In the early morning of the third day, the Tatars camped on Baiyun Mountain.

Shang Kexi raised the account, and Geng Jimao sat with him. In the army, Shang Kexi is generally called the old prince, and Geng Jimao is the little prince.

The main Tatar generals, the left wing of the Jingnan Domain, all succeeded in success, and the right wing was successful. Under the Pingnan Domain, the left wing was under Xu Erxian, and the right wing was Ban Zhifu. Jiangxi Green Camp High Library, First Qiyu, Jiangnan Green Camp Guo Hu. The generals put on their helmets and armor and stood solemnly in their tents.

Geng Jimao took out a military report, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Generals, the prince of Dingnan defeated Cao Zhijian, and the whole army crossed the Nanling Ridge and was about to come to the city of Guilin. Our army's total victory is imminent, everyone, the Ming army has lost courage, and we can take Guangzhou City with more efforts. ”

Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, was recognized as the strongest army of the three feudatories, and he was originally responsible for the two directions of Xiangxi and Guangxi. Sun Kewang's strong army arrived in eastern and northern Qiandong, and a considerable part of Kong Youde's army was pinned down on the defense line in western Hunan.

The defense line of Nanling in Guangxi operated by Qu Shiyun was much stronger than the defense line of Meiguan in Guangdong, and the Ming troops in each town were scattered to guard the passes of Nanling. Kong Youde fought hard for half a year, but was still blocked by the Ming army who fled to the ridge in defeat from Huguang.

Beijing found that it had committed a military taboo by giving Kong Youde a dual combat mission, so it redid the battlefield deployment, transferred Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Shun, from Shandong, and assigned the green battalions of Zhang Guozhu and Hao Xiaozhong to Shen Fan. Shen Fan succeeded Kong Fan in Hengzhou, established a front against Xiangxi, and was responsible for defense.

Kong Youde was liberated from multiple tasks and was in charge of political gui. He sent troops to Quanzhou and attacked the main force of the Ming army guarding the pass at Yanguan to attract reinforcements from Guilin. Then, Kong Youde led the army to move eastward, defeated Cao Zhijian at Zhenxia Pass, and entered Lingnan. Cao Zhen lost tens of thousands of soldiers, and Kong Youde pursued Cao Zhijian relentlessly. Cao Zhijian tried to regroup the defeated troops three times and stopped defending the army, but was broken three times, and finally lost all his firearms and ammunition, and was completely unable to form an army, so he had to lead a small number of personal soldiers to flee into the deep mountains and Yaoyuan.

Zhenxia Pass was lost, and Kong Youde threw a left hook fist and detoured along the narrow official road to the east flank of Guilin.

The official road of Zhenxia Pass has limited traffic capacity, and the logistics support capacity is weak, so it cannot support the army for a long time. Kong Youde can only rely on carrying ammunition and food, and the breakthrough is still weak. If the Ming army had mobile troops, there would still be a chance to defeat Kong Youde with a counter-attack. But Qu Shiyun didn't, and his troops were only enough to defend the defensive line.

The Ming army's Yudian battalion in front of the Yan Pass learned that the back road might be copied, and immediately turned around and entered the race mode. The Tatars successfully occupied the southward road in front of Yanguan, and Kong Youde's secondary breakthrough was successfully transformed into a major breakthrough. The battlefield entered the periphery of Guilin, the gateway to Guangxi was opened, and the Ming army was out of control.

The Pearl River system makes the two battlefields a whole. Kong Youde's breakthrough through Nanling strongly supported the operations of the Ping and Jing domains in Guangdong, which directly led to the unstable rear road of the Ming army in the direction of Zhaoqing, and the Ming liberation army on the Qingyuan and Sanshui fronts was defeated. Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao eliminated the flank threat, and the firepower of troops was further concentrated in Guangzhou.

Geng Jimao continued to deploy.

"Ban Zhifu."

The Tartar with the lightning rod on his head will come out of the ranks, "Little Lord." ”

"All the troops entering the city are under your unified command, and you must break through the Ming army's defense line today."

"Huh!"

"Xu Degong, attack Guangzhou New City with all your might."

"Xu Erxian and Lian Decheng attacked the east and west walls of the old city respectively."

"Guo Hu, tell Tanmin Zhou Zhen, Zhou Yu, and Li Weirong, don't hold it anymore, attack the dock and burn the Ming warship, and fight it well, and I will take off all his people."

Each of them bowed down to receive the commandment.

Shang Kexi coughed, attracted the attention of all the generals, and then clenched his fists in the direction of Beijing, "Canton City, this domain will not have the face to see the imperial court again." All the armies must attack to the death, take the city, and Xu Er and others will be rewarded for ten days. ”

Guangzhou is the richest city in China, and the 10-day reward will not be less than Yangzhou's. The generals couldn't contain their excitement and saluted Shang Kexi with cheers.

