Chapter 192: Determined Pursuit

This mess is none other than this victory.

Guilin's current situation is such that it must not fail. A defeat is nothing. But victory, it is not easy to do.

Without him, the soldiers fought bloodily and finally repelled the summer thief.

All kinds of rewards, rewards must keep up, otherwise in the future, if something happens, who will give you your life. The reason why Qu Shiyun can convince the public is that he has always been credited. Say whatever you say.

But at this moment, no matter how trustworthy Qu Shiyun is, he doesn't have a penny in his hand. He even took out his own family assets and his wife's dowry. Now he still has something, the empty warehouse can run mice. Guilin can't afford to win this battle.

Qu Shiyun thought about it, and he had to pursue Zhang Xuan as much as possible, not to catch up with Zhang Xuan, but to advance the battle line to the east, and it was best to recapture Wuzhou Mansion. That's the money for this war.

Qu Shiyun turned a thousand thoughts in his heart, and said: "I don't know where Your Majesty is, but now that the military situation is urgent, please send troops quickly to pursue the Xia army, and you will definitely win a big victory." ”

Liu Chengyin decided not to believe Qu Shiyun's words, and said: "I am ordered to be the king of Qin, how can I not see the gift of His Majesty." Before I saw Your Majesty, I dared to move a single soldier. ”

This sentence made Qu Shiyun understand that Liu Chengyin's decision had ulterior motives.

If it was speculation before, but now it has been confirmed.

Qu Shiyun took a bite and said, "Your Majesty's whereabouts are important, but the fighter plane is fleeting. ”

Liu Chengyin listened to Qu Shiyun's words and determined one thing, that is, Qu Shiyun must know where His Majesty is, but he didn't say it.

A general just behind Liu Chengyin heard Qu Shiyun's words, and came out and said, "The last general is invited to fight." ”

Liu Chengyin's gaze shifted from Qu Shiyun to this general, this general's name is Chen Youlong, and he is a member of Liu Chengyin's command.

Liu Chengyin seemed to have figured out something. Said loudly: "Okay, the fighter plane is fleeting, right?" I sent Chen Youlong to pursue, but His Majesty's safety is also the top priority. There is no room for error. ”

In an instant, an exchange was made between the two.

It was an exchange that Qu Shiyun definitely didn't want to do, that is, to put Yongli in Liu Chengyin's hands. It's just that now, Qu Shiyun has no way. He thought about it, and finally made a judgment and said: "Your Majesty has left the city from the north gate, and the important task of welcoming back Your Majesty will be handed over to the Duke of Yueguo." ”

Liu Chengyin snorted coldly, knowing that he had been tricked by Qu Shiyun, and said to Chen Youlong: "Youlong, you are so self-conscious." Go and go back. ”

Chen Youlong said: "Yes." ”

Liu Chengyin went to find Yongli without mentioning it.

Qu Shiyun summoned the 6,000 people from all departments, including Chen Youlong, who could send troops to pursue, and the rest of the people were either seriously injured and could not fight, or they wanted to defend Guilin, and they would not hand over Guilin City to Liu Chengyin. Such a force seems to be unable to pursue Zhang Xuan. The reason is very simple, although Zhang Xuan is under the city of Guilin, although he has lost his troops and generals, his strength has not been greatly damaged.

And the cavalry led by Zhang Xuan is the elite of the elite.

If he wants to win Zhang Xuan hard, Qu Shiyun doesn't have any hope.

Qu Shiyun said: "This time in pursuit, you don't need to follow too closely, you just need to fall far behind the Xia army, be careful of the Xia army's counterattack, but I think that after the defeat of the Xia army in Guilin, I will not stay near Guilin for long." You only need to accept the prefecture and county that Xia Jun has abandoned. ”

Jiao Lian said: "My lord, this can't be done. The Xia army has not lost its strength, and it can be seen at any time to make a comeback. If you don't hit it hard, they will let us follow? ”

As soon as this remark came out, the generals agreed one after another.

Qu Shiyun said: "Does General Jiao have a countermeasure? ”

"This -----" Jiao Lian is also brave in battle. But how to make plans is his shortcoming, scratching his head. I don't know what to say.

"Perhaps, you can use the waterway." Chen Youlong said.

But how to use the waterway, Chen Youlong couldn't think of it for a while. However, Chen Youlong's words gave Qu Shiyun a wake-up call. Qu Shiyun's eyes lit up, and he thought about it.

