In the end, Wu Mu did not find one million taels. After counting it overnight, he received more than 10,000 taels of gold and 650,000 taels of silver, plus various treasures, which was less than one million. This was much poorer than Ding Kuichu in history. The reason was very simple. He became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi much later than the original historical time and space. The key was that after being defeated by Du Yonghe, he also sent someone to send 300,000 taels to Du Yonghe in order not to be attacked before seeing Li Chengdong.

When Lin Cha arrived at Cenxi, he saw Ding Kuichu, who was beaten into a pig's head. Although his income was not as high as expected, the income of nearly one million taels was enough to make people excited. Ding Kuichu's wealth and family were sent to Hepu and would be escorted to Daoqiongzhou until he was escorted, while the royal army continued to advance and headed north along the Beiliu River.

After replenishing the ammunition and military supplies, the army continued to move south and confronted the Qing army in Tengxian area for a while. Both sides retreated. In this way, if you successfully arrive at the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, you can go downstream to intimidate Wuzhou. As long as you capture Wuzhou, you can open the road to Guangdong.

Obviously, it is impossible for more than 2,000 troops in the King's Army to conquer Wuzhou. After all, Du Yonghe has occupied it, but the approaching Wuzhou is enough to force Li Chengdong, who is heading north to Guilin, to return.

On February 4, the first year of Yongli, Wuzhou.

The army of Kings locked the river with ships and defended itself against the Xijiang River. At the same time, it constantly urged the troops upstream of the Xijiang River to come and gather. In just half a month, more than 3,000 gathered. The reason is very simple. This time, not only the kings were paid, but also the quarantine officers of the community paid grain and salary in the Wuzhou camp. After 20,000 taels of salary, Lin Cha and Wu Mu had more than 5,000 soldiers, and had already gained a military advantage over the enemy in Wuzhou City.

Just as Wu Mu and Lin Cha were discussing whether to attack the city, the scout came down from the Li River to inform Li Chengdong that the army would retreat. Lin Cha hurriedly arranged for the soldiers to camp and stand in a row and confront Li Chengdong across the river. However, observing Li Chengdong's army, there were only more than two thousand soldiers, most of which were insecure. The morale of the soldiers was low, and some of them were not even complete. They looked dejected and seemed to have defeated the battle.

Li Chengdong went directly to Wuzhou City and had never fought with the King's Army. Two days later, a soldier went downstream, with only more than 2,000. Only when the two sides contacted each other, they knew that it was the general of Guangxi, the governor and the general of Jiao Lian's troops. He brought two news. One was that the Emperor Yongli had fled to Wugang Prefecture, Huguang, and was temporarily safe. Li Chengdong raided Guilin and was defeated by the soldiers led by Jiao Lian and the Macau aid troops. He heard that Wuzhou was trapped, so he retreated.

Since the emperor was safe and had not yet been trapped, the purpose of serving the king's army was achieved. After the two sides contacted each other, Hong Tianzhuo sent an envoy to Guilin to see the emperor and discuss the affairs of Guangdong. Not to mention anything else, at least Chen Zizhuang had a certain identity, otherwise the Minister of War would not even have a seal. Of course, the Minister of War would be gone, because this belonged to Qu Shisi, who had won the battle in Guilin. He also had to give Hong Tianzhuo and Lin Shizhang an explanation. It would be impossible to have a governor of western Guangdong and a governor of Qionglei.

Hong Tianzhuo had already expressed his attitude to let the wise in his memorials. The reason is very simple. Everything in Guangdong depends on the Dongfan. Lin Shizhang is a friend of the Dongfan, but he is not. He is still a member of Ding Kuichu's party, which is really embarrassing.

I originally thought that there would always be news for ten days, but I never thought that I would wait for half a month without replying. The reason was very simple. Although the capital of Guilin was fine, Yongli was still afraid of not coming back, so he had to cross mountains and rivers to Wugang.

Wuzhou is still in the enemy's hands, so the Qing army can take Guilin directly at any time. It makes sense that Yongli will not come back, but in fact, Yongli just doesn't want to die.

Although Emperor Yongli was unreliable, fortunately there was Qu Shisi. On February 27, Qu Shisi brought the emperor's imperial edict and 100,000 yuan in salary, and asked Jiao Lian to lead the troops from Guangxi to besiege Wuzhou. At least Li Chengdong could not be allowed to go north to Guilin again, while Qu Shisi led Hong Tianzhuo, Wu Mu and Lincha to Guangdong.

Ding Kuichu was captured, and Qu Shixi was already the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. This time, he came on behalf of the emperor and attached great importance to Guangdong. It took seven or eight days for a group of soldiers to arrive in Guangzhou City. Qu Shixi summoned all local officials and generals to announce the imperial edict.

As expected, Lin Shizhang became the governor of Guangdong as he wished, restrained all military and political power in Guangdong, and arranged high-ranking officials such as Guangdong and Guangxi, or governors of the four provinces. Originally, Chen Zizhuang thought he would become a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and continue to govern the four provinces of Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, but unexpectedly, Emperor Yongli was promoted and surrendered openly and secretly, and directly asked him to enter the cabinet as the chief minister and go to Wugang. Chen Zizhuang could not accept it and refused as usual as last time.

Obviously, these two appointments were to hand over Guangdong to Lin Shizhang.

Yongli should have hated Ding Kuichu very much and handed him over to Lin Cha. The secret order to Lin Cha was to scatter Ding Kuichu in Guangzhou City. Obviously, Yongli still did not want to lose his reputation of treating literati and officials, and literati and officials were still the class he relied on the most.

Qu Shixi and Li Mingxun stood side by side on the city gate, watching the executioner cutting Ding Kuichu's meat piece by piece, while tens of thousands of gentry and civilians in Guangzhou were officials, and some even picked up the meat and ate it into their mouths.

"I heard that during the Chongzhen Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan also ended up like this." Li Mingxun said casually.

Qu Shixi asked: "Then you think it was Yuan Chonghuan who killed Mao Wenlong, right?"

"We need to go deeper. According to the Ming Dynasty's laws, both of them deserve to die!" Li Mingxun said casually.

Qu Shixi shook his head helplessly: "If the two of them are alive, I'm afraid they will die of shame after you're defining this."

"What are you ashamed? According to the Ming Dynasty's laws, there are not many officials in the Ming Dynasty who should not die." Li Mingxun replied casually.

"I didn't expect that my gentry, civil servants and officials of the Ming Dynasty were so unbearable in your eyes." Qu Shishi was quite angry in his words.

Li Mingxun said: "The three hundred years of flower-making are only one corner of the southwest. It has been decades since the end of Wanli to the present. You have won several times. The battle has become like this. No one in the court should not die."

Qu Shixi waved his hand. He knew that Li Mingxun was saying the truth, but that was unrealistic. Qu Shixi said: "How do you plan to deal with the matter in Guangdong?"

Li Mingxun said: "I have already discussed with Governor Lin, fight a war, and then retreat. I have emptied Foshan. Those gentry and people in Guangzhou will leave if they want to leave, and those who don't want to leave will stay if they don't want to leave, and so will the rest of the places."

Qu Shixi knew that Guangzhou could not be defended and asked: "Where is the coalition forces going to retreat?"

Li Mingxun pointed to the southwest and said, "Gaozhou only guards Lei Lianqiong's three states, and gives up the rest."

"It seems you are not what Mr. Chen said." Qu Shishi suddenly said, and when he saw Li Mingxun was surprised, he said, "You have neither watched the fire from the other side of the river nor robbed the fire. Instead, you really want to do something in this troubled times. Even if you only defend Qiongzhou, I am no exception."

"The little Li Chengdong can't scare the club!" said Li Mingxun.

Seeing that he was confident, Qu Shixi sighed and asked, "How do you plan to deal with Ding Ni's stolen money?"

Li Mingxun asked: "How much does Lord Qu want, and who will he give it to?"

