When going out to Guishan County, the Ming army walked more than 20 miles before arriving in the morning, counting the time to launch an attack on Guishan County at noon and the rout, before dark, the defeated Ming army fled back to Huizhou.

In the city of Huizhou Prefecture, Li Xi has been waiting for the news that the Ming army has exterminated the rebels in Guishan County.

waited left and right, but waited for the news of the defeat of the Ming army, and Li Xi stood up directly, looking incredulous.

"Fifteen thousand troops, defeated by the rebels?"

"It's impossible, it's impossible, how can the rebels be so strong? How was the army of the imperial court defeated by the rebels? I don't believe it! ”

Until Li Xi came outside the city in person and saw the remnants of the defeated army who fled back, Li Xi didn't believe it.

"Lord Ren, why did you lose? How did you lose? Coming to Ren Jianxiu, Li Xi asked with a trembling voice.

Hearing Li Xi's words, Ren Jianxiu sighed again and again: "Alas, I am worthy of the trust of the Governor. ”

No matter how many words he spoke, Ren Jianxiu didn't want to say it anymore, and now Ren Jianxiu just wanted to stay alone for a while.

Li Xi's mind was very confused when he left Ren Jianxiu's place, but soon Li Xi calmed down again.

The Ming Dynasty is so strong, no matter how strong the chaotic people are, it is less than one percent of the Ming Dynasty, this time the encirclement and suppression of the chaotic people failed, and then the imperial court will mobilize more troops to encircle and suppress the chaotic people, and the chaotic people will definitely be surrounded and exterminated.

However, before the arrival of more imperial court troops, the city of Huizhou was in danger, the 15,000 army went out to Guishan County, and only four or five thousand people fled back, and the Ming army in the city of Huizhou was only a few hundred, and then there were thousands of strong and large families who were recruited, could these people hold the city of Huizhou?

Li Xi was not sure.

Li Xi knew that he would not be able to serve as the prefect for long, but he couldn't let go of nothing, if the Huizhou Mansion was attacked by the rebels, his life would not be guaranteed, or he would be killed by the rebels, or he would be convicted and executed by the imperial court.

Only by defending the city of Huizhou can Li Xi have the possibility of saving his life.

Li Xi hurriedly returned to the mansion and arranged for his subordinates to prepare food and hot water for the defeated soldiers outside the city.

Li Xi went back, and Ren Jianxiu was still sitting on a stone outside the city in a daze, his mind full of pictures of today's incredible battle.

Yes, in Ren Jianxiu's opinion, today's battle is very incredible.

He led 15,000 Ming troops to attack Guishan County, even though more than half of the 15,000 Ming troops were Weisuo troops that Ren Jianxiu looked down on, but the rebellious people on the opposite side were only a few thousand, but the 15,000 Ming troops were defeated.

These are thousands of rebels, not thousands of cavalry of nomadic tribes, and no one can believe that thousands of rebels defeated 15,000 Ming troops, with no more than 6,000 survivors, and heavy casualties.

Ren Jianxiu has always called the People's Army "chaotic people", is there such a strong chaotic people in the world? Calling the enemy "chaotic people" again is simply a mockery of Ren Jianxiu.

In his heart, Ren Jianxiu has replaced the "chaotic people" with "traitors".

The rebel thief is very strong, and the rebel's firearms are very sharp, these are the two conclusions that Ren Jianxiu came to after the battle.

The traitors are so strong, no wonder they were able to occupy six counties and destroy the Jieshi Guard.

Ren Jianxiu couldn't understand how there could be such a strong rebel in the territory of Huizhou Mansion, and how could the rebel have such a sharp firearm, the firearms of the Ming army were too different from the firearms of the rebels.

If the Ming army was also equipped with the sharp firearms in the hands of the traitors, they would not have been defeated so badly.

Ren Jianxiu had a lot of questions in his mind, but no one could answer them for him.

Guishan County, after a big war, the entire Guishan County returned to calm.

After eating dinner and dealing with things for a while, Fang Nan stopped to rest, thinking about one thing in his mind from time to time - the next move of the People's Army.

Defeating the 15,000 Ming army led by Ren Jianxiu, it can be said that the first encirclement and suppression of the People's Army by the Ming Dynasty has failed, and the People's Army has gained a period of development.

The 15,000 Ming troops were all defeated by the People's Army, and in the next second encirclement and suppression, the Ming Dynasty may deploy more than 50,000 troops.

The Ming army in Guangdong, which originally had about 100,000 troops, had been wiped out by the People's Army (including prisoners) of more than 17,000 people, leaving 80,000 Ming troops.

It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to mobilize most of the troops in Guangdong to encircle and suppress the People's Army, and other parts of Guangdong need to leave a part of the Ming Army to garrison to prevent thieves from causing chaos.

It is expected that in the second encirclement and suppression of the People's Army by the Ming Dynasty, a part of the Ming army outside Guangdong will also be mobilized.

As the governor of Guangdong, Wu Wenhua could not mobilize the Ming army outside Guangdong, and he had to notify the imperial court first, and then the imperial court issued an order to transfer troops.

Coupled with the logistical preparations before the start of the army, the interval from the end of the first encirclement and suppression to the beginning of the second encirclement and suppression may exceed two months.

These two months or so are the best opportunities for the development of the People's Army, and the People's Army must use all means to strengthen itself in order to cope with the second encirclement and suppression of the Ming Dynasty's army.

In two months, the People's Army can do a lot of things, such as the Hutou Village can build more than 200 Tiger Head Guns, so that the firearms unit can be expanded by two more companies, and the recruits recruited by the People's Army can complete their training and become members of the Cold Weapons Army, and they can continue to expand the territory of the People's Army.

The most time in Fang Nan's mind was to expand the territory of the People's Army and unite more ordinary people.

At present, the People's Army administers six counties with a population of about 500,000, with the sea to the south, Huizhou Fucheng to the west, Xingning, Heping, and Changning counties of Huizhou to the north, and Chaozhou to the east.

The direction of the sea is definitely not chosen, in the direction of Huizhou Fucheng, there are thousands of routs gathered here, and the west is Guangzhou City, a considerable part of the Ming army in Guangdong is gathered around Guangzhou City, and it is not a good choice to expand to the west.

The strength of the Ming army in the three counties of Xingning, Heping and Changning was very small, and the Ming army in Chaozhou Prefecture was mainly Chaozhou Wei, and the north and east could become the direction of the expansion of the People's Army.

With the completion of the control of Longchuan, Heyuan, and Changle counties by the 1st Mixed Brigade and the completion of the initial training of new recruits, the 1st Mixed Brigade will be able to transfer troops to capture Xingning, Heping, and Changning counties.

At present, more than 1,000 members of the Hu Zhuang 1st Road People's Army are operating in the western part of the Chaozhou Mansion, and the Hu Zhuang 1st Road People's Army will definitely not be able to capture much territory.

Fang Nan planned to mobilize two companies of the firearms unit and two battalions of the cold weapons unit from Guishan County to Hu Zhuang, and after the recruits finished their training, they would transfer a regiment of the cold weapons unit formed by the recruits to Hu Zhuang.

In this way, Hu Zhuang would have enough troops to attack the city in the territory of Chaozhou Prefecture.

As for the Guishan County side, it doesn't matter if part of the cold weapons unit is transferred, and new recruits will soon be added, mainly because the firearms unit will transfer two companies, and the strength will drop a lot.

Fortunately, after the defeat of the Ming army in the direction of Huizhou Fucheng, it will not easily invade Guishan County again, so there is no need to worry too much.