Dozens of miles south of Guilin.

Night is approaching, and the surrounding green mountains and green waters are also shrouded in a black veil, and gradually become hazy and unreal.

Patches of rudimentary tents stretched out above the ground. Although the perimeter ravine fence is simple, it also has a certain defensive ability. In the midst of the rapid march, Zhang Xuan dared to rest on the spot without any protection, just releasing scouts.

That was Zhang Xuan's judgment, and there were no enemies around.

But now it is not, it is only a few dozen miles away from Guilin, and even the fire of the camp can be faintly seen at the head of Guilin City, who makes this era, the night is dark, as long as there is a fire, it can be transmitted far, far away.

The enemy can come at any time, and it is impossible for Zhang Xuan not to take precautions.

If possible, Zhang Xuan was eager to march overnight and leave Guilin quickly. This is actually one of the uses of cavalry, one hit misses, thousands of miles away. It's just that people are not machines after all, Zhang Xuan has traveled all the way, whether it is a person or a horse, his physical strength is basically in an overdraft situation.

After gritting his teeth and fighting a battle for Guilin, his physical strength was even more overdrawn on a large scale.

Hao Shaoqi, who was in the front of the special attack and was in the rear after the break, did not feel it at that time, and when he was camping, many of them felt strong discomfort. It is caused by physical exhaustion. This is still this one. But Zhang Xuan also knew that the physical strength of the other soldiers had also reached the limit.

Everyone is not in good shape, if they are forced to rush again. Once something happens, you don't even have the power to fight back.

Zhang Xuan could only slow down the march.

However, this is also supported by intelligence, and the later night is not closed and the report is reported early, and there is no movement at all in Guilin, at least there is no brigade of troops sent south to pursue. This made Zhang Xuan breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that when the army marched, the reduction of equipment was too great, and even if there was nothing else on it except weapons, armor, and rations, the tents were not enough for all the soldiers. Originally, the people below wanted to send a tent to Zhang Xuan. But Zhang Xuan refused.

Zhang Xuan was willing to be with other soldiers who were sleeping in the streets.

Without enough tools, it's impossible to set up a decent camp. It can only be simplified because of ugliness.

However, Zhang Xuan released enough probes, and there was no problem with it.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "As long as it is safe today and tomorrow, after passing the Pingle Mansion, there should be no problem." ”

Thinking of Pingle Mansion, Zhang Xuan suddenly felt a little bored in his heart. Don't look at Zhang Xuan this time, he fought so smoothly and occupied so many prefectures and counties, but at this time, he had to spit it out. After all, Zhang Xuan's troops are limited, even if he is sorting out Lingnan, the strength of Great Xia is only forty or fifty thousand, and the rest are mostly surrendered.

If these forty or fifty thousand can be gathered on one battlefield, it can be regarded as a heavy group. However, there is a serious shortage in the entire Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, and this state of affairs will not change until Changsha's troops enter the two provinces.

"Wuzhou City." Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Pingle Mansion can give up, but Wuzhou City can't give up." Hopefully, reinforcements have arrived. ”

There is no other reason, the geographical location of Wuzhou City is too important. It can be said that it is the gateway to Guangxi, and attacking Guangxi from Guangdong generally starts from Wuzhou. The Xijiang River passes through Wuzhou, and Guangxi's attack on Guangdong can also go down the river from Wuzhou.

Therefore, Wuzhou is in the hands of the Xia army and is the bridgehead of Guangxi. You can attack Guangxi at will.

And in the hands of the Ming army, it was the barrier of Guangxi. Wuzhou is not lost. Almost Shangguang, there was no way to attack Guangxi by land. After all, there are only a few roads that can pass through the army.

It is precisely because of the importance of Wuzhou. As soon as Zhang Xuan captured Wuzhou City, he immediately sent an order to Guangzhou, asking them to send at least one battalion of soldiers to defend Wuzhou City.

It's just that he immediately went west, and so far he has not received any news from the back, and he doesn't know how they carried out this order.

In this way, Zhang Xuan leaned on the stone, listened to the flowing water, looked at the starry sky with the stars shining overhead, and thought about the adjustment of the battle situation in his heart. Since this battle was lost, at least it didn't get the worst result, and it was okay for Zhang Xuan.

In this way, countless thoughts spread. Before you know it, the East is white. And so the night passed.

It was another sleepless night, and Zhang Xuan had long been used to it.