On October 17, the central government of the People's Army was established in Yong'an County.

On October 19, at night, He Yan led a battalion of firearms and two battalions of cold weapons to leave Guishan County, totaling more than 1,000 people.

On October 20, He Yan led his troops to attack and harass the Ming army, trying to lure the Ming cavalry troops in Huizhou Mansion to fight.

On October 22, the cavalry of the Ming army left the city of Huizhou, and before noon, the two armies met, and the cavalry of the Ming army was severely damaged by He Yan's department, and only more than 400 horsemen fled back to the city of Huizhou.

On the same day, Wang Shengrong led more than 3,000 people of the First Mixed Brigade plus more than 1,000 recruits who were still in the training stage to leave Changle County and march northeast to Xingning County.

In the afternoon, the county seat of Xingning was easily attacked by the 1st Mixed Brigade.

When the first mixed brigade attacked Xingning County, there were quite a few people defending the city in Xingning County, nearly 1,000, but most of them were young and strong recruited by the county, and a few large families were guarded, and the Ming army only had a few hundred defenders in Xingning County, so it can be said that the defensive strength of Xingning County was very weak.

Originally, the main garrison of Huizhou Mansion was Huizhou Wei, in the previous battle, Huizhou Wei in Longchuan County, Changle County, Heyuan County of the three thousand households have been completely wiped out, Ren Jianxiu led the army to Guishan County, Huizhou Wei headquarters was also heavily damaged, the north of Huizhou Province Xingning, Heping, Changning three counties did not have much defensive strength at all.

Before the First Mixed Brigade set out for Xingning County, the name of the People's Army had already spread throughout the three counties of Xingning, Heping, and Changning, and even most of the large families in Xingning, Heping, and Changning counties had already fled from the three counties, fearing that the People's Army would capture the three counties, and even some officials would lose their posts and flee.

However, the magistrates of the three counties did not escape, they looked for all the strength to defend their rule, but only relying on a few hundred defenders and conscripted young people, the strength was too weak and too weak, the first mixed brigade fired a few cannons and fired a few shots, so that the defenders of Changning County were mixed together, and easily captured Changning County, and it is expected that it will not be difficult to attack Heping County and Xingning County in the future.

On 23 October, Hu Zhuang led the Second Mixed Brigade and more than 1,000 recruits who were still in the training stage to leave Haifeng County and enter Huilai County, the capital of Chaozhou, eastward, and a group of officials followed behind the Second Mixed Brigade.

After leaving a unit in Changning County, Wang Shengrong's 1st Mixed Brigade led a large army to march to Heping County in the north of Longchuan County.

On the morning of 24 October, the 2nd Mixed Brigade arrived outside Huilai County, surrounded the city of Huilai, and carried out several exploratory attacks, all of which had little effect.

Huilai County is the closest place to Haifeng County, in order to guard against the People's Army, Chaozhou Wei put part of the troops in Huilai County, which was the Ming army that was attacked by Hu Zhuang's army at night last time.

Under such circumstances, there were at least 1,500 Ming troops in Huilai County, plus the conscripted young men and the guards of large families, the number of people had exceeded 2,000.

Although the number of people is large, but the combat effectiveness is not necessarily strong, the original county town defenders are already weak, and the battle of the guards' army, a half-army and half-civilian army, is only higher than that of the county town defenders, and there is a big gap compared with the recruitment.

What's more, the Weisho army in Huilai County had already fought with the People's Army led by Hu Zhuang, and a night attack defeated the Weisho army of more than 2,000 people, and once again faced the People's Army, it is unknown how much morale this Weisho army can raise.

After the Second Mixed Brigade surrounded the Huilai County, it carried out several tentative attacks, and at most there was a small scale of chaos on the city wall, which was quickly pacified, mainly because there were more Ming troops in Huilai County, and if there were more young and strong people recruited, it would be easy to be relatively chaotic.

Through several exploratory attacks, Hu Zhuang determined the strength of the Ming army in Huilai County, and then bombarded Huilai County every once in a while, attacked and harassed, and launched a siege war on Huilai County tomorrow to capture Huilai County in a battle.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Shengrong led the 1st Mixed Brigade to easily capture Heping County.

On October 25, Wu Wenhua finally received the order of the imperial court, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the three political secretaries of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian each transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses, plus 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Guangdong, and the 50,000 or 60,000 troops should be able to exterminate the gang of traitors.

As for Ren Jianxiu's dismissal, Wu Wenhua can't say anything, defeat is a crime, no matter whether the traitor is strong or weak, it is very good that he has not been executed or even affected his family.

The general soldier was appointed to the post of construction and repair, and the deputy chief soldier Guo Mian was promoted to the general soldier and will lead the army to encircle and suppress the rebels.

On the same day, Guo Mian accepted Wu Wenhua's order, left Guangzhou City, and rode his horse to Huizhou Fucheng.

On the morning of the same day, Hu Zhuang led the Second Mixed Brigade to storm Huilai County, with artillery bombardment, tiger head guns to suppress the enemy on the city wall from a distance, and finally the soldiers of the first battalion used explosives to blow open the city gate.

When the 2nd Mixed Brigade attacked the city, the outcome of Huilai County had been decided, not to mention that in the previous artillery bombardment and long-range suppression of tiger head guns, the defenders of Huilai County had suffered heavy casualties and their morale plummeted, and after the city gate was broken, the morale of the defenders was completely lost.

The battle of Huilai County should have suffered the largest number of casualties among the People's Army since its establishment, with more than 100 dead and hundreds wounded.

After capturing Huilai County, Hu Zhuang also divided a force to capture Jinghai in the southeast of Huilai County, Jinghai was only garrisoned by a few dozen Ming troops, and hundreds of People's Army soldiers arrived and were just about to attack, and these dozens of Ming troops surrendered.

On 27 October, Wang Shengrong led the 1st Mixed Brigade to easily capture the county seat of Changning, and when Xingning County, Heping County, and Changning County, which had been captured in succession, were completely controlled, only Boluo County and Huizhou Fucheng were left in the entire Huizhou Prefecture.

For the time being, the People's Army does not have the idea of capturing Boluo County, the People's Army is insufficient, after capturing Boluo County, it is the east and north facing Huizhou Fucheng, the Ming Army can attack to the north, or to the east, and the People's Army wants to capture Huizhou Fucheng but it is not possible in a short time, it is better to stay in Boluo County and continue Huizhou Fucheng to Guishan County.

On the same day, Hu Zhuang led the Second Mixed Brigade to capture Puning County, just north of Huilai County, after the battle.

When the second mixed brigade attacked Puning County, there were about 1,000 Ming troops in the city, and there were more than 500 young people, which was weaker than Huilai County, but much stronger than Changning County.

The Second Mixed Brigade took a lot of effort to capture the county seat of Puning, which can be said to be the battle with the second highest number of casualties since the establishment of the People's Army.

The capture of Huilai County and Puning County is a tough battle for the People's Army, and the People's Army also has a large number of casualties, which is inevitable for the People's Army, and there will be more times in the future, and it is very difficult to capture a city in a short period of time if you want to capture a city with only a few dozen casualties.

On the same day, the new Guangdong commander-in-chief Guo Mian arrived in Huizhou Fucheng, Ren Jianxiu resigned, and Guo Mian took over Huizhou Fucheng to garrison the Ming army.