After the military meeting, the troops began to conduct military operations non-stop. Leng Yifei led the 3rd Mixed Brigade and Artillery Regiment to advance to Nanning, and He Meng led the 4th Mixed Brigade to advance to Yunnan. Deng Zixuan led the headquarters and the 1st Division, escorting the prisoners of the Gui Army and the Dian Army to advance along the coastline to Guangdong, and at the same time sent people to quickly report to Guangzhou.

When Deng Zixuan arrived in Ningming County, he parted ways with Leng Yifei. In front of the Yamen of Ningming County, "Mr. Deng, meet the students!" "Li Tong of Dingming County knelt on one leg to salute." Commander-in-Chief, meet your subordinates! Wang Xiaoer's face was full of joy. haha！ Brother Li! The day has finally come for us to make a big difference. Needless to say, you are ready, after Leng Yifei occupies Nanning, you will be the governor of Guangxi! "It was the work of the gentleman who served the dogs and horses!" Li Tong was apprehensive and a little happy.

Deng Zixuan turned to Wang Xiaoer and said approvingly: "I haven't established it for many years, and I miss you very much." I won't say anything polite, the actions of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Guangxi and Yunnan have already begun. The army has not moved the grain and grass first, and the logistics supply is a matter of great importance, and now I formally appoint you as the logistics chief of the 1st Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the supreme commander of the security forces. "Please rest assured that the commander-in-chief will resolutely complete the task!"

Deng Zixuan did not stop in Ningming County, and after explaining the explanation, he led his troops to continue to advance eastward, and two days later, the vanguard occupied Chengfang Port. Due to the unclear situation, the Qing troops stationed in various places did not have time to react and became prisoners. Five days later, the vanguard occupied Beihai City, and then continued to advance towards Guangdong, all the way like a bamboo. Guangxi was originally a place where the people were fierce, and the people along the way asked to join the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Leng Yifei led his troops to advance to Nanning, and the news of the Qing army in various places was blocked. When Lin Xiong's cavalry regiment, the vanguard of the army, rode a large ocean horse that had captured the French army, and appeared in Congzuo City, the prefect of the city opened the city gate to welcome him warmly, and he was still confused when he became a prisoner. Lin Xiong occupied from the left rear and continued to lead his troops to advance to Fuyu County, at this time the Qing troops in various places began to wake up.

5 days later, Leng Yifei led a large group of men and horses to reach the city of Nanning. "Report to the division commander, according to the investigation, there are currently 20,000 Qing troops concentrated in Nanjing. The governor of Guangxi and the governor of Guangxi did not escape in the city, obviously they wanted to live and die with Nanning City! "Brigadier Commander Khalid." According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, it was also a capital crime for the chief officials to abandon the city and flee, and they had no choice. Send a captive of the Gui army to bring in the letter of surrender and tell them to lay down their arms and surrender. After Leng Yifei finished speaking, he raised his legs and walked towards the forward position.

Leng Yifei stood on the position and observed the situation in Nanning with a telescope. The tall city wall is very majestic, and not long ago Deng Zixuan gave him the historical knowledge of Nanning. So that he has a preliminary understanding and understanding of Nanning, the two major towns in Guangxi - Nanning in front of him, and the other is Guilin. Leng Yifei knew in his heart that as long as he won Nanning, Guilin and even the whole province of Guangxi would be in his pocket. Therefore, Deng Zixuan ordered Leng Yifei. The attack on Nanning City must be carried out with momentum and produce a sensational effect, which means to launch a strong attack.

Suddenly, there was a change in the direction of the city gate out of the city, and I saw a human head hanging from the south city gate. "Go see what's going on?" Leng Yifei gave the order. About 20 minutes later, one of his subordinates hurriedly returned and reported: "Report to the division commander, the prisoner sent to deliver the letter has been killed, and his head is hanging from the city gate. "Damn, I don't know what to do, the division commander gives an order, I promise to attack the city before dusk!" Khalid exclaimed. Leng Yifei glanced at the sun, and said westwardly: "Hold a military meeting in a while to study the siege plan!" ”

The military meeting quickly finalized the siege plan, and Zuihou said coldly: "Everyone, according to the commander-in-chief's order, we must fight a tough battle to capture Nanning, one is to test our ability to attack the fortification, and the other is to make the Qing army fearful, and at the same time play a deterrent role." For the first victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army, I ask that we must attack the city during the day tomorrow. "That night, the military deployment began to be tense and accurate. From a distance, the city wall of Nanning is brightly lit, and the defensive strength of the Qing army is very strong, and it seems that they are united.

