On the one hand, the Third Mixed Brigade needs to take a break after the war, and on the other hand, it is necessary to clean up the city of Guangzhou and remove all kinds of hidden dangers as much as possible, after all, for a long time in the future, Guangzhou City will be the seat of the central government of the People's Army.

After the preliminary determination of the list of evildoers, He Yan immediately sent a number of teams to start the raid.

Compared with Yong'an County and Haifeng County, when they raided large households, now they are raiding homes in Guangzhou City, and the difficulty has not increased much, and the guards of large families have been requisitioned to defend the city, and there are very few guards left behind by each family, and there is not much strength to resist the people's army's raiding team.

The resistance is not strong, but the house raiding team has encountered other troubles, many of the people on the list are not at home at all, and have gone to the ordinary people's residential areas to hide, Guangzhou City is so big, it will not be impossible to find the people who are hiding for a while.

A more appropriate method is for the People's Army to quickly gain popular support and gain the support of ordinary people in Guangzhou, and then these ordinary people will spontaneously report suspicious people to the People's Army.

A small number of large families have not oppressed the common people, they learned that the People's Army would not raid their homes, but when they saw the homes of other powerful people being raided one by one, these people were also terrified, and the doors of the houses were closed, hiding in the rooms and shivering.

Only those like Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin who want to join the People's Army can the door of the mansion be open and welcome the People's Army.

After a short rest and recuperation in Guangzhou City, the Third Mixed Brigade left one company of the firearms unit and two and a half regiments of the cold weapons unit in Guangzhou City on December 25, that is, the day after the New Year, and He Yan led most of the Third Mixed Brigade to leave Guangzhou City.

After leaving the city of Guangzhou, the troops led by He Yan were immediately divided into two parts, one was only more than 2,000 people, led by the deputy brigade commander Xu Gang, and went southwest to take the important town of Foshan; The other numbered more than 13,000 people, led by He Yan himself, marched west to Zhaoqing Mansion.

After receiving the news of Guangzhou City's request for help, several Ming troops from all over western Guangdong quickly came to the rescue, but they did not expect that Guangzhou City would be captured by the People's Army first.

In the face of the fallen city of Guangzhou, the reinforcements did not know whether to continue to advance or retreat, and finally there were two Ming armies gathered in the territory of Zhaoqing Mansion, plus some Ming troops in Zhaoqing Mansion itself, the number of Ming troops in the entire Zhaoqing Mansion was as many as 8,000, which was more than the previous defenders of Guangzhou City.

Of course, the 8,000 Ming army in Zhaoqing Mansion and the 6,000 Ming army in Guangzhou City were incomparable, and a considerable part of the 6,000 Ming army was elite.

As for the strength of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, in the course of the attack on the city of Guangzhou, the number of casualties exceeded 3,000, but some Ming troops defected and were mixed into the 3rd Mixed Brigade after preliminary screening, so that the strength of the 3rd Mixed Brigade recovered slightly.

The 13,000 People's Army has no big problem dealing with the 8,000 Ming troops in Zhaoqing Prefecture, even if these 8,000 Ming troops hold the city of Zhaoqingfu, as long as the city gate is not completely blocked, the 3rd Mixed Brigade does not need to pay a higher price than when attacking Guangzhou City, and can take Zhaoqing City.

As the People's Army continued to attack the city in Guangdong, a branch of the Ming army was destroyed, the original strength of about 100,000 Ming troops, now only about 30,000, if these 30,000 Guangdong Ming troops are gathered together, the People's Army must gather more than 20,000 troops to defeat it.

But now, the remaining 30,000 Guangdong Ming troops are scattered, Zhaoqing Mansion has 8,000 people, and Qiongzhou Mansion far away from the mainland has more than 5,000 people.

On the afternoon of the day when most of the Third Mixed Brigade left the city of Guangzhou, Xu Gang's troops arrived in Foshan Town, captured Foshan Town almost effortlessly, and harvested a large number of craftsmen.

Due to the importance of Foshan Town, it was originally guarded by thousands of elite Ming troops, but because the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army was preparing to attack Guangzhou City, Wu Wenhua transferred most of the defenders of Foshan to Guangzhou City.

On the morning of December 27, Fang Nan rushed to Guangzhou City first.

The central government of the People's Army is still on the road, and it has not followed the officials of the Third Mixed Brigade, and the People's Army Government has not yet been established in the city of Guangzhou, and it has been under military control for the past few days, and the entire city is under martial law, and everyone stays at home, and is not allowed to walk around the city.

Only when the People's Military Government emerges in Guangzhou will the military administration be gradually abolished and the people in Guangzhou will be able to return to normal life.

It was also because of the importance of Guangzhou City that Fang Nan rode a fast horse to come first.

"What a long and tall wall!"

Fang Nan was not surprised when he saw Guangzhou City, which was bigger than Yong'an County and Huizhou City, but the rest of Fang Nan and his party were surprised by the height and breadth of Guangzhou City, this was the first time they had seen such a big city, much more than the Huizhou City they had stayed in before.

During the day, the city gate of Guangzhou City was not closed, and the city gate area was guarded by the People's Army soldiers, and the People's Army soldiers on the city wall saw Fang Nan and his party riding horses from a distance, because the number was small, it was more likely to be their own people, and the People's Army soldiers on the city wall told their comrades in the city gate area about the matter, and let them be on guard.

"It's the Grand Duke!"

Fang Nan and his party were getting closer and closer to the east gate of Guangzhou, and the soldiers of the People's Army in the city gate area had seen Fang Nan and directly recognized Fang Nan.

"Salute!"

As soon as the officer gave the order, the soldiers of the People's Army in the city gate area saluted Fang Nan together.

"Comrades have worked hard."

Fang Nan dismounted and patted several fighters on the shoulders, and the soldiers who were patted on the shoulders by Fang Nan were full of fanaticism.

Most of them joined the KPA after raising the flag, and they did not come into contact with the KPA as long as the veterans, but they admired the Metropolitan Governor as much as the veterans.

The recruits knew all kinds of legends about the Metropolitan Governor from the mouths of the veterans, and knew that it was the Metropolitan Governor who founded the People's Army, and it was under the leadership of the Metropolitan Governor that the People's Army had come to this point, and many families were going to live a good life.

A soldier in Fang Nan's team took out the road guide, even if it was confirmed that it was the metropolitan governor, the soldier guarding the door still took a closer look at the road guide, this is the rule of the people's army, even Fang Nan, the metropolitan governor, is no exception, there are rules, the people's army will always be the people's army, without rules, maybe one day the people's army will be exterminated by the Ming army.

"Let's go, let's go into town!"

There is almost no one else on the streets of the city except the People's Army, and Fang Nan and his party can ride horses through the streets, if it is changed to Yongan County, no one is allowed to ride horses and gallop in the city at will unless it is an emergency.