"The army of thieves is away from Zhaoqing...... How far is it going? ”

After a long silence, Shang Kexi finally spoke.

Shang Kexi pressed the lid of the teacup with his hand, opened his eyes slightly, and a fine light in his eyes shot at Zu Zeqing, who was sitting in danger and did not squint:

"How many thieves are there, do you find out, how is the garrison in the city doing?"

In the past few days, there has been an endless stream of people who have come to Guangzhou from Zhaoqing, bringing a huge panic mood to them, which has caused great dissatisfaction among Liu Jinzhong, the defender of Guangzhou, who came to him every day to complain.

Today, he specially recruited the two of them, just to find out what the military situation on the front line was, to have a bottom in his heart, and to plan for the next step.

At the same time, he must coordinate the relationship between the two of them, let them perform their own duties, and cut off their thoughts of escaping.

He knew very well that it was no longer the time when he was just starting the army, and he couldn't scold the two generals in front of him casually.

Originally, the veterans such as Ban Zhifu and Xu Erxian, who were the most capable and loyal, were buried with their eldest son Shang Zhixin in Guangxi last year, and now, they had to rely on the two people in front of them to sell their lives.

He is already old, but his sons are still young, and they still have to rely on them to fight hard.

"Lord Wang...... According to the investigation of various patrol posts, the momentum of the Ming thief army is extremely fierce, and tens of thousands of people on the north road have been less than 100 miles away from Zhaoqing, while there are more thieves on the south road......

During the day, after receiving Shang Kexi's Feishu order, Zu Zeqing, the general of Zhaoqing, who rushed back to Guangzhou overnight, was crying and waiting for training, and hurriedly surrendered his hand when he heard the words.

After a pause, Zu Zeqing raised his eyes and glanced at Shang Kexi's face, and said in a hesitant whisper: "Right now, all the subordinate city defense arrangements have been made, but the people in Zhaoqing City are in turmoil, and there is a panic everywhere, and the subordinates are ......."

"So fast?"

Shang Kexi gasped when he heard this, leaned forward slightly, moved his right hand away from the teacup, and rubbed the pearls on his chest one after another.

The commander of this Ming army, I don't know which one it is, and he doesn't play cards according to the routine at all!

Originally, he was most worried about the Ming army in Wuzhou, because it was the closest, if it went down the Xijiang River, three hundred miles of waterway, it would be able to kill Zhaoqing City in a few days.

For this reason, after the defeat of Shang Zhixin's army, he turned several lines of defense in the direction of Wuzhou, and specially instructed to forge several iron chains with thick bowls, and the Hengjiang River locked the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, preparing to attack the enemy with fire at that time.

Unexpectedly, things were completely unexpected by him.

The enemy who attacked Zhaoqing started from Yulin, completely avoided his preset defense line, and walked along the coastline, sweeping all the way from Leizhou and Gaozhou, where the troops were empty.

The enemy of Wuzhou did not come to Zhaoqing at all, but went all the way north, crossed the mountains and mountains to take Yingde, Shaozhou, and Nanxiong, and directly threatened the flank of Guangzhou.

The two armies didn't go straight to Zhaoqing and Guangzhou, what kind of tactics are these?

This road is swaggering, occupying so much territory on both sides, and the troops are so scattered, it is completely unreasonable to use soldiers!

How many people do you have to do this?

Aren't you afraid that I will concentrate my forces and break through in the middle to take your lair?

Do you know that I don't dare, or are you prepared for it?

Ay! If I knew today, it would be better to really him at the beginning!

Today, it's getting late......

Shang Kexi was remorseful and hateful, and his heart was in turmoil.

However, he is not a reckless man who is nearly fifty years old, he still came back to his senses in time, and now that the enemy is now, it is not the time to take regret medicine.

After settling his mind and shaking Chaozhu hard, he raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Jinzhong, who was sitting on the other side with a gloomy face, gritted his teeth and asked Zu Zeqing:

"Have you had a strong wall and a clear wilderness, and have not the people and the grain been collected into the city? How could so many people come to Guangzhou? ”

Seeing this, Zu Zeqing changed color slightly, and accompanied him to respond carefully: "Lord Wang...... The people around the city have all moved into the city, but the counties below are ...... The subordinates are also beyond the reach of the whip, and there is nothing they can do. ”

"Those county towns that have fallen are just that, but what about the counties along the Xijiang and Beijiang rivers?"

Liu Jinzhong, who was sitting on the side with a blue face, finally couldn't help it, looked up at Zu Zeqing, and said angrily, "The thief hasn't been killed yet, and the big families in the counties are the first to escape, which makes the people of Guangzhou panic, if it goes on like this, how can you let me stabilize the morale of the army?" Who to find to transport the grain and grass baggage? ”

The situation was so bad that Liu Jinzhong was already resentful, and when he saw Zu Zeqing's bear-like appearance, he couldn't contain a burst of anger in his heart.

Originally, the prince accompanied Geng Zhongming, the king of the south, and a total of more than 20,000 people from the two divisions set out from Tianjin to march south, passing through Shandong, Huguang, Jiangxi provinces until Guangdong.

Especially after entering Guangdong, he defeated Li Chengdong in several battles, and in addition to recruiting and surrendering various places, the troops under his command were strong and strong, with a total strength of no less than 100,000, and the main force of elite field warfare alone reached 50,000 or 60,000.

Seeing that the prince is dominating Guangdong, it is a foregone conclusion that he will be the king on the ground, and the brothers will pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and the good days of fighting all the way are just around the corner.

However, as the saying goes, if you don't die, you won't die, just a few years ago, the army of the Western Expedition was completely wiped out with the world, and the main elite force was seven out of ten.

I made it all myself!

Since then, although some supplementary soldiers have been transferred from other places, these foreign soldiers are not their own people, and they are not as strong and loyal as the original Guanwai brothers.

The prince is no longer the brave and warlike prince.

This time, when he heard that the Ming army was coming, he not only gathered all the defenders of various states and counties in Zhaoqing, but also transferred nearly 10,000 elites under his command to Zu Zeqing.

So much so that at present, there are only 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled guards in Guangzhou City, while there are nearly 40,000 people guarding the small Zhaoqing.

That's it, you still pretend to be a bear and cry bitterly in front of the prince?

You still let people from all over the world flee to Guangzhou, what should you tell me to do?

Zu Zeqing was afraid of Shang Kexi, but he was not afraid of Liu Jinzhong, seeing his vicious words, he clearly had an attitude of falling into the ground, and immediately changed color, and said hatefully: "I have done my best, if you are not angry, let the prince withdraw me, you go to guard Zhaoqing." ”

What the hell! Who still doesn't know whose bottom is fine, what kind of big-tailed wolf is charged!

Lao Tzu is desperate in front, completely sitting and waiting for death, once surrounded, there is a chance that he will not even have a chance to escape.

You kid is more active with the prince, and when the time comes, you can slip away at any time when the situation is not good, you are cheap and good!

"You ......" Liu Jinzhong was so choked that he stretched out his finger and pointed at Zu Zeqing, but he was speechless for a while.

"Shut up!"

Seeing this, Shang Kexi hurriedly stopped him, "At the moment of the great enemy, what is the use of you still talking about this!" ”

Seeing that Shang Kexi was angry, the two of them were tense, so they had to have a gloomy face and stop talking.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that it is impossible to change generals in battle, and the current situation, no matter how noisy they are, they can't make any noise, so they can only ask for more blessings.

(Shimokawa Island, is it one island, or two islands?) ）