Guangxi, Wuzhou Teng County.

The Beiliu River flows into the Pearl River here, and Teng County is located on the west side of the estuary, with the north city wall facing the Pearl River and the east city wall facing the Beiliu River.

He Huchen climbed the east city tower of Tengxian County, and there were 3 cannons and more than 10 large Franc machines on the city wall. The Beiliu estuary is only 200 meters wide, and a large Franc machine can cover the river.

He Huchen raised his binoculars and looked across the river.

The banner of Ma Xiong, the commander of the left wing of the Dingnan Wang's domain, fluttered in the camp, and the enemy army increased its troops, and the army and warships increased.

Ma Xiong used a sampan to sneak over the blockade line at night, and the advance of the land division moved south along the east bank of the Beiliu River, and advanced by land and water for several days.

He Huchen only divided the battalion of the Sailor Division and 1,000 armies to set up an ambush along the Beiliu River, delaying the enemy's advance, and the rest of the people continued to hold on to the infant city.

Although Ma Xiong failed to drive straight along the Beiliu River, he also succeeded in forcing the Ming army in Tengxian County to divide his troops and weaken the strength of the defenders. This is the advantage of the enemy army holding the initiative, and they can fight wherever they want.

He Huchen's supervisor of the army, the former governor of Hezhou, Fei Changtong, asked, "Mr. Hezhen, Governor Xie of Lianzhou sent a third letter from the Human Dao, ordering us to abandon Tengxian County and withdraw to Tianmen Pass. ”

"Got it."

"And when are we going to retreat?"

"Retreat, retreat." He Huchen looked up to the sky and sighed, "If you continue to withdraw like this, there are still a few counties left in the Ming Dynasty......"

"Mr. He, I don't want to retreat, but the Chu army in the Yulin area is still in the rectification stage, and our soldiers are needed to defend Tianmen Pass."

He Huchen pointed to the other side irritably, "The whole town of Maxiong has opened, and he also brought Chen Bangfu's troops, there are seven or eight thousand people. How can I retreat against the river? ”

"Abandon ship and go overland."

"Bingxian, let me think about it again."

"I'll only wait for you for one day, you continue to ignore the military order, and I'll take the troops from Hainan to go first."

Fei Changtong has the confidence to say this, unlike other Ming armies, the structure of the Ming army in Hainan is complete, the command system is smooth, and there is the order of Xie Yuanbian, the governor of Qinlian, in hand, Fei Changtong, who is the inspector of affairs and supervising the military in Guangdong, can remove He Huchen's command.

He Huchen looked at the back of the prison army and sighed.

One year ago, Hezhou Town withdrew to Beiliujiang, Zhang Shijie led the main force back to Hainan, and Xie Yuanbian went to Lianzhou as the governor. In Tengxian County, a Hainan battalion, a naval division battalion, artillery and support troops were left behind, totaling 1,500 troops.

The commander of the garrison was the commander-in-chief He Huchen and the chief of the superintendent army. He Huchen recently recruited some stragglers of the Ming army, and the garrison reached 2,800 at its peak.

The troops of Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi followed Hezhou Town to capture Wuzhou, and then stopped and did not march into Guangxi again. The troops of Ma Xiong, the left wing of the Dingnan Wang's domain, bypassed Zhu Minru's Pingle Mansion and took over the defense of Wuzhou, and then went up the Xijiang River to join forces with the Xunzhou rebel general Chen Bangfu.

The central court of Yongli only left a narrow land west of Xunzhou, south of Kunlun Pass, dominated by Nanning Mansion and the left and right rivers dominated by Tusi in the upper reaches. In this last land of the Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Gui Army, the Imperial Dian Battalion and the Praetorian Guard broke out with amazing combat effectiveness and fought for a year.

He Huchen also guarded Tengxian for a year, and the strong defenders protected the Beiliu River and blocked the Tartar army's brigade.

The Beiliu River, once home to hundreds of thousands of refugee fleets, is now empty. The riverboats that were urgently built from undried wood were piled up in Beiliu County, and they all burned after a few fires.

If he only guarded the task of covering the immigrants in Yuto County, He Huchen had already completed it, but he was unwilling to retreat.

