Hearing that Wang Yue asked the governor to come back, and directly asked the governor to go to the south city gate, everyone immediately reacted, and then several people showed hesitation.

"My lord, what about the others?" There are tens of thousands of troops in the city, even if you don't count those young and strong people, but the regular army has 30,000 people, if you only take the superintendent to leave, what will happen to the other troops?

At this time, Wang Yue said without the slightest hesitation: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, and today is the time for them to fight to the death for Your Majesty's loyalty, and the order is to let them continue to stick to the city wall, and not let a single soldier or thief army enter the city!" ”

The meaning of this is to let the other troops hold back the pace of the puppet Tang thief army so as to cover their escape!

Everyone is a smart person, and they don't understand what Wang Yue means, but no one objected, and at this time, Wang Yue was followed by high-ranking civil and military officials in Wuzhou City, and most of them were Wang Yue's henchmen.

Most of the other generals who led the troops to fight were not there, they were leading the troops to fight in the city at this time, and even the high-ranking generals such as the Guangxi Commander were leading troops to resist the thief army in the east city wall.

When these people heard Wang Yue say that he was going to leave and let others cover up, they naturally wouldn't have any opinions.

However, after Wang Yue said that, he thought about it and said: "When we get out of the city, we will order them to break through the siege, and they can escape as much as they can!" ”

Wuzhou City must not be able to hold it, the top priority is to save the lives of himself and the three thousand descendants, if the safety of his own people can be guaranteed, then these troops can naturally break through and retreat.

Wang Yue ran away with a group of high-ranking civil and military officials, and also sent fast horses to call back the governor who was about to arrive at the eastern city wall to reinforce Yu Dayou's battle.

And all this, the soldiers of the Ming army who are fighting on the front line do not know it, not to mention that ordinary soldiers do not know, even the senior generals who lead the army to fight do not know, these senior generals include Chen An, the commander of the Guangxi Metropolitan Envoy, Shen Xiyi, the deputy chief soldier of Guangdong, the commander of Guangdong, the general Yu Dayou, and so on, as for the generals such as the Wei Commander, the Wei Commander, and the Qianhu.

If you want to command more than 30,000 regular troops and 20,000 young and strong, there are not many high-ranking generals, and at this time, Wuzhou City basically includes most of the senior generals in the Liangguang region.

And most of these people didn't know that Wang Yue had already run away with people, even after Shen Xiyi persuaded Wang Yue away, he just thought that Wang Yue had taken refuge in the city for a while, but he didn't think that Wang Yue would run away decisively and resolutely, and he would leave a large group of people to escape.

Wang Yue's movements were not even known to most of the Ming army soldiers, and Li Xuan and others outside the city naturally did not know.

In fact, at the beginning of the war, Li Xuan and others considered the possibility of the Ming army fleeing after the defeat in World War I, but they thought that this possibility was not great.

This battle either can't be won, but once it is fought, it is impossible for the Ming army in the city to run away on a large scale, either dead or wounded or as prisoners of war!

Because they have blocked the east and northwest sides, and even the north side is also heavily arranged, well, the first corps that acts as a strategic reserve is there.

So they are not afraid that the main force of the Ming army will run away, as for fleeing from the Xijiang River, how can tens of thousands of troops board the ship and run away in a hurry, you are the Tang army attacking the city behind is a dead man, they will definitely pursue it!

Just a few hundred meters away, a charge is all it takes!

Tens of thousands of Ming troops in the city, unless they put on their wings, otherwise they will not be able to run out at all when the city is broken.

And this is also when Wang Yue decided to escape, he did not have the idea of escaping from the Xijiang River with the main force, because he also knew that too many people could not run away from the Xijiang River, two or three thousand people was basically the limit, and no matter how many there were, the boats by the river would not be enough.

Wang Yue's movements were quite fast, he took his personal guards and a vote of high-level civil and military officials from Liangguang and went straight to the south city gate, and when he arrived at the city gate, he saw the superintendent who temporarily turned to the south city gate.

Seeing the smooth arrival of the three thousand governors, Wang Yue was also relieved!

Wuzhou couldn't hold it, he was ready to escape with people, but he also knew that he definitely wouldn't be able to bring many people, and the three thousand governors were almost the limit.

After fleeing east with 3,000 governors, you can go to Zhaoqing, well, it is estimated that Zhaoqing will not be able to keep it, and you will go to Guangzhou when the time comes.

There are sailors in Guangzhou, and they can also recruit young people from the Pearl River Delta region, and when the time comes, if they rely on the sailors and stick to Guangzhou with these 3,000 governors as the core, plus the rainy season in the Liangguang area is coming, it will be raining for several months, and the firearms of the thief army will not be able to be used, and maybe they can hold on for a few more months.

With this buffer time, it is estimated that the officers and soldiers from Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian will also come to reinforce it!

This is also the reason why Wang Yue wants to run, and he wants to run with the superintendent.

Soon, Wang Yue went out of the city gate with three thousand governors and a group of officials who were also eager to flee for their lives, and then went straight to the large and small boats by the river.

When Wang Yue and the others went out of the city, the Tang Dynasty Wang Shi outside the city finally discovered that something was wrong!

