"The army is out, and the thieves are exterminated as soon as possible, maybe you will be able to go home before the year." Cao Yun, the commander of the Fujian Ming Army, commanded to his subordinates.

"Order!"

On the morning of 13 December, the Ming army from Fujian, stationed in the Chaozhou Fucheng area, took the lead in marching to Puning County, which was under the rule of the People's Army, where Hu Zhuang's Second Mixed Brigade had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as the Ming army moved, the agents of the military intelligence department who were responsible for investigating the situation of the Ming army quickly retreated with the information, wanting to send the information to the second mixed brigade as soon as possible.

By the time Hu Zhuang received the information, the Ming army had entered the territory of Jieyang County, and then Puning County.

Hu Zhuang did not have the idea of waiting for the Ming army to fight, if the second mixed brigade held on to Puning County, the Ming army might divide its troops into Huilai County, Huilai County only had a battalion of cold weapons troops and nearly 1,000 recruits, even if only 1,000 Ming troops passed, it would be difficult for the People's Army in Huilai County to stop the Ming army.

Even if you can hold the county seat of Huilai, the villages outside the county town of Huilai County are very likely to be invaded by the Ming army.

Therefore, Hu Zhuang chose to leave Puning County and block the Ming army outside Puning County, the battlefield Hu Zhuang has already selected, and it is in an open area in the border area of Puning County and Jieyang County, which can probably accommodate tens of thousands of people to fight.

Soon, the 2nd Mixed Brigade was dispatched and came towards the border area of Puning County and Jieyang County, because of the road problems, the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the People's Army wanted to meet this Ming army from Fujian, and it would have to wait until tomorrow.

The Fujian Ming Army moved, the Jiangxi Ming Army moved, the Huguang Ming Army also moved, the Second Mixed Brigade began to move, and the First Mixed Brigade also began to act.

The first mixed brigade had to deal with the Ming army in Jiangxi and the Ming army in Huguang at the same time, the two Ming armies were one north and one west, the first mixed brigade was divided into two routes, five companies of the firearms unit (one of which was an artillery company), and the cold weapons unit had 14 regiments, which were divided equally into two roads, and did not seek to quickly defeat the two Ming armies, as long as the two Ming armies were blocked.

As the largest of the four Ming armies, the Ming army stationed in the Huizhou Fucheng area also moved, more than 28,000 Ming troops, Guo Mian took 25,000 Ming troops, including a total of nearly 1,500 cavalry troops, the target is Yong'an County, the base camp of the People's Army.

After Guo Mian led the main force of the Ming army to leave, there were only more than 3,000 Ming troops left in Huizhou Fucheng, as well as about 3,000 recruited young men and guards from large families.

It is also because the main force of the Ming army left, and now the gate of Huizhou is closed, and the defenders are on guard on the city wall to prevent the People's Army from attacking.

Only this point of the defenders, Li Xi and other officials, as well as the gentry and merchants in the city, were extremely afraid, worried that the People's Army would come over, and before Guo Mian's army rushed back, the city would be breached, and those of them who stayed in Huizhou Mansion would suffer.

Some of the gentry and businessmen are very regretful, regretting why they still stay in Huizhou Fucheng, they should have left this place of right and wrong before, although they are tired, they will not encounter any danger, and now they are staying in Huizhou Fucheng, who can calm down, they can only hope that Lord Guo Mian will lead the Ming army to exterminate the thieves quickly.

As Guo Mian's army took action, the People's Army scouts who had been keeping an eye on Guo Mian's army quickly brought back the movements of Guo Mian's army and reported to Fang Nan.

"Metropolitan Governor, the Ming army has moved!"

"Governor Dadu, the Ming army is heading north!"

"Metropolitan Governor, most of the Ming army has left Huizhou Prefecture, and there are only a few thousand Ming troops left in Huizhou Prefecture."

Listening to the scout's report, Fang Nan felt very interesting, the Ming army did not come to Guishan County, but actually entered Boluo County north, whether to attack Heyuan County, which did not have many troops to defend, or to join up with the Ming army from Huguang?

Fang Nan first ruled out the latter idea, the Ming army from Huguang was too far away from Guo Mian's army, if he really did this, then Fang Nan would be able to lead the Third Mixed Brigade to take Huizhou Fucheng, and even the possibility of Guo Mian's army attacking Heyuan County was relatively small.

"Teacher, the students think that the target of this Ming army will be Yongan County." He Yan said what he thought.

Hearing He Yan's words, Fang Nan nodded and said: "This may be the biggest, Yong'an County is the base camp of our army, the main soldiers and horses of our army are concentrated on the border to confront the Ming army, and the internal forces are empty, once the Ming army captures Yong'an County, then the four divisions of our army will be separated by the Ming army, and it is easy to be broken one by one." ”

The movement of the Ming army even made it impossible for the 3rd Mixed Brigade to make a decision to attack Huizhou Fucheng, once the 3rd Mixed Brigade attacked Huizhou Fucheng, Huizhou Fucheng was higher and thicker than the county city, and it was impossible for the 3rd Mixed Brigade to capture Huizhou Fucheng in a short time.

Now there must be a Ming army spies monitoring the third mixed brigade, and when the third mixed brigade makes a move to attack the capital city of Huizhou, Guo Rong's army will quickly return to help, at this time the third mixed brigade can only give up the siege, but many people have been killed and wounded in the previous siege, so in the next big war, the third mixed brigade will be at a disadvantage.

"Let's go! The Ming army went north, and the 3rd Mixed Brigade also went north! Fang Nan made the final decision.

"Yes!" *n

Immediately, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, which had basically gathered near Guishan County, marched towards the north, and in the end, Guishan County would only leave a battalion of cold weapons troops and nearly 1,000 recruits.

There are relatively few orders to stay in Guishan County, but Fang Nan is not too worried about the remaining Ming army coming to attack Guishan County, this possibility is too low and too low, there are fewer people who come to fight Guishan County, and there are more people coming, and Huizhou Fucheng is in danger again, it is better to defend Huizhou Fucheng and wait for Guo Mian's army to fight with the People's Army.

When the few remaining gentry and businessmen in Guishan County saw most of the People's Army leaving Guishan County, they immediately understood that the People's Army was going to fight the Ming Army.

Because of the continuous change of the living environment, the gentry and businessmen who missed their previous lives prayed for the Ming Army, and then cursed the People's Army.

"Officers and soldiers, hurry up and exterminate the People's Army, this group of damned thieves not only snatched my land, but also asked me to let those lowly subordinates leave."

"Abominable thieves, they are more robbers than robbers, the officials and soldiers will quickly exterminate the thieves and return them to the peace of Shanxian County!"

And for most of the ordinary people in Guishan County, they are praying for the People's Army, hoping that the People's Army can defeat the Ming Army, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, their life is very bad, under the rule of the People's Army, the good days they dream of are coming.

If the People's Army is defeated by the Ming Army, the upcoming good days will also be gone, and they may never come back in the future.

What's more, many families have members of the KPA who already have deep ties to the KPA, and they will also be implicated if the KPA is exterminated.