Every day He Huchen stayed in Tengxian County, he could contain some more Ma Xiong's troops and reduce the pressure on the central army of Nanning Ming. Nanning has an unquestionable Yongli Tianzi, which is the last spiritual sustenance of the Ming army, and He Huchen is a loyal general of the Ming army.

With the loss of Pingle Mansion and the martyrdom of Zhu Minru, Kong Youde opened up the main shipping of the Guijiang River, and the reinforcements of the brigade arrived at the Nanning battlefield. The last Ming Dynasty officials and troops finally couldn't hold on, and the line was safe to occupy Nanning, and the emperor had no more land and people, so he could only go west to Yunnan.

The left wing of the Dingnan Wang's domain commanded Ma Xiong by land and water, and drove from Wuzhou to the mouth of the Beiliu River, and the strength was several times that of He Huchen. He Huchen asked for help from the rear, but Hainan fought with Geng Jimao in Leizhou, Gaozhou, and was really unable to support Teng County, which had a water distance of four or five hundred kilometers.

The emperor left Guangxi, and the second reason for He Huchen to guard Teng County did not exist. The strength and firepower are all inferior, and everyone knows that the reason why He Huchen is still in Teng County is that he is reluctant to give up the country again.

Fei Changtong said ruthlessly, and only gave He Huchen one day, but when the time came, he didn't make excessive moves.

Ma Xiong's warships sailed to the west of Teng County, and the Tatar soldiers landed, felled wood and set up camp.

He Huchen took advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, led 600 troops, carried light Fran planes out of the city, defeated the Tartar army, and burned more than ten warships.

The Ming army won for a while.

But this is a bad sign, Ma Xiong's forces are enough to start an encirclement operation. If He Huchen doesn't retreat, he won't be able to leave. The fortifications of Tengxian County are not as strong as those of Huazhou, and the food, grass and ammunition in the city are not enough to hold on for a long time, and once surrounded by enemy troops, the prospects are very bad.

He Huchen had no choice but to agree to retreat.

Ma Xiong built several artillery forts on the east bank of the upper reaches of Tengxian County, and also lurked some sampans, such as retreating along the land and water, He Huchen's old troops Dengzhou, Wu Song's water division Huangpu River victory port defeat will be staged again.

He Huchen scuttled the remaining river boats, destroyed the cannons, abandoned the town of Tengxian at night, and burrowed into the mountains on the west bank of the Beiliu River. The troops consisted only of young and strong soldiers, the old and weak families had been withdrawn, and they moved quickly, and they disengaged from the enemy that night.

……

Beihai Port, Governor Yamen of Qinlian, Map Room.

Nanning was lost, and Guangxi had all fallen except for a little remnant of the left and right rivers.

This means that after the Gaolei Theater, the Qinlian Theater will fully engage the enemy.

Shou Order: "So, where is He Huchen?" ”

"Half of the soldiers in Teng County have retreated to Tianmen Pass, and it is reported that He Huchen has entered the mountains after abandoning Teng County, and we cannot find out where he is now."

"He wouldn't have been so passive if he had withdrawn early, who would be the guardian of Tianmen Pass now?"

"Chu Jun Zhou Jintang. After Geng Jimao withdrew from the army, Zhou Jintang withdrew from Guangdong to Yulin, and I sent him to Tianmen Pass. ”

Shou Ling had some impressions, "The Fujian general who led 200 troops to attack Yongzhou at night?" ”

"Yes, sir. Zhou Jintang joined the army after Jiashen, said goodbye to his family on Hailing Island, and went to the Huguang battlefield with the determination to die. After Li Chengdong's men occupied Hailing Island, we took his family to Qiongzhou Mansion. ”

"You chose this person well." Shou Xuan heard that Zhou Jintang's family was in Hainan, and he immediately relieved himself.

Xie Yuanbian smiled bitterly, "Tianmen Pass was originally scheduled to be handed over to He Huchen, but the lower officials really know him too well, and He Huchen will never withdraw his troops easily......

"So you had a plan?"

"Yes......", Xie Yuanbian hesitated and said, "He Huchen is eager to defend the land, although he does not obey the military order, but it is still excusable, please don't blame it." ”

"Well, don't worry, it won't."

Shou Xuan didn't understand He Huchen's thoughts, this is a veteran who has followed him since the first year of Hongguang.

