When Jinghua's entire system received highly pragmatic orders to speed up operations, something also happened in Guangxi.
When Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling rushed to Mingjiang City with about 3,000 troops, the civil strife in Siming Prefecture had just settled. Huang Gongsheng was not satisfied even after he attacked and killed his brother Huang Gongji in court, and killed Huang Gongji's mother. Mrs. Cen captured and beheaded her on the spot, shocking the whole city with extremely cruel methods, and the entire Mingjiang City was shrouded in his lustful power.
Huang Enlong's youngest son Huang Shiting tried to escape from Mingjiang City with the help of several servants loyal to Mrs. Cen, but was caught by Huang Gongsheng's elite wolf soldiers. Huang Gongsheng refused to do anything and even beheaded Huang Shiting, and the entire Mingjiang City was destroyed. No one can threaten his position anymore.
However, just when Huang Gongsheng ordered people to write the official document and prepare to send it to Guilin, Huang Zhiting's army marched outside Mingjiang City at dawn. After calling the city to no avail, Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling knew that Mingjiang City had changed hands.
The worst has finally happened...
According to Cen Ling's intention, Huang Gongsheng's foothold was not stable at this time, and it was the time to seize the city in one fell swoop. However, Huang Zhiting had been persuaded by Gao Pangshi, and she came overnight. No matter how elite her wolf soldiers were, they were not suitable for this. It was time to attack the city, and there were no siege equipment, so he decided to lay siege to the city and wait for the imperial order.
Huang Zhiting's army went forward and sent people to Liuzhou Prefecture and Guilin Prefecture. Then they set up camp and besieged him, just waiting for the reply from the two houses.
Five days later, the Nanning Prefecture, which had received the high-level executive document in advance, took action and began to mobilize soldiers from the Nanning Guards Station and squad troops from various departments in Nanning.
On the next three days, Guangxi patrol commander Gao Pragmatic led Guangxi general Wang Shangwen, Guangxi Dusidu commander Wang Baiyu, sub-guard Liu Qing's right staff general Ni Zhonghua, sub-guard Si'en staff general Li Yingxiang, Pennsylvania guerrilla Zhu Xian and other generals. Zhang Ren, the governor of Guangxi, ordered him to go south to deal with the incident in Simingzhou.
Gao pragmatically supervised the army as a censor, and controlled the army on behalf of the governor Zhang Ren, who was seriously ill and could not make the trip.
On this trip to the south, Gao was pragmatic and used a sledgehammer to kill chickens. Guilin Left Guard and Guilin Right Guard each deployed more than a thousand people, Guilin Ban Army deployed more than a thousand people, and the remaining Liuzhou, Pingle, Xunjiang and other prefectures each deployed wolf soldier squads. The army numbered more than a thousand people, and joined the soldiers and horses that had been gathered in Nanning. A total of 10,000 troops marched towards Siming Prefecture with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai.
In fact, 10,000 troops is not too much according to the court's style of sending troops, but Gao Pragmatic doesn't like to use guard soldiers to make up the number. This time, in addition to the men and horses of Guilin's left and right guards sent by Zhang Ren, he has only one guard soldier. There is no recruitment, and all the troops are used.
Therefore, this army is said to be 10,000, but it is basically a field army. Even the more than 2,000 people on the left and right guards of Guilin are all troops who have been baptized in the Guangxi war to suppress chaos for more than ten years. At least in the defense The soldiers are fully worthy of the word "elite".
Although theoretically speaking, Wang Shangwen, the official title of the Commander-in-Chief of Guangxi, is a second-rank officer, but Gao Pragmatic not only supervises the army, but also exercises the power of governor and control on behalf of the governor. Therefore, this army is actually Gao Pragmatic. Calculate.
But Gao pragmatically knew his own level. Let alone commanding an army of ten thousand, he didn't know whether he could command a thousand people. Therefore, the actual command was left to Wang Shangwen and other generals. He just told them Rough strategy.
When Wang Shangwen heard Gao Pingshi tell him, "I am not allowed to interfere with your specific command," he was almost moved to tears.
