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Wuzhou, located in the eastern part of Guangxi Province, is the eastern gate of Guangxi. It borders Zhaoqing Mansion in Guangdong Province to the east, and the Mawei Army wants to attack Guangxi, and this Wuzhou Mansion is the first target to attack. On the third day of the army entering Guangxi, the Wuzhou city compiler was in the hands of the Mawei army, and the 4,000 Wu defenders in the city died more than 1,500, and the others surrendered.

In southern China, there are mountains and mountains everywhere, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, needless to say, the roads in Guangdong are good, and the main roads in various provinces have been repaired in recent years, but Guangxi does not, and the mountain roads are still as difficult to walk as ever. However, when the Mawei army marched into Guangxi, it was not by mountain road, but by boat. The most convenient way from Guangdong to Guangxi is along the Xun River.

Xun River is the name of the middle reaches of the main stream of the Xijiang River in the Pearl River Basin, located in the lower reaches of the Qianjiang River and the upper reaches of the Xijiang River. It starts at the confluence of the Yujiang River and the Xijiang River and reaches the confluence of the Xijiang River and the Guijiang River in Wuzhou, with a total length of 170 kilometers. If there is one thing that is most lacking in Guangdong, it is the boat. The number of ships in Guangdong Province is much greater than that in Fujian, and the number of ships and ships anchored at the mouth of the Pearl River is not more than 10,000, but also thousands.

The shipowners also knew that it was more than a dozen warships of the Mawei Navy that were in the front, and they were the ones behind. What's more, the Mawei army hired ships, and even if they were damaged by the enemy, they would compensate according to the price. More importantly, the shipowners at the mouth of the Pearl River have seen the strength of the Mawei Army. Full of confidence in the Mawei Army. Therefore, as soon as the notice was posted. A large number of shipowners responded immediately.

The 1st Division and the 6th Division of the Guangdong Garrison plus the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the former Zheng clan that were incorporated from Taiwan, and Liu Yinglin, the commander of the 1st Division, commanded 33,000 soldiers and horses. More than 30,000 people needed ships is really not a small amount, and more than 1,000 civilian ships are hired at one time, and the silver spent on this is more than 50,000 taels, and if there is damage, there is more to compensate. Most of these ships are wide boats, which have pointed heads and long bodies. The top is wide and the bottom is narrow, the line is thin and the bottom is tapered, the beam arch is small, and the ridge arc of the deck is not high. However, the Guangzhou ships on the Guangdong side were also gathered together almost all at once.

Wuzhou is stuck at the junction of the Xun River and the Li River, the south side is against the Xun River, and the north and east sides are the Li River. The defenders of the city could not hold on and raised white flags to surrender. This made Liu Yinglin's subordinates who followed behind very unhappy. All the credit was taken by several naval warships.

But soon, they also seized the opportunity to exert their power. The army landed in Guixian and immediately rushed to Xunzhou Mansion, Xunzhou Mansion Guard's former Sun Yanying's subordinate general Liu Yanming held on for two days, and finally failed to resist the attack of the Mawei Army, and Xunzhou Mansion was drummed down. More than half of the more than 3,000 defenders in the city were killed and wounded, and then Liu Yanming abandoned the city and fled.

"Is it really three hundred steps, are you right?" Wu Shicong was like a male duck with his neck choked, with a snoring sound in his throat, and his eyes widened. His cousin Wu Yingqi was defeated by the Mawei Army in Jiangxi, and went back to blow the muskets of the Mawei Army. However, many generals of the Wu army did not believe it very much, and felt that it was an excuse made by the defeated soldiers for defeat. But what happened in front of him was a reality, and he still felt that he couldn't accept it.

Xu Hongzhen, Xu Shangyuan, Lian Chengren and other former Sun generals who were familiar with Liu Yanming also looked at him in disbelief, and Xu Shangyuan also asked in surprise: "General Liu, you won't be dazzled, three hundred steps?" Are you sure the other side is using a firebolt and not a cannon? ”

"What do you mean?" Seeing the expressions of Xu Shangyuan and the people around him, Liu Yanming, who had always wanted to save face, was annoyed, and he said a little annoyed: "Old Xu, if you don't believe it, the more than 300 brothers who came back with me are outside, you can ask them one by one, if I have a lie, I will twist my head off and let you kick it as a ball!" ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Xu Hongzhen, who was sitting next to Xu Shangyuan, stood up and said: "Okay, General Liu, don't blame Lao Xu, he is also anxious, you know, we have all fought for so many years, and we have never heard of a firearm that can fight so far, it is normal for Lao Xu to have doubts for a while, don't talk about him, even we are more confused." In your opinion, the defeat of Jiangxi the year before last was excusable. ”

