The annihilation of the Qing army on the northern front caught the national security of the line by surprise, and it was as miserable as eating a yellow lotus. After the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info was in the tent and stared at the map for a long time, Xian Guoan resolutely ordered to abandon Xiaobeishan immediately like a strong man with a broken arm, and the whole army retreated to Qingyuan Mansion.

As soon as the news spread, the whole camp of the Qing army was in an uproar, and the retreat was very disorderly, but the national security ordered the retreat in time, and the fifth town of the Taiping Army in the north had just been a big battle, and the losses of the soldiers were also large, and the soldiers were extremely tired and in urgent need of rest. Coupled with the large number of surrendered troops, the fifth town could not digest it for a while, so it had no strength to fight again in the short term. The Ming army in Liuzhou did not receive the battle report on the northern front for the time being, and the sudden retreat of the Qing army that had just occupied Xiaobeishan was also unexpected, and when it was too late to react, the line Guoan had already led the main Han army of more than 4,000 and the green battalion to surrender more than 10,000 troops to abandon the big camp and retreat straight to Qingyuan Fucheng.

The line Guoan retreated very quickly, and he didn't want anything, and even dozens of artillery pieces that had just been pulled up Xiaobeishan were discarded by him. Except for a few women with outstanding appearance who were occupied by the generals, the rest were all lost at the foot of Xiaobei Mountain. Because of the hurry, many tents in the Qing military camp did not have time to be dismantled.

At the same time, the sentry who went out of the city also sent back the news of the withdrawal of the Qing army, Shao Jiugong was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly took people out of the city to inspect, and sure enough, there was no soldier in the Qing army camp in front of Xiaobei Mountain. The sudden reversal of the tide of the battle made Shao Jiugong ecstatic, but he did not send troops to pursue the Qing army, but first sent people to get in touch with the fifth town.

After receiving the news from Liuzhou, Zhao Ziqiang was also surprised, he didn't understand why the line Guoan retreated like this, he took a lot of effort to take Xiaobeishan, and he didn't want it in the blink of an eye?

Zhao Ziqiang ordered the whole section to be brought in and asked why the line Guoan suddenly retreated. The whole section is very backbone, his teeth are clenched, and he refuses to say a word.

Zhao Ziqiang laughed, it was not difficult for the whole festival, he only asked Lu Guangzu to take people down and persuade them. Quan Jie is the number two person in the Qing army in Guangxi, and he is also the general of the Dingnan Domain, second only to the line Guoan. In his early years, he was a general under Kong Youde, and later Kong Youde was the king of the south, and he accompanied the expedition all the way and made a lot of contributions to the Qing court. Before line Guoan led the army into Guizhou, he wanted to let Quan Jie stay in Wuzhou, but only after thinking about it repeatedly did he let Ma Xiong sit in Wuzhou.

Such an important person, of course, Zhao Ziqiang wants to persuade him to surrender, and many people in the national security army on the front line are brought out by Quan Jie, if Quan Jie is willing to come forward to persuade them to surrender, these people will definitely be tempted. If it surrenders like this, it will definitely not be a good thing for the national security of the line, and if it is not done well, it will be the end of the collapse of the army; Second, Zhao Ziqiang himself was born as a general, so he misses some old feelings for these Qing generals, and he will not kill people unless he has to.

Of course, the most important reason why Zhao Ziqiang did not kill the whole section is selfishness, and now there are more than 6,000 Qing troops captured in the fifth town plus the surrendered troops, and Zhao Ziqiang wants to eat all these surrendered troops, so he can't help but use the prestige of the whole section in these surrendered troops. If he can get the help of the whole festival, not only will the strength of the fifth town recover instantly, and it will far surpass before, but more importantly, he Zhao Ziqiang will also gain the strength to confront Shao Jiugong again.

Lu Guangzu also knows Zhao Ziqiang's abacus very clearly, he is also a general, and they can be regarded as having an old relationship with the whole festival, so he also pushed the boat down the river to help persuade the whole festival. Lu Guangzu did not want to help Zhao Ziqiang fight against Shao Jiugong, the governor of Guangxi, but out of consideration for the division of the interests of the Taiping Army.

