Chapter 102 Withdrawal

Geng Jimao and Gao Di's remnants had already crossed the river before Jin Tongwu led the army in pursuit, and even demolished the pontoon bridge on the river to delay Li Jun's pursuit.

When Jin Tongwu pursued Liuxi River, he saw the situation and did not order the army to build a bridge across the river and continue the pursuit. Instead, he directly took the captured and heads back to the place where Zheng's army ambush, and rendezvoused with Wanli.

Wanli had already organized his team at this time. In order to complete the political tasks assigned by Zheng Chenggong, he deliberately arranged for his men to conflict with the soldiers of Li Army while the soldiers of the two armies were harvesting the heads. Then, he used this to

For this reason, half of the head that originally belonged to Zheng Jun was given to Jin Tongwu to apologize.

At first, Jin Tongwu refused to accept it, but Wanli moved out Zheng Chenggong, and finally gave up on the grounds that military discipline was strict. If Jin Tongwu did not accept it, he might just be punished and demoted, but those soldiers must be guilty of death.

The other party’s concerns.

In fact, Jin Tongwu also wanted more trophies. Since Li's army marched eastward to Guangdong, he suffered heavy losses and captured very little. This was the first great victory in which he actually annihilated thousands of enemies and captured a lot of money. At the same time, he pursued all the way and encircled and suppressed the defeated troops.

Li Jun suffered almost no losses and his morale was very high.

"General Wan, if this battle had not been intercepted by Huwei Town, I might not have been able to catch up with these two cowards Geng Jimao and Gao Di." Jin Tongwu had just won a big victory, and now he has benefited from it again. He is in a good mood and treats Wan Li

His impression has also changed greatly, as if the gangster spirit in the other party has now turned into heroic spirit.

"Captain Jin Muzan, if it hadn't been for the rapid advance of the governor, Gao Di, and Geng Jimao fled, this battle would not have been so smooth, and I don't know how many of our soldiers in Huwei Town would have died here." Wan Li converged on Zheng's army.

He was bold and casual and flattered politely.

Although he comes from a green forest background, under his rude face, he is very thoughtful and can understand Zheng Chenggong's thoughts very well. He knows that the other party wants to hide his power and bide his time and put Li Dingguo in front. Therefore, in front of Jin Tongwu, Wanli is not as good as Gan Hui.

Straightforward, especially after quietly noticing Zheng Chenggong’s expression at the previous joint military meeting.

Jin Tongwu laughed a few times, and his words seemed to be helpful to him: "We have almost wiped out all the Green Camp troops that Gao Di brought to rescue this time. When the time comes, Shang Kexi will definitely not dare to act rashly again.

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"With King Xining and Mr. Guoxing here, Shang Kexi dares to live in the city. If he dared to go out to fight in the field, Guangzhou City would have been captured by us long ago." Wan Li nodded in agreement.

"Shang Kexi is a very cunning man. He is not as easy to deal with as Geng Jimao. He can be defeated casually. He will never leave the city easily to fight in the field." Jin Tongwu said, thinking of Li Jun's experience of losing troops and generals in Zhaoqing, and sighed slightly.

Said: "Both of our armies must be careful when withdrawing, otherwise we are very likely to be attacked by this idiot."

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While Wan Li and Jin Tongwu were commanding their soldiers to clean up the battlefield, the sentries sent by the two men had already returned to the camp outside Guangzhou. Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo both received news of the great victory in the north in the Chinese army's tent.<

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As Geng Jimao expected, it was the Green Camp Army that came to the rescue, not the Eight Banners Army. Naturally, Shang Kexi had no reason to go out of the city to fight for his life. Although Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong had transferred some of their troops, they still had a huge military advantage. He

If you go out of the city to attack, you will definitely get someone killed!

Shang Kexi's patience is indeed extraordinary. Apart from bluffing in the city to avoid being falsely accused and being impeached in the future, he did not take any actual actions at all. Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong's worries were all superfluous. They were carefully deployed.

Ambush and defense plans also fell through.

The interception battle to the north was successful, including the previous blockade of Geng Jimao's breakout army. The Zheng and Li armies annihilated more than 5,000 Qing troops, and they were all elites who could fight in the field. "Encircle the point and mobilize reinforcements to weaken the Qing army in Guangdong."

The strategic goal of "strength" has been basically achieved.

As a result, after Zheng and Li withdraw their troops, the Guangdong Qing army, which will not receive reinforcements for the time being, will also temporarily lose the ability to organize strategic attacks after losing a large number of elites.

In just six months, the Qing army in Guangdong, except for Shang Kexi, was almost completely lost. The Green Camp troops in eastern and western Guangdong died or surrendered. Geng Jimao's vassal troops had less than 4,000 troops left, and Shang Kexi also suffered losses.

Nearly two thousand vassal soldiers and the elite troops of Gaodi who came all the way from Henan to support were lost. Only Liu Bolu and the Green Camp Army of Shaozhou and Nanxiong Prefectures had their strength preserved, but their strength was not strong enough to become a leader.

Threat.

During this period, Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo had relocated all the people around Guangzhou City and controlled the gateways on the east, west, and south sides. Both of them had made careful plans. Li Dingguo was even more radical and directly built a new castle in Sanshui County to facilitate

You can launch an attack on Guangzhou City at any time in the future to disrupt the Qing army's reclamation activities in the surrounding areas.

After falling into the strategic disadvantage of passive defense, the Qing government needed to station a large number of troops in Guangzhou, Shaozhou, and Nanxiong. Nanxiong and Shaozhou were okay, but Guangzhou was isolated in the south. If it wanted to defend this strategic

For such a significant city, grain could only be transported from Jiangxi via the land route, which was time-consuming and laborious.

In other words, after being temporarily unable to capture the city of Guangzhou, both Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo used it as an opportunity to weaken the Qing government. Zheng Chenggong's strategic focus was not here, while Li Dingguo planned to weaken it for a period of time and then capture it directly, and then let Guangdong

Enter Jiangxi from the north and continue the Northern Expedition.

The generals of Zheng and Li's armies once again gathered in Li Dingguo's Chinese army tent to discuss the order of withdrawal of the two sides, as well as specific matters to prevent Shang Kexi from taking the opportunity to make a surprise attack.

As a victorious army, the two commanders did not have too many concerns. They did not think that someone as calculating as Shang Kexi would take the risk of sending the main force out of the city at this time. After all, even if Shang Kexi succeeded in the sneak attack, it would only be a small victory.

Once he loses, the situation is very likely to collapse. To say the least, with the retreat of Zheng and Li's armies, his mission has been completed, and there is no need for Shang Kexi to take this risk.

After Zheng Chenggong led his generals back to his tent from Li Dingguo's camp, Wanli had already led his troops back to the camp, and Zheng Chenggong also learned more detailed information about the northern battlefield.

With orders one after another issued from the central armies of the Zheng and Li armies, it took more than half a year to raise troops, and nearly two months after the siege of Guangzhou City, these two strong armies, both determined to drive out the Tartars and restore the rivers and mountains, began preparations for retreat.

, the Guangdong War that lasted for seven years also came to an end.

However, this time, the trajectory of history has changed dramatically. The Guangdong War ended nearly three months later than originally planned. Both Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong got the land and people they wanted, as well as military advantages.
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