When he was under Liu Yaojie, Liu Yaojie wanted to command him. When he was under Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren wanted to command him. But this time Gao Pragmatic not only supervises the army, but also controls the armies on behalf of Zhang Ren. He has done both. He was mentally prepared to give in to Gao Jingshi's blind command. Who knew that Gao Jingshi actually made it clear that he would not interfere with his command, which really flattered him.
However, command belongs to command, and during the military meeting, Gao pragmatically took the chair without ceremony. Naturally, Wang Shangwen did not dare to compete with Gao Pragmatic, who was born in the Sixth No. 1 Scholar, and sat down next to him.
"The situation in Siming Prefecture this time has been explained in many letters from Siming Mansion. The number of rebels in Mingjiang City is not very large. Except for the five hundred wolf soldiers brought by Huang Gongsheng, there were only more than a thousand soldiers before. The number of people may be around 1,500, and including Huang Gongsheng's own troops, the number does not exceed 2,000.
In terms of military strength, our army has a great advantage. Not only does it have an elite army of 10,000 people, but Nanning Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture have also prepared civilians. Xinning Prefecture, Jiangzhou and other places along the way will also coordinate some necessary arrangements. , everything is ready. In addition, Siming Mansion itself has also mobilized 3,000 wolf soldiers. It is said that it has also sent people to contact the surrounding upper Shixi Prefecture, Lower Shixi Prefecture and other subordinate states to send troops. If they are all mobilized, we can have an army of 15,000 …
To be honest, it is impossible to lose this battle, so what we have to do now is to capture Siming Prefecture as quickly as possible while avoiding heavy casualties and shock the entire Guinan. "
As expected, Gao pragmatic did not intervene in the command, but just stated his strategy. He stopped talking and signaled Wang Shangwen to start arranging military affairs.
Wang Shangwen was in high spirits, but if he thought about it carefully, if he planned the arrangement according to the idea of a high press platform, there was actually a high probability that Guilin's left and right guards and the Han army's squad would hold down the formation, and the wolf soldiers would step forward to fight.
Because there is a discrepancy between what Wang Shangwen understands by "trying to avoid heavy casualties" and what Gao Pragmatic actually wants to express. In Wang Shangwen's view, this avoidance definitely refers to avoiding casualties of the Han army. As for whether the chieftain wolf soldiers suffered heavy casualties, he is He didn't care much, and he thought Gao Pragmatic wouldn't care either.
He coughed lightly, looked around at the generals, and said: "Our army is here, Mount Tai is pressing down on the top. I have already said it before we took the stage, so I won't say more. As for the specific deployment, given that Mingjiang City was built with its back to the Mingjiang River, The Guilin Guard led by Wang Dusi will be responsible for the north. The Chinese Army will also be stationed in the north. Please sit in command and be composed of the Guilin Squadron and the Liuzhou Squadron.
In the east, the headquarters of Zhu Guerrilla and the Xunjiang squadron were in charge, in the west, the headquarters of General Li Shen and the Pingle squadron were in charge, and in the south, the Siming Mansion was responsible for itself as the main force to attack Siming Prefecture. "
Then he turned to Gao pragmatically and asked: "On the stage, do you think this arrangement is appropriate?"
It's not clear whether it's appropriate or not, but even with his level, it can be seen that Wang Shangwen is obviously conserving his strength, and almost all the real attack tasks are handed over to Huang Zhiting. Unless Huang Gongsheng's entire army in Mingjiang City breaks out and takes the east and west routes instead of the southern route, the imperial officers and soldiers will probably not fight Huang Gongsheng at all.
As for the North Route Central Army where he was stationed pragmatically, because it was blocked by the Mingjiang River, Huang Gongsheng, who had no naval force to speak of, was destined to come to watch the battle unless he could fly over.
However, this idea may be a common strategy used by the imperial officers and soldiers. Gao Pragmatic just handed over the command to Wang Shangwen, and it was hard to object for a while, so he said: "Here on the North Road, mobilize some cannons for Siming Mansion's wolf soldiers. I will help you in the battle, and the rest will be done as Wang Zongrong said."