"Humph!" Liu Yanming also knows that this really can't be blamed for not believing it, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes today, he wouldn't have believed that the firecrackers could hit so far, in the past, they all surrendered from the Ming army to the Qing army, and now there are still some firecrackers made by the government in their treasury, but those firecrackers can hit sixty or seventy steps to the sky, and now these horsetail army's firecrackers can hit three hundred steps, which is simply against the sky.

Liu Yanming sat on the ground, picked up a precious purple sand teapot next to him and put tea in his mouth, and after drinking, he threw the teapot to the ground, and the precious teapot fell to the ground and became pieces, and wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve casually, and then said lightly: "I know that Lao Liu and I are lying in order to shirk the blame, and deliberately exaggerate the power of the Ponytail Army, and I Lao Liu don't want to explain anything." If any of you don't believe it, just bring your own people to fight a battle, or wait here for them to come, and I guess the Mawei army will be here tomorrow. Then you can take turns to bring people to fight them, and then you will know if I am lying. ”

Everyone is silent, everyone has known each other for so many years, they still know Liu Yanming's personality very well, although this person is a little short-tempered, but he is still very reliable. I haven't lied to my own people, it is estimated that this matter is true, not to mention that there are more than 300 cavalry people who retreated with Liu Yanming this time, and you will know the truth of the matter if you ask someone, Liu Yanming will not be stupid enough to lie about this kind of thing.

After the outburst, Wu Shicong quickly returned to normal. Now that the losses have been done, it is useless to be annoyed, anyway, it is common for them to lose battles, and they have long been accustomed to this. The biggest question now is whether to defend Nanning Fu. Originally, he was supposed to be in Guilin, but Guilin was far away from Yunnan. The mountain is high and the road is even more difficult to walk. It's better to be in Nanning. It is also the only way to go to Kunming, so it is better to stay here.

At this time, Wu Shicong felt a dilemma, and he knew very well in his heart that if the Mawei Army was determined to attack Nanning first, it would be difficult to hold Nanning with less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. However, no matter how difficult it is, it must be defended, once this place is lost, Yunnan will be exposed to the Mawei army. At that time, Wu Sangui in the north would be very passive. At this time, Wu Shicong had also sent people to Pegasus to Yunnan and Hubei to the north to ask for help from Wu Sangui and his grandson Wu Shifan, and told Wu Shifan to mobilize troops and horses to defend Yunnan.

The surrounding generals were quiet, and Wu Shicong glanced around at the generals and said, "Everyone, I see that the Mawei Army is approaching. We must do our best to defend Nanning, otherwise Yunnan in the rear will be in danger. I have already sent someone Pegasus to send a message for help, and soon the army will be coming, so we only need to hold on for ten days and half a month, and all problems will be solved. ”

The generals glanced at each other and nodded to each other, this place still has to be guarded. But it doesn't have to be to shrink into the city.

After a long time, Xu Shangyuan first said: "Handsome." Now we still have 20,000 horses here, and the last general begs the commander to let me lead my troops out of the city to ambush on the road I must pass, and I will definitely be able to win the battle. You must know that there are not many people and horses from the Mawei Army, and taking advantage of the favorable terrain, even if their firearms are powerful, they will not be able to play a role! ”

"Yes, Lao Xu's method is good."

"I think it's okay, let's try the horsetail army's catties and taels first, and see if he is really that powerful. Let's frustrate the enemy's spirit first, maybe we can turn defeat into victory! No matter how bad it is, let's retreat to the city and hold on, and when they run out of food and grass, we will take the initiative to retreat! ”

Everyone also began to echo their words, and at the same time, they also had a luck mentality, thinking that the Mawei Army only came with 5,000 people in the vanguard this time, and with their 20,000 horses, they should be able to resist, and if they won the battle, Guangxi would be more stable as Mount Tai.