"After He Huchen withdrew, the Hainan soldiers went back to rest, and the other troops were handed over to Zhou Jintang."

"Yes, sir."

Xie Yuanbian breathed a sigh of relief.

"There is another thing, Zhao Yinxuan, the commander of the Yudian Battalion, and Hu Yiqing led the remnants to retreat to Lingshan County, Qinzhou.

Although the remnants of the Yudian Battalion, the Gui Army, and the Forbidden Army had the responsibility of abandoning Guilin, they resisted desperately in Nanning for a year, and ensured the safety of the Qinlian Theater in the west when they faced Geng Jimao in the Gaolei Theater, so that Xie Yuanbian had time to rectify the rout, build more castles, and allocate firepower. It also allowed Shou Xiang to transfer a part of the troops in the Qinlian Theater to support the Gaolei battlefield.

And before that, the Yudian battalion had held out on the Nanling defense line for 3 years.

"Of course, they must be properly settled, and they must be rewarded."

"The military discipline of the Yudian camp is not very good, and I am worried that it will cause a disaster like Guilin."

Xie Yuanbian is talking about the unfortunate thing that two years ago, the Yudian battalion plundered and harvested grain in northern Guangxi, fought with Jiao Lian's Gui army, and even fought a battle.

The order was considered for a while, the resources were limited, Qinzhou could no longer release the remnants, Lingshan was even more narrow, and the Yudian camp was resettled, and the Ming army would be hell if it didn't fight a civil war.

"The Dian army already has many Tusi soldiers, since Li Yuanyin's people are all in Qinzhou and have given up the Taiping Mansion, then they will all be placed in the Taiping Mansion."

The Taiping Mansion was subordinate to Zuojiang Province in Guangxi, and after the Yongli Imperial Court withdrew to Yunnan, the local Ming Dynasty officials immediately asked Hainan for help, and the whole territory belonged to the jurisdiction of Hainan. There are dozens of Tusi prefectures and counties under the Taiping Mansion, and the politics are somewhat complicated. The Ming Dynasty can still control the two cities of Taiping Mansion and Shangsizhou.

Xie Yuanbian: "The Taiping Mansion sentenced Yuan Lijun to guard this remnant territory alone, and his loyalty is commendable, should we promote him?" ”

"Of course, who else do you need if you don't use this kind of official? Shengguangdong according to the deputy envoy Zuo Jiang Bingbeidao, let him lead the troops to retreat to Shangsizhou, you send someone to check, and we will be responsible for his food and salary in the future. ”

Xie Yuanbian was overjoyed, the Taiping Mansion was given to the Yudian Battalion to be stationed, and Yuan Lijun had only a few hundred soldiers directly under him, and there was no pressure on Lianzhou to bear it.

The governor of Qinlian retired, lit a cigar in order, and examined the battlefield of Qinlian.

The remnants of the Ming army in Guangxi withdrew to Lianzhou and Qinzhou through the Beiliujiang River and Qinjiang to the south, and some of them joined the Ming army in Hainan and were assigned to garrison in various places. Some of the Ming troops were only willing to fight alone, and Hainan also ceded dozens of anti-Yao forts and Zuojiang Road in Cenxi County on the east bank of the Beiliu River to them.

Sun Kewang, the lord of Qin, had no interest in Nanning, which was remote and difficult to supply, and after completing the task of covering the emperor, He Jiuyi withdrew his troops back to Yunnan.

The Qinlian War Zone faced Kong Youde, the king of Tatar Dingnan.

Kong Youde directly supervised more than 20 leaders, and his original strength was equal to the sum of Shang Geng's two domains.

The four major divisions of the Confucian Domain, the subordinate of the Domain, led the troops to stay in Guilin and Yanguan, and the green battalion on the right wing was all in Liuzhou.

These two are to defend and monitor Sun Kewang, and it is a matter of Guiliu Laoben, and Kong Youde will not be transferred south.

The enemy forces that Qin Lian faced directly were the other two.

The main force of the green battalion of the Guangxi Admiral Line De'an is in Nanning, and the troops are in the watershed of the Qinjiang River and the Pearl River.

The left wing of the capital Ma Xiong went south along the Beiliu River, and the troops were in the watershed of the Lianjiang River and the Pearl River.