Hunan was turned upside down by the Taiping army, and when the Qing army of the two lakes continued to send an emergency of 800 miles to Beijing, under the order of the general of Yuanjing Kou of Qing An, and the king of Xinjun, the Guangxi Admiral Line Guoan led 47,000 troops from Yunnan, and rushed to Duyun through Guiyang to reinforce the Guangxi governor Chen Weixin's department. At the same time, after hearing that the border between Hunan and Guizhou was blocked by the Taiping army, Wang Luo Keyi, who was stationed in Guiyang, urgently led more than 4,000 full troops and more than 10,000 Qing troops in Guizhou to enter Zhenyuanfu in the east.

On the Guangxi side, Shao Jiugong, the new governor of Guangxi and the former general of the fourth town and town who commanded the Taiping Army of Guangxi, adhered to the strategy of luring the enemy into the depths set by the military marshal's office, and decided to send a town of troops to feint to attack Guizhou in order to lure the country into Guangxi.

The fifth town, Zhao Ziqiang's department, was ordered to march westward from Nandanzhou, Qingyuan Prefecture, and went deep along the road of the Qing army in Guangxi to enter Guizhou that day, seized the three Tusi lands of Danping, Danhang, and Pingzhou, and killed more than 1,000 Qing troops and Tusi soldiers.

The victory of the fifth town inspired the towns left behind in Guangxi, and the eleventh town general Gao Jinku and deputy general Xiong Chaozuo jointly asked Shao Jiugong to fight. Shao Jiugong considered that the momentum created by the westward advance of the troops of the first town might not be able to induce the line country to settle down, so he agreed to the westward advance of the tenth town and cooperate with the fifth town to feint into Dushan Prefecture, the main road of Guizhou.

After the eleventh town arrived, Zhao Ziqiang, the general of the fifth town, used the excuse that his troops needed to rest and recuperate after several days of fighting, and the eleventh town undertook the task of feint to attack Dushan.

Due to the return of the Ministry of State Security, the Qing army strengthened checkpoint inspections, so that the spies sent by the Military Intelligence Department to Guizhou could not send information, and the Taiping Army could only determine that the Ministry of State Security should be on the road from Guiyang to Duyun at this time based on the information obtained before. Therefore, Gao Jinku, the general of the 11th Town, decided that the defenders of Dushan were just Chen Weixin's troops who had retreated from the defeat of Guangxi, and that most of the troops were brave and brave in the Green Battalion, and their combat effectiveness was low, so they happily agreed to feint an attack on Dushan by the 11th Town.

After Gao Jinkubu arrived outside Dushan City, as he guessed in advance, the Qing army in the city only came out to fight for a while, and after fighting for a long time, they hurriedly retreated to the city and closed the door, looking like they were waiting to be beaten with their heads covered.

Gao Jinku also had no intention of storming Dushan, so he ordered to set up camp. Every day, he sent people to urge the troops to run to the city to attack for a while, shouting and scolding for a while, and doing this every day for more than ten days. The Qing army in the city is good, no matter how the Taiping army provokes the generals and how they scold, they are all deaf. Only when the scolding is close will he lazily put two guns to threaten it, and in addition, the Qing army in the city does not move at all, and he will not go out of the city to see if the posture is killed.

The eleventh town was not originally a descendant of the Taiping Army, but was adapted from the original Qing Army's surrender and a miscellaneous Ming army in western Guangdong, so the town did not strictly abide by the discipline of the Taiping Army. In addition, this westward advance was just a feint, and they were about to retreat when the Qing army of the Ministry of State Security arrived, so after staying under Dushan City for a long time and there was no threat, the bad problems of the past became apparent -- fighting a war became a routine affair, and the officers and non-commissioned officers were all slack, doing nothing in the battalion, and relying on gambling money to pass the time. Some officers and soldiers even went to nearby villages to loot and take pleasure in capturing the locals.

