The war report from the mainland was sent to Yilan by clipper.

Shou Xu transferred a few officials who were familiar with the administrative structure of Huguang and Guangxi in Yilan, and made a simple sand table overnight in a few days according to the map. The sand table is very imprecise, but it is crudely marked against the map of the main cities, mountains, and river valleys in northern Hunan.

According to the war report on the mainland, Shou Xian personally restored the Huguang War in 1647. The red flag identified the Ming army, the blue flag identified the Tatars, and the red and blue arrows indicated the direction of attack of the two armies. Walter, Lin Shoujie, and several other officers helped Order.

Under the order of the consul, all the officials of Yilan gathered in the main hall of the state office. The original furniture and facilities were moved here, and only the sand table and people remained. The Yamen building in Yilan is simple and small, and dozens of people are a little crowded around.

Shou Xuan looked around coldly, most of the officials had an official background in the Ming Dynasty. Among them was the brother who tried to record the battle examples from the 23rd History.

"Gentlemen, let me tell you how the battle was fought."

Three blue flags were planted in Yuezhou, Changsha and Xiangtan.

Following the defeat of Hao Shaoqi and other Yuezhou and the defeat of He Tengjiao in Changsha, Xiangtan surrendered.

Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Shen Zhixiang traced along the Xiangjiang River, and the army was on the offensive.

Huang Chaoxuan, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Army in Swallow's Nest, was a warlord who treated the people in his jurisdiction cruelly, and often used Ling Chi to execute the gentry in the jurisdiction in order to grab money. After he surrendered to Kong Youde, both father and son were cut by Kong Youde's knife, which made the hearts of Hunan people happy.

The Tatars continued to attack southward, easily defeating tens of thousands of combined troops of the peasant army and the official army such as Hao Shaoqi and Liu Chengyin in Hengzhou.

Dongge University Scholar, the general system of the loyal battalion, the governor of Hubei blocked Yinxi fled to Yongdingwei (Zhangjiajie), close to Li Guogao's loyal battalion, and then ran west into Sichuan. Ma Jinzhong, the commander of the Zhongwu Battalion under the command of Blocked Yinxi, also went to Jiuxiwei in Xiangxi.

Three red flags were planted in the order, representing the Zhongwu Battalion, the Loyal Battalion and the other Sichuan Ming troops in Kuimen.

Governor He Tengjiao continued to run upstream along the Xiangjiang River and led the Yunnan army to retreat to Yongzhou. Zhang Kuang, the governor of Huguang, and Zhang Xianbi, the chief soldier, fled to Baoqing Mansion. Hao Shaoqi ran to Guiyang (now Chenzhou) on the border of Hunan and Guangdong.

Yongzhou protects the gateway of the Xiangjiang River, and Baoqing Mansion protects the emperor in Wugang Prefecture.

At the moment of crisis, He Tengjiao dispatched the general soldier Yang Guodong to attack Changheng Road from Xiangtan.

Faced with this situation, Kong Youde divided his troops in Hengyang.

Geng Zhongming returned to reinforce Changsha, Shang Kexi attacked Guiyang, and Kong Youde's headquarters continued to pursue Yongzhou. The Eight Banner Soldiers were assigned to the Three Route Soldiers.

Geng Zhongming broke Yang Guodong in Changsha and captured seven deputy commanders of the Ming army.

The people of Guiyang were afraid of Hao Shaoqi's rout and plunder, and armed resistance to Hao Shaoqi's entry into the city, Hao Shaoqi was furious and attacked the city. Shang Kexi arrived and immediately attacked Hao, defeated the Ming army, and captured the general soldier Zhang Xueli. After Hao Shaoqi's defeat, the defeated army retreated to Quanzhou, Guangxi, by mountain road.

Kong Youde completely smashed He Tengjiao's main force in Yongzhou, and after two battles, the Tatars killed more than 50 generals of the Ming army, nearly 40,000 soldiers and their families. He Tengjiao also retreated to Quanzhou, Guangxi.

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By the end of April of the first year of Yongli (early June 1647), the situation on the Huguang battlefield was hopeless, with blue flags and blue arrows everywhere. The atmosphere in the conference room was oppressive and smoky.

