The postmen from Guangxi rushed to the Qing army camp regardless of their horsepower, and when they got off their horses, they were too tired to work, and the horses could not live.
After handing the eight-hundred-mile expedited mail to the Admiral, these postmen were truly relieved and relieved, and if this fatal errand was picked up once or twice, it could really exhaust people to death.
"Take people down to rest and arrange food and drinks for them."
While ordering his soldiers to take a few post soldiers down, Xian Guoan tore open the seal and took out the letterhead inside, and the handwriting on it was indeed the font of Chen Weixin, the governor of Guangxi.
In the letter, Chen Weixin told the line Guoan a very bad news: The Ming army in Guangdong had broken into Guangxi from the Xijiang River a few days ago, and about 10,000 Ming troops had attacked Wuzhou from ashore on boats.
In order to deal with the attack of the Ming army and prevent Wuzhou from losing, Ma Xiong, the commander of the army who stayed behind, mobilized troops and horses from Guilin, Liuzhou and other places to help defend Wuzhou.
Later, Ma Xiong took advantage of the unstable foothold of the Ming army, led more than 15,000 cavalry out of the city to attack, and wanted to defeat the Ming army ashore and then lock the river with iron chains on the Xijiang River to prevent the Ming army's naval division from transporting more soldiers and horses, but he was defeated.
In the fierce battle, Ma Xiong himself was killed, and only more than 200 cavalry under his command escaped, and the rest were annihilated by the Ming army.
Dozens of generals and colonels below Li Ruchun, the deputy general of the green battalion Fubiao, who fought with him out of the city, were killed, and the battalion soldiers and the Han army were also defeated, and only Dai Liangchen, the commander of the Han army, led more than 2,000 remnants to retreat into the city.
After hearing the news of the defeat, Chen Weixin immediately sent more than 3,000 Guilin battalions to Wuzhou for reinforcements, but he was intercepted by the Ming cavalry and had to retreat to Guilin.
In the letter, Chen Weixin bluntly said that due to the lack of communication, he did not know whether Wuzhou City was now occupied by the Ming army, and he did not have enough soldiers and horses to rescue Wuzhou or repel the Guiming army, and he could not even hold Guilin, so he could only send an urgent 800 li to request that the line Guoan could immediately lead troops back to Guilin, in case the Ming army captured Wuzhou and attacked Guilin, Xining, and Liuzhou, where the defenders were empty.
If these three prefectures are lost again, Guangxi will be completely clear.
There are a few ink spots at the back of the letter, and you can imagine how anxious Chen Weixin was when he wrote this letter, and how hurried he was when he wrote the letter.
After reading Chen Weixin's letter, Xian Guoan's hand holding the letter trembled slightly.
The most feared thing finally happened, and the Ming army in Guangdong, which defeated Prince Jian, King Pingnan, King Jingnan, and General Manchu, finally freed up their hands to attack Guangxi.
The total number of soldiers and horses left behind in Guangxi was only 20,000, but the first battle of Wuzhou caused Ma Xiong to bury more than half, and the remaining thousands of soldiers were stationed in various places, which could not stop the Ming army in Guangdong at all.
If he does not return to the division to rescue, the result will be as Chen Weixin said, and the whole province of Guangxi will return to Ming.
To return to the division or not to return to the division, the line Guoan has long been asserted, but when it comes to the decision, it is still difficult to decide.
"Admiral, what did the Governor's letter say?"
Quan Jie saw the abnormality from the slight shaking hand of the line Guoan, and he couldn't help but be slightly shocked in his heart, he had the impression that the Admiral had always been in front of Mount Tai, and his face could not change, but today his hands were shaking, and he really didn't know what the Governor said in this letter.
"See for yourself."
Xian Guoan didn't speak, just handed over the letter, picked up the letter in the whole section, read it carefully, and his expression changed instantly.
He was not surprised that Wuzhou was surrounded or captured by the Ming army, but that Ma Xiong's subordinate Hui soldiers actually caused the Ming army to be annihilated, and only more than 200 people escaped, and Ma Xiong himself was also beheaded The combat effectiveness of the Guangdong Ming army is really too terrifying, although I have already known the changes in the battle situation in Guangdong from the line Guoan, and the more than 20,000 Manchurian, Mongolian and Han troops led by Prince Jian Jidu called the Guangdong Ming army to be annihilated, but the whole section was still shocked by the strong combat effectiveness of the Guangdong Ming army.
"Wuzhou is the gateway to Guangxi, once occupied by the Ming army, the other three prefectures in Guangxi will be undefendable.
Admiral, I'm afraid we have to go back to the division immediately to rescue, otherwise Guangxi will be lost.
"The whole section is anxious, and there is only the idea of returning to the division to rescue quickly.
Xian Guoan glanced at him, then at the generals with shocked and concerned faces, but shook his head and said, "We won't go back." ” "Ahh The whole section was stunned, and the other generals around were also stunned, and the old nest was about to be taken by the Ming army, but how could the admiral say that he would not save it.
Line Guoan glanced at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "General Zhao and I have agreed in Guizhou that if the Ming army in Guangdong really enters Guangxi in the west, no matter how the situation in Guangxi collapses, our army will not return to the division, because we have only one task, that is, to take Kunming" Line Guoan's hand pointed fiercely in the direction of Kunming, "If the Yongli Imperial Court does not solve it, it will be like a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, and those forces that support Ming will fight to the death with us to the end, so we must take Kunming, capture the thief and capture the king first, Kunming is the heart of this hundred-legged insect, let's stick a knife in the heart, No matter how capable the Ming army of Guangdong is, it is just a leg on the body of this hundred-legged insect, without a heart, no matter how long this leg is extended, it is just a dead thing."
When the generals heard this, they all nodded subconsciously.
Quan Jie was a little hesitant, he hesitated: "Admiral, but if we don't return to the division, Guangxi will not be able to keep it."
This is a provincial territory, is it just given to the Ming army" When he spoke, his face was solemn.
Line Guoan sneered and said: "As long as we can take Kunming and destroy the Yongli Imperial Court, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Qing Dynasty can run east in an instant, what can the Ming army do if they get Guangxi, can they still hold it?"
Hearing the words of the whole section, the solemn expression gradually dissipated, and what the Admiral of the Secret Dao said was right, even if Guangxi was occupied by the Ming army, now Yunnan, where the Yongli Imperial Court is located, is about to be occupied by the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court and the emperor are gone, and the Ming army in Guangdong can still make any waves "The Guangdong Ming army attacked my Wuzhou in order to enter the king of Yunnan Qin, if we go back to the division to rescue Guangxi, it will be their plan, so they fight theirs, we fight ours, our goal is only one, that is Kunming, I think, at this moment, the commander of the Guangdong Ming army probably dreams of me returning to the division."
"They want us to go back, but we don't want to go back, Kunming City is a hundred miles away, let's see how much ability he Guangdong Ming Army has to fight behind us before Kunming City is broken."
A clear road.
The fierce light in the eyes of the line Guoan flashed, and he pointed to the city of Guangxi and said to the generals: "Everyone, the current situation has changed, and we can't afford to delay it any longer, you go back and make more preparations, tomorrow at dawn, all the departments will attack the city together, and after the city is broken, the governor will let the soldiers indulge for a day, and then we will wave our troops to attack Kunming, destroy Zhu Youlang and then return to the division to compete with the Guangdong Ming army."
"Thank you, Admiral" When the generals of the Qing army heard that they could slaughter the city and indulge it, they were all overjoyed. oshow7 t1706231537: