After disposing of Xiang Tianxing's body, Nan Yanxi began to direct the advancement of the two southwest fronts.
News of the great victory on the southern front had just come. Xiang's 150,000-strong southern army was almost defeated.
Only Xiang Yang escaped with 30,000 to 40,000 remaining soldiers. After being blocked at the Minjiang River, he led his troops to flee north.
Ye Zhiyu was well prepared and directly sent out cavalry to pursue and harass, killing numerous Xiang troops along the way.
Nan Yanxi was very satisfied with the war on the southern front and immediately issued an order asking them to pacify all the lands south of Dayan while pursuing Xiang Yang.
Pay special attention to the Yun family, a famous southern noble family in Dayan, and be sure to appease them first.
During the First Battle on the Western Front, after Xiang Tianxing died, Xiang Jun's Western Front Army was ambushed again, resulting in heavy casualties.
The 150,000-strong Xiang army was leaderless and was surrounded, divided and destroyed by the Ming army. Only the troops in less than three cities were left and fled back to Lizhou to establish a defense line.
He also sent people to contact the young master Xiang Yang and asked for his help.
Since the Western Front and the Southern Front were only separated by the Qinglian Mountains, the Xiang family's two front-line armies had no choice but to take a detour if they wanted to send people to contact them.
Nan Yanxi dispatched an elite squad early in the morning, ambush the Xiang army's liaison troops in advance, and intercepted and killed them along the way.
Xiang Jun's two legions saw that almost 80% of the liaison soldiers they sent were successfully intercepted and killed by them.
This also directly resulted in the two parties of Xiang Jun being in a semi-out of contact state. Both sides thought that the other party had not been attacked, and both wanted the other party to come to help.
At this time, Xiang Yang was suffering from the pursuit and harassment of the Ming army, and his army was exhausted in the mountains and forests.
And his army was also in a semi-collapsed state at this time. There were 40,000 people on the surface, but in fact, he could only command the 2,000 people around him.
All other troops were scattered in the mountains and forests, and their organization almost collapsed. The only reason why they haven't fled is that everyone knows the final destination.
They all yearned to march towards Lizhou, knowing that there were pursuers behind them and there were reinforcements in Lizhou, so it would be considered a victory when they got there.
Today, Xiang Yang led the remaining two thousand soldiers and marched for another hundred days. They did not set up camp until it was so dark that they could no longer see the road.
In the past few days, judging from the occasional news from the troops behind them, in addition to the Ming cavalry like dog-skin plaster, there should be at least 60,000 to 70,000 pursuing troops behind his team.
Xiang Yang knew that with his retreat, the entire southern border of Yan State was lost.
At that time, in order to fight against the Ming army, Xiang Yang mobilized almost all the garrison troops in his defense area.
Now that he was completely defeated and fled north, the southern territory, which accounted for almost one-third of Dayan's territory, was handed over to the Ming army.
The Ming army behind him was naturally very smart. One-third of the soldiers were assigned to pursue him, and the remaining two-thirds swept across the southern border as if they were in an uninhabited territory.
Listening to the reports from his men, Xiang Yang knew that the loss of the southern territory was a foregone conclusion.
After staring at the map of the southern border for a long time, Xiang Yang sighed: "Forget it, forget it, it's pointless to say anything now."
“We’ll just fight back if the territory is lost!”
At this point, the other generals had nothing to say and comforted each other: "Yes, young master, as the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood."
"Our Daxiang Kingdom has you and our lord, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future! Besides... the Southern Territory of Dayan is easy to conquer, but it is not that simple to govern."
"Huh huh... Not bad!" Xiang Yang sneered: "This Dayan is different from the previous Daxia. The famous noble families are too powerful."
"Especially the Yun family in the south. It can be said that...their words are more effective than the court's words in the entire southern border."
"After my father came to power, he could only adopt a gentle policy towards the Yun family."
As he spoke, he laughed and said: "Didn't their Ming Dynasty claim to be reforming? I also understood that it was nothing more than distributing the benefits that originally belonged to the nobles to the untouchables."
"It's easy to work on the land in Daxia, but when we come to Dayan... I'm afraid it won't be that easy!"
"Yes, young master!" Several generals around him agreed.
Among them, a general who seemed to be working behind the scenes said: "When we return to Lizhou and stabilize our position, the general will immediately start contacting the clans in the south, especially the Yun family."
"When the time comes, let's give him a way to cooperate inside and outside, so that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to sit firmly and stand up!"
"The Yun family is a famous family with deep roots and disciples all over the country and even the Central Plains. I don't believe that Nan Yanxi dares to risk the whole world and attack the Yun family!"
"Hmph! Of course he wouldn't dare!" Xiang Yang took a sip of tea: "But if he doesn't attack the Yun family, his new policy will not be implemented, and the foundation of the country will not be able to stand."
"But if he attacks the Yun family, those disciples and disciples will not have to fight against Nan Yanxi?"
"Such a good multiple-choice question, I want to see how he makes a choice!"
After saying this, Xiang Yang changed the topic and asked the soldiers around him: "Let me ask you, is there no news from my lord?"
"Uh... not yet, young master!" The soldier took two careful steps forward and replied, "It's not just that the liaison soldiers from my master have not come over."
"There is no news from the liaison soldiers we sent before. So far, they have only reported twice before the war started."
"The latest news is that my lord has received the news that the 30,000 people behind the Ming army were led by Nan Yanxi himself. My lord, he personally led the army to pursue them."
"Others...no news yet..."
"Well..." Xiang Yang frowned and sighed. In the past few days, the uneasiness in his heart had gradually increased.
There are many signs that the battle on the Western Front will not go so smoothly.
Putting aside all kinds of speculations, if the Western Front goes well and the Expeditionary Corps succeeds in Zhongzhou and expands its results, the Western Front Army will take advantage of the momentum to pursue it.
Then the two legions, one in Zhongzhou and the other in Dongzhou, should be connected.
At this time, Daming was stabbed hard in the heart. Even if their southern troops were too far away from Zhongzhou and could not rush for reinforcements, they should shrink their defense line and focus on defense at this time.
Why do you directly disperse your troops now, on the one hand to pursue yourself, and on the other hand to sweep through southern Xinjiang? It is completely an offensive state without any worries.
In addition, there has been no news from the Western Front Army, which only aggravates Xiang Yang's worries.
Several generals around him looked at each other, and one of them said: "Young Master...is it because the war on my Lord's side is not going well, and there is a stalemate with the Ming army?"
"They are fighting with all their strength and don't have the heart to contact us?"
"Or... is it because the enemy has placed elite troops between our two armies in advance? After all, there is the Qinglian Mountain Range in between..."
"If the liaison soldiers want to communicate with each other, they can only go around Jinji Ridge on the easternmost side. If the enemy had deployed a small elite army there to intercept and kill our communication scouts along the way, it would be entirely possible to cut off the connection between our two armies.