It is said that Kong Youde has escaped far away, but he found a problem, leading the army to march and escaping alone are really two different things.

Guangxi's water network is dense, and the army can open roads and build bridges when marching in the mountains, although some of the rivers in Guangxi are not too deep, and they can be crossed by horseback, but some rivers are not.

Kong Youde, a general of the defeated army, combed a big braid on his head, and knew that he was a Qing army at a glance, for some reason Kong Youde did not say that some rivers on the road were difficult to pass, he didn't even dare to walk the road, and the people he met on the road dared to pick up sticks and besiege him, which was really a beating for the water dogs.

Consciously if you can't catch up with Yan Pass like this, you will die on the road, Tianlang and Li Dingguo chased after him very quickly, Kong Youde decided to temporarily flee back to Guilin, and the line Guoan was in a hurry to escape back to Guilin because Guilin still had more than 1,000 of his men and horses, which was the cannon fodder left by Kong Youde in order to arrange a blind spell for the Ming army, who knew that it could be used at this time, at least as long as Yan Guan was not lost, he could still rely on more than 1,000 defenders in Guilin to resist the Ming army in the direction of Pingle.

With carrier pigeons as a means of communication, Jinyiwei soon sent the information that Kong Youde also fled to Guilin to Tianlang, Tianlang divided the target into two, and ordered Ni Zhaolong to rush to Yanguan overnight, and he led Li Dingguo to surround Guilin that night.

Li Dingguo asked with some concern: "Your Majesty, after this battle, we only have less than 5,000 soldiers and horses in our hands, and the last general suggested not to divide the troops, concentrate on besieging Guilin, capture and kill Kong Youde, and learn of Kong Youde's death. ”

Tianlang stubbornly shook his head and said: "I guess that Guilin is an empty city at this time, Kong Youde and Xian Guoan almost fled back there alone, after collecting the scattered soldiers, the defenders of Guilin are no more than 3,000 people, we pursued overnight, so that Kong Youde could not get a respite, and the city was like a palm." ”

Tianlang is actually not absolutely sure of his words, but he will definitely not let Kong Youde go, even if he is allowed to take a breath. If it weren't for him, how could Tianlang and Qianqian appear in Daming? Don't say that he deceived Qianqian to save people before, and almost bullied Qianqian, just because he attacked Liuzhou City desperately, he almost let Qianqian fall into his hands again, and Tianlang would not spare him.

That night, Tianlang arrived outside the city of Guilin, although there were no siege equipment, as long as he stuck to Kong Youde and didn't let him escape easily, he was already successful.

That night, Ni Zhaolong went to Yanguan, and encountered the Qing cavalry who returned to Guilin on the way, Yanguan Qing army of 3,000, Ni Zhaolong's troops of 2,000, unable to resist the enemy, Ni Zhaolong fought and retreated, and asked Tianlang to send soldiers and horses to support.

In the early morning of the next day, Tianlang and Li Dingguo set up an ambush again on the east bank of the Li River, annihilating most of the 3,000 cavalry of the Qing army in Yanguan, and the corpses of the Qing army were floating throughout the Li River.

And Kong Youde saw that the reinforcements were hit hard, and finally only fled back to the city for a few hundred horses, which was useless, so he was ready to escape, but as soon as he escaped from the city gate, he was intercepted and killed by the waves, and Kong Youde hurriedly fled back to the city.

Tianlang didn't have many soldiers and horses, but only 4,000 cavalry, plus Ni Zhaolong, who arrived later, was only more than 5,000 cavalry, Kong Youde was confident that Guilin City was so big, which city gate would he not be able to escape?

But it just so happened that no matter which direction Kong Youde chose to go out of the city, Tianlang could accurately wait outside the city to intercept him, causing him to be forced back into the city again and again.

Soon after, Jiao Lian, who had followed Kong Youde all the way from Liuzhou on Qianqian's orders, arrived at the city, and the Ming army increased its strength by 3,000 and began to build siege equipment.

The next day, even worse, after Hao Yongzhong broke through the Yan Pass, he led Zijiang to annihilate Nikan's main force of more than 100,000 Ming troops to Guilin, and besieged Guilin City.

This time, Tianlang was very carefully arranged, and he had a hunch that Kong Youde's death seemed to have really arrived.

After Hao Yongzhong arrived, he saw that Tianlang was still only building siege equipment, and did not really start attacking the city, so he asked puzzledly: "The emperor has already eaten Kong Youde's men and horses after the two battles of Pingle and Lijiang, why didn't he start attacking the city, in case Kong Youde ran away with oil on the soles of his feet like he did a few times before, wouldn't it be a pity?" ”

Tian Langcan said with a smile: "It is precisely because of the lessons of the previous two times that this time we must be sure to act." As for your worries that he ran away, not this time, Kong Youde is in the city. ”

"Right in the city, the emperor is so sure? The last general heard that Kong Youde had tried to break through several times, so he couldn't help him to come to the Ming Plank Road to secretly Chen Cang, send troops to attack the east and west, and he escaped by himself. ”

Tianlang shook his head, "Absolutely not, I said that I must be sure of nine out of ten, of course, I must always lock Kong Youde's position." ”

Hao Yongzhong frowned slightly, "Could it be that you still rely on Jinyiwei's intelligence?" But even if there are spies in the city, it should be impossible to lock Kong Youde's whereabouts at all times. ”

"Why can't it be?" Tianlang asked rhetorically, "What if this spy of mine is someone from Kong Youde's side?" ”

"What kind of spy is so powerful, lurking by Kong Youde's side?"

Since the siege is about to begin, this senior spy is about to move from behind the scenes to the forefront, and there is really nothing to hide, Tianlang said: "If you want to talk about this spy, you also know it." ”

"The last generals know each other, who are they?"

Tianlang paused, and said slowly: "Actually, this person was planted by Kong Youde's side when I and Ma Jinzhong made a plan to counterattack Huguang together, because of his existence, I can know the most accurate information about the arrival of Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army in Wuchang at the first time.

But it was precisely because of the appearance of Wu Sangui that my plan to counterattack Huguang could not be completed, but I didn't expect this spy to bring me an unexpected joy.

Before following Kong Youdeqi to attack Guilin City, he also informed me of the direction of Nikan's attack, so that I could easily set up an ambush circle. ”

"Did the emperor also know for sure that Kong Youdeqi attacked Guilin and then attacked Liuzhou because of his intelligence, but there were not even more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, so he was relieved to set up an ambush on Nikan in Zijiang?"

"That's right." Tianlang frankly admitted.

Hao Yongzhong scratched his face, his thoughts were a little messy, more like talking to himself, "Who the hell is it, so powerful?" ”

He had the best relationship with Ma Jinzhong, and he was once called "king and horse" with Ma Jinzhong.

"Wang Yuncai?"

Soon, the Ming army began to attack the city, hundreds of thousands of troops besieged on all sides, the momentum is not too magnificent, the scene is not too ecstatic, each wave of attack will have nearly 10,000 people to kick the city, Guilin twelve city gates in addition to the water gate in the east of the city, almost all are full of crashes, the four city walls are covered with ladders, just the horn of the siege is about to drown the city of Guilin.