Han’s Son is Not a Slave

When the emperor abandoned the country and fled, the generals and officials of the Taiping Army who heard the news were shocked. On the official road from Guizhou to Guangxi, more than 4,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalrymen frantically beat their horses and ran towards the east, followed by a group of cavalrymen. There is no end of the infantry in sight, and a rough estimate is afraid of no less than ten thousand people.

The soldiers and horses that were hurrying on their way were the Qing army who were urgently transferred from Yunnan to reinforce the Guangxi battlefield by the Qing army commander Doni after receiving an urgent report from the front line Guoan for help. The commanders were Gushan Ezhen and Ningjing Kou General Luoto, and other Manchu generals such as Gushan Ezhen Yild and Arqin accompanied the army. Li Benshen, Youbiao Admiral Zhang Yong, Chief Soldier Liu Fangming, Gaudi, Bai Guangen and other generals.

Duny originally wanted to transfer Wu Sangui's troops to the north to reinforce Pingjun King Luo Keduo, in order to open up the passage out of Guizhou. He didn't want Wu Sangui, but he did everything possible to excuse his troops in the battle of Mopanshan. It is an unintegrated sub-troop, and it is really difficult to use it with confidence. If you rashly lead these surrendered troops northward, there is a danger of another mutiny.

Donny was young and energetic, knowing that this was Wu Sangui's excuse, he was furious and wanted to seize his military power in Wu Sangui's army, but was persuaded by Hong Chengchou, the five provincial classics, saying that Wu Sangui's subordinates suffered too much loss. excuse. Furthermore, Wu Sangui Xinna Mabao, Gao Qilong, Ma Weixing and other Ming generals have already surrendered more troops than their own troops. There is nothing to worry about at this time. However, if the surrendered generals were really driven north, once they were told that the north had been blocked by the Taiping army, and Guangxi and Hunan were also occupied by the Taiping army, there would be an immediate risk of chaos. In addition, there are still activities of the Ming army such as Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan in western Yunnan. Otherwise, after Wu Sangui goes north, Li Dingguo and others will lead the army to come back, then the land in Yunnan that was finally captured will change hands again, and if things go wrong, Zhu Youlang who fled to Burma will also come back.

Hong Chengchou's words made sense, but Duny had no choice but to listen to his persuasion. He also dispatched Roto's department, Li Benshen, the left-biao admiral, and Zhang Yong, the right-biao-admiral, and other Han generals to go north to reinforce Luo Keduo, the king of Ping County.

After Roto received the order, he was dissatisfied with the fact that Duny did not transfer Wu Sangui's Han soldiers to the north, but sent all the Mongolian children to the north. Zhang Yong's Green Battalion headed north, and when they arrived in Guiyang, the defeat of Liuzhou, the country of the line, came.

The defeat of Lian Guoan made Donny, who thought that the Guangxi war would be a stable victory, was in chaos. After negotiating with Hong Chengchou, Donny believed that Luo Keduo could suspend reinforcements. Instead, Lian Guoan, who had already opened the gap in Guangxi, must be reinforced immediately, otherwise The Guangxi gap will be blocked again by the Taiping Army. At that time, the Guangxi Taiping Army is likely to be like the Hunan Taiping Army, building a daunting flesh-and-blood line of defense at the junction of the two provinces. That means that if the Qing army wants to get through the northward passage, whether in Guizhou or Guangxi, it will have to pay far more casualties than it does now. And this price is obviously unbearable for the Qing army. If you don't want to pay the price, you can only go through Sichuan and Shaanxi, but if you really choose to go that way, it also means that the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, which were obtained only after several years of preparation, countless money, grain and resource investment, were taken by the Ming army again. Occupy, this is also unbearable for the Qing court, let alone Doni, a young and vigorous prince, can afford it.

Therefore, Duny changed the military order and ordered the Roto army to divert to Guangxi. At this time, the Roto army had set out from Guiyang for a few days. In addition, the grain route was cut off, and the Qing army had difficulty in supplying food, so they had to pick up grain along the way. The progress of this road was slow.