The deputy general of the eleventh town, Feng Zhengbo Xiong Chaozuo, saw that the military discipline was scattered, and was a little worried, so he ran to the town tent to remind Gao Jinku to rectify the military discipline, and he didn't want to just step into the big tent, so he saw the town general Gao Jinku and the brigade school Zhang Yue, Wang Han and others setting up a banquet in the tent, eating wine and boxing, so unhappy.

"Brother Bear, you're here too! Come and have a drink with us! ”

As soon as Gao Jinku saw Xiong Chaozuo enter the tent, he immediately got up and led him to the wine table. Zhang Yue next to her was also smiling, poured a bowl of rice wine for Xiong Chaozuoman, and handed it over with both hands. Wang Han also stepped forward to pour wine for Xiong Chaozuo with a drunken face.

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate to drink alcohol in the army." Xiong Chaozuo hesitated.

"Hey, don't be afraid, brother. Shao Futai sent us this time only to make a feint to lure the enemy, not to make the brothers really desperate. This Qing army was also scared by us, and even the city didn't dare to go out for more than ten days, the bastard of the line Guoan was still on the road, and we had nothing to do here. Come on, come on, Brother Xiong, don't think too much, and drink this bowl first, don't lose my face, brother, haha. ”

Gao Jinku said this, Xiong Chaozuo couldn't refuse, so he had to drink this bowl of wine full, and before he had a burp, Wang Han came up with a bowl of wine and saluted: "Wang admires such a refreshing person as Deputy Xiong the most on weekdays, this time Qinwang Mountain is steep and far away, I don't know how to repay the care of Gao Shuai and Deputy Xiong, so it's easy to steal this leisure, so let's give a glass of humble duty!" Do it first! ”

With the sound of cooing, Wang Han also served a good amount of wine, and drank the wine as a whale swallow, which caused Gao Jinku to laugh, and then made another bowl. Xiong Chaozuo didn't want to save his boss's face, and it was inconvenient to push Wang Han, so he had to drink another bowl of it. As a result, after two bowls of wine, the whole person felt that he had become light, and the matter of persuading Gao to enter the warehouse to rectify military discipline was also left behind......

The next day, when it was almost noon, a guard hurriedly woke up Xiong Chaozuo, who was still asleep, and hurriedly said: "General, there is an abnormal movement on the side of the Qing army!" ”

"What?!"

Xiong Chaozuo was startled when he heard this, jumped up regardless of the discomfort of the hangover, hastily put on his armor and ran to the camp gate with the guards. In the line of sight, I saw that about 3,000 Qing troops went out of the city to line up, wanting to fight to the death with the Ming army.

"Hey, fucking weird, the sun is coming out in the west today, and the turtle in Dushan City is coming out!"

The eleventh town guarded the air outside Dushan City for more than ten days, and finally saw the Qing army come out again, and the whole town was suddenly in good spirits. The soldiers hurriedly put on their armor and lined up out of the camp amid the sound of suona, and soon the formation was completed. Then the Qing army drove over, and the Taiping soldiers from the eleventh town also stepped forward to meet the drumbeat.

A moment later, the two armies exchanged fire. Both sides are based on the green camp, and their combat effectiveness is not much the same, and you come and go to fight quite lively. However, there were many Taiping soldiers, and there were few Qing soldiers out of the city, and the Qing army with a pillar of incense retreated.

Seeing that the Qing army was about to retreat, the eleventh town was willing to let go, and killed hundreds of slow-legged Qing soldiers during the pursuit, but they were knocked over by more than 30 artillery guns on the city. Gao Jinku was afraid that his soldiers would suffer too many casualties, so he also ordered his troops to withdraw to the battalion. He went back and counted the losses on both sides, cut down about 200 Qing soldiers, and lost more than 70 people himself, which was considered a small victory, so he ordered all units to rest and treat the wounded.

At noon the next day, the Qing army went into battle again, and the casualties on both sides were similar to those of the previous day. On the third day, it was the same again, but the Ming army learned to no longer drill under the fire of the city, and only less than 30 people were broken.

