At present, the 63rd Division that entered Yunnan from Nanzhang, that is, Laos, has taken Pu'er Province, and the 65th and 66th reinforced regiments have also broken through Lin'an Prefecture, and the 61st Division, which entered Yunnan through the northern part of Annan, has broken through the Ping'an Hall of Kaihua Prefecture, and Guangxi PrefectureIt is only a step away from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. [No pop-up novel network]

In addition, the 62nd and 63rd Divisions, which were advancing from Anbei, with the cooperation of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Guangxi Mixed Division, which were composed of regimental training units in Guangxi, had already occupied all the territory in Guangxi except Guilin Prefecture. And the 62nd Division has broken through the border between Guangxi and Guizhou and entered Dushan Prefecture in Duyun Prefecture, Guizhou Province......" Liang Pengfei stayed in the former Fujian and Zhejiang Governor's Palace, listening to the results of Sun Shijie's summary of the latest information received.

"In other words, we are about to enter the area where the Qing army is heavily guarded and the White Lotus Sect is at war?" Liang Pengfei's finger poked at the map, and his brows raised.

"Yes, there are still more than 15,000 Qing troops in Guilin Mansion, of which more than 2,000 Qing soldiers have fled from Liuzhou Mansion. They were at a standout with nearly 50,000 or so members of the White Lotus Sect. At present, the 63rd Division is stationed in the vicinity of Pingle, Gongcheng County, and Lipu County, the administrative office of Pingle Prefecture in northern Guangxi, while the 2nd Guangxi Mixed Division is stationed in the vicinity of Huaiyuan County and Luorong County in the northern part of Liuzhou Prefecture, and has completed the encirclement and monitoring of Guilin Prefecture. Sun Shijie raised his head and looked at Liang Pengfei to explain.

"Although our army is fully capable of taking the entire Guilin Prefecture area, it can't completely annihilate our two opponents, at most, we can only eat the Qing soldiers who are on the defensive, and what those White Lotus Sect members are best at is that once they encounter a strong enemy, they will disperse into scattered teams and retreat, so it is easy to defeat them, but to eat them, our forces do not seem to be enough."

"My lord, now in June, it is the time when the green and yellow are not knotted, I have an idea, but I don't know if the other party will take the bait." Next to him, Wang Jing interjected and said.

"You mean, using grain as bait?" Liang Pengfei's eyes lit up, and he looked at Wang Jingxiao and asked.

"It is this meaning, from last year to the present, the surrounding states and counties of Guilin Mansion have let those White Lotus Sect members empty each treasury granary, these White Lotus Sect do not produce, it is completely to feed the war with war, now although there is food in Guilin Mansion, but it is difficult for them to gnaw this hard bone, but they can't retreat, Hunan, the Qing soldiers have cut those White Lotus Sect into several pieces, on the border of Hunan, there are more heavy guards, let them tens of thousands of rabble, want to flow back to Hunan, it is simply self-defeating, so, They must find a way to take Guilin City, so that they can get a respite and then try to find a way out.

And the Qing soldiers of Guilin Mansion have now obtained the news that our Liang family army has obtained the whole territory of Guangxi, there is a White Lotus Sect blocking the road in front, and the back road has been cut off by our army. ”

Hearing Wang Jing's analysis, everyone present couldn't help but nod frequently.

"That's right, now, the White Lotus Sect can be said to be in the encirclement of the Qing army, and the Qing soldiers in Guilin Mansion are in the encirclement between us and the White Lotus Sect, forming a very strange situation." Ni Ming was also happy.

Liang Pengfei was a little proud. "Yes, the situation is actually very unfavorable for the Qing soldiers and the White Lotus Sect, since the Qing soldiers of Guilin Mansion have accepted the Qing soldiers who fled from Liuzhou, they must have known how terrifying our army's combat effectiveness and artillery fire are, with the walls of Liuzhou that are even worse than Guilin Mansion, they have been broken by us, and Guilin is naturally not a problem. They may not be afraid of the White Lotus Sect, which is so numerous, but they will definitely be afraid of us. ”

"That's right, and those White Lotus Sects are also very scared, because they have already taken out the last grain in the treasury of the prefectures and counties of Guilin Prefecture, according to the news from the intelligence station of Guilin Prefecture, those White Lotus Sect's grain and grass can support them until the end of July at most, and at that time, they will either drink porridge and eat wild vegetables, or, they will only disperse in a hurry. Therefore, they must do everything they can to take the city of Guilin, or find other sources where they can get food. ”

"I said Wang Jing, what do you mean? Throw the bait, use the grain to seduce the White Lotus Sect, first concentrate the superior forces, eat the White Lotus Sect, and then, turn around and take Guilin Mansion? Ni Ming's brows were furrowed into a Sichuan character, as if he was thinking about the feasible surname of Wang Jing's idea.