Qu Shixi said: "Of course, I want to take as much as I can. I want to bring back Guangxi as much as possible as possible as military pay, and I also want to support some to Mr. Chen. You know, he refused to accept an official position and was ready to lead the rebel army to recover Quan Guang on his own."

"I am a businessman and I will not invest a penny in a loss-making business. Western Guangdong welcomes Mr. Chen to invest at any time, but he will not support him at the moment." Li Mingxun said bluntly.

"Okay, how much can you give to Guangxi?" Qu Shixi asked.

Li Mingxun said: "It's about 200,000 taels, but I have a condition."

"You said." Qu Shizi immediately said.

Li Mingxun was also a little surprised to see Qu Shishi so cheerful. This was the most cheerful Ming official he had ever seen. He only looked at the results and the outcome, regardless of the reputation. Li Mingxun said: "Lianzhou and Yulinzhou merged, and then find a name to arrange Hong Tianzhuo here."

"Mr. Hong is already the right minister of the Ministry of War of the court. How could he be a prefect?" Qu Shizi said.

Li Mingxun looked puzzled: "Mr. Qu, Lord Hong doesn't know about the war, he admits it himself."

Qu Shixi smiled and said, "This is not important. The court needs a civil servant who won the battle. Lord Hong won the Cenxi victory, defeated Du Yonghe, captured Ding Ni, and made outstanding achievements. This is politics, you should understand it."

"Okay, politics." Lee Myung-hoon had no choice but to compromise.

Qu Shixi said: "Send Lin Cha to station in Yulinzhou, Yulin, Xingye, Bobai, Luchuan, Beiliu, and four counties in one prefecture and four counties to support his troops. Although he has made contributions to serving the king, he also has the same counter-attack on Shaowu, so he will become the General of Yulin. The General of Guangdong will be taken over by Yuan Shizhong."

Lee Mingxun nodded: "Agree."

When the Yongli Dynasty arrived, the general was as scattered as the one in the early Ming Dynasty. It didn’t matter what position, whether to hold a seal or not, or how the position was in the world. What was important was that there was territory, and there was everything.

As long as Yulinzhou is in the control of the club, the club will always have the ability to interfere in Guangxi. The Ming Dynasty is strong, it can transport supplies and aid troops through the Nanliujiang route. When the Qing army is strong, it will invest troops through Yulinzhou, so that it will not be allowed to move north and west, which will be beneficial to both sides.

Ding Kuichu and Lingchi were executed, and Guangdong gentry and people were angry, but that was all. The morale increased by the death of a traitor would not allow the people to take out silver, nor would the soldiers not receive salary, and the situation still did not change. Considering that Li Chengdong was likely to lead elite troops to support him from Guangxi, the coalition launched a large-scale attack on the camp in the north of the city at the end of February.

Before dawn, Li Mingxun rode a horse to the front line in armor. At this time, the coalition forces had already left the city and had been arranged in a row outside the city. The coalition forces were really messy. There were elite troops from the community, the Ming army's soldiers, and the village warriors of the Yi army. After rushing out of Guangzhou, they lined up in the north. The army's spears were like forests and flags covering the sky, stretching for more than five miles from east to west. The source of troops was mixed. It took the army half a day to complete the array.

In the afternoon, it was dark and raindrops fell faintly, wetting the ground, which would definitely make the war even more tragic. Fortunately, the rain was not heavy, so the coalition forces continued to attack.

The first to speak was the two artillery battalions, with thirty-six twelve-pound copper cannons. The gunners sweated heavily and bombarded solid artillery shells on the artillery positions into the Qing army camp two miles away, tearing everything they encountered to pieces.

The artillery lasted for an hour, and the camp in the center of the Qing army was in a mess. In front of the solid bullets fired by the twelve-pound cannons, the fences and large chariots were equal. The simple fortifications built by the Qing army were destroyed for a long distance. Li Mingxun rode a pure white Andalusian war horse to a high ground outside the city, which instantly became the focus of the battlefield. The coalition soldiers cheered like a rush and paid tribute to their commander.

