After all, Wan Zaifu was born as a martial artist, and when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, I am afraid that no one is present at the scene, a big knife is like a butterfly wearing flowers, coming and going in the crowd, but it is killing several soldiers of the Fu Han Army one after another, but just when he was wantonly slashing, several officers in the distance took out their handcuffs at the same time and aimed at this person.

"Smack.... Syllable...... Smack......"

After a few gunshots, Wan Zaifu stood in place blankly, accompanied by a sharp pain, several large holes had appeared in his chest, blood gushed out at once, he felt that the strength of his whole body was lost, and even the knife in his hand was no longer stable, and at this time, other soldiers of the Fu Han Army took this opportunity to plunge several bayonets into his chest......

Since the beginning of the Fu Han Army, although it also attaches great importance to the bayonet stabbing technique, it is not as good as a real spear after all, so it is only used as an auxiliary role...... In front of the musket, no matter how high the martial arts are, they will be beaten into a sieve.......

After the master Wan Zaifu was killed by a random gun, this was a very big blow to the morale of other green battalion soldiers, after all, Wan Zaifu's prestige in the green battalion of Chaozhou Town was extremely high, and the impact on morale with him and without him was completely different, so when Wan Zaifu fell to the ground, the surrounding Qing army was a little cowardly, and they began to hesitate to retreat, but it was a big gap.

Seeing that the Qing army had a tendency to retreat, the remaining Fu Han army naturally began to take the initiative, took the opportunity to press forward, and stabbed more than ten people to death one after another, but the green battalion soldiers behind were beaten a little unable to defend, so there was a faint riot, and it seemed that it was not far from the collapse.

Li Hun's face was gloomy, although the number of Qing troops killed and wounded at present was not very large, but the death of Wan Zaifu, the leader of them, was a big loss, and seeing that the remaining green battalion had a tendency to collapse, he couldn't help it anymore at the moment, and pressed his own supervising battalion to stop the collapse of the green battalion.

Seeing the soldiers of the Governor Battalion coming to supervise the army, the remaining green battalion generals did not dare to be careless, so they led the soldiers of their own departments to go up again, and the two sides fought repeatedly for half a day, but the entire city was turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, but at this stage, Cheng Ming saw that it was late, so he directly ordered the troops to retreat, and the soldiers of the Fu Han Army began to retreat down the siege ladder, although there were losses in the retreat process, but more people were saved.

For most of the Fu Han soldiers, they were not surprised by this result, after all, it was too normal to deal with the green battalion army of tens of thousands of people defending the city, and it was too normal to climb the wall two or three times, but if you want to eat up the green battalion on the opposite side in one go or count on defeating it, this is not a very reliable thing in itself, and a long-term siege is the right solution.

Just after the Fu Han Army Mingjin withdrew his troops, Li Hun also breathed a sigh of relief, and began to check the losses, moving the corpses and burying them, so as to continue to defend the city, but after the real inventory was completed, the results reported to him by the people below surprised Li Hun very much, the reason is very simple, that is, just today's battle to defend the city, the number of losses in the green battalion is as many as 2,200 people, not including the slightly injured .......

Among these dead and wounded soldiers, although some of them were killed and injured because of the artillery bombardment in front, but there were also a large number of people who suffered such heavy casualties purely because of the hand-to-hand combat in the back, so the psychological pressure on Li Hun was undoubtedly much greater.

Gotta get help!

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Shaozhou Mansion, the camp of the Qing army, is boiling.

Originally, the soldiers stationed in Shaozhou were the soldiers of Gaolian Town and Jieshi Town of the Green Battalion, totaling about 10,000 people, but the camp was full of empty salaries, and the equipment and weapons were poor and inferior, especially Yang Changen, the chief soldier of Gaolian Town, was even more able to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and the reason why he was able to get a high position was purely because his brother-in-law was Guan Yuanzhong, so he got such a position as the chief soldier of Gaolian Town.

As for the soldiers of Jieshi Town, although they are not much better, Sun Wei, the chief soldier of Jieshi Town, is still a man, he was originally a close confidant of Nian Xiyao, the governor of Guangzhou, and his martial arts are not bad.

Now they are guarding Shaozhou Mansion, in essence, they are still covering Guangzhou Mansion from the flank, and the strength is not strong, but after learning that the Sixth Division of the Fu Han Army is heading towards Shaozhou Mansion, Yang Changen and Sun Wei are a little panicked, especially Yang Changen, he knows his own family affairs, if he talks about sycophancy, he thinks that he is the first and no one recognizes the second, but when it comes to marching and fighting, I am afraid that he will be completely blind.

