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In June of 1635, the eighth year of Chongzhen, the soldiers of the Salvation Army were divided into several routes and brazenly attacked Huguang.

The army was led by Wang Chao himself, starting from Xing'an in Shaanxi, passing Xunyang, going east along the Han River, and entering Yunyang Prefecture in Huguang.

Led by Wang Dahu, the army started from Qutangwei in Sichuan, passed Wushan along the Yangtze River, and entered Jingzhou Prefecture.

At the same time, Li Yu and Wang Shi led their troops into Chenzhou Prefecture and Jingzhou from Guizhou.

A total of four armies attacked Huguang together.

Because in order to encircle and suppress the rebel forces led by Gao Yingxiang, most of the troops in Huguang were transferred to the border area between Huguang, Henan and Nanzhili.

This led to the emptiness of the southern part of Huguang?

Countless chains bound it, and not a single bit of dragon energy leaked out.

As for artillery, it is not inferior to ordinary missiles.

One day they occupied Shangjin, one day they occupied Yunxi, and one day they occupied Yunyang Prefecture.

In less than half a month, they had occupied the two prefectures and began to enter other prefectures in Huguang.

Wang Shi and Wang Dahu only sent a small force to attack Jingzhou Xuanwei Office and Yuezhou Prefecture respectively.

At this time, it can be said that everyone in the Ming Dynasty had received the news.

Faced with the killing-like Wang Dahu and the People's Rescue Army, the remaining 300,000 soldiers did not have the courage to resist at all.

After the reinforcements entered Nanzhili, they were immediately hit head-on by the rescue army led by Wang Dahu.

At this point, facing the black muzzles of guns and the cold looks of the Salvation Army, they finally came to their senses.

Unfortunately, they were facing the strongest people's army and dynasty in the world, which had countless guns and artillery.

Especially after seeing the speed at which the country's fortune and territory were disappearing, he almost vomited blood again. What were those defenders doing? Were they all useless?

Chongzhen intended to split the dragon energy clones again and attack the rescue army.

Not to mention facing the People's Salvation Army.

It can be said that Yingtian Prefecture is extremely important and must not be lost.

It can be said that at that time the Ming Dynasty was on the verge of collapse and had entered the countdown to its demise.

They have been trapped in the middle.

If the main offensive target of the People's Salvation Army was not to continue to move eastward, they would probably not be able to defend these four places.

Although after Gao Yingxiang and his troops entered Shaanxi, Lu Xiangsheng and others, after some discussion, led most of the troops eastward and returned to Henan to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong and other troops.

After basically encircling and suppressing the rebel army, Hong Chengchou had already withdrawn to train his troops again.

Not to mention an army of 100,000, even if he had a million more, it wouldn't make much sense.

On the contrary, it was Chongzhen who realized something was wrong first.

However, in order to guard against Gao Yingxiang's counterattack, Yunyang Prefecture still had a garrison of nearly 100,000 troops.

At this time, what could they use to stop the Salvation Army's attack on Huguang?

In just one month, the Salvation Army had occupied most of the vast area of Huguang. Only Shizhouwei and the surrounding area were still struggling to hold on under the resistance of Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu.

At the first moment, Chongzhen issued several orders, urgently ordering Lu Xiangsheng to go south to suppress the bandits, and also ordered Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu to resist the rescue army.

Anyway, even if the Salvation Army occupied the city, they would only target high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. These low-level soldiers would just become civilians.

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of four provinces, did not bother to suppress Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, and immediately led his troops to rescue Huguang.

In addition, there was no reinforcement and food supplies were scarce.

The southern provinces and Yingtian Prefecture were mobilizing troops to prepare to resist the attack of the Salvation Army.

"Business as usual!"

Therefore, even if Chongzhen issued an imperial edict, they would most likely not be able to receive it.

Isn't this what they have always desired?

In the Ming Dynasty, how difficult was it to change from military registration to civilian registration?

And now, all of this is within reach.

However, they did know that the People's Salvation Army had already attacked eastward. After all, they were right next door, and their main target of defense was the People's Salvation Army in Sichuan.

