Chen Xi led his troops north, passed Yongfu County, and advanced to Guilin Prefecture City, Guangxi Province. The terrain along the way was relatively smooth.

Along the way, Chen Xi was cautious, for fear of the rebels' attacks, but unexpectedly the rebels had not appeared. When Chen Xi led his troops to Tuomu Town, south of Lingui, Guilin Prefecture City, and the rebels moved around Lingui, had already withdrawn one step earlier, and the siege of Guilin Prefecture was naturally lifted.

Chen Xi did not lead his troops into the city, but chose to station on the west bank of the Li River southeast of Linguicheng, just to enjoy the landscape of "Guilin is the best in the world, and the jade, green and green colors can be used to attract the scenery."

Regarding the rebels' decision to station the army in the east of the city, even the generals under Chen Xi did not expect it.

Chen Xi had always stated that he wanted to lead his troops into the city, but now he is at the city, but he has changed his mind to station outside the city, which means that the three armies have no city walls as a support and may be attacked by rebels at any time.

It was the afternoon of the sixth day of the September 19th. The army had completed its camp. It was the beginning of You. Su Jingyang, Wang He and Feng Zhaoyuan came to meet Chen Xi and asked about the details of the troops stationed. In fact, they were worried that Chen Xi would come again to lure the enemy deeper, and they were worried that the rebels would come in a fierce manner, and that this small area in the southeast of Guilin Prefecture could not be used.

In the central army tent, Liu Jin and Zhang Yong arrived. If you want to be afraid, they were more afraid than anyone else. It was unreasonable to them that if there was a city, they would not enter.

Before the formal promotion was held, Zhang Yong shouted sarcastically: "Mr. Shen, you are so courageous. You have led your troops to help Guangxi provincial capital, but you didn't even enter the city. Are you thinking that the people remember your kindness and the soldiers you led were all destroyed here?"

"In the past, you knew you wanted to enter a city. Why did you forget the principle of keeping your own risk in less than a year? You still need someone to wake up?"

Chen Xi looked at Zhang Yong: "It seems that Eunuch Zhang is much smarter than his official, so why didn't the court arrange Eunuch Zhang to command the battle?"

"you!"

Zhang Yong stared at Chen Xi, and he had the urge to rush forward to bite people, but when he saw Chen Xi's cold expression, he couldn't help but feel a little afraid.

After all, Chen Xi is not Yi Yu, and he must consider the consequences of rashly provoking the crime. Although Zhang Yong occasionally speaks unpleasantly, he is generally responsible for his behavior and is considered a smart person. Otherwise, he would not have risen among so many eunuchs in the inner court and become the number one person.

Liu Jin said on the side: "You two have calmed down. You have arrived in Lingui. You are about to enter the city. Our family and Eunuch Zhang came over to ask Lord Shen, why did you lead troops across Linguicheng without entering?"

Chen Xi looked around and saw everyone looking at him. Obviously everyone wanted to ask this question, but because Zhang Yong and Liu Jin were eunuchs in military supervision, they were the same as Chen Xi in terms of status and were most qualified to ask questions.

Chen Xidao: "You must think that this is my official's plan. We want to lead the rebels to defeat the enemy head-on, right?"

Although no one here answered this, based on their previous understanding of Chen Xi, they seemed to think that this is the most likely situation. They were worried that they would be treated as bait, but in the end the bait was eaten by the fish!

Zhang Yong said coldly: "Isn't it? Or is it that Lord Shen, you are not right in your mind and want to ruin my Ming soldiers outside Linguicheng! Humph, this is the most basic common sense to refuse the city and guard. Haven't you also said before that the errand given to you by the court is to ask you to lead troops into Linguicheng earlier?"

At this time, Zhang Yongfei was domineering and lost his respect for Chen Xi once he was in charge. In his opinion, half of the contributions to the battle of Tumu Fort in the northwest were his. After the war, he received more rewards than Chen Xi, and he had the confidence to challenge Chen Xi. However, Liu Jin and the generals did not want to offend Chen Xi, so as not to give in to the great promotion opportunity.

Chen Xi looked cold and lowered his head to continue looking at the military map on the Shuai Case, and asked casually: "Since the three armies have arrived outside Guilin Prefecture City, they should enter the city immediately. But how dare you ask everyone, are there Guangxi people in you?"

Su Jingyang and Wang He looked at each other. Chen Xi's problem was a bit sharp. Chen Xi led the troops consisting of soldiers from Huguang, Jiangxi and Guizhou. The extra troops after Guangxi were the Liuzhou Guards officers and soldiers drawn by Chen Xi from Liuzhou Prefecture. However, local generals in Guangxi were hiding in Lingui City at this moment, so that no Guangxi generals appeared when they were promoted to the tent to discuss matters.

Zhang Yongdao: "Mr. Shen, what do you mean? Why, if you are not a Guangxi army, you won't let it enter the Guangxi provincial capital?"

Liu Jin suddenly understood and suddenly said, "Oh, we know. Lord Shen is afraid that foreign soldiers will cause unnecessary trouble in the local area, right?"

Zhang Yong glared at Liu Jin, as if saying, "What are you? Is there any part to interrupt here?"

