of the peasant army increased sharply. Under this high pressure, a peasant army collapsed first and surrendered directly to Yang He. In Fufeng City, Li Zicheng watched the tragedy release in front of him, but there was no way. Li Zicheng did not dare to go out of the city to help. Once he went out of the city to help, he would only trap the people under his command, and might even lose Fufeng City.

By the night of October 24, the officers and soldiers had completed the encirclement. Hong Chengchou led his troops to block the city of Fufeng and completely blocked the possibility of the peasant army escaping. The situation has become very clear now, and the officers and soldiers are determined to destroy the main force of the 50,000 peasant army.

In order to rescue the main force of the peasant army trapped in the east of Fufeng City, Gao Yingxiang could only seek help from Wang Ziyong. Before, Wang Ziyong had the intention to let the court's troops consume Gao Yingxiang's strength, and he could avenge the previous revenge. However, half of Gao Yingxiang's main force was trapped to death, which Wang Ziyong did not expect. Wang Ziyong hated Gao Yingxiang, but knew that at this time, if Gao Yingxiang collapsed, it would be of no benefit to him.

Not long after, Wang Ziyong ordered the troops to start moving south and eastward, threatening Sanshui County while forcing Yan'an Prefecture. Wang Ziyong sent troops everywhere in the hope of attracting Cao Wenzhao's troops back. However, until Yan'an and Sanshui County were captured, Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting still did not have any intention of returning to help.

Yan'an Prefecture and Qingyang Prefecture were very riots, but the officers and soldiers were indifferent, and instead accelerated the speed of narrowing the encirclement. At this time, Gao Yingxiang and Wang Ziyong were completely desperate.

On October 25th, the sky was hazy and the mist was filled with blood. This place had already become a death zone. After three days of massacre, 50,000 peasant soldiers were killed and injured, and the corpses everywhere were so shocking.

Since the end of the massacre, Li Zicheng took the initiative to withdraw from Fufeng and returned to Fengxiang. Li Yangchun also ended the confrontation with Tuobuhua and followed closely into Fengxiang. Nearly half of the troops were wiped out by the officers and soldiers, and Gao Yingxiang was seriously injured. Now the morale of each unit is low and weak, and he cannot compete with the officers and soldiers. Next, the officers and soldiers will definitely attack Fengxiang. I don’t know what the situation will be.

After working hard for a long time, I accumulated these family assets, but in a blink of an eye, half of them were cut off by others, and half of Gao Yingxiang's life was lost. The atmosphere in the government office was very depressing. Although Li Zicheng, Li Yangchun and others were all there, there was no one to speak. However, Niu Jinxing bowed and said, "King of Chuang, the current situation is very unfavorable to us. If the officers and soldiers attack Fengxiang, to be honest, Niu feels that we can't defend..."

"At present, the most appropriate way is to retreat to Pingliang, wait for some time to recuperate, and regroup and fight with the officers and soldiers!"

"Fengxiang, really can't defend it?" Gao Yingxiang really didn't want to give up Fengxiang Mansion. It was too close to Xi'an Mansion. The famous city and ancient imperial capital had a strange temptation to Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang actually knew in his heart that Niu Jinxing was right, and Feng Xiang could not defend it, but his reluctance in his heart made him hesitate. But at this moment, another bad news came. Cao Wenzhao's nephew Cao Bianjiao led his troops to break Duyang Mountain, heading north, and sneaked into Pingliang City. Because Pingliang's troops were empty and he was not alert, Pingliang fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers in less than two hours.

When the news came, everyone was shocked. Gao Yingxiang and others were completely panicked. Even Niu Jinxing's face turned a little pale. Cao Bianjiao occupied Pingliang and blocked Gao Yingxiang's army's retreat north. It can be seen that the officers and soldiers were going to do their best to directly destroy Gao Yingxiang's rebel army. Niu Jinxing raised his lips and couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Is the appetite of the officers and soldiers too big?

At the same time, Zhang Dashou captured Ganquan City by the star of the sky, and Zhang Cunmeng also captured Sanshui County. The two of them advanced south at the same time and approached Xianyang City. In this case, only Yang He and Hong Chengchou brought their main force back to Xi'an Prefecture, and the others still did not move. At this time, Wang Ziyong was also a little anxious.

The officers and soldiers were ruthless and wanted to destroy Gao Yingxiang even if they lost some cities. Although they had a grudge against Gao Yingxiang, at this stage, both sides were prospering and both sides were losing. Wang Ziyong said that he could not watch Gao Yingxiang be destroyed. After thinking for a long time, he could only transfer Zhang Dashou back, lead 20,000 main force to advance westward, and attack Pingliang City forcibly.

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During the day, it was foggy. Gao Yingxiang led a group of troops to head north. His purpose was to cooperate with Zhang Dashou to take down the damn Pingliang City. However, along the way, Gao Yingxiang was always a little up and down. The surroundings were too quiet. The officers and soldiers actually watched him and Zhang Dashou besieged Pingliang. Isn’t this a bit unreasonable?

Suddenly, the rear became noisy, and within a short while, the team was completely in chaos. It turned out that the cavalry of Zhou Dingshan and Tuobuhua fought in two groups and directly cut Gao Yingxiang's army into two pieces. At the same time, a cannon sounded in front of him, and Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting had already been ambushing nearby.

Gao Yingxiang's troops had many troops, but they were completely dissatisfied. The sudden encounter and cavalry slashed and killed, and the result was imagined. Gao Yingxiang wanted to attack Pingliang City, but was intercepted and killed halfway, so he could only escape back to Fengxiang in a mess. The queen escaped and checked the casualties, but lost more than 3,000 people. Gao Yingxiang almost came up and suffocated to death.

Because Gao Yingxiang was attacked, Zhang Dashou, who was attacking Pingliang City, retreated twenty miles, fearing that the cavalry would come, so he followed Gao Yingxiang's footsteps.

Gao Yingxiang's failure this time was not only a matter of losing a little of his troops, but also allowed Gao Yingxiang to see the situation clearly. The officers and soldiers wanted to trap him, Mr. Gao, to death in Fengxiang, and as for Wang Ziyong, they ignored it at all.

In fact, Yang He did make up his mind this time. He followed the advice of Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou and others and wiped out Gao Yingxiang at all costs. For this reason, as long as Xi'an Prefecture is not lost, the rest of the country will be left to the king for trouble.

Now, Gao Yingxiang is already a little desperate. Perhaps, the near future will be his end of Gao Yingxiang.

Yang He and others were in a much better mood, and now they are waiting for the right opportunity to launch a general attack on Feng Xiang.
Chapter completed!