Shou Xuan glanced at the officials and smiled, "At a critical time, it was the weather that saved the Ming army." The rainy season came, the ground was muddy, the bowstring was damp and degummed, and Kong Youde and the Eight Banners couldn't move. ”

The remnants of He Tengjiao's troops have all retreated into Quanzhou, Guangxi, and there are still important and dangerous cities such as Yanguan and Guilin behind Quanzhou. Guilin left behind Qu Shiyun to operate Guibei relatively well, although there are not many soldiers, but relatively elite. He Tengjiao now needs to defend on a very short front, he has his back to Lingqu, received reinforcements from Guangxi, and temporarily stopped fleeing.

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In the midst of a rout, a rare stream of clarity appeared. Yongzhou Dusi, Fujian Zhou Jintang led 200 people to touch the city at night and regain Yongzhou in chaos.

Shou Xiang replanted the red flag in Yongzhou, and a refreshing feeling seeped into the surrounding environment, slightly diluting the smoke that filled the air.

With this courage to take the initiative, this General Zhou Jintang is worthy of praise. If I remember correctly, Zhou Jintang placed his wife and concubine's family on Hailing Island in Yangjiang, and before leaving, he said, 'How difficult the country is, I will be a horse leather shroud, hoping that in case, you should not think of me.' Shou Xuan turned his head to Zhou Luqing and said, "Hailing Island is very close to Qiongzhou, Defu, you can help me remember it, and I will send someone to pick up his family from that desolate island when I go back." ”

Zhou Luqing nodded yes.

Shou Xiang continued to explain, "After the Ming army restored Yongzhou, it was found that Kong Youde's whole army disengaged and went back to Changsha for summer vacation. You see, battlefield information can only be observed with the naked eye, and valuable information can only be obtained through battles. The intelligence is uncertain without confirmation of the battle. This is the fog of war. Zhou Jintang found the Tatars in front of him weak, but to what extent they were weak had to be discovered by a bold attack. If the commander wants to get comprehensive information, then he needs the troops on the entire front to maintain contact with the enemy army, just like Zhou Jintang. ”

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Back to the sand table battlefield.

Nanming finally got a respite.

The Liaodong cavalry retreated to a distance of 100 kilometers, and the Tatars would have the advantage of using the Sanshun king, and they would not have to retreat to Beijing to escape the summer like the Tatar Eight Banners. Instead, he remained in Changsha, not far from the battle line, and mobilized supplies from the rear to restore strength.

The war was a little less tense, and all parties in Nanming began to make trouble again.

The imperial court was in Wugang, and the chief soldier Liu Chengyin forced Emperor Yongli to give him the military and political power of the whole country, and insulted He Tengjiao, who came to dissuade him.

Under the instigation of He Tengjiao, Zhang Xianbi, the general soldier of the Ming army who retreated in Baoqing Mansion, entered Wugang Prefecture. Liu Chengyin scolded Zhang Xianbi for "committing a crime", and Zhang Xianbi scolded Liu Chengyin for "hijacking." ”

In front of the Son of Yongli, the two Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers fought a big battle.

The essence of the civil war of the Ming army was that the territory of these warlords was getting smaller and smaller, and they had to divide the flood land to defend it. In order to replenish the army and regain its strength, the new warlord will definitely grab the cake of the original warlord.

Liu Chengyin has been operating in Wugang for more than ten years, and the local area is surrounded by mountain peaks and is a fertile basin. Liu Chengyin hoarded food and salary, and the supply could last for several years. It is precisely because of the dangerous terrain and relatively affluent economy that Emperor Yongli chose Wugang as his line.

The retribution of the civil war was swift. In August, autumn is crisp. Kong Youde, who had rested enough, went south again, destroyed all the war zones, and the Ming army fled on all fronts.

On August 24 (September 22, 1647), Shang Kexi troops came to the south of Wugang City.

Emperor Yongli was quite smart, and he noticed that the Wugang warlord Liu Chengyin had moved, and begged Liu Chengyin's old mother, burst into tears, and asked to move to Jingzhou.

Mother Liu couldn't bear it in her heart, so she sent someone to open the city gate. The Son of Yongli discarded all the emperor's honor guards and escaped with his family lightly. After going out of the city for 20 miles, he got off the main road, and despite the fact that he did not carry any food with him, he went headlong into the mountains.

Kong Youde's subordinate Meile Zhenxian Guoan led 1,000 cavalry to pursue Jingzhou, although he captured Jingzhou City and captured most of the central officials of the Yongli Imperial Court, but missed the most important goal.

