Chapter 189: Wang Jin deserves to die

Qu Shiyun did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the whole army to counterattack the south gate.

He brought in some artillery from all over the place, and naturally there were no Hongyi cannons. Most of them are tiger squat guns, Franc machine guns and the like. Under the cover of artillery fire, Qu Shiyun ascended the city from multiple directions. For a while, the fight was in full swing.

But Zhang Xuan had already made arrangements.

Although there are not many people around Zhang Xuan and there are not many firearms, he still keeps a drip. At the same time, the breakthrough along the walls on both sides will also have a result. First of all, the water gate on the east side was breached.

This water gate directly leads the water of the Li River into the city of Guilin.

Zhang Xuan listened to the reports from everywhere, and said secretly in his heart: "Today, or tomorrow, this Guilin City will be taken down." ”

It's not that Zhang Xuan underestimated Qu Shiyun. It's just these few cards in Qu Shiyun's hand, no matter how you play, the effect is like this. No matter how much you persist, you won't be able to survive tomorrow. Unless an external force joins in.

Just afraid of what?

Just when Zhang Xuan felt that the victory was in his hands, a piece of news came to his hands, which made him change his color suddenly, even the city government that had cultivated for many years could not resist the impact of this news, Zhang Xuan said angrily: "I should die if I enter." ”

The news is nothing else. It was Liu Chengyin, Liu Tieba's department, who appeared outside Guilin. It is not far from the city of Guilin.

For Zhang Xuan, this news was like a bolt from the blue. Even though Zhang Xuan had experienced a hundred battles and his ability to withstand it had greatly increased, he couldn't help but feel slightly dizzy in the face of this news. I couldn't accept it for a while, after scolding Wang Jincai.

Zhang Xuan tried to restrain his anger.

I thought of many ways for a while, but after thinking about it, there were only four words in the end: "You can't do anything." ”

And the only way out is to retreat.

But the two armies are entangled and want to retreat, where is it so easy.

Since the southern expedition, the road has been smooth, but at this moment, Zhang Xuan smelled the smell of defeat in advance.

And at this moment, Wang Jincai, who was scolded by Zhang Xuan, if he knew Zhang Xuan's words, he might also feel a little aggrieved in his heart.

Under the city of Yongzhou.

This city is the focus of the tug-of-war between the Ming army and the Xia army in the past six months, and the Xia army came to the city for the second time after the battle of Changsha.

Wang Jincai opened the posture, his own headquarters, plus thousands of recruits, opened a formation for several miles, from a distance, smoke and dust everywhere, as if tens of thousands of troops were marching.

After receiving Zhang Xuan's order, Wang Jincai did not slack off, but immediately sent troops.

But everyone's style of doing things is different, and even if they send troops immediately, the degree to which they can do it is different.

If it's Luo Dai here.

In Luo Dai's style, he probably doesn't care about anything, bring

For two or three days, dry food will be sent to the front to be transported first. Ignore it and walk away.

But Wang Jincai will never be able to do this.

Wang Jincai is slippery, and he has always left room for himself and others. In many cases, it is not extreme. He would never be like Luo Dai, who only took two or three days of dry food to attack, but whenever he encountered anything, even if he did not encounter the enemy, he would only encounter heavy rain. Within a few days, it was enough to keep the army stranded on the road, unable to advance or retreat.

Therefore, Wang Jincai will never be like this.

Even if the troops are sent immediately. Some preparations, Wang Jincai also decided to do.

All kinds of preparations came down, and the day passed.

After the second day, they fought one or two battles with the defenders along the Ming army, and won all of them, and then went deep into the city of Yongzhou. That's why there is a scene in front of me.

Just when Wang Jincai was looking at Yongzhou City from afar, thinking about how to conquer Yongzhou City.

Suddenly, the gate of Yongzhou City opened, and a group of people dressed as officials, opened the city gate with official seals in both hands, and walked out.

Wang Jincai's heart sank, as if he had thought of something, and immediately ordered left and right to bring this person over.

