On February 23, the tenth year of Yongli, the confrontation in Yingde County was still ongoing, as if both sides were planning to just mess around, completely counting on the other teammates to break the stalemate.

Guangning County in the northeast of Zhaoqing Prefecture, here from the Han Wu Emperor pacified Nanyue is subordinate to the jurisdiction of Sihui County, until the 31st year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, the local Luoshan Yao people rebelled, the Ming court mobilized more than 70,000 troops to suppress it, in order to better maintain the rule of this land, so cut the Taiping, Olive, Dapu, Yongyi of Sihui County and placed the four capitals in Guangning County, to take the meaning of extensive peace.

This is more than 1,400 years of history, and in fact, it has a history of 104 years since its establishment. Compared to other prefectures and counties around her, she is not very young. Moreover, this young county is also quite low-key on the ground in Guangdong, not only because she is young, but also because this county is located in the mountainous area of northwestern Guangxi, adjacent to Huaiji County, the easternmost county of Guangxi, and the geographical location is quite remote.

The county border is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and a Suijiang River runs through the county from northwest to southeast in the middle, forming a diagonal concave terrain with Suijiang River as the axis, high on both sides and low in the middle. In agrarian societies, crop yields often have a direct impact on the local economy. It is located in the mountains, and the most abundant is bamboo, and the alluvial strip basin of some rivers in the middle of the county border is also known as the bamboo corridor.

In this place, it is probably not an exaggeration to say that the mountains and rivers are poor. However, the local finances are not good, after the establishment of the Ming court quickly built a city for it, around 390 zhang, one zhang six feet high, three doors open, respectively located in the east, west and south three directions, only the north of the city pillow Nafu Xing Mountain, so even the city gate is saved.

In spring, Guangning County has always been rainy and rainy, which makes people feel uneasy. However, it has been rare that there has not been rain in the past two days, and this morning there has been a half-day sun, which shines warmly, which makes people feel more and more unrefreshed.

At the entrance to the east of the city, the guards yawned lazily, and it seemed that they hadn't slept well last night. Nowadays, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties are fighting fiercely in eastern Guizhou and northern Guangdong, and from the map, the county seat of Guangning is between those two places. However, the road never follows a straight line, and the Beijiang and Xijiang waterways are the best way to travel between the two places. Even if you have to go by land, you won't pass through here. This county, after all, is too remote.

The guards are like this, and the door officials are no better. The gates are usually open, but the people who come in and out are rare. But if the city gate is not opened, these officers and soldiers guarding the gate will not be happy. After all, where is the errand where is this place idle?

It's already afternoon, but the laziness of the morning hasn't passed. They've become accustomed to it, and it's not like that's when they're in the sun. In this regard, it seems that even God is not strange, and it is rare to show his true face and not see too much spirit, so he is even more lazy to show his face.

The days are probably mixed up like this again, and in a few days you will be able to get the money again, the older guards think that there will be a lot left after buying food, and the younger ones are still worried about when they will be able to get together the dowry, as if the neighbor's childhood sweetheart is hired, so they have their own thoughts, until the sound of horses' hooves from far and near outside the city comes with the wind, and they finally raise some spirits.

"On this day, there are still people riding horses to our place?"

The two guards coincidentally came up with such thoughts, the biggest difference is that the former's doubts are mixed with more uneasiness, while the latter has some excitement to see something new.

Fortunately, soon there was news on the head of the city, saying that it was looking far away, a team of cavalry were the attire of the Ming army, and at the same time, I couldn't help but let go of my worries, only to see that the cavalry team was coming in an instant, and the cavalry led by it was carrying a bamboo pole tied with a silk book, and the galloping war horse pulled the silk book straight.

"It's Lubu Feijie."

The older guards had seen the world and understood what that meant. However, there is another problem here, that is, Guangning County is subordinate to Zhaoqing Prefecture, located in the north of Zhaoqing Prefecture, and has always been controlled by the Governor of Liangguang and Guangzhou.

"Don't Chen Fujun want to show off his might to the company army."

For a moment, it was as if I was electrocuted by such a thought in my mind. Fortunately, even if he has the heart to support his family now, gossip about the catty between the two unattainable big men, it must be after tea and dinner, not now. It's just that after this moment, he let go of his thoughts, and he naturally became more indifferent.

"And if you don't give a reward, what does it have to do with me."