This battle has been fought a lot, and it is a lot of money and a lot of losses, and the whole town of Eleven is so unhappy, they all ridicule the Qing army for fighting such a loss-making business, aren't they afraid of polishing people?

On the fourth day, the sky was just dawning, and the fog in the mountains of Guizhou had not yet dissipated. The sleeping Ming officers and soldiers were awakened by the sharp sound of cannons.

The yawning town general Gao Jinku put on his cloak and ran to the gate tower of the camp, but saw that the Qing army had lined up as usual to challenge.

"it! This tartar took the wrong medicine and came so early! He's a fuck, don't kill him more people today, this group of turtle grandsons really can't be vegetarians! ”

Gao Jinku was a little annoyed that he was disturbed by this group of Qing soldiers, and with a stomach full of anger, he ordered the whole town to immediately put on armor and go out, and today I have to beat this group of bastards!

The gang hasn't cooked yet, and the soldiers in the eleventh town are all on empty stomachs, so they pretended to be as angry as the town general Gao Jinku, and they were ruthless one by one: If you don't cut a few more of these Qing demons today, you will be born by the Qing demons!

In just a few moments, the eleventh town marched out of the camp and marched in formation, and met the Qing army in the same place as a few days ago.

However, there was something wrong with the situation today, the Qing army did not retreat quickly, but fiercely fought with the Ming army, much more courageous than in previous days. The Taiping army, which was accustomed to the Qing army fighting a dozen and was about to withdraw, was a little confused, and they killed many people.

Gao Jinkugang was a little surprised, why was the Qing army stunned today, and he couldn't do his best? The earthen wall under the city not far away was suddenly knocked down a few sections, and a large number of Qing soldiers continued to emerge! Turning the head, the city gate also made a loud drum, and a zhang eight big drums were set up, and the banner was impressively written: "Daqing Guangxi Admiral Line" a few big characters!

"Line Guoan is here? Hit the trick?! ”

Gao Jinku's heart sank, and he secretly screamed that it was not good.

Today, in order to defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop, Gao Jinku did not divide the reserves of the front and rear armies, but ordered his troops to line up and push them up. Unexpectedly, this fraud for several days turned out to be a tired strategy of the line national security!

Before Gao entered the warehouse, he regretted and complained, and the B Brigade on the left had been rushed from the flank by reinforcements from the line and fell into a bitter battle. Now there is no way to enter this situation, and this retreat cannot be retreated! The heralds came from the side one after another to ask for help, but Gao Jinku except for the town soldiers around him, where are the soldiers adjustable!

It didn't take much effort before bad news came from the right side: the C Brigade was crushed by the enemy forces with several times the superiority, and Wang Hanzhong, the brigade school, fell from his horse and did not know whether he was alive or dead. Although the two brigades of A and B on the left and center roads are supporting with dead force, they are not far from collapse.

Gao Jinku's hands and feet were cold, and when he saw the Qing army under him closing step by step, his hand holding the order flag trembled. When he was defending Ganzhou as the Qing army, he forced Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong to death successively, and he was promoted to Guangdong and was forced to surrender to the Ming army soon after. Although he was forced to surrender by the Taiping Army, he was one of the few town generals in the Taiping Army. I originally thought that I would follow the westward to get some credit, and perform his eleven towns well in front of Zhou Shixiang, so that I could be reused in the future, but I thought that it would be such a situation in the end!

Line Guoan, but the generals who can fight in the Qing Dynasty, have a lot of soldiers and horses, and Gao Jinku can't imagine the possibility of winning. This will, I can't help but regret the fact that I have taken it lightly for several days. But this is already the case, he was afraid of death in his early years, and jumped around in the Chuang, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and he can be regarded as a few family slaves and capricious people. However, this time he could not surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Gao Jinku's mind was booming, but the Chinese army ran back to a general on a horse and armor full of arrows. When I looked closely, it was his deputy town, Feng Zhengbo Xiong Chaozuo.

