The city gate of Nanyang was wide open, Jin Shenghuan tied himself up, and was taken out of the city by a group of soldiers who had put down their weapons, and surrendered to the new army formation.

"We are willing to surrender to the court!" Jin Shenghuan and a group of officers and soldiers knelt in front of Zhao Peng.

"Tiger Talisman, get up quickly!" Zhao Peng personally untied the rope on Jin Shenghuan's body and helped him up. "We are all ministers of the court. It is our duty to be loyal to the court and His Majesty."

"Thank you for your love!" Jin Shenghuan kowtowed and thanked him quickly.

Zhao Peng said again: "The tiger fu was originally stationed in Fengyang, and he should lead his army back to Fengyang to garrison."

"Why let the last general return to Fengyang?" Jin Shenghuan asked.

Zhao Peng smiled and said, "Can Hu Fu want to meet your old lord?"

Jin Shenghuan said: "Of course I don't want to do it. Although Zuo Menggeng is not a good person, he is the descendant of the former general. Thinking of the great kindness and virtue of the old master, the last general cannot meet Zuo Menggeng in war."

"Isn't that all?" Zhao Peng nodded, "So you can return to Fengyang with your troops. Just leave it to Ben Bo. When you see Zuo Menggeng on the battlefield, Ben Bo can give Zuo Menggeng a way out for the sake of the tiger talisman, General Ma and others."

In fact, after defeating Zuo Menggeng, as long as Li Guoying and others were captured, it would be fine if Zuo Menggeng was let go and let him escape and defect to the Qing Dynasty. If Zuo Menggeng was beaten to the commander of the Qing Dynasty, would Dorgon still use him? A warlord leader who lost his value and no soldiers at hand was considered a grace to him.

In the original historical time and space, after Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, his army was immediately incorporated into the Green Camp Army by the Qing army. Li Guoying and others under his command were all valued by the Qing court, but Zuo Menggeng himself only got a free position and was left behind by the Qing court. However, his subordinates produced a bunch of "famous generals" of the Qing camp, such as Li Guoying, Zhang Yingyuan, Xu Yong, Xu Yuxian, Lu Guangzu, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Chang Deng, Hao Xiaozhong and other "famous generals" of the Qing Dynasty. They were these green camp generals who became the vanguards of the destruction of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

According to Zhao Peng's request, Jin Shenghuan left Nanyang, led his troops to Fengyang, and handed Nanyang to Zhao Peng.

Zuo Menggeng's 200,000 troops continued to walk slowly north, but halfway through, the two generals Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng unknowingly left the team and fell far behind. In this way, Zuo Menggeng lost more than 20,000 people at once.

In fact, Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng had long been unwilling to join forces with Zuo Menggeng's surrender to the Qing Dynasty. After Wang Quan's gentle persuasion, they quietly left the team. The two of them led their 20,000 people to leave Zuo Menggeng.

After Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng left the Zuo family army, they immediately led their troops south and moved away from the Zuo family army as fast as possible. When Zuo Menggeng learned that the two generals had fled, Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng had fled back to Hubei, and soon crossed the Yangtze River and entered Wuchang.

Misfortune never came alone. During the march, Hui Dengxiang died of illness, which caused Zuo Menggeng to lose another general.

Yuan Jixian, the governor of Huguang who was held hostage by Zuo Menggeng, learned on the way that Zuo Menggeng was going to tie him up to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. So Yuan Jixian cursed Zuo Menggeng. Then, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Zuo family army, he jumped into a river and committed suicide to his country.

After Yuan Jixian's death, the soldiers of the Dianbiao camp who were held hostage also disappeared, which reduced Zuo Menggeng another eight thousand elite troops. On the way, the soldiers of the Zuo family army gradually disappeared, especially Hui Dengxiang, who died of illness. He had no leader under his command, and most of the soldiers were separated.

The Zuo family army had 200,000 troops, but before they could reach Nanyang, they had already left more than 50,000 people. At this time, Zuo Menggeng had only less than 150,000 troops left.

When the Ye Bugu, who was monitoring Zuo Menggeng, who was monitoring Zuo Menggeng, reported the enemy situation back, Zhao Peng laughed: "Zuo Menggeng is known as the army of 800,000, but in fact, there are only 200,000. These 200,000 are still a mob! One quarter of the loss is halfway through the way!"