Although Sun Wei has some talents, he also knows that the current war is not purely a strategy to win, but also has to fight head-on to the death, but in terms of the quality of the officers and soldiers of these two towns, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so at this time of great difficulty, he knows that Manbao brought the remnants of the green battalion from Fujian and Zhejiang to come from Huizhou to garrison, and it is also a surprise at the moment.

Although there are only more than 6,000 people in the Fujian and Zhejiang Green Battalion, their combat effectiveness is not bad, at least they have fought head-on with the Fu Han Army and Taiwan's Zhu Yigui, although they are still beaten to the ground, but there are still more than 6,000 people who survive, which can also explain some problems, plus the official position of Manbao is much greater than theirs, so naturally there will be no objections.

After Manbao went all the way to Shaozhou, he was also a little apprehensive, after all, nominally speaking, he was a guest living in Liangguang, but he ran away first, and he didn't know how Guan Yuanzhong would sue the imperial court, but just after arriving in Shaozhou, he heard that the offensive and defensive battle in Huizhou had begun, and it was extremely tragic, so he was relieved and finally avoided the big fire pit.

It's just that in the face of the upcoming Sixth Division of the Fuhan Army, Manbao is a little worried, with the experience of Huizhou, he subconsciously wants to avoid the Fuhan Army in Shaozhou, but if he leaves without fighting again, he is afraid that it will not be reasonable, so he has to helplessly stay in Shaozhou Mansion.

The Qing army in Shaozhou was happy because they came with reinforcements, and the 6th Division was also happy because the Qing army came with reinforcements. The arrival of Manbao made the whole of the Sixth Division extremely excited, which means that they will have the opportunity to capture or kill the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang alive in this battle, which is a great feat!

"Hehe, it seems that God has favored me and sent him to me, we can't let him run away!"

Qian Ying loosened the wind and discipline buckle around his neck, with a little excitement and pride on his face, so far, there are not many high-ranking officials at the first level of the governor sent to the battlefield by the Qing court, and it is a great achievement to catch one.

"The whole army is moving faster!"

On September 15, the Sixth Division of the Fu Han Army surrounded Baisha Fort, cutting off the connection between Shaozhou Mansion and Guangzhou Mansion, and the Baisha Fort, which was used as a barrier to cover Shaozhou Mansion, was itself a military walled existence, which was originally called the Shawan Inspection Division of Panyu County, and was later called Baisha Fort, so the Qing court garrison here also had nearly 1,000 people.

For this small military walled city, it is natural for the Fu Han army to be at your fingertips, just after a cannon shot, followed by a battalion to charge, and the Qing army was scattered, more than 100 of them were killed, the remaining more than 800 people chose to surrender, and the white sand fort was occupied by the Fu Han army.

After occupying Baisha Castle, Qian Ying did not directly choose to directly encircle Shaozhou, but sent two regiments to attack directly in the direction of Gaoqiao, Qingxi Town, and Jiangwan, and his goal was naturally directed to Guangzhou Prefecture.

The reason why he chose such a strategy was purely because Qian Ying wanted to turn the passive into the active, if he only besieged Shaozhou with troops and besieged Shaozhou with nearly 20,000 people, even if he could take it, his losses would be very large, so it was necessary to lure out the Qing army in Shaozhou and win the victory in the form of a field battle.

If you want to lure out the Qing army hiding in the turtle shell in Shaozhou, you need to attack the enemy and save it, Guangzhou Mansion is naturally an excellent choice, this is not to say that Cheng Ming chose to die in Huizhou, but with the environment that Cheng Ming is in, there is no good choice, as for Qian Ying, it is different, so there will be more choices.

Because Qian Ying's original intention was only to transfer the Qing army from Shaozhou Prefecture, when the two regiments of the Sixth Division of the Han Army marched in the direction of Guangzhou, they played out the banners along the way, and the team of more than 4,000 people appeared to be mighty and extremely powerful, which also allowed the Qing army sentry to pass on the news.

The Fu Han army is about to attack Guangzhou!

Guan Yuanzhong under Xinhui City got the news, his face suddenly sank, at this time, the green battalion soldiers in Guangzhou City were only four or five thousand people, and their combat strength was weak.

Of course, there is actually another army that can be used at the moment, that is, the two towns of the green camp in Guangxi, with nearly 30 battalions and a total strength of more than 15,000 people.

Su Chunlai, the governor of Guangxi, had been stationed in Liuzhou before, and it took a long time to gather troops, so he had just arrived in Hexian on the border between Guangxi and Guangzhou, and there was still a certain distance from Shaozhou and Guangdong.

At this time, Guan Yuanzhong was already a little anxious, and it was imperative to take Xinhui, otherwise the back road would not be guaranteed, but Guangzhou could not be lost, otherwise once the Han army was encircled, his more than 20,000 people would have no other result except for the annihilation of the whole army......