But Liu Jin felt that he was also an eunuch in the military. Even if his status was not as good as Zhang Yong, his status in the army should be equal to Zhang Yong. He pretended that he did not see Zhang Yong's angry gaze.

Chen Xidao: "What Eunuch Liu said is probably the truth. The war in the southwest is to put it bluntly, it is a messy group that cannot be solved. The soldiers and horses of each province cannot be unified and coordinated, so the rebels crossed the states and provinces, and they were fighting the soldiers and horses of the imperial provinces inadvertently. Now the rebels have withdrawn, and even if they are stationed outside Linguicheng, there will be no rebels to harass them. Since this is the case, why should I take the risk of causing local disputes and lead troops into Linguicheng?"

Chen Xi said this, the generals who trust Chen Xi naturally understood it. For them, there is no difference between stationed inside and outside the city, as long as there is no accident or endangering their own safety.

But Zhang Yong completely disbelief of Chen Xi's style. He had been lucky enough to achieve great achievements outside the Tumu Fort and the capital city. His arrogance increased. At this time, he was very arrogant in front of Shen Xi:

"Mr. Shen, you can't define the rebel movements with your own ideas... The army stays outside the city. If it encounters an attack and leads to annihilation, can you afford this responsibility?"

Su Jingyang clenched his fists and said, "Please rest assured, Eunuch Zhang, I wish those turtle grandchildren would come to the camp. We have always attached great importance to the safety of the camp. If they dare to come, they will definitely let them taste our power. These turtle grandchildren were running away along the way. Now they have gained the ability and dare to fight with us?"

The generals present were all very disdainful of the rebels and agreed. Zhang Yong saw this and it was hard to speak out again because he knew that offending the generals in the army was not a good thing. In fact, most of the time he bluffed and liked to encourage public opinion, but when everyone supported Chen Xi, he stopped.

With Su Jingyang and others expressing their attitude, Chen Xi didn't need to explain anymore and waved his hand: "It's not too early, it's time to bury the stove and make a fire... After nightfall, we will strengthen our guard inside and outside the camp. I don't want to be really impressed by Eunuch Zhang!"

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On the banks of the Li River, two miles east of Guicheng.

Just as night came, a bonfire ignited in the vast camp, and the three armies buried stoves to make rice.

After dinner, some soldiers launched patrols and entered the light and dark posts that had just been built to guard. The remaining soldiers were ten and twenty, sitting in front of the campfire, listening to the literate flag explaining the affairs on the battlefield, and the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, so that the soldiers could understand the meaning of being a soldier.

This "spontaneous formation" meeting is actually a thought mobilization meeting.

Chen Xi discovered that the officers and soldiers under his command were generally not well educated, had no experience in killing enemies on the battlefield, and had little training in daily life. They were only allowed to work in spring and autumn every year. The local finances basically did not allocate funds. The soldiers were just a mediocre person. No one asked them, and they would not strictly demand themselves. They were also hereditary military households. In the peaceful years, who would want to seek progress?

Because there were no specific time requirements during the march, Chen Xi asked the soldiers to take turns to receive ideological education. Shen Xi himself trained the literate officers and soldiers in the army, imparting some basic geographical knowledge, as well as the current internal and external environment of the Ming Dynasty. After learning, Chen Xi promoted them to the small flags in the army, specializing in ideological mobilization.

These small flags absorbed a lot of new knowledge and ideas from Chenxi. Every time they held a meeting, it was like telling a story, allowing soldiers to gather their hearts together and chat together at night.

Doing this will not only impart cultural knowledge subtly, but also cultivate feelings. Only when it comes to the battlefield will the soldiers increase their confidence in winning, fight for their fellow comrades around them, cooperate with each other and be invincible.

At the beginning of the mobilization meeting, Chen Xi was ready to rest.

He has not slept well these days and wanted to take advantage of the fact that his troops were stationed outside Linguicheng to have a good sleep.

It is necessary to enter the city, but the way to enter the city needs to be considered. What Chen Xi is most worried about is the issue of replacing the city defense. The local garrison of Guilin Prefecture certainly does not want to hand over the Linguicheng defense to the soldiers of other provinces. They will naturally think that people from other provinces will fight bloody battles for the Guangxi provincial capital?

What Chen Xi feared most was that he had conflicts with local generals after entering the city due to the problem of city defense replacement.

Just as Chen Xi was about to return to his tent, a guard came to report that a convoy came to the east gate of Guicheng, as if it was sent by the local government to contact him.

Lingui is the provincial governor of Guangxi, and all the three yamen are available. Chen Xi is the military commander of the six provinces. The Zuodu Censor and the Minister of War came to Lingui with such a big official hat. It is impossible for the local people not to receive it. Chen Xi originally thought that it would be later to get news in the city and would not send people tomorrow, but unexpectedly there was a trend that night.

Chen Xi called Feng Zhaoyuan, who was on duty, and explained in detail: "...To guard against the rebels' sneak attack, the convoy from Linguicheng's east gate may not be the rebels' convoys. You must be careful. Level 1 security will be entered into the camp, and the soldiers will prepare themselves and respond at any time!"

"Yes, sir!"

After Feng Zhaoyuan received the order, he left in a hurry.
Chapter completed!