The gates didn't have to be closed, and they didn't have to exert that effort. I saw that the cavalry expanded sharply from far to near, but when they approached the city, they did not slow down in the slightest, and when the Pegasus leaped into the city gate, the cavalry led by the leader threw Lubu to the ground.

The vision suddenly appeared, and before the two guards could react, they saw that the older one had already fallen to the ground, and the younger one only lived one more breath, and was slashed and killed on the spot by the cavalry who followed him.

The Ming army killed the Ming army, such a scene suddenly shocked everyone near the city gate, and then, only to see a flag flower to the sky, the direction of this cavalry, the sound of horses' hooves sounded like thunder. When the cavalry group appeared in the sight of the official road, it was a gray-blue, like a flood.

"The Qing Dynasty soldiers are coming, and those who surrender will not die!"

This, from beginning to end, was a premeditated sneak attack. Daniel Zhang and Hu Maozhen led the cavalry directly under the two towns, and about 800 people harassed Qingyuan in advance, and then did not return to the company camp on the south bank of Huangshui, but went around the mountains and went straight to the county seat of Guangning.

There was already a team of cavalry rushing in, the city gate changed hands, and even Chengbi has been trying his best to expand his armaments in the past six months, mainly focusing resources on the superintendent, and the defenders in each county are really minimal. During this period, there were very few defenders, and the city naturally changed hands quickly. Daniel Zhang and Hu Maozhen then closed the three city gates, trying their best to block the news while collecting military grain and grass for later use.

"Chen Kai may no longer be in Yingde County."

"But, Jingluo, is that Fubiao still there?"

"Chen Kai's Fu Biao is there, it doesn't mean that Chen Kai must be there. If he is really not there, then the battle situation in Ganzhou is only afraid that it will be in danger. ”

After a night of thinking, Hong Chengchou relied on the strategic sense he had cultivated over the years of confrontation with the Liukou, the Qing army, and the Ming army, and with the analysis of Chen Kai's achievements over the years, although he was still not sure that Chen Kai was not in Yingde County, but the cloud of crisis had already shrouded the head of the Qing army.

However, in Chen Kai's absence, they had no way to confirm it, because the Ming army occupied the city, and with their forces, it was no longer possible to carry out an effective siege against it at this stage. Since there was no way to test them, and the Ming army did not intend to forcibly expel them, the two sides could only continue to maintain such a state of confrontation for the time being. But if Chen Kai is really not there, it will be difficult to interfere in the war in Southern Jiangxi with Hong Chengchou's position, so he will have to do more things from the other direction.

More than 800 horsemen, carrying dry food. If you take the waterway, you will make a big detour, and the distance between Yingde County and Guangning County will be as long as 400 miles, which is very unfavorable for the Qing army. Especially in Qingyuan County, which is along the river, is still in the hands of the Ming army, they must not startle the snake.

For this reason, Daniel Zhang and Hu Maozhen chose to march by land, and after Qingyuan took a lead, they directly attacked the county seat of Guangning, which could not only paralyze the Ming army in Qingyuan, but also take an almost straight road to greatly shorten the distance. It was easy to get hold here, and it was also more certain that the relevant information of the Changsha Shogunate on the military defense of Zhaoqing Mansion was indeed correct, and then he did not hesitate, and directly took the grain and grass that could be carried down the Suijiang River and went straight to Sihui County.

The county seat of Sihui is located along the Suijiang River, which will merge with the Xijiang River in Sanshui. Compared with Guangning, Sihui set up a county very early, as early as the time when Qin Shi Huang took Lingnan.

However, the city wall of Sihui County was not built as much as in the morning of Guangning, and the wooden fence was listed as the city during the Hongwu period, and it was only after 73 years that the earth was rammed and covered with bricks. The scale of the city is much larger than that of Quang Ninh, with a circumference of 576 zhang and 8 feet, a height of 2 zhang, four open doors, and 18 enemy towers, which can be described as crushing in all aspects.

It's a pity that such a city must also have enough manpower and high enough vigilance to defend it. Soon, Daniel Zhang and Hu Maozhen followed the old practice of Guangning to catch the medicine and easily took the county.

"There are too few city guards, so they are enough to stand guard at the city gate and a few key points, and they are also negligent in drilling."