In the morning, Leng Yifei ordered the 6th Regiment Army Commander Lin to attack first: "Although your unit is a feint, the feint attack must be fought as the main attack, and it must be fought realistically, understand?" "Understood! Please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to expectations. Lu Changlin replied loudly. It was a surprise that the troops launched an attack without artillery preparation. At the sound of the order, the attacking troops jumped up in a scattered line, followed by groups of soldiers carrying long ladders.

The Qing defending soldiers were densely packed on the city walls, and morale was high. The Qing army condescended to bombard the artillery, although the old artillery of the Qing army thundered, but the threat was not great, and most of the shells were solid shells or scattered shells. The attacking troops soon attacked under the city wall, the covering group began to shoot at the city wall to suppress the enemy's firepower, and the soldiers who carried the long ladder quickly put the long ladder on the city wall, everyone thought that although it was a feint, it was not impossible to attack the city, and the feint could evolve into the main attack in an instant.

Everyone thought that the soldiers would successfully climb the city wall, but at this moment, a large number of torches and fire oil were suddenly thrown from the city wall, and suddenly thick smoke billowed from the city. The soldiers fell down the ladder one after another, and it was so unbearable that the commander had to give the order to retreat. In the face of the loss, Leng Yifei was very calm. He pulled out his pocket watch and glanced at it, just as the rumbling of cannon could be heard in the east.

The artillery brigade of the original headquarters had 30 artillery pieces, and gave Feng Zicai 10 artillery pieces in exchange for the remaining 20 artillery pieces. Now it has been upgraded to an artillery regiment under the division of the 2nd Division, and the number of artillery pieces has not increased. Considering that there were 20,000 Qing troops in Xining City, in order to win one blow, all 20 artillery pieces were concentrated on the eastern city wall and covered the main attack of the 4th Regiment led by the brigade commander Khaled. The artillery fire suddenly launched an artillery bombardment, and the Qing army on the city wall was a little dazed, and the shells exploded on the city wall, and the smoke suddenly enveloped the 100-meter-long city wall.

After 10 minutes of artillery fire, Khalid ordered his troops to attack. The Qing army was blown up by artillery fire, and there was no one on the 100-meter city wall. Seeing the assault team rushing under the city walls, Khalid ordered artillery fire to extend fire. I saw that the assault bomb throwing team came to the city wall, and then the dense grenades were thrown at the city wall, accompanied by the explosion and thick smoke billowing out. The ladder quickly reached the city wall, and the soldiers struggled to climb it, and the city was broken in an instant.

Leng Yifei continued to give orders, and the follow-up troops followed up quickly, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall expanded to both sides. Leng Yifei thought that the Qing army would collapse immediately, but after a period of chaos, a large number of follow-up troops of the Qing army poured in, and the advance of the troops in depth was blocked. The troops have already broken into the city, and artillery support is impossible, so they will injure themselves by mistake. Leng Yifei received a report that the 4th Regiment had broken through the city in the east but was blocked one after another. Leng Yifei immediately ordered Lu Changlin to attack on all fronts, and at the same time ordered Lin Xiong's cavalry regiment to blow open the city gates.

Half an hour later, there was a violent explosion, the city gate disappeared in the smoke of gunpowder, the cavalry commander Lin Xiong gave an order, and the cavalry quickly rushed into the city gate with a saber. There was no suspense in the battle situation, and immediately afterwards, Lu Changlin's troops also broke through the city wall, and the Qing army defending the city collapsed in front and failed in command behind. Leng Yifei put down the telescope and let out a sigh of relief, to be honest, in the face of 20,000 Qing troops defending the city, he had no bottom in his heart. It is true that the commander-in-chief said that artillery is the god of war, and Leng Yifei led the guards into the city with emotion.

Leng Yifei entered the city, and a large number of Qing prisoners appeared on the streets of the city. "Report to the division commander, the cavalry regiment went out of Beicheng to pursue the fleeing Qing army, the governor of Guangxi was captured, and the governor of Guangxi committed suicide." Leng Yifei came to the governor's yamen, and when he walked into the gate, a strong smell of blood wafted towards him. Leng Yifei saw that the field was full of corpses, and the corpses included female dependents. An officer stepped forward to report: "Report to the division commander, we surrounded the governor's yamen, and the governor of Guangxi killed the whole family and then killed himself!" ”

Leng Yifei walked to the body of the governor and was silent, although this governor Zuihou was always loyal to the Manchu master, but he was respected for his death. At this time, an officer came over with a 2-year-old girl in his arms and said: "Report to the division commander, we found this little girl under a young woman's dependent, apparently the mother has protected her child. Leng Yifei saw that the little girl was staring at a pair of timid eyes, but she didn't cry, and she looked very well-behaved.