As the sound of the trumpet sounded, the coalition formation moved forward. The three battalions of the army were in the central army. The left wing was handed over to Yuan Shizhong and Guangxi soldiers, while the right wing was Lin Cha and Wu Mu to suppress the local rebels. In order to maintain the formation, the army advanced slowly. The four-pound cannons and six-pound cannons of each infantry battalion came forward and approached the attack under the cover of Yuan Shizhong's cavalry.

The Qing army in the north of the city promised to be operated by Tong Yangjia for nearly three months, and collected a large number of cannons from all over Guangdong. There were more than a dozen red barbarian cannons, as well as various thousand-jin Folang machines, victory cannons, such as bowl-mouth guns and tiger squat cannons, and there are countless small cannons. The Qing army camp was densely packed with large and large cannons, with hundreds of them.

But these artillery has their own advantages, and the only ones that are truly valued are the red cannons. Soon, the artillery team that came forward stopped at 600 meters in front of the Qing army camp and launched an artillery battle with the Qing army. The four-pound cannon was slightly insufficient in this power, but the six-pound long-barreled cannon supported by the artillery battalion could exert its power. The artillery of both sides was extremely fierce, and there were not many artillery artillery in the coalition, but it gained the upper hand.

The coalition infantry formation continued to advance slowly, giving artillery more time. Under the attack of solid artillery shells, the Qing army's artillery suffered heavy losses, and gunners were constantly killed. Many small artillery was hit directly by artillery shells and often flew into the sky. The cavalry of both sides continued to fight between the front lines. The infantry lined out exchanged lead and arrows with the Qing army's scattered lines. Before the formation could catch up with the enemy, hundreds of people fell down.

The elite cavalry of the Qing army were all under Li Chengdong's command, so they were naturally not opponents of Yuan Shi's central part. The scattered line shooting was even more than the infantry's volley. At least the ability of both sides to withstand casualties was not at the level of agreement.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the infantry formation advanced to the 300-meter position of the Qing army camp. The four-pound cannons and six-pound cannons continued to move forward, and used large shotguns to clear the obstacles in front. The infantry attacked in line. Four thousand people advanced to the Qing army's front less than fifty meters and fired six rounds of volleys. The earth-shaking musket volley scared everyone. Even Li Mingxun did not expect that the large-scale flintlock volley would be so spectacular.

The carefully selected jumping and selection began to rush. After overcoming the sparse firepower of the Qing army, they jumped and rushed into the enemy camp. The distance was assassinated by the spear, and the nearest was assassinated by the selection. The selection was invincible, and the blocking was turned into dead bodies. The organized counterattack was killed by the infantry lined with volleys and bayonets. The coalition forces seized the first camp.

Taking advantage of the night to continue attacking. As the vanguard, the Flintlock Battalion and the Land Battle Battalion were unable to enter these two battalions at all. The 4,000 infantrymen took advantage of the night to use flintlock guns, bayonets and grenades to break through the three major camps of the Qing army, and took advantage of the situation to solve a wave of counterattack organized by the Eight Banners of Manchuria. At dawn, they had already attacked Tong Yangjia's central army.

That's all for the battle. After one battle, the rural brave soldiers not only made no contribution, but also ran around to scatter a lot of chaos. The soldiers who were not trained were destined to be unable to enter the upright formation.

Tong Yangjia's strategy of battalion has shown his advantage in fighting. His camps were one after another. Although the infantry on the front line were also formed by surrendered soldiers, the defeat of one battalion would not destroy the rear army. Tong Yangjia used the lives of the camps and miscellaneous soldiers to exchange with the coalition forces. In fact, his elite troops were only four or five thousand.

At noon the next day, the coalition forces carried out a large-scale feint attack and retreated. The rebels entered Guangzhou city under the supervision of Chen Zizhuang, while the army retreated with cavalry and flintlock rifle camp behind the hall, led by Lin Shizhang and Qu Shizi.
Chapter completed!