Chapter 124 Life-saving straw
Whether it was Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu or Ainengqi, they were shocked when they heard the news.
Although thousands of people in the Daxi Army surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in front of the battlefield, at most only half of them surrendered, and most of them were forced to surrender under the siege of all directions. Even if there were some examples of surrendering and returning to the fortunate system, there were only 180 people at most, and they were all insignificant cats and dogs.
The situation of Bai Wenxuan is completely different. Although he is nominally a subordinate of Sun Kewang, his status in the Daxi Army is actually second only to that of the four generals. Although he and Sun Kewang have a superior and subordinate relationship, they are actually a self-esteem. When he left Sichuan, he commanded tens of thousands of troops. Even though he suffered a lot in previous battles, he still commanded nearly ten thousand troops.
If Bai Wenxuan was attracted by the Zhongzhen Camp, the situation would inevitably be unimaginable. Moreover, the troops and horses that joined the Zhongzhen Camp and the Yue Ming Army were not only nearly 10,000 troops under Bai Wenxuan's troops, but with Bai Wenxuan's influence, there would definitely be thousands of Daxi Army being attracted by the Zhongzhen Camp.
Bai Wenxuan has long been Sun Kewang's most trusted subordinate, so Sun Kewang was the one who was hit the most. He immediately asked, "Is it impossible? I think Bai Wenxuan can trust me. Others can sell me Sun Kewang. Why did he beg him by the Loyal Camp without saying anything?"
Liu Wenxiu said earnestly: "The situation is different now. We must have the worst plan. If Bai Wenxuan is really attracted by the Jingzhou thieves, our Daxi Army will be completely unable to fight!"
He had more subtexts and couldn't say it out. In the past, no matter what, the Daxi Army wanted to negotiate with the Zhongzhen Camp and the Ming Dynasty. The representatives who came to negotiate were their four generals, at most they were just prime minister Wang Zhaoling, and even Empress Dowager Chen was just bargaining chips on the negotiating table.
However, after Bai Wenxuan's trouble, Liu Yongxi and Zhongzhen Camp could completely pass over their four generals and negotiate directly with the generals below. Their four generals' status in the Daxi Army would be devastating. Maybe their four generals could only control thousands of troops in the end.
When Sun Kewang heard Liu Wenxiu say this, he immediately made up his mind: "I'll go and have a good talk with Bai Wenxuan. He and I are brothers in trouble at least, so we must get together and part with each other!"
But Sun Kewang still had fantasies in his heart, thinking that Bai Wenxuan was attracted to the past by the Loyal Camp was just a rumor. Bai Wenxuan, as one of his most trusted generals, would definitely not betray him.
However, before Sun Kewang was released, Bai Wenxuan had sent a young general to apologize to Sun Kewang and the fourth generals: "General Pingdong, and all the generals, my generals are determined to take action first and then report to cooperate with Zhongzhen Camp. I failed to inform General Pingdong and all the generals in advance. My general sent me to admit his mistakes to everyone. Please understand his difficulties!"
Sun Kewang's heart was half cold. He didn't expect that Bai Wenxuan was really pulled over by the Loyal Camp, so he could only roar: "Huo Qiu, what does Bai Wenxuan mean? Bai Wenxuan and I, Sun Kewang are friends of life and death. With me, Sun Kewang, I, would never let Bai Wenxuan be hungry. Why did Bai Wenxuan abandon me now!"
Bai Wenxuan was attracted by the Zhongzhen Camp in the past. The attack on the Daxi Army and Sun Kewang was not inferior to Zhang Xianzhong's death. After all, Bai Wenxuan was already the core figure of the Daxi Army, and his influence on his submission to the Ming Army of Yue was too great.
But Bai Wenxuan also had a big reason to join Zhongzhen Camp: "General Pingdong, isn't it enough for us people in northern Shaanxi to kill each other over the years? What kind of heroic figures, such as Long Sui Ye, have died in killing each other. What good ending will be like if we continue to kill each other like this? Our general is now working with Zhongzhen Camp, not planning to join Ming and Chengtian, nor will he attack General Pingdong and his former brothers! He is still that good man!"
Bai Wenxuan can be said to have left enough mercy for himself. He told the fourth general that he was only working with the Zhongzhen Camp of the remnants of the Dashun Army, who were also from northern Shaanxi, and not to join the Chengtian Dynasty and Yue Ming Army. Moreover, he is just withdrawing from the battlefield now and is not ready to act as an accomplice of the Yue Ming Army to launch an attack on his former comrades.
But whether it is Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ainengqi, they all know that Bai Wenxuan is pure and beautiful. As the saying goes, since Bai Wenxuan has fallen into the water and cooperates with Zhongzhen Camp, he will sooner or later become a member of the Ming army of Yue, and sooner or later he will bow to Emperor Chengtian. If Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ainengqi continue to fight against the Ming army of Yue, Zhongzhen Camp, Bai Wenxuan will definitely go on the battle personally.
The most important thing is not that Bai Wenxuan took away nearly 10,000 troops, but that he, as the mainstay of the Daxi Army second only to the fourth general, was attracted by the Zhongzhen Camp. What do the generals who commanded hundreds and thousands of people below think?