From this morning onwards, the Tatars attacked the city on all fronts. Not only the breakthrough of the old city, but also the rest of the city walls were attacked, and the Ming army was in chaos for a while. The Tatars attacked the city walls in many places, and the Ming army retreated to the towers.

There was an urgent report from the rear, and the northeast corner of the new city was also broken through by the Tatars, but fortunately, the 100 guards led by Lin Shoujie were not far from the Tatar landing site, and the timely reinforcements did not cause a catastrophe.

But one can be two can not be repeated, the Ming army's defense line is precarious, if the new city is lost, everything is over.

Shou Xiang was very anxious and grabbed Shen Yaochen, the prefect of Guangzhou.

"How many more?"

"More than 30,000."

"Is there any way to hurry?"

"Please give me 300 soldiers under the Great Commandery, I can only use it."

"I'll give you soldiers, you have to promise that you will withdraw during the day today!"

"Xia Guan knows."

Shen Yaochen walked staggeringly, and the prefect of Guangzhou stayed awake day and night, which would force him to breathe a sigh of relief. After two days of retreat, the Canton leaders and the families of the defenders had been evacuated on a priority basis, and now the forced relocation caused at least the least fluctuations in the morale of the troops.

In the afternoon, the Tatars cleared the occupied gates, and a large battalion of reinforcements with cannons entered the city. The intensity of the battle on the front line in the city has been connected by several levels.

The orderly artillery was no longer aimed at the gap in the city wall, and after lowering the barrel, it fired at the enemy army across the river.

Nine pounds of solid iron projectiles flew out of the barrels of the guns, easily shattering the exterior walls of the buildings made of oyster shells, straw and earth, and the houses collapsed everywhere, filling the sky with smoke and dust.

Li Jianjie clenched the red tasseled horse gun, his face tense.

Zhang Pengfei looked dusty, got down from the battlefield, and asked for reinforcements from Shou Order.

"I can only give you 2 more companies."

The Dongshui Battalion has 6 companies under its jurisdiction, with a company of 80 people, and the battalion headquarters and the last 2 companies are held in order, and the remaining 4 companies are filled into the battlefield.

Du Yonghe and Zhang Yue hurriedly evacuated the governor's yamen and entered the new city.

A fire broke out in the Daximen Tower, and the defenders were martyred with the position, and the flanks of the guards were directly threatened. The Tatars will be able to outflank the back as soon as tonight.

Guo Yao, the defender of the north city wall, withdrew the city wall, and looked at the Ming general with gunsmoke on his face, "The north city wall is completely lost?" What about Shi Kunran? ”

"He's still looking at the sea ......"

"Ha, in other words, you left Shi Kunran to the Tatars, right? He's surrounded, isn't he? ”

The soldiers bandaged Guo Yao's arm that had been pierced by a shotgun, and Guo Yao clenched the cloth with his teeth.

"Yes, Commander Shi asked me to withdraw first, and he blocked the Tatars in Wanghai Tower."

"If he asks you to withdraw, you will withdraw?"

"The big and small north gates have been breached, and there is no point in guarding Zhenhai Tower again."

Shou Xiang was furious, Fan Chengen hurriedly persuaded him, "What General Guo said makes sense, the big system, the new city needs defenders." ”

Shou Xuan kicked over the table in front of Guo Yao, "I don't have time to deal with you now, take your soldiers and get to the new city." ”

After Guo Yao left, Andrei whispered to Shou Xu: "The Tatar attacks are getting more and more fierce, the three city gates are lost, and the Chinese can't stop it." ”

Shou Xuan didn't speak, and his face was very ugly.

"Even if the old city is completely lost, we can evacuate, but I am worried about the new city. Losing the docks, we're in danger too. ”

The combat effectiveness of the Ming army was rapidly weakening, and if the new city was enthroned once, it was possible to be enthroned a second time, and luck could not always favor the order.

"Get ready, we'll retreat tonight."

It didn't hold for 4 days as planned, but the new city couldn't wait, and the defenders were needed there, otherwise it would be lost tomorrow.

Retreating in front of the enemy is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful, it will cause a catastrophe. The Hainan Ming army simulated countless retreat exercises in Xiangshan, but they were not sure how they performed on the real battlefield.

"How many shells do we have?"

"800 rounds."

"You don't have to control the use anymore, just play it all."

From two o'clock in the afternoon to the evening, the defenders' cannons cooled down once every half an hour and continued to fire. The artillerymen took off their coats and cleared, loaded, reset, and fired bare-chested. Two guns blew up on the position, and none of the gun crews survived. Soldiers and weapons are stretched to the limit.

The Tatars forced their way across the river on rafts and door panels, breaking through the defenses in several sections. The defenders used short-range artillery such as the Franc machine and the mountain splitting cannon to fire frequently with shotguns, temporarily suppressing the enemy infantry.