"Gao Shuai, brothers can't stand it anymore, let's go with the town flag! With this flag, Zhou Dashuai can still rebuild our eleven towns! Come on! If it's late, you won't be able to leave! ”

Xiong Chaozuo was covered in blood, it was too late to say anything, it was useless to blame anyone, they could only blame themselves for underestimating the enemy.

The corners of Gao Jinku's mouth moved and he wanted to say something, but Xiong Chaozuo glanced at the guards, and the soldiers dragged his horse and turned his head and ran south. And Xiong Chaozuo led his men to kill the enemy army again, and the battlefield in sight became farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the dust.

Gao Jinku looked back at the battlefield in despair, and muttered: "Brother Xiong, I hurt you!" Brothers, I have harmed you! ”… He suddenly slammed into the reins and pulled the reins back from the hands of the soldiers in front of him.

"You go back to Governor Shao of Liuzhou to protect the flag, and I will go to pick up the brothers! In the future, you all go to listen to the arrangement of the handsome, remember to toast us with a glass of wine on this day every year! ”

"Your Excellency!"

The soldiers stopped their horses and shouted, but they couldn't stop going into the warehouse and slapping their horses and rushing back. I can only run to Liuzhou with the big flag.

Gao Jinku doesn't want to go back and be embarrassed, he doesn't want to shamelessly go to the line Guoan to beg for surrender, no matter how shameless he is, he can't do anything about the four drops!

In the battle of Dushan, the eleventh town of the Taiping Army from the town general Gao Jinku, deputy general Xiong Chaozuo and the following soldiers killed 6,700 people, only the second brigade school Zhang Yue fled the battlefield with 200 remnants of the left flank, and then gathered the scattered soldiers to 800 people, and was rescued by the fifth town in the Pingzhou Division. The wounded and prisoners of the Taiping Army, who remained on the battlefield and in the camp, together with nearly 3,000 people, were all killed outside Dushan City by order of Xian Guoan.

After the defeat of the Taiping army in Dushan, Line Guoan quickly moved east with 10,000 elite soldiers in the headquarters. The Fifth Town of the Taiping Army was weak and could not resist the line Guoan, which had tens of thousands of troops, so it could only retreat to Nandanzhou City under the command of the town general Zhao Ziqiang.

On the 25th, the Ministry of National Security defeated the 1st Brigade of the 5th Town blocked by the Taiping Army at Fengning Division, and took advantage of the chaos to change the color of the Ming army's flag with cavalry, and entered the city of Nandanzhou, which was busy gathering stragglers.

The fifth town stationed in Nandanzhou City did not resist, and withdrew to Qingyuan Mansion City under the leadership of the town general Zhao Ziqiang. After the Ministry of National Security occupied the city of Nandanzhou, it only led the army to Qingyuan for many years. Zhao Ziqiang ordered Qingyuan to defend Lu Guangzu and withdraw Qingyuan to Liuzhou.

On the 11th day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Yongli, the advance of the National Security Department of the Qing army line went to Leitang Mountain in the north of Liuzhou to build a large camp and began to attack this important town on the Xijiang River.

At this point, the war situation in Guangxi took a sharp turn for the worse.

The Guangxi strategy set by Zhou Shixiang before entering Hunan was to plan for the Taiping army to feint on Guizhou first, and lure the Qing army into the preset battlefield in Guangxi step by step, so that at least the Liuzhou campaign could be started under roughly the same troop conditions. Unexpectedly, the eleventh town of Dushan was almost wiped out, the line of national security was fast and fast-forwarding, and the fifth town was constantly abandoned in a hurry, and the strategic deployment of the battle was completely disrupted.

In order to protect Liuzhou, Shao Jiugong, the governor of Guangxi, was forced to start the Liuzhou War with the remnants of Zhao Ziqiang's division and the eleventh town of the fourth and fifth towns of the headquarters, and one brigade of the tenth town, together with two brigades of soldiers reorganized from surrender and a naval division on the Xijiang River, totaling more than 30,000 people. (To be continued.) )