At present, the Taiping army has been divided into several factions, the old four towns are one, Zhao Ziqiang, Suna, and Hu Qili, who were born as generals, are considered one, and the newly built towns adapted from the miscellaneous Ming army in Guangdong are also counted as one. As the Taiping army occupies more and more territory, the generals are becoming more and more optimistic about the future future, and it is inevitable that they will not consider their future development in the Taiping army. People like to hold together, the Taiping Army as a whole is a big group, and the generals below have to form a small group, and the premise of holding each other is the origin of the other party. No matter how the military marshal's office suppresses and guards, generals from the same background will inevitably get close, and at the same time, they will also want to make their own camp stronger.

How to grow? Naturally, it is to absorb more new members. Quanjie, the No. 2 person in Guangxi, together with thousands of surrendered troops, naturally became the target of Zhao Ziqiang's solicitation and absorption. He doesn't mind how many war crimes Zhou Shixiang said Quanjie committed in Guangxi and how many innocent people he killed, he only cares about whether the other party is willing to surrender, and whether he is willing to get close to him Zhao Ziqiang in the future and help him.

There is always a process of adaptation in people's hearts, and Zhao Ziqiang certainly has to give him time to understand reality and make choices.

If you don't say the whole thing, others will say it.

The generals Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang had already cut off the braids at the back of their heads, kneeling in front of Zhao Ziqiang, first showing that they were confused in the past, what was the last resort, in short, the two of them put all the responsibility for their surrender to Sun Kewang. Seeing that Zhao Ziqiang's expression was not bad, the two of them immediately showed their loyalty, and vowed to return to the Ming Dynasty from now on, work hard for the Taiping Army, and work hard for Zhou Dashuai. If it weren't for the fact that there were other people in the account, these two guys would probably even say the words of wanting to give Zhao Ziqiang their lives.

How much is true and how much is false in Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang's words, Zhao Ziqiang ignored it, he also pretended to be confused, those things in the past have passed, and it is not interesting to chase after them now. Since these two are so knowledgeable, you might as well give them a hand.

As soon as the good words were said, Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang poured beans into a bamboo tube and told the reason why Xian Guoan retreated in a hurry.

The reason why Line Guoan wanted to withdraw was very simple, he didn't have many soldiers and not much food. Zhou Lu and the others told Zhao Ziqiang that Line Guoan was not originally going to fight Liuzhou, and the purpose of capturing Xiaobeishan was just to lock up the Ming army in Liuzhou and prevent them from coming out, and his real intention was to seize Guilin, and then go north to Hunan Heping County Wang Luo Keduo to flank the Hunan Taiping Army. Now that the Qing army on the northern front has been wiped out, it has folded more than 10,000 at once, plus the loss of four or five thousand men and horses in the siege of Xiaobeishan in the previous half month, and the line Guoan now has less than 20,000 soldiers and horses. This bit of soldiers and horses is no longer enough to support the strategy of line national security, so he can only retreat, and the sooner he retreats, the better, when the Ming army comes back to his senses, he can't run if he wants to.

After listening to what the two said, Zhao Ziqiang was stunned, and secretly scolded the line Guoan for being a rabbit and running really fast.

After knowing why Line Guoan wanted to run and did run, Zhao Ziqiang put his mind at ease, but he didn't want to deal with Shao Jiugong. On the one hand, he sent people to bypass Shao Jiugong and go directly to Hunan to report the victory, and on the other hand, he appointed Zhou Guoding, Lu Sanxiang and other generals to begin to reorganize those surrendered troops.

Knowing that Zhao Ziqiang bypassed him and directly reported to the marshal, and privately appointed a general to expand his strength, Shao Jiu was angry, and under the reminder of the deputy general Wang Youxi, he sent someone to secretly investigate why Zhao Ziqiang, the turtle grandson, suddenly turned back, and the result made him very happy. Soon, the secret letter of the governor of Guangxi to impeach the fifth town general was also sent to Yuanzhou, Hunan.

In terms of national security, since retreating to Qingyuan Mansion, he has made a firm posture. (To be continued.) )