In Jieyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Hu Zhuang's second mixed brigade had surrounded Jieyang County on three sides. At the beginning, the artillery of the second mixed brigade was bombarded at Jieyang County. Soon, the second mixed brigade pulled all the artillery abandoned by the Ming army on the battlefield, loaded gunpowder, and shells, and bombed it into Jieyang County.

There is no way to accidentally hurt the people in the city. I just hope that the people can hide in the houses and not go out at will, and accidentally be hit by a shell flying into the city.

Even though most of the people who operated the new batch of artillery in the People's Army were novice, under the command of the artillery troops, most of the shells were barely bombarded onto the city walls and city walls of Jieyang County.

The artillery did not keep firing. Even if there were those who seized the Ming army, they could not support the fire. Basically, they would fire one or two guns every half hour, which would have more deterrence than killing the enemy.

From the afternoon, until the next day, hundreds of Ming troops were killed or injured by bombardment. For the 5,000 Ming troops in Jieyang County, the casualties were not one-tenth of the total force, but the Ming army commander Cao Yun could no longer sit still.

If this continues, more Ming troops will be killed or injured. Moreover, under the bombardment, the morale of the Ming soldiers guarding the city will be too low. The Ming soldiers will not even dare to stay on the city wall, for fear of dying on the city wall under the bombardment.

Cao Yun understood that the Jieyang County was really unable to defend it. If you stay in Jieyang County for a moment, the morale of the Ming army would decline a little. When the enemy attacked the city, the Ming army would not have much combat power at all and would be easily captured by the enemy.

"Retreat, retreat to Chaozhou Prefecture City, maybe it is possible to block the enemy." Cao Yun made the final decision.

Cao Yun has made a decision, but he cannot retreat now. If he retreats during the day, he will be discovered by the People's Army soon. Moreover, the city gate is so big that all the five thousand Ming troops cannot leave the city at once. In the end, a thousand people can escape successfully is considered to be a large number.

Cao Yun chose to carry it away after the night fell. Although chaos is prone to occur in the dark, the darkness is also a cover for the Ming army and can allow more people to escape.

During this day, the Ming army had to stand firm, endure the bombardment of the People's Army, and face the siege that might come at any time.

In the border areas of Heping County, Guangdong and Dingnan County, Jiangxi, the firearms and cavalry units led by Wang Shengrong have harassed the Ming army for one day, and the Ming army has suffered more than 400 casualties.

As the new day comes, the People's Army's firearms and cavalry units continue to harass the Ming army from Jiangxi.

During several harassments, many people were killed and injured by the Ming army. At the same time, Wang Shengrong could also see that the Ming army responded faster, as if they wanted to destroy the People's Army that was constantly harassing them.

However, neither the firearms nor the cavalry troops gave the Ming army this opportunity. They retreated with one blow every time. When the Ming army chased after him, the firearms and cavalry troops fled far away.

"It's really abominable, these damn thieves." Liu Yuanji cursed in the Ming army camp, but he had no choice.

The Ming army was constantly killed and injured, and its strength continued to decline, while the enemy's strength was almost not damaged. If this continues, the Ming army led by Liu Yuanji will definitely not be a match for the People's Army.

But Liu Yuanji was unwilling to retreat like this, with so many casualties and wounded, but not many enemies killed. He retreated like this. For Liu Yuanji, he had no merits and had no merits. At least he had to kill some enemies before retreating. At least he had the result of the battle. It would be best to destroy the enemy's firearms or cavalry units, which was considered a demerit.

The confrontation between the Ming army in Jiangxi and Wang Shengrong along the way continued and would not end in a short period of time.

At the same time, the other half of the First Mixed Brigade of the People's Army fought against the Ming army in Huguang. Because of the war yesterday, neither side prepared for a big battle today, but sent a small group of troops to harass each other. In one day, the People's Army suffered more than 300 casualties and the Ming army suffered more than 500 casualties.

The team in Fangnan traveled day and night, and it is expected to meet with the People's Army led by Xiong Jian at night.

On the other hand, Guo Ze's army, which was defeated by the Third Mixed Brigade of the People's Army, finally fled back to Huizhou Prefecture.

When Li Yan learned about the defeat of Guo Cheng's army, he fell to the ground in shock. He could not believe that so many Ming troops, including several elite troops, were defeated by the thief army with a smaller number of people and worse strength. Even Guo Cheng died on the battlefield.

What’s more important now is that Guo Cheng’s army is defeated, and the next target of the People’s Army must be Huizhou Prefecture City. Huizhou Prefecture City has only 3,000 Ming troops. Even if some defeated soldiers come back, they have little morale, how can they defend Huizhou Prefecture City under the attack of the People’s Army?

As the defeated troops fled back to Huizhou Prefecture City, the news of Guo Cheng's army's defeat quickly spread among the officials, wealthy families, and Ming army. They all knew that Guo Cheng's army was defeated and knew that the next target of the People's Army was Huizhou Prefecture City, and Huizhou Prefecture City was no longer able to resist the People's Army.

Thinking that many gentry and merchants were searched in the city captured by the People's Army, and those who received the news and did not want to stay in Huizhou Prefecture City to wait for death, they packed up their gold, silver and fine materials, and took their families to leave Huizhou Prefecture City and fled to Guangzhou City.

Some people even plan to flee to Guangxi or Huguang. This small number of people feel that the People's Army is too strong, and the entire Guangdong is about to fall, and it is useless to escape to Guangzhou City.

Knowing that the people in the city wanted to escape, Li Qi wanted to stop him, but he didn't want to leave Huizhou Prefecture City. His family had already been sent away. He wanted to stick to Huizhou Prefecture City. Even if the chance of defending Huizhou Prefecture City was very small, his family would not be implicated, no matter whether it was success or failure.

However, Li Yan's obstruction was very unsuccessful. Some of the people who wanted to leave the city had a large identity and background. Some people also said that Li Yan's family had already been sent away, and many Ming troops even wanted to escape.

When He Yan led the Third Mixed Brigade to Huizhou Prefecture City in the afternoon, he did not spend much effort to capture Huizhou Prefecture City. There were only more than 1,000 Ming troops defending the city, and their families were all in Huizhou Prefecture. Not only did they run away, they planned to surrender when they saw the People's Army.

Li Qi was found in the lobby of the government office. When he was discovered, Li Qi had committed suicide.

After easily capturing Huizhou Fucheng, the Third Mixed Brigade did not stop. After leaving a unit in Huizhou Fucheng, He Yan quickly led a large army to march to the west, with the ultimate goal of Guangzhou City, the core of Guangdong.

Soon, night fell, Fang Nan successfully joined Xiong Jian and the People's Army, and the Ming army in Jieyang County was also preparing to escape.

Not only was the Ming army going to escape, but the magistrate and other officials, including their families and the rich and gentry merchants in the county town who had not had time to leave before, were all going to escape with the Ming army. The Ming army was gone, and they stayed to wait for death.

It felt like the time was almost over. The east gate and the north and south gates of Jieyang County were opened almost at the same time. Most people escaped from the east gates, while a small number of people escaped from the north and south gates, and eventually fled to the east. However, the city gate was too small, and the team of thousands of people could not leave the city at once, so they could only escape in dispersion.
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