This is the second time that the people of Xinhui defended the isolated city for the Qing Dynasty!
I have to say that the people of Xinhui are really loyal beyond words!
Moreover, the situation faced by the people of Xinhui this time was more desperate than last time. Before Li Dingguo besieged Xinhui last time, due to the internal conflict between Sun Kewang and Li Ding, the Nanming Army suffered a heavy setback in Hunan, its vitality was severely damaged, and its decline was about to begin. The plot to Guangdong can be said to be Li Dingguo's last ditch effort!
In addition, Li Dingguo led his army to attack Guangdong in May of the previous year before he besieged Xinhui. As a result, he besieged Zhaoqing for more than a month and had to retreat. This also shows that Li Dingguo, who suffered a heavy setback in Hunan, has not recovered his strength and lacks the ability to attack difficult problems.
Now, the third prince Zhu and his son are at the peak of their momentum, and the third prince Zhu has Zhuge Tianlei and Hongyi cannon, and is particularly good at attacking cities. Even strong cities like Macau and Guangzhou were easily defeated by him. And all the cities and towns in Guangzhou Prefecture that were attacked by Zhu Heji's troops would, without exception, be broken within a very short period of time!
Therefore, Xinhui's ability to persist to this day is really beyond the expectations of Tu Hai, Kong Sizhen and others, and of course it is beyond the expectations of the Qing court.
If Tu Hai, Kong Sizhen and others, as well as the Qing court, didn't know that Xinhui was still holding on, it would be fine, just assume that Xinhui had been breached by the rebels long ago.
But now Idiot Fu has made this clear...and Idiot Kong Sizhen is protecting Fu Honglie and Idiot Fu from Tu Hai killing him to silence him.
At this time, old official foxes like Tu Hai had no choice but to arrange for personal soldiers to escort Fu Honglie north to stir up a hornet's nest. At the same time, he sent people to Zhaoqing and Huizhou to summon Sun Yanling, Yan Ziming, Shi Lang and other generals to Shaozhou for a military meeting and discuss it together. How to break the siege of Xinhui... to save the loyal "silly people" of Xinhui in the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, the purpose of lifting the siege of Xinhui was just to save the good people who were loyal to the Qing Dynasty... No matter what Shang Zhixin believed, everyone regarded him as dead, so this matter had nothing to do with Shang Zhixin.
The place where the military meeting was held was in the lobby of the general's residence in Shaozhou City. Three people, Tu Hai, the general of Jingkou in Ningnan, Sun Yanling, the general of Dingnan, and Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, sat side by side at the top. Tu Hai sat in the middle, Sun Yanling and Jin Guangzu sat on both sides. On both sides of the lobby, there were two rows of civil and military officials, including Sun Sike, who had just been appointed deputy general of Jingnan in Ningnan, Yan Ziming, the governor of Guangdong, Ma Xiong, the governor of Guangxi, Liu Bingquan, the governor of Guangdong, and King Pingnan. Shang Zhidian included Xijiang Navy Admiral Shi Lang, Zu Zeqing, Zhang Guoxun, Miao Zhixiu and other generals, as well as Shang Zhijie, Wang Yongnian, Lin Chengren, Deng Guangming, Zhang Mengji and other deputy commanders. Dutong.
Tuhai also asked his staff to make a wooden map showing the military situation of Guangfu, Zhaoqing, Shaozhou, Huizhou and other four prefectures, and placed it in the lobby next to Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Seeing the situation shown on this wooden map, the civil and military officials present could not help but frown!
Because the word "official army" is written next to Xinhui County on the map, and a circle is drawn around it to show that Xinhui County is under siege by rebels.
Although everyone has long known that Shang Zhixin brought many troops to Xinhui, there was no such thing as Shang Zhixin and the Xinhui Qing army that everyone had a tacit understanding of before. Therefore, on the wooden maps showing the situation of both sides, Xinhui was marked as the territory of the rebels.
But what's going on today? Why is the new society labeled as an official army?
The officials who were confused didn't dare to ask, and no one wanted to go deep into Xinhui to rescue the besieged Shang Zhixin, so they just pretended to be confused. So everyone turned their attention to General Tuhai who was sitting high up!
Tu Hai coughed and said, "I just received the report that the people of Xinhui, led by Shang Lao Dutong, Li Changshi, and Wang Zongbing from Pingnan Palace, have been united as one to defend the city. They have been holding on to the city for several months. He has repelled the siege of the rebels many times and killed countless people, which is really commendable for his loyalty and bravery."
There is nothing wrong with Shang Zhixin!
After Tu Hai said this, he glanced at Sun Yanling again... He was Fool Kong's man! But you can't stay out of it!