Soon the group came to Wang Jincai's side, and the official knelt on the ground and said, "Little Yongzhou Tongzhi pays a visit to General Wang." admired General Wang Tianwei, and came to ask for surrender. ”

Wang Jincai would not be fooled by such sycophants, and immediately asked, "Let me ask you how many defenders there are in the city?" ”

"Three hundred." This Yongzhou Tongzhi said: "There are only three hundred servants. ”

"What?" Wang Jincai was taken aback. He didn't know what was going on with the local officials. He never counted these officials into his combat strength, and these officials may not be able to do a good job in urging taxes and arresting individual criminals, let alone others.

Three hundred servants guarded a Yongzhou city, which was simply an empty city. And with Wang Jincai's previous information. There are at least more than 10,000 people in Yongzhou City.

Where is this person now?

What are you really afraid of?

Wang Jincai asked sharply, "Where are the people?" Where is Liu Tieba? ”

The Tongzhi of Yongzhou was so frightened by Wang Jincai that he trembled, and said: "Two days ago, I had already left Yongzhou City, and even the prefect ran away, leaving three hundred cavalry to block the news of the whole city, and these three hundred cavalry also left before the army came." ”

"What?" Wang Jincai said angrily: "They were still fighting with me before, how can they just leave?" No news at all. ”

Yongzhou Tongzhi accompanied him and said carefully: "My lord doesn't know, they are in a hurry, and they didn't even warn the defenders outside the city. ”

Although Yongzhou City was an important place for the Ming army to guard, it did not mean that the Ming army had no stronghold except for Yongzhou City.

Wang Jincai's march was not unpleasant, but within a day, he met several resistances, and still broke through dozens of miles, from the border of Hengyang

set off and conquered Qiyang County, only to arrive here. It's just that I didn't expect Liu Tieba to be so ruthless. A golden cicada came out of its shell, or a broken tail to survive.

After Wang Jincai got the news, his first thought was to order the whole army to abandon all baggage and pursue quickly. tried to catch up with Liu Tieba, but soon, he dispelled this idea, the reason is simple, it is not possible.

Two days is enough time for them to distance themselves.

In other words, the task given to him by Zhang Xuan has failed.

What made Wang Jincai even more nervous was that if Liu Tieba suddenly appeared on the battlefield in Guilin, what impact would it have on Zhang Xuan's side. He knew very well that under such circumstances, it had become impossible to conquer Guilin.

But if that's all there is to it, he's not afraid of anything.

After all, he is Zhang Xuan's old department, although he did not complete the task this time, but he can't blame him for all the reasons. Because the time given to him was too tight, Wang Jincai had been tense for twenty-four hours since he received the order.

There was not a moment of slackness.

He still knows Zhang Xuan well, and he will never embarrass his old subordinates too much. There may be penalties. But the penalties are not too severe.

But what worries him is something else.

One thing that he didn't want to think about and had to think about was what would happen if Zhang Xuan died in Guilin? He understands his current status too well, partly because of his own talent, but there are more because of Zhang Xuan's support. If there is no Zhang Xuan's support.

He wouldn't be where he is now.

He had long been identified as a member of Zhang Xuan's faction, once Zhang Xuan was gone. He will definitely be marginalized in Great Xia.

That's politics.

This is not the worst, the worst thing is that if the imperial court blames Zhang Xuan's death on him, then he will really be at a loss for words, and there will be no way out.

"Guilin is hundreds of miles away, and I can't reach it." Wang Jincai said: "I have to think of a countermeasure that can advance and retreat freely. ”

But how to advance and retreat freely, Wang Jin couldn't figure it out for a while, but he knew that he must not make mistakes again.

Therefore, he immediately ordered to send a sentry to garrison Yongzhou City, and the brigade did not enter the city and continued to pursue.

But when pursuing, he seemed to be doing his best, but in fact, he secretly conserved his strength and was ready to fight at any time, lest Liu Tieba's target was not Zhang Xuan, but him. It's not good to set a trap for him.

In other words, today's Wang Jincai has never thought about whether he can rescue Zhang Xuan, but he wants to make sure that no one can find fault with him. to deal with post-event accountability. Even a bitter meat plan has been prepared.

But no one can find a way to find faults, and generally speaking, things can't be done.

Wang Jincai has never been an unintelligent person, and his problem is that he is too smart.