War is often irrational, and it would be absurd to fantasize about finding reason in the irrational. Using innocent civilians as meat shields to attack and defend was not the first initiative of the Qing army, and the Mongol army often used this trick in the wars of the Song and Yuan dynasties.

As the saying goes: good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil. In fact, in Zhu Yongxing's view, this was the case in the peaceful years when the government was honest, but in the war, it was just a comfort for self-deception. It is of course important to win this national war, but it is perhaps even more important to uphold justice, re-establish people's concept of good and evil, and re-establish a set of spiritual theories of self-improvement and unyieldingness, so that such a tragedy will not be repeated.

Thousands of people were escorted to death by a few devils, and a few devils could occupy a county seat...... Is this the bloody nature of the Han nation, and is this the national spirit that should be inherited for a long time?

Slaughter, slaughter! Tens of thousands of people, how many dare to resist? They all expect the knife to fall on someone else's head, even if they see their relatives and brothers being killed, they don't dare to say a word, let alone rush forward to fight, and when the knife falls on their head, they will only bear it silently!

Live an extra day for a day, live an extra day for a while, live a little longer for a while. Just to catch a few more breaths, you can ignore anything; Just to live a few more seconds, you can indifferently watch the butcher knife fall on someone else's head and secretly rejoice.

The curtain of the battle of Xinhui has fallen, but such problems, such entanglements, such reflections, and such arguments will continue for a long, long time.

Under the savage and ferocious blows of the Ming army, the shrinking Qing army was wiped out everywhere, and the last stronghold was reduced to ashes in the skyrocketing fire.

Xu Chenggong was blasted to the ground, Sheng Dengke was shot to death in the fight, Xu Erxian led the remnants to surrender, and Yunlong burned himself to death. The Qing army defending the city lost more than 8,000 deaths. The rest were captives. There were no wounded among the captives, more precisely, no seriously wounded. Even if there is only a cut on the leg, as long as it shows that it is incapacitated, the Ming army's murderous eyes will stare at it.

In this way, the Qing army that really died in battle was only five or six thousand, and the rest should have been killed indiscriminately by the red-eyed Ming army.

The siege of Xinhui City was dead, and the Qing army had no intention of breaking through in the short term. In order to give Shang Kexi, who was firmly seated in Guangzhou, a sudden surprise, the first part of the Ming army marched eastward overnight. The passage from Xinhui to Guangzhou was closed, and the eyes and ears of the Qing army's spies were cut off.

Summing up the successful experience of the counterattack in Yunnan Province, that is a fast word, the siege of the city and the fortress are so fast that the enemy expected, and what it relies on is, of course, the tunnel blasting that strives for perfection. "Overturn the giant city. Such as revealing a piece of paper", the "tunnel blasting siege method" that made the Qing army tremble during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period shined a hundred years in advance. And even more advanced than then. And it's amazingly powerful.

And the Eastern Expedition also inherited the secret of "fast", recovering Lianzhou, breaking Gaozhou, Kexinhui, and the famous town of Jiancheng fell one by one. Just when Shang Kexi was still calculating the time for Xinhui to hold on in months, the spearhead of the Ming army's attack had already pointed at his old nest - Guangzhou.

According to the way the information was transmitted at the time. As well as the road transport situation, except for Geng Jingzhong in Fujian, there will be no other reinforcements in Guangzhou within a month; Within half a month, even Geng Jingzhong had no time to rescue. That's how good "fast" is. This is the benefit that the enemy expected.

The Art of War: The soldiers are fast. Late at night on the day of the new meeting, the generals of the Ming army held an emergency meeting, presided over by Wu Sanxing, chief of staff, and worked out a battle plan for attacking Guangzhou.

Li Sixing, the son of the Jin dynasty, resigned from his post as commander of the siege and put on the vanguard seal, leading the 10,000 troops who did not participate in the siege today to march to Guangzhou tomorrow. The vanguard troops advanced to Jiangmen, and joined forces with the Ming army holding Jiangmen to attack the Qing army, and then went to Shunde and Panyu, joined the rebel teams of Zhou Yu and Li Rong, and entered Guangzhou from the south.

The main force remaining in Xinhui was first divided into a part of the army, transported by the naval division to Jieshi, and joined up with the friendly forces in Boluo, attacked the Qing army led by Gao Liangfu and Gao Liangzhen, and waited for the opportunity to recover Chaozhou and block the Qing army in Fujian that might come to reinforce.

After two days of rest, the main force will go to Hemen, Gaoming, and Sanshui, and approach Guangzhou from the west. The advantage of this is to cut off the passage of Wuzhou and Zhaoqing to help Guangzhou, and if Xu Erxian can really recruit Zhaoqing to surrender with a letter as he swore to say, it would be even more ideal.

After the meeting was over, Chief of Staff Wu Sanxing left Li Sixing alone, and then told him that Zhu Yongxing had secretly set out and came to Guangdong.