"It's not." Wang Jing smiled and shook his head.

"Isn't it?" Everyone's eyes fell on Wang Jing again.

Wang Jing smiled: "I think, first defeat the White Lotus Sect, and then persuade the Qing soldiers in Guilin Mansion to surrender." The combat effectiveness of the Qing soldiers in Guilin Mansion is not strong, otherwise, with their armaments, it would not be a problem at all to take down the White Lotus Sect of 50,000 rabble, but they did not dare to fight, and they were not even willing to go out of Guilin City, which showed something, at least it showed that their commanders were greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

"If, we take down the White Lotus Sect with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying, coupled with the loss of Liuzhou, I think it should let them know what kind of choice is the right choice to make." Wang Jing's analysis made everyone quiet, and they were all analyzing whether the method he said was appropriate or not.

"We only need the strength of an integrated division, which is enough to take over those 50,000 White Lotus Sect members." Sun Shijie is very sure of authenticity.

Ni Ming shook his head and vetoed Sun Shijie's proposal. "But if we're going to encircle and annihilate, I think we'll have to use at least two divisions. After all, if these White Lotus Sects are allowed to collapse and disperse after their defeat, and if they want to eliminate them, it will take a lot of effort, and what we need is the shortest possible time for the people of the two Guangdong provinces to be able to return to normal life and rebuild their homes. ”

And in the end, everyone's eyes fell on Liang Pengfei to see how he made decisions.

"The White Lotus Sect is a scourge, the sooner it is eliminated, the sooner the people will be at peace. Wang Jingzhi's words are indeed a feasible and good strategy, and the important thing is that we have not only cleaned up the White Lotus Sect, but also shocked the Qing soldiers in Guilin Mansion, so this strategy is feasible. Liang Pengfei picked up the teacup and drank a sip of water.

Wang Jing heard Liang Pengfei's affirmation, and the smile on his face couldn't be hidden, and he clenched his fists excitedly.

"Then, what we have to do is to choose the bait, and choose the location of the bait, which can not only allow the White Lotus Sect to attack boldly and boldly, but also ensure that our troops can be encircled in time to be in place, so the location must be chosen."

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"When you staff officers have done everything, you will hand over this battle to the 63rd Division and the 2nd Guangxi Mixed Division, hmph, 50,000 White Lotus Sect members, even if it is 500,000, Lao Tzu's two divisions, as long as the ammunition is sufficient, it is enough for them to break their heads." Liang Pengfei's fingers tapped lightly on the map, and there was a trace of disdain on the corner of his mouth, dealing with these White Lotus Sect members with extremely poor organization and discipline, to be honest, Liang Pengfei was really not afraid.

The discipline of the Qing soldiers is not much better than that of the White Lotus Sect, and the combat effectiveness is also surprisingly bad, such an army still won the final victory, which shows that in addition to deceiving and demagoguery, those White Lotus Sect members lack the purpose of opposing the court, and they lack discipline and mass foundation.

Wherever they go, what they do is to kill big families, whether you are a local squire or a landowner with a good reputation or a smelly squire, as long as your family has money and food, either join the White Lotus Sect and hand over all your property, or you are a lackey of the Qing court. In each city they conquered, they opened warehouses to release grain, plundered everything, and then rolled up a group of blind followers, and then went to seize the next target, just like a group of locusts, every place they went, they only knew how to destroy, destroy all the order of the place, and then they co-organized the people, looted every grain of grain, and then turned around and left.

Liang Pengfei has a sympathetic attitude for those poor people who followed the White Lotus Sect uprising, but for those backbone elements of the White Lotus Sect, he gritted his teeth and hated it. The luxury and decay of life are even no less than those corrupt officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

For these, they provoked the poor people's grudge against the court, but they used their hatred for the court to satisfy their greed and **. But for those who want it, they turn a blind eye, or blindly perfunctory, if someone is slightly dissatisfied, they will be suppressed and slaughtered on various charges such as the annihilation of the court.

They don't care about the life and death of those people who are unwilling to leave their homeland, and the poor people who follow them, except for those who are young and strong who are regarded by them as fighting power that can be absorbed, and the old, weak, women and children are objects that they can abandon at any time.

This is also the reason why in the later period, the White Lotus Sect gradually fell into a predicament and was wiped out by the Qing soldiers, because, in the areas they passed, the local people and gentry hated them to the extreme as if they were mortal enemies, and it was also why when the White Lotus Sect was purged, the gentry from all over the country rushed to handle regimental training and actively assisted the Qing soldiers to eliminate the White Lotus Sect.

Today's White Lotus Sect has completely placed itself on the opposite side of all classes, and almost everyone is the enemy, and only if they are not defeated can they have ghosts.

(To be continued)