Kong Youde sat in Hunan and killed Liu Chengyin. Then he sent Wugang to attack Guizhou and capture He Tengjiao's whole family. Taking these family members as hostages, Kong Youde wanted to coerce He Tengjiao to surrender, but He Tengjiao categorically refused, and Kong ordered Chen Youlong to kill He Tengjiao's entire family. Chen Youlong had no choice but to do so.

Geng Zhongming led 2,000 troops from his own domain, Tong Yanghe and other troops of more than 1,000 Eight Banners and surrendered the army, and Dong Ying's troops continued to attack Guangxi.

At this time, Emperor Yongli had no food to eat in the mountains, and he was hungry for days, and finally fled into Liuzhou City, Guangxi. Starving for two days is not a matter compared to being captured by the Tatars, this emperor is still smart, and he is more capable of dealing with crises. The situation in Wugang was so critical that Emperor Yongli didn't forget to play a trick before leaving, telling others that he was going to Jingzhou, but after actually getting out of sight, he took advantage of the night to drill the ravine.

The news of Yongli's loss of contact reached Xiangxi. Plugging Yinxi tried to support Zhu Youzhen, the younger brother of King Rong, as emperor. Fortunately, it was dissuaded, otherwise it would have been another great split. After a period of delay, Xiangxi received the news that the emperor was out of danger and stopped the action of supporting King Rong.

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The order of Shou pulled out almost all the red flags in Huguang.

At this time, in addition to the loyal battalion monks of the Xiyin series in the Kuimen, Shizhouwei, and Badong areas of the Yangtze River, the Huguangming army only left Zhang Xianbi, the general soldier who withdrew from Yuanzhou (Zhijiang) from Baoqing and Wugangxi; Cao Zhijian, the chief soldier who withdrew from Daozhou to the border of Hunan and Guizhou, guarded Longhu Pass, another gateway in addition to Lingqu; and the various routed armies that converged on the whole state of Guangxi.

The strongest of the Ming army was the former peasant army Hao Shaoqi, and Hao Zhen broke away from the front line in Guilin in search of food supplies.

It's a pity that the tax revenue of Guangxi Province is half of that of Wujiang County, Suzhou Prefecture, and it is really unable to spend huge amounts of military rations. Hao Shaoqi was stationed in the military camp of Guilin's Fucheng and treated Qu Shiqi and other high-ranking officials left behind in Guilin with general courtesy. There was no way to supply him with military rations, so he could only apportionment them to the officials of Sidaofu County, and beat them up if they couldn't get enough food.

In addition, soldiers were sent to collect food from all around, captured the gentry of the people, put them on the school grounds, and when they could not get food, they twisted their thighs with bowstrings and tortured them. Basically, they were all Li Zicheng's methods in the Central Plains. In order to defend the food for survival, the people of Guilin formed a village to confront Hao Shaoqi, but they were not opponents and were continuously attacked by Hao. Massacres ensued.

Guilin officials wrote in blood and tears, asking Qu Shiyun to transfer back to the Jiao Lian Department of the Guangxi Local Army to exterminate Hao Shaoqi. Qu Shiyun didn't dare to make a move.

On the first day of November, the Tatars entered Guangxi.

He Tengjiao led the Huguang Governor Biaojun and the Yunnan Army Zhao Yinxuan, Hu Yiqing, and Wang Yongzuo to abandon Quanzhou City, retreat to the main road pass of Xianggui Road, and strictly pass Xing'an County in Quanzhou, blocking the Lingqu.

The city of Quanzhou, which was actually abandoned, was not lost, and the Ming army in Guangxi was not a rout in Huguang, but basically a regular army fighting at home. The defenders, led by Zhou Zhen, a member of the Zhongshu House, struggled to support and asked for help from the provincial capital Guilin for several days.

Qu Shiyun sent Jiao Lian's troops to reinforce Yanguan, and fought with the Tatar advance on the Lingqu Riyue Bridge for several days, but he was unable to go north to relieve the siege of Quanzhou.

Only Hao Shaoqi and his ally Lu Ding were left in Guilin.

Qu Shiyun personally went to Hao Shaoqi's military camp to reconcile the contradiction between the host and the guest, and persuaded Hao Zhen to send troops to reinforce Quanzhou.