"His Royal Highness is not located in Kunming, but he comes to Guangdong?" Li Sixing was very confused by this news, and couldn't help but ask casually: "If Wu Sangui has any changes, how to deal with it?" ”

"So it's secret." Wu Sanxing did not show the secret letter, so he had to selectively explain to Li Sixing, "If Guangzhou is recovered, and His Royal Highness shows his banner again, will Wu Sangui still dare to move?" Wu is a treacherous and treacherous man, but he is also a bird with a frightened bow, if our army is defeated in the east, he may have the intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob; If he wins, he will only have to be more deferential. ”

Although Li Sixing agrees with this judgment, he is still a little puzzled, "The transfer is a matter of importance, Your Highness's move, I don't know what it means?" ”

Zhu Yongxing's status is unusual, and where he is stationed often means a change in the political direction of the heavy dà, as well as a change in the strategic direction. In Li Sixing's view, the newly restored land in Guangdong is not stable, and it is not very suitable as a government.

"It's not known whether it will be moved." Wu Sansheng shook his head and said: "It's just that if Guangdong is recovered, then only Geng Shun is the enemy of me among the three feudatories, and Zheng Jiayang is in disobedience, and he regards Chaohui as a place for him to recruit troops and raise salaries, so he will send someone to negotiate." I am afraid that only His Royal Highness can make him obey in the name of the imperial court, or make him obey orders. ”

Li Sixing didn't understand everything, but he understood the next strategic direction, that is, the spearhead will be pointed at Geng Jingzhong in Fujian. It is not difficult to understand that Wu Sangui retreated from Guizhou and secretly communicated with the Ming army, the threat has been greatly weakened, and with Zhao Wang Baiwen in Yunnan, it should be enough to resist; Shang Kexi lost his troops and retreated to Guangzhou, and his demise was not far away. Second, it seems logical that the target of the attack has become Geng Jingzhong.

Wu Sanxing did not say all the thoughts of Zhu Yongxing in the secret letter, after all, it is too early to tell Li Sixing about many things. Moreover, whether Zhu Yongxing will move or inspect for a short time has not yet been finalized.

"In the battle of Xinhui, the prince commanded properly, killed decisively, and made great contributions." Wu Sanxin politely reminded: "But the specific details, it is better not to announce them to the public." I will tell the generals about this, and let them keep their mouths shut. Well, His Royal Highness is kind-hearted, and he wants to go east to save the people, but he is also unwilling to treat the heroes badly, which is really a dilemma. ”

"The last general knows that he will not embarrass His Highness." Li Sixing had already realized something, and when he heard Wu Sanxing remind him again out of kindness, he hurriedly arched his hand gratefully.

Wu Sanxing smiled and patted Li Sixing's shoulder, "This time to attack Guangzhou, you still have to attack one side, if you can 'become a famous king and build miraculous achievements', what is the previous thing?" ”

"As the Lord said, the last general will definitely work hard for this." Li Sixing had another opportunity to make contributions, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

Like most young people, Li Siye idolizes his father, but he is unwilling to grow up under his father's protection. He wanted a relatively relaxed environment, and he wanted to build his own merits, rather than inheriting the title with his father's shadow and doing nothing.

Speaking of which, his identity is also a little embarrassing. Shizi, when he mentions this title, he will naturally think of his father, the prince. Because of this, when there is a meritorious reward, there is no need to think about the promotion of the official to the knighthood, and he can only bear the title of the son of the world until his father retires. Because of this, Li Sixing's inner pride drove him to establish a meritorious service and honor worthy of inheriting the title in the future. Because of this, he is not afraid of any punishment, son, where else can he go?

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Zhu Yongxing's idea of coming to Guangdong did not come out of nowhere, nor did he come to coat himself with a halo because he saw the prospect of victory.

From a geographical point of view, Kunming is located in the southwest inland and is not very suitable for central command. With the seizure of coastal areas, the use of waterways, whether for transportation or communications, showed superiority over land. Of course, a large part of this is due to the current road conditions, and the construction of infrastructure not only costs a lot of money, but also does not achieve results in a short period of time.

The more important point is that the command of the sailor division now has to go from Kunming to Xialong, and the time it takes makes Zhu Yongxing not dare to make a decision at all. The shape of war is changing rapidly, and when his orders or plans reach the sailors, the actual situation may no longer be suitable for execution.

After defeating the Qing army's Guangdong naval division, although the South China Sea Fleet temporarily sang a supporting role, it would soon provoke the main beam and become the protagonist of the Ming and Qing wars. While in Guangzhou, Zhu Yongxing was able to command the nearest and implement the strategic plan of using the sea to control the land.

On the whole, the strategy adopted by the Ming army was broken one by one, Wu Sangui, Sun Yanling, Ma Xiong, then Shang Kexi, and then Geng Jingzhong. The soldiers and horses led by these traitors are basically the main force of the Qing army south of the Yangtze River, and if they are killed, the Jiangnan shape will be tilted towards the Ming army.

However, this national war naturally cannot only pay attention to the part, and Zhu Yongxing has always maintained a high degree of vigilance against the movement of the Qing army in the north. With the favorable development of the war situation in Guangdong, the possibility of the Qing army coming to the aid from the north is increasing, and it is time to consider and come up with a countermeasure.

To contain the Qing court's reinforcements from entering Jiangnan, or to prevent it from sending too many troops, the only one who can complete this task is the sailor. (To be continued......)