While speaking, Liu Shantai waved the whip in his hand, and the whip broke through the air and made a crisp sound.
Then, he pointed his finger at the army behind him, his meaning was very clear.
The royal law of the Ming Dynasty is here!
Whoever holds the handle of the knife has his say, it is the king's law!
Obviously, the handle of the knife is now held in Zhu Hongyu's hand.
And hold it firmly in your hand!
Zhang Xiushan said with a smile.
"That's natural!"
"We, the elders of Guilin, all have a bright mind!"
"..."
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Zhang Xiushan got the result he wanted and did not continue to stay in the Ming army.
Instead, hurry up and rush towards Guilin City!
He wanted to share this good news with those in Guilin.
Then make some preparations to capture Guilin with the Ming army outside the city, inside and outside.
Lu Maode has been the governor of Guangxi for several years and is quite prestigious in the local area. He even has a model soldier who belongs directly to him.
There were not many people, about 3,000 people, but the soldiers were recruited from good families in Guangxi and fierce local natives to form an army.
They can almost be regarded as Guangxi soldiers!
There is no shortage of food, wages, armor, etc., and he can be regarded as an elite who can fight and dare to fight.
These people in the Guilin Mansion want to dedicate the city, and the Green Camp soldiers are fine. The generals of the Green Camp have a deep collusion with the local landlords and gentry. It is not difficult for them to change the banner of the Green Camp into an organized organization.
Only
These three thousand soldiers are the biggest obstacle!
Zhang Xiushan returned to Guilin City and began to connect quickly.
As the Ming army continued to approach, the atmosphere of war inside and outside Guilin became increasingly intense.
Groups of sentries left the city and headed towards the direction from which the Ming army came, wanting to inquire about the situation on the battlefield.
It's just that those who went out were with complete formations, but those who came back were broken soldiers and defeated generals.
The Ming army was really good at cavalry. This is a fact and there is no need to deny it.
However, the Ming cavalry also had to compare their crotch stretching with others. Compared with the elite Manchu and Mongolian cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming army cavalry did indeed stretch their crotch.
No matter in terms of riding skills or the quality of the horses, they are not as good as the Manchu and Mongolian horse teams of the Qing Dynasty.
At most, they can rely on their equipment advantages to regain some of the situation.
However, if compared with the Qing court's Green Camp cavalry, the Ming army's cavalry still had a certain combat effectiveness.
After several high-intensity battles in the past few years, the Ming army's cavalry has been trained!
At the very least, the current Ming cavalry will not show any cowardice against the Qing cavalry!
Although their combat effectiveness was not as good as the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry of the Qing army, due to the strength of their own infantry, they were the ones who won the final victory in every war.
By going back and forth like this, the military's self-confidence will naturally be tempered!
After all, victory is the most inspiring thing!
The current Ming army cavalry are very confident, they firmly believe that they are invincible.
They are not afraid of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners of the Qing army, but will they be afraid of a bunch of useless Green Camps?
Confidence brings inflated morale, coupled with the fact that the Ming cavalry has a better combat effectiveness than the Qing green cavalry, and they have countless luxurious equipment.
After the cavalry from both sides faced off, the result can be imagined!
The sentries of the Qing court were almost unilaterally swept away, and the two sides fought and collided in the wilds of Guilin City.
The cavalry roared past, leaving stumps and broken arms all over the ground!
The Ming army's cavalry roared away arrogantly, their red armor even more ostentatious.
Lu Maode once again inspected the city defenses. Standing at the top of the city, watching his sentry cavalry leaving the city in the distance, they kept retreating back. The expression on his face was extremely gloomy.
On the top of the city of Guilin, the banner with the Chinese character "Qing" is flying fiercely in the wind!
"Sir, the Ming thief is less than fifty miles away from Guilin!"
A messenger reported in Lu Maode's ear.
Lu Maode nodded slightly and then ordered.
"Send the order, and from now on, the city of Guilin will be sealed off, and no one will be allowed in or out!"
In order to prevent people from committing adultery and committing crimes to the city during the war, this is the best way!
As if he remembered something, Lu Maode continued to speak.
"Send out the troops and horses to keep an eye on the big gentry in the city and keep an eye on all their movements."
When it comes to treachery, the biggest suspects are the wealthy gentry in Guilin City.
Although these people are all loyal and loyal to the Qing Dynasty, secretly, it is estimated that every household has some connection with the Ming thieves.
It can even be said that these large gentry households are the biggest unrest factor in Guilin!
Someone must be sent to keep an eye on him!
The people under my command followed the orders and did it.
All the city gates in Guilin City were blocked. In order to prevent anyone from surrendering to the city, Lu Maode even ordered that the city gate holes be filled with sandbags, earth and rocks.
Make sure that even if someone wants to dedicate the city, the city gate cannot be opened for a while!
At the same time, as the Ming army advanced towards Guilin little by little, the wealthy gentry in Guilin City also stepped up their efforts to connect.
The leaders of the militia groups all received explicit hints from their respective masters, telling them to prepare for "big things."
Those generals and officers in the green camp were frequently invited to banquets, ate and drank in restaurants, slept in brothels, and lived a pleasant life...
It was clear that the war was coming, but the restaurants and flesh and blood business in Guilin City had a special kind of prosperity.
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The nineteenth year of the Yongli calendar, the year 1655 of the Western calendar, is the beginning of May!
The Ming army finally reached the outside of Guilin!
Standing at the top of the city and looking at it at a glance, the outside of the city is covered with dazzling red armor.
The sharp swords and guns, the rolling dragon flag, and the large and small artillery pieces are all extremely eye-catching.
The clouds of war are thick!
Liu Shantai sat astride the horse and looked at Guilin City, feeling a little excited in his heart.
As long as Guilin can be captured, the Ming army's Guangxi strategy will be mostly completed!
Although Liu Shantai did not dare to ask for a title of nobility after one battle, it should not be a problem for him to change his title from a wandering title to a hereditary title after this battle.
Only when you have the iron certificate of the hereditary alchemy book in your hand can you feel at ease with your title!
"Lao Liu, the terrain of Guilin City is steep, and the siege area outside the city is limited and relatively narrow, so our army's artillery positions cannot be deployed."
"In this battle, our army's artillery advantage may not be fully utilized!"
Liu Shantai was still in his reverie, when Wei Tai, the artillery commander of the Ming army in this battle, gave him a heads-up.
Guilin is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so the area that can be used to launch an attack is very narrow!
If the positions were arranged according to the artillery drills of the Liberation Army, the large number of artillery carried by the Ming army in this battle would not be able to be deployed at all.
Moreover, if the Ming army wanted to attack the city, it would be difficult to deploy the siege forces!
I'm afraid that if we fight to the end, we will have to pay for it with human lives!
Now Liu Shantai felt a little lucky. Fortunately, he had contacted those people in Guilin City in advance.
Otherwise, the battle in Guilin may be difficult to fight!
Liu Shantai pondered for a while, staring at Wei Tai with burning eyes and said.
"Old Wei, think of a way!"
"Try to arrange the artillery as much as possible!"
"When the army launches an siege, if there is no artillery support, I'm afraid there will be many casualties!"
"Those are all my good sons and daughters of Ming Dynasty!"