After all, the opposite side is neither Zuo Liangyu's army, who has a deep blood hatred with the Daxi Army, nor the Qing army hated it to the core, but the Zhongzhen Camp, Zhongxin Town and Zhongyong Brigade in northern Shaanxi, these are all old friends!
Therefore, Sun Kewang was obviously very disappointed with Bai Wenxuan, but he still gave Bai Wenxuan enough face in front of Huo Qiu: "I knew that Bai Wenxuan was a good man. Since I was a friend of life and death, there would definitely be a beginning and an end. If you go back, let Bai Wenxuan be at 100 hearts, my Sun Kewang guarantees that he will be in trouble!"
But Sun Kewang is actually slapping the fat man in the face. Bai Wenxuan left the entire Western Army now, people are unstable. Not to mention Sun Kewang, even if Zhang Xianzhong is in resurrection, even if Zhang Xianzhong is in resurrection, there are no few people who are asking for information or sending people to Zhongzhen Camp to negotiate conditions, and directly dragging the team over or announcing the cooperation of Zhongzhen Camp.
Now Sun Kewang can only place all his hopes on Wang Zhaoling: "Since Wang Zhaoling is preparing to use the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager to clean up the traitors, now is the time for him to take action, why did he suddenly stop pressing his troops?"
Regarding marching and fighting, Wang Zhaoling did not learn even one percent of the skills of the four generals, but in terms of murder and cleaning, the four generals combined were not as good as Wang Zhaoling's. However, although Wang Zhaoling shouted harsh words, he was now scared and dared not kill anyone.
Under this situation, the four generals felt that the offensive of the Yue Ming army was becoming more and more fierce. Although Zhongzhen Camp and the Yue Ming army did not launch a large-scale offensive, the total casualties of the two sides in the past few days did not exceed 500 people, the four generals had never been so desperate.
Even in the 13th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong and the Daxi Army suffered a devastating blow from Zuo Liangyu in Agate Mountain, and countless soldiers were damaged. Zhang Xianzhong's nine wives and concubines were captured by Zuo Liangyu in one breath, but the situation was not as bad as today.
After the war on Agate Mountain, the soldiers of Xiying were still united and focused on breaking through the siege and quickly recovered their vitality. However, now the Xiying has been demoralized and the people are dispersed. Everyone thinks that cooperation with Zhongzhen Camp is the best way out.
Of course, "cooperation with the Zhongzhen Camp" is just a cover-up for surrender in front of the battlefield. Now Sun Kewang found that the situation was almost at a loss, so he could only place all his hopes on the Qing army in the north: "Everyone hold on for a few more days, I guess that Prince Ajige of the Qing Kingdom, who heard the news that we were trapped in Yiling, would definitely send troops to launch a large-scale expedition. As long as the Qing soldiers headed south, we would have a way out!"
In the past, Sun Kewang could still have the idea of fighting to the death with the Ming army, but now the Western Army has reached a dilemma of not being able to move and supply interruption. He felt that the only hope was that Ajige launched a large-scale southern expedition.
But Liu Wenxiu said bluntly: "We are in a desperate situation now. Can the Qing army take grain from the fire and launch a large-scale southern expedition for us? I guess they must have run away first!"
Li Dingguo's speech was even more amazing: "If our Xiying relies on the Qing army to go south to escape, then our Xiying might as well surrender to Emperor Chengtian and Zhongzhen Camp. After all, our Xiying is all Han people, and our brothers would rather die in the wilderness than serve Jianlu, let alone cooperate with old friends in Zhongzhen Camp."
However, Sun Kewang was unwilling to surrender to Chengtian Dynasty or cooperate with Zhongzhen Camp. After all, after Zhang Xianzhong's death, he ranked first among the four generals. Although his status was temporarily below Wang Zhaoling, he was indeed the number one figure in the Great Western Dynasty and had the opportunity to take over Zhang Xianzhong's throne.
Since there was such a god-given opportunity, Sun Kewang naturally did not want to surrender: "Let's wait and see, I think Ajige will definitely lead the troops south! As long as the Qing army goes south, we will have a chance!"
Ajige and the Qing soldiers' journey southward had become Sun Kewang's life-saving straw.
As for Ajige and all the Qing army Beile, Beizi didn't expect that Zhang Xianzhong would die at the hands of an unknown soldier without any suspense: "How is this possible? It's impossible. Zhang Xianzhong is a top thief who is famous all over the world. He broke through many strong winds and rains, how could he die at the hands of an unknown spearman? And he had only been on the run for half a day to die at the hands of this soldier named Xu Zhen!"
Although Ajige completely did not believe the news from the south, the scout who reported the news reported it reported that it was a true news: "Prince Ying, the news from the south said so. Now the 200,000 Western Army is trapped in the deep mountains between Huguang and Sichuan, and the Wanzhou behind them has been recovered by the Ming army. Now the Western Army is in a desperate situation, and surrenders are one after another. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons can't hold on anymore!"
Seeing that Ajige was a little disbelief, Wu Sangui, who had more or less dealt with the Daxi Army, quickly added: "If Zhang Xianzhong died of a thief, the Xiying would indeed collapse. After all, as long as Zhang Xianzhong is still alive, even if there are only dozens of outlaws around him, the Xiying still has the fighting spirit and will soon recover, but if Zhang Xianzhong is gone..."
Chapter completed!