After Huang Qiong's extremely thoughtful words fell, the two daughters Duan Jin and Liu couldn't help but burst into tears. The three of them all know Huang Qiong's temper. Huang Qiong has always been a person who keeps his word to the women around him and does what he says. Since he said he would bring Duan Jin back to Dali Kingdom openly, he would definitely do what he said. If he said he would avenge the two Liu daughters, he would definitely avenge them.
Duan Jin knew that Huang Qiong must have noticed his homesickness. The second daughter of the Liu family also knew that Huang Qiong had always seen how nervous she was during these days. Huang Qiong's actions today may not have opened the gap between the three of them, but it has opened up the knot in their hearts. Especially the second daughter of the Liu family, after hearing Huang Qiong's extremely considerate words, her heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Although the two girls have gone through many hardships, after all, they are all smart people. They raised their heads and looked at Duan Jin on the side. Although they didn't say anything, they all nodded slightly. Now that we've come to this point, there's nothing we can't solve. When he saw the two girls nodding, his face turned slightly red. This made her already beautiful appearance even more enchanting, and Huang Qiong couldn't help but get excited again.
He pressed the two girls' heads down and at the same time, he held He Yao and Duan Jin in his arms. That night, several people stuck together closely. And just when Huang Qiong and the four girls were having an affair in Duan Jin's palace. Far away in the south of the Yangtze River, the King of Guilin, who had fled all the way from Ganzhou to Nan'an, felt like he was trapped in an isolated city when facing Ouyang Shan's army that had completed the siege of Nan'an Fucheng.
He was attacked by Ouyang Shan before, and relying on the troops around him, his combat effectiveness was relatively strong. After rushing in desperately, he struggled to cover himself and his party and fought their way out of the encirclement. From Ganzhou Prefecture, we rushed to Nan'an Prefecture like a duck. It's just that although he escaped, he only had Emperor Hongwu who sold his official position to make money and drafted talent to enrich his harem, and his group of wives.
Almost all the baggage and officials were abandoned in Ganzhou City. But when he ran into Nan'an City, he didn't even have time to take a breath, but he didn't expect that the officers and soldiers would encircle him so quickly. He had just sent his troops back from the Jiujiang Prefecture front line and surrounded them. Now the entire city of Nan'an is surrounded and impenetrable, and there are only more than 3,000 troops stationed in the city, which are still weak in combat capability.
The key is that there is not much food and grass in the city. Fortunately, Ouyang Shan did not attack the city immediately, but only surrounded it. Otherwise, the King of Guilin himself does not know how long he can hold on to this isolated city. The Prince of Guilin, who was sitting in the city of Sleepy Chou, was now like a thundering lion, and it could be described as thunderous all day long. He took all his anger out on his subordinate officials.
He didn't expect that the damn man, Cao Rui, who was in charge of military affairs in Jiangnan, would be so bold. When his own army was besieging the Jiujiang formation, he actually dared to send out a large army, quietly crossing the vast mountains between Fujian Road and Jiangnan West Road, and suddenly entered Ganzhou Prefecture. Before he could react, he had reached the gate of Ganzhou City silently.
Ganzhou City, which was almost defenseless, was not able to defend it for even half a day before the army entered the city. If it weren't for the fact that the troops in Ganzhou City were all loyal to him, they would have fought desperately to buy themselves time to break out of the encirclement. It is estimated that he has been escorted to the capital by now. If I didn't still need the fat pig for the time being to make a sign for myself, I might have abandoned the fat pig.
The problem now is that the few cavalry he has on hand have already been lost in the battle of Ganzhou City. Without the cover of the cavalry, he would not dare to break through. After smashing the tea cup in his hand, the King of Guilin once again looked at the few officials and generals left around him, and said angrily: "Tell me, what should I do next, or what should you do next?" How to do it."
But among the officials here, what can anyone do? The imperial army outside used the cannons captured in Ganzhou to continuously bombard the Nan'an city wall. In addition, there are no cavalry in hand, and there is not much food and grass in the city. Everyone is sitting in the sleepy city. What can anyone do? The only hope now is that the main force on the battlefield in Jiujiang can rush back as soon as possible after receiving the news.
Looking at the downcast expression of the master in front of him, an official said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, based on my opinion, we must immediately mobilize the young men in the city to join the defense, and demolish some of the houses in the city and transport them to the top of the city to defend the city. Yes. What I mean is that no matter when the reinforcements arrive, we must first defend Nan'an City. Only in this way can we cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside to break the dilemma."
In fact, how could the Guilin County Prince not understand what this official said? He was angry this time just because none of his subordinates could give him any useful ideas at this time. Since the sneak attack on Jiangning's army and the destruction of the entire army at Moling Pass, he now feels as if half of his arm has been broken. Although there are many capable people under his command, one of them is worth two when it comes to conspiracy.
But if we say that this unified army is fighting, it is beyond its power. If there had been a capable general, Ganzhou City would not have been attacked by a sneak attack and ended up in the current situation after a huge defeat. Thinking of this, the King of Guilin County raised his head and said to the officials: "Passing the order from Gu, the defenders will be rewarded if they advance and punished if they retreat. Those who fight bravely will be rewarded with ten coins per person every day. The higher the rank, the higher the reward. .”
"Anyone who takes a step back will kill their whole family. In addition, tell the young men in the city to go up to the city to defend the city. If that person doesn't go, he will directly show his head to the public. And also tell the people in the city not to expect fake officials. The army can rescue them. If they don't cooperate with the army to defend the city, Gu will massacre Nan'an City first before the city is broken. At that time, it will depend on whether Gu's sword is faster or the people outside the city can break the city faster."