A trace of love and pity rose in Leng Yifei's heart, and he decided to take the child in and said, "Bury the governor and his family, and leave the child behind." Then Leng Yifei ordered the posting of a notice to the people, and at the same time emphasized that the military discipline of the Northern Expeditionary Army was not allowed to disturb the people. The Lin Xiong cavalry regiment pursued all the way and captured 3,000 prisoners, and Zuihou escaped 4,000 Qing troops after statistics. Leng Yifei stayed in Nanning for two days, leaving a battalion to garrison Nanning to guard the prisoners, and then led the main force straight to Guilin.

When Deng Zixuan led his troops to Beihai, he received a report from Leng Yifei that Nanning had been captured. Deng Zixuan was not surprised by the capture of Nanning, the Guangxi general was stationed in Guilin, and Deng Zixuan expected that this guy would definitely flee after hearing the news that Nanning City was broken. Subsequently, he ordered Leng Yifei to occupy Guilin, turn back and sweep all parts of Guangxi, and form a recruit brigade and security forces. To occupy a land, we must consolidate a land, and we cannot be like a black blind man breaking buds and rice to gain more than he loses. In particular, the war is fought in logistics, and it is absolutely impossible to do without a solid base area.

The troops advanced eastward and soon entered Guangdong, and Bai Sheng ordered the cavalry regiment to move south to occupy Zhanjiang and sweep the Leizhou Peninsula. On this day, Deng Zixuan was riding a tall horse and was marching, and a fast horse galloped in front of him. "Report to the commander-in-chief, ahead is Huazhou. The town of Huazhou was occupied by a group of rebels. We found that this Tiandihui ransacked Huazhou Town, the town was full of smoke, and many ordinary people outside the town had escaped. ”

Heaven and Earth Meeting? Suddenly, Deng Zixuan felt bad, and his own rebellion would definitely cause civil society groups to follow suit, and this kind of sign must be stifled. The vast majority of the so-called anti-Qing groups among the people took advantage of the fire to rob, and to put it bluntly, there was no doubt that they were with bandits. They play a limited or even opposite role. "Tell Bai Sheng, let heaven and earth surrender!" Deng Zixuan rushed to the outside of Huazhou Town, and saw that this town was a dirt fence, and from a distance, there were many flags, and many people wore red headscarves, black clothes and black pants. A big flag is waving in the wind, and the black characters written on the flag are very eye-catching.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Heaven and Earth will refuse to surrender, and they will let us bypass the city!" Bai Sheng reported. "Siege the town and attack!" Deng Zixuan did not hesitate and said decisively. An hour later, Deng Zixuan entered the town, and more than a thousand members of the Heaven and Earth Society became prisoners. Soon, the big and small leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society appeared in front of Deng Zixuan, and an obese leader of the Heaven and Earth Society said confidently: "My lord! We, the Heaven and Earth Society, have also raised the banner of anti-Qing Dynasty, and Weishenme is going to attack us! ”

Deng Zixuan said coldly: "When I entered the town, I saw that it was not the anti-Qing rebels, but a group of scum. Many people in the town have been looted, many businesses have been looted, this is how you are anti-Qing, to put it bluntly, you are a group of bandits, come here! The leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society were all executed. "In front of all the members of the Heaven and Earth Society, more than 100 leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society were shot. Then Deng Zixuan announced the return of all the looted property, and announced the constitution of the Northern Expeditionary Army in front of all the people. Subsequently, Deng Zixuan issued an order that in the future, all non-governmental organizations will be killed and killed without mercy as long as they burn, kill, and loot in the name of uprising.

Deng Zixuan led his troops to march to Guangzhou, and the Qing troops fled all over the way. After Bai Sheng led his troops to occupy Maoming, the troops divided into two routes, and attacked along the coastline to occupy Yangjiang, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Foshan respectively. The other road went north to occupy Yunfu and Zhaoqing respectively, and then waved troops to Qingyuan. After receiving the order, Pei Gejin also sent troops to attack to the east, and the Qing troops in various places were so frightened that they fled to Hunan and Jiangxi.

When Deng Zixuan's figure appeared under the city of Guangzhou, the whole of Guangdong had been occupied.