Because although the terrain on the south city gate is not suitable for attack, and the Ming army also deployed a large number of heavy bowl guns on the south city wall, the soldiers of Datang Network did not deploy heavy troops in the south, and only one baggage regiment was stationed here.

Because Li Xuan and they never thought that Wang Yue would leave most of them and only flee with two or three thousand people, in the imagination of Li Xuan and others, if tens of thousands of Ming troops escaped, they would be crowded on this river beach only a few hundred meters wide, which would basically be looking for death.

However, Li Xuan obviously underestimated Wang Yue's determination!

When Li Xuan learned that the Ming army had fled from Nancheng towards the river, he immediately said: "Order the siege troops to increase = large offensive intensity, and then order the cavalry units to immediately rush to Nancheng to intercept the fleeing thief army, and let Chen Keqiao send 2,000 people to Nancheng to support the southern front troops!" ”

At this time, it can be seen from Li Xuan's arrangement that the existing strength of the Tang Dynasty is far from enough for a siege station, and after deploying heavy troops on the three city walls in the east, west and north, it will be difficult for him to transfer enough troops to the southern front.

Although it is said that the First Infantry Corps has not yet participated in the war, the First Infantry Corps needs to garrison the northern front, otherwise, the Ming army in the city will not break through from the southern city, but from the north, so the First Infantry Corps cannot be easily mobilized.

The Western Front is the main attack site, and a breakthrough has been made, in order to consolidate the gap, expand the results of the battle, and completely take Wuzhou City, Li Xuan has already ordered the Second Infantry Regiment to also participate in the siege operation.

In a hurry, it was difficult for him to send fresh troops to the southern front, so he could only send the cavalry units that acted as the supervising team to intercept them, and at the same time let Chen Keqiao on the eastern front send 2,000 people to reinforcements.

Although the Eastern Front is also inspired, it is not the main battlefield after all, and it is okay if you can't fight it for a while!

Li Xuan's orders were quickly transmitted to the commanders of the various units through the flags and heralds, and soon, the three cavalry units of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, and the Guards Cavalry Battalion, which were originally roaming behind the battlefield to supervise the battle, quickly pulled out the docks and then rushed towards the southern front.

At the same time, Chen Keqiao also transferred the last reserve in his hands, that is, the 2,000 men of the Fifth Infantry Regiment, which was already not very full, to rush to the southern front.

The movement of the puppet Tang thief army outside the city was immediately known by the senior generals of the Ming army who were leading the soldiers to resist the puppet Tang thief army at the head of the city.

Seeing this scene, Yu Dayou couldn't help frowning!

Why did the cavalry of the thief army break through and go towards the southern front?

Not only did there be cavalry of the thief army, but there were also two thousand pseudo-Tang real thieves who also went to the southern front.

When he thought of the delay in the arrival of the superintendent, he had a very bad premonition in his mind!

Could it be that the Western Front has been completely defeated, and the adults have already begun to retreat?

Just when he was thinking wildly, a thousand households ran to his side in a panic, and then before the person arrived, he just cried and said, "My lord, it's not good!" ”

"What kind of system is it to be flustered!" Yu Dayou suddenly snorted and said, "What's the matter?" ”

At this time, the thousand households said: "The superintendent will not come to reinforce us, they are already gone!" ”

"Gone?" Yu Dayou's thick eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he immediately said, "Did they go to Nancheng?" ”

The thousand households were slightly surprised: "My lord, how do you know!" ”

Yu Dayou immediately pointed to the puppet Tang thief army outside the city that was galloping towards the southern front: "They told this official!" ”

After that, I only heard him sigh, and then said: "The superintendents are gone, I'm afraid this Wuzhou can't hold it!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a herald rushing all the way to Yu Dayou, and then said, "Lord Shen has an order, the Guangzhou battalion retreats!" ”

After that, the herald continued: "Your Excellency the Governor has ordered the entire city of soldiers and civilians to break through separately, and Lord Shen said, please Lord Yu must bring back the three thousand elites of the Guangzhou battalion, and the safety of Guangdong will be entrusted to Lord Yu in the future!" ”

Yu Dayou said again: "What about the other 7,000 people in our army? When to retreat? ”

He was referring to the 10,000 Guangdong guest soldiers brought over by Shen Xiyi, in addition to the 3,000 Guangzhou battalions he led, there were also 7,000 Weisuo troops.

Hearing this, the herald said with fear on his face: "Our army is stationed on the western front, and it is in the gap where the thief army has broken through, and the whole army has been defeated before the villain comes, and now I am only afraid, I am only afraid of ......"

"Lord Shen, what about him?" Yu Dayou asked.

The herald hesitated a little and then said, "After Lord Shen gave the order to retreat, he has already led his own soldiers to launch a final counterattack against the thief army!" ”

After hearing this, Yu Dayou's face became even darker!

A final counteroffensive? This is desperate resistance in despair, but also to buy more time for those who retreat in the rear!

Has the situation deteriorated to this extent? Is it completely irretrievable?

At this time, Yu Dayou clenched his fists, and then looked up slightly and closed his eyes!