When he said these words, the tone of the Duke of Guilin could be described as eerie, which made people feel creepy. But all the officials here knew that the Lord's murderous words were definitely not a joke on him. If he talks about massacring the city, he can definitely do it, and he will even do it more ruthlessly and unscrupulously.
And everyone here also knew that the massacre he was talking about definitely included people like himself. Therefore, after he said these words, no one here was not frightened. After giving these officials a cold look, the king of Guilin County said: "I'm going to announce that if anyone in the city, whether officials, gentry or common people, has liaisons with the imperial court, they will be killed without mercy."
Since this man started the rebellion, he has always called the imperial court the pseudo-dynasty to show his legitimacy. As for who is true and who is false, everyone in the world knows it, and of course his brother himself also knows it. What's the use of just taking advantage of the name? The problem was that the predicament on the battlefield left him completely helpless. The originally expected destruction has come to naught, and now we are sitting in a sleepy city.
On the battlefield in Jiangxi, there was almost one defeat after another. Although they occupied Nanchang Prefecture, they could not attack Jiujiang Prefecture for a long time. The imperial court not only defended Jiujiang Prefecture, but also had the energy to send heavy troops to attack them in a roundabout way. The battlefield in Jiangxi seemed to have the upper hand, but now it has turned into a tug of war. He failed to make a sneak attack on Jiangning Mansion, but was counterattacked by the imperial court, and was so tired that he was trapped in Nan'an Mansion.
In the direction of Huguang, although it seems to have gained some advantages, it has also won the entire Huguang South Road except Changde and Hengyang. But he also knew that the imperial court in Huguang only focused on defense. There is no strong military force there. The real elites of the imperial court in Jiangnan were all on the battlefield in Jiangxi. Compared with the Huguang battlefield, which is located in a corner, the strategic position of Jiangnan West Road is more important.
The Jiangnan West Road could not be conquered for a long time, and he originally planned to sweep across the two rivers in the south and south of the Yangtze River as quickly as possible. Then the goal of Jiangnan Finance and Taxation has basically come to nothing. The more important question we face now is whether we can stand on Jiangnan West Road. As for whether the reinforcements can arrive, he is still confident. The main force on the Jiujiang front line was trained painstakingly by him in the mountains.
Military attachés at all levels were trained and promoted by him. Except for Song Yan, the military commander of Guangnan East Road, who was transferred from behind the capital, almost all of the other military attachés who commanded the army were his confidants. Since Song Yan was transferred, he received a large amount of money, silk and all kinds of beauties from him. Moreover, when this person surrendered to him, he killed the transport envoy and the inspector censor who refused to surrender.
It is tantamount to seceding the imperial court in disguise. Now besides serving himself to the death, there is no other way out. Guangnan East Road is really important to Guangnan West Road. Unlike Fujian Road, when Guangnan East Road surrendered to him, the Guards were reorganized by him. The various military envoys either exchanged positions, were promoted or transferred to defense, and were sorted out in the shortest possible time.
The reason why Fujian Road is now falling into fragmentation. In addition to the fact that he hadn't had time to train them, there was another reason. The pacification envoy who could control the guards of the various prefectures was preempted by the pacification envoy. The yamen who had deceived him into appeasing him had killed him, leaving the deputy envoy. Fortunately, he was once a confidant of the King of Shu, but he did not follow his master at all and could not control the situation at all.
However, compared to Guangnan East Road, Fujian Road is not that important to me. There is no rush to deal with those self-righteous soldiers and horsemen for the time being. After he occupies the entire Jiangnan, he will have time to deal with them. Those who are not very obedient now can be sent to see the former Shangguan. In front of him, there was no one who took money and refused to do anything.
This time, Song Yantong's army was transferred northward, but none of his original subordinate officials on Guangnan East Road were transferred. Even if Song Xie saw that the current war situation was unfavorable and had any ulterior motives, he probably wouldn't be able to mobilize a single soldier. Apart from working hard for him, Song Yan had no choice. Therefore, he is quite confident that the main force on the Jiujiang front can quickly return to support Nan'an Prefecture.
Thinking of this, he turned his attention to the map of Daqi's roads hanging in the living room, which was clearer and clearer than the one Huang Qiong had in Wende Hall. Now he is not too worried about whether Nan'an Mansion can be saved. And he believes that the most important problem to face now is how to turn defeat into victory at this time. After two consecutive defeats, the morale of the army was really low.
After pondering for a long time, he gritted his teeth and seemed to have made up his mind. After calming down his emotions, he said to a group of close advisers: "You immediately send people to mobilize the 100,000 troops on Huguang South Road, except for the puppet imperial army that is left to contain the troops in Tongcheng. The rest of the troops will be sent by Xie Jinchuan immediately led the troops eastward along the Yangtze River and took over Song Yan's command to attack Jiujiang Prefecture."
"The main force of the puppet imperial army, which had restrained Jiujiang Prefecture, was unable to go south to pursue the main force of Song Xuan. I didn't believe it. I made a desperate move this time and concentrated all 200,000 troops on the battlefield in Jiangxi. However, I still couldn't defeat him. His two battalions of only 50,000 people could not be defeated. Army horses? I heard that Gu’s son-in-law has ascended the throne, and the whole Jiangnanxi will be handed over to him. Let’s consider it as a gift from Gu to his enthronement. Lest he blame Gu for being too stingy, right?”