Seeing that everyone expressed their attitudes, Wu Shicong also nodded slowly: "Since everyone agrees, then General Xu, this commander will order you to be the vanguard to ambush the Mawei Army, and I will lead the army to respond to your rear." I also want to see if the Ponytail Army is really as powerful as the legend suggests. ”

"Chirp" Xu Shangyuan ordered.

"Good...... Handsome and wise! ”

"Right...... I'd like to see if those horsetails really have three heads and six arms. ”

Seeing that Wu Shicong had set a strategy, everyone was excited, and for a while they felt that victory was in sight.

Unlike the people who cheered loudly, Liu Yanming, who had just suffered a defeat, just looked at the cheering crowd silently, and sneered in his heart, these people said that they wanted to go out to ambush and measure the strength of the Mawei Army, but they still didn't fully believe their own words in their hearts, thinking that they were making excuses for defeat, and when the Mawei Army came, you would know how powerful the Mawei Army was.

Since it was decided that he wanted to stay and wrestle with the Ponytail Army, everyone soon began to disperse and began to make preparations. After they had been busy all night, Xu Shangyuan led more than 5,000 soldiers out of the city on the morning of the next day and began to ambush in the dense forest ten miles outside the city.

It's just that the march of the Mawei Army has always been to let the scouts active, and only when the reconnaissance is careful will they rest assured that they will pass through the dangerous road. Like the place where Xu Shangyuan ambushed, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and big stones are smashed down on it, and the Mawei army must not immediately suffer heavy casualties? Therefore, especially in precipitous places, scouts will be extra careful. After careful reconnaissance by the scouts, they found the Wu army in ambush, and the ambush that had been squatting for a long time was blind, and the Mawei army stopped, redeployed, and prepared to eat Xu Shangyuan's group of Wu troops.

Due to the steep and narrow mountain roads, they could not accommodate a large number of troops to fight, but at this time, the rifles of the Mawei Army were very powerful. They started shooting from a long distance, and the soldiers of the Wu army could not rush up.

It was with this idea in mind that Liu Yinglan ordered the whole army to advance as a whole, and at the same time, some soldiers looked for the mountain road to go up the mountain and went to the mountain to clean up the Wu army that was about to throw stones. After the Mawei army below approached, they also got the three-pounder cannon to the front, and at this time, they could also use the three-pounder cannon to deal a hard blow to the Wu army at the height.

The Ponytail pretended to approach unknowingly, but before they could enter the ambush circle, the cannon was pushed out first, and they began to fire at the high point of the mountain, firing flowering shells. Although the flowering bomb was a little smaller, it immediately exploded a lot of Wu troops when it hit a high place. Wu Jun saw that he couldn't hide anymore, so he stood up and bent his bow and shot arrows. However, the Mawei army did not enter the ambush circle, and although they stood on a high place, their bows and arrows could not reach them. At this time, there was no way to put down the stone, because it couldn't hit the Mawei army at all.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

Although there were only fifteen three-pounder guns in the front, forty or fifty flowering shells were soon fired. After the first few rounds of shelling, the Wu army above was not afraid, they stood tall, and the first few rounds of running rarely hit their side, many Wu soldiers lay in hidden corners while dodging the shells while watching the horsetail army below, and some of the bold ones also stuck their heads out to watch the other party** and pretended to be disdainful. "The artillery fire of those horsetail troops is really fierce, and they scared me to death one by one, but if I didn't hit someone, it didn't seem to be anything."

The first few rounds of artillery can be said to be adjusting the angle, and when the fourth round of artillery sounded, the Wu army above was not so lucky. Soon a series of explosions sounded in the crowd of Wu troops, the unprepared Wu army was blown up to a blur of flesh and blood, many rocks were blown up by the strong shock wave and flew around, Wu Jun, who was originally hiding in the corner and felt quite relieved, found that there was no place in this high place that was safe, and many people were blown up by the flying rocks and shrapnel everywhere.

"Kill"

At this time, there was no point in hiding, Xu Shangyuan gave an order, so the Wu soldiers rushed down the mountain and began to rush towards the Mawei army. But at this time, the Mawei army was already in full formation, with rows of rifle muzzles facing directly ahead, and fifteen three-pounder guns also loaded with shotguns in front, as long as the Wu army was close to a distance of 100 meters, there would definitely be a huge surprise

In fact, before all the Wu troops rushed down the mountain, the troops who were originally sent by Liu Yinglan to make a detour to the mountain to assault the Wu army also appeared from behind the Wu army. (To be continued......)