"Chen Kai and Chen soldiers in northern Guangdong, resisting the Southern Jiangxi army alone, made them think that they were in the hinterland and were not in danger of being attacked, so they didn't take the matter of defending the city seriously at all."

"That's what the old man said."

"Yes, God doesn't take it, but suffers from it!"

The strategy went very smoothly, and Daniel Zhang and Hu Maozhen won two battles and two victories, both of which were successful in deception. However, it was still in the hinterland of Guangdong, even closer to the core control area of the Ming army than Yingde. With the strength of the Southwest Economic Standard at this stage, it was impossible to defend it, so the two of them did not hesitate to take the cavalry directly to Zhaoqing Fucheng.

Zhaoqing is not only as simple as the capital city to the county seat, but also the location of the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang, and the core of the current civil official group in western Guangdong. Here, it should have been a place for heavy defense, but at present, the capital city of Wuzhou was besieged by the Qing army, and Lian Chengbi mobilized all the troops under his command to rush to help. Here, it's like a lobster peeling off its hard shell, and it's just soft meat.

Once again, Li Chengdong deceived Guangzhou, and Li Jianjie deceived Nanxiong some time ago, such a craft is not only the Li family father and son association, but also Daniel Zhang, who has been fighting for a long time, and Hu Maozhen, who once served as a general under Gao Jie's account with Li Chengdong, has no reason. Not to mention that behind them, Hong Chengchou is strategizing, taking advantage of the situation by surprise, what is needed is not too unlucky.

"Are there many officials here?"

"If you don't let them be killed, it's enough for us to lock them up. For the rest, let the two thieves scratch their heads. ”

After seizing Zhaoqing Fucheng, Daniel Zhang and Hu Maozhen went against the norm and did not try to block the news as before, but instead went west to publicize that Hong Chengqing's army was attacking, intending to attack Wuzhou Fucheng with the Qing army in Guangxi.

The fall of the three cities was only a matter of a few days, and rumors spread on the avenue between Wuzhou and Zhaoqing. From Hong Chengchou leading the southwest to fight by the standard, to the Eight Banners Army participating in the war, and then to Chen Kai's defeat in Southern Jiangxi, the Qing army drove straight in, on the road of three hundred miles, with false rumors, and when the news reached the capital of Wuzhou, it had become Chen Kai's defeat and death, and the two Qing armies converged to the south and Guangzhou fell. As soon as the news reached Fucheng, it was immediately a rumor!

"Suppress the army, the general trend has gone, let's quickly withdraw to Nanning."

When the news came, Li Chengjue, Shi Shangyi, Li Xianfang and other generals as reinforcements retreated to Nanning. It was an important town in the south of Guangxi, and although it was still very far away from Li Dingguo's army, it could at least avoid the Qing army for the time being.

Gao Wengui was naturally strongly opposed to this, he was stationed in Wuzhou on the order of Li Dingguo, knowing that this place was a geographical link connecting the two Guangzhou, or between the Xining Domain and the Zheng group, and there was no room for failure. In this way, Lianchengbi's opinion becomes the key.

"This official does not agree to withdraw the army, not because it is as simple as defending the capital city of Wuzhou. In the opinion of this official, Chen Kai has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, and he will not be defeated so easily. This must be a bluff of the captive! ”

As an opponent, Lian Chengbi asked himself to know Chen Kai better than others, and the more he knew, the more confident he was in Chen Kai. However, at this point, especially the fall of Zhaoqing Mansion is an indisputable fact, his remarks are obviously unreliable in the eyes of Li Chengjue, Shi Shangyi, Li Xianfang and others, even Gao Wengui Although it is inconvenient to refute, he has no confidence in it.

The generals of the reinforcements persuaded for a long time, Gao Wengui had military orders, and Lian Chengbi seemed to have been robbed of his mind by Chen Kai, saying that he didn't believe that Chen Kai's soldiers were defeated and died. As a result, of course, they broke up unhappily, and when the generals returned to the barracks, they naturally got together again.

"The governor of Gaodu has received the great favor of His Royal Highness the King of Xining, and he will fight to the death; Even a civilian officer in the army, he knows a fart about war. The Tartars even occupied the city of Zhaoqing, which was something that His Royal Highness the King of Xining had not done back then. This time, it's hard to say whether Chen Fujun died or not, but the army that Tartar killed in Zhaoqing Mansion is afraid that there are not 20,000 but also 189! ”