"Commander, retreat quickly. If you don't retreat, you will be surrounded."

They protected Wang Xiang from the left and right and retreated to Wujiang Pass. After counting the troops and horses, there were only more than 20,000 remaining soldiers.

Wang Xiang urgently ordered his second son Wang Qitun to send troops to help. Wang Qitun was shocked when he heard the news and ordered Liu Zhifu to lead 10,000 troops for reinforcements.

"Quick, prepare golden soup, hot oil, and stones, and recruit the people to guard the pass."

Wang Xiang plans to defend Wujiang Pass.

It can't be defended! The reason why Wujiang Pass is difficult to defeat is because there is a natural barrier on the Wujiang River to rely on. The Ming army has crossed the Wujiang River, but the natural barrier is no longer there. Wang Xiang's army has suffered a new defeat and its morale is low. How can it be defended?

Soon, Li Dingguo's pursuers arrived, defeated Wang Xiang's army again, and captured Wujiang Pass.

Marshal Wang fled in despair. He was miserable and miserable. He fled to a temple near Zheng'an.

Ask around: "What is the name of this temple?"

"Commander, this is Nanyue Temple."

"Alas," Wang Xiang sighed, "Let's go in and rest for a while."

Before he could finish his words, the shouts of killing broke out, and the pursuers surrounded Nanyue Temple.

"Don't leave the thief Chief Wang Xiang!"

"Whoever kills Wang Xiang will be promoted to one rank and rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."

The shouts kept coming and going.

Wang Xiang was furious and roared sadly: "I am nicknamed 'Little Overlord'. Xiang Yu was defeated by Wujiang River in the past, and this is also Wujiang River. I was so powerful in Sichuan back then. Unexpectedly, no one came to help me today, and I no longer want to survive!"
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He suddenly got up and galloped into the Ming army. After killing dozens of people, he was exhausted and returned to Nan'an Temple to commit suicide at the age of forty-three.

Liu Zhifu's reinforcements arrived and saw broken soldiers everywhere. He looked for a few broken soldiers and asked, "Where is the commander-in-chief?"

"At Nanyue Temple in Zheng'an".

Liu Zhifu rushed to Nanyue Temple and killed the pursuers, but only found Wang Xiang's body.

I couldn't help but scream: "Commander! It's too late!"

Cries of killing arose everywhere, and another Ming army chased after him.

Liu Zhifu did not dare to stay for a long time, so he took the body to the bank of Wujiang River and burned it. The ashes were divided into two parts, one part was buried on the bank of the river, and the other part was taken back to Zunyi and given to the Xiong family.

In later generations, there was a tomb on the bank of Wujiang River, which was commonly referred to as the tomb of the Bawang of Western Chu. I did not know that it was also the tomb of Wang Xiang.

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Legend has it that when a person is extremely sad, there will be no tears.

After Liu Zhifu fled back to Zunyi, he handed Wang Xiang's urn to Xiong, who didn't shed a single tear.

She held the urn and stroked it silently, and the memories buried in her heart shuttled back and forth in her mind.

That year, she was sixteen and he was nineteen. After he finished practicing boxing, he was hungry and stared at the bacon and fish hanging in front of the shop. She smiled and gave him a small bag full of bacon.

The snack box, blushing with embarrassment, ran away quickly.

He was bullied by the second housekeeper of Wang Yingxiong's house, and he was depressed. He sat blankly on the steps of the courtyard alone, stunned. She suddenly appeared and comforted him, "Don't give up on yourself, he will become a pillar of the country in his old age!"

On that day, he went to take the martial arts exam, and before leaving he swore to her that if he won, he would come and marry her. She secretly ran to offer incense to the Buddha, and begged him to bless him and ensure that he would go to high school.

"Madam," Liu Zhifu whispered, bringing Xiong back to reality.

The dead are gone, and the living must struggle for survival!

"Madam, the Ming army is about to attack the city. The commander-in-chief is gone and people are panicking. Should we invite the eldest son to come back and take charge of the overall situation?"

Xiong glanced at Liu Zhifu gratefully. The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough grass knows the honest minister. After Wang Xiang's defeat, all the generals only focused on fleeing for their own lives, but Liu Zhifu came back after snatching Wang Xiang's ashes. After Wang Xiang died in the battle, people's hearts were filled with ulterior motives.

Liu Zhifu tried his best to stabilize the crisis. Without him, I don’t know how many people would have wanted to sell their mothers and children for glory.

"General Liu Shen, please quickly recruit Bao'er, Jun'er and General Wang Mingchen to return to defend Zunyi."

"Yes, ma'am."

Xiong thought for a while: "In addition, I will secretly send people to negotiate with the Ming army and tell Fan Youxian that if he is willing to give my children a way out, Zunyi is willing to surrender to the imperial court. This matter must be done in secret to avoid shaking the morale of the army."
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"Madam, don't worry, you will be saved."

