The expression on Washington's face became increasingly grim, and his body trembled slightly.
When people stay in a single environment for a long time, their abilities in other aspects will face degradation. For example, Washington has always had smooth sailing, fought smoothly, everyone obeyed, and has not encountered adversity or setbacks. After a long period of success, he suddenly faced the current desperate situation and instinctively panicked.
He was a little confused.
Don't know how to face this situation.
Washington looked at the people around him. They all looked flustered. They were no longer calm and high-spirited, not to mention confident and expectant. All that was left was endless anxiety.
"Withdraw troops, retreat immediately."
Washington wanted to run away if he couldn't win. Anyway, he had many troops and still had troops in Donghai County and Wu County, so he could still gain a foothold.
As long as he leaves Nanjing, he can make a comeback. As for the loss of food and grass after the evacuation, anyway, his current food and grass were snatched from everywhere after landing. Now that he has run away, it is not a big deal to snatch him back later.
Washington turned around and retreated quickly, heading in the direction of Wu County.
However, when Washington retreated, all the defense lines of his army had collapsed, and Lu Xuan, Gan Ning, Li Tong, Wenpin and other people began to encircle Washington, blocking Washington's road.
When Washington broke through, he was pinned down and unable to escape.
At the same time, the garrison in Nanjing, led by Tai Shici, was launching a fierce counterattack and constantly covering up the enemy, further causing the coalition to collapse.
The living space of the coalition soldiers in Washington was further compressed. After encountering massacres, a large number of soldiers were either killed because of their stubborn resistance, or simply threw away their weapons and surrendered, and no one could escape.
It's not that the coalition forces don't want to escape, it's that they have no place to escape.
The coalition forces were composed of soldiers from Rome and the American Commonwealth. These people came to Nanjing to fight in a different place. They were unfamiliar with this area of Nanjing, did not understand the language, and had no direction at all.
Even if there is a large-scale escape, there is no way to survive. They may be beaten to death by the local people if they escape.
It is better to surrender.
If the soldiers are locals, once the army is defeated, the soldiers will not surrender but flee quickly. Because they escaped from the battlefield and could go home, the success or failure of the war had nothing to do with them anyway.
Large numbers of coalition troops surrendered, and the situation on the battlefield became increasingly unfavorable to Washington.
Washington retreated quickly. When he ran a certain distance, he suddenly heard shouts from a distance. Many soldiers shouted one after another, saying that all the big ships in the estuary were burned and the garrison commander Joseph was also killed.
This is what the Ming Dynasty Mandarin calls it.
Washington also has people who are responsible for translators. After the translator relayed the news, Washington learned the news. His feet went weak and he stumbled to the ground. His face was confused and his eyes were out of focus.
The big ship at the estuary was gone.
This means that the coalition's retreat is gone.
While the big ships were still there and there was still a way to retreat, even though the coalition forces were defeated in Nanjing, the troops' hearts were still there and everyone knew they could evacuate. Now that the evacuating warships are gone and there is no way out, people's hearts are completely broken.
Coupled with the defeat, the morale of the army was even worse, and it was even more unable to stop the attack of the Ming army.
"It's over!"
"It's all over!"
Washington muttered to himself, his energy completely shattered and he no longer had any fighting spirit to continue fighting. The army was defeated and all the warships in the rear were burned. What was there to fight for?
Even if there were still troops in Wu County and Donghai County, the armies were completely defeated, and the other two armies were useless.
Washington was exhausted. With the help of the soldiers, he stood up and retreated aimlessly. There was fighting all around, and the Ming army kept encircling and killing him. As a result, Washington's escape range became smaller and smaller, and it became increasingly difficult to run to other places.
Washington ran away for half an hour, but his horses were still there. Looking around, he saw that a large number of his soldiers had surrendered. He had been surrounded by the Ming army and had no chance to break through.
Taishi Ci has been dealing with Washington these days. He knew Washington. He chased him all the way and finally caught up with Washington. He shouted loudly: "Washington, surrender immediately, or you will be killed without mercy."
There was no translator to relay it, and the translator beside Washington was also lost. He could not understand Tai Shici's words. However, when he saw Taishi Ci rushing over on horseback with a gun and stabbing an allied soldier to death with one shot, Washington was frightened.
He looked around again and found that he could not escape. He decisively turned over and dismounted, and shouted loudly: "I surrender, I am willing to surrender!"
Taishi Ci caught up with him and when he saw Washington surrendering on the ground, a look of ridicule first appeared in his eyes. The king of a country has no integrity or pride at all, which is very disappointing.
Taishi Ci knocked Washington to the ground with one shot, ordered his soldiers to take it down, and led his men to continue the killing.
Washington was taken, and more and more Union soldiers were surrounded and suppressed. Because there were too many coalition troops, the war continued, and Lu Xuan went straight back to Nanjing City.
Lu Yu walked forward excitedly and saluted: "Father!"
Lu Xuan looked Lu Yu up and down. Lu Yu was a little tired, with bloodshot eyes. He hadn't had much rest during this period. However, his energy is very good, and he is becoming more mature and stable.
Lu Xuan patted Lu Yu on the shoulder and praised: "Good boy, you didn't embarrass your father."
Lu Yu grinned and said, "Father, you've given me a reward."
Lu Xuan looked at Zhou Yu who was standing aside, and praised: "Gong Jin, thanks to your command of Ruoding in this battle. Nanjing is firmly blocking Washington. Even if my army does not return and various armies arrive, you can still repel Washington's attack." .”
Zhou Yu looked calm and said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. The reason why I can win is not because of how powerful I am, but because of the dedication of the soldiers. It is because the prince personally went to the tower to sit in every battle, and it was because Zhang Xiang led his people to stabilize everything at the rear. That's it. , I can command the army without any distractions. Without everyone’s efforts, there would be no victory in this battle.”
Lu Xuan smiled and said, "You are too humble."
His eyes turned and fell on Zhang Zhao again. Over the years, Zhang Zhao has become older and older, and his temples have long been weathered.
The success of the imperial court depends entirely on Zhang Zhao.
Without the dedicated efforts of the cabinet headed by Zhang Zhao, the court would not be what it is today.
Lu Xuan praised: "Zhang Qing, thank you for your hard work."
Zhang Zhaoren is much thinner, because he is getting older and has been very tired and tired during this period of time. He has become much older. However, when he heard Lu Xuan's words, he had a worthy look on his face and said humbly: "Your Majesty, it's not hard for me."
Lu Xuan praised them one by one before leading them into the city to rest.
It took a full day and a half to count and deal with the prisoners, and clean up the battlefield. All the prisoners were escorted back, and the battle situation was also tabulated.
Taishi Ci is responsible for statistics.
He came to the palace to meet and reported: "Your Majesty, in this battle with the coalition forces, we captured the coalition commander Washington alive. In addition, we killed as many as 43,000 coalition troops and captured 133,000 people. Although Most of the coalition forces collapsed at the first touch and surrendered directly, but a group of people still fled. I have notified various places to ask local people to report and expose them, and at the same time arranged for soldiers to conduct further searches."
"Well done!"
Lu Xuan looked approvingly and was very excited in his heart. This time, Washington was captured, completely establishing the outcome of unification. When he changed the topic, Lu Xuan ordered: "Go and bring Washington up."