"Send someone to tell Manbao that if you don't send troops to drag down the Sixth Division of Chu Rebellion, once something happens in Guangzhou, General Ben will definitely cut off his head!"

No matter what contradictions there are in front of him, the big guys are kicking under the table, but now Guan Yuanzhong's words have basically torn his face openly, and there is no other room.

At present, the key to Guan Yuanzhong is to solve the thorn of the Sixth Division immediately, so he also sent someone to send a letter to Su Chunlai, the governor of Guangxi, asking him to hurry up and go to Shaozhou Mansion to respond to the Qing Army of the Green Camp of Shaozhou Mansion to attack the Sixth Division of the Han Army, and fight 10,000 with 30,000 people, which should have a certain chance of winning, so as to open up the entire Guangdong war situation.

As long as the Sixth Division can be wiped out or severely damaged, the Qing army in Guangdong will be able to free one hand, and whether it is to join Guan Yuanzhong's main force to attack Xinhui or go to Huizhou Mansion to resist the Third Division of the Fuhan Army, it will be a good choice, and the entire situation between the two Guangxi can maintain a situation of neither winning nor losing.

But the key is that Guan Yuanzhong did not expect the existence of the Praetorian Guard Brigade, he thought that the first division was stationed in Xinhui City. Therefore, he subconsciously thought that this was all the strength of the Fu Han Army, but in fact, the real first division, as Ning Zhongyi's killing move, was about to arrive at Yahai.......

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Since Guan Yuanzhong sent people to change horses and rush to Shaozhou Mansion overnight, the messenger rushed to Shaozhou in the evening of the second day and met with the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Man Bao, and a cadre of civil and military generals under his account.

When the messenger conveyed Guan Yuanzhong's meaning, the atmosphere in the entire camp was no longer right, everyone looked at the messenger in front of them almost with a murderous face, and even someone had already pressed on the handle of the knife.

Everyone is at the same level, although your position as a general in Guangzhou is a little more obvious, but his governor of Fujian and Zhejiang is not your subordinate! This is a bit deceptive!

It's just that Man Bao hesitated in his heart, no matter what, he is not a rebel minister who really wants to cooperate with the army and respect himself, and the contradiction between him and Guan Yuanzhong is not the most critical, the big enemy is always the Fu Han army, so after knowing Guan Yuanzhong's situation at this time, he also understands that Guan Yuanzhong is really anxious, after all, once Guangzhou is taken by the Fu Han army, the situation between the two Guangxi will no longer be out of control........

Everyone present still looked like they were glaring at the messenger, only Huang Guocai kept staring at Man Bao's expression, knowing that he had hesitated in his heart, and secretly thought about it in his heart, so he arched his hand and said: "My lord, this battle needs to be fought at the moment, otherwise it will be difficult for Guangxi to hold ....... at that time."

In Huang Guocai and Manbao's original plan, hiding in Shaozhou Mansion is not to abandon the war and flee, the main thing is to avoid its edge, not to be taken by Guan Yuanzhong and sacrificed in vain, now that the situation is critical, it is also necessary to take action, if you blindly run backwards, I am afraid that the imperial court will no longer tolerate Manbao.

Man Bao originally had this idea in his heart, and he responded at the moment, and soon gathered the whole army, and invited Yang Changen and Sun Wei to come, the purpose of which was naturally to go out of the city to meet Chu Wei, so as to avoid him blindly going south to Guangzhou, at least to play a role in containment, in front of Guan Yuanzhong and Man Bao, Yang Changen and Sun Wei had no room for resistance, so they agreed to jointly send troops to attack Baisha Fort tomorrow.

More than 16,000 people set out the next day, and in the evening of the third day, they arrived at the White Sand Fort, and after repairing it overnight, they began to attack, and at this time the Fu Han army in the fort was as many as 6,000 people, plus there were artillery, grenades and other weapons to help defend the city, so the Qing army lost more than 2,000 people in the hard battle for half a day, but did not even touch the shadow of the White Sand Castle.

In desperation, Manbao had to collect his troops and return to the camp, the morale of the Qing army was originally very low, but after the daytime attack, there was some momentum to collapse, and the camp was full of the howls of wounded soldiers, which made people feel creepy when they heard it.

It's just that in the middle of the night, Man Bao was asleep, but he heard the sound of cannons outside the tent, and there were gunshots everywhere, he was shocked, and hurriedly sent people out to check the situation, but a green battalion general came in from outside, and knelt in front of Man Bao with a snap, this person was Sun Wei, the chief soldier of Jieshi Town, and he saw that his face was bloodstained, and his eyes were even more dead.

"My lord, no, we've been tricked!"