In August, Lu Xiangsheng rushed all the way to the north of the secondary capital Yingtian Prefecture, across the river from Yingtian Prefecture.

A thousand-foot-long golden dragon of national destiny circled above the dynasty's head, and endless golden clouds of dragon energy spread out, suppressing all hostile transcendents.

It was precisely because of the previous battle record that most of the cities that Wang Chao and his men passed through surrendered.

From a spiritual perspective, in the entire western part of Huguang, a bright yellow force of national destiny is rolling eastward, rapidly covering Huguang.

At this time, the two of them were extremely discouraged, and they already knew the final outcome.

On the other side, Wang Chao had led his troops into Southern Zhili and was approaching Yingtian Prefecture.

On July 20, Wang Chao's army besieged Nanjing, and Wang Dahu began to lead his troops to recover the Nanzhili area south of the Yangtze River.

However, he was worried that he would be swallowed up by the golden dragon of national destiny of the People's Salvation Army again.

Wang Dahu, who went down the Yangtze River, encountered stronger resistance.

The only four places still under their control were Shizhou Wei, Yongshun Xuanwei Office, Jingzhou Xuanwei Office, and Yuezhou Prefecture. The surrounding areas had been occupied by the Salvation Army.

If this weren't the case in domestic territory, and the dynasty had repeatedly warned against excessive killing, there would probably not be many left of the 400,000 reinforcements.

To be honest, the Ming army that the dynasty faced was the most powerful force.

How could Chongzhen not notice such a huge change?

He immediately communicated with the Golden Dragon of National Destiny and checked the situation in the Huguang region from the perspective of the Golden Dragon of National Destiny.

Faced with the guard of 5,000 people's salvation soldiers, no one dared to act rashly.

In the end, Wang Dahu and his men captured more than 200,000 prisoners, and less than 100,000 escaped.

Even so, it caused nearly 50,000 casualties, and it can be said that there were corpses everywhere and rivers of blood.

Wang Chao had no chance to attack at all. After their true energy was suppressed, the Ming army on the opposite side had no ability to resist guns and bullets. They were like lambs to be slaughtered.

By then, the only areas truly controlled by the Ming Dynasty would be Northern Zhili, where the capital was located, and the three provinces of Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong.

Without the support of the grassroots soldiers, how could the high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen resist the ferocious and ferocious Salvation Army?

If you surrender obediently, you may survive, but if you resist to the death, you will die and your clan will be destroyed.

Under normal circumstances, it is extremely difficult for 5,000 people to guard more than 200,000 prisoners, and it is normal for them to rebel and mutiny again.

These places are where the largest number of troops are stationed, and 90% of the 100,000 troops are stationed here.

For a moment, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel very anxious.

After seeing the Salvation Army, they either fled or surrendered.

However, although he was somewhat hesitant about whether to split the dragon energy and the golden dragon clone, Chongzhen did not hesitate to send troops to encircle and suppress.

Over a period of more than ten days, at least tens of thousands of people were beheaded, their property was confiscated, and their families were all forced to do hard labor.

Is the Ming Dynasty, which has lost more than two-thirds of its territory, still the Ming Dynasty?

Not to mention, there were peasant uprising armies such as Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng in Henan and Shandong.

However, he could also see some traces of the Salvation Army.

As Li Yu and Wang Shi marched along, there was almost no city that could resist. After a few bombardments, they surrendered.

But they had to save him.

However, ordinary soldiers at the bottom of the society do not have this thought.

Although the two detachments were not strong, they were still able to overwhelm the Ming army.

If the salvation army occupied Yingtian Prefecture and deployed defenses along the Yangtze River, the Ming Dynasty would be completely divided.

Wang Chao did not have a good impression of them, so naturally he did not have a good face towards them.

As they watched in fear, Wang Chao uttered only one sentence.

The speed of the advance was even faster than the Ming army's request for help.

However, after the Ming Dynasty's national destiny there was swallowed up and assimilated, it became a black hole for Chongzhen, and he could no longer observe it.

It’s a pity that they don’t have the final say on all this.

However, the attack speed of the rescue army was too fast. By the time they received the news, Wang Shi had already occupied Changde Prefecture again.