Sun Yanling was stabbed by Tu Hai and had no choice but to speak expressionlessly: "The General's Office has also received a secret report that the fake Zhu San Taisun is mobilizing troops and preparing to send troops to attack Xinhui before the year. Once Xinhui City is defeated, the officers and soldiers in the city will The righteous people are afraid that they will all be massacred... As officials of the imperial court, and at the same time as the parents of the people, we are willing to sit back and watch the kingdom fall and the righteous people be massacred? Therefore, I and General Tu have discussed it again and again, and decided Send troops in advance and use the method of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao to break the siege of Xinhui."
Of course Pingnan Wang Shang Zhidian and the trapped Shang Zhixin had a "deep brotherhood", so they immediately asked: "General Dingnan, I don't know how to use this plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao?"
"Your Majesty," Sun Yanling said, "After discussing with Tuzhongtang, I think we should march to Guangzhou City... Guangzhou City is the only place in Guangfu that must be defended and rescued by the rebels, right?"
"Of course," Shang Zhidian nodded and sighed, "If Guangzhou hadn't been so critical, the late king would not have been fooled into the traitor's plan to siege the city for reinforcements."
"Your Majesty," Sun Yanling said again, "Guangzhou is your vassal territory. You must be familiar with all the important situations inside and outside Guangzhou... Your Majesty must have a good idea of how to capture Guangzhou, right?"
"Well... Xiao Wang does have some ideas." Shang Zhidian nodded. Ever since he was ordered by Kangxi to take over the title of King Pingnan, he had been thinking about it day and night. After arriving in Shaozhou, I thought about it with a few brothers and my uncle Shang Keai.
Shang Zhidian paused and then said: "The topography of Guangzhou is characterized by rivers reaching the sea, and water networks crisscrossing it... Especially the Pearl River in the south of Guangzhou is extremely wide, like the sea.
Without the navy, it would be impossible to encircle the city of Guangzhou. It would also be very difficult to cross Guangzhou and attack prosperous coastal areas such as Xiangshan, Shunde, and Dongguan.
In addition, north of Guangzhou, there are many waterways such as Beijiang, Liuxihe, Zengjiang, Longjiang, Epushui, Binshui, and Paoshui, as well as countless creeks and rivers. As for the creeks and rivers in Guangdong, if they were placed in the north, they would all be considered big rivers and would be difficult to cross.
Therefore, once our army penetrates into the water network near Guangzhou, it will be trapped by water and difficult to dispatch and respond. If you divide your troops and advance rashly, it will be easy for the enemy to defeat them individually. "
"Then we won't divide the troops!" Tuhai said, "It doesn't matter which way he comes, I will only go one way. Is that okay?"
"This... I'm afraid it won't work either." Shang Zhidian shook his head.
"Why not?" Tu Hai looked confused.
"The waterway is used by thieves," Shang Zhidian said. "The thieves can go there, but I can't go there. If the army gathers together, there will be no problem along this way...but the other roads will be lost! If our army advances They were unable to enter Guangzhou, and Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Gaozhou, Leizhou and other places were all lost. The bandit army even went up to Shaozhou along the Beijiang River. What can we do?"
Tu Hai had no choice but to turn his attention to Xijiang Navy Admiral Shi Lang.
Shi Lang led a group of defeated soldiers from the Fujian Navy to the Xijiang River to take over the ships of the Qing army in Guangdong and Guangxi, and recruited or forcibly recruited some sailors to form the Xijiang Navy.
Of course, the navy that hastily assembled the army in this way is a ragtag group and cannot take on major responsibilities. However, the Qing army could only rely on Shi Lang on the water here in Guangdong.
Shi Lang frowned and said: "General, although the low-level navy is not yet sophisticated, we now have fire thunder, so it is worthy of a fight. However, the low-level navy has limited strength and does not have any big ships. We really have to go deep. The water surface of the Pearl River south of Guangzhou is also looking for death. Therefore, I suggest that you can secretly mobilize the army from the north to Qingyuan, and then advance from the northwest to attack Sanshui... However, Sanshui is a strong city and must be heavily defended. It is difficult to conquer at the moment. However, we can use the Xijiang Navy and part of the Land Division to besiege Sanshui, and at the same time use artillery and fire mines to block the Xijiang and Beijiang waterways near Sanshui City. In this way, the rebel navy cannot go upstream. On the top, go deep into Zhaoqing and Shaozhou. The armies of General General and General Dingnan can also meet at the foot of Sanshui City, and then camp step by step along the Liuxi River, advance to the north of Guangzhou, then cross the Liuxi River and go south, approaching Guangzhou. In this way Zhaoqing and Shaozhou should be foolproof!"
"Okay!" Tu Hai smiled, "What I want is to be foolproof!"
