In Jieyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Hu Zhuang's Second Mixed Brigade had already surrounded Jieyang County on three sides, and at first it was only the artillery of the Second Mixed Brigade that bombarded Jieyang County, and soon, the Second Mixed Brigade pulled all the artillery abandoned by the Ming army on the battlefield, loaded it with gunpowder, loaded it with shells, and bombed it into Jieyang County.

There is no way to accidentally injure the people in the city, I just hope that the people can hide in the houses and not go out at will, and accidentally be hit by a cannonball flying into the city.

Even though most of the KPA operators of the new batch of artillery were novices, under the command of the artillery of the firearms unit, they barely bombarded most of the shells on the walls and walls of Jieyang County.

The artillery is not firing all the time, even if there are captured Ming troops, it cannot support the continuous firing, basically one cannon or two shots every half an hour, more deterrence than killing the enemy.

From the afternoon to the next day, hundreds of Ming troops were killed or wounded under the shelling, for the 5,000 Ming troops in Jieyang County, the dead and wounded were less than one-tenth of the total strength, but the commander of the Ming army, Cao Yun, could not sit still.

If this continues, more Ming troops will be killed and wounded, and under the bombardment, the morale of the Ming army defending the city is too low, and the Ming soldiers do not even dare to stay on the city wall, for fear of dying on the city wall under the shelling.

Cao Yun understood that this Jieyang county town was really unable to hold, and if he stayed in Jieyang County for a moment longer, the morale of the Ming army would decline, and when the enemy attacked the city, the Ming army did not have much combat effectiveness at all, and the enemy easily captured the city.

"Retreat, retreat to the capital city of Chaozhou, maybe it is possible to block the enemy." Cao Yun made the final decision.

Cao Yun has already made a decision, but he can't retreat now, retreating during the day will be quickly discovered by the People's Army, and the city gate is so big, the five thousand Ming troops can't all go out of the city at once, and in the end, a thousand people can successfully escape even if it is many.

Cao Yun chose to carry him away after nightfall, although chaos is easy to occur in the night, but the night is also a cover for the Ming army, allowing more people to escape.

During this day, the Ming army still had to hold on, endure the bombardment of the People's Army, and face the siege that could come at any time.

In the area bordering Heping County in Guangdong Province and Dingnan County in Jiangxi Province, the firearms unit and cavalry unit led by Wang Shengrong had already attacked and harassed the Ming army for a day, and the Ming army suffered more than 400 casualties.

A new day came, and the firearms and cavalry units of the People's Army continued to harass the Ming army from Jiangxi.

In several raids, the Ming army suffered many casualties, and at the same time, Wang Shengrong could also see that the Ming army reacted faster, and seemed to want to destroy the People's Army that was constantly harassing them.

However, neither the firearms unit nor the cavalry unit gave the Ming army this opportunity, and each time they retreated with one blow, and when the Ming army chased after them, the firearms unit and the cavalry unit fled away.

"What a damn bunch of thieves." In the camp of the Ming army, Liu Yuanji scolded, but he was helpless.

The Ming army continued to suffer casualties, and its strength continued to decline, while the enemy's strength was almost not damaged, and if it continued like this, the Ming army led by Liu Yuanji would definitely not be the opponent of the People's Army.

But Liu Yuanji was unwilling to retreat like this, killing and wounding so many people, but he didn't kill many enemies, so he retreated like this, it was useless for Liu Yuanji, at least he had to kill some enemies and then retreat, so that there would be results, and it was best to destroy the enemy's firearms troops or cavalry troops, which could be regarded as offsetting the merits and demerits.

The confrontation between the Jiangxi Ming Army and Wang Shengrong's People's Army continued, and it will not end in a short time.

At the same time, the other half of the 1st Mixed Brigade of the People's Army fought with the Ming Army in Huguang, because of yesterday's big battle, both sides did not prepare for a big battle today, but sent small groups of troops to attack each other, and at the end of the day, the People's Army suffered more than 300 casualties and the Ming Army suffered more than 500 casualties.

Fang Nan's team traveled day and night, and it was expected to be able to join the People's Army led by Xiong Jian at night.

On the other side, Guo Rong's army, which was routed by the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army, finally fled back to the capital of Huizhou.

When he learned of the defeat of Guo Mian's army, Li Xi fell to the ground in shock, he couldn't believe that so many Ming troops, including several elites, could be defeated by a thief army with fewer numbers and worse strength, and even Guo Mian died on the battlefield.

Now the more critical thing is that Guo Rong's army was defeated, and the next target of the People's Army must be Huizhou Fucheng, Huizhou Fucheng is only 3,000 Ming troops, even if some of the defeated troops come back, but they don't have much morale, how can they hold Huizhou Fucheng under the attack of the People's Army.

As the defeated army fled back to Huizhou, the news of the defeat of Guo Rong's army quickly spread among officials, large families, and the Ming army, who all knew that Guo Rong's army had been defeated, and knew that the next target of the People's Army was Huizhou Fucheng, and Huizhou Fucheng was no longer able to resist the People's Army.

Thinking that in the city captured by the People's Army, many wealthy gentry and businessmen were raided, and people who got the news and did not want to stay in Huizhou Mansion and wait for death packed up their gold and silver and left Huizhou Mansion with their families and fled to Guangzhou City.

Some people even planned to flee to Guangxi or Huguang, but this small group of people felt that the People's Army was too strong, and the whole of Guangdong was about to fall, and it was useless to flee to the city of Guangzhou.

Knowing that the people in the city wanted to escape, Li Xi wanted to stop him, he didn't want to leave Huizhou City, his family had already sent him away, he wanted to stick to Huizhou City, even if the chance of holding Huizhou City was very small, whether it was success or failure, his family would not be implicated.

It's just that Li Xi's obstruction was very unsuccessful, and some of the people who wanted to leave the city had a big background, and some people said that Li Xi's family had already been sent away, and even many Ming soldiers had to flee.

In the afternoon, when He Yan led the Third Mixed Brigade to Huizhou Fucheng, it didn't take much effort to capture Huizhou Fucheng, and there were only more than 1,000 Ming troops left defending the city, and their homes were all in Huizhou Fu.

Li Xi was found in the lobby of the government office, and when he was found, Li Xi had already killed himself.

After leaving a force in Huizhou Fucheng, He Yan quickly led a large army to march westward, and the final target was Guangzhou City, the core of Guangdong.

Soon, night fell, Fang Nan successfully joined the People's Army of Xiong Jian 1st Road, and the Ming army in Jieyang County was also preparing to escape.

Not only did the Ming army escape, but the magistrate and other officials, including their families and the wealthy gentry and merchants in the county who had not had time to leave before, all fled with the Ming army, and the Ming army left, and they stayed to wait for death.

It feels like the time is almost up, the east gate and the north and south city gates of Jieyang County are opened almost at the same time, most of the people escape from the east city gate, a small number of people escape from the north and south city gates, and finally they all flee to the east, but the city gate is too small, and the team of thousands of people can not all go out of the city at once, so they can only disperse and flee.

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