Although, many people also saw the purpose of the dynasty, which was just to surround and round up the enemy and prepare to destroy the Ming Dynasty's vitality in one fell swoop.

Going down along the Han River, they captured Junzhou and Zuoqiying along the way. On the third day, they also occupied Xiangyang Prefecture, and later occupied various prefectures and counties in Xiangyang Prefecture.

Everything Wang Chao said remained the same, but he was not talking to them, but was an instruction to the Salvation Army.

Seeing that he could not break through the defense of the People's Salvation Army, Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to lead his troops eastward, hoping to block the People's Salvation Army's way before it entered Southern Zhili.

Therefore, the attack of the two can be said to be extremely smooth.

Perhaps those high-ranking officials are willing to resist the attack of the Salvation Army.

The 400,000 troops assembled from several southern provinces were defeated in one attack by 5,000 cavalry led by Wang Dahu. They were chased for dozens of miles and countless were killed and captured.

However, when he arrived, the entire northern part of Huguang had been occupied by the Salvation Army. He had led his troops to attack several times, but to no avail, and instead suffered heavy casualties.

In October, after receiving the news that the reinforcements had been defeated, the morale of the defending troops in Yingtian Prefecture plummeted and they no longer had the courage to resist.

Then, they were arrested and guarded by a group of ferocious and ferocious Salvation Army soldiers.

However, all this takes time.

Three days later, they occupied the entire Yunyang Prefecture.

However, they were already frightened by the killing spree led by Wang Dahu.

However, facing Wang Dahu's military formations and guns, the Ming troops along the way did not have much resistance. In just over half a month, they had occupied Jingzhou Prefecture.

Especially Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu.

On October 5, ministers from the six ministries in Nanjing, as well as princes and nobles, opened the city and surrendered.

Not to mention, just by looking at the place where the national destiny was swallowed up and disappeared, one can guess that this was the attack launched by the People's Salvation Army.

As a result, Wang Chao was almost reaching Yingtian Prefecture, and he had just arrived in Nanzhili.

In November, batches of Ming Dynasty dignitaries were dragged to Caishikou and beheaded in public.

After occupying this place, Wang Chao immediately divided his troops to sweep across Yunyang Prefecture and advance into Xiangyang Prefecture.

After hearing this, the surrendered officials and royal nobles were stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed.

In September, reinforcements mobilized from various southern provinces finally arrived outside Nanzhili, preparing to rescue the secondary capital Yingtianfu from siege.

The national destiny of the Ming Dynasty was being rapidly absorbed and assimilated.

Moreover, if combined with the military formation and with the blessing of the dynasty's mobilization of national destiny, each person's firearm would be comparable to a machine gun.

What Wang Chao and his men have to do is to take over the city.

While the Salvation Army marched eastward to attack Huguang, Hong Chengchou was discussing spiritual practice with Qin Liangyu in Shizhouwei.

However, they have reached their limit. The newly formed extraordinary troops, including those who died, were captured, and escaped, have lost more than half, leaving less than 20,000 people.

However, the Salvation Army had just arrived and had not yet had time to attack the occupied areas. Although the national destiny was also led by the Salvation Army, it disrupted the surrounding weather, making it impossible for Chongzhen to see the details.

Even with the personal command of Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu, and the extraordinary army they formed, the results were still not optimistic, and they kept losing ground.

He had fought across the river several times, but each time he suffered heavy casualties and returned in defeat.

The golden dragon of national destiny above the capital began to wail and roar towards the southwest. The dragon energy surged around it, but it had no effect.

Troops of Jiangnan.

Well, we haven't seen war for a long time and have neglected training.

It's okay to bully ordinary people, but once they encounter regular troops, they will be defeated at the first blow.

Therefore, even though the dynasty had occupied the two prefectures, Lu Xiangsheng had not yet received the news that the Salvation Army had sent troops to attack Huguang, and was still searching for Zhang Xianzhong in Henan and encircling and suppressing him.

Afterwards, the dynasty began to deploy defenses along the Yangtze River, preparing to attack Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

He planned to wait until he conquered Jiangnan before heading north to completely destroy the Ming Dynasty.

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