Liu Zhifu took the order and retreated to the door, but was suddenly called by Mr. Xiong.

Xiong said a deep blessing to Liu Zhifu, "Thank you so much for these days, General Liu Shen!"

Liu Zhifu's eyes were sore, "Madam, don't worry, I will protect my wife and young master to the death!"

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Fan Youxian, the Rongshan Division of Bozhou Prefecture, set up camp. Fan Youxian received the envoy sent by the Xiong family.

"What did Mrs. Wang say when she asked you to come?"

"My wife has sent me to ask the commander-in-chief to surrender. If the commander-in-chief is willing to spare the lives of all the young masters, my wife is willing to do so and surrender."

Fan Youxian sneered in his heart, what qualifications does a defeated person have to negotiate terms with me?

He said to the envoy in a deep voice: "You go back and tell Mrs. Wang that the young masters are relatives of the criminal generals. I have no right to decide their life and death. They must be judged by the prisoner. If she finds out that she has gone astray, she must return to the court as soon as possible. I will

Please plead with the prison state on her behalf as appropriate. Whether she lives or dies depends entirely on fate."

The envoy received the order and returned. As soon as he left, Fan Youxian summoned the generals for discussion.

"The Xiong family has been unwilling to surrender, just because they still have some soldiers and horses. The bandit general Wang Mingchen's troops on the eastern front are currently stationed in Meitan County. I want to wipe out all these Wang Mingchen, but all the kings are tired after fighting for a long time.

, can we still fight again?"

"The final general is willing to fight to the death with the commander!"

"Okay! This looks like the general of our Ming Dynasty!"

Fan Youxian ordered Pi Xiong and Wu Bangxian to lead 20,000 troops to cross the Meitan River, seize the Sandu Pass, and cut off Wang Mingchen's westward escape from Zunyi; he led Yang Guangqian, Ma Wannian and other generals, and led 40,000 troops to pursue Wang Mingchen.<

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After receiving the order from Xiong, Wang Mingchen led his troops to abandon Meitan City and flee to Zunyi.

Fleeing to Sandu Pass, I found that this pass had been seized by Ming generals Pi Xiong and Wu Bangxian.

Wang Mingchen cried out in pain and had to lead his troops to attack Sandu Pass in an attempt to open up a way to escape to Zunyi.

After attacking for a long time without defeat, Fan Youxian's pursuers arrived.

"Kill!"

The cry of killing reaches the sky, and Ming troops are all around.

"Abandon weapons and avoid death!"

With the shouts and shouts, the subordinates who were surrounded no longer had any fighting spirit and surrendered one after another.

"Alas! This is destiny!"

Wang Mingchen sighed, threw away the knife in his hand, knelt down and asked for surrender.

Wang Chipu and Wang Chitun led their troops to flee back to Zunyi. Including the defenders in the city, there are still 60,000 defenders in Zunyi City. If the tens of thousands of horses and horses of the king's ministers on the eastern front can be withdrawn, and 100,000 people can gather in Zunyi, it may not be impossible.

War.

"Report! Young Master, General Wang Mingchen was defeated and captured!"

Wang Chichuan felt dizzy for a while, then regained his composure, gritting his teeth, "Pass my general's order to recruit all the people in the city to come to the city to defend the city together. Zunyi will fight to the last soldier."

"Pu'er", with a soft call, Mr. Xiong walked in, his face as calm as water.

"Now that the matter has come to this, why let the people of Zunyi be buried with my family? Just order the surrender!"

The second young master, Wang Qilun, refused to accept it and said, "Mother, my son is still capable of fighting!"

"Shut up," Xiong glared, "A man can afford to lose!"

Wang Chichuan advised Wang Chitun, "Second brother, listen to your mother and surrender!"

The city gate of Zunyi slowly opened. Generals Xiong, Wang Qicui, Wang Qilun, and Liu Zhifu knelt beside the city gate. The 60,000-strong army all took off their armor, which was quite a spectacle.

Fan Youxian rode on a tall bay-red horse and entered the city triumphantly.

"Hey", the bay-red horse stopped in front of Xiong.

"Are you Wang Xiang's wife, Mrs. Xiong?"

"Exactly the sinner".

"Wang Xiang is plotting rebellion, why don't you dissuade him?"

"I have repeatedly advised my husband not to be an enemy of the imperial court, but I have refused to listen, which has led to today's humiliation. I beg the Commander-in-Chief to spare Quanzi's life for the sake of the sinners waiting to sacrifice the city and surrender!"

Fan Youxian pondered for a moment.

"I beg the Commander-in-Chief to have mercy and spare the lives of his wife and young master."
To be continued...