Chapter Seventy-Seven: The City of Guilin is Broken

Early in the morning of the second day, before dawn,

After Qu Shiyun was sad, he redressed and prepared to go out in good spirits. No one could see that the person last night was Qu Shiyun.

It's just that the original gray hair, I don't know when, has turned completely white. It was as if Qu Shiyun had aged many years overnight.

Qu Shiyun pushed the door out, but saw that Mrs. Qu was wearing a phoenix crown and a Xia curtain, dressed in the clothes of Mrs. Command, and her body was full of gold and jade, and when she moved slightly, there were many gold threads trembling. The phoenix on his head seemed to flutter his wings and fly out.

Mrs. Qu is younger than Qu Shiyun, and she is well maintained. There are already some, but this solemn dress has a bit of the color of youth.

She saw Qu Shiyun and saluted: "I wish the husband a victorious return." ”

Qu Shiyun helped Mrs. Qu up, and said after a long time: "Okay." ”

has been a husband and wife for many years, how can Qu Shiyun not understand Mrs. Qu. Mrs. came so rightly, I am afraid there is another meaning, if it doesn't work, she should die with Qu Shiyun.

Qu Shiyun said goodbye to Mrs. Qu. Coming to the South City again. Do your best to supervise the battle.

But no matter how hard Qu Shiyun tries alone, he can't save the overall situation.

At noon, Zhang Xianbi took the lead and climbed the city wall from the ladder under the cover of artillery fire.

After a first climb, what awaited the defenders of Guilin was the beginning of the collapse.

After all, how can the people temporarily summoned in Guilin City be compared with the old soldiers of Zhang Xianbi's department, Zhang Xianbi's department has also followed Fu Zonglong first, and has won and lost battles over the past few years. When the two sides were in close combat, it was simply one-sided.

After Zhang Xianbi opened the south gate, Cao Zongyu urged the whole army to enter the city.

After the Xia army entered the city, there was no suspense in the battle of Guilin.

Cao Zongyu rode into the city, and the first thing he did was to find Qu Shiyun's whereabouts.

After a while, the following people came to report that Qu Shiyun's governor's yamen was on fire, and I heard that Qu Shiyun was among them.

Cao Zongyu immediately released the list of Anmin and sent his own soldiers to supervise military discipline. And those who came down and laid down their weapons were regarded by the people. He kept all the official mansions one by one, and chose the Yamen of the Guilin Prefect as the location of the army.

Settle the mess in Guilin City. Cao Zongyu spent a lot of time.

By the time it settled down, it was already nightfall.

Cao Zongyu is writing a letter to Zhang Xuan at the moment, in fact, the documents for the victory have been sent out as soon as possible, but what Cao Zongyu wrote at this moment is the details of this battle, as well as how the various departments are performing, and so on.

It's just that Cao Zongyu hasn't finished writing yet, so he heard Cao Wu outside say: "General, urgent military situation." ”

Cao Zongyu said: "But caught up with Liu Chengyin? ”

After conquering Guilin, Cao Zongyu also knew that this war had come to an end. This battle almost exhausted the people of Guangdong. If it is not when the people are requisitioned, many times it is used for forced labor. That is, let the people work for the government in vain. If the county is better, you may have to prepare dry food, and if it is not good, you may have to bring your own dry food.

If there is no conscription, I am afraid that the military expenses of this war will be doubled, and even if Zhang Xuan advances money and food, he will not be able to support it.

Therefore, before the support of Nanjing, the war in the southwest ended here.

However, the lack of the intention to continue to lay down did not prevent Cao Zongyu from wanting to find the traces of Liu Chengyin and Yongli. It's just that Cao Zongyu stopped troops under the city of Guilin for a few days, and lost Liu Chengyin's trace for a while, and if you want to find them, you need to visit them carefully.

Don't worry about not finding it, it's tens of thousands of troops, not a few people, a few people may disappear. But tens of thousands of troops are absolutely impossible. It just takes a little time.

"No, it's from Guizhou." Cao Wu said.

"But what's wrong with General Gao Yigong?" Cao Zongyu asked meaningfully.

Cao Wu said: "My subordinates don't know. ”

Cao Zongyu read some urgent reports, but they were for Zhang Xuan. There was fire paint on it, and Cao Zongyu didn't dare to cut it. Cao Zongyu immediately called the person who delivered the letter over, inquired carefully, and also made a judgment on the situation in Guizhou. Cao Zongyu secretly said in his heart: "But I don't want everyone to get together." ”

Although he didn't read the letter, Cao Zongyu also knew that the content of the letter was probably like this, first, Sun Kewang took the remnants of the Great Western Army into Guizhou from the northwest. It seems to have an old relationship with Guizhou Tusilong in the field. The situation in Guizhou has changed. I don't know if Sun Kewang is friend or foe.