The Ming army's captivity of the people of Guangxi, the follow-up consequences are not mentioned for the time being, but they also briefly recovered some vitality.

Hao Shaoqi led the order to attack, he did not go north directly, and crowded in the place of Yanguan.

The Ming army had more troops than Geng Zhongming, and the narrow pass in front of the Yan Pass blocked the Tatars, and also blocked the attack of the Ming army.

The three battalions of Lu Ding, Jiao Lian and the Dian Army advanced to the foot mountain twenty miles south of Quanzhou and stopped.

Hao Shaoqi led his army out of Guilin, continued southward, detoured through Yangshuo, Gongcheng, and Guan County (present-day Guanyang County), and exited the right flank of Yanguan from the Guanhe River valley trail, and suddenly appeared in Beiguan in Quanzhou on November 13.

The Tatars were in a hurry to attack the city, Hao Shaoqi personally led the horse battalion of Biaozhen to attack the enemy, Geng Zhongming was defeated and lost, Hao Shaoqi pursued 30 miles to the north, cut thousands of ranks, captured 300 horses, and more horses. The Tatars' armor, artillery, and banners were discarded.

The order uprooted the blue flag outside Jeonju.

In Quanzhou, the Ming army finally fought a battle. There are many reasons why the Ming army was able to win this battle.

Guangxi has not been ravaged by warlords, and the army and the people are relatively united. Unlike Huguang, which was looking down on the wind, Quanzhou City carried Geng Zhongming's main force for 13 days with a weak force, buying time for reinforcements in the rear.

The Tatars were undermanned and reached the limit of the attack radius of a campaign. They were also not familiar with geography, thinking that it would be fine to block the Lingqu Avenue, but they didn't prevent Hao from copying the trail and killing it.

Hao Shaoqi's combat effectiveness is relatively strong. The rest of the Ming armies were only defensive at best, or the strength to attack briefly in the defense. Hao Shaoqi, who was born from Li Chuang, marched 250 kilometers behind the Ming army's battle line, and maneuvered laterally after a beautiful battle line. Because the mountain is cut off from contact, there is no source of information, Geng Zhongming knows nothing about it, and he is caught off guard.

Walter said, "Gentlemen, the above is the preliminary work for the formation of a battle advantage, and the most important reason is still that Hao Shaoqi's cavalry has the ability to break the enemy camp. “

Shou Xuan said to the officials, "Do you understand? No matter how good the arrangement is, the soldiers can't fight in vain, and Hao Shaoqi may be the only attacking army in the Ming army now. If you have a strong army and you can gain an advantage anywhere, you will have a lot of options. ”

At the end of the battle report, November 15. After suppressing the three loyalties in Lingnan, Li Chengdong of Guangdong led the main force to conquer Wuzhou Mansion again. Chen Bangfu, who was in charge of the defense of Guinan, was defeated and fled.

The southeast direction of Guilin is in an emergency again.

Shou order planted the blue flag in Wuzhou.

This is the end of the battle report, put down the battle report in an orderly manner, and pick up the teacup.

There was a cacophony of whispers all around.

The sand table is very eye-catching, Yongzhou, Hunan and Wuzhou, Guangxi have two big blue flags, and the huge blue arrows point to Guilin at the same time.

Although the Ming army won the battle of Quanzhou, it did not have much impact on the overall situation. It was only Geng Zhongming who was defeated, and the stronger Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, as well as Lan Bai and other main forces of the Eight Banners were not damaged. The situation in the direction of Xianggui Road has not improved.

Li Chengdong pounced on Yuegui Road again, and Guilin was in a situation where he was attacked on his belly and back.

Outside the battlefield, the Ming army had deeper concerns.

The enemy's troops pressed the border, and the main army of Guangxi temporarily cooperated with the retreating guest army in Huguang to solve the urgent need. Normally, after the situation has eased slightly, the conflict between the host and the guest will definitely erupt. Guangxi did not have the ability to provide supplies for so many troops, so Qu Shiyun had to use the old method of dividing land and defending it, so that all armies could survive on the spot.

This kind of self-solution can only rob the common people, drink water to quench thirst and shake the foundation. The target of the guest army's plunder, the people of Guangxi are the fathers and villagers of the local main army.

The internal strife is just around the corner, another big collapse is just around the corner, and the order can't see that anyone in Guangxi can stop all this from happening.

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