Next, Zhao Peng handed over Nanyang City to Gao Jie's general Gao Jinku, and left 20,000 auxiliary troops to assist Gao Jinku. Zhao Peng himself brought 30,000 elite new troops and 30,000 auxiliary troops, left Nanyang, and prepared to surround Zuo Menggeng. The elite new army of the Ming Dynasty was good at field battles. If it was used to defend the city, it would be a waste.

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Shaowu, the new army, who had been resting in Nanyang for half a month, was waiting for the New Year in Nanyang. On this day, the cavalry did not stop at night and sent the military information of Zuo Menggeng's army to arrive.

Zuo Menggeng's army, in the middle of the marching team, a fast horse was galloping to Zuo Menggeng's flagship flag without collecting it overnight, and turned over and dismounted. He knelt on one knee and reported to Zuo Menggeng: "Young Master, there are only twenty miles left to Nanyang City."

"Dear brothers!" Zuo Menggeng opened his voice and shouted loudly, "It's only twenty miles away from Nanyang City! Everyone, work harder and enter Nanyang City to have a good rest! We will celebrate the New Year in Nanyang City. After the New Year, I will take everyone to join the glory and wealth!"

"Okay! OK!" A fanatical cheer came from the Zuo family's army crowd.

Since setting off from Wuchang, the Zuo family army has been walking for nearly two months. Over the past two months, all the way has been a desolate Jingxing. Along the way, there are no villages in front and no shops in the back. The originally prosperous Central Plains area has become a no-man's area due to years of war, natural disasters and man-made disasters.

There were two completely different scenes in the north and south of the Yangtze River back then. The south bank of the Yangtze River was a prosperous and prosperous scene, but crossing the Yangtze River was a desolate scene of thousands of miles of uninhabited people. Especially after passing Hubei and entering Henan, there were even white bones everywhere, and there was no green on the ground. Even the bark was eaten up along the way.

Along the way, several county towns have become empty cities without people, but Nanyang is a prefecture located between hills. Due to the influence of the humid air in the mountains of southern Shaanxi, there is still a lot of arable land near Nanyang. It is said that there is still a rich product here. If the Zuo family army enters Nanyang Prefecture City, they can rest and celebrate the New Year, and then go north to the Qing Dynasty after the New Year.

However, when Zuo Menggeng's army arrived at the city of Nanyang, the "Jin" at the top of the city suddenly fell down, and the "Zhao" and "Gao" suddenly raised the flags.

"Not good!" Zuo Menggeng Jing shouted, "When will Zhao Peng, the eagle claw grandson come to Nanyang?"

Gao Jinku appeared on the top of the city: "Zuo Menggeng, I am waiting here for a long time by the order of my lord! If you want to surrender to slaves in the north, you will not be able to break through Nanyang!"

Gao Jinku, the former general of Gao Jie, is now Zhao Peng's subordinate. Gao Jinku is an extremely good general. In the original historical time and space, Gao Jinku was stationed in Ganzhou after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, blocking the attacks between Li Chengdong and Jin Shenghuan, resulting in a large number of generals suffering tragic failures, and the first achievement of the Southern Ming Dynasty failed.

However, in this time and space, Gao Jinku will no longer surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but will become Zhao Peng's loyal general. With Gao Jinku stationed in Nanyang, no matter how many Zuo Menggeng has, he will never be able to pass through Nanyang.

Zuo Menggeng's general Li Guoying was furious and asked to come forward and shout: "Gao Jinku! You are just a dog under Gao Jie! Now Gao Jie is not aware of the current affairs and has been killed. You are a dog for the court's Eagle Claw Sun again!"

Gao Jinku laughed: "Li Guoying, if you want to fight, you can fight. If you don't fight, please retreat to Wuchang! Don't talk nonsense!"

Li Guoying yelled: "Gao Jinku, if you have the ability, you can go out of the city to fight. What kind of guy is he hiding in the hard city when he is a turtle?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Gao Jinku laughed, "There are more than 10,000 people under the command of Labor and Capital. How can I fight with your 800,000 troops? Only 10,000 men, it's no problem to defend Nanyang! Li Guoying, if you know the truth, you should surrender as soon as possible, so as not to prevent my lord from coming, and your head on your neck will not be able to be saved!"
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