Second, it is the news of Sichuan.

Yang Zhan had given up Chengdu and went south, and had several confrontations with the Qing army, without standing on any cheap, but also without suffering any losses. Looking at the situation, Yang Zhan is about to retreat step by step.

Third, it is to ask for aid.

At this point, Cao Zongyu is purely guessing.

The reason is simple, the war in Guizhou has escalated. Gao Yigong has not had any achievements in Guizhou before, not that Gao Yigong and Yuan Zongdi are stupid, but that they don't have many resources in their hands. Although it was nominally an attack, it was a defense and an attack in time, but it was just to contain the Tusi in Guizhou, who was biased towards the Ming army.

Now on the battlefield in Guizhou, maybe when it will clash with the Qing army. Naturally, you should prepare in advance. He can be an old opponent of the Qing army.

Cao Zongyu did not dare to intercept it, so he immediately asked people to change the waterway, and a clipper boat headed for Guangzhou overnight.

Cao Zongyu secretly said in his heart: "In this way, the general is probably going to come to Guilin." ”

Cao Zongyu is still confident in this judgment.

First of all, after Guangxi was owned by Daxia, Guangzhou's position was a little too rear.

Moreover, it is actually very inconvenient to govern Hunan and Guangdong provinces in Guangzhou.

In the middle of the five ridges, although there are several roads in the five mountains, it is also the Jiangxi Dayu Road, and the Xianggui Road here in Guilin is the best to walk, which can pass the army. If Zhang Xuan wants to sit in the three provinces of Guangxi, Guangzhou, and Hunan, Guilin is much more convenient than Guangzhou.

As you know, Guilin has just been defeated, and this messenger has passed through Guilin. It can be known that Guixiang Road is much more convenient than other roads.

Zhang Xuan sits here, and the two Guangxi and Hunan can be regarded as one. When Zhang Xuan was in Guangzhou, he rarely mentioned Hunan affairs, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't. But it's not the same in Guilin.

And to think about the strategic direction.

Previously, Zhang Xuan's strategic direction to deal with was Guangxi, and Guangxi was newly determined, and the chaos in Sichuan was getting bigger and bigger, and Guizhou was probably going to be affected. Sitting in Guilin, the situation on the battlefield has become more acute.

Cao Zongyu's judgment was not wrong at all.

After Zhang Xuan received the letter in Guangzhou, his first reaction was that he had to sit in Guilin.

The form of Guangxi is much more complicated than Cao Zongyu thought, Gao Yigong has already said a very obvious tendency in the letter, the Qing army went south, Yang Zhan was defeated and retreated, and Guizhou Tusi had softened in the face of Gao Yigong's offensive.

A part of the Guizhou Tusi, led by Long Qitian, has already intended to take refuge in Daxia.

But only intentionally.

There is another thing, that is, among the remnants of the Great Western Army, there are also internal differences of opinion, some generals led by Li Dingguo have the intention of defecting to Daxia, but Sun Kewang has the intention of standing on his own. The contradictions between the two sides are still under control, but sooner or later something will go wrong.

When Zhang Xuan saw this, his heart was beating wildly, not to mention anything else, just seeing that Li Dingguo might surrender to Great Xia, Zhang Xuan had some blood pressure elevated for a while.

Over the years, the history learned by later generations has long since changed. Many historical events have long been unrecognizable, and what gave Zhang Xuan was only a little inspiration. And Li Dingguo, the king of Jin who is a famous king, is something that Zhang Xuan can't forget. Many people have such and such evaluations of Li Dingguo, but one thing is universally recognized, that is, Li Dingguo's military talent can be regarded as a famous general.

Only such a person can gather to Great Xia, and he is better than tens of thousands of male masters. He had the day of the Northern Expedition, with Li Dingguo as the vanguard. The plan is invincible.

Zhang Xuan thought about this, and immediately wrote to Nanjing, telling the situation here. and please order the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong to surrender.

Luo Yulong would never refuse this matter, at most, Nanjing would send one or two people.

All that remained was to move the administrative office, and Zhang Xuan immediately prepared to move the Zhengnan General's Mansion to Guilin. And after Zhang Xuan arrived in Guilin, he weighed the pros and cons and whether to go to Guizhou.