Xian Guoan had been waiting for reinforcements in Qingyuan for a long time, so he was so anxious that he sent several horses to Yunnan for help. Duny had no choice but to urge Roto to speed up his march. After the Taiping army launched the offensive again, Lin Guoan struggled for several days, only feeling that Qingyuan would fall at any time, so he sent a handwritten letter to Roto's army, asking Roto to arrive within seven days anyway.

Seeing Xian Guoan's letter of request for help, which only said that if you don't come, I will finish it. Roto knew that he couldn't delay any longer. Otherwise, if Xian Guoan was defeated, it would be useless for him to rush to Guangxi.

Under Roto's strict order, the Qing army rushed lightly and rushed towards Guangxi for reinforcements. Chen Weixin, the governor of Guangxi who had retreated to Duyun, spent a lot of effort to raise food and grass to supply Roto's department. When the Qing army finally rushed from Guizhou to Nandanzhou, Guangxi, another defeat came, but Xian Guoan had abandoned Qingyuanfu City and was retreating to Hechi Prefecture.

It has only been five days since he received the letter from Xian Guoan, but Xian Guoan had already lost the Qingyuan City and retreated all the way. Roto subconsciously felt that the situation was not good, and hurriedly sent his troops, Ezhen Arqin, to Hechi. State, the main line of national security must guard Hechi Prefecture City, and must not take a step back. However, when Arqin arrived at Hechi Prefecture, he saw a large group of Qing troops in a rout. No matter the Han army or the Green Battalion, they all ran to the south without looking back. Not far away, there were flames in the city of Hechi Prefecture.

Arzin was startled by what he saw in front of him, pulled over a fleeing Han army flag officer, and asked him where the line Guoan was. Seeing that it was a Manchu general, the officer hurriedly led Arzin to find Xian Guoan.

When Arzin found Lian Guoan, Xian Guoan was leading a group of subordinates to gather up the defeated troops. Seeing Arzin's arrival, Xian Guoan was first happy, but then his face became sad, and he couldn't be happy. Arzin only knew that the city of Hechi Prefecture had been occupied by the Taiping army, so he stepped forward to comfort the national security. Don't worry, Roto was coming with a brigade of reinforcements. No idea, but Xian Guoan shook his head and said that Hechi Prefecture was not occupied by the Taiping army, but that the defeated soldiers looted and set fire to the city.

Arzin was taken aback, UU read www. uukanshu.com asked the line where Guoan Taiping is now. Xian Guoan smiled bitterly and said that he didn't know either.

He didn't even see the shadow of the enemy soldiers, so he fled all the way in a hurry. The defeated soldiers also set the state city on fire. Arqin was not angry, and he reprimanded Guoan on the line: "How did you bring the soldiers? , how can it be so messed up!"

Xian Guoan was at a loss, and he kept his face calm and silent, and all the generals of the Qing army did not dare to speak.

Arzin pointed his whip at the city road of Hechi Prefecture, where the smoke was everywhere: "You go back immediately and put out the fire in the city. The army of Roto will arrive soon. No matter where the Taiping army is, the city of Hechi Prefecture cannot be lost. If the Taiping army comes to attack, We can annihilate the enemy under the city."

If Arzin's remarks were in the past, Xian Guoan would really be moved, but now he really has no confidence and confidence. Whether it was the battle in the field of Liuzhou North City or the siege battle in Qingyuan, the performance of the Taiping Army shocked him, and the confidence that he had had high self-esteem was also greatly attacked by the Taiping Army, especially Qingyuan City was defeated by Taiping. The moment the military drug collapsed, he almost collapsed on the spot.

Xian Guoan really didn't have the guts to fight the Taiping Army again. He didn't think that Roto would bring much reinforcements, and he didn't think that Hechi Prefecture could be defended, so he kept silent and didn't